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US10575336B2	Sequence-based short-physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical random access channel (PRACH) design Wireless communications systems and methods related to communicating a sequence-based signal in a frequency spectrum are provided. A first wireless communication device obtains a configuration for communicating a sequence-based signal in the frequency spectrum. The configuration indicates resources in a frequency spectrum and a frequency distribution mode of the resources. The first wireless communication device communicates the sequence-based signal with a second wireless communication device in the frequency spectrum based on the configuration. The sequence-based signal includes at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) signal or a physical random access channel (PRACH) signal. The frequency distribution mode indicates at least one of a frequency interlaced structure, a frequency comb structure, or a frequency mini-interlaced structure.
US10575335B2	Method for contention resolution in a random access procedure in a D2D communication system and device therefor A method and a device for contention resolution in a random access procedure in a D2D communication system are discussed. The method includes transmitting a message containing a buffer status information for data transmission over PC5 interface in a random access procedure; receiving a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in response to the message; and considering contention resolution successful if the received PDCCH is addressed to sidelink-RNTI (SL-RNTI).
US10575329B2	Method and system for access to unlicensed spectrum by transmit points Methods and systems for access to unlicensed spectrum are described. Each of one or more transmit points (TPs), transmit over an unlicensed spectrum a downlink transmission starting at a downlink transmission starting time after a successful clear channel assessment (CCA) process of each of the one or more TPs. For each of the one or more TPs, the successful CCA process has a CCA process starting time enabling the successful CCA process to be completed at the downlink transmission starting time. The one or more TPs may be licensed assisted access (LAA) TPs, and the starting time corresponds to a starting time of a licensed spectrum subframe.
US10575324B2	Efficient blind decoding of a search space Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for efficient blind decoding of a search space. A single DCI message may be divided and encoded into multiple element downlink control information (eDCI) components. Each eDCI may be independently encoded and thus independently decodable. A base eDCI may link to one or more associated extended eDCIs. A UE may identify a base eDCI corresponding to a radio network identifier associated with the UE, parse the base eDCI to obtain the base payload, determine the location of the one or more associated extended eDCIs based at least in part on the base eDCI, and parse the extended eDCI to obtain the one or more associated extended payloads. The UE may communicate based at least in part on a DCI message formed by combining the base payload and the one or more associated extended payloads.
US10575319B2	Two-stage algorithm for uplink CoMP A computer-implemented method for associating users to transmission points over an uplink (UL) of a heterogeneous network (HetNet) is presented. The computer-implemented method includes communicating, via the processor, with a cluster of transmission points, associating each user to one transmission point within the cluster of transmission points by a two-stage procedure, and performing sub-frame scheduling independently by each transmission point within the cluster of transmission points over a set of users associated with.
US10575317B2	Distributed media classification algorithm in a service controller platform Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for operating network devices, such as wireless access points, in a network environment. For example, wireless client devices may have resources reserved for their use by a network device if the wireless client device is categorized for such resource reservation, such as if the wireless client device is categorized as more important than other wireless client devices. Such categorization may be indicated by a context associated with the wireless client device, including belonging to or being associated with an important user or being used for an important purpose, such as emergency purposes, prescheduled purposes or involving multiple users. Reservation of wireless resources for wireless client devices may be performed to ensure an important user or device is provided with adequate resources to place a voice or video call, for example.
US10575315B2	System and method for providing priority data of band combinations for carrier aggregation A system, devices and methods for providing input from a user equipment (UE) for the selection of a carrier channel combination for use in carrier aggregation. The exemplary system includes a UE configured to perform carrier aggregation, the UE storing a radio frequency (RF) calibration table including a plurality of transmission related requirements specific to the UE, the UE configured to generate priority data for each carrier channel combination supported for use in carrier aggregation based upon the RF calibration table and a network component receiving the priority data and an indication from the UE, the network component configured to select a carrier channel combination for use in carrier aggregation based upon the priority data, the network component transmitting carrier aggregation configuration data including the selected carrier channel combination to the UE.
US10575307B2	Restricted set indication in multi-beam operation In multi-beam operation, path losses or other aspects of electromagnetic signal propagation, may make it necessary to restrict certain beam directions used between two devices. A base station determines a restricted-beam set including at least one beam direction that is restricted for at least one of a signal transmission or a signal reception. The base station also restricts at least one of a transmission or a reception of a signal based on the restricted-beam set. Additionally, the base station determines an updated restricted-beam set including at least one beam direction that is restricted for at least one of transmission or reception of an electromagnetic signal. The base station also updates the restricted-beam set by adding or removing at least one beam direction to the restricted set corresponding to at least one of signal transmission or signal reception.
US10575302B2	Short TTI patterns There is disclosed a method of operating a terminal (10) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising receiving and/or transmitting according to a transmission time interval, TTI, configuration, the TTI configuration indicating at least one short transmitting time interval having between one or two and seven symbols of duration in a subframe. There are also disclosed related methods and devices.
US10575296B2	Method for transmitting and receiving control information for device-to-device (D2D) communication in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method of receiving control information for a device-to-device (D2D) communication by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving a configuration for radio resources for the D2D communication; and receiving a downlink control information (DCI) on a specific radio resource among the radio resources, according to the configuration. If the DCI configured with a DCI format 0 is scrambled with a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS)-radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) for the UE specific, the DCI is considered as a valid semi-persistent activation or release.
US10575294B2	Method for mitigating inter cell interference and device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device therefor, wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH signal that contains scheduling information from a base station on a first subframe; receiving a PDSCH signal corresponding to said PDCCH signal from said base station on a second subframe; and decoding said PDSCH signal, wherein an interval between said first subframe and said second subframe is varied.
US10575287B2	Method for transmitting PUCCH using FDD frame in wireless communication system and device therefor A method for a terminal transmitting a PUCCH using a FDD frame in a wireless communication system comprises the step of transmitting the PUCCH using two subframes in the FDD frame, wherein the two subframes may each comprise a resource for receiving a downlink in an uplink band.
US10575285B2	Configurable threshold for format selection for enhanced carrier aggregation Different control information formats offer tradeoffs between performance for a UE and multiplexing capability for different UEs. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) determines a first threshold to apply in selecting a format from a plurality of formats and uses the format for a first transmission of control information. The first threshold to apply in the selection of the format is determined from a set of possible values with the UE determining a first size of a first payload for the first transmission and selecting a first format for the first transmission of control information based on the first size and the first threshold. The threshold may be configurable by a base station and can reflect channel conditions prevailing at the UE and/or the need for a multiplexing capability associated with different formats.
US10575283B2	Method and device for inter-device communication Provided is a method and device for inter-device communication, the method comprising: a first terminal device is determined to be a central terminal device for a first group, wherein the first group comprises the central terminal device and at least one member terminal device; and the first terminal device allocates a first radio resource for a second terminal device, such that the second terminal device carries out inter-device communication according to the first radio resource, wherein the second terminal device belongs to the member terminal devices of the first group. The present invention is capable of improving the efficiency and reliability of inter-device communication.
US10575280B2	Data transmission method in wireless communication system and device therefor Disclosed is an uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission method of a station (STA) in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. An UL MU transmission method of an STA in a WLAN system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a trigger frame including resource unit allocation information for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission, sending an UL MU physical protocol data unit (PPDU) based on the resource unit allocation information, and receiving an ACK frame for the UL MU PPDU.
US10575276B1	User equipment localization through time series search A processing system collects data points, wherein each data point indicates a location of user equipment in a telecommunication service provider network at a point in time, generates, for a first data point, a set of features over a plurality of time windows, wherein the set includes time series features, estimates an importance of each feature, wherein the importance indicates an accuracy with which the feature allows for estimation of an unseen location of the user equipment, wherein the unseen location is a location that is not identified in the plurality of data points, selects a threshold number of features from the set, wherein the threshold number of features have a greatest importance relative to all features in the set, generates a plurality of predictions of the unseen location, using the threshold number of features, aggregates the plurality of predictions, and estimates the unseen location based on the aggregating.
US10575268B2	NAN solicited synchronization In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a device to request synchronization assistance from one or more neighboring peer devices.
US10575265B2	Power headroom report method and apparatus of UE The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.
US10575261B2	Scaling wireless device SRS transmission power A wireless device receives configuration parameters of: first cell(s) in a first frequency band; and second cell(s) in a second frequency band. A calculated total transmit power for signals is determined that comprise: a first SRS configured for transmission, during a time interval, via the first cell(s); and a second SRS configured for transmission, during the time interval, via the second cell(s). At least one of the first SRS or the second SRS is dropped or scaled based on an SRS transmit power priority of the first SRS and the second SRS when the calculated total transmit power exceeds a first value. The SRS transmit power priority is based on: a frequency band of the first cell(s) or the second cell(s); and whether the first SRS or the second SRS is configured for transmission in the first frequency band or the second frequency band.
US10575242B2	Extended range networking Passive and active scanning for extended range wireless networking. The choice between legacy and extended range signaling can depend on one or more factors. For passive scanning, an electronic device may transmit a combination of legacy beacons and extended range beacons for network discovery by receiving electronic devices. For active scanning, an electronic device may transmit extended range probe requests in addition to legacy probe requests to discover all of the access points within its transmission range. Responses to probe requests can use extended range, legacy, single user, and/or multi user protocols.
US10575240B2	Multi-band millimeter wave network discovery Multi-band signaling is described for reducing signaling overhead in an apparatus and method for communications within a mesh network. The communications involve using two different beacon signals on two different communication channels. Peer beacons are sent using directional millimeter-wave (mmW) communications to provide time synchronization and resource management information to maintain existing links among one or more neighboring peer stations. A separate network discovery beacon is sent over a sub-6 GHz communication channel, to provide mesh network profile information that identifies the mesh network to aid network discovery for wireless communication stations wanting to join the mesh network.
US10575235B2	Facilitation of network resource routing and resource optimization A more efficient network can be achieved using a network-based controller to configure routing tables to route data traffic to and from transmission points. Dynamic partitioning of network resources between the transmission points and a backhaul can be performed in conjunction with a resource scheduler of a network-based controller. The scheduler can relay scheduling metrics or benefit metrics from the network-based controller to the transmission points. Backhaul route optimization can also be used to select relay transmission points based upon conditions being determined to be satisfied.
US10575228B2	Radio communication system, base station, mobile station, communication control method, and computer readable medium A first base station (1) is configured to send, to a second base station (2), first configuration information that is necessary to establish a data bearer and a data radio bearer in the second base station (2) for a C/U-plane split scenario. Further, the first base station (1) is configured to send, to a third base station (3), configuration information (e.g., LPN information) regarding the data bearer established in the second base station (2) when a mobile station (4) moves from a first cell (10) to a third cell (30) (S103 and S104). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to a reduction in wasted signaling when a UE moves between cells in the C/U-plane split scenario.
US10575226B2	On-demand system information A wireless network may provide system information by either a fixed periodic broadcast or broad-beam transmission or in response to a request by a user equipment (UE). The wireless network may broadcast (or broad-beam transmit) a signal that indicates to the UEs within a cell or zone coverage area that system information is to be transmitted on a fixed periodic schedule or in response to a request sent by one or more UEs.
US10575225B2	Information configuration method and device The present disclosure provides an information configuration method and an information configuration device. The information configuration method includes steps of: determining whether or not it is necessary to transmit DMTC information about synchronized neighboring cells and DMTC information about asynchronized neighboring cells to a UE; and in the case that it is necessary to transmit the DMTC information about the synchronized neighboring cells and the DMTC information about the asynchronized neighboring cells to the UE, transmitting first DMTC information about the neighboring cells to the UE, the first DMTC information about in the neighboring cells indicating the DMTC information about the synchronized neighboring cells and the DMTC information about the asynchronized neighboring cells to the UE.
