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US10555229B2	Method of transmitting and receiving data in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method for transmitting and receiving data performed by an user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system according to the present disclosure includes receiving a first message for informing that a radio link quality value of a first base station (BS) for a specific Mission Critical Service (MCS) is changed from the first BS; receiving a second message including second radio link quality information associated with a radio link quality value of a second BS from the at least one second BS; and maintaining the first BS or switching to one of the at least one second BS based on the received first radio link quality information and the second radio link quality information.
US10555215B2	Management apparatus, communication system, and allocation method There is provided a management apparatus configured to allocate a plurality of terminals to a plurality of proxy servers, the management apparatus including a memory, a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to collect first line information of a first line and second line information of a second line, which are used for a terminal of the plurality of terminals, calculate a speed difference between a first line speed of the first line and a second line speed of the second line, based on line speeds in accordance with the first line information and the second line information, and allocate the terminal to a proxy server of the plurality of proxy servers, based on the speed difference.
US10555210B2	Group indicator for code block group based retransmission in wireless communication Aspects of the present disclosure provide a code block group (CBG) based HARQ retransmission process in which HARQ retransmission is performed based on CBG units. The CBG based HARQ process uses a CBG failure mask that can reduce the signaling overhead of CBG-based HARQ retransmissions. A base station can determine the error CBGs from different UEs that share a slot, and generate a CBG failure mask that capture all the CBGs NACKs from the UEs.
US10555207B2	System and method for quality of service in a wireless network environment Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for providing on-demand quality of service guarantees in a wireless network environment. The system determines an on-demand quality of service for a segment of a communication path between a user equipment communicating with a radio access network connected to a core network and an external network connected to the core network. The system then determines if the on-demand quality of service for the segment meets a quality of service requirement. If the on-demand quality of service for the segment does not meet the quality of service requirement, the system identifies an alternate communication path between the user equipment and the external network, wherein the alternate communication path differs from the communication path. The system can then setup the alternate communication path for traffic between the user equipment and the external network.
US10555196B2	Measurement in MBMS Drive testing for network optimization has been supplemented by the use of information measuring radio conditions collected by mobile terminals (i.e. UEs). To improve the user experience of multicast and broadcast services based on cellular telecommunications networks, such as MBMS and eMBMS, a mechanism is described that adapts UE-based reporting of measurement reports to multicast and broadcast services.
US10555193B2	User terminal and base station A user terminal according to a first feature is used in a mobile communication system. The use terminal includes: a receiver configured to receive a measurement instruction to instruct measurement in an unlicensed band, from a base station; a controller configured to, in response to reception of the measurement instruction, search for a radio signal transmitted in a frequency channel included in the unlicensed band, and measure reception power of the radio signal detected by the search, even when a cell identifier of a measurement target cell is not designated in the measurement instruction; and a transmitter configured to transmit a measurement report including an identifier of a transmission source of the detected radio signal and a measurement result of the reception power, to the base station.
US10555180B2	Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management Devices and methods enable optimizing a signal of interest based on identifying and analyzing the signal of interest based on radio frequency energy measurements. Signal data is compared with stored data to identify the signal of interest. Signal degradation data is calculated based on noise figure parameters, hardware parameters and environment parameters. The signal of interest is optimized based on the signal degradation data. Terrain data may also be used for optimizing the signal of interest.
US10555178B1	Wireless communication network-based detection of GPS spoofing Methods, systems and computer program products for using wireless communication networks to detect GPS spoofing are provided. Aspects include receiving, from each mobile device of a plurality of mobile devices, location data of the mobile device and a list of wireless communication networks indicated as being detected by the mobile device. Aspects also include selecting a test group of mobile devices including a group of at least two mobile devices that are located within a predetermined proximity to a candidate mobile device. Aspects also include determining a degree of similarity of wireless communication network visibility based on a comparison of the lists of wireless communication networks indicated as being detected by the candidate mobile device and the test group of mobile devices. In response to the degree of similarity failing to exceed a predetermined threshold, aspects also include determining that the candidate mobile device is spoofing its location.
US10555176B2	System and method for automatically and securely registering an internet of things device A mechanism for automatically registering Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices to an end-user account of an Internet-based resource, using a gateway that the end-user previously registered to the account. Various security alternatives are described that help avoid masquerading and other attacks on the home network of the end-user.
US10555173B2	Pairing authentication method for electronic transaction device A pairing authentication method includes the steps of installing application software on first and second electronic devices to create first and second public keys thereon, respectively; connecting the first electronic device to a closed storage device for the former to generate a checking key; storing the first public and the checking key on a security chip of the closed storage device; connecting the second electronic device to the closed storage device for the former to generate an authorization key that matches the checking key, and transmitting the second public and the authorization key to the closed storage device; and the closed storage device verifying the authorization key matches the checking key and storing the second public key on the security chip. Therefore, only a cardholder knowing the checking key can use the closed storage device and no risk of asset theft exists if the closed storage device was lost.
US10555172B2	Untrusted device access to services over a cellular network Cellular networks regularly operate with trusted devices, which typically are trusted because of the integration of a SIM card therewith. Untrusted devices typically do not interface with a SIM card, and rely on user input through traditional user interfaces for authentication. Recently, the use of hands-free, always-on digital assistant devices have become more common. Such devices typically have only a voice user interface that may be used by a number of people in close proximity to the device. Particular problems arise in such a scenario when a user wants to access a secure service that requires user authentication. Such problems are addressed with multiple techniques described herein.
US10555166B2	Vehicle detection for media content player A system for automatically initiating a travel mode of a media-playback device is disclosed. The system operates to evaluate vehicle presence factors and determine whether the vehicle presence factors indicate that the media-playback device is in a vehicle. Upon determining presence of the media-playback device in a vehicle, the travel mode is performed using the media-playback device.
US10555165B2	Methods and apparatus for use in reducing signal latency in a mobile network with use of localized unified data management (UDM) entities Methods and apparatus for use in reducing signal latency in a mobile network with use of localized Unified Data Management (UDM) entities are described. For example, the technique may employ a plurality of localized UDMs, where each localized UDM is associated with a unique location area. A localized UDM provides for storage of, in a localized Unified Data Repository (UDR), subscriber profile data associated with a subscriber of user equipment (UE). The subscriber profile data stored in the localized UDR may be a replica or copy of at least a subset of subscriber profile data for the subscriber stored in a UDR of a “centralized” UDM. Query access to the localized UDR may be provided for network functions (NFs) or subscriber/UEs. The replica or copy of subscriber profile data may be stored in the localized UDR for those subscribers having use in the location area.
US10555163B2	Handling of certificates for embedded universal integrated circuit cards The present invention provides apparatuses, methods, computer programs, computer program products and computer-readable media regarding handling of certificates for embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Cards. The present invention comprises composing, by a management entity, such as a subscription manager, a deletion command message for deleting certificates from an embedded universal integrated circuit card, eUICC, on which a plurality of certificates is pre-installed, the deletion command message including information on certificates to be deleted and an authorization of the management entity, and transmitting the deletion command message to the eUICC.
US10555152B2	Drone-to-drone information exchange Systems and methods for cooperation among multiple drones include two or more drones in cooperation with each other, in which a first drone may provide data of interest, processing capabilities, or physical capabilities to a second drone requesting such data or capabilities. A method may include collecting, at the first drone, sensor data associated with a monitored object of interest, and receiving a request for sensor data from the second drone. The first drone may transmit an acceptance to the request, and reformat the sensor data by removing identifiable characteristics from the sensor data to create a result set of sensor data. The first drone may then transmit the result set of sensor data to the second drone.
US10555149B2	Determining a probability of a relationship between layers of geographic information system data A device may receive first data items and second data items that may have been output by sensor devices. The device may add, to a node in a data structure, at least some of the first data items. The device may divide the node to create subnodes that correspond to subregions of a geographic region. The device may add, to at least one of the subnodes, at least some of the second data items. The device may generate a probability of a first relationship, between the first data items and the second data items, based on determining subnodes that include a first data item and determining subnodes that exhibit a predefined second relationship with a second data item. The device may send, to another device, the probability of the first relationship to support location-based services.
US10555146B2	Application migration method in a mobile edge system, related device, and system The present application discloses an application migration method in a mobile edge system, a related device, and a system. The method performed by a mobile edge orchestrator includes: obtaining a working index set of a to-be-migrated application on a first mobile edge server, where the working index set includes a migration index set including at least one migration index; determining a target migration solution of the to-be-migrated application based on the working index set and a preset correspondence, which is a correspondence between a migration index set and a migration solution; and sending a migration instruction to a mobile edge platform manager, where the migration instruction carries the target migration solution, and the migration instruction is used to instruct the mobile edge platform manager to migrate, based on the target migration solution, the to-be-migrated application from the first mobile edge server to a second mobile edge server.
US10555136B1	Soft preemption for a push-to-talk group Methods and systems for managing a radio communication group call. One system includes a call controller configured to be communicatively coupled to a first communication device, a second communication device and a third communication device. The call controller includes an electronic processor configured to establish a half-duplex group call between the first communication device, the second communication device, and the third communication device. The processor receives, from the second communication device, an audio signal and receives, from the first communication device, a soft preemption talk request. The electronic processor establishes, in response to receiving the soft preemption talk request, a full-duplex private call between the first communication device and the second communication device and transmits audio of the full-duplex private call to the third communication device.
US10555125B2	Monitoring apparatus and system A monitoring apparatus that provides multi-level monitoring of personal activities by a user. The monitoring apparatus includes a display, a user interface, a GPS location device, a timer or clock, and wireless or cellular communication transmitters or similar devices. The user designates one or more contacts who will be notified if certain pre-established monitoring conditions are met (e.g., if the user may be in trouble). When the pre-established monitoring conditions are met, the contacts are alerted and notified via phone, email, text, or similar means of communication, or combinations thereof, of the user's location, contact information, and the state that caused the alert and notification.
US10555116B2	Content display controls based on environmental factors Approaches are described for controlling and filtering the display of content by computing devices. In particular, a mobile computing device can adjust the playing of media content (e.g., audio, video, images, games, ringtones) according to situational appropriateness and other environmental factors occurring around the device. For example, a mobile computing device such as a smart phone could use image and audio information captured by its sensors to determine that minors are present within the vicinity of the mobile phone, and filter certain portions of media content that would be deemed inappropriate for those minors. The environmental information can be determined based on data gathered by various sensors of the mobile device, including but not limited to cameras, microphones, global positioning system (GPS) devices, light sensors and others.
US10555111B2	Processes and systems of geo-boundary monitoring and caching for mobile devices The present disclosure generally relates to geo-boundary services for mobile devices and related applications and, more particularly, to systems and processes for providing a refresh boundary encompassing a plurality of geo-boundaries which can be monitored and cached by mobile devices and related applications. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of geographic boundaries from a geographic location of a mobile device; generating a monitored boundary encompassing the plurality of geographic boundaries; and providing a refresh boundary within the monitored boundary to encompass at least one geographic boundary of the plurality of geographic boundaries.
US10555108B2	Filter generation device, method for generating filter, and program A filter generation device according to this embodiment is configured to generate a filter for performing an out-of-head localization process on a high resolution digital audio signal, the filter generation device including: microphones; and a filter generation unit configured to generate a filter corresponding to a transfer characteristic from left and right speakers to the left and right microphones. A predetermined frequency lower than a Nyquist frequency of a sound pickup signal is assumed as a first frequency. The filter generation unit sets an amplitude component in a low frequency band of the filter corresponding to a frequency amplitude characteristic of the sound pickup signal, and the filter generation unit generates an amplitude component in a high frequency band of the filter such that the amplitude component in the high frequency band is allowed to be connected to the amplitude component in the low frequency band.
US10555107B2	Binaural rendering apparatus and method for playing back of multiple audio sources The present disclosure relates to the design of a fast binaural rendering for multiple moving audio sources. This disclosure takes the audio source signals which can be object-based, channel-based or a mixture of both, associated metadata, user head tracking data and binaural room impulse response (BRIR) database to generate the headphone playback signals. The present disclosure applies a frame-by-frame binaural rendering module which takes parameterized components of BRIRs for rendering moving sources. In addition, the present disclosure applies hierarchical source clustering and downmixing in the rendering process to reduce computational complexity.
US10555096B2	Antenna unit The present disclosure relates to a hearing instrument including a housing to be worn at an ear of a person. The hearing instrument including an antenna unit having a slot. Further, the antenna unit comprises a loading wing arranged so as to focus the nearfield of the inside the hearing instrument.
US10555090B2	Microphone with encapsulated moving electrode A MEMS microphone system with encapsulated movable electrode is provided. The MEMS microphone system comprises a MEMS sensor having an access channel, a plug, and first and second members. The access channel configured to receive the plug is formed on at least one of the first and second member. A vacuum having a pressure different from a pressure outside the MEMS sensor is formed between the first and second members.
US10555087B2	Acoustic sensor and capacitive transducer An acoustic sensor has a semiconductor substrate having an opening, a back plate that is disposed facing the opening of the semiconductor substrate, that is configured to function as a fixed electrode, and that has sound holes that allow passage of air, a vibration electrode film disposed facing the back plate through a void, and a casing configured to house the substrate, the back plate, and the vibration electrode film, and having a pressure hole that allows inflow of air. The acoustic sensor converts transformation of the vibration electrode film into a change in capacitance between the vibration electrode film and the back plate to detect sound pressure.
US10555086B2	Magnetic field canceling audio speakers for use with buried utility locators or other devices Magnetic field cancelling audio speakers and associated devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a utility locator includes an audio speaker device with two loudspeaker drivers positioned and electrically connected to reduce emitted magnetic fields over a range of frequencies corresponding with locator sensing frequencies.
US10555085B2	High aspect ratio moving coil transducer A voice coil former including a first portion having a planar region and an out-of plane region that extends outside a plane of the planar region, and wherein a length dimension of the first portion is at least two times greater than a width dimension of the first portion. The former further including a second portion extending from the first portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the first portion, the second portion being integrally formed with the first portion and dimensioned to support a voice coil thereon.
US10555082B2	Playback device pairing Technology for grouping, consolidating, and pairing individual playback devices with network capability (players) to stimulate a multi-channel listening environment is disclosed. An example method includes receiving an audio signal containing a range of audio frequencies; amplifying, according to a gain parameter, the audio signal to be reproduced by at least one speaker. The example method includes automatically increasing the gain parameter to a higher gain parameter responsive to a determination that no more than a subset of the range of audio frequencies is to be reproduced by the at least one speaker. The example method includes amplifying, according to the higher gain parameter, the audio signal containing no more than the subset of the range of audio frequencies to be reproduced by the at least one speaker.
US10555080B2	Acoustic perimeter for reducing noise transmitted by a communication device in an open-plan environment The amount of far-field noise transmitted by a primary communication device in an open-plan office environment is reduced by defining an acoustic perimeter of reference microphones around the primary device. Reference microphones generate a reference audio input including far-field noise in the proximity of the primary device. The primary device generates a main audio input including the voice of the primary speaker as well as background noise. Reference audio input is compared to main audio input to identify the background noise portion of the main audio signal. A noise reduction algorithm suppresses the identified background noise in the main audio signal. The one or more reference microphones defining the acoustic perimeter may be included in separate microphone devices placed in proximity to the main desktop phone, microphones within other nearby desktop telephone devices, or a combination of both types of devices.
US10555068B2	Active headphones with power consumption control Power consumption control of an active noise control headphone system that comprises headphones with at least one ear cup; at least one loudspeaker disposed in the at least one ear cup; at least one microphone disposed in or on the at least one ear cup that is configured to provide a microphone output signal representative of sound present in the ear cup; and at least one active noise control module that has at least two operating states and that is connected upstream of the at least one loudspeaker and downstream of the at least one microphone, wherein the microphone output signal at at least two different evaluation frequencies within the audible frequency range is evaluated to provide at least two evaluation output signals and the operating state of the at least one active noise control module is changed based on a comparison of the at least two evaluation output signals.
US10555058B2	Wireless condition monitoring sensor with near field communication commissioning hardware A condition monitoring sensor including an attachment component and a housing is provided. The housing includes a contact surface, at least one sensor, a data collector, and data transmission electronics. The contact surface includes an outward facing portion of the housing that receives a commissioning device. The data collector includes a processor and a memory. The data transmission electronics include a near field communication transponder.
US10555040B2	Machine learning based packet service classification methods for experience-centric cellular scheduling Methods and apparatus for classifying a traffic packet service of a traffic flow to a client device, a state and/or video resolution of a streaming video player in a client device. The apparatus includes a memory, and a communication interface configured to obtain TCP/IP or UDP/IP headers of packets to a client device, at least one processor operably connected to the memory, the at least one processor configured to detect a start of a traffic flow, and buffer a first number of packets for the traffic flow, extract features from UDP/IP or TCP/IP headers of a second number of packets belonging to the detected traffic flow, and obtain a flow service classifier for classifying a service type of the traffic flow, and classify the service type of the traffic flow by applying the extracted features to the flow service classifier.
US10555039B1	Content filtering based on nightmare pattern Methods, systems and computer program products for filtering media content to prevent sleep disturbances are provided. Aspects include receiving from a first user a request for a content item and obtaining a user profile for the first user and a description of the content item. Aspects also include comparing the user profile to the description of the content item to identify characteristics of the content item that will be disturbing to the first user and determining, based on the comparison, whether the content item will cause the first user to have a sleep disturbance. Based on determining that the content item will not cause the first user to have the sleep disturbance, aspects include playing the content item. Based on determining that the content item will cause the first user to have the sleep disturbance, aspects include preventing the content item from being played.
US10555031B1	Media content controller A system and method for controlling media devices are provided. A device controller includes a device control module. The device control module identifies media devices in a local network, such as a LAN. The device control module selects a media device from the identified media devices. Next the device control module selects content to be displayed on the selected media device. The device control module uses the local network to cause the selected media device to display the selected content.
US10555027B2	Method and system for bandwidth constrained media streaming to a moving vehicle A method and a system for receiving streaming media from an external provider onboard a moving vehicle via wireless communication is disclosed. The method includes: checking, upon a request from a client device to obtain a streaming media from said external provider, whether a segment of said streaming media is available in the cache or not; forwarding, when a segment of the requested streaming media is available in the cache, the segment of the streaming media object to the client device from the cache; downloading, when the segment of the requested streaming media is not available in the cache, the segment of the streaming media object from the external server, and forwarding the downloaded segment to the client device, and storing the segment in the cache.
US10555026B2	Method and system for providing audio signals to an in-vehicle infotainment system A system and method for audibly displaying an audio signal at an in-vehicle infotainment system received through a mobile device to provide continual access to the content when the user enters a vehicle includes the mobile device comprising a first audio player and a second audio player. The mobile device receives an audio-video signal through a network. The first audio player playing a first audio signal. The mobile device receives a second signal. The second audio player receives a second audio signal based on the second signal and playing the second audio signal. The mobile device communicates the first audio signal and the second audio signal to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The in-vehicle infotainment system audibly displays the first audio signal and the second audio signal.
US10555024B2	Generating a feed of content for presentation by a client device to users identified in video data captured by the client device A client device includes a display device and one or more image capture devices configured to capture video data of a local area surrounding the client device. Different users of an online system are identified from the captured video data, provided privacy settings maintained for the users authorize their identification from the video data, and the client device transmits a request for content to the online system that identifies each of the identified users. The client device receives content items selected for each of the identified users from the online system. From the received content items, the client device generates a feed of content that includes at least one content item selected for each of the identified users and presents the generated feed of content via the display device.
US10555023B1	Personalized recap clips Techniques are described that enable personalized recap clip sequences.
US10555022B2	Systems and methods to deliver a personalized mediacast with an uninterrupted lead-in portion Content delivery is provided responsive to mediacast content consumer requests by providing personalized mediacasts to each of a plurality of mediacast content consumers. Each of the personalized mediacasts includes a variety of replaceable programming and non-programming content segments and a variety of non-replaceable programming and non-programming content segments. Replacement programming and non-programming content segments may be targeted, for example selected based in part on one or more selection criterion associated with the mediacast content consumer, or provided by the broadcaster or Webcaster. A buffering scheme may be employed to inherently adjust asynchronicity between a broadcast or Webcast and a personalized mediacast. Actual insertion of replacement programming and non-programming content segments may occur upstream of a content consumer device or at the content consumer device.
US10555014B2	System for addressing on-demand TV program content on TV services platform of a digital TV services provider Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses.
US10555013B2	Apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, apparatus for receiving broadcast signals, method for transmitting broadcast signals and method for receiving broadcast signals The present invention provides an apparatus of transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus including, an encoder for encoding service data, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame by mapping the encoded service data, a modulator for modulating data in the built at lease one signal frame by an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US10555006B2	Deriving bilateral filter information based on a prediction mode in video coding A device for decoding video data determines mode information for a current block of a current picture of the video data; derives weights for use in a bilateral filter based on the mode information for the current block; applies the bilateral filter to a current sample of the current block by assign the weights to neighboring samples of the current sample of the current block and the current sample of the current block and modifying a sample value for the current sample based on sample values of the neighboring samples, the weights assigned to the neighboring samples, the sample value for the current sample, and the weight assigned to the current sample; and based on the modified sample value for the current sample, outputs a decoded version of the current picture.
US10554988B2	Binary arithmetic coding with parameterized probability estimation finite state machines For at least one respective bin of the bin stream, a decoder may determine, based on a state for the respective bin, an interval for the respective bin, and the offset value, a value of the respective bin. Additionally, the decoder determines one or more Finite State Machine (FSM) parameters for a next bin of the bin stream. The one or more FSM parameters for the next bin controls how probability estimates for the next bin are computed from a state for the respective bin. The decoder determines using a parameterized state updating function that takes as input the state for the respective bin, the one or more FSM parameters for the next bin of the bin stream, and the value of the respective bin, a state for the next bin of the bin stream. The decoder may debinarize the bin stream to form a decoded syntax element.
US10554964B1	Test system and method using detection patterns A test system is provided. Said test system comprises a device under test, a measurement equipment, and a remote source simulator. In this context, the remote source simulator is adapted to simulate a remote video source, wherein the remote video source is adapted to transmit a video comprising at least one detection pattern to the device under test. Furthermore, the device under test is adapted to display the video. In addition to this, the measurement equipment is adapted to detect the at least one detection pattern with respect to the device under test and to determine the number of detection patterns having been received by the device under test.
US10554955B2	Method and apparatus for depth-fill algorithm for low-complexity stereo vision A method and apparatus for depth-fill algorithm for low-complexity stereo vision. The method includes utilizing right and left images of a stereo camera to estimate depth of the scene, wherein the estimated depth relates to each pixel of the image, and updating a depth model with the current depth utilizing the estimated depth of the scene.
US10554948B2	Methods and systems for 360-degree video post-production In accordance with example embodiments, the method and system for 360-degree video post-production generally makes use of points of view (POVs) to facilitate the 360-degree video post-production process. A POV is a rectilinear subset view of a 360-degree composition based on a particular focal length, angle of view, and orientation for each frame of the 360-degree composition. Video post-production editing can be applied to a POV by the user, using rectilinear video post-production methods or systems. The rectilinear video post-production editing done on the POV is integrated back into the 360-degree environment of the 360-degree composition. In accordance with example embodiments, the method and system for 360-degree video post-production comprises identifying a point of view in a 360-degree composition; applying video post-production editing to the point of view; and aligning a new layer containing the video post-production editing with the point of view in the 360-degree composition.
US10554942B2	Display apparatus and recording medium The present disclosure provides a display apparatus including: a display; a signal receiver configured to receive an image signal; a signal processor configured to process the image signal received in the signal receiver; a first sensor configured to sense ambient brightness; and a controller configured to control the signal processor to change grayscale of an output image to be displayed on the display based on characteristics of the image signal and characteristics of the display apparatus if a glare level corresponding to the ambient brightness sensed by the first sensor and brightness of the display is greater than a preset threshold.
US10554941B2	Projector device and method for correcting color in projector device A white balance is adjusted with high precision, irrespective of the contents of an image formed by an image forming element. A projector device includes: a plurality of light sources each of which emits a different type of color light; a plurality of image forming elements each of which, upon irradiation with the different type of color light, forms a respective image corresponding to the different type of color; a plurality of sensors (101R, 101G, 101B) each of which detects a respective luminance of the different type of color light with which one corresponding image forming element, from among a plurality of image forming elements, is irradiated; and a controller (controller 302) that adjusts a white balance by correcting respective detection values detected by the plurality of sensors in accordance with the luminances of the images formed by the image forming elements corresponding to the colors of light detected by the sensors, and by controlling outputs from the plurality of light sources in accordance with the corrected values.
US10554939B2	Projection system A projection system includes an invisible light projector, an imaging unit, an image generator, and a visible light projector. The invisible light projector projects a predetermined invisible light image onto the object via invisible light. The imaging unit captures an image of the invisible light projected from the invisible light projector. The image generator measures a shape of the object based on the image captured by the imaging unit to generate image data showing image content for projection onto the object in accordance with the measured shape. The visible light projector projects the image content shown by the image data onto the object via visible light. The invisible light projector emits pulsed invisible light to project the measurement pattern. The image generator generates the image data based on an image captured in accordance with a timing for the pulsed light emission.
US10554936B2	Security camera A security device is disclosed herein, comprised of a body having a first end connectable into a standard light socket or plug, and a second end having a rotatable/extendable mount with a camera mounted thereon. The body may also include a controller, a wireless communication module, lights, one or more optional sensors (such as a motion sensor, ambient light sensor, etc.), a back-up battery, a 2-way speaker, and/or a microphone.
US10554935B2	Wearable camera system, and video recording control method for wearable camera system A wearable camera system includes a wearable camera, an in-car recorder, and an in-car camera. One of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera transmits video recording starting information including information indicating that video recording has been started to the other of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera when one of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera starts the video recording. The other of the in-car recorder and the wearable camera starts video recording after the video recording starting information is received.
US10554930B2	Method and system for providing video stream of video conference Provided is a method and system for providing a video stream for a video conference. A video stream providing method may include managing class information in which a resolution range for the video conference is classified into a plurality of classes; determining at least two classes in which a resolution providable from a source providing client that participates in the video conference is included among the plurality of classes, based on the class information; encoding a video stream for the video conference as a plurality of layers using a resolution set for each of the determined at least two classes; and controlling an electronic device of the source providing client to transmit the video stream encoded as the plurality of layers to a server for the video conference over a network.
US10554924B2	Displaying content between loops of a looping media item A method for displaying content between loops of a looping media item is provided herein. The method includes receiving a request for a primary media item and determining that the requested primary media item is a looping media item. The method further includes identifying a secondary media item for the primary media item, and providing the primary media item and the secondary media item for presentation between loops of the primary media item.
US10554921B1	Gaze-correct video conferencing systems and methods Techniques for video conferencing including obtaining a first image captured by a camera through a display device of a first device, receiving at the first device live images of a first participant of a video conferencing session, displaying a first composite image on the display device with an image portion of the eyes of the first participant at a lateral position corresponding to the camera, segmenting a foreground image from the first image that corresponds to a second participant of the video conferencing session, and causing via the video conferencing session a second composite image of the second device at a different geographic location, in which the second composite image includes the foreground image composited with a background image.
US10554918B1	High definition, large capture volume, camera array system The technology described herein can be embodied in a method that includes capturing, using a first array of multiple image acquisition devices, a first set of images of a scene, and capturing, using a second array of multiple image acquisition devices, a second set of images of the scene. The devices of the first array are each focused at a first distance, and the devices of the second array are each focused at a second distance. The method also includes identifying a first image and a second image in the first and second sets of images, respectively, to include a feature of interest. The method further includes determining a focal score for each of the first and second images, selecting one of the images based on a comparison of the corresponding focal scores, and initiating an authentication process based on the selected image.
US10554910B2	Solid state image sensor, semiconductor device, and electronic device A solid state image sensor of the present disclosure includes: a first semiconductor substrate provided with at least a pixel array unit in which pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in a matrix form; and a second semiconductor substrate provided with at least a control circuit unit that drives the pixels. The first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate are stacked, with first surfaces on which wiring layers are formed facing each other, the pixel array unit is composed of a plurality of divided array units, the control circuit unit is provided corresponding to each of the plurality of divided array units, and electrical connection is established in each of the divided array units, through an electrode located on each of the first surfaces of the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, between the pixel array unit and the control circuit unit.
US10554906B2	Mobile terminal capable of executing splice mode for displaying preview image region and splice region and controlling method thereof Disclosed are a mobile terminal and controlling method thereof. The present invention includes a sensing unit, a camera, a display unit, and a controller configured to launch a camera application, wherein the controller is further configured to execute a splice mode on the camera application, wherein the splice mode is a mode for outputting a preview image region and a splice region to the display unit by partitioning, and wherein the controller is further configured to output a preview image currently shot through the camera to the preview image region and recommend a splice image outputted to the splice region based on the outputted preview image.
US10554903B2	Local tone mapping Systems and methods are disclosed for image signal processing. For example, methods may include receiving an image from an image sensor; applying a filter to the image to obtain a low-frequency component image and a high-frequency component image; determining a first enhanced image based on a weighted sum of the low-frequency component image and the high-frequency component image, where the high-frequency component image is weighted more than the low-frequency component image; determining a second enhanced image based on the first enhanced image and a tone mapping; and storing, displaying, or transmitting an output image based on the second enhanced image.
US10554898B2	Method for dual-camera-based imaging, and mobile terminal Disclosed are methods for dual-camera-based imaging, a mobile terminal. A first image shot by the wide-angle camera and a second image shot by the telephoto camera are acquired. The first image is cropped according to a target region of the first image to acquire a third image. Depth information of the third image is determined according to the third image and the second image. Blurring processing is performed on the third image according to the depth information, to obtain a fourth image.
US10554896B2	Stereoscopic imaging using mobile computing devices having front-facing and rear-facing cameras Stereoscopic imaging is performed using a mobile computing device having front- and rear-facing cameras and mounted on a rotational mechanism. The cameras and rotational mechanism are controlled, e.g., by a downloaded application, to capture images of a room or other environment using both the front- and rear-facing cameras at different pan angle and tilt angle combinations. First and second images of a portion of the room or other environment, captured using the front- and rear-facing cameras, are selected for inclusion in a stereo image pair. Obtained images and corresponding metadata are transferred to a remote system. A structure from motion pipeline is used to generate a three-dimensional model of the room or other environment. Data that enables the mobile computing device to display a three-dimensional model of the room or other environment is received from the remote system and used to display the three-dimensional model.
US10554893B2	Image stabilization apparatus and control method therefor, image capturing apparatus, and storage medium An image stabilization apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a lens, a motion vector detection unit configured to detect a motion vector from a plurality of images captured by an image capture unit for capturing an object image, and a calculation unit configured to calculate an image blur correction amount for correcting an image blur, on the basis of the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection unit, and a shake of an image capturing apparatus detected by a shake detection unit for detecting the shake of the image capturing apparatus. The calculation unit changes weights applied to the motion vector and the shake of the image capturing apparatus for calculation of the image blur correction amount, on the basis of information related to perspective of the lens acquired by the acquisition unit.
US10554884B2	In-vehicle camera control device An in-vehicle camera control device is provided for an in-vehicle camera that includes an imaging element for picking up an image around the vehicle. The apparatus controls a state of current supply to the imaging element. In the apparatus, current supply to the imaging element is prevented from starting when the temperature in the vicinity of the imaging element is high.Specifically, upon start of processing, current supply to the imaging element of the in-vehicle camera is stopped first (camera is powered OFF). Therefore, at least immediately after the ignition is turned on, current supply to the imaging element is not performed. When a state where a temperature measured by a temperature measurement section provided in the vicinity of the imaging element is not more than an ON threshold continues for a duration expressed by Ams×(startup counter value), current supply to the imaging element is started.
US10554880B2	Image processing system, imaging apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable storage medium An image processing system performs image processing on images including overlapping image regions as overlapping regions. The system includes a calculator configured to calculate an evaluation value for evaluating each image using pixel values of pixels in each overlapping region; a determination controller configured to determine, based on the calculated evaluation values, whether there is an image to be corrected in the images; an image determiner configured to, when there is the image to be corrected, determine a correction reference image as a reference, out of the images, based on the evaluation values; and an image corrector configured to correct the image to be corrected based on the correction reference image.
US10554873B2	Camera system and communication method A camera system comprising a camera and a hub connected to the camera, wherein the camera system allows handing over while the hub and a portable terminal device (smart phone) are communicating via a router. This camera system adopts a configuration provided with a DECT camera for transmitting media data that includes audio data and/or video data, and a hub for receiving the media data transmitted from the DECT camera, periodically receiving an IP address notification from a previously correlated smart phone, and transmitting the media data to the transmission source of the latest of the IP address notification.
US10554872B2	Method and apparatus for managing a camera network A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, receiving location information associated with a mobile communication device, determining a first location of the mobile communication device based on the location information, selecting a first camera from a group of cameras based on the determined first location, receiving at least one first image from the selected first camera that captures at least a portion of the first location, performing image recognition on at least one second image to identify a user associated with the mobile communication device, selecting another camera from the group of cameras based on a determined position of the identified user, and receiving at least another image from the selected other camera. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10554845B2	Work vehicle and method of controlling engine output An engine output control unit of a work vehicle is configured to set a target rotation speed of an engine by using an engine output torque curve, to control an output of the engine. The engine output control unit is configured to control the output of the engine so as to set torque to be higher than torque at an actual rotation speed obtained using the engine output torque curve. Typically, when the actual rotation speed of the engine becomes smaller than the target rotation speed, the engine output control unit sets an engine output torque curve that is greater in torque at the actual rotation speed than the engine output torque curve, and switches control of the output of the engine from control performed using the engine output torque curve to control performed using the engine output torque curve.
US10554844B2	Image scanning apparatus and control method for image scanning apparatus An image scanning apparatus determines whether there is an influence of external light from the outside of the image scanning apparatus on scanning; decides a correction value corresponding to each of a plurality of sensors based on received light amounts of at least some of the plurality of sensors; and corrects, using the correction value corresponding to each of the plurality of sensors and decided, data corresponding to a received light amount of each of the plurality of sensors when scanning the original, wherein if it is determined that there is the influence of the external light, the image scanning apparatus decides the correction value corresponding to a first sensor and the correction value corresponding to a second sensor arranged at a position that is readily influenced by the external light based on the received light amount of the first sensor.
