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US10506961B1	Diagnostic transducer and method Devices and methods for assessing ulceration risk in a tissue. Some embodiments include a device having a scan head on an extension neck extending from housing and having range of motion relative to the housing. The scan head includes light-emitting system that alternately emits light at different selected wavelengths into the tissue, and a photodetector that generates an electrical signal based on the receive light. A processor calculates regional-perfusion-index (RPI) data based on the electrical signal. Some embodiments provide a tissue-vibration mechanism to help measure mechano-transduction induced recovery from vibratory stimulation for determining short-term metabolic deficit. In some embodiments, the scan head has a topological feature (such as one or more grooves, holes, bumps and/or ridges) that provides pressure-change stimulation for measuring vascular recovery from pressure changes. In some embodiments, the device includes accelerometers and/or pressure sensors to determine where the scan head is positioned relative to the patient's foot.
US10506955B2	Method and apparatus for non-invasive determination of a measured variable of an analyte in a biological body A method and apparatus for non-invasive determination of a measured variable of an analyte in a biological body. The body is irradiated locally by light in an automatic manner from a wavelength range matched to an absorption signature of the analyte. At least some of the light penetrates into the body and is absorbed by the analyte. The body heats up at least locally as a result of the absorption by the analyte and a consequently occurring change in a speckle pattern of coherent light scattered at the body is detected. A value of the measured variable of the analyte is deduced from the detected change in the speckle pattern. In particular, the concentration of glucose is established in a non-invasive manner as a measured variable.
US10506954B2	Mobile automated health sensing system, method and device The claimed invention relates to mobile computing monitoring of health statistics using chemically synthesized conjugate markers providing highly specific details of personal health states. Using portable computing and communications devices, commonly known as ‘smartphones’, personal health and wellness information is gathered from chemical markers and reported to the user. Chemical markers include chemicals which undergo a measurable color change when combined with body fluids such as saliva. Health information derived from chemical markers may be optically collected, locally reported and widely broadcast over a ‘cloud based’ internet data distribution system.
US10506948B2	Localization for electrocardiographic mapping A system (10) can localize an object in a patient's body. The system (10) can include a pulse generator (18 or 30) configured to provide a localization signal to at least one electrode that is fixed to the object in the patient's body. A sensor array (22) can be configured to detect an electrical field produced in response to the localization signal and provide respective sensor signals. A map generator (42) can be configured to reconstruct electrical signals based on the respective sensor signals and geometry data representing a geometric relationship between patient anatomy and the sensor array. A location calculator (50) can determine a location where the localization signal was applied based on the reconstructed electrical signals.
US10506941B2	Device and method for sensing electrical activity in tissue An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes apparatus and methods for sensing electrical activity in tissue of a person in a manner which is substantially limits or eliminates interference from noise in a surrounding environment.
US10506940B2	Stimulation progamming aid using a sensory projection This document discusses, among other things, systems and methods to map an electrical waveform to a user-perceivable input. Some system examples include at least one electrode configured to sense neural activity in a patient, a mapping controller configured to receive an electrical waveform from the at least one electrode and map the sensed neural activity to a user-perceivable output based on the sensed neural activity, and a user interface operably connected to the mapping controller and configured to provide the user-perceivable output to a user.
US10506935B2	Heart beat identification and pump speed synchronization A method for synchronizing operation of a heart assist pump device to a patient's cardiac cycle includes obtaining a signal from a motor of a heart assist pump device and filtering the signal to remove noise. The method also includes determining a speed synchronization start point at which time the motor of the heart assist pump device will begin a change in speed of operation based on the filtered signal. The method further includes modulating a speed of the motor of the heart assist pump device to a target speed at the speed synchronization start point, thereby synchronizing the change in speed of operation with a patient's cardiac cycle.
US10506932B2	Vascular viscoelasticity evaluation device, vascular viscoelasticity evaluation method, and program A vascular viscoelasticity evaluation device and method in which, a pulse wave obtained using a cuff is subjected to first derivation, a positive amplitude peak value Vf1 that occurs first and a negative amplitude peak value Vr2 that occurs second out of a plurality of negative amplitude peak values are detected in a state in which an external force substantially the same as or greater than the systolic blood pressure has been exerted on a blood vessel, and a ratio of the positive amplitude peak value Vf1 that occurs first to the negative amplitude peak value Vr2 that occurs second is calculated, and then the vascular viscoelasticity is evaluated on the basis of this calculated ratio.
US10506929B2	Anesthetic syringe with a nerve detector An anesthetic syringe comprising a nerve detector and an illuminated indicator. The nerve detector is configured to receive a radiative energy from a nerve in a tissue and send a signal to the illuminated indicator. The illuminated indicator shows a direction to move the syringe to a tissue location proximal to the nerve for injecting a local anesthetic drug. The syringe may accommodate a standard drug cartridge and may provide manual or automatic movement of a plunger.
US10506927B2	Medium-access control schemes for ultrasonic communications in the body based on second order statistics Methods for ultrasonic communications through biological tissue using ultrasonic pulses are disclosed. For example, methods for calculating a forward data generation rate and a forward transmission probability profile for ultrasonic communications through biological material are disclosed. The method may comprise measuring sets interference values corresponding to instants on a communication channel. First and second order moments may be calculated for each instant based on the measured interference values. An outage probability may be calculated for each set and the forward data generation rate and forward transmission probability profile may be calculated based on the outage probability value and other parameters and a threshold transmission rate, a transmission delay threshold, and a residual transmission error rate.
US10506919B2	Operation switching mechanism and endoscope An operation switching mechanism includes a wire, a reciprocating movement member, a first biasing member, a second biasing member, switching members configured to switch states in which the first biasing member and the second biasing member perform biasing, and an operation member configured to operate the switching members according to operation from an outside and move the reciprocating movement member to a first movement position or a second movement position.
US10506913B2	Apparatus operation device, apparatus operation method, and electronic apparatus system In an endoscope system according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is not necessary to touch an actual keyboard, mouse, or button to operate an endoscope apparatus, and thus it is not necessary to shift an instrument from one hand to the other hand or peel of/put on gloves in a medical setting. Accordingly, a necessary operation can be easily performed by using a line of sight and a gesture. In addition, it is not necessary to provide a keyboard, mouse, or button for operating the endoscope apparatus, and restrictions on the arrangement of the apparatus can be reduced. Furthermore, virtual objects corresponding to an apparatus to be operated and operation details are displayed in a pseudo manner, and thus the virtual object on which an operation is to be performed can be easily determined.
US10506910B2	Dishwasher and method of manufacturing the same A dishwasher is disclosed. The dishwasher includes a cabinet, a tub defining a washing space therein, a sump disposed under and coupled to the tub, a pump for transferring washing water stored in the sump, and a base defining a lower part of the cabinet, wherein the sump includes a sump mount, the sump mount being temporarily mounted on the base, and the base includes a first position guide, the sump mount being mounted on the first position guide so as to guide the sump to a coupling position with respect to the base.
US10506891B2	Fastener pull assist apparatus A fastener pull assist apparatus arranged within a housing that is configured to assist in sealing a zipper at the back of a garment, such as a dress. The fastener pull assist apparatus includes a housing, a spooling mechanism arranged within the housing and a fastening assembly that is fixed to the spooling mechanism and releasably fixable to an object to aid in pulling the object. The spool mechanism can include a spool about which a cord is windable, a spool plate that is fixable to the spool, a retraction button that is arranged between the spool and the spool plate, a cap that is contactable with the spool plate and a plurality of springs.
US10506887B2	Item alignment tool Example item alignment tools for aligning items on a shelf are described. The item alignment tools include an elongated planar body defining a proximal end, a distal end, a bottom straight edge, a top edge, and first and second opposing sides extending between the bottom straight edge and the top edge. The item alignment tools include a handle coupled to the proximal end of the elongated planar body. The item alignment tools include a wrap positioned over and covering at least a portion of the bottom straight edge of the elongated planar body to provide a protective layer for sliding along a surface of a shelf to facilitate alignment of items on the shelf.
US10506877B1	Collapsible tie rack A collapsible tie rack includes a frame member and a hanging assembly. The frame member is configured to be mounted on a wall and encloses a space. The hanging assembly comprises brace members hingedly attached to an inner surface of the frame member to pivot about an end of the frame member to extend from a collapsed configuration to an open configuration and retract from the open configuration to the collapsed configuration. The hanging rods are fixedly attached to the brace members and spaced apart in a parallel arrangement to hang a plurality of ties. In the collapsed configuration, the hanging assembly is retracted and positioned within the space enclosed by the frame member. The hanging assembly is detachably attached to the frame member via one or more attachment elements, for example, latches, etc.
US10506875B2	Panels comprising a mechanical locking device and an assembled product comprising the panels A set of panels includes a first panel having a first main plane and a second panel having a second main plane. The panels are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel. The mechanical locking device includes an edge groove at the first edge, wherein an edge tongue of the second edge is insertable into the edge groove. A flexible tongue is arranged in an insertion groove provided in the edge section groove, and cooperates with a tongue groove provided at the edge section of the second panel. The first and the second panels are locked at a junction plane which is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge comprises an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane.
US10506871B1	Collapsible, surface-mounted apparatus An apparatus configurable between a stowed or collapsed position against a support surface (e.g., wall) and a deployed position extending from the support surface for support of objects thereon. The apparatus is configured to make simultaneous use of first and second perpendicular pivot axes to both rotate the apparatus about the first pivot axis through the support surface and pivot first and second pieces of the apparatus relative to each other about the second pivot axis as the furniture system moves between the stowed and deployed positions. This ergonomic and balanced arrangement advantageously allows users to move the apparatus between the stowed and deployed positions with reduced levels of effort.
US10506869B2	Cosmetic brush cleaning aid A cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus and processes for streamlining cleaning, drying, and/or storing cosmetic brushes are described. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include elevated elements to aid in cleaning and drawing out make-up, dirt, debris, etc., in the fibrous heads of cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include draining mechanisms for removing excess water resulting from the cleaning process. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include an elevated wall that follows a contour of the cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus for retaining water within the elevated wall of the cosmetic cleaning apparatus and/or securing cosmetic brushes for drying and storing cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning apparatus may include one or more additional drying elements for drying and/or storing the cosmetic brushes. The cosmetic brush cleaning system enables users to deep clean cosmetic brushes efficiently and conveniently dry and/or store the cosmetic brushes.
US10506864B2	Stick-shaped cosmetic material dispensing container A stick-shaped cosmetic material appears or disappears from a front end of the tip cylinder along with the advance or retract of the moving body, a concave portion extends to a holding portion on an inner peripheral surface of the tip cylinder, a convex portion held by the concave portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the stick-shaped cosmetic material, the shape of the stick-shaped cosmetic material when viewed from the front side is formed so as to be tapered as being separated from an opposing portion to the holding portion, and a width of the opposing portion of the stick-shaped cosmetic material when viewed from the front side is substantially the same as a width of the holding portion when viewed from the front side.
US10506861B1	2-in-1 nail lamp station A nail lamp station includes a base lamp assembly and a detachable lamp pen. The base lamp assembly includes a station housing having a light cavity capable of receiving multiple fingernails therewithin, and a first light source supported within the light cavity for drying nail polishes on the fingernails at the same time within the light cavity. The detachable lamp pen is detachably coupled at the station housing, wherein the detachable lamp pen includes an elongated pen body and a second light source provided at a light end of the pen body for drying the nail polish on one single particular fingernail.
US10506857B2	Adhesive pocket for mobile phones An adhesive pocket for mobile phones adapted in size and shape to carry credit-card-sized items, and method of making the same. The adhesive pocket includes a base having a front, a back, a first side, a second side, a top, and a bottom. The adhesive pocket includes an elastic sheet affixed to the back of the base, the elastic sheet wrapped around the first side of the base, sealed at the bottom of the base, and sealed at the second side of the base, thereby forming a pocket between the elastic sheet and the base. The adhesive pocket includes an adhesive layer disposed on the elastic sheet. The adhesive pocket includes a removable backing disposed on the adhesive layer, the removable backing configured to expose the adhesive layer when removed.
US10506855B2	Handbags Described herein are cosmetic bags of various size, shapes, and configurations. In one embodiment, a cosmetic bag includes a first sidewall including a first coupling surface; a second sidewall coupled to the first sidewall and including a second coupling surface, the second sidewall and the second coupling surface defining a groove configured as a handle; a reversibly sealable pouch coupled to and between the first and second sidewalls, the pouch being visible between the first and second sidewalls in a closed configuration; a first divider between the first sidewall and the pouch, the first divider and the first sidewall defining a first slot and the first divider and the pouch defining a second slot; and a second divider between the second sidewall and the pouch, the second divider and the second sidewall defining a third slot and the second divider and the pouch defining a fourth slot.
US10506850B2	Touch fastener A touch fastener having long and thin headed stems welded to and extending from, for example, a thin film, is made by orienting thin, hollow, drawn staple fibers between bristles of a brush, with no more than fiber ends sticking out of the brush, and then fusing a film to the fiber ends by direct welding. The fibers are then withdrawn from the brush as stems that are headed by heating their ends and allowing the resin to reform into an engageable head.
US10506842B2	Rapid-entry footwear with rebounding fit system A rapid-entry and rebounding fit shoe having one or both of a rapid-entry heel element and a rapid-entry tongue element and both snap back for fit. The rapid-entry shoe directs a user's foot into or otherwise accommodates a user's foot with respect to, a shoe opening, and thereafter secures a rear portion of rapid-entry shoe about a user's heel as well as forefoot.
US10506840B2	Shock absorbing system A shock absorbing helmet includes an outer shell, an inner shock absorbing liner attached to the outer shell, and multiple compressible balls coupled with the outer shell and/or the shock absorbing liner in such a way that the compressible balls are free to move, relative to the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner, when the helmet is impacted by an object. A method of manufacturing a shock absorbing helmet involves forming an outer shell of the helmet, forming a shock absorbing liner of the helmet, attaching multiple compressible balls to the outer shell and/or the shock absorbing liner in such a way that the compressible balls are free to move, relative to the outer shell and the shock absorbing liner, when the helmet is impacted by an object, and attaching the outer shell to the shock absorbing liner.
US10506838B2	Augmented audio enhanced perception system A method of using an augmented audio enhanced perception system, comprising: tracking at least one object with at least one helmet mounted sensing unit; processing at least one of the at least one tracked object and an ambient sound by a processing unit; and, providing at least one of a synthesized audio signal and a processed ambient sound to a first user of the system using an audio interface unit, to provide information concerning the at least one object to the first user.
US10506835B2	Adjustable nursing garment This disclosure relates to an article for adjusting a garment. An article is disclosed comprising: a first area of overlapping material comprising at least one first surface and at least one second surface, wherein the at least one first surface overlaps the at least one second surface by a first distance of a first direction along the article, and a second area of overlapping material comprising at least one third surface and at least one fourth surface, wherein the at least one third surface overlaps the at least one fourth surface by a second distance along the article. The at least one first zipper arrangement may comprise: a first pair of tapes with a first respective pair of interdigitating rows of first teeth and a first slider for moving along the first teeth to cause the first teeth to become separated in one first direction of movement of the first slider and to become interdigitated in a first opposite direction of movement of the first slider, wherein the at least one first zipper arrangement being fixed along the at least one first surface in the first area of overlapping material and extending at least partly in the first direction along the article. The at least one second zipper arrangement may comprise: a second pair of tapes with a second respective pair of interdigitating rows of second teeth and a second slider for moving along the second teeth to cause the second teeth to become separated in one second direction of movement of the second slider and to become interdigitating in a second opposite direction of movement of the second slider, wherein the at least one second zipper arrangement being fixed along the at least one second surface in the first area of overlapping material and extending at least partly in the second direction along the article.
US10506833B2	Vaporizer including a heater assembly and delivery device A vaporizing assembly for an aerosol-generating system may comprise a delivery device and a heater assembly. The heater assembly may comprise a heat resistive substrate and a heating element. The delivery device is configured to deliver an aerosol-forming substrate to at least a surface of the heat resistive substrate, wherein the heating element is isolated or separated from the aerosol-forming substrate by the heat resistive substrate. The present disclosure is also directed to a method for generating an aerosol.
US10506832B2	Atomizer and electronic cigarette having same The present invention discloses an atomizer and an electronic cigarette having the same, wherein the atomizer present invention comprises a core assembly. The core assembly defines an air-inlet passage and a smoke-outlet passage at both ends, respectively. At least one atomizing chamber and at least one cooling passage, both of which are communicated with the air-inlet passage and the smoke-outlet passage, respectively, are formed in the core assembly. The at least one atomizing chamber (103) is spaced from the at least one cooling passage (104). The technical solution of the present invention solves the problem that the core assembly of the existing electronic cigarette has a high temperature in use, and improves its using stability and service life.
US10506828B2	Personal vaporizer with liquid supply by suction A personal vaporizer having a pressure-induced liquid supply that allows a user to draw liquid from a liquid reservoir through applying a suction force on the mouthpiece. The amount of liquid drawn is proportional to the pressure induced, and proportional to the amount of vaporization a user may desire.
US10506825B2	Smoking article with tactile liquid release component A smoking article (10) incorporates a liquid release component (20), the liquid release component comprising a sustained release liquid delivery material comprising: a closed matrix structure comprising a cross-linked polymer matrix defining a plurality of domains; and a liquid composition that is trapped within the domains and is releasable from the closed matrix structure upon compression of the material. The force/displacement curve (30) obtained upon compression of the smoking article (10) at the location of the liquid release component (20) in a force/displacement test comprises a plurality of local minima (32) in the force level over a range of compression of at least 1 mm, wherein each of the local minima (32) corresponds to a reduction in the force level of at least 1 Newton.
US10506822B2	System and method for cooking pieces of protein A system for cooking pieces of protein may include a batter applicator that receives a batter made from high-gluten flour and coats the batter on pieces of protein, a thermoforming packaging machine that receives the pieces of protein coated with the batter from the batter applicator and seals the pieces of protein in plastic pouches, and a heating unit that receives the plastic pouches from the thermoforming packaging machine and cooks the battered protein in the plastic pouches. A method for cooking pieces of protein may include coating a batter made from high-gluten flour on the pieces of protein; sealing the pieces of protein coated with the batter in plastic pouches; and cooking the battered protein in the plastic pouches to make cooked, battered protein pieces in which the batter is tacky after cooking. The cooked protein pieces may be removed from the plastic pouches, breaded, and flash fried.
US10506819B2	Low-fat water-in-oil emulsion The present invention relates to a low-fat water-in-oil (W/O) emulsion comprising a fat phase in an amount of at most 60 wt % relative to the total weight of the emulsion, an aqueous phase dispersed within the fat phase and an emulsifier composition, said emulsifier composition comprising an Acetone-insoluble (AI) component containing a Phosphatidyl Choline (PC), a Phosphatidyl Inositol (PI), a Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine (PE) and a Phosphatidic Acid (PA), wherein PC is in an amount of at most 15.5% relative to the total weight of the emulsifier composition and wherein the emulsifier composition is characterized by a weight ratio R of at most 65%, the ratio R being defined as (1) wherein PC+PI+PE+PA is the sum of the individual weights of the respective constituents of the AI component and AI is the total weight of the AI component.
US10506814B2	Dumpling automation machine The present invention provides a dumpling automation machine for preparing dumpling-like food product, comprising a pressing and cutting device for dough pad, a filling injection device and a forming assembly, wherein the forming assembly comprises: a mold assembly for supporting a dough pad injected with a filling and maintaining the dough pad in an upright position; a pre-forming assembly for pre-pressing the upright dough pad to form a pre-pressed crest; and a forming assembly for pressing the pre-pressed crest to from a crest; wherein the mold assembly is configured to successively support the dough pad in different positions along a conveyor, and wherein in a pre-forming position, pre-bending portions on the two ends of the crest are formed by the pre-forming assembly, and in a forming position, the pre-bending portions are bent to form bending portion by a bending assembly. The present invention does not need the participation of people in the forming of the dumpling-like food product, thus it can replace the traditional manufacturing mode of manual dumpling process and thus the productivity effect can be significantly increased. Moreover, the formed dumpling-like food product has a compact crest, a full pocket, a unique shape and is easy to be put into the box.
US10506807B2	Halogen-substituted phenoxyphenylamidines and the use thereof as fungicides The present invention relates to halogen-substituted phenoxyphenylamidines of the general formula (I), to a process for their preparation, to the use of the amidines according to the invention for controlling unwanted microorganisms and also to an agrochemical formulation for this purpose, comprising the halogen-substituted phenoxyphenylamidines according to the invention. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for controlling unwanted microorganisms by applying the compounds according to the invention to the microorganisms and/or their habitat.
US10506804B2	Collapsible stackable disposable inexpensive pesticide free traps and attractant for surveillance and control of Aedes container breeding mosquitos and other container breeding insects An inexpensive, biodegradable, easily transportable mosquito trap and improved attractant formulation and apparatus are provided.
US10506797B2	Urinary incontinence device for animals A urinary incontinence device for animals comprising a main panel with a first wing, center section, second wing, and crotch section that are laterally allied to form a single rectangular shape. The wings, center section and crotch section are comprised of three layers of fabric cut from the same pattern, including an outer waterproof cover, an intermediate absorbent layer, and an inner wicking layer. The invention further comprises a removable absorption pod comprised of a waterproof outer holder and one or more absorbent cloths contained within the waterproof outer holder. A pair of suspender strips extends perpendicularly from a front edge of the first and second wings and are configured to attach to a harness. Each suspender strap terminates in a removable harness adapter, which is attached to the suspender strap via a quick-release connector.
US10506792B2	Rotary milking parlour arrangement A rotary milking parlor arrangement comprising an annular platform rotatably arranged around a rotary axis, a plurality of milking stalls arranged on the platform, a stationary floor surface surrounded by an inner edge portion of the annular platform. The floor surface is provided at a lower elevation than the platform surrounding it, such that a vertical opening is formed to a space under the platform between the edge portion of the platform and the floor surface. Modular units, located in the space under the platform, comprise a front wall element closing a part of said vertical opening, the modular units configured to be attached to a lower surface of the platform and to house at least one milking component in the space under the platform.
US10506790B2	Petunia-calibrachoa variety SAKPXC024 A Petunia-Calibrachoa plant designated SAKPXC024 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024, the plants of Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024, to plant parts of Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024, and methods for producing a plant produced by crossing Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024 with itself or with another variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to varieties, breeding varieties, plant parts, and cells derived from Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024, methods for producing other lines or plant parts derived from Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024, and the plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing Petunia-Calibrachoa SAKPXC024 with another variety.
US10506788B1	Soybean variety 01072292 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072292. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072292. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072292 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072292 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10506786B1	Soybean variety 01067789 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067789. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067789. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067789 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067789 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10506782B2	Soybean variety 5PLMK17 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLMK17 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLMK17, cells from soybean variety 5PLMK17, plants of soybean 5PLMK17, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLMK17. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLMK17 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLMK17, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLMK17, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLMK17. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLMK17 are further provided.
US10506781B1	Soybean variety HLL01452 The soybean variety HLL01452 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety HLL01452 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of HLL01452 and to plants of HLL01452 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from HLL01452.
US10506780B1	Hybrid corn variety 79586595 The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 79586595. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 79586595, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 79586595 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 79586595.
US10506779B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH699670 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH699670. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH699670, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH699670 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH699670.
US10506762B2	Computer controlled hydraulic conditioner roll tensioning adjustment In one embodiment, a system, comprising: one or more pairs of oppositely rotatable, laterally extending rolls, wherein for each pair, at least one of the rolls is moveable relative to the other of the rolls; a hydraulic circuit, comprising: a tensioner circuit comprising: for each pair of rolls, one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders arranged in parallel, each configured to resist movement of the at least one of the rolls at a respective end of the at least one of the rolls; an accumulator arranged in parallel to the hydraulic cylinders; and plural control valves; and a computing system configured to cause the one or more pairs of hydraulic cylinders to adjust the resistance to movement of the at least one of the rolls of the respective pair of rolls by sending signals to one or more of the plural control valves.
US10506753B1	Strip freshener A strip freshener row implement lightly tills a strip of ground before planting. The implement has two pairs of freely rotating spike wheels that break up clods of dirt and break the top surface of the soil.
US10512200B1	Electromagnetic wave absorber and molded article with electromagnetic wave absorber An electromagnetic wave absorber (1a) includes: a first layer (10a) being a dielectric layer or a magnetic layer; and a conductive layer (20a) provided on at least one surface of the first layer (10a). The conductive layer (20a) has a sheet resistance of 100Ω/□ or less after the electromagnetic wave absorber (1a) is exposed to an environment having a temperature of 85° C. and a relative humidity of 85% for 1000 hours. The electromagnetic wave absorber (1a) has a flexural rigidity of 7000 MPa·mm4 or less.
US10512197B2	Electronic part housing structure A power converting device includes a heat sink including a heat sink base portion on an upper face side of which a depressed portion forming a refrigerant channel is provided and a heat sink upper plate covering the depressed portion of the heat sink base portion, wherein the refrigerant channel is sealed using a channel seal provided in an outer peripheral portion of the heat sink upper plate, an upper case caused to cover an upper face side of the heat sink, a lower case caused to cover a lower face side of the heat sink, and a terminal block forming a waterproofing wall that encloses a power module projecting from an upper face of the heat sink upper plate between the power module on the heat sink upper plate and the channel seal in the upper case.
US10512196B2	Power thermal awareness solution One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes power thermal awareness solution (PTAS) logic to select a model from a plurality of models based, at least in part, on a configuration of a cooling zone; and determine a cooling zone volumetric airflow based, at least in part, on the selected model.
US10512194B1	Devices, systems, and methods for thermal management of rack-mounted computing infrastructure devices Devices, systems, and methods for thermal management provide conditioned air from an inlet of an electronics cabinet to a rear-mounted interface device using an enclosure mounted in the electronics cabinet. The enclosure is laterally expandable in order to make installation easier and to enable installation of the enclosure between electronics cabinets of several mounting widths. The enclosure is installed to an internal surface of the mounting rails of the electronics cabinet so that the interface devices are mounted directly to the mounting rails, so the enclosure does not support the mass of the interface devices.
US10512184B2	Electronic device including waterproof structure An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing comprising a first face, a second face that faces opposite the first face, and a side face that encloses a space between the first face and the second face. The electronic device also includes a front plate disposed on the first face of the housing, and a display disposed between at least a partial region of the front plate and the first face, and comprises a first and a second layer. The electronic device further includes at least one first seal member disposed between an edge portion of the display and the first face, and at least one second seal member disposed between an edge portion of the front plate and the first face. The electronic device also includes a waterproof filler applied to fill a step region formed between the first seal member and the second seal member.
US10512181B2	Power semiconductor device and power conversion device A power semiconductor device includes a first power semiconductor element, a second power semiconductor element, a first conductor plate, a second conductor plate, a third conductor plate, and a fourth conductor plate. The power semiconductor device also includes a DC positive terminal, a DC negative terminal, an AC terminal, and a sealing member that integrally seals the first conductor plate, the second conductor plate, the third conductor plate, and the fourth conductor plate. Each of the DC positive terminal, the DC negative terminal, and the AC terminal has a cut section formed by cutting a tie bar that integrally couples the DC positive terminal, the DC negative terminal, and the AC terminal.
US10512179B2	Flexible display device and electronic device A flexible display device and an electronic device are provided. The flexible display device includes a flexible display panel, a rigid structure and a support structure. The support structure includes a set of support arms including a first support arm and a second support arm. The rigid structure is bent at a preset angle based on a combined state of the set of support arms so that the flexible display panel supported by the rigid structure is bent at a same angle as the preset angle. The combined state includes a first use state and a second use state. The first support arm and the second support arm are located on a same plane in the first use state. The preset angle is formed between the first support arm and the second support arm in the second use state.
US10512177B2	Housing to clad electrical components of a motor vehicle A housing that accommodates and clads electrical components includes a first housing part with a contact area that bears against a windshield of a motor vehicle. A second housing part, which is connected to the first housing part to form a cavity, where the electrical or electronic components are arranged in the cavity. The first or the second housing part has a number of conductor tracks that are conductively connected to the electrical components. In addition, the disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having a housing of this kind and an on-board electronics system, wherein at least some of the conductor tracks are connected to the on-board electronics system.
US10512172B2	System for pressing pre-tin shaping A pre-tin shaping system is disclosed. The pre-tin shaping system comprises a base securely holding a circuit board having a pre-tin layer, a heat-press unit having a contact tip, and a movable unit moving the heat-press unit relative to the base. The contact tip is movable to shape the pre-tin layer.
US10512170B2	Highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board A highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board includes a glass substrate. The glass substrate is a glass-tempered substrate. A surface of the glass-tempered substrate faces air. A conductive paste, printed on the surface of the glass-tempered substrate, is baked, heated, and cooled to form a conductive circuit fused with the surface of the glass-tempered substrate. The surface of the glass-tempered substrate and an upper surface of the conductive circuit are at the same level. A surface of the conductive circuit, except a region reserved for a solder pad used for welding a component, is covered with a printed-circuit-board (PCB) organic solder-resistant layer. The conductive circuit is tightly fused with the glass substrate. It is a fusional relation between the conductive circuit and the glass substrate. A surface of the glass substrate and an upper surface of the conductive circuit are at the same level. Because a surface of the highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board is smooth, the conductive circuit is not easily damaged. The highly conductive transparent glass-based circuit board has the characteristics of high conductivity and high transmittance.
US10512152B2	Device array backframe with integral manifolding for high performance fluid cooling The present invention generally relates to an array backframe with integral manifolding for high performance fluid cooling of devices. The integral manifolding of the array backframe is designed to perform three functions. First, the array backframe parallelizes the fluid paths to provide uniform, cool supply fluid to every device in the array. Second, the array backframe minimizes the parasitic heat losses between supply and exhaust by use of an isolation cavity. Third, the array backframe collapses hundreds of fluid lines into a single internal manifold to enhance modularity while also serving as a structural support member.
US10512147B1	Extreme ultraviolet radiation source and droplet catcher thereof An extreme ultraviolet radiation source is provided, including a droplet generator and a droplet catcher. The droplet generator is configured to output a plurality of target droplets along a target droplet path that is parallel to a horizontal direction. The droplet catcher includes an open end substantially aligned with the target droplet path, and an enclosed end that is opposite to the open end. The droplet catcher also includes a pipe wall disposed between the open end the enclosed end. The pipe wall includes a first pipe wall portion having an inner top surface parallel to the horizontal direction and an inner bottom surface inclined relative to the inner top surface. In addition, the droplet catcher includes at least one gutter formed on the inner bottom surface and having a long axis extending along the horizontal direction.
US10512136B2	Ultraviolet irradiation device An ultraviolet irradiation device includes a light source unit, a drive circuit, a sensing unit and a controller. The light source unit includes a plurality of light emitting devices and outputs ultraviolet light as irradiating light. The drive circuit supplies a drive current (Id) to the plurality of light emitting devices. The sensing unit senses a trouble in the plurality of light emitting devices. The controller controls the drive current (Id) in accordance with a result of sensing by the sensing unit. When an output of the light source unit is reduced due to a trouble in one or some of the plurality of light emitting devices, the controller controls the drive current (Id) of a plurality of light emitting devices other than the light emitting device in trouble so as to compensate reduction in the output of the light source unit.
US10512129B2	Boost regulators with dynamic regulation band Boost regulators with dynamic regulation band are disclosed. In certain configurations, a boost regulator system includes a field effect transistor (FET) current source having a gate controlled by a current level control signal, a source that receives a regulator output voltage, and a drain that outputs a current. The boost regulator system further includes a boost regulator that generates the regulator output voltage based on a reference voltage. The boost regulator includes a headroom detection circuit electrically coupled to the drain of the FET current source and operable to generate a headroom signal indicating a detected voltage headroom of the FET current source. The boost regulator further includes a regulator control circuit that controls a voltage level of the reference voltage based on the headroom signal, and that controls a size of a regulation band of the boost regulator based on the current level control signal.
US10512097B2	Coexistence of wireless sensor networks with other wireless networks A method for communicating in a wireless sensor network (WSN) is described. Using control logic, a first wireless transceiver is caused to transmit a wireless packet to a node in a wireless sensor network. The control logic bases its causing on a transmission coinciding with a break in transmission for a second wireless network, such that the transmission from the first wireless transceiver does not coincide with transmissions made on the second wireless network. Time synchronized channel hopping (TSCH) slot frames for wireless packet transmission in the wireless sensor network are caused to be time offset if the first wireless transceiver is utilizing TSCH. Wake up sequence transmissions for the wireless sensor network are caused to be time offset if the first wireless transceiver is utilizing coordinated sampled listening (CSL).
US10512090B2	Wireless communication apparatus A wireless communication apparatus includes: a short-range receiver that designates, as a reception channel, a control channel or one of service channels; a channel switcher section that switches between the control channel and the service channel in designating the reception channel; a collision determiner section that determines presence of service provider stations and a collision of service start informational items transmitted by the respective service provider stations based on (i) that a service execution informational item is received under states where the service channel is designated as the reception channel, and simultaneously (ii) that a reception error is detected under states where the control channel is designated as the reception channel; and a collision notice processor section that transmits a signal collision notice from a predetermined notice transmitter based on that the collision determiner section determines the collision of the service start informational items.
US10512089B2	Method and apparatus for determining transmission resource and transmission power in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for combining a 5G communication system that supports higher data transmission rates after 4G systems with IoT technology and to the system therefor. The present disclosure can be applied for intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology (for example, smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail businesses, security and safety related services, and the like). A method for determining an uplink transmission resource of a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: obtaining one or more of first distance information between a first base station supporting a first communication system and a terminal supporting the first communication system, and second distance information between a second base station supporting a second communication system and the terminal; and determining a frequency resource and transmission power for uplink signal transmission of the first terminal based on one or more of the obtained first distance information and second distance information.