US10575213B2	Method for performing a re-establishment of a PDCP entity associated with UM RLC entity in wireless communication system and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a re-establishment of PDCP entity associated with UM RLC entity in wireless communication system, the method comprising: when a re-establishment of a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity is triggered, stopping and resetting, by the PDCP entity, a reordering timer of the PDCP entity if the reordering timer of the PDCP entity is running; and delivering, by the PDCP entity, all stored PDCP Service Data Unit (SDU) to upper layers in ascending order of associated COUNT values.
US10575207B2	Data service control method and related device A data service control method and a related device are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a PGW, a status of a data service switch of UE; if the status of the data service switch is that the data service switch is turned off, after the PGW receives a first data packet that comes from or goes to the UE, determining, by the PGW, whether the first data packet belongs to a specified type; and forwarding, by the PGW, the first data packet if the first data packet belongs to the specified type; or discarding, by the PGW, the first data packet if the first data packet does not belong to the specified type. During implementation of embodiments of the present disclosure, when the data service switch of the UE is turned off, data traffic of the UE can be saved.
US10575206B2	System and method for transmission of data from a wireless mobile device over a multipath wireless router There is disclosed a system and method for transmission of multiple data streams from a mobile device to a network. In an embodiment, the system includes a multipath wireless router configured to provide a plurality of network connections including cellular, satellite, or wired Ethernet. An encoding module provided on the mobile device is configured to encode high volume data (e.g. high definition video) recorded by the mobile device into multiple data streams in dependence on the number of network connections available for transmission via the multipath wireless router. The encoding module provided on the mobile device transmits the multiple data streams to the wireless router using Wi-Fi to provide a local, short-hop, high capacity network connection. The plurality of network connections available via the multipath wireless router provides the necessary capacity and reliability to transmit a high volume of data, such as high definition video, virtually live.
US10575203B2	Delivery of measurements Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for measurement delivery. In some example embodiments, there is provided a method. The method may include receiving information to configure a user equipment to perform one or more measurements and to configure the user equipment to report, when requested by a network, the one or more measurements; receiving a request from the network to report the one or more measurements configured based on the received information; and reporting, in response to the request from the network, the one or more measurements to the network, without regard to measurement event reporting. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10575202B2	Method and radio node for handling CSI reporting A radio node and a UE are described, and methods and computer programs therein to handle separate aperiodic CSI reports for one or more static subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is fixed, and one or more flexible subframes, in which the direction of signal transmission is variable. The method performed by a UE comprises receiving a trigger for an aperiodic CSI report as part of an uplink grant from a radio node in a static downlink subframe, said trigger indicating a CSI subframe set related to the one or more static subframes. The method further comprises reporting to the radio node, in a CSI reporting subframe, a result of an aperiodic CSI measurement for a CSI reference in the CSI subframe set. The method further comprises receiving a second trigger that relates to the one or more flexible subframes and reporting the results to the radio node.
US10575192B2	Methods and systems for optimizing wireless network performance using behavioral profiling of network devices Computer-implemented methods and systems are disclosed for optimizing the performance of wireless networks by automatically capturing wireless traffic and other radio frequency (RF) signal data in the network and analyzing the data to identify network anomalies and to determine one or more solutions, without human intervention.
US10575186B2	Radio communication system, base station, and communication terminal A base station includes a terminal capability information controlling unit that controls whether or not a first frequency is to be used for communication; a radio link controlling unit that, when the first frequency is to be used for the communication, performs communication by using the first frequency and a second frequency; and a radio link control information generating unit (160) that, when the first frequency is to be used by the terminal capability information controlling unit for the communication, notifies a communication terminal that the first frequency is to be used. The communication terminal includes a controlling unit that, when being notified that the first frequency is to be used, performs communication by using the first frequency and the second frequency.
US10575185B2	Spectrum renting negotiation Wireless communication systems and methods related to spectrum use negotiations are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits, to a controlling entity of a spectrum, a spectrum use request for a local operator to use the spectrum for a time period. The first wireless communication device receives, from the controlling entity, a spectrum use grant indicating that the local operator is promoted from a first priority to a second priority for accessing the spectrum during the time period. The first wireless communication device communicates with a second wireless communication device in the spectrum during the time period based on the second priority, where at least the first wireless communication device or the second wireless communication device is associated with the local operator.
US10575183B2	Radio station, radio terminal, and method therefor A radio station (1) is configured to transmit to a radio terminal (3), on a licensed frequency (Cell #1), a notification regarding detection of proximity to a non-serving cell (Cell #2) on an unlicensed frequency (S102) and to receive from the radio terminal (3), on the licensed frequency (Cell #1), a result of the detection performed by the radio terminal (3) in response to the notification. This contributes, for example, to acquisition of information useful for the radio station to determine whether to allow the radio terminal to perform communication on the unlicensed frequency.
US10575182B2	Methods and systems for channel mapping in a communication network Methods and systems for channel mapping in a densely deployed network are disclosed. The system includes a node comprising a plurality of base stations configured to communicate with client devices in a wireless communication network, wherein transmission from the base stations to the client devices is conducted on a downlink (DL) frequency band and transmission from the client devices to the base stations is conducted on an uplink (UL) frequency band. The DL frequency band is different from the UL frequency band. DL and UL frequency pairs for the base stations are assigned according to a channel mapping scheme that determines DL and UL frequency pairs based on a plurality of channel parameters. The channel parameters include, for example, received signal strength indicator (RSSI), signal to noise (S/N) ratio, channel capacity, and bit error rate (BER).
US10575170B2	Methods and systems of secure connections for joining hybrid cellular and non-cellular networks The subject matter describes devices, networks, systems, media, and methods to create secure communications between wireless devices and cellular networks, where the wireless devices communicate with the cellular networks via multi-hopping methods in non-cellular networks.
US10575168B2	Method and electronic device for providing communication service Provided is methods and device for providing a communication service. The method according to an embodiment includes generating a logical channel for communication between an electronic component included in a terminal and a local profile assistant (LPA) that is another electronic component in the terminal, generating a secure channel between the electronic component and the LPA when a secure area of the electronic device is selected by the LPA, and receiving profile data for providing the communication service from the LPA through the generated secure channel. An electronic device includes a processor configured to generate a logical channel for communication between one electronic component included in a terminal and a LPA that is another electronic component in the terminal, generate a secure channel between the electronic component and the LPA when a secure area of the electronic device is selected by the LPA, and receive profile data from the LPA.
US10575160B2	Systems and methods for operating display devices with dual pathway connections A display devices with dual pathway connections. More particularly, electronic signage devices with dual or redundant pathways offering lower cost and higher reliability.
US10575156B2	Multi-device wireless disable and enable A wireless device configured to selectively enable and disable functionality when another wireless device that is paired to it is set to enable and disable functionality is provided. The wireless device can mirror the settings of a paired device such that when the paired device is set to airplane mode, the wireless device can automatically be set to airplane. Furthermore, when the airplane mode is disabled in the paired device, the wireless device can automatically disable its own airplane mode.
US10575150B2	Method and apparatus for transceiving messages from V2X terminal in wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a terminal transmitting a message in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of: generating a message; and transmitting, from a resource sectioned on a time axis, control information for the message and the message when the size of the message is larger than a predetermine value, and transmitting, from a resource sectioned on a frequency axis, the control information for the message and the message when the size of the message is smaller than the predetermined value.
US10575148B2	Autonomous, mobile, and network connected output devices The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for providing a moveable output device capable of autonomous (i.e., localized decision-making within the device itself) or semi-autonomous (i.e., shared decision-making based on communications with one or more other moveable output devices and/or one or more remote resources). The moveable output device includes a surface coupling assembly to couple the device to a wall or ceiling and a propulsion system to move the device along the walls or ceiling. The device also includes an environmental detection system and a biometric detection system to collect environmental and/or biometric information used by the control circuitry to determine a routing for the device and to determine adjustments to one or more output system parameters. The routing and output parameters may be based on movements, gestures, and similar made by the subject.
US10575144B1	Method and apparatus of processing data displayed on a mobile station interface based on user preferences A method and apparatus of modifying user content data on a mobile station are disclosed. One example method of displaying customized content data on a mobile station may include receiving the content data at the mobile station, and modifying the content data based on predefined viewing preferences of the user. The modified content may then be displayed on a display interface of the mobile station allowing the user to view the content based on their specified preferences.
US10575136B2	Secure location-based events and notifications Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatus, and computing entities are provided. In one embodiment, the location of entities (e.g., computing entities and establishments) can be monitored or identified to determine whether they are within a configurable/determinable distance/proximity from each other. Such determinations can be used to automatically provide notifications and/or allow or disallow events.
US10575131B1	Wearable device location accuracy systems Systems, methods, devices, computer readable media, and other various embodiments are described for location management processes in wearable electronic devices. One embodiment involves pairing a client device with a wearable device, capturing a first client location fix at a first time using the first application and location circuitry of the client device. The client device then receives content from the wearable device, where the content is associated with a content capture time and location state data. The client device then updates a location based on the available data to reconcile the different sets of location data. In some embodiments, additional sensor data, such as data from an accelerometer, is used is used to determine which location data is more accurate for certain content.
US10575127B1	Dynamic determination of smart meetup Provided are systems and methods for providing a smart meetup location to a plurality of user devices. In one example, the method may include one or more of receiving a request for a meetup location of a first user device and a second user device, dynamically determining a geographical position of the first user device based on current location information of the first user device, dynamically determining a geographical position of the second user device based on current location information of the second user device, selecting a meetup location from among a plurality of meetup locations based on the dynamically determined geographical positions of the first and second user devices, and outputting the selected meetup location to at least one of the first and second user devices.
US10575121B2	System and method for instantiation of services at a location based on a policy A request to instantiate a first service is received. The first service is subject to policy constraints including a location. It is determined that a first set of resources at the location is required for instantiation of the first service. The first set of resources is reallocated to the first service from a second service. The first service is instantiated at the location utilizing the first set of resources reallocated.
US10575119B2	Particle-based spatial audio visualization Methods and systems are provided for visualizing spatial audio using determined properties for time segments of the spatial audio. Such properties include the position sound is coming from, intensity of the sound, focus of the sound, and color of the sound at a time segment of the spatial audio. These properties can be determined by analyzing the time segment of the spatial audio. Upon determining these properties, the properties are used in rendering a visualization of the sound with attributes based on the properties of the sound(s) at the time segment of the spatial audio.
US10575118B2	Directional audio selection Various implementations include wearable audio devices and related methods for controlling such devices. In some particular implementations, a computer-implemented method of controlling a wearable audio device includes: receiving inertial information indicating a current physical position of the wearable audio device; predicting a future physical position of the wearable audio device from the inertial information; and rendering at least one audio sample associated with the predicted future physical position at the wearable audio device prior to or during movement of the wearable audio device from the current physical position to the predicted future physical position.
US10575117B2	Directional sound modification Various embodiments set forth techniques for directional sound modification. In one aspect, a system includes a plurality of audio sensors configured to acquire sound from an environment and at least one processor coupled to the plurality of audio sensors. The at least one processor is configured to determine a direction within the environment, generate an audio signal based on sound acquired from the direction within the environment, and transmit the audio signal to at least one audio output device to generate audio output. The audio output combines with sound from the direction within the environment to produce a modified sound.
US10575110B2	Method and system of varying mechanical vibrations at a microphone An improved method and system for varying an amount of mechanical coupling in a speakerphone is disclosed. Solutions and implementations provided vary the amount of mechanical coupling between one or more speakers and one or more microphones of the speakerphone to generate high-quality sounds. Implementations include receiving an input signal, sending a copy of the input signal to a first speaker, performing a signal transformation on the input signal to produce a transformed input signal, and transmitting the transformed input signal to a second speaker, where the first speaker generates a first vibration force in response to the input signal, and the second speaker generates a second vibration force in response to the transformed input signal, the second vibration force being in an opposite direction to that of the first vibration force and offsetting at least part of the first vibration force.