US10554843B2	Electronic apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program, and wireless communication method An electronic apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, which performs a first wireless communication process and a second wireless communication process using an internal access point that operates in a first frequency band or a second frequency band, and a processing unit. The wireless communication unit transmits information of an operation frequency band of the internal access point on connection demand with respect to the internal access point through the second wireless communication process. In a case where a demand to change the operation frequency band is received from a terminal apparatus, the processing unit performs a process of changing the operation frequency band of the internal access point.
US10554841B2	Image forming apparatus, control method thereof and medium An operating panel of an image forming apparatus obtains a serial number of a main unit of the image forming apparatus upon being connected to the main unit. If a pre-stored serial number of the main unit is different from the obtained serial number, the operating panel deletes all applications installed in the operating panel, stores the serial number of the main unit in the operating panel, and then installs applications on the basis of application information present in the main unit.
US10554840B2	Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a controller that operates as a memory device detection module that detects connection of the memory device to the port, a speculative process control module that, when the connection of the memory device is detected, reads sizes of the one or more image data items from the memory device, and causes the image processor to speculatively process the one or more image data items in a descending order of the sizes, and a job execution module that, when the job execution request is input, reads the speculatively-processed image data item from the storage device on a basis of the selection request, and outputs the speculatively-processed image data item in response to the job execution request.
US10554833B2	Paper conveying device and image forming apparatus A paper conveying device includes: a roller shaft having a first engaging portion and configured to rotate integrally with the first engaging portion; and a roller unit having a second engaging portion and provided on the roller shaft, the roller unit being configured to convey a sheet of paper as the roller unit rotates while being in contact with the sheet of paper. In an engaged state where the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion engage with each other, the roller unit is restricted from moving in an axis direction relative to the roller shaft. In a disengaged state where the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion disengage from each other, the roller unit is movable in the axis direction relative to the roller shaft.
US10554822B1	Noise removal in call centers The present invention is suitable for use in call centers and in other environments that include multiple service representatives, in which the voice of one representative may be picked up by the telephone of another representative in the surrounding vicinity. Disclosed herein are various methods of and systems for receiving multiple audio streams from multiple microphones, finding the correlations between the multiple audio streams, and using the correlations to attenuate the ambient noise from each audio stream. Accordingly, a caller in a conversation with a service representative hears the representative's voice with much of the ambient noise removed.
US10554815B2	System and method for establishing communications over a plurality of communications platforms A system and method for establishing communications enables an outbound communication to be made simultaneously across a plurality of different communications platforms. The system is configured to perform the following: receive from a user, a first request to establish an electronic communication with a contact; identify via the details of contacts stored in a storage device, a contact identifier of the contact for each of a plurality of the different electronic communications platforms; receive at a processor from the user, selected devices of the user with which to establish the electronic communication with the contact; transmit via one of the selected devices of the user, a second request to establish an electronic communication comprising real time audio data with the contact simultaneously via each of the plurality of the different electronic communications platforms using each respective contact identifier; receive via the communications device, an acceptance of the second request to establish an electronic communication with the contact via one of the plurality of different electronic communications platforms; and establish an electronic communication comprising real time audio data between the contact and the one of the selected devices of the user via the one of the plurality of different electronic communications platforms.
US10554812B2	Identifying and controlling unwanted calls A method and system for controlling unwanted phone calls. In response to a determination that a phone number of a current incoming call to a user is not a phone number in a contact list including phone numbers of the user's contacts and to a determination that the phone number of the current incoming call is a phone number in a phone list of a shared table, the shared table for the previous call duration is analyzed for the previous call duration and the previous sentiment of the user during a previous incoming phone call for the phone number of the current incoming call to the user. It is ascertained, from analyzing the shared table for the previous call duration, that the previous call duration is less than a predetermined call duration and the previous sentiment is a negative sentiment, and in response the current incoming call is rejected.
US10554807B2	Mobile terminal and method of operating the same A mobile terminal and a method of operating the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes a sensor configured to sense a motion of the mobile terminal, and a communication interface configured to receive, from a wearable device corresponding to the mobile terminal, information of a motion of the wearable device, the motion of the wearable device being sensed during a time period from a start time requested by the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal further includes a controller configured to determine whether the motion of the mobile terminal and the motion of the wearable device have a correlation of a level or greater, and unlock the mobile terminal, in response to the controller determining that the motion of the mobile terminal and the motion of the wearable device have the correlation of the level or greater.
US10554805B2	Information processing method, terminal, and computer-readable storage medium An association logic that associates a non-text message type with specified information is established. The association logic includes at least identification of the non-text message type, allowing a message type in line with the association logic to be identified by the identification. A first message is monitored. A first identification corresponding to the first message is obtained by analysing the first message. It is detected, according to the first identification, whether the first message is of the message type in line with the association logic. It is determined that the first message supports display of the specified information when it is detected that the first message is of the message type in line with the association logic.
US10554799B2	Portable device holder and support for containing same A portable device holder includes a base to be fixed to a portable device, a housing rotatably mounted on the base, and an elastic handle rotatably fixed to both side surfaces of the housing and configured to be elastically locked at a predetermined rotation position. Handle end connectors are formed on both side surfaces of the housing so as to protrude in a direction perpendicular to a rotation axis of the housing. Housing couplers rotatably coupled to the handle end connectors are provided at both ends of the elastic handle. The base may be provided with a gel pad for attaching a portable electronic device. The base may be integrally formed with a case (mobile phone case) for mounting a portable electronic device.
US10554790B2	Dynamic execution The disclosed embodiments relate to provisioning of a service, such as a financial service, to a device, such as a mobile device operative to access the service wirelessly or otherwise, in a manner which efficiently provides a consistent user experience which meets a user's expectations as to the functionality and quality of the service, including the user interface therefore and service delivery, which leverages the available capacities of the devices through which the service is provided so as to maximize the functionality and quality of the provided service without diminishing the experience, i.e. without substantially reducing the quality or functionality.
US10554789B2	Key based authorization for programmatic clients Key based authorization for programmatic clients is described. One or more server computers receive a request for an action on one or more target resources, the request indicating the action to be performed on the one or more target resources at the resource access point, and a key identifying a client program running on a client computer system. A data store that stores mapping data representing one or more associations among keys, actions and target resources is queried. An existence, in the data store, of an association of a particular key corresponding to a particular client program, with a particular target resource and with a particular action associated with the particular target, represents the particular client program having authorization to perform the particular action on the particular target resource. The system authorizes performance of the action on the one or more target resources for the request.
US10554769B2	Method and system for collecting and presenting historical communication data for a mobile device Among other disclosures, a method may include collecting historical communication data and personal data relating to a portion of a plurality of communications, a sender of one or more of the communications or one or more recipients of the communications. The method may include depositing the collected data into a repository of historical communication data and personal data. The method may include presenting one or more items in the repository on a mobile device, in response to user behavior.
US10554762B2	Mobile event notifications Disclosed is a mobile event streaming system that receives customer application lifecycle and user events including a message, event source and a destination then processes data for consumption by one or more customers, generating a secure data stream and sending the processed data over the generated data stream. An example system for receiving, processing, and delivering customer application lifecycle and user engagement data includes a server system having at least one processor, memory and a network interface where the memory stores program instructions for receiving, storing, processing and transmitting messages via the network interface. The mobile event streaming system may be a distributed content delivery service wherein the content delivered via the service is processed. Processing the data comprises the addition of metadata, one or more identifiers such as user, and event identifiers including predictions of future user engagement to enable real-time data consumption by customers.
US10554757B2	Smart road system for vehicles A road system includes a road surface along which vehicles travel, with the vehicles traveling along the road surface including electric vehicles. A plurality of electrical charging elements is disposed along the road surface. Batteries of electric vehicles traveling along the road surface are electrically charged as the electric vehicles travel along the electrical charging elements disposed along the road surface. A plurality of communication devices along the road surface. The communication devices are operable to wirelessly communicate with vehicles traveling along the road surface. At least some of the communication devices along the road wirelessly communicate lane information to a vehicle traveling along a lane of the road surface. Responsive to the wirelessly communicated lane information, the vehicle maintains its path of travel in the lane traveled along by the vehicle as the vehicle travels along the road surface.
US10554749B2	Clientless software defined grid Methods, computing systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring multiple servers coupled to a network as a software defined storage (SDS) grid. A first given server receives, via the network, an input/output (I/O) request from a host computer, and determines a location of data associated with the I/O request. In some embodiments, each of the servers maintains a local grid data map that store locations for all data managed by the SDS grid. Upon identifying, in its respective local grid data map, that a second given server is configured to process the I/O request, the first given server forwards the I/O request to the second given server for processing, and upon receiving a result of the I/O request from the second given server, the first given server conveys the result of the I/O request to the host computer.
US10554748B2	Content management A system and method for management and processing of resource requests is provided. A content delivery network service provider determines a class associated with a set of client computing devices and monitors resources requests for the determined class. The content delivery network service provider then identifies at least one cache component for providing content to client computing devices as a function of the determined class. In other embodiments, instead of cache components, the content delivery network service provider identifies a second set of client computing devices as a function of the determined class for providing the content information.
US10554742B2	Information processing system Provided is an information processing system capable of controlling a user s own name disclosed to other user in accordance with the relationship with the other user. A user management server stores, for each of a plurality of users, an identification name adapted to identify the user in association with a restricted disclosure name registered by the user and information identifying a user entitled to disclosure to whom the disclosure of the restricted disclosure name is permitted. The user management server receives a request for acquisition of name information of a requested user including information identifying a requesting user from a client device. The user management server transmits the restricted disclosure name of the requested user as a reply to the acquisition request if the requesting user is registered as a user entitled to disclosure of the requested user. If not, the user management server transmits the identification name of the requested user. The client device shows the transmitted name information of the requested user on a display screen.
US10554740B2	Dynamic allocation of a workload across a plurality of clouds A method of allocating cloud resources. A user interface can be presented to a user. The user interface can be configured to receive a user selection of a change of context for at least one of a plurality of workloads allocated to at least one cloud. Responsive to receiving the user selection of the change of context for the workload, via a processor, a service level agreement applicable to the workload can be dynamically changed from a first service level agreement to a second service level agreement, while the workload remains in an available state.
US10554739B2	Individualized connectivity based request handling Individualized connectivity based request handling is disclosed. For example, a content source is accessed by a client device and a load balancer executes on a processor to receive a first request based on the client device accessing the content source. A first session variable is set to a first value in a first session and a first latency to the client device is measured. A first plurality of target nodes is selected based on the first session variable. A first plurality of messages is sent to the first plurality of target nodes. A second request is received from the client device after the first session expires, starting a second session. The first session variable is set to a different second value in the second session. A second plurality of messages is sent to a second plurality of target nodes different from the first plurality of target nodes.
US10554738B1	Methods and apparatus for load balance optimization based on machine learning An apparatus includes a processor, an operating system executed by the processor, and a memory storing code executed by the processor to receive performance data from the operating system and from other compute devices. The apparatus includes a machine learning model trained with the performance data. The apparatus uses the machine learning model to predict workload values of the apparatus and other compute devices. The workload values are predicted for a future time window. The apparatus commands an execution of a data transformation task of a first dataset, based on the predicted workload values and criteria to reduce time consumed in the execution of the data transformation task. Thereafter, the apparatus receives a notification signal indicative of a completion of the data transformation task, and an indicator associated with a second dataset different from the first dataset, produced from the execution of the data transformation task.
US10554736B2	Mobile URL categorization Techniques for categorizing mobile uniform resource locators (URLs) that are used by mobile applications are disclosed. A URL is extracted from a mobile application. A category for the URL is determined based on a categorization of the mobile application. The URL and its determined category are then generated as output.
US10554735B2	Targeted delivery of download for connected devices Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a selection of a device for receiving a download associated with one or more other devices. When a download is targeted to a plurality of devices, an individual device may be selected from the plurality of devices, and the selected device may retrieve the download. After retrieving the download, the selected device may share the download with the rest of the plurality of devices. The individual device may be selected based upon status information associated with each of the plurality of devices, and the selected device may be a device that is free or relatively less busy than the other devices.
US10554727B2	Method and apparatus for controlling multi-connection for data transmission rate improvement Provided is a method of multiple connection providing a service by a client, the method including: executing at least one application for providing a service; referring to a multiple connection history including information about the number of multiple connections and a size of a sub-segment; determining the number of multiple connections and the size of the sub-segment based on the referred-to multiple connection history; and requesting the multiple connections according to the determined number of multiple connections and the determined size of the sub-segment.
US10554725B2	System, method and apparatus for providing access to services The present disclosure relates to a system, method and apparatus for providing access to plurality of services under the control of at least one near field communication (NFC) enabled service device and the method includes receiving, by a first device, a configuration file from a second device based on a proximity between the first device and the second device and providing access to at least one service corresponding to a reservation request based on control information included in the configuration file.
US10554713B2	Low latency application streaming using temporal frame transformation The present describes low latency streaming using temporal frame transformation. An execution component in an edge server executes a first instance of an application. A server interface component receives, from a remote server, a resolution delta frame indicating differences between a high resolution first frame and a low resolution first frame of a second instance of the application or, alternatively, receives the high resolution first frame. A video manipulation component generates a motion delta frame by identifying differences between a low resolution first frame and a low resolution second frame of the first instance of the application. The video manipulation component generates a high resolution transformed frame by applying the resolution delta frame and the motion delta frame to the low resolution second frame.
US10554712B2	Immersive audio in a media playback system Embodiments described herein involve an auxiliary zone contributing audio to a primary zone. In an example implementation, a network media system determines that a first zone in the network media system is playing back a first type of audio content and that a second zone in the network media system is not playing back audio content. While the first zone is playing back the first type of audio content and the second zone is not playing back audio content, the network media system forms a temporarily playback configuration. In the temporary playback configuration, the first zone plays back primary audio content including full frequency range audio content and the second playback device of the second zone plays back auxiliary audio content including low frequency range audio content.
US10554707B2	Method and system for self-detection and efficient transmission of real-time popular recorded over-the-top streams over communication networks A method and system for delivery of real-time popular recorded over-the-top (OTT) streams in a broadband network are provided. The method includes monitoring OTT streams flow in the broadband network; for each monitored OTT stream, determining if a type of a monitored OTT stream is a recorded OTT stream; upon determining that the type of a monitored OTT stream is a recorded OTT stream, determining an efficiency in delivering the recorded OTT stream in a multicast format; reformatting the recorded OTT stream into a multicast OTT stream, if the recorded OTT stream can be efficiently delivered in a multicast format; and delivering the recorded OTT stream as a multicast OTT stream to a user edge device over the broadband network.
US10554703B2	Notifying online conference participant of presenting previously identified portion of content In a method for notifying a participant of an online conference of when a portion of content will be presented during the online conference, a computer receives at least one data item identifying the portion of content. The computer determines an estimate of a time at which the portion of content will be presented and the level of confidence in the accuracy of the estimate. The computer transmits a user notification including the estimate of the time at which the portion of content will be presented and the level of confidence in the accuracy of the estimate.
US10554698B2	Terminal and server providing video call service Provided are a terminal for providing a video call service by generating evaluation information corresponding to a gesture of a user of a video call service and a server for providing a video call service based on a reputation quotient of a user based on the evaluation information received from the terminal.
US10554696B2	Initiating a communication session based on an associated content item This disclosure describes techniques in which one or more computing devices receive a signal from a first client computing device. The signal indicates that the first client computing device is available for participation in a communication session that enables communication between the first client computing device and one or more other client computing devices. The one or more computing devices determine a context for a topic of discussion associated with the communication session. The context is associated with a content item capable of being outputted by the first client computing device. Responsive to receiving the signal, the one or more computing devices initiate the communication session and send an invitation to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices to join the communication session. The invitation indicates the context of the communication session to at least one of the one or more other client computing devices.
US10554694B2	System and method for using software defined networking in internet protocol multimedia subsystems Software Defined Networking (SDN) is used in IMS in order to provide a mechanism to forward (Internet Protocol) IP packets and provide a simplified solution to the complex signaling path of IMS according to directives from an SDN Controller. SDN is used in at least three particular scenarios. In the first scenario, communications are simplified using SDN directed signaling disaggregation. In the second scenario, SDN is used to direct media function chaining. In the third scenario, the system can be used as an SDN based media relay.
US10554693B2	Security configuration method for radio bearer and device Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a security configuration method for a radio bearer and a device. The method may include: obtaining, by a base station, a first security configuration message, where the first security configuration message is used to indicate whether security configuration needs to be performed on each of N radio bearers set up between the base station and a terminal device, and indicate security configuration parameters for M radio bearers on which security configuration needs to be performed, where N is a positive integer, M is an integer, and M≤N; and sending, by the base station, the first security configuration message to the terminal device. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, applicability of security configuration can be improved.
US10554689B2	Secure communication session resumption in a service function chain A method for resuming a Transport Layer Security (TLS) session in a Service Function Chain comprising a plurality of Service Function nodes coupled to a Service Function Forwarder. A request is received at a first Service Function node to establish a TLS session, and a Pre-Shared Key (PSK) and a PSK identifier that uniquely correspond to the first Service Function node and the TLS session are generated. The PSK identifier is forwarded to one or more of the Service Function Forwarder and the plurality of Service Function nodes. A request to resume the TLS session is received from a client device that previously disconnected. It is determined that the connection request contains the PSK identifier, a second Service Function node is selected, and the TLS session is re-established between the client device and the second Service Function node using the same PSK as the prior TLS session.
US10554688B1	Ransomware locked data decryption through ransomware key transposition Traffic into and out of an organization-level network is monitored. A request for an encryption key from ransomware infecting a computer in the organization-level network to a remote command and control server is detected. A simulated reply to the ransomware is generated. A known encryption key for which the corresponding decryption key is also known is substituted for the encryption key supplied by the C&C server. The simulated reply containing the substituted known key is then supplied to the ransomware, such that the ransomware uses the known encryption key to encrypt files accessible from the computing device, and requests payment in order to provide a decryption key. Instead of paying the ransom, the encrypted files are decrypted using the known decryption key corresponding to the known encryption key which was provided to the ransomware.
US10554687B1	Incident response management based on environmental characteristics Systems, methods, and software described herein provide for managing service level agreements (SLAs) for security incidents in a computing environment. In one example, an advisement system identifies a rule set for a security incident based on enrichment information obtained for the security incident, wherein the rule set is associated with action recommendations to be taken against the incident. The advisement system further identifies a default SLA for the security incident based on the rule set, and obtains environmental characteristics related to the security incident. Based on the environmental characteristics, the advisement system determines a modified SLA for the security incident.
US10554681B2	Computer security vulnerability assessment Computer security vulnerability assessment is performed with product binary data and product vulnerability data that correspond with product identification data. A correspondence between the product binary data and the product vulnerability data is determined, and a binaries-to-vulnerabilities database is generated. The binaries-to-vulnerabilities database is used to scan binary data from a target device to find matches with the product binary data. A known security vulnerability of the target device is determined based on the scanning and the correspondence between the product binary data and the vulnerability data. In some embodiments, the target device is powered off and used as an external storage device to receive the binary data therefrom.
US10554680B2	Forecasting and classifying cyber-attacks using analytical data based neural embeddings A first collection including an analytical feature vector and a Q&A feature vector is constructed. A second collection is constructed from the first collection by inserting noise in at least one of the vectors. A third collection is constructed by crossing over at least one of vectors of the second collection with a corresponding vector of a fourth collection, migrating at least one of the vectors of the second collection with a corresponding vector of a fifth collection. Using a forecasting configuration, an analytical feature vector of the third collection is aged to generate a changed analytical feature vector containing analytical feature values expected at a future time. The changed analytical feature vector is input into a trained neural network to predict a probability of the cyber-attack occurring at the future time.
US10554674B2	Incident triage scoring engine Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for incident response are disclosed. In one aspect, a computer-implemented method includes receiving data identifying two or more groups of actions performed to remediate a computer security threat. The method includes determining first unique paths from a first action of each of the two or more groups of actions to a second action of each of the two or more groups of actions, and determining second unique paths from the second action of each of the two or more groups of actions to a third action of each of the two or more groups of actions. The method also includes combining common paths among the first unique paths and the second unique paths, identifying one of the common paths that appears most frequently, and determining a core path that includes a subset of the actions of the two or more groups of actions based on the one of the common paths that appears most frequently.
US10554665B1	System and method for role mining in identity management artificial intelligence systems using cluster based analysis of network identity graphs Systems and methods for embodiments of a graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize a network graph approach to analyzing identities or entitlements of a distributed networked enterprise computing environment. Specifically, in certain embodiments, an artificial intelligence based identity management systems may utilize the peer grouping of an identity graph (or peer grouping of portions or subgraphs thereof) to identify roles from peer groups or the like.
US10554662B2	Security service for an unmanaged device Particular embodiments described herein provide for a network element that can be configured to receive, from an electronic device, a request to access a network service. In response to the request, the network element can send data related to the network service to the electronic device and add a test link to the data related to the network service. The network element can also be configured to determine if the test link was successfully executed and classify the electronic device as untrusted if the test link was not successfully executed.
US10554661B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing access network session correlation for policy control A method for access network session correlation for policy control includes detecting a remote authentication dial in user service (RADIUS) access session for a user device, including binding the RADIUS access session to a policy node. The method includes detecting a Diameter session for the user device. The method further includes correlating the RADIUS access session with the Diameter session, including binding the Diameter session to the policy node.
US10554659B2	Anonymizing biometric data for use in a security system An anonymized biometric representation of a target individual is used in a computer based security system. A detailed input biometric signal associated with a target individual is obtained. A weakened biometric representation of the detailed biometric signal is constructed such that the weakened biometric representation is designed to identify a plurality of individuals including the target individual. The target individual is enrolled in a data store associated with the computer based security system wherein the weakened biometric representation is included in a record for the target individual.In another aspect of the invention, a detailed input biometric signal from a screening candidate individual is obtained. The detailed biometric signal of the screening candidate is matched against the weakened biometric representation included in the record for the target individual.
US10554655B2	Method and system for verifying an account operation Method and server system for user login verification are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a verification request from a first device for an account operation requested by a user using a first account; identifying, from the server system, usage history data associated with the first account, including data regarding usage of the first account on the first device; determining, in accordance with the data regarding the usage of the first account on the first device and one or more predetermined usage history criteria, whether the account operation associated with the first account on the first device is safe; and in accordance with a determination that the account operation associated with the first account on the first device is not safe, initiating a verification process based on a second device that qualifies as being safe for the account operation.
US10554651B2	Merged video streaming, authorization, and metadata requests A method receives, by a processing device of a streaming server, a first request to view the media item from the client device via a connection between the client device and the streaming server. Prior to a verification that the client device is authorized to play the media item, the method provides an encrypted portion of the media item to the client device via the connection between the client device and the streaming server. Responsive to the verification that the client device is authorized to play the media item, the method sends, by the processing device via the connection between the client device and the streaming server, a cryptography key for decrypting the encrypted portion of the media item by the client device to facilitate the playback of the decrypted portion of the media item.
US10554649B1	Systems and methods for blockchain validation of user identity and authority Systems and methods are described for performing blockchain validation of user identity and authority. In various aspects one or more processors receive a first blockchain ID and a second blockchain ID, where each of the first blockchain ID and the second blockchain ID is associated with a user and is further associated with a first and second blockchain, respectively. A plurality of blockchain transactions may be aggregated where the plurality of blockchain transactions includes at least a first blockchain transaction associated with the first blockchain and a second blockchain transaction associated with the second blockchain. A first validation event providing a first indication of validity for the user may be identified based on the first blockchain transaction or the second blockchain transaction.
US10554648B1	Calibration of a wearable medical device Methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or devices for alerting a user of a change in a medical condition. The methods, systems, apparatuses, and/or devices may a first biometric sensor configured to take a first physiological measurement of a user; a second biometric sensor configured to take a second physiological measurement of a user, wherein the first type of physiological measurement is different than the second type of physiological measurement; and a processing device coupled to the first biometric sensor and the second biometric sensor. The processing device is configured to receive the first physiological measurement; determine whether the first physiological measurement includes a biometric marker associated with the user.
US10554647B2	Information processing device, information management method, and information processing system A method includes storing first authentication information and second authentication information, the first authentication information being information for a user to access a first information processing device, the second authentication information including third authentication information and forth authentication information, the third authentication information being information for the user to access a second information processing device, and the fourth authentication information being information for the user to access a third information processing device; acquiring first index information from the second information processing device based on the third authentication information; acquiring second index information from the third information processing device based on the fourth authentication information; and generating a list including the first index information with a first indication, and the second index information with a second indication different from the first indication.
US10554646B2	Providing domain-joined remote applications in a cloud environment Embodiments are directed to provisioning private virtual machines in a public cloud and to managing private virtual machines hosted on a public cloud. In one scenario, a computer system receives authentication information for a private domain from an entity. The entity indicates that their private virtual machines are to be provisioned on a public cloud, where the entity's private domain is accessible using the authentication information. The computer system establishes a virtual network on the public cloud which is configured to host the entity's private virtual machines, where each virtual machine hosts remote applications. The computer system establishes an authenticated connection from the virtual network to the entity's private domain using the received authentication information and provides the entity's private virtual machines on the public cloud. The remote applications provided by the private virtual machines then have access to data stored within the entity's private domain using the authenticated connection.
US10554641B2	Second factor authorization via a hardware token device A credential associated with a username is received from a user. The credential is verified. A key identification and a first one-time password are received from a hardware token device. In response to validating the first one-time password, the username is linked to the key identification. A first access token and a first refresh token are generated. The first access token and the first refresh token are sent to the user.
US10554632B2	Multimodal cryptographic data communications in a remote patient monitoring environment A system provides cryptographic means for securing the transmission of health data from devices of varying processing power and over various network protocols. The system is configured to transmit and receive packets to and from a remote patient monitoring device over multiple types of communication sessions. The system authenticates at least some of the data packet payloads and headers using multiple message authentication codes. The system can, for one type of communication session, the simulate or intercept acknowledgement packets generated for use with another type of communication session.
US10554631B2	Uploading and transcoding media files In one embodiment, a method includes by a host computing server, receiving from a client computing device, a request to upload a multimedia file from the client computing device to a service; by the host computing server, identifying one or more third-party transcoding servers, wherein the transcoding servers are configured to receive and transcode multimedia files from client computing devices and store the transcoded multimedia files; by the host computing server, sending to the client computing device, a reply that comprises addresses of the third-party transcoding servers and job configuration information, wherein the job configuration information specifies one or more upload policies and comprises an access token enabling the client computing device to access the transcoding servers.
US10554630B2	Systems and methods for secure password transmission and verification Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a password from a user. A first password hash is generated based on the password and a first salt. A second password hash is generated based on the first password hash and a second salt. The first salt, the second salt, and the second password hash are transmitted to a third party.
US10554628B2	Method and system for secure communication of a token and aggregation of the same A method for anonymously communicating data that defines a token from a source system to a destination system via a block-chain distributed database includes receiving, at a token distribution system, request information from a source system. The request information specifies source identifying information and an address for receiving one or more tokens. The token distribution system determines one or more tokens for allocation to the source system and communicates the allocated tokens to the address defined in the request information via a zero-knowledge transaction. The source system moves the tokens to a different address for communicating a block-chain transaction and communicates the tokens at the different address to a destination address associated with the destination system via a block-chain transaction.
US10554618B2	Domain identifier based access policy control Methods, systems and computer readable media for domain identifier (ID) based access policy control are described.
US10554614B2	Utilizing service tagging for encrypted flow classification In one embodiment, a device in a network receives domain name system (DNS) information for a domain. The DNS information includes one or more service tags indicative of one or more services offered by the domain. The device detects an encrypted traffic flow associated with the domain. The device identifies a service associated with the encrypted traffic flow based on the one or more service tags. The device prioritizes the encrypted traffic flow based on the identified service associated with the encrypted traffic flow.
US10554613B2	Dynamic hashtag ordering based on projected interest A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) obtaining a hashtag and analyzing the hashtag to identify components comprising the hashtag. The processor(s) generate sub-hashtags, where each of the sub-hashtags includes at least one component. The processor(s) obtain, over an Internet connection, via a user interface of a social media platform displayed on a first computing resource, an entry by a user comprising text and the hashtag. The processor(s) obtains from a second computing resource, a request from a second user to access the entry that includes parameters of the second user on the platform. The processor(s) determine that a sub-hashtag is most relevant to the second user. The processor(s) configure instructions to display a customized entry, where the customized entry includes the text and the relevant sub-hashtag for the second user. The processor(s) instruct the second computing resource to display the customized entry in its user interface.
US10554607B2	Heterogeneous cloud controller Heterogeneous cloud controllers are employed to communicatively couple a plurality of service providers to a publisher-subscriber queue. The heterogeneous cloud controllers may provide a unified communication framework for clients to communicate with the service providers, as well as for the service providers to communicate with one another. A global language may be established by the heterogeneous cloud controller, and a mapping may be created between the global language and the local language of each of the service providers. Each of the heterogeneous cloud controllers may form a bridge between the global language employed at the publisher-subscriber queue and the local language employed at a corresponding service provider.
US10554606B1	Message-based keyword, phrase, and object processor and resource allocator Message-based keyword, phrase, and/or object processing and resource allocation may perform functionality related to the message data, such as keywords, phrases, and/or objects (e.g., images, video, etc.). Based on the keywords, phrases, and/or objects, emails may be modified, project plans may be updated, calendar events may be created, and/or various notifications may be sent to allocate and notify human resources accordingly.
US10554601B2	Spam detection and prevention in a social networking system A social networking system detects spam in comments posted by users of the social networking system. A spam prevention module of the social networking system retrieves content signals associated with a posted comment and analyzes the content signals to determine whether the posted comment contains spam content. The spam prevention module augments the content signal analysis by analyzing social signals of the posted comment. Based on the content signal analysis and the social signal analysis, the spam prevention module determines whether the posted comment is spam and takes remedial actions on detected spam, including blocking the comment and educating the user who posted the comment.
US10554600B2	Method and device for sending emoticons A method for sending emoticons includes requesting, by a first client device, to download an emoticon pack including a plurality of emoticons; transmitting, by a processing unit, the emoticon pack to the first client device; displaying, by the first client device, a download complete page including a user interface; and sending, by the first client device, one of the plurality of emoticons, to a second client device, by using the user interface on the download complete page.
US10554598B2	Accessibility processing when making content available to others Content is created and is made consumable by a user. A Property associated with the user is accessed to determine whether the user is to receive accessibility content. If so, accessibility content alert processing is performed on the content.
US10554593B1	Analysis of content sharing in a messaging platform A system and method for message analysis, including: receiving, from a client device, a reporting request identifying a first broadcasted message authored by a context account of a messaging platform; identifying, by a computer processor, engagement data corresponding to engagement with the first broadcasted message by a set of engaging accounts of the messaging platform that engaged with the first broadcasted message; generating, using the engagement data and by the computer processor, propagation data representing propagation of the first broadcasted message in a connection graph of the messaging platform; and providing the propagation data for the client device in response to the reporting request, where the client device is operable to display a visual representation of the propagation data.
US10554589B1	Message management and conversation processing application Identifying user input data on a mobile user device may provide a way to predict the types of questions and actions a user will take and offer information contemporaneously with such actions. One example method of operation includes identifying a computer hosted conversation with at least one user submitting conversational statements, parsing the conversational statements to identify at least one item of interest, retrieving a source of information corresponding to the item of interest and automatically creating a response statement including the item of interest.
US10554580B2	Fabric cable emulation Examples disclosed herein relate to fabric cable emulation. Some examples disclosed herein include determining connection data associated with a connection between a fabric interface of a cluster node in a fabric cluster and a fabric switch. Based on the determined connection data, configuration parameters for the connection may be calculated and stored in a memory device on the cluster node. An interface signal may be asserted to the fabric interface of the cluster node after the calculated configuration parameters are stored to indicate that the cluster node is available in the fabric cluster.
US10554574B2	Resource management techniques for heterogeneous resource clouds Resource management techniques for heterogeneous resource clouds are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware, the logic to comprise an administration component to maintain a cloud resource information database for a heterogeneous resource cloud and an allocation component to generate an ordered unified feature list based on feature preference information associated with a request for a virtual appliance service, iteratively prune an available resource pool of the heterogeneous resource cloud based on the ordered unified feature list to obtain a candidate resource set, and allocate one or more resources among the candidate resource set to the virtual appliance service. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10554569B2	Deterministic distributed network coding A network and a communication method are described. The network comprises: source nodes, receiver nodes, and coding nodes. The coding nodes are connected with input links for communication of input signals to the coding nodes and output links for communication of output signals from the coding nodes. The output signals are a linear combination of the input signals. The coefficients of the linear combination are deterministically chosen based on local information available locally at the coding node.
US10554564B2	Rate limiter Systems and methods of rate limiting are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, a rate limiter service receives a request from an online application to access an online resource, and the rate limiter service transmits an indication of the request to a back end system, and an enforcement decision corresponding to the online resource is received from the back end system, with the enforcement decision comprising an instruction to either permit or deny access to the online resource, and the receiving of the enforcement decision from the back end system being performed asynchronously with the receiving of the request and the transmitting of the indication. In some example embodiments, the enforcement decision received from the back end system is stored, the stored enforcement decision is accessed in response to the receiving of the request, and the request is responded to using the accessed enforcement decision.
US10554559B2	Bandwidth management of multicast adaptive bitrate (MABR) data streams in an IPTV-over-DOCSIS system A Multicast Adaptive Bitrate (MABR) Bandwidth Control Agent (BCA) configured to manage bandwidth of a plurality of MABR data streams in an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) over Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) system, wherein a bandwidth bottleneck exists on either an inbound, IP-network side of a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) or on an outbound, DOCSIS/RF-network side of the CMTS. The MABR BCA configures multiple virtual pipes on the inbound, IP-network side of the CMTS when the bottleneck is on the outbound, DOCSIS/RF-network side of the CMTS. One virtual pipe is configured for each service group to manage the bandwidth per service group for output RF ports on the CMTS. When the bottleneck is on the inbound, IP-network side of the CMTS, the MABR BCA configures one virtual pipe on the inbound, IP-network side to manage the bandwidth for input Ethernet ports on the CMTS.
