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US10326146B2	Compositions, systems and methods for producing nanoalloys and/or nanocomposites using tandem laser ablation synthesis in solution-galvanic replacement reaction Compositions, systems, and methods for producing nanoalloys and/or nanocomposites using tandem laser ablation synthesis in solution-galvanic replacement reaction (LASiS-GRR) are disclosed. The method may include disposing a first metal composition within a reaction cell, adding a quantity of a second metal composition into the reaction cell, ablating, with a laser, the first metal composition disposed in the quantity of the second metal composition within the reaction cell, and tuning one or more reaction parameter and/or one or more functional parameter during the tandem LASiS-GRR in order to tailor at least one characteristic of the metal nanoalloy and/or the metal nanocomposite.
US10326140B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack, and vehicle According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery including a negative electrode that includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode mixed-materials layer is provided. The negative electrode mixed-materials layer includes a titanium-including metal oxide particle that includes a phase including a carbon material on a surface and a binder that includes an acrylic resin. The negative electrode satisfies Equation (I): α/β>6 (I) α is a peel strength (kN/m) between the negative electrode current collector and the negative electrode mixed-materials layer, and β is a cutting strength (kN/m) in the negative electrode mixed-materials layer.
US10326129B2	Active material, electrode, nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, battery pack and production method of active material The active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery of the present embodiment includes a core particle and a carbon layer. The core particle is formed of silicon particles having a twinned crystal in part of a surface. The carbon layer coats the core particle.
US10326127B2	Cathode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, and process for its production To provide a cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery excellent in the cycle characteristics and rate characteristics even when charging is conducted at a high voltage. A cathode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, which comprises particles (III) having a covering layer comprising a metal oxide (I) containing at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of elements in Groups 3 and 13 of the periodic table and lanthanoid elements, and a compound (II) containing Li and P, on the surface of a lithium-containing composite oxide comprising lithium and a transition metal element, wherein the atomic ratio of said P to said metal element (P/metal element) contained within 5 nm of the surface layer of the particles (III) is from 0.03 to 0.45.
US10326123B2	Secondary battery A secondary battery includes: a battery element; a case housing the battery element; a positive-electrode external terminal and a negative-electrode external terminal provided outside the case and electrically connected to the battery element; and a short-circuiting mechanism configured to establish a short-circuit between the positive and negative external terminals through the case. The short-circuiting mechanism includes a conducting portion conductively connected to one of the positive and negative external terminals so as to face the case, an inversion plate provided at a portion of the case facing the conducting portion and configured to deform to approach the conducting portion when an internal pressure of the case rises, and a brazing material provided on one of the conducting portion and the inversion plate at a position between the conducting portion and the inversion plate.
US10326122B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween, a center pin at a center of the electrode assembly, the center pin including a bonding portion electrically coupled to the first electrode, and a terminal portion connected to one end of the bonding portion, a case housing the electrode assembly, and a gasket insulating between the center pin and the case, the gasket enclosing an edge of the terminal portion of the center pin.
US10326115B2	Means for wedging an electrochemical generator in position in a battery Seal (3) comprising at least two deformable shells (1,1′), each one of the shells containing a component and comprising a membrane, characterized in that bringing the component contained in one shell (1) into contact with the component contained in another shell (1′) causes the mixture of the components to crosslink. Use of the seal for wedging electrochemical generators in position in a battery, particularly lithium generators.
US10326113B2	Display device having surface roughness on the end portion of the substrate A display device and a method of manufacturing the display device are capable of substantially minimizing damage and carbonization of a substrate, the display device including: a substrate including a first area and a second area disposed in a first direction and including at least one layer disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a display layer in the first area of the substrate; a functional member on the display layer in the first area of the substrate; and a driving unit in the second area of the substrate, the driving unit configured to drive the display layer. Said at least one layer includes a first end portion at the first area of the substrate and a second end portion at the second area of the substrate, and the first end portion has a greater surface roughness than a surface roughness of the second end portion.
US10326106B2	Sealing sheet, member for electronic devices, and electronic device The present invention is a sealing sheet comprising at least a base resin layer and a sealing resin layer, the base resin layer having a microstructure that is provided to one surface of the base resin layer, the sealing resin layer being provided on a side of the base resin layer on which the microstructure is provided, and the microstructure having a protrusion that has a maximum difference in height (H) of 1 to 50 μm and is arranged two-dimensionally on the surface of the base resin layer, and an electronic device member, and an electronic device. The sealing sheet according to the invention exhibits an excellent gas barrier capability that suppresses or reduces the entry of a gas (e.g., water vapor) not only in the vertical direction, but also in the horizontal direction (from the edge) with respect to the surface of the sealing sheet.
US10326104B2	Organic EL display provided with gel-state encapsulant incorporating a desiccant and a high molecular-weight medium A sealing substrate is arranged to oppositely face an element substrate on which organic EL layers are formed in a matrix array with a sealing material sandwiched therebetween. A gel-state desiccant is filled in an inner space surrounded by the element substrate, the sealing substrate and the sealing material. Since the gel-state desiccant is in a gel state, the gel-state desiccant is flexibly filled in the inner space of the organic EL display device thus completely eliminating a gap. Since the inner space is filled with the gel-state desiccant, moisture hardly intrudes into the inner space from the outside and, at the same time, a mechanical strength of the organic EL display device is also enhanced.
US10326097B1	Display panel preparation method, display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel including a substrate, an anode on the substrate, a pixel defining layer on the anode, a light-emitting layer on the pixel defining layer, a first organic layer on the light-emitting layer and an inorganic layer on surfaces of the plurality of pixel walls in the pixel defining layer and the first organic layer. The pixel defining layer includes a plurality of pixel walls and pixel defining areas. The light-emitting layer is in the pixel defining areas and covering the anode. The first organic layer includes a plurality of first protrusions. The inorganic layer includes a plurality of second protrusions, the second protrusions are located on a side of the inorganic layer away from the first organic layer, and each of the second protrusions corresponds to each of the first protrusions. A display panel preparation method and a display device are further provided.
US10326093B2	Light-emitting element Provided is a light-emitting element with high external quantum efficiency and a low drive voltage. The light-emitting element includes a light-emitting layer which contains a phosphorescent compound and a material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence between a pair of electrodes, wherein a peak of a fluorescence spectrum and/or a peak of a phosphorescence spectrum of the material exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence overlap(s) with a lowest-energy-side absorption band in an absorption spectrum of the phosphorescent compound, and wherein the phosphorescent compound exhibits phosphorescence in the light-emitting layer by voltage application between the pair of electrodes.
US10326092B2	Organic electronic element using a compound for organic electronic element, and an electronic device thereof Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and comprising the compound, the element showing improved luminescent efficiency, stability, and life span.
US10326091B2	Organic electrochemical device, and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to an organic electrochemical device and a fabrication method thereof. The organic electrochemical device according to the present invention comprises: a substrate; a first electrode provided on the substrate; an intermediate layer provided on the first electrode; a second electrode provided on the intermediate layer; and a first organic material layer, in which at least a part of the first organic material layer is in contact with the second electrode and the intermediate layer.
US10326088B2	Organic thin film transistor and manufacturing method thereof An organic thin film transistor includes a substrate, a hydrophobic layer, an oxide layer, a hydrophilic layer, a semiconductor layer, and a source/drain layer. The hydrophobic layer covers a surface of the substrate. The oxide layer is located on the hydrophobic layer and has plural segments. The hydrophilic layer is located on the segments of the oxide layer, and the oxide layer is located between the hydrophilic layer and the hydrophobic layer. The semiconductor layer is located on the hydrophilic layer, and the hydrophilic layer is located between the semiconductor layer and the oxide layer. The source/drain layer connects across the semiconductor layer on the segments of the oxide layer.
US10326087B2	Compound and organic electronic device comprising the same A novel compound is disclosed, which is represented by the following Formula (I): wherein Ar1, Ar2, Ar3, Ar4, L, Q, n1, n2, m1, and m2 represent the same as defined in the specification. In addition, an organic electronic device is also disclosed, and an organic layer therein comprises the novel compound of the present invention.
US10326085B2	Organometallic complex and organic light-emitting diode including the same An organometallic complex and an organic light-emitting diode including the same, the organometallic complex being represented by Formula 1 below:
US10326083B2	Compound and organic photoelectric device, image sensor and electronic device including the same A compound of Chemical Formula 1, and an organic photoelectric device, an image sensor, and an electronic device including the same are disclosed: In Chemical Formula 1, each substituent is the same as defined in the detailed description.
US10326079B2	Organic electroluminescent device An organic electroluminescent device having low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and a long lifetime is provided by combining various materials for an organic electroluminescent device. In the organic electroluminescent device having at least an anode, a hole injection layer, a first hole transport layer, a second hole transport layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transport layer, and a cathode in this order, the hole injection layer includes an arylamine compound of the following general formula (1) and an electron acceptor. In the formula, Ar1 to Ar4 may be the same or different, and represent a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclic group, or a substituted or unsubstituted condensed polycyclic aromatic group.
US10326078B2	Anthracene derivative, light-emitting element using the same, and light-emitting device using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a light emitting element, which is resistant to repetition of an oxidation reaction. It is another object of the invention to provide a light emitting element, which is resistant to repetition of a reduction reaction. An anthracene derivative is represented by a general formula (1). In the general formula (1), R1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, R3 represents any one of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms, Ph1 represents a phenyl group, and X1 represents an arylene group having 6 to 15 carbon atoms.
US10326071B2	Systems and methods for magnetic shielding Systems and methods for magnetic shielding are described. A magnetic shield formed of a material having a high magnetic permeability may be degaussed using a toroidal degaussing coil. The toroidal degaussing coil may enclose at least a portion of the shield. Magnetic field gradients may be actively compensated using multiple magnetic field sensors and local compensation coils. Trapped fluxons may be removed by an application of Lorentz force wherein an electrical current is passed through a superconducting plane.
US10326070B2	Thermoelectric module, and heat conversion apparatus comprising the same The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
US10326068B2	Thermoelectric device, thermoelectric module including the thermoelectric device, thermoelectric apparatus including the thermoelectric module, and method of manufacturing the same A thermoelectric device including: a thermoelectric material layer comprising a thermoelectric material; a transition layer on the thermoelectric material; and a diffusion prevention layer on the transition layer, wherein the thermoelectric material comprises a compound of Formula 1: (A1-aA′a)4-x(B1-bB′b)3-y-zCz Formula 1 wherein A and A′ are different from each other, A is a Group 13 element, and A′ is at least one element of a Group 13 element, a Group 14 element, a rare-earth element, or a transition metal, B and B′ are different from each other, B is a Group 16 element, and B′ is at least one element of a Group 14 element, a Group 15 element, or a Group 16 element, C is at least one halogen atom, a complies with the inequality 0≤a<1, b complies with the inequality 0≤b<1, x complies with the inequality −1
US10326060B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device includes a light emitting element to emit a first light having a first peak wavelength. A second wavelength converting member contains a second phosphor to convert the first light into a third light having a third peak wavelength longer than the first peak wavelength and shorter than a second peak wavelength. The second wavelength converting member includes a portion in which the second wavelength converting member has a first concentration of the second phosphor at a height of an upper surface of the light emitting element in a height direction and a second concentration of the second phosphor at a height of a lower surface of the light emitting element in the height direction. The second concentration is higher than the first concentration such that the second phosphor reflects the second light.
US10326056B2	Light emitting device, light emitting device package including the device, and lighting apparatus including the package A light emitting device of an embodiment includes a substrate, a light emitting structure disposed under the substrate, the light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer, first and second electrodes respectively connected to the first and second conductive semiconductor layers, a metal reflecting layer disposed under the light emitting structure, and a first insulating layers disposed between the first electrode and the light emitting structure, between the first electrode and the second electrode, and between the first electrode and the metal reflecting layer, wherein the metal reflecting layer includes a first segment overlapped with the second electrode in a thickness direction of the light emitting structure and a second segment disposed with extending from the first segment.
US10326047B2	Light emitting diode and manufacture method thereof A light-emitting diode including a semiconductor epitaxial layer, a first electrode, and a second electrode is provided. The semiconductor epitaxial layer includes a first-type doped semiconductor layer, a second-type doped semiconductor layer, and a quantum well layer. A recessed portion is formed in the semiconductor epitaxial layer. The recessed portion separates the second-type doped semiconductor layer, the quantum well layer, and a portion of the first-type doped semiconductor layer and defines a first region and a second region on the semiconductor epitaxial layer. The first electrode is located in the first region and electrically connected to at least a portion of the first-type doped semiconductor layer and at least a portion of the second-type doped semiconductor layer. The second electrode is located in the second region and electrically connected to the second-type doped semiconductor layer.
US10326046B2	Growth method of aluminum gallium nitride A growth method of aluminum gallium nitride is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a first aluminum gallium nitride layer on the substrate at a first temperature; and forming a second aluminum gallium nitride layer, on the first aluminum gallium nitride layer, at a second temperature. The first temperature is higher than the second temperature.
US10326043B2	Solid-state transducer devices with optically-transmissive carrier substrates and related systems, methods, and devices Semiconductor device assemblies having solid-state transducer (SST) devices and associated semiconductor devices, systems, and are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of forming a semiconductor device assembly includes forming a support substrate, a transfer structure, and a plurality semiconductor structures between the support substrate and the transfer structure. The method further includes removing the support substrate to expose an active surface of the individual semiconductor structures and a trench between the individual semiconductor structures. The semiconductor structures can be attached to a carrier substrate that is optically transmissive such that the active surface can emit and/or receive the light through the carrier substrate. The individual semiconductor structures can then be processed on the carrier substrate with the support substrate removed. In some embodiments, the individual semiconductor structures are singulated from the semiconductor device assembly and include a section of the carrier substrate attached to each of the individual semiconductor structures.
US10326024B2	Thin film transistor, array substrate, manufacturing method and display device A thin film transistor, an array substrate, a manufacturing method and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor includes a substrate and a gate layer, a source layer and a drain layer disposed on the substrate. The source layer and the drain layer are disposed in different layers and the drain layer and the gate layer are disposed in same and one layer.
US10326010B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface, first to eighth regions, a first thyristor, and a second thyristor. The seventh region with the impurity concentration higher than that of the first region is formed in the first region while being apart from the sixth region electrically connected to the gate electrode, and being electrically connected to the first electrode. The eighth region with the impurity concentration higher than that of the third region is formed in contact with the second surface side of the third region and the fourth region, and with the second surface, while being electrically connected to the fourth region by the second electrode. The seventh region has the impurity concentration higher than that of the first region. The eighth region has the impurity concentration higher than that of the third region.
US10326006B2	FinFET device and fabricating method thereof A FinFET device includes a substrate, a fin formed on the substrate, and a gate electrode crossing the fin. The gate electrode includes a head portion and a tail portion, and the tail portion is connected to the head portion and extended toward the substrate. The width of the head portion is greater than that of the tail portion.
US10326004B1	Double patterning epitaxy fin A method is provided for use in forming a fin of a FinFET for an integrated circuit. The method comprises the steps of forming a hard mask on a substrate; forming an opening in the hard mask with a portion of the substrate exposed therein; forming a buffer on the exposed substrate within the opening in the hard mask; forming a mandrel at least in part on the buffer within the opening in the hard mask; forming a channel on a top and sides of the mandrel; removing the channel formed on the top of the mandrel without removing the channel formed on the sides of the mandrel; and removing the mandrel without removing the channel formed on the sides of the mandrel.
US10326003B2	FinFET device and methods of forming A finFET device and methods of forming a finFET device are provided. The method includes forming a first gate spacer is formed over a dummy gate of a fin field effect transistor (finFET). The method also includes performing a carbon plasma doping of the first gate spacer. The method also includes forming a plurality of source/drain regions, where a source/drain region is disposed on opposite sides of the dummy gate. The method also includes removing dummy gate.
US10325996B2	Method for producing a doped semiconductor layer A semiconductor device is produced by providing a semiconductor substrate, forming an epitaxial layer on the semiconductor substrate, and introducing dopant atoms of a first doping type and dopant atoms of a second doping type into the epitaxial layer.
US10325994B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming vertical structure According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a vertical structure with at least two barrier layers is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; providing a vertical structure over the substrate; providing a first barrier layer over a source, a channel, and a drain of the vertical structure; and providing a second barrier layer over a gate and the drain of the vertical structure.
US10325993B2	Gate all around device and fabrication thereof A device includes a nanowire, a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode. The nanowire has a sidewall. The gate dielectric layer surrounds the nanowire. The gate electrode surrounds the gate dielectric layer and separated from the nanowire. The gate electrode comprises a sloped sidewall inclined with respect to the sidewall of the nanowire.
US10325992B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate including a trench. The semiconductor device further includes a gate electrode disposed in the trench, and a gate insulating film disposed between the substrate and the gate electrode. The gate electrode includes a gate conductor and a metal element, and an effective work function of the gate electrode is less than an effective work function of the gate conductor.
US10325991B1	Transistor device The present disclosure provides a transistor device. The transistor device includes an active region surrounded by an isolation structure, a gate structure disposed over the active region and the isolation structure, and a source/drain disposed in the active region. The gate structure includes a body portion extending in a first direction, a head portion extending in a second direction, and a pair of wing portions disposed at two opposite sides of the body portion. The first direction and the second direction are perpendicular to each other. Each of the wing portions is in contact with the head portion and the body portion.
US10325988B2	Vertical transistor device structure with cylindrically-shaped field plates A vertical power transistor device includes a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, with a plurality of dielectric regions disposed in the semiconductor layer. The dielectric regions extend in a vertical direction from a top surface of the semiconductor layer downward. Each dielectric region has a rounded-square cross-section in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the vertical direction. Adjacent ones of the dielectric regions are laterally separated by a narrow region of the semiconductor layer. Each dielectric region has a cylindrical field plate member centrally disposed therein. The cylindrical field plate member extends in the vertical direction from the top surface downward to near a bottom of the dielectric region. The dielectric region laterally separates the cylindrical field plate member from the narrow region. A source region is disposed at the top surface, and a drain region is disposed at the bottom, of the semiconductor layer.
US10325975B2	Organic light-emitting device and method for preparing same The present specification relates to an organic light emitting device and a method for manufacturing the same.
US10325943B2	Thin film transistor, display substrate and display panel having the same, and fabricating method thereof The present application discloses a method of fabricating a thin film transistor, including forming a semiconductor layer having a pattern corresponding to that of the active layer on a base substrate; forming a first photoresist layer on a side of the semiconductor layer distal to the base substrate; the first photoresist layer being in an area corresponding to the channel region, the second doped region, and the fourth doped region; doping a region of the semiconductor layer corresponding to the first doped region and the third doped region using the first photoresist layer as a mask plate; forming a second photoresist layer by removing a portion of the first photoresist layer to expose an initial portion of the semiconductor layer corresponding to at least a portion of the second doped region and at least a portion of the fourth doped region; and doping the initial portion of the semiconductor layer using the second photoresist layer as a mask plate.
US10325939B2	Thin-film transistor array substrate and manufacturing method thereof A method is provided for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate, which includes: a substrate on which a thin film transistor and a storage capacitor are formed on the substrate. The storage capacitor includes a first electrode plate formed on the substrate, a gate isolation layer or an etching stopper layer formed on the first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate formed on the gate isolation layer or the etching stopper layer. The etching stopper layer may be formed on the gate isolation layer, of which one is partially etched and removed such that there is only one of the gate isolation layer and the etching stopper layer existing between the two electrode plates of the storage capacitor so as to reduce the overall thickness of the isolation layer of the storage capacitor. Thus, the capacitor occupies a smaller area and a higher aperture ratio may be achieved.
US10325938B2	TFT array substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and display device A TFT array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device including such TFT array substrate are disclosed. The TFT array substrate includes a base substrate (100); and two thin film transistors located on the base substrate. The two thin film transistors each includes an active layer (102, 107) having a source region and a drain region, the two active layers of the two thin film transistors are superposed with each other in a direction perpendicular to the base substrate. The drain region of one of the two active layers is electrically connected to the source region of the other one of the two active layers so that the two thin film transistors are connected in series.
US10325935B2	Display panel, production method of the same, and display apparatus This disclosure discloses a display panel, a production method thereof, and a display apparatus. This method comprises: forming a pattern of a first metal layer on a base substrate and a pattern of a metal oxide conductive layer being electrically connected to the first metal layer by at least one through hole at a side of the first metal layer away from the base substrate; forming a reductive metal compound layer on a surface of the first metal layer at a side away from the base substrate before forming the pattern of the metal oxide conductive layer; treating the reductive metal compound layer and the metal oxide conductive layer after forming the pattern of the metal oxide conductive layer so that the reductive metal compound layer is oxidized into a second metal layer and metal particles are produced at the surface of the metal oxide conductive layer.
US10325934B2	Display substrate, fabricating method thereof, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a fabricating method thereof, and a display apparatus including the display substrate. The display substrate includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of common electrode lines. Each data line extends substantially along a first direction, and each common electrode line is along the first direction, and is configured such that a common electrode signal along the each common electrode line is substantially uniform. Each common electrode line can be substantially parallel to one data line to thereby substantially avoid a pulling effect on the common electrode signal along the each common electrode line caused by coupling between the each common electrode line and the one data line.
US10325930B2	Display device A display device is disclosed, which includes: a first substrate; a first transistor disposed over the first substrate, wherein the first transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer; and a second transistor disposed over the first substrate, wherein the second transistor includes a silicon semiconductor layer, wherein the oxide semiconductor layer includes indium, gallium, and oxygen; and a ratio of an atomic percentage of oxygen to a sum of atomic percentages of indium and gallium in the oxide semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 3.
US10325928B2	Method of manufacturing thin film transistor, dehydrogenating apparatus for performing the same, and organic light emitting display device including thin film transistor manufactured by the same Provided are a method of manufacturing a thin film transistor, a dehydrogenating apparatus for performing the method, and an organic light emitting display device including a thin film transistor manufactured by the same. A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor includes reducing a content of oxygen in a chamber for performing a dehydrogenation process of an amorphous silicon layer from a first value to a second value, inserting a substrate on which the amorphous silicon layer is formed into the chamber, heating the inside of the chamber to perform the dehydrogenation process on the amorphous silicon layer, and forming a polysilicon layer by crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer using a laser.
US10325923B2	Accommodating imperfectly aligned memory holes Methods of forming 3-d flash memory cells are described. The methods allow the cells to be produced despite a misalignment in at least two sections (top and bottom), each having multiple charge storage locations. The methods include selectively gas-phase etching dielectric from the bottom memory hole portion by delivering the etchants through the top memory hole. The methods further include placing sacrificial polysilicon around the memory hole before forming the bottom stack and removing the sacrificial polysilicon from the slit trench to allow a conducting gapfill to make electrical contact to the polysilicon inside the memory hole.
US10325920B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first mask layer having a first opening on an underlying layer; forming a first layer in a space where the underlying layer is selectively removed via the first opening; forming a second mask layer on the first mask layer and the first layer, the second mask layer having a second opening crossing the first opening; and selectively removing the first layer at a portion where the first opening and the second opening cross. At least one of the first and second mask layers having openings including the first or second opening, the openings being arranged in the first mask layer along a first direction, and/or being arranged in the second mask layer along a second direction, the first opening crossing the second opening in the first direction, and the second opening crossing the first opening in the second direction.
US10325917B2	Integrated structures and methods of forming integrated structures Some embodiments include an integrated structure having semiconductor material within a region between two parallel surfaces. The semiconductor material has grain boundaries parallel to the parallel surfaces. At least one circuit component utilizes a region of the semiconductor material in a gated device. The semiconductor material has little if any metal therein so that the gated device has Ion/Ioff characteristics similar to if the semiconductor material had no metal therein. Some embodiments include a method in which semiconductor material is provided between a pair of parallel surfaces, and in which the parallel surfaces and semiconductor material extend between a first end and a second end. Metal is formed adjacent the first end, and gettering material is formed adjacent the second end. Thermal processing induces crystallization of the semiconductor material and drives the metal along the semiconductor material and into the gettering material. The gettering material is then removed.
US10325909B2	ROM chip manufacturing structures having shared gate electrodes An integrated circuit (IC) chip embodiment includes first and second ROM cells arranged in a same row of a ROM array. The first and second ROM cells include first portions of first and second gate structures, respectively. The IC chip further includes a strap cell disposed between the first and second ROM cells. The strap cell includes second portions of the first and second gate structures. The first gate structure is physically separated from the second gate structure.
US10325908B2	Compact source ballast trench MOSFET and method of manufacturing A trench metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device, comprising a substrate of a first conductivity type, a body region of a second conductivity type, a gate electrode formed in a gate trench extending in the body region and substrate, a lightly doped source region and a heavily doped source region formed in the body region, and a source contact extending to the body region formed in a source contact trench next to the gate trench. The lightly doped source region is extended deeper in the body region than the heavily doped source region. The lightly doped source region is adjacent to the source contact trench. A ballast resistor is formed at the lightly doped source region between the heavily doped source region and the body region and a Schottky diode is formed at a contact between the source contact and the lightly doped source region.
US10325905B2	Semiconductor device and semiconductor circuit device In a constant voltage clamping circuit, a p-type anode region and an n-type pickup region are provided separated from each other in an n−-type well region. In the p-type anode region, a p−-type low-concentration anode region is provided. In the p−-type low-concentration anode region, an n+-type cathode region is provided. A first Zener diode of a highest potential of the constant voltage clamping circuit is formed by a pn junction of the p-type anode region, the p−-type low-concentration anode region and the n+-type cathode region. An n+-type pickup contact region in the n-type pickup region is arranged at a position near the n+-type cathode region and separated farther the n+-type cathode region, from p+-type anode contact region. The n+-type pickup contact region and the p+-type anode contact region are short-circuited.
US10325903B2	Semiconductor device Connection patterns of plural diodes include a first series connection pattern and a second series connection pattern. The first series connection pattern extends from an input terminal in the X direction. The second series connection pattern has a portion through which a current flows to approach the input terminal. The first series connection pattern includes a first diode, which is the first diode counted from the input terminal. The second series connection pattern includes a second diode, which is the last diode counted from the input terminal. The second diode is disposed separately from the first diode with some distance therebetween in the Y direction. An N-type region of the first diode and a P-type region of the second diode directly oppose each other as viewed in a planar direction.
US10325900B2	Integrated circuit and method of fabricating the same A layout includes a plurality of cells and at least one dummy gate electrode continuously extends across the cells. Since the dummy gate electrode is electrically conductive, the dummy gate electrode can be utilized for interconnecting the cells. That is, some signals may travel through the dummy gate electrode rather than through a metal one line or a metal two line. Therefore, an amount of metal one lines and/or metal two lines for interconnecting the cells can be reduced.
US10325894B1	Integrated multi-color light-emitting pixel arrays based devices by bonding Integrated active-matrix multi-color light emitting pixel arrays based displays and methods of fabricating the integrated displays are provided. An example integrated device includes a backplane device and different color light emitting diodes (LEDs) devices arranged in different height planar layers on the backplane device. The backplane device includes at least one backplane having a number of pixel circuits. Each LED device includes an array of LEDs each operable to emit light with a particular color and conductively coupled to respective pixel circuits in the backplane to form active-matrix LED sub-pixels. The different color LED sub-pixels form an array of active-matrix multi-color display pixels. Plug vias can be arranged in different planar layers to conductively couple upper-level LEDs to respective pixel circuits in respective regions over the backplane device. The plug vias can extend from an upper planar layer into a lower planar layer to fix the two planar layers together.
US10325890B2	Packaging a substrate with an LED into an interconnect structure only through top side landing pads on the substrate Standardized photon building blocks are packaged in molded interconnect structures to form a variety of LED array products. No electrical conductors pass between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate upon which LED dies are mounted. Microdots of highly reflective material are jetted onto the top surface. Landing pads on the top surface of the substrate are attached to contact pads disposed on the underside of a lip of the interconnect structure. In a solder reflow process, the photon building blocks self-align within the interconnect structure. Conductors in the interconnect structure are electrically coupled to the LED dies in the photon building blocks through the contact pads and landing pads. Compression molding is used to form lenses over the LED dies and leaves a flash layer of silicone covering the landing pads. The flash layer laterally above the landing pads is removed by blasting particles at the flash layer.
US10325881B2	Vertical semiconductor device having a stacked die block A semiconductor device vertically mounted on a medium such as a printed circuit board, and a method of its manufacture, are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a stack of semiconductor die having contact pads which extend to an active edge of the die aligned on one side of the stack. The active edges of the die are affixed to the PCB and the contact pads at the active edge are electrically coupled to the PCB. This configuration provides an optimal, high density arrangement of semiconductor die in the device, where a large number of semiconductor die can be mounted and electrically coupled directly to the PCT, without a substrate, without staggering the semiconductor die, and without using wire bonds.
US10325876B2	Surface finish for wirebonding The present disclosure provides embodiments of package devices and methods for making package devices for a semiconductor die. One embodiment includes a die mounting structure having a finished bond pad that includes a copper bond pad and a cobalt-containing layer over a top surface of the copper bond pad, and a wire bond structure that is bonded to a top surface of the cobalt-containing layer of the finished bond pad, where cobalt-containing material of the cobalt-containing layer is located between a bottom surface of the wire bond structure and the top surface of the copper bond pad such that the cobalt-containing material is present under a center portion of the wire bond structure.
US10325870B2	Through-substrate-vias with self-aligned solder bumps A semiconductor structure and methods of forming the semiconductor structure include a solder bump self-aligned to a through-substrate-via, wherein the solder bump and the through-substrate-via are formed of a conductive metal material, and wherein the through-substrate-via is coupled to a buried metallization layer, which is formed of a different conductive metal material.
US10325869B2	Semiconductor devices, semiconductor packages, and methods of manufacturing the semiconductor devices A semiconductor device includes a conductive component on a substrate, a passivation layer on the substrate and including an opening that exposes at least a portion of the conductive component, and a pad structure in the opening and located on the passivation layer, the pad structure being electrically connected to the conductive component. The pad structure includes a lower conductive layer conformally extending on an inner sidewall of the opening, the lower conductive layer including a conductive barrier layer, a first seed layer, an etch stop layer, and a second seed layer that are sequentially stacked, a first pad layer on the lower conductive layer and at least partially filling the opening, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer and being in contact with a peripheral portion of the lower conductive layer located on the top surface of the passivation layer
US10325843B2	Integrated circuit package substrate Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards techniques and configurations for dual surface finish package substrate assemblies. In one embodiment a method includes depositing a first lamination layer on a first side of a package substrate and a first surface finish on one or more electrical contacts disposed on a second side of the package substrate; removing the first lamination layer from the first side of the package substrate; depositing a second lamination layer on the second side of the package substrate and a second surface finish on the one or more electrical contacts disposed on the first side of the package substrate; and removing the second lamination layer from the second side of the package substrate. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10325830B1	Multipart lid for a semiconductor package with multiple components A multipart lid is provided. The multipart lid may include a formed upper lid designed for maximum heat dissipation, a coined lower lid joined to the formed upper lid, where the coined lower lid comprises a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) substantially equal to a CTE of a first semiconductor component. A structure is provided. The structure may include a substrate, a first semiconductor component electrically connected and mounted on the substrate, one or more discrete components electrically connected and mounted on the substrate, a substrate mounted multipart lid covering both the semiconductor component and the one or more discrete components, where the multipart lid comprises a heat dissipating upper lid and a lower lid, where a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the lower lid substantially matches a CTE of the first semiconductor component.
US10325809B2	Methods for splitting semiconductor devices and semiconductor device A method for splitting a semiconductor wafer includes incorporating hydrogen atoms into at least a splitting region of a semiconductor wafer. The splitting region includes a concentration of nitrogen atoms higher than 1·1015 cm−3. The method further includes splitting the semiconductor wafer at the splitting region of the semiconductor wafer.
US10325798B2	Accommodating device for retaining wafers A receiving means for receiving and mounting of wafers, comprised of a mounting surface, mounting means for mounting a wafer onto the mounting surface and compensation means for active, locally controllable, compensation of local and/or global distortions of the wafer.
US10325795B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus including a frame, a first SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a first radial axis; a second SCARA arm connected to the frame, including an end effector, configured to extend and retract along a second radial axis, the SCARA arms having a common shoulder axis of rotation; and a drive section coupled to the SCARA arms is configured to independently extend each SCARA arm along a respective radial axis and rotate each SCARA arm about the common shoulder axis of rotation where the first radial axis is angled relative to the second radial axis and the end effector of a respective arm is aligned with a respective radial axis, wherein each end effector is configured to hold at least one substrate and the end effectors are located on a common transfer plane.
US10325790B2	Methods and apparatus for correcting substrate deformity Embodiments of methods and apparatus for correcting substrate deformity are provided herein. In some embodiments, a substrate support includes a base having an interior volume formed by walls extending upward from the base; a plurality of infrared lamps disposed within the interior volume; a support plate disposed above the plurality of infrared lamps, wherein the support plate includes a support surface to support a substrate; and a cover plate disposed atop the support plate and having a central opening corresponding to the support surface and an exhaust portion at a periphery of a top surface of the cover plate, wherein the exhaust portion includes a plurality of perforations fluidly coupling a space above the cover plate with an exhaust conduit formed in the cover plate. Embodiments of a showerhead assembly and processing equipment incorporating the inventive substrate support and showerhead assembly are additionally provided herein.