US10512082B2	Multicarrier techniques for wireless systems Multicarrier techniques for wireless communications system are described. An apparatus may comprise a carrier management module to define a primary carrier for use by a multicarrier communications system to communicate control information, and a secondary carrier for use by the multicarrier communications system to communicate media information, with the secondary carrier having a communication parameter and technology that is potentially different from the primary carrier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10512072B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting downlink control information in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for monitoring downlink control information (DCI) in a wireless communication system, especially in a new radio access technology (NR) is provided. A user equipment (UE) monitors first DCI having a first size in a UE specific search space (USS). The the first size is determined based on an active bandwidth part (BWP). The UE further monitors second DCI having a second size in a common search space (CSS). The second size is determined based on a default BWP.
US10512067B2	User terminal, radio base station, and radio communication method The present invention is designed to allow adequate communication even when the number of CCs that can be configured in a user terminal is expanded from that of existing systems and/or when CA is executed using unlicensed CCs. A user terminal communicates with a radio base station by means of carrier aggregation using a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and has a receiving section that receives DL signals transmitted from each CC, a transmission section that transmits UL signals, and a control section that controls transmission operations in the transmission section, and, when a plurality of CCs, including at least a first CC, which corresponds to a primary CC of an existing system, and a third CC, which is different from the first CC and a second CC that corresponds to a secondary CC of the existing system, are configured, the control section applies, to the third CC, UL signal transmission operations that are different from those of the second CC.
US10512066B2	Methods and nodes relating to automatic neighbour detection The first radio network node transmits a request to a core network node for initiation of the automatic neighbour detection. In response to the request, the core network node selects at least one second radio network node based on geographical information. The first radio network node also transmits, to the user equipment, an instruction to transmit an uplink signal. The user equipment transmits the uplink signal based on the instruction. The core network node transmits, to said at least one second radio network node, a command instructing said at least one second radio network node to listen for the uplink signal. In response to the command, the second radio network node listens for the uplink signal from the user equipment. Then, the second radio network node transmits, a message relating to whether the second radio network node is neighbouring to the first radio network node.
US10512061B2	Bandwidth agnostic tone mapping Disclosed in this application are techniques to enabling and employing bandwidth agnostic tone mapping. Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for mapping coded bits of a broadcast channel to tones of a symbol. Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for mapping bits of a beamformed reference signal (BRS) signal to tones of a symbol. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10512057B1	Positioning of a mobile device using an enhanced exchange of capabilities Apparatuses and methods for user equipment (UE) positioning are disclosed based on a coverage enhancement level or internal signaling delay for the UE. In one embodiment, a method at a UE may include receiving a request capabilities message from a server, determining one or more capabilities of the UE, where the one or more capabilities include at least one of information for at least one internal signaling path of the UE or information for a coverage enhancement level of the UE, sending a first response message to the server, where the first response message includes the one or more capabilities of the UE, receiving a request for location measurements from the server based at least in part on the one or more capabilities of the UE, obtaining the location measurements, and sending a second response message to the server, where the second response message comprises the location measurements.
US10512056B2	System and method for network positioning of devices in a beamformed communications system A method for receiving device position determination includes receiving beamformed position reference signals (BF-PRSs) on a plurality of communications beams from at least two transmitting devices in accordance with a BF-PRS configuration, making at least one observed time difference of arrival (OTDOA) measurement in accordance with the BF-PRSs on the plurality of communications beams, and transmitting OTDOA feedback including the at least one OTDOA measurement.
US10512051B2	Unified synchronization design under mixed deployments Systems and methods herein create unified synchronization to support various network deployments in which multiple UE states (e.g., idle, connected, etc) and multiple synchronization signal periodicities (5 ms, 20 ms, etc.) and standalone/non-standalone networks may exist. Unified synchronization may be achieved at least by designating transmit frames as being even or odd. With such a designation, when a network transmits synchronization signals (SS) comprising the most significant bits (MSB)s of a frame's system frame number (SFN), a UE of any state may receive the SS according to any periodicity and blind decode the SFN's least significant bits (LSBs) with less complexity as compared to traditional systems and methods due at least to the even or odd frame designations.
US10512043B2	Methods and apparatuses for receiving in a wireless communication system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program in a receiving device. A method comprises obtaining a beamforming (BF) parameter associated with a signal to be received; scheduling an automatic gain control (AGC) operation based on the BF parameter; and applying the AGC operation on the signal according to the scheduling. Embodiments of the present disclosure may increase accuracy of AGC control and reduce/avoid performance degradation caused by reaction delay of AGC.
US10512042B2	Method for terminal to transmit uplink signal, and terminal A method for a terminal to transmit an uplink signal includes: receiving an instruction sent by a serving base station and used for determining transmit power; selecting an uplink power control formula from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to the instruction; obtaining transmit power of an uplink signal by using the selected uplink power control formula; and transmitting an uplink signal by using the transmit power. An uplink power control formula is selected from a plurality of uplink power control formulas according to an instruction of a serving base station, so that a terminal is not only capable of selecting, according to a receiving manner, a corresponding uplink power control formula to determine a transmit signal, but also capable of using a corresponding uplink power control formula for a different configuration parameter of a non-periodical SRS to determine suitable transmit power to transmit an uplink signal.
US10512031B2	Signalling in mobile telecommunications In a method for use in a base station of a mobile telecommunications system, primary system information is maintained and is periodically broadcast while secondary system information is broadcast in response to a trigger event.
US10512029B2	User equipment camping in wireless systems Methods and wireless devices for monitoring system information in a wireless communications network. An example method comprises selecting (620) a first downlink signal carrying uplink access configuration information, from among two or more candidate downlink signals carrying uplink access configuration information, based at least in part on signal quality measurements performed on the first downlink signal. The example method further includes selecting (630) a second downlink signal carrying tracking area information, from among two or more candidate downlink signals carrying tracking area information, based at least in part on signal quality measurements performed on the second downlink signal, where the selection of the second downlink signal is independent of the selection of the first downlink signal. The method further comprises camping (640) on the selected first downlink signal to monitor for uplink access configuration information, while simultaneously camping on the selected second downlink signal to monitor for tracking area information.
US10512011B2	Control node, network node, and methods performed therein A control node (142) used in connection with a core network (120) operates to transmit a relocation command message related to a first network node (121S) located in the core network (120) and performing mobility management and bearer management of a plurality of mobile terminals (111) that have attached to the core network (120). The relocation command message causes relocation, from the first network node (121S) to at least one second network node (121T), of the mobility management and the bearer management for at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals (111). This contributes, for example, to relocation of mobility management and bearer management of a plurality of mobile terminals between network nodes regardless of the movement of those mobile terminals.
US10512009B2	Method for user equipment to switch base station, base station and user equipment Methods for switching an eNB by a user equipment, eNBs and user equipments relate to a mobile communication system deployed in a heterogeneous network. The embodiments of the present disclose a method for switching an eNB by a UE, including: when a master eNB of the UE in dual connectivity is switched, a target eNB determining that the UE keeps a connection and configuration with a secondary eNB; and the target eNB establishing a connection with the UE when the UE keeps the connection and configuration with the secondary eNB. The embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose other three methods for switching the eNB by the UE and corresponding eNBs and user equipments.
US10512005B2	Security in intersystem mobility In accordance with the occurrence of a mobility event whereby user equipment moves from accessing a source network to accessing a target network in a communication system environment, the user equipment sends a control plane message to the target network comprising an integrity verification parameter associated with the source network and an integrity verification parameter associated with the target network. By providing integrity verification parameters for both the source network and the target network in an initial message sent by the user equipment to the mobility management element of the target network, the mobility management element of the target network can verify the user equipment on its own or seek the assistance of the source network.
US10512002B2	Lossless split data bearer for inter-RAT dual connectivity wireless device Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to manage an uplink bearer that utilizes concurrent inter-RAT dual uplink connectivity to avoid packet loss during bearer switch, handover, and/or radio link failure occasions. The wireless device may establish a first wireless link according to a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second wireless link according to a second RAT. A data bearer may be established that utilizes both the first wireless link and the second wireless link. Uplink data packets of the data bearer that are provided to a protocol stack for the second RAT may be stored in a buffer. The second wireless link may be lost. The stored uplink data packets that were provided to the protocol stack for the second RAT may be provided to a protocol stack for the first RAT based at least in part on the second wireless link being lost.
US10512001B2	Method for rearranging gateway and method for generating dedicated bearer An embodiment of the present description provides a method for rearranging a gateway by a node, which is in charge of a control plane, for a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication network. The method can comprise the steps of: if a UE performs a handover and both the UE and an opponent device communicating with the UE are capable of supporting rearrangement of a gateway, determining an appropriate gateway for the UE to be rearranged; and transmitting a rearrangement indication to the UE on the basis of the determination.
US10512000B2	Method and apparatus for predicting successful DSL line optimization A DSL management system predicts achieving improved DSL line performance before a DSL optimizer in the DSL management system optimizes performance of the DSL line. The system obtains a current state of performance of the DSL line before optimization, and a target state of performance of the DSL line after optimization. The system further obtains a measure of the DSL line characteristics of the DSL line, and identifies, from among a plurality of records of performance information correspondingly associated with a plurality of DSL lines, a subset of the records of performance information correspondingly associated with a subset of DSL lines having a similar measure of the DSL line characteristics as the DSL line for which achieving improved DSL line performance is to be predicted. The system obtains a probability that the DSL optimizer will optimize the performance of the DSL line from the current state of performance to the target state of performance, based on a frequency with which the identified subset of records of information associated with the subset of DSL lines indicates that the DSL optimizer previously has optimized the performance of the subset of DSL lines from a same or similar state as the current state of performance to a same or similar state as the target state of performance.
US10511999B2	Apparatus and method for controlling size of voice packet in wireless communication system The present disclosure is for controlling a size of a voice packet in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a base station includes: detecting a loss of at least one uplink voice packet; transmitting a downlink voice packet including an indication regarding a sampling rate change of a terminal according to the loss; and receiving an uplink voice packet according to a changed transmission rate.
US10511991B2	Adapting communication parameters to link conditions, traffic types, and/or priorities Systems and methods are provided for adapting communication parameters to a variety of link conditions, traffic types and priorities. For example, WiFi transmission parameters (e.g. retry limit, AIFS, CW size, MCS order and/or CCA threshold) may be adapted to channel congestion levels, channel errors and/or traffic priority levels. Parameter adaptation may be coordinated across layers (e.g. between MAC and PHY layer parameters). Congestion levels may be detected, for example, using a smoothed queue size and/or channel busy time. Traffic may be transmitted using adapted parameters, such as reduced retry limits for a high congestion level and increased retry limits for priority traffic in response to channel error. Feedback may support parameter adaptation. For example, feedback may be provided by a receiver and/or within a sender, such as a sender MAC and/or PHY layer or a parameter adapter providing feedback (e.g. spoofed NACK packet) to a sender application, transport and/or network layer.
US10511989B2	Traffic shaping mechanism for UE power saving in idle mode A method of uplink shaping and extending UE in RRC Idle Mode is proposed. The UE processes a data packet to be sent to the network. The data packet is associated with a traffic type. If the data packet belongs to a normal traffic type, then the UE enters RRC Connected mode and thereby transmitting the data packet to the network. If the data packet belongs to a background traffic type, then the UE buffers the data packet and the UE is prohibited from entering RRC Connected mode until a triggering condition is satisfied for uplink transmission. The proposed mechanism achieves power saving by reducing the activity of uplink transmission. In addition, the proposed mechanism also reduces signaling overhead to enhance network efficiency.
US10511983B2	System and method for determining capacity utilisation in a heterogeneous network Embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for determining a capacity utilisation of at least one of a cluster [104] and a base station [102]. More particularly, the embodiments may disclose a method for determining the capacity utilisation by receiving at least one message from at least one user equipment [110], wherein the at least one user equipment [110] belongs to the at least one cluster [104] having at least one cluster identifier and the at least one message includes uplink data and downlink data of the at least one user equipment [110]; generating a capacity utilisation list for said at least one cluster [104]; updating the capacity utilisation list with the uplink data and the downlink data; and determining a capacity utilisation for at least one of the cluster [104] and the base station [102] based on the uplink data and the downlink data.
US10511981B2	Method for deactivating SCells during SCG change procedure and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for deactivating SCells during SCG change procedure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: configuring a PCell (Primary Cell) in a master base station (BS) and a PSCell (Primary-Secondary Cell) and one or more SCells (Secondary Cells) in a secondary BS; receiving an RRC (Radio Resource Control) reconfiguration message indicating a SCG (Secondary Cell Group) change procedure while maintaining a connection with the master base station; and deactivating the one or more SCells in the secondary BS if the PSCell is not changed by the SCG change procedure.
US10511980B2	Device and method of handling system information in a wireless communication system A network for transmitting system information (SI) to a plurality of communication devices comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise transmitting first SI on a wide beam on a carrier, wherein the first SI comprises a first beam configuration; transmitting second SI on a first narrow beam on the carrier according to the first beam configuration, wherein the second SI comprises scheduling information and a second beam configuration; and transmitting third SI on a second narrow beam on the carrier according to the scheduling information and the second beam configuration.
US10511973B2	Personal virtual core networks Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for personal virtual core networks. A processor executing a network access service can determine if the user device should be isolated from a core network that provides devices at a location with connectivity. If the processor determines that the user device should be isolated, the processor can identify resources supporting the connectivity. The resources can include network resources and the core network. The processor can create a virtual core network to support the connectivity, and activate the virtual core network.
US10511970B2	Internet access authentication method and client, and computer storage medium The present disclosure discloses an Internet access authentication method and client, and a computer storage medium. The Internet access authentication method includes establishing a network connection to a subnetwork; displaying, in a browser, a login page specified by a wireless access point, a network application icon used for Internet access being displayed on the login page; receiving an operation on the network application icon, and authenticating first data by sending the first data to a network server, the first data comprising: a gateway address, a wireless access point address, and a device address; and making a network connection when authentication on the first data succeeds.
US10511964B1	Switching mobile service provider using blockchain An example operation may include one or more of receiving, by a mobile service provider, a mobile number portability request from a mobile device connected to a current mobile service provider; fetching mobile device porting data from a blockchain ledger accessible by the mobile service provider and by the current mobile service provider; verifying fetched mobile device porting data; in response to a successful verification, sending a request to the blockchain ledger to update current mobile service provider data; and receiving a notification from the blockchain indicating that a connection between the current mobile service provider and the mobile device is disconnected; porting a mobile device number; and updating the mobile device porting data in the blockchain ledger.
US10511963B2	Methods and devices for international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) reclamation Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting that an IMSI associated with a first SIM is provisioned onto a first mobile device and designating the IMSI into an available state. Further embodiments can include determining an expiry period for the available state. Additional embodiments can include purging the IMSI from a plurality of mobile network devices and designating the IMSI into a reclaimable state in response to an expiration of the expiry period. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10511944B2	Proactive and reactive management for devices in a network The disclosed technology includes a health engine that monitors and modifies customer-premises equipment (CPE) devices. The health engine can detect patterns in CPE device behavior, identify problems with CPE devices, and adjust CPE device configurations proactively or reactively to address problems or prevent problems. In some implementations, the health engine can instruct a CPE device or gateway to restart, update its software or firmware, notify a user of the CPE device of an unhealthy behavior pattern in a CPE device. The health engine can modify a CPE device prior to a user using the device or when the CPE device is inactive.
US10511941B2	Method for receiving multicast data and apparatus thereof A method may be provided for receiving multicast data by an IoT terminal requiring a low power and a low cost and an apparatus thereof. The method of a terminal may include starting a single cell-point to multipoint (SC-PTM) onduration timer through a MAC when discontinuous reception (DRX) is configured for a group-radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI); monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during an active time; controlling at least one of the SC-PTM onduration timer and the SC-PTM inactivity timer when the PDCCH includes information indicating downlink transmission; and repeatedly receiving the multicast data through a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) of one or more subframes and an apparatus thereof.
US10511937B2	Device position obtaining method, and device A method includes obtaining, by a first device, BLUETOOTH connection information of a second device, obtaining, by the first device according to the BLUETOOTH connection information, a BLUETOOTH signal from the second device, determining, by the first device according to the obtained BLUETOOTH signal from the second device, position information of the second device, and sending, by the first device, the position information to a third device.
US10511932B2	Method and apparatus for operating electronic device based on environmental information A method and apparatus for operating an electronic device based on environmental information are provided. The electronic device includes sensors functionally connected to the electronic device; and at least one processor configured to: receive, at least one sensor of the sensors, environmental information corresponding to a surrounding area of the electronic device, determine a risk level based on the environmental information, perform a first function if the risk level satisfies a first condition, and perform a second function if the risk level satisfies a second condition different from the first condition.
US10511925B2	Apparatus and method for processing multi-channel audio signal Disclosed is an apparatus and method for processing a multichannel audio signal. A multichannel audio signal processing method may include: generating an N-channel audio signal of N channels by down-mixing an M-channel audio signal of M channels; and generating a stereo audio signal by performing binaural rendering of the N-channel audio signal.
US10511924B2	Playback device with multiple sensors Examples described herein involve configuring a playback device based on distortion, such as that caused by a barrier. One implementation may involve causing the playback device to play audio content according to an existing playback configuration, determining an existing frequency response of the playback device in a given system, and determining whether a difference between the existing frequency response of the playback device in the given system and a predetermined frequency response for the playback device is greater than a predetermined distortion threshold. If it is determined that the difference between the existing frequency response of the playback device and the predetermined frequency response for the playback device is greater than the predetermined distortion threshold, then the existing playback configuration of the playback device is changed to an updated playback configuration of the playback device and the playback device plays audio content according to the updated playback configuration.
US10511923B2	MEMS transducer system and associated methods The disclosure provides a system, comprising: a MEMS capacitive transducer, comprising one or more first capacitive plates coupled to a first node and one or more second capacitive plates coupled to a second node; biasing circuitry coupled to the first node, operable to provide a biasing voltage to the one or more first capacitive plates; and test circuitry coupled to the second node, operable to: selectively apply one or more current sources to the second node, so as to charge and discharge the MEMS capacitive transducer and so vary a signal based on a voltage at said second node between an upper value and a lower value; determine a parameter that is indicative of a time period of the variation of the signal; and determine a capacitance of the MEMS capacitive transducer based on the parameter that is indicative of the time period.
US10511918B2	Wireless system for hearing communication devices providing wireless stereo reception modes The present subject matter relates to the wireless stereo reception of first and second audio information by wireless hearing communication devices. One type of device which may employ the present subject matter is a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid. Various forms and protocols of signal transmission are employed in varying embodiments. The present subject matter includes various communication modes such as eavesdropping modes and relaying modes.
US10511915B2	Listening device for mitigating variations between environmental sounds and internal sounds caused by the listening device blocking an ear canal of a user A listening device includes a reference microphone positioned outside a blocked ear canal of a user to receive environmental sounds and generate first signals based on the environmental sounds. A loudspeaker is coupled to the reference microphone and positioned inside the ear canal to generate internal sounds based on the first signals. An internal microphone is positioned inside the ear canal to receive the internal sounds from the loudspeaker and generate second signals based on the internal sounds. A controller is coupled to the internal microphone and the reference microphone to compute a transfer function based on the first signals and the second signals. The transfer function describes a variation between the environmental sounds and the internal sounds caused by the listening device blocking the ear canal. The controller adjusts, based on the transfer function, the internal sounds to mitigate the variation.
US10511911B2	Method and apparatus of playing music based on surrounding situations Disclosed is a method and apparatus for playing music that acquires surrounding situation information including a driving situation and a movement of an object relative to a driving vehicle, generates sound information to represent the surrounding situation information as a change in a sound transferred through an audio device including speakers in the vehicle, and controls the audio device based on the sound information to play the music.
US10511908B1	Audio denoising and normalization using image transforming neural network Techniques are disclosed for reducing noise from an audio signal. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes generating a 2-dimensional (2D) spectrogram of a received audio signal and applying the 2D spectrogram to an image transformation neural network that is trained to transform the 2D spectrogram to generate an output spectrogram representing a denoised version of the received audio signal. The method further includes converting the output spectrogram to the time domain to generate the denoised audio signal. The neural network is trained on spectrogram images of clean and corrupted versions of training audio signals such that the trained neural network converts a spectrogram image of a corrupted audio signal into a spectrogram image more closely resembling a spectrogram of the associated clean audio signal. The denoising may also include removal of other degradation effects, including reverberation, unwanted voices, and unwanted music, from an audio signal.
US10511896B2	IoT TAG and invivo sensor system and communication method A sensor system is provided. The sensor system includes: a battery that powers the sensor system; a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag that stores a unique identifier of the sensor system; a sensor that provides a sensing data for the sensor system; an internet of things (IoT) transceiver that communicates with an access point in an IoT system; and a processor that receives the sensing data from the sensor and controls an activation of the sensor and a frequency of communication of the IoT transceiver with the access point.
US10511890B1	Systems and methods for indicating progress within a media asset Systems and methods are described for indicating progress within a media asset. An illustrative method retrieves a content preference from a database, identifies a plurality of segments of a media asset that match the content preference, each segment of the plurality of segments having a respective duration. The method further calculates a first sum of the respective durations of the plurality of segments of the media asset that match the content preference, determines which of the plurality of segments that match the content preference precede an output position of the media asset, calculates a second sum of the respective durations of the segments determined to precede the output position of the media asset, and generates for display a progress indicator of the media asset based on the second sum as a percentage of the first sum.
US10511888B2	Calibration system for audience response capture and analysis of media content A calibration system for media content comprises a memory, a media device, a plurality of different types of sensors, and a control circuitry. The memory is configured to store a media item and expected-emotions-tagging metadata for the media item. The control circuitry is configured to compute a reaction delay for a first emotional response of the audience captured by the plurality of different types of sensors for a first scene of the media item with respect to a position of the first marker. The first scene of the media item spans a first time slot that corresponds to the first scene in the media item. The control circuitry is configured to calibrate the position of the first marker to associate a first set of frames of the first scene with the first emotional response, based on at least the computed reaction delay.
US10511883B2	Content caching services in satellite and satellite/IP content delivery systems (“content caching”) Systems and methods are presented to facilitate caching of programming from broadcast and/or content streaming services to a user device for local playback. In addition, metadata can be provided to guide the user in selecting, caching, or playing the cachable content. In some exemplary embodiments, a receiver or other user device can automatically select the programming to be cached based on a user's historical topic interest and listening history. In some exemplary embodiments, the metadata can also include DRM information that can limit the ability of a user to playback the content, so as to comply, if necessary, with operative legal requirements related to usage of the content.
US10511882B2	Reception apparatus, reception method, and transmission apparatus An object is to make it possible to perform caption display satisfactorily in a case where the caption display position is designated as a relative position.The video stream is decoded to obtain video data, and the subtitle stream including the caption information is decoded to obtain bitmap data of the caption. The caption display position in the caption display position information included in the caption information is designated as a relative position with respect to the caption display range. In a case where the aspect ratio of the video area is different from the aspect ratio of the display video area, the caption display position is determined with the display video area defined as the caption display range, further resize processing is performed, and the display position control is performed onto the bitmap data of the caption on the basis of the caption display position that has undergone the resize processing. Bitmap data of the caption that has undergone display position control is superimposed on the video data to obtain display video data.
US10511879B2	Method of performing time-shift function and television receiver using the same A method of performing time-shift function and television receiver having a tuner and a personal video recorder for storing broadcast programs of at least one channel enables a broadcast program of a currently tuned channel to be continuously and efficiently stored to enable time-shifting, regardless of an interruption by switching channels or changing input sources or even in the case of an inadvertent power-off condition. The method includes steps of setting a time-shift lock function; storing in the personal video recorder the broadcast program of a first channel that is currently viewed; storing in the personal video recorder the broadcast program of a second channel and the broadcast program of the first channel, if the currently viewed first channel is switched to the second channel; and supplying power only to the tuner and the personal video recorder, if a power-off condition occurs, wherein the supply of power to the tuner and the personal video recorder causes a continuous storing of the broadcast programs of the first and second channels in the personal video recorder.
US10511857B2	Picture decoding method for decoding coded picture data and performing distortion removal by comparing pixel difference values with threshold A picture decoding method is provided for decoding coded picture data. The method includes decoding the coded picture data to obtain a reconstructed picture. The method also includes removing coding distortion in an area disposed on both sides of a block boundary between a first block and an adjacent second block in the reconstructed picture having a plurality of blocks, each block being adaptively decoded either as a field structure block, comprising only even field pixels or comprising only odd field pixels, or a frame structure block, comprising odd field pixels and even field pixels. The method further includes storing the reconstructed picture, for which coding distortion is removed, as a reference picture.
US10511854B2	Method and apparatus for building motion vector list for motion vector prediction Relating to the field of video coding, a method and an apparatus for building a motion vector list for motion vector prediction, which solve a problem of building motion vector lists of at least two PUs in a same coding unit in a serial manner, and improve the parallel processing capability. The method includes: obtaining spatial neighboring blocks of a current prediction block, where the current prediction block is located inside a current coding unit; determining available neighboring blocks of the current prediction block according to a partition manner of the current coding unit, where the available neighboring blocks are located outside the current coding unit; and obtaining motion vectors from the available neighboring blocks in a preset sequence according to motion vectors of the available neighboring blocks, and adding the obtained motion vectors to the motion vector list.
US10511852B1	Method and apparatus for video coding Aspects of the disclosure provide methods and apparatuses for video encoding/decoding. In some examples, an apparatus for video decoding includes receiving circuitry and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry decodes prediction information for a first block in a current picture from a coded video bitstream. The prediction information is indicative of an inter prediction mode that determines a first motion vector for the first block from a motion vector predictor. Then, the processing circuitry constructs, in responses to the inter prediction mode, a candidate list of candidate motion vector predictors with an exclusion from a plurality of second blocks that require one or more operations to finalize second motion vectors for the second blocks during a motion vector derivation. Further, the processing circuitry determines, based on the candidate list of candidate motion vector predictors, the first motion vector for the first block, and then reconstructs the first block according to the first motion vector for the first block.
US10511830B2	Multi-view display A multi-view display includes a display panel and a lenticular lens. The multi-view display has a first direction. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, and each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels sequentially disposed side by side along the first direction. The lenticular lens is disposed on the display panel, and the lenticular lens includes a plurality of cylindrical lenses. A difference between a number of the sub-pixels corresponding to each of the cylindrical lenses along the first direction and a number of the sub-pixels of each of the pixels is an odd number.
US10511826B2	3D image sensor module and electronic apparatus including the same A three-dimensional (3D) image sensor device and an electronic apparatus including the 3D image sensor device are provided. The 3D image sensor device includes: a shutter driver that generates a driving voltage of a sine wave biased with a first bias voltage, from a loss-compensated recycling energy; an optical shutter that varies transmittance of reflective light reflected from a subject, according to the driving voltage, and modulates the reflective light to generate at least two optical modulation signals having different phases; and an image generator that generates 3D image data for the subject which includes depth information calculated based on a phase difference between the at least two optical modulation signals.
US10511821B2	Method and apparatus for controlling white balance A method comprising: capturing, by an electronic device, a first incident light sample and generating an image based on the first incident light sample; capturing, by the electronic device, a second incident light sample and identifying a light source type associated with the second incident light sample; and adjusting a white balance of the image according to the light source type.
US10511820B2	Pseudo HandE image producing method and optical system using same A pseudo H&E image producing method, including: inputting a grayscale interference image or a grayscale reflected image of a pathological sample to a first memory block of an information processing apparatus, and inputting a grayscale fluorescence image of the pathological sample to a second memory block of the information processing apparatus; using the information processing apparatus to perform a first color transform operation on the grayscale interference image or the grayscale reflected image to generate a first RGB image, and using the information processing apparatus to perform a second color transform operation on the grayscale fluorescence image to generate a second RGB image; and using the information processing apparatus to perform an image fusion operation and an intensity reversal operation on the first RGB image and the second RGB image to generate a pseudo H&E image. The present invention also discloses an optical system using the method.
US10511811B2	Surveillance camera, recording apparatus for surveillance, and surveillance system A network apparatus which may be connected to or included in a surveillance camera or a recorder is provided. The network apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to receive external information including at least one of weather information, traffic information, and event information received from at least one external server over a network; and a controller configured to adjust at least one of operating functions of at least one of a camera and a recorder connected to the camera, according to the external information.
US10511808B2	Automated cinematic decisions based on descriptive models In one embodiment, a method includes, at a first time during an audio-video communication session: (1) determining that a first participant is located in an environment; (2) locating a first body region of the first participant; (3) generating a first color histogram of the first body region that represents a first distribution of colors of the first body region. The method also includes, at a second time: (1) determining that a second participant is located in the environment; (2) locating a second body region of the second participant; (3) generating a second color histogram of the second body region that represents a second distribution of one or more colors of the second body region. The method also includes determining that the first and second color histograms are substantially alike, and based on the determination, determining that the first participant is the same as the second participant.
US10511807B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of aurally producing distance in a virtual three-dimensional space by using the space for a connection to a communication partner, and realizing more comfortable communication. An information processing apparatus including: a reception unit configured to receive data from a communication destination; and a reproduction control unit configured to perform control such that sound data of a space of the communication destination is reproduced from a sound output unit in a space of a communication source with an output value in accordance with separation distance between the communication destination and the communication source disposed in a virtual three-dimensional space, the output value being different for each sound source type.
US10511798B2	Method for transmitting and receiving power using HDMI and apparatus therefor A method for supplying and receiving, by a sink device, power using an HDMI may include being connected to a source device through the HDMI, receiving a +5 V signal, transmitting an HPD signal, transmitting EDID information including power delivery support information or power delivery request information of the sink device, receiving a first SCDC write message including required power characteristic information indicative of a first power level requested by the source device from the sink device, writing the required power characteristic information in the power delivery configuration registers of an SCDCS, writing support power characteristic information indicative of a second power level capable of being supplied by the sink device in the status flag register of the SCDCS, transmitting the written support power characteristic information to the source device, and transmitting the power of the second power level to the source device.
US10511795B2	Solid-state imaging element, method of driving the same, and camera system A solid-state imaging element including pixel signal read lines, and a pixel signal reading unit for reading pixel signals from a pixel unit via the pixel signal read line. The pixel unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each pixel including a photoelectric conversion element. In the pixel unit, a shared pixel in which an output node is shared among a plurality of pixels is formed, and a pixel signal of each pixel in the shared pixel is capable of being selectively output from the shared output node to a corresponding one of the pixel signal read lines. The pixel signal reading unit sets a bias voltage for a load element which is connected to the pixel signal read line and in which current dependent on a bias voltage flows in the load element, to a voltage causing a current value to be higher than current upon a reference bias voltage when there is no difference between added charge amounts, when addition of pixel signals of the respective pixels in the shared pixel is driven.
US10511794B2	Wide field of view optical module for linear sensor A sensing module includes a high speed, linear image sensor and an optical unit facing the sensor. The unit includes an optical element having a curved surface and a covering on an outward surface of the optical element. The covering has a slit formed therein. The optical unit images a wide field of view onto a single pixel of the linear sensor, wherein light impinging normal to the slit, at any location along the slit, is imaged on a central pixel of the linear sensor while light impinging at a non-normal angle to the slit, at any location along the slit, is imaged on a non-central pixel of the linear sensor.
US10511787B2	Light-field camera The invention provides a light-field camera for capturing multiple views of a scene, representing samples of a light-field, having: a primary camera configured for capturing a primary digital two-dimensional image of the scene; a two-dimensional camera array having a plurality of secondary cameras, each of the secondary cameras being configured for capturing a secondary digital two-dimensional image of the scene to produce at least one set of secondary digital two-dimensional images of the scene; a semitransparent mirror arranged such that an incident light beam originating from the scene is split up in a first partial light beam, directed to the primary camera, and a second partial light beam, directed to the camera array; and a processing unit configured for receiving the primary digital two-dimensional image and the at least one set of secondary digital two-dimensional images and configured for computing depth information for the primary digital two-dimensional image or a digital two-dimensional image corresponding to the primary digital two-dimensional image based on the set of secondary digital two-dimensional images.
US10511782B2	Configurable optical baffling for use with multiple-field-of-view optical sensor system A configurable optical baffling includes an outer housing positioned above a fixed platform and has an outer opening. An inner housing is layered below the outer housing and above the fixed platform and has inner openings and inner shaded sections. The outer opening includes an elongated sensing boresight having a longitudinal boresight axis and opposing ends. An outer boresight opening end is open to the light from the scene, and a reflecting end has a flat fold mirror that is configured to reflect light from the outer boresight opening in towards the inner housing so that the optical baffling is configured to receive light from the scene solely from a single look direction along the boresight axis, the single look direction being changeable by rotation of the outer housing.
US10511771B2	Dynamic sensor mode optimization for visible light communication Disclosed herein are techniques for dynamically configuring an image sensor of a mobile device for visible light communication (VLC) to an operational mode based on the position of the image of a VLC source on the image sensor and the different regions of interest (ROIs) of different operational modes of the image sensor. The operational mode that the image sensor is configured to has the smallest ROI among ROIs of operational modes that include at least a portion of the image of the VLC source on the image sensor. Techniques disclosed herein can reduce the power consumption of the mobile device during VLC communication and improve the effective sampling rate of VLC signals by the image sensor.
US10511769B2	System comprising a video camera and a client device and a method performed by the same A system comprising a video camera and a client device and a method performed therein. The video camera captures a plurality of images concurrently using a plurality of image sensors having partly overlapping fields of views. Overlapping portions of the images are identified, and the images are joined to generate a panorama image. When joining the images, image data is included from only one of the images in overlapping portions, and image data from the other images in the overlapping portions is ignored. The panorama image and the ignored image data is encoded and transmitted to the client device in an encoded video stream. The client device decodes the video stream and, if the client device is customized, it updates the panorama image in portions corresponding to overlapping portions of the plurality of images using the image data that was ignored by the video camera when generating the panorama image.
US10511768B2	Preview image acquisition user interface for linear panoramic image stitching A system and method that allows the capture of a series of images to create a single linear panoramic image is disclosed. The method includes capturing an image, dynamically comparing a previously captured image with a preview image on a display of a capture device until a predetermined overlap threshold is satisfied, generating a user interface to provide feedback on the display of the capture device to guide a movement of the capture device, and capturing the preview image with enough overlap with the previously captured image with little to no tilt for creating a linear panorama.