US10554556B2	Network element with congestion-aware match tables A network element includes a plurality of ports and processing circuitry. The ports are configured for connecting to a communication network. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a packet from the communication network via one of the ports, to assign the packet to a selected queue, to verify whether the packet matches a rule, wherein matching the packet to the rule depends on whether the selected queue is congested, and, when the packet matches the rule, to apply to the packet an action associated with the rule.
US10554545B2	Data transmission in a communications network In a method for data transmission in a communications network, data frames containing metadata and payloads are transmitted via point-to-point connections between a respective transmitter and a receiver according to a communications protocol. For each point-to-point connection, a transmission list of the data frames to be transmitted from the transmitter to the receiver is kept. In addition, a priority set of at least three interrupt priorities of pairs with differing significance is provided, and the communications protocol permits each data frame of a transmission list to be assigned an interrupt priority and to interrupt a current transmission of a data frame of the transmission list in order to transfer a data frame that is contained in the transmission list and that has been assigned a higher interrupt priority than the currently transferred data frame.
US10554540B2	Controlling allocations for independent links Various aspects of the disclosure relate to controlling allocations for independent links. For example, a device may dynamically control the uplink/downlink allocations for different links. In some aspects, the independent links may involve a first device (e.g., a user equipment) communicating via different independent links with different devices (e.g., transmit receive points (TRPs) or sets of TRPs). At least one device may signal the uplink/downlink allocation for the different links. If the isolation between links is high, the links may use different time division duplexed (TDD) or frequency division duplexed (FDD) subframe structures. If the isolation is low or for certain types of information (e.g., control information), the direction of transmission for one link may be constrained to be the same as the direction of transmission for another link (e.g., the links may use the same TDD/FDD frame structures). Also, sounding on different links may be time division multiplexed.
US10554538B2	Dynamic link state routing protocol A router and methods for routing packets in a network are described. The router and methods are implemented with a dynamic link state routing protocol (DLSP). The router dynamically computes a best path from one or more paths by periodically probing links of peer nodes to determine link metrics associated with a link. The one or more link metrics include a link bandwidth to a peer node and a link latency to the peer node. Further, the router can dynamically recalculate the one or more link metrics associated with the link every 10 seconds. The router can also monitor one or more link state changes based on the one or more link metrics, wherein the link state changes are monitored every 60 second. The router can further determine a single link metric based on the link bandwidth to the peer node and the link latency to the peer node.
US10554536B2	Method for obtaining path information and apparatus Embodiments of this application provide a method for obtaining path information and an apparatus, relate to the communications field, and can accurately obtain a forwarding path for detecting a service packet. A service packet is obtained, where the service packet is a target service packet or an updated target service packet, the target service packet is a service packet that matches a flow rule, and the flow rules used to obtain the service packet that matches the flow rule; an ingress interface information field and/or an egress interface information field is/are generated according to a path detection tag on an ingress interface and/or an egress interface through which the service packet passes. The method is used to obtain path information of the service packet.
US10554529B2	Low-impact proactive monitoring of customer access to virtualized network elements in a cloud platform A system can collect, from an address resolution protocol (“ARP”) cache of a managed virtual network function (“VNF”), at least one active entry corresponding to at least one active element of a plurality of virtual local area network (“VLAN”) networks. The system can check the ARP cache for an entry associated with at least one of the plurality of VLAN elements. The system can determine whether an entry associated with at least one of the plurality of VLAN elements was found. In response to determining that an entry associated with at least one of the plurality of VLAN elements was not found, the system can send an ARP request to the plurality of VLAN elements, wait for an ARP response, and, in response to determining that an ARP response has not been received, generate a notification that VLAN connectivity has been lost.
US10554527B2	Systems and methods for efficiently monitoring and measurement of the performance of autonomous vehicles Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting and/or effectively utilizing a network of mobile and/or static nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things, autonomous vehicle networks, etc.). For example, a communication network, or one or more nodes thereof, implemented in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure provide for efficient monitoring and measurement of the performance of networks of moving things.
US10554526B2	Feature vector based anomaly detection in an information technology environment An anomaly detection system is able to detect spatial and temporal environment anomalies and spatial and temporal behavior anomalies, and monitor servers for anomalous characteristics of the environment and behavior. If metrics and/or characteristics associated with a given server are beyond a certain threshold, and alert is generated. Among other options, the alert can take the form of a heat map or a cluster cohesiveness report.
US10554525B2	Tracking usage of computing resources Systems and methods for tracking computing resources are provided. Aspects include receiving, by a workload manager, a workload, wherein the workload is executable on a customer machine, and wherein the customer machine comprises a plurality of computing resources. The workload is analyzed to determine a workload profile. A token associated with the workload is received and associated with the workload profile. The token is authenticated and the workload is executed based at least in part on authentication of the token.
US10554516B1	System to collect and visualize software usage metrics Example embodiments involve a metrics collection system for collecting software usage metrics from one or more client devices at deployments. A computer, such as a server configured to execute the metrics collection system, collects software usage metrics (e.g., as a metrics submission from a client device) of the software product at the deployment, identifies a metrics type of the software usage metrics collected, assigns the software usage metrics to a metrics category, and calculates and updates a metrics score of the metrics category, based on the software usage metrics collected.
US10554513B2	Technologies for filtering network packets on ingress Technologies for filtering network packets on ingress include a network interface controller (NIC) to retrieve classification filters based on packet classification identifying information of a network packet received by the NIC, wherein each of the classification filters is usable to identify rules for identifying any operations to be performed on at least a portion of the received network packet. The NIC is further configured to compare the first classification filter to the packet classification identifying information to determine whether the determined packet classification identifying information meets criteria of the first classification filter. Additionally, the NIC is configured to associate a classification filter identifier of the first classification filter with the received network packet and send the received network packet and the classification filter identifier of the first classification filter to a processor of an apparatus associated with the NIC. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10554511B2	Information processing apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An information processing apparatus is configured to acquire first communication amount information indicating a first communication amount per unit period of time of each of a plurality of flows at a first timing, specify a predictive communication amount per the unit period of time of each of the plurality of flows at a second timing later than the first timing, acquire second communication amount information indicating a second communication amount per the unit period of time of each of the plurality of flows at the second timing, specify a difference between the predictive communication amount and the second communication amount, specify a priority degree of each of the plurality of flows based on the difference and a topology value determined for each of the plurality of flows, and analyze the data traffic of a specific flow selected from the plurality of flows based on the priority degree.
US10554509B2	Information processing system and delay measurement method The present invention provides an information processing system which more efficiently measures a delay time without limiting a traffic pattern. The information processing system includes: means for acquiring the reception sampling data of the measurement target reception traffic based on reception sampling start timing at a predetermined fixed interval and a predetermined continuous sampling period and transmission sampling data of transmission traffic of the measurement target based on predetermined transmission sampling start timing different from the reception sampling start timing and the predetermined continuous sampling period; and analysis means for calculating and outputting the delay time of the measurement target based on the reception and transmission sampling data.
US10554482B2	Optimization of distributed Wi-Fi networks estimation and learning Systems and methods for estimation and learning for optimization of a distributed Wi-Fi network performed by a cloud controller include obtaining data associated with operation of the distributed Wi-Fi network; processing the obtained data; determining one or more of forecasts, predictions, trends, and interference for the distributed Wi-Fi network based on the processed data; and performing an optimization of the distributed Wi-Fi network based on the determined one or more forecasts, predictions, trends, and interference. The obtained data can time-series data, and wherein the processing comprises collating the time-series data across all nodes in the distributed Wi-Fi network and segmenting the time-series data into time periods with similar load characteristics.
US10554480B2	Systems and methods for maintaining communication links The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for maintaining communication links. In one aspect, a computing system includes: (1) a client agent communicatively coupled to a client device, the client agent configured to: (a) facilitate communication between the client device and a remote server via a communication channel including a first portion of the communication channel between the client device and the client agent; and (b) maintain the first portion of the communication channel during a communication outage in a different portion of the communication channel; and (2) a communications server distinct from the client device and the remote server, the communications server configured to: (a) enable communication between the client device and the remote server via the communication channel; and (b) reestablish the communication channel in the event of a communication outage between the client agent and the remote server.
US10554474B2	System and method for beacon invoked multifunction peripheral operation A document processing system includes a wireless data beacon associated with an MFP, which beacon broadcasts beacon identification data. A network interface receives user identification data from a portable data device corresponding to the beacon identification data, and the device sends output job queue status data to the portable data device in accordance with an address associated with the user identification data. In a complementary action, a BLUETOOTH interface of a portable data device receives a device identifier from an associated BLUETOOTH low energy beacon. The device communicates user identification data via a network interface to the MFP. The portable data device then receives status data from the document processing device and the status data is displayed on a device display.
US10554470B2	Control monitoring and power control for multi-link deployments Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be in communication with multiple base stations having a non-ideal backhaul link, where uplink and downlink transmission on a carrier may be sent on respective communication links. The transmissions may be synchronous or asynchronous, and the UE may identify a set of search candidates in overlapping TTIs associated with downlink transmissions from respective base stations. In some cases, a number or a timing of the set of search candidates may be based on the overlapping TTIs. The UE may also use different uplink transmit powers for transmissions on the different communication links. In some cases, a minimum reserved power may be used for each link where a remaining transmit power, for example, up to a maximum total transmit power, may be split between the links or applied to the uplink transmission that occurs temporally first.
US10554452B2	Electronic device and method of receiving data According to one embodiment, an electronic device executes decision feedback-type equalization for input data using a tap coefficient while updating the tap coefficient. The electronic device includes a first memory cyclically receiving a tap coefficient, holing the tap coefficient received, and cyclically outputting the tap coefficient held, and a second memory receiving the tap coefficient cyclically output from the first memory and holding the tap coefficient received. The tap coefficient cyclically output from the first memory is delayed by at least one cycle than the tap coefficient cyclically received by the first memory. The tap coefficient held in the second memory is used for the decision feedback-type equalization in a no-signal period in which no input data exist.
US10554445B2	Data packet sending method and apparatus Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a data packet sending method and apparatus, and relate to communications field. The method includes: receiving, by an SGW-U, a data packet, and matching context information of a corresponding bearer according to a tunnel endpoint identifier (TEID) carried in the data packet; sending a trigger message to a serving gateway for control plane SGW-C if the SGW-U determines, through matching, that the SGW-U does not include the context information of the bearer, where the trigger message carries the TEID, and the trigger message is used by the SGW-C to obtain the context information of the bearer according to the TEID; receiving a reestablish bearer context message sent by the SGW-C, where the reestablish bearer context message carries the context information of the bearer; and sending the data packet according to the context information of the bearer.
US10554444B2	Method and device for operating a bus system A method for operating a bus system in which a message of the bus system is received and its validity is ascertained, characterized in that, when it has been ascertained that the message is “not valid”, a defend message is transmitted to a designated recipient of the message, the defend message being configured so that the designated recipient is instructed by way of the defend message to initiate defensive measures against the message.
US10554442B2	Apparatus and method for load balancing among multi-ports in reverse power feeding The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for load balancing among multi-ports in reverse power feeding, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method which, in the process in which a distribution apparatus performs load balancing among multi-ports by reversely receiving power from multiple customer premises at a distribution point, when reverse power feeding from a specific customer premise is stopped, since a power burden of a remaining customer premise is increased, which interfere with a communication service, can reduce power consumption on the distribution by releasing a link of a communication port connected with the corresponding customer premise as soon as the power feeding is stopped and provide a stable communication service by performing the load balancing only with respect to remaining communication ports.
US10554441B2	Automation system and method for operation of the system An automation system includes a first/second control devices having first/second field bus terminals, a field bus, a peripheral assembly having at least one input/output peripheral module for connection to sensors and/or actuators, where the peripheral assembly includes an interface module having a third field bus terminal for communication to and/or from the control devices, and where the interface module includes at least one input/output module storing interconnect information that creates an association between inputs/outputs of the at least one input/output peripheral module and the control devices, and where the interface module additionally includes a virtual data set module in which a data set receiving module is associated with the first control device to which a data set is writable by the first control device, and includes a data set transmitting module associated with the second controller from which the data set is retrievable by the second control device.
US10554433B2	Method for discovering the configuration of a home-automation facility The invention concerns a method for discovering the configuration of a home-automation facility, the home-automation facility comprising a plurality of home-automation devices and a plurality of central control units (U1, U2); the method being executed by a management unit (Sv) or by a mobile terminal (T) connected to the at least one home-automation facility and comprising the following steps: receiving (EDCfT3) a first message (MSScn1) originating from a first control unit (U1) of the plurality of central control units (U, U1, U2), the first message comprising a first piece of signalling information concerning at least one first sub-scenario (SScn11) prerecorded in said first central control unit linked with a scenario identifier (ScnID), the first sub-scenario (SScn1) comprising at least one first control intended for the at least one device attached to said first central control unit (U1); receiving (EDCfT4) a second message (MSScn2) originating from a second control unit (U2) of the plurality of central control units (U1, U2), the second message comprising a second piece of signalling information concerning at least one second sub-scenario (SScn2) prerecorded in said second central control unit (U2) linked with the scenario identifier (ScnID), the second sub-scenario (SScn2) comprising at least one second control intended for the at least one device attached to said second central control unit (U2); reconstituting (EDCfT5) a scenario (Scn) associated with the scenario identifier (ScnID) comprising at least the at least one first control and the at least one second control, by combining the first sub-scenario (SScn1) and the second sub-scenario (SScn2).
US10554425B2	Maximally redundant trees to redundant multicast source nodes for multicast protection In general, techniques are described for enabling a network of network devices (or “nodes”) to provide redundant multicast streams from redundant multicast sources to an egress network node. In some examples, the egress network node (or a controller for the network) computes maximally redundant trees (MRTs) from the egress network node to a virtual proxy node virtually added to the network topology by the egress network node for redundant multicast sources of redundant multicast streams.
US10554403B2	Secure database backup and recovery As disclosed herein a computer system for secure database backup and recovery in a secure database network has N distributed data nodes. The computer system includes program instructions that include instructions to receive a database backup file, fragment the file using a fragment engine, and associate each fragment with one node, where the fragment is not stored on the associated node. The program instructions further include instructions to encrypt each fragment using a first encryption key, and store, randomly, encrypted fragments on the distributed data nodes. The program instructions further include instructions to retrieve the encrypted fragments, decrypt the encrypted fragments using the first encryption key, re-encrypt the decrypted fragments using a different encryption key, and store, randomly, the re-encrypted fragments on the distributed data nodes. A computer program product and method corresponding to the above computer system are also disclosed herein.
US10554399B2	Method and apparatus for encrypting and decrypting data A method, system, and computer program product encrypt data. A processor(s) obtains plaintext (plaintext data) and randomly generates multiple seed keys and obtains a user-defined password. The processor(s) randomly generates encryption parameters (pattern indicators, end pointers, pattern indicator pointers, and component sizes) and encrypts the plaintext by converting the plaintext data to shuffle-transform encrypted text and generating, from the shuffle-transform encrypted text and based on the encryption parameters, a plurality of encrypted blocks. The processor(s) implements a dynamic mathematical offset, to a portion of mathematical functions underlying the encryption parameters. The processor(s) generates an encrypted chunk for each encrypted block of the plurality of encrypted blocks, wherein the encrypted chunk for each encrypted block contains a portion of the shuffle-transform encrypted text.
US10554398B2	Cryptographic key production from a physical unclonable function Some embodiments are directed to an electronic cryptographic device configured to determine a cryptographic key. The cryptographic device has a physically unclonable function, a debiasing unit, and a key reconstruction unit. The PUF is configured to produce a first noisy bit string during an enrollment phase and a second noisy bit string during a reconstruction phase. The debiasing unit (120) is configured to determine debiasing data from the first noisy bit string during the enrollment phase. The debiasing data marks bits in the first noisy bit string as retained or discarded. The key reconstruction unit is configured to determine the cryptographic key from bits in the second noisy bit string marked as retained by the debiasing data, the cryptographic key being independent from bits in the second noisy bit string marked as discarded by the debiasing data.
US10554397B2	Quantum-based data encryption A system that comprises a quantum key device configured to generate quantum information and transmit the quantum information over a first and second quantum communication channel. The system also comprises a first device, communicatively coupled to the quantum key device over the first quantum communication channel, and a second device, communicatively coupled to the quantum key device over the second quantum communication channel. The system further comprises an encryption module configured to encrypt data to create encrypted data, at the first device, using a first quantum encryption key. The system also comprises a decryption module configured to decrypt the encrypted data to create decrypted data, at the second device, using a second quantum encryption key. The first quantum encryption key is the same as the second quantum encryption key. The system further comprises a termination module configured to prevent access to the decrypted data after a predetermined period of time.
US10554395B2	Semiconductor device managing power budget and operating method thereof A semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of chips coupled in a ring structure, and the plurality of chips includes a first chip. Each of the plurality of chips may include a key port receiving or outputting a key to circulate the key through the ring structure. The first chip is configured to be in a standby state until an amount of available token becomes equal to or greater than an amount of required token to perform a specific operation in the first chip, when the first chip has the key.
US10554393B2	Universal secure messaging for cryptographic modules An anonymous secure messaging method and system for securely exchanging information between a host computer system and a functionally connected cryptographic module. The invention comprises a Host Security Manager application in processing communications with a security executive program installed inside the cryptographic module. An SSL-like communications pathway is established between the host computer system and the cryptographic module. The initial session keys are generated by the host and securely exchanged using a PKI key pair associated with the cryptographic module. The secure communications pathway allows presentation of critical security parameter (CSP) without clear text disclosure of the CSP and further allows use of the generated session keys as temporary substitutes of the CSP for the session in which the session keys were created.
US10554388B2	Service execution method and device After receiving a qualification acquisition request sent by an end-user device, a service platform can return a block generation rule to the end-user device, instead of returning the block generation rule only when a predetermined moment arrives. Even if the end-user device sends the qualification acquisition request to the service platform before the predetermined moment, the service platform still returns the block generation rule. The service platform can separate, in terms of time, users who participate in obtaining service qualification, so that some users can obtain the block generation rule before the predetermined moment, and then participate in a service based on the obtained block generation rule when the predetermined moment arrives. Access pressure faced by the service platform when the predetermined moment arrives is relieved, and normal running of the service platform after the predetermined moment arrives is ensured.
US10554384B2	Aggregation of encrypted data In some embodiments, an encryption system secures data using a homomorphic encryption. The encryption system encrypts a number by encrypting a number identifier of the number and combining the number and the encrypted number identifier using a mathematical operation to generate an encrypted number. The encrypted numbers may be stored at a server system along with their number identifiers. The server system can then generate an aggregation (e.g., sum) of the encrypted numbers and provide the aggregation, the encrypted numbers, and the number identifiers. The encryption system can then separate the aggregation of the numbers from the aggregation of the encrypted numbers using an inverse of the mathematical operation used in the encryption to effect removal of an aggregation of the encrypted number identifiers of the numbers from the aggregation of the encrypted numbers. The separated aggregation of the numbers is an aggregation of the plurality of the numbers.
US10554374B2	Flexible spectrum support in cellular wireless communications Systems and methods for flexible spectrum, or bandwidth, support in a cellular communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base station for a cellular communications network is configured to transmit a non-standardized bandwidth carrier and information that identifies a standardized bandwidth and additional information that, together with the information that identifies the standardized bandwidth, defines a non-standardized bandwidth of the non-standardized bandwidth carrier. In one embodiment, the additional information defines a bandwidth adjustment for the standardized bandwidth that defines the non-standardized bandwidth. In one embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth restriction. In another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth restriction. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is a symmetric bandwidth expansion. In yet another embodiment, the bandwidth adjustment is an asymmetric bandwidth expansion.
US10554367B2	Narrowband uplink resource configuration The present document provides a method, an apparatus and a base station for resource configuration. The method includes: performing, when resources for a first type of channel allocated to a first terminal and resources for a second type of channel allocated to a second terminal satisfy a specified condition, a time-domain position of a first resource among the resources for the second type of channel is postponed. In one aspect, the problem of avoiding collision occurring between channel resources configured for different terminals in the related art can be solved, thereby avoiding collisions of channel resources and improving the communication efficiency.
US10554362B2	System and method of processing antenna configuration information A base station encodes antenna configuration information of a neighboring cell of a first cell, and sends encoded information relating to the antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell to a user equipment (UE). The UE is capable of communicating with the base station in the first cell. The UE receives the encoded information; decodes the antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell from the encoded information; and performs determination of predetermined time-frequency resource according to the antenna configuration information of the neighboring cell. The predetermined time-frequency resource is used by a base station of the neighboring cell for transmitting pilot measurement information.
US10554347B2	Low latency corrupt data tagging on a cross-chip link Low latency corrupt data tagging on a cross-chip link including receiving, from the cross-chip link, a control flit comprising a virtual channel identifier for an incoming data flit; storing the virtual channel identifier in a data pipeline and a bad data indicator (BDI) pipeline; receiving, from the cross-chip link, the incoming data flit into the data pipeline; moving, based on the virtual channel identifier in the data pipeline, the data flit from the data pipeline into an entry in a virtual channel queue corresponding to the virtual channel identifier; receiving, from the cross-chip link, a BDI for the data flit into the BDI pipeline; and moving, based on the virtual channel identifier in the BDI pipeline, the BDI for the data flit from the BDI pipeline into an entry in a BDI array corresponding to the entry in the virtual channel queue storing the data flit.
US10554346B2	Allocating space for a plurality of control sets for HARQ A method for allocating space for a plurality of control sets for Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ), wherein each control set comprising elements for carrying HARQ indicators. The method is performed in a network node and comprises determining a largest set size, in number of resources, of any one of the plurality of control sets; determining a target size, in number of resources, to be allocated for HARQ; allocating a HARQ space, wherein the HARQ space having a size, in number of resources, being a maximum of the largest set size and the target size; and spreading the plurality of control sets within the HARQ space. The HARQ space can be used in the uplink, for providing HARQ feedback on downlink information.
US10554336B2	Transmitting apparatus and non-uniform constellation mapping method thereof A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US10554331B2	Quality of service driven receiver selective hybrid automatic repeat request for point-to-multipoint communication Various communication systems, such as radio access networks, may benefit from various error correction techniques. For example, certain communication systems may benefit from quality of service driven receiver selective hybrid automatic repeat request for point-to-multipoint communication. A method can include identifying, at a receiver, at least one quality of service threshold. The method can also include identifying, at the receiver, at least one quality of service. The method can further include determining, at the receiver, whether or what kind of feedback is to be used for an erroneously received transport block based on the identified at least one quality of service threshold and the identified at least one quality of service. The method can additionally include communicating, by the receiver, with a transmitter of the erroneously received transport block based on the determination.
US10554316B2	Measuring system and measuring method for calibrating an antenna array A measuring system for calibrating an antenna array is provided. A parameter setting unit modifies an input signal of a first antenna or a first antenna group, using operating parameters. A signal generator generates a first measuring signal and provides it to the parameter setting unit and to a second antenna or a second antenna group of the antenna array. A measuring antenna receives a second measuring signal composed of a signal emitted by the first antenna or first antenna group and a signal emitted by the second antenna or second antenna group. A power meter measures the power of the second measuring signal. An evaluation device determines a measured interference signal from the measured power of the second measuring signal, and preferably also determines the operating parameters used by the parameter setting unit based upon the measured interference signal and position information.
US10554313B2	Communications methods and user equipment Embodiments of this application provide communications methods and user equipments. A communications method disclosed herein comprises: obtaining, by a user equipment, at least one signal value that is generated based on contact between the user equipment and a human body, where the human body is also in contact with another user equipment; determining at least one transmission parameter at least according to the at least one signal value and a preset transmission parameter rule; and communicating with the another user equipment at least according to the at least one transmission parameter.
US10554308B2	System and method for communication by means of visible light for underground tunnels The invention relates to a system for communication by means of visible light and to the corresponding method, where a channel for transmitting visible light has abnormal conditions, for example, in tunnels of an underground mine with a high degree of dust concentration in the atmosphere and also in rural and urban tunnels in which the fumes generated by an accident produce high concentrations of powdery material in the transmission channel. This problem is solved by using in the system a transceiver for transmitting visible light, a means for receiving visible light, and a Deep Neural Network (DNN), with a specific arrangement, proximity or distance, of ceiling-mounted transceivers formed by LEDs lamps (arrangement of the plurality of LEDs) and Digital Single Lens Reflex (D-SLR) transceivers (formed by reflex cameras in which the lens that forms the image also provides the image in the viewfinder). According to the invention, together all the elements forming the system allowing channel noise to be removed, being able to transmit using visible light with diversity, even if the channel appears interrupted to the human eye.
US10554306B1	Constant envelope path-dependent phase modulation Optical transmitters configured to modulate optical signals with a path-dependent phase modulation scheme. In certain examples, an optical transmitter includes an optical source that emits a carrier waveform, a modulator configured to modulate the carrier waveform according to a path-dependent phase modulation scheme to produce a modulated optical signal, a mapping module configured to map a data payload to the path-dependent phase modulation scheme, each symbol in the path-dependent phase modulation scheme including a concatenation of at least one location bit and a path bit, the at least one location bit identifying an amount of a phase transition in the modulated optical signal and the path bit identifying a direction of the phase transition, and a pulse-shaping filter configured to control the modulator, based on an output from the mapping module, to impose the path-dependent phase modulation scheme on the carrier waveform to generate the modulated optical signal.
US10554304B2	Mechanism for MIPI communication using optical interface An apparatus comprises a laser emitter configured to transmit laser energy across an air gap to a separate device; a mobile industry processor interface (MIPI); driver circuitry electrically coupled to the laser emitter, wherein the driver circuitry is configured to receive an electrical signal according to an MIPI protocol and drive the laser emitter according to the electrical signal; a tone circuit configured to generate a tone signal of a specified tone frequency; and an MIPI mode detection circuit electrically coupled to the driver circuitry and the MIPI, wherein the MIPI mode detection circuit is configured to detect a change between a MIPI low power (LP) mode and a MIPI high speed (HS) mode at the MIPI interface, and add the tone signal to an electrical signal provided to the driver circuitry from the MIPI according to the detected change.
US10554303B2	Optical communication system, transmitter and receiver There is provided an optical communication system comprising: a transmitter comprising: a modulator configured to output a digital signal representing information to be transmitted; a biaser configured to output a bias level; a drive level controller configured to output a control signal; a switch electrically connected to the modulator, wherein the switch receives the digital signal and a reference voltage set by the control signal; and at least one light emitting diode (LED) electrically connected to the switch and the biaser. The LED is configured to emit light and pulse at varying power levels between the bias level and the reference voltage. The system further comprises a receiver comprising: a detector configured to receive light emitted by the LED and output a detected signal; and a demodulator configured to receive the detected signal and output demodulated information.
US10554302B2	Optical communication apparatus and frequency control method An optical communication apparatus receives a signal in which optical signals each including multiplexed subcarriers are frequency multiplexed, and includes: transceivers to perform reception process on a processing target band in which any one of the optical signals is included and to calculate a frequency offset amount between local light and a reception target optical signal that is included in the processing target band and calculate a carrier frequency interval between the local light and an optical signal adjacent to the reception target optical signal; and a frequency control unit to calculate an adjustment amount when an optical communication apparatus that is a source of the optical signals adjusts the frequencies of the optical signals based on the frequency offset amount and the carrier frequency interval calculated by the transceivers and to transmit the calculated adjustment amount to the optical communication apparatus that is a source of the optical signals.
US10554301B2	Reachability determination in wavelength division multiplexing network based upon fiber loss measurements Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for determining reachability for a wavelength connection in a telecommunication network. For example, a processor deployed in a telecommunication network may calculate a fiber loss on a link in the telecommunication network using optical power measurements and determine that a destination node of a wavelength connection is not reachable via a path that includes the link based upon the fiber loss of the link that is calculated. In one example, the determining is based upon a number of links in the path, an effective fiber loss for each link in the path, a penalty for nodes in the path, and an acceptable loss value. The processor may further perform a remedial action in response to determining that the destination node of the wavelength connection is not reachable via the path.
US10554300B2	Optical communications The present invention provides a method of indirectly determining the optical signal-noise ratio of an optical fibre communications link. In a test environment, the relationship between OSNR and pre-FEC BER (forward error-corrected bit error rate) is determined for a particular type of optical transponder. When a transponder of that type is connected to an optical communications link then the pre-FEC BER can be measured and the OSNR inferred from the pre-determined OSNR-BER relationship. The OSNR value can then be used to select a transponder modulation format or other transmission parameters.
US10554293B1	Satellite operation of narrowband internet of things radio protocol The present teachings disclose implementations of a UE and a method for providing a Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) network, the method including: receiving an NB-IoT downlink over a forward link; obtaining MAC configuration parameters, a transmit-timing offset and a transmit-frequency offset; pre-adjusting, to align with a return link timing and a return link frequency, a transmit-timing with the transmit-timing offset and a transmit-frequency with the transmit-frequency offset; requesting, based on the MAC configuration parameters and after the pre-adjusting, a connection with a Random-Access Preamble (RAR) over an NB-IoT uplink via the return link; and establishing the connection upon receiving a Random-Access Response (RAR), where a Round Trip-Time (RTT) from a transmitting antenna to a receiving antenna is greater than 67 microseconds (us), and both the NB-IoT downlink and the NB-IoT uplink use a mostly unchanged NB-IoT standard waveform. The NB-IoT service may be relayed by a satellite, for example, a geosynchronous earth orbit satellite. Further corrections to the timing and frequency may be performed on the connection. A cell or beam selection may be based on an NB-IoT system type, including NB-IoT over satellite, indicated in a Master Information Block.
US10554283B2	Method and device for uplink information feedback and downlink data transmission Provided are a method and device for uplink information feedback and downlink data transmission, used, when the speed of motion of a terminal is high, for solving the problem of CSI information reported by the terminal being insufficient to track changes on the channel, such that data transmission carried out on the basis of the channel state information reported by the terminal causes seriously degraded performance. The method comprises: a base station obtaining a precoding matrix of a terminal, and an l-th precoding matrix set of L precoding matrix sets corresponding to said precoding matrix; each precoding matrix set of said L precoding matrix sets containing at least one precoding matrix; said at least one precoding matrix originating from a preset codebook, wherein l≤L and L is a positive integer; according to the precoding matrix contained in the obtained l-th precoding matrix set, the base station sending downlink data to the terminal. By means of the precoding matrix set, a relatively wide beam is formed to cover the user, thus guaranteeing downlink transmission for the terminal when it is moving at high speed, improving the reliability of downlink transmission.
US10554281B2	Interference measurement in wireless networks Embodiments contemplate methods, systems, and apparatuses for interference measurement in a wireless communication network, including wireless communication networks the employ MIMO in uplink and/or downlink communication. Embodiments contemplate identifying one or more interference measurement resource elements that may be received from one or more transmission points. Embodiments also contemplate performing interference measurement estimation based at least in part on the identified one or more interference measurement resource elements. Channel state information (CSI) perhaps in the form of reports may be generated based at least in part on the one or more interference measurement estimation. Embodiments also contemplate that the CSI report may be transmitted to one or more nodes. In some embodiments, the one or more interference measurement resource elements may be received as part of a set of resource elements.
US10554269B2	Access method and device Embodiments provide an access method and a device, where the method includes: determining that N second receiving devices communicate with a second sending device by using a radio resource, where N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; obtaining a receive effective channel vector from each second receiving device to a first sending device; obtaining a transmit antenna spatial correlation matrix of the first sending device; determining M transmit vectors; and separately communicating, by the first sending device, with K first receiving devices by using K of the M transmit vectors, where K is a positive integer less than or equal to M. According to the foregoing technical solutions, in a case in which the radio resource has been occupied by the second receiving device, the first sending device can send data by using the radio resource.
US10554264B2	System and method for reducing pilot signal contamination using orthogonal pilot signals A communications system includes a plurality of transmitting units that each generate a pilot signal modulated using quantum level overlay modulation to apply at least one orthogonal function to the pilot signal and transmit the modulated pilot signal from the transmitting unit over a pilot channel. A base station unit including a MIMO receiver for receiving the pilot signals over the pilot channels from the plurality of transmitting units, demodulating the modulated pilot signals using the quantum level overlay modulation to remove the at least one orthogonal function from the pilot signals and outputting the demodulated pilot signal. The at least one orthogonal function applied to the pilot signals are orthogonal to each other and substantially reduces pilot channel contamination between the pilot channels.
US10554259B2	Passive electrical coupling device and methods for use therewith Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a coupling device includes a circuit that receives a signal. At least one passive electrical circuit element generates an electromagnetic field in response to the signal. A portion of the electromagnetic field is guided by a surface of a transmission medium to propagate as a guided electromagnetic wave longitudinally along the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10554255B2	Communication system and method of data communications A communication system includes a demodulator configured to demodulate an amplified modulated signal responsive to a first carrier signal. The demodulator includes a filter and a gain adjusting circuit. The filter is configured to generate a filtered first signal based on a first signal. The first signal is based on the first carrier signal and the amplified modulated signal. The filter has a gain adjusted based on a set of control signals. The gain adjusting circuit is coupled to the filter, and configured to generate the set of control signals based on at least a voltage of the filtered first signal or a voltage of a second signal. The gain adjusting circuit includes a first peak detector configured to output a peak value of the voltage of the second signal. The voltage of the second signal includes a voltage of the first signal or a voltage of a reference signal.
US10554254B2	Multi-antenna impulse UWB receiver An impulse UWB signal multi-antenna receiver with an RF front-end shared between the various antennas. The receiver includes a code multiplexing stage upstream of the RF front-end, and a code demultiplexing stage downstream of this front-end. The codes used for multiplexing and demultiplexing are orthogonal codes with timing a sub-multiple of the chip timing of the code used at transmission for modulation of the impulse UWB signal.