US10325789B2	High productivity soak anneal system Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods for thermally processing substrates. In one embodiment, a processing system includes a factory interface coupled to a plurality of load lock chambers. The plurality of load lock chambers are coupled to a transfer chamber which houses a robot. A thermal processing chamber is coupled to the transfer chamber and the robot is configured to transfer substrate between the load lock chambers and the thermal processing chamber. A multi-substrate support, which is disposed within the thermal processing chamber, rotates to facilitate efficient substrate thermal processing. A gas curtain apparatus disposed in a port plenum provides environment separation between the processing chamber and the transfer chamber while enabling efficient substrate transfer between the thermal processing chamber and the transfer chamber.
US10325785B2	Handler bonding and debonding for semiconductor dies Various embodiments process semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a release layer is applied to a handler. The at least one singulated semiconductor device is bonded to the handler. The at least one singulated semiconductor device is packaged while it is bonded to the handler. The release layer is ablated by irradiating the release layer through the handler with a laser. The at least one singulated semiconductor device is removed from the transparent handler after the release layer has been ablated.
US10325777B2	Utilizing multiple layers to increase spatial frequency A chemical material is deposited on a surface of a substrate. A mandrel composition is deposited on a surface of the chemical material. A mandrel hard mask pattern is deposited on a surface of the mandrel composition. The mandrel composition is etched. The mandrel hard mask pattern is removed. A plurality of spacer materials are deposited sequentially onto a surface of the chemical material and a surface of the mandrel composition. A portion of each of the plurality of spacer materials are removed sequentially. A remainder of the mandrel composition is removed. The substrate is etched. The chemical material and at least one of the spacer materials of the plurality of spacer materials are removed.
US10325772B2	Apparatus and method for wafer cleaning A wafer cleaning apparatus includes a polishing unit used in chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) of a wafer and a cleaning dispensing unit arranged to direct cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer. A wafer cleaning method includes CMP of a wafer by a polishing unit and directing cleaning fluids toward a far edge of the wafer after the CMP of the wafer by a cleaning dispensing unit. Another method can include CMP, applying deionized water, and applying pH adjuster having a pH range from about 2 to about 13.
US10325771B2	Substrate processing method and substrate processing apparatus Disclosed is a substrate processing method including a first surface cleaning step of supplying a first cleaning liquid containing water to a first surface of a substrate; a second surface cleaning step of supplying a second cleaning liquid containing water to a second surface that is opposite to the first surface; a water removal step of removing the water remaining on the second surface of the substrate in a state where the first surface is not exposed to outside air, after the second surface cleaning step; a water-repellency step of supplying a water-repellent agent to the first surface of the substrate after the water removal step; and a drying step of drying the substrate after the water-repellency step.
US10325766B2	Method of optimising spectral data A method of mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed. The method comprises: providing a plurality of species of ions; analyzing the ions during a plurality of sequential acquisition periods so as to obtain spectral data relating to the ions; varying the value of an operational parameter of the spectrometer such that it has different values during the different acquisition periods, wherein the spectral data obtained for a given ion varies depending on the value of the operational parameter; storing the spectral data obtained during the different acquisition periods separately; selecting a target ion; and then interrogating the spectral data so as to identify a set of first acquisition periods that include data corresponding to said target ion. Selecting spectral data from only a subset of the first acquisition periods allows the selection of the optimal spectral data for the target ion, while discarding less optimal data.
US10325759B2	Multiple control modes Systems and methods for using variables based on multiple states associated with a plasma system are described. A method includes determining whether the state associated with the plasma system is a first, second, or third state and determining a first variable upon determining that the state is the first state. The method further includes determining a second variable upon determining that the state is the second state and determining a third variable upon determining that the state is the third state. The method includes determining whether each of the first variable, the second variable, and the third variable is within a corresponding range from a corresponding threshold. The method includes providing an instruction to change power supplied to a plasma chamber upon determining that the first, second, or third variable is outside the corresponding range from the corresponding threshold.
US10325752B1	Performance extraction set An extraction set including an extraction plate, a blocker and the holding mechanism for the blocker is disclosed. The extraction set includes an extraction plate that may be constructed of titanium coated with a ceramic material. The extraction plate is attached to the ion source using pins. The extraction plate also includes raised outline in its inner surface which is used to secure the blocker to the inner surface of the extraction plate. The ends of the blocker are secured by two holders disposed on opposite sides of the extraction aperture. The mechanism used for attaching the extraction plate to the ion source also improves the temperature uniformity of the extraction plate.
US10325749B2	Process for repairing an anode for emitting x-rays and repaired anode A process for repairing a damaged annular region of an anode configured to emit x-rays includes the step of machining the damaged annular region made of an initial target coating to a depth smaller than a thickness of the coating so as to leave behind a residual annular layer. An intermediate layer is then deposited on the residual annular layer. A repairing layer is then deposited on the intermediate layer. A heat treatment is then performed using an anneal which causes, by interdiffusion and formation of a solid solution, the material of the intermediate layer and the material of the residual annular layer to diffuse into each other and further cause the material of the intermediate layer and the material of the repairing layer diffuse into each other. As a result of this anneal the intermediate layer disappears.
US10325731B2	Electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and an electrolyte solution. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, a cathode foil opposite to the anode foil, and a conductive polymer layer interposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. A dielectric layer is formed on the anode foil. An inorganic conductive layer is formed on the cathode foil. The conductive polymer layer includes a conductive polymer. The cathode foil has a roughened surface on which the inorganic conductive layer is formed. A proportion of water in the electrolyte solution ranges from 0.1% by mass to 6.0% by mass, inclusive.
US10325727B2	Flexible control systems and methods for device arrays The present subject matter relates to devices, systems, and methods for controlling an array of two-state elements that can be independently positioned in either first state or a second state. A non-volatile memory in communication with the plurality of two-state elements is configured to receive an input digital control word that addresses a location within the non-volatile memory and to output one of a plurality of array control words stored at the location addressed within the memory to the plurality of two-state elements, wherein the array control word sets a predetermined combination of the plurality of two-state elements to be in the first state and in the second state, and wherein the predetermined combination of the plurality of two-state elements in the first state and in the second state optimally achieves a desired behavior of the array corresponding to the input digital control word.
US10325722B2	Multilayer electronic component and board having the same A multilayer electronic component includes a capacitor body, a plurality of external electrodes disposed on a mounting surface of the capacitor body to be spaced apart from each other, and a connection terminal including land portions formed of insulators. The land portions have conductor layers formed on surfaces thereof, and are disposed on respective external electrodes. A bridge portion is disposed between land portions adjacent to each other. Cut portions are formed in the land portions. The multilayer electronic component can optionally be mounted on a circuit board having a plurality of electrode pads such that each land portion is mounted to a respective electrode pad of the circuit board.
US10325716B2	Electric equipment In electric equipment, a switching substrate is provided along winding axes of winding parts. A part of the switching substrate is overlapped with a reactor, as viewed in a direction perpendicular to a virtual plane including the winding axes. Further, an electric current sensor is shifted from the reactor in a direction of winding axes, and a sensor substrate is provided in parallel to the virtual plane.
US10325706B2	Composite material, magnetic component, and reactor Provided are a composite material having low iron loss, high saturation magnetization, and high strength, and a magnetic component and a reactor that include the composite material. A composite material contains a soft magnetic powder and a resin having the soft magnetic powder dispersed therein, the soft magnetic powder including a coarse powder having an average particle size D1 of not less than 50 μm nor more than 500 μm and a fine powder having an average particle size D2 of not less than 0.1 μm but less than 30 wherein the soft magnetic powder is contained in an amount of not less than 60 vol % nor more than 80 vol % with respect to the composite material as a whole.
US10325689B2	Method and system for generating a nuclear reactor core loading distribution The generation of a nuclear core loading distribution includes receiving a reactor core parameter distribution associated with a state of a reference nuclear reactor core, generating an initial fuel loading distribution for a simulated beginning-of-cycle (BOC) nuclear reactor core, selecting an initial set of positions for a set of regions within the simulated BOC core, generating an initial set of fuel design parameter values utilizing a design variable of each of the regions, calculating a reactor core parameter distribution of the simulated BOC core utilizing the generated initial set of fuel design parameter values associated with the set of regions located at the initial set of positions of the simulated BOC core and generating a loading distribution by performing a perturbation process on the set of regions of the simulated BOC core to determine a subsequent set of positions for the set of regions within the simulated BOC core.
US10325686B2	System and methods for integrated and predictive analysis of molecular, imaging, and clinical data for patient-specific management of diseases A system operating in a plurality of modes to provide an integrated analysis of molecular data, imaging data, and clinical data associated with a patient includes a multi-scale model, a molecular model, and a linking component. The multi-scale model is configured to generate one or more estimated multi-scale parameters based on the clinical data and the imaging data when the system operates in a first mode, and generate a model of organ functionality based on one or more inferred multi-scale parameters when the system operates in a second mode. The molecular model is configured to generate one or more first molecular findings based on a molecular network analysis of the molecular data, wherein the molecular model is constrained by the estimated parameters when the system operates in the first mode. The linking component, which is operably coupled to the multi-scale model and the molecular model, is configured to transfer the estimated multi-scale parameters from the multi-scale model to the molecular model when the system operates in the first mode, and generate, using a machine learning process, the inferred multi-scale parameters based on the molecular findings when the system operates in the second mode.
US10325676B2	Method and system for high-throughput sequencing data analysis Methods and systems for high-throughput sequencing data analysis are provided. In an embodiment, the method includes the following steps. An input DNA/RNA/Protein sequence is received by a master computing unit. The input DNA/RNA/Protein sequence is partitioned into overlapping segments with a sliding window less than a segment length of the overlapping segments to allow overlapping of any successive two thereof by the master computing unit. The overlapping segments are distributed by the master computing unit to a plurality of slave computing units in a cloud computing environment. Suffix-expansion-sorting processing is performed on the overlapping segments by the slave computing units to produce sorted expansion segments. Distributed database tables are generated based on the sorted expansion segments by at least a portion of the slave computing units. The distributed database tables are associated to construct a global database table corresponding to the input DNA/RNA/Protein sequence for high-throughput sequencing data analysis.
US10325672B2	Memory apparatus having plurality of information storage tables managed by separate virtual regions and control method thereof Disclosed are a memory apparatus having a plurality of information storage tables managed by separate virtual regions and a control method thereof. That is, a fault repair is applied in a memory system having a plurality of information storage tables managed by a separate virtual region, so that the entire information storage space is uniformly used for every region to improve a performance of the entire system and maximize efficiency of the information storage space by utilizing the information storage space.
US10325671B2	Memory system having impedance calibration circuit A memory system includes: a buffer memory device including a reference voltage pad; a memory controller including a controller ZQ pad; and a controller calibration resistor, wherein the reference voltage pad, the controller ZQ pad, and the controller calibration resistor are coupled to each other.
US10325659B1	I/O buffer offset mitigation Methods of operating an integrated circuit device, and integrated circuit devices configured to perform methods, including applying a particular voltage level to a first input of an input/output (I/O) buffer and to a second input of the I/O buffer, determining whether the I/O buffer is deemed to exhibit offset, and applying an adjustment to the I/O buffer offset while applying the particular voltage level to the first input of the I/O buffer and to the second input of the I/O buffer if the I/O buffer is deemed to exhibit offset.
US10325657B2	Non-volatile memory devices and methods of programming the same Methods of programming a non-volatile memory device including N string selection lines, a word line, first and second bit line groups are provided. The method may include sequentially programming first memory cells that are connected to the word line and at least one bit line included in the first bit line group by sequentially selecting the N string selection lines in response to sequentially applied first to N-th addresses, and then sequentially programming second memory cells that are connected to the word line and at least one bit line included in the second bit line group by sequentially selecting one of the N string selection lines in response to sequentially applied N+1-th to 2N-th addresses.
US10325646B1	SRAM physically unclonable function (PUF) circuit and method The disclosure describes approaches for generating a physically unclonable function (PUF) value. Power is applied to a power control circuit, an SRAM, and a PUF control circuit. After initially powering-up the SRAM, the PUF control circuit signals the power control circuit to disable power to the SRAM. The power control circuit disables power to the SRAM, and then re-enables power to the SRAM after having power to the SRAM disabled for a waiting period. The PUF control circuit reads a PUF value from the SRAM by the PUF control circuit after the enabling of power.
US10325645B2	Memory controller with clock-to-strobe skew compensation A clock signal is transmitted to first and second integrated circuit (IC) components via a clock signal line, the clock signal having a first arrival time at the first IC component and a second, later arrival time at the second IC component. A write command is transmitted to the first and second IC components to be sampled by those components at respective times corresponding to transitions of the clock signal, and write data is transmitted to the first and second IC components in association with the write command. First and second strobe signals are transmitted to the first and second IC components, respectively, to time reception of the first and second write data in those components. The first and second strobe signals are selected from a plurality of phase-offset timing signals to compensate for respective timing skews between the clock signal and the first and second strobe signals.
US10325644B1	Pump circuit in a DRAM, and method for generating a pump current The present disclosure provides a pump circuit comprising a temperature-sensing module, an oscillating module and a pumping module. The temperature-sensing module is configured to measure a temperature of a dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The oscillating module is coupled to the temperature-sensing module and is configured to generate a clock signal based on the temperature of the DRAM. The pumping module is coupled to the oscillating module and is configured to generate a pump voltage and a pump current to drive the DRAM, wherein the pump current is generated based on an oscillating frequency of the clock signal. When the temperature of the DRAM changes, the oscillating frequency of the clock signal changes based on the temperature of the DRAM, and the pump current correspondingly changes based on the oscillating frequency of the clock signal.
US10325637B2	Flexible point-to-point memory topology An apparatus includes a plurality of memory devices and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to enable a plurality of access modes for the plurality of memory devices. In a one-channel mode, all of the memory devices are accessed using a single selectable channel. In a two-channel mode, a first portion of the plurality of memory devices is accessed using a first channel and a second portion of the plurality of memory devices is accessed using a second channel.
US10325632B2	Intermediate circuit for memory card access The present invention discloses an intermediate circuit including: a detection circuit generating a detection result indicating a memory card signal conforming to one of a first and a second voltage specifications which specify a higher first operation voltage and a lower second operation voltage respectively; a control circuit generating a conversion control signal and a selection control signal according to the detection result; a conversion circuit converting the memory card signal into a card-to-system conversion signal conforming to the second voltage specification according to the conversion control signal when the memory card signal conforms to the first voltage specification; and a selection circuit outputting the card-to-system conversion signal according to the selection control signal when the memory card signal conforms to the first voltage specification, and outputting the memory card signal according to the selection control signal when the memory card signal conforms to the second voltage specification.
US10325628B2	Audio-visual project generator Embodiments disclosed herein enable a user to generate an audio-visual project. Certain embodiments enable a user to use one of a plurality of predefined templates to generate a project easily and quickly. Other embodiments enable a user to generate a custom project that gives more control to the user, compared to if the user selected one of the predefined templates. Each project includes one or more segments, which may be specified by a user directly, or may be specified by the template selected by the user. An effect is applied to each segment, wherein the effect specifies how many video and audio slots are included in the segment, if any, and can specify one or more other properties of the segment. Projects generated using embodiments disclosed herein can be saved and shared with other users.
US10325623B2	Magnetic tape device and magnetic reproducing method The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a reproducing head, in which a magnetic tape transportation speed of the magnetic tape device is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, the reproducing head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a reproducing element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, and a coefficient of friction measured regarding a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.30.
US10325620B2	Magnetic tape device and head tracking servo method The magnetic tape device includes: a magnetic tape; and a servo head, in which a magnetic tape transportation speed of the magnetic tape device is equal to or lower than 18 m/sec, the servo head is a magnetic head including a tunnel magnetoresistance effect type element as a servo pattern reading element, the magnetic tape includes a non-magnetic support, and a magnetic layer including ferromagnetic powder and a binding agent on the non-magnetic support, the magnetic layer includes a servo pattern, and a coefficient of friction measured regarding a base portion of a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 0.30.
US10325614B2	Voice-based realtime audio attenuation An example implementation may involve driving an audio output module of a wearable device with a first audio signal and then receiving, via at least one microphone of wearable device, a second audio signal comprising first ambient noise. The device may determine that the first ambient noise is indicative of user speech and responsively duck the first audio signal. While the first audio signal is ducked, the device may detect, in a subsequent portion of the second audio signal, second ambient noise, and determine that the second ambient noise is indicative of ambient speech. Responsive to the determination that the second ambient noise is indicative of ambient speech, the device may continue the ducking of the first audio signal.
US10325610B2	Adaptive audio rendering The techniques disclosed herein can enable a system to coordinate the processing of object-based audio and channel-based audio generated by multiple applications. The system determines a spatialization technology to utilize based on contextual data. In some configurations, the contextual data can indicate the capabilities of one or more computing resources. In some configurations, the contextual data can also indicate preferences. The preferences, for example, can indicate user preferences for a type of spatialization technology, e.g., Dolby Atmos, over another type of spatialization technology, e.g., DTSX. Based on the contextual data, the system can select a spatialization technology and a corresponding encoder to process the input signals to generate a spatially encoded stream that appropriately renders the audio of multiple applications to an available output device. The techniques disclosed herein also allow a system to dynamically change the spatialization technologies during use.
US10325609B2	Coding and decoding a sound signal by adapting coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients and/or adapting a code book A linear predictive coding apparatus is provided that performs linear predictive analysis using a pseudo correlation function signal sequence obtained by performing inverse Fourier transform regarding the η1-th power of the absolute values of the frequency domain sample sequence corresponding to the time-series signal as a power spectrum to obtain coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients. The apparatus further adapts values of η for a plurality of candidates for coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients stored in a code book and the coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients are obtained by the linear predictive analysis. The apparatus further obtains a linear predictive coefficient code corresponding to the coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients obtained by the linear predictive analysis, using the plurality of candidates for coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients and the coefficients transformable to linear predictive coefficients for which the values of η have been adapted.
US10325607B2	Coding of multichannel audio content There are provided decoding and encoding methods for encoding and decoding of multichannel audio content for playback on a speaker configuration with N channels. The decoding method comprises decoding, in a first decoding module, M input audio signals into M mid signals which are suitable for playback on a speaker configuration with M channels; and for each of the N channels in excess of M channels, receiving an additional input audio signal corresponding to one of the M mid signals and decoding the input audio signal and its corresponding mid signal so as to generate a stereo signal including a first and a second audio signal which are suitable for playback on two of the N channels of the speaker configuration.
US10325593B2	Method and device for waking up via speech based on artificial intelligence A method and a device for waking up via a speech based on artificial intelligence are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes: clustering phones to select garbage phones for representing the phones; constructing an alternative wake-up word approximate to a preset wake-up word according to the preset wake-up word; constructing a decoding network according to the garbage phones, the alternative wake-up word and the preset wake-up word; and waking up via the speech by using the decoding network. Due to the data size for the garbage phones is significantly smaller than the data size for the garbage words, a problem that the data size occupied is too large by using a garbage word model in the prior art is solved. Meanwhile, as a word is composed of several phones, the garbage phones may be more likely to cover all words than the garbage words. Thus, an accuracy of waking up is improved and a probability of false waking up is reduced.
US10325582B2	Transducer mounting assembly A mounting assembly may effectively mount a transducer and a marine electronic display via the same mounting assembly. In order to mount the mounting assembly, the mounting assembly may be configured to utilize a hole or a surface of a watercraft without needing any additional fastening elements (e.g., screw or bolts) being attached to or inserted into the hole or watercraft. Accordingly, no screw holes are required in order to mount either the marine electronic display or the transducer. Thereby, the user may put the mounting assembly through the hole or attach it to a surface of the watercraft, and then attach the marine electronic display and transducer to the appropriate components of the mounting assembly. Thereby, the mounting of a transducer and a marine electronic display will take less time and require less parts.
US10325566B2	Touch device detecting mutual capacitance and self capacitance and driving method thereof A touch device includes first and second electrodes intersecting each other, and a touch controller. The touch controller is configured to: apply a first driving signal to the first electrodes; selectively apply a second driving signal to the second electrodes; and detect self capacitances of at least one of the first electrodes and a first portion of the second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes. The at least one of the first electrodes is configured to receive the first driving signal, and the first portion of the second electrodes is configured to receive the second driving signal. The touch controller is further configured to detect mutual capacitances between the at least one of the first electrodes and a second portion of the second electrodes intersecting the first electrodes, in which the second portion of the second electrodes is configured not to receive the second driving signal.
US10325564B2	Clock generation circuit having over-current protecting function, method of operating the same and display device A clock generation circuit includes: a clock generator to receive a gate pulse signal and to generate at least one gate clock signal corresponding to the gate pulse signal; an over-current protector to detect a current level of the at least one gate clock signal, and to output a shutdown enable signal and at least one switching signal corresponding to the detected current level; and a switching unit including at least one switching device to output the gate pulse signal as the at least one gate clock signal. The clock generator is to generate the at least one gate clock signal in response to the shutdown enable signal, and the at least one switching device is to transmit the gate pulse signal as the at least one gate clock signal in response to the at least one switching signal.
US10325550B2	Electronic mirror device The electronic mirror device includes a display and a controller. The display includes a body case, an image display unit, and a light control filter, and is mounted on an installation position of a rear-view mirror in an interior of a vehicle for displaying an image captured by a camera mounted to the vehicle. The body case has an opening, and the image display unit is mounted to the opening of the body case. The light control filter is disposed to face a display surface of the image display unit. The light control filter can switch between at least two modes including a light reflecting mode and a light transmitting mode based on supply of electricity. The controller controls the image display unit and the light control filter.
US10325545B2	Display panel, display apparatus and driving method thereof A display panel, a display apparatus, and a display panel driving method are provided. The display panel comprises a display region including a plurality of pixels arranged in both a first direction and a second direction. The first direction intersects the second direction, and a non-display region surrounding the display region. The display region includes at least one irregular edge intersecting both the first direction and the second direction. The plurality of pixels include a plurality of first pixels intersecting the at least one irregular edge and a plurality of second pixels without intersecting the at least one irregular edge. A first pixel has an initial grayscale g. In a display phase of the display panel, the initial grayscale g of the first pixel is adjusted to a display grayscale G, where G
US10325539B2	Display method, display panel and display device The present invention provides a display method, a display panel and a display device. The display panel comprises a plurality of rows of sub-pixels, the adjacent sub-pixels in the column direction having different colors and being staggered from each other. The display method comprises: S1, generating an original image composed of a matrix of virtual pixels; S2, enabling the virtual pixels to correspond to sampling locations, wherein among the sampling locations in each row, one sampling location is further included between two sampling locations corresponding to any two adjacent virtual pixels; in two adjacent rows of sampling locations, the sampling locations corresponding to the virtual pixels are not in the same columns, wherein each sampling location corresponds to a location between two sub-pixels in one row and a middle location of a sub-pixel in the other row; and S3, calculating a display component of each sub-pixel.
US10325522B2	Medical training system and method of employing A medical training method includes generating an image of a first level of anatomical structures, displaying the image in a correct registration in a first display area on the surface of a portion of a simulated body, detecting a user input associated with the portion of the simulated body, and responsive to said detecting, generating and displaying at least one visual image in a correct registration in the first display area. A system for carrying out such method is also provided.
US10325519B2	Vehicle tutorial system and method for sending vehicle tutorial to tutorial manager device A vehicle tutorial system includes a data storage device having at least one vehicle tutorial, an on-board identification sensor, an on-board vehicle communication device, a tutorial manager device located in a cloud computer and/or the remote device, and an on-board vehicle controller. The on-board vehicle controller is programmed to identify the user of the vehicle based on information from the on-board identification sensor, select the vehicle tutorial, select the remote device associated with the user of the vehicle, offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a first time, and upon the user declining the offer at the first time, send the vehicle tutorial to the tutorial manager device. The tutorial manager device includes a processor programmed to offer the vehicle tutorial to the user at a time later than the first time on the on-board vehicle display or on the remote device.
US10325517B2	Systems and methods for extracting keywords in language learning Systems, methods, and products for language learning may extract text from various resources having text, using various natural-language processing features, which can be combined with custom-designed learning activities to offer a needs-based, adaptive learning methodology. The system may receive a resource, extract keywords pedagogically valuable to non-native language learning and academic exercises. Metadata describing various aspects of resources from which keywords are extracted may be associated with keywords. Metadata describing various aspects of keywords may also be associated with keywords. Extracted keywords may be stored into a keyword store along with any metadata associated with keywords.
US10325514B2	Systems and techniques for tracking sleep consistency and sleep goals Methods, techniques, apparatuses, and systems for setting up and tracking sleep consistency goals of users are provided. In one example, a computing system for setting a sleep schedule of a user of a biometric monitoring device may obtain sleep data derived from sensor data generated by the biometric monitoring device, store the sleep data in a sleep log data store as one or more sleep logs associated with an account assigned to the user, and calculate a target bedtime based on a scheduled waketime of the user and a sleep efficiency derived, at least in part, from the sleep data for one or more users stored in the sleep log data store. The computing system may also be configured to provide a number of personalized user interfaces to an individual for the purposes of setting a sleep schedule. Such interfaces may include parameters that are tailored to the individual sleep needs and/or characteristics of the individual's sleep.
US10325507B2	Method and system for determining effective approach angle and predicting aircraft landing distance A method of predicting a parameter for an aircraft includes detecting an actual approach profile of the aircraft. The actual approach profile includes an actual approach angle. The method also includes comparing, by a processor, the actual approach profile to a predetermined approach profile to determine a difference between the actual and predetermined approach profiles. The predetermined approach profile includes a predetermined approach angle. The method further includes determining, by the processor, an effective approach angle by combining the actual approach angle and the predetermined approach angle according to a factor that varies based on the difference between the actual and predetermined approach profiles. Moreover, the method includes determining, by the processor, the predicted parameter based on the effective approach angle.
US10325489B2	Dynamic natural guidance In one embodiment, dynamic natural guidance is generated for a route between an origin and a destination. A controller receives data indicative of a location of the mobile device and data indicative of at least one movable object detected in a vicinity of the mobile device. The data indicative of at least one movable object may be collected by a camera and analyzed. The analysis may include one or more of image processing techniques, temporal measurement, and tracking of movable objects. The controller generates a guidance command based on the location of the mobile device. The guidance command references the at least one movable object detected in the vicinity of the mobile device.
US10325484B2	Method and system for determination of false alarm A system and method for determining a false alarm includes receiving a provisional alarm signal from a safety alarm system, the provisional alarm signal indicating an alarm type. At least one sensor senses at least one present condition of a type corresponding to the alarm type indicated by the provisional alarm signal. A normal alarm signal is transmitted based on the at least one present condition sensed by the sensor.
US10325482B1	Emergency location identfication using wireless devices Embodiments of the present disclosure include an efficient and accurate method for presenting victim locations to emergency responders. The method disclosed can be used to track individuals still remaining in a building in case of an emergency. The method comprises determining a location for an individual by receiving a device identifier (e.g., combination of numbers and/or characters uniquely identifying a receiving device associated with the individual) and location information, received from one or more beacons, from the receiving device. The method comprises determining a first location associated with the receiving device based on the location information and/or the device identifier. The method comprises determining different locations associated with the individual as the individual moves and determining whether the individual is still within the building. The method comprises, displaying location information and instructions to reach the individual in case of an emergency.
US10325477B2	Method of providing activity notification and device thereof A method of providing an activity notification is provided. The method includes registering, by the device, information about the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmitting, by the device, the registered information about the activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device performs a process of providing the activity notification.
US10325473B1	Sensor data to identify catastrophe areas A computer-implemented method for generating an automated response to a catastrophic event, that includes (1) analyzing a sample set of data generated in association with a catastrophic event to determine a threshold pattern; (2) receiving, with customer permission or affirmative consent, home sensor data from a smart home controller via wireless communication or data transmission, the home sensor data including data regarding at least one of (i) structural status; (ii) wind speed; (iii) availability of electricity; (iv) presence of water; (v) temperature; (vi) pressure; and/or (vii) presence of pollutants in the air and/or water; (3) determining, based upon or from computer analysis of the home sensor data, whether the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern; and (4) automatically generating a response if the home sensor data indicates a match to the threshold pattern. As a result, catastrophic events and responses thereto may be improved through usage of a remote network of home sensors.
US10325471B1	Systems and methods for detecting a medical emergency event A computer-implemented method for detecting medical emergency events may include, via one or more processors, data sensors, and/or transceivers: (1) obtaining sensor data indicative of kinetic actions of a user; (2) analyzing the sensor data to associate the sensor data with a one or more kinetic actions of the user; (3) comparing the one or more kinetic actions of the user with a model of kinetic actions to determine whether the one or more kinetic actions correspond with the model of kinetic actions, with the model being indicative of a medical emergency event; and (4) upon determining that the one or more kinetic actions correspond with the model, contacting medical emergency responders to request medical emergency services for the user. As such, medical emergency events being experienced by a user can be detected, and medical emergency responders may be quickly contacted to provide essential emergency medical services to the individual.
US10325456B2	Communication devices including an illumination source and a physical input sensor Communication devices are disclosed. In an example embodiment, a communication device may include a communication module including an illumination source and a body element. The body element may be configured to allow illumination generated by the illumination source to propagate within and illuminate at least a portion of an outer surface of the body element.
US10325453B2	Doorbell device and associated control method A doorbell device has a first power input terminal and a second power input terminal. The doorbell device is coupled to a chime device. The doorbell device includes a current sensing circuit, a switch circuit, and a processing circuit. The current sensing circuit is coupled to the first power input terminal, and generates a sensing voltage according to a current flowing through the current sensing circuit. The switch circuit is coupled between the current sensing circuit and the second power input terminal. The switch circuit changes the conducting state in response to a control signal. The processing circuit is configured to provide the control signal and determine the type of the chime device according to the sensing voltage.
US10325445B2	Gaming system and method for displaying a plurality of individual symbols at a single symbol display position A gaming system including a game which utilizes one or more designated symbols. In these embodiments, if at least one single individual designated symbol is generated and displayed at at least one single symbol display position, the gaming system modifies the single individual designated symbol into one or more individual designated symbols at the same single symbol display position. This modification of an individual designated symbol into a plurality of individual designated symbols is associated with one or more benefits, such as the availability of one or more awards not previously available prior to the modification.
US10325440B2	Interactive kiosk for mobile electronics A kiosk for vending and reverse-vending of mobile electronic devices. The kiosk includes a case that defines an inner compartment configured to store mobile devices for vending. The case includes a front panel and a user interface is positioned along the front panel. The kiosk includes a vending bay and a storage bay configured to receive user mobile devices. The kiosk includes a diagnostic cable wire harness configured to be accessible at the storage bay. The kiosk includes a computing device having a communication element configured for communication with at least one carrier server for service activation and/or de-activation.
US10325437B2	Soft touch resin and transaction card comprising the same Apparatuses and methods are provided for manufacturing a transaction card. The disclosed apparatuses and methods may be used to form a transaction card frame configured to house a data storage component. The card frame may be formed of a resin mixture comprising a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE). The card frame may also have a Shore D hardness in the range of 20-80.
US10325428B1	Access control using device location tracking and blockchains An access control system that includes Internet of Things sensors and a controller within a controlled area. The controller is configured to detect a guest device for a guest, to link a guest block chain account with the guest, to identify a sponsor associated with the guest, and to identify a sponsor block chain account for the sponsor. The controller is further configured to publish an access control contract to the block chain. The access control contract includes executable instructions for publishing a transaction in the block chain transferring a validation token from the sponsor block chain account to the guest block chain account and conditions linked with the executable instructions. The controller is configured to determine whether the conditions have been satisfied and to send a trigger message that triggers the access control contract to execute the instructions in response to determining the conditions have been satisfied.
US10325419B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus is disclosed that is suitable for controlling a barred access, with a front port for inserting and expelling tickets, sensor means for reading a ticket introduced into the port, an input/output interface and thermal printing means controlled by an electronic processor including a memory that can contain a script including an instruction to activate the printing means in response to an input signal received from the sensor means or via the interface and an instruction to send an output signal via the interface in response to a signal emitted by sensor means. A computerized central system, arranged outside the printing apparatus for controlling the barred access, is associated with the printing apparatus by means of an initial system configurations that is simplified.
US10325416B1	Avatar creation user interface The present disclosure generally relates to creating and editing avatars, and navigating avatar selection interfaces. In some examples, an avatar feature user interface includes a plurality of feature options that can be customized to create an avatar. In some examples, different types of avatars can be managed for use in different applications. In some examples, an interface is provided for navigating types of avatars for an application.
US10325413B2	Generating smooth optimized parts A method of generating a smooth optimized part design for a workpiece is presented. Topology optimization is performed based on design objectives, to generate surface data describing an optimized but unfinished surface of the workpiece. The surface data is used to generate volumetric data describing the workpiece structure. A three dimensional smoothing filter is applied to the volumetric data. A manufacturing design is generated from the resulting smoothed volumetric data.
US10325407B2	Attribute detection tools for mixed reality Techniques described herein include mixed reality tools, referred to as HoloPaint, that allow use of any of a variety of sensors to determine physical parameters of real objects in a mixed reality environment. HoloPaint may correlate current measurements of the real world with past measurements to perform inventory management, analysis of changes of physical parameters of real objects and environments, and so on. A user may select which parameter to analyze by selecting a particular type of virtual paint, such as for drawing onto an object to be analyzed.
US10325404B1	3D virtual automated modeling of custom concha module A virtual 3D modeling of a custom shell module for a hearing aid from a digital impression. In this process, a pre-modelled faceplate module is selected from a computer database. The style and size of the selected pre-modelled faceplate module is proper for the shell style and options requested. Through motion and rotation, the selected pre-modelled faceplate module is fitted collision-free in the digital impression and its fit is customized with a buffer. The resulting customized faceplate module is integrated with the canal aperture of the digital impression and becomes the virtual custom concha module. This method is suitable for modeling shell styles such as Half-Shell, Canal, Completely-In-Canal, Invisible-In-Canal.