US10575105B2	Method for characterizing a receiver in a hearing device, hearing device and test apparatus for a hearing device A method for characterizing a receiver in a hearing device. The receiver has a response behavior. The receiver converts an electrical audio signal into a sound signal, generating a magnetic field. The magnetic field is measured by a magnetic field sensor. The receiver is then characterized by determining the response behavior of the receiver based on the measured magnetic field. There is also described a hearing device and a test apparatus for a hearing device.
US10575093B2	Portable electronic device directed audio emitter arrangement system and method A computationally implemented system and method that is designed to, but is not limited to: electronically determining positioning status of one or more portions of one or more humans relative to one or more locations of demodulation of one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals into one or more acoustic audio signals said one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals originating from a portable electronic device; and electronically alerting said one or more humans from said portable electronic device regarding said positioning status of one or more portions of one or more humans relative to one or more locations of demodulation of one or more acoustic ultrasonic signals into one or more acoustic audio signals when said positioning status includes a first characterization. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
US10575091B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for audio recording A method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed. The method includes acquiring an instruction, picking up an audio signal with an electronic device, determining whether an output apparatus is connected to the electronic device, outputting the audio signal via the output apparatus, and recording the audio signal. The apparatus includes a processor, an output apparatus, a microphone, and a storage apparatus, wherein the processor acquires an instruction, picks up an audio signal, determines whether the output apparatus is connected, outputs the audio signal via the output apparatus and records the audio signal to the storage medium. The computer program product includes executable code to perform acquisition of an instruction, pickup of an audio signal with an electronic device, a determination of whether an output apparatus is connected, output of the audio signal, and recording of the audio signal.
US10575082B2	Universal adjustable ear tip An audio device for insertion into an ear canal of a user that includes an adjustable ear tip. The ear tip is formed by a sleeve disposed on a body of the audio device with a first end of the sleeve coupled to an output end of the body. An opposite second end of the sleeve is coupled to a collar that encircles and threadably engages the body. In a retracted state, the sleeve lies alongside an exterior surface of the body. Rotation of the collar relative to the body moves the collar axially along the body and flexes the sleeve radially outward away from the body. An extent of rotation of the collar is selectable to provide a radial dimension of the sleeve and thus the ear tip that provides a suitable fit of the audio device with a user's ear canal.
US10575080B2	Audio and visual shield and system comprising same One aspect of the present invention is concerned with a combination ear and eye shield. The shield has a) an elongate and continuous body wearable by a user defining, in use, an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly facing surface, b) a pair of speakers, c) an audio signal transceiver connectable to the speakers for transmitting signals thereto, and d) a power supply to power the transceiver and/or the speakers. The elongate body includes ear covering regions to cover both the ears, and eye covering regions for covering both the eyes. The transceiver is wirelessly communicable with an external device for receiving signals of desired sound or music. The speakers are removably connectable to and locus changeable along the body such that the speakers are adjustable in position adjacent the ears of a user.
US10575073B2	Method and apparatus for unifying an EPON access network and a coax-based access network Methods and systems for unifying an EPON network and a coax-based access network may include, in a network with an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) optical line terminal (OLT), coaxial network units (CNUs), and an optical coax bridge (OCB) with a plurality of virtual optical network units (vONUs) each comprising a plurality of logical link identifiers (LLIDs) and having its own MAC address, each vONU corresponding to one CNU: forming, in the OCB, each of the plurality of vONUs when a respective CNU is admitted to a coax network coupled to the OCB; communicating data transmissions from an optical fiber network to the coax network, and data transmissions from the coax network to the optical fiber network, via said OCB; and transmitting and receiving data packets between the OLT and the at least one CNU. The OCB may emulate an optical network unit (ONU) relative to the OLT.
US10575071B2	Method and apparatus for use in measurement data acquisition Methods for use in a measurement system. Some embodiments comprise, at control unit, receiving a clock receive signal that represents a clock signal and configuration information; based on the clock receive signal, providing a control signal that represents the configuration information; and transmitting the control signal a sensor unit. Some embodiments comprise configuring the sensor unit according to the configuration information. Some embodiments comprise, at a control unit, configured to process data provided by the sensor unit. The method comprises receiving a data receive signal and selecting an interpretation of the data receive signal as one of at least: the sensor data signal and another data signal. Further disclosed herein are an interface, a control unit and a sensor unit for use in a measurement system.
US10575067B2	Context based augmented advertisement One embodiment provides a method comprising analyzing one or more frames of a piece of content to determine a context of the one or more frames, determining a product to advertise in the piece of content based on the context, and augmenting the piece of content with a product placement for the product. The product placement appears to occur naturally in the piece of content.
US10575065B2	Message sending method and device, code stream processing method and device A message sending method and device, and a code stream processing method and device are provided. In the message sending method, a first server acquires and caches a code stream which is the same as a code stream of a second server; the first server acquires an initial position for sending the code stream; and after the second server stops sending the code stream, the first server constructs a message corresponding to the code stream, and sends the message starting from the initial position according to a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the second server.
US10575053B2	System, method and control server for media display on video wall A system, a method, and a control server for media display on a video wall are provided. The system includes a media server, a plurality of transcode servers, a video wall, and a control server connected through a network. The media server provides a media file. The control server determines cutting parameters used to cut a medium recorded in the media file into video data suitable for display on each of a plurality of displays according to configuration information of the displays in the video wall to generate a plurality of transcode tasks including the cutting parameters, and sequentially assigns the transcode tasks to the transcode servers to perform transcoding. The media server collects transcode result files uploaded by each of the transcode servers and provides the same for a player of the corresponding display to read and display on the display.
US10575050B2	Providing a plurality of points of view of digital environments In an example embodiment, a user interface for displaying multiple points of view within a digital environment is provided. For example, a display device of a user computing entity may display a user interface. The display of the user interface may be caused by operation of an application on the user computing entity. One or more video streams corresponding to points of view within the digital environment may be received via a communications interface of the user computing entity. The one or more video streams may be processed via the application operating on the user computing entity. In response to the processing of the one or more video streams, at least one of the video streams may be displayed in a configurable position of the user interface. At least one of the video streams is a mosaic video stream comprising mosaic video data corresponding to two or more points of view within the digital environment.
US10575045B1	Online live video sales management system A sales administration system that manages online sales via overlays on a video stream. Customers can comment on or respond to the video stream, and may order products using simple phrases such as “Sold”. The system can stream video with overlays to multiple clients simultaneously, including websites and mobile apps. Comments from all clients are received, aggregated, processed for orders, and displayed to the sales administrator. The system is coupled to a merchant's operational data, providing immediate visibility to changes in inventory and orders. Video overlays may be updated automatically by the system as this operational data changes, for example highlighting products with low stock. The system may analyze customer comments and orders both during the video stream and after the sales session is complete, and may generate recommendations to improve sales effectiveness. For backorders, customers may preauthorize charges to be at the front of the queue for shipment.
US10575043B2	Navigating a plurality of video content items A method for processing a plurality of video content items for a graphical user interface to render at least two content items among the plurality, the video content items of the plurality being successively rendered. The method includes: rendering a first content item among the plurality, on a full screen; at a first predetermined period of time before the end of rendering the first video content item, displaying a progress bar having a plurality of images, each image respectively corresponding to a video content item among the plurality of video content items; rendering a second video content item; applying a graphic effect to an image of the bar corresponding to the second content item; eliminating the display of the progress bar after a second predetermined period of time after the rendering of the second content item begins, such that the second content item is rendered on the full screen.
US10575038B2	Delivering content A content delivery system comprising: a communication network; a mapping component storing media content aspect variant data enabling access to media content in a plurality of aspect variants; a content delivery component connected to the network and configured to access and deliver media content aspect variant data stored in the mapping component to devices connected to the network; an action request or component which is configured to receive a request from a user of a media consumption device that an aspect variant of media content is to be delivered to at least one further media consumption device, and cause the content delivery component to deliver media content aspect variant data associated with said aspect variant to the at least one further media consumption device to enable said aspect variant to be consumed at the at least one further media consumption device.
US10575032B2	System and method for continuous media segment identification This invention provides a means to identify unknown media programming using the audio component of said programming. The invention extracts audio information from the media received by consumer electronic devices such as smart TVs and TV set-top boxes then conveys said information to a remote server means which will in turn identify said audio information of unknown identity by way of testing against a database of known audio segment information. The system identifies unknown media programming in real-time such that time-sensitive services may be offered such as interactive television applications providing contextually related information or television advertisement substitution. Other uses include tracking media consumption among many other services.
US10575018B2	Enhanced high-level signaling for fisheye virtual reality video in dash A method of processing a manifest file including one or more syntax elements in an adaptation set level syntax structure that specify attributes of one or more representations of a corresponding adaptation set, the one or more representations including fisheye video data, determining, based on the one or more syntax elements, the attributes of the one or more representations including the fisheye video data, and retrieving, based on the determination, at least a portion of a segment of the one of the representations including the fisheye video data, the segment comprising an independently retrievable media file.
US10575014B2	Image encoding method using a skip mode, and a device using the method Disclosed are an image encoding method using a skip mode and a device using the method. The image encoding method may comprise the steps of: judging whether there is residual block data of a prediction target block on the basis of predetermined data indicating whether residual block data has been encoded; and, if there is residual block data, restoring the prediction target block on the basis of the residual block data and an intra-screen predictive value of the prediction target block. Consequently, encoding and decoding efficiency can be increased by carrying out the encoding and decoding of screen residual data only for prediction target blocks where there is a need for a residual data block in accordance with screen similarity.
US10575002B2	Method for inter prediction and device therefor, and method for motion compensation and device therefor Provided are an inter prediction method and a motion compensation method. The inter prediction method includes: performing inter prediction on a current image by using a long-term reference image stored in a decoded picture buffer; determining residual data and a motion vector of the current image generated via the inter prediction; and determining least significant bit (LSB) information as a long-term reference index indicating the long-term reference image by dividing picture order count (POC) information of the long-term reference image into most significant bit (MSB) information and the LSB information.
US10574993B2	Coding data using an enhanced context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) design A video coding device includes processor(s) configured to determine, for each of a plurality of bins of a value for a syntax element of a current transform coefficient, contexts using respective corresponding bins of values for the syntax element of previously coded transform coefficients. The processor(s) are configured to determine a context for an ith bin of the value for the syntax element of the current transform coefficient using a corresponding ith bin of a value for the syntax element of a previously coded transform coefficient. To use the corresponding ith bin of the value for the syntax element of the previously coded transform coefficient, the processor(s) are configured to use only the ith bin, and no other bins, of the value for the syntax element of the previously coded transform coefficient. ‘i’ represents a non-negative integer.
US10574985B2	Apparatus for encoding and decoding image by skip encoding and method for same The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.
US10574978B1	System and method for diagnosing QOE in real time communication A real-time communication monitoring and diagnosing system is provided on a real-time communication monitoring and diagnosing computer system. The monitoring and diagnosing system includes time line, a video downstream bitrate axis extending upward from reference line, an audio downstream bitrate axis extending downward from the reference line, a video downstream bitrate curve in a first color above the reference line, an audio downstream bitrate curve in a second color below the reference line, a set of choppy video marks in a third color above and along the reference line, a set of blurry video marks in a fourth color as a dotted line along the video downstream bitrate curve, and a set of audio marks in a fifth color below and along the reference line.
US10574973B2	Non-mechanical beam steering for depth sensing A depth camera assembly (DCA) for depth sensing of a local area. The DCA includes a transmitter, a receiver, and a controller. The transmitter illuminates a local area with outgoing light in accordance with emission instructions. The transmitter includes a fine steering element and a coarse steering element. The fine steering element deflects one or more optical beams at a first deflection angle to generate one or more first order deflected scanning beams. The coarse steering element deflects the one or more first order deflected scanning beams at a second deflection angle to generate the outgoing light projected into the local area. The receiver captures one or more images of the local area including portions of the outgoing light reflected from the local area. The controller determines depth information for one or more objects in the local area based in part on the captured one or more images.