US10554251B1	Low power wake up radio synchronization with low power antenna A first wireless device determines, while a first and second wireless transceiver are powered off, start of a service period. The first wireless transceiver is turned on in response to the determination to enable the first wireless device to establish communication via a LP wireless channel while the second wireless transceiver is off. The first wireless device receives a request frame from a second wireless device and a time of a timing function is updated based on the request frame.
US10554229B2	Transmitter apparatus of mobile device and operation method thereof In a transmitter apparatus of a mobile device, a radio frequency unit has transmitting terminals for sending wireless signals of different frequency bands. Transmission filters are respectively connected to the transmitting terminals and perform a filtering process for the signal of each frequency band. A first switch has a single output terminal and input terminals respectively connected to the transmission filters, performing a switching operation to connect one of the input terminals and the output terminal in response to a control signal. A power amplifier amplifies the signal transmitted through the output terminal of the first switch. A second switch has a single input terminal connected to the power amplifier, and output terminals corresponding to the transmission filters. The second switch performs a switching operation to connect the input terminal and one of the output terminals in response to the control signal.
US10554227B2	Decoding optimization for channel mismatch A memory system configured to decode a data set may pause a convergence process to update reliability metric values. The memory system may utilize a positive feedback system that updates the reliability metric values by analyzing current a posteriori reliability metric values to calculate average estimated reliability characteristic values associated with a memory error model. The updates to the reliability metric values may provide increased error correction capability and faster decoding.
US10554225B2	Data storage device encoding and interleaving codewords to improve trellis sequence detection A data storage device is disclosed comprising a storage medium. Input data is encoded according to at least one channel code constraint to generate first data and second data. The first data is encoded into a first codeword, and the second data is encoded into a second codeword, wherein a first code rate of the first codeword is less than a second code rate of the second codeword. The first codeword and the second codeword are interleaved to generate an interleaved codeword, and the interleaved codeword is written to the storage medium.
US10554217B2	Sensor terminal and sensor system Provided is a sensor terminal including a sensor element, the sensor terminal further including: an ADC that converts an analog signal output from a sensor element into a digital signal; a storage device in which a plurality of first storage setting numbers being information for controlling the ADC and a plurality of pieces of first characteristic information including description of operation of the ADC are stored in association with each other; and a communication device that receives a first reception setting number from the outside of the sensor terminal, and transmits the first characteristic information corresponding to the first storage setting number that coincides with the first reception setting number, to the outside of the sensor terminal.
US10554210B2	Apparatuses and methodologies for vibration effects correction in oscillators A method and system for vibration correction in an oscillator. The method includes sensing vibrations along one or more axes via at least one accelerometer mounted on the oscillator, determining corrective factors based on an acceleration signal received from the at least one accelerometer by referencing a look-up table; and controlling the oscillator based on at least the corrective factors.
US10554209B2	Adaptive aging tolerant apparatus An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first ring oscillator comprising at least one aging tolerant circuitry; a second ring oscillator comprising a non-aging tolerant circuitry; a first counter coupled to the first ring oscillator, wherein the first counter is to count a frequency of the first ring oscillator; a second counter coupled to the second ring oscillator, wherein the second counter is to count a frequency of the second ring oscillator; and logic to compare the frequencies of the first and second ring oscillators, and to generate one or more controls to mitigate aging of one or more devices.
US10554205B2	LLC converter with wake-up circuitry A circuit arrangement is disclosed for controlling the switching of a field effect transistor (FET). A current controlled amplifier may be configured to amplify a current in a current sense device to generate an amplified current, wherein the current in the current sense device indicates a current through the FET. A comparator may be coupled to the current sense amplifier to compare a voltage corresponding to the amplified current with a voltage reference and to generate a comparator output based on the comparison, wherein the comparator output controls whether the FET is on or off.
US10554204B1	Load bypass slew control techniques Techniques for an integrated slew-rate control circuit are provided. In certain examples, an adjustable, integrated slew-rate control circuit for a bypass transistor can provide three decades of adjustability. In an example, a slew-rate control circuit can include a load bypass transistor, a slew-rate control capacitor, electrically coupled between a conduction node of the load bypass transistor and a control node of the load bypass transistor, and a current mirror circuit. The current mirror circuit can include a sense transistor electrically coupled in series with the slew-rate control capacitor and the control node, and a mirror transistor electrically coupled between a power supply and the control node, to selectively provide, to or from the control node, a shunt current that bypasses the slew-rate control capacitor to limit a slew rate of a voltage at the conduction node.
US10554195B2	Band-pass filter and branching filter A branching filter includes a first band-pass filter provided between a common port and a first signal port, and a second band-pass filter provided between the common port and a second signal port. The first band-pass filter includes a first LC resonant circuit and a first resonant circuit section. The first resonant circuit section includes a first acoustic wave resonator. The second band-pass filter includes a second LC resonant circuit and a second resonant circuit section. The second resonant circuit section includes a second acoustic wave resonator and an inductor connected in parallel.
US10554189B2	Analogue signal paths This application relates to audio circuits, such as audio driving circuits, with improved audio performance. An audio arrangement (200) has an audio circuit (201) with a forward signal path between an input (102) for an input digital audio signal (DIN) and an output (103) for an output analogue audio signal (AOUT). The circuit also has a feedback path comprising an analogue-to-digital conversion module (202) for receiving an analogue feedback signal (VFB) derived from the output analogue audio signal and outputting a corresponding digital feedback signal (DFB). The analogue-to-digital conversion module (202) has an ADC (108), an analogue gain element (203) configured to apply analogue gain (GA) to the analogue feedback signal before the ADC and a digital gain element (204) for applying digital gain (GD) to a signal output from the ADC. A gain controller (205) controls the analogue gain and the digital gain applied based on the input digital audio signal (DIN).
US10554184B2	Short-circuit protection apparatus and method The present disclosure provides a short-circuit protection apparatus and method. The short-circuit protection apparatus includes a current detection circuit, a control circuit, a threshold regulating circuit, and a timing circuit. The current detection circuit outputs a detection signal when a detected current is greater than a preset current. The control circuit outputs first and second control signals. The threshold regulating circuit outputs first and second threshold voltages, the first threshold voltage controls the output circuit to operate in first voltage threshold mode and start a first timekeeping by the timing circuit. The first timekeeping is restarted when the detection signal is received before the time of the first timekeeping reaches the first preset value. The output circuit operates in second voltage threshold mode when the time of the first timekeeping reaches the first preset value.
US10554172B2	Illuminated outdoor luminescence imaging of photovoltaic modules The present disclosure relates to a method that includes applying a first condition to a photovoltaic (PV) device, and applying a second condition to the PV device, where the first condition results in a first luminescing of a surface of the PV device at a first intensity, the second condition results in a second luminescing of the surface at a second intensity, measuring the first intensity using a detector to create a first representation of the surface, measuring the second intensity using the detector to create a second representation of the surface, and comparing the first representation with the second representation to create a third representation of the surface that identifies a defect in the surface, if present.
US10554167B2	Solar carport module A solar carport module including a support structure to provide shelter to a vehicle, the support structure having a pair of trusses rotatably affixed to a ground surface on which vehicle is parked, a plurality of photovoltaic panels mounted between the pair of trusses to provide solar electricity, a battery assembly that electrically connects the plurality of photovoltaic panel to receive, regulate, and store the solar electricity, an articulation system that rotates the pair of trusses between a shelter position and a service position, and an electrical control unit configured to detect a maximum sunlight exposure position and to operate the articulation system to place the plurality of photovoltaic panels in the maximum sunlight exposure position.
US10554162B2	Active damping of synchronous grid oscillations using partial power converter Methods and systems are provided to damp oscillations in a synchronous alternating current (AC) grid. Current may be received from the synchronous AC grid through a phase of an n-phase supply line. The current received from the synchronous AC grid is supplied to a phase of the synchronous motor. A sub-harmonic oscillation may be detected in the current received from the synchronous AC grid. The sub-harmonic oscillation may be damped by: shunting a portion of the current away from the phase of the synchronous motor during a first time period in an upper-half of the sub-harmonic oscillation, and/or supplying compensation current from a partial power converter to the phase of the synchronous motor during a second time period in a lower-half of the sub-harmonic oscillation.
US10554160B2	System and method for operating a pumped storage power plant with a double fed induction machine A system and method of operating a pumped storage power plant using a double fed induction machine with a frequency converter in a rotor circuit is disclosed. A current target value for the rotor current frequency is determined based on a target power to be transmitted between an electrical grid and the double fed induction machine depending on measured actual operating variables. A current inadmissible synchronous deadband is determined depending on variables characterizing a current state of the pumped storage power plant. The synchronous deadband is determined by a permissible minimum required rotor current frequency or speed difference of the rotor speed from the synchronous speed for the stationary operation. The converter is controlled to generate voltages and currents with the current target value of the rotor current frequency if the current target value of the rotor current frequency or speed does not fall in the current inadmissible synchronous deadband.
US10554149B2	Providing positional awareness information and increasing power quality of parallel connected inverters A method and a system sense at least one phase difference between at least two phases of a group of parallel connected three phase AC output terminals (e.g., a first phase AC output terminal, a second phase AC output terminal, or a third phase AC output terminal). The parallel connected AC output terminals may be three parallel connected DC to AC three phase inverters. Features of the parallel connected three phase AC output terminals enable wiring of conductors to one phase of an AC output terminal to be swapped with wiring of conductors of one phase of another phase AC output terminal. A sign of at least one phase difference is verified different from signs of other phase differences thereby the system determining the lateral position of the at least one three phase inverters relative to at least one other of the three phase inverters.
US10554144B2	Dual voltage and current loop linearization control and voltage balancing control for solid state transformer This invention relates to a method of controlling a Solid State Transformer (SST). The method comprises dividing a dual active bridge (DAB) power reference on a Low Voltage (LV) side Direct Current (DC) link voltage to obtain a total DAB reference current; dividing the total DAB current reference by N number of DAB modules to obtain a reference current for each DAB module; in response to SST being in a normal power regulation, determining a deviation of a capacitor voltage at the HV side of each of a k DAB modules with reference from an average voltage from the HV DC bus; determining a current adjustment signal for each of the k DAB modules based on the total DAB reference current and a corresponding deviation of the capacitor voltage of each of the k DAB modules; adding a saturated current adjustment signal together with the reference current for each of the k DAB modules to obtain a total current reference for each of the k DAB modules; and subtracting a sum of the total current reference of each of the k DAB modules from the total DAB reference current to determine a total current reference for an Nth DAB module.
US10554134B2	Idle ring detection for a multi-output power converter A controller for use in a power converter with multiple outputs includes a discharge detect circuit coupled to receive a voltage signal from a transformer winding of the power converter to output a discharge signal in response to the voltage signal. A multi-output signal process and interface block is coupled to output request signals to the output selection drive and idle ring visibility logic circuit. An output selection drive and idle ring visibility logic circuit is coupled to receive the discharge signal from the discharge detect circuit and the output request signals from the multi-output signal process and interface block. An idle ring detection circuit is coupled to one of the plurality of output switches and coupled to output an idle ring output signal to generate a next request pulse.
US10554132B2	Auxiliary power supply for switch-mode power supplies A combined voltage regulator and snubber circuit generally has a voltage regulator device in parallel with the energy storage element of the snubber circuit operatively connectable in series with a leakage inductance current path; the leakage inductance being part of a magnetic component utilized in a switch-mode power supply having an input voltage source, controllable semiconductor switches, freewheeling semiconductor switches, feedback controller, reactive energy storage components and a load; the voltage regulator generally providing constant or variable voltage to the gate driver of the controllable semiconductor and/or feedback controller.
US10554129B2	Switch control circuit and buck converter including the same A buck converter includes a power switch having one end to which an input voltage is transferred, a synchronous switch connected between the other end of the power switch and the ground, an inductor having an end connected to the other end of the power switch, and a switch control circuit configured to calculate a zero voltage delay time based on at least an ON time of the power switch and a delay time. The delay time is determined based on the inductor and parasitic capacitors of the power switch and the synchronous switch.
US10554125B1	Negative voltage circuit based on dual charge pump A negative voltage circuit includes a dual charging circuit, a pumping capacitor circuit, a dual discharging circuit, an output switch circuit, and a load capacitor circuit. The dual charging circuit is configured to operate in a start-up or normal operating mode during a charging mode, and supply a first current in the start-up mode higher than a second current in the normal operating mode. The pumping capacitor circuit is configured to charge based on a charging current from the dual charging circuit. The dual discharging circuit is configured to operate in the start-up mode or the normal operating mode during a discharging mode, and discharge the pumping capacitor to allow a third current in the start-up mode to flow between the pumping capacitor and the terminal of the second operating voltage. The third current in the start-up mode is higher than a fourth current in the normal operating mode.
US10554123B2	Power converter with a parallel flat plate conductor electrically connected with a capacitor and a power module A power converter includes a power module having a positive electrode of a positive-side switching device connected to a first terminal, a negative electrode of the positive-side switching device and a positive electrode of a negative-side switching device connected to a second terminal, and a negative electrode of the negative-side switching device connected to a third terminal. The first terminal is connected to a P terminal of a filter capacitor via a first conductor of a bus bar that is a parallel flat plate conductor. The third terminal is connected to an N terminal of the filter capacitor via a second conductor of the bus bar. The bus bar as the parallel flat plate conductor has an L shape. The second terminal is connected to a load via a conductor bar physically different from the bus bar.
US10554114B2	Device for stabilizing direct current (DC) distribution system A device for stabilizing a direct current (DC) distribution system includes a capacitor unit charged by a DC voltage supplied by a power supply stage of the distribution system. The device further includes an inverter that has three pair of switching elements. The device also includes a controller that controls a plurality of switches thereof to selectively enable an inverter circuit or a voltage stabilizing circuit of the DC distribution system. The device alleviates instability of DC voltage which may be generated in a transient period, or to drive a motor connected to the device.
US10554096B2	Spherical device A sphere-on-sphere chassis system is disclosed. The sphere-on-sphere chassis system may include a first hollow sphere having a first diameter and a second hollow sphere positioned inside of the first sphere to form a channel therebetween. The second hollow sphere may have a second diameter. The second diameter is less than the first diameter. The sphere-on-sphere chassis system may further include a liquid filling at least a portion of the channel. The liquid may be a conductive solution. Each of the hollow spheres include a component layer with pockets for housing electromagnets, and may house wireless energy transmission devices such as resonant inductive chargers and resonant inductive receivers. The spherical device is designed so that electromagnets may be configured to emit positive and negative electromagnetic waves inwardly and outwardly with respect to the center of each sphere to create relative movement between the inner sphere and the outer sphere.
US10554085B2	Rotating electrical-machine stator, and rotating electrical machine provided with same Provided are: a rotating-electrical-machine stator in which the height of coil ends of a stator coil is suppressed, while interference between adjacent conductors at the coil ends is avoided; and a rotating electrical machine provided with same. The rotating-electrical-machine stator is provided with: a stator core provided with a plurality of slots; and a stator coil inserted into the slots. The rotating-electrical-machine stator is characterized in that: the stator coil is provided with at least two conductors which are disposed in the same layer as a first conductor, and which are inserted into the slots adjacent to the first conductor; and the shapes of coil protrusions protruding radially outwards are configured so as to form arcs.
US10554079B2	System for transmitting ultrasonic short-range wireless power and method of charging ultrasonic wireless power Disclosed is an ultrasonic short-range wireless power transmission system comprising: an ultrasonic transmission transducer configured to transmit power, wherein the ultrasonic transmission transducer comprises: a converter configured to convert power received from an external power source; a controller configured to control power of a modulator and power of an amplifier; a communication unit configured to communicate with an external reception transducer; a sensor configured to sense ultrasonic waves transferred from an ultrasonic wave emission region; the modulator electrically connected to the controller and configured to generate a signal for ultrasonic short-range wireless power transmission; and the amplifier configured to amplify a modulation signal generated by the modulator and convert the modulation signal into power; and one or more transmission modules configured to receive the power from the amplifier and convert an electrical reception signal into ultrasonic waves.
US10554070B2	Method for performing wireless charging control of an electronic device with aid of simple response indicating acknowledgement, and associated apparatus A method for performing wireless charging control of an electronic device with aid of simple response of a wireless charging device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the wireless charging device may be arranged to wirelessly charge the electronic device, and the method may include: receiving a plurality of packets from the electronic device, wherein each packet of the plurality of packets is utilized for carrying information of wireless charging reports of the electronic device, and comprises unacknowledged header information; and controlling the wireless charging device to generate at least one simple response corresponding to at least one packet of the plurality of packets, to acknowledge the at least one packet of the plurality of packets.
US10554069B2	Medical device temperature estimation Devices, systems, and techniques for monitoring the temperature of a device used to charge a rechargeable power source are disclosed. Implantable medical devices may include a rechargeable power source that can be transcutaneously charged. The temperature of an external charging device and/or an implantable medical device may be monitored to control the temperature exposure to patient tissue during a charging session used to recharge the rechargeable power source. In one example, a temperature sensor may sense a temperature of an internal portion of a device, wherein the housing of the device is not directly thermally coupled to the temperature sensor. A temperature for the housing of the device may then be estimated based on the sensed temperature provided by the non-thermally coupled temperature sensor. A processor may then control charging of the rechargeable power source based on the determined temperature for the housing.
US10554065B2	Battery control apparatus A battery control apparatus includes a reduced electricity cost analysis unit that obtains a discharge electric power cost at a discharge time and a charge electric power cost at a charge time of a battery, based on a basic cost and a unit cost of an electricity bill, and obtains a reduced electricity cost in which the charge electric power cost is subtracted from the discharge electric power cost for every discharge depth of the battery; an introduction cost analysis unit that calculates an introduction cost of the battery for every discharge depth of the battery; and a charge and discharge depth optimization unit that obtains a difference of the reduced electricity cost and the introduction cost for every discharge depth of the battery, and determines a charge and discharge depth of the battery based on the difference. The discharge of the battery is performed at the determined charge and discharge depth.
US10554063B2	Plug-in energy storage batteries and networked plug-in energy storage batteries In an example embodiment, a battery unit comprises a battery unit housing; and a battery unit circuit. In this example embodiment, the battery unit housing contains at least a portion of the battery unit circuit, and the battery unit circuit further comprises: a battery cell, an inverter to control the charging and discharging of the battery cell, a processor to provide control signals to the inverter for controlling the charging and discharging of the battery cell, and one of: a power plug for coupling to and uncoupling from a power outlet assembly, and a luminaire base for coupling to and uncoupling from a luminaire socket in a light fixture. In this example embodiment, the battery unit is rated at less than or equal to 2400 Volt-Amperes. The battery unit may further comprise a transceiver.
US10554051B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting wireless power A method and apparatus are provided for determining, by a wireless power transmitter, whether a wireless power receiver is removed from a wireless power network managed by the wireless power transmitter. The method includes transmitting a command signal to report power information of the wireless power receiver at stated periods; determining whether a report signal corresponding to the command signal is received from the wireless power receiver; and determining that the wireless power receiver is removed from the wireless power network, if the report signal is not received after transmitting the command signal a predetermined number of times at the stated periods.
US10554050B2	Method and apparatus for controlling solar power systems A method comprises operating a plurality of power optimizers connected in series between two input terminals of an inverter, wherein the plurality of power optimizers are connected to a plurality of solar panels to form a plurality of power modules connected in series, measuring operation parameters of the plurality of the solar panels, calculating a maximum power flow of each solar panel based upon the measuring, determining a mode transition range based upon the maximum power flows of the plurality of solar panels and configuring a first power optimizer to operate in a pass-through mode if a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) current of a first solar panel connected to the first power optimizer is within the mode transition range.
US10554048B2	Battery energy storage system controller systems and methods An energy storage system controller, including: an energy storage system coupled to a power distribution system; and a processor in communication with the energy storage system, wherein the processor executes: a renewables capacity firming algorithm operable for conditioning intermittent power of a renewable energy station using real time and historical input data such that it is made more stable and non-intermittent, optionally utilizing one or more parameter values associated with comparable time periods taking into account one or more factors comprising cloud state; and a peak load shaving algorithm operable for ensuring that the energy storage system is capable of transmitting full power capacity at a predicted feeder peak load time determined by the processor from real time and historical input data; wherein the performance of the renewables capacity firming algorithm and the performance of the peak load shaving algorithm are optimized in parallel.
US10554047B2	Control method of an electric microgrid The invention relates to a method for controlling an electrical microgrid (1) comprising a renewable power source (3), delivering, to the microgrid (1), a first power that is controlled by droop control, and capable of synchronously operating in parallel with a synchronous power source (2), the synchronous source (2) being capable of generating a second power that is also delivered to the microgrid (1), according to a criterion for the automatic start/stop of said synchronous power source, the method comprising the starting of the synchronous source as soon as the frequency and/or the voltage of the microgrid (1) are lower than a threshold frequency and/or a threshold voltage, respectively, and the stopping of the synchronous source as soon as the second power is lower than a threshold power.
US10554044B2	System and method for optimizing reactive power generation of a wind farm A method for optimizing reactive power generation of an electrical power system includes generating, via a plurality of cluster-level controllers, a cluster-level reactive power command for each cluster of electrical power subsystems based on a system-level reactive power command. The method also includes determining, via the cluster-level controllers, a subsystem-level reactive power command for each of the electrical power subsystems based on the cluster-level reactive power command. Further, the method includes evaluating, via a plurality of subsystem-level controllers, reactive power capability of a plurality of reactive power sources within each of the electrical power subsystems. Moreover, the method includes generating, via each of the subsystem-level controllers, an actual reactive power for each of the electrical power subsystems based on the evaluation by allocating a portion of the subsystem-level reactive power command to each of the plurality of reactive power sources.
US10554043B2	Power management circuit for wireless communication device and process control system using same A system including a current loop in serial connection with a field device is disclosed. The system includes a power management circuit connected in serial with the current loop and configured to cause a regulated voltage drop across the serial connection at an insertion voltage. The power management circuit is configured to output an electrical power derived from the insertion voltage. The power management circuit includes an energy pump, a control circuit, and a power consuming circuit. The energy pump is a voltage converter that receives a first voltage and converts the first voltage to a second voltage that is either higher or lower than the first voltage. The energy pump includes an input for receiving at least a portion of the insertion voltage and an feedback input for accepting a feedback sense.
US10554041B2	Spark gap arrangement A spark gap arrangement includes a triggerable spark gap and a trigger circuit. The spark gap arrangement also includes a first and a second charge storage device, a voltage limiting component, a trigger diode, a triggerable arresting element, and a transformer. The voltage limiting component and the trigger diode are designed to relay an input pulse in a specified voltage range and charge the first charge storage device. Furthermore, the trigger circuit is designed such that the triggerable arresting element is connected via the first charge storage device dependent on the voltage and discharges the second charge storage device via a primary side of the transformer.
US10554040B2	Resistor and fuse overcurrent protection device A device, according to one embodiment, includes a fuse, and a resistor electrically coupled directly to the fuse in series therewith. A hybrid device, according to another embodiment, includes a fuse, and a resistor electrically coupled directly to the fuse in series therewith in a single package. A resistance of the resistor is 1 ohm or less, and is substantially temperature insensitive.
US10554037B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus can block the voltage from the power source when the voltage from the power source reaches an excessive level, without requiring a larger chip size. Provided is a semiconductor apparatus including a power semiconductor element a gate of which is controlled in response to a control signal, an overvoltage detector configured to detect that a voltage at a collector terminal of the power semiconductor element reaches an overvoltage level, and a block unit configured to, in response to the detection of the overvoltage level, control the gate of the power semiconductor element to transition to an off-voltage. The semiconductor apparatus may further include a reset unit configured to, in response to that the control signal is input that turns on the power semiconductor element, output a reset signal for a predetermined period of time.
US10554023B2	Mounting and latching mechanism for standard rails A mounting and latching mechanism of an electrical device for fastening to a standard rail, to an immovable claw, and to a claw that is movable via a spring force, wherein the movable claw can be translationally moved relative to the immovable claw and wherein the immovable claw and the movable claw are formed as one piece having a connecting spring structure. A one-piece design is possible because of the translational mobility, which provides for cheap and simple production.
US10554019B2	Semiconductor laser and method for producing a semiconductor laser In one embodiment of the invention, the semiconductor laser (1) comprises a semiconductor layer sequence (2). The semiconductor layer sequence (2) contains an n-type region (23), a p-type region (21) and an active zone (22) lying between the two. A laser beam is produced in a resonator path (3). The resonator path (3) is aligned parallel to the active zone (22). In addition, the semiconductor laser (1) contains an electrical p-contact (41) and an electrical n-contact (43) each of which is located on the associated region (21, 23) of the semiconductor layer sequence (2) and is configured to input current directly into the associated region (21, 23). The n-contact (43) extends from the p-type region (21) through the active zone (22) and into the n-type region (23) and is located, when viewed from above, next to the resonator path (3).
US10554017B2	Method and device concerning III-nitride edge emitting laser diode of high confinement factor with lattice matched cladding layer Edge-emitting laser diodes having high confinement factors and lattice-matched, porous cladding layers are described. The laser diodes may be formed from layers of III-nitride material. A cladding layer may be electrochemically etched to form a porous cladding layer having a high refractive index contrast with an active junction of the device. A transparent conductive oxide layer may be deposited to form a top-side cladding layer with high refractive index contrast and low resistivity.
US10554010B2	Method of producing semiconductor laser device and method of producing optical directional coupler A method of producing a semiconductor laser device includes the steps of preparing first and second substrate products each of which includes a substrate and a stacked semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, the first and second substrate products being different from each other; etching the first substrate product with a chlorine-based gas in a vacuum chamber by using a dry etching method; evacuating the vacuum chamber while monitoring the pressure of hydrogen chloride in the vacuum chamber so as to obtain a partial pressure of the hydrogen chloride within a predetermined range; after evacuating the vacuum chamber, introducing the second substrate product into the vacuum chamber while maintaining a vacuum state inside the vacuum chamber; and etching the second substrate product with a chlorine-based gas in the vacuum chamber by using the dry etching method.
US10554006B2	Wire stripping die for crimping tool A wire stripping die is configured to be coupled to a crimping tool. The stripping die includes a die body, a first ridge, and a second ridge. The die body includes a first side, a second side, and a groove extending at least partially between the first side and the second side. The groove extends along an axis. The first ridge protrudes from a surface of the groove toward the axis by a first distance. The first ridge extends along at least a portion of the perimeter of the groove and extends at least partially around the axis. The second ridge protrudes from the surface of the groove toward the axis, and the second ridge extends parallel to the axis along at least a portion of the groove.
US10553994B2	Electrical connector having separate front and rear shielding shells An electrical connector includes: a housing having a base and a frontal tongue, the base having a front part and a rear part; an upper and lower rows of contacts arranged in the housing and exposed respectively to two opposite surfaces of the tongue; and a front and rear shielding shells enclosing the housing, the rear part of the base extending rearwardly beyond the front shielding shell; wherein the rear shielding shell has an intermediate part, a front part continuing the intermediate part, a pair of side parts continuing the intermediate part, and a rear part continuing the intermediate part, or the rear shielding shell forwardly abuts the front shielding shell.
US10553988B2	Anti-rotation device for circular connector Apparatus and associated methods relate to an anti-rotation device (ARD) including a cylindrical ring extending along a longitudinal axis, the ring including proximal and distal faces. In an illustrative example, the ring may include proximal coupling members extending from the proximal face insertably engaging with mating recesses within a connector-disk. The ring may include distal coupling members extending from the distal face insertably engaging with mating recesses within a body-assembly, for example. The coupling members may extend, for example, parallel to the longitudinal axis. The ARD may be captured between the connector-disk and the body-assembly and may be retained by a proximal twist-lock cap screwably engaged with the body-assembly, such that relative rotational motion between the connector-disk and the body-assembly is substantially restricted, for example. Various ARDs may substantially restrict relative rotational motion between connector-disks and body-assemblies advantageously mitigating disconnection of wiring harnesses in circular connector applications.
US10553986B2	Electrical power transmission and outlet system The present disclosure relates to an electrical power transmission and outlet system. The electrical power transmission and outlet system may include an electrical power transmission and outlet device and an external power storage unit. The electrical power transmission and outlet device may include a housing having an opening for receiving an external plug, a connector in the housing for connecting with the external power storage unit; and a plurality of electrical conductors in the housing connected to the connector. When the external plug is inserted into the opening, the conductors are electrically connected to the external plug and disconnected from the connector, and when the external plug is pulled out of the opening, the conductors are electrically disconnected from the external plug and reconnected to the connector.
US10553984B2	Plug jack of terminal device for external component and terminal device A plug jack of a terminal device for an external component and a terminal device are provided. The plug jack of a terminal device for an external component includes a slot provided with a mouth, and a conductive layer connected to a low level is arranged on an inner wall of the slot.
US10553983B2	Connector housing with a reduced warpage A connector housing comprises a mating portion including a plurality of mating hoods that are arranged in a width direction on a front side of the connector housing that is configured to be mated with a mating connector and a rear structure portion disposed posterior to the mating portion. The rear structure portion includes a plurality of structure parts each disposed between two mating hoods adjacent to each other of the plurality of mating hoods and a plurality of notches each disposed between two structure parts adjacent to each other of the plurality of structure parts.
US10553978B2	Contacting device for contacting an electrical conductor to an electrical conductor path A contacting device for contacting an electrical conductor to an electrical conductor track includes a housing having openings for inserting the conductor and the conductor track into a cavity. A contact clip is in the cavity, and is a single element that includes a first portion having an end to press the conductor onto the conductor track, and a second portion from which a protrusion protrudes. The contact clip is bent in the cavity so that the first portion is under bending stress and the end of the first portion is pressed against the protrusion. The second portion is arranged in the housing such that it and the protrusion are displaced when a force acts on the second portion, as a result of which the end of the first portion is released from abutting the protrusion and is pressed against the conductor to hold the conductor on the conductor track.
US10553971B1	Card edge connector having a contact positioner A card edge connector includes a contact assembly received in a cavity of a housing. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding upper and lower contacts. The contact positioner has an upper wall with upper contact channels holding mating beams of the upper contacts and a lower wall with lower contact channels holding mating beams of the lower contacts. A positioner card slot is defined between the walls receiving a card edge of a module circuit board. The upper wall has pre-load beams in the upper contact channels engaging the mating beams of the upper contacts to pre-load the upper contacts in an inward biasing direction and the lower wall has pre-load beams in the lower contact channels engaging the mating beams of the lower contacts to pre-load the lower contacts in an inward biasing direction.
US10553970B2	Electrical connector for circuit boards The terminals have a connecting portion, formed at one end in the direction of connection of the connector and is connected to a mounting face of a circuit board, and a contact portion, formed at the other end in the above-mentioned direction of connection and has a contact surface brought in contact with a counterpart terminal; the ground plate has resilient strips, which are brought in contact with the above-mentioned terminals; said resilient strips are formed within the range of the above-mentioned contact portions in the above-mentioned direction of connection at locations corresponding to the above-mentioned terminals and are brought in contact with the surface of said terminals on the side opposite to the above-mentioned contact surface; and the above-mentioned terminals have retained portions that extend from the lateral edges of the above-mentioned contact portions extending in the above-mentioned direction of connection and are secured in place by the retainer.
US10553968B2	Electrical connector for a circuit card assembly of a communication system An electrical connector for a circuit card assembly includes a receptacle housing and a mating housing movable relative to the receptacle housing in a connector mating direction. The electrical connector includes contact modules each having a leadframe having signal contacts with a mating conductor, a mounting conductor and a flexible conductor between the mating conductor and the mounting conductor. Each contact module includes an inner dielectric body and an outer dielectric body separate and discrete from the inner dielectric body. The flexible conductors extend between the inner and outer dielectric bodies to allow relative movement of the inner dielectric body in the connector mating direction relative to the outer dielectric body.
US10553964B2	Window assembly with solderless electrical connector A window assembly includes a transparent substrate, an electrical conductor provided on a surface of the substrate, and a solderless electrical connector for energizing the electrical conductor. The solderless electrical connector includes a cover adhered to the substrate to define a hollow volume, and a biasing member disposed within the hollow volume and elastically compressed between the cover and the electrical conductor. The biasing member further being electrically conductive and in electrical communication with the electrical conductor.
US10553962B2	Dipole antenna with beamforming ring Systems, methods, and devices relating to antennas. A crossed dipole antenna element has a ring encircling the antenna. The ring, constructed of a conductive material, is not touching the arms of the dipole antenna and the distance between the ring and the arms of the antenna can be optimized. The antenna element assembly can be used in one or two dimensional antenna arrays.
US10553961B2	Antenna modules and systems, and applications and methods of manufacturing thereof Antenna modules and systems, and applications and methods of manufacturing thereof, are described herein. An example radio frequency (RF) signal transmitter includes a data signal port to receive a baseband data signal; a carrier signal port to receive an initial carrier signal; and an antenna module coupled to the signal ports. The antenna module includes: a substrate with a front face that has a phased array of active antenna elements that includes at least two columns of the active antenna elements; and a rear face that has, for each column, a RF signal launcher to receive a RF data signal for the column; and a transmitting module mounted to the rear face. The transmitting module has, for each column of active antenna elements: a combiner to form the RF data signal; and a RF signal port to transmit the RF data signal to the RF signal launcher.
US10553956B2	Multimode antenna system and methods for use therewith In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes an antenna having a feed point and an aperture. A feedline is coupled to the feed point of the dielectric antenna. A multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transceiver is coupled to feedline, the MIMO transceiver facilitating a transmission of first electromagnetic waves to the feed point of the antenna, wherein the first electromagnetic waves are guided by the feedline, wherein the first electromagnetic waves propagate along the feedline via a plurality of guided wave modes without requiring an electrical return path, wherein the first electromagnetic waves convey first data in accordance with one or more MIMO techniques and wherein the first electromagnetic waves generate first free-space wireless signals at the aperture of the antenna in accordance with the one or more MIMO techniques.