US10325399B2	Optimal texture memory allocation Systems and methods for generating three-dimensional models having regions of various resolutions are provided. In particular, imagery data can be captured and utilized to generate three-dimensional models. Regions of texture can be mapped to regions of a three-dimensional model when rendered. Resolutions of texture can be selectively altered and regions of texture can be selectively segmented to reduce texture memory cost. Texture can be algorithmically generated based on alternative texturing techniques. Models can be rendered having regions at various resolutions.
US10325392B2	Content replacement system using visual design object models A content replacement system and method for simultaneously updating a plurality of images of visual designs on an electronic display of an electronic device using synchronized client- and server-side visual design object models by representing visual objects in visual designs using a keyed attribute and associated attribute value comprising a visual object specification.
US10325383B2	Automated construction of diagnostic fault model from network diagram A method of automatically generating a fault model from a network diagram comprising parsing a network diagram to identify schematic components and schematic interfaces, mapping each schematic component to a respective standard component, and mapping each schematic interface to a respective standard interface, generating component failure information for each schematic component based on the respective standard component, wherein component failure information includes standard failure modes of the respective standard component, generating interface failure information for each schematic interface based on the respective standard interface, wherein interface failure information includes standard failure modes of the respective standard interface, and constructing a fault model specific to the network diagram based on component failure information and interface failure information.
US10325380B2	Precise, low-cost orthopaedic surgical simulator An orthopaedic surgical simulator includes a bone (a simulated bone or cadaver bone). The simulator further includes a base, wherein the bone is operatively connected to the base, an optical system mounted proximate the base, wherein the optical system comprises at least one camera and provides a first view and a second view of an incision area associated with the bone. There are fiducial markers on a surgical wire to represent depth of the surgical wire when a tip of the surgical wire is not visible. The simulator further includes a computing device in operative communication with the camera and configured to track position of a surgical wire by determining position of the surgical wire using the fiducial markers on the surgical wire and to generate imagery based on a three-dimensional model of the bone and position of the surgical wire relative to the bone.
US10325378B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory storage medium An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of silhouette image data of an object viewed from multiple different viewpoints; a generation unit configured to generate, from the pieces of silhouette image data, pieces of low-resolution data representing images with a resolution lower than the pieces of silhouette image data; and an estimation unit configured to, by performing, for a plurality of line segments in space containing the object, processing in which, after a line segment in the space is projected onto a piece of low-resolution data to calculate a first intersection of the line segment with the object, the line segment is projected onto a piece of silhouette image data to calculate a second intersection of the line segment with the object, calculate intervals over which the plurality of line segments intersect the object and estimate a shape of the object.
US10325377B2	Image depth sensing method and image depth sensing apparatus An image depth sensing method adapted to obtain depth information within a field of view by an image depth sensing apparatus is provided. The method includes the following steps: determining whether the field of view includes a distant object with a depth greater than a distance threshold; in response to determining that the field of view does not include the distant object, obtaining the depth information within the field of view according to a general mode; and in response to determining that the field of view includes the distant object, obtaining the depth information within the field of view according to an enhanced mode. A maximum depth which can be detected in the general mode is not greater than the distance threshold, and a maximum depth which can be detected in the enhanced mode is greater than the distance threshold. In addition, an image depth sensing apparatus is also provided.
US10325376B2	Machine vision for ego-motion, segmenting, and classifying objects Systems and methods for machine vision are presented. Such machine vision includes ego-motion, as well as the segmentation and/or classification of image data of one or more targets of interest. The projection and detection of scanning light beams that generate a pattern are employed. Real-time continuous and accurate spatial-temporal 3D sensing is achieved. The relative motion between an observer and a projection surface is determined. A combination of visible and non-visible patterns, as well as a combination of visible and non-visible sensor arrays is employed to sense 3D coordinates of target features, as well as acquire color image data to generate 3D color images of targets. Stereoscopic pairs of cameras are employed to generate 3D image data. Such cameras are dynamically aligned and calibrated. Information may be encoded in the transmitted patterns. The information is decoded upon detection of the pattern and employed to determine features of the reflecting surface.
US10325373B2	Method, apparatus, and system for constructing a polygon from edges for object detection An approach is provided for constructing polygons for object detection. The approach involves processing, by a computer vision system, an image to generate a cell-based parametric representation of object edges. The representation, for instance, segments the image into cells with each cell including a predicted line segment representing a portion of the object edges, and a predicted centroid of the object. The approach also involves grouping the cells into cell groups based on the predicted line segment for each cell. The approach further involves generating a line to represent each cell group based on the predicted line segment for each cell of each cell group. The approach further involves constructing the polygon to represent the corresponding object based on a half planes coincident with the predicted centroid for at least one cell. Each half plane is created by bisecting a plane with the line generated for each cell group.
US10325371B1	Method and device for segmenting image to be used for surveillance using weighted convolution filters for respective grid cells by converting modes according to classes of areas to satisfy level 4 of autonomous vehicle, and testing method and testing device using the same A method for segmenting an image by using each of a plurality of weighted convolution filters for each of grid cells to be used for converting modes according to classes of areas is provided to satisfy level 4 of an autonomous vehicle. The method includes steps of: a learning device (a) instructing (i) an encoding layer to generate an encoded feature map and (ii) a decoding layer to generate a decoded feature map; (b) if a specific decoded feature map is divided into the grid cells, instructing a weight convolution layer to set weighted convolution filters therein to correspond to the grid cells, and to apply a weight convolution operation to the specific decoded feature map; and (c) backpropagating a loss. The method is applicable to CCTV for surveillance as the neural network may have respective optimum parameters to be applied to respective regions with respective distances.
US10325369B2	Method and system for analyzing blood flow condition The present application relates to a method and system for analyzing blood flow conditions. The method includes: obtaining images at multiple time phases; constructing multiple vascular models corresponding to the multiple time phases; correlating the multiple vascular models; setting boundary conditions of the multiple vascular models respectively based on the result of correlation; and determining condition of blood vessel of the vascular models.
US10325366B2	Methods and systems for three-dimensional real-time intraoperative surgical margin evaluation of tumor tissues A method of evaluating a surgical margin of tumor tissues of a living subject includes acquiring images of a specimen of the tumor tissues; calculating a three-dimensional (3D) morphological surface of the specimen from the acquired images and displaying the 3D morphological surface; obtaining, from the 3D morphological surface, a plurality of specimen locations to cover a surface of the specimen; acquiring optical data at each specimen location; evaluating a margin status of the specimen at each specimen location to either positive or negative based on the acquired optical data; and displaying the margin status of the specimen on the 3D morphological surface of the specimen with morphological orientations.
US10325356B2	Image processing device, image processing method, imaging device, and recording medium for exclusively performing adjustment processing or viewpoint change processing An image processing device includes at least one processor that acquires a plurality of viewpoint images, and selectively applies a plurality of different image processings to image data based on the plurality of viewpoint images. The plurality of different image processings includes an adjustment process of adjusting a perceived resolution of an image, the adjustment process including a shift synthesis process of relatively shifting the plurality of viewpoint images to synthesize the plurality of viewpoint images that are relatively shifted, and a viewpoint change process of changing a viewpoint by changing a weighting coefficient when the plurality of viewpoint images are synthesized. In addition, the at least one processor sets the image processing by the image processing unit, exclusively setting one of the plurality of different image processings and a parameter of the image processing set by the setting unit to be applied to the image data.
US10325348B2	Method and system for generation of vector graphics A method for generating a plurality of vector images with specified dimensions includes: storing a composite image comprised of one or more base vector graphics images; receiving a data file from an external computing system, wherein the data file includes a plurality of dimensional data sets, each dimensional data set comprising at least a length and a height; parsing the received data file to identify each of the plurality of dimensional data sets and the associated length and width; generating a vector graphics image file for each of the plurality of dimensional data sets, wherein the vector graphics image file comprises an image based on the stored composite image and has dimensions based on the length and height associated with the respective dimensional data set; and transmitting the generated vector graphics image file for each of the plurality of dimensional data sets to the external computing system.
US10325347B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method is provided, including obtaining an input image, generating a distance field image including distance values by calculating each of the distance values respectively corresponding to pixels of the obtained input image, and enlarging the input image using the generated distance field image, wherein the generating of the distance field image includes, with respect to each pixel of the input image, determining each pixel as a center pixel and determining pixels at a constant distance away from the center pixel as reference pixels, calculating a shortest distance from among distances between the center pixel and reference pixels indicating an edge among the reference pixels, and determining the calculated shortest distance as a distance value corresponding to each pixel.
US10325345B2	Device for performing image transformation processing and method thereof An image processing device that transforms an image includes a storage unit configured to store coordinate values in a coordinate system of a pre-transformed image, each of the coordinate value corresponding to a grid point in a coordinate system of a transformed image, a selection unit configured to select a grid point in the vicinity of a target pixel in the transformed image, a calculation unit configured to refer to the pre-transformed coordinate value, corresponding to the selected grid point and stored in the storage unit, and to calculate a pre-transformed coordinate value corresponding to the target pixel, using the referred coordinate value, and an output unit configured to output a pixel value of the coordinate value calculated in the pre-transformed image, as a pixel value of the target pixel in the transformed image.
US10325336B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus for determining a placement of an image capturing apparatus capable of accurately measuring the position and orientation of an object through model fitting includes a holding unit that holds a 3D model representing a 3D shape of the object, a generating unit that generates candidates of the position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus relative to the object, an evaluating unit that evaluates the candidates of the position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus relative to the object based on a result of matching between data that virtually generates the object observed when the image capturing apparatus is placed in the position and orientation generated by the generating unit and the 3D model, and a determining unit that determines the position and orientation of the image capturing apparatus relative to the object based on the result of evaluation performed by the evaluating unit.
US10325335B1	Facilitating computerized interactions with EMRs A method for using a health information exchange system which stores patient record data regarding a multiplicity of patients, to serve a first plurality of EMRs each interacting with an EMR community including a set of at least one EMR, the method comprising: for each individual EMR within the first plurality of EMRs, performing a computerized context interception process using a processor to intercept context from the individual EMR and to identify there within an event whereby a health provider using the individual EMR calls up an individual patient's record from said individual EMR; and responsive to identification of the event, using a computerized output device for providing patient record data, pertaining to the individual patient, to the health provider.
US10325334B2	Method and system for integration of clinical and facilities management systems The present disclosure relates to an automated system for regulating the allocation of resources, or the dissemination of information within a healthcare facility. The automated system includes a context providing system capable of determining the state of a parameter and a facilities management system in communication with the context providing system. An integration protocol is configured to facilitate communication between the context providing system and the facilities management system and the facilities management system allocates resources or disseminates information based upon the value of the parameter provided by the context providing system.
US10325332B2	Incentivizing human travel patterns to reduce traffic congestion A system for incentivizing travel patterns to reduce traffic congestion includes a negotiator that receives a travel template from a traveler, transmits a set of journey options to the traveler, receives a journey selected from the journey options, and sends a journey contract to the traveler based on the selected journey, a journey generator that determines the set of journey options based on the travel template, the traveler's historical behavior, and current network conditions, a rewards engine that calculates the reward associated with each journey option based on a reduction in cost for the journey, a location arbitrator that receives location information from the traveler as the travelers performs the journey in the journey contract, and a verification engine that verifies, whether the traveler's journey complied the terms of the journey contract, and determines the traveler's reward as calculated by the rewards engine based on a degree of compliance with the contract.
US10325327B2	Method and apparatus for custom-engineered sourcing and matching offering parties with seeking parties with the offering party being a job seeker, an employee or a lessee and the seeking party being an employer or a landlord The present invention relates, according to one aspect, to a method for creating a group comprising at least one of a plurality of first parties and a plurality of second parties, the method comprising the steps of a first party preparing a first data set, a second party preparing a second data set, determining a correspondence indicator indicating a degree of correspondence between the first data set and the second data set, and storing said correspondence indicator and an identifying indicator for at least one of said first party and said second party linked to each other, wherein said first type of data includes objective information, and wherein said second type of data includes subjective information.
US10325319B2	Web platform with customized agents for automated web services A web platform for automated investment management services is provided. The platform may enable the automated management of client funds, invested in stocks and other traded assets such as commodities and gold, as well as other traded securities and financial instruments like stock options, stock funds, stock indexes, bonds and structured products. The platform may support customization based on each client's investment profile and policy. Agents may be dynamic and thus may enable the implementation of portfolio strategies that automatically adapt to changes in global financial and stock markets risk, as well as return and currency factors. In some embodiments, the platform may utilize genetic learning algorithms. The platform may support market making and distribution of third party funds and instruments, as well as an investor community, where clients can provide agents to allow others to co-invest.
US10325317B2	Ideal latency floor The invention relates to a system and method for providing a latency floor for an electronic trading venue in which market participants who can respond within the value the floor and choose to compete in a specific race to make or take a price may each have a substantially equal chance of winning that race. The system may detect and distinguish individual “races” that occur on an electronic trading venue. Upon detection of the first order (or message) in such a race, the system may create a batch and a timer for that race. As orders pertaining to that race are received, they are added to its batch. Upon the timer reaching a predetermined value, typically the value of the floor, the race is determined to have ended and the orders are drained from the batch for processing (e.g., against the instrument's central limit order book (CLOB)).
US10325316B2	Method and apparatus of displaying market depth and other information on a mobile phone, handheld device or computer system An exemplary system according to the present disclosure comprises a server system (comprising one or more computing devices) that is in communication with one or more financial exchange systems and one or more data source computer devices (e.g., news sources). Also in communication with the server system are one or more mobile communication devices. The server system comprises a memory and a processor executing software that enables the server system to receive live market data and information from one or more of the financial exchange systems and the data source computer devices; aggregate and filter the data and information; according to one or more pre-set user preferences and/or one or more user-initiated commands; and transmit the aggregated/filtered data and information to one or more mobile communication devices via one or more live data feeds. The mobile communication device displays aggregated/filtered information in a single, interactive GUI.
US10325315B1	Database image matching using machine learning with output personalization A system for processing an image including a vehicle using machine learning can include a processor in communication with a client device, and a storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to perform operations including: determining a location of the client device; receiving an image of a vehicle from the client device; matching, using a machine learning algorithm, the image to one or more images of vehicles in a database, the database listing vehicles located at the determined location and including images of the vehicles; retrieving vehicle information from the database based on the matched one or more images in the database; obtaining user information relating to a financing request for the vehicle; determining a real-time quote for the vehicle based on the vehicle information and user information; and transmitting the real-time quote for display on the client device.
US10325307B2	Method, medium, and system for a secure direct purchase option A user and a merchant register an account with a payment processing system and each receive a unique identifier. When the registered user enters a search query for a product, the search engine system locates a product that matches the search query and that is associated with a registered merchant. The search engine system then confirms that the user and the merchant are registered, and creates a unique product identifier for the product. After associating the unique product identifier with the product, the search engine presents the product to the user with a direct purchase option. If the user selects a direct purchase option, the search engine system communicates with the payment processing system and merchant system to facilitate and verify the purchase transaction. The merchant then provides the product to the user.
US10325285B1	Predictive recommendation system In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems, methods and computer readable media for a predictive recommendation system based on an analysis of previous consumer behavior. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving data representing a user, the data including user identification and historical data; receiving a set of promotions recommended for the user; assigning the user to a consumer lifecycle model state based in part on the historical data and the user identification; selecting a ranking algorithm associated with the consumer lifecycle model state; and ranking the received set of promotions based on a predicted promotion relevance value associated with each promotion, the predicted promotion value being calculated using the ranking algorithm.
US10325284B1	Cadence management system for consumer promotions Systems and methods are presented for managing the cadence (e.g., frequency or rate) that electronic promotion correspondence is sent to a consumer. A system may access a target cadence indicator associated with a consumer that indicates of a target rate for sending electronic promotion correspondence to the consumer. The system may also determine an actual cadence indicator for the consumer over a predetermined period of time and analyze a potential electronic promotion correspondence for sending to the consumer. The system determines whether to send the electronic correspondence to the consumer based on the target cadence indicator, the actual cadence indicator, and the analysis of the electronic promotion correspondence.
US10325277B1	System and method for providing enhanced rewards to customers Systems and methods for providing rewards to a user are provided. Providing rewards to the user may include receiving transaction data associated with a user's purchase, determining a merchant and a category associated with the transaction data, and assigning the transaction data to a merchant icon or a badge icon in a graphical user interface. The merchant icon or the badge icon may comprise a progress bar that indicates the user's progress in reaching a milestone associated with the icon. Based on the transaction data, a number of loyalty points of a number of transaction points may be assigned to the merchant icon or the badge icon, respectively. Further, based on whether a total number of loyalty points exceeds a first threshold or a total number of transaction points exceeds a second threshold, a reward may be generated to the user when the first or second threshold is exceeded.
US10325272B2	Bias reduction using data fusion of household panel data and transaction data In embodiments of the present invention, a method is described for reducing bias by data fusion of a household panel data and a loyalty card data. In embodiments, a method is provided for receiving a consumer panel dataset in a data fusion facility, receiving a consumer point-of-sale dataset in a data fusion facility, receiving a dimension dataset in a data fusion facility, fusing the datasets received in the data fusion facility into a new panel dataset based at least in part on an encryption key, estimating a consumer behavior using a first model based on the consumer panel dataset, estimating a consumer behavior using a second model based only on those consumers present in both the consumer panel dataset and the consumer point-of-sale dataset, and refining the first model based at least on the results of the second model.
US10325268B2	Product recall platform apparatuses, methods and systems A platform transforms recall initiation request, product identifier and purchase processing request inputs into recall notification message outputs. The Platform receives a purchase processing request including a plurality of product identifiers and preselects product identifiers that qualify for purchase processing based on at least one purchase processing rule. The Platform facilitates querying of a product recall database to determine if the preselected product identifiers match recalled product identifiers in the product recall database. If at least one of the preselected product identifiers match the recalled product identifiers, the Platform retrieves a recall message associated with the at least one of the preselected product identifiers and notification preferences associated with the purchase processing request. The Platform then generates a recall notification message in accordance with the notification preferences to include the recall message associated with the at least one of the preselected product identifiers.
US10325265B2	Methods and systems for facilitating E-commerce payments Methods for facilitating financial transactions include facilitating or otherwise increasing the ease and speed of checkout processes. In particular, one or more implementations comprise an e-commerce payment facilitator that acts as an intermediary between a commerce application and a payment gateway. The e-commerce payment facilitator can provide stored payment information to a commerce application based on a few simple selections by a user. This allows a user to easily and securely complete commerce transactions, which simplifies the user's checkout experience and reduces barriers to purchase. Furthermore, the e-commerce payment facilitator can pass payment details to the commerce application's payment gateway. In addition to the foregoing, methods involve dynamically and intelligently providing a user the option of using payment information stored by the network application.
US10325261B2	Systems communications with non-sensitive identifiers A method is disclosed for enabling transaction reversal processes without utilizing sensitive information. Instead of being identified by sensitive information, the transaction associated with a reversal can be identified by a transaction identifier that is generated by a resource provider.
US10325236B2	Semiconductor bullet lot dispatch systems and methods A semiconductor bullet lot dispatch system is provided. The semiconductor bullet lot dispatch system includes a plurality of lots having bullet lots and non-bullet lots, and a processing site having a plurality of load ports used to run the lots. The semiconductor bullet lot dispatch system also includes a bullet lot arriving time initial module configured to collect work flow information of the lots and calculate bullet lot arriving time intervals; and a port remaining time initial module configured to calculate port next available time intervals. Further, the semiconductor bullet lot dispatch system includes a future constraint check module configured to match the bullet lots with the load ports, and a bullet lot scenario engine module configured to calculate a total available lot count of each of available load ports and dispatch the bullet lots to the load ports.
US10325231B1	Interruptible resource instances for block time periods Systems and methods permit customers to purchase resource instances on a spot purchasing mode basis, which permits a customer to specify a maximum price that the customer is willing to pay for one or more resource instances (e.g., virtual machine instances running on physical servers). Further, the resource instances purchased under the spot purchasing mode can be guaranteed to run for at least a specified period of time, even if the current variable spot cost value is exceeds the original bid price. Such instances run for defined blocks of time which may be selectable by the customer, thereby providing the customer some level of assurance that the instances will not terminate prematurely due to spot cost value fluctuations. Instances are assigned into a spot block instance pool from other types of pool based on the estimated excess capacity of such other types of pools. The estimate of excess capacity is based on statistical analysis of the usage of the instances.
US10325217B2	Generating state predictive metrics based on Markov chain model from application operational state sequences An application analysis computer obtains reports from user terminals identifying operational states of instances of an application being processed by the user terminals. Sequences of the operational states that the instances of the application have transitioned through while being processed by the user terminals are identified. Common operational states that occur in a plurality of the sequences are identified. For each of the common operational states, a frequency of occurrence of the common operational state is determined. For each state transition between the common operational states in the sequences, a frequency of occurrence of the state transition is determined. State predictive metrics are generated based on the frequencies of occurrence of the common operational states and the frequencies of occurrence of the state transitions. The state predictive metrics are communicated, such as to an application server to control access to the application by user terminals.
US10325215B2	System and method for automatic content aggregation generation Systems and methods for content aggregation creation are disclosed herein. The system can include memory having a content database and an aggregation database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include a server that can: provide content to the user device via a first electrical signal; receive a selection of a portion of the provided content from the user device via a second electrical signal; automatically extract sentences from the selected portion of the provided content via a natural language processor; automatically generate a parse tree for one of the automatically extracted sentences; identify noun phrases from the part of speech tags within the parse tree; place content associated with one of the noun phrase in a content aggregation; and output the content aggregation to the user device.
US10325205B2	Cognitive information processing system environment A cognitive information processing system environment which includes a plurality of data sources; a cognitive inference and learning system coupled to receive a data from the plurality of data sources, the cognitive inference and learning system processing the data from the plurality of data sources to provide cognitively processed insights, the cognitive inference and learning system further comprising performing a learning operation to iteratively improve the cognitively processed insights over time; and, a destination, the destination receiving the cognitively processed insights.
US10325198B2	Wearable device A wearable device having a main control chip, a switching circuit, a secure payment chip, a signal gain chip, an active coil and a passive coil. The main control chip receives a switching instruction and generates a control signal according to the switching instruction. The switching circuit generates a switching signal and controls the wearable device to be in an active coil working state or a passive coil working state. The secure payment chip executes a payment operation behavior according to an interactive terminal signal and generating a return signal. The active coil is used for transmitting the amplified return signal to an interactive terminal and transmitting the interactive terminal signal to the signal gain chip. The passive coil is used for transmitting the return signal to an interactive terminal when in the working state and transmitting the interactive terminal signal to the secure payment chip.
US10325197B2	Methods and apparatus for RFID communications in a process control system Methods and apparatus for RFID communications in a process control system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) device to be communicatively coupled to a field device of a process control system via a wired connection. The RFID device includes an RFID tag to be powered via the wired connection based on power provided to the field device. The power is provided to the field device along with a control signal.
US10325188B2	Light scanning device and image forming apparatus with the same A light scanning device includes: a first semiconductor laser 44a that emits a light beam L1; a polygonal mirror 42 that deflects the light beam L1; a reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42 and causes the light beam L1 to enter a photosensitive drum 13; and a BD sensor 72 that detects the light beam L1 deflected by the polygonal mirror 42. The light scanning device scans the photosensitive drum 13 with the light beam L1 and set scanning timing of the photosensitive drum 13 using the light beam L1 based on detection timing of the light beam L1 using the BD sensor 72. The BD sensor 72 is arranged in the position farther from the polygonal mirror 42 than the last reflective mirror 64a that reflects the light beam L1 immediately before entering the photosensitive drum 13 and arranged inside a scanning angle range α of the light beam L1 corresponding to an effective scan area of the photosensitive drum 13.
US10325186B2	Anti skimming and anti shimming card feed unit, kernel element, read out unit, transaction machine and method A card feed unit for transferring a data carrier for card information of a multi-services card, such as a bank card or credit card, to a reading ahead of a reading unit for at least reading out card information. The card feed unit includes a card receipt position for receipt of the card, a transfer assembly, preferably including a channel, in which the card feed unit is suitable for, during insertion of the card in the receipt position, receiving the card in the receipt position by means of an insertion operation with a direction of movement that, at least as seen in one direction, is substantially perpendicular to the readout direction of the card for preventing that the card is readable during the insertion operation. The card feed unit preferably includes a kernel element and a separate cover element.
US10325185B1	Method and device for online batch normalization, on-device learning, and continual learning applicable to mobile devices or IOT devices additionally referring to one or more previous batches to be used for military purpose, drone or robot, and testing method and testing device using the same A method of online batch normalization, on-device learning, or continual learning which are applicable to mobile devices, IoT devices, and the like is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) computing device instructing convolutional layer to acquire k-th batch, and to generate feature maps for k-th batch by applying convolution operations to input images included in k-th batch respectively; and (b) computing device instructing batch normalization layer to calculate adjusted averages and adjusted variations of the feature maps by referring to the feature maps in case k is 1, and the feature maps and previous feature maps, included in at least part of previous batches among previously generated first to (k−1)-th batches in case k is integer from 2 to m, and to apply batch normalization operations to the feature maps. Further, the method may be performed for military purpose, or other devices such as drones, robots.
US10325183B2	Poisson-binomial based image recognition method and system An improved system and method for digital image classification is provided. A host computer having a processor is coupled to a memory storing thereon reference feature data. A graphics processing unit (GPU) having a processor is coupled to the host computer and is configured to obtain, from the host computer, feature data corresponding to the digital image; to access, from the memory, the one or more reference feature data; and to determine a semi-metric distance based on a Poisson-Binomial distribution between the feature data and the one or more reference feature data. The host computer is configured to classify the digital image using the determined semi-metric distance.
US10325177B1	System, device, and method for image anomaly detection Systems and methods for detecting image anomalies include extracting one or more detected images from a submission file received from at least one computing device and generating an image identification (ID) for each of the one or more images. One or more image quality indices are determined for the submission file based on at least one of predetermined image features, an image type of the one or more images, and submission file attributes, and one or more image anomalies associated with the one or more images of the submission file are detected based on at least one of the image ID and the one or more image quality indices.
US10325176B2	Methods and systems for assessing retinal images, and obtaining information from retinal images A method of assessing the quality of an retinal image (such as a fundus image) includes selecting at least one region of interest within a retinal image corresponding to a particular structure of the eye (e.g. the optic disc or the macula), and a quality score is calculated in respect of the, or each, region-of-interest. Each region of interest is typically one associated with pathology, as the optic disc and the macula are. Optionally, a quality score may be calculated also in respect of the eye as a whole (i.e. over the entire image, if the entire image corresponds to the retina).
US10325168B2	Fingerprint sensing system configured to determine if a finger contacts a fingerprint sensor The invention relates to a method performed by a fingerprint sensing system of determining if a finger contacts a fingerprint sensor of the system, and a fingerprint sensing system performing method. In a first aspect of the invention, a method performed by a fingerprint sensing system is provided for determining if a finger contacts a fingerprint sensor of the fingerprint sensing system. The method comprises capturing an image of an object contacting the fingerprint sensor, determining an intensity for a plurality of pixels of the captured image, estimating local curvatures of pixel intensity variation in the captured image, and determining from the estimated local curvatures if local pixel intensity variation is dominated by a single direction, in which case the object on the sensor is considered to constitute a finger.
US10325157B2	Shadow removal method and system for a mobile robot control using indoor surveillance cameras A mobile robot to which a shadow removal method and system for surveillance camera-based mobile robot control according to the present invention is applied acquires images from two closely installed surveillance cameras indoors and performs shadow removal at an improved speed compared to the conventional speed, to recognize the obstacle in the image to avoid it and travel.It is anticipated that through the mobile robot using the surveillance camera-based shadow removal method and system of the present invention, the practical use of an intelligent image surveillance system that can automatically analyze images and recognize a dangerous situation to take quick action may be accelerated.
US10325154B2	Systems and methods for providing object recognition based on detecting and extracting media portions Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a selection of an image. An object included in the image can be detected. An image portion that includes the object can be extracted from the image. The image portion can be provided for image analysis based on one or more object recognition processes. An identifier for the object can be received. The identifier can be determined based on the one or more object recognition processes being applied to the image portion.
US10325149B1	Systems and methods for automatically identifying document information A computer-implemented method comprises defining a set of canonical features for a document type and a plurality of attributes for a canonical feature; identifying a set of text rectangles from an electronic document; obtaining a comparison set of reference document codifications, one of which comprising a plurality of canonical feature codifications, one of which comprising one or more attribute values for one or more of the plurality of attributes of one of the set of canonical features as the one canonical feature appears in the one reference document; for each current canonical feature of the set of canonical features: selecting a set of canonical feature codifications from the comparison set and identifying a match between one of the set of text rectangles and one of the set of canonical feature codifications; for each of the set of text rectangles, selecting one of the matching canonical feature codifications.
US10325129B2	Method and apparatus for ordering code candidates in image for decoding attempts A method and apparatus for decoding codes applied to objects for use with a camera and a conveyor system wherein the camera includes an image sensor having a two dimensional field of view (FOV) and the conveyor system moves objects through the FOV such that objects enter the FOV along an entry edge and exit the FOV along an exit edge, the method comprising the steps of providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of obtaining images of the FOV, for each image identifying code candidates in at least portions of the image, ordering at least a subset of the code candidates for decoding in a candidate order wherein the candidate order is determined at least in part as a function of the first direction of travel through the FOV, attempting to decode code candidates in the order specified by the direction of travel and when a new image event occurs, foregoing attempts to decode at least a portion of the identified code candidates.
US10325128B1	Long range barcode scanning Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for long range barcode scanning. In one embodiment, an example method may include determining a signal representative of a portion of light reflected from a barcode, determining respective values at one or more valleys and peaks of the signal, determining that a first peak represents a first narrow barcode element of the barcode, and determining that the third peak represents a second narrow barcode element of the barcode. Example methods may include determining a first edge position of the first narrow barcode element along a first portion of the signal, determining a second edge position of the second narrow barcode element along a second portion of the signal, and determining a path between the first edge position to the second edge position.
US10325117B2	Quick usage control One or more elements on a computing device can be selected and locked from use. For example, a first user (e.g., adult) of a computing device can allow a second user (e.g., child) to use the former's device; however, the first user might not want the second user to have access to all of the elements on the device, and so the first user can select which elements he/she wants to share with the second user and which elements he/she does not want to share. For example, the first user can select elements and choose to lock the selected elements, lock all other elements, lock the selected elements for a certain period of time, or lock the selected elements but allow for earned usage, etc. The lock can be removed in response to an unlock event, which can comprise a user-initiated unlock, a timed unlock, or a user-earned locked.
US10325115B1	Infrastructure trust index A value is obtained from a set of values respectively assigned to a set of characteristics of a first control associated with at least one trust dimension attributable to a given infrastructure, wherein the given infrastructure comprises one or more elements. An infrastructure trust index is computed based at least on the obtained value, wherein the infrastructure trust index characterizes a trustworthiness attributable to the given infrastructure.
US10325099B2	Managing sensitive production data Production data is managed to avoid leakage of sensitive data. One or more of a number of techniques can be employed to discover sensitive data amongst production data. In one instance, data specified about production data in a production application, for example by way of an attribute, can be used to identify sensitive data. Sensitive production data can subsequently be masked to conceal sensitive data from view. Furthermore, metadata regarding sensitive data can be maintained.
US10325097B2	Static detection of context-sensitive cross-site scripting vulnerabilities A method for statically analyzing a web application program may include obtaining a control flow graph for the web application program. Each control flow graph node may correspond to a statement in the web application program. The method may further include obtaining a sanitizer sequence including one or more sanitizers followed by an output statement, obtaining a placeholder corresponding to the sanitizer sequence, and generating control flow paths including an output node that corresponds to the output statement. The method may further include generating documents for each control flow path. Each document may include a sanitized value corresponding to the output statement. The method may further include inserting the placeholder into each document at a location of the sanitized value, and reporting a potential cross-site scripting flaw when the sanitizer sequence is insufficient for the output context sequence of the sanitized value.
US10325096B1	Modifying a portion of a read-only file system A system and method for message analysis, including: receiving, by a control service, a first modification request to modify a file system of a computing device, wherein the computing device is operating in a read-only state; identifying, by the control service, a request parameter associated with the first modification request; determining, by the control service, that the request parameter satisfies a permission criteria to perform the first modification request; provisioning, by the control service, the computing device to operate in a read/write state in response to determining that the permission criteria has been satisfied, wherein the first modification request is executed to modify the file system while the computing device is operating in the read/write state; and, upon a determination that the first modification request has successfully completed, provisioning, by the control service, the computing device to operate in the read-only state.
US10325087B1	Systems and methods for authenticating a user at a public terminal Systems and methods for authenticating a user to access a public terminal are described. Disclosed embodiments may include reading, using the physical credential reader, a user identifier from the physical credential device. Disclosed embodiments may also include transmitting the public terminal identifier and the user identifier to a secure server. Further, disclosed embodiments may include receiving, after completing the transmission, a unique code from the secure server. Disclose embodiments may additionally include displaying the unique code on the display device. Disclosed embodiments may include receiving, after displaying the unique code, an authentication message from the secure server. Disclosed embodiments may further include, responsive to receiving the authentication message, authorizing the user to use a terminal command at the public terminal.