US10574966B2	Method for modifying at least one frame video of a digital video stream to be displayed on a displaying area and related system The present invention relates to a method for modifying at least one video frame of a digital video stream to be displayed on a display area. Each correction scheme has one or more specific digital filters based on visual defects perceived by a person with respect to a video frame portion, is configured when predetermined conditions are met and reconfigured whenever the origin position of an eye reference system associated with a respective eye is different from the position of the same origin in said predetermined conditions and/or the orientation of said eye reference system is different from the orientation of the same eye reference system in said predetermined conditions. The generation of a multiview digital video stream, subsequent to the application of the first correction scheme and/or the second correction scheme, and the displaying of said digital video stream by a multiview stereoscopic or stereoscopic video system allow to the two eyes of a person to observe a respective succession of video frames, wherein the content of the video frames of each sequence of video frames has been modified on the basis of visual defects of a respective eye of said subject suffering from a degenerative disease of the retina, so that said subject has a visual perception, in binocular vision, improved or corrected.
US10574956B2	System and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping A system and method for automatic alignment and projection mapping are provided. A projector and at least two cameras are mounted with fields of view that overlap a projection area on a three-dimensional environment. A computing device: controls the projector to project structured light patterns that uniquely illuminate portions of the environment; acquires images of the patterns from the cameras; generates a two-dimensional mapping of the portions between projector and camera space and by processing the images and correlated patterns; generates a cloud of points representing the environment using the mapping and camera positions; determines a projector location, orientation and lens characteristics from the cloud; positions a virtual camera relative to a virtual three-dimensional environment, corresponding to the environment, parameters of the virtual camera respectively matching parameters of the projector; and, controls the projector to project based on a virtual location, orientation and characteristics of the virtual camera.
US10574954B2	Compensation method for a scanning system with spatial light modulator A multi-beam scanning system and methods of operating the same to compensate for distortion are provided. Generally, the method involves illuminating a spatial light modulator including SLM pixels arranged in parallel, each pixel including a multiple address pixels. Drive signals including image data are provided to the pixels to generate beams of modulated light reflected therefrom, which is scanned to a linear swath of a two-dimensional imaging plane using a collimate lens, a scan mirror moved about a first axis, and an imaging lens. The swath is scanned across the imaging plane in a direction orthogonal to a long axis of the swath by moving the scan mirror about a second axis. To compensate for distortion along the long axis of the swath compensated image data is provided to at least some of the address pixels generating beams of modulated light distal from an optical axis of the imaging lens.
US10574941B2	Terminal and server for providing video call service Provided is an application stored in a computer-readable storage medium to perform a method of providing a video call service, the method including, in a first terminal, establishing a video call session between the first terminal and a second terminal; modulating and displaying an area of an image of a second user, except for an exposure area, the image of the second user being displayed in the first terminal; detecting a predetermined event during the video call session; and controlling a size of the exposure area based on the predetermined event.
US10574935B2	Projection optical system and projection type image display device A projection optical system includes a first lens unit and a second lens unit interposing an intermediate image therebetween. The first lens unit includes two aspherical lenses (a first lens unit first lens and a first lens unit ninth lens), and a first lens unit cemented lens. The projection optical system satisfies the following Conditional Expressions (1) and (2) when the number of lens elements of the first lens unit and the number of lens elements of the second lens unit are set to be Num1 and Num2, respectively. In addition, refractive indexes and Abbe numbers of three lenses constituting the first lens unit cemented lens satisfy a predetermined conditional expression. Num2≤7 (1) 1.5≤Num1/Num2≤2.5 (2)
US10574930B2	Image sensor and electronic camera An image sensor includes a first semiconductor layer provided with a pixel, including a photoelectric conversion unit that photoelectrically converts incident light to generate an electric charge, an accumulation unit that accumulates the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a transfer unit that transfers the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, a second semiconductor layer provided with a supply unit that supplies the transfer unit with a transfer signal for transferring the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the accumulation unit, and a third semiconductor layer into which a signal is inputted, the signal being based on the electric charge that has been transferred to the accumulation unit.
US10574926B2	Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state imaging apparatus, and electronic apparatus An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator having paired differential input ends, and a first capacitor and a second capacitor each provided at respective differential input ends. The first capacitor includes a plurality of first sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another, and the second capacitor includes a plurality of second sub-capacitors that are coupled side by side with one another. The plurality of first sub-capacitors and the plurality of second sub-capacitors are mixedly arranged in each column of a plurality of columns.
US10574924B2	Solid-state imaging device and method of operating the same, and electronic apparatus and method of operating the same A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels in a two-dimensional array. Each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element that converts incident light into electric charge, and a charge holding element that receives the electric charge from the photoelectric conversion element, and transfers the electric charge to a corresponding floating diffusion. The charge holding element further includes a plurality of electrodes.
US10574915B1	Estimating a temperature of a pixel A method for determining a temperature of a pixel; wherein the method includes supplying, by a current supply circuit and to the pixel, a bias current of a first value during a first period; changing, by the current supply circuit, a value of the pixel bias current to a second value; supplying, by the current supply circuit and to the pixel, a bias current of a second value during a second period; wherein the first value differs from the second value; reading, by a readout circuit that is coupled to the pixel, at a first point of time, a first output voltage of the pixel; wherein the first point in time occurs during the first period or the second period; and reading, by the readout circuit, at a second point of time that differs from the first point in time, a second output voltage of the pixel; wherein the second point in time occurs during the first period or the second period; wherein a difference between the first and second output voltage is indicative of a temperature of the pixel.
US10574914B2	Methods and apparatus for actuator control Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for actuator control. The methods and apparatus may comprise various circuits and/or systems to detect an induced voltage and various signal processing functions to utilize the induced voltage to control the actuator. The apparatus for actuator control may comprise an induced voltage detection circuit and adjust the actuator position according to the detected induced voltage.
US10574911B2	Multispectral imaging apparatus A lens compound for connecting to an interchangeable lens mount of a digital camera having a single image sensor, the lens compound including a body; a single mount connecting ring mounted on the body for connecting to the lens mount of the digital camera; at least two lenses of substantially identical focal length mounted in the body; and a different single or multi bandpass filter associated with each of the lenses, allowing the passage of at least one visible band and one non-visible band, selected from the group consisting of near infra-red bands and ultra violet bands of light, through the filters to the sensor; wherein the lenses are of substantially identical field of view and substantially identical image circle at a sensor plane of the image sensor.
US10574905B2	System and methods for depth regularization and semiautomatic interactive matting using RGB-D images Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of this invention perform depth regularization and semiautomatic interactive matting using images. In an embodiment of the invention, the image processing pipeline application directs a processor to receive (i) an image (ii) an initial depth map corresponding to the depths of pixels within the image, regularize the initial depth map into a dense depth map using depth values of known pixels to compute depth values of unknown pixels, determine an object of interest to be extracted from the image, generate an initial trimap using the dense depth map and the object of interest to be extracted from the image, and apply color image matting to unknown regions of the initial trimap to generate a matte for image matting.
US10574903B2	Coordinated parking-monitoring system A coordinated parking-monitoring system comprises a plurality of camera-based parking-monitoring devices. Each camera in the coordinated parking-monitoring system can effectively monitor more parking areas than a single camera-based parking-monitoring device.
US10574901B2	Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium An image processing apparatus comprises: a conversion unit configured to convert a characteristic of an image signal; and a display control unit configured to generate information indicating a relationship of image signals before and after conversion is performed by the conversion unit, and cause a display to display the information indicating a relationship of image signals, wherein the display control unit generates the information indicating a relationship of image signals, so as to include information indicating a relationship of scales of signals before and after conversion and information indicating a relationship of signal values before and after conversion.
US10574900B2	Optical instrument and control method for aperture An optical instrument, comprising an optical system including a focus lens group, an aperture that restricts light flux that passes through the optical system, an aperture motor that sets opening amount for the aperture, a memory that stores first information that represents a relationship between position of the focus lens group and appropriate aperture value and second information that represents a relationship between the aperture value and opening amount of the aperture, and a controller that, when controlling opening amount of the aperture using the aperture motor in accordance with position of the focus lens group, calculates an appropriate aperture value based on the first information and position of the focus lens group, calculates opening amount of the aperture based on the second information and the aperture value that has been calculated, and controls the opening amount to the opening amount of the aperture that has been calculated.
US10574895B2	Image capturing method and camera equipped electronic device Methods for capturing images using camera-equipped electronic devices and electronic devices are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a camera, at least one sensor, and a processor electrically connected with the display, the camera, and the at least one sensor, wherein the processor is configured to receive a signal for obtaining an image, obtain a preview image through the camera in response to the received signal, identify a first motion of the electronic device through the at least one sensor while the preview image obtained through the camera is displayed through the display, and control the electronic device based on the identified first motion and the preview image.
US10574879B1	Systems and methods for alignment of check during mobile deposit An alignment guide may be provided in the field of view of a camera associated with a mobile device used to capture an image of a check. When the image of the check is within the alignment guide in the field of view, an image may be taken by the camera and provided from the mobile device to a financial institution. The alignment guide may be adjustable at the mobile device. The image capture may be performed automatically by the camera or the mobile device as soon as the image of the check is determined to be within the alignment guide. The check may be deposited in a user's bank account based on the image. Any technique for sending the image to the financial institution may be used.
US10574878B2	Electronic system with eye protection An electronic system including a display device, an image sensor, a face detection engine, an eye detection engine and an eye protection engine is provided. The image sensor captures an image. The face detection engine recognizes a user face in the image. The eye detection engine recognizes user eyes in the image. The eye protection engine turns off the display device when the user eyes are recognized in the image but the user face is not recognized in the image.
US10574877B2	Mobile terminal The present invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising: a first body unit; a second body unit; a display unit; a camera module; and a control unit, wherein when the second body unit rotationally moves toward the first body unit, if the angle between the first body unit and the second body unit is not more than a first angle and not less than a second angle, the control unit operates the camera module to photograph an image, and if the angle between the first body unit and the second body unit is less than the second angle, the control unit stops the image photographing of the camera module, and wherein when returning the second body unit so that the angle between the first body unit and the second body unit is greater than or equal to the first angle, the control unit displays the image photographed by the camera module on the display unit.
US10574872B2	Methods and apparatus for single-chip multispectral object detection An imaging system may include an array of pixel blocks that each have multiple pixels over which a single microlens is formed. A lens system may be formed over the multiple pixels. The lens system may have an aperture and a filter system, which includes multiple portions each corresponding to a pixel of the multiple pixels, formed at the aperture. The multiple portions may have multiple band pass filters of different wavelengths. During imaging operations, a light emitting diode of a given wavelength may be used to brighten an object for detection. A band pass filter may correspond to the given wavelength of the light emitting diode. Subtraction circuitry may subtract signals obtained using a band pass filter from signals obtained using the band pass filter corresponding to the given wavelength to generate object detection data.
US10574871B2	Camera and lens assembly Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.
US10574864B2	Transmitting device, transmitting method, receiving device, and receiving method To enable a receiving side to appropriately perform processing of obtaining display image data from transmission video data having a predetermined photoelectric conversion characteristic. Input video data is processing and transmission video data having a predetermined photoelectric conversion characteristic is obtained. Encoding processing is applied to the transmission video data and a video stream is obtained. A container of a predetermined format, including the video stream, is transmitted. Information indicating a photoelectric conversion of the input video data is inserted into the video stream and/or the container.