US10553955B2	Antenna element and antenna system An antenna element for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic waves is described. Said antenna element comprises a conductive portion made of a conductive material and a resistive portion made of a resistive material. Said conductive and resistive portions are directly adjacent to each other along at least 50% of at least one outer edge of the conductive portion wherein said antenna element is a tapered slotline antenna element. Further, an antenna system is described.
US10553948B2	Multiband antenna and electronic device with multiband antenna An electronic device includes a base plate and a miniaturized multiband antenna. The multiband antenna is set on the base plate. The base plate includes a first side and a second side relative to the first side. The multiband antenna includes a first radiating part and a second radiating part. The first radiating part is set on the first side. The second radiating part is set on the second side. A gap is formed between the first radiating part and the second radiating part which facilitates a coupling oscillation between the first radiating part and the second radiating part, which enables the multiband antenna to work in at least one working band.
US10553946B2	Aperiodic phased array antenna with single bit phase shifters An antenna array can include multiple radiating cells, each comprising a radiating element and a phase shifter. Further, each radiating element can comprise a first radiating element port and a second radiating element port. Each of the radiating cells can be configured to selectively connect the phase shifter to one of the radiating element ports. Each of the radiating cells can further comprise a phase delay difference between the signal paths associated with the radiating element ports. Further, the radiating cells can have physical polarization orientations that can be different from at least one other radiating cell.
US10553943B2	Low-cost satellite user terminal antenna A beam steering antenna is provided in a user terminal for satellite communications. The beam steering antenna includes an antenna feed structure having a plurality of feed elements configured to be switched on or off to form an initial beam, and a focus lens positioned adjacent to the antenna feed structure to form a focused beam. The antenna feed structure may include a plurality of active waveguide feed elements to generate a circularly polarized initial beam. The focus lens may be a spherical lens to form a circularly polarized focused beam.
US10553933B2	Electronic device including NFC antenna Disclosed is an electronic device which includes: a metal body including a hole defined by an inner edge thereof and extending in a first direction, wherein the metal body is defined by an outer edge thereof; and a near field communication (NFC) antenna including a coil wound about a central axis and arranged near the metal body to overlap the hole in a plan view of the metal body, wherein the inner edge and the outer edge are not connected to each other and the NFC antenna is arranged at the center of the hole along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein the NFC antenna is arranged such that four cross points at which the NFC antenna and the inner edge cross in the plan view are formed.
US10553908B2	Method of manufacturing a laminated power storage element A laminated power storage element includes: an exterior body shaped into a flat bag shape by laminating a pair of laminated films to weld a peripheral edge region; an electrode body sealed within the exterior body; a positive and a negative electrode terminal portion allowed to project outside the exterior body from a predetermined margin of the exterior body; and a pair of tab films welded on surfaces where the pair of laminated films oppose one another in a region along the predetermined margin to mutually weld the pair of laminated films, and the tab film covers an end surface of the laminated film while deviating outward from the exterior body from the predetermined margin, and covers both front and back surfaces of each of a base end of the positive electrode terminal portion and a base end of the negative electrode terminal portion.
US10553892B2	Rechargeable battery A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a separator between a first electrode and a second electrode each having uncoated regions and coated regions, and in which the separator, the first electrode, and the second electrode are spirally wound; a case that houses the electrode assembly; and a first electrode tab and a second electrode tab to be drawn outside of the case that are respectively coupled to the uncoated regions of the first electrode and the second electrode while maintaining a tab gap between the first electrode tab and the second electrode tab, where the first electrode tab is coupled to a gap uncoated region between the coated regions of the first electrode, and where in a thickness direction of the electrode assembly, in an area facing the first electrode tab, an internal side end uncoated region of the second electrode is located.
US10553880B2	Fuel cell A fuel cell includes a MEA that includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed between the cathode and the anode, the solid electrolyte layer containing an ion-conducting solid oxide; at least one first porous metal body arranged to oppose at least one of the cathode and the anode; and an interconnector arranged to oppose the first porous metal body and having a gas supply port and a gas discharge port formed therein. The first porous metal body includes a porous metal body S that opposes the gas supply port and has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton, and a porous metal body H that has a three-dimensional mesh-like skeleton and is other than the porous metal body S. A porosity Ps of the porous metal body S and a porosity Ph of the porous metal body H satisfy a relationship: Ps
US10553868B2	Negative electrode active material, nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle According to one embodiment, a negative electrode active material includes particles and a carbon material. The particles is represented by Li2+aAdTi6−bBbO14−c, where A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Na, K, Mg, Ca, Ba, and Sr; B is a metal element other than Ti; and a, b, c, and d respectively satisfy 0≤a≤5, 0≤b≤6, 0≤c≤0.6, and 0≤d≤3. The carbon material covers at least a part of surfaces of the particles.
US10553863B2	Negative active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same A negative active material for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are provided. The negative active material may be a silicon (Si)-based alloy negative active material. In some embodiments, the Si-based alloy negative active material may include Si, iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and aluminum (Al), and may have a Si single phase and a first alloy phase, the first alloy phase being represented by a formula of AlxCuy, where x
US10553858B2	Lithium electrode for a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and method for the manufacture thereof A lithium electrode includes a first lithium layer made of lithium or a lithium alloy, a current collector situated on a first side of the lithium layer, and a lithium-ion-conducting protective layer situated on a second side of the lithium layer opposite the first side. An intermediate layer completely covers the second side of the lithium layer and is situated between the lithium layer and the protective layer. The protective and intermediate layers have an electrical conductivity of less than 10−10 S/cm. The lithium electrode may be used as the anode of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. A lithium layer is applied to a current collector, an intermediate layer is applied to the lithium layer so that the intermediate layer completely covers the lithium layer, and a lithium-ion-conducting protective layer is applied to the intermediate layer.
US10553852B2	Method for manufacturing electrode and method for manufacturing secondary battery Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a positive electrode including a positive electrode substrate made of aluminum foil and a positive electrode active material layer containing a positive electrode active material on the positive electrode substrate. This method includes the steps of stretching a first exposed region of the positive electrode substrate with a first stretching roller disposed upstream; stretching a second exposed region of the positive electrode substrate with a second stretching roller disposed downstream; and compressing the positive electrode active material layer with a pair of compression rollers.
US10553851B2	Protection apparatus for rechargeable battery A battery protecting apparatus includes a battery manager and a wake-up switch. The battery manager manages charge and discharge states of a battery pack and wakes up when external power is received. The wake-up switch supplies the external power to the battery manager when an internal temperature of the battery pack is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference temperature. The battery manager performs an emergency protection operation based on detection of the battery pack in a predetermined dangerous state at a time when the ignition switch is turned off and the wake-up switch is turned on.
US10553831B2	Method of manufacturing a display apparatus having a closed-curve cutting line A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes preparing a panel with a panel layer displaying images, a first protection film on a first surface of the panel layer with a first adhesion layer, and a second protection film on a second surface of the panel layer with a second adhesion layer, disposing the panel on a stage, cutting the panel on the stage along a closed-curve line to a predetermined depth extending from the second protection film to at least a portion of the first adhesion layer, and separating a first portion of the panel inside the closed-curve line from a second portion of the panel outside the closed-curve line, such that the second portion is removed simultaneously with the entire first protection film according to a first boundary by the line and a second boundary between the panel layer and the first protection film.
US10553830B2	Fabrication of phosphor film with heat dissipation film A light emitting device and processes for making the same are disclosed. In an aspect, a light-emitting device comprises a substrate, a light emitting diode disposed adjacent the substrate, a color conversion layer disposed adjacent a side of the substrate opposite the light emitting diode, and a heat dissipation layer disposed adjacent the color conversion layer, wherein one or more of the color conversion layer and the heat dissipation layer are formed using adhesive transfer, and wherein the light-emitting device exhibits improved thermal stability and power efficiency as compared to a comparative light-emitting device consisting essentially of the substrate, the light emitting diode, and the color conversion layer without the heat dissipation layer.
US10553829B2	Display device A display device includes a flexible substrate including a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface; a TFT array layer provided on the first surface; a display element layer provided on the TFT array layer; a first heat releasing layer provided on the second surface; a first protective layer provided on the same side as the second surface; a second heat releasing layer provided on the display element layer; and a second protective layer provided on the display element layer. The second heat releasing layer has a light transmittance of 90% or higher.
US10553827B2	Display device A display device has excellent luminous efficiency, the display device including: a display portion including pixels defined by a pixel defining layer; and a touch portion on the display portion. The touch portion includes: a first touch electrode overlapping the pixel defining layer; a first organic layer on the first touch electrode; a second touch electrode contacting the first touch electrode; a second organic layer on the second touch electrode; and a high refractive index layer on the first organic layer, the second touch electrode, and the second organic layer. The high refractive index layer is disposed between adjacent second touch electrodes in a plan view and includes a first convex surface protruding toward the display portion and overlapping one of the pixels.
US10553823B2	Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the display apparatus A display apparatus includes a first display area including a first display unit configured to generate light and a first encapsulation unit disposed on the first display unit; a second display area including a second display unit configured to generate light and a second encapsulation unit disposed on the second display unit; and a through area disposed between the first display area and the second display area. The first encapsulation unit includes a first encapsulation layer covering a first side of an area of the first display unit corresponding to the through area. The second encapsulation unit includes a second encapsulation layer covering a second side of an area of the second display unit corresponding to the through area.
US10553822B2	Display device, display device production method, and display device production device A display device, which includes a lower face film, a TFT layer, and a light emitting element layer, includes a resin layer provided above the lower face film and below the TFT layer. A first region and a second region are included in a lower face of the resin layer, and the second region is a carbide pattern in which an amount of carbide per unit area is greater than an amount of carbide per unit area in the first region.
US10553818B2	Method for manufacturing organic electronic device sealing body The invention is a method for manufacturing an organic electronic device sealing body, adhesively integrating an organic electronic device with a sheet-like sealant made of a modified hydrocarbon-based soft resin having an alkoxysilyl group, the method comprising steps of: step [1]: laminating the organic electronic device and the sheet-like sealant to obtain a laminate; step [2]: putting the resulting laminate into a resin bag, degassing the bag, and then sealing the bag containing the laminate; and step [3]: placing the sealed bag under a pressure of 0.1 MPa or higher to adhesively integrate the laminate. One aspect of the invention provides a method for manufacturing an organic electronic device sealing body which allows industrially-advantageous sealing of the organic electronic device including organic functional elements such as an organic EL element and an organic semiconductor element.
US10553814B2	Array substrate, display panel, display device, method for manufacturing array substrate and method for manufacturing display panel An array substrate, a display panel, a display device, a method for manufacturing the array substrate and a method for manufacturing the display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate, and an organic layer and a passivation layer arranged above the base substrate. The base substrate includes a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region. Each of the organic layer and the passivation layer is arranged in both the display region and the non-display region. A groove is arranged in the organic layer and the passivation layer in the non-display region, the groove penetrates the organic layer and the passivation layer and is of a closed pattern surrounding the display region. The groove is to be filled with a sealing material.
US10553812B2	Organic electroluminescent device and manufacturing method thereof, display device The present disclosure discloses an organic electroluminescent device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The organic electroluminescent device includes a base substrate. A light control layer is disposed on the base substrate. The light control layer includes a light transmitting structure and a light shielding structure disposed in the same layer and spaced from each other. The light shielding structure has a height h. The light transmitting structure has a width b. The light control layer is used for shielding and transmitting light emitted by the organic electroluminescent device so that an exit angle of the emitted light is within an angle θ.
US10553808B2	Organic light-emitting element and display device having the same An organic light-emitting display device has improved transmittance and UV light reliability by optimizing the thickness and material of a cathode. An organic light-emitting display device comprises an organic light-emitting element on a substrate, the organic light-emitting element including an anode, an organic light emitting layer, and a cathode, an organic layer between the substrate and the organic light-emitting element, and an auxiliary layer adjacent to the cathode and including a material having electron injection ability, such that the influence of UV lights on the OLED device is reduced, thereby improving the efficiency and lifespan of the organic light-emitting element.
US10553804B2	Organic light emitting device The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting device including: a first electrode; a second electrode provided to face the first electrode; and an electron transport layer, an emitting layer and a hole transport layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the emitting layer contains doped protein quantum dots.
US10553799B2	Condensed cyclic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same A condensed cyclic compound represented by Formula 1 and an organic light-emitting device including the same.
US10553798B2	Fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound, organic thin film including compound and electronic device including organic thin film A fused polycyclic heteroaromatic compound is represented by one of Chemical Formula 1, 2A and 2B.
US10553793B2	Systems and methods for gated-insulator reconfigurable non-volatile memory devices Systems and methods of use and fabrication are described for a non-volatile resistive random access memory (RRAM) multi-terminal device including a first electrode, a second electrode, a metal oxide disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an at least first gate configured to apply a voltage bias to change a resistive state in the metal oxide.
US10553792B2	Textured memory cell structures The present disclosure includes textured memory cell structures and method of forming the same. In one or more embodiments, a memory cell includes a buffer portion formed on an amorphous portion and an active portion formed on the buffer portion, wherein the active portion is textured with a single out of plane orientation.
US10553785B2	Magnetoresistive random access memory device and method of making same This description relates to a method for fabricating a magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) device having a plurality of magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) units. The method includes forming a bottom conductive layer, forming an anti-ferromagnetic layer and forming a tunnel layer over the bottom conductive layer and the anti-ferromagnetic layer. The method further includes forming a free magnetic layer, having a magnetic moment aligned in a direction that is adjustable by applying an electromagnetic field, over the tunnel layer and forming a top conductive layer over the free magnetic layer. The method further includes performing at least one lithographic process to remove portions of the bottom conductive layer, the anti-ferromagnetic layer, the tunnel layer, the free magnetic layer and the top conductive layer that is uncovered by the photoresist layer until the bottom conductive layer is exposed and removing portions of at least one sidewall of the MTJ unit.
US10553783B2	Spin orbit torque magnetoresistive random access memory containing shielding element and method of making thereof A Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) assembly includes a substrate, a plurality of MRAM cells, a plurality of bit lines, each bit line magnetically coupled to one of the plurality of MRAM cells, a plurality of word lines, each word line magnetically coupled to one of the plurality of MRAM cells, a first planar ferromagnetic shielding component located vertically above the substrate such that the plurality of bit lines and the plurality of word lines are located between the first planar ferromagnetic shielding component and the substrate, and a first insulating layer located between the first ferromagnetic shielding component and one of the bit lines or word lines such that the bit lines or word lines are not electrically connected to the first ferromagnetic shielding component.
US10553779B2	Method of fabricating an acoustic transducer A method of fabricating an acoustic transducer comprising: fabricating a substrate; depositing a bottom electrode on the substrate; depositing an active layer on the bottom electrode; depositing a top electrode on the active layer; wherein at least one electrode is patterned to form at least two active elements; and, wherein a ratio of a thickness coupling coefficient kt to an effective lateral coupling coefficient k31,eff of the active layer is 1.3 or greater.
US10553778B2	Piezoelectric device and method for manufacturing piezoelectric device In a method of manufacturing a piezoelectric device, among a +C plane on a +Z axis side of a piezoelectric thin film and a −C plane on a −Z axis side of the piezoelectric thin film, the −C plane on the −Z axis side of the piezoelectric thin film is etched. Thus, −Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film on which epitaxial growth is possible are exposed. Ti is epitaxially grown on the −Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film in the −Z axis direction such that the crystal growth plane thereof is parallel to the −Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film. Al is then epitaxially grown on the surface of the Ti electrode in the −Z axis direction such that the crystal growth plane thereof is parallel to the −Z planes of the piezoelectric thin film.
US10553770B2	Light emitting device including light emitting element with multiple light emitting cells A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a mounting substrate on which the light emitting element is mounted such that the mounting substrate faces an upper side of the light emitting element. The light emitting element includes a substrate, first and second light emitting cells each including a semiconductor layered structure that includes an n-side semiconductor layer and a p-side semiconductor layer in order from a substrate side, a first insulating layer, wiring electrodes, and a second insulating layer. One of the wiring electrodes is electrically connected to the n-side semiconductor layer of the first light emitting cell and to the p-side semiconductor layer of the second light emitting cell. The mounting substrate includes wiring terminals, one of which is electrically connected to the n-side semiconductor layer of the first light emitting cell and to the p-side semiconductor layer of the second light emitting cell.
US10553766B2	Method of manufacturing an LED module The invention describes a method of manufacturing an LED module, comprising the steps of providing a translucent encapsulant comprising a number of layers to enclose a number of LEDs of the LED module; modifying the surface structure of an outer surface of a layer to form at least one dense scattering region corresponding to the position of an LED of the LED module; to form at least one sparse scattering region that does not correspond to the position of an LED of the LED module; and to form a transition scattering region between a dense scattering region and a sparse scattering region. The invention further describes an LED module, and a device comprising a device housing and at least one such LED module.
US10553761B2	Light-emitting device and manufacturing method thereof A light-emitting device includes a metal connecting structure; a metal reflective layer on the metal connecting structure; a barrier layer between the metal connecting structure and the metal reflective layer; a light-emitting stack on the metal reflective layer; a dielectric layer between the light-emitting stack and the metal reflective layer, and a first extension electrode and a second extension electrode on the light-emitting stack and away from the metal reflective layer. The dielectric layer includes a first part and a second part separated from the first part from a cross section of the light-emitting device. The first extension electrode and the second extension electrode respectively align with the first part and the second part. From a cross section of the light-emitting stack, the first extension electrode has a first width and the first part has a second width larger than the first width.
US10553759B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer; a plurality of semiconductor pillars separated from each other and formed on the first semiconductor layer, the plurality of semiconductor pillars respectively includes a second semiconductor layer and an active layer; a first electrode covering one portion of the plurality of semiconductor pillars; and a second electrode covering another portion of the plurality of semiconductor pillars, wherein the plurality of semiconductor pillars under a covering region of the first electrode are separated from each other by a first space, the plurality of semiconductor pillars outside the covering region of the first electrode are separated from each other by a second space, and the first space is larger than the second space.
US10553753B2	Patterned substrate for light emitting diode This invention relates to a patterned substrate for light emitting diode. The patterned substrate includes a surface having a plurality of protrusive structures, wherein each of the protrusive structures includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The surface of the lower portion is a conical surface, and has at least one first zone and at least one second zone. The first zone and the second zone are alternately arranged, wherein the first zone has one or more first projections.
US10553752B2	Light-emitting device and display device including the same A light-emitting device includes a substrate including a top surface and a first side surface, wherein an area of the top surface is larger than an area of the first side surface, and a light-emitting structure on the first side surface of the substrate, the light-emitting structure having a first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, a second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first-conductivity-type semiconductor layer and the second-conductivity-type semiconductor layer, wherein the light-emitting structure emits a first light having a first peak wavelength, and wherein an emission area of a first light emitted through the top surface of the substrate is larger than an emission area of a first light emitted through the first side surface of the substrate.
US10553750B2	Semiconductor nanocrystals, methods for making same, compositions, and products A semiconductor nanocrystal characterized by having a solid state photoluminescence external quantum efficiency at a temperature of 90° C. or above that is at least 95% of the solid state photoluminescence external quantum efficiency of the semiconductor nanocrystal at 25° C. is disclosed. A semiconductor nanocrystal having a multiple LO phonon assisted charge thermal escape activation energy of at least 0.5 eV is also disclosed. A semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting light with a maximum peak emission at a wavelength in a range from 590 nm to 650 nm characterized by an absorption spectrum, wherein the absorption ratio of OD at 325 nm to OD at 450 nm is greater than 5.5. A semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting light with a maximum peak emission at a wavelength in a range from 545 nm to 590 nm characterized by an absorption spectrum, wherein the absorption ratio of OD at 325 nm to OD at 450 nm is greater than 7. A semiconductor nanocrystal capable of emitting light with a maximum peak emission at a wavelength in a range from 495 nm to 545 nm characterized by an absorption spectrum, wherein the absorption ratio of OD at 325 nm to OD at 450 nm is greater than 10. A composition comprising a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals wherein the solid state photoluminescence efficiency of the composition at a temperature of 90° C. or above is at least 95% of the solid state photoluminescence efficiency of the composition 25° C. is further disclosed. A method for preparing semiconductor nanocrystals comprises introducing one or more first shell chalcogenide precursors and one or more first shell metal precursors to a reaction mixture including semiconductor nanocrystal cores, wherein the first shell chalcogenide precursors are added in an amount greater than the first shell metal precursors by a factor of at least about 2 molar equivalents and reacting the first shell precursors at a first reaction temperature of at least 300° C. to form a first shell on the semiconductor nanocrystal cores. Populations, compositions, components and other products including semiconductor nanocrystals of the invention are disclosed. Populations, compositions, components and other products including semiconductor nanocrystals made in accordance with any method of the invention is also disclosed.
US10553747B2	Method of selectively transferring semiconductor device A semiconductor device comprises a substrate, a first semiconductor unit on the substrate, and an first adhesion structure between the substrate and the first semiconductor unit, and directly contacting the first semiconductor unit and the substrate, wherein the first adhesion structure comprises an adhesion layer and a sacrificial layer, and the adhesion layer and the sacrificial layer are made of different materials, and wherein an adhesion between the first semiconductor unit and the adhesion layer is different from that between the first semiconductor unit and the sacrificial layer.
US10553738B2	Interconnection of solar cells in a solar cell module A solar cell module includes serially connected solar cells. A solar cell includes a carrier that is attached to the backside of the solar cell. Solar cells are attached to a top cover, and vias are formed through the carriers of the solar cells. A solar cell is electrically connected to an adjacent solar cell in the solar cell module with metal connections in the vias.
US10553737B2	Photovoltaic assembly A laminated structure, including: a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer, and a solar cell string between the first encapsulation layer and the second encapsulation layer. The first encapsulation layer includes 30-50 wt. % of fiber cloth and 50-70 wt. % of a first powder coating evenly disposed on the fiber cloth. The second encapsulation layer includes 30-50 wt. % of the fiber cloth and 50-70 wt. % of a second powder coating evenly disposed on the fiber cloth. The first powder coating includes an acrylic powder coating or a polyester powder coating. The second powder coating includes the polyester powder coating. The acrylic powder coating includes an acrylic resin and an acrylic resin curing agent. The polyester powder coating includes a polyester resin and a polyester resin curing agent.
US10553735B2	Trench double layer heterostructure A light sensor includes an N-type semiconductor. The light sensor further includes a P-type semiconductor stacked on at least a portion of the N-type semiconductor, partially defining a trench extending into the P-type semiconductor, and having a trench portion aligned with the trench and extending farther into the N-type semiconductor than other portions of the P-type semiconductor. The light sensor also includes a passivation layer stacked on and contacting the P-type semiconductor and partially defining the trench that extends through the passivation layer and into the P-type semiconductor. The light sensor further includes an electrical contact stacked on the passivation layer, positioned within the trench, and extending through the passivation layer into the P-type semiconductor such that photons received by the N-type semiconductor generate photocurrent resulting in a voltage at the electrical contact.
US10553732B2	Conductive paste and method for producing solar cell by using the same The present invention relates to a conductive paste and a method for producing solar cell by using the same. The conductive paste comprises at least silver powders and a composite glass frit comprising a first type of glass frit containing lead oxides and silicon oxides and a second type of glass frit containing tellurium oxides and zinc oxides wherein the first type of glass frit and the second type of glass frit are in a weight ratio of 93:7 to 44:56.
US10553727B2	Thin film transistor, method of manufacturing the same, and organic light emitting display device including the same Disclosed are a thin film transistor, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic light emitting display device including the same, in which a driving stability of a driving transistor is enhanced even without connecting a source electrode to a bottom gate electrode of the driving transistor. The film transistor includes a N-type semiconductor layer, a P-type semiconductor layer on the N-type semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode on the P-type semiconductor layer, a gate insulation layer between the first gate electrode and the P-type semiconductor layer, a first source electrode connected to a first side of the P-type semiconductor layer, and a first drain electrode connected to a second side of the P-type semiconductor layer.
US10553726B2	Semiconductor device An object is to provide a memory device including a memory element that can be operated without problems by a thin film transistor with a low off-state current. Provided is a memory device in which a memory element including at least one thin film transistor that includes an oxide semiconductor layer is arranged as a matrix. The thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer has a high field effect mobility and low off-state current, and thus can be operated favorably without problems. In addition, the power consumption can be reduced. Such a memory device is particularly effective in the case where the thin film transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer is provided in a pixel of a display device because the memory device and the pixel can be formed over one substrate.
US10553724B2	Array substrate, method for manufacturing the same, and display device Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate, a method for manufacturing an array substrate and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate and a transistor disposed on the base substrate, and the transistor includes a gate electrode and an active layer. A light absorbing layer is formed on a side of the gate electrode facing the active layer, and the light absorbing layer is configured to absorb light irradiated thereto.
US10553721B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming the same A semiconductor device includes a plurality of fins over a substrate. Each fin of the plurality of fins extends in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a bottom surface of the substrate, and each fin of the plurality of fins comprises a first doped region having a first dopant type. The semiconductor device further includes an isolation region over the substrate between a first fin of the plurality of fins and a second fin of the plurality of fins adjacent to the first fin. The semiconductor device further includes a second doped region extends continuously across the isolation region, the second doped region extends into each fin of the plurality of fins, and a dimension of the second doped region in the isolation region in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is less than a dimension of the at least one isolation region in the second direction.
US10553720B2	Method of removing an etch mask An embodiment method includes forming a patterned etch mask over a target layer and patterning the target layer using the patterned etch mask as a mask to form a patterned target layer. The method further includes performing a first cleaning process on the patterned etch mask and the patterned target layer, the first cleaning process including a first solution. The method additionally includes performing a second cleaning process to remove the patterned etch mask and form an exposed patterned target layer, the second cleaning process including a second solution. The method also includes performing a third cleaning process on the exposed patterned target layer, and performing a fourth cleaning process on the exposed patterned target layer, the fourth cleaning process comprising the first solution.
US10553719B2	Semiconductor devices and fabrication method thereof A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and forming a first gate structure on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming offset spacers doped with a certain type of ions to increase an anti-corrosion ability of the offset spacers on both sides of the first gate structure by a stability doping process; and forming trenches in the semiconductor substrate at both sides of the first gate structures. Further, the method includes forming stress layers in the trenches.
US10553703B2	Array of elevationally-extending transistors and a method used in forming an array of elevationally-extending transistors A method used in forming an array of elevationally-extending transistors comprises forming spaced lower conductive lines over a substrate. A gate insulator is formed in openings that are individually directly above individual of the lower conductive lines. The openings are formed into laterally-spaced lines comprising sacrificial material and are spaced longitudinally there-along. Channel material is formed in the individual openings laterally adjacent the gate insulator and is electrically coupled to the individual lower conductive line there-below. The sacrificial material is replaced with conductive-gate material. Other methods are disclosed including arrays of elevationally-extending transistors independent of method of manufacture.
US10553702B2	Transistor with controlled overlap of access regions A method for producing a microelectronic device with one or more transistor(s) including forming a first gate on a region of a semiconductor layer, forming a first cavity in the semiconductor layer, the first cavity having a wall contiguous with the given region, filling the first cavity in such a way as to form a first semiconductor block wherein a source or drain region of the first transistor is capable of being produced, by epitaxial growth of a first semiconductor material in the first cavity, the growth being carried out such that a first zone of predetermined thickness of the layer of first semiconductor material lines the wall contiguous with the given region, epitaxial growth of a second zone made of a second semiconductor material on the first zone.
US10553701B2	Semiconductor device with improved narrow width effect and method of making thereof A device and a method for forming a device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate prepared with a device region. A device well having second polarity type dopants is formed in the substrate. A threshold voltage (VT) implant is performed with a desired level of second polarity type dopants into the substrate. The VT implant forms a VT adjust region to obtain a desired VT of a transistor. A co-implantation with diffusion suppression material is performed to form a diffusion suppression (DS) region in the substrate. The DS region reduces or prevents segregation and out-diffusion of the VT implanted second polarity type dopants. A transistor of a first polarity type having a gate is formed in the device region. First and second diffusion regions are formed adjacent to sidewalls of the gate.
US10553697B1	Regrowth method for fabricating wide-bandgap transistors, and devices made thereby Methods are provided for fabricating a HEMT (high-electron-mobility transistor) that involve sequential epitaxial growth of III-nitride channel and barrier layers, followed by epitaxial regrowth of further III-nitride material through a window in a mask layer. The regrowth takes place on the barrier layer, only in the access region or regions. Devices made according to the disclosed methods are also provided.
US10553693B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate having first and second active regions with a field insulating layer therebetween that contacts the first and second active regions, and a gate electrode on the substrate and traversing the first active region, the second active region, and the field insulating layer. The gate electrode includes a first portion over the first active region, a second portion over the second active region, and a third portion in contact with the first and second portions. The gate electrode includes an upper gate electrode having first through third thicknesses in the first through third portions, respectively, where the third thickness is greater than the first thickness, and smaller than the second thickness.
US10553686B2	Method and apparatus for forming silicon oxide film, and storage medium There is provided a method of forming a silicon oxide film on a target surface on which a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film are exposed. The method comprises placing a workpiece having the target surface on which the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film are exposed, in a processing container under a depressurized atmosphere; forming a spacer silicon nitride film to be a sacrificial film on the target surface on which the silicon oxide film and the silicon nitride film are exposed; and substituting the spacer silicon nitride film with a substitution silicon oxide film by supplying thermal energy, oxygen radicals and hydrogen radicals onto the workpiece.
US10553680B2	Selective germanium P-contact metalization through trench Techniques are disclosed for forming transistor devices having reduced parasitic contact resistance relative to conventional devices. The techniques can be implemented, for example, using a standard contact stack such as a series of metals on, for example, silicon or silicon germanium (SiGe) source/drain regions. In accordance with one example such embodiment, an intermediate boron doped germanium layer is provided between the source/drain and contact metals to significantly reduce contact resistance. Numerous transistor configurations and suitable fabrication processes will be apparent in light of this disclosure, including both planar and non-planar transistor structures (e.g., FinFETs), as well as strained and unstrained channel structures. Graded buffering can be used to reduce misfit dislocation. The techniques are particularly well-suited for implementing p-type devices, but can be used for n-type devices if so desired.
US10553674B2	Substrate for semiconductor device, semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A substrate for semiconductor device includes a substrate, a buffer layer which is provided on the substrate and made of a nitride semiconductor, and a device active layer which is provided on the buffer layer and composed of a nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the buffer layer contains carbon and iron, a carbon concentration of an upper surface of the buffer layer is higher than a carbon concentration of a lower surface of the buffer layer, and an iron concentration of the upper surface of the buffer layer is lower than an iron concentration of the lower surface of the buffer layer. As a result, the substrate for semiconductor device can reduce a leak current in a lateral direction at the time of a high-temperature operation while suppressing a leak current in a longitudinal direction.
US10553669B2	Display device A display device includes a non-display area adjacent a display area, a thin film transistor, a display element, a thin film encapsulation layer, an organic insulating layer, a power voltage line, and a protective layer. The thin film transistor is on the display area and is connected to the display element. The thin film encapsulation layer covers the display element. The organic insulating layer is between the thin film transistor and display element and extends to the non-display area. The organic insulating layer includes a central portion corresponding to the display area, an outer portion surrounding the central portion, and a division region dividing the central portion and the outer portion and surrounding the display area. The power voltage line is in the non-display area and includes a portion corresponding to the division region. The protective layer covers an upper surface of the power voltage line in the division region.
US10553664B2	Display device A display device includes a first panel including a pad side area at one side of the first panel, a first optically transparent adhesive member on one surface of the first panel, a printed circuit board including a first attachment portion attached to the one surface of the first panel at the pad side area, a window on the first optically transparent adhesive member, a second optically transparent adhesive member on the other surface of the first panel, and a second panel on the second optically transparent adhesive member opposite the first panel, wherein the pad side area has a connection area at which the printed circuit board is attached to the first panel, and at which an edge of the first optically transparent adhesive member extends beyond an edge of the second optically transparent adhesive member, and a non-connection area at which the printed circuit board is not attached.
US10553653B2	Display panel and display apparatus having the same The display panel may include a light source which includes a red subpixel region, a green subpixel region, a blue subpixel region, and at least one white subpixel region; a red pixel electrode configured to supply a current to the red subpixel region; a green pixel electrode configured to supply the current to the green subpixel region; a blue pixel electrode configured to supply the current to the blue subpixel region; and at least one white pixel electrode disposed in at least one from among between the red pixel electrode and the green pixel electrode and between the green pixel electrode and the blue pixel electrode. The at least one white pixel electrode may be configured to supply the current to the at least one white subpixel region.
US10553645B2	Resistive memory device by substrate reduction To provide enhanced data storage devices and systems, various systems, architectures, apparatuses, and methods, are provided herein. In a first example, a resistive memory device is provided. The resistive memory device comprises a substrate, and an active region having resistance properties that can be modified to store one or more data bits, the active region comprising region of the substrate with a chemically altered reduction level to establish a resistive memory property in the substrate. The resistive memory device comprises terminals formed into the substrate and configured to couple the active region to associated electrical contacts.
US10553644B2	Test circuit block, variable resistance memory device including the same, and method of forming the variable resistance memory device A test circuit block may include a first signal line, a second signal line, a high resistive path unit, and a low resistive path unit. The high resistive path unit may be connected between the first signal line and the second signal line. The low resistive path unit may have a resistance lower than that of the high resistive path unit. The low resistive path unit may be selectively connected in parallel with the high resistive path unit between the first signal line and the second signal line.
US10553639B2	Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes: a first electrode formed above a semiconductor substrate; a photoelectric conversion film formed on the first electrode and for converting light into signal charges; a second electrode formed on the photoelectric conversion film; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode and for accumulating the signal charges converted from the light by the photoelectric conversion film; a reset gate electrode for resetting the charge accumulation region; an amplification transistor for amplifying the signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulation region; and a contact plug in direct contact with the charge accumulation region, comprising a semiconductor material, and for electrically connecting to each other the first electrode and the charge accumulation region.