US10325067B1	Statistical quality control of medical laboratory results Laboratory testing plays a significant and growing role in the delivery of medical services. Fresh analysis of past test results has led to discovery of previously unknown correlations between statistical properties of analyte values and parameters such as age, sex, and region. Observed values in patient populations have also newly been discovered to show both secular and regular periodic variations over time. Embodiments of the invention may use information about these correlations to improve quality control and other statistical analysis of patient samples by applying adjusted reference ranges to quality control methodologies, and providing a quality control grade for patient samples based on the adjusted reference ranges.
US10325066B2	System for mental health clinical application A system for mental health clinical application includes a virtual reality (VR) headset, a physiological sensor device and a computer device. The computer device is used to perform an illness test on a user by establishing a virtual 3D environment via the VR headset according to test data provided by the computer device. The computer device receives, from the physiological sensor device, a physiological signal of the user in response to the illness test to analyze an illness condition of the user.
US10325058B2	Method for verifying a layout designed for a semiconductor integrated circuit and a computer system for performing the same An integrated circuit of a semiconductor device is fabricated by forming patterns on a wafer in conformance with a layout of the patterns. A method for verifying the layout includes providing a virtual pattern on a predicted defect point in the layout, and identifying at least one pattern from among those of the layout using the virtual pattern. The predicted defect point corresponds to a weak point where it is determined in advance that a defect will occur when the layout is transcribed on a wafer. The identified pattern is a pattern that is adjacent to the virtual pattern in the layout.
US10325053B2	Triangular routing for high speed differential pair length matching A method and apparatus for matching the lengths of traces of differential signal pairs. The method includes determining that a first trace is longer than a second trace and modifying the second trace so that the length is substantially equal to the length of the first trace. In some implementations, the second trace can be modified by replacing one or more sections of the trace with two line segments that are substantially equal in length and meet at a vertex that is less than 180 degrees.
US10325049B2	Placement-driven generation of error detecting structures in integrated circuits According to one or more embodiments, a method for adding parity protection for any uncovered latches of a circuit design is provided. The method includes determining latches that are not covered by current parity protection of the circuit design to output a list of the uncovered latches. The method includes executing a clustering operation that iteratively generates latch groupings according to physical design information and clock gating domains, and that outputs an updated design incorporating the latch groupings. Note that each latch grouping generates a corresponding parity bit to provide the parity protection to minimize adverse impacts on timing, routing, and power consumption of the circuit design. The method also includes adding the updated design with the parity protection to the circuit design to generate a final hardware design.
US10325045B2	Estimating timing convergence using assertion comparisons A computer system for estimating timing convergence using assertion comparisons. The computer system receives predefined golden assertions associated with a macro to be tested. The computer system executes the macro to obtain current feedback assertion values. The computer system calculates one or more metrics based on a comparison between the current feedback assertion values and values of one or more different sets of assertions. The computer system estimates a time to convergence based on the one or more calculated metrics. The computer system generates a schedule based on the estimated time to convergence.
US10325037B2	System and method for analyzing operation of component of machine A system for analyzing one or more operations associated with a component of a machine is disclosed. The system includes a data warehouse for storing data associated with the machine. The system includes a data extraction module, which extracts the data from the data warehouse and receives a customer input. The data extraction module generates an input parameter based on the data from the data warehouse and the customer input. The system includes a failure injection module for storing information of the one or more failures associated with the component of the machine. The system also includes a machine model, which is in communication with the data extraction module and the failure injection module. The machine model derives an output parameter associated with the one or more operations of the component of the machine, based on the input parameter and the information of the one or more failures.
US10325035B2	Interactive dimensioning of parametric models Certain embodiments include a computer-implemented method that includes receiving image data corresponding to a three-dimensional (3D) parametric model, receiving a selection of a scope of the 3D model, receiving a selection of one or more base lines for the scope, determining a slip type for the scope, calculating planes of the scope, calculating candidate dimension lines, selecting a dimension line of the candidate dimension lines based on dimension line placement rules, and displaying the selected dimension line adjacent to the scope that correspond to the selected one or more base lines. The calculated planes of the scope can be based on the one or more base lines and the slip type. The calculated candidate lines can be based on the calculated planes and dimension line placement guidelines.
US10325029B2	Managing a computerized database using a volatile database table attribute A respective volatility attribute associated with each of one or more tables of a computerized database is used in any of various aspects to (a) determine how table data is stored in a physical storage device; (b) regulate the use of a materialized query table using database table data; and/or (c) influence circumstances under which indexes are created or advised by database analytic software. Various optional additional uses of a volatility attribute to manage a database are disclosed. Preferably, database parameters are automatically monitored over time and database table volatility state is automatically determined and periodically adjusted.
US10325025B2	Contextual analogy representation Embodiments relate to an intelligent computer platform to provide a contextual analogy response. The aspect of providing a contextual analogy response includes receiving a communication that includes an analogy. The analogy within the communication is identified and parsed into grammatical components. The grammatical components are utilized to identify a meaning of the analogy that correlates to a response statement. The grammatical structure of the analogy is analyzed and then utilized together with the grammatical components to construct an analogy representation. A response is communicated as output including both the response statement together with the analogy representation.
US10325022B1	Automated expression parallelization A system is capable of automatically adjusting or reconstructing a baseline expression to generate a parallelized expression. Evaluation of the parallelized expression provide a substantially similar output as the evaluation of the baseline query in more efficient manner. In some implementations, data indicating an expression to be evaluated on a primary thread of the one or more processors is obtained. Elements of the expression are identified. The elements are grouped into a parse tree representation. Elements of the expression are classified as belonging to either a first category that includes elements that are eligible for parallel processing or a second category that includes elements that are not eligible for parallel processing. A particular element that is classified as belonging to the first category is identified and evaluated on a non-primary thread of the one or more processors. The non-primary thread is evaluated in parallel with the primary thread.
US10325018B2	Techniques for scheduling language models and character recognition models for handwriting inputs A first handwriting input is received comprising strokes corresponding to a set of first characters comprising one or more first characters forming a first language model unit. A set of candidate first characters and a set of candidate first language model units with corresponding probability scores are determined based on an analysis of the one or more sets of candidate first characters using the first language model and a corresponding first character recognition model. When no first probability score satisfies a threshold, one or more sets of candidate second characters and a set of candidate second language model units are determined based on an analysis of the first handwriting input using a second language model and a corresponding second character recognition model. A first candidate list is then output comprising at least one of the set of candidate second language model units.
US10325012B2	Filtered stylesheets In one set of embodiments, a web document is associated with a style sheet that can include style rules, which provide details about how the document is to be presented and formatted by, for example, a web browser. A reduced set of style rules is determined based upon contents of the web document and style sheet. Reducing the size of the style sheet is desirable, e.g., to increase communication and processing efficiency when the style sheet is sent with the document in an e-mail message. The reduced set of style rules can include rules that are referenced by user interface components present in the document, and can exclude rules that are not referenced by the document, or are incompatible with or not applicable to e-mail. The reduced set of style rules can be embedded in an e-mail message or other communication in place of the original style sheet.
US10325007B2	Noise and bound management for RPU array A method, computer program product, and circuit are provided for noise and bound management for a Resistive Processing Unit (RN) array having an op-amp. The method includes reducing the noise in an output signal from the RPU array by using a largest value, in a sigma vector having a plurality of values, as a representation for a window for an input signal to the RPU array. The input signal to the RPU array is formed from the plurality of values. The method further includes sensing saturation at an output of the op-amp. The method also includes managing the bound to eliminate the saturation by reducing the plurality of values from which the input sign to the RPU is formed.
US10325004B1	Method of optimizing an optical parametric model for structural analysis using optical critical dimension (OCD) metrology Optimization of optical parametric models for structural analysis using optical critical dimension metrology is described. A method includes determining a first optical model fit for a parameter of a structure. The first optical model fit is based on a domain of quantities for a first model of the structure. A first near optical field response is determined for a first quantity of the domain of quantities and a second near optical field response is determined for a second, different quantity of the domain of quantities. The first and second near optical field responses are compared to locate a common region of high optical field intensity for the parameter of the structure. The first model of the structure is modified to provide a second, different model of the structure. A second, different optical model fit is determined for the parameter of the structure based on the second model of the structure.
US10325003B2	Configuration resolution for transitive dependencies A method including: receiving at a server a first request from a first provider to retrieve a first configuration for a first lookup order; determining the first configuration for the first lookup order using the server based at least in part on both an ordering specified by the first lookup order and the first call being through the direct dependency relationship; providing the first configuration to the first provider; receiving at the server a second request from the first provider to retrieve a second configuration for a second lookup order; determining the second configuration for the second lookup order using the server based at least in part on both an ordering specified by the second lookup order and the second call to the first provider by the application being through the transitive dependency relationship; and providing the second configuration to the first provider. Other embodiments are described.
US10325002B2	Web service framework Representative implementations provide devices and techniques for automatically generating a skeleton of at least a portion of a web service application. The skeleton comprises a framework that may be modified as needed for a desired use, such as for a relational database backed application, for example. In one aspect, the framework includes a versatile model to support different validation methods and varied customization. Filter support allows a user to perform actions on and/or define rules for inputs. In another aspect, the skeleton is automatically activated in an in-memory database repository.
US10325000B2	System for automatically generating wrapper for entire websites A system for automatically generating a wrapper for an entire website, the wrapper characterizing the structure of the website, the system having a plurality of functional elements, including at least one annotation module to classify components of a page and generate an annotated, a page classification module to identify functional and informational components of an annotated page, and an action module to identify an action to be taken to further navigate the website, wherein at least one of the annotation module, page classification module and action module is operable in response to a plurality of domain-specific rules, where a domain is understood as a conceptual domain such as real estate, used cars, or electronics.
US10324994B2	Flow-directed collaborative communication Resolving a query received from a first node in a network includes accepting, by a second node in the network, ownership of the query from the first node, receiving, at the second node, an identification of a third node in the network, wherein the identification is received from a user of the second node and the user of the second node believes that a user of the third node has information necessary to resolve at least part of the query, and transferring, by the second node, ownership of the at least part of the query to the third node, wherein the accepting, the receiving, and the transferring dynamically generates a data structure that traces a propagation of the query, and the data structure is accessible to an origin of the query.
US10324986B2	Search deconstruction, reconstruction, and allocation A machine is configured to access a search phrase or other communicated phrase and deconstruct the accessed phrase into multiple sub-phrases. The machine performs an analysis of n-grams that occur within the sub-phrases, generates a set of potentially different sub-phrases from the n-grams, and selects which data source among multiple available video sources should be accessed for each generated sub-phrase in the generated set. For example, the machine may allocate each generated sub-phrase to a corresponding data source and cause the corresponding data source to execute a query based on its corresponding sub-phrase. Thus, the machine chooses from which data source to obtain partial search results that correspond to each sub-phrase generated based on the analyzed n-grams in the accessed phrase.
US10324982B2	Queries of a topic-based-source-specific search system Approaches for facilitating queries of a topic-based-source-specific search system are disclosed. In certain implementations, an input relating to a query may be received. Suggested ones of predefined sources and suggested ones of information items of the predefined sources may be determined based on the input. A set of suggestions including a group of suggestions relating to the suggested sources and a group of suggestions relating to the suggested information items may be provided for presentation on a user interface. In some implementations, metadata that indicates first, second, or other attributes relating to the predefined sources or the information items may be stored in association with the predefined sources or the information items. A second input relating to the query may be received responsive to providing the set of suggestions. A presentation of a comparison between the first attribute and the second attribute may be provided based on the second input.
US10324981B2	Quality analysis on object notation data sources Determination of a degree of similarity among and between a set of text notation schema instances. One type of text notation schema instance is the JSON type. In some embodiments, the degree of similarity is expressed as a schema variance value which is determined by individually comparing the schema instances of the set of text notation schema instances to a representative majority schema. Also, determining a quality of a data source associated with the plurality of text notation schema instances based, at least in part, upon the similarity value.
US10324978B2	Composites formed from an absorptive filler and a polyurethane Composite materials and methods for their preparation are described herein. The composite materials can comprise a polyurethane and an absorptive filler. The polyurethane can be formed from the reaction of at least one isocyanate selected from the group consisting of diisocyanates, polyisocyanates, and combinations thereof, and one or more isocyanate-reactive monomers. The one or more isocyanate-reactive monomers can comprise at least one polyol and a first isocyanate-reactive monomer which includes one or more isocyanate-reactive functional groups and a moiety configured to associate with the absorptive filler.
US10324972B2	Tag management system, tag management method, information provision system, and information provision method, as well as devices and tag used therefor An operation terminal (120) requires an input of an authentication code when an authority granting request for corresponding electronic information to a tag (100) is received from a user, and transmits the authentication code to a server together with the authority granting request. The server (140) has an authentication code memory unit (142) that stores the authentication code for each tag, and an authorized user management unit (144) that manages the authorized user for each tag. In the case where an authority granting request and an authentication code are received from the operation terminal (120), the server (140) registers the user of the operation terminal (120) with the authorized user management unit (144) as an authorized user of the tag (100) under the conditions that an authorized user of the tag (100) is not registered with the authorized user management unit (144) and the received authentication code matches the contents of the authentication code memory unit (142).
US10324971B2	Method for classifying a new instance A method for classifying a new instance including a text document by using training instances with class including labeled data and zero or more training instances with class including unlabeled data, comprising: estimating a word distribution for each class by using the labeled data and the unlabeled data; estimating a background distribution and a degree of interpolation between the background distribution and the word distribution by using the labeled data and the unlabeled data; calculating two probabilities for that the word generated from the word distribution and the word generated from the background distribution; combining the two probabilities by using the interpolation; combining the resulting probabilities of all words to estimate a document probability for the class that indicates the document is generated from the class; and classifying the new instance as a class for which the document probability is the highest.
US10324969B2	Scoring documents A device may receive a first textual document and a set of second textual documents. The first textual document may identify parameters. The device may process the first textual document, based on a natural language processing algorithm, to identify first values corresponding to the parameters. The device may process the plurality of second textual documents, based on the natural language processing algorithm, to identify second values corresponding to the parameters. Each of the plurality of second textual documents may be associated with one or more respective second values of the second values. The device may determine scores for the plurality of second textual documents. A score may be determined based on comparing one or more of the first values to one or more of the second values associated with a second textual document. The device may provide information identifying the plurality of second textual documents and the scores.
US10324963B2	Index creating device, index creating method, search device, search method, and computer-readable recording medium A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an index generating program that causes a computer to execute a process including: generating presence information of a plurality of pieces of text data, the presence information including whether each of a plurality of elements, included at least one of the plurality of pieces of text data, is present for each of the plurality of pieces of text data, the presence information including a first axe for the plurality of elements and a second axe for the plurality of pieces of text data; detecting collision data for hashed index information when generating the hashed index information, the collision data corresponding to data elements that are independent in the presence information; and setting additional values to each of a plurality of specific collision data, respectively, for one of the plurality of hashed axes.
US10324961B2	Automatic feature extraction from a relational database Techniques facilitating automatic feature extraction from a relational database are provided. In an embodiment, a method can include generating an entity graph based on a relational database, wherein the entity graph comprises a first node associated with a first table in the relational database and a second node associated with a second table in the relational database. In another embodiment, the method can include joining the first table and the second table based on an edge between the first table and the second table defined by the entity graph, wherein a resulting joined table is connected by a column of data. In another embodiment, the method can include extracting a feature from the column of data using a data mining algorithm selected from a set of data mining algorithms based on a type of data in the column of data.
US10324959B2	Garbage collection in storage system A storage device implements a method for garbage collection. The storage device arranges data blocks of a storage medium into a bin and determines first coldness of a first data block in the bin and second coldness of a second data block in the bin that are respectively associated with a first rate of change of valid data in the first data block into invalid data and a second rate of change of valid data in the second data block into invalid data. Based on the first coldness and the second coldness, the storage device selects a colder data block from the first and second data blocks as a garbage data block. Because the valid data in the selected garbage data block are more stable, they may cause less new stale data or garbage data in a new block to which the valid data are moved.
US10324955B2	Inter-table parallel refresh maximizer An approach for inter-table parallel refresh in a database management system (DBMS). An inter-table refresher receives DBMS source and target databases comprising source parent and related source child datasets. The inter-table refresher determines a collection of the source parent and the related source child datasets and creates a collection of parent and child refresh segments based on the collection of the source parent and child datasets. The inter-table refresher creates a collection of parent and child refresh batches based on the collection of parent and child refresh segments respectively and outputs an inter-table refresh batch schedule based on the collection of the parent refresh batches and the collection of the child refresh batches where the collection of the parent refresh batches and the collection of the child refresh batches operate concurrently and a current child refresh batch follows the completion of a respective current parent refresh batch.
US10324941B2	Cognitive session graphs A method, system and computer-usable medium for providing cognitive insights including receiving streams of data from a plurality of data sources; processing the streams of data from the plurality of data sources; generating a cognitive session graph, the cognitive session graph being associated with a session, the cognitive session graph including enriched data; and, processing the cognitive session graph to provide a cognitive insight, the cognitive insight being related to the session.
US10324940B2	Approximate template matching for natural language queries Systems and methods provide a media guidance application that recognizes a plurality of natural language search queries for identifying a set of search results. For example, a user may want to determine when the Yankees are playing their next baseball game. The user may structure their query in multiple ways, such as, “When are the Yankees playing?” “What time is the Yankees game?” “When is the next Yankees baseball game?” The user would expect the same result, a description of when the Yankees are playing, regardless of how the query is structured. The systems and methods enable a user to use a plurality of search queries when searching for items or information to get desired results.
US10324939B2	Limiting interruptions and adjusting interruption sound levels In an approach for managing computing interruptions, a processor receives a computing interruption on a computing device. A processor monitors computing activity of a user on the computing device. A processor accesses user preferences, wherein the user preferences are based on an analysis of previous responses by the user to previous computing interruptions. A processor determines a minimum threshold, based on the computing activity of the user and the user preferences, wherein the minimum threshold identifies when a computing interruption is allowed to be presented to the user. A processor determines from the computing interruption, a sender and a context of the computing interruption. A processor assigns a ranking to the computing interruption based on the sender and the context of the computing interruption. A processor compares the ranking to the minimum threshold. A processor determines whether to present the computing interruption, based on the comparison.
US10324931B2	Dynamic combination of processes for sub-queries A tool for combining common processes shared by at least two or more sub-queries within a query is provided. The tool determines the query with the at least two or more sub-queries. The tool determines whether one or more sub set relationships are shared between the at least two or more sub-queries. Responsive to a determination that one or more sub set relationships are shared between the at least two or more sub-queries, the tool determines an order class for the at least two or more sub-queries based on the one or more sub set relationships. The tool determines an access path for the query. The tool executes the access path during run-time for data accessing.
US10324924B2	Synchronizing query result between heterogeneous databases According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, disclosed is a method for synchronizing query results between databases executed in a first database server. The method may include: determining synchronization of a materialized view present in a second database server which is remotely located from the first database server in which the materialized view refers to a master table present in the first database server and the first database server and the second database server are heterogeneous; generating a synchronization command to be transmitted to the second database server in response to determination of synchronization; and transmitting the generated synchronization command to the second database server to allow the second database server to synchronize the materialized view present in the second database server and the master table present in the first database server.
US10324923B1	Detecting variations in data characteristics Techniques are described for identifying changes in the structure or behavior of a data feed generated by a source process. The changes may be identified based on metadata that describes the structure or behavior of the data in the data feed. A baseline set of metadata may be determined and stored for the data feed, the baseline metadata describing the data feed during a first time period. A current set of metadata may then be determined for the data feed, the current metadata describing the data feed during a second time period subsequent to the first time period. Variations in the current metadata relative to the baseline metadata may be described in results information sent in a notification.
US10324918B2	Data-partitioning for processing loosely ordered relations Storage regions in a database are associated with respective intervals including first and second interval values indicating a value range for values within that storage region. The first interval values are sorted into an order that determines a scanning order for a data operation on data in the storage regions. The storage regions are scanned in the scanning order to arrange data from the storage regions in at least a partially ordered sequence for the data operation.
US10324912B2	Multi-entity normalization In accordance with aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are provided for normalizing data representing entities and relationships linking the entities including defining one or more graph rules describing searchable characteristics for the data representing the entities and relationships linking the entities, applying the one or more graph rules to the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, identifying one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities, and performing one or more actions to update the one or more matching instances between the one or more graph rules and the data representing the entities and the relationships linking the entities.
US10324910B2	Contact record processing method and apparatus A contact record processing method includes: detecting whether a use time of a phone number stored in a contact record is greater than a use term of the phone number; and deleting the phone number from the contact record when the use time is greater than the use term.
US10324907B2	Genomic application data storage It is decided whether to increase a total amount of storage in a pool of Hadoop storage and whether to increase a total amount of processing in a pool of Hadoop processing. If it is decided to increase the total amount of storage and not increase the total amount of processing, the total amount of storage is increased without increasing processing. If it is decided to not increase the total amount of storage and increase the total amount of processing, the total amount of processing is increased without increasing storage. In response to receiving a request to perform a process on a set of data, processing is allocated from the pool of processing and storage is allocated from the pool of storage where the allocated processing and storage are used to perform the process on the set of data.
US10324902B2	Method and apparatus for locking file in memory Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for locking a file in a memory. The method comprises enabling a thread to obtain a mixed lock of a file. The method further comprises, in response to enabling the thread to obtain the mixed lock, enabling a further thread to obtain a shared lock of the file, and prevent the further thread from obtaining the exclusive lock or mixed lock of the file. By adding a new mixed lock to a traditional read and write lock, embodiments of the present disclosure improve concurrent access performance of the file system.
US10324898B2	Parallel container and record organization Provided are techniques for parallel container and record organization using buckets. In response to receiving an update to an entity in a file plan, a date associated with a disposition of the entity is determined and a reference to the entity is added to a bucket associated with the date.
US10324894B2	Storage device management method and system, and memory storage device thereof A storage device management method, a storage device management system and a memory storage device are provided. The method includes establishing multiple first temporary files in a first directory before receiving a setting instruction from a host, wherein the first temporary files are stored in multiple consecutive clusters of a file system and an operating system of the host is unable to access files in the first directory. The method further includes receiving the setting instruction from the host, wherein the setting instruction instructs to configure a temporary file directory in a second directory and the operating system of the host is able to access files in the second directory. The method further includes linking a cluster number of the consecutive clusters storing the first temporary files to the temporary file directory in the directory area corresponding to the file system.
US10324890B2	Cache management in RDMA distributed key/value stores based on atomic operations A cache management system performs cache management in a Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) key value data store. The cache management system receives a request from at least one client configured to access a data item stored in a data location of a remote server, and determines a popularity of the data item based on a frequency at which the data location is accessed by the at least one client. The system is further configured to determine a lease period of the data item based on the frequency and assigning the lease period to the data location.
US10324887B2	Replacing mechanical/magnetic components with a supercomputer A supercomputer comprising a memory device and a plurality of interconnected hardware processors capable of performing parallel processing is coupled to a mainframe computer comprising one or more hardware processors. The supercomputer functions as a part of the mainframe computer's memory hierarchy.
US10324881B2	Systems and methods for flipping NIC teaming configuration without interfering live traffic Systems and methods described herein facilitate configuration changes to an NIC teaming device while enabling multiple I/O threads continue to run through the NIC teaming device concurrently without interruption. At a given time, multiple configurations of the NIC teaming device, e.g., one for a current configuration of the NIC teaming device and one for a new configuration of the NIC teaming device, can co-exist. For the duration of one iteration, the current configuration of the NIC teaming device used by a specific I/O thread does not change and the new configuration of the NIC teaming device is not adopted by the I/O thread until the start of the next iteration. Once all of the I/O threads finish their current iteration, the configuration of the NIC teaming device is flipped from the current configuration to the new configuration and the current configuration is deleted.
US10324874B2	Real-time embedded system A real-time operating system (OS) for an embedded system may be configured for asynchronous handling of input and output (I/O) operations. When application code is executing, the OS may be configured to register I/O interrupts and queue I/O operations. When no application code is executing, the OS may be configured to call appropriate interrupt handlers. As result, the OS may maintain the real-time execution that may be required of applications on an embedded system while providing the flexibility and scalability offered by an operating system.
US10324860B2	Memory heaps in a memory model for a unified computing system A method and system for allocating memory to a memory operation executed by a processor in a computer arrangement having a first processor configured for unified operation with a second processor. The method includes receiving a memory operation from a processor and mapping the memory operation to one of a plurality of memory heaps. The mapping produces a mapping result. The method also includes providing the mapping result to the processor.
US10324858B2	Access control Access control circuitry comprises: a detector to detect a memory address translation between a virtual memory address in a virtual memory address space and a physical memory address in a physical memory address space, provided in response to a translation request by further circuitry; an address translation memory, to store data representing a set of physical memory addresses previously provided to the further circuitry in response to translation requests by the further circuitry; an interface to receive a physical memory address from the further circuitry for a memory access by the further circuitry; a comparator to compare a physical memory address received from the further circuitry with the set of physical addresses stored by the address translation memory, and to permit access, by the further circuitry, to a physical address included in the set of one or more physical memory addresses.
US10324855B2	Associating a processing thread and memory section to a memory device A method begins by a storage unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) receiving access requests which include a logical DSN address and a storage function. The method continues with a first processing module of the storage unit performing logical to physical address conversions of logical DSN addresses of the access requests to physical addresses of a plurality of main memories. For a first access request of the access requests, the method continues with the first processing module identifying a first main memory based on the physical address resulting from the physical address conversion. The method continues with the first processing module identifying a first processing thread of a plurality of processing threads based on allocation of the plurality of processing threads to the plurality of main memories. The method continues with the first processing thread executing tasks of the first access request to fulfill the first access request.
US10324854B2	Information processing apparatus and control method for dynamic cache management An information processing apparatus includes a storage device configured to have a first storage area disposed on a first memory, a second storage area disposed on a second memory being slower in speed than the first memory to be cached by using a capacity of a cache area exclusive of the first storage area on the first memory, and a third storage area disposed on the second memory without being cached, and a processor configured to increase a capacity of the third storage area while decreasing a capacity of the second storage area corresponding to the capacity of the cache area upon an increase of the capacity of the first storage area and a decrease of the capacity of the cache area.
US10324843B1	System and method for cache management A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving an indication of an intent to restore at least a portion of a data array based upon a historical record of the data array. One or more changes made to the content of that data array after the generation of the historical record may be identified, thus generating a differential record. One or more data entries within a cache memory system associated with the at least a portion of a data array may be invalidated based, at least in part, upon the differential record.
US10324842B2	Distributed hang recovery logic A microprocessor comprises a plurality of queues containing transient transaction state information about cache-accessing transactions; a plurality of detectors coupled to the plurality of queues and monitoring the plurality of queues for one or more likely starvation, livelock, or deadlock conditions; and a plurality of recovery logic modules operable to implement one or more recovery routines when the detectors identify one or more likely starvation, livelock, or deadlock conditions.
US10324834B2	Storage device managing multi-namespace and method of operating the storage device A method of operating a storage device managing a multi-namespace includes storing first mapping information including a mapping between a first logical address space and a first physical address space to a mapping table, in response to a request to create a first namespace, the first logical address space being allocated to the first namespace, and storing second mapping information including a mapping between a second logical address space and a second physical address space to the mapping table, in response to a request to create a second namespace, the second logical address space being allocated to the second namespace and being contiguous to the first logical address space.
US10324833B2	Memory controller, data storage device, and memory control method A memory control device includes a host interface, a memory interface, and a controller configured to control the memory interface to output data to a non-volatile semiconductor memory for writing therein. The data include first data that the host interface received from a host, second data read out from the non-volatile semiconductor memory for memory refresh, and third data read out form the non-volatile semiconductor memory for garbage collection. When the memory refresh is not carried out, the controller adjusts a ratio of the first data with respect to the third data to be a first value. When the memory refresh is carried out, the controller calculates a second value based on the first value, and adjusts a ratio of the first data with respect to a total of the second data and the third data to be the second value.
US10324832B2	Address based multi-stream storage device access Embodiments include a multi-stream storage device, a system including a multi-stream storage device, and a method, comprising: receiving an access to a logical address associated with a multi-stream storage device; converting the logical address into a stream identifier; and accessing the multi-stream storage device using the logical address and the stream identifier.
US10324828B2	Generating annotated screenshots based on automated tests Techniques are described herein for generating annotated documentation of a web application based on scripts that simulate tasks performed within the web application. While running each script, an automated testing utility captures individual screens within the web application based on a first set of criteria. The first set of criteria includes capturing a screen after a page loads, before clicking on a DOM element, and before validating the occurrence of an element or event within the web application. An annotation engine then annotates each screen based on a second set of criteria. The second set of criteria includes highlighting each given screen based on the type event and location of the element that triggered the screen capture. The annotation utility additionally visualizes contextual metadata that provides the viewer with a reference of what they are looking at.
US10324813B2	Methods and devices for multi-level data protection in a storage system A method and apparatus for multi-level data protection in a storage system. The storage system comprises a first storage device, a second storage device, and a third storage device, the method comprising: establishing a synchronous replication session between the first storage device and the second storage device so as to synchronously replicate data in the first storage device to the second storage device; establishing an asynchronous replication session between the first storage device and the third storage device so as to asynchronously replicate the data in the first storage device to the third storage device; and recovering the asynchronous replication by establishing an asynchronous replication session between the second storage device and the third storage device in response to a failure of the first storage device.
US10324809B2	Cache recovery for failed database instances Techniques related to cache recovery for failed database instances are disclosed. A first database instance and a second database instance share a primary persistent storage and a secondary persistent storage. Each database instance stores, in volatile memory, a respective primary cache of a respective set of data stored on the primary persistent storage. Each database instance also stores, in volatile memory, a respective set of header data. Further, each database instance moves the respective set of data from the respective primary cache to a respective secondary cache on the secondary persistent storage. Still further, each database instance stores, on the secondary persistent storage, a respective set of persistent metadata. When the first database instance becomes inoperative, the second database instance retrieves, from the secondary persistent storage, persistent metadata corresponding to data stored in a secondary cache of the first database instance. Header data is generated based on the persistent metadata.
US10324806B1	Snapshot visualization for content-based storage A computer program product, system, and method for calculating a resource usage metric over each node of a snapshot tree within a content-based storage system having a plurality of volumes and/or snapshots and generating a visualization of the snapshot tree using the calculated resource usage metrics.
US10324804B1	Incremental backup with eventual name space consistency Systems and methods for backing up data are disclosed. Changes made to a file system are tracked in a change log. When a backup operation is initiated, the changes identified in the change log are applied to the backup save sets. When a file associated with an event in the change log cannot be identified, the file is identified using the inode or other identifier. The event in the change log is then applied once the file is identified. The backup so achieved has eventual name space consistency and can be achieved without taking a snapshot of the file system.
US10324801B2	Storage unit replacement using point-in-time snap copy In one embodiment, I/O operations may be swapped from an original storage unit to a replacement storage unit in a manner which can reduce or eliminate delays caused by copying of data from the original storage unit to the replacement storage unit. A point-in-time snap copy relationship between the original storage unit and the replacement storage unit of storage locations is established and I/O operations are swapped from the original storage unit to the replacement storage unit. The I/O operations are resumed, accessing the replacement storage unit instead of the original storage unit in the input/output operations issued by the at least one host. Other aspects are described.
US10324798B1	Restoring active areas of a logical unit In one aspect, a method includes reading metadata for a logical unit (LU) to restore, restoring active read areas to the LU identified in the metadata and exposing the LU to a host after restoring the active read areas of the LU. In another aspect, an apparatus includes electronic hardware circuitry configured to reading metadata for a LU to restore, restoring active read areas to the LU identified in the metadata and exposing the LU to a host after restoring the active read areas of the LU. In a further aspect, an article includes a non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores computer-executable instructions. The instructions cause a machine to read metadata for a LU to restore, restore active read areas to the LU identified in the metadata and expose the LU to a host after restoring the active read areas of the LU.
US10324793B2	Reduced uncorrectable memory errors Uncorrectable memory errors may be reduced by determining a logical array address for a set of memory arrays and transforming the logical array address to at least two unique array addresses based, at least in part, on logical locations of at least two memory arrays within the set of memory arrays. The at least two memory arrays are then accessed using the at least two unique array addresses, respectively.
US10324792B2	Resiliency to memory failures in computer systems A resiliency system detects and corrects memory errors reported by a memory system of a computing system using previously stored error correction information. When a program stores data into a memory location, the resiliency system executing on the computing system generates and stores error correction information. When the program then executes a load instruction to retrieve the data from the memory location, the load instruction completes normally if there is no memory error. If, however, there is a memory error, the computing system passes control to the resiliency system (e.g., via a trap) to handle the memory error. The resiliency system retrieves the error correction information for the memory location and re-creates the data of the memory location. The resiliency system stores the data as if the load instruction had completed normally and passes control to the next instruction of the program.
US10324787B2	Decoding method, memory storage device and memory control circuit unit A decoding method is provided according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention. The decoding method includes: reading a data set from at least two physical units of a rewritable non-volatile memory module by using at least one read voltage level; performing a first-type decoding operation for first data by using the data set and recording decoding information of the first-type decoding operation if the data set conforms to a default condition; adjusting reliability information corresponding to the first data according to the recorded decoding information, and the reliability information is not used in the first-type decoding operation, and the adjusted reliability information is different from default reliability information corresponding to the first data; and performing a second-type decoding operation for the first data according to the adjusted reliability information.
US10324786B2	Method for managing data stored in flash memory and associated memory device and controller A method for managing data stored in a flash memory is provided, where the flash memory includes a plurality of blocks. The method includes: providing a program list, where the program list records information about programmed blocks of the plurality of blocks and sequence of write times of the programmed blocks; detecting quality of a first block of the plurality of blocks to generate a detecting result, where the first block is the programmed block that has an earliest write time; and determining whether to move contents of the first block to a blank block, and to delete the contents of the first block according to the detecting result.