US10574862B2	Printing device supply component In some examples, a supply component for a printing device includes a memory device comprising corrective data to produce a customized color table for a first color gamut, wherein the corrective data corresponds to nodes of a reference color table for the printing device that is able to employ a plurality of color gamuts for printing. The corrective data comprises a plurality of residual values to transform the nodes of the reference color table to the customized color table. The corrective data is accessible by the printing device to transform the reference color table to the customized color table used for printing to a media using the first color gamut.
US10574852B2	Imaging optical mechanism, reading module, and image reading apparatus An imaging optical mechanism includes a first concave mirror and a second concave mirror at a position shifted from the first concave mirror in a sub-scanning direction. A plurality of aperture members in which slits are formed is disposed between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror. The first concave mirror reflects light incident from an original document so as not to be imaged at a position between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror in the sub-scanning direction, and reflects light incident from the original document so as to be imaged at the position between the first concave mirror and the second concave mirror in a main scanning direction. The second concave mirror reflects light which is reflected by the first concave mirror and incident thereto, so as to be imaged at a position of a sensor.
US10574849B2	Image forming apparatus, control method of image forming apparatus, and program An import unit of an image forming apparatus performs control as follows. If an import target setting value corresponds to a device setting, the import unit determines whether the setting value complies with the security rule. If it is determined that the setting value complies with the security rule, the import unit executes the import processing of the setting value. If it is determined that the setting value does not comply with the security rule, the import unit does not execute the import processing of the setting value. Further, if an import target setting value corresponds to an individual setting, the import unit executes the import processing of the setting value regardless of the security rule.
US10574832B1	Call redirect from mobile device in IPBX Apparatus and methods concerning call routing are disclosed. As an example, one apparatus includes an interface circuit configured to route calls between a cellular network or PSTN and a plurality of communication devices on an IP network, each of the plurality of communication devices corresponding to a respective telephone extension. In response to receiving a first call notification from one of a plurality of mobile devices, a processing circuit of the apparatus caches the call notification for a period of time in a first database. A first call notification indicates a source number and a destination number. In response to a first incoming call via the cellular or PSTN network from the source number included in the cached call notification, the processing circuit redirects the call to the destination number indicated in the call notification via the cellular or PSTN network.
US10574831B2	Systems and methods for identifying virtual communication platform users Methods for handling traffic between a first network including a virtual communication platform and a second network, such as a circuit-switched network, include inserting customer identifiers into data packets. For traffic sent to the second network, the packets with the identifiers are transmitted to a trunking service that uses the identifier to determine one or more applicable service attributes for handling the data contained within the packets. For data traffic received from the second network, the virtual communication platform uses the identifiers to determine a destination, such as an endpoint device, for the traffic within the first network.
US10574829B2	Integrating additional information into a telecommunications call Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing information. A request is received by a call routing server to establish a call between a client device and a remote telecommunications device. A given transmission criterion that triggered distribution of the particular digital component to the client device is determined by a call context server. A set of contextual information that is mapped to the given transmission criterion is identified, by the call context server, in a data store storing a mapping of transmission criteria to contextual information. The client device is connected, by the call routing server, to the remote telecommunications device using the phone number. The set of contextual information is transmitted to the remote telecommunications device or a computing device that is associated with the remote telecommunications device while the call is being connected or in progress.
US10574826B2	Visual voicemail method for managing deleted messages A method for managing visual voicemail messages includes displaying a list of voicemail messages on a telecommunications handset, receiving user commands for operating on the voicemail messages including a delete message command and in response to a delete message command, marking a voicemail message for deletion with a delete timestamp and moving the voicemail message to a Deleted Messages folder. A Deleted Message Age Indicator function processes to control permanent deletion of voicemail messages in the Deleted Messages folder based on delete timestamps and a global Delete Time value in cooperation with a visual voicemail platform.
US10574823B2	Method for optimal utilization of an application-controlled queue for calls that is provided in a telecommunication system A method for optimum utilization of a queue for calls is provided in a telecommunication system and is controlled by an application, as well as an appropriate telecommunication system. Each call that is in the queue has a particular queue property and can be assigned to an agent, to a two-way announcement that is played by an announcement memory and that is capable of interaction with a call, or to remain in the queue. The method is distinguished in that a call assigned to a two-way announcement is allocated a parameter that causes the queue property of the call to be retained.
US10574821B2	Information providing method, information providing system, and information providing device An information providing method includes acquiring speech information indicating what a user tells an operator through a call, generating voice recognition data indicating a voice recognition result of the speech information by performing a voice recognition process on the acquired speech information, extracting first information on a desire of the user from the generated voice recognition data, acquiring second information associated with the first extracted information, and presenting the second acquired information to a terminal device that is used by the operator.
US10574818B1	Response quality index for service sessions Techniques are described for analyzing communications sent during a service session to provide (e.g., customer) service on a social media channel, the analysis to determine a quality of service provided during the session. Natural language processing, lexical analysis, pattern matching, or other types of analysis may be used to determine an empathy factor and a conversational factor for communications between a service representative (SR) and a user during a session. The factors may be combined with other factors, such as a timely acknowledgement factor and a timely resolution factor, to generate a response quality index (RQI) for the session. Based on the RQI, feedback information may be generated and sent to the SR. In some implementations, the communications may be analyzed and feedback information sent to the SR in real time during the session, to dynamically improve service quality.
US10574806B2	Mobile terminal, method and device for adding and sharing contact Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method and device of adding and sharing a contact. The method for adding a contact of a mobile terminal includes that: a first mobile terminal receives first target contact information from a second mobile terminal, wherein the first target contact information is information of a contact needing to be added to the first mobile terminal, and the first target contact information is pre-stored in the second mobile terminal; and the first mobile terminal adds the first target contact information to an address book. The present disclosure solves a problem in which the manual addition of contact information to a mobile terminal is complex.
US10574805B2	Cloud-based contacts management Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a system for managing and adding contacts. A first mobile device can display an image that can be recorded by a second mobile device. Similarly, the first mobile device can record an image displayed by the second mobile device. The image data from each mobile device can be transmitted to a cloud based contact management system, which can match the images to contact information associated with each mobile device. The contact management system can then push the contact details of each mobile device to the other mobile device, and/or link social media accounts associated with each mobile device. The contact management system can also store connection records that represent an ongoing authorization to push contact information changes from each user to the other, respectively.
US10574801B1	Grip pad A grip pad holds items, such as a mobile device or cell phone, to a support surface, such as a dashboard of a vehicle. The grip pad has a tacky bottom surface to releasably cling to the dashboard, and a tacky top surface to releasably cling to the cell phone. In addition, the grip pad can conform to a contour of the dashboard. The grip pad can have a bottom layer that is flexible to bend to an arcuate shape to match the dashboard.
US10574793B2	Method, apparatus and terminal device for communication protocol compatibility The present disclosure provides a method, an apparatus and a terminal device for communication protocol compatibility. The method includes: receiving an external protocol list transmitted by an external device and retrieving a locally stored local protocol list; taking one of a same version information of the external protocol list and the local protocol list as matched version information, if the external protocol list and the local protocol list have the same version information; and taking the local protocol corresponding to the snatched version information as the protocol for communicating with the external device, and transmitting the matched version information to the external device. As a result, when the terminal device and the external device have the same communication protocol, they can perform data exchange using the same communication protocol automatically, which reduces the possibility of the incompatibility in the communication protocol so as to improve the communication success rate.
US10574790B2	Scripting web services A process performed on a server includes configuring the server to enable script for a Web service to be defined dynamically, where the Web service includes an application program interface (API) for enabling access by, and interaction with, a computer program executing on a device other than the server. The process also includes compiling the script to produce machine-executable code for the Web service, receiving a call from the computer program to the Web service, executing the machine-executable code in response to the call to produce an output, and sending the output to the device.
US10574769B2	Internet protocol multimedia subsystem connection management A device can be configured to receive first internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) data from a user device, provide the first IMS registration data to an IMS device, maintain—on behalf of the user device—an IMS connection between the user device and the IMS device. In addition, the device an receive, from the IMS device, an IMS invite addressed to the user device, temporarily hold the IMS invite, provide a push notification device with a push notification request specifying the user device, receive second IMS registration data from the user device, and perform an action based on the second IMS registration data.
US10574747B2	Improving peer-to-peer network performance through coordination of digital content distribution Implementations disclosed herein can be used to improve the distribution of digital content in a peer-to-peer network. In certain embodiments, computing devices are mapped into different groups based on location information, and inter-group information, including historical inter-group information associated with at least one of inter-group data transfer rate information and inter-group availability information, is accessed and used to identify a first group of computing devices to send download requests for digital content, wherein the first group includes a first number of idle and available computer devices greater than a number of idle and available computer devices of another group of the computing devices. The download request for the digital content is effected or recommended to be sent from a second computing device mapped to a second group of the computing devices to a first computing device mapped to the first group.
US10574741B2	Multi-level load balancing Various methods are provided for facilitating the assignment of a DNS name to load balancers in a dynamically partitioned cluster environment. One example method may comprise receiving cluster configuration information from a cluster configuration observer, the cluster configuration information comprising information indicative of each of a plurality of instances of running application and one or more servers and associated ports to which at least one of the plurality of instances is bound, receiving a request from a first level load balancer requiring a call to the first application, determining, based on the cluster configuration information, to which port the instance of the first application is bound, and transmitting the request to the port to which the instance of the first application is bound.
US10574736B2	Local microservice development for remote deployment Managing microservice function requests is provided. A request originating from a browser of the computer to execute a function corresponding to a microservice locally deployed on the computer is received using a software development kit operating in the computer. The request to execute the function is routed to the microservice using a local reverse proxy running in the software development kit. Other requests originating from the browser of the computer to execute one or more other functions corresponding to one or more microservices in a remotely deployed microservice architecture that interact with the function corresponding to the microservice are received using the software development kit. The other requests to execute the one or more other functions corresponding to the one or more microservices in the remotely deployed microservice architecture are routed, via a single uniform resource locator corresponding to a remote reverse proxy, using the local reverse proxy.
US10574724B2	Automatic discovery of management nodes and generation of CLI using HA module Systems and methods for communicating with the Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API), by providing a set of libraries for the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) verbs used (that function without providing the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) to the management server in which the REST API resides) are disclosed. A caller requires no knowledge of where the management server is located in a high-availability (HA) situation, in which the management server can easily migrate and the Internet Protocol (IP)/URL can change frequently. A high-availability module automatically searches a command-line interface (CLI) and associated libraries, based on REST API OPTION functions. With each of the resources specified by the OPTIONS on the root (REST API root), the CLI requests the OPTIONS to dynamically build the entire CLI object to communicate with the API. Because of Marvin's HA HTTP verbs, the CLI object is HA enabled, making the HA system's architecture transparent to the calling library or user.
US10574718B2	Packaging content for delivery Systems and methods for delivering content to user equipment are described. The content may be delivered using Internet Protocol (IP) delivery, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) delivery, or another delivery format. For example, the system may receive content including a plurality of segments. The system may use manifest data to identify each of the plurality of segments. The system may also use the manifest data to generate index data for the plurality of segments, and the index data may be delivered to user devices with the plurality of segments. In some aspects, the system may use location information (e.g., timestamps, such as program clock references) for one or more data packet of the one of the plurality of segments to generate location information for other data packets.
US10574717B1	Network-adaptive live media encoding system A contribution encoder receives media from a source, encodes the media, and transmits the encoded media to a network-adaptive encoding system for eventual distribution to end users. The network-adaptive encoding system tests a network connection between the contribution encoder and the network-adaptive encoding system before transmission of the encoded media begins. The network-adaptive encoding system uses the results of the test to select appropriate values for parameters that define the encoding and transmission of the media. The selected parameter values are transmitted by the network-adaptive encoding system to the contribution encoder for use in encoding and transmitting the media.