US10511761B2	Image capturing control apparatus, control method, and storage medium There is provided an image capturing control apparatus. An AF control unit performs AF control within an area included in a captured area and corresponding to an AF mode, to perform control to determine an in-focus area. After the in-focus area is determined, an display control unit performs control to: if the AF mode is a first AF mode in which the in-focus area is automatically determined within a first area included in the captured area, magnify an LV image with reference to the in-focus area; and if the AF mode is a second AF mode in which the in-focus area is automatically determined within a second area that is smaller than the first area, magnify the LV image with reference to a predetermined position in the second area.
US10511738B2	Image forming apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image processing apparatus receives print data via a USB interface, receives print data via a network interface, processes an HTTP protocol, receives print data via the USB interface, and controls a printer to perform print processing. When the first print data is not based on IPP, the first print data is transmitted to a print processing module, and when the second print data is based on IPP via a network interface, the second print data is transmitted to a Web server module. When the third print data is based on IPP via the USB interface, the third print data is transmitted to a TCP/IP processing module and transmitted to a Web server module, and when the Web server module receives the second or third print data from the TCP/IP processing module, it transmits the second or third print data to the print processing module.
US10511736B1	Document size sensing module A document size sensing module adapted to a MFP having a transparent platform where a document is adapted to be placed is provided and includes a moving component movably disposed below the transparent platform along a first axial direction, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a control unit electrically connected to the moving component, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The first and second sensors are disposed on the moving component and arranged along a second axial direction. When the control unit drives the moving component to move along the first axial direction, and at least one of the first sensor and the second sensor senses the document, the control unit determines a length of the document according to a distance travelled by the moving component and a width of the document by the first sensor and the second sensor, so as to determine dimensions of the document.
US10511731B1	Smart glasses and virtual objects in augmented reality and images A mobile communication system based on digital content including images and video that may be acquired, processed, and displayed using a plurality of mobile devices, smartphones, tablet computers, stationary computers, intelligent electronic glasses, and servers. An intelligent electronic glasses or headset may comprise a full set or subset of these components including: processor; multicore processor; graphics processor; display; high definition display; LCD, LED, see thru LED, see thru mirror display, see thru LCD/LED mirror display or other displays; dual displays for each eye; keyboard; projected keyboard; on screen keyboard; programmable buttons; microphone; noise isolation or noise cancellation; speakerphone; in-ear speaker; digital still camera; digital video camera.
US10511722B2	Online charging for application download This specification presents methods and apparatus in a user equipment, packet data gateway, online charging server and policy server for enabling a user equipment with a prepaid subscription to select an application to download and obtain its downloadable size and reserve charging credits and resources at the network prior to downloading the application in accordance with the downloadable size thus allowing the prepaid user to secure the successful entire download of the application without running the risk of depleting the prepaid account while downloading.
US10511713B1	Identifying recorded call data segments of interest A method and apparatus of processing a voice call are disclosed. One example method of operation may include recording at least a portion of a conference call and storing the portion of the conference call in memory. The method may also include processing the portion of the conference call to identify at least one segment of interest and adding the at least one segment of interest to an existing work order associated with a third party application. The method may further provide forwarding the at least one segment of interest to a third party computing device.
US10511710B2	Computer-implemented system and method for call status determination A computer-implemented system and method for call status determination is provided. A request for verification of incoming calls to a party is received. An incoming call from a caller to that party is identified and metadata associated with the incoming call is obtained. An identification of the caller and whether a security certificate is present is determined from the metadata. A connection status of the call is determined based on one of a presence and absence of the security certificate. A notification of the connection status is provided to the party.
US10511702B2	Information processing device and information processing method To provide an information processing device, information processing method, and program that make it possible to improve convenience at the time of operation with regard to an operation target. The information processing device includes: an operation target selecting section that cancels a selected state of a target selected as an operation target on a basis of detection of a posture of an object; and a lock control section that changes a condition for cancelling the selected state on a basis of a predetermined determination criterion.
US10511698B1	Electronic device having hidden region and control method thereof An electronic device having a hidden region and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a display screen and a hidden region located in the display screen. The display screen includes a display layer and a dimming layer located below the display layer. The hidden region includes multiple functional elements. The functional elements are disposed below the dimming layer. When the dimming layer receives a first signal, the dimming layer corresponding to the hidden region becomes transparent. The functional elements are in a visible state. When the light-adjusting receives a second signal, the dimming layer corresponding to the hidden region becomes opaque. The functional elements are in a hidden state. By disposing the functional elements below the hidden region, the problem that the electronic device cannot achieve full screen can be solved.
US10511686B2	Needs-matching navigator system A needs-matching navigator system and social network facilitator appurtenances including, for a large user plurality, software driven modules residing on electronic communications enabled platforms and devices. Beyond altruistically enhancing flourishing life horizons and life quality metrics, the modules facilitate (A) knowing respective user bias, profile, perspective, wellbeing orientation, and privacy preference; (B) understanding user needs description and wellbeing criteria; (C) finding answer and solutions to the needs by user biased projecting the description onto electronically stored knowledge-bases; (D) matching the user to the answers and solutions; and preferably (E) creating an instant electronic communications interactive community for the respective user, by inverse projecting large subsets of the answers and solutions back onto the large plurality of users; according to said users' profiles and needs descriptions. This navigable community may be classified into spontaneous castes; having various degrees of relevant understanding, expertise, experience, and/or curiosity about these answer and/or solution projections.
US10511682B2	Group resource updating processing methods, devices and system, and CSEs Group resource updating processing methods, devices and system and Common Services Entities (CSEs) are provided. In the group resource updating processing method, a group resource of a preset group is created, and group members corresponding to the group resource include a member representative configured to represent the group members; a group resource updating request for performing an updating operation on the group members corresponding to the group resource is received from a remote CSE; and an updating operation result of the member representative is fed back, according to the group resource updating request, to the remote CSE as updating operation results of all the group members corresponding to the group resource.
US10511679B2	Method of determining and transmitting potentially viral media items based on the velocity measure of another media item exceeding a velocity threshold set for that type of media item Systems and techniques are disclosed for publishing related media content based on the velocity measure for media content. The velocity measure for the media content may be determined based on a change in engagement rate such as a change in rate of sharing the media content via social media. The related media content may be published on a media outlet such as a website, blog, and/or an aggregation page and the publication may provide more exposure to the media content.
US10511675B1	Endpoint resolution service for mobile applications accessing web services Techniques are disclosed for providing a software application executed on a mobile device to obtain a set of service endpoints for web services used by that application. As disclosed, an endpoint resolution service may select a service endpoint for a given web service based at least on a geographic proximity of the mobile device to a set of cloud computing regions or data center locations hosting an instance the given web service.
US10511663B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The communication unit is configured to communicate with a plurality of devices. The control unit is configured to control the communication unit to receive a low-quality version of a content from the device, store the received low-quality version in the storage unit with the low-quality version of the content associated with an identifier which is identical with an identifier of the content, thereby registering the content, generate, in response to a request from the device, a content list including a thumbnail generated from the low-quality version, transmit the content list to the device, and when the content instructed to be reproduced by the device is not stored in any device on the basis of the content list, control the communication unit to transmit the low-quality version to the device.
US10511655B2	Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in electronic device An apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption of an Application Processor (AP) in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first processor for supporting a first Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) protocol stack, and a second processor for supporting a second IMS protocol stack. The first processor includes an AP for processing a multimedia service, and the second processor includes at least one of a Communication Processor (CP), a Modem Processor (MP), and a Baseband Processor (BP) for processing a communication service.
US10511644B2	Joining executable component to online conference A multi-media online conversation in which automatic actions associated with executable components, such as recording and broadcasting, are performed by adding a visualized representation of the action into the online conversation. The action appears as a visualization in a portion of the user interface that includes both individuals that may be joined into a conference as well as one or more executable components. The action associated within an executable component may thus be efficiently performed in a consistent manner with how individuals are added into an online conversation, thereby taking advantage of muscle memory of the participant.
US10511643B2	Managing user immersion levels and notifications of conference activities Disclosed techniques provide for the management of immersion levels and notifications of conference activities that are of interest to a user. In some embodiments, a system can monitor a conference session, that a user is not attending, on the user's behalf to determine when activity that is of interest to the user occurs during the conference session. The system can then send a notification to the user to inform her of the identified activity. In some embodiments, the notification may enable the user to control her immersion level with respect to the conference session. For example, the notification may include user interface element(s) that the user may select to observe or even join the conference session. In some embodiments, the notification may enable the user to directly share content with attendees of the conference session without having to observe or join the conference session.
US10511638B2	Policy-based secure containers for multiple enterprise applications Technologies for providing policy-based secure containers for multiple enterprise applications include a client computing device and an enterprise policy server. The client computing device sends device attribute information and a request for access to an enterprise application to the enterprise policy server. The enterprise policy server determines a device trust level based on the device attribute information and a data sensitivity level based on the enterprise application, and sends a security policy to the client computing device based on the device trust level and the data sensitivity level. The client computing device references or creates a secure container for the security policy, adds the enterprise application to the secure container, and enforces the security policy while executing the enterprise application in the secure container. Multiple enterprise applications may be added to each secure container. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10511633B2	Trusted-code generated requests Custom policies are definable for use in a system that enforces policies. A user, for example, may author a policy using a policy language and transmit the system through an application programming interface call. The custom policies may specify conditions for computing environment attestations that are provided with requests to the system. When a custom policy applies to a request, the system may determine whether information in the attestation is sufficient for the request to be fulfilled.
US10511627B2	Reliable timestamp credential A process for authenticating a communication device may include receiving a request from a communication device to synchronize time with a server, and providing an authorization network time to the communication device. An authentication request including an access credential having a timestamp generated by the communication device may be received by the server. A determination can be made as to whether the communication device had successfully executed a predetermined shutdown sequence by determining whether the access credential has reliable timestamp information. The communication device can be authenticated when the timestamp has a non-reset value indicating that the communication device had successfully executed the predetermined shutdown sequence, and that the access credential has not expired. Step-up authentication for the communication device can be requested when the access credential has unreliable timestamp information indicating that the communication device did not successfully execute the predetermined shutdown sequence.
US10511626B2	Protection against rerouting a communication channel of a telecommunication device having an NFC circuit and a secure data circuit A method and associated circuits protect data stored in a secure data circuit of a telecommunication device equipped with a near-field communication (NFC) router, a microcontroller, and the secure data circuit. In the method, each message received with the NFC router is parsed to retrieve a communication pipe identifier and an instruction code. The communication pipe identifier and the instruction code are compared to corresponding information in a filter table. Instruction codes of particular messages that attempt to modify a communication pipe by reassigning one end of the communication pipe from the port of the NFC router to a different circuit are acted upon. These messages are blocked from reaching the secure data circuit when the instruction code is not authorized in the filter table, and these messages are permitted when the instruction code is authorized in the filter table.
US10511621B1	Apparatuses, methods and systems for a cyber threat confidence rating visualization and editing user interface The cyber threat intelligence confidence rating visualization and editing user interface technology (hereinafter “TIC”) provides a user interface that allows a user (e.g., a cyber threat analyst, etc.) to submit ratings for various characteristics associated with a cyber threat indicator. In one embodiment, the TIC may instantiate a user interactive risk evaluation component having a user interface input element for a user to submit calculation weights for one or more characteristics of a cyber threat; generate a graphical representation of a cyber threat confidence score for user interface display via the user interactive risk evaluation component; and dynamically adjust the graphical representation of the threat confidence score using at least one of the one or more characteristics weighted by the user configured weight.
US10511620B2	Detection of vulnerable devices in wireless networks A method and system for detecting vulnerable wireless devices operating in a wireless environment of an organization are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of wireless devices operable in the wireless environment; for each identified wireless device: receiving intercepted traffic transmitted by the wireless device, wherein the intercepted traffic is transported using at least one type of wireless protocol; analyzing the received traffic to determine if the wireless device is vulnerable, wherein the analysis is performed using at least a profile generated for the wireless device; and generating an alert, when it is determined that the wireless device is vulnerable.
US10511618B2	Website information extraction device, system website information extraction method, and website information extraction program A malicious URL candidate extraction device extracts, from an access log including URLs accessed from a managed network, a known malicious URL excluded access log obtained by excluding an access log to known malicious URLs. The malicious URL candidate extraction device creates a minor URL list obtained by preferentially extracting, from URLs indicated in the known malicious URL excluded access log, URLs having a small number of times of access from the managed network. The malicious URL candidate extraction device also creates a popular URL excluded list obtained by preferentially excluding URLs having a large number of times of access from the managed network during a predetermined period of time. The malicious URL candidate extraction device outputs these lists as a malicious URL candidate list.
US10511617B2	Method and system for detecting malicious code The present application discloses a method and a system for detecting malicious code. The method comprises receiving a testing sample; testing the sample with a plurality of malicious code detectors to obtain a plurality of testing results; determining a credibility scale and a reputation value of each of the testing results, wherein the credibility scale indicates whether the testing result is malicious or safe, and the reputation value indicates a quantified trust level corresponding to the credibility scale; and determining a final detection result of the testing sample based on the determined credibility scales and the reputation values of the testing results. According to the technical solution of the present application, the testing results obtained from various malicious code detectors are rationally utilized to improve the testing accuracy for the malicious code.
US10511611B2	Conditional content access In one embodiment, a method comprises: in response to a request of a user device to access first content, sending a challenge, relating to digital video included in second content, the challenge at least indicative of positions that include a plurality of frames; receiving a response to the challenge, the response at least indicative of values; attempting to validate the response, including determining values of pixels in the digital video associated with positions indicated by at least one of: the challenge or the response, and comparing the values indicated by the response, or a function thereof, to the determined values, or a function thereof; and performing at least one action relating to access to the first content, dependent on whether or not the attempt to validate the response was successful.
US10511607B2	Multidimensional risk profiling for network access control of mobile devices through a cloud based security system A server configured to profile a mobile device for a cloud-based system, includes a network interface, a data store, and a processor communicatively coupled to one another; and memory storing computer executable instructions, and in response to execution by the processor, the computer-executable instructions cause the processor to, based on communication to a client application on the mobile device, cause the client application to collect data associated with the mobile device; receive the collected data; and determine a device fingerprint and a risk index for the mobile device based on the collected data, wherein the device fingerprint is utilized to uniquely identify the mobile device and the risk index is utilized to manage the mobile device.
US10511597B1	Method and system for multifactor mutual authentication Method and systems described herein may provide multifactor mutual authentication. A first server may provide a first party and a second party with at least two authentication components in order for the first party to authenticate the identity of the second party, and vice versa. The first authentication component may include a color-based authentication component, while the second authentication component may include a code-based authentication component. Both factors need to be validated in order for the authentication to be successful. The color-based authentication component, in combination with the code-based authentication component, may improve the speed with which the mutual authentication is performed.
US10511593B2	Cross cloud application access A computer-implemented method for a security endpoint of a non-isolated computing environment includes receiving a login request related to an application within that environment. The login request corresponds to a user of the application. The method includes sending a lookup query, including information related to an identity of the user, to a directory service. The method includes receiving a lookup response from the directory service. The method includes, in response to the lookup response indicating that the user belongs to the non-isolated computing environment, requesting an authentication credential from a client device of the user, validating the authentication credential, and in response to successful validation of the authentication credential, providing an identity token to the client device. The method includes, in response to the lookup response indicating that the user belongs to an isolated computing environment, redirecting the client device to a security endpoint of the isolated computing environment.
US10511592B1	System and method for authenticating a user via a mobile device to provide a web service on a different computer system A system and method provides access to one or more web services requested from a web site by using an app on a smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet, or the smart device itself.
US10511586B2	Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media for authenticating user using history of user Provided is a system and method for authenticating a user using history of the user. One or more example embodiments provide a system and method that enables a server to perform an authentication or an additional authentication of a user based on use history of the user associated with a service when the server provides the service to an electronic device over a network.
US10511581B2	Parallelizable encryption using keyless random permutations and authentication using same First and second computer systems exchange randomness and the first computer system derives a uniformly random key from the randomness. The first computer system encrypts a multitude of blocks of plaintext using the uniformly random key to create a corresponding multitude of blocks of ciphertexts. The exchanging, deriving, and encrypting each uses a public random permutation. The first computer system transmits the multitude of blocks of ciphertexts to the second computer system. Another example includes the first computer system exchanging randomness and deriving the uniformly random key. The first computer system generates an authentication tag on a multitude of blocks of plaintexts. The exchanging, deriving, and generating each uses a public random permutation. The first computer system sends the authentication tag and the multitude of blocks of plaintext to the second computer system for authentication of the plaintext by the second computer system. Systems, methods, and program products are disclosed.
US10511575B2	Securing delegated credentials in third-party networks Methods and systems for providing an endpoint device with access to a remote resource are disclosed. A first secure tunnel with the endpoint device is established from an intermediate device, the first tunnel terminating within a trusted execution environment (TEE) in the intermediate device. At least one credential is received within the TEE and via the first secure tunnel from the endpoint device. The at least one credential is transmitted from the intermediate device to the remote resource via a second secure tunnel, the second tunnel located between the remote resource and the intermediate device and originating within the TEE. In response to the at least one credential being accepted by the remote resource, communications between the endpoint device and the remote resource via the TEE in the intermediate device through the first and second secure tunnels are enabled.
US10511574B2	Methods and apparatuses for utilizing a gateway integration server to enhance application security Embodiments are disclosed for managing interactions between a server application and an external environment while limiting an attack surface of the server application. An example method includes receiving, by communications circuitry of a gateway integration server (GIS) and from a source device in the external environment, a message including an application programming interface (API) call. The example method further includes evaluating, by authentication circuitry of the GIS, whether the API call is authorized. If so, the example method further includes generating, by response circuitry of the GIS, a response to the API call, and transmitting, by the communications circuitry of the GIS and to the source device, the response to the API call. However, if not, the example method includes transmitting, by the communications circuitry of the GIS, an error message to the source device. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US10511568B2	Method for identifying multiple devices belonging to the same group The technologies described herein identify multiple electronic devices belonging to the same group. A computer system receives, from network accessing applications of a plurality of electronic devices, internet protocol (IP) trajectory information about the network accessing applications via a network. The IP trajectory information includes a user identifier, a list of IP addresses associated with each of the network accessing applications, and timestamps specifying times each of the network accessing applications accesses the network. The computer system identifies and removes commercial IP addresses from the list of IP addresses, analyzes IP trajectory information to retrieve a most commonly used IP address for each of the network accessing applications during a certain period, and determines that different network accessing applications belong to the same group if the most commonly used IP addresses for the different network accessing applications are the same.
US10511564B2	User availability aware communication system This disclosure provides various techniques that may allow for user availability aware communication. For example, a first user may desire to send an electronic message to a second user, but may not have a way to intelligently select a messaging service to use. This disclosure provides, in one example of user availability aware messaging, that a particular messaging service may be selected based on activity information regarding the second user's activity on one or more messaging services. The electronic message may be sent to the second user via the particular messaging service.
US10511563B2	Hashes of email text Examples described herein include receiving text of an email, determining a header of an email message in the email, and determining a body of the email message. Examples also include modifying the text of the email to indicate a beginning boundary and an ending boundary of the header, modifying the text of the email to indicate a beginning boundary and an ending boundary of the body, generating a hash of the header, generating a hash of the body, and tracing the email based on the hash of the header.
US10511554B2	Maintaining tribal knowledge for accelerated compliance control deployment Techniques facilitating maintenance of tribal knowledge for accelerated compliance control deployment are provided. In one example, a system includes a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components include a knowledge base generation component that generates a knowledge graph corresponding to respective commitments created via tribal exchanges, the knowledge graph comprising a semantic level and an operational level; a semantic graph population component that populates the semantic level of the knowledge graph based on identified parties to the respective commitments; and an operational graph population component that populates the operational level of the knowledge graph based on tracked status changes associated with the respective commitments.
US10511553B2	Pass through sharing of resources A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for sharing resources between users. In an implementation, a method may include receiving a sharing request for a resource from a requesting participant of a collaborative session. The method may also include receiving a sharing authorization from a sharing participant of the collaborative session. The method may further include simultaneously downloading the resource from a resource location by a computing device associated with the sharing participant and uploading the resource to the requesting participant by the computing device associated with the sharing participant.
US10511548B2	Multicast packet handling based on control information in software-defined networking (SDN) environment Example methods are provided for first host to perform multicast packet handling in a software-defined networking (SDN) environment. The method may comprise: in response to the first host detecting, from a first virtualized computing instance, a request to join a multicast group address, obtaining control information from a network management entity. The control information may include one or more destination addresses associated with one or more second hosts that have joined the multicast group address on behalf of multiple second virtualized computing instances. The method may also comprise: in response to the first host detecting an egress multicast packet that includes an inner header addressed to the multicast group address, generating one or more encapsulated multicast packets based on the control information and sending the one or more encapsulated multicast packets in a unicast manner or multicast manner, or a combination of both.
US10511546B2	Connecting virtual nodes in a network device using abstract fabric interfaces In one example, a management component executing on a single-chassis network device configures a virtual node with an abstract fabric interface having, as a destination address, identifiers of packet processors (e.g., PTFE-IDs) assigned to the virtual node on the other end of the abstract fabric interface. The management component of the single-chassis network device pre-creates an underlay network by using the fabric links at the packet processor. When the management component creates and connects an abstract fabric interface on the virtual nodes, the management component forms an overlay network and attaches the overlay network to the underlay network, e.g., by programming the forwarding plane packet processor, to connect the virtual nodes. However, users of the network device, external devices, and routing protocols will not view the abstract fabric interface as an overlay interface, but as a regular Ethernet interface (e.g., a Gigabit Ethernet interface).
US10511545B2	Anomaly detection and classification using telemetry data Historical telemetry data can be used to generate predictions for various classes of data at various aggregates of a system that implements an online service. An anomaly detection process can then be utilized to detect anomalies for a class of data at a selected aggregate. An example anomaly detection process includes receiving telemetry data originating from a plurality of client devices, selecting a class of data from the telemetry data, converting the class of data to a set of metrics, aggregating the set of metrics according to a component of interest to obtain values of aggregated metrics over time for the component of interest, determining a prediction error by comparing the values of the aggregated metrics to a prediction, detecting an anomaly based at least in part on the prediction error, and transmitting an alert message of the anomaly to a receiving entity.
US10511531B1	Enhanced lens distribution Input values for various computations in a computing device are transformed to increase the entropy of results thereof. A key value is inputted into one or more folding units, each of which folds sub-elements of the key value together to form a folded key value. Each folding unit is linked to a corresponding addend constructor, which generates an addend value by modifying each field in a corresponding predefined manipulation value with an operation between the field and the corresponding folded key value, or a value derived therefrom. A first value is then transformed using addition between it and each addend value, or an addend-based value derived therefrom. The transformed first value may be utilized in place of the first value in various computations. In an embodiment, hash-based operations in a network device are improved by so transforming a hash key or hash output of a hashing function.
US10511523B1	Network forwarding element with data plane packet snapshotting capabilities A forwarding element includes data plane forwarding circuitry for forwarding data messages received by the forwarding element to other network elements in a network. The data-plane forwarding circuitry includes several snapshot-match circuitry units. Each snapshot-match circuitry unit compares a set of header fields of incoming data messages with a corresponding matching data. The data-plane forwarding circuitry also includes several snapshot-capture circuitry units. Each snapshot-capture circuitry units stores a set of header fields of data messages that matches a corresponding matching data.
US10511519B2	Loop avoidance for event-driven virtual link aggregation Embodiments of the invention relate to virtual link aggregation. One embodiment includes forming one or more virtual links using physical links connecting a first networking element, a second networking element and a third networking element. A first trigger status indication is used for blocking network traffic for avoiding traffic loops occurring over the one or more virtual links.
US10511518B2	Mechanism and framework for finding optimal multicast tree roots without the knowledge of traffic sources and receivers for Fabricpath and TRILL The proposed methodology enables finding the most efficient roots in the network to carry multicast traffic, while further providing a theoretical basis for such selection. It guarantees the minimum expected delivery cost for multicast frames in the absence of any knowledge about the source and receivers.
US10511517B2	Path computation in multi-layer networks A system for operating a network. The system includes a processor and memory storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to generate a network path from a source device to a destination device. The instructions include a path calculation engine (PCE) configured to select, from the network, a first intervening device for connecting the source device and the destination device to form the network path, further select, from the network and as additional candidates to form the network path, a first plurality of candidate devices to be in the network path with the first intervening device, and generate, according to a routing constraint of the network, the network path based on the first intervening device and a preference level of each of the first plurality of candidate devices. The instructions further includes a look-ahead analyzer configured to generate the preference level of each corresponding candidate device of the first plurality of candidate devices, the preference level representing a probability of including a candidate device in the network path.
US10511510B2	Performance of communication network based on end to end performance observation and evaluation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for observing, evaluating, and improving performance of one or more communication networks. A generated performance index for a communication network is received, an external performance index for the communication network is received, and in response to determining a discrepancy between the generated performance index and the external performance index, key performance indicators associated with the communication network are evaluated. The performance index is generated based at least in part on a set of key performance indicators and corresponding thresholds values. The external performance index represents user experience with the communication network. In response to determining that a value of a given key performance indicator fails a threshold comparison against its one or more corresponding threshold values, one or more settings for the communication network are automatically modified.
US10511508B2	Network packet forwarding systems and methods to push packet pre-processing tasks to network tap devices Network packet forwarding systems and methods are disclosed to push pre-processing tasks to network tap devices. In certain embodiments, packet flows from multiple monitoring points within a packet network communication system are monitored by a plurality of network tap devices to generate tapped packet flows associated with monitored network traffic flows. The tapped packet flows are transmitted from each network tap device to a tap controller, and the tap controller generates pre-processing rules based upon the tapped packet flows. Control messages including the pre-processing rules are then transmitted from the tap controller to the network tap devices, and the tapped packet flows are pre-processed at the network tap devices using the pre-processing rules to generate pre-processed packet flows. These pre-processed packet flows are then transmitted back to the tap controller where they are further processed and output to one or more destination devices.
US10511503B2	Server device and communication system A server device includes a memory, a processor, and a transceiver. The memory stores information indicating a measurement device and information indicating a relay device in association with identification information of the terminal, the measurement device performing measurement to obtain measurement data, the relay device being able to relay the measurement data to the server device. The processor generates a report packet destined for a relay device, the report packet reporting a list of a measurement device that is a transmission source of measurement data to be relayed by the relay device. When the transceiver receives a request that the use of the services in the terminal be stopped, the processor generates a report packet destined for a relay device associated with the identification information of the terminal, the report packet including the list in which a measurement device associated with the identification information of the terminal is not included.
US10511488B2	Device, system and method for performing integrity verification based on distributed delegator A system for performing an integrity verification based on a distributed delegator and verifying an integrity of a plurality of individual devices based on a network includes: a first individual device which is an integrity verification target of the plurality of individual devices; a second individual device configured to vicariously verify the verification target device of the plurality of individual devices; and a remote device management server configured to select the second individual device of the plurality of individual devices as a verification delegator, and to receive a result of integrity verification of the first individual device by the second individual device.
US10511485B2	Dynamic virtual network topology discovery engine Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a realtime dynamic virtual network topology discovery engine to discover a dynamic network topology in virtualized networks in realtime. A processor that executes a network topology discovery engine can obtain network data that can describe elements of a data center and operational state of the elements. Obtaining network data can include obtaining network data from a network topology inventory database and through detecting operational state change events from virtual network components. The processor can construct a network topology model based upon the network data. The network topology model can include an object (representing an element of the data center) and an attribute representing a state of the element. The processor can update the network topology model in realtime. The network topology model and configurations can be stored for root cause analysis of fault events, resource orchestration in SDN networks, and other applications.
US10511484B1	Membership self-discovery in distributed computing environments In large distributed computing environments, application execution may be distributed between a plurality of groups, the plurality of groups containing a set of host computer systems responsible for the execution of one or more operations of the application. Group membership may be determined by generating configuration information based at least in part on the plurality of groups. The configuration information may be provided to a plurality of host computer systems and each host computer system of the plurality of host computer systems may determine membership to a particular group of the plurality of groups based at least in part on the configuration information.
US10511483B2	Securely onboarding virtual machines using a centralized policy server In some implementations, a method can include determining a virtual machine (VM) inventory baseline of a system, including identifying VMs in a baseline configuration and generating a VM fingerprint for each VM in the inventory baseline, and detecting a user onboarded VM and moving the user onboarded VM to a quarantine operating area for a period of time. The operational posture of the user onboarded VM can be compared to an operational posture policy of the system. When the operational posture of the user onboarded VM meets the operational posture policy of the system, the user onboarded VM is moved from the quarantine area to an operational area, and, when the operational posture of the user onboarded system does not meet the operational policy posture of the system and the period of time has expired, the user onboarded VM is terminated.
US10511465B2	Transmitter, transmission method, receiver, and reception method The present technology relates to a transmitter, a transmission method, a receiver, and a reception method that can keep upsizing and cost increase to a minimum. The transmitter and the receiver have a detection mode and a communication mode as operation modes. The detection mode detects contact between a first waveguide on the side of the transmitter and a second waveguide on the side of the receiver. The communication mode sends or receives a modulated signal, acquired through frequency conversion of a baseband signal, via the first and second waveguides. The transmitter sends a given signal to the first waveguide in the detection mode. The transmitter and the receiver go from the detection mode to the communication mode in response to a given signal received by the receiver via the second waveguide and send and receive the modulated signal via the first and second waveguides in the communication mode.
US10511462B2	DC offset cancelation for wireless communications Techniques are disclosed relating to DC interference cancelation in received wireless signals. Disclosed techniques may be performed in the digital domain, in conjunction with analog cancelation techniques. In some embodiments, a receiver apparatus operates a local oscillator at a frequency corresponding to a particular pilot symbol in a received wireless signal. In some embodiments the receiver estimates DC interference at the frequency based on the received pilot symbol (this may be facilitated by the fact that the contents of pilot symbols are known, because they are typically used for channel estimation). In some embodiments, the receiver apparatus is configured to cancel the DC interference based on the estimate to determine received data in subsequently received signals at the frequency. Disclosed techniques may allow narrowband receivers to efficiently use more of their allocated frequency bandwidth, rather than wasting bandwidth near the frequency of the local oscillator.
US10511447B1	System and method for generating one-time data signatures A digital signature is created for a data set based on a group of one-time secret keys. Revealable, representative values of the secret keys are computed, for example by cryptographic hashing, and an authentication code vector is also formed having elements that cryptographically combine each secret key with a randomizing function of the data set. The vector is timestamped and signed at a signing time. Bits of a binary representation of the signing time are used to select which of the secret values are included in a selected key vector. A signature of the digital data is then compiled to include the set of authentication code values, the signature of the authentication code vector, and the selected key vector. The secret keys thereby become unusable after the signing time.
US10511436B1	Protecting key material using white-box cryptography and split key techniques Key material is protected using white-box cryptography and split key techniques. An exemplary method comprises splitting a secret key of a software application provider into a plurality of key shares, wherein a subset of the plurality of key shares is needed to reconstruct the secret key; using one key share to encrypt the remaining key shares to obtain a set of wrapped key shares; applying the one key share to a white-box cryptography compiler to generate a white-box cryptographic program; generating a user application linked to the white-box cryptography program; distributing the user application to a user; and providing one wrapped key share to a relying party, wherein, the relying party provides a challenge and the one wrapped key share of the relying party to the user application, wherein the user application provides the one wrapped key share of the relying party to the white-box cryptographic program and obtains a digital signature for the relying party, and wherein the relying party verifies the signature.
US10511435B2	Methods and apparatus for direct communication key establishment Methods (100, 200, 300) and apparatus (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900) are disclosed for establishing a key for direct communication between a User Equipment device, UE, and a device. The methods and apparatus cooperate to form a system for securing direct communication between a UE and a device over an interface. The system comprises a UE (20), a device (30) and a Direct Communication Element (40). The Direct Communication Element (40) is configured to obtain a shared session key and Generic Bootstrapping Architecture Push Information, GPI, to derive a UE delivery key from at least the shared session key, to generate a direct communication key, to encrypt the direct communication key with the UE delivery key, and to send the direct communication key, the encrypted direct communication key and the GPI to the device (30). The device (30) is configured to send the encrypted direct communication key and the GPI to the UE (20). The UE (20) is configured to derive the shared session key from at least the GPI, to derive the UE delivery key from the shared session key and to decrypt the encrypted direct communication key using the UE delivery key. Also disclosed are a computer product operable to carry out methods according to the present invention and a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having such a computer product stored thereon.
US10511409B2	Received signal processor and method for processing received signal An appropriate synthesized signal cannot be obtained by only correcting relative phase errors of a plurality of received signals; therefore, a received signal processor according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of signal-to-noise ratio estimation means for estimating respective signal-to-noise ratios of a plurality of digital signal sequences in which relative phase errors of a plurality of received signal sequences having been corrected; a plurality of temporary decision means for performing symbol decisions of the plurality of digital signal sequences and outputting symbol signal sequences; symbol-map-rotation determination means for determining respective phase rotation amounts of the plurality of digital signal sequences from the plurality of symbol signal sequences and the respective signal-to-noise ratios of the plurality of digital signal sequences; and a plurality of phase rotation means for rotating phases of the plurality of digital signal sequences respectively based on the phase rotation amounts.
US10511406B1	Power saving in a twisted wire pair communication network A first device receives a block encoded communication frame from a second device via a single communication channel on a twisted wire pair. The communication frame comprises a plurality of partial frames. The first device maintains a first counter that indicates a count of partial frames corresponding to communication frames exchanged between the first device and the second device. While the first device is in a low power mode of operation: the first device uses the first counter to determine timing of a window, powers up at least a receive portion of the first network interface device, and determines, during the window, whether the second device transmitted a signal configured to prompt the first device to exit the low power mode of operation. In response to the second device transmitting the signal, the first device exits the low power mode of operation.
US10511402B2	Method and system for assigning resources in optical transport networks The proposed invention is in the area of managing resources in optical transport networks, for example in the area of in-operation media channel format and spectrum management. For this purpose, the type of Media Channel Format is determined for each of a plurality of candidate paths, wherein each candidate path connects a pair of nodes in an optical transport network. Then, the expected weight describing traffic volume of each of the candidate paths is determined, and a spectrum share is assigned to each link of each of the candidate paths based on the determined Media Channel Formats and determined weights. In this way, spectrum shares assigned to different links and candidate paths can be used for efficiently assigning a band spectrum to each of the Media Channel Formats of the candidate paths.