US10324781B2	Method for managing application on card The present invention belongs to the field of intelligent cards, and disclosed is a method for managing an application on a card. The method comprises: after receiving data sent by a running environment, a card content management module checking a card state; when the card state is not a first preset state or a second preset state, checking the received data; and when the received data meets a preset format, continuing to receive the data sent by the running environment to obtain a complete command, and performing a corresponding command to implement an association of applications on a card. The beneficial effects of the present invention are to provide a method for managing an application on a card, so that loading, installation, update, personalization, and deletion of an application on the card can be implemented.
US10324777B2	Register-based communications interface An example device may include processing circuitry and a management controller. The processing circuitry may include a communications interface that includes a first register and a second register. The first register may include a freshness bit and a number of first data bits. The second register may include a number of second data bits that correspond, respectively, to the first data bits. The processing circuitry may write variously to the first data bits in response to detected events, set the freshness bit in response to the management controller reading the first data bits, and reset the freshness bit if any of the first data bits are written to. The management controller may read the first data bits, perform predetermined processing based thereon, write to the second data bits based on the predetermined processing, and request a register transfer. The processing circuitry may, in response to the management controller requesting the register transfer, transfer values of the second data bits to their respectively corresponding first data bits if and only if the freshness bit is currently asserted.
US10324771B1	Methods and apparatus for a storage system having storage automation with integrated drivers Method and apparatus for receiving an access request for an array from a controller of a platform that abstracts, pools and automates physical storage for a data center, processing the access request with an API service, and analyzing the access request by a controller service after processing by the API service. The controller then requests a third party driver from a driver module for the array. The third party driver processes the request to access the array and receive data from the array.
US10324762B2	Reliability resource allocation method and apparatus The present disclosure provides a reliability resource allocation method and apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by an NFVO (network functions virtualization orchestrator), a reliability requirement of a user for an application service; decomposing, by the NFVO, the reliability requirement to determine a reliability requirement of a virtual machine providing the application service; selecting, by the NFVO from a preset reliability information base according to the reliability requirement of the virtual machine, a reliability resource that meets the reliability requirement of the virtual machine; and sending, by the NFVO, the reliability resource to a VIM (virtualized infrastructure manager), so that the VIM starts the reliability resource. According to the method provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability requirement of the user for the application service can be accurately met.
US10324761B2	Providing configurable workflow capabilities Techniques are described for providing clients with access to functionality for creating, configuring and executing defined workflows that manipulate source data in defined manners, such as under the control of a configurable workflow service that is available to multiple remote clients over one or more public networks. A defined workflow for a client may, for example, include multiple interconnected workflow components that are specified by the client and that each are configured to perform one or more types of data manipulation operations on a specified type of input data. The configurable workflow service may further execute the defined workflow at one or more times and in one or more manners, such as in some situations by provisioning multiple computing nodes provided by the configurable workflow service to each implement at least one of the workflow components for the defined workflow.
US10324755B2	Task scheduling using improved weighted round robin techniques Mechanisms are provided for distributing work requests to worker devices. The mechanisms generate a cycle table data structure which segments a set of work request allocations into a plurality of cycles in which, for each cycle, a subset of worker devices, from a set of worker devices, are eligible to receive allocations of work requests. The mechanisms receive a work request from a computing device and select a worker device to receive the work request, from a first subset of worker devices that are eligible to receive allocations of work requests for a current cycle in the cycle table data structure, based on both of entries in the cycle table data structure corresponding to a current cycle, and execution of weighted round robin scheduling logic. The mechanisms distribute the work request to the selected worker device which performs an operation on the work request.
US10324753B2	Intelligent replication factor tuning based on predicted scheduling A replication factor tuner can use historical data about previous runs of compute jobs to predict execution time periods for jobs scheduled to run in a distributed system, which implements a software framework that utilizes data locality for parallelization of jobs or tasks of the jobs. The replication factor tuner also determines input data sets that are common across the jobs scheduled to run in the distributed system. Based on the predicted execution time periods on commonality of input data sets, the replication factor tuner determines predicted concurrent access of the input data sets by the scheduled compute jobs. The tuner can change replication factors of input data sets that are predicted to be concurrently accessed by a threshold number of the scheduled compute jobs.
US10324738B2	Window management based on a set of computing resources in a stream computing environment Disclosed aspects relate to window management in a stream computing environment. A set of computing resources may be detected with respect to the stream computing environment. Based on the set of computing resources, a set of window configurations in the stream computing environment may be determined. In response to determining the set of window configurations in the stream computing environment, the set of window configurations may be established in the stream computing environment.
US10324723B2	Systems and methods for processing both instructions and constant values from a memory of a digital processor accessed by separate pointers Disclosed is a digital processor comprising an instruction memory having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output. A program counter register is in communication with the first input of the instruction memory. The program counter register is configured to store an address of an instruction to be fetched. A data pointer register is in communication with the second input of the instruction memory. The data pointer register is configured to store an address of a data value in the instruction memory. An instruction buffer is in communication with the first output of the instruction memory. The instruction buffer is arranged to receive an instruction according to a value at the program counter register. A data buffer is in communication with the second output of the instruction memory. The data buffer is arranged to receive a data value according to a value at the data pointer register.
US10324722B2	Global capabilities transferrable across node boundaries Example implementations relate to global capabilities transferrable across node boundaries. For example, in an implementation, a switch that routes traffic between a node and global memory may receive an instruction from the node. The switch may recognize that data referenced by the instruction is a global capability, and the switch may process that global capability accordingly.
US10324720B2	Testing computer software using tracking bits A system and method tests computer software using tracking bits in branch instructions to track portions of the software that have been tested. The tracking bits are bits of a branch programming instruction and may be repurposed hint bits used in the prior art to control pre-fetch of instructions. A branch tracking unit sets bits in a branch instruction of an application or program being tested. The branch tracing unit sets a first bit if a branch is taken and sets a second tracking bit if the branch is not taken. The modified program instructions can be analyzed after running the test inputs to determine if any branches in the software have not been exercised by the test inputs.
US10324717B2	Selecting processing based on expected value of selected character An instruction defined to be a looping instruction is obtained and processed. A determination is made as to whether an obtained selected character is an expected selected character. Based on the obtained selected character being the expected selected character, an execution process is used that includes a sequence of operations to perform an operation, the sequence of operations replacing a loop and providing a non-looping sequence to perform the operation on up to a defined number of units of data. The sequence of operations is configured to repeat one or more times and to terminate based on the obtained selected character. Based on the obtained selected character being different than the expected selected character, an alternate execution process is chosen.
US10324715B2	Compiler controls for program regions Setting or updating of floating point controls is managed. Floating point controls include controls used for floating point operations, such as rounding mode and/or other controls. Further, floating point controls include status associated with floating point operations, such as floating point exceptions and/or others. The management of the floating point controls includes efficiently updating the controls, while reducing costs associated therewith.
US10324710B2	Indicating a trait of a continuous delivery pipeline Examples disclosed herein relate to indicating a trait of a continuous delivery pipeline. Examples include accessing, for each of a plurality of continuous delivery (CD) pipelines, respective pipeline characteristics previously collected by a collection engine of a CD server for at least one of the CD pipelines, and indicating a trait of the pipeline characteristics of at least one of the CD pipelines.
US10324709B2	Apparatus and method for validating application deployment topology in cloud computing environment The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment. There is provided an apparatus for validating application deployment topology in a cloud environment comprising: a topology skeleton generator configured to generate, based on multiple VMs and script packages running on the VMs created by a user and required to deploy an application as well as running order of script packages and data dependency between script packages set by the user, a topology skeleton that comprises at least scripts of script packages of respective VMs and running order of the script packages; and a simulator configured to simulate a runtime environment in the cloud environment at the apparatus, thereby validating the running order and data dependency with respect to the topology skeleton, wherein the simulator is installed in the apparatus by using a simulator installation package retrieved from the cloud environment.
US10324706B1	Automated software deployment for electromechanical systems Techniques for distributing updated executable instructions for machine controller systems may be described herein. For example, a machine controller system may initiate or execute into a boot-loader environment, in response to a first boot cycle, that is configured to communicate with a server computer and receive one or more portions of code. The one or more portions of code may be received and compiled into executable instructions which may be updated executable instructions for the machine controller system. The updated executable instructions may be stored in the external memory of the machine controller system thereby overwriting any previously stored executable instructions. A pointer file of the external memory may be updated to re-direct to the updated executable instructions which may be applied to the machine controller system in response to a second boot cycle of the machine controller system.
US10324703B2	Terminal, vehicle, and method for controlling the same A terminal, a vehicle, and a method for controlling the same are disclosed, which can perform a remote service mode upon receiving a Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) update notification message during a standby mode, and at the same time can download only the update file needed for the update function, such that power consumption can be reduced in the standby mode. When the standby mode is switched to a normal mode, the embodiments can update the corresponding software using the downloaded file, such that the number of update non-execution times caused by non-reception of the update notification message can be minimized. The embodiments can automatically access the server at a predetermined time during a normal mode so as to confirm the presence or absence of software to be updated, and can update the confirmed software, such that the embodiments can also normally update another software package.
US10324690B2	Automated enterprise software development The preferred embodiment provides a system and method for automatically generating enterprise software applications with minimal level of manual coding. The preferred embodiment provide a graphical design tool that models an application using Unified Model Language (UML), validate the UML model, and automatically generate deployable application The preferred embodiment also provides a framework of libraries that the target application ca be build from.
US10324689B2	Scalable memory-optimized hardware for matrix-solve Systems and methods for matrix-solve applications include a memory-optimized hardware acceleration (HWA) solution with scalable architecture (i.e. specialized circuitry) for HWA matrix-solve operations. The matrix-solve solutions described herein may include a scalable hardware architecture with parallel processing (e.g., “within column” processing), which provides the ability to compute several output values in parallel. The HWA matrix-solve solutions described herein may include simultaneous multi-column processing, which provides a lower execution cycle count and a reduced total number of memory accesses. This HWA matrix-solve provides a low latency and energy-efficient matrix-solve solutions, which may be used to reduce energy consumption and improve performance in various matrix-based applications, such as computer vision, SLAM, AR/VR/mixed-reality, machine learning, data analytics, and other matrix-based applications.
US10324688B2	System and method for a floating-point format for digital signal processors An embodiment of a system and method for performing a numerical operation on input data in a hybrid floating-point format includes representing input data as a sign bit, exponent bits, and mantissa bits. The exponent bits are represented as an unsigned integer including an exponent bias, and a signed numerical value of zero is represented as a first reserved combination of the mantissa bits and the exponent bits. Each of all other combinations of the mantissa bits and the exponent bits represents a real finite non-zero number. The mantissa bits are operated on with a “one” bit before a radix point for the all other combinations of the mantissa bits and the exponent bits.
US10324686B2	Electronic device and operation method therefor An electronic device and an operation method therefor are provided. The electronic device may include: a display panel; an optical element; and a control unit which senses a location of the optical element, generates a 3D image through via display panel and the optical element in a state in which the display panel and the optical element overlap each other, and generates a 2D image via the display panel in a state in which the optical element is detached or separated from the display panel.
US10324680B2	Information display regarding playback queue subscriptions An example non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions that, when executed by a control device, cause the control device to perform functions. The functions comprise configuring a first playback device associated with a first user-account to (i) play media content from a playback queue comprising one or more audio tracks stored at a network location and (ii) enable one or more other user-accounts associated with other playback devices to subscribe to the playback queue. The functions further comprise receiving an indication that a second user-account associated with a second playback device has subscribed to the playback queue. The functions further comprise in response to receiving the indication, displaying a subscriber indicator on the control device showing that the second user-account has subscribed to the playback queue. An example control device and an example method, both related to the example non-transitory computer-readable medium, are also disclosed herein.
US10324670B2	Displaying information on a terminal device based on the terminal device type An information processing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store a plurality of pieces of screen information, each corresponding to a type of an external device that is capable of accessing the apparatus, a transmitting unit configured to transmit the screen information to the external device, a receiving unit configured to receive an instruction request that is based on the screen information displayed in the external device, and an executing unit configured to execute processing in response to the instruction request received by the receiving unit. The screen information includes a common section that is common among the plurality of pieces of screen information regardless of the type of the external device and a difference section that differs among the plurality of pieces of screen information depending on the type of the external device.
US10324667B2	Program processing apparatus and method, and image forming apparatus Threads that are generated during specific processing are managed, with an operation core of threads that are generated during activation processing being fixed to a specific core, and an operation core of threads for specific processing that are generated after the activation processing is complete not being set. Also, the setting of the operation core of threads for specific processing that were generated before the timing at which the activation processing is completed is restored to an original setting.
US10324664B2	Memory controller which effectively averages the numbers of erase times between physical blocks with high accuracy A memory controller includes: a memory that holds a physical block counter including the number of erase times, a logical block counter including the number of write times, and a logical-physical conversion table; and a control unit that writes data to any physical block address. When the control unit receives a writing data instruction, the control unit updates the number of write times corresponding to the write destination logical block address, if the number of write times corresponding to the write destination logical block address is large, the control unit allocates to the write destination logical block address a physical block address with the number of erase times which is small among spare blocks not allocated to the logical block addresses in the logical-physical conversion table, updates the number of erase times corresponding to the allocated physical block address, and updates the logical-physical conversion table.
US10324650B2	Scoped persistence barriers for non-volatile memories A processing apparatus is provided that includes NVRAM and one or more processors configured to process a first set and a second set of instructions according to a hierarchical processing scope and process a scoped persistence barrier residing in the program after the first instruction set and before the second instruction set. The barrier includes an instruction to cause first data to persist in the NVRAM before second data persists in the NVRAM. The first data results from execution of each of the first set of instructions processed according to the one hierarchical processing scope. The second data results from execution of each of the second set of instructions processed according to the one hierarchical processing scope. The processing apparatus also includes a controller configured to cause the first data to persist in the NVRAM before the second data persists in the NVRAM based on the scoped persistence barrier.
US10324642B2	Peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) accelerator A peripheral component interconnect express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) accelerator, having a PCIe card and separate a flash daughter-card, is provided. By including flash memory devices on a separate daughter-card, the flash memory devices are thermally decoupled from the hotter devices on the main PCIe providing additional thermal operating margins for the entire design. Furthermore, as flash memory devices are the most likely part of the subsystem to wear out over time due, including flash memory devices on a separate daughter-card allows the flash memory devices to become a field replaceable unit that can be easily replaced. EEPROMs may be included on the flash daughter-card to record the current wear state of the NAND flash devices. Knowing the wear history of the flash memory device allows the seller to replace the flash daughter-card of a customer with a daughter-card having a similar wear state.
US10324634B2	Methods of bit-flagged sketch-based memory management and memory devices utilizing the same A memory device having a memory array and a controller operably coupled to the memory array is described. The controller is configured to store a sketch comprising d rows and w columns, wherein d and w are positive integers. Each row corresponds to a different one of d hash functions. The controller is also configured to detect an event associated with a memory address and to hash the memory address with each of the d hash functions to generate a corresponding d sketch locations. The controller is further configured, for each of the d sketch locations, to set a detection window flag, if it is not already set, and to adjust a stored sketch value by an amount corresponding to the event. The controller is also configured to evaluate a summary metric corresponding to the stored sketch value in each of the d sketch locations to determine if a threshold value has been reached.
US10324633B2	Managing SSD write quotas in data storage systems A technique for use in balancing flash drive wear in data storage systems is disclosed. multiple sets of flash drives are identified where data is stored as multiple slices striped across the set of flash drives. A write rate at which data will be written to the multiple slices stored on the set of flash drives during a next time interval is predicted. A number of bytes that can be written to each set of flash drives is determined. A wear metric representative of a wear rate is determined for each set of flash drives. A write quota and an interval period is determined for one or more sets of flash drives. If the wear metric exceeds the write quota for one or more sets of flash drives during the time interval, reduce the wear rate for the one or more sets of flash drives.
US10324623B2	Mapping storage of data in a dispersed storage network A method includes encoding a data segment of a data object into a set of encoded data slices. The set of encoded data slices includes “n” number of encoded data slices. The method further includes generating a set of slice names for the set of encoded data slices. The method further includes selecting “m” encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices to output for storage in DSN memory. The method further includes selecting “m” storage units of “p” storage units of the DSN memory for storing the “m” encoded data slices. The method further includes mapping “m” slice names of the “m” encoded data slices to DSN addresses of the “m” storage units to create mapped slice names. The method further includes outputting, in accordance with the mapped slice names, the “m” encoded data slices to the “m” storage units for storage therein.
US10324622B2	Data storage device and operating method thereof A data storage device includes: a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices; and a controller suitable for receiving a command and executing the command for the plurality of nonvolatile memory devices. The controller includes: a first queue suitable for storing the command; and a command manager suitable for managing the command in the first queue, based on a first attribute of the command and queue information of the first queue.
US10324618B1	System and method for formatting and manipulating digital ink A system and method for formatting data input on an interactive device. The method includes detecting a stroke input, converting the stroke input into stroke data, making a first determination that the stroke data should be grouped with an existing object group using a proximity threshold, based on the first determination, associating the stroke data with the existing object group, and resetting a timer associated with the existing object group.
US10324617B2	Operation control method and terminal Provided are an operation control method and a terminal. The operation control method includes: identifying an operation trace activated on a terminal screen by a user; judging whether the operation trace is in an area where a grid path is located, the grid path being composed of gap regions among various application icons on a terminal interface; and if the operation trace is in the area where the grid path is located, then executing a shortcut operation corresponding to the operation trace. The method makes full use of gaps among application icons, and performs certain shortcut operations according to operation traces in the gaps so as to be effectively differentiated from other existing shortcut operation gesture areas to facilitate a user to operate.
US10324616B2	Information processing method and electronic apparatus An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are described. The method includes acquiring M sense points for representing an input operation through a sensing device; deciding whether the M sense points satisfy a predetermined condition to generate a decision result; when the decision result identifies that the M sense points satisfy the predetermined condition, representing that the input operation is an input operation for changing the display content of a display screen, and then generating a switch instruction; controlling a first object identification in the first region of the display screen to change to a N+1th object identification at a first moment in response to the switch instruction according to parameter values of the M sense points; controlling a second region including the first region of the display screen to display N+1th data content corresponding to the N+1th object identification one by one at a T+1th moment.
US10324609B2	System for providing dynamic linked panels in user interface A system is configured to provide a dashboard creation system. Panels associated with queries for retrieving information from a database are shown in a user interface. Various other user interfaces show query code, panel display settings, function code, dependencies, etc. The dependencies can be extracted and used to provide autocomplete and partial refreshing. A timing table shows execution times. Panel outputs and code updates can be shown and compared.
US10324605B2	Media-editing application with novel editing tools Some embodiments provide a media-editing application with novel editing tools. The media editing application provides an in-line precision editor that can be opened in the composite display area. In some embodiments, a selection of an edge between two clips expands a composite lane into two lanes, a first lane and a second lane. The first lane is then used to perform edits to the left side of the selected edge, while the second lane is used to perform edits to the right side of the selected edge. In some embodiments, the first lane shows the additional media content available for the clip on the left side of the edge to include. The second lane shows the additional media content available for the clip on the right side of the edge to include. The additional media content is in the source media file, of which a clip represents a portion.
US10324604B2	Electronic device and method for controlling zooming of displayed object An electronic device and a method for controlling zooming of a displayed object includes receiving a single-point slide operation performed by a user on a displayed object of a touch screen, generating a slide signal, parsing the slide signal to obtain a slide track and a feature value of the single-point slide operation, determining whether the feature value of at least one point in the single-point slide operation is greater than a preset value, and controlling zooming of the displayed object according to the slide track when the feature value is greater than the preset value. A slide track and a feature value of a single-point slide operation of a user are identified, and zooming of a displayed object of the touch screen is controlled when the feature value is greater than a preset value.
US10324603B2	Modifying the appearance of objects based on a progress of a task A computer-implemented method, system, and computer device for modifying an appearance of an object in an electronic display of a computer device based on a progress of a task is provided. The method includes monitoring a progress of a first task of a first application. The method also includes identifying a first object of a second application, and modifying an appearance of the first object of the second application based on the progress of the first task, wherein the second application is distinct from the first application.
US10324591B2	System for creating and retrieving contextual links between user interface objects A method for operating a system for creating and retrieving contextual links between user interface objects involves displaying a navigation options menu as an overlay, above a content source, within a user interface, in response to receiving an input control through a UI controller for a UI object, generating an annotation entry for the UI object, generating a contextual link between a first UI object and a second UI object, and displaying an adjacently positioned link counter and a visible indicator around the UI object through operation of a presentation modeler, in response to detecting at least one correlation for the UI object in the correlation table.
US10324586B1	Mobile user interface to access shared folders Systems and techniques to provide access to shared content are disclosed. In various embodiments, a user input indicating a set of selected sharing users that have shared content with a viewing user is received via a filter definition user interface. A combined set of shared content comprising content that has been shared with the viewing user by one or more sharing users included in said set of selected sharing users is determined based at least in part on the indication. A display is provided that includes for at least a subset of shared content in the combined set a user-selectable visual representation of the shared content.
US10324568B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a touch electrode disposed on a substrate, the touch electrode including a metal layer; a phase matching layer disposed on the metal layer; and a thin film layer disposed on the phase matching layer.
US10324560B2	Apparatus of display having detachable layer and method of manufacturing the display Provided is a display device having a detachable layer and a method for manufacturing the same that are capable of easily exchanging a damaged window or touch screen with new one, simply separating a window or touch screen therefrom, and providing a simple manufacturing process, a low manufacturing cost, and various designs. The display device includes: a window structure having a detachable layer formed on the entire surface of one side of a window, the detachable layer having the adhesion strength in the range of 0.1 to 500 gf/25 mm; and an attachment target device from which the detachable layer of the window structure is entirely detachable, wherein the attachment target device is any one selected from a touch screen, a touch screen cover layer, and a display.
US10324557B2	Force sending bezel touch interface A handheld device includes an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content and a bezel disposed around the electronic display. The bezel may have an opening allowing a person to view the active area. The handheld device also includes a force sensing system having a force sensing element that is disposed below an external surface of the bezel. The force sensing system may be configured to a sense a force on the bezel and to generate a sensor signal indicative of the force. The handheld device may further include a processor operable to receive the sensor signal and to execute a function based on the sensor signal.
US10324547B2	Active stylus pen, touch sensing system and driving method thereof An active stylus pen according to the present invention includes a first signal processor configured to generate a touch frame recognition signal for discriminating touch frames on the basis of sub-pulses corresponding to part of each touchscreen driving signal received from a touchscreen and a second signal processor configured to generate a pen driving signal synchronized with main pulses of each touchscreen driving signal other than the sub-pulses and to vary the pen driving signal in units of a touch frame according to the touch frame recognition signal such that additional pen information is reflected in the pen driving signal.
US10324546B2	Cursor generation system, cursor generation method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium A cursor generation system includes a digital pen and a computer device. The digital pen includes recognition information, a first wireless communication module, and a displacement sensor. The first wireless communication module is for transmitting a mating request signal, the recognition information, and the displacement information. The computer device includes a cursor application, a processer, a second wireless communication module, and a display. The second wireless communication module mates with the first wireless communication module to receive the recognition information and the displacement information. The processer executes the cursor application corresponding to the recognition information to register a vendor-defined usage page associated with the digital pen. The processor executes the cursor application to generate a cursor icon displaying on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page, reads the displacement information, and controls the shifting and displaying of the cursor icon on the display according to the vendor-defined usage page.
US10324541B2	Mouse with adjustable angle A mouse with an adjustable angle includes an internal body coupled to an upper portion of the lower body in an inner space of the upper body, a plurality of angle adjusting bodies coupled to the upper portion of the lower body to surround the internal body or another angle adjusting body and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body, and an upper body formed above the lower body so as to surround an angle adjusting body formed at an outermost portion among the angle adjusting bodies and having one end fixedly coupled to the lower body and the other end detachably coupled to the lower body.
US10324540B1	Multi-degrees-of-freedom hand controller Disclosed is a controller including a first control member, a second control member that extends from a portion of the first control member, and a controller processor that is operable to produce a rotational movement output signal in response to movement of the first control member, and a translational movement output signal in response to movement of the second control member relative to the first control member. The rotational movement output signal may be any of a pitch movement output signal, a yaw movement output signal, and a roll movement output signal, and the translational movement output signal may be any of an x-axis movement output signal, a y-axis movement output signal, and a z-axis movement output signal. In exemplary embodiments, the first control member may be gripped and moved using a single hand, and the second control member may be moved using one or more digits of the single hand, thus permitting highly intuitive, single-handed control of multiple degrees of freedom, to and including, all six degrees of rotational and translational freedom without any inadvertent cross-coupling inputs.
US10324536B2	User interface control in portable system This document discloses a portable system comprising a physical activity monitoring device comprising: a wireless proximity detection module configured to detect a proximity of an input control entity with respect to the physical activity monitoring device and output a control signal as a response to the detection, wherein the proximity is a non-zero distance between the input control entity and the training computer; and a user interface controller configured to generate, as a response to the control signal from the wireless proximity detection module, at least one of an audio control function and a display control function.
US10324533B2	Touch device and feedback method for touch A touch controlling device includes a sensing module, a processor and a feedback generator. The sensing module senses first coordinates and second coordinates. The processor generates an touch area difference according to the first coordinates and the second coordinates. The feedback generator generates a feedback corresponding to the touch area difference. Specifically, the touch device determines the force of touch based on the touch area difference without any force sensing plate attached thereon. Consequently, the thickness of the touch device and the cost of the touch device are reduced.
US10324526B2	Adjusting content display orientation on a screen based on user orientation A system for adjusting content display orientation on a screen is disclosed. The system may include a processor that may detect both eyes and a body part of a user that is proximal to one or more of the user's eyes. The system may then determine an eye gaze plane based on the positions of the first and second eyes of the user. The eye gaze plane may be determined by identifying a first line of sight extending from the first eye and a second line of sight extending from the second eye. Additionally, the eye gaze plane may bisect a center of the first eye and a center of the second eye of the user. Once the eye gaze plane is determined, the system may adjust the orientation of content displayed on a display device based on the eye gaze plane and on the position of the body part.
US10324524B2	Method and apparatus for user interface using gaze interaction A method and apparatus for a user interface using a gaze interaction is disclosed. The method for the user interface using the gaze interaction may include obtaining an image including eyes of a user, estimating a gaze position of the user, using the image including the eyes of the user, and determining whether to activate a gaze adjustment function for controlling a device by a gaze of the user, based on the gaze position of the user with respect to at least one toggle area on a display.
US10324521B2	Microcontroller and method for manufacturing the same A microcontroller which operates in a low power consumption mode is provided. A microcontroller includes a CPU, a memory, and a peripheral circuit such as a timer circuit. A register in the peripheral circuit is provided in an interface with a bus line. A power gate for controlling supply control is provided. The microcontroller can operate not only in a normal operation mode where all circuits are active, but also in a low power consumption mode where some of the circuits are active. A volatile memory and nonvolatile memory are provided in a register, such as a register of the CPU. Data in the volatile memory is backed up in the nonvolatile memory before the power supply is stopped. In the case where the operation mode returns to the normal mode, when power supply is started again, data in the nonvolatile memory is written back into the volatile memory.
US10324515B2	Predictive electrical appliance device power management mode based on presence detection of mobile device Approaches are provided for a predictive electrical appliance power-saving management mode. An approach includes ascertaining a location and pace of a mobile device. The approach further includes calculating an amount of time that it will take to enable or start programs and services upon a computing device waking from a sleep mode or hybrid sleep mode. The approach further includes determining a distance threshold to the computing device that allows for the calculated amount of time to pass such that the programs and services are enabled or started prior to a user of the mobile device arriving at the computing device when the user is returning to the computing device at the ascertained pace. The approach further includes sending a signal to awaken the computing device from the sleep mode or hybrid sleep mode when the mobile device is within the distance threshold.
US10324508B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a network node by providing a virtual power distribution unit A method and apparatus of controlling a network node by providing a virtual power distribution unit. The method comprises: providing a virtual PDU by using a computing device; and causing the virtual PDU to control power supply of the network node coupled to the virtual PDU according to a type of the network node. In some embodiments, not only physical nodes can be controlled, but also virtual nodes can be controlled.
US10324506B2	Thermal management apparatus In the examples provided herein, an apparatus has modules to be cooled during operation, where each module is coupled to a heatsink, and the heatsinks are coupled to a first surface of a thermally conductive plate. The modules are positioned along a direction from a first side of the plate toward an opposite side of the plate. The apparatus also has heat pipes coupled to a second surface of the plate to transport heat away from the modules during operation, where the heat pipes are positioned nonuniformly along the direction.
US10324504B2	Storage device mounting system A storage device mounting system includes a cage assembly configured to receive one or more storage devices. A pivot assembly is configured to pivotally attach the cage assembly to a chassis assembly. A flexible conductor assembly is configured to electrically couple the one or more storage devices to a system board assembly while allowing the cage assembly to pivot with respect to the chassis assembly.
US10324501B1	Hinge assembly with layered friction elements A hinge assembly includes a first and a second set of friction elements engaged each other by an applied force perpendicular to the friction elements. The first and the second set of friction elements are capable of rotational movement about a cylindrical element that passes through each of the friction elements. Also, the first set of friction elements is capable of movement relative to the second set of friction elements. However, the first set friction elements can remain in a fixed position based upon the applied force, until an external force overcomes the applied. During rotation of the first set of friction elements about the cylindrical element, the frictional engagement that controls the position of the first set of friction elements is based primarily on engagement between the friction elements, as opposed to engagement, if any, between the friction elements and the cylindrical element.
US10324498B2	Curved backboard assembly and curved display device The present invention provides a curved backboard assembly and a curved display device. The curved backboard assembly of the present invention includes a curved ferrous metal plate and a curved plastic plate mounted to a back side of the curved ferrous metal plate. The curved ferrous metal plate is provided, on a back surface thereof, with a plurality of longitudinal positioning slots and at least one set of transverse positioning slots, and the curved plastic plate is provided, on a front surface thereof, with a plurality of longitudinal positioning pawls and at least one set of transverse positioning pawls. The one set of transverse positioning pawls are respectively received into and set in engagement with the one set of transverse positioning slots. Each of the longitudinal positioning pawls is received into and set in engagement with one of the longitudinal positioning slots. The present invention adopts fitting and retaining engagement to achieve fixing and eliminates the conventional way of fixing with screws used in a conventional backboard arrangement so as to resolve the problem that assembling and disassembling of the conventional curved backboard are complicated and also to provide supporting condition for a better design of the outside configuration of a backboard. The curved display device of the present invention uses the above curved backboard assembly, making assembling and disassembling operations simple and easy, providing a good looking outside configuration, and lowering down the cost of the curved display device.
US10324496B2	Cover glass arrangement for an electronic device An electronic device can include a camera and a cover glass arrangement disposed over the camera. The cover glass arrangement includes a thinner region or cover glass that is positioned over a light-receiving region of the camera. Additionally, the thinner region or cover glass can be disposed over the light-receiving region and at least parts of one or more non-light receiving regions of the camera.
US10324493B2	Electronic device with screen An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a window panel having a front area and a curved area extending from the front area, a display panel disposed beneath the window panel, and a fixed part which supports a curved area of the display panel. The display panel includes a front display area, a side display area extending from the front display area so as to be curved, and a wiring area extending from the side display area, and the fixed part supports a curved shape of the side display area or the wiring area.
US10324478B2	Wireless node auto-reset function A method for wireless communication within a building automation system is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communications link between a first automation component and a second automation component, detecting a change in the communications link at the second automation component, and initiating a reset function on the second automation component in response to the detected change in the communications link. A building automation system is further disclosed. The system includes a first automation component, a second automation component in communication with the first automation component via a communication link. The second automation component further includes a reset function stored on a memory and executable by a processor in communication with the memory, such that the reset function is activated in response to a change in the communications link.
US10324469B2	System and method for controlling motion of vehicle in shared environment A method controls a motion of the host vehicle in the environment according to a trajectory and adjusts the trajectory of the vehicle based on the levels of risk posed by the motion of other vehicles. The method determines a set of feasible trajectories of hypothetical vehicles traveling in a driving area of the host vehicle and determines a level of risk of each feasible trajectory as a combination of the probability of the feasible trajectory to intersect with the trajectory of the host vehicle and the probability of the feasible trajectory to be followed by at least one vehicle. The method adjusts the trajectory of the host vehicle in response to assessing the levels of risk of the feasible trajectories.
US10324466B2	Personality sharing among drone swarm A drone identifies situational context (based on signals from at least one sensor) and selects an action in response to the situational context, based on a personality of the drone. The drone then communicates its personality to other drones within a swarm of drones, the drone being a member of the swarm of drones.
US10324463B1	Autonomous vehicle operation adjustment based upon route Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle control, routing, and automatic feature adjustment are disclosed. Autonomous operation feature usage levels or settings may be automatically adjusted to optimize performance using suitability data for road segments along a route traveled by a vehicle, such as when operating conditions change. Data regarding road segment suitability may be generated from prior operating data for the road segments and retrieved from a map database to aid autonomous vehicle routing, as well as to implement automatic adjustments to feature usage. In some instances, vehicle control may be returned to a vehicle operator, in which case advance warning may be given to enable the operator to prepare to resume control of the vehicle.