US10553631B2	Color filter uniformity for image sensor devices The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing the surface deformation of a color filter after a baking process in an image sensor device. Surface deformation can be reduced by increasing the surface area of the color filter prior to baking. For example, forming a grid structure over a semiconductor layer of an image sensor device, where the grid structure includes a first region with one or more cells having a common sidewall; disposing one or more color filters in a second region of the grid structure; recessing the common sidewall in the first region of the grid structure to form a group of cells with the recessed common sidewall; and disposing another color filter in the group of cells.
US10553628B2	Image sensor with a high absorption layer An image sensor with high quantum efficiency is provided. In some embodiments, a semiconductor substrate includes a non-porous semiconductor layer along a front side of the semiconductor substrate. A periodic structure is along a back side of the semiconductor substrate. A high absorption layer lines the periodic structure on the back side of the semiconductor substrate. The high absorption layer is a semiconductor material with an energy bandgap less than that of the non-porous semiconductor layer. A photodetector is in the semiconductor substrate and the high absorption layer. A method for manufacturing the image sensor is also provided.
US10553624B2	Manufacturing method of array substrate, array substrate and display apparatus A manufacturing method of an array substrate, an array substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The manufacturing method includes: providing a base substrate; sequentially forming an active layer and a first insulating layer that covers the active layer on the base substrate; performing one patterning process on the first insulating layer, so as to form a first through hole and a second through hole that expose the active layer in the first insulating layer, and form a first recess at a surface of the first insulating layer; forming a conductive layer on the patterned first insulating layer, with the conductive layer being filled in the first through hole, the second through hole and the first recess; conducting a grinding process to form a source electrode, a drain electrode and a pixel electrode are formed respectively.
US10553609B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first gate structure including first gate electrodes that are vertically stacked on the substrate, first channels penetrating the first gate structure to contact the substrate, a second gate structure including a channel connection layer on the first gate structure and second gate electrodes on the channel connection layer, second channels penetrating the second gate structure to contact the first channels, respectively, and separation regions penetrating the second gate structure and the first gate structure and extending in a first direction. The second gate electrodes are vertically stacked on the channel connection layer. The channel connection layer is between the separation regions and has at least one sidewall that is spaced apart from sidewalls of the separation regions.
US10553604B2	Through array contact structure of three-dimensional memory device Embodiments of through array contact structures of a 3D memory device and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. The 3D NAND memory device includes an alternating layer stack disposed on a substrate. The alternating layer stack includes a first region including an alternating dielectric stack, and a second region including an alternating conductor/dielectric stack. The memory device further comprises a barrier structure extending vertically through the alternating layer stack to laterally separate the first region from the second region, and multiple through array contacts in the first region each extending vertically through the alternating dielectric stack. At least one through array contact is electrically connected with a peripheral circuit.
US10553570B2	Network with integrated passive device and conductive trace in packaging substrate and related modules and devices In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a packaging substrate and a die on the packaging substrate. The die includes an integrated passive device and a contact providing an electrical connection to the integrated passive device. A conductive trace of the packaging substrate is in an electrical path between the contact of the die and a ground potential. Such an integrated passive device and conductive trace can be included in a matching network configured to receive an amplified radio frequency signal from a power amplifier, for example. The packaging substrate can be, for example, a laminate substrate.
US10553568B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device of a side-surface light emission type includes a package defining a recess and having a shape elongated in a lateral direction, the package including a pair of lead electrodes arranged next to each other in the lateral direction and forming main portions of a bottom of the recess, and a molded body integrally formed with the pair of lead electrodes and defining sidewalls of the recess, and a light emitting element disposed on at least one of the pair of lead electrodes at the bottom of the recess. The molded body has a reinforcing portion connecting between two sidewalls of the recess opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction. The reinforcing portion is made of two end portions respectively connected to the two sidewalls, and an intermediate portion provided between the two end portions.
US10553567B2	Chip stack packages A chip stack package includes first and second semiconductor chips. A first redistribution line structure is disposed on a front surface of the first semiconductor chip, and the first redistribution line structure extends onto a side surface of the first semiconductor chip. A second redistribution line structure is disposed on the front surface of the first semiconductor chip, and the second redistribution line structure extends onto the side surface of the first semiconductor chip. A third redistribution line structure is disposed on a front surface of the second semiconductor chip, and the third redistribution line structure extends onto a side surface of the second semiconductor chip to be electrically connected to the second redistribution line structure.
US10553553B2	Method of forming a solder bump structure A method of the present invention includes preparing a substrate having a surface on which a electrode pad is formed, forming a resist layer on the substrate, the resist layer having an opening on the electrode pad, filling conductive paste in the opening of the resist layer; sintering the conductive paste in the opening to form a conductive layer which covers a side wall of the resist layer and a surface of the electrode pad in the opening, a space on the conductive layer leading to the upper end of the opening being formed, filling solder in the space on the conductive layer and removing the resist layer.
US10553545B2	Electromagnetic shielding for integrated circuit modules The present disclosure provides electromagnetic shielding for integrated circuit modules with a module-bottom sealing procedure. First a precursor package with a number of integrated modules is provided. Each integrated module includes a module substrate having a number of module contacts at a bottom surface of the module substrate. A combination of a shielding protective material and a chemical resistant tape is then applied over the bottom surface of the module substrate, such that each module contact is sealed. Next, the precursor package is singulated at each inter-module area to form a number of individual integrated modules. A shielding structure is applied completely over a side surface of each individual integrated module. Herein, the shielding structure is electrically coupled to a ground plane within the module substrate.
US10553544B2	Shielded package assemblies with integrated capacitor Package assemblies including a die stack and related methods of use. The package assembly includes a substrate with a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface bordering a through-hole extending from the first surface to the second surface. The assembly further includes a die stack, a conductive layer, and a lid. The die stack includes a chip positioned inside the through-hole in the substrate. A section of the conductive layer is disposed on the third surface of the substrate. A portion of the lid is disposed between the first chip and the section of the conductive layer. The conductive layer is configured to be coupled with power, and the lid is configured to be coupled with ground. The portion of the lid may act as a first plate of a capacitor, and the section of the conductive layer may act as a second plate of the capacitor.
US10553543B2	Guard bond wires in an integrated circuit package An integrated circuit package is provided. The integrated circuit package comprises a first and second guard bond wire. The first guard bond wire has a first and second end coupled to ground. The second guard bond wire has a first and second end coupled to ground. The integrated circuit package further comprises a die. The die is mounted between the first and second guard bond wires such that the first and second guard bond wires distort a magnetic field between at least an input terminal and an output terminal of the die.
US10553541B2	Fan-out semiconductor package The present disclosure relates to a fan-out semiconductor package in which a plurality of semiconductor chips are stacked and packaged, and are disposed in a special form to be thus electrically connected to a redistribution layer of a connection member through vias rather than wires. The fan-out semiconductor package can further include a connection member having a through-hole, and at least one of the semiconductor chips can be disposed in the through-hole.
US10553536B2	Method of manufacturing an interconnect structure by forming metal layers in mask openings A method for manufacturing an interconnect structure includes providing a substrate structure including a substrate and a first dielectric layer on the substrate and having an opening for a first interconnect layer extending to the substrate, forming a first mask layer on a portion of the first dielectric layer spaced apart from the opening, forming a first metal layer filling the opening and covering a portion of the first dielectric layer not covered by the first mask layer, removing the first mask layer, forming a second dielectric layer on the first dielectric layer and on the first metal layer and having a trench for a second interconnect layer, the trench exposing a portion of the first metal layer; and forming a second metal layer filling the trench and in contact with the exposed portion of the first metal layer.
US10553531B2	Process-invariant resistor and capacitor pair A process-invariant RC circuit is formed by patterning a metal layer using the same mask pattern to form a metal layer resistor and a metal layer capacitor. The same mask pattern results in the metal layer resistor and the metal layer capacitor each having a plurality of longitudinally-extending fingers having the same width and separation.
US10553525B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of semiconductor device A semiconductor device has a semiconductor chip, a signal lead that is arranged in a periphery of the semiconductor chip and has a main surface and a rear surface opposed to the main surface, a wire that electrically connects the semiconductor chip and the main surface of the signal lead, and a sealing body made of sealing resin that seals the semiconductor chip, the signal lead and the wire. The signal lead has, in an extending direction of the signal lead, one end located inside the sealing body, the other end located outside the sealing body, and a wire connection region which is the main surface of the signal lead and to which the wire is connected, and an inner groove is provided in the main surface of the signal lead between the one end and the wire connection region.
US10553513B2	Chip structure including heating element A chip structure is provided. The chip structure includes: a first lower chip structure; and an upper chip structure on the first lower chip structure and having a pixel array region. The first lower chip structure includes: a first lower semiconductor substrate having a first side and a second side opposing each other; a first portion on the first side of the first lower semiconductor substrate; and a second portion on the second side of the first lower semiconductor substrate, the first portion of the first lower chip structure includes a gate wiring, the second portion of the first lower chip structure includes a second side wiring and a heating element, and the heating element is on the same plane as that of the second side wiring and has a length greater than that of the second side wiring.
US10553501B2	Apparatus for use in forming an adaptive layer and a method of using the same An apparatus can include a logic element configured to generate information corresponding to an adaptive layer to be formed over a current substrate based at least in part on a difference in flatness profiles associated with a first substrate chuck and a second substrate chuck. In another aspect, a method can include obtaining a difference in thickness profiles for the first and second chucks using a prior substrate, and forming an adaptive layer over a previously formed patterned layer of a current substrate and before forming a patterned resist layer aligned to the previously formed patterned layer. In an embodiment, the thickness profile of the adaptive layer is a function of the inverse of the difference in flatness profiles of the substrate chucks. The adaptive layer can help to reduce overlay error associated with different flatness profiles of substrate chucks.
US10553492B2	Selective NFET/PFET recess of source/drain regions A method includes forming an inter-layer dielectric over a first source/drain region and a second source/drain region. The first source/drain region and the second source/drain region are of n-type and p-type, respectively. The inter-layer dielectric is etched to form a first contact opening and a second contact opening, with the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region exposed to the first contact opening and the second contact opening, respectively. A process gas is used to etch back the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region simultaneously, and a first etching rate of the first source/drain region is higher than a second etching rate of the second source/drain region. A first silicide region and a second silicide region are formed on the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region, respectively.
US10553491B2	Method of separating a back layer on a singulated semiconductor wafer attached to carrier substrates A method for forming an electronic device includes providing a wafer having a plurality of die formed as part of the wafer and separated from each other by spaces. A layer of material is disposed atop a major surface of the wafer and the layer of material is placed adjacent to first carrier substrate comprising a first adhesive layer. The wafer is singulated through the spaces to form singulation lines. A second carrier substrate comprising a second adhesive layer is placed onto an opposite major surface of the wafer. The method includes moving a mechanical device adjacent to and in a direction generally parallel to one of the first carrier substrate or the second carrier substrate to separate the layer of material in the singulation lines. In one example, the second adhesive layer has an adhesive strength that is less than that of the first adhesive layer.
US10553486B1	Field effect transistors with self-aligned metal plugs and methods Disclosed is a method of forming an integrated circuit (IC) and the resulting structure. The method includes forming a transistor with a sacrificial gate on a channel region, a gate sidewall spacer on the sacrificial gate, and sacrificial plugs on the source/drain regions. The sacrificial gate is replaced with a gate, a gate cap on the gate, and a sacrificial cap on the gate cap and the gate sidewall spacer (which was recessed). Thus, top surfaces of the gate cap and gate sidewall spacer are at a lower level than the top surfaces of the sacrificial plugs and, when the sacrificial plugs are replaced with metal plugs, the gate cap is protected. In the resulting structure, the gate cap has a desired thickness and the top surface of the gate cap is at a lower level than the top surfaces of the metal plugs to reduce the risk of shorts.
US10553481B2	Vias for cobalt-based interconnects and methods of fabrication thereof Interconnect structures and corresponding techniques for forming the interconnect structures are disclosed herein. An exemplary interconnect structure includes a conductive feature that includes cobalt and a via disposed over the conductive feature. The via includes a first via barrier layer disposed over the conductive feature, a second via barrier layer disposed over the first via barrier layer, and a via bulk layer disposed over the second via barrier layer. The first via barrier layer includes titanium, and the second via barrier layer includes titanium and nitrogen. The via bulk layer can include tungsten and/or cobalt. A capping layer may be disposed over the conductive feature, where the via extends through the capping layer to contact the conductive feature. In some implementations, the capping layer includes cobalt and silicon.
US10553474B1	Method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate Various embodiments of the present application are directed towards a method for forming a semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) substrate with a thick device layer and a thick insulator layer. In some embodiments, the method includes forming an insulator layer covering a handle substrate, and epitaxially forming a device layer on a sacrificial substrate. The sacrificial substrate is bonded to a handle substrate, such that the device layer and the insulator layer are between the sacrificial and handle substrates, and the sacrificial substrate is removed. The removal includes performing an etch into the sacrificial substrate until the device layer is reached. Because the device layer is formed by epitaxy and transferred to the handle substrate, the device layer may be formed with a large thickness. Further, because the epitaxy is not affected by the thickness of the insulator layer, the insulator layer may be formed with a large thickness.
US10553467B2	Purge load port A purge load port which is a load port devised with a purging plate and a purging module. The purging plate has inlet nozzles, outlet nozzles and recognizer; and the purging module has an inlet opening, an outlet opening, at least a temperature and humidity sensor, at least a flow meter and at least a pressure sensor. It makes the load port incapable of purging to provide the purging techniques after being devised with purging plate and purging modules, which solves the problem of controlling the cleanness by conventional load port, and thus effectively improves the yield of wafers in microchip fabrication.
US10553463B2	Temperature control system, semiconductor manufacturing device, and temperature control method A temperature control system includes a first temperature adjustment unit storing fluid at a first temperature; a second temperature adjustment unit storing fluid at a second temperature higher than the first temperature; a low-temperature flow path for passing fluid supplied from the first temperature adjustment unit; a high-temperature flow path for passing fluid supplied from the second temperature adjustment unit; a bypass flow path for circulating fluid; a combination flow path for passing fluid from the low-temperature flow path, the high-temperature flow path, and the bypass flow path merged at a merging part; a temperature adjustment part that passes fluid from the combination flow path and cools/heats a member of a semiconductor manufacturing device; and a control device that controls valve positions of variable valves attached to the three flow paths upstream of the merging part and adjusts the flow rate distribution ratio for the three flow paths.
US10553461B2	Film annealing apparatus and method The present disclosure provides a film annealing apparatus and method. The film annealing apparatus includes: a carrying platform configured to carry a substrate formed with a film layer thereon; a heater configured to individually heat respective regions of the film layer such that the film layer is annealed; a carrier detector configured to detect carrier concentrations of the respective regions of the film layer; and a controller electrically connected with the carrier detector and the heater respectively and configured to, according to the carrier concentrations of the respective regions of the film layer detected by the carrier detector, adjust at least one of a heating temperature and a heating time of the heater for heating a corresponding one of the regions of the film layer such that the carrier concentrations of the respective regions of the annealed film layer become the same.
US10553454B2	Wafer level packaging of microbolometer vacuum package assemblies An apparatus for the wafer level packaging (WLP) of micro-bolometer vacuum package assemblies (VPAs), in one embodiment, includes a wafer alignment and bonding chamber, a bolometer wafer chuck and a lid wafer chuck disposed within the chamber in vertically facing opposition to each other, means for creating a first ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment within the chamber, means for heating and cooling the bolometer wafer chuck and the lid wafer chuck independently of each other, means for moving the lid wafer chuck in the vertical direction and relative to the bolometer wafer chuck, means for moving the bolometer wafer chuck translationally in two orthogonal directions in a horizontal plane and rotationally about a vertical axis normal to the horizontal plane, and means for aligning a fiducial on a bolometer wafer held by the bolometer wafer chuck with a fiducial on a lid wafer held by the lid wafer chuck.
US10553449B2	Methods of forming a silicon layer, methods of forming patterns, and methods of manufacturing semiconductor devices using the same A method of forming a pattern includes forming an etch target layer on a substrate, forming sacrificial patterns on the etch target layer, the sacrificial patterns including a carbon-containing material, providing a silicon-sulfur compound or a sulfur-containing gas onto the sacrificial patterns to form a seed layer, providing a silicon precursor onto the seed layer to form silicon-containing mask patterns, and at least partially etching the etch target layer using the mask patterns.
US10553443B2	Pattern formation method According to one embodiment, a pattern formation method includes forming a structure body on a first surface of a patterning member, the structure body having protrusions and a recess. The protrusions are arranged at a first pitch along a first direction. The first direction is aligned with the first surface. The recess is between the protrusions. The method further includes forming a resin film of a block copolymer on the structure body. The block copolymer includes first portions and second portions. The first and second portions are arranged alternately at a second pitch along the first direction. The structure body includes first and second regions. The first portions are on the first regions. The second portions on the second regions. The method further includes removing the second portions and the second regions, introducing a metal to the first regions, and etching the patterning member using the first regions.
US10553440B2	Methods for depositing nickel films and for making nickel silicide and nickel germanide In one aspect, methods of silicidation and germanidation are provided. In some embodiments, methods for forming metal silicide can include forming a non-oxide interface, such as germanium or solid antimony, over exposed silicon regions of a substrate. Metal oxide is formed over the interface layer. Annealing and reducing causes metal from the metal oxide to react with the underlying silicon and form metal silicide. Additionally, metal germanide can be formed by reduction of metal oxide over germanium, whether or not any underlying silicon is also silicided. In other embodiments, nickel is deposited directly and an interface layer is not used. In another aspect, methods of depositing nickel thin films by vapor phase deposition processes are provided. In some embodiments, nickel thin films are deposited by ALD. Nickel thin films can be used directly in silicidation and germanidation processes.
US10553439B2	Multiple nanosecond laser pulse anneal processes and resultant semiconductor structure Semiconductor structures and methods of fabricating the same using multiple nanosecond pulsed laser anneals are provided. The method includes exposing a gate stack formed on a semiconducting material to multiple nanosecond laser pulses at a peak temperature below a melting point of the semiconducting material.
US10553421B2	Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and storage medium Disclosed is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a first nozzle that ejects droplets of a chemical liquid toward a front surface of a substrate, the droplets being formed by mixing a gas supplied by a gas supply mechanism and a heated chemical liquid supplied by a heated chemical liquid supply mechanism with each other, and a second nozzle that ejects the heated deionized water supplied by the heated deionized water supply mechanism toward the rear surface of the substrate. The first nozzle supplies the droplets to the front surface of the substrate heated from the rear surface thereof by the heated deionized water supplied from the second nozzle.
US10553414B2	Apparatus and method for trapping multiple ions generated from multiple sources Devices, methods, and systems for trapping multiple ions are described herein. One device includes two or more ovens wherein each oven includes a heating element and a cavity for emitting atoms of a particular atomic species from an atomic source substance, a substrate having a number of apertures that allow atoms emitted from the atomic source substance to exit the oven and enter an ion trapping area and wherein each oven is positioned at a different ion loading area within the ion trapping area, and a plurality of electrodes that can be charged and wherein the charge can be used to selectively control the movement of a particular ion from a particular loading area to a particular ion trap location.
US10553395B2	Ion beam irradiation device and ion beam irradiation method An ion beam irradiation device is provided and including: a substrate holder that holds a substrate; a rotating mechanism that rotates the substrate holder about a center portion of the substrate being held; a reciprocating mechanism that reciprocates the substrate holder and the rotating mechanism in the moving direction; an ion beam irradiator that irradiates the substrate with an ion beam; and a control device that controls the rotating mechanism and the reciprocating mechanism. The ion beam has a center region where the beam current density is a predetermined value or more in the moving direction, and a peripheral region where the beam current density is less than the predetermined value, a center region size in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction is larger than a substrate size in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction.
US10553393B2	Laser-assisted electron-beam inspection for semiconductor devices Methods and apparatuses for laser-assisted electron-beam inspection (EBI) are provided. The apparatus includes an EBI device and a laser illumination device. The EBI device includes an e-beam source configured to emit an incident e-beam, a deflector configured to deflect the incident e-beam to be projected onto a surface of a semiconductor device, and an electron detector configured to detect emergent electrons generated by the incident e-beam projected onto the surface. The laser illumination device includes a laser source configured to generate a laser, and a guiding device configured to guide the laser to be projected onto the semiconductor device. The laser changes the emergent electrons to cause, in a positive mode of the EBI apparatus, a PN junction of an NMOS of the semiconductor device to be in a conduction state.
US10553386B2	High voltage, reinforced in-line fuse assembly, systems, and methods of manufacture Fuse assemblies, systems and methods of manufacture include reinforcement materials and arc absorbent materials to provide overcurrent protection for 1500 VDC power systems without enlarging the body of the fuse.
US10553378B2	Electrical circuit breaker device with particle trap An electric switching device filled with a dielectric insulating medium includes first and second arcing contact, first exhaust volume downstream of first arcing contact and second exhaust volume downstream of second arcing contact. The exhaust volumes includes several first openings in their walls, through which the insulating medium exits into third volume. The third volume is arranged around the first or second exhaust volume and is radially delimited by the wall of the exhaust volumes and by an exterior wall having second openings through which the insulating medium exits the third volume. One baffle device is provided inside third volume such that vortex flow of the insulating medium is generated when it passes the baffle device on its way towards the second openings. Turbulent flow conditions are chosen such that gravitational force allows to trap or contributes to trap particles in the baffle device. The baffle device comprises baffle plates or fins, that are arranged to form cavities for capturing the particles by gravitational force.
US10553368B2	Galvanic pellicle removable attachment tool A tool (10) includes a base (12) made of contact and projection woven, metallic, compression screens (16, 18) secured to each other. A plurality of linear projections (30) extend away from the base (12). A shortest distance between adjacent linear projections (30) may be between about 20 μm and about 20 mm. The tool (10) is forced upon an uncompressed galvanic pellicle (52) so that the projections (30) compress and bond connected areas (56) of the pellicle (52) to a conductive surface (54) to form an electrode (50).
US10553367B2	Photovoltaic perovskite oxychalcogenide material and optoelectronic devices including the same Photovoltaic perovskite oxychalcogenide material and an optoelectronic device are provided. The optoelectronic device includes a cathode layer, an anode layer, and an active layer disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer. In one embodiment, the active layer includes a perovskite oxychalcogenide compound and the perovskite oxychalcogenide compound is NaMO2Q, wherein M is Nb or Ta, and Q is S, Se or Te.
US10553361B2	Multilayer capacitor, method of manufacturing the same, and board having the same A multilayer capacitor includes: a capacitor body including an active region including a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed, respectively, through opposite end surfaces of the capacitor body in a length direction, and upper and lower cover regions disposed on upper and lower surfaces of the active region, respectively; and first and second external electrodes formed on the opposite end surfaces of the capacitor body in the length direction, respectively. The lower cover region of the capacitor body may have a space portion.
US10553356B1	Capacitor component A capacitor component includes a body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other while having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The body includes a capacitance forming portion including the first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other while having the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and in which capacitance is formed, and cover portions formed on upper and lower surfaces of the capacitance forming portion, and hardness of the cover portions is 9.5 GPa or more and 14 GPa or less.
US10553348B2	Pulse transformer A pulse transformer includes a drum core having a winding core, a first flange provided at one end of the winding core in a first direction, and a second flange provided at the other end of the winding core in the first direction. First, second, third, and fourth terminal electrodes are provided in the first flange, and fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth terminal electrodes are provided in the second flange. First, second, third, and fourth wires each have one end connected to a different one of the first to fourth terminal electrodes and the other end connected to a different one of the fifth to eighth terminal electrodes. A length of the drum core in the first direction and the second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, are substantially equal to one another, such that a planar shape of a mounting region of the pulse transformer is substantially square.
US10553347B2	Module A module includes: an insulating layer; an annular coil core in the insulating layer; a coil electrode having outer metal pins arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the coil core, inner metal pins arranged along an inner circumferential surface of the coil core to form pairs with corresponding outer metal pins 7, bonding wires, each connecting one end surface of each outer metal pin and inner metal pin that form a pair, and wiring electrode patterns, each connecting another end surface of each outer metal pin to another end surface of an inner metal pin adjacent in a predetermined direction to the inner metal pin that forms a pair with the outer metal pin; and a buffer layer, formed from a non-conductive material having a lower elastic modulus than the insulating layer, that covers the surface of the coil core.
US10553346B2	Thin film inductor and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a thin film inductor includes preparing a carrier film having a first surface on which a first upper separation layer is formed and a second surface on which a first lower separation layer is formed. A first upper layer, including a first upper coil pattern and a first upper insulating pattern, is formed on the first surface. A first lower layer, including a first lower coil pattern and a first lower insulating pattern, is formed on the second surface. A surface of the first upper layer is ground. A height of the first lower coil pattern is smaller than that of the first lower insulating pattern.
US10553342B2	Deformable inductor having a liquid magnetic core A deformable inductive device includes an elastomer material having at least one deformable electrode and a liquid magnetic core formed in the elastomer material and containing a magnetic liquid. Depending on the device's configuration, the deformable element may be embedded in, attached to, or in close proximity with the liquid magnetic core. In some embodiments, the deformable inductive device may be configured as an inductor, solenoid, or transformer and the deformable electrode is at least partially embedded in the liquid magnetic core, for instance. In another embodiment, the deformable inductive device may be configured as part of a wireless power transfer system which includes a coil and a magnetic backplane having the liquid magnetic core with the coil being attached to or in close proximity to the magnetic backplane.
US10553337B2	Magnet arrangement for position sensor device and corresponding position sensor device A magnet arrangement having at least one magnetic element providing a modulated magnetization in a first direction and an essentially constant magnetization in a second direction different from the first direction.
US10553335B1	Varistor module A varistor module includes a base, a case, and a varistor body. The base and the case are assembled with each other to form a closed space. The varistor body includes a plurality of ceramic chips and a bridging element. The ceramic chips are disposed in the closed space. Each ceramic chip has an electrode layer on two opposite sides, respectively. The bridging element has at least two bridging segments and a crossing segment. The bridging segments are connected to electrode layers of different ones of the ceramic chips. The crossing segment is disposed between the bridging segments.
US10553310B2	Device and method for food management A medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an RFID reader for receiving information from at least one RFID transponder. The medical device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. Also, a remote controller for a medical device is disclosed. The remote controller includes an information receiver for receiving information related to food. The infusion device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. A method for use in a medical device is also disclosed. The method includes receiving information from an RFID transponder related to food. Also, the processing the information by comparing the information to a database is included in the method. The method also includes determining the acceptability of the food and providing information related to acceptability to the user.
US10553302B2	Built-in self-test (BIST) engine configured to store a per pattern based fail status in a pattern mask register A BIST engine configured to store a per pattern based fail status during memory BIST run and related processes thereof are provided. The method includes testing a plurality of patterns in at least one memory device and determining which of the plurality of patterns has detected a fail during execution of each pattern. The method further includes storing a per pattern based fail status of each of the detected failed patterns.
US10553296B2	Memory device and operating method thereof A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of word lines and a plurality of bit lines; a read/write circuit including a plurality of page buffers coupled to the plurality of bit lines; a power supply circuit suitable for generating voltages to be applied to the memory cell array and the read/write circuit; and a control circuit suitable for receiving a read command and an address signal from an external device, and controlling the memory cell array, the read/write circuit and the power supply circuit based on the read command and the address signal.
US10553293B2	3D NAND array with divided string architecture A 3D NAND array with divided string architecture. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a plurality of charge storing devices connected to form a cell string. The apparatus also includes one or more internal select gates connected between selected charge storing devices in the cell string. The one or more internal select gates divide the cell string into two or more segments of charge storing devices. Selectively enabling and disabling the one or more internal select gates during programming operates to isolate one or more selected segments to reduce program-disturb to remaining segments. In another embodiment, a method is provided for programming a memory cell of a cell string having internal select gates that isolate the memory cell to reduce the effects of program-disturb. In another embodiment, multiple memory cells of a cell string having internal select gates are programmed with reduced program-disturb.
US10553282B2	Content addressable memory cell and array A content addressable memory (CAM) cell system is provided. The CAM cell system includes a first memory cell, a first logic circuitry and a first compare circuitry. The first logic circuit includes a first n-FET, a first p-FET, and a first input terminal. A gate of the first n-FET and a gate of the first p-FET are galvanically coupled to the first input terminal. The first compare circuitry is communicatively coupled to the first memory cell via a first coupling, and to the first input terminal via a second coupling. The first compare circuitry is configured to receive first data stored in the first memory cell via the first coupling, receive first match data, transmit a first binary logical value to the first input terminal via the second coupling in response to the first data not matching the first match data, and transmit a second binary logical value to the first input terminal via the second coupling in response to the first data matching the first match data.
US10553278B1	Media manager cache eviction timer for reads and writes during resistivity drift A method for caching memory requests while accounting for a phase change memory cell drift phenomenon is described. The method includes writing first user data to an address in phase change memory cells; setting a timer in a set of data structures to a first value in response to writing the first user data to the phase change memory cells, wherein the data structures are stored outside the phase change memory cells; determining whether the timer corresponding to the first user data has expired; and fulfilling a read request for the address from the set of data structures in response to determining that the timer has not expired.
US10553277B2	Cross point array type phase change memory device and method of driving the same A phase change memory device may include a cross point array and a sensing circuit block. The cross point array may include a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines and phase change memory cells. The word lines and the bit lines may intersect each other. The phase change memory cells are positioned at intersection points between the word lines and the bit lines. The sensing circuit block reads data in the phase change memory cells. The sensing circuit block may include a first sensing unit and a second sensing unit. The first sensing unit senses the data using a first voltage. The second sensing unit senses the data using a second voltage, which may be higher than a threshold voltage of the phase change memory cell, when the data in the phase change memory cell read by the first sensing unit is determined to be abnormal.
US10553272B2	Method of operating a semiconductor device having CAL latency function One controller for controlling operation of a memory device includes an output circuit configured to supply a chip select signal, an address signal, a command signal, and a clock signal to the memory device, and a data processing circuit configured to process read data and write data through a data terminal based on the chip select signal, the address signal, the command signal, and the clock signal supplied by the output circuit. The controller is configured to supply the address signal and the command signal to the memory device a predetermined duration after the output circuit supplies the chip select signal.
US10553266B2	Semiconductor device chip selection A method for accessing a plurality of DRAM devices each having a plurality of banks, the plurality of DRAM devices being interconnected to receive common address and command signals. The method includes receiving a first chip selection address and a first bank address with an active command to activate a first bank in a first DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices. A first bank active flag is set, corresponding to the first bank address, in the first DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices. A second bank address with a column command is received. A second bank is accessed in a second DRAM device of the plurality of DRAM devices having a set bank active flag corresponding to the second bank address.
US10553256B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device may include a first column decoder arranged at a first side of a bank, wherein the first column decoder is enabled by a first column decoder select signal. The semiconductor device may include a second column decoder arranged at a second side of the bank, wherein the second column decoder is enabled by a second column decoder select signal; and wherein the bank is arranged between the first column decoder and the second column decoder. The semiconductor device may further include a column decoder selection circuit suitable for activating any one of the first and second column decoder select signals based on a row address.
US10553245B2	Damping lateral tape motion disturbances A system, according to one embodiment, includes: a module having transducers positioned along a tape bearing surface of the module; a roller guide; and a patterned bar positioned relative to the roller guide and module to engage a magnetic tape. The patterned bar has a plurality of recessed regions along a tape bearing surface thereof. Moreover, the patterned bar is not directly coupled to the module. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are described in additional embodiments.
US10553240B2	Conversation evaluation device and method A conversation evaluation device includes a storage medium and a processor. The storage medium stores a program configured to evaluate a conversation that includes first voice and second voice as a response to the first voice. The processor executes the program. The program causes a processor to acquire first pitch information related to the first voice. The program also causes the processor to acquire second pitch information related to the second voice. The program also causes the processor to evaluate comfortableness of the second voice based on the acquired first and second pitch information.
US10553230B2	Decoding apparatus, decoding method, and program The present disclosure relates to a decoding apparatus, a decoding method, and a program that can switch, as quickly as possible, a plurality of audio encoded bit streams with synchronized reproduction timing to thereby decode and output the plurality of audio encoded bit streams.An aspect of the present disclosure provides a decoding apparatus including: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of audio encoded bit streams; a selection unit that determines a boundary position for switching output of the plurality of audio encoded bit streams and that selectively supplies one of the plurality of acquired audio encoded bit streams to a decoding processing unit according to the boundary position; and the decoding processing unit that applies a decoding process including IMDCT processing to the one input through the selection unit, in which the decoding processing unit skips overlap-and-add in the IMDCT processing corresponding to each frame before and after the boundary position. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a reception apparatus, a reproduction apparatus, and the like.
US10553229B2	Coding device, decoding device, and method and program thereof A technology of accurately coding and decoding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients even for a frame in which the spectrum variation is great while suppressing an increase in the code amount as a whole is provided. A coding device includes: a first coding unit that obtains a first code by coding coefficients which are convertible into linear prediction coefficients of more than one order; and a second coding unit that obtains a second code by coding at least quantization errors of the first coding unit if (A-1) an index Q commensurate with how high the peak-to-valley height of a spectral envelope is, the spectral envelope corresponding to the coefficients which are convertible into the linear prediction coefficients of more than one order, is larger than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1 and/or (B-1) an index Q′ commensurate with how short the peak-to-valley height of the spectral envelope is, is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value Th1′.
US10553227B2	Audio coding method and apparatus An audio signal, having first and second regions of frequency spectrum, is coded. Spectral peaks in the first region are encoded by a first coding method. For a segment of the audio signal, a relation between energy of bands in the first and second regions is determined. A relation between the energy of the band in the second region and energy of neighboring bands in the second region is determined. A determination is made whether available bits are sufficient for encoding at least one non-peak segment of the first region and the band in the second region. Responsive to first and second relations fulfilling a respective predetermined criterion and a sufficient number of bits, encoding the band in the second region using a second coding method different from the first coding method, and otherwise, subjecting the band in the second region to BandWidth Extension (BWE) or noise fill.