US10511398B2	Electronic device for improving cooperation among a plurality of members An electronic device 10 that are wirelessly connected to other electronic devices within a range of a limited communication distance, and the device has a controller CNT that configured to determine at least one of whether or not there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within a predetermined range and whether or not a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, and to transmit, if it is determined that there are a plurality of members who each have an electronic device within the predetermined range, or that a plurality of members who each have an electronic device show a same behavior, a request to the plurality of electronic devices to generate rhythm signals at a same tempo to encourage improvement in cooperation among the plurality of members.
US10511390B2	Data sharing using body coupled communication Method for sharing data (SD2) between users (11,12). The method comprises initiating body coupled communication (BCC) between first and second devices (21,22) and in response to the body coupled communication (BCC), sending a data request (Q1) from one or both of the devices (21,22) to a remote server (30). The data request (Q1,Q2) comprises first device data (ID1) and the second device data (ID2). The server (30) processes the data request (Q1) and determines shared data (SD2) based at least in part on both the first device data (ID1) and the second device data (ID2). The server sends a data response (R1) to the first device (21), wherein the data response (R1) comprises the shared data (SD2).
US10511384B1	Devices and methods for optical communication in a rotary platform In one example, a device includes a first platform having a first side and a second platform having a second side that overlaps the first side. The device also includes an actuator that rotates the first platform relative to the second platform. The device also includes a plurality of light sources mounted to the first platform in a substantially circular arrangement around the axis of rotation of the first platform. The plurality of light sources emit a plurality of light beams such that respective adjacent light beams intersect at least at a predetermined distance to the first side. The first side remains at least at the predetermined distance to the second side in response to the actuator rotating the first platform. The device also includes a light detector mounted to the second platform and positioned to at least partially overlap at least one of the plurality of light beams.
US10511371B2	Apparatus and method for controlling transmission in a communication system The invention provides a communication system and components thereof for controlling coordinated transmissions using a plurality of carriers operated by a plurality of transmission points. A transmission point configures a number of signal quality and interference measurements for a mobile telephone communicating over the plurality of carriers, each measurement being associated with multiple carriers and multiple measurement configurations. The mobile telephone performs the configured measurements with respect to each of the multiple carriers and reports the results of the relevant measurements to the transmission point.
US10511367B2	Channel state information sending method, channel state information receiving method, and device A channel state information sending method, a channel state information receiving method, and a device are disclosed, to reduce resource overheads required when a terminal device feeds back CSI to a network device in a scenario of a high precision codebook-based precoding matrix. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a precoding matrix W; sending, by the terminal device, a signal including CSI to a network device; obtaining, by the network device, an RI and indication information based on the signal including the CSI; obtaining, by the network device, a PMI2 based on the RI and the indication information; and determining, by the network device, the precoding matrix W based on the rank indicator RI and the second precoding matrix indicator PMI2.
US10511362B2	Codebook sub-sampling for CSI feedback on PUCCH for 4Tx MIMO Channel state information (CSI) feedback in a wireless communication system is disclosed. User equipment transmits a CSI feedback signal via a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH). If the UE is configured in a first feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report jointly coding a Rank Indicator (RI) and a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI1), and a second report coding Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a second precoding matrix indicator (PMI2). If the UE is configured in a second feedback mode, the CSI comprises a first report coding RI, and a second report coding CQI, PMI1 and PMI2. The jointly coded RI and PMI1 employs codebook sub-sampling, and the jointly coding PMI1, PMI2 and CQI employs codebook sub-sampling.
US10511356B2	Multi-antenna network system and signal processing method thereof A multi-antenna network system has a reduced operational complexity for matrix inversion by referring to the variations of the status of a plurality of communication channels at a first time duration and a second time duration. Therefore, the speed for calculating matrix inversion is improved. Accordingly, the amount of servo antennas and/or user antennas operating in the same multi-antenna network system can be increased.
US10511352B2	CQI reporting for MIMO transmission in a wireless communication system Techniques for determining and reporting channel quality indicator (CQI) information are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine precoding information and channel quality information to be reported to a base station. The UE may jointly encode the precoding information and the channel quality information to obtain coded data. The UE may send the coded data to the base station.
US10511345B2	Downstream interference suppression in full-duplex communications An apparatus includes a transmitter, a receiver and a combining element. The transmitter includes multiple coupling devices coupled to a coaxial network via multiple respective ports, and is configured to transmit multiple transmit signals via the coupling devices, and to receive from the coaxial network via the multiple coupling devices multiple reception signals. The receiver is configured to receive a combined signal of the multiple reception signals, interfered by multiple respective interfering signals that originate from the multiple transmit signals, and to process the combined signal to recover data carried in the reception signals. The combining element, included in at least one of the transmitter and the receiver, is configured to receive the multiple reception signals from the respective couplers, and to generate the combined signal with a suppressed level of the interference signals by setting at least a phase of at least one of the reception signals.
US10511343B2	Integrated circuit Wireless communication wherein channel estimation accuracy is improved while keeping the position of each bit in a frame, even when a modulation system having a large modulation multiple value is used for a data symbol. An encoding operation encodes and outputs transmitting data (bit string) and a bit converting operation converts at least one bit of a plurality of bits constituting a data symbol to be used for channel estimation, among the encoded bit strings, into ‘1’ or ‘0’. A modulating operation modulates the bit string inputted from the bit converting operation by using a single modulation mapper and a plurality of data symbols are generated.
US10511340B2	Protection of a mobile communication device According to an example embodiment, an arrangement is provided, the arrangement including a mobile communication device including a terminal device for wireless communication with one or more other devices via a communication channel, and a fire retardant sleeve having a shape and size that enable accommodating the mobile communication device therein, wherein at least part of the mobile communication device is enclosed within the fire retardant sleeve.
US10511337B2	Integrative software radio An integrative software radio embodies a single multi-radio device including functionalities that are a superset of a plurality of individual discrete radio devices includes a radio frequency transmitter that integrates transmission capabilities of a plurality of discrete transmitters such that the radio frequency transmitter is configured to generate a first amalgamated waveform that is a combination of individual waveforms, each individual waveform corresponding to the transmission capabilities of its respective one of the plurality of discrete transmitters, wherein the transmission capabilities each of the plurality of discrete transmitters comprise operating characteristics different from one or more of the other discrete transmitters, wherein a waveform of a discrete transmitter comprises an adjustable electromagnetic wavefront and a proprietary waveform generation component; and a mission module communicatively coupled to the plurality of discrete transmitters and configured to alter the wavefront of at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters to reduce interference among the at least one of the plurality of discrete transmitters without adjusting the proprietary waveform generation component.
US10511333B2	Parity puncturing device for variable-length signaling information encoding, and parity puncturing method using same A parity puncturing apparatus and method for variable length signaling information are disclosed. A parity puncturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes memory configured to provide a parity bit string for parity puncturing for the parity bits of an LDPC codeword whose length is 16200 and whose code rate is 3/15, and a processor configured to puncture a number of bits corresponding to a final puncturing size from the rear side of the parity bit string.
US10511328B2	Efficient list decoding of LDPC codes Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for decoding low density parity check (LDPC) codes, and more particularly to an efficient list decoder for list decoding low density parity check (LDPC) codes.
US10511325B2	Dynamic data compression selection Aspects of dynamic data compression selection are presented. In an example method, as uncompressed data chunks of a data stream are compressed, at least one performance factor affecting selection of one of multiple compression algorithms for the uncompressed data chunks of the data stream may be determined. Each of the multiple compression algorithms may facilitate a different expected compression ratio. One of the multiple compression algorithms may be selected separately for each uncompressed data chunk of the data stream based on the at least one performance factor. Each uncompressed data chunk may be compressed using the selected one of the multiple compression algorithms for the uncompressed data chunk.
US10511317B2	Electric quantity measuring device comprising an analog-digital converter It is described an electronic device (1) for measuring an electric quantity, comprising: an analog-digital conversion module (2) configured to digitally convert time portions of an analog signal (SM(t)) to be measured alternated with time portions of a reference analog signal (SR(t)), for supplying respective first (DSM) and second pluralities (DSR) of digital values and a digital processing module (3) configured to: calculate a first mean amplitude (A1) of the first pluralities of digital values, and a second mean amplitude (A2) of the second pluralities of digital values; the first and second mean amplitudes being proportional to a mean gain value of the analog-digital conversion module (2); supply a ratio value (VRT) of the first mean amplitude to the second mean amplitude, representative of a measured amplitude of the analog signal (SM(t)) to be measured.
US10511315B1	Adaptive jitter and spur adjustment for clock circuits An apparatus includes a control circuit configured to generate a frequency divider control signal approximating a fractional divide ratio. The apparatus includes a frequency divider configured to generate an output clock signal based on an input clock signal and an adjusted frequency divider control signal. The output clock signal is a frequency-divided version of the input clock signal. The apparatus includes a measurement circuit configured to provide digital time information corresponding to an edge of the output clock signal. The apparatus includes an adaptive adjustment circuit configured to generate the adjusted frequency divider control signal based on the frequency divider control signal and the digital time information.
US10511314B2	Frequency generator and associated method A frequency generator is disclosed. The frequency generator is for generating an oscillator clock according to a reference clock, and the frequency generator is used in a frequency hopping system that switches a carrier frequency among a plurality of channels, and the carrier frequency further carries a modulation frequency for data transmission. The frequency generator includes: a frequency hopping and modulation control unit, arranged for generating a current channel according to a channel hopping sequence and a frequency command word (FCW) based on the reference clock, a digital-controlled oscillator (DCO), arranged for to generating the oscillator clock according to an oscillator tuning word (OTW) obtained according to the estimated DCO normalization value. An associated method is also disclosed.
US10511311B1	Phase-continuous reference clock frequency shift for digital phase locked loop Systems, circuitries, and methods are described for phase-continuous shifting of a reference clock frequency from fREF to NREF for a DPLL that includes a DCO and a feedback loop that generates a feedback signal. The DPLL generates a local oscillator signal based on an analog reference signal having a reference clock frequency fREF and a digital reference signal having the reference clock frequency fREF. In one example, the method includes receiving a target time and at expiration of a first nonzero interval after the target time, generating a subsequent feedback signal having the target reference clock frequency NfREF; at expiration of a second nonzero interval after the target time, generating a subsequent analog reference signal having the target reference clock frequency NfREF; and at expiration of a third nonzero interval after the target time, generating a subsequent digital reference clock signal having the target reference clock frequency NfREF.
US10511308B2	Field programmable transistor arrays Illustrative embodiments provide a field-programmable transistor array and a method of making an integrated circuit comprising a field-programmable transistor array. The field-programmable transistor array comprises a plurality of logic cells. Each of the plurality of logic cells comprises a plurality of columns of transistors. Each of the plurality of columns of transistors comprises a plurality of first transistors and a plurality of second transistors. Each of the plurality of first transistors are individually programmable to be either always on, always off, or to be controlled by a logic signal to be on or off. Each of the plurality of second transistors are configured to be programmed to be always on or always off.
US10511306B2	Semiconductor device including buffer circuit A device includes a power supply line, an output terminal, a circuit configured to perform a logic operation on a first signal and a second signal to produce a third signal, first, second and third transistors. The first transistor is coupled between the power supply line and the output terminal and includes a control gate supplied with the third signal. The second and third transistors are coupled in series between the power supply line and the output terminal. The second transistor includes a control gate supplied with the first signal and the third transistor includes a control gate supplied with a fourth signal that is different from each of the first, second and third signals.
US10511302B2	Drive circuit for drive target switch In a drive circuit, a control switch is electrically connected between a negative voltage source and a reference voltage generator. A drive controller switches a discharge switch and a control switch from an off state to an on state to thereby supply a first negative output voltage to a main control terminal of a target switch. The drive controller switches the discharge switch and the control switch from the on state to the off state to thereby change the first negative output voltage to be supplied to the main control terminal of the target switch to a second negative voltage based on the reference voltage generated by the reference voltage generator. The second negative voltage is more positive than the first negative voltage.
US10511298B2	Driving circuit Voltage surge is prevented when the output from a driver of a driving circuit performs a hard shutdown. In this manner, the elements in the driving circuit are prevented from being damaged by the voltage surge. A driving circuit includes a level shift circuit configured to convert an input signal from a preceding-stage circuit into an output signal having a higher voltage than the input signal, and a controller configured to determine whether a switch element is to perform a soft shutdown based on a state signal indicating a state of the preceding-stage circuit. Here, the driving circuit is configured to drive the switch element.
US10511295B2	Circuit for comparison of a voltage with a threshold and conversion of electrical energy The instant disclosure relates to a circuit for comparing a voltage with a first threshold, in which said first threshold depends on a second threshold of opening at least one first normally closed breaker.
US10511288B2	Navigation device with track smoothing A navigation device including a digital filter configured to smooth tracking is provided. The digital filter is configured to sequentially receive input data and output a tap sum, and calculate a quotient and a remainder by dividing an accumulation value with an average number, wherein the remainder is feedback to the tap sum for updating the accumulation value and the quotient is configured as output data.
US10511286B2	Variable frequency filter A filter comprises a series unit, and a shunt unit disposed between the series unit and a ground. The shunt unit includes resonators that are selectively operated, and each of the shunt resonators includes a film bulk acoustic resonator.
US10511285B1	Anchored polymeric package for acoustic resonator structures An apparatus comprises a device substrate having an upper surface. An anchor opening exists in the device substrate. The apparatus also comprises a lid layer disposed over the upper surface of a frame layer. The lid layer and the frame layer each comprise a photodefinable polymer material. The apparatus also comprises a compartment in the frame layer. The lid layer provides a cover for the compartment, and a portion of the frame layer is disposed in the anchor opening.
US10511283B2	Surface acoustic wave filter, high frequency module, and multiplexer A surface acoustic wave filter includes resonators, wherein one of the resonator includes four or more regions with different pitches of electrode fingers, the pitch of electrode fingers in each of the four or more regions is constant, the pitch of electrode fingers in first regions, among the four or more regions, disposed at both ends of the resonator in a surface acoustic wave propagation direction is smaller than the pitch of electrode fingers in the regions other than the first regions, and the pitch of electrode fingers in a second region adjacent to the first region and the pitch of electrode fingers in a third region adjacent to the first region are different from each other.
US10511268B2	Segmented thermal and RF ground An exemplary improved ground for a power amplifier circuit may include structural separation of the drive amplifier and the power amplifier grounds and cut-off of the power amplifier induced feedback current to ensure stability under a wide-range of operating conditions. The exemplary power amplifier may include a first ground coupled to a first amplifier circuit, a second ground coupled to a second amplifier circuit separate from the first ground, and the first amplifier circuit generates a drive current for the second amplifier circuit.
US10511260B2	Circuit for supplying power to an electric load, and for receiving desired signals sent from the electric load Described is a circuit for supplying power to an electric load connected to the circuit via an interface, and for receiving desired signals transmitted from the electric load by an amplitude modulation, performed by the electric load, of a carrier signal transmitted from the circuit via the interface, said carrier signal serving to supply power to the electric load, with a carrier signal generator that comprises a direct voltage source and a DC-AC converter downstream of the direct voltage source, and with a demodulator for extraction of desired signals modulated by the electric load on the carrier signal, which circuit has a high efficiency without the use of choke coils. The demodulator is designed to extract the desired signals using a current corresponding to a carrier signal current flowing through a current path of the circuit during a transmission of the desired signals, said carrier signal current flowing across the interface.
US10511244B2	Motor control device and motor system To improve identification precision of a motor constant that controls a motor by vector control. A parameter identifier sets an offset voltage of a DC component as a first d-axis target voltage, and detects a d-axis current that flows accordingly as an offset current. The parameter identifier also sets a voltage obtained by superimposing an identification signal of a predetermined AC component on the first d-axis target voltage as a second d-axis target voltage, and detects the d-axis current that flow accordingly. The parameter identifier then identifies the motor constant using a voltage obtained by subtracting the first d-axis target voltage from the second d-axis target voltage and a current obtained by subtracting the offset current from the d-axis current as inputs.
US10511234B2	Power interface system for reducing power variations in an output power of switching regulators A power interface system for reducing power variations includes multiple control circuits configured to control a plurality of switching regulators operating at different frequencies to provide a shared output power to a load. Each control circuit receives a power variation signal resulting from a power variation in the shared output power of the plurality of switching regulators, separates a respective frequency component from multiple frequency components of the power variation signal, and controls, based on the separated respective frequency component, a respective switching regulator of the plurality of switching regulators to source current to, or sink current from, the shared output power until the shared output power reaches a threshold level.
US10511231B2	Reconstructive line modulated resonant converter A resonant power converter includes an event generator and multiple separate resonant tanks configured as second harmonic filters. The event generator is configured to generate a predetermined resonant switching frequency to which the resonant tanks are tuned, to selectively apply voltage stress harmonic links using the resonant tanks, and to control zero voltage switching time and peak current through the switching devices. Configuring and operating the resonant power converter in the manner described herein enables the resonant power converter to maintain a substantially constant efficiency over varying input line voltage, making the efficiency of the resonant power converter substantially independent of the input line voltage value.
US10511230B2	Adaptive wakeup time control in burst mode of a primary side regulated flyback converter A flyback converter can include an auxiliary winding magnetically coupled to the secondary (output) for sensing a reflected output voltage. A controller can operate a power switch of the flyback converter in a burst mode to deliver a number of pulses, causing the output voltage to reach a threshold, and thereafter suspend switching for a predetermined time period before delivering a further number of pulses. The delivered number of pulses can be counted, and, responsive to a determination that the count is less than a predetermined minimum number of pulses, the predetermined time period can be increased. Responsive to a determination that the count is greater than a predetermined maximum number of pulses, the predetermined time period can be decreased.
US10511228B2	DC-DC converting controller A DC-DC converting controller coupled to an output stage and an external resistor network and providing a pulse-width-modulation (PWM) signal to control the output stage to provide an output voltage is disclosed. The DC-DC converting controller includes a sensing circuit, a droop current circuit, a first pin and a PWM signal control loop. The sensing circuit, coupled to the output stage, provides a sensing current. The droop current circuit, coupled to the sensing circuit, provides a droop current according to the sensing current. The first pin, coupled to the droop current circuit and external resistor network, provides the droop current to make the external resistor network provide a second reference voltage. The PWM signal control loop, coupled to the external resistor network, generates a PWM signal according to the output voltage and the second reference voltage. The droop current is reduced to a default value with a default time.
US10511220B2	Control device for active filter Disclosed is a control device controlling an operation of an active filter which is connected in parallel with a load at an installation point (P) with respect to an AC power source and which supplies a compensation current (Ic) to the installation point (P) so as to compensate for a harmonic component of a load current (Io) flowing through the load. The control device includes: a dq converter converting the load current (Io) into a component of a d-axis current and a component of a q-axis current; a high-pass filter extracting a harmonic component from at least the component of the q-axis current output from the dq converter; a multiplier outputting a result obtained by multiplying a component of a d-axis current output from the high-pass filter by a compensation rate (Kd) as a current command value (id); and a multiplier outputting a result obtained by multiplying the component of the q-axis current output from the dq converter or a component of a q-axis current output from the high-pass filter by a compensation rate (Kq) as a current command value (iq). The compensation rate (Kq) of the q-axis current in the multipliers is adjustable.
US10511219B2	Switching power supply with a measuring and calculating process for the switching times A switching power supply includes a power converter with an inductor and first and second switches that converts a voltage Vac to a voltage Vdc, a detector with a winding that detects zero timing of an inductor current, and a driving signal generator that switches on the second switch based on the zero timing and then switches on the first switch. The driving signal generator ends a period T2 before the zero timing by executing a measuring process for an on period T1 of the second switch, a process that calculates the period T2 from T2=T1×\|Vac\|/(Vdc−\|Vac\|)−Tc using a correction time Tc, a process that switches on the first switch for only the period T2, a process that measures an elapsed time between the periods T2 and T1, and a process that changes the correction time Tc so that the elapsed time becomes a target time.
US10511218B2	Gate drive circuit, that supplies power to a gate of a semiconductor switching element, and carries out a driving on and off of the gate A gate drive circuit including a drive-on element that applies an on-state voltage to a gate of a drive target semiconductor element and a drive-off element that applies an off-state voltage to the gate is such that a recovery switch, a reactor, and a capacitor are connected in series between output terminals of the gate drive circuit as a recovery circuit that can recover a charge accumulated in input capacitance of the drive target semiconductor element when turning on, and the drive-on element, the drive-off element, and the recovery switch are controlled by a control circuit, whereby power consumption of the gate drive circuit is reduced.
US10511212B2	Inner rotor-type permanent magnet motor with annular magnetic poles A motor includes poles P having a remanence Mr of 0.9 T or more, a coercivity HcJ of 0.80 MA/m or more, and a maximum energy product (BH)max of 150 kJ/m3 or more, which sets a center point Pc of the magnetic poles in a circumferential direction on a rotor outer circumferential surface to a maximum thickness tmax, wherein when a line connecting the Pc and a rotational axis center Rc is Pc-Rc, a straight line connecting an arbitrary point Px in the circumferential direction on the rotor outer circumferential surface and the Rc is Px-Rc, an apex angle of the lines Pc-Rc and Px-Rc is θ, a number of pole pairs is Pn, a circumferential direction magnetic pole end is Pe, and a magnetic pole end biasing distance ΔLPe of the circumferential direction magnetic pole ends Pe is α×tmax (α is a coefficient).
US10511208B2	Reciprocating tool A reciprocating tool includes a motor, a reciprocating member, and a crank mechanism. The motor is disposed in a housing. The reciprocating member projects from the housing. The crank mechanism converts rotation of a rotation shaft of the motor into reciprocation of the reciprocating member. The crank mechanism rotates around an axis in a lateral direction by rotation transmission from the rotation shaft, and the crank mechanism includes a crank member having an eccentric pin, a connecting rod coupling the eccentric pin to the reciprocating member, and a balancer coupled to the eccentric pin, and the balancer is supported by the eccentric pin alone in the housing.
US10511197B2	Wireless charging system with object detection A wireless power transmitting device transmits wireless power signals to a wireless power receiving device. The wireless power receiving device has a wireless power receiving coil in a resonant circuit that resonates at a wireless power receiving circuit resonant frequency. The wireless power transmitting device has coils. The coils are supplied with a drive signal in bursts to detect external objects. Measurement circuitry includes an oscillator for supplying the drive signals and a peak detector and analog-to-digital converter for gathering measurements on the coils to which the drive signals have been supplied. Rate-based-filtering is applied to output signals from the analog-to-digital converter to distinguish between temperature drift effects and object placement effects. The frequency of the drive signals is slightly greater than the wireless power receiving circuit resonant frequency.
US10511196B2	Slot antenna with orthogonally positioned slot segments for receiving electromagnetic waves having different polarizations An antenna for receiving electromagnetic waves having different polarizations that comprises a plurality of slots defined by a piece of metal, and each of the plurality of slots includes at least two continuous segments. In addition, for each of the plurality of slots: a first segment of the at least two continuous segments is: (i) defined by the piece of metal in a first dimension, and (ii) configured to receive radio frequency (RF) power transmission waves having a first polarization, and a second segment of the at least two continuous segments is: (i) defined by the piece of metal in a second dimension, distinct from the first dimension, and (ii) configured to receive RF power transmission waves having a second polarization different from the first polarization.
US10511194B2	Wireless power transfer system A power receiving rectifier circuit is configured in series with a power receiving resonance mechanism. A first power receiving device has a load with a small equivalent resistance value, and the frequency response of a voltage gain thereof, which is the ratio of direct-current output to input voltage, is double-peaked. A second power receiving device has a load with a large equivalent resistance value, and a single-peaked frequency response of a voltage gain thereof. For the first power receiving device, by setting a coupling coefficient between power receiving and transmitting coils, the voltage gain is determined by the positional relationship between one of the frequencies at maximum voltage gain and the operating frequency, whereas for second power receiving device, the frequency at maximum voltage gain is determined close to the operating frequency, and the voltage gain is determined by setting a coupling coefficient between power receiving and transmitting coils.
US10511187B2	Energy utilization point tracker inverter A sequential extraction control device for use in a 3-phase DC/AC converter. The 3-phase converter has three single-phase DC/AC converters, each controlled by a respective PWM extractor. Duty factor adjustments are made depending on a current portion of an AC power cycle. A sequential regulator causes the PWM extractors to have non-overlapping duty cycles such that extractions of each of the single-phase DC/AC converters is performed in sequence, rather than concurrently. This improves the efficiency in extracting power from the DC power.
US10511180B2	Systems and methods for reuse of battery pack-side current and voltage sensing Systems and methods for reuse of battery pack-side current and voltage sensing are disclosed. By reusing elements within a battery pack, a battery field effect transistor (FET) within a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) may be eliminated or at least bypassed. In a first aspect, a current mirror is coupled to a charge protection circuit in the battery pack to capture a sensed current. Likewise, a voltage sensor captures a voltage level for a charging path. Current and voltage are output to the PMIC for use in regulating a buck charger. In a second aspect, current data and voltage data are collected and digitized before being sent to the PMIC for use in regulating the buck charger.
US10511179B2	Energy storage-aware demand charge minimization Systems and methods for power management include determining a demand threshold by solving an optimization problem that minimizes peak demand charges and maximizes a usable lifetime for a power storage system. Power is provided to a load from an electrical grid when the load is below the demand threshold and from a combination of the electrical grid and the power storage system when the load is above the demand threshold.
US10511178B2	Autonomous charge balancing of distributed AC coupled batteries with droop offset A system and apparatus for autonomous charge balancing of an energy storage device of the microgrid. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises the energy storage device; and a power conditioner, coupled to the energy storage device, comprising a droop control module for operating the power conditioner, during an autonomous mode of operation, such that the state of charge of the energy storage device is autonomously driven toward the state of charge of at least one other energy storage device of the microgrid.
US10511177B2	Modular charging system and method of delivering electric power through the same A power delivery system includes: an AC-to-DC power supply configured to output initial DC power; a first power delivery unit connected to the power supply and having at least one output port, the first power delivery unit being configured as a DC-to-DC power converter to provide converted DC power through the at least one output port, the converted DC power having a different voltage and/or a different current than the output initial DC power; and a second power delivery unit connected to the power supply or the first power delivery unit through an input port and having at least one output port, the second power delivery unit being configured as a DC-to-DC power converter to provide an output DC power through the at least one output port which has a different voltage and/or a different current than the power received through the input port.
US10511173B2	Power controller, power control method, and power control system A power controller capable of grid interconnection of at least one distributed power source of a first type and at least one distributed power source of a second type together includes: a switch configured to switch between a parallel state in which the at least one distributed power source of the second type is interconnected to a grid together with the at least one distributed power source of the first type and a parallel off state in which the at least one distributed power source of the second type is independent of the at least one distributed power source of the first type and is paralleled off from the grid; and a controller configured to cause the switch to be in the parallel off state when reverse power flow occurs.
US10511172B2	Systems and methods for integrating distributed energy resources The present invention is an apparatus and method for using aggregated loads from a plurality of distributed energy resources to perform a function at a power distribution feeder. The invention includes a plurality of distributed energy resources, wherein at least one distributed energy resource includes a renewable energy resource, a communication network, a control device, a power distribution feeder coupled to the control device, and an energy storage system coupled to the power distribution feeder. The control device sends a signal to the plurality of distributed energy resources via the communication network. The signal is a request to switch a status of one or more of the distributed energy resources if one or more distributed energy resources is within a predetermined condition. Loads from the one or more of the distributed energy resources that switched status are aggregated to perform a function at the power distribution feeder.
US10511169B2	System and method for a dynamic switchable active front end—dynamic switchable active harmonic filtering system A System and Method for a Dynamic Switchable Active Front End—Dynamic Switchable Active Harmonic Filtering System is disclosed.
US10511165B2	Circuit assembly for protecting a unit to be operated from a supply network against overvoltage The invention relates to a circuit assembly for protecting a unit to be operated from a supply network against overvoltage, comprising an input having a first and a second input connection, which are connected to the supply network, an output having a first and a second output connection, to which the unit to be protected can be connected, and a protection circuit, which is provided between the first and the second input connections in order to limit the voltage present at the first and the second input connections. According to the invention, the protection circuit has a power semiconductor, in particular an IGBT, wherein a series circuit consisting of a diac, i.e., a bidirectional electrode, and a Zener element is connected between the collector and the gate of the power semiconductor, wherein the sum of the Zener voltage and the diac voltage results in a clamping voltage for the power semiconductor, which lies above the voltage of the supply network and defines the protection level.
US10511164B2	Apparatus for preventing electric shock in event of flooding and method therefor The present technology relates to an apparatus for preventing electric shock in the event of flooding and a method therefor. To this end, the apparatus for preventing electric shock in the event of flooding may comprise: a transformer for supplying a voltage using a neutral grounding method in a single-phase two-wire low-voltage power distribution system; an earth leakage circuit breaker connected to power output from the transformer, an electric currents measurement unit for measuring the amount of electric currents passing through the earth leakage circuit breaker, a control unit for calculating the contact resistance to be compensated for, using the amount of electric currents from the electric currents measurement unit, and transmitting a control signal corresponding thereto; and a contact resistance compensation unit for compensating for the contact resistance according to the control signal from the control unit.
US10511158B2	Method for producing a multiplicity of surge arresters in an assembly, surge arrester and surge arrester assembly A method is provided for manufacturing a plurality of arresters as a composite structure. A ceramic carrier having a plurality of holes and two electrode bodies are provided. The ceramic carrier and the two electrode bodies are assembled into a base under gas atmosphere. The ceramic carrier is located between the electrode bodies. The electrode bodies are soldered to the ceramic carrier. The base body is separated into a plurality of gas-filled arresters is carried out. In addition, a gas-filled arrester is provided which has a height of maximal 2 mm and electrode surfaces of maximal 1.2×1.2 mm2.
US10511151B2	Method for fabricating a nanostructure A method for fabricating a nanostructure comprises the steps of growing a first nanowire on a substrate, forming a dielectric layer on the substrate, the dielectric layer surrounding the first nanowire, wherein a thickness of the dielectric layer is smaller than a length of the first nanowire, and removing the first nanowire from the dielectric layer, thereby exposing an aperture in the dielectric layer.
US10511150B2	Wavelength-variable laser A wavelength-variable laser outputting a predetermined wavelength of laser light includes: a quantum well active layer positioned between a p-type cladding layer and an n-type cladding layer in thickness direction; a separate confinement heterostructure layer positioned between the quantum well active layer and the n-type cladding layer; and an electric-field-distribution-control layer positioned between the separate confinement heterostructure layer and the n-type cladding layer and configured by at least two semiconductor layers having band gap energy greater than band gap energy of a barrier layer constituting the quantum well active layer.
US10511146B2	Guide transition device with digital grating deflectors and method A guide transition device including a light source designed to generate a light beam, a light input port on a first plane and coupled to receive the light beam from the light source, a light output port on a second plane different than the first plane, the light output port designed to couple a received light beam to output equipment and plane shifting apparatus coupled to receive the light beam from the light input port on the first plane and to shift or transfer the light beam to the second plane. The plane shifting apparatus including one or more digital gratings each designed to deflect the light beam approximately ninety degrees. The plane shifting apparatus is coupled to transfer the light beam to the light output port on the second plane.
US10511144B2	Semiconductor light-emitting device The present invention comprises: a light-emitting element group configured from columns of serially connected light-emitting elements, one of the ends from each of the columns of the light-emitting elements being collectively connected to a power source; current control elements, provided to correspond to the columns, and being connected to each of the columns of the light-emitting elements at the other end thereof, for controlling the current flowing through the light-emitting elements; a forward voltage monitoring circuit for monitoring, for each of the columns, the total forward voltage across the light-emitting elements; and a control circuit for controlling the current control elements, on the basis of the total forward voltage across the light-emitting elements from each of the columns detected by the forward voltage monitoring circuit, in such a manner that the variations in the total forward voltage across the columns of the light-emitting elements reach a threshold value or lower.
US10511142B2	Pulsed laser diode drivers and methods A current driver is disclosed which allows very short pulses at high currents to be generated for high power laser diodes. The parasitic inductance of the laser diode limits the speed at which the laser diode may be turned on and off. A high voltage is used to charge this inductance rapidly and maximize the rise time. The fall time is shortened by allowing a similar high voltage to be generated at turnoff without damage to the laser diode or switching components. A portion of the energy stored in the parasitic inductance may recovered to reduce drain on the power source, and to improve overall efficiency. The anode of the laser may be switched to ground at the end of a pulse.
US10511130B2	Charging connector having a sleeve with slots surrounding a contact piece with corresponding contact arms A charging connector for electric vehicle having one-piece sleeve and contact piece connected to each other, comprising: a sleeve and a contact piece; wherein the contact piece is a one-piece structure and formed integrally with a plurality of contact arms, a connecting portion and a wiring portion, the connecting portion is cylindrical and the plurality of contact arms are extended forwardly from a periphery of one end of the connecting portion; wherein the sleeve is sleeved outside the contact arms and includes slots corresponding to each of the contact arms; the sleeve and the contact piece are connected by snaps; when used, conductive pins in an external receptacle are inserted along a port of the sleeve and inserted into the contact arms to form a conductive contact with the contact arms.
US10511129B1	Power connector A power connector may include a plurality of fuses; a first terminal connected to a first wire connected to a power source and the first terminal including a plurality of first terminal portions for supplying power; an intermediate terminal connected to a second wire connected to the power source and the first terminal including a plurality of first clips each connected to first end portions of the plurality of fuses; and a plurality of second terminals each including a second clip connected to each of the second end portions of the plurality of fuses and a second terminal portion for supplying power, distributing the power to a plurality of devices.
US10511126B2	Movable connector A movable connector disclosed in the present description includes: a connector having a housing; and a connector mounting part to which the housing is movably mounted. The housing is provided with at least one mounting pin constituted by a plurality of elastic pieces arranged in a circular ring, and the connector mounting part is provided with mounting recesses (mounting tubular portions) that hold the mounting pin in a state in which it is inserted into the corresponding mounting recess. The mounting pin is capable of relative movement inside the mounting recess in directions that intersect a direction in which the mounting pin is mounted into the mounting recess, and the mounting pin is provided on one or two of the outer peripheral sides of the housing.