US10574710B2	Managing access to communication sessions with communication identifiers of users and using chat applications A server is configured to provide a service that manages access to communication sessions supported by at least one communication service and to which user devices connect. The service assigns to users registered with the service respective communication identifiers that the users, and unregistered users of the service, use to access the communication sessions via user devices. The service maps each communication identifier to a list of communication sessions, if any, in which the respective user is currently participating and/or is scheduled to participate. The service receives from a user device a join request from a requester. The join request indicates a particular communication identifier of a particular user registered with the service and a requester identifier. The service connects the user device to a communication session, if any, based on the particular communication identifier and the requester identifier.
US10574704B1	Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to third-party privacy compliant target systems Selective regulation of information transmission from mobile applications to a third-party privacy compliant target system. A privacy policy is configured for and mapped to each of a multiplicity of mobile application concerns, with each privacy policy comprising rules regulating the transmission of information to a third-party privacy compliant target system. Instrumentation instructions can be integrated with a mobile application and provided to a mobile device. The instrumentation instructions direct the mobile application to submit a privacy policy request comprising a mobile application identifier from the mobile device to a third-party privacy compliance system and enable sending information from the mobile device to the third-party privacy compliant target system, subject to the privacy policy. The privacy policy request is received at the third-party privacy compliance system which selects the privacy policy based on an application identifier and sends the privacy policy to the mobile device for implementation.
US10574702B1	Authorization for build configuration using telemetry data assessment A system assesses a security configuration proposed for production on a target computer system. The system may receive the security configuration proposed for production and obtain telemetry metrics generated based on security configurations implemented on one or more computer systems of the service provider. The system may assess a security configuration proposed for deployment based on telemetry metrics and generate status information based on the assessment. An authorization recommendation may be provided based whether the status information indicates that the proposed security configuration satisfies one or more conditions.
US10574700B1	Systems and methods for managing computer security of client computing machines A computer-implemented method for managing computer security of client computing machines may include (i) monitoring a set of client computing devices, (ii) receiving security data on sets of security-related events from each client computing device in the set of client computing devices, (iii) clustering the sets of security-related events by calculating a dissimilarity value, for each set of security-related events, that indicates a uniqueness of the set of security-related events in relation to other sets of security-related events using a dissimilarity function and adjusting the dissimilarity function based on a homogeneity of clusters of sets of security-related events, (iv) determining, based on clustering the sets of security-related events by the dissimilarity value, that a set of security-related events comprises an anomaly, and (v) performing a security action in response to determining that the set of security-related events comprises the anomaly. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10574695B2	Gateway apparatus, detecting method of malicious domain and hacked host thereof, and non-transitory computer readable medium A gateway apparatus, a detecting method of malicious domain and hacked host thereof, and a non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The detecting method includes the following steps: capturing network traffics, and parsing traces and channels from the network traffics. Each channel is related to a link between a domain and an Internet Protocol (IP) address, and each trace is related to an http request requested from the IP address for asking the domain. Then, a trace-channel behavior graph is established. The malicious degree model is trained based on the trace-channel behavior graph and threat intelligence. Accordingly, a malicious degree of an unknown channel can be determined, thereby providing a detecting method with high precision.
US10574689B1	Mitigating mobile OS intrusions from user space applications using secure services and biometric identification A method for mitigating intrusions to a mobile operating system (OS) that begins with the instantiation of secure services and corresponding data in secure service partitions by a secure multivisor running on a mobile device running a secure real-time operating system (RTOS). One of the secure services can be a biometric security service having corresponding biometric data defining a user's identity. The secure multivisor can instantiate a user space partition running a virtual machine with a guest OS having installed client software applications. When the virtual machine, a client software application, or a user requests interaction with the secure RTOS that meets a predefined privilege threshold, the biometric security service can determine the biometric identity of the user. When the determined biometric identity of the user matches a required biometric identity of the interaction, the biometric security service can allow the interaction with the secure RTOS.
US10574683B1	Methods and system for detecting behavioral indicators of compromise in infrastructure A novel enterprise security solution allows for precise interception and surgical response to attack progression, in real time, as it occurs across a distributed infrastructure. The solution includes a data monitoring and management framework that continually models system level host and network activities as mutually exclusive infrastructure wide execution sequences and bucketizes them into unique execution trails. A multimodal intelligent security middleware detects indicators of compromise in real-time on top of subsets of each unique execution trail using rule based behavioral analytics, machine learning based anomaly detection, and other sources. Each detection result dynamically contributes to aggregated risk scores at execution trail level granularities. These scores can be used to prioritize and identify highest risk attack trails to end users, along with steps that such end users can perform to mitigate further damage and progression of an attack.
US10574672B2	System and method to detect bypass of a sandbox application Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to receive data related to execution of a sandboxed process, determine if a high privileged process was created by the sandboxed process, and block the sandboxed process from executing if the high privileged process was created by the sandboxed process and the data indicates the sandboxed process is attempting a sandbox bypass attack. In an example, the high privileged process was created by the sandboxed process if a resource folder is associated with a sandbox folder. In another example, the high privileged process was created by the sandboxed process if a resource folder was created by a broker process in response to a request by the sandboxed process.
US10574671B2	Method for monitoring security in an automation network, and automation network An automation network includes a plurality of data processing devices that are connected to one another for data communication. At least one data processing device in a first state, from the plurality of data processing devices, is preconfigured such that it generates corresponding messages upon identifying one or more security-relevant events. The messages are transmitted to at least one first software tool configured to record and evaluate the messages to determine whether there is a security-relevant attack on the automation network. The messages are transmitted to a second software tool configured to record and evaluate the messages and to determine whether the corresponding messages are generated by the at least one data processing device.
US10574664B2	Device zoning in a network gateway device The disclosure is directed to a network gateway device (“gateway”) that provides various network management features, including a device zoning feature in which client computing devices (“client devices”) connected to the gateway are assigned to different device zones. The client devices connected to the gateway form a local area network (LAN) of the gateway, and can access an external network, e.g., Internet, using the gateway. Each of the device zones has a specific set of network access privileges. Different device zones can have different network access privileges and can provide device isolation in the LAN at different degrees.
US10574657B1	Automatic transaction processing failover Transaction authorization systems may include a transaction processor and an authorization server system. The transaction processor obtains transaction requests authorizations for those requests from the authorization server system. The transaction processor may require an authorization be provided within a threshold time; otherwise, the transaction may be processed without authorization. The authorization server system may be hosted using one or more nodes in a distributed system. Degradation of the performance of the distributed system may cause the performance of the authorization server system to fall below the required performance threshold and transactions may not be authorized before automatic processing. Transaction authorization systems may monitor the health of the individual nodes and/or the distributed system and automatically adjust the routing of authorizations based on current and/or future performance degradation. The transaction authorization system may also allocate additional resources and/or reroute authorizations to a separate distributed system to avoid performance degradations.
US10574653B1	Secure posture assessment A posture assessment system is provided that uses an application programming interface (“API”), integrated into a computing device operating system, to assess the posture of the computing device. The API provides temporarily heightened access to the operating system, and executes code provided by the posture assessment system. The code may cause performance of various operations on the computing device, such as generating encoded representations of operating system components, performing computationally-expensive functions to verify execution of the code, and the like. The output of these operations can be sent to the posture assessment system for verification.
US10574648B2	Methods and systems for user authentication Methods and systems for passwordless authenticating of a user are provided. A first request to access a first content is received from a first user of a first device. A first challenge is sent to the first device in response to the first request. The first challenge is resolved using a first private key associated with the first user for the first content. A first response, including a resolved challenge, is received from the first device. It is determined whether the first response is an acceptable response to the first challenge. Access to the first content is granted to the first user in response determining that the first response is an acceptable response.
US10574645B2	Authority verification system, authority verification method, and computer-readable storage medium A per-resource user authority management unit that manages user authorities per resource, a user authority refinement unit that refines authorities linked to a user by the per-resource user authorities, and an authority verification unit that determines whether execution of processing with respect to a resource is permitted by using an authority that has been refined by the user authority refinement unit are provided.
US10574643B2	Systems and methods for distribution of selected authentication information for a network of devices A system for facilitating distribution of authentication information for a network of devices to be authenticated is provided. The system comprises: an authentication module configured to obtain an identity-proofing confidence score, based on data about identity-proofing of a user obtained from an authentication service system, wherein the data about identity-proofing comprises a type of identity document of the user and a presentation method used for verifying the user's identity by the authentication service system; and an insurance module in communication with the authentication module, configured to generate a plurality of security levels for the user, wherein each of the plurality of security levels is generated based on the identity-proofing confidence score and a credential authentication confidence score that is (1) obtained with aid of at least one device from the network of devices, and (2) determined based on a credential to be used for a transaction and a presence of an anti-replay feature about the at least one device, wherein a display is configured to show a plurality of coverage plans associated with the plurality of security levels to the user for selection, such that the authentication service system performed credential authentication according to a selected coverage plan.
US10574630B2	Methods and apparatus for malware threat research Methods for classifying computer objects as malware and the associated apparatus are disclosed. An exemplary method includes, at a base computer, receiving data about a computer object from each of plural remote computers on which the object or similar objects are stored and or processed and counting the number of times in a given time period objects having one or more common attributes or behaviors that have been seen by the remote computers. The counted number is then compared with the expected number based on past observations, and if the comparison exceeds a predetermined threshold, the objects are flagged as unsafe or as suspicious.
US10574629B2	Header translation modification There is disclosed a video player comprising a Widevine decoder, further comprising: a receiver for receiving an asset and an associated manifest file; a search engine for searching the manifest file to identify a KeyID field; a Widevine header creation module for creating a Widevine header including: a KeyID field corresponding to the identified KeyID field of the asset manifest file; and a ContentID field based on the identified KeyID field of the asset manifest file, wherein the format of the KeyID field and the created ContentID field of the created Widevine header are different; an interface for transmitting a request for a license to a Widevine license server, the request including the created Widevine header, and for receiving a Widevine license from the Widevine license server responsive to the request; and a controller for accessing video content associated with the asset using the Widevine license. There is disclosed a Widevine license server configured to: receive a license request including a Widevine header from a video player; transmit the Widevine header to a Widevine processing function; receive the ContentID field of the Widevine header from the Widevine processing function; parse the ContentID field, and in dependence on identification of the syntax of said field, using the KeyID field to obtain a Widevine license; and transmit the accessed Widevine license to the video player.
US10574627B2	Dynamic orthogonal local DHCP IP pools for wireless access points An access point (AP) operates in a network of APs, each configured with a distinct IP address with which to communicate with a wide area network (WAN), and each configured to connect wirelessly with wireless client devices seeking access to the WAN via the each AP. The AP derives, based on the distinct IP address, a standalone pool of IP addresses for assignment to wireless client devices, such that the IP addresses do not overlap with IP addresses of any other standalone pool of IP addresses derived by any other of the APs; The AP operates in a standalone mode to: receive from wireless client devices connecting with the AP respective requests for IP addresses for use by the wireless client devices; and responsive to each request, dynamically assign to the wireless client device that sent the request a respective IP address from the standalone pool of IP addresses.
US10574624B2	Staged deployment of rendezvous tables for selecting a content delivery network (CDN) A computer-implemented method in a content delivery network (CDN), wherein the CDN delivers content on behalf of at least one content provider. The CDN includes a rendezvous system that selects CDN servers for clients. In response to a request by a rendezvous mechanism in the rendezvous system, a first given function is evaluated. Based on the outcome of the evaluating, the rendezvous mechanism uses either a first table or a second table. The first table was generated by a first table generation mechanism for use by said rendezvous mechanism to select CDN servers for clients, and the second table was generated by a second table generation mechanism for use by the rendezvous mechanism to select CDN servers for clients.