US10553222B2	Inter-channel bandwidth extension spectral mapping and adjustment A method includes selecting, at an encoder of a first device, a left channel or a right channel as a non-reference target channel based on a high-band reference channel indicator. The method also includes generating a synthesized non-reference high-band channel based on a non-reference high-band excitation corresponding to the non-reference target channel. The method also includes generating a high-band portion of the non-reference target channel. The method further includes estimating one or more spectral mapping parameters based on the synthesized non-reference high-band channel and the high-band portion of the non-reference target channel. The method also includes applying the one or more spectral mapping parameters to the synthesized non-reference high-band channel to generate a spectrally shaped synthesized non-reference high-band channel. The method further includes generating an encoded bitstream based on the one or more spectral mapping parameters and the spectrally shaped synthesized non-reference high-band channel.
US10553220B2	Method and system for voice input at an ATM without audibly revealing a selected transaction Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for transacting at an ATM. A computing system receives a request from the ATM to provide audio commands for an input having one or more components. The computing system generates an audio message for a component of the one or more components. The computing system receives an indication from the user to select an entry from the set of candidate entries as the component. The indication from the user does not include a recitation of the first entry. The computing system maps the indication to a respective candidate in the set of candidate entries. The computing system generates a verification audio message for the user to audibly verify a correct mapping between the indication and the respective candidate in the set of candidate entries. The computing system receives an audible verification from the user.
US10553218B2	Dimensionality reduction of baum-welch statistics for speaker recognition In a speaker recognition apparatus, audio features are extracted from a received recognition speech signal, and first order Gaussian mixture model (GMM) statistics are generated therefrom based on a universal background model that includes a plurality of speaker models. The first order GMM statistics are normalized with regard to a duration of the received speech signal. The deep neural network reduces a dimensionality of the normalized first order GMM statistics, and outputs a voiceprint corresponding to the recognition speech signal.
US10553214B2	Determining dialog states for language models Systems, methods, devices, and other techniques are described herein for determining dialog states that correspond to voice inputs and for biasing a language model based on the determined dialog states. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, at a computing system, audio data that indicates a voice input and determining a particular dialog state, from among a plurality of dialog states, which corresponds to the voice input. A set of n-grams can be identified that are associated with the particular dialog state that corresponds to the voice input. In response to identifying the set of n-grams that are associated with the particular dialog state that corresponds to the voice input, a language model can be biased by adjusting probability scores that the language model indicates for n-grams in the set of n-grams. The voice input can be transcribed using the adjusted language model.
US10553210B2	System, apparatus, and method for processing natural language, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium A system, apparatus, and method for processing a natural language, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The system includes a user device configured to receive a compound or complex sentence and a natural language processing apparatus configured to generate a plurality of control commands for the user device based on whether operations intended by a user are sequentially performable in the compound or complex sentence received from the user device.
US10553205B2	Speech recognition device, speech recognition method, and computer program product A speech recognition device includes one or more processors configured to calculate a score vector sequence on the basis of a speech signal, search a search model to detect a path following the input symbol from which a likely acoustic score in the score vector sequence is obtained, and output an output symbol allocated to the detected path. The symbol set includes a symbol representing a phonetic unit to be recognized, and an additional symbol representing at least one of a filler, a disfluency, and a non-speech sound. A search model includes an input symbol string arranged one or more input symbols, and paths to which output symbols are allocated. When the additional symbol is received as the input symbol from which the likely acoustic score is obtained, the processors start searching for a path associated with a new output symbol from a next score vector.
US10553197B1	Concurrent noise cancelation systems with harmonic filtering A noise cancellation system with harmonic filtering for a vehicle audio system may include at least one input sensor configured to transmit reference signals, at least one input sensor configured to transmit a narrowband input signal and a broadband input signal, each of the narrowband input signal and broadband input signal including harmonic noise. The system may include a processor being programmed to receive the reference signals, the reference signals including a narrowband reference signal and a broadband reference signal, apply an adaptive filter to each of the reference signals, apply a secondary path to the input signals to generate antinoise signals, sum the antinoise signals broadcast over the secondary path and the primary noise signals to generate an error signal at the output sensor, and apply an adaptive filter to the error signal to remove harmonic noise to prevent cancelation of the harmonic noise.
US10553192B2	Hum reduction circuit and method Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for a hum reduction circuit implemented to provide a ground path between an audio generating device and a powered headset. In one example, a system includes a jack configured to accept a plug comprising a first electrical ground connection. The system also includes a switch coupled to the jack at a first end and coupled to second electrical ground connection at a second end. The system also includes the switch is configured to couple to the first electrical ground at the first end. The system further includes a bias control signal coupled to the switch, configured to control a switch bias, where a first switch bias electrically couples the first electrical ground to the second electrical ground, and a second switch bias electrically decouples the first electrical ground from the second electrical ground.
US10553188B2	Musical attribution in a two-dimensional digital representation Musical attribution is performed in a two-dimensional (2D) digital representation. A piece of music representing a musical score is inputted. An abstracted representation of blanks of the score, called a digital audio canvas, is produced. Interactive, dynamic attribution is performed by a user to bring to life the musical score of abstracted blanks. Instrumentation selection, relative volume, scale selection, and score tempo are all musical attributes that are conveyed to the score of abstracted blanks. The score of the digital audio canvas is played back using the attributed blanks. The playback of the score is enabled by selecting appropriate abstracted blanks. The appropriate abstracted blanks are included among other blanks for increased educational and enjoyment value. The modified score is converted back into the format of the original inputted piece of music.
US10553184B2	Display device and method of controlling the same A display device receives, from an external device, information set on a settings screen that is displayed on the external device and that allows settings in ranges wider than ranges settable on a settings screen constituting a part of a projected image. The display device then changes settings in accordance with the received information. As a result, a degree of freedom in adjustment of the projected image can be increased.
US10553166B2	Display apparatus and method of driving the display apparatus A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a gate line, a storage line adjacent to the gate line, and a pixel, the pixel including a pixel transistor coupled to the gate line, a liquid crystal (“LC”) capacitor coupled to the pixel transistor, and a storage capacitor coupled to the LC capacitor; a first gate driver configured to provide a gate signal to the gate line; and a first level switch configured to provide a storage signal to the storage line, the storage signal being synchronized with the gate signal and having a phase opposite to a phase of the gate signal.
US10553154B2	Method and apparatus for detecting driving circuit A method and an apparatus for detecting a driving circuit. The method includes: inputting a data signal, a gate line scanning signal, a voltage signal, and a first control signal with a first voltage level into a data input end, a gate scanning input end, a power source end and a voltage sensing end of the driving circuit, respectively; by inputting a second control signal with a second voltage level into a sensing-scanning input end, controlling a pixel storage capacitor to be charged, and measuring a first voltage of an OLED anode end; by inputting the second control signal with a third voltage level to the sensing-scanning input end, controlling the pixel storage capacitor to be discharged, and measuring a second voltage of the OLED anode end; and determining whether the driving circuit has abnormity or not according to the first voltage and the second voltage.
US10553151B2	Current control method and apparatus thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a current control method and an apparatus thereof. The current control method includes: generating a correspondence between grayscale brightness and a current of a display panel; detecting, in a blank interval of a display period, an actual current value and an actual grayscale brightness of the display panel; determining a target current value by looking up a correspondence between the grayscale brightness and the current according to a target grayscale brightness of the display panel; and adjusting, based on a comparison of the actual current value and the target current value, the actual grayscale brightness so that the actual current value is less than or equal to the target current value.
US10553147B2	Gate driver and display device having the same A display device comprises a pixel array, a timing controller, a Q node control signal input line, and a shift register. In the pixel array, data lines and gate lines are defined, and pixels are arranged in a matrix. The timing controller outputs a start signal and a first reset signal. The Q node control signal input line receives the start signal and the first reset signal. The shift register comprises a plurality of stages connected as a cascade, and sequentially supplies dummy gate pulses or gate pulses applied to the gate lines.
US10553139B2	Enhanced imaging system for linear micro-displays An optical system comprises a linear illumination source configured to emit light, a first scanning stage configured to receive the light and to scan the light, and a second scanning stage. The linear illumination source is configured to generate light forming a vertical field of view based on the one or more output signals received from a controller modulating the one or more output signals comprising image data defining content. The first scanning stage redirects portions of the light to generate an output defining a horizontal field of view based on the one or more output signals of the controller. The first scanning device combines the vertical field of view and the horizontal field of view in the output light to create a two-dimensional light image of the content. The second scanning stage receives and directs the output of the first scanning stage toward a projected exit pupil.
US10553131B2	Central line simulation and training device An anatomical simulation training device is disclosed in an embodiment herein. The anatomical device includes an anatomical model comprising a quadrant of a torso. The model includes a first opening and a second opening, wherein a first passageway connects between the first and the second opening. The model further includes a third opening, wherein a second passageway connects between the third opening and the second opening. The first passageway is configured to receive a first conduit, and the second passageway is configured to receive a second conduit. The first and second conduits are removable and replaceable. The model is comprised of, in part or in whole, a hydrogel, and said model quadrant torso mimics at least a portion of a human or non-human animal quadrant torso, and simulates at least one predetermined physical characteristic of a human or non-human animal torso with at least fifty percent or more similarity.
US10553126B2	Video role-play learning system and process An automated video role-play teaching system and process. In some embodiments, the system and process provides a software interface for teachers or others to establish situation scenarios for students, students to review the scenarios locally and locally record their role-play responses, which one or more teachers or others can then review in order to provide feedback to the students through the system. The interface can provide leaderboard ranking of students or role-play videos, selectable role-play scenarios established by a teacher or another, an automated calendar of role-play system related dates, such as due dates for example, and hot-seat role-play limiting the number of times a student can record the student's role-play into the system.
US10553123B2	Determination of collision risks between a taxiing aircraft and objects external to the taxiing aircraft Apparatus and associated methods relate to determining a measure of collision risk between a taxiing aircraft and an object external to the taxiing aircraft. The measure of collision risk is determined using the dynamics of both the taxiing aircraft and the external object. The taxiing aircraft's dynamics can be determined based on collected position, heading, and ground-speed data. The external object's dynamics can be determined based on location data tracked by an object tracking system, for example. A measure of collision risk is calculated, based on the determined dynamics of both the taxiing aircraft and the external object. In some embodiments, image data of an area external to and including the taxiing aircraft is formed. The image data can be annotated with the calculated collision risks and/or indicia of regions of the taxiing aircraft and/or the external objects associated with the collision risks.
US10553119B1	Roadside assistance system According to some aspects of this disclosure a roadside assistance application programming interface (API) may allow any type of application, internet of things device, voice recognition device, and others to provide roadside assistance functionality. According to some aspects of this disclosure a device may communicate with sensors or an on-board diagnostics system of a vehicle and retrieve vehicle data. The device may recommend a service based on the vehicle data. The device may send a request for roadside assistance. The device may be used to enroll a user as a member of a roadside assistance benefits program. The above mentioned steps may all be performed via a single application running on the device. According to some aspects of this disclosure a device may process a roadside assistance request and determine a roadside assistance service provider to send to a user that requested roadside assistance.
US10553108B2	Navigation server and navigation system Provided is a navigation server capable of improving reliability or estimation accuracy of traffic state information for a user in view of the present traffic state. A partial movement cost Cik being each of movement costs in plural partial links Lik constituting a designated link Li is used to determine a total movement cost Ci in the designated link Li. The higher an occupancy ratio r of a first partial link Lim among a series of the partial links Lik, the more preferentially a partial movement cost Cim in the first partial link Lim is used than a partial movement cost Cin in a second partial link Lin to determine the total movement cost Ci of the designated link Li. In particular, only the partial movement cost Cim in the first partial link Lim is used to determine the total movement cost Ci of the designated link Li.
US10553105B2	Remote controller and control method thereof A remote controller includes a communicator and a processor configured to control the communicator to transmit an identification information request signal to a plurality of electronic apparatuses paired with the remote controller. Based on a signal that includes identification information being received from two or more of the plurality of electronic apparatuses in response to the identification information request signal, the processor controls the communicator to identify a direction of the remote controller based on a direction from which each of the signals is received. The processor causes communication to be performed via an exclusive communication channel between the remote controller and one of the plurality of electronic apparatuses based on the identified direction.
US10553093B2	Security system and method to detect motions and features associated with a traveler A security system to detect motions and/or features associated with a traveler, the security system includes a camera configured to capture an image series of the traveler in an Eulerian or Lagrangian frame of reference, wherein the captured image series contains motions and features associated with the traveler; an alarm system configured to produce an alert signal; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to magnify the motions and features associated with the traveler to generate frame of reference perceptible motions and features, detect characteristic kinematic behaviors of the perceptible motions and features, measure characteristic kinematic quantities of the characteristic kinematic behaviors, determine the presence of features that deviate from a threshold value for the characteristic kinematic quantities, and activate the alarm system to produce the alert signal.
US10553090B1	Room breach digital sensor alert device A device for signaling including a top member adjacent to a bottom member, a button adjacent to the top member, a sensor adjacent to the top member, a radio adjacent to the top member, a microprocessor board adjacent to the radio, a battery adjacent to the microprocessor board, and a switch adjacent to the bottom member. A button slot and sensor hole formed through the top member. The button is received in the button slot and the sensor in the sensor slot. The microprocessor board further comprises a light emitting diode. The bottom member has a bottom recess and a switch slot. The switch is received in the switch slot. The top member has a sensor recess and a screw hole. The sensor is retained in the sensor recess. The bottom member has a screw recess. The radio, microprocessor board, and battery are slidably received in the bottom slot.
US10553087B2	Alarm pane arrangement The present invention relates to an alarm pane arrangement comprising: at least one first pane consisting of prestressed glass, with an outer surface and an inner surface, at least one transparent electrically conductive coating which is arranged on the inner surface of the first pane, and a sensor unit having an inductive sensor which is inductively coupled to the transparent electrically conductive coating, wherein the sensor unit outputs an alarm signal in the event of differences between a measurement signal from the inductive sensor and a comparison value, wherein the inductive sensor contains precisely one measuring coil, preferably a measuring coil having a ferrite core.
US10553086B2	Social safety network system having portable light for both wireless disaster fire detection and crime prevention An embodiment of the present invention implements a detection sensor unit, a plurality of wireless intelligent control boards, and a remote control server, thereby enabling the implementation of a wireless detecting and recognizing function, a function of lighting disaster fire locations, a function of lighting a peripheral environment of the lighting and simultaneously ensuring site images through a camera photographing function so as to transmit the site images to a control center or a management center, a function of quickly extinguishing a fire by using a private fire extinguisher, a function of wirelessly warning and providing warning-light when surroundings suddenly become dark, a function of quickly informing a management center or a neighboring control center, and a function of quickly discovering the location of a disaster victim outside by using a location tracking function embedded as a wireless function, when an exit of a building has fallen.
US10553079B2	Gaming system and method providing an additional award opportunity triggerable based on the initially dealt cards of a play of a card game Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a gaming system and method providing an additional award opportunity triggerable based on the initially dealt cards of a card game. Generally, for a play of the card game, the gaming system randomly determines and displays an initial hand of cards. If the initial hand of cards satisfies an additional award opportunity condition, the gaming system provides an additional award opportunity by randomly determining and providing one of a plurality of bonus awards.
US10553078B2	Method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards Administrating a package of shuffled playing cards to prevent fraudulent card exchanges. The administrating system is configured to calculate places and a number of packages of shuffled playing cards at places of the backyard, the places of playing tables, places of carriers and the disposition place using information obtained by the loading step and unloading step and the administrating system calculates by every ID codes bases 1) places of packages registered by the registering step for registering to a data base of administrating system and a number of packages place by place from information obtained from the loading step and the unloading step. The administrating system is configured to recognize whether there is a lost package by comparing the information of all ID codes registered in registering steps with the ID codes at places of packages obtained at the calculating step from the loading step and the unloading step.
US10553072B2	System and method for measuring gaming player behavior Embodiments of the present invention are directed to analyzing recorded game information to determine information about a player's behavior. This is accomplished by analyzing the player's actions following a positive increase in credits within credit meter data. This analysis can be utilized in automatically altering a game parameter of the gaming device being played by the player or in providing operators trend information that can be used in modifying the game device or designing future gaming devices. An analysis station may be included in a gaming system using this analysis process to allow an operator to view and manipulate a graphical representation of the credit meter data.
US10553071B2	Self-reconfiguring wagering system A self-reconfiguring wagering system is disclosed. The system comprises an interactive controller that communicates with a process controller, determines a skill outcome for two or more skill objectives presented to a user, and communicates to the process controller the skill outcome. A chance-based controller of the system hu communicates with the process controller, generates an ordered set of chance components having one or more chance outcomes using a random number generator and a paytable, and communicates the ordered set of chance components to the process controller. The process controller receives the ordered set of chance components, reorders the ordered set of chance components on the basis of a testing skill outcome and an actual use skill outcome, receives the skill outcome from the interactive controller, and updates one or more credit meters using the skill outcome and the ordered set of chance components.
US10553063B2	Coin validation device A coin validation device that is implemented in a coin handling machine which stores therein a deposited coin on a denomination-by-denomination basis and which pays out stored coin in response to a disbursement instruction, the coin validation device, includes: a carrier that carries the deposited coin in a horizontally-fallen state in one direction; and a discriminator that identifies authenticity and denominations of the coin carried in the one direction by the carrier. Further, the carrier carries a coin, which is discriminated as a counterfeit coin by the discriminator, in another direction opposite to the one direction.
US10553056B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program Provided is an information processing apparatus including: a locking control unit configured to execute a first process of processes for causing a locking unit to unlock, on the basis of detection of access of a first communication terminal; and a detection unit configured to detect an unlocking request by a user of the first communication terminal. The locking control unit executes a second process of the processes for causing the locking unit to unlock, when the unlocking request is detected and the first process is completed.
US10553054B1	Electronic credential reader with facility code filtering Disclosed embodiments utilize a dual-frequency credential reader along with a dual-frequency access card that outputs two unique facility codes. A first facility code is associated with the legacy, low frequency credential transmission. A second facility code is associated with the secure, high frequency credential transmission. During the transition period, the new access readers are configured to read both low frequency, and high frequency credential data. The new access cards send out a first facility code at the first frequency, and a second facility code at the second frequency. In embodiments, the first facility code and second facility code of the new access cards are different than the facility code of the legacy cards. This allows users with new cards to use doorways at access points that still have legacy credential readers, simplifying the transition from a legacy access control system to a modern, secure access control system.
US10553052B2	Event identification and notification via an automation hub An automation hub may automatically identify the arrival of a package to a location and provide a notification of the delivery to a user. A package authenticator may be generated via the automation hub at the location for embedment in a packaging of a product that is being ordered from a merchant for delivery to the location. Subsequently, the package authenticator may be associated with a pending delivery of the product at the location in response to receiving an indication that the package authenticator is submitted to the merchant via an order. The presence of an arrived package authenticator may be detected in proximity of the location via a sensor that is connected to the automation hub. A notification of arrival for the product may be generated for presentation on connected user devices in response to the arrived package authenticator matching the package authenticator.
US10553048B2	Wearable data transmission device and method The present disclosure relates to a wearable radio device for access control. The radio device has an inside portion and an outside portion. The inside portion includes a first transponder and a second transponder. A first barrier is located between the first transponder and the second transponder. A second barrier is located between the first transponder and the second transponder in an outside portion of the wearable device.
US10553047B2	Context-aware method and system for facilitating the delivery of healthcare to patients within a clinical environment monitored by real-time locating apparatus A context-aware method and system for facilitating the delivery of healthcare to patients within a clinical environment monitored by real-time locating apparatus including auto-ID patient tags where patients having tags are located within the environment in real time by the apparatus are provided. The system includes a plurality of self-service units where one or more of the units is configured to store a plurality of auto-ID patient tags and where the one or more of the units includes a dispensing mechanism to dispense stored tags. The system further includes a control computer subsystem coupled to the at least one of the units and including at least one user interface. The subsystem still further includes a processor operable to execute software instructions and a memory operable to store software instructions accessible by the processor. The subsystem still further includes a set of software instructions stored in the memory to at least partially perform the steps of: identifying an incoming patient; assigning a stored auto-ID patient tag to the identified patient to obtain a tag assignment; transmitting a signal over a communication channel to an electronic medical record subsystem to link the tag assignment to a medical record of the patient whereby the patient becomes a linked patient; and controlling the dispensing mechanism to dispense a stored tag to the linked patient.
US10553043B2	Method and apparatus for predicting operating health of a torque converter clutch A method of predicting the health of and controlling a hydraulic pressure actuated torque converter lock-up clutch includes determining rotational input and output speeds of the torque converter. The method also includes determining a magnitude of the hydraulic pressure. The method additionally includes determining a level of performance of the clutch across multiple torque converter operating modes using the determined input and output torque converter speeds and the determined magnitude of the hydraulic pressure. The method also includes calculating a numeric state of health (SOH) coefficient of the clutch that quantifies a relative severity of degradation of a plurality of clutch characteristics across the multiple torque converter operating modes. Furthermore, the method includes executing a control action relative to the clutch when the calculated numeric SOH coefficient for specified torque converter operating mode(s) is less than a calibrated SOH threshold.
US10553041B2	Method and apparatus for vehicle system wear prediction A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly receive first usage data in conjunction with a wear-state report, indicating a sensed level of system wear, from a plurality of vehicles. The processor is also configured to aggregate and analyze the first usage data to determine common parameters and corresponding values indicative of the sensed level of system wear. The processor is further configured to wirelessly receive second usage data from a vehicle lacking a sensor capable of sensing the sensed level of system wear. Also, the processor is configured to compare values of the common parameters in the second usage data to the determined values indicative of the sensed level of system wear and report a likely wear-state to the vehicle lacking the sensor, responsive to the comparison indicating a level of system wear similar to the sensed level of system wear.
US10553040B2	Method and apparatus for enhanced telematics security through secondary channel A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly receive a vehicle system command from a remote source over a first communication channel. The processor is also configured to open a second communication channel with an apparent command-originating source, responsive to receiving the command. The processor is further configured to request, over the second communication channel, verification that the command originated from the apparent command-originating source and execute the command responsive to command-origin verification.
US10553038B2	Analyzing and classifying automobile sounds A computer-implemented method is provided for analyzing and classifying automobile sounds. The computer-implemented method includes causing a receiver to receive an audio input, determining whether the audio input is distinct from sounds stored in a library and breaking the audio input up into constituent segments in an event the audio input is distinct from sounds stored in the library. The computer-implemented method further includes determining whether any of the constituent segments are unassociated with known sources and determining whether present conditions, which were in effect during the receiving of the audio input, are similar to prior conditions, which were in effect during a previous audio input reception, in an event constituent segments are unassociated with the known sources. In addition, the computer-implemented method includes matching those constituent segments unassociated with the known sources to remotely stored or recognized sounds in an event the present and prior conditions are similar.
US10553037B2	Providing error correction for particles of destructible objects A system and method for providing positional error correction for particles of destructible objects in a three-dimensional volume in a virtual space includes electronic storage to store center-of-mass information of a set of objects, using a high-precision floating point format. Prior to runtime and/or interactive manipulation of the set of objects, a texture map is generated that includes positional information in a floating point format having less precision than the high-precision floating point format. A simulation uses this texture map to determine simulated center-of-mass information of the set of objects. This simulated center-of-mass information is compared with the previously stored center-of-mass information to determine which objects have positional errors, and which offsets are needed to correct the positional errors. The stored center-of-mass information is adjusted by the determined offsets, such that subsequent use, during interactive runtime, has no or reduced positional errors and/or artifacts caused by positional errors.
US10553033B2	Head-mounted display system and method for presenting display on head-mounted display A head-mounted display system includes an inclination detector for detecting an inclination of a head-mounted display. The head-mounted display system further includes a display controller for generating an application image in accordance with the detected inclination for display on the head-mounted display. The display controller is configured to superimpose a menu image on the application image for display on the head-mounted display in response to a determination that the detected inclination exceeding a first threshold value.
US10553030B2	Method and apparatus for improving mixed reality situational awareness Decision making speed of a human is improved by presenting data to the human in ways that enable the human to receive the data at higher rates, and spend more time analyzing received data. The data may represent information, such as infrared imagery or map data, that is not directly perceivable by the human. An individual datum may be presented to the human via multiple senses, to make receiving the datum easier, and to make it more likely that the datum is received, especially in contexts where the human may be busy, stressed, cognitively loaded or distracted by other demands on the human's attention. Some embodiments automatically select which sense or combination of senses to use for presenting each datum, based on various factors, such as how the human's current environment may interfere with the human's ability to receive or process the datum or how busy a given sense is.
US10553025B2	Method and device for efficient building footprint determination A method and device for determining a footprint of a 3D structure are disclosed. The method includes: receiving mesh data for the 3D structure that includes vertices and edges that form polygons of the 3D structure; determining a connection graph including candidate nodes and candidate lines by (i) identifying all edges having a vertex that is less than threshold height value, and (ii) mapping the identified edges and vertices thereof onto a 2D plane; determining an adjacency list that indicates, for each candidate node, which other candidate nodes are connected to the candidate node by a candidate line; and generating a footprint of the 3D structure based on the connection graph and the adjacency list, the footprint including vertices corresponding to a selection of the candidate nodes and including edges corresponding to a selection of the candidate lines.
US10553022B2	Method of processing full motion video data for photogrammetric reconstruction This invention is a system for photogrammetric analysis of full motion video (FMV), which converts FMV to image files, extracts metadata, and produces accurate 2-D and 3-D geospatial images in real time.
US10553016B2	Phase aligned foveated rendering A display device, such as a head mounted device (HMD), displays a virtual scene. The display device includes a motion tracker for detecting rotation and/or translation of the display device. The display device also includes a processor that is configured to determine, in response to the detected, an orientation of the display device relative to a plurality of world-aligned viewing frustums that are stationary relative to the virtual scene. The processor is also configured to identify a set of those world-aligned viewing frustums that overlap with an output field of view. The processor is further configured to render pixels of the set of those world-aligned viewing frustums that overlap with an output field of view and upsample the rendered pixels to generate values of display pixels for presentation by the display device.
US10553013B2	Systems and methods for reducing rendering latency In one embodiment, a computing system may determine a first orientation in a 3D space based on first sensor data generated at a first time. The system may determine a first visibility of an object in the 3D space by projecting rays based on the first orientation to test for intersection. The system may generate first lines of pixels based on the determined first visibility and output the first lines of pixels for display. The system may determine a second orientation based on second sensor data generated at a second time. The system may determine a second visibility of the object by projected rays based on the second orientation to test for intersection. The system may generate second lines of pixels based on the determined second visibility and output the second lines of pixels for display. The second lines of pixels are displayed concurrently with the first lines of pixels.
US10553002B2	Information display using electronic diffusers Embodiments of systems and methods for using electronic diffusers to implement message indicators are described. A segment of a diffuser attached to an electronic device is configured to indicate an informational message in response to signals that result in a change to an optical property. A set of information to be displayed using the segment is determined, and a signal is transmitted to the segment to display the information.
US10552991B2	Visually showing how recently a change was made to a document by using color intensity and/or typeface and/or font and/or emphasis The present disclosure relates generally to the field of visually showing how recently a change was made to a document (e.g., using color intensity and/or typeface and/or font and/or emphasis). In various embodiments, systems, methods and computer program products are provided.
US10552986B1	Computer systems and computer-implemented methods configured to track multiple eye-gaze and heartrate related parameters during users' interaction with electronic computing devices Embodiments of the present disclosure include receiving a sequence of images of a face of a user. A three-dimensional (3D) model of the face is generated and 3D facial points associated with flat facial surfaces are determined. The 3D facial points are projected onto a screen coordinate plane to produce a two-dimensional (2D) facial points. A hue is determined for each pixel associated with each of the 2D facial points in each image. A mean hue value is determined for each image. A spectral representation of a variation in each mean hue value across the sequence of images is determined. A frequency of a main hue is determined based on a largest weight of the variation in each mean hue value. A heart rate of the user is determined based on facial blood circulation according to the frequency of the main hue, and an activity recommendation is displayed.
US10552984B2	Capture device calibration methods and systems A capture device calibration system accesses a plurality of datasets that are synchronously captured by a set of capture devices. The capture devices are progressively relocated to form a plurality of different positional configurations each implementing a formation that includes a center position and one or more peripheral positions. The capture device calibration system determines three dimensional (“3D”) locations of features of a calibration object positioned in front of the formation based on different representations of the calibration object captured by the set of capture devices from different view angles associated with the center position and the one or more peripheral positions included within the formation. Based on the determined 3D locations of the features of the calibration object, the capture device calibration system determines a set of intrinsic parameter values for one or more of the capture devices in the set of capture devices. Corresponding methods are also disclosed.
US10552979B2	Output of a neural network method for deep odometry assisted by static scene optical flow A method of visual odometry for a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs is disclosed. The one or more programs includes instructions, which when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to perform the following steps comprising: performing data alignment among sensors including a LiDAR, cameras and an IMU-GPS module; collecting image data and generating point clouds; processing, in the IMU-GPS module, a pair of consecutive images in the image data to recognize pixels corresponding to a same point in the point clouds; and establishing an optical flow for visual odometry.
US10552977B1	Fast face-morphing using neural networks Systems and methods generate a face-swapped image from a target image using a convolutional neural network trained to apply a source identity to the expression and pose of the target image. The convolutional neural network produces face-swapped images fast enough to transform a video stream. An example method includes aligning the face portion of a target image from an original view to a reference view to generate a target face and generating a swapped face by changing the target face to that of a source identity using a convolutional neural network trained to minimize loss of content from the target face and style from the source identity. The method also includes realigning the swapped face from the reference view to the original view and generating a swapped image by stitching the realigned swapped face with the remaining portion of the target image.
US10552974B2	Association methods and association devices This application provides an association method and device, and relates to the field of communications. The method comprises: obtaining image data in a visual field area of an imaging device; dividing the visual field area into multiple visual field subareas; obtaining first attribute information of an object in any one of the multiple visual field subareas by means of beam scanning; and establishing a correspondence between the first attribute information of the object in the visual field subarea and image data corresponding to the visual field subarea. By means of the association method and device, a high-accuracy correspondence between the object in the visual field area of the imaging device and the first attribute information of the object can be established, which is beneficial to presenting a user with the attribute information of the corresponding object in a more accurate and intuitive way.
US10552968B1	Dense feature scale detection for image matching Dense feature scale detection can be implemented using multiple convolutional neural networks trained on scale data to more accurately and efficiently match pixels between images. An input image can be used to generate multiple scaled images. The multiple scaled images are input into a feature net, which outputs feature data for the multiple scaled images. An attention net is used to generate an attention map from the input image. The attention map assigns emphasis as a soft distribution to different scales based on texture analysis. The feature data and the attention data can be combined through a multiplication process and then summed to generate dense features for comparison.
US10552958B2	Fractional flow reserve determination The present invention relates to a device (1) for fractional flow reserve determination, the device (1) comprising: a model source (10) configured to provide a first three-dimensional model (3DM1) of a portion of an imaged vascular vessel tree (VVT) surrounding a stenosed vessel segment (SVS) and configured to provide a second three-dimensional model (3DM2) of a pressure wire insertable into the vascular vessel tree (VVT); and a processor (20) configured to calculate a first blood flow (Q1) through the stenosed vessel segment (SVS) with the pressure wire (PW) inserted into the vascular vessel tree (VVT) based on the first and the second three-dimensional model and to calculate a second blood flow (Q2) through the stenosed vessel segment (SVS) without the pressure wire (PW) inserted into the vascular vessel tree (VVT) based on the first three-dimensional model (3DM1) and to determine a first fractional flow reserve value (FFR1) to be measured with the pressure wire (PW) inserted into the vascular vessel tree (VVT) based on the first blood flow (Q1) and to determine a second fractional flow reserve value (FFR2) to be measured without the pressure wire (PW) inserted into the vascular vessel tree (VVT) based on the second blood flow (Q1).
US10552956B2	Reconstruction method of biological tissue image, apparatus therefor, and image display apparatus using the biological tissue image The present invention provides a method for classifying biological tissues with high precision compared to a conventional method. When measuring a spectrum which has a two-dimensional distribution that is correlated with a slice of a biological tissue, and acquiring a biological tissue image from the two-dimensional measured spectrum, the method includes dividing an image region into a plurality of small blocks, and then reconstructing the biological tissue image by using the measured spectrum and a classifier corresponding to each of the regions.
US10552955B2	Imaging acceleration methods for MRI parameter mapping The present invention provides novel methods of accurately and efficiently reconstructing parameter maps in MRI data. In certain embodiments, the methods have reduced data acquisition time or improved spatial resolution when compared to methods standard in the art. In other embodiments, the methods have reduced acquisition and reconstruction time when compared to other acceleration methods in the art in parametric mapping. In other embodiments, the methods are less susceptible to influence of eddy currents when compared to other acceleration methods in the art in parametric mapping.
US10552950B2	Mapping and encoding gemological features Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for mapping one or more inclusions in a mineral crystal. A set of image data associated with the mineral crystal is receiving. The received set of image data is analyzed. One or more inclusions associated with the mineral crystal is identified based on the analyzed image data. The identified one or more inclusions of the mineral crystal are mapped to a tree structure representing the surface of the mineral crystal. The mapped one or more inclusions are encoded as a chain-code associated with the mineral crystal. A radial distance between a center of mass value of the mineral crystal and a center of mass value of the identified one or more inclusions is calculated and a mineral crystal fingerprint is generated.
US10552947B2	Depth-based image blurring An image such as a light-field image may be processed to provide depth-based blurring. The image may be received in a data store. At an input device, first and second user input may be received to designate a first focus depth and a second focus depth different from the first focus depth, respectively. A processor may identify one or more foreground portions of the image that have one or more foreground portion depths, each of which is less than the first focus depth. The processor may also identify one or more background portions of the image that have one or more background portion depths, each of which is greater than the second focus depth. The processor may also apply blurring to the one or more foreground portions and the one or more background portions to generate a processed image, which may be displayed on a display device.