US10511124B2	Electrical plug connection An electrical plug connection includes a plug including a housing with a plurality of electrical plug contacts and including an operating element moveably fastened on the housing and including a sliding track that includes first and second sections oriented such that plugging the plug into the plug module or detaching the plug from the plug module is carried out by two movements of the operating element that are in two opposite movement directions; and a plug module with a plurality of complementary plug contacts that electrically contact the electrical plug contacts in a plugged-in position and attached to a pin that is guided in the track. During a movement of the operating element relative to the housing, a force is transmittable from the sliding track to the pin so that the plug and plug module move toward each other or move away from each other.
US10511119B2	Waterproof connector A waterproof connector (A) includes a housing (10), a sealing member (30) including a ring-shaped seal functioning portion (31) to be fit externally on the housing (10) and sandwiched portions (36L, 36S) projecting along an outer peripheral surface of the housing (10) from the seal functioning portion (31), and a holding member 40 for resiliently sandwiching the sandwiched portions (36L, 36S) between the outer peripheral surface of the housing (10) and the holding member (40) by being mounted on the housing (10). Since the sandwiched portions (36L, 36S) of the sealing member (30) are resiliently squeezed and sandwiched between the outer periphery of the housing (10) and the holding member (40), there is no possibility that the sealing member (30) is positionally deviated from the housing (10) in a circumferential direction.
US10511117B2	Connector A female connector (F) includes a housing (10) to fit into a receptacle (81) of a male connector (M), and a front retainer (50) to mount to a front part of the housing (10). The housing (10) includes a terminal accommodating portion (12) configured to accommodate female terminal fittings (11) and butting portions (24) in the form of flat plates extending forward from an outer periphery of the terminal accommodating portion (12) and configured to butt against a back surface of the receptacle 81 when the housing (10) is fit into the receptacle (81). The front retainer (50) includes a cover (51) configured to cover a front of the terminal accommodating portion (12) by being disposed along inner side surfaces of the butting portions (24). A formation range of the butting portions (24) is smaller than that of the cover (51) in a length direction of the butting portions (24).
US10511101B2	Wireless communication module First and second end-fire antennas are arranged on a dielectric substrate. The first end-fire antenna has polarization characteristics being parallel with a first direction. The second end-fire antenna has polarization characteristics being parallel with a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A patch antenna provided with a first feed point and a second feed point, which are different from each other, is arranged on the dielectric substrate. When the patch antenna is fed from the first feed point, a radio wave whose polarization direction is parallel with the first direction is excited. When the patch antenna is fed from the second feed point, a radio wave whose polarization direction is orthogonal to the first direction is excited. A wireless communication module capable of achieving directivity in a wide range from a direction parallel with the substrate to the direction of the normal to the substrate is provided.
US10511092B2	Orbital angular momentum in millimeter-wave wireless communication An array of antenna elements is energized as a plurality of concentric rings of the antenna elements, each of the concentric rings energized with a respective signal from a first transceiver, the signal having a continuously varying progressive phase between the antenna elements to generate n respective electromagnetic orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams each having a respective OAM mode m where m ranges from 0 to ±n. The beams are contemporaneously generated orthogonal to each other. The circumferential phase profile of the signal for a concentric ring of α antenna elements is 2πm radians, and the progressive phase difference between each of the α antenna elements is 2πm/α radians. The first transceiver transmits the beams to a second transceiver which demodulates them and sends demodulation quality information to the first transceiver for determination of whether to transmit the beams in full multiplexing, full diversity or partial diversity.
US10511088B2	Antenna system The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies and discloses an antenna system, and the antenna system includes: a radiating element, at least one strip line ground plane and signal cavity, and at least one inner conductor, where the radiating element includes radiation arms, radiation baluns, and feeding inner cores; the strip line ground plane is used as a reflective surface of the radiating element; the baluns of the radiating element are electrically connected to the strip line ground plane, and all of at least two feeding inner cores of the radiating element are electrically connected to one inner conductor. Therefore, a feeding manner of an existing array antenna can be optimized very conveniently, assembly time is greatly reduced, quantities of welding points and cables are reduced, and consistency and reliability are improved.
US10511069B2	Battery The invention relates to a battery having a cell arrangement. The cell arrangement has a plurality of battery cells. The cell arrangement has battery sections, each including a battery cells. Between adjacent battery sections, an at least partially electrically and thermally conductive contacting section element having a first side and a second side is arranged. The end terminals facing the first side of a contacting section element are electrically and thermally conductively connected to a contacting section of this first side. The end terminals facing the second side of the contacting section element are electrically and thermally conductively connected to a contacting section of this second side. End terminals of the battery cells are electrically and thermally conductively connected to each other via the contacting section element such that an electric current and a heat flow are distributed throughout the entire cell assembly.
US10511047B2	Anode splitter plate and methods for making the same Various embodiments of a reactant feed and return assembly, such as an anode splitter plate (ASP), are provided for facilitating reactant feed and exhaust flow in a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack system. Embodiments include a reactant feed and return assembly including at least a first portion formed of a chromium-based alloy, such as a chromium-iron alloy, having a similar coefficient of thermal expansion as other SOFC components and may therefore reduce internal stress in an SOFC stack. Methods for making an a reactant feed and return assembly comprising a chromium-based alloy are also provided.
US10511043B2	Gas diffusion layer for fuel cell applications A gas diffusion layer (GDL) for fuel cell applications that can prevented channels of a bipolar plate from being intruded. The gas diffusion layer is manufactured by cutting a GDL material at a certain angle such that a machine direction of the inherent high stiffness of the GDL material is not in parallel with a major flow field direction of a bipolar plate to prevent the GDL intrusion into the channels of the bipolar plate without modifying an existing method for manufacturing the gas diffusion layer. With the gas diffusion layer, the electrochemical performance of the fuel cell can be improved and manufacturing process can be improved even in the case where the width of the rolled GDL material is small.
US10511038B2	Apparatus and method for controlling hydrogen purging An apparatus and method for controlling hydrogen purging are provided. The hydrogen purging control apparatus includes a purge valve that is disposed at an outlet on an anode side of a fuel cell stack and is configured to adjust an amount of emission of hydrogen containing impurities. Additionally, a controller is configured to adjust an opening and closing cycle of the purge valve based on a required output or an output current of the fuel cell stack.
US10511033B2	Solid oxide fuel cell An interconnector made of a lanthanum chromite is provided on a fuel electrode of an SOFC, and a P-type semiconductor film which is a conductive ceramics film is formed on a surface of the interconnector. When a maximum value (maximum joining width) of the “lengths of a plurality of portions at which the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film are brought into contact with each other” on a “line (boundary line) corresponding to an interface between the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film in a cross section including the interconnector and the P-type semiconductor film” is 40 μm or less, peeling becomes less liable to occur in a portion corresponding to the maximum joining width at the interface.
US10511030B2	Anti-corrosion structure and fuel cell employing the same An anti-corrosion structure and a fuel cell employing the same are provided. The anti-corrosion structure includes an aluminum layer, a first anti-corrosion layer, and an intermediate layer disposed between the aluminum layer and the first anti-corrosion layer. In particular, the first anti-corrosion layer can be a nickel-tin-containing alloy layer, and the intermediate layer can be a nickel-tin-aluminum-containing alloy layer.
US10511029B2	Method for manufacturing catalyst support, catalyst support manufactured thereby, and catalyst for fuel cell including the same A method for manufacturing a catalyst support includes: heat-treating a crystalline carbon support in a temperature range from 700° C. to 1100° C. under a vapor atmosphere to increase a specific surface area of the carbon support; and applying a magnetic field to the increased specific surface area of the carbon support to remove an impurity.
US10511016B2	Graphene-protected lead acid batteries A lead acid battery comprising a negative electrode, a positive electrode comprising lead oxide, an electrolyte in physical contact with the negative electrode and the positive electrode, an optional separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode comprises a plurality of particulates of graphene-protected lead or lead alloy, wherein at least one of the particulates is formed of a single or a plurality of graphene sheets and a single or a plurality of fine lead or lead alloy particles having a size smaller than 10 μm, and the graphene sheets and the particles are mutually bonded or agglomerated into the particulate with at least a graphene sheet embracing or wrapping around the particulate, and wherein graphene is in an amount of at least 0.01% but less than 99% by weight based on the total weight of the particulate.
US10511011B2	Electrolyte impregnation apparatus The present invention relates to an electrolyte impregnation apparatus comprising: a pressing unit comprising a pressing plate that presses a battery cell in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; and an ultrasonic vibration unit installed to a portion or the whole of the pressing plate to apply ultrasonic vibration to the battery cell.
US10511009B2	Electrical energy storage device An electrical energy storage device includes: a casing; a terminal; and an current interruption device. The terminal includes a column part inserted in the opening provided on the terminal wall of the casing and a base part disposed within the casing. An insulating member is disposed between the terminal and the terminal wall, the insulating member surrounds an entire periphery of the column part. The insulating member includes a sealing part sealing between the inside and the outside of the casing at a sealing position, and a non-sealing part. In an entire space provided between the terminal and the terminal wall on an inner side of the casing than the sealing position, the non-sealing part is disposed from an end face in the space on a casing outer side to an end face in the space on a casing inner side.
US10511007B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a positive electrode collector electrically connected to a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode collector electrically connected to a negative electrode plate. At least one of the collectors includes a first-side base portion disposed near the sealing plate, and a first-side lead portion connected to one end portion of the first-side base portion and extending towards an electrode body. The first-side lead portion includes a first-side power generating element joining portion joined to a lateral side of the electrode body, and a first-side inclined portion inclined with respect to a thickness direction of the electrode body from the first-side power generating element joining portion towards an outer side in the thickness direction. A total weight of the electrode body and nonaqueous electrolyte contained in the electrode body ranges from 200 g or more to 500 g or less.
US10511004B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery has a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte layer having an electrolyte solution containing a non-aqueous solvent. At least one of the positive electrode active material layer and the negative electrode active material layer contains an electrode material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a core part including an electrode active material and a shell part including a conductive material in a base material formed by a gel-forming polymer having a liquid absorption rate with respect to the electrolyte solution of 10 to 200%.
US10511003B2	Separator for batteries and method for manufacturing the same A separator which is permeable to hydroxide ion contains at least one Dendrite Stopping Substance such as Ni(OH)2, or its precursor.
US10511000B2	Battery pack A battery pack includes a battery with an electrode terminal connected to a lead tab, a metal holder to accommodate the battery, and an insulating holder spacing apart the metal holder from the battery, the insulating holder including a coupling part coupled with the metal holder, and the lead tab being connected to electrode terminal through an opening in the insulating holder.
US10510996B2	Battery According to the present invention, grip feeling of an electronic device to which the battery is mounted may be improved by optimizing a shape of a battery, and miniaturization of the electronic device may be promoted at the same time. In order to achieve the above-described object, a battery is disclosed, the battery including: a first surface having a circumference of a closed curve having a curve; a second surface having a circumference of a closed curve having a curve; and a volume portion configured to connect the first surface to the second surface and defining a volume, wherein at least one of the first surface and the second surface has a circumference of the closed curve defined by connecting ends of each of two curves curved in the same direction to each other, and the first surface has an area different from that of the second surface.
US10510995B1	Film formation method and method of manufacturing display device using the same A film formation method of introducing, into a film formation chamber, a vaporized material obtained by vaporizing a liquid-form organic material in a vaporizing chamber and forming a vapor deposition film composed of the vaporized material on a surface of a film formed substrate placed within the film formation chamber. The method includes: holding an internal temperature of the vaporizing chamber at a lower temperature than a reaction temperature at which the organic material polymerizes; holding an internal pressure of the vaporizing chamber at a saturated vapor pressure of the organic material; setting an internal temperature of the film formation chamber to the same temperature as the internal temperature of the vaporizing chamber; and forming the film in a state where the film formed substrate is held at a temperature lower than the internal temperature of the film formation chamber.
US10510994B2	Method for manufacturing organic device, and roll In a method of manufacturing an organic device, a lead portions (4A and 4B) having a gas barrier property are provided at one end and the other end in a longitudinal direction of a substrate (3). The method includes a formation step (S02, S03, or S04) of forming at least one of electrode layers (5 and 9) and an organic functional layer (7) on the substrate (3), a winding step (S05) of winding the substrate (3) in a roll shape after the formation step (S02, S03, or S04), and a storage step (S06) of storing the roll-shaped substrate (3) after the winding step (S05).
US10510990B2	Groove structure for printing OLED display and manufacturing method for OLED display The invention provides a groove structure for printing OLED display and manufacturing method for OLED display. By dividing the causeway surrounding the groove into a first and a second branch causeway layers provided in stack, the inclining inner peripheral surface of groove formed by first branch causeway forms a contact angle ranging 10-45° with the HIL ink, and the inclining inner peripheral surface of groove formed by second branch causeway forms a contact angle ranging 30-60° with the HIL ink, the inclining inner peripheral surface of groove formed by second branch causeway forms a contact angle ranging 10-45° with HTL ink and EML ink to restrict the height of HIL climbing upwards so that the top surface of HIL is flat or has a slightly convex in the middle to prevent current leakage at the edge of HIL, and improve the OLED display quality.
US10510984B2	Transparent display devices and methods of manufacturing transparent display devices A transparent organic light emitting display device may include a transparent base substrate, a semiconductor device disposed on the transparent base substrate, a display structure electrically connected to the semiconductor device, and a protection layer including a blue dye disposed on the display structure. The protection layer may improve the transparency of the transparent base substrate by calibrating discoloration of the transparent base substrate. Thus, the transparent display device including the protection layer may ensure an enhanced transparency. Further, the transparent display device may have an enhanced mechanical strength and an increased heat resistance because of the transparent base substrate.
US10510982B2	Display substrate, method for fabricating the same, and display apparatus A display substrate, a method for fabricating the same, and a display apparatus are disclosed. The display substrate is provided with functional films, at least one of the functional films includes a protrusion array on a side away from the display substrate. When the display substrate is assembled with another display substrate, protrusion portions of the protrusion array are embedded into a frame sealant between the display substrate and the another display substrate.
US10510977B2	Compound, light-emitting material, and organic light-emitting device A compound having a structure represented by the following general formula emits delayed fluorescent light, and is useful as a light-emitting material. One or more of R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 represent a 9-carbazolyl group having a substituent at at least one of 1-position and 8-position, or a 10-phenoxazyl group or 10-phenothiazyl group having a substituent at at least one of 1-position and 9-position. The balance thereof represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent.
US10510975B2	Light emitting diode and light emitting diode display including the same A light emitting diode and a light emitting diode display, the light emitting diode including a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode; and an electron injection layer between the second electrode and the emission layer, wherein the electron injection layer includes a lanthanide element, an alkali meta first element, and a halogen second element, and wherein the first element and the second element are included in the electron injection layer in an amount of 1 vol % to 20 vol %, based on a total volume of a material including the lanthanide element, the first element, and the second element.
US10510974B2	Emissive devices for displays Embodiments related to emissive devices for displays are discussed. Some embodiments include light emitting diodes including an electron transport layer core having a tube shape with an inner and an outer sidewall, an emission layer on the inner and outer sidewalls, and a hole transport layer on the emission layer, displays and systems including such light emitting diodes, and methods for fabricating them. Other embodiments include emissive laser devices having an emission layer between a hole transport layer and an electron transport layer and first and second metasurface mirrors adjacent to the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, respectively, displays and systems including such emissive laser devices, and methods for fabricating them.
US10510966B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the organic layer has an emission layer, wherein the emission layer includes a host and a thermally activated delayed fluorescent dopant, wherein the dopant includes a condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1, and wherein an amount of the dopant is smaller than that of the host: Ar1—Ar2 Formula 1 wherein Ar1 and Ar2 are the same as described in the specification.
US10510963B2	Heterocyclic compound and organic light-emitting element comprising same The present specification provides a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US10510962B2	Compound and organic electronic device using the same The present specification relates to a novel compound and an organic electronic device using the same.
US10510951B1	Low temperature film for PCRAM sidewall protection A method for forming a phase change random access memory (PCRAM) device is provided. The method includes: forming a memory stack over an insulator layer. A first etch process is performed to pattern the memory stack defining a memory cell including a top electrode overlying a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer includes a center region laterally between a first outer region and a second outer region. An etchant used in the first etch process creates a compound in the first and second outer regions, the compound has a first melting point temperature. A first deposition process is performed to form a first sidewall spacer over the memory cell, the first sidewall spacer is in direct contact with outer sidewalls of the memory cell. The first deposition process reaches a first maximum temperature less than the first melting point temperature.
US10510947B2	Semiconductor devices with magnetic regions and stressor structures A magnetic cell core includes at least one stressor structure proximate to a magnetic region (e.g., a free region or a fixed region). The magnetic region may be formed of a magnetic material exhibiting magnetostriction. During switching, the stressor structure may be subjected to a programming current passing through the magnetic cell core. In response to the current, the stressor structure may alter in size. Due to the size change, the stressor structure may exert a stress upon the magnetic region and, thereby, alter its magnetic anisotropy. In some embodiments, the MA strength of the magnetic region may be lowered during switching so that a lower programming current may be used to switch the magnetic orientation of the free region. In some embodiments, multiple stressor structures may be included in the magnetic cell core. Methods of fabrication and operation and related device structures and systems are also disclosed.
US10510943B1	Structure for an antenna chip for qubit annealing Systems and techniques providing suitable chip structures for facilitating antenna-based thermal annealing of qubits are provided. In one example, a radio frequency emitter can comprise a voltage-controlled oscillator and an antenna. The voltage-controlled oscillator can receive power-on signals from a microcontroller, thereby causing the voltage-controlled oscillator to generate an electromagnetic wave. The antenna can then direct the electromagnetic wave onto a set of one or more capacitor pads of a Josephson junction on a superconducting qubit chip, thereby annealing the Josephson junction. In another example, a voltage regulator and a digital-to-analog converter or digital-to-digital converter can be coupled in series between the microcontroller and the voltage-controlled oscillator, thereby allowing the voltage-controlled oscillator to be voltage and/or frequency tunable and eliminating the need for external power routing as compared to photonic laser annealing. In yet another example, a bipolar-junction and complementary metal-oxide semiconductor stack construction can be employed.
US10510936B2	Light emitting device package including a lead frame A light-emitting device package includes a lead frame, a light-emitting device chip, a molding structure, and a plurality of slots. The lead frame includes a first lead and a second lead including metal and spaced apart from each other. The light-emitting device chip is mounted on a first area of the lead frame, which includes a part of the first lead and a part of the second lead. The molding structure includes an outer barrier surrounding an outside of the lead frame and an inner barrier. The plurality of slots are formed in each of the first lead and the second lead. The inner barrier divides the lead from into the first area and a second area. The inner barrier fills between the first lead in the second lead. The second area is located outside of the first area. The plurality of slots are filled by the molding structure.
US10510931B2	Side-view light emitting diode package structure A narrower LED package structure with sideways output of light suitable for a light guide plate includes two first electrodes, a package body, a cover layer, and two second electrodes. The LED chip is mounted on the first electrodes. The package body encapsulates the first electrodes, and surrounds the LED chip to define a light emitting region. The cover layer infills the light emitting region and covers the LED chip. The second electrodes are positioned outside the package body. Along a plane parallel to the first electrodes, a surface area of the two second electrodes is greater than a surface area of the portion of the two first electrodes positioned in the light emitting region.
US10510930B2	Light emitting device A light-emitting device includes: a package made of a metal material and defining a recess, the package comprising a side wall defining a side of the recess; a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed in the recess; and a cover member disposed so as to close an opening of the recess, the cover member including: a light-transmitting member having a primary surface, a ceramic member having a loop-shape and having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface bonded to the primary surface of the light-transmitting member via a bonding material, and a metal member having a loop-shape and including: a first portion bonded to the second surface of the ceramic member, and a second portion located outward of the first portion in a plan view and joined to an upper surface of the side wall of the package.
US10510926B2	Ultraviolet light emitting diode and light emitting diode package An embodiment relates to an ultraviolet light-emitting device, a method for manufacturing an ultraviolet light-emitting device, a light-emitting device package and an illumination apparatus. The ultraviolet light-emitting device includes a first conductive-type semiconductor layer; an active layer comprising a plurality of quantum walls and a plurality of quantum wells and disposed on the first conductive-type semiconductor layer; a second conductive-type first semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer; an electron blocking layer disposed between the active layer and the second conductive-type first semiconductor layer; and a second conductive-type second semiconductor layer disposed between the last quantum wall of the active layer and the electron blocking layer, wherein the second conductive-type second semiconductor layer includes a p-type Alx1Ga1-x1N layer (0≤x1≤1) and a p-type InyAlx2Ga1-y-x2N layer (0≤x2≤1, 0≤y≤1, 0≤x2+y≤1).
US10510917B2	Portable electronic device, image-capturing module thereof and carrier assembly thereof The present invention provides a portable electronic device, an image-capturing module thereof and a carrier assembly thereof. The image-capturing module includes a circuit substrate, an image-sensing chip, at least one electronic component, a dispensing package, and a lens assembly. The circuit substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. The image-sensing chip is electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and the image-sensing chip has an image-sensing area. The at least one electronic component is disposed on the bottom surface of the circuit substrate and electrically connected to the circuit substrate. The dispensing package is disposed on the bottom surface of the circuit substrate to cover the at least one electronic component. The lens assembly includes a holder structure disposed on the top surface of the circuit substrate and a lens structure being held by the holder structure and corresponding to the image-sensing area.
US10510911B2	Control of surface properties by deposition of particle monolayers The physical and chemical properties of surfaces can be controlled by bonding nanoparticles, microspheres, or nanotextures to the surface via inorganic precursors. Surfaces can acquire a variety of desirable properties such as antireflection or reflection, antifogging, antifrosting, UV blocking, and IR absorption, while maintaining transparency to visible light. Micro or nanomaterials can also be used as etching masks to texture a surface and control its physical and chemical properties via its micro or nanotexture.
US10510906B2	MOS capacitor, semiconductor fabrication method and MOS capacitor circuit A metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor is disclosed. The MOS capacitor includes a front-end-of-the-line (FEOL) field effect transistor (FET), and a plurality of middle-end-of-the-line (MEOL) conductive structures. The FEOL FET includes a source region and a drain region positioned in a semiconductor substrate, and a gate over the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of MEOL conductive structures is disposed on a top surface of the gate. At least one of the MEOL conductive structures is electrically disconnected from a back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) metal layer. A semiconductor fabrication method and a MOS capacitor circuit are also disclosed.
US10510904B2	Semiconductor device with backside N-type layer at active region/termination region boundary and extending into action region A p type anode layer is formed on a front surface of an n type drift layer in an active region. An n type buffer layer is formed on a rear surface of the n− type drift layer. An n type cathode layer and a p type cathode layer are formed side by side on a rear surface of the n type buffer layer. An n type layer is formed on the rear surface of the n type buffer layer in a boundary region between the active region and the terminal region side by side with the n type cathode layer and the p type cathode layer. An extending distance of the n type layer to the active region side with an end portion of the active region as a starting point is represented by WGR1, and WGR1 satisfies 10 μm≤WGR1≤500 μm.
US10510901B2	Thin film transistor and fabrication method thereof, array substrate and display device A thin film transistor and a fabrication method thereof, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The source electrode and the drain electrode include a first conductive layer provided on the active layer, and an etching rate of a material of the first conductive layer is greater than an etching rate of a material of the active layer in an etching liquid. The problem that the active layer of the thin film transistor is easily corroded in a back channel etch process is avoided, a number of patterning processes is reduced, and fabrication cost is reduced.
US10510900B2	Display device A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line that are provided on the substrate and are insulated from each other; a thin film transistor that is connected with the gate line and the data line; and a pixel electrode that is connected with the thin film transistor, in which at least one of the gate line and the data line includes a metal layer and a blocking layer that contacts the metal layer, and the blocking layer includes a first metal from a first group including molybdenum (Mo) and tungsten (W), a second metal from a second group including vanadium (V), niobium (Nb), zirconium (Zr), and tantalum (Ta), and oxygen (O).
US10510897B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes a substrate, at least two gate spacers, and a gate stack. The substrate has at least one semiconductor fin. The gate spacers are disposed on the substrate. At least one of the gate spacers has a sidewall facing to another of the gate spacers. The gate stack is disposed between the gate spacers. The gate stack includes a high-κ dielectric layer and a gate electrode. The high-κ dielectric layer is disposed on the substrate and covers at least a portion of the semiconductor fin while leaving the sidewall of said at least one gate spacer uncovered. The gate electrode is disposed on the high-κ dielectric layer.
US10510895B2	Device and method of dielectric layer A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate stack, and an interlayer dielectric. The gate stack is over the semiconductor substrate. The interlayer dielectric is over the semiconductor substrate and surrounds the gate stack. The interlayer dielectric includes a liner layer and a filling layer. The liner layer lines the gate stack. The filling layer is over the liner layer and includes a metal-contained ternary dielectric material.
US10510869B2	Devices and methods for a power transistor having a Schottky or Schottky-like contact Devices, structures, and methods thereof for providing a Schottky or Schottky-like contact as a source region and/or a drain region of a power transistor are disclosed. A power transistor structure comprises a substrate of a first dopant polarity, a drift region formed on or within the substrate, a body region formed on or within the drift region, a gate structure formed on or within the substrate, a source region adjacent to the gate structure, a drain region formed adjacent to the gate structure. At least one of the source region and the drain region is formed from a Schottky or Schottky-like contact substantially near a surface of the substrate, comprising a silicide layer and an interfacial dopant segregation layer. The Schottky or Schottky-like contact is formed by low-temperature annealing a dopant segregation implant in the source and/or drain region.
US10510862B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device of an embodiment includes a semiconductor layer; a gate electrode including a first portion, a second portion provided to be spaced apart from the first portion, and a spacer provided between the first portion and the second portion; and a first insulating layer provided between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode and including a first region containing a ferroelectric, a ferrielectric, or an anti-ferroelectric, a second region containing a ferroelectric, a ferrielectric, or an anti-ferroelectric, and a boundary region provided between the first region and the second region. The first region is positioned between the first portion and the semiconductor layer, the second region is positioned between the second portion and the semiconductor layer, the boundary region is positioned between the spacer and the semiconductor layer, and the boundary region has a chemical composition different from that of the spacer.
US10510861B1	Gaseous spacer and methods of forming same A method for forming a gaseous spacer in a semiconductor device and a semiconductor device including the gaseous spacer are disclosed. In an embodiment, the method may include forming a gate stack over a substrate, depositing a first gate spacer on sidewalls of the gate stack, epitaxially growing source/drain regions on opposite sides of the gate stack, and depositing a second gate spacer over the first gate spacer to form a gaseous spacer below the second gate spacer. The gaseous spacer may be disposed laterally between the source/drain regions and the gate stack.
US10510860B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, a gate structure is formed over a channel layer and an isolation insulating layer. A first sidewall spacer layer is formed on a side surface of the gate structure. A sacrificial layer is formed so that an upper portion of the gate structure with the first sidewall spacer layer is exposed from the sacrificial layer and a bottom portion of the gate structure with the first sidewall spacer layer is embedded in the first sacrificial layer. A space is formed between the bottom portion of the gate structure and the sacrificial layer by removing at least part of the first sidewall spacer layer. After the first sidewall spacer layer is removed, an air gap is formed between the bottom portion of the gate structure and the sacrificial layer by forming a second sidewall spacer layer over the gate structure.
US10510859B2	Reduced capacitance coupling effects in devices A semiconductor device with reduce capacitance coupling effect which can reduce the overall parasitic capacitances is disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a gate sidewall spacer with a negative capacitance dielectric layer with and without a dielectric layer. The semiconductor device may also include a plurality of interlevel dielectric (ILD) with a layer of negative capacitance dielectric layer followed by a dielectric layer disposed in-between metal lines in any ILD and combinations. The negative capacitance dielectric layer includes a ferroelectric material which has calculated and selected thicknesses with desired negative capacitance to provide optimal total overlap capacitance in the circuit component which aims to reduce the overall capacitance coupling effect.
US10510858B2	Method to improve HKMG contact resistance A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a gate structure having a metal gate on the substrate, and a contact member extending into the metal gate. The contact member includes a first region on the metal gate and a second region on the first region. The first region has a cross-sectional size larger than a cross-sectional size of the second region. The semiconductor device has a reduced contact resistance between the contact member and the metal gate.
US10510857B2	Thin film transistor, method for manufacturing the same and display device A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor includes: forming a source electrode and a first insulation pattern, where an orthographic projection of the first insulation pattern at a substrate is within an orthographic projection of the source electrode at the substrate; forming an active layer, a second insulation pattern and a gate electrode on the substrate, an exposed portion of the source electrode not covered by the first insulation pattern and the first insulation pattern; exposing a first portion of the action layer on the first insulation pattern by removing parts of the gate electrode and the second insulation pattern; and performing a plasma treatment to the exposed first portion, thereby forming a drain electrode.
US10510854B2	Semiconductor device having gate body and inhibitor film between conductive prelayer over gate body and conductive layer over inhibitor film One or more semiconductor devices are provided. The semiconductor device comprises a gate body, a conductive prelayer over the gate body, at least one inhibitor film over the conductive prelayer and a conductive layer over the at least one inhibitor film, where the conductive layer is tapered so as to have a top portion width that is greater than the bottom portion width. One or more methods of forming a semiconductor device are also provided, where an etching process is performed to form a tapered opening such that the tapered conductive layer is formed in the tapered opening.
US10510845B2	Method for manufacturing electrode of semiconductor device The invention disclosed a method for manufacturing an electrode of a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a first interlayer dielectric layer having a first opening on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate; forming a first resist mask having a second opening on a surface of the first interlayer dielectric layer, wherein the first opening and the second opening are connected to form a first stacked opening; forming a first conductive layer on the first resist mask, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first portion being located on a surface of the first resist mask and a second portion being located inside the first stacked opening; and removing the first resist mask, wherein the first portion of the first conductive layer is removed together with the first resist mask, and the second portion of the first conductive layer is retained as a first surface electrode.
US10510841B2	Method of manufacturing a silicon carbide semiconductor device A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: n type regions formed on a surface of the n− type epitaxial layer; p type body regions formed at positions deeper than the n type regions; p− type channel regions each reaching the p type body region; and n++ type source regions formed toward the p type body region from the front surface side of the epitaxial layer, and the p− type channel regions and the n++ type source regions are formed at a planar position where the n type region remains between the p− type channel region and the n++ type source region, and out of boundary surfaces which are formed between the p− type channel region and the n type regions, the boundary surface on an outer peripheral side is positioned inside an outer peripheral surface 116a of the p type body region as viewed in a plan view.
US10510839B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes following operations. A semiconductor substrate is received. A first semiconductive layer over the semiconductor substrate is formed. A plurality of dopants are formed in a first portion of the first semiconductive layer. A second portion of the first semiconductive layer is removed to form a patterned first semiconductive layer. A first sidewall profile of the first portion after the removing the second portion of the first semiconductive layer is controlled by adjusting a distribution of the plurality of dopants in the first portion.
US10510833B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprises forming first groove, depositing, and ion-implanting. At the step of forming the first groove, the first groove is formed in a stacked body comprising a gallium nitride (GaN)-based first semiconductor layer containing an n-type impurity and a gallium nitride (GaN)-based second semiconductor layer stacked on the first semiconductor layer and containing a p-type impurity. The first groove has a bottom portion located in the second semiconductor layer. At the depositing step, a p-type impurity is deposited on side portion and the bottom portion of the first groove. At the ion-implanting step, a p-type impurity is ion-implanted into the first semiconductor layer through the first groove.
US10510829B2	Secondary use of aspect ratio trapping trenches as resistor structures A method for forming a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The method provides a substrate with an insulator pad overlying at least a top portion of the substrate. The method further includes forming a plurality of dielectric columns overlying the substrate and the dielectric pad. Each dielectric column is separated from another dielectric column to form a corresponding plurality of aspect-ration trapping (ART) trenches. The insulator pad spans a bottom portion of a first ART trench of the plurality of ART trenches. A portion of the substrate spans a bottom portion of a second ART trench of the plurality of ART trenches. The method further includes forming a III-V semiconductor material stack in the second ART trench. The method further includes forming a first resistive region in the first ART trench, wherein the first resistive region is in contact with the insulator pad.
US10510826B2	Hybrid decoupling capacitor and method forming same A device includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor connected to the first capacitor in parallel. The first capacitor includes a semiconductor region and a first plurality of gate stacks. The first plurality of gate stacks comprise a plurality of gate dielectrics over and contacting the semiconductor region, and a plurality of gate electrodes over the plurality of gate dielectrics. The second capacitor includes an isolation region, a second plurality of gate stacks over the isolation region, and a plurality of conductive strips over the isolation region and parallel to the second plurality of gate stacks. The second plurality of gate stacks and the plurality of conductive strips are laid out alternatingly.
US10510820B2	Display device and electronic apparatus To make it possible to improve display quality more.Provided is a display device including: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixel circuits (PIX_A, PIX_B, PIX_C) each of which includes a light emitting element and a driving circuit configured to drive the light emitting element are arranged in a matrix form. In a diffusion layer in which transistors included in the driving circuits of the pixel circuits (PIX_A, PIX_B, PIX_C) are formed, an electricity supply region (223) that is an active area for supplying an electric potential to a well is provided between mutually adjacent ones of the pixel circuits (PIX_A, PIX_B, PIX_C).
US10510817B2	Method for manufacturing OLED display device, OLED display device and OLED display apparatus The present disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing an OLED display device, including: forming a pixel-defining layer on a substrate to define a plurality of pixel regions, forming an organic film layer in each pixel region, determining at least one area to be compensated in the pixel region according to a surface shape of the organic film layer; aligning an evaporation source, an opening of a mask and the pixel region, making each opening of the mask respectively correspond to the position of each area to be compensated; forming an electron function layer in the area to be compensated by means of evaporation of the evaporation source, wherein the electron function layer is configured to compensate a surface shape of the organic film layer in the pixel region.