US10574615B2	Heterogeneous content in email inbox Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for integrating first class objects with email messages in an email inbox of an email client. In one example, a request is sent via the email client for first class object data to one or more data sources, where each data source of the one or more data sources includes first class object data of a different first class object type. The first class object data may be received at the email client from the one or more data sources. One or more first class objects may be created from the first class object data for injecting into an email inbox of the email client. The email inbox including at least some of the one or more first class objects and a plurality of email messages may be rendered in a user interface to the email client.
US10574613B2	Context-based personalized summarization of missed messages A method, computer system, and a computer program product for generating a chat summary personalized to a user is provided. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of input interactions associated with the user. The present invention may include determining a user profile based on the received plurality of input interactions, whereby the determined user profile includes a plurality of topics of interest. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of missed messages. The present invention may include determining a plurality of message clusters from the plurality of missed messages, whereby a topic is associated with each message cluster. The present invention may include ranking the determined plurality of message clusters based on comparing the topic associated with each message cluster to the plurality of topics of interest. The present invention may include presenting the ranked plurality of message clusters to the user.
US10574603B2	Method, electronic device, and storage medium for providing service Disclosed is an electronic device including: a display that displays screens; a processor that displays, on the display of the electronic device, presence information of one or more counterpart devices associated with a first communication service provided through a browser application, receives a user input for communication with the one or more counterpart devices, and displays, on the display, a second screen of the browser application providing a second communication service in response to the user input; a first module including a plurality of modules for providing the first communication service; a second module including a plurality of modules for providing a second communication service; and a control module that controls the first module and the second module.
US10574600B1	Electronic mailbox for online and offline activities Techniques providing an email service for particular activities may be described. For example, an email message sent by an entity to an email address of a user may be received. The email address may identify an email box accessible to the user via a user interface of the email box. The email message may describe a status of an item ordered by the user from the entity. The description may use a format specific to the entity. A summary may be generated based on the email message. The summary may describe the status of the item in a different format. This format may be common to generated summaries, such that the summary may include fields common to another summary generated for another email message of another entity. The summary may be provided for presentation in the user interface of the email box.
US10574595B2	System and method for elastic scaling of virtualized network functions over a software defined network When network function virtualization (NFV) is overlaid on top of a SDN, a convergence gateway mediates between the orchestrator and the SDN controller. The convergence gateway collects from the orchestrator the information on the location, capacity, status, and usage information of all virtualized functions that run on SDN's physical platforms, and passes that information to the controller. The controller decides to optimally route a data flow for service chaining by obeying traffic engineering and quality of service policies of that data flow, choosing from available virtualized functions along that route. An information model based approach is also presented for information sharing across the orchestrator, convergence gateway and controller.
US10574587B1	Systems and methods for cloud-based application access to resources Systems and methods which facilitate access to computing resources by cloud-based applications are described. Embodiments enable cloud-based applications to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, such as printers, scales, scanners, and storage devices, for performing various functions. In operation according to embodiments, a user agent client application is executed by computing equipment in communication with a computing resource to which access is to be provided to one or more cloud-based applications. Although embodiments implement a user interface client application which is separate from a user agent client application, tight integration between a user interface client application and user agent client application may be provided. Embodiments not only facilitate operation whereby a cloud-based application is enabled to provide output to and/or obtain input from computing resources, but also facilitate remote and/or shared client interaction with such computing resources.
US10574576B1	Latency tracking Some embodiments of the invention provide a path-and-latency tracking (PLT) method. At a forwarding element, this method in some embodiments detects the path traversed by a data message through a set of forwarding elements, and the latency that the data message experiences at each of the forwarding elements in the path. In some embodiments, the method has a forwarding element in the path insert its forwarding element identifier and path latency in a header of the data message that it forwards. The method of some embodiments also uses fast PLT operators in the data plane of the forwarding elements to detect new data message flows, to gather PLT data from these data message flows, and to detect path or latency changes for previously detected data message flows. In some embodiments, the method then uses control plane processes (e.g., of the forwarding elements or other devices) to collect and analyze the PLT data gathered in the data plane from new or existing flows.
US10574575B2	Network flow stitching using middle box flow stitching Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for flow stitching network traffic flow segments at a middlebox in a network environment. In some embodiments, a method can include collecting flow records of traffic flow segments at a middlebox in a network environment including one or more transaction identifiers assigned to the traffic flow segments. The traffic flow segments can correspond to one or more traffic flows passing through the middlebox and flow directions of the traffic flow segments with respect to the middlebox can be identified using the flow records. The traffic flow segments can be stitched together based on the one or more transaction identifiers and the flow directions of the traffic flow segments to form a stitched traffic flow of the one or more traffic flows passing through the middlebox. The stitched traffic flow can be incorporated as part of network traffic data for the network environment.
US10574570B2	Communication processing method and apparatus The present application discloses a communication processing method and apparatus. A specific implementation of the method includes: receiving, through a tunnel bridge to a first physical machine, a packet sent from a virtual machine, the first physical machine being a host machine of the virtual machine; determining whether the packet is an Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) request packet, and obtaining a destination address of the packet; if the packet is the ARP request packet and a destination address of the packet is not an address of a virtual machine in the first physical machine, writing a predetermined pseudo physical address into an ARP response and returning the ARP response; and if the packet is not the ARP request packet, sending the packet to a terminal associated with the destination address of the packet. This implementation reduces load of network nodes.
US10574567B2	Modeling a border gateway protocol network Methods and systems for generating a model of a transit autonomous system (AS) network. The method comprises analyzing the routing information base for each border gateway protocol (BGP) node in the AS and storing, for each BGP router, (i) a routing table; and, (ii) a prioritized list of next hops for each prefix based on the appropriate best path algorithm. The model can be used to (a) determine how traffic will be routed through the transit AS in steady state and failure scenarios (e.g. when one or more links or nodes/routers have failed); and/or (b) determine how traffic should be routed through the transit AS (e.g. determine the best routes) in steady state and failure scenarios. The optimal routing of the traffic in a particular steady state or failure scenario (as determined by the model) can be compared to the actual routing of the traffic in the steady state or failure scenario (as determined by the model) to determine what changes to make to the transit AS to achieve the optimum routing.
US10574560B2	Specifying link layer information in a URL A system of specifying link layer information in a URL is described. In an embodiment, a URL is generated which includes both a link layer network type and information which is used by a resolving device to identify a particular link layer network of the specified type. In various embodiments, the URL includes a link layer network type and a corresponding link layer network name or pairs of link layer network types and corresponding link layer network names. Where the URL comprises more than one link layer network name, the resolving device may determine at runtime which of the named link layer networks to connect to and this decision may be based on criteria or preference information included within the URL.
US10574554B2	Control of applications that use system resources System resources on a computer system are conserved by controlling the applications that use those system resources. This can be accomplished by monitoring an indication of use of a system resource by a plurality of applications, determining whether the indication of use exceeds a predetermined threshold of use, if the indication of use exceeds the predetermined threshold of use then bundling the applications using that system resource into a resource group, and assigning a resource usage rate to the resource group for a period of time, the assigned resource usage rate being below the indication of use of that system resource, and the assigned resource usage rate applying collectively to the applications in the resource group.
US10574553B2	Fault isolation for a controller area network Methods and systems are provided for evaluating a CAN that includes a CAN bus and a plurality of modules configured to communicate over the CAN bus. A voltage sensor may be provided in electrical communication with the CAN bus. A number (N) of pairs of voltages may be read. Each pair may include a CAN high (CAN-H) value and a CAN low (CAN-L) value. The N pair of voltages may be processed through a comparison of the CAN-H values and the CAN-L values. Whether a fault signature is present in the CAN-H and CAN-L values may be determined from the processing.
US10574546B2	Network monitoring using selective mirroring A network element includes multiple interfaces and circuitry. The interfaces are configured to connect to a communication system. The circuitry is configured to monitor a respective buffering parameter of data flows received via an ingress interface and queued while awaiting transmission via respective egress interfaces, to identify, based on the respective buffering parameter, at least one data flow for mirroring, to select one or more packets of the identified data flow for analysis by a network manager, and to send the selected packets to the network manager over the communication system via an egress interface.
US10574541B2	Localized sensor quality analysis and control A computer-implemented method comprising capturing measurement data via a first sensor suite, broadcasting the measurement data via short-range communication, receiving, via the short-range communication, a broadcast including a quality control analysis result corresponding to the measurement data and determined by a second sensor suite, acting on the quality control analysis result, and performing quality control analysis for a third sensor suite.
US10574537B2	Method for enhancing quality of media transmitted via network A method for enhancing quality of media transmitted via network uses an AI enhancing model built-in the client device to enhance the quality of video streams received from network. The AI enhance module is pre-trained by using a neural network in the server to analyze differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Wherein, the AI enhance module enhances decoded images by using algorithms which are defined by analyzing differences between the decoded images and the raw images that are generated by the server. Such that, the enhanced images are visually more similar to the raw images than the decoded images do.
US10574523B2	Systems and methods for cloud-deployments with imperatives Systems and methods for facilitating cloud-computing provisioning using deployment templates. A deployment management system receives a deployment template that includes a declarative portion specifying a plurality of resources to be deployed and an imperative portion specifying at least one procedure for adding, reconfiguring, or terminating a resource. The deployment management system generates an enumeration of a set of resources deployed prior to implementing a transition based on the deployment template, and generates a second enumeration of resources prospectively representative of a deployment conformant with the template subsequent to implementing the transition. The deployment management system identifies difference between the enumerations and generates a transition plan including a sequence of procedures for implementing the deployment template. In some implementations, an administrator can modify the transition plan. In some implementations, the transition plan includes conditional logic sequences and/or operations triggered by events.
US10574506B2	Communication configuration device A communication configuration device installed in at least one of a plurality of communication terminals that are designed to be connected in a manner to establish a wireless network includes one or more processors receiving, through a network interface, setting information providing communication settings for all of the plurality of communication terminals; evaluating the second setting information; and if the setting information indicates that one or more of the settings of the communication terminal in which the communication configuration device is installed need to be changed, causing a corresponding setting in the original setting information stored in a storage unit to be replaced with an updated setting indicated in the setting information so that the updated setting is applied to said communication terminal.
US10574482B2	Multi-perimeter firewall in the cloud Systems and methods for providing multi-perimeter firewalls via a virtual global network are disclosed. In one embodiment the network system may comprise an egress ingress point in communication with a first access point server, a second access point server in communication with the first access point server, an endpoint device in communication with the second access point server, a first firewall in communication with the first access point server, and a second firewall in communication with the second access point server. The first and second firewalls may prevent traffic from passing through their respective access point servers. The first and second may be in communication with each other and exchange threat information.
US10574480B2	Tunnelling time-critical messages between substations over WAN A method includes transmitting time-critical messages in an OSI layer 2 network tunnel from a first IED in a first substation to a second IED in a second substation over a WAN, wherein each of the first and second substation comprises an edge IED and is associated with a substation LAN, wherein each of the time-critical messages comprises message parameters. The method includes: creating a translation table comprising corresponding values of the message parameters, between the LANs and the WAN; defining a virtual IED in the second substation using the translated values of the message parameters, to impersonate the first IED; translating the message parameters according to the translation table, by the edge IED of the first and second substation; forwarding the time-critical messages from the first IED in the first substation to the WAN; and receiving the time-critical messages by the second IED in the second substation from the WAN.
US10574476B2	Method and apparatus of managing guest room Certain example embodiments relate to a method and/or apparatus for managing a guest room, and for example, for assigning a guest room based on customized setting information provided by a user and thereafter managing the guest room based on the setting information.
US10574474B2	Integrated power receptacle wireless access point (AP) adapter devices Integrated power receptacle wireless access point (AP) adapter devices for adapting a power-over-Ethernet (PoE) wall outlet into an access point. Described herein are scalable, dedicated adapters that may be used to adapt an Ethernet wall jack (PoE or non-PoE) into an access point, gigabit switch and PoE power source. These apparatuses may interface with an Ethernet wall jack connected to a network, converting the Ethernet wall jack to an access point and also include a plurality of additional Ethernet connections, including at least one power-over-Ethernet connection.