US10552945B2	Sample observation apparatus and method for generating observation image of sample A sample observation apparatus includes a memory and a main controller. The main controller stores a first number of photoelectrons required in a raw image for generating a super-resolution image. The main controller calculates the number of image data sets to be added together for generating the raw image based on the first number of photoelectrons stored in the memory and a predetermined image acquisition condition, acquires multiple sets of image data of the same region of a sample by repeatedly detecting light from the same region based on the calculated number of image data sets, and generates the raw image by adding together the acquired multiple sets of image data of the same region.
US10552933B1	Image processing methods and arrangements useful in automated store shelf inspections Imagery captured by an autonomous robot is analyzed to discern digital watermark patterns. In some embodiments, identical but geometrically-inconsistent digital watermark patterns are discerned in an image frame, to aid in distinguishing multiple depicted instances of a particular item. In other embodiments, actions of the robot are controlled or altered in accordance with image processing performed by the robot on a digital watermark pattern. The technology is particularly described in the context of retail stores in which the watermark patterns are encoded, e.g., on product packaging, shelving, and shelf labels. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US10552924B2	Systems, devices and methods for generating redeemable electronic fuel codes Methodologies, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating redeemable electronic fuel codes and validating fuel payments at a fuel point of sale terminal. An enterprise can be configured to receive an indication of fuel purchase request and can request authorization from a financial institution or account associated with at least one individual. If the payment is authorized, the enterprise can generate a purchase authorization for the amount of fuel requested and create an encrypted electronic fuel code that can be transmitted to the individual and used for redeeming fuel at a fuel point of sale terminal associated with the enterprise. An enterprise can be configured to sell fuel to at least one individual using a phone number and a unique security PIN at a fuel point of sale terminal, such that the at least one individual is billed for the fuel purchase via their phone service provider.
US10552911B1	Determining status of building modifications using informatics sensor data A computer device and method for processing data to detect modifications to insured property. Received is specification data regarding modifications to be made to insured property in connection with an insurance claim. Also received is data from one or more sensor devices associated with the insured property indicative of a status regarding modifications made to the insured property. Analysis is performed on the received specification and data to determine whether one or more predefined conditions for the insurance claim is satisfied regarding the modifications to be made to the insured property.
US10552907B2	Charting multiple markets The present embodiments relate to charting multiple markets. In some embodiments, charting multiple markets may include receiving market data for a plurality of tradeable objects. The plurality of tradeable objects may include an anchor object and at least one non-anchor object. The market data may include anchor object price data for the anchor object and non-anchor price data for the at least one non-anchor object. The non-anchor object price data may be converted based on the anchor object price data such that converted non-anchor object price data has a price scale of the anchor object price data. The anchor object price data and the non-anchor object price data may be displayed along a normalized price axis.
US10552906B2	System and method for improved distribution of market information A data distribution system and method are described herein to improve the distribution of market information to subscribing client devices. Market information updates are provided to subscribing devices over a communication link every time a change in the market occurs. If a bandwidth limitation is reached on the communication link, the preferred embodiments switch to a second mode of transmission such that the market information updates are provided only at predetermined intervals. The preferred embodiment monitors the bandwidth consumption to determine what mode of transmission to apply, and in response, it can dynamically change between modes of transmission. By dynamically adjusting the mode of transmission to comport with the current network bandwidth, the preferred embodiments may provide a network friendly, data intensive, and fast response market information feed.
US10552903B2	Systems and methods for displaying order performance metrics Systems and methods for generating a graphical representation for and displaying order performance metrics for one or more user orders of one or more market instruments. A graphical representation of the order performance metrics can be aligned with a graphical representation of market data relating to prices and volume of user orders, market orders, user order executions, and market trades. The order performance metrics can be displayed as one or more performance bars or ribbons divided into segments, which can be assigned a color based on a user order's performance with respect to a market benchmark. The graphical representations can be displayed using a display device.
US10552902B1	Behavior based determination of financial transaction favorites Techniques are described for monitoring a plurality of financial transactions of a customer performed across a plurality of financial accounts. The techniques may include determining a subset of the plurality of financial transactions based on a first metric applied to the plurality of financial transactions. The techniques may further include identifying a suggested financial transaction based on a second metric applied to the subset of the plurality of financial transactions. The techniques may further include presenting the suggested financial transaction to the customer via a user interface associated with at least one of the plurality of financial accounts.
US10552894B2	Techniques for filling orders A system includes location indicators, a central computing system, and a mobile scanning device. The location indicators transmit location signals and are arranged in a store that includes stocked items. The central computing system stores an item association table that maps location values to the stocked items. The location values indicate locations of the stocked items in the store. The mobile scanning device receives ordered items from the central computing system, detects location signal(s), and determines a first location value based on the detected location signal(s). The mobile scanning device arranges the ordered items on a display based on the first location value, scans a first ordered item, and transmits data to the central computing system indicating that the first ordered item is associated with the first location value. The central computing system updates the item association table based on the data.
US10552891B2	Systems and methods for recommending cold-start items on a website of a retailer Systems and methods including one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts of training one or more first models to recommend a first item after a user has had an interaction on the web site of the online retailer with a second item, determining static features common to both the first item and the second item, training a second model to determine whether to coordinate a display of any new item as one of one or more recommended items with any of a plurality of items, and coordinating the display of the new item as one of the one or more recommended items when the one or more of the plurality of items are displayed on the website of the online retailer based on the static features of the new item.
US10552888B1	System for determining resources from image data Described are techniques for determining one or more resources usable to produce an image from content data associated with existing images selected by a user. User preference data indicative of a set of images may be generated, and from the image data and resource data associated with the set of images, one or more resources used to produce the images may be determined. Output data indicative of the resources may be generated for provision to a user.
US10552879B1	Real-time assessment tool to determine valuation of rolling stock A method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium for determining a real-time valuation of a rolling stock vehicle. The method may include obtaining weather data from a weather data source, load data from a load data source, grade data from a grade data source, and damage data from a damage data source; performing a determination of a rate of depreciation for the rolling stock vehicle; calculating, for a trip, a current valuation based at least in part on the weather data, the load data, the grade data, the damage data, the rate of depreciation, trip mileage data, and trip time data; and upon exiting a taxing jurisdiction: calculating, for a taxing jurisdiction across a network in real-time, a taxing jurisdiction exiting valuation for the taxing jurisdiction based at least in part on the weather data, the load data, the grade data, the damage data, the rate of depreciation, taxing jurisdiction mileage data, taxing jurisdiction time data, and taxing jurisdiction mapping data; and providing the current valuation and the taxing jurisdiction exiting valuation to a business management application (BMA), where the current valuation and the taxing jurisdiction exiting valuation are used to determine a tax amount owed during a tax period.
US10552874B2	Prompting a user to purchase items for use in an application in a feed of content provided by an online system An online system receives an advertisement (“ad”) request identifying an application, one or more items for use within the application, ad content, and a prompt for purchasing one or more of the items. The prompt for purchasing an item comprises text or image data describing the purchasing and instructions that, when executed by a client device, request payment information from a user accessing the prompt. When the ad content is presented to a user, the prompt is also presented. When the user interacts with the prompt, payment information is requested and communicated to a third party system associated with the application. The ad content and prompt may be presented to the user within a feed of content items provided to the user by the online system.
US10552867B2	Method and apparatus for providing a colloborative reply over an ad-hoc mesh network An approach is provided for providing a collaborative reply to a flooding message over an ad-hoc mesh network. A reply message to a flooding message is received by a wireless node within the ad-hoc network. The wireless node monitors for an acknowledgement of receipt of the reply message according to a routing table and initiates a scheduled transmission of the reply message based on the monitoring.
US10552865B2	System and method for segmenting and targeting audience members Methods and apparatus for delivering content to an audience member via one or more mediums based on an audience member profile are disclosed. Profile data for audience members may be initially collected from an offline source, such as a registration or subscription database. The profile data may be stored in a dedicated database. The initial profile data may be supplemented periodically with data reflecting online activity by the audience member. The combined offline and online profile data may be used to group the audience members into segments. Audience member segments may be used to identify audience members who are targeted to receive like content. An audience member's inclusion in a segment may be indicated by storing a segment-targeting cookie on the audience member computer. Content may be delivered to the audience member based on identification of the segment in the segment-targeting cookie.
US10552864B2	Methods and apparatus to de-duplicate impression information An example apparatus includes means for identifying a pattern in first cookies received via the Internet and stored in a storage device, the first cookies corresponding to devices accessing media via the Internet, means for determining an error between a first demographic estimate based on a potential pattern in the first cookies and a second demographic estimate based on user identifiers corresponding to the devices and received via the Internet, the means for determining the error to determine the potential pattern to be the pattern when the error is less than a threshold, means for accessing impression information received from a database proprietor via the Internet, the impression information including second cookies, and means for identifying a subset of the second cookies that are associated with a same person based on the pattern, the means for identifying the subset to associate impressions corresponding to the identified subset with the same person.
US10552862B2	Interruption point determination The present disclosure provides a method, computer system and computer program product for determining interruption points based on emotion values in a content. According to the method, emotion values of one or more emotion catalogs at one or more time points of the content to be interrupted can be determined, and one or more interruption points can be determined based on the determined emotion values.
US10552859B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for tender steering A system and methods for the registration of new payment tool processing, reward program identification and other customer registration at the Point-of-Sale (POS), based on electronically linking consumers existing accounts for the purposes of payment, rewards, loyalty, marketing, discounts and or identification of a consumer. The new payment system or rewards program may be delivered through a new card, a mobile program, a wearable product, or any other potential device for collecting communicating or transmitting information used for the aforementioned purposes including running a new program.
US10552847B2	Real-time pattern matching of database transactions and unstructured text Aspects include obtaining a pattern that describes an event in a natural language format. The pattern that describes the event is converted into at least one identified pattern key value pair. A database transaction is monitored and converted into a least one database transaction key value pair. A similarity score is calculated by scoring similarities between the identified pattern key value pair(s) and the database transaction key value pair(s). Based on similarity score meeting a threshold, an alert is output to indicate that the database transaction matches the pattern that describes the event.
US10552845B1	Providing data messaging support by intercepting and processing received short message service (SMS) messages at a customer support service A message receiving, intercepting and processing method and corresponding application and device may provide receiving a message at a message processing server, the message being intended for a phone number associated with a customer service provider, identifying a telephone number of the sender of the message, parsing at least one word from the message, retrieving user account information of the sender, and generating an automated response to the message that includes contextual information that is based on at least one of the user account information and the parsed at least one word from the message.
US10552844B2	Smart box for initiating an in-home customer service experience The subject matter disclosed herein provides methods for providing a personalized customer service experience using a customer service application. A sensor associated with a container configured to house one or more devices can determine whether the container has been opened. A processor can access a profile associated with the container and the devices that includes at least a first value uniquely identifying the container. The processor can activate a communication module to send a first message via a communication network to a backend system. The first message can include some of the accessed profile. The first message can prompt the backend system to search for a customer record using the first value and to send a second message to a mobile device that prompts execution of an application on the mobile device. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US10552842B2	SKU level control and alerts Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for determining the products involved in a transaction conducted with a subsidiary user of a payment account, and transmitting messages containing product specific information. Systems may be implemented to transmit product identifiers during payment processing. The product specific information may be included in alert messages sent to an account holder.
US10552836B2	Method and system for identification of shared devices for fraud modeling A method for fraud modeling based on shared computing device usage includes: storing transaction data entries, each including a transaction date and/or time, account identifier, and device identifier associated with a computing device; receiving a transaction message for a payment transaction, the transaction message including a specific device identifier, primary account number, and additional transaction data; identifying transaction data entries where the included device identifier corresponds to the specific device identifier; determining a fraud risk rating based on a number of unique account identifiers included in the identified transaction data entries over a predetermined period of time; and transmitting the transaction message and the determined fraud risk rating to a financial institution associated with the primary account number.
US10552832B2	System and method for processing financial transactions funded via limited use virtual payment numbers A method for processing a financial transaction funded via a virtual payment number includes: receiving, by an input device of a merchant, product details for at least one product to be purchased in a financial transaction; receiving, by the input device, a virtual payment number; receiving, by the input device, an indication of the virtual payment number as being a limited use number associated with a payment account, wherein said merchant can recognize said virtual payment number as a limited use number; generating, by a processing device, an authorization request for a financial transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least transaction data, the virtual payment number, and a data element, wherein the data element indicates the virtual payment number as a limited use number; and transmitting, by a transmitting device, the authorization request to a payment network.
US10552826B2	Selecting an application on a card A card includes a secure element hosting a plurality of applications, at least one external interface and a user interface having user-selectable modes. Each mode is associated with multiple applications. A store at the secure element holds response data for responding to the external card reader and correspondence data. The response data includes data about the applications hosted by the card and the correspondence data indicates, for each mode, a correspondence between the mode and the response data to be sent for that mode. The card allows a user to select one of the plurality of modes for use when the card next communicates with the external reader. The card stores a mode indicator indicative of a mode selected by the user at the user interface and stores a usage indicator indicative of whether the card has communicated with an external reader since the mode indicator was stored.
US10552822B2	System and method for processing financial transactions using a mobile device for payment A method for processing a financial transaction includes: storing, in a database, a plurality of wallet data entries, wherein each wallet data entry includes at least a mobile device identifier and payment details associated with at least one payment account; receiving, by a receiving device, an authorization request for a financial transaction, wherein the authorization request includes at least a mobile device identifier and transaction data; transmitting, to a mobile computing device associated with the mobile device identifier, at least the transaction data; receiving, from the mobile computing device, an indication of a payment account for funding of the financial transaction; identifying, in the database, payment details associated with the indicated payment account in a wallet data entry including the mobile device identifier included in the authorization request; and transmitting, to an issuer associated with the indicated payment account, at least the payment details and the transaction data.
US10552818B2	Optimized multiple digital wallet presentation Methods and systems for facilitating a digital wallet transaction are described herein. A service provider identifies and recommends the most applicable digital wallets for a user based on various factors, such as user location, type and amount of purchase, type of merchant, and/or mood of the user. The service provider may also rank the recommended digital wallets and/or determine how many should be presented to a user. During merchant checkout, the user is presented with the recommended digital wallets, and the user selects one of the digital wallets to fund the purchase.
US10552815B2	Secure contactless payment systems and methods According to the invention, a system for providing payments to a point of sale device is disclosed. The system may include a mobile device having a storage medium, an input device, a wireless transmission device, and a processor. The storage medium may include individual authentication information and device authentication information. The input device may be configured to receive an input. The wireless transmission device may be configured to selectively transmit the device authentication information to a nearby point of sale device. The processor may be configured to compare the input with the individual authentication information, and activate the wireless transmission device to transmit the device authentication information if the input is correlated with the individual authentication information.
US10552813B2	Rapid checkout after payment A user's checkout information is stored for a certain amount of time, e.g., 10 minutes, after checkout, and the user is given the option of selecting a button to add one or more items for purchase and completing the purchase by adding the additional item(s) and approving the payment, without having to go through a complete checkout flow again.
US10552806B2	Aqua index A method and system for computing a stable index value of a regulated substance by computing a virtual value of the substance based on the value of a freely marketed product of the substance. Particularly the invention may be applied to develop a stable investment instrument for investing in fresh water.
US10552805B2	Systems and methods for monitoring referrals A system includes a first client device that is coupled to a second client device. An apparatus, coupled to the first and second devices, includes a storage device coupled to a processor. The storage device stores software instructions for controlling the processor that when executed configures the processor to generate a listing of expected values and referral events associated with a tracked matter. Each referral event corresponds to a different expected value and the distributed listing includes a sequence of units corresponding to different expected values and corresponding referral events. The processor receives a notification from one of the first or second device that is representative of a referral operation between the first and second location. The processor determines an outcome value for the referral operation and identifies whether the determined outcome value is accurate based on the distributed listing.
US10552804B2	Methods and systems for providing subsidized access to network content by way of a secure connection An exemplary method includes a subsidized access management system detecting a request provided by an access device associated with a user to access network content by way of a secure connection within a network provided by a network service provider, the network content associated with a content provider and maintained by a content provider system, determining that a data usage charge for access by the user to the network content by way of the secure connection within the network is subsidized by the content provider in accordance with a subsidized access arrangement between the content provider and the network service provider, and providing the user with subsidized access to the network content by way of the secure connection within the network in accordance with a rule set associated with the subsidized access arrangement. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US10552781B2	Task transformation responsive to confidentiality assessments A task transformation architecture meets the technical challenges of geographically distributed task assignment and completion, e.g., by crowd-sourced workers who are external to any given enterprise that needs the task completed. The architecture delivers task information to the workers while maintaining confidentiality. In one aspect, the architecture determines when task descriptions include confidential information, transforms the task to remove the confidential information, and delivers the transformed task to the worker. When the worker responds with a completed project, e.g., source code for executing the transformed task, the architecture transforms the completed project into a form that restores the confidential information.
US10552776B2	Vending machine route management An embodiment includes a method executed by at least one processor comprising: determining inventories for first and second times for a first vending machine (VM); determining inventories for first and second times for a second VM; determining inventories for first and second times for a third VM; and determining a service route to visit the first and second VMs on a specific date, and to specifically avoid visiting the third VM on the specific date, in response to determining the inventories for the second times for the first, second, and third VMs. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10552772B2	Break management system An embodiment of a break management apparatus may include a manual-input integrator to integrate manual-input-related information for a user, a break timer communicatively coupled to the manual-input integrator to time a period of time since a prior break-related action of the user as a break-related action and to provide timer-related information, a contextual integrator to integrate contextual information for the user in addition to the manual-input-related information and the timer-related information, and a break recommender communicatively coupled to the break timer and the contextual integrator to recommend that the user take a recommended break-related action based on the period of time since the prior break-related action of the user and also based on the contextual information for the user. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10552770B2	Efficient schedule item creation Efficient creation of a new schedule item is provided. Aspects include a quick create system for enabling an efficient schedule item creation experience when utilizing a scheduling application, such as a calendar application, a task list application, or a to-do list application, or an application with scheduling functionalities. A user can select a quick create option to cause a display of one or more icons designating predefined or learned schedule item types, which can be automatically or selectively moved to a desired timeslot in the user's schedule. In some examples, an icon can be dragged laterally within a timeslot to toggle between schedule item types. When a commitment input is received, a new schedule item is inserted into the user's schedule, and schedule item details are automatically populated into the schedule item based on existing schedule items or based on preset schedule item types.
US10552761B2	Non-intrusive fine-grained power monitoring of datacenters Technologies for performing non-intrusive fine-grained power monitoring of a datacenter are provided. Hardware component state information for servers in the datacenter is collected, along with aggregate power consumption measurements for the datacenter. The servers are grouped into multiple virtual homogenous server clusters (VHCs) based on characteristics of the servers. A power model is constructed comprising multiple power mapping functions associated with the multiple VHCs. Component state information of a particular server can then be analyzed, along with a corresponding aggregate power consumption measurement, using the constructed power model to determine an approximate power consumption of the particular server. The approximate power consumption of the server can then be displayed and/or provided to one or more power management applications.
US10552760B2	Training set creation for classifying features of a system under agile development The disclosed herein relates to a method for failure rate prediction of a feature of a system under development. The method is executed by a processor coupled to a memory. The method includes defining a feature state of the feature during a predetermined time interval, the predetermined time interval being associated with a development stage of the system. The method also includes assigning a first defect class value to the feature for the predetermined time interval, the first defect class value configured to indicate a first condition and selecting, when a defect is reported for the feature, a second defect class value indicating a second condition, the second condition being associated with a higher failure rate than the first condition. The method can be embodied in system and a computer program product.
US10552758B2	Vertical superconducting capacitors for transmon qubits A vertical q-capacitor includes a trench in a substrate through a layer of superconducting material. A superconductor is deposited in the trench forming a first film on a first surface, a second film on a second surface, and a third film of the superconductor on a third surface of the trench. The first and second surfaces are substantially parallel, and the third surface in the trench separates the first and second surfaces. A dielectric is exposed below the third film by etching. A first coupling is formed between the first film and a first contact, and a second coupling is formed between the second film and a second contact in a superconducting quantum logic circuit. The first and second couplings cause the first and second films to operate as the vertical q-capacitor that maintains integrity of data in the superconducting quantum logic circuit within a threshold level.
US10552752B2	Predictive controller for applications A “Predictive Controller” operates with any type of controller or user input device to predict user inputs or responses to a current state of an application. A predictive model of the current state of the application is applied to prior user inputs to jointly predict a current user-specific psychological state or profile of the user and a predicted next user response or input. The predicted response or input is provided as the user input to the particular application prior to receiving the actual user input, thereby reducing latency of the response of the application to that actual user input. In addition, a tangible feedback corresponding to the predicted next user input is provided. Further, the predictive capabilities of the Predictive Controller can be applied to locally or remotely hosted instances of the application to reduce latencies associated with user inputs received from any type of controller or user input device.
US10552751B2	Conversation branching for more efficient resolution A method for conversation branching may include storing a plurality of messages communicated in an online conversation and generating a fingerprint for each message. The fingerprint for each message may be stored in a lookup table. The method may also include detecting a new message from one of the users and processing the new message to generate an artifact that correlates to the new message. The lookup table may be queried using the artifact to determine a similarity between the new message and each of the stored messages. One or more proposed reply messages to the new message may be generated for branching the online conversation to a new conversation point that corresponds to a selected one of the one or more proposed reply messages. The one or more proposed reply messages are based on one of the stored messages that has a closest similarity to the new message.
US10552743B2	Recursive adaptive interaction management system A management system for guiding an agent in a media-specific dialogue has a conversion engine for instantiating ongoing dialogue as machine-readable text, if the dialogue is in voice media, a context analysis engine for determining facts from the text, a rules engine for asserting rules based on fact input, and a presentation engine for presenting information to the agent to guide the agent in the dialogue. The context analysis engine passes determined facts to the rules engine, which selects and asserts to the presentation engine rules based on the facts, and the presentation engine provides periodically updated guidance to the agent based on the rules asserted.
US10552739B1	Intelligent data curation An apparatus includes a processor to: provide a set of feature routines to a set of processor cores to detect features of a data set distributed thereamong; generate metadata indicative of the detected features; generate context data indicative of contextual aspects of the data set; provide the metadata and context data to each processor core, and distribute a set of suggestion models thereamong to enable derivation of a suggested subset of data preparation operations to be suggested to be performed on the data set; transmit indications of the suggested subset to a viewing device, and receive therefrom indications of a selected subset of data preparation operations selected to be performed; compare the selected and suggested subsets; and in response to differences therebetween, re-train at least one suggestion model of the set of suggestion models based at least on the combination of the metadata, context data and selected subset.
US10552738B2	Adaptive channel coding using machine-learned models The present disclosure provides systems and methods that enable adaptive training of a channel coding model including an encoder model, a channel model positioned structurally after the encoder model, and a decoder model positioned structurally after the channel model. The channel model can have been trained to emulate a communication channel, for example, by training the channel model on example data that has been transmitted via the communication channel. The channel coding model can be trained on a loss function that describes a difference between input data input into the encoder model and output data received from the decoder model. In particular, such a loss function can be backpropagated through the decoder model while modifying the decoder model, backpropagated through the channel model while the channel model is held constant, and then backpropagated through the encoder model while modifying the encoder model.
US10552734B2	Dynamic spatial target selection A method of dynamically modifying target selection with a neural network includes dynamically modifying a selection function by controlling an amount of imbalance of connections in the neural network. A selected neuron represents one of multiple candidate targets.
US10552730B2	Procedural modeling using autoencoder neural networks An intuitive object-generation experience is provided by employing an autoencoder neural network to reduce the dimensionality of a procedural model. A set of sample objects are generated using the procedural model. In embodiments, the sample objects may be selected according to visual features such that the sample objects are uniformly distributed in visual appearance. Both procedural model parameters and visual features from the sample objects are used to train an autoencoder neural network, which maps a small number of new parameters to the larger number of procedural model parameters of the original procedural model. A user interface may be provided that allows users to generate new objects by adjusting the new parameters of the trained autoencoder neural network, which outputs procedural model parameters. The output procedural model parameters may be provided to the procedural model to generate the new objects.
US10552727B2	Methods and systems for data traffic analysis A method of analyzing data exchange of at least one device includes feeding a plurality of data exchanged by the at least one device to a system for data exchange analysis that includes a deep learning algorithm. The deep learning algorithm includes at least an input layer, an output layer of the same size as the input layer, and hidden layers. Neurons of the hidden layers receive recurrently, at each time t, only a subset of the data exchanged by the at least one device up to time t, the subset of data comprising current data from time t and only a fraction of past data from time tpast to time t, with tpast
US10552725B2	Transponder apparatus A transponder apparatus for a transponder unit has a UHF and HF transponder The UHF transponder has a transponder support, a UHF antenna and a UHF chip. The HF transponder has an HF antenna and an HF chip. The UHF antenna is at the transponder support and is made up of conducting UHF antenna structures in transponder support planes which are spatially separated from one another. The transponder apparatus includes an electrically-insulating attachment layer connecting the UHF transponder to the HF antenna. The transponder apparatus includes an electrically-insulating spacer element connected to the HF transponder and which spatially separates the UHF transponder and the HF transponder relative to a body. The UHF transponder is disposed on the HF antenna. A conducting HF antenna structure of the HF antenna extends beyond a covering surface of the UHF transponder and the HF antenna structure.
US10552720B2	Systems, methods, and devices for commissioning wireless sensors In one embodiment the present invention comprises a smartphone and encoders for commissioning RFID transponders. The present invention further includes novel systems, devices, and methods for commissioning RFID transponders with unique object class instance numbers without requiring a realtime connection to a serialization database.
US10552719B2	Tamper-proof quality management barcode indicators A tamper-proof barcoded quality indicator operative to provide a machine-readable indication of exceedance of time and temperature thresholds following actuation thereof, including a first barcode including a first colorable area and being machine-readable before exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, a second barcode including a second colorable area and not being machine-readable before exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, a coloring agent located at a first location on the indicator, a coloring agent pathway operative to allow the coloring agent to move, at a rate which is at least partially a function of time, from the first location to the first and second colorable areas simultaneously for simultaneous coloring thereof upon exceedance of the time and temperature thresholds, thereby causing the first barcode to become unreadable and at the same time causing the second barcode to become machine-readable, and a tamper-proof actuator element operative to actuate the indicator.
US10552714B2	Generating a digital image using a generative adversarial network Various embodiments described herein utilize multiple levels of generative adversarial networks (GANs) to facilitate generation of digital images based on user-provided images. Some embodiments comprise a first generative adversarial network (GAN) and a second GAN coupled to the first GAN, where the first GAN includes an image generator and at least two discriminators, and the second GAN includes an image generator and at least one discriminator. According to some embodiments, the (first) image generator of the first GAN is trained by processing a user-provided image using the first GAN. For some embodiments, the user-provided image and the first generated image, generated by processing the user-provided image using the first GAN, are combined to produce a combined image. For some embodiments, the (second) image generator of the second GAN is trained by processing the combined image using the second GAN.
US10552710B2	Hierarchical sequential clustering Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for analyzing sequential data. Analyzing the sequential data can include grouping or clustering data that are similar in some way, e.g., similar ranges of quantities, similar categories, etc. More specifically, a method for hierarchical clustering of sequential data can comprise creating a dotplot of the sequential data. The dotplot can represent a plurality of sequences within the sequential data. A number of clusters represented by the plurality of sequences can be initialized, e.g., one cluster per sequence. A pair of sequences of the plurality of sequences having a longest sequential match can be identified, e.g., based on a line fitting technique, and merged into a single cluster. Identifying a pair of sequences of the plurality of sequences having a longest sequential match and merging the identified pair of sequences into a single cluster can be repeated until a single cluster remains.
US10552709B2	Method, system, and device for learned invariant feature transform for computer images A method for training a feature detector of an image processing device, including the steps of detecting features in the image to generate a score map, computing a center of mass on the score map to generate a location, extracting a patch from the image at the location by a first spatial transformer, estimating an orientation of the patch, rotating the patch in accordance with the patch orientation with a second spatial transformer, and describing the rotated patch to create a description vector.
US10552708B2	Method and system for extracting impression marks using a mobile application Methods and systems for extracting impression marks from a substrate (e.g., paper, foil, textile, etc.). In an example embodiment, an image of a substrate can be captured. Then, physical impressions on the substrate can be detected in the image. The physical impressions are scanned and highlighted a digital image configured, which is indicative of the actual physical impressions. The scanning and highlighting of the physical impressions can involve enhancing the image to digitally and electronically reproduce the physical impressions. This approach can be implemented in the context of a mobile scanning application that scans the physical impression(s) and highlights it, and saves the resulting image as an electronic document.
US10552700B2	Magnetic ink reader and printer having the same A magnetic ink reader includes a conveyance mechanism for a sheet, a magnetizing mechanism configured to magnetize magnetic ink on the sheet and including a magnet having a first side of a first magnetic polarity, that is arranged to face a first surface of the sheet, and a yoke that is formed of a soft magnetic material and includes a base portion attached directly to a second side of the magnet, and an extension portion extending from the base portion such that an end surface of the extension portion faces a second surface of the sheet, and a magnetic detection head along the conveyance path and configured to detect magnetism of the magnetized magnetic ink on the sheet. A first distance between the conveyance path and the first side of the magnet is less than a second distance between the conveyance path and the end surface of the yoke.
US10552699B2	Robust string text detection for industrial optical character recognition A robust string text detection and recognition system is provided to improve the reading performance of sliding-window based OCR solutions (such as histogram of oriented gradient (HOG) OCR and convolutional neural network (CNN) OCR). A search algorithm is created that is robust enough to detect outliers and false detections. A general Text Search algorithm structure is created allows the specification of different constraints/assumptions to guide the search in multiple text lines detection and recognition.
US10552692B2	Color learning A computing device, programmed to: acquire a color image and transform the color image into a color-component map. The computer can be further programmed to process the color-component map to detect a traffic sign by determining spatial coincidence and determining temporal consistency between the color-component map and the traffic sign.
US10552691B2	System and method for vehicle position and velocity estimation based on camera and lidar data A vehicle position and velocity estimation based on camera and LIDAR data are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving input object data from a subsystem of an autonomous vehicle, the input object data including image data from an image generating device and distance data from a distance measuring device; determining a two-dimensional (2D) position of a proximate object near the autonomous vehicle using the image data received from the image generating device; tracking a three-dimensional (3D) position of the proximate object using the distance data received from the distance measuring device over a plurality of cycles and generating tracking data; determining a 3D position of the proximate object using the 2D position, the distance data received from the distance measuring device, and the tracking data; determining a velocity of the proximate object using the 3D position and the tracking data; and outputting the 3D position and velocity of the proximate object relative to the autonomous vehicle.
US10552690B2	Intuitive occluded object indicator Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing indications of occluded objects. In some aspects a method includes the actions of determining a position of an observer whose view of an object is obstructed by a barrier; determining a position of the object relative to the observer; generating an indication of the position of the object based at least in part on the determined position of the observer; and displaying the indication of the position of the object on a display located between the observer and the barrier.
US10552689B2	Automatic occlusion detection in road network data The present embodiments provide for automatically detecting the location and severity of occluded regions within input data. A grid representation of a scene is generated from a data set, characterizing spaces of the grid representation as free, occupied, and hidden/occluded. The grid is bounded, and a connected component analysis is performed on the hidden space to identify the occluded regions.
US10552688B2	Method and device for detecting objects in the surroundings of a vehicle A method for detecting objects in the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes reading in a first image, of a vehicle camera, which represents the surroundings taken using a first exposure time and reading in a second image of the vehicle camera, which was taken after the first image and using a second exposure time, the second exposure time differing from the first exposure time, and extracting an image detail from the second image, the image detail representing a smaller area of the surroundings than the first image. During the extracting, a position of the image detail in the second image is determined based on at least one parameter which represents information on travel of the vehicle and/or a position of an infrastructure measure in front of the vehicle and/or which is independent of a moving object that was detected in a preceding step in the image detail.
US10552686B2	Object recognition device that determines overlapping states for a plurality of objects An object recognition device according to an embodiment includes a camera that captures an image of an imaging area. A storage device stores, for each of a plurality of registered objects, dictionary feature information for identifying the corresponding object and dictionary boundary information for identifying an actual boundary area of the corresponding object. A processor receives the captured image from the camera, and determines an object area in the captured image. The processor extracts feature information from the object area, and, based on the extracted feature information compared to the dictionary feature information, identifies each object included in the object area. The processor also extracts boundary information corresponding to each identified object included in the object area, and, based on the extracted boundary information compared to the dictionary boundary information with respect to each identified object, determines an overlap state of each identified object in the object area.
US10552685B2	Systems and methods for locating physical object using live image feeds Described in detail herein are systems and methods for providing a live image feed of a physical object in a section within the facility. In exemplary embodiments, physical objects can be disposed in a facility within multiple sections. Image capturing devices and kiosks can also be disposed in the facility. A kiosk can receive a search input string associated with a physical object. The kiosk can transmit the search input string to the central computing system. The central computing system can determine the exact physical location within the section of the facility in which the physical object is supposed to be disposed. The central computing system can determine the closest image capturing device to the exact physical location within the section of the facility in which the physical object is supposed to be disposed. The central computing system can control the determined image capturing device to capture a live video feed of the exact physical location within the section of the facility in which the physical object is supposed to be disposed. The central computing system can switch the input of the kiosk to display the captured live video feed.
US10552682B2	User classification based upon images One or more systems and/or methods for providing content to a user are provided. An image, associated with a user, may be evaluated utilizing an image classifier to identify an object within the image. The object may be utilized to identify a predicted class for the user. In an example, the predicted class may correspond to a life event (e.g., graduating college, having a baby, buying a house, etc.) and/or a life stage (e.g., adolescence, retirement, etc.). Locational information (e.g., a geotag) for the image may be evaluated to determine an image location (e.g., a location where the image was generated). Responsive to the image location corresponding to a home location of the user, the predicted class may be determined to be a class associated with the user. Content (e.g., promotional content) may be selected from a content repository based upon the class and subsequently provided to the user.

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