US10510814B2	OLED display panel and display device An OLED display panel and a display device are provided. An image sensor is added below OLED light-emitting devices, a light shielding layer including at least one pinhole imaging region is added between the image sensor and the OLED light emitting device, with the pinhole imaging region corresponding to a gap position between the OLED light-emitting devices in the light shielding layer and staggered from light shielding parts in a signal routing and a control device, an object located above the OLED display panel is imaged on the image sensor.
US10510811B2	Color filter and white organic light-emitting diode display apparatus The present invention disclosures a color filter used for a WOLED display apparatus. The color filter includes a red pixel section, a green pixel section, a blue pixel section and a white pixel section. A red photoresist is disposed in the red pixel section, a green photoresist is disposed in the green pixel section, and a blue photoresist is disposed in the blue pixel section. The white pixel section includes a first sub-section, and a red photoresist, a green photoresist or a blue photoresist is disposed in the first sub-section. The present invention further disclosures a WOLED display apparatus including above color filter. The color filter of the present invention can reduce a Y value of chromaticity coordinate of the white pixel. Required brightness of the monochromatic pixels drops at a white image and power consumption is reduced. Accordingly, the life of display devices rises.
US10510807B2	Display device manufacturing method, and display device In this manufacturing method, in a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a blue fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both a subpixel and a subpixel; in a green fluorescent light-emitting layer formation step, a green fluorescent light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel; and in a red light-emitting layer formation step, a red light-emitting layer is formed in both the subpixel and a subpixel. In at least two of the abovementioned steps, linear vapor deposition is performed using a slit mask having an opening that is provided so as to extend across a plurality of pixels.
US10510805B2	Methods of forming metal on inhomogeneous surfaces and structures incorporating metal on inhomogeneous surfaces The disclosed technology relates to integrate circuits, including memory devices. A method of forming an integrated circuit comprises providing a surface comprising a first region and a second region, wherein the first region is formed of a different material than the second region. The method additionally comprises forming a seeding material in contact with and across the first and second regions. The method further comprises forming a metal comprising tungsten on the seeding material.
US10510804B2	Semiconductor structure integrated with magnetic tunneling junction and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure including a substrate, a transistor region having a gate over the substrate and a doped region at least partially in the substrate, a first metal layer over the transistor region, and a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) between the transistor region and the first metal layer. The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, including forming a transistor region over a substrate, the transistor region comprising a gate and a doped region, forming a magnetic tunneling junction (MTJ) over the transistor region, electrically coupling to the transistor region, and forming a first metal layer over the MTJ, electrically coupling to the MTJ and the transistor region.
US10510803B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor memory device is provided. The method includes: etching a first region of the semiconductor memory device to expose a first capping layer; forming a second capping layer on the first capping layer; etching a portion of the first capping layer and a portion of the second capping layer to form a first trench reaching a first metal line; and forming a second metal line in the first trench to contact the first metal line.
US10510802B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a first conductive wiring, at least one first dielectric layer, at least one second dielectric layer and a second conductive wiring. The at least one first dielectric layer is over the first conductive wiring. The at least one second dielectric layer is over the at least one first dielectric layer. The second conductive wiring is over the at least one second dielectric layer. The dielectric constant of the at least one second dielectric layer is higher than the dielectric constant of the at least one first dielectric layer.
US10510798B2	Method of forming deep trench isolation in radiation sensing substrate and image sensor device A method of forming a deep trench isolation in a radiation sensing substrate includes: forming a trench in the radiation sensing substrate; forming a corrosion resistive layer in the trench, in which the corrosion resistive layer includes titanium carbon nitride having a chemical formula of TiCxN(2-x), and x is in a range of 0.1 to 0.9; and filling a reflective material in the trench and over the corrosion resistive layer.
US10510796B1	Small pixels having dual conversion gain providing high dynamic range A group of shared pixels comprises: a first shared pixel comprising a first photodiode and a first transfer gate; a second shared pixel comprising a second photodiode and a second transfer gate; a third shared pixel comprising a third photodiode and a third transfer gate; a fourth shared pixel comprising a fourth photodiode and a first transfer gate; a first floating diffusion shared by the first shared pixel and the second shared pixel; a second floating diffusion shared by the third shared pixel and the fourth shared pixel; a capacitor coupled to the first floating diffusion through a first dual conversion gain transistor, and the second floating diffusion through a second dual conversion gain transistor; wherein the capacitor is formed in an area covering most of the first shared pixel, the second shared pixel, the third shared pixel, and the fourth shared pixel.
US10510784B2	Array substrate and method of manufacturing the same, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same and a display apparatus in which the array substrate is applied. In one embodiment, the method of manufacturing an array substrate at least includes the steps of: forming a first electrode layer, a metal gate layer and a first layer of non-oxide insulation material, the first layer of non-oxide insulation material being formed on an upper surface of the metal gate layer; forming, by using one patterning process, a pattern including a first electrode and a gate such that, after completion of the patterning process, a first non-oxide insulation layer is further formed on the gate and a first sub-electrode belonging to the first electrode layer is further formed below the gate. This method of manufacturing the array substrate is simple, which facilitates mass production of the array substrate as well as the display apparatus.
US10510775B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same On a semiconductor substrate having an SOI region and a bulk silicon region formed on its upper surface, epitaxial layers are formed in source and drain regions of a MOSFET formed in the SOI region, and no epitaxial layer is formed in source and drain regions of a MOSFET formed in the bulk silicon region. By covering the end portions of the epitaxial layers with silicon nitride films, even when diffusion layers are formed by implanting ions from above the epitaxial layers, it is possible to prevent the impurity ions from being implanted down to a lower surface of a silicon layer.
US10510761B2	Static random access memory device with halo regions having different impurity concentrations In a region just below an access gate electrode in an SRAM memory cell, a second halo region is formed adjacent to a source-drain region and a first halo region is formed adjacent to a first source-drain region. In a region just below a drive gate electrode, a third halo region is formed adjacent to the third source-drain region and a fourth halo region is formed adjacent to a fourth source-drain region. The second halo region is set to have an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration of the first halo region. The third halo region is set to have an impurity concentration higher than the impurity concentration of the fourth halo region. The impurity concentration of the first halo region and the impurity concentration of the fourth halo region are different from each other.
US10510759B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device according to an example embodiment of the present inventive concept may include: a plurality of lower electrodes located on a substrate and spaced apart from one another; and an etch stop pattern located on the substrate and surrounding at least a part of each of the plurality of lower electrodes, in which the etch stop pattern includes: a first etch stop pattern including carbon; and a second etch stop pattern located on the first etch stop pattern and including a material different from a material of the first etch stop pattern.
US10510753B2	Integrated circuit and manufacturing method thereof An integrated circuit includes first and second semiconductor fins, first and second epitaxy structures, and first and second dielectric fin sidewall structures. The first and second epitaxy structures are respectively on the first and second semiconductor fins. The first epitaxy structure and the second epitaxy structure are merged together. The first and second dielectric fin sidewall structures are respectively on opposite first and second sidewalls of the first epitaxy structure. The first sidewall of the first epitaxy structure faces the second epitaxy structure. The first dielectric fin sidewall structure is shorter than the second dielectric fin sidewall structure.
US10510749B1	Resistor within single diffusion break, and related method A resistor for an integrated circuit (IC), an IC and a related method are disclosed. The resistor may include a metal alloy resistor body positioned within a single diffusion break (SDB). The SDB provides an isolation region in a semiconductor fin between a pair of fin-type field effect transistors (finFETs). The resistor in the SDB allows for the resistor to be built at front-end-of-line (FEOL) layers, which saves on space and expense, and allows for precise dimensions for the resistor.
US10510740B2	Strapping structure of memory circuit A memory circuit includes a first memory cell and a second memory adjacent to the first memory cell. The first memory cell includes a first word line strapping line segment electrically coupled with a pass device of the first memory cell; and a second word line strapping line segment. The second memory cell includes a first word line strapping line segment; and a second word line strapping line segment electrically coupled with a pass device of the second memory cell. The first word line strapping line segment of the first memory cell and the first word line strapping line segment of the second memory cell are connected with each other at a first interconnection layer. The second word line strapping line segment of the first memory cell and the second word line strapping line segment of the second memory cell are connected with each other at the first interconnection layer.
US10510737B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes a first semiconductor chip on a substrate, a second semiconductor chip on the substrate and spaced apart from the first semiconductor device, a mold layer on the substrate and covering sides of the first and second semiconductor chips, and an image sensor unit on the first and second semiconductor chips and the mold layer. The image sensor unit is electrically connected to the first semiconductor chip.
US10510736B2	Light emitting structure A method and structure for receiving a micro device on a receiving substrate are disclosed. A micro device such as a micro LED device is punched-through a passivation layer covering a conductive layer on the receiving substrate, and the passivation layer is hardened. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a B-staged thermoset material. In an embodiment the micro LED device is punched-through a thermoplastic material.
US10510732B2	PoP device and method of forming the same Provided are a PoP device and a method of manufacturing the same. The PoP device includes a first package structure and a second package structure. The first package structure includes a die, a through integrated fan-out via (TIV), an encapsulant, and a film. The TIV is aside the die. The encapsulant encapsulates sidewalls of the die and sidewalls of the TIV. The film is over the TIV and the encapsulant, and aside the die. The second package structure is connected to the first package structure through a connector. The connector penetrates through the film to electrically connected to the TIV.
US10510731B2	Package-on-package (PoP) structure including stud bulbs Package-On-Package (PoP) structures that includes stud bulbs is provided. According to an embodiment, a POP structure includes a first substrate, stud bulbs, a die, a second substrate, and electrical connectors. The stud bulbs are coupled to a first surface of the first substrate. The die is attached to the first surface of the first substrate. The electrical connectors are coupled to the second substrate, and respective ones of the electrical connectors are coupled to respective ones of the stud bulbs.
US10510724B2	Semiconductor device package A semiconductor device package includes a buffer layer having an upper surface perpendicular to a first direction, a plurality of semiconductor chips stacked on the buffer layer one by one in the first direction, and a chip sealing material surrounding sidewalls of the semiconductor chips. The semiconductor chips include an upper semiconductor chip at a farthest position from the buffer layer and a remaining plurality of intermediate semiconductor chips. Each of the intermediate semiconductor chips includes through silicon vias (TSVs) passing through each of the intermediate semiconductor chips. The upper semiconductor chip includes a trench formed in at least a portion of a periphery of the upper semiconductor chip and covered by the chip sealing material. Accordingly, the semiconductor device package provides increased device reliability.
US10510720B2	Electronic package and method for fabricating the same An electronic package is provided, which includes: a first substrate; a first electronic component disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate stacked on the first substrate through a plurality of first conductive elements and a plurality of second conductive elements and bonded to the first electronic component through a bonding layer; and a first encapsulant formed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first conductive elements are different in structure from the second conductive elements so as to prevent a mold flow of the first encapsulant from generating an upward pushing force during a molding process and hence avoid cracking of the second substrate. The present disclosure further provides a method for fabricating the electronic package.
US10510714B2	Packaged semiconductor devices and packaging methods Packaged semiconductor devices and methods of packaging semiconductor devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a packaged semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit die, a first molding material disposed around the integrated circuit die, and a through-via disposed within the first molding material. A first side of a redistribution layer (RDL) is coupled to the integrated circuit die, the through-via, and the first molding material. A second molding material is over a second side of the RDL, the second side of the RDL being opposite the first side of the RDL. The packaged semiconductor device includes an antenna over the second molding material.
US10510713B1	Semicondcutor package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor package includes a redistribution structure, at least one semiconductor device, a heat dissipation component, and an encapsulating material. The at least one semiconductor device is disposed on and electrically connected to the redistribution structure. The heat dissipation component is disposed on the redistribution structure and includes a concave portion for receiving the at least one semiconductor device and an extending portion connected to the concave portion and contacting the redistribution structure, wherein the concave portion contacts the at least one semiconductor device. The encapsulating material is disposed over the redistribution structure, wherein the encapsulating material fills the concave portion and encapsulates the at least one semiconductor device.
US10510708B2	Anisotropic conductive film (ACF) and forming method thereof, ACF roll, bonding structure and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an anisotropic conductive film and a forming method thereof, an ACF roll, a bonding structure and a display device. The anisotropic conductive film (ACF) includes: an insulating adhesive layer, including a plurality of preset regions corresponding to electrodes to be bonded and spaced from each other; and capsule structures, dispersed in the insulating adhesive layer of the plurality of preset regions and configured to realize a electrical connection in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the ACF when the ACF is subjected to a pressure in the direction perpendicular to the surface of the ACF, wherein a number of the capsule structures in each of the plurality of preset regions is greater than a preset number.
US10510701B2	Semiconductor die connection system and method A system and method for connecting semiconductor dies is provided. An embodiment comprises connecting a first semiconductor die with a first width to a second semiconductor die with a larger second width and that is still connected to a semiconductor wafer. The first semiconductor die is encapsulated after it is connected, and the encapsulant and first semiconductor die are thinned to expose a through substrate via within the first semiconductor die. The second semiconductor die is singulated from the semiconductor wafer, and the combined first semiconductor die and second semiconductor die are then connected to another substrate.
US10510688B2	Via rail solution for high power electromigration The present disclosure relates to an integrated circuit having a via rail that prevents reliability concerns such as electro-migration. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit has a first plurality of conductive contacts arranged over a semiconductor substrate. A first metal interconnect wire is arranged over the first plurality of conductive contacts, and a second metal interconnect wire is arranged over the first metal interconnect wire. A via rail is arranged over the first metal interconnect wire and electrically couples the first metal interconnect wire and the second metal interconnect wire. The via rail has a length that continuously extends over two or more of the plurality of conductive contacts. The length of via rail provides for an increased cross-sectional area both between the first metal interconnect wire and the second metal interconnect wire and along a length of the via rail, thereby mitigating electro-migration within the integrated circuit.
US10510678B2	Eliminate sawing-induced peeling through forming trenches A package includes a device die, a molding material encircling the device die, wherein a top surface of the molding material is substantially level with a top surface of the device die, and a bottom dielectric layer over the device die and the molding material. A plurality of redistribution lines (RDLs) extends into the bottom dielectric layer and electrically coupling to the device die. A top polymer layer is over the bottom dielectric layer, with a trench ring penetrating through the top polymer layer. The trench ring is adjacent to edges of the package. The package further includes Under-Bump Metallurgies (UBMs) extending into the top polymer layer.
US10510673B2	Integrated fan-out package and method of fabricating the same An integrated fan-out package including an integrated circuit, an insulating encapsulation, and a redistribution circuit structure is provided. The integrated circuit includes an active surface, a plurality of sidewalls connected to the active surface, and a plurality of pads distributed on the active surface. The insulating encapsulation encapsulates the active surface and the sidewalls of the integrated circuit. The insulating encapsulation includes a plurality of first contact openings and a plurality of through holes, and the pads are exposed by the first contact openings. The redistribution circuit structure includes a redistribution conductive layer, wherein the redistribution conductive layer is disposed on the insulating encapsulation and is distributed in the first contact openings and the through holes. The redistribution conductive layer is electrically connected to the pads through the first contact openings. A method of fabricating the integrated fan-out package is also provided.
US10510669B2	Multi-chip package and method of providing die-to-die interconnects in same A multi-chip package includes a substrate (110) having a first side (111), an opposing second side (112), and a third side (213) that extends from the first side to the second side, a first die (120) attached to the first side of the substrate and a second die (130) attached to the first side of the substrate, and a bridge (140) adjacent to the third side of the substrate and attached to the first die and to the second die. No portion of the substrate is underneath the bridge. The bridge creates a connection between the first die and the second die. Alternatively, the bridge may be disposed in a cavity (615, 915) in the substrate or between the substrate and a die layer (750). The bridge may constitute an active die and may be attached to the substrate using wirebonds (241, 841, 1141, 1541).
US10510664B2	Contact structure and formation thereof A semiconductor device and methods of formation are provided. A semiconductor device includes an annealed cobalt plug over a silicide in a first opening of the semiconductor device, wherein the annealed cobalt plug has a repaired lattice structure. The annealed cobalt plug is formed by annealing a cobalt plug at a first temperature for a first duration, while exposing the cobalt plug to a first gas. The repaired lattice structure of the annealed cobalt plug is more regular or homogenized as compared to a cobalt plug that is not so annealed, such that the annealed cobalt plug has a relatively increased conductivity or reduced resistivity.
US10510660B2	Semiconductor package devices integrated with inductor The present disclosure provides an inductor structure. The inductor structure, comprising a first surface, a second surface intersecting with the first surface, a first conductive pattern and a second conductive pattern. The first conductive pattern is formed on the first surface. The second conductive pattern is formed on the second surface. The first conductive pattern is connected with the second conductive pattern.
US10510648B2	Fan-out package structure and method A method comprises embedding a semiconductor structure in a molding compound layer, depositing a plurality of photo-sensitive material layers over the molding compound layer, developing the plurality of photo-sensitive material layers to form a plurality of openings, wherein a first portion and a second portion of an opening of the plurality of openings are formed in different photo-sensitive material layers and filling the first portion and the second portion of the opening with a conductive material to form a first via in the first portion and a first redistribution layer in the second portion.
US10510647B2	Semiconductor package A semiconductor package includes an organic interposer, a semiconductor chip, a passivation layer, and an underbump metallurgy (UBM) layer. The organic interposer includes insulating layers and wiring layers disposed on the insulating layers. The semiconductor chip is disposed on one surface of the organic interposer. The passivation layer is disposed on another surface of the organic interposer opposing the one surface on which the semiconductor chip is disposed, and has openings extending to portions of the wiring layer. The UBM layer includes UBM pads disposed on the passivation layer and UBM vias disposed in the openings and connecting the UBM pads and the wiring layer to each other. At least one groove portion is disposed in an outer circumferential surface of the UBM pad.
US10510646B2	Packae structure, RDL structure and method of forming the same A package structure, a RDL structure and a method of forming the same are provided. The package structure includes a die, an encapsulant, a RDL structure, and a connector. The encapsulant is aside the die. The RDL structure is electrically connected to the die. The connector is connected to the die through the RDL structure. The RDL structure includes a dielectric layer, a first RDL and a second RDL. The dielectric layer is on the encapsulant and the die. The first RDL is penetrating through the dielectric layer to connect to the die, the first RDL comprises a first via and a first trace on the first via. The second RDL is on the first RDL. The second RDL comprises a second via and a second trace on the second via. The second via contacts and covers a portion of a top surface and a portion of sidewalls of the first trace.
US10510645B2	Planarizing RDLs in RDL-first processes through CMP process A method includes forming a buffer dielectric layer over a carrier, and forming a first dielectric layer and a first redistribution line over the buffer dielectric layer. The first redistribution line is in the first dielectric layer. The method further includes performing a planarization on the first dielectric layer to level a top surface of the first dielectric layer, forming a metal post over and electrically coupling to the first redistribution line, and encapsulating the metal post in an encapsulating material. The encapsulating material contacts a top surface of the planarized top surface of the first dielectric layer.
US10510639B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device (100) includes: a housing (200) made of metal; a substrate (400) housed in the housing (200) and having a mounting surface (401) that faces an inner surface (201) of the housing (200); and an electronic component (501) mounted on the mounting surface (401). An adhesive (601) is disposed between the electronic component (501) and the inner surface (201) of the housing (200). The electronic component (501) has a contact portion (532) that contacts the heat radiation material (601) and a non-contact portion (531) that does not contact the heat radiation material (601). The contact portion (532) and the non-contact portion (531) are portions of the electronic component (501) on the side facing the inner surface (201) of the housing (200).
US10510632B2	Method of packaging thin die and semiconductor device including thin die A semiconductor device has a carrier and a semiconductor die disposed over the carrier. A dummy die is disposed over the carrier as well. A first encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and dummy die. The dummy die and a first portion of the first encapsulant is backgrinded while a second portion of the first encapsulant remains covering the semiconductor die. Backgrinding the dummy die fully removes the dummy die while the second portion of the first encapsulant remains covering the semiconductor die. A second encapsulant is optionally deposited over the dummy die prior to disposing the dummy die over the carrier. A conductive pillar is optionally formed over the dummy die prior to depositing the second encapsulant. The carrier is removed to expose an active surface of the semiconductor die. A build-up interconnect structure is formed over the active surface after removing the carrier.
US10510626B2	Method for use in manufacturing a semiconductor device die In one embodiment, a wafer includes a number of die areas each including a semiconductor device and dedicated to become a separate die. The die areas are disposed on a first face of the wafer and wherein adjacent die areas are distanced from one another. A first trench and a second trench are formed on the first face between adjacent die areas. The first trench and the second trench are spaced apart from one another by a ridge. A third trench is disposed above the ridge on a second face of the wafer.
US10510621B2	Methods for threshold voltage tuning and structures formed thereby Generally, the present disclosure provides example embodiments relating to tuning threshold voltages in transistor devices and the transistor devices formed thereby. Various examples implementing various mechanisms for tuning threshold voltages are described. In an example method, a gate dielectric layer is deposited over an active area in a device region of a substrate. A dipole layer is deposited over the gate dielectric layer in the device region. A dipole dopant species is diffused from the dipole layer into the gate dielectric layer in the device region.
US10510616B2	Post contact air gap formation A method of making a semiconductor device with an air gap for a terminal of a semiconductor device includes forming a sacrificial sidewall spacer and removing the spacer after the formation of contact structures for the semiconductor device. The air gap is located in portions of the wafer where the sacrificial air gap was removed. Since the contacts are formed prior to the removal of the sacrificial spacers, air gaps can advantageously be formed without electrically conductive contact material undesirably being deposited in locations of the desired air gap.
US10510601B2	Method for reducing metal plug corrosion and device A method of manufacturing a device includes exposing at least one of a source/drain contact plug or a gate contact plug to a metal ion source solution during a manufacturing process, wherein a constituent metal of a metal ion in the metal ion source solution and the at least one source/drain contact plug or gate contact plug is the same. If the source/drain contact plug or the gate contact plug is formed of cobalt, the metal ion source solution includes a cobalt ion source solution. If the source/drain contact plug or the gate contact plug is formed of tungsten, the metal ion source solution includes a tungsten ion source solution.
US10510592B2	Integrated circuit (IC) structure for high performance and functional density An integrated circuit (IC) provides high performance and high functional density. A first back-end-of-line (BEOL) interconnect structure and a second BEOL interconnect structure are respectively under and over a semiconductor substrate. A first electronic device and a second electronic device are between the semiconductor substrate and respectively a bottom of the first BEOL interconnect structure and a top of the second BEOL interconnect structure. A through substrate via (TSV) extends through the semiconductor substrate, from the first BEOL interconnect structure to the second BEOL interconnect structure. A method for manufacturing the IC is also provided.
US10510588B2	Interconnection structure and manufacturing method thereof An interconnection structure includes a first dielectric layer, a bottom conductive feature present in the first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer present on the first dielectric layer, an aluminum-containing etch stop layer present between the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer, an upper conductive via present at least in the second dielectric layer and electrically connected to the bottom conductive feature, and at least one aluminum-containing fragment present at least at a bottom corner of the upper conductive via.
US10510578B2	Protective film forming film, protective film forming sheet and work product manufacturing method A protective film forming film 1 is provided in which the product of the breaking stress (MPa) measured at a measurement temperature of 0° C. and the breaking strain (unit: %) measured at a measurement temperature of 0° C. in at least one of the protective film forming film 1 and a protective film formed from the protective film forming film 1 is in a range of 1 MPa·% to 250 MPa·%. According to such a protective film forming film 1, the protective film forming film 1 or the protective film formed from the protective film forming film 1 can be suitably divided in an expanding process performed on a workpiece when the workpiece is divided to obtain a work product.
US10510574B2	Prober Abbe error that needs to be considered in high accuracy positioning of a device to be maintained, is suppressed. A prober includes: a plurality of measurement sections arranged between a conveyance area and a maintenance area, each of the measurement sections having a device to be maintained which is used for inspection of a semiconductor element formed on a wafer, and a draw-out mechanism configured to draw out the device to be maintained to a side of the maintenance area; a conveyance unit configured to convey an object to be conveyed to a destination measurement section; and a loading part configured to load the object to be conveyed from the side of the maintenance area to the measurement section. The object to be conveyed is loadable into the measurement section from a conveyance area side and the maintenance area side.
US10510573B2	Loading apparatus and operating method thereof A loading apparatus for processing a wafer cassette containing a plurality of wafers and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes the following steps. The wafer cassette is loaded on a stage of the loading apparatus. The stage is configured to carry the wafer cassette and movably coupled to a main body of the loading apparatus to move within and out of a space of the main body. The stage is vertically moved among a standby position, a lifting position and an intermediate position; horizontally moved from the intermediate position to a door engaging position inside the space; positioned at the door engaging position, and a cassette door of the wafer cassette is opened. The stage is horizontally moved from the door engaging position to the intermediate position, and horizontally moved between the lifting position and an unloading position outside the space after opening the cassette door.
US10510572B2	Semiconductor processing station A semiconductor processing station including a platform, a load port, and a carrier transport track is provided. The platform includes an intake/outtake port and a plurality of processing modules. The load port includes a load chamber, a movable cover, and a carrier transfer module. The load chamber communicates with the intake/outtake port and has a load opening at its top end for receiving a transport carrier within the load chamber. The movable cover is disposed at the load opening and configured to seal the load opening. The carrier transfer module is configured to transfer the transport carrier to the intake/outtake port. The carrier transport track has a bottom side configured to open the load chamber.
US10510571B2	Reticle transfer system and method A method comprises transporting semiconductor devices between a global system and a local system, wherein an input terminal of the local system is connected to the global system, and wherein the global system comprises a plurality of stockers and a global transportation system connected to the stockers and the local system comprises a first service area, an internal buffer, a second service area and a plurality of lithography apparatuses and transporting a semiconductor device from the first service area to a lithography apparatus in the second service area.
US10510570B2	Systems, apparatus, and methods for purging a substrate carrier at a factory interface Embodiments of the present invention provide systems, apparatus, and methods for purging a substrate carrier. Embodiments include a frame configured to sit proximate to a load port door without interfering with operation of a factory interface or equipment front end module robot; one or more inter-substrate nozzle arrays supported by the frame and configured to spray gas into a substrate carrier; and one or more curtain nozzle arrays supported by the frame and configured to spray gas across an opening of the substrate carrier. Numerous additional aspects are disclosed.
US10510568B2	Corrosion inhibitor injection apparatus An inhibitor solution injector system for an IC decapsulation apparatus has a source reservoir of inhibitor solution, a fluid injection apparatus connected to the source reservoir by a fluid passage, an injection coupling having a first input passage for inhibitor solution, and a through passage for etchant solution, the input passage intersecting with the through passage, and control circuitry controlling the controlled fluid injection apparatus. The fluid injection apparatus is controlled to draw inhibitor solution from the source reservoir, and to inject inhibitor solution through the input passage into the through passage of the injection coupling.
US10510565B2	Thermal treatment system with collector device A thermal treatment system includes a chamber capable of receiving a plurality of substrates, a gas intake path in a distal portion of the chamber located opposite an area for entry of substrates into the chamber, and an outlet path for the gas and/or volatile species generated during the thermal treatment. The outlet path is located in a proximal portion of the chamber located near the area for entry of the substrates into the chamber. The system further includes a collector device in the proximal portion of the chamber. The collector device has a confinement opening oriented toward the distal portion of the chamber, and the collector device defines a compartment communicating with the outlet path, the compartment being configured so that the gas and the volatile species enter into the compartment via the confinement opening and pass through the compartment to reach the outlet path.
US10510557B2	Electronic part mounting substrate and method for producing same An electronic part mounting substrate includes: a metal plate 10 (for mounting thereon electronic parts) of aluminum or an aluminum alloy having a substantially rectangular planar shape, one major surface of the metal plate 10 being surface-processed so as to have a surface roughness of not less than 0.2 micrometers; a plating film 20 of nickel or a nickel alloy formed on the one major surface of the metal plate 10; an electronic part 14 bonded to the plating film 20 by a silver bonding layer 12 (containing a sintered body of silver); a ceramic substrate 16 having a substantially rectangular planar shape, one major surface of the ceramic substrate 16 being bonded to the other major surface of the metal plate 10; and a radiating metal plate (metal base plate) 18 bonded to the other major surface of the ceramic substrate 16.
US10510556B2	Integrated circuit package pad and methods of forming A semiconductor device and method for forming the semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes an integrated circuit having through vias adjacent to the integrated circuit die, wherein a molding compound is interposed between the integrated circuit die and the through vias. The through vias have a projection extending through a patterned layer, and the through vias may be offset from a surface of the patterned layer. The recess may be formed by selectively removing a seed layer used to form the through vias.
US10510549B2	Method of fabricating a metal layer A method of fabricating a metal layer includes performing a first re-sputtering to remove a metal compound formed on a conductive layer. The first re-sputtering includes bombarding the metal compound and a dielectric layer on the conductive layer by inert ions and metal atoms. Then, a barrier is formed on the dielectric layer and the conductive layer. Later, a bottom of the barrier is removed. Subsequently, a metal layer is formed to cover the barrier.
US10510545B2	Hydrogenation and nitridization processes for modifying effective oxide thickness of a film Embodiments described herein generally relate to enable the formation of a metal gate structure with a reduced effective oxide thickness over a similar structure formed via conventional methods. A plasma hydrogenation process followed by a plasma nitridization process, or a single-step plasma hydrogenation and nitridization process, is performed on a metal nitride layer in a film stack, thereby, according to some embodiments, removing oxygen atoms disposed within layers of the film stack and, in some embodiments, adding nitrogen atoms to the layers of the film stack. As a result, an effective oxide thickness of the metal gate structure is reduced with little or no accompanying flatband voltage shift.
US10510540B2	Mask scheme for cut pattern flow with enlarged EPE window Methods of forming semiconductor devices comprising etching a hardmask and spin-on-carbon layer through an opening in a photoresist to expose a gapfill material. The photoresist, spin-on-carbon layer and gapfill material are removed. A new spin-on-carbon layer, hardmask and photoresist are formed with an opening over a spacer mandrel. The hardmask, spin-on-carbon layer are etched through the opening and the layers and spacer mandrel are removed. An etch stop layer and oxide layer are removed and a height of the spacer mandrel and gapfill material are reduced exposing portions of the substrate. The exposed portions of the substrate are fin etched and the layers removed.
US10510538B2	Reducing EUV-induced material property changes Representative systems and methods for preventing or otherwise reducing extreme-ultraviolet-induced material property changes (e.g., layer thickness shrinkage) include one or more thermal treatments to at least partially stabilize a material forming a material layer disposed over a substrate prior to extreme ultraviolet (EUV) exposure (e.g., wavelengths spanning about 124 nm to about 10 nm) attendant to photolithographic processing. Representative systems and methods provide for reduction of average compressive stress in a material layer after thermal treatment prior to extreme EUV photolithographic patterning. Representative thermal treatments may include one or more annealing processes, ultraviolet (UV) radiation treatments, ion implantations, ion bombardments, plasma treatments, surface baking treatments, surface coating treatments, surface ashing treatments, or pulsed laser treatments.
US10510536B2	Method of depositing a co-doped polysilicon film on a surface of a substrate within a reaction chamber Methods for depositing a co-doped polysilicon film on a surface of a substrate within a reaction chamber are provided. The method may include: heating the substrate to a deposition temperature of less than 550° C.; simultaneously contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor, a n-type dopant precursor, and a p-type dopant precursor; and depositing the co-doped polysilicon film on the surface of the substrate. Related semiconductor structures are also disclosed.
US10510529B2	Formation of SiOCN thin films Methods for depositing silicon oxycarbonitride (SiOCN) thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including alternately and sequentially contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods allow for the deposition of SiOCN films having improved acid-based wet etch resistance.
US10510522B2	Mass spectrometry using plasma ion source To correct spectral interference due to a divalent ion of an interfering element on a measurement ion of an analysis element measured by a mass spectrometer using a plasma ion source by accounting for a mass-bias effect of the mass spectrometer, measurement values of ionic strength of divalent ions of two isotopes having different, odd mass numbers among isotopes of the interfering element are used. In measuring to obtain a measurement value where a correction method of the present invention is applied, it is suitable to set a mass resolution of the mass spectrometer to be higher than a time of normal analysis.
US10510515B2	Processing tool with electrically switched electrode assembly A plasma reactor includes a chamber body having an interior space that provides a plasma chamber, a gas distributor, a pump coupled to the plasma chamber, a workpiece support to hold a workpiece, an intra-chamber electrode assembly comprising a plurality of filaments extending laterally through the plasma chamber, each filament including a conductor surrounded by a cylindrical insulating shell, the plurality of filaments including a first multiplicity of filaments and a second multiplicity of filaments arranged in an alternating pattern with the first multiplicity of filaments, a first bus coupled to the first multiplicity of filaments and a second bus coupled to the second multiplicity of filaments, an RF power source to apply RF signal the intra-chamber electrode assembly, and at least one RF switch configured to controllably electrically couple and decouple the first bus from one of i) ground, ii) the RF power source, or iii) the second bus.
US10510511B2	Apparatus for treating substrate Provided is an apparatus for treating a substrate which is capable of uniformly controlling a temperature of a support plate. The apparatus for treating the substrate includes a chamber having a treating space with an opened top surface, a support unit disposed within the chamber to support the substrate, a dielectric assembly disposed on the opened top surface of the chamber to cover the opened top surface, and a plasma source disposed above the dielectric assembly, the plasma source including an antenna generating plasma from a gas supplied into the chamber. The dielectric assembly includes a dielectric window, and heating units each of which is formed of a non-metallic material, the heating units being disposed on a top surface of the dielectric window to heat the dielectric window.
US10510498B2	Travel switch with high-safety lever structure A travel switch with a high-safety lever structure comprises a travel adjustment device, a transmission device, a lever-structure electric-connection switch assembly, an insulation assembly and a rivet fixing assembly; the switch assembly comprises a dual-energy-storage-reed structure and a stationary contact piece; the dual-energy-storage-reed structure comprises a stationary reed and a moving reed; the moving reed and the stationary reed are spaced apart at one end, and the moving reed is connected to the stationary reed at another end; the moving reed has energy storage reeds and a moving contact; the stationary reed has energy storage reed positioning hooks; the energy storage reed hooks the energy storage reed positioning hook in a matched mode; the stationary contact piece has a stationary contact; a moving contact limiting block is on the stationary reed; the moving contact connects the stationary contact, and the moving contact corresponds to the moving contact limiting block.