US10324452B2	Assembly workability evaluation calculation device and assembly workability evaluation method An apparatus is configured including an information obtaining unit that extracts information on plural parts' attributes, locations, and adjoining relations with other parts; a unit that sorts parts by part type and detects a distinctive shape from 3D CAD model; a unit that represents adjoining relations between parts in an assembly graph; a unit that creates disassembling directions and a disassembling sequence based on the assembly graph and, by reversing them, derives an assembling sequence and assembling directions; a unit that computes an index indicating a quality of easiness of assembling a part by subtracting the sum of deficiency points per part from a reference score; a unit that creates virtual worker positions, postures, and viewpoints according to assembling sequence and evaluates workability; and a unit that computes an evaluation value per part by the index of easiness of assembling the part and a total evaluation value of assembly workability.
US10324449B2	Motor controlling method, control device and machine tool A method for controlling the motor of a tool magazine that rotates around a horizontal rotation axis is configured so that: at least two indexing positions for the tool magazine are determined; the load torque acting on the tool magazine when stopped at said indexing positions is measured; an unbalance torque, which is the load torque when stopped at the indexing position at which the load torque when stopped is maximal, is calculated from multiple load torques when stopped; and the servo motor for the tool magazine is controlled on the basis of the unbalance torque.
US10324430B2	Infrastructure control fabric system and method A data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system having an infrastructure control fabric (ICF) subsystem integrated into at least one infrastructure device in a data center, for enabling independent infrastructure devices to communicate independently with the DCIM and to be controlled by the ICF subsystem.
US10324426B2	Automated system and method to manufacture aeronautic junction parts Every junction part for an airplane wing is manufactured with overmaterial. Each part is measured with a laser based interferometer or other scanning technique and the “as built” measurements are compared with a model to generate a new trajectory milling program to fill or prevent gaps between parts using a points cloud and B-Spline algorithm to generate a new surface to be milled. Once the program is generated (new trajectories) and post processed, it is sent to a milling machine to perform overmaterial milling on already milled parts with overmaterial. This technique can be used to eliminate gaps between junction parts and the corresponding need for shims.
US10324425B2	Human collaborative robot system having improved external force detection accuracy by machine learning A human collaborative robot system having a function of detecting a force includes a human collaborative robot and a learning unit into which sensing data, internal data, and calculation data are input. The learning unit outputs a first force component applied to the human collaborative robot from outside, a second force component occurring in an operation of the human collaborative robot, and a third force component categorized as noise; and performs learning using supervised data in which inputs and correct labels obtained in advance are collected in pairs, wherein the correct labels of the supervised data are obtained by exerting a force on the human collaborative robot from outside, operating the human collaborative robot over a plurality of paths, and applying noise to the human collaborative robot, and the operation of the human collaborative robot is controlled based on the first force component output from the learning unit.
US10324417B2	Method for fabrication of a balance spring of a predetermined stiffness by removal of material The invention relates to a method for fabrication of a balance spring of a predetermined stiffness comprising the steps of fabricating a balance spring in dimensions of increased thickness, determining the stiffness of the balance spring formed in step a) in order to remove a volume of material to obtain the balance spring having the dimensions necessary for said predetermined stiffness.
US10324416B2	Method for maintaining and regulating the frequency of a timepiece resonator A method for maintaining and regulating frequency of a timepiece resonator mechanism around its natural frequency, the method including: at least one regulator device acting on the resonator mechanism with a periodic motion, to impose a periodic modulation of resonant frequency or quality factor or a position of a point of rest of the resonator mechanism, with a regulation frequency between 0.9 times and 1.1 times the value of an integer multiple of the natural frequency, the integer being greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 10, and the periodic motion imposes a periodic modulation of the quality factor of the resonator mechanism, by acting on losses and/or damping and/or friction of the resonator mechanism.
US10324412B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a residual developer collecting container, a developer feeding unit, a driving unit configured to drive the developer feeding unit and at least one of the image bearing member, the developing unit and the transfer unit, and a control unit configured to change a driving speed of the driving unit depending on a storing amount of the residual developer in the collecting container in a period from an end of formation of an image on a first recording material to a start of formation of the image on a second recording material subsequent to the first recording material.
US10324410B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a registration unit, a first paper feeding unit, a second paper feeding unit, and a control unit, which performs a primary paper feeding for conveying a paper sheet to a registration position, finishes the primary paper feeding at timing when the paper sheet reaches the registration position, and then after operating a target paper feeding unit until a preceding feeding time elapses, performs a secondary paper feeding for conveying the paper sheet to the printing position. The control unit sets different values of the preceding feeding time for the case where the first paper feeding unit is the target paper feeding unit and the case where the second paper feeding unit is the target paper feeding unit.
US10324402B2	Belt type fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same A belt type fixing apparatus includes a fixing belt, a fixing roller disposed to face the fixing belt, a nip forming member that is disposed inside the fixing belt and presses the fixing belt to the fixing roller to form a fixing nip, first and second regulating surfaces that are provided at opposite ends of the nip forming member and restrict an axial movement of the fixing belt, and first and second guide surfaces that are provided inside the fixing belt and guide rotation of the fixing belt. The first regulating surface and the second regulating surface include at least one regulating step portion which is not in contact with one end of the fixing belt, respectively. The first guide surface and the second guide surface include at least one guide step portion which is not in contact with an inner surface of the fixing belt, and the at least one regulating step portion and the guide step portion are formed to be staggered from each other.
US10324400B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member which transfers a toner image formed on an image bearing member to a transfer material; a transfer bias application unit which applies bias to the transfer member; a controller which executes a mode for making a first bias applied to a first predetermined area arranged at a leading edge of a transfer material with respect to a conveying direction of the transfer material to be less than a second bias applied to a second predetermined area arranged in a central area of the transfer material; and an obtaining portion which obtains image information of an image formed in each area obtained by dividing an area corresponding to the leading edge area into plural pieces in the width direction, wherein the controller controls the first bias based on image information obtained by the obtaining portion at the time of the mode.
US10324399B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a developing device, and an intermediate transfer member. The developing device includes a toner container containing a toner. The intermediate transfer member is charged to 3.0 nC/g or less in terms of absolute value at the surface thereof. The toner particles include a surface layer, and the brightness histogram of the toner particles has two local maximums P1 and P2 and a local minimum V between P1 and P2. P2 is derived from an organosilicon polymer. P1 lies in a brightness range of 20 to 70, and P2 lies in a brightness range of 130 to 230. The number of pixels of P1 and the number of pixels of P2 are each 0.50% or more relative to the total number of pixels. The total numbers of pixels A1, AV, and A2 each in a specific brightness range satisfy specific relationships.
US10324397B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor drum, a latent-image forming device, a developing device, a density detecting device, and a processing device. The density detecting device is configured to detect densities at a plurality of positions in a main-scanning direction on a developed image. The processing device is configured to acquire at least two light-amount correction tables respectively associated with at least two positions of the plurality of positions in the main-scanning direction on the developed image, the light-amount correction tables being for reducing density variations in a sub-scanning direction at the at least two positions, and correct, for each scan, a set point for setting an amount of light of a light source based on a difference in corresponding correction data between two light-amount correction tables respectively associated with two adjacent positions of the at least two light-amount correction tables.
US10324387B2	Electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophotographic image forming device Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor obtained by laminating a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer in this order on a conductive support, wherein the surface protective layer contains conductive fine particles and crosslinkable organic fine particles, and either the conductive fine particles or the crosslinkable organic fine particles have been subjected to surface modification with a fluoroalkyl (meth)acrylate/(meth)acrylic acid copolymer.
US10324382B2	Support table for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.
US10324374B2	Active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition, active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film, mask blank provided with active light sensitive or radiation sensitive film, pattern forming method, method for manufacturing electronic device, electronic device and novel compound There is provided an active light sensitive or radiation sensitive resin composition which contains (A) an alkali soluble resin and (C) a cross-linking agent represented by the following General Formula (1-0).
US10324372B2	Multi-tone amplitude photomask A method of fabricating a multi-tone amplitude photomask includes providing a mask substrate. The method includes providing a stepped pattern in at least one layer of material on a surface of the mask substrate. The stepped pattern includes at least two steps and at least three levels. Each level of the stepped pattern provides a different intensity of light when a light source shines light on the stepped pattern.
US10324371B2	System and method for generating mask pattern and exposure system The present disclosure provides a system for generating a mask pattern, a method for generating a mask pattern, and an exposure system. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system for generating a mask pattern comprises: a mask pattern provision device configured to provide a mask pattern signal via a wired or wireless network; a mask pattern transmission device configured to process the mask pattern signal provided by the mask pattern provision device to generate mask pattern information, and to transmit the generated mask pattern information over a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) signal; and a mask pattern generation device configured to generate a mask pattern corresponding to the mask pattern information based on the mask pattern information and display the generated mask pattern. The embodiments of the present disclosure allow interaction between the mask pattern provision device and the mask pattern generation device by utilizing IoT technique, such that the mask pattern generation device can display various different mask patterns on an e-ink screen, thereby providing a fast, convenient and low cost exposure scheme.
US10324369B2	Methods for generating a mandrel mask Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of generating mandrel patterns. A mandrel pattern is generated by constructing a boundary box, initiating a plurality of lead mandrels, and extending the lead mandrels across the boundary box. When a pattern region includes holes, portions of mandrels are removed from the holes after extension of the leading mandrels.
US10324363B2	Image device capable of compensating image variation An image device capable of compensating image variation includes at least one image capturer and a compensator. The compensator is electrically connected to the at least one image capturer for generating a 360 degree image, projecting the 360 degree image according to a view angle to generate a plane image corresponding to the view angle, detecting image position variation of at least one object of the plane image, and compensating the image position variation of the at least one object of the plane image, wherein position variation of the image device makes an image position of the at least one object be changed.
US10324357B2	Automatic lens aperture control for image and video capture Techniques related to automatic aperture control for an imaging device are discussed. Such techniques may include implementing an aperture control value to adjust an aperture opening, measuring a rate of change in measured luminance at an image sensor in response to the aperture control value, and determining an aperture control hold value to hold the aperture opening at a current position using the aperture control value and the rate of change.
US10324346B2	Display device A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a backlight device 12 exiting light, a liquid crystal panel 11 disposed on a light exit side with respect to the backlight device 12, a first conductive layer 31, and a conductive bonding member 32. The liquid crystal panel 11 includes an array substrate 11b, a CF substrate 11a overlapping the array substrate 11b on an opposite side from the backlight device 12 side, and a first polarizing plate 11d disposed on the backlight device 12 side with respect to the array substrate 11b. The first conductive layer 31 is disposed on a plate surface of one of the array substrate 11b and the first polarizing plate 11d. The conductive bonding member 32 is electrically connected to the first conductive layer 31 to bond the backlight device 12 and the liquid crystal panel 11 and connected to ground.
US10324341B2	Liquid crystal display A liquid crystal display includes a first substrate, a gate line disposed on an upper portion of the first substrate, a gate insulating layer disposed on the gate line, a semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer, a data line and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a passivation layer which covers the data line and the drain electrode and defines a contact hole which exposes a part of the drain electrode, a common electrode provided at an upper portion of the passivation layer and having a planar structure, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and including a plurality of pixel branch electrodes, and a second substrate corresponding to the first substrate, where an opening is defined in the common electrode at a position which corresponds to a middle region of the plurality of pixel branch electrodes.
US10324323B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus according to the present invention includes a first polarizing film, a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, and a second polarizing film that are located in the stated order in a light path from a light source toward a display surface. The second polarizing film has a polarization axis parallel or perpendicular to a polarization axis of the first polarizing film. The first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate each include a transparent substrate having insulating properties. At least the first insulating substrate or the second insulating substrate includes lower wiring that is located on the transparent substrate and is opaque and a fine pattern that is located in a preceding stage or a subsequent stage of the lower wiring in the light path and is opposed to the lower wiring with a transparent insulating film therebetween.
US10324320B2	Display apparatus and tiled display device including the same A display apparatus includes a display unit including a non-display region and a display region which extends from the non-display region in a direction defining an extension direction of the display region, and a supporting member on which the display unit is supported. The supporting member includes an intermediate mold including a first intermediate support disposed in the non-display region and an intermediate seat portion extending in the extension direction of the display region from the first intermediate support and disposed in the display region, and a transparent mold adjacent in the extension direction of the display region to the intermediate mold, between the intermediate seat portion and the display unit, and including a transparent support in an edge display region of the display region which is adjacent to the non-display region.
US10324316B2	Security switch The present disclosure relates to optical switching devices and switch modules that are designed for long-term security monitoring of high-value infrastructure access entry points. Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure include optical switches based on fiber-Bragg gratings whose operating wavelengths are based on the presence or absence of magnetic coupling between an embedded permanent magnet and an external element. By monitoring the spectral position of the operating wavelengths and/or the magnitude of a light signal at the operating wavelengths, the state of the magnetic coupling can be determined and used as an indicator of whether the security switch has been actuated.
US10324315B2	Electronic device The present disclosure discloses an electronic device, to solve the technical problem that it is relatively complex to implement a change in color of an appearance of the electronic device in the related art. The electronic device comprises a main body having a basic form and a deformed form; and a color changing film attached to the main body to form a part of a surface of an appearance of the main body, the color changing film being deformed as the main body is changed from the basic form to the deformed form, wherein if the main body is in the basic form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a first visual effect, and if the main body is in the deformed form, the color changing film as the part of the appearance of the main body presents a second visual effect different from the first visual effect. Based on the same concept, the present disclosure further discloses another electronic device.
US10324308B2	Image stabilization apparatus, lens apparatus having image stabilization apparatus, and image pickup apparatus having image stabilization apparatus An image stabilization apparatus for a lens apparatus that moves an image stabilizing lens perpendicularly to optical axis includes a fixed barrel, a lens moving frame holding the image stabilizing lens and movable relative to the fixed barrel perpendicularly to the optical axis, an actuator that drives the lens moving frame relative to the fixed barrel, and the encoders used to determine the position of the lens moving frame relative to the fixed barrel. Each encoder includes a scale fixed to either the lens moving frame or the fixed barrel and a detector fixed to the other, the scale is arranged so that its grating is arranged in a radial direction about the optical axis so that the encoder has sensitivity to radial displacement of the lens moving frame about the optical axis which is higher than sensitivity to rotational displacement of the lens moving frame about the optical axis.
US10324305B2	Display device and vehicle having the same A display device for installation in a vehicle can include a first display configured to output first light forming first visual information; and a light synthesizing unit configured to pass the first light through the light synthesizing unit, and reflect second light and third light generated by different light sources, in which the light synthesizing unit includes a first light synthesizing portion disposed with a first surface of the first light synthesizing portion facing a first direction, and the first light synthesizing portion is configured to pass the first light through the first light synthesizing portion and reflect the second light; and a second light synthesizing portion disposed with a second surface of the second light synthesizing portion facing a second direction different from the first direction, and the second light synthesizing portion is configured to pass the first light through the second light synthesizing portion and reflect the third light.
US10324303B2	Stereoscopic display device A stereoscopic display device is provided. The stereoscopic display device includes: a display panel, including a plurality of first display units and a plurality of second display units arranged alternately; a grating, disposed on a light exiting side of the display panel and including a plurality of light-transmitting regions and a plurality of light-shielding regions, wherein the display device includes a lens with a light convergence action at a position corresponding to each of the light-transmitting regions of the grating. In this way, while reducing a distance from the grating to the display panel, it is possible to ensure a 3D displaying effect be obtained at a longer distance.
US10324292B2	Short range optical amplification module, spectacles, helmet and VR system The present invention discloses a short-range optical amplification module, which includes a first phase delay plate, a transflective mirror, a second phase delay plate and a reflective polarizing plate that are arranged sequentially, wherein: the transflective mirror includes a first optical surface and a second optical surface; the first optical surface is adjacent to the second phase delay plate; the second optical surface is a transflective optical surface, and the second optical surface is adjacent to the first phase delay plate; the focal length fs2 of the reflection surface of the second optical surface meets the following condition: F≤fs2≤5F, wherein F is the system focal length of the short-range optical amplification module, and F meets the following condition: 10 mm≤F≤35 mm. By performing parameter refining on the fs2 that influences the optical amplification effect, the module can keep a small overall thickness while obtaining a large optical amplification effect, and it can be applied in a small-size virtual reality (VR) device, so that the VR device can realize a wide field angle, a large eyebox and a high-quality imaging effect, and hence a better user experience.
US10324290B2	Situational awareness systems and methods Example systems and methods are described that help increase the situational awareness of a user of a helmet, such as a motorcycle helmet. One or more cameras are physically coupled to the helmet, where each camera includes a lens and an associated image sensor. Each camera is configured to generate a video feed, which is presented to a user on a display. The video feed represents a field-of-view around the helmet, and may be projected onto a surface, such as the visor of the helmet, thereby enabling enhanced situational awareness for the user of the helmet.
US10324281B2	Surgical microscope having a data unit and method for overlaying images A surgical system has a surgical microscope with an imaging optical unit and a control unit for setting imaging parameters of the microscope. The system further has an image processing device for overlaying an overlay image stored in the image processing device with an image generated by the microscope. A data processing unit is connected to the control unit of the microscope and to the image processing device. The control unit is configured such that, before a change of at least one imaging parameter of the microscope from a first value to a second value, it stores both the first value and the second value and makes them available to the data processing unit. The image processing device is configured in such a manner that it modifies the overlay image in a manner corresponding to the stored first and second values of the at least one imaging parameter.
US10324280B2	Microscope system Provided is a microscope system including: an optical fiber in which laser light emitted from a light-source apparatus propagates; a microscope that irradiates a specimen with the laser light propagated in the optical fiber and that obtains an image of the specimen; a mode-scrambling device portion that causes elastic waves to propagate in the optical fiber to form elastic wave interference fringes in the optical fiber; and a control device that controls the driving of the mode-scrambling device.
US10324279B2	Optical lens On embodiment of the invention discloses an optical lens including five lens group and an aperture stop. Each lens group includes at least one lens with refractive power, and the aperture stop is fixed in a position between a second lens group and a third lens group. Further, a distance between a first lens group and a fifth lens group remains fixed during zooming or focusing, and respective distances of the second lens group and a fourth lens group relative to the fifth lens group vary during zooming or focusing.
US10324276B2	Imaging lens system An imaging lens system comprises, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with refractive power; a third lens element with refractive power having object-side and image-side surfaces being aspheric, at least one surface thereof having at least one inflection point; a fourth lens element with refractive power having a concave object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a fifth lens element with refractive power having an aspheric object-side surface and an aspheric concave image-side surface, the image-side surface thereof having at least one inflection point.
US10324268B2	Method of performing autofocus, autofocus system, and camera comprising an autofocus module Autofocusing a camera while zooming may include zooming the lens to a first zoom position, measuring a first object distance from the camera to an object on which to focus, determining a first focus start position using the first object distance, performing a first autofocus using the first focus start position as a starting point, thereby determining a first focus position. A first lookup object distance may be determined based on the first determined focus position. A first correction factor may be calculated as a ratio between the first lookup object distance and the first object distance. The lens may be zoomed to a second zoom position, and a second focus position may be determined using a second object distance based on the first object distance and a second correction factor based on depths of field at the second and first zoom positions.
US10324255B2	Photosensitive epoxy resin composition for formation of optical waveguide The present disclosure provides an optical waveguide formation photosensitive epoxy resin composition which contains an epoxy resin and a photo-cationic polymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin includes a solid epoxy resin component alone. Thus, a core layer forming material can be provided, which has higher R-to-R (roll-to-roll) adaptability and higher transparency at a wavelength of 850 nm. Therefore, a core layer for an optical waveguide can be formed as having excellent R-to-R adaptability, higher transparency and a lower loss by using the optical waveguide formation photosensitive epoxy resin composition without changing the conventional production process.
US10324253B2	Few mode optical fibers for mode division multiplexing having intermediate trenches Few mode optical fibers for mode division multiplexing. The Few Mode Fiber supporting 25 or 30 LP guided modes and includes a graded index core with a α-profile, a radius R1 (at 0 refractive index difference) between 21.5 and 27 μm and a maximum refractive index difference Dn1 between 12.5×10−3 and 20×10−3, and an end of the α-profile at a radius R1b, with index difference Dn1b; a trench surrounding the core with radius R3 between 30 and 42 μm and refractive index difference Dn3 between −15.10−3 and −6.10−3, an intermediate depressed trench with a radius R2, with R1b=0.5×10−3, Min(Dn1b, Dn2)≤−1.5×10−3, and for \|Dn1b−Dn2\|<0.5×10−3, Dn2 is between −5×10−3 and −3.5×10−3.
US10324251B2	Display modules and method for fabricating the same A display module is provided. The display module includes a backlight module with an upper surface, a display panel opposite to the backlight module, and a glue having a first contact surface and a second contact surface located between the display panel and the backlight module, wherein the first contact surface is in contact with the display panel, the second contact surface is in contact with the upper surface of the backlight module, and there is a gap between the display panel and the backlight module. A method for fabricating a display module is also provided.
US10324249B2	Display device A display device includes a prism sheet between a display cell and a light guiding plate. The prism sheet includes a plurality of prisms having a constant apex angle continuously arranged in a second direction on a surface thereof opposed to a light-exiting surface of the light guiding plate. Each of ridge lines of the prisms extends in a first direction. Each prism has a first inclined face on a side on which light from the light guiding plate is incident and a second inclined face on a side reflecting the incident light. An area of the first inclined face is made smaller than an area of the second inclined face, and an area of a light-emitting region in the prism sheet is made larger than an area of a non-light-emitting region.
US10324246B2	Lighting display device and light guide body There is provided a light guide body, containing: a first end region; a second end region located on an opposite side of the first end region; first dots; and second dots having a dot in the first end region being smaller than a dot in the second end region, wherein a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the first end region is smaller than a size difference between the first dots and the second dots in the second end region.
US10324238B2	Anti-peep film, method for manufacturing the same and display device The present invention discloses an anti-peep film, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The anti-peep film includes a main body and at least one light converging structure provided inside the main body; a refractive index of the main body is different from a refractive index of the light converging structure, to cause incident light to be outputted after being converged by the light converging structure. In the anti-peep film, the method for manufacturing the same and the display device provided by the present invention, a light converging structure is located inside a main body, and a refractive index of the main body is different from a refractive index of the light converging structure, to cause incident light to be outputted after being converged by the light converging structure, such that the display device has good anti-peep properties in all the different viewing directions.
US10324233B2	Soft silicone medical devices with durable lubricious coatings thereon The invention is related to a medical device comprising a core material made of a crosslinked silicone material and a hydrogel coating which is thermodynamically stable. The invention is also related to a method for producing such a medical device, especially a soft contact lens.
US10324232B2	Method for producing an optical module having a polymer optical system A method is provided for production of a module, including the steps of: providing a substrate (1) having a first surface (5) in the form of a translucent carrier; providing an open casting mold (6), wherein the formation of at least one optical element (4, 4′) is provided in the casting mold (6); covering the surface (5) with a polymeric casting compound (3) in the open casting mold, while forming the optical element from the casting compound (3); and curing the casting compound in the casting mold, wherein the translucent carrier and the casting compound (3) together form an optical system (10).
US10324218B2	Electromagnetic assessment of multiple conductive tubulars Systems, apparatuses, and methods for measuring material thickness of multiple tubulars by placing a logging tool in a well with multiple conductive tubulars and generating an electromagnetic field that interacts with the tubulars. A logging tool obtains the measurements using one or more receivers. A monitoring system or the logging tool applies the measurements to a mathematical model that considers at least a transition zone and one or both of a near field zone and a remote field zone of the electromagnetic field that interacts with the multiple conductive tubulars. Furthermore, the monitoring system or the logging tool may ascertain a thickness of the one or more conductive tubulars using the mathematical model.
US10324215B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for detecting ferromagnetic foreign objects in a predetermined space An apparatus for detecting a presence of an object includes an inductive sensing coil that is configurable to generate a first magnetic field. The inductive sensing coil is configured to have an electrical characteristic that is detectable when generating the first magnetic field. The electrical characteristic is configured to vary as a function of a second time-varying magnetic field simultaneously applied to the object. The apparatus comprises a controller configured to detect a change in the electrical characteristic and determine a presence of the object based on the detected change in the electrical characteristic. The electrical characteristic comprises one or more of an equivalent resistance, an equivalent inductance, an equivalent impedance, and an impulse response of the inductive sensing coil. The object comprises one or more of a ferromagnetic object, a metallic film and a metallic foil.
US10324210B2	Method and apparatus for determining rough sea topography during a seismic survey A method comprising for deghosting seismic data is disclosed. The method includes the steps of acquiring seismic data by conducting a survey of a subsurface area of interest wherein the seismic data includes ghost data and estimating a time-varying wave height above the subsurface area of interest during at least a portion of the survey, wherein the estimation of the wave height is based at least in part on a remote measurement of the wave height during the survey. The estimated time-varying wave height is used to characterize the ghost data and deghost the seismic data based at least in part on the characterized ghost data.
US10324209B2	Processing hexagonally sampled seismic data Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for processing three-dimensional (3D) hexagonally sampled seismic data. The method can include receiving 3D hexagonally sampled seismic data represented using 3D spiral architecture (SA), the 3D hexagonally sampled seismic data including a plurality of data traces each corresponding to center of a hexagon in the 3D SA, representing the 3D hexagonally sampled seismic data as two-dimensional (2D) seismic data using spiral architecture (SA) addressing scheme, and processing the 2D seismic data with an SA based signal processing process.
US10324207B2	Seismic data least-square migration method and device Computing device, computer instructions and method for calculating an image of a subsurface based on least square migration and image de-convolution using a matching operator F. The method includes receiving seismic data d; computing a first image m of the subsurface based on the seismic data d; computing a second image h of the subsurface based on the first image m; applying a transform operation to the first and second images m and h to obtain a first transform of the first image and a second transform of the second image; calculating the matching operator F by matching the first transform of the first image to the second transform of the second image; and generating an updated image mupdated of the subsurface based on the matching operator F and the first transform of the first image.
US10324205B2	Device and method for full waveform inversion Computing device, computer instructions and method for determining an image of a surveyed subsurface. The method includes receiving recorded wave fields D recorded with seismic sensors over the subsurface; generating a series of modified recorded wave fields Dn based on the recorded wave fields D; iteratively applying an objective function Fi to (1) one element Di of the series of modified recorded wave fields Dn and (2) predicted wave fields Pmi, where “i” is an index associated with a given iteration; calculating with a computing device an updated velocity model mi+1 based on a previous velocity model mi and a step length; and producing the image of the subsurface based on the recorded wave fields D and the updated velocity model mi+1. The predicted wave fields Pmi are predicted by the previous velocity model mi.
US10324201B2	Digital-analogue converter for multi-threshold counters with partitioning of the bits between resistor ladder and comparator An X-ray detector includes an N-channel digital-analogue converter controllable with K+L bits. In an embodiment, the digital-analogue converter includes a first voltage source to provide a plurality of first voltage values at tapping points; and a switch unit with N switch matrices, 2K inputs of the switch matrices being electrically conductively connected to 2K tapping points of the first voltage source. The digital-analogue converter also includes a second voltage source including N subunits. The X-ray detector further includes a discriminator unit including N comparators, at least one input of the comparators being electrically conductively connected to the associated output of the switch matrix and/or to the associated output of the subunit, so that the associated first voltage value and the associated second voltage value are associable with each comparator. A signal of an output of a pre-amplifier, and the associated first and second voltage values are comparable in the comparator.
US10324197B1	Systems and methods for estimating initial heading at start-up of navigation Estimating initial heading at start-up of navigation. At least some of the example embodiments are computer-implemented methods including: spawning a plurality of clone processes, each clone process given an identical location and speed, and each clone process given a unique direction; calculating, by each clone process, a respective position at the end of a frame period; terminating clone processes whose position at the end of the frame period is outside a predetermined threshold, the terminating results in remaining clone processes; and determining the heading of the mobile device from the remaining clone processes.
US10324191B2	Method and device for chronologically synchronizing a kinematic location network Methods and devices are presented for synchronizing positioning signals in a kinematic location network. In particular, methods and devices are presented for synchronizing a unique positioning signal generated by a positioning-unit device to a reference positioning signal generated by a reference transmitter, where the positioning-unit device and the reference transmitter are moving relative to each other. In certain embodiments the reference transmitter or the positioning-unit device, or both, self-monitor trajectory data comprising one or more of location, velocity or acceleration, e.g. using inertial navigation systems, and broadcast that data in their positioning signals. The trajectory data enables estimation of Doppler shifts and propagation delays associated with the positioning signals, allowing measurement and correction of clock drift for synchronization of the positioning signals.
US10324184B1	Object detecting apparatus, object detecting method, and design method of object detecting apparatus An object detecting apparatus is provided with: a lens assembly that converts laser light emitted by plural light-emitting points to a laser beam having a divergence angle in an arrangement direction of plural light-emitting points; and an optical assembly that projects the laser beam outward along an optical axis and guides an incident light toward a light-receiving element along the optical axis. The optical assembly is provided with a collective lens that forms an image of the incident light on a focal plane and an aperture located on the focal plane. The aperture satisfies α≤β, where α is the divergence angle along the arrangement direction of plural light-emitting points, D is a size of a light passing region of the aperture in a direction corresponding to the divergence angle, d is a distance between the collective lens and the aperture, and β=arctan(D/d).
US10324168B2	Systems and methods for spatial filtering using data with widely different error magnitudes A method for spatially filtering data includes receiving a plurality of signal parameter vectors including spatial-type information derived from a sensor and associated with a signal emitter, determining error magnitudes of a plurality of first and second coordinates, and transmitting the plurality of coordinates to at least two arrays of differing sparsity in an array data structure when the error magnitudes differ by a predetermined amount, where each array is representative of a physical spatial domain from which a plurality of signals are received by the sensor. The method also includes determining a plurality of elliptical error region probability objects representative of probability density functions of the plurality of coordinates, where each object is stored in association with at least one of the at least two arrays, and determining an intersection region between the plurality of objects that is representative of a location of the signal emitter.
US10324164B1	Systems and methods for radar characterization and model formation Methods for characterizing radar can include the steps of receiving a plurality of radar emissions, and determining a plurality of Pulse Repetition Intervals (PRIs) corresponding to the emissions. A plurality of clocks Xi can be calculated using the PRIs. A clock range and a clock interval can be defined for the plurality of calculated clocks Xi and a clock X can be estimated, but only for the clocks Xi that are within the defined clock range. Countdowns Ci can be determined using the calculated clock X, and a mode M and crystal b can be calculated based on Ci. Clock X, countdowns Ci, mode M and crystal b, when considered together can accurately characterize a specific radar emission (and radar the emission came from). The systems and methods can be accomplished using emissions that are being received in real time using a receiver and emissions data from a database simultaneously.
US10324158B2	Angle of arrival detection system and method An apparatus comprising a plurality of receivers, a controller and memory storing instructions executable by the controller, the instructions, when executed by the controller causing the controller to receive data of signals received via the receivers as a signal from a transmitter, to segment the received data into a plurality of consecutive segments, to determine if consecutive data segments have changed in a manner indicative of movement of the transmitter and to, based on the determination, determine an angle of arrival of the signal based on data segments that have solely been received before or that have solely been received after a detected change in consecutive data segments indicative of movement of the transmitter or that have been received between two detected changes in consecutive data segments indicative of movement of the transmitter.
US10324153B2	System and method for flip angle determination in magnetic resonance imaging A system and method for calculating a flip angle schedule is provided. The technique includes selecting an initial condition, providing a function for calculating flip angles, calculating flip angles, assessing the flip angles, and repeating the calculation of the flip angles by adjusting the function until a desired flip angle schedule is obtained.
US10324150B2	Method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance image data set In a method and apparatus for generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image data set of a target region, MR data for a first number of slices are recorded and the recording of MR data for a second number, which is smaller than or equal to the first number, of different slices takes place simultaneously. A separation algorithm of the parallel imaging is used to determine MR data that are assigned to individual slices from the multi-slice data set produced during the simultaneous recording of the multiple slices. This separation algorithm uses input parameters determined from a calibration data set of the target region, the calibration data set being recorded in a reference scan, after which the MR image data set is reconstructed from the MR data assigned to individual slices, wherein at least part of the calibration data set is also used for reconstructing the MR image data set.
US10324149B2	Systems and methods for generalized slice dithered enhanced resolution magnetic resonance imaging Described here are systems and methods for using excited slice profiles to improve the point spread function (“PSF”) of super-resolution slices in SLIDER acquisitions while preserving all of the advantages of the SLIDER technique. The techniques described here may generally be referred to as “Generalized SLIDER” (“g-SLIDER”).
US10324134B2	Method and device for ascertaining required charging time A method and a device are provided for ascertaining the time required to fully charging a battery of the device. The device ascertains the type of power supply being used when charging the device by ascertaining the time required to fully charge the device based on a historical charging speed and an empirical charging speed corresponding to the power supply's type. Using the method and device provided by the present disclosure can ascertain the required charging time with more accuracy.
US10324127B2	Electronic component handling apparatus, electronic component testing apparatus, and electronic component testing method An electronic component handling apparatus (10) is provided which can improve the operation rate. The electronic component handling apparatus (10) includes: a contact arm (300) having a holding part (380) configured to hold a DUT (10A), the contact arm (300) being configured to press the DUT (10A) against a socket (410); an alignment device (200) including a camera (221) and a operation unit (230), the camera (221) being configured to image the DUT (10A) to acquire image information, the operation unit (230) being configured to adjust a position of the holding part (380) within a range of a maximum alignment amount (ALmax); and a control device (105) configured to control the contact arm (300) and the alignment device (200). When a predetermined condition is not satisfied, the control device (105) controls the contact arm (300) and the alignment device (200) so as to perform preliminary alignment work at least once. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the control device (105) controls the contact arm (300) and the alignment device (200) so as to perform main alignment work.