US10510497B2	Removable electric current switching element and electrical switchgear for switching an electric current comprising such a removable switching element A removable electric current switching element includes a housing including a first bottom plate and a second bottom plate opposite to one another. The housing includes insulating walls which extend around electrically mobile contacts from the second bottom plate and in a direction perpendicular to the second bottom plate. The housing also includes protection walls which at least partially cover internal faces of the insulating walls, these protection walls being formed of a single piece with the second bottom plate.
US10510496B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for making multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body that includes ceramic layers and inner conductor layers arranged in a stacking direction and that includes a first surface in which the inner conductor layers are exposed, and an outer electrode on the first surface of the multilayer body. The inner conductor layers contain Ni. The outer electrode includes a base layer that directly covers at least a portion of the first surface and is connected to the inner conductor layers. The base layer contains a metal and glass and includes a Ni diffusion portion connected to the inner conductor layers, the Ni diffusion portion containing Ni. A ratio of a diffusion depth of the Ni diffusion portion to a thickness of the base layer is smaller on two of the inner conductor layers that are located outermost than on other inner conductor layers.
US10510494B2	Supercapacitors with oriented carbon nanotubes and method of producing them An electrochemical storage device for storing and providing electrical energy by means of its electrical capacitance comprises an electrode comprising an electrode basis, a counter electrode arranged with a distance to the electrode and comprising a counter electrode basis, and an electrolyte arranged between the electrode and the counter electrode and separating the electrode from the counter electrode. The electrode on the electrode basis and the counter electrode on the counter electrode basis each comprise a surface-enlarging structure. The electrode basis and the counter electrode basis extend in a common contact plane of the electrode and the counter electrode, where they each comprise parts of a conductive contact layer arranged on a non-conductive substrate. Furthermore, a method of manufacturing such a storage device is described.
US10510488B2	Multilayer ceramic capacitor A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminated body including ceramic layers, first internal electrode layers, and second internal electrode layers alternately laminated. First and second external electrodes provided on the laminated body include first diffusion portions defined by interdiffusion of the first internal electrode layers and the first external electrode at interfaces between the first internal electrode layers and the ceramic layers, and second diffusion portions defined by interdiffusion of the second internal electrode layers and the second external electrode at interfaces between the second internal electrode layers and the ceramic layers.
US10510483B2	Production method for R-T-B sintered magnet A step of, while a powder of an RLM alloy (where RL is Nd and/or Pr; M is one or more elements selected from among Cu, Fe, Ga, Co, Ni and Al) and a powder of an RH compound (where RH is Dy and/or Tb; and the RH compound is one, or two or more, selected from among an RH fluoride, an RH oxide, and an RH oxyfluoride) are present on the surface of a sintered R-T-B based magnet, performing a heat treatment at a sintering temperature of the sintered R-T-B based magnet or lower is included. The RLM alloy contains RL in an amount of 65 at % or more, and the melting point of the RLM alloy is equal to or less than the temperature of the heat treatment. The heat treatment is performed while the RLM alloy powder and the RH compound powder are present on the surface of the sintered R-T-B based magnet at a mass ratio of RLM alloy:RH compound=9.6:0.4 to 5:5.
US10510478B2	Stacked coil for wireless charging structure on InFO package A structure includes a first encapsulating layer, and a first coil in the first encapsulating layer. A top surface of the first encapsulating layer is coplanar with a top surface of the first coil, and a bottom surface of the first encapsulating layer is coplanar with a bottom surface of the first coil. A second encapsulating layer is over the first encapsulating layer. A conductive via is in the second encapsulating layer, and the first conductive via is electrically coupled to the first coil. A third encapsulating layer is over the second encapsulating layer. A second coil is in the third encapsulating layer. A top surface of the third encapsulating layer is coplanar with a top surface of the second coil, and a bottom surface of the third encapsulating layer is coplanar with a bottom surface of the second coil.
US10510476B2	Slow wave inductive structure and method of forming the same A slow wave inductive structure includes a first substrate, a first conductive winding over the first substrate, and a second substrate over the first substrate. The second substrate has a thickness ranging from about 50 nanometers (nm) to about 150 nm. A distance between the first conductive winding and the second substrate ranges from about 1 micron (μm) to about 2 μm. A slow wave inductor includes a first substrate and a first conductive winding over the first substrate. The slow wave inductor further includes a second substrate over the first substrate and a plurality of switches in the second conductive substrate. The first conductive winding is connected to each switch of the plurality of switches.
US10510474B2	Switching of perpendicularly magnetized nanomagnets with spin-orbit torques in the absence of external magnetic fields A base element for switching a magnetization state of a nanomagnet includes a heavy-metal strip having a surface. A ferromagnetic nanomagnet is disposed adjacent to the surface. The ferromagnetic nanomagnet has a first magnetization equilibrium state and a second magnetization equilibrium state. The first magnetization equilibrium state or the second magnetization equilibrium state is settable in an absence of an external magnetic field by a flow of electrical charge through the heavy-metal strip. A method for switching a magnetization state of a nanomagnet is also described.
US10510467B2	Shielded cable Shielded cables (200) are described. More specifically, shielded cables (200) that include a plurality of separate individual conductor sets (210) are described. The individual conductor sets (210) include two or more insulated conductors, first and second conductive shielding films, and an insulating jacket surrounding the plurality of conductor sets. A variety of potential cable shapes and configurations are also described.
US10510452B2	Steam generator for nuclear steam supply system A nuclear steam supply system utilizing gravity-driven natural circulation for primary coolant flow through a fluidly interconnected reactor vessel and a steam generating vessel. In one embodiment, the steam generating vessel includes a plurality of vertically stacked heat exchangers operable to convert a secondary coolant from a saturated liquid to superheated steam by utilizing heat gained by the primary coolant from a nuclear fuel core in the reactor vessel. The secondary coolant may be working fluid associated with a Rankine power cycle turbine-generator set in some embodiments. The steam generating vessel and reactor vessel may each be comprised of vertically elongated shells, which in one embodiment are arranged in lateral adjacent relationship. In one embodiment, the reactor vessel and steam generating vessel are physically discrete self-supporting structures which may be physically located in the same containment vessel.
US10510449B1	Expert opinion crowdsourcing An expert opinion crowdsourcing system is disclosed that may enable a person seeking an opinion (or other work product) to efficiently access experts (or other persons) who may provide such opinions (or other work products). For example, the system may enable a person to submit a request to the system, at which point the system may automatically match the request to one or more appropriate experts. The system may then provide the request to the appropriate experts, and receive opinions back from the experts in response to the request. The opinions may then be provided back to the person that submitted the request. The request may include various characteristics and/or criteria that may be matched to, or satisfied by, other characteristics or criteria associated with the experts. The system may include aspects whereby requests and/or opinions may be anonymized and/or combined.
US10510448B2	Method for providing diagnosis aid information by using medical images, and system therefor The present invention relates to a method and system for providing ‘diagnosis-aiding information’, the method and system being capable of diagnosing cancer and the like of a patient by using medical imaging. According to the present invention, the system for providing the diagnosis-aiding information comprises: the image receiving part for receiving the medical images acquired in the first energy band and the medical images acquired in the second energy band; and the ‘analysis- and diagnosis-aiding information providing part for providing diagnosis-aiding information generated by analyzing the medical image acquired in the first energy band and the medical image acquired in the second energy band, wherein the ‘analysis and diagnosis-aid information providing unit’ provides the diagnosis-aiding information by measuring the HU values in the region of interest (ROI) of the medical images acquired in the first energy band and the medical images acquired in the second energy band and comparing the HU values of the ROI of two medical images.
US10510443B2	Methods and systems for determining whether a monitored individual's hand(s) have entered a virtual safety zone Systems and methods are provided that allow caregivers, central monitoring services, and other persons to monitor whether a monitored individual's hands have entered into an area in which the hands are prohibited, such as areas in which the monitored individual may remove or disturb a piece of medical equipment. When the monitored individual's hands do enter the restricted area that is represented by an electronic virtual safety zone, an alert is generated and transmitted to a designated recipient.
US10510436B2	Using serial dilutions of reference samples to construct a reference table for sigmoidal fitting in real-time PCR copy number analysis The present invention discloses a method of real-time quantification of a target nucleic acid in a sample by constructing a reference table of copy number vs. designated parameter from reference samples which sharing the same nucleic acid sequences with the target nucleic acid. The method includes (a) constructing a reference table of copy number vs. designated parameter from reference samples; (b) amplifying the target nucleic acid; (c) monitoring and detecting the amplification of the target nucleic acid in real-time; (d) analyzing the detected signals to get the designated parameter of the target nucleic acid; and (e) looking up and interpolating to the reference table to get the copy number of the target nucleic acid.
US10510435B2	Error correction of multiplex imaging analysis by sequential hybridization Disclosed herein are methods and systems for detecting and/or quantifying cellular targets such as nucleic acids in cells, tissues, organs or organisms. Through sequential barcoding, it is possible to perform high-throughput profiling of a large number of targets, such as transcripts and/or DNA loci. In some embodiments, error correction is implemented through use of barcodes that can tolerate mistakes and missing data during sequential hybridization of probes to selected targets.
US10510431B2	Detecting random telegraph noise defects in memory A method of detecting random telegraph noise defects in a memory includes initializing a first bit cell of the memory to a first value and reading the first value from the first bit cell. The method also includes writing a second value to the first bit cell and performing back to back read operations on a second bit cell adjacent to the first bit cell, after writing the second value. The method further includes attempting to read the second value from the first bit cell and determining whether the first bit cell is defective based on whether the second value was read from the first bit cell.
US10510426B2	Programming method, programming apparatus and storage medium for non-volatile memory Provided are a programming method, programming apparatus and storage medium to reduce threshold voltage distribution in a non-volatile memory. The method includes performing program loops on a target page by sequentially using first programming voltages Vn; and when a predetermined condition is reached, proceeding to perform program loops on the target page by sequentially using second programming voltages Um until the target page is successfully programmed. Vn=V1+(n−1)×d1, where n denotes a program loop count of the first programming voltages, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and V1 and d1 are all positive numbers. Um=Vn+(m−1)×d2, where m denotes a program loop count of the second programming voltages, m is an integer greater than or equal to 2, and d2 is a positive number not equal to d1.
US10510406B1	Soft-verify write assist circuit of resistive memory and operating method thereof An operating method of the soft-verify write assist circuit of the resistive memory provides a voltage level applying step, a write operating step and a write voltage controlling step. The voltage level applying step is for applying a plurality of voltage levels to the reference voltage, the word line and the switching signal, respectively. The write operating step is for driving the memory cell to perform in a set process or a reset process via the first three-terminal switching element, the second three-terminal switching element and the soft-verify controlling unit during a write operation. The write voltage controlling step is for controlling the write voltage to be increased in the ramping cycle and decreased in the soft-verify cycle.
US10510394B2	Reprogrammable non-volatile ferroelectric latch for use with a memory controller Methods, systems, and apparatuses related to a reprogrammable non-volatile latch are described. A latch may include ferroelectric cells, ferroelectric capacitors, a sense component, and other circuitry and components related to ferroelectric memory technology. The ferroelectric latch may be independent from (or exclusive of) a main ferroelectric memory array. The ferroelectric latch may be positioned anywhere in the memory device. In some instances, a ferroelectric latch may be positioned and configured to be dedicated to single piece of circuitry in the memory device.
US10510390B2	Magnetic exchange coupled MTJ free layer having low switching current and high data retention Embodiments of the invention are directed to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) storage element that includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier and a free layer on an opposite side of the tunnel barrier layer from the reference layer. The reference layer has a fixed magnetization direction. The free layer includes a first region, a second region and a third region. The third region is formed from a third material that is configured to magnetically couple the first region and the second region. The first region is formed from a first material having a first predetermined magnetic moment, and the second region is formed from a second material having a second predetermined magnetic moment. The first predetermined magnetic moment is lower that the second predetermined magnetic moment.
US10510378B1	Slit full disk shroud Provided herein is an apparatus including a hard drive base. A number of disks are rotatably connected to the hard drive base, and there are a number of disk gaps between the disks. A shroud extends in a circumferential span around the disks, wherein the shroud extends less than the circumference of the disks. The shroud is positioned between the disk gaps and an upwardly sloping gas channel. A number of arcuate gas channels are in the shroud, wherein each arcuate gas channel is horizontally aligned with a corresponding disk gap. The arcuate gas channels connect the disk gaps to the upwardly sloping gas channel.
US10510367B1	Method and apparatus for processing multiple servo channels in magnetic recording devices A method of operating a storage device includes reading data from a storage medium using a detector, processing signals from the detector through a plurality of processing circuits, each respective processing circuit in the plurality of processing circuits being optimized for a different state of a channel condition and providing a respective output metric, selecting a processing circuit from the plurality of processing circuits by comparing the respective output metrics from each processing circuit in a predetermined manner, and designating as output of the detector output of the processing circuit that is selected. The output metrics may be branch metrics or path metrics, and the channel condition may be fly-height or phase shift. The storage device includes a storage medium, and a read channel including a detector, and processing circuits that process signals from the detector. Each respective processing circuit is optimized for a different state of a channel condition.
US10510362B2	Directional capture of audio based on voice-activity detection The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes receiving information representing audio captured by a microphone array, wherein the information includes multiple datasets each representing audio signals captured in accordance with a sensitivity pattern along a corresponding direction with respect to the microphone array. The method also includes computing, using one or more processing devices for each of the multiple datasets, one or more quantities indicative of human voice activity captured from the corresponding direction, and generating, based at least on the one or more quantities computed for a plurality of the multiple datasets, a directional audio signal representing audio captured from a particular direction.
US10510345B2	Hearing aid device with speech control functionality A hearing aid device for processing signals comprising audio in order to assist a hearing impaired user and being configured to be arranged at, behind and/or in an ear of the user is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises at least one input transducer, an output transducer, an antenna, a wireless interface, and a signal processing unit. The at least one input transducer is adapted for receiving signals comprising audio. The output transducer is adapted for providing signals comprising audio to the user. The antenna is adapted for wirelessly communicating with a respective external device. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the antenna. The signal processing unit is adapted for processing signals comprising audio in order to assist a hearing impaired user. Furthermore the signal processing unit is adapted for extracting speech signals from the signals comprising audio and for generating control signals based on the speech signals. At least one of the control signals generated by the signal processing unit is adapted for controlling the respective external device. The wireless interface is adapted for sending the at least one of the control signals to the respective external device via the antenna in order to control the respective external device.
US10510343B2	Speech recognition methods, devices, and systems Speech recognition methods, devices, and systems are described herein. One system includes a number of microphones configured to capture sound in an area, a digital signal processor configured to segregate the captured sound into a plurality of signals, wherein each respective signal corresponds to a different portion of the area, and an automatic speech recognition engine configured to separately process each of the plurality of signals to recognize a speech command in the captured sound.
US10510331B2	Sound absorbing structure for anechoic chamber and anechoic chamber including the same This technology provides a sound absorbing structure comprising: an outer frame including an opening; a perforated plate member formed in the outer frame and including a rear surface facing the opening of the outer frame and a front surface opposite to the rear surface; and a rear sound absorber interposed between the rear surface of the perforated plate member and the opening of the outer frame, and an anechoic chamber comprising: a wall, a ceiling and a floor; and a plurality of sound absorbing structures of the embodiment fixed to at least the wall and the ceiling.
US10510320B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus includes a plurality of displays arranged adjacently, an image divider configured to divide an original input image into a plurality of sub-images for displaying the original input image split between the plurality of displays, wherein one or more of the plurality of sub-images corresponds to one or more still images and one or more of the plurality of sub-images corresponds to one or more moving images, and at least one controller configured to cause the one or more still images and the one or more moving images to be displayed with a first luminance value based on luminance values corresponding to the plurality of sub-images of each display of the plurality of displays. Accordingly, it is possible to improve image quality in the display apparatus including the plurality of displays.
US10510317B2	Controlling display performance with target presentation times Embodiments described herein provide for a display system to generate and display data on a display device, the display system comprising one or more graphics processors to generate one or more frames of data for display on the display device; display logic to receive a request to display the one or more frames of data, the request including a requested presentation time in which the one or more frames of data are to be displayed; and a display engine to present the one or more frames of data to the display device for display at a target presentation time, the target presentation time derived from the requested presentation time, wherein the display engine is to adjust a refresh rate of the display device based on the target presentation time of the one or more frames of data.
US10510314B2	GOA circuit having negative gate-source voltage difference of TFT of pull down module The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded GOA units. Each GOA unit comprises: a pull up control module, an output module, a pull down module and a pull down maintenance module; for N-th GOA unit: the 41st TFT of pull down module having a gate receiving a scan signal from (N+4)-th GOA unit, a source connected to a circuit start signal, and a drain connected to the first node, and the circuit start signal having a low voltage level lower than or equal to 0V and higher than the low voltage signal; so that when the scan signal from (N+4)-th GOA unit changing from high voltage to low voltage, the gate-source voltage difference of the 41st TFT being negative to effectively reduce the current leakage and prevent the current leakage from affecting the first node voltage, improve circuit stability, facilitate cost reduction and narrow border.
US10510312B2	Gate driver, display apparatus including the same and method of driving display panel using the same A gate driver includes a gate signal generating part, a switching part and a switching controlling part. The gate signal generating part is configured to generate a gate signal including a precharge time and a normal charge time using a compensated gate on voltage and a gate off voltage. The switching part is disposed between the gate signal generating part and a gate line. The switching part is configured to apply a compensated gate signal to the gate line. The switching controlling part is configured to generate a switching control signal for controlling an operation of the switching part.
US10510311B2	Panel-driving device and display device The present disclosure provides a technique for supplying different voltages to a plurality of adjacent electrodes, sensing a voltage formed on each electrode, and diagnosing a short-circuit failure of each electrode.
US10510308B2	Display device with each column of sub-pixel units being driven by two data lines and driving method for display device An array substrate, a display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The array substrate includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines, and sub-pixel units. Each sub-pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged with a same sequence; each row of sub-pixel units along a gate line direction are driven by two gate lines, and different rows of sub-pixel units are driven by different gate lines; each column of sub-pixel units along a data line direction are driven by two data lines; the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in each sub-pixel unit are driven by different gate lines and different data lines, for the sub-pixels in each column, the sub-pixels in odd-numbered rows are driven by same one data line, and the sub-pixels in even-numbered rows are driven by same the other data line.
US10510304B2	Dynamic dimming LED backlight for LCD array A LCD assembly having a dynamic dimming LCD backlight and a plurality of individual LCD displays positioned in front of the backlight, and a method for controlling a backlight of such an assembly. The backlight is divided into an array of individually controllable subsections, and adjacent edges of the LCD displays are used to define virtual boundary lines relative to the backlight subsections. Initial desired luminance values are determined for each subsection of the backlight based on incoming video data. A difference between desired luminance values for each pair of adjacent backlight subsections that border the virtual boundary lines is calculated and compared to a threshold value. Based on the comparisons, adjustments may be made to the desired luminance value of the backlight subsections.
US10510298B2	Pixel driving circuit, display apparatus and terminal The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit, a display apparatus and a terminal. The pixel driving circuit includes: a light-emitting device, an enabling unit, a first transistor and a second transistor. When the light-emitting device illuminates, saturated current passing through the light-emitting device is relevant to the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage. Through embodiment of the present invention, saturated current passing through the driving transistor is relevant to the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage. Furthermore, both the power voltage and the grayscale data voltage are fixed values, that is, current passing through the light-emitting device is guaranteed to the constant. Therefore, current passing through the light-emitting device is no longer affected by the threshold voltage of the driving transistor and non-uniform pixel color could be avoided, accordingly, image uniformity of display with light-emitting device (e.g., OLED) raises, and so does display quality.
US10510296B2	Pixel driving circuit and pixel driving method, array substrate and display device Disclosed is a pixel driving circuit, comprising a driving control circuit, a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit. The driving control circuit is configured to control one of the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to be turned on under the condition the first scanning line outputs an effective voltage signal, and control the other of the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit to be turned on under the condition the second scanning line outputs an effective voltage signal. The first driving circuit is configured to drive the light emitting circuit to emit light under control of the driving control circuit. The second driving circuit is configured to drive the light emitting circuit to emit light under control of the driving control circuit.
US10510287B2	Transfer method of expanding pitches of device and an apparatus for performing the same A transfer method for expanding pitches of devices includes: providing a first substrate with micro devices having the pitches being a predetermined value in a first direction and a second direction; transferring the micro devices to a first roller by contacting it with the micro devices, wherein a pitch of contact line portions on the first roller is N times of the predetermined value; transferring the micro devices on the first roller to a second substrate; rotating the second substrate by 90 degrees; transferring the micro devices to a second roller by rolling the second roller to contact the micro devices; and then transferring the micro devices to a third substrate to expand the pitch of the micro devices in both the first and the second directions. The portions in contact with the micro devices all have adhesive layers with different adhesion operation windows.
US10510282B2	Drive method and drive device of liquid crystal display A drive method is provided for driving a liquid crystal display and includes receiving an image to be displayed, which includes multiple image pixels; setting different weights for primary color components of each of multiple image pixels of the image; implementing color washout compensation to the image according to the weights set for the primary color components of each of the multiple image pixels by varying brightness levels of the primary color components of each of the image pixels of the image; and driving the liquid crystal display to display the image so compensated.
US10510281B2	Image processing apparatus and method, and electronic device An image processing apparatus includes: an analyzer configured to calculate color characteristics by input pixel data, and determine whether the pixel data is achromatic based on the color characteristics; a first renderer configured to perform a first rendering on the pixel data in response to determining that the pixel data is not achromatic; and a second renderer configured to perform a second rendering on the pixel data in response to determining that the pixel data is achromatic.
US10510280B2	Display panel and display apparatus having the same A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, a gate driver, and a data driver. The display panel includes a display area configured to display an image and a non-display area adjacent to a side of the display area in a first direction. The display area includes gate lines, data lines, gate dummy lines, data contact parts, and pixels. The data lines cross the gate lines and are insulated from at least a portion of the gate lines. The gate dummy lines are substantially in parallel to the gate lines and spaced from the gate lines. The data contact parts couple the gate dummy lines to the data lines at a side of the display panel in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The pixels are coupled to the gate lines and the data lines.
US10510278B2	Signal loading method and signal generator The present disclosure provides a signal loading method and a signal generator. The signal loading method includes: loading a first pair of voltage signals to at least one pair of separate signal channels for a time period, respectively, wherein the first pair of voltage signals have a first voltage difference therebetween; and determining whether a short circuit occurs in the at least one pair of signal channels within the time period, and if it is determined that no short circuit occurs in the at least one pair of signal channels within the time period, loading a second pair of voltage signals having a second voltage difference therebetween to the at least one pair of signal channels at the end of the time period. The second voltage difference is greater than the first voltage difference.
US10510275B2	Display device and display device accessory A display device includes: a housing that has a space formed therein, the space opening at two end faces that are opposed to each other; two lenses that are placed in the space; and a display part that has a display panel and is placed on the side of one of the two end faces. The display part can be switched between a first state in which the display panel is exposed to the exterior of the housing and a second state in which the display panel faces toward the interior of the housing.
US10510267B2	Simulator system for medical procedure training Implementations relate to medical simulations for medical procedure training. In some implementations, a system includes a simulation processing component including at least one processor and which generates a virtual environment using position signals that describe at least one of a position and a configuration of a physical surgical instrument relative to a physical surgical site. The simulation processing component updates the virtual environment according to changes in the position signals and according to control signals corresponding to inputs by a user of the system. The updating includes moving a virtual surgical instrument within the virtual environment, where an interaction of the virtual surgical instrument with a virtual surgical site is defined at least partly by a physical relationship between the physical surgical instrument and the physical surgical site. The simulation processing component outputs a representation of a simulation state signal indicative of a current state of the virtual environment.
US10510261B2	Application and method for controlling flight of uninhabited airborne vehicle The present invention is to provide an application for controlling the flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle that detects a person at low cost and high efficiency and controls a drone to keep from hitting against the detected person. The application for controlling the flight of an uninhabited airborne vehicle runs on a smart device 200 connected with an uninhabited airborne vehicle 100, acquires and analyzes the image taken by a camera unit 20 of the smart device, and controls the flight of the uninhabited airborne vehicle to keep the uninhabited airborne vehicle 100 from hitting against the detected person through the uninhabited airborne vehicle flight control module 224.
US10510258B2	Vehicle control method and vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control method is provided for the suppression of electric power supplied from a battery to other electrical equipment in the event an alternator fails during automatic driving by use of automatic driving electrical equipment. The vehicle control method includes detecting surrounding information of the vehicle in an event the alternator fails during automatic driving by use of the automatic driving electrical equipment, estimating electric power to be consumed by the automatic driving electrical equipment until the vehicle stops based on a plan for stopping the vehicle in a safe location in accordance with the surrounding information that was detected, and reducing the electric power supplied from the battery to the other electrical equipment apart from the automatic driving electrical equipment as the estimated amount of electric power increases.
US10510256B2	Vehicle collision avoidance system and method A vehicle control system is disclosed that includes a forward-facing signal sensor operable to detect transmitted data signals reflecting a presence, relative distance and relative location of a first forward obstruction in front of a vehicle, an on-board vehicle status sensor configured to generate a status signal reflecting the speed of the vehicle, a processor to receive the transmitted data signals the forward obstruction and (2) the status sensor signals and (3) a relay signal receiver adapted to receive a signal from the forward obstruction and originating from a source remote from the forward obstruction, and a signal transmitter adapted to transmit information to a following vehicle, wherein the information includes the status signal and information from said forward facing signal sensor and the relay signal and the processor creates a vehicle control signal in response to a collision avoidance algorithm run by the processor that uses data from said forward facing signal detectors, the status signal and the relay signal in the event that said algorithm determines that a collision is imminent.
US10510248B2	Auxiliary identification device for indicator object and auxiliary identification and display method therefor An auxiliary identification device for indicator objects and an auxiliary identification and display method therefor are provided. The auxiliary identification device includes a camera module, a controller, and a display. The camera module is configured to obtain a video in a first direction. The controller is coupled to the camera module and is configured to capture and identify multiple indicator objects in the video. Each of the indicator objects includes indication information. The controller sorts the indicator objects to determine a priority display order of the indicator objects, and further generates a display image signal according to the priority display order. The display is coupled to the controller and is configured to sequentially display the indicator objects according to the display image signal.
US10510241B2	Communication apparatus and data processing method Provided is a configuration that permits confirmation of emergency information viewing results on a reception apparatus, an endpoint of emergency information such as TV. A data processing section of a reception apparatus such as TV that receives and outputs emergency information generates an emergency information viewing result report that contains a record of emergency information viewing result information and sends the generated emergency information viewing result report to a management server and so on. The data processing section generates an emergency information viewing result report that contains a record of an identifier of emergency information output by the reception apparatus and emergency information output time information in accordance with a CDM (Consumption Data Message) format. The CDM keeps a record of not only emergency information output time information but also reception apparatus position information, emergency information sender information, and so on.
US10510235B2	Time-reversal indoor detection system and method A time-reversal indoor detection system and method are provided. The system includes an anchor node device, an access point (AP) device, and a first electronic device. The first wireless communication circuit of the anchor node device is configured to send a probe signal, a third wireless communication circuit of the access point device is configured to receive the probe signal, a processor is configured to obtain a current CSI from the probe signal, and to compare the current CSI to a preset CSI, and when a first CSI included in the preset CSI is matched to the current CSI, a second wireless communication circuit of the anchor node device is configured to activate at least one function of a first electronic device through a second communication protocol.
US10510228B2	Security system with kill switch functionality A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an article of merchandise is provided. In one example, the system includes a sensor configured to be coupled to an article of merchandise and to communicate with the article of merchandise. The system also includes a tower configured to receive a signal from the sensor in response to a security event. The tower is further configured to generate a kill switch signal for determining whether to activate a kill switch on the article of merchandise.
US10510221B2	System and method for transmitting messages related to operations of electronic devices A system and method are provided for transmitting messages related to operations of electronic devices. A management apparatus is notified of an event that occurred in a specific one of a plurality of electronic devices. The management apparatus determines one or more target devices in response to notification of the event that occurred in the specific electronic device. An event message corresponding to the event that occurred in the specific electronic device is created. The management apparatus transmits the event message to the one or more target devices. The one or more target devices output the received event message.
US10510220B1	Intelligent alarm sound control Embodiments for implementing intelligent alarm sound control by a processor. A targeted entity may be isolated for a generated sound to be delivered, while noise cancellation is simultaneously provided to prevent an alternative entity from being disturbed by the isolated sound.
US10510218B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory storage medium A checkout apparatus (10) includes an image data acquisition unit (11) that acquires data of an image; an image analysis unit (12) that recognizes a plurality of products in the image using a feature value of an exterior of each of the products registered in a feature value storage unit (14) and the data of the image; a reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15) that extracts the product for which it is necessary to read a product code from among the recognized products, using an object-to-be-read storage unit (16) in which the product for which it is necessary to read the product code is registered in advance; and a reading unit (17) that reads the product code of the product extracted by the reading necessity or non-necessity check unit (15).
US10510210B2	Skills-based, parimutuel sports wagering on mobile devices An improved wagering system, that enables a player with a mobile device to place a wager of any one of many available wager types and on any one of a plurality of upcoming order-of-finish contests (UOOFCs), includes a networked server that has a database containing data relevant to prior order-of-finish contests (POOFCs) and with instructions that cause the server to cooperate with the mobile device to: (a) register and establish a player account, (b) provide handicapping factors from which the player may select a handicapping factor for use in predicting the outcome of an UOOFC, (c) identify which of the provided handicapping factors was the most-accurate in predicting the outcome of the POOFCs, (d) apply the selected handicapping factor to predict an outcome for the UOOFC, and (e) identify a wagering strategy that includes a recommended type of wager and the contestant on which to place the recommended type of wager.
US10510209B2	Gaming system and an associated method An embodiment of the gaming system includes at least one voucher dispenser (11). Each voucher (24) is associated with data. A gaming controller 8 is communicatively linked to the voucher dispenser (11) and it receives and stores the data. At least one game, in particular a table game such as roulette, is configured to generate game results and communicate them to the gaming controller (8). The embodiment also includes at least one activator device (28) at which the vouchers (24) are activatable. The activator devices are communicatively linked to the gaming controller (8) such that an activation of a voucher (24) causes the gaming controller (8) to determine a redeemable value of the voucher (24) based upon the game results of a number of game plays. Another embodiment of the gaming system does not require the players to activate the vouchers. This embodiment automatically determines the first game that will be applicable to a dispensed voucher and provides the player with an indication of the game number of that first game.
US10510200B2	System and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door A system and method for providing hands free operation of at least one vehicle door that include determining if a portable device is located within at least one local area polling zone of a vehicle. The system and method additionally include determining if the portable device is stationary for a first period of a predetermined period of time within the at least one local area polling zone of the vehicle and providing a notification of a remaining duration of the predetermined period of time to instruct an individual carrying the portable device to remain in a stationary position to allow the portable device to remain stationary for the remaining duration of the predetermined period of time. The system and method further include supplying an amount of power to open or close the at least one vehicle door if it is determined that the portable device remains stationary for the predetermined period of time.
US10510197B2	Long range wireless credentials for entryway An access control system having one or more system antennas that are configured to emit a first signal having a first frequency that is detected by the credential device. The credential device is configured to harvest electrical power from at least a portion of the detected first signal. At least a portion of the harvested electrical power may be used by the credential device to transmit a second signal to a reader device, the second signal containing information indicative of a credential stored on the credential device. Further, the second signal has a second frequency that is different than the first frequency of the first signal. The reader device and/or a server may evaluate the transmitted credential to determine whether the credential is associated with an authority to operate the reader device, such as, for example, an authority to unlock a lock mechanism of the reader device.
US10510183B2	Graphics processing enhancement by tracking object and/or primitive identifiers Graphics processing includes setting up a plurality of objects in a scene in virtual space, each object being defined by a set of vertices. A unique object identifier is assigned to each object and written to an ID buffer. Draw calls are issued to draw the objects associated with the object identifiers. Parameter values of the vertices are manipulated to output vertex parameter values. Primitives are set up from the vertices, each primitive being defined by one or more of the vertices. Each primitive belongs to one or more of the objects. Each primitive is rasterized at a plurality of pixels. Processing the pixels includes spatial or temporal anti-aliasing that utilizes the one or more object identifiers of the plurality of object identifiers. The pixels are processed for each rasterized primitive to generate an output frame.
US10510172B2	Automated combination of multiple data visualizations A visualization combination engine may be used to combine a first data visualization based on a first data set with a second data visualization based on a second data set. The combination process may be initiated by, for example, clicking and dragging the first data visualization onto the second data visualization. The visualization combination engine may create the combined data visualization without requiring the user to manually combine the first and second data sets. The combination may be carried out by identifying a key that is common between the two data sets and combining the first and second data sets into a combined data set based on the key, and then creating the combined data visualization based on the combined data set. One or more cues may be used during the process to provide helpful information and/or allow user selection of the properties of the combined data visualization.
US10510171B2	Visualization of anatomical cavities Described embodiments include a system that includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to modify an image slice by filling a portion, of the image slice, that corresponds to an anatomical cavity with a representation of a wall of the anatomical cavity, and to display the modified image slice on the display. Other embodiments are also described.
US10510164B2	Real time on-chip texture decompression using shader processors A processing unit, method, and medium for decompressing or generating textures within a graphics processing unit (GPU). The textures are compressed with a variable-rate compression scheme such as JPEG. The compressed textures are retrieved from system memory and transferred to local cache memory on the GPU without first being decompressed. A table is utilized by the cache to locate individual blocks within the compressed texture. A decompressing shader processor receives compressed blocks and then performs on-the-fly decompression of the blocks. The decompressed blocks are then processed as usual by a texture consuming shader processor of the GPU.
US10510162B2	Computer-implemented method of calibrating a camera A computer-implemented method of calibrating a camera, comprises the steps of: a. acquiring a video stream from said camera (CAM), and displaying it on a screen (DY); b. displaying on the screen, superimposed to the video stream, a representation of a target area (102); c. detecting a calibration pattern (100) in the video stream and periodically check whether it fits within the calibration area; d. when the calibration pattern is found to fit within the calibration area, extracting an image thereof from the video stream; said steps a. to d. being iterated a plurality of times using respective target areas corresponding to different positions of a physical support (101) carrying the calibration pattern; and then e. estimating intrinsic calibration parameters of the camera by processing said images. A computer program product, computer-readable data-storage medium and computer system for carrying out such a method.
US10510161B2	Patient-mounted or patient support-mounted camera for position monitoring during medical procedures An apparatus for use in a medical procedure includes: a camera configured for attachment to a patient, wherein the camera is configured to detect one or more markers outside and away from the patient; and a processing unit configured to receive an input image from the camera, and to process the input image to monitor a position of a target associated with the patient during the medical procedure. An apparatus for use in a medical procedure includes: a camera configured for attachment to a patient support, wherein the camera is configured to detect one or more markers outside and away from the patient support; and a processing unit configured to receive an input image from the camera, and to process the input image to determine a position associated with the patient support during the medical procedure.
US10510159B2	Information processing apparatus, control method for information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An information processing apparatus comprising: a marker detection unit configured to detect one or more markers from an image obtained by capturing a physical space by an image capturing unit; a feature detection unit configured to detect a feature from the image; an estimation unit configured to estimate a position and orientation of the image capturing unit based on a detection result obtained by the marker detection unit and a detection result obtained by the feature detection unit; a stability obtaining unit configured to obtain stability of estimation of the position and orientation when some markers of the one or more markers are removed; and a determination unit configured to determine, based on the stability, whether the some markers are removable.
US10510155B1	Method and processing system for updating a first image generated by a first camera based on a second image generated by a second camera A method and system for processing camera images is presented. The system receives a first depth map generated based on information sensed by a first type of depth-sensing camera, and receives a second depth map generated based on information sensed by a second type of depth-sensing camera. The first depth map includes a first set of pixels that indicate a first set of respective depth values. The second depth map includes a second set of pixels that indicate a second set of respective depth values. The system identifies a third set of pixels of the first depth map that correspond to the second set of pixels of the second depth map, identifies one or more empty pixels from the third set of pixels, and updates the first depth map by assigning to each empty pixel a respective depth value based on the second depth map.
US10510145B2	Medical image comparison method and system thereof A medical image comparison method is firstly to obtain plural images of the same body at different time points. Then, obtain a first feature point group by detecting feature points in the first image captured at a first time point, and a second feature point group by identifying feature points in the second image captured at a second time point. An overlapping image information is generated by aligning the second image with the first image according to the first and second feature point groups. Then, window areas corresponding to a first matching image and a second matching image of the overlapping image information are extracted one by one by sliding a window mask, and an image difference ratio for each of the window areas is calculated. In addition, a medical image comparison system is also provided.
US10510144B2	System and method for detection of suspicious tissue regions in an endoscopic procedure An image processing system connected to an endoscope and processing in real-time endoscopic images to identify suspicious tissues such as polyps or cancer. The system applies preprocessing tools to clean the received images and then applies in parallel a plurality of detectors both conventional detectors and models of supervised machine learning-based detectors. A post processing is also applied in order select the regions which are most probable to be suspicious among the detected regions. Frames identified as showing suspicious tissues can be marked on an output video display. Optionally, the size, type and boundaries of the suspected tissue can also be identified and marked.
US10510137B1	Head mounted display (HMD) apparatus with a synthetic targeting system and method of use A method comprising detecting, by a processor, an optical sight of a device in range of a lens of a head mounted display (HMD) apparatus. The lens has an HMD field of view (H-FOV) of a real-world view. The method comprises determining, by the processor, a magnification factor of a sight field of view (S-FOV) for the detected sight. The method includes displaying, by a display device of the HMD apparatus, computer generated data (CGD) in the S-FOV relative to a magnification level according to the magnification factor of the S-FOV of the real-world view while looking through the sight. A system and computer readable medium are also provided.
US10510134B2	Transformation of dynamic metadata to support alternate tone rendering An existing metadata set that is specific to a color volume transformation model is transformed to a metadata set that is specific to a distinctly different color volume transformation model. For example, source content metadata for a first color volume transformation model is received. This source metadata determines a specific color volume transformation, such as a sigmoidal tone map curve. The specific color volume transformation is mapped to a color volume transformation of a second color volume transformation model, e.g., a Bézier tone map curve. Mapping can be a best fit curve, or a reasonable approximation. Mapping results in metadata values used for the second color volume transformation model (e.g., one or more Bézier curve knee points and anchors). Thus, devices configured for the second color volume transformation model can reasonably render source content according to received source content metadata of the first color volume transformation model.
US10510133B2	Asymmetric multi-core heterogeneous parallel processing system A multi-core asymmetric graphics processing unit (GPU) includes a first group and second group of GPU cores. The first group of GPU cores has a first microarchitecture and a first power consumption profile. The first group of GPU cores is configured to execute a subset of instructions of an instruction set architecture (ISA). The second group of GPU cores have a second microarchitecture and a second power consumption profile higher than the first power consumption profile, and are configured to execute the entire ISA. The first group and second group of GPU cores may be further differentiated by a number of pipeline stages, number of registers, branching execution, vectorization units, or combinations thereof. A subset of GPU cores in either group may have a different operation frequency. In some embodiments, an executable instruction may include an indicator to ascertain if execution is performed by the first or second group of GPU cores.
US10510124B1	Systems and methods for vehicle accident detection based on intelligent micro devices Intelligent micro devices on a vehicle can be scanned or read using a reading device. A map or data indicative of the micro devices on the vehicle can be generated by scanning the vehicle. The data or map may be used to determine loss or transfer of one or more micro devices on the vehicle. An accident associated with the vehicle can be determined based on loss or transfer of one or more the micro devices. The micro devices can store data associated with the vehicle, including an identity of the vehicle and a history of the vehicle. The micro devices can be read to determine the identity of the vehicle or another vehicle involved in the accident.
US10510121B2	System and method for performing dwelling maintenance analytics on insured property A computer device and method for processing maintenance related data for performing maintenance analytics on insured property. Informatic data is received from one or more sensor devices relating to a property covered by an insurance policy. Analysis is performed on the received informatic data to determine one or more conditions associated with the property. Predefined business rules are applied using the determined one or more conditions associated with the property to determine a maintenance profile for the property indicating one or more of maintenance history and repair or maintenance requirements for the property.
US10510115B2	Computerized exchange controlled network system and related method A system for a computerized, Exchange-controlled network (“ECN”) is disclosed which is operated by an organization forming an Exchange. The ECN has at least one host server disposed at a first location which communicates with at least two front-end virtual servers disposed at second and third locations, wherein the servers are attendant to Exchange-authorized communities of interest (“COI”) each made up of at least one member, and thus authenticated to cryptographically validate and process digital information passed along the ECN without the use of intermediaries. A plurality of devices in the form of dongles are each configured to operate in conjunction with their respective COI member's server, and enable the Exchange to exercise controls over virtually all aspects of digital data access and digital order processing without the use of intermediaries.
US10510114B2	Distributed trading bus architecture A distributed trading system for handling a plurality of order requests, each order request comprising parameters under which a participant will buy and/or sell a futures contract. A validator component is coupled to a messaging bus and has a first interface for receiving order request and an interface generating a validated order message on the messaging bus related to validated orders, wherein the validator implements processes for validating the order requests. A risk allocation value (RAV) component is coupled to the messaging bus and has an interface for receiving validated order messages from the validator, wherein the RAV component implements processes for evaluating risk associated with an order should that order be completed. A match engine is coupled to the messaging bus and has an interface for receiving validated order messages from the RAV component, wherein the match engine implements processes for matching orders based on the order-specified criteria. A persist component is coupled to the messaging bus and has an interface for receiving messages related to orders and trades, wherein the persist component implements processes for persistently storing information related to orders and trades.
US10510112B2	Computer implemented continuous dual auction system A computer implemented continuous dual auction system consisting of a computer, server, and a process for creating a real-time, or substantially real-time, online marketplace for the sale of goods and services. The process includes the input of information from a seller about a certain good or service for sale, including but not limited to a price desired and a price the seller is willing to accept. The process also includes the input of information from a buyer about a certain good or service desired, including but not limited to a price a buyer is willing to pay for such a good or service. The process also can include the input of credit card information for validation and guaranty purposes in allowing the buyer and seller to post a bid or offer, respectively, into the continuous dual auction system's real-time, or substantially real-time, online marketplace.
US10510109B1	Controlling routing of output information to output devices Described is a system and method for routing output information to one or more of a plurality of output devices. In one implementation, output information that includes information to be presented and a location information identifying where the output information is to be presented may be generated by an output host. The output information is received by an output router that determines, based on the location information, an output device and routes the output information to the output device for presentation.
US10510108B2	Method, medium, and system for managing queueing and de-queueing operations of transaction queues A method for managing transaction queues is discussed. The method includes receiving, from a marketplace, a first communication indicating a cart, the cart comprising items for purchase, the items originating from one or more sellers. The method includes performing a first risk analysis on the cart to determine whether to accept the cart for processing into a queue, the first risk analysis being a cart-level analysis. The method also includes, in response to determining to accept the cart, adding requested transactions for the items to the queue. The method includes performing a de-queueing operation for a selected requested transaction from the queue for processing. The method also includes performing a second risk analysis on the selected requested transaction as part of determining whether to process a payment for the selected requested transaction, the second risk analysis being a transaction-level analysis.
US10510105B2	Traveler recommendations One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for providing recommendations to travelers are provided. For example, locational data associated with a device of a user is evaluated to identify a set of location points at which the device was located over time. Location point pairings are generated from the set of location points, where a location point pairing may comprise a departure location point and an arrival location point. The location point pairings are filtered based upon various criteria to remove location point pairings that are not indicative of air flight travel (e.g., a location point pairing not satisfying an air flight speed threshold or an air flight travel distance threshold). The user may be determined as an air flight traveler that has recently used air flight travel to reach a destination location. A recommendation of content for the destination location is provided to the user.
US10510099B2	Method and apparatus for providing content in a communication system Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device including a memory and a processor for performing operations including accessing a user persona comprising a plurality of attributes and a plurality of content preferences of a user of a communication device, presenting at an interactive site a plurality of content suggestions that are generated according to the user persona, receiving a content selection from a presentation of the plurality of content suggestions at the interactive site, and updating the plurality of content preferences of the user persona according to the content selection. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10510093B2	Systems and methods for providing advertising services to devices with dynamic ad creative deep linking Methods and systems are described for providing advertising services to devices with dynamic ad creative deep linking. In one embodiment, an advertising system includes a storage medium to store one or more software programs of an ad server and processing logic of the ad server that is coupled to the storage medium. A dynamic ad creative deep linking unit is configured to receive an ad campaign including at least one video ad from the ad server and to generate a customized deep link for a targeted software application or targeted content of the at least video ad based on installed applications of a device, application usage history of the installed applications, and metadata associated with at least one of the installed applications.
US10510087B2	Method and apparatus for conducting an information brokering service A system and method is provided that provides an early indication of consensus of opinion among a number of users regarding an event or observation indicated by a user. The opinion can be interesting to an information consumer, for determining the outcome of the consensus relating to the event or observation, or for performing surveillance or survey of a particular issue or subject. Such recognition of early events or observations can be useful in different areas, such as healthcare, finance, etc., where initial observations, if provided early, allow resulting decisions to be made much earlier. The opinion can, for instance, be used as an early indicator of problem with a product, company, etc. that would permit an information consumer to perform an action at a much earlier point than if he/she relied on traditional sources of information. Thus, such opinion information can be invaluable as a tool for monitoring events.
US10510085B2	Time and location aware customer relationship management A method, system and computer program product for time and location aware customer relationship management (CRM) is provided. A method for time and location aware CRM includes obtaining a location for a mobile computing device, forwarding the location to a CRM application, and responding to an identification of a contact in the CRM application that is proximate to the obtained location, by retrieving a related data record for the contact from the CRM application and by displaying the related record in the mobile computing device in a user interface for the CRM application. Further, a current time for the mobile computing device can be obtained and forwarded to the CRM application. Responsive to identifying a meeting in the CRM application that is scheduled proximate to the obtained time, a related data record for the meeting can be retrieved from the CRM application and displayed in the mobile computing device.
US10510083B1	Inactive blank checks The present disclosure generally relates to a system and method of verifying a banknote. A computing system receives a first request to pre-approve a banknote. The first request includes one or more visual characteristics of the banknote. The computing system receives, from a second user, a second request to deposit a circulating banknote. The second request includes a representation of the circulating banknote. The computing system identifies that an account from which the representation of the circulating banknote originated is the first user account. The computing system compares the representation of the circulating banknote to the one or more visual characteristics of the banknote stored in the first user account. The computing system determines that the representation of the circulating banknote is equivalent to the pre-activated banknote by identifying the one or more visual characteristics of the pre-activated banknote in the representation of the circulating banknote.
US10510082B1	System and method for automated optimization of financial assets A financial management network is disclosed for optimizing interest return and/or deposit insurance coverage among a plurality of online accounts that may include one or more savings accounts and a checking account, by automatically allocating and transferring funds among the accounts without intervention of the account holder, in accordance with constraints that may be set by the financial management network, account holder, the account holder's financial advisor, and/or imposed by the associate financial institutions holding the accounts.
US10510074B1	One-tap payment using a contactless card One-tap payment using a contactless card. An application may output an indication specifying to tap a contactless card to complete a transaction initiated in the application. The application may receive encrypted data generated by the contactless card based on a private key stored in the contactless card. The application may transmit a merchant identifier, a transaction identifier, and the encrypted data to an authentication server. The authentication server may verify the encrypted data based on the private key for the contactless card stored by the authentication server. A virtual account number server may generate a virtual account number. A merchant server may receive the merchant identifier, the transaction identifier, the virtual account number, an expiration date, and a card verification value (CVV), and process the transaction using the transaction identifier, the virtual account number, the expiration date, and the CVV.
US10510063B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a case having a display unit that includes one or more touch regions; one or more payment modules, each of the one or more payment modules including one or more coils; and a controller that is configured to (i) identify a first touch region from the one or more touch regions, wherein the first touch region is a touch region where touch input is applied, (ii) determine a first payment module, from the one or more payment modules, that corresponds to the first touch region, and (iii) connect to the first payment module based on the determination of the first payment module.
US10510054B1	Augmented reality enhancements for financial activities A system implemented on an augmented reality electronic device includes scanning an item using the augmented reality device. Financial information is obtained from the scanned item. The financial information and an indication of user authentication are sent to a server computer. A confirmation is displayed on the augmented reality device that a financial transaction using the financial information has been completed.
US10510047B1	Systems and methods for custodial email management and transaction verification A proxy email account management system configured to identify emails comprising receipt information and match the identified emails to respective transactions. The proxy email account management system may comprise a custodial email management system associated with a proxy email address. The custodial email management system may parse emails for receipt information and account-holder information, identify receipt information and account-holder information, determine if the emails correspond to a purchase made by an account-holder, and forward the email to a primary email address associated with the account-holder.
US10510046B2	Proactive matching for coordination of benefits Proactive resolution of coordination of benefits (COB) issues is provided. Payer data is received as membership files from a plurality of payers, the payer data including eligibility and member demographic data. Upon detection of new or modified information, a normalizing engine may be utilized to normalize name information, address information, and social security number information into a format for comparing with other stored payer data according to various rules. A matching engine may be utilized to compare the normalized payer data against other insurance provider data to determine COB instances by discovering matches or partial-matches of member information. A set of rules may be applied to determine a primary versus a secondary payer. An output file, which may comprise matches and COB determinations, raw data, and a web interface for accessing archived reports and files and to generate individual member searches, may be provided to one or more payers.
US10510045B2	System and method for online information, employment, social and other compatibility search, matching and ranking A computer server system and method are disclosed for personalization and customizable filtering of network search results and search result rankings, such as for Internet searching. A representative server system comprises: a network interface to receive a query from a respondent or co-respondent; at least one data storage device storing a plurality of return queries; and one or more processors adapted to access the data storage device and using the query, to select the return queries for transmission; to search the data storage device for corresponding pluralities of responses to the return queries from other co-respondents or respondents; to pair-wise score the responses and generate pair-wise alignment scores for respondent and co-respondent combinations; to sort and rank the combinations according to the alignment scores; and to output a listing of the sorted and ranked respondents or co-respondents to form the personalized network search results and search result rankings.
US10510044B2	Project management system providing digital form-based inspections in the field Systems and methods provide graphical form-based inspections in the field. The system includes a means for allowing a user to access digitized paper forms, such as inspection forms, in both a simplified, easy-to-complete list of questions and fields displayed in a linear form view, as well as an interactive graphical form completely replicated from the original paper document displayed in a graphical view. The system allows the user to toggle between the linear form and graphical views of the same form on the fly during an inspection process, thereby improving user interaction with and completion of inspection form or also can have a preferred view method based on limitations of a computer device or complexity of the form. The system further includes a means for allow the user to create customized workflows for the completion and tracking of inspection processes.
US10510040B2	Intermediary device, system, and method for delivery of replacement components of a device An administrative server stores replacement component information relating to at least one replacement component that can be distributed by a supplier in delivery service. A replacement component desired by the user is selected. A selected replacement component information relating to the at least one selected replacement component is transmitted to the administrative server. When the usage degree of at least one of the at least one selected replacement component indicated by the usage degree information reaches a predetermined usage degree, the ordering request specifying the at least one replacement component included in the selected replacement component information is transmitted to the supplier. Therefore, the supplier can offer the automatic sales service with a replacement component that the supplier distributes normally without preparing a wide variety of replacement components, which reduces burden on the supplier.
US10510034B2	Investigator interface and override functionality within compliance determination and enforcement platform A compliance determination and enforcement platform is described. A plurality of factors are stored in association with each of a plurality of accounts. A factor entering module enters factors from each user account into a compliance score model. The compliance score model determines a compliance score for each one of the accounts based on the respective factors associated with the respective account. A comparator compares the compliance score for each account with a compliance reference score to determine a subset of the accounts that fail compliance and a subset of the accounts that meet compliance. A flagging unit flags the user accounts that fail compliance to indicate non-compliant accounts. A corrective action system allows for determining, for each one of the accounts that is flagged as non-compliant, whether the account is bad or good, entering the determination into a feedback system and closing the account.
US10510032B2	Automated configuration data collection for business applications using feedback A data collection method including collecting, by a configuration collector manager, configuration data, including configuration properties, from a plurality of data sources, creating, by a model discovery component, a business application model using the configuration data collected by the configuration collector manager, a collecting, from a business application model analysis user interface, edits and confirmations associated with the business application model, and a analyzing, by a feedback analyzer component, the edits and confirmations associated with the business application model and prioritizing the configuration properties based on the data sources and the edits and confirmations associated with the business application model.
US10510028B2	Method and apparatus for utilizing task value units for imaging interpretation and other tasks A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to utilize task value units for imaging interpretation and other tasks, such as in the assignment of imaging interpretation and other tasks to a plurality of users. In the context of a method, the method associates, for each of a plurality of different types of imaging interpretation tasks and for each of a plurality of other tasks, a first task value unit therewith. The method also associates, for at least some of the plurality of different types of imaging interpretation or other tasks, a second task value unit, different than the first task value unit, therewith. Further, the method assigns imaging interpretation and other tasks to a plurality of users based at least partially upon the first and second task value units associated with the respective imaging interpretation tasks and the other tasks.
US10510027B2	Cloud-based global alarm annunciation system for industrial systems A cloud-based global alarm annunciation broker assist in locating and contacting suitable technical support personnel in response to detected alarm events at a plant facility. The system comprises a cloud-based framework that dynamically matches on-site alarm events to domain experts capable of addressing the alarm events. The framework uses an agent-based architecture to gather industrial data from data sources within the industrial environment, including time-series alarm data. The data is received at a cloud platform, where broker services perform a global search for suitable technical support resources in response to alarm events identified by the collected data. The brokering system can automatically generate service tickets and send notifications to both end users and system managers/supervisors, and can notify application-level experts about events and anomalies that emerge from the on-premise processes being monitored by the cloud-based broker system.
US10510023B2	Obtaining services from product providers Product providers can offer matched prices for the products to the customers through a platform surveying the available prices from sale agents. The platform can determine lowest prices from the sale agents, and use this information to have an agreement with the product providers to sell the products at compatible prices.
US10510018B2	Method, system, and apparatus for selecting syntactical elements from information as a focus of attention and performing actions to reduce uncertainty A stream of attention method, system, and apparatus determines a first focus of attention by applying a probabilistic analysis to a first set of syntactical elements. The syntactical elements may be derived from external communications or from communications generated internally by a computer-implemented system. Alternatively, the syntactical elements may be determined based on their association with images accessed from an external or internal source. Actions are performed by the computer-implemented system that are expected to reduce uncertainty with respect to the focus of attention. Such actions may include posing syntactical-based interrogatives directed to external entities or internally, searching a corpus of content, and/or moving to a new location and receiving input at the new location. Syntactical or image-based information resulting from the actions form the basis for determining a second focus of attention by re-applying to the information the process applied with respect to the previous focus of attention.
US10510015B2	Constructing and programming quantum hardware for quantum annealing processes Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for constructing and programming quantum hardware for quantum annealing processes.
US10510007B2	Systems and methods for generating performance prediction model and estimating execution time for applications Systems and methods for generating performance prediction model and estimating execution time for applications is provided. The system executes synthetic benchmarks for a first dataset on a first cluster. Each synthetic benchmark includes a MapReduce (MR) job. The system further extracts sensitive parameters for each sub-phase of the MR job, generates a linear regression prediction model for each sub-phase to obtain one or more linear regression prediction models, based on which the system further generates a performance prediction model to be utilized for predicting, using the sensitive parameters, a Hive query execution time of a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) of one or more MR jobs executed on a second dataset on a second cluster, wherein the first cluster that includes the first dataset is smaller compared to the second cluster that includes the second dataset.
US10510006B2	Handling of predictive models based on asset location Disclosed herein is a computer architecture and software that is configured to modify handling of predictive models by an asset-monitoring system based on a location of an asset. In accordance with example embodiments, the asset-monitoring system may maintain data indicative of a location of interest that represents a location in which operating data from assets should be disregarded. The asset-monitoring system may determine whether an asset is within the location of interest. If so, the asset-monitoring system may disregard operating data for the asset when handling a predictive model related to the operation of the asset.
US10509996B2	Reduction of parameters in fully connected layers of neural networks The present disclosure is drawn to the reduction of parameters in fully connected layers of neural networks. For a layer whose output is defined by y=Wx, where y is the output vector, x is the input vector, and W is a matrix of connection parameters, vectors uij and vij are defined and submatrices Wi,j are computed as the outer product of uij and vij, so that Wi,j=vij⊗uij, and W is obtained by appending submatrices Wi,j.
US10509990B2	Radio-frequency identification-based shelf level inventory counting A radio frequency identification tag at a plurality of detection locations is detected and an expected location of the radio frequency identification tag is determined. A confidence level for each of the detection locations that detected the radio frequency identification tag is determined based on a relative location of the corresponding detection location as compared to the expected location. The determined confidence levels of the detection locations is analyzed to select at least one of the detection locations and an action based on the at least one selected detection location is performed.
US10509985B2	Method and apparatus for security inspection Disclosed in the present disclosure are a method and an apparatus for security inspection. The method comprises: acquiring identity related information of a person being inspected, the identity related information comprising a certificate photo; acquiring a real-time facial image of the person being inspected; by comparing the real-time facial image and the certificate photo, acquiring a facial comparison similarity; dynamically determining the threshold of the facial comparison similarity; and performing a human-certificate verification on the person being inspected according to the facial comparison similarity and the threshold. The method for security inspection of the present disclosure enables the fast and accurate facial comparison of the person being inspected during security inspection.
US10509975B2	Method and device for estimating a direction of a view of a vehicle occupant, method and device for determining a head movement gain parameter specific for a vehicle occupant, and method and device for estimating the direction of view of a vehicle occupant A method for estimating a direction of view of an occupant of a vehicle. The method includes a step of ascertaining a head fixation position of the head of the vehicle occupant, terminating a current head movement of the head, using sensor data concerning an angular speed of the current head movement, and a step of combining the head fixation position and a head movement gain parameter in order to estimate the direction of view of the vehicle occupant, the head movement gain parameter being a function of a specific human head movement pattern during a visual fixing of an object.
US10509969B2	Dynamic person queue analytics In one embodiment, a device identifies, from image data captured by one or more cameras of a physical location, a focal point of interest and people located within the physical location. The device forms a set of nodes whereby a given node represents one or more of the identified people located within the physical location. The device represents a person queue as an ordered list of nodes from the set of nodes and adds a particular one of the set of nodes to the list based on the particular node being within a predefined distance to the focal point of interest. The device adds one or more nodes to the list based on the added node being within an angle and distance range trailing a forward direction associated with at least one node in the list. The device provides an indication of the person queue to an interface.
US10509967B2	Occupancy detection An apparatus for detecting when a subject has exited an item of furniture is provided. The apparatus comprises a camera adapted to be arranged, when in use, below the underside of an item of furniture having an upper side for supporting a subject, the underside being opposite to the upper side, and a processing unit. The camera captures sequential images that do not include the upper side of the item of furniture, the images having a foreground corresponding to a region below the underside of the item of furniture and a background corresponding to a region adjacent the item. The processing unit receives images from the camera; detects, for each image, an edge corresponding to an edge of the item; detects the appearance of a feature contiguous with the edge; monitors how a detected feature changes over a time period; determines whether a change to the detected feature satisfies at least one predefined criterion for a subject exit event; and outputs a signal based on the determining.
US10509966B1	Systems and methods for creating video summaries Video information defining video content may be accessed. Highlight moments within the video content may be identified. Flexible video segments may be determined based on the highlight moments. Individual flexible video segments may include one or more of the highlight moments and a flexible portion of the video content. The flexible portion of the video content may be characterized by a minimum segment duration, a target segment duration, and a maximum segment duration. A duration allocated to the video content may be determined. One or more of the flexible video segments may be selected based on the duration and one or more of the minimum segment duration, the target segment duration, and/or the maximum segment duration of the selected flexible video segments. A video summary including the selected flexible video segments may be generated.
US10509962B2	Camera platform incorporating schedule and stature Camera platform techniques are described. In an implementation, a plurality of digital images and data describing times, at which, the plurality of digital images are captured is received by a computing device. Objects of clothing are recognized from the digital images by the computing device using object recognition as part of machine learning. A user schedule is also received by the computing device that describes user appointments and times, at which, the appointments are scheduled. A user profile is generated by the computing device by training a model using machine learning based on the recognized objects of clothing, times at which corresponding digital images are captured, and the user schedule. From the user profile, a recommendation is generated by processing a subsequent user schedule using the model as part of machine learning by the computing device.
US10509948B2	Method and device for gesture recognition Embodiments of the application provide a method and a device for gesture recognition. The method includes: acquiring an image of a user; detecting whether the image includes a human face (2); and performing gesture recognition based on information of the detected human face (2), which comprises: dividing a first region (3) including the human face (2) in the image; dividing a plurality of detection regions (A1-A4) outside the first region (3); determining respective priority levels of the plurality of detection regions (A1-A4); and in an order from a high priority level to a low priority level, performing the gesture recognition in the plurality of detection regions (A1-A4) in sequence.
US10509945B2	Method for quantitative measurement of a biomarker by in situ immunofluorescence and uses thereof The invention relates to a method for quantitative measurement of a biomarker by in situ immunofluorescence and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to a method which is a useful tool for use in the field of diagnosis, prevention and/or treatment of disease or disorders, in particular in the field of cancer management and therapy.
US10509943B2	Method of processing fingerprint information A method for processing fingerprint information includes dividing an input image that corresponds to at least a portion of a user fingerprint into a plurality of first regions; dividing a registered image that had previously been stored into a plurality of second regions; selecting a first matching region from among the plurality of first regions, and selecting a second matching region from among the plurality of second regions, by comparing the plurality of first regions with the plurality of second regions; and matching the registered image with the input image by comparing the first matching region with the second matching region.
US10509941B2	Optical assembly and fingerprint imaging system An optical fingerprint imaging system (200) and an optical assembly (300, 400, 500, 600, 700) are provided. The optical fingerprint imaging system (200) includes: a sensor (203, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) and a light source (202, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701); wherein the sensor (203, 302, 402, 502, 602, 702) comprises a substrate (2031, 3021, 4021, 5021, 6021, 7021) and a photosensitive layer (2032, 3022, 4022, 5022, 6022, 7022), the substrate (2031, 3021, 4021, 5021, 6021, 7021) has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to and lower than the first surface, and the photosensitive layer (2032, 3022, 4022, 5022, 6022, 7022) is in contact with the first surface of the substrate (2031, 3021, 4021, 5021, 6021, 7021); and wherein the light source (202, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701) is disposed at a position lower than the first surface and higher than the second surface, and light emitted from the light source (202, 301, 401, 501, 601, 701) is adapted to be guided by the substrate (2031, 3021, 4021, 5021, 6021, 7021) to the first surface of the substrate (2031, 3021, 4021, 5021, 6021, 7021). Accordingly, an optical fingerprint imaging system (200) with a reduced thickness, and a simplified structure is provided.
US10509940B2	Electronic device including sequential operation of light source subsets while acquiring biometric image data and related methods An electronic device may include a dielectric cover layer defining a finger sensing surface and at least one optical image sensor below the dielectric cover layer. The electronic device may also include at least one optical element associated with the at least one optical image sensor. Light sources may be below the dielectric layer and may be selectively operable in subsets of light sources. A controller may be configured to sequentially operate respective adjacent subsets of light sources while acquiring biometric image data from the at least one optical image sensor.
US10509939B2	Optical signal modulation circuit and modulation method thereof, array substrate, display substrate and display device An optical signal modulation circuit is configured to provide an optical signal for a fingerprint recognition process. The optical signal modulation circuit includes a first modulation unit and a first control unit. The first modulation unit has a control terminal connected to a signal output terminal of a first control unit, a signal input terminal connected to a first modulation signal terminal, and a signal output terminal connected to a light emitting element.
US10509937B2	Curved-surface organic light emitting diode display device with fingerprint identification A curved-surface OLED display device with fingerprint identification includes a substrate, a thin film transistor layer, a pixel electrode layer, an OLED display material layer, a common electrode layer, an encapsulation layer, a curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer and a curved protective layer. The thin film transistor layer includes plural thin film transistors, plural scan lines, and plural data lines. The pixel electrode layer includes plural pixel electrodes. The curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer includes plural sense electrodes and plural traces for performing the touch detection operation and fingerprint identification operation. A partial area of the curved touch detection and fingerprint detection layer and the curved protective layer exhibits a curved-surface shape.
US10509926B2	Ternary encoding magnetic stripe data transmitter, system, and method A contactless payment device and method streams a sequence of magnetic-field pulses directly to two or three magnetic-stripe read heads of a point-of-sale terminal. Gaps between magnetic-field pulses are included in the signal to promote differentiation between different portions of the signal by different receiver channels in the point-of-sale terminal, and to encode additional information.
US10509922B2	Systems and methods for masking user input and sensor data at a user device A system described herein may allow for the masking of user input and/or sensor data, which could otherwise be used to uniquely identify and track a user. For example, user inputs (e.g., keyboard or mouse inputs) and/or sensor data (e.g., data from a touchscreen, pressure sensor, gyroscope, etc.) may be normalized and randomized. The normalization and/or randomization may include modifying metadata associated with user inputs or sensor data (e.g., modification of timestamps and/or modification of raw data) prior to outputting the user inputs or sensor data to an application, and/or to a service that attempts to uniquely identify users based on such metadata.
US10509918B1	One-time obfuscation for polynomial-size ordered binary decision diagrams (POBDDs) Described is a system for protecting sensitive information that is hardcoded in polynomial-size ordered binary decision diagram (POBDD) form. A software executable represented as a POBDD having sensitive information embedded therein is obfuscated into an obfuscated POBDD. An input query on the obfuscated POBDD is evaluated, and the sensitive information is revealed only if the input query is a correct input. Thus, an adversary is prevented from extracting the sensitive information embedded in the POBDD.
US10509913B2	Image forming system and image forming method that execute masking process on concealment region, and recording medium therefor An image forming system includes a concealment word registration unit, an ID information acquisition unit, a concealment word managing unit, and an image forming unit. The concealment word registration unit registers a concealment word associating with a user. The ID information acquisition unit obtains creator ID information and execution person ID information from a print job, the creator ID information identifies a user as a creator of a document file, the execution person ID information identifies a user as an execution person of the image formation process. The concealment word managing unit uses the concealment words to determine a concealment region. The concealment words include the concealment word associated with the user identified by the creator ID information and the concealment word associated with the user identified by the execution person ID information. The image forming unit executes a masking process that makes the concealment region illegible.
US10509910B2	Methods and systems for granting access to services based on a security state that varies with the severity of security events A software component, upon receiving a request for access to a provider having a plurality of service levels, determines the current security state of the requesting device. The security state of the requesting device varies according to severity levels of device security events. The software component compares that security state to a policy associated with the provider. The software component then allows the requesting device access to the provider services where the device's current security state meets or exceeds the security state required for the service.
US10509908B2	System and methods for secure firmware validation An electronic device, such as a dynamic transaction card having an EMV chip, that acts as a TPM having a memory, an applet, and a cryptographic coprocessor performs secure firmware and/or software updates, and performs firmware and/or software validation for firmware and/or software that is stored on the electronic device. Validation may compare a calculated checksum with a checksum stored in EMV chip memory. If a checksum calculated for firmware and/or a software application matches a checksum stored in EMV chip memory of the transaction card, the transaction card may operate normally. If a checksum calculated for firmware and/or a software application does not match a checksum stored in EMV chip memory of the transaction card, the transaction card may freeze all capabilities, erase the memory of the transaction card, display data indicative of a fraudulent or inactive transaction card, and/or the like.

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