US10324110B2	Probe cover A probe cover which is to be attached to a socket that is configured to support a plurality of contact probes, includes: a base; two positioning pins which are disposed on the base; and at least one supporting member which is disposed on the base. The two positioning pins and the supporting member are capable of positioning the base in a state where the base is separated from the socket by a predetermined distance, and a mutual separation distance between the two positioning pins is changeable.
US10324109B2	Determining a time period a person is in bed A method and wireless sensor device for determining a time period a person is in bed. In one aspect, a method includes utilizing a wireless sensor device to obtain a plurality of acceleration samples in relation to at least one axis associated with a person's body over a predetermined time window. The method also includes calculating a polar angle for each acceleration sample within the predetermined time window. The method also includes calculating a fraction of an amount of time within the predetermined time window that the polar angle is greater than an angle threshold that indicates that the person is lying down, where if the fraction is greater than a predetermined threshold, the predetermined time window is marked as a period the person is lying down.
US10324108B2	Dynamic offset correction for calibration of MEMS sensor A hand-held processor system for processing data from an integrated MEMS device disposed within a hand-held computer system and method. A dynamic offset correction (DOC) process computes 3-axis accelerometer biases without needing to know the orientation of the device. Arbitrary output biases can be corrected to ensure consistent performance A system of linear equations is formed using basic observations of gravity measurements by an acceleration measuring device, conditioned upon constraints in data quality, degree of sensed motion, duration, and time separation. This system of equations is modified and solved when appropriate geometric diversity conditions are met.
US10324106B2	Physical quantity sensor, electronic device, and mobile body A physical quantity sensor has a first movable electrode section which has a portion facing a first fixed electrode section and a second movable electrode section which has a portion facing a second fixed electrode section, and is provided with a movable mass section which is formed in a shape which encloses a first fixed electrode side fixed section, a second fixed electrode side fixed section, a first movable electrode side fixed section, and a second movable electrode side fixed section in planar view.
US10324103B2	Impulse ring and a sensor-bearing unit comprising such impulse ring An impulse ring centered on a central axis, for a sensor-bearing unit including a bearing is provided. The impulse ring includes a magnetized target that generates a magnetic fields adapted to be sensed by a sensor, and an annular target holder. The target holder provides an inner axial tubular portion adapted to be fixed to a rotatable inner ring of the bearing, an outer axial tubular portion holding the magnetized target that is positioned radially beyond an outer ring of bearing, and an intermediate portion that radially extends between the inner axial tubular portion and outer axial tubular portion. The intermediate portion provides a radial part, an inclined part and a plurality of stiffening ribs.
US10324090B2	Mycobacterium biomarkers and methods This disclosure provides a method for detecting infection of an animal by Mycobacterium bovis. The method generally includes obtaining a biological sample from a host animal at risk of being infected by Mycobacterium bovis and analyzing the sample for the presence or absence of at least one M. bovis polypeptide. In some embodiments, the method can further include analyzing the sample for the presence or absence of at least one M. bovis lipid. In some embodiments, the method can further include detecting at least one host polypeptide whose expression is greater in a host infected with M. bovis compared to expression in a host known to be uninfected with M bovis.
US10324080B2	Systems and methods for automated image-guided patch-clamp electrophysiology in vitro Automated, image-guided systems for automatically performing in vitro cell patch clamping are provided. The systems are configured for use with a patch-clamp arrangement and include a camera system for providing images from tissues under investigation and a computer to execute calibration, detection, and whole-cell patching algorithms based on the collected image data. Automated methods for carrying out in vitro cell patch clamping using this automated, image-guided system are also provided and include using images to automatically calibrate a manipulator relative to a tissue of interest, detect and extract coordinates for a plurality of cells, and utilizing the coordinates with a patch-clamp arrangement to automatically move a manipulator directly above each of the plurality of cells and initiate the performance of an automated patch clamp mechanism for each of the plurality of cells driven by the system.
US10324079B2	Method for rapid testing allergy The present invention provides a method for testing an allergy capable of rapidly and highly accurately testing an allergic reaction. The method can determine whether or not a patient has an allergy or whether or not an agent that may be allergenic to a patient has an allergenicity (an allergic reactivity) in the patient. The method may comprise the steps of causing migration of leukocytes separated from a healthy human or cells of an established cell line with a chemotactic factor contained in a sample such as body fluid or blood of the patient to be tested or a sample stimulated with the agent that may be allergenic to the patient and analyzing the cell kinetics such as migration velocity, migration distance, and migration direction.
US10324075B2	Transmitter and receiver configuration for detecting content level A measurement device includes a transmitter configured to transmit an interrogation signal. The measurement device also includes a receiver configured to receive the interrogation signal that has been reflected within a container. The received reflected interrogation signal corresponds to a fill level of the container. A protective barrier covers at least the transmitter or the receiver. If the protective barrier covers the transmitter, the transmitter transmits the interrogation signal through the protective barrier and the transmitter and the protective barrier are separated by a gap.
US10324074B2	Identification apparatus and identification system This identification apparatus is for identifying the degree of degradation of oil and includes a sensor that detects a substance arising from oil contained in an oil tank and a controller that determines the degree of degradation of the oil based on information related to a substance detected initially by the sensor when the oil is contained in the oil tank in an initial state and on information related to the substance detected subsequently.
US10324067B2	Vibration monitoring system and method A method detects the presence of a vehicle on a railway track using a sensing processor monitoring a sensing system for detecting vibration into ground installed along the railway track. The sensing system includes a detection module for detecting a vehicle on the railway track. The method includes an initialization step which includes the sub-steps of emitting a first signal to be received by the sensing processor through the sensing system, sending a first message to the sensing processor, monitoring the sensing system, and configuring the detection module in function of the received first signal and configuration data received in the first message. The configuration data can include location of the initialization device, intensity/magnitude of the first signal, emission time of the first signal, and/or type of object corresponding to the first signal.
US10324064B2	Apparatus and method for non-intrusive assessment of gas in packages A method and apparatus are disclosed for assessment of a sealed package. Light is emitted from a narrow-band laser source towards said package from outside of said package. An absorption signal of said light scattered in said package is measured, wherein said absorption is caused by said at least one gas when said light is scattered and travels in said sealed package. Measuring is made outside of said package, whereby said assessment is non-intrusive with regard to said package. It is determined if a deviation exists from a predetermined, expected gas composition and/or concentration of said at least one gas within said sealed package based on said measured absorption signal. Thus sealing of said package for said gas is detected.
US10324063B2	Methods and systems for measuring properties with ultrasound A method of measuring a property of a medium using ultrasound, comprising: transmitting one or more ultrasound pulses into the medium from one or more transmitters and receiving at least a first echo signal and a second echo signal from within the medium at one or more receivers, wherein the first and second echo signals correspond to first and second pulse transmission paths within the medium from the one or more sources to the one or more receivers, the second path being different from the first path; and using the characteristics of the first and second echo signals together with an estimate of the property of the medium and a geometrical relationship between the first and second transmission paths to calculate a revised estimate of said property of the medium. By using two different beam paths within the medium, the first and second echoes will have had slightly different interactions with the medium. For example the different paths may well have different lengths thus giving different amounts of interaction such as different amplitude or phase effects on the different pulses. By comparing the similarities and differences between the pulses, certain properties of the medium can be discerned. Many different properties can be investigated using these principles. In particular, the speed of sound in a medium can be measured and the direction and magnitude of a flow or particle movement within the medium can be measured. An iterative process may be used.
US10324058B2	In-situ chemistry stack for continuous glucose sensors Embodiments of the invention provide an in-situ polymerization technique for creating a glucose sensor chemistry stack. An analyte sensor comprises a crosslinked polymer matrix in contact with an electrode. The crosslinked polymer matrix is formed by exposing ultraviolet (UV) light to a polymer matrix mixture comprising a plurality of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomers, one or more di-acrylate crosslinkers, one or more UV photoinitiators, and an oxidoreductase. The oxidoreductase is covalently linked to the crosslinked polymer matrix. In typical embodiments, the oxidoreductase is a glucose oxidase-acrylate bioconjugate. In one or more embodiments, the analyte sensor apparatus further comprises a glucose limiting membrane positioned over the crosslinked polymer matrix. The glucose limiting membrane is formed by exposing ultraviolet (UV) light to a glucose limiting membrane mixture comprising a plurality of hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA) monomers, one or more di-acrylate crosslinkers, one or more UV photoinitiators, ethylene glycol, and water.
US10324057B2	Detection apparatus and method for a flexible pipe A detection apparatus and method arranged to detect defects within a flexible pipe at least partially surrounded by seawater. The detection apparatus comprises a seawater electrode, an impedance monitor and a processor. The seawater electrode is arranged to be in contact with seawater surrounding at least part of a flexible pipe. The impedance monitor is arranged to measure the impedance between a metallic structural component of the flexible pipe extending at least partially along the length of the flexible pipe and the seawater electrode in response to an electrical test signal applied to the seawater electrode. The processor is arranged to determine the distance from the seawater electrode to a pipe defect electrically connecting the metallic structural component to seawater using the measured impedance.
US10324055B2	Process variable transmitter with terminal block moisture sensor A process variable transmitter for use in an industrial process includes a housing having a cavity formed therein. The housing has a barrier which divides the cavity into first and second cavities. Measurement circuitry in the first cavity is configured to measure a process variable of the industrial process. A terminal block assembly is located in the second cavity. A moisture sensor has an electrical characteristic which changes based upon the presence of moisture in the second cavity.
US10324054B2	Method of manufacturing sensor device A method of manufacturing a sensor device is provided. In the method, sensing electrodes are formed on a substrate, a sensing material layer is formed on the sensing electrodes. The sensing material layer is etched to form a first nanowire sensing region, a second nanowire sensing region and a third nanowire sensing region respectively between every two sensing electrodes of the sensing electrodes. A dielectric layer is formed to cover the first nanowire sensing region, the second nanowire sensing region and the third nanowire sensing region, and the first nanowire sensing region and the third nanowire sensing region are exposed.
US10324049B2	Rock sample preparation method by using focused ion beam for minimizing curtain effect A process for the preparation and imaging of a sample of rock from an oil and gas reservoir is provided. A sample of reservoir rock may be obtained, such as from a core sample obtained using a core sampling tool inserted in a wellbore extending into an oil and gas reservoir. A photoresist may be deposited on the surface of reservoir rock sample to form a homogenous layer. The photoresist-coated surface of the reservoir rock sample may be imaged using a focused ion beam (FIB). The photoresist protects the pores and other surface features of the rock from damage or implantation by the FIB ion beam and thus minimizes the curtain effect in the resulting images.
US10324044B2	Apparatus, method and computer program product for defect detection in work pieces An apparatus, a method and a computer program product for defect detection in work pieces is disclosed. At least one light source is provided and the light source generates an illumination light of a wavelength range at which the work piece is transparent. A camera images the light from at least one face of the work piece on a detector of the camera by means of a lens. A stage is used for moving the work piece and for imaging the at least one face of the semiconductor device completely with the camera. The computer program product is disposed on a non-transitory, computer readable medium for defect detection in work pieces. A computer is used to execute the various process steps and to control the various means of the apparatus.
US10324037B2	Low energy laser spectroscopy LELS An extremely sensitive spectroscopy method utilizes a laser modified to an extremely low emission with an integrated control system, interfaced within a typical Raman platform to comprise low energy laser spectroscopy (LELS). LELS acquires and utilizes a quantum entangled state of photons and particles, including omnipresent cosmological dark matter particles (OCDM) and omnipresent cosmological dark energy (OCDE). The OCDM and OCDE matter has an affinity to particles of same OCDM and OCDE matter in target specimens, with same-time data results of high sensitivity. In a semiconductor light emitter, electron flow at a low energy level is provided to a quantum well to produce a quantum tunneling of electrons into an active region of the laser quantum well and creating sublasering. Sublasering allows OCDM and OCDE to become entangled with other particles and energies in the laser's quantum well and create a transmission package comprising quantum entangled fields, waves, wave packages, states and energies. Providing a triggering pulse causes a second tunneling, carrying the transmission package for emission.
US10324025B2	Optical flow cell and test head apparatus A sample cell apparatus for use in spectroscopic determination of an analyte in a body fluid sample includes a first plate member made from an optically clear material and a second plate member made from an optically clear material and opposing the first plate member. A channel extending into a surface of the first plate member and an opposing surface of the second plate member houses a floating seal. The floating seal surrounds a fluid chamber that retains a sample of body fluid for optical measurement. The fluid chamber may be opened for flushing by separating the first plate member from the second plate member. During measurements the fluid chamber is closed to define a repeatable optical path-length therethrough by urging the first plate member against the second plate member without compressing the floating seal between the first plate member and the second plate member.
US10324022B2	Analysis accuracy improvement in automated testing apparatus Embodiments disclose a device for testing biological specimen. The device includes a sample carrier and a detachable cover. The sample carrier includes a specimen holding area. The detachable cover is placed on top of the specimen holding area. The detachable cover includes a magnifying component configured to align with the specimen holding area. The focal length of the magnifying component is from 0.1 mm to 8.5 mm. The magnifying component has a linear magnification ratio of at least 1. Some embodiments further include a multi-camera configuration. These embodiments include a first camera module and a second camera module arranged to capture one or more images of the first holding area and the second holding area, respectively. The processor may perform different analytic processes on the captured images of different holding areas to determine an outcome with regard to the biological specimen.
US10324010B2	Powder or granulated material test apparatus A test apparatus is described comprising a test chamber (12), a powder manipulation device such as a compaction device (20), and a drive arrangement (22) selectively operable to drive the compaction device (20) for axial movement and for rotary movement within or relative to the test chamber (12), the compaction device (20) preferably comprising at least one complete turn of a generally helical screw flight (26). Methods of use of the test apparatus are also described.
US10324002B2	Devices and methods for characterization of distributed fiber bend and stress The disclosed technology includes, among others, methods and devices for measuring distributed fiber bend or stress related characteristics along an optical path of fiber under test (FUT) uses both a light input unit and a light output unit connected to the FUT at one single end.
US10324000B2	Test fixture for tensioning and cooling an article A test fixture for securing a test article is disclosed. The test fixture comprises a frame, an upper grip, a lower grip, a tensioner assembly, and a cooling assembly. The frame defines an upper portion and a lower portion, where the lower portion of the frame is configured to be releasably mounted to a vibration device. The upper grip is connected to the upper portion of the frame and the lower grip is connected to the lower portion of the frame. The upper grip is configured to secure an upper portion of the test article along an upper interface, and the lower grip is configured to secure a lower portion of the test article along a lower interface. The tensioner assembly is located at the upper portion of the test fixture. The cooling assembly transports a cooling medium across at least one of the upper interface and the lower interface.
US10323998B2	Fluid pressure sensor A sensor includes a port body which defines an axial passage for receiving fluid. An electrical connector extends through an opening in the port body near a crimp portion opposite the axial passage and forms an upper seal with the port body. Within the interior of the port body, a support ring and base cover form a cavity which retains a sensing element. The sensing element is exposed to the fluid within the axial passage and determines the pressure. An annular seal is retained by the base cover. The crimp portion of the port body is crimped to provide an upper seal and apply a force on the components within the interior, pinching the annular seal between the sensing element and the base of the port body to create a lower seal.
US10323988B2	Infrared temperature measurement method and device An infrared temperature measurement method and device, first magnifying an acquired original infrared image according to a predefined magnification factor to obtain a second original infrared image, dividing each original pixel in the second original infrared image to obtain pixel groups comprising multiple pixels; then setting a pixel at a predefined location in each pixel group as a reference pixel; setting the temperatures of the reference pixels as the temperatures of the original pixels corresponding to the reference pixels; next acquiring temperatures of a plurality of target pixels based on the temperatures of the reference pixels; the target pixel is one pixel in the pixel groups; finally acquiring the temperature of the predefined temperature detection point according to the temperatures of the multiple target pixels; the temperature detection point corresponds to the multiple target pixels.
US10323986B2	Method for determining the temperature of a strand A method for determining the temperature of a strand comprises disposing the strand along a background radiator of known temperature. Receiving the strand using a spatially resolving thermal imaging sensor in front of the background radiator while the strand is being disposed along its longitudinal axis. Forming an integral across a measuring value area, the integral configured to detect a complete strand portion located in front of the background radiator of the thermal imaging sensor. deducing the temperature of the strand by comparing the formed integral with a reference value.
US10323970B2	Housing for a device for the metered distribution of a medium, and metering device for use in the housing A housing for a device for metered dispensing of a medium, the housing including at least one inlet, preferably threadless, configured to allow the medium to enter the housing from a reservoir, a plurality of receptacles, preferably threadless, a metering device in each of the plurality of receptacles, an inlet line connected to the at least one inlet, and a plurality of distribution lines connected to the inlet line and to each of the plurality of receptacles, wherein the housing includes a plastic material.
US10323969B2	Fluid signaling device A fluid sensing device, including a housing; a fluid flow sensor at least partially contained within the housing and adapted to detect a flow of fluid through the housing; a timer operably connected to the fluid flow sensor and at least partially contained within the housing, the timer receiving a start signal from the fluid flow sensor when the fluid flow sensor detects the onset of fluid flow, the timer receiving a stop and reset signal from the fluid flow sensor when the fluid flow sensor detects the end of fluid flow; and at least one signaling device operably connected to the timer such that the signaling device is actuated when the timer indicates that a predetermined amount of time has elapsed.
US10323961B2	Motor-driven integrated circuit, motor device, and application apparatus A motor driver integrated circuit comprises a central processing unit, a memory, and a multiple-time programmable memory. The multiple-time programmable memory is configured to store a motor driver program, the memory has a capacity larger than or equal to a capacity of the multiple-time programmable memory. When the motor driver integrated circuit is powered or reset, the central processing unit copies the driven program from the multiple-time programmable memory to the memory. The motor driver integrated circuit is low in cost. The present invention also provides a motor device having the motor driver integrated circuit.
US10323960B2	Method of making sensing mechanism and machine system using same A method of making a machine system includes assembling sensing elements with a sensor frame, and contacting ferrite cores of the sensing elements with a locating tool to conform an arrangement of the sensing elements to a cylindrical shape of a surface of the locating tool. The sensing elements are secured to the sensor frame in the determined arrangement, and coupled with a housing of a machine system to monitor position of a rotatable component therein. The ferrite cores may be E-type cores, with bridge connections used to sensitize the sensing mechanism to displacement of a rotatable component in X, Y, and Z directions.
US10323948B2	GPS data repair Repairing GPS data is disclosed. Repairing GPS data includes repairing an effort, comprising determining that the effort includes inaccurate GPS data; and adjusting the effort using a repaired base map. Repairing GPs data includes repairing a segment, comprising determining an inaccurate shape data in the segment; and adjusting shape data for the segment based on a repaired base.
US10323946B2	Automatic modification of monitoring of vehicle data A device can receive an indication to cause a vehicle to provide data at a updated rate. The device can determine the updated rate at which the vehicle is to provide the data. The updated rate can include at least one of a frequency at which the data is to be provided, or an amount of time for which the data is to be provided. The device can determine a set of instructions to be provided to the vehicle based on the indication. The device can provide the set of instructions to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to provide the data at the updated rate. The device can receive the data from the vehicle to permit or cause an action to be performed with respect to the data or the vehicle. The device can cause the action to be performed with respect to the data or the vehicle.
US10323942B2	User-specific learning for improved pedestrian motion modeling in a mobile device Techniques provided herein are directed toward enabling on-device learning to create user-specific movement models that can be used for dead reckoning. Because these moving models are user-specific, they can be later used to identify user-specific motions in a manner that provides for a dead reckoning location estimation. In some embodiments, these models can be focused on pedestrian movement, based on the repetitive motion that occurs when a user takes a stride (walking, jogging, running, etc.) or other repetitive motion (swimming, riding a horse, etc.).
US10323940B2	Tilt angle measuring device The invention provides a tilt angle measuring device, which comprises a discoid container for including a liquid forming a free liquid surface, a light emitting source for allowing a detection light to enter the free liquid surface, a photodetector for receiving the detection light reflected on the free liquid surface and a signal processing unit for detecting a tilt of the free liquid surface based on a detection signal from the photodetector, wherein the signal processing unit sets a detection light storage time of the photodetector so that an error incidence rate of the detection signal is a predetermined value.
US10323939B1	Navigation apparatus A navigation system operable without a visible horizon is provided. The system can include a collapsible sextant apparatus having a first holder to accommodate a visual spotting scope and a second holder connected to the first holder to accommodate an electronic navigation device. The electronic navigation device can include elevation and timing factors for navigation. The first holder can include a rotatable base extending in a first direction, and a retention element disposed on the rotatable base to retain the visual spotting scope. The second holder can include a longitudinal member to retain the electronic navigation device extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the first holder is disposed substantially perpendicular to the second holder and the visual spotting scope and the electronic navigation device can be aligned at a predetermined angle.
US10323920B2	Coordinate measuring machine with carbon fiber air bearings A coordinate measuring machine has a base for supporting an object, a movable assembly having a probe for measuring the object, and a rail movably guiding the movable assembly along its length. The rail includes carbon fiber and has a rail CTE. The coordinate measuring machine also has an air bearing member circumscribing the rail and fixedly coupled with the movable assembly. The air bearing member has a member CTE, which is about equal to the rail engineered CTE.
US10323913B2	Impact marking garment A method and apparatus for use in facilitating force-on-force (FOF) training. Specifically, an impact marking vest (IMV) for use in registering a ballistic impact event upon a three-dimensional target surface.
US10323912B2	Area denial communication latency compensation An area denial system may be operationally placed with communication latency compensation. The area denial system may include a plurality of munitions, one or more sensor devices, and a command and control unit, networked together and having a command and control latency for communication between the command and control unit and the remainder of the area denial system. Latency compensation may include determining a first target position, determining a first predicted position area for the target using the command and control latency and the first target position, receiving an authorization to arm one or more of the munitions, determining a second target position, and determining that the second target position is outside a threshold distance from a first authorized munition of the one or more authorized munitions, and in response, de-authorizing the first authorized munition.
US10323906B2	Autonomous flight termination system and method An autonomous flight termination system for terminating vehicle flight after the vehicle is launched from an aircraft includes a global positioning system (GPS) receiver; a termination unit selected from a cut-off switch connected to terminate vehicle flight when actuated, and a switch connected to detonate an explosive on the vehicle; a system controller for receiving a first signal indicating separation of the vehicle from the aircraft and a second signal from the GPS receiver to calculate an actual vehicle trajectory, and for sending a third signal to actuate the termination unit to terminate the flight of the vehicle when the actual vehicle trajectory is determined to be outside the safety bounds of a mission-planned flight trajectory; and a failsafe controller connected to receive operational data of the system controller, and to actuate the termination unit when the operational data indicates that the system is in an error state.
US10323898B1	Shooting support bag A shooting support bag is provided. The shooting support baq includes first and second opposite sides. The first side has a butterfly shape and has at least one panel. The shooting support bag further includes a top portion. The top portion is positioned between the first and second sides. The top portion includes a top section and a first angled section. The first angled section extends downwardly and outwardly relative to the top section. The first angled section defines a first bearing surface area. The top portion has an exterior surface. The exterior surface comprises a non-slip surface.
US10323891B1	Extremely short buffer system and bolt carrier design for firearms A device implementable in an AR-15 styled firearm includes a buffer tube and spring system and a bolt carrier assembly. The buffer tube and spring system is mounted on a lower receiver of the firearm and includes a pusher and a buffer tube which has a cavity that receives the pusher and the bolt carrier tail therein. The bolt carrier assembly includes a bolt carrier head and a bolt carrier tail connected to the pusher. The bolt carrier head includes a cavity that houses a bolt assembly of the firearm therein. The bolt carrier tail is elastically coupled to the bolt carrier head such that the bolt carrier head travels linearly at most by a first dimension, the bolt carrier tail travels linearly at most by a second dimension smaller than the first dimension, and the buffer travels linearly at most by a third dimension smaller than the second dimension.
US10323879B2	Separating carbon dioxide and ethane from a mixed stream Embodiments described herein provide methods and systems for separating a mixed ethane and CO2. A method described includes generating a liquid stream including ethane and CO2. The liquid stream is flashed to form an ethane vapor stream and solid CO2. The solid CO2 is accumulated in an accumulation vessel and the gas is removed from the top of the accumulation vessel.
US10323876B2	Refrigerator door ice maker and dispenser with a coupling unit for motor connection between the door and the main body A refrigerator including a main body having a storage compartment; a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open or close the storage compartment; and an icemaker and an ice bucket configured to store ice cubes produced by the icemaker. The ice bucket is provided with a feeding device to feed the ice cubes stored therein. The main body includes a driving device configured to drive the feeding device. When the door is closed, the driving device is connected to the feeding device, and when the door is opened, the driving device is disconnected from the feeding device.
US10323866B1	Efficiency heat pump system A heat pump system includes a shared motor having a common shaft; a thermoelectric generator conductively coupled to the shared motor, the thermoelectric generator is configured to provide electricity to the shared motor; a high-temperature compressor rotatably attached to the common shaft, the high-temperature compressor is configured to rotate the shared motor via the shared shaft and configure to channel heated fluid to the thermoelectric generator; a low-temperature compressor rotatably attached to the common shaft, the low-temperature compressor is configured to rotate the shared motor via the shared shaft and configure to channel cooled fluid to the thermoelectric generator; a first evaporation core in fluid communication with the thermoelectric generator; and a second evaporation core in fluid communication with the first evaporation core and in fluid communication with the high-temperature compressor.
US10323864B2	Adsorption heat pump An adsorption heat pump may include a high temperature circuit for a high temperature heat transfer medium, a medium temperature circuit for a medium temperature heat transfer medium, and at least one sorption module in operative communication with the high temperature circuit and the medium temperature circuit. The at least one sorption module may include a sorption zone, a phase change zone, a working medium, a sorbent which may absorb and desorb the working medium, a first flow channel thermally contacting the sorbent, and a second flow channel thermally contacting the phase change zone. A first valve and a second valve may be in operative communication with the sorption module, the high temperature circuit, and the medium temperature circuit. The first valve and second valve may be configured to move between a closed position, a first open position, a second open position, and at least one intermediate position.
US10323861B2	Building accessory structure A solar thermal collector and an accessory structure of a building are provided. The solar thermal collector includes at least one heat absorbing plate and at least one heat insulating plate. Each of the heat absorbing plate includes at least one first slab and first engaging parts connected with the first slab. Each of the heat insulating plate includes at least one second slab and second engaging parts connected with the second slab. The first engaging parts are respectively engaged with the second engaging parts, and a gap is maintained between the first slab and the second slab to define a heat collecting channel, through which a heat transfer medium flows between the heat absorbing plate and the heat insulating plate. A heat conductivity of the heat absorbing plate is at least 30 times greater than a heat conductivity of the heat insulating plate.
US10323858B2	Liquid heater with temperature control A liquid heater such as a direct electrical resistance liquid heater having multiple flow channels is provided with a temperature-sensing element in the form of a wire extending across numerous channels, preferably all of the channels, near the downstream ends of the channels. The resistance of the wire represents the average temperature of the liquid passing through all of the channels, and hence the temperature of the mixed liquid exiting from the heater. A bubble suppressing structure is provided in the vicinity of the wire.
US10323855B2	Air cleaner An air cleaner is provided. The air cleaner may include at least one air cleaning module including a fan, a filter and an inlet through which air is suctioned into the filter; an air flow controller configured to be movably disposed on the at least one air cleaning module and including an air flow control fan to control a flow of the air discharged from the at least one air cleaning module. The air flow controller may be movable from a first position at which the air is discharged in an upward direction to a second position at which the air is discharged in a diagonally upward direction.
US10323852B2	Vehicle shutter Provided is a vehicle shutter capable of detecting a flap to which power transmission is cut off by providing turn restriction units each having a simple structure in flaps.The vehicle shutter is provided with: a plurality of flaps 13 capable of opening and closing an outside air introduction path 8 for introducing outside air into an engine compartment and arranged in parallel to each other so as to cross the outside air introduction path 8; a linkage operation section linking the flaps 13 with each other to perform an opening/closing operation of the flaps; a drive section driving the flaps 13 to be open and closed through the linkage operation section; an abnormality detection section detecting an abnormality of the flaps 13 on the basis of an operating state of the drive section; and an abnormality notification section notifying the abnormality to a user on the basis of output from the abnormality detection section. Opening failure detecting restriction units 13j and closing failure detecting restriction units 13k are formed on adjacent flaps 13 as turn restriction units which restrict, when power transmission to one of the adjacent flaps 13 from the drive section is cut off, the other flap 13 from turning.
US10323848B2	Moisture detecting air cap indicator for expansion tank failure Disclosed is an expansion tank having an internal cavity separated by a flexible diaphragm to form an upper pressurized gas portion and a lower pressurized fluid portion, and an indicator positioned at an upper part of the expansion tank in communication with the contents of the upper pressurized gas portion. The indicator is configured so as to display a first color if the operating conditions are normal in the pressurized gas portion, and a second color if the amount of moisture detected in the pressurized gas portion greater than or equal to a predetermined amount. Further disclosed is a method for detecting whether there is an excessive amount of moisture in a pressurized gas portion of an expansion tank by allowing pressurized gas from the pressurized gas portion to come into contact with the indicator, and viewing the color displayed by the indicator. As such, the tank can be simply visually inspected to determine whether there is a potential failure in the tank.
US10323843B2	Burner for vent gases of an oil or gas well A burner for venting gas of a gas or oil well, the same comprises a venting gas tubing laid from the well up to a burning pit; a tubing for the supply of pilot gas laid parallel to the tubing of venting gas; a tubing of power lines from a control panel up to at least one electrode; a nozzle constituted by a tube that comprises a plurality of perforations that go through the wall of said tube, a plurality of air inlet tubes affixed to the wall of said tube; and a plurality of support spoilers affixed to the wall of said tube; where, the distal ends of the venting gas tubing, the tubing of supply of pilot gas and at the least one electrode, are located inside the nozzle; and where, the nozzle is installed inside the burning pit.
US10323841B2	Lighting device for indoor parking lot The present invention relates to an indoor parking lot, comprising: a hollow frame portion, which is installed in the lengthwise direction on the ceiling along a driving path; and a lighting portion, which is fixedly installed on a side surface of the frame portion, for lighting the driving path and parking space around the driving path, wherein the lighting portion provides light distribution which is perpendicular to a driving direction of the driving path. The present invention is installed along the driving path of a vehicle which is between the parking spaces, so as to limit light distribution to directions on both sides of the direction of installation, thereby reducing the number of lighting portions while providing light having ample brightness to the parking spaces and a lighting space and thus effectively minimizing power consumption despite constant lighting.
US10323839B1	LED light assembly having axially coupled LED light modules In a first aspect of the subject invention, an LED light assembly is provided comprising: a housing; and, a plurality of LED light modules coupled together in axial end-to-end fashion so as to define an elongated lighting strip, each said light module including at least one heat dissipation block and at least one LED element, wherein, said lighting strip is secured to said housing.
US10323837B2	Lighting system A lighting system has at least one channel for receiving at least one light unit that can be inserted into the channel, and at least one connector that can be inserted into the channel. The channel has, in an inner region thereof, a busbar for supplying the light unit, which can be electrically coupled to the busbar, with power. The connector is designed to electrically couple busbar portions of the busbar to one another. Furthermore, the connector is designed to be mechanically coupled to portions of the channel. The channel and the connector are further designed such that, when inserted in the channel, the light unit can be arranged so as to overlap the connector, inserted into the channel in order to couple the busbar portions, within the channel.
US10323836B2	Light emitting bowl assembly A light emitting bowl assembly for facilitating an ornamental festive display includes a bowl that may be positioned on a support surface. A plurality of candle units is provided and each of the candle units is selectively positioned in the bowl. Each of the candle units is arranged in a selected arrangement and the bowl. Moreover, each of the candle units is selectively turned on to selectively emit light outwardly therefrom. In this way the candle units enhance an ornamental appearance of the bowl.
US10323831B2	Utility mount light A utility light includes a main body, a handle movably coupled to the main body, and a pair of light assemblies. The handle is biased toward the main body such that the handle is configured to clamp a workpiece between the main body and the handle. Each of the light assemblies is defined on the main body and includes a light source disposed within a light housing. The light housings are each pivotally supported within a yoke that is rotatable relative to the main body.
US10323830B2	Bulb gripper for holding decorative lights A bulb gripper for decorative light holder has a U-shaped body with projections on the interior surface that enable the bulb gripper to securely hold many different sizes of decorative light bulbs. The interior surface of each arm of the body has an inward tooth near the opening followed by several three spaced apart projections. The projections may have a tab portion which is connected to the arm by a narrower connector. The projections and the teeth on the arms form a ledge which supports the decorative light. A smaller U-shaped projection or several projections which are sized and configured to hold a mini-light are provided at the base of the U-shaped body. The arms can flex outward so that the body can receive and securely hold the decorative light.
US10323828B2	Lighting apparatus with reflector and outer lens A lighting apparatus is provided with a first housing assembly formed from a thermally conductive material and a second housing assembly formed of a thermally conductive material. At least one electrical component is positioned within the first housing assembly and the at least one electrical component is in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly. At least one light source is in thermally conductive contact with the second housing assembly. The second housing assembly is not in thermally conductive contact with the first housing assembly, such that thermal energy from the first housing assembly does not directly transfer to the second housing assembly.
US10323827B2	Lighting apparatus In various embodiments, a lighting apparatus is provided. The lighting apparatus includes a primary light generating device configured to generate a primary light beam, a phosphor body configured to at least partly convert the primary light beam into secondary light, and a shell-shaped reflector situated in a primary light path between the primary light generating device and the phosphor body. The reflector has in at least one part of its reflection surface a plurality of grooves which run openly in their longitudinal extent and which are arranged parallel to one another.
US10323823B2	Lighting device, in particular fog light for motor vehicles The lighting device, in particular the fog light for motor vehicles comprises a lighting unit for emitting light beams and a lens on which the light beams fall, configured as a Fresnel lens to form light paths in the plane (zy), which is perpendicular to the axis (x) passing through the center of the lens and located at a distance in front of the lens. The lens is not axially symmetrical with respect to the axis (x) and its zones are configured to form a light path whose height (v) is smaller than its width (s).
US10323818B2	Vehicle light assembly having moisture sensing and heating A vehicle light assembly is provided that includes a light source, a lens in front of the light source, conductive circuitry provided on the lens and forming a capacitive sensor for sensing moisture on the lens and a heater for removing the moisture, and switching circuitry for selectively energizing one of the capacitive sensor and the heater.
US10323817B2	Light assembly and vehicle design element including such light assembly A light assembly for a vehicle design element includes a light guide, the light guide including a plurality of light receiving surfaces; and a plurality of light sources, the light sources being arranged adjacent to and directed towards respective light receiving surfaces, where the light guide is shaped to define an annular base lying in a first plane and at least one circumferential flange or cylinder disposed generally orthogonal, or inwardly or outwardly splayed to the first plane, the flange or cylinder extending away from the annular base towards a viewable annular light exit, the base including a plurality of shaped elements extending away from the first plane, each shaped element defining one of the light receiving surfaces for receiving incident light from a respective adjacent light source, where a plurality of the light receiving surfaces are orientated substantially transverse to the base.
US10323812B2	Intelligent automotive headlamp module with combined functions An intelligent automotive headlamp module with combined functions comprises a three-color laser light source array (1), a beam combination lens assembly (2) used for converging three-color laser light, an electric-controlled deflecting reflector unit (3) arranged in the light emergence direction of the laser beam combination lens assembly (2), and a transmission-type fluorescent material (5), wherein the reflecting surfaces (A-1, B-1) of the reflector unit rotate around the axes in a reciprocating mode at a high speed, and thus a reciprocating scanning segment is formed; the transmission-type fluorescent material (5) converts blue single-wavelength light irradiating the front side of the transmission-type fluorescent material (5) into white complex-wavelength light, and the white complex-wavelength light is output from the back side of the transmission-type fluorescent material (5).
US10323806B1	Assembly light apparatus An assembly light apparatus has a LED module, a light box, a driver box. The driver box is installed in a cavity of a ceiling via a fixing structure. The light box contains the LED module. The light box has an output opening and a back cover. The back cover has a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal connected to a first electrode and a second electrode of the driver box respectively. The light box and the driver box are detachably connected with a light box connector and a driver box connector.
US10323803B2	Light emitting device and vehicular lamp comprising same A light emitting device and a vehicular lamp are provided. The light emitting device comprises: a first light emitting unit; a second light emitting unit separated from the first light emitting unit; and a sidewall surrounding side surfaces of the first and second light emitting units while adjoining the side surfaces of the first and second light emitting units, wherein the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit emit light have different peak wavelengths.
US10323798B2	Control system in a gas pipeline network to increase capacity factor A system and method for controlling delivery of gas, including a gas pipeline network having at least one gas production plant, at least one gas receipt facility of a customer, a plurality of pipeline segments, and a plurality of control elements, one or more controllers, and one or more processors. The hydraulic feasibility of providing an increased flow rate of the gas to the gas receipt facility of the customer is determined using a linearized pressure drop model. A latent demand of the customer for the gas is estimated using a latent demand model. Based on the hydraulic feasibility and the latent demand, a new gas flow request rate from the customer is received. A network flow solution is calculated based on the new gas flow request rate. The network flow solution is associated with control element setpoints used by a controller to control one or more control elements.
US10323797B2	Product yield loss management During the production of consumable liquids such as milk, soup, and juice, the liquid consumable may be transferred from one location to another location through a fluid conduit. For example, a consumable liquid may be transferred from a storage tank to another destination through piping. At the end of the process, the piping may be purged with a flushing fluid to push the liquid consumable remaining in the piping to the end destination, thus preventing the volume of liquid remaining in the piping from being wasted. To control the flushing processing, fluid flowing through the piping may be fluorometrically analyzed to determine a concentration of product in the fluid. The flushing liquid can then be controlled based on the determined concentration. For example, the supply of flushing liquid may be terminated when the concentration of product falls below a threshold, indicating the flushing liquid is diluting the liquid consumable.
US10323793B2	Mounting bracket A mounting bracket having a base plate with a first set of apertures and a second set of apertures formed therein. A mounting plate couplable with one of the first set of apertures and the second set of apertures formed in the base plate. A bracket housing couplable with the base plate and having an inner surface and an outer surface. A retainer assembly coupled with the base plate and adjacent to and abuttingly engaged with the bracket housing.
US10323792B2	Rail post vertical extension system A rail post mounting device/vertical extension systems for a deck, patio boundary or fence rail posts to alter the appearance of the posts by suspending plants in a structurally sturdy manner. The mounting device is configured to be inserted into a hollow fence post defining a chamber, and comprises a cover member having a top surface configured to hold one or more accessory items, and a bottom surface configured to engage the top of the hollow fence post, and an elongated insert member attached to the bottom surface of the cover member, which is configured for insertion into the post chamber. The elongated insert member also comprises a plurality of resilient retention arms configured to extend toward and pressingly engage with sidewalls of the post chamber.
US10323790B2	Rotary suction cup Disclosed is a rotary suction cup, comprising a knob, a base, and a rubber bottom arranged from top to bottom, wherein the knob is connected with the rubber bottom, and the base is provided with a connecting portion for connecting a hanging object, and a through hole; the rotary suction cup further comprising: a pivot seat, arranged in the middle of the rubber bottom, and connected with the knob; a pivot tube, arranged in the knob, and sleeved on and moveably connected to the pivot seat; wherein, the pivot seat is axially moved along with the rotation of the pivot tube, the rubber bottom is concavely deformed on a surface thereof by the pivot seat, and the pivot tube or the knob is rotationally connected to the base in a stepped manner of at least two steps.
US10323785B1	Tablet holder A holder for a tablet, comprising a plate having a flat, planar front side for placing a tablet thereon, and a backside. The plate is generally rectangular in shape and having four corners with rotatable retention members disposed at three of the four corners. Each of the retention members are seated in a notch of the plate and all the retention members are rotatable to a position to form a continuous, flat surface along the plate and are rotatable to positions to retain a tablet on the holder.
US10323780B1	Orbital coupling arrangement An orbital coupling arrangement. In one example, the orbital coupling arrangement includes a first connector part, an orbital member, and a seal member. The first connector part can define a central passageway and can include a first connection arrangement at a first end. The orbital member can define a spherical segment and an adjacent tubular segment that together define a central passageway extending between a first end proximate the spherical segment and a second end proximate the tubular segment. The seal member is in sealing contact with the orbital member spherical segment at a location between a geometric center of the spherical segment and the orbital member first end.
US10323778B2	Full flow pipe connector A pipe connector for use in conjunction with a catch basin, the pipe connector having an annular flange defining a central bore and a major pipe receptor in the form of a tube having a first diameter and being attached to the flange and a minor pipe receptor in the form of a tube has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter, and is attached to the major pipe receptor by a frangible bridge that is configured to cleanly break upon the application of an impact to the minor pipe receptor, whereby the minor pipe receptor is removable from the major pipe receptor.
US10323774B2	Mounting device with self-centering support surface A mounting device configured to secure an elongate element to a threaded stud using a flexible cable tie is described herein. The mounting device includes a body portion defining a cavity oriented along a longitudinal axis having an opening configured to receive the stud. The cavity defines a flexible pawl configured to engage a thread of the plurality of helical threads, thereby securing the mounting device to the stud. The mounting device also includes a support portion arranged on a distal end of the body portion opposite the opening having a support surface configured to engage the elongate element and a first enclosed channel arranged along a lateral axis. The first channel defines a first pair of cable tie apertures configured to receive the flexible cable tie as it is wrapped about the elongate element, thereby securing the elongate element to the mounting device.
US10323768B2	Pressure independent control valve with an electronic control system A flow control valve including a main valve and a pilot valve for controlling a piston of the main valve. The valve maybe controlled through a control system based on measured pressures or temperatures in a system supplied or controlled by the valve. The valve may be operated as a pressure independent control valve, using pressure measurement from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system, which is operable to maintain a constant pressure drop across the system, or the valve may be operated as a temperature independent control valve, using temperature measurements from a supply line and exit line or return line of a hydronic HVAC system as inputs to the control system which is operable to maintain a constant temperature drop across the system.
US10323760B2	Decompression air valve A valve assembly configured for use with an inflatable product, such as a mattress, chair, pool, spa, float, or another suitable inflatable product. The valve assembly includes a first valve component that serves as an opening for inflation and/or deflation of the inflatable product, and a second valve component that serves as an opening for deflation or decompression of the inflatable product.
US10323759B2	Check valve control unit Embodiments include a check valve that comprises a valve body defining an inlet port and an outlet port; a disc disposed within the valve body, wherein the disc is coupled to a pivot shaft and the pivot shaft is coupled to the valve body; a lever arm coupled to the disc, wherein when the disc rotates the lever arm rotates; an actuator shaft couple to a motor, and a first interference element coupled to the actuator shaft, wherein the lever arm contacts the first interference element when the disc is in a maximum open position; wherein when the motor rotates the actuator shaft moves longitudinally along its axis to move the first interference element thereby changing the maximum open position. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US10323758B2	Adjustable pressure actuated diaphragm valve assembly The diaphragm valve shown in my U.S. Pat. No. 6,615,774 is modified to improve performance by providing multiple overlapping springs to provide increased spring life and different stages of resistance on the diaphragm, a multi-arm housing having holes and tapered edges in each arm to increase air flow, a self seating seal in the housing which contacts the diaphragm, and a diaphragm guide surrounding the guide shaft having lands and spaces about the shaft in capture lubrication and vibration dampening holes surrounding the lands and spaces.
US10323756B2	Multi-way valve A multi-way valve includes an upper valve body, a lower valve body and a rotary valve core. The upper valve body and the lower valve body are provided respectively with an upper mounting hole and a lower mounting hole. The rotary valve core is provided passing through the upper mounting hole and the lower mounting hole, respectively. The rotary valve core is formed with a first stepped surface facing toward the upper valve body, and an adjusting nut, which is located below the rotary valve core, is provided in the lower mounting hole. The rotary valve core is moved up and down axially by adjusting the adjusting nut such that an axial clearance between the first stepped surface and the upper valve body is adjusted, so the rotary valve core may flexibly rotate at different temperatures to prevent the multi-way valve from being stuck.
US10323755B2	Knife gate valve A knife gate valve including a knife valve gate, a gate actuation mechanism, operatively connected to the knife valve gate, a two-part sleeve and a valve body. The two-part sleeve includes an upstream section and a downstream section with the knife valve gate being selectively insertable therebetween. The valve body includes an upper casing section and a lower casing section pivotally connected to one another. The upper casing section and the lower casing section each include a concave cavity together defining a sleeve receiving channel of the valve body. The two-part sleeve is removably engageable in the sleeve receiving channel. The upper casing section and the lower casing section are pivotable between an operative configuration preventing removal of the two-part sleeve from the sleeve receiving channel and a maintenance configuration allowing insertion and removal of the two-part sleeve from the sleeve receiving channel.
US10323749B2	Seal with siding channel A seal useful in sealing slide out rooms may be used singularly or in pairs to straddle a wall through which the opening is located. The seal includes a co-extruded block of deformable material in a channel. The channel is configured to receive the siding of an outer wall whereby the siding deforms the block of deformable material to create a seal inside the channel of the seal.
US10323747B2	Piston ring and method for manufacturing a piston ring A piston ring that is pre-treated by grit blasting to a defined roughness, followed by PVD coating with a metal nitride to a thickness of at least 10 μm, leaving peaks and valleys in the coated piston ring. The coated piston ring is then lapped to remove the peaks without penetrating the coating, so that valleys and plateaus remain in the coated surface. The resulting piston ring exhibits superior coating retention due to the increased surface area created by the grit blasting, and yet also superior performance, as the cavities remaining increase the porosity of the coating and thus enhance the lubrication of the ring.
US10323746B2	Metal bellows type accumulator The invention provides a metal bellows type accumulator having an outer shell provided in its one end with a pressure introducing passage in an opening manner, and a metal bellows repeatedly formed peak portions directed to an outer side in a radial direction and trough portions directed to an inner side, capable of expanding and contracting in an axial direction and separating an inner chamber of the outer shell into a pressure introducing chamber communicated with the pressure introducing passage and a gas chamber charged with cushion gas. A tubular portion is provided at a position where an amplitude of vibration in a radial direction becomes maximum in the metal bellows, has a greater diameter than a maximum diameter portion of each of the peak portions and is in contactable with an inner peripheral surface of the outer shell at a predetermined width in the axial direction.
US10323726B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicles A planetary gear train includes an input shaft and an output shaft. A first planetary gear set has first, second, and third rotational elements. A second planetary gear set has fourth, fifth, and sixth rotational elements. A third planetary gear set has seventh, eighth, and ninth rotational elements. A fourth planetary gear set has tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotational elements. A first shaft is fixedly connected with the twelfth rotational element and fixedly connected with the input shaft. A second shaft is fixedly connected with the fifth rotational element and the eighth rotational element, and fixedly connected with the output shaft. A third shaft is fixedly connected with the fourth rotational element. A fourth shaft is fixedly connected with the seventh rotational element. A fifth shaft is fixedly connected with the sixth rotational element and the ninth rotational element.
US10323724B2	Planetary gear train of automatic transmission for vehicle A planetary gear train may include input and output shafts, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively having first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth elements, a first shaft connected to the second element and the input shaft, a second shaft connected to the twelfth element and the output shaft, a third shaft connected to the first and seventh elements, a fourth shaft connected to the fifth and eleventh elements, a fifth shaft connected to the eighth and tenth elements, and a plurality of shafts each selectively connecting a corresponding element to a transmission housing, the corresponding element being an element of the first, second and third planetary gear sets which is not interconnected.
US10323721B1	Marine drives and assemblies for supporting an output gear in a marine drive A marine drive includes an output gear including a beveled gear and a hub. A propeller shaft extends through the hub. A first bearing and an adjacent second bearing are located on the hub and support rotation of the output gear. The first and second bearings have inner races and outer races. An inner spacer is located on the hub and sandwiched between the respective inner races of the first and second bearings. An outer spacer is sandwiched between the respective outer races of the first and second bearings. A bearing carrier surrounds the propeller shaft and holds the first and second bearings therein by way of a press fit. The inner and outer spacers and the bearing carrier are dimensionally sized to provide a dimensional preload on the first and second bearings to maintain the output gear in alignment with the propeller shaft during operation of the marine drive.
US10323709B2	Shoe for a drum brake, and associated drum brake The invention concerns in particular a lining-holder cartridge for a drum brake equipped with shoes comprising a block provided with a rim for fixing a friction lining, the assembly forming a shoe for a drum brake, wherein it comprises a curved support in the form of a cylinder sector able to be fixed directly to the rim of said block, and it is provided with a friction lining with a shape adapted to that of said support. The invention greatly simplifies the replacement of drum brake linings, without removal of the brake blocks.
US10323708B2	Friction material composition, friction material and production method thereof A friction material composition containing an alkali metal salt as a friction adjusting material. The alkali metal salt is spherical and porous. The alkali metal salt has an average particle diameter of 20 μm to 240 μm. A friction material is produced by using the friction material composition.
US10323674B2	Device for fastening a component to a carrier component The invention relates to a device for fastening a component to a carrier component having a bolt in particular a threaded or grooved bolt or a bolt at least sectionally spherical, comprising an at least sectionally elastic fastening part and a housing part accommodating the fastening part in a mounted state, the housing part and the fastening part having, in the mounted state, an introduction section for introducing the bolt in an introduction direction, at least one latching element for latching on the bolt being provided on an inner wall, bounding the introduction section, of the fastening part, and the fastening part and the housing part each having at least one force transmission surface, the force transmission surfaces facing one another in the mounted state and transmitting at least one tensile force that occurs during operation, the force transmission surfaces each being located in planes which are inclined or curved with respect to the introduction direction of the introduction section such that a tensile force acting on the device generates a force on the fastening part, said force acting radially inwardly with respect to the introduction section.
US10323670B2	Composed element, multi-layered board and panel-shaped element for forming this composed element Composed element including at least two panel-shaped elements, which each have an edge zone in which coupling means are present in the form of a profiled part respectively extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective edge zone, as well as each including an end face extending transversely to the respective edge zone, wherein said profiled parts allow coupling the panel-shaped elements together in an interlocking manner, wherein at least one of the panel-shaped elements includes an arrangement which hides from view at least a portion of the profiled part formed at the pertaining edge zone at the location of the end face.
US10323668B2	Plug connection element and transportation box having plug connection elements The invention relates to a plug connection element for releasable connecting two adjacent wall elements of a transportation box, having a first U-shaped receptacle for an edge region of the first wall element, which is formed from a first base plate and an inner leg angled to the latter and an adjoined angled outer leg, and a second U-shaped receptacle for an edge region of the second wall element, which is formed from a second base plate and an inner leg angled to the latter and an adjoined angled outer leg, wherein the first and second U-shaped receptacle are identically aligned, wherein the first and second receptacle are connected to each other by means of a bending joint, so that the U-shaped receptacles is adjustable in terms of their angular position to each other.
US10323667B2	Composite product with junction structure A composite product having a junction structure includes a first unit formed of a composite material, a first connector formed of a metal and provided with one end inserted into one end of the first unit and formed integrally with the first unit and another end extending outwards from the first unit, a second unit formed of a composite material, and a second connector formed of a metal and provided with one end inserted into one end of the second unit and formed integrally with the second unit and another end extending outwards from the second unit, wherein the other end of the first connector and the other end of the second connector are joined and fixed by welding under a condition that the ends of the first unit and the second unit are opposite each other adjacently.
US10323666B2	Clamping collar having a spacer The clamping collar has a belt (10) looped back onto itself and having two ends provided with lugs (12, 14) that are upstanding and that are suitable for being brought closer together for tightening the collar. The collar has a spacer (22) having a land (24) extending between the ends (10A, 10B) of the belt (10), and a web (26) having at least a first tab that is upstanding relative to said land, which web extends between the lugs. The spacer is formed by a strip that is folded between a first fold at the junction between the first tab and the land (24) and a second fold situated at a first end of the land, the land having a first double- walled portion between the first and second folds.
US10323659B2	Open center control valve An example valve section includes: a housing having: (i) a longitudinal bore, (ii) a first and second workport passages configured to be fluidly coupled to an actuator, (iii) a first and second return passages, (iv) an open-center passage configured to be fluidly coupled to a source of fluid, and (v) a supply passage disposed between the first and second workport passages. The valve section also includes a spool movable in the longitudinal bore to shift between: (i) a neutral position that allows the open-center passage to permit fluid flow therethrough, and (ii) a shifted position that allows fluid to be diverted from the open-center passage to the supply passage, and connects the supply passage to either the first or second workport passage while connecting the other workport passage to a corresponding return passage of the first and second return passages.
US10323654B2	Electrically driven pump An electrically driven pump includes a first housing and a second housing, and the first housing and the second housing are fixed to form an impeller chamber for receiving an impeller. The second housing and a rear housing are fixed to form a first receiving chamber for receiving a motor assembly; and the motor assembly includes a stator and a rotor, the rotor is arranged in an inner cavity enclosed by the stator, and the rotor drives the impeller to rotate. An electronic control unit is cooperated with the motor assembly, and the electronic control unit controls the operation of the motor assembly. The electrically driven pump includes a cooling passage for accommodating a working medium, and the working medium in the cooling passage may exchange heat with the electronic control unit, thereby facilitating improving the service life of the electrically driven pump.
US10323648B2	Impellers for engine mounted boost stage pumps A boost pump includes a boost cover and a main pump housing engaged opposite to the boost cover with an impeller rotatably engaged between the boost cover and main pump housing. The impeller includes an inducer section comprising a hub including a plurality of axial blades extended therefrom, each of the plurality of blades including a root, a tip, first and second surfaces, wherein the each of the first and second surfaces is defined in TABLE 1. The impeller includes an impeller section comprising a shroud extending from the hub including a plurality of radial blades extended therefrom. Each of the plurality of blades can include including a root, a tip, and opposed pressure and suction sides extending from the root to the tip, wherein the each of the pressure and suction sides is a surface defined in at least one of TABLES 2-4.
US10323645B2	Regulating pump device in water supply mains, method A pump system for a water supply mains has at least one pump device, a pressure detecting sensor at the pressure side of the pump device, a flow detecting sensor of the pump device, several pressure sensor units (D) remote arranged remotely from the pump device in different part regions of the mains, and a pump control device. The control device includes a model formation module designed in each case to produce a model (A) representing pressure loss from the pressure sensor to the position of the respective pressure sensor unit (D), based on several pressure measured values of at least two pressure sensor units (D) for the at least two associated part regions. The control device is designed for regulation of the pump device based on produced models (A), as well as to a corresponding method for regulation of a pump device in a water supply mains.
US10323638B2	Variable volume ratio compressor A compressor may include a shell, first and second scroll members, a partition plate and a bypass valve member. The shell defines a discharge-pressure region and a suction-pressure region. The first scroll member is disposed within the shell and may include a first end plate having a discharge passage, and first and second bypass passages extending through the first end plate. The partition plate is disposed within the shell and separates the discharge-pressure region from the suction-pressure region and includes an opening in communication with the discharge-pressure region. The bypass valve member is movable between a first position restricting fluid flow through at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening and a second position in allowing fluid flow through the at least one of the first and second bypass passages and the opening.
US10323633B2	Pump control system having emergency run mode A pump control system receives inputs from a low level fluid level sensor and a high level fluid level sensor. Based on inputs from the sensors, and in response to sensed trouble conditions, duplex pumping or pump specific simplex operation is restricted based on past and present pump current draws.
US10323619B2	Water current power generation systems An underwater structure including a power generation apparatus including a main body; a mounting portion connected to the main body defining a mounting axis; a connection carrier, a connector mounted on the connection carrier; and an actuation mechanism in communication with the connection carrier. The structure further includes a support structure adapted for engagement with a bed of a body of water; a support housing; a support connection carrier attached to the support housing; and a support connector mounted on the support connection carrier. The mounting portion and the support housing are adapted to cooperate with one another for mounting of the power generation apparatus on the support structure. The connection carrier is releasably engageable with the support connection carrier, such that the connection carrier is moveable between an engaged position and a disengaged position.
US10323614B2	Supercharged engine A supercharged engine is provided, which includes an engine body having cylinders, an intake passage disposed outside the engine body and connected to the cylinders via intake ports, a supercharger provided in the intake passage and spaced apart from an intake-side side surface of the engine body, the intake-side side surface being connected to the intake passage, and a fuel pump disposed on the intake-side side surface. A portion of the intake passage constitutes an intervening part located between the supercharger and the engine body. The intervening part overlaps with the fuel pump in one of vertical and lateral directions of the engine body.
US10323612B2	Methods and systems for dual fuel injection Methods and systems are provided for reducing fueling errors resulting from pressure pulsations in a port injection fuel rail. The pressure pulsations result from pressure pulsations generated in a high pressure fuel pump delivering fuel to both the port injection fuel rail and a direct injection fuel rail. A center of a port injection fuel pulse is positioned on an average pressure-crossing of the pressure pulsations so as to cancel out the effect of the over-average and under-average pressure pulsations.
US10323604B2	Free piston stirling engine that remains stable by limiting stroke A free-piston Stirling engine that limits piston amplitude and reduces engine power as the piston amplitude increases beyond its maximum power. The inward edge of the heat rejecter cylinder port is located outward of the most inward excursion of the inward end of the piston sidewall during a part of the piston's reciprocation cycle so that the heat rejecter cylinder port is entirely covered by the piston sidewall during an inward portion of the piston reciprocation when the engine is operating at the selected maximum engine power. A leaker port extends from a gas bearing cavity through the piston sidewall and is positioned axially outward from the gas bearing pads of the engine's gas bearing system and vents working gas to the engine's back space at a piston amplitude of reciprocation that exceeds the piston's amplitude of reciprocation at maximum engine power. A resilient damping bumper is attached to the outward end of the piston and a displacer gas cushion is disclosed.
US10323603B2	Free piston stirling engine that limits overstroke A free-piston Stirling engine that limits piston amplitude and reduces engine power as the piston amplitude increases beyond its maximum power. The inward edge of the heat rejecter cylinder port is located outward of the most inward excursion of the inward end of the piston sidewall during a part of the piston's reciprocation cycle so that the heat rejecter cylinder port is entirely covered by the piston sidewall during an inward portion of the piston reciprocation when the engine is operating at the selected maximum engine power. A leaker port extends from a gas bearing cavity through the piston sidewall and is positioned axially outward from the gas bearing pads of the engine's gas bearing system and vents working gas to the engine's back space at a piston amplitude of reciprocation that exceeds the piston's amplitude of reciprocation at maximum engine power. A resilient damping bumper is attached to the outward end of the piston and a displacer gas cushion is disclosed.
US10323597B2	Electronic fuel injection system and method for engines A system includes an electronic fuel injection system of an engine, the electronic fuel injection system including an electronic governor control unit for controlling various functions of the engine.
US10323582B2	Vehicle drive system, and method for operating a vehicle drive system A vehicle drive system is disclosed comprising an internal combustion engine for driving a vehicle, wherein the internal combustion engine comprises a combustion chamber with injectors for injecting diesel into the combustion chamber, a supply line for delivering a gas mixture to the combustion chamber, an electrolysis chamber for producing hydrogen gas and oxygen gas, and a vacuum pump for sucking the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas from the electrolysis chamber. The vehicle drive system furthermore comprises a gasification tank with volatile organic compounds received therein, in particular methanol or ethanol, as well as a supply line for supplying a gas mixture to the combustion chamber, wherein the gas mixture comprises gasified organic compounds from the gasification tank and at least a part of the hydrogen gas and the oxygen gas. Furthermore a corresponding method for operation a vehicle drive system is disclosed.
US10323581B2	Gaseous fuel pumping system In high horse power engines there are strict energy budgets allotted for each subsystem. It is a challenge for a gaseous fuel pumping system to supply the necessary gaseous fuel mass flow to the engine while staying within budget. A method for pressurizing a gaseous fuel supplied to an engine comprises providing first and second hydraulically actuated pumping apparatus comprising first and second shuttle valves in first and second hydraulic pistons respectively; and selectively communicating hydraulic fluid flow to the first and second hydraulically actuated pumping apparatuses. In a first mode hydraulic fluid is communicated through the first hydraulically actuated pumping apparatus to the second hydraulically actuated pumping apparatus. In a second mode hydraulic fluid is communicated through the second hydraulically actuated pumping apparatus to the first hydraulically actuated pumping apparatus. The method switches between the first and second modes when a pressure drop in hydraulic fluid pressure associated with the hydraulic fluid flowing through the first and second shuttle valves is detected.
US10323575B2	Gas turbine fuel pipe comprising a damper The invention concerns a gas turbine fuel pipe, having a fuel line, the fuel line having a fuel line volume, a fuel line outer wall and an opening in the fuel line outer wall, a damper having a damper volume and a damper outer wall and attached in fluid communication with the fuel line, wherein the damper covers the opening in the fuel line outer wall, and a perforated lining extending across at least part of the opening in the fuel line outer wall.
US10323571B2	Method and system for inlet guide vane heating A method of heating a hollow structure and a heating system are provided. The system includes a plurality of hollow structures spaced circumferentially about an annular flow path. The hollow structures include a heating fluid inlet port, a first plurality of film heating apertures, and a second plurality of film heating apertures. The hollow structures also include a first internal passage extending between the heating fluid inlet port and the first plurality of film heating apertures. The first internal passage includes an impingement leg configured to channel a first flow of heating fluid to a leading edge of the hollow structure. A second internal passage extends between the heating fluid inlet port and the second plurality of film heating apertures through a path along an inner surface of the hollow structure before being channeled to the second plurality of film heating apertures.
US10323570B2	Two-shaft gas turbine, and control system and control method of the gas turbine A two-shaft gas turbine of the present invention, in which a mass flow of an air into a compressor is regulated by controlling a set angle of an inlet guide vane (IGV) on an air intake side of the compressor, comprises, as a device to control the set angle of the IGV, a first controller to control the set angle of the IGV based on a corrected speed of the gas generator shaft during low speed rotation of the gas generator shaft, the corrected speed having been corrected according to an ambient temperature; a second controller to control the set angle of the IGV to maintain a constant actual speed of the gas generator shaft during high speed rotation of the gas generator shaft; and an ambient temperature correction part to increase the actual speed maintained constant by the second controller if the ambient temperature is equal to or more than a threshold value.
US10323564B2	Systems and methods for increasing temperature of an internal combustion engine during a cold start including low coolant flow rates during a startup period A system including startup, load, flow, and peak estimation modules. The startup module, during a startup period or in response to a startup of the engine, receives a temperature signal and generates a first condition signal. The load module determines a load on the engine and generates a second condition signal. The flow module, if the first condition signal indicates a temperature of the engine is less than a first predetermined temperature and if the second condition signal indicates the load is less than a predetermined threshold, operates a pump to circulate coolant during the startup period. The peak estimation module estimates a temperature of a hottest metal location on the engine. The flow module increases a speed of the pump if the temperature of the hottest metal location is greater than a second predetermined temperature or the load is greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold.
US10323560B2	Exhaust gas mixer Systems are provided for a mixer. In one example, the mixer may include intersecting tubes with a plurality of inlets and/or outlets located along an exhaust conduit.
US10323559B1	Methods for controlling selective catalytic reduction systems A selective catalytic reduction device (SCR) system performs intrusive steady state dosing correction (SSDC) when a NOx error between a predicted and measured downstream NOx value exceeds a threshold. In SSDC, if NOx breakthrough or NH3 slip is detected above a SSDC threshold, a short term reductant dosing adaptation occurs. Optionally long term dosing adaptations occur if the magnitude of previous short term adaptations exceed a short term adaptation threshold. If SSDC is insufficiently improving SCR performance based on the number of intrusive events occurring within a period of time and the change in NOx error during the time period, a method includes modifying the SSDC protocol by one or more of increasing the duration of short term adaptations, decreasing the SSDC threshold, and reducing the short term adaptation threshold. The method further includes subsequently inhibiting intrusive events from occurring.
US10323553B2	Evaporative fuel vapor emission control systems An evaporative emission control canister system comprises an initial adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of greater than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, and at least one subsequent adsorbent volume having an effective incremental adsorption capacity at 25° C. of less than 35 grams n-butane/L between vapor concentration of 5 vol % and 50 vol % n-butane, an effective butane working capacity (BWC) of less than 3 g/dL, and a g-total BWC of between 2 grams and 6 grams. The evaporative emission control canister system has a two-day diurnal breathing loss (DBL) emissions of no more than 20 mg at no more than 210 liters of purge applied after the 40 g/hr butane loading step.
US10323542B2	Systems and methods for a visual alignment system An alignment system includes a first visual indicia and a second visual indicia disposed on a first mobile unit, and a third visual indicia and a fourth visual indicia disposed on a second mobile unit. The alignment system also includes a visual inspection area configured to enable collective viewing of the first visual indicia, the second visual indicia, the third visual indicia, and the fourth visual indicia along a single direction. The alignment system is configured to align the first mobile unit with the second mobile unit along a vertical axis, a horizontal axis, and a rotational axis to help align a rotational coupling between the first mobile unit and the second mobile unit.
US10323537B2	Gas turbine tip clearance control assembly The present disclosure relates to a tip clearance control assembly of a gas turbine including a casing, a plurality of blades, a labyrinth seal, and a shroud. The casing guides a flow of combustion gas. The plurality of blades is located inside the casing in such a manner as to be coupled to a rotary shaft of the gas turbine. The labyrinth seal is located at the front end portion of each blade. The shroud surrounds the front end portion of each blade. The casing includes an outer casing having dove tail slots and an inner ring segment having dove tail coupling portions, so that the dove tail coupling portions moves in an axial direction and a radial direction with respect to the gas turbine.
US10323530B2	Tandem magnetic seal with single magnet A magnetic seal system adapted for use within a support structure mounted around a rotatable shaft. The magnetic seal system includes two annular seal assemblies configured to be surrounding the shaft to rotate therewith and be axially displaceable along the shaft. Each annular seal assembly includes an annular member adjacent to an annular seal. The magnetic seal system also includes an annular magnet configured to be sealingly connected to the support structure and surrounding the shaft The magnet being disposed between the two annular seals in a non-contacting relationship with the shaft and biasing the two annular members along the shaft towards the magnet, wherein adjacent contacting surfaces between each of the two annular seals and the magnet biasingly mate to form sealing interfaces.
US10323522B2	Gas turbine engine component with diffusive cooling hole A component for a gas turbine engine includes a gas path wall having a first surface, a second surface exposed to hot gas flow, and a cooling hole extending through the gas path wall. The cooling hole includes an inlet formed in the first surface, an outlet formed in the second surface, cooling hole surfaces that define the cooling hole between the inlet and the outlet, and a longitudinal ridge formed along at least one of the cooling hole surfaces. The longitudinal ridge separates the cooling hole into first and second lobes. The cooling hole diverges through the gas path wall, such that cross-sectional area of the cooling hole increases continuously from the inlet through the cooling hole to the outlet.

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