US10574469B1	Physically unclonable function and method for generating a digital code A physically unclonable function (PUF) is implemented using a PUF array of single-transistor cells organized as a plurality of word lines and intersecting bit lines. A single-transistor cell is connected to a word line and bit line at each of the intersections. A current source is coupled to each of the bit lines and provides a current when a PUF cell connected to the bit line is conductive. The bit lines are organized in pairs. A PUF evaluation engine is coupled to the PUF array and provides an address for selecting a word line of the PUF array in response to a challenge. A comparator is coupled to each pair of bit lines of the PUF array for detecting a current. The comparator provides a voltage signal in response to detecting a difference current between the first and second bit line. The PUF evaluation engine receives the voltage signal and generates a logic bit.
US10574461B2	Streaming authentication and multi-level security for communications networks using quantum cryptography Message authenticators for quantum-secured communications facilitate low-latency authentication with assurances of security. Low-latency message authenticators are especially valuable in infrastructure systems where security and latency constraints are difficult to satisfy with conventional non-quantum cryptography. For example, a message transmitter receives a message and derives an authentication tag for the message based at least in part on an authenticator that uses one or more quantum keys. The message transmitter outputs the message and its authentication tag. A message receiver receives a message and authentication tag for the message. The message receiver derives a comparison tag for the message based at least in part on an authenticator that uses one or more quantum keys. The message receiver checks whether the message is authentic based on a comparison of the authentication tag and the comparison tag. In example implementations, the authenticator uses stream-wise cyclic redundancy code operations.
US10574454B1	Current key data encryption Periodically re-encrypting user data stored on a storage device, including: detecting that a data encryption key should be decommissioned; and for user data stored on the storage device that is encrypted with the data encryption key: reading the user data that is encrypted with the data encryption key from the storage device; re-encrypting the user data utilizing a current data encryption key; and writing the user data that is encrypted utilizing the current data encryption key to the storage device.
US10574453B2	System and computer program product for certified confidential data collaboration using blockchains A method for providing certified confidential data collaboration between untrusted parties, including creating a changeset proposal remotely performing a certified operation and passing the changeset proposal to the certified operation, creating a unique changeset reference validating the changeset proposal and creating a state-at-changeset structure extracting a section-state-at-changeset structure from the changeset proposal, performing a cryptographic hash of the state-at-changeset structure and the section-state-at-changeset structure, writing to a local transactional database a changeset fat twin record communicating a changeset reference notification for each fat twin record to the parties, performing a certified operation in a blockchain a certified thin twin smart contract and passing the changeset reference, the cryptographically hashed state-at-changeset structure and the cryptographically hashed section-state-at-changeset structure, validating that a previous certified operation with the same changeset reference does not exist, writing to the blockchain a new thin twin record and performing a proof-of-certified-operation on the thin twin smart contract.
US10574450B2	Optical quantum communication system A quantum communication system for distributing a key between first and second units, the system being configured to implement phase-based measurement device independent quantum cryptography, the system comprising first and second units adapted to apply phase shifts to light pulses and a detection unit adapted to cause interference between light pulses received from the first and second units and measure said interference, wherein the first and second units each comprise at least one phase modulator adapted to apply a phase shift, said phase shift comprising a global phase component and a relative phase component, wherein said global phase component represents a phase shift selected randomly in the range from 0° to 360° from a fixed phase reference and said relative phase component is a phase shift selected randomly from 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° from the phase shift introduced by the global phase component.
US10574435B2	Apparatus and method for cross-domain analysis of radio systems An apparatus for analyzing one or several radio systems is provided, having: one or several radio-frequency units for generating one or several baseband signals from one or several radio signals, a spectral analysis module for performing spectral analysis, wherein one of the baseband signals is transformed to a time-frequency domain in order to obtain a spectrogram in the time-frequency domain, one or several demodulators for generating several demodulated radio packets of the one or several radio systems from the one or several baseband signals, the demodulators providing additional information for the demodulated radio packets, a spectrogram analyzer for detecting radio packets found in the spectrogram in the time-frequency domain and for establishing one or several characteristics for each radio packet found based on the spectrogram in the time-frequency domain, and a synchronization module configured to determine one or several pairs, wherein each pair has precisely one demodulated radio packet of the demodulated radio packets, having the one or several characteristics of precisely one radio packet found of the radio packets found.
US10574432B2	Active array calibration A method of calibrating a phased array including an array of antenna elements, RF communication circuits each of which is electrically coupled to a different corresponding antenna element within the array of antenna elements, and a signal feed network that electrically couples a first signal line to second signal lines, wherein each second signal line is electrically coupled to a different corresponding RF communication circuit among the RF communication circuits, the method involving: performing a first phase of a calibration operation, the first phase of the calibration operation involving calibrating the signal feed network independent of the RF communication circuits; and performing a second phase of the calibration operation, the second phase of the calibration operation involving calibrating, independent of the signal feed network, each of the RF communication circuits until all RF communication circuits among the RF communication circuits are calibrated.
US10574431B2	Physical layer circuitry for multi-wire interface A physical layer circuitry (PHY) includes: N signal pads, a four-signal physical medium attachment sublayer (PMA) and M shielding pads. The N signal pads include at least four signal pads. The four-signal PMA is coupled to the four signal pads. The M shielding pads include at least one first shielding pad that is coupled to the four-signal PMA. Additionally, the first shielding pin is located between a second signal pad of the four signal pads and a third signal pad of the four signal pads; and M and N are positive integers.
US10574429B2	Data transmission method and device for time division duplex system A data transmission method and a data transmission device for a TDD system are provided, so as to reduce the frequency hopping operations, reduce the retuning time, prolong a valid duration for the data transmission and reduce the time period for the data transmission, and reduce the power consumption. The data transmission method includes steps of: at a predetermined retuning start time point, adjusting, by a UE, a carrier frequency for data reception and transmission within a predetermined retuning duration so as to acquire the adjusted carrier frequency; and performing, by the UE, uplink data transmission and downlink data reception at the adjusted carrier frequency with a network device within a consecutive duration in accordance with a TDD uplink-downlink configuration. The consecutive duration is a duration from a current retuning end time point to a next retuning start time point.
US10574427B2	Assured data transfer for full-duplex communication In a full duplex data transfer method system, a first transceiver and a second transceiver are configured to transmit and receive data packets. At the first transceiver, a status indicator is added to each data packet in a set of data packets and the status indicator of each data packet is initially set to not transmitted. A list of all data packets having a status indicator set to not transmitted is maintained.All data packets of the set are transmitted from the first transceiver to the second transceiver while the first transceiver receives transmissions from the second transceiver. At the second transceiver, all data packets received are saved and an indication regarding the data packets received are transmitted back to the first transceiver. At the first transceiver, the status indicator of all data packets in the list received by the second transceiver are set to received. The first transceiver then retransmits to the second transceiver all data packets of the set in the list having an indicator set to not transmitted.
US10574421B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling uplink transmissions with reduced latency A configuration can be received from a network. The configuration can enable a device to receive downlink transmissions with different TTI lengths. A first downlink assignment can be received. The first downlink assignment can indicate downlink resources for a first downlink transmission corresponding to a first TTI length. A second downlink assignment can be received. The second downlink assignment can indicate downlink resources for a second downlink transmission corresponding to a second TTI length. The first and the second downlink transmissions can be received. A number of acknowledgment bits needed can be determined in response to the first and second downlink transmissions at least based on the second downlink assignment. The acknowledgment bits can be transmitted in response to the first and second downlink transmissions in an uplink control channel associated with the second downlink assignment. The first and the second transmit time interval lengths can be different.
US10574417B2	Method and apparatus for MTC device association schemes Methods and apparatuses are described for wireless communications in which various association schemes may be performed for a machine type communication (MTC) device. In a long-term evolution (LTE) heterogeneous network, the MTC device may associate with a macro cell or a small cell using a narrowband MTC channel supported by the cells. Information about the MTC channel, including its frequency spectrum, may be transmitted to the MTC device using reserved bits in a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). Once the MTC device identifies the MTC channel, it may communicate with one or more cells during a frame or during a sub-frame. The MTC device may determine channel metrics of the cells from the MTC communication and may identify a cell with which to associate from the channel metrics. The association may be to a best downlink cell or a best uplink cell based on the operating profile of the MTC device.
US10574413B2	Uplink pilot reference signals There is provided mechanisms for assigning uplink pilot reference signals. A method is performed by a wireless device. The method comprises receiving an uplink grant and a downlink assignment for the wireless device, the uplink grant being associated with initially assigned uplink pilot reference signals. The method comprises determining at least one reciprocity pilot reference signal from the initially assigned uplink pilot reference signals, the uplink grant, and the downlink assignment. The method comprises transmitting the at least one reciprocity pilot reference signal in the uplink grant. There is provided mechanisms for detecting such uplink pilot reference signals.
US10574405B2	Terminal device, base station apparatus, communication method, and integrated circuit There is provided a terminal device which includes a transmission unit that transmits HARQ response information to a first serving cell and a second serving cell on a physical uplink shared channel in a subframe n. The physical uplink shared channel is transmitted based on a physical downlink control channel or an enhanced physical downlink control channel which is detected in a state of including a downlink control information format 0/4. Two or more serving cells are configured in the terminal device, in a case where frame constitution types of any two configured serving cells are different from each other, and in a case where a primary cell has Frame constitution type 2, BcDL is applied to the first serving cell of Frame constitution type 2 by using the following expression (1), and is applied to the second serving cell of Frame constitution type 1 by using the following expression (2).[Math. 1] BcDL=min(WDAIUL,Mc) Expression (1) [Math. 2] BcDL=min(WDAIUL+4┌(U−WDAIUL)/4┐,Mc) Expression (2)
US10574404B2	Method for transmitting or receiving a HARQ-ACK signal in wireless communication system, and device therefor A method for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat and request (HARQ) ACK/NACK signal by a reception side in a wireless communication system may further comprise the steps of: receiving a transmission block including a plurality of code blocks from a transmission side; decoding the received transmission block; and transmitting an ACK/NACK for the transmission block in units of code block groups, wherein the code.
US10574403B2	System and method for protecting data transmission Communication between a cellular network (102) and a communication device (101) occurs in a first frequency band (111) and a second frequency band (112), the second frequency band (112) being at least partly different from the first frequency band (111). A data packet is sent in the first frequency band (111). Depending on an acknowledgment of receipt of the data packet, the data packet is selectively sent in the second frequency band (112).
US10574397B2	Information processing apparatus, communication system, information processing method and program An information processing apparatus including a control unit that performs control for adding, to request information for requesting a different apparatus for a confirmation response to a plurality of data transmitted to the different apparatus, notification information. The notification information is information regarding at least sequence numbers other than a start sequence number from among sequence numbers corresponding to the plurality of data. Further, the control unit transmits the request information, to which the notification information is added, to the different apparatus.
US10574395B2	Storing a stream of data in a dispersed storage network A method includes receiving streaming data. The method further includes dividing the streaming data into data segments. The method further includes performing a unity matrix function on a data segment to produce a set of encoded data slices. The method further includes storing the set of encoded data slices in a set of storage units of the DSN. After storage of the set of encoded data slices, the method further includes performing a redundancy portion of an encoding matrix on the set of encoded data slices to produce a set of redundancy encoded data slices and storing the set of redundancy encoded data slices in a set of set of storage units of the DSN.
US10574391B2	Adaptable forward error correction Optical fiber data communications are described. An error correction circuit can receive a signal and correct bit errors of that signal. The circuit can then determine characteristics of the signal (e.g., its bit error rate (BER)) and adjust the operations performed to correct the bit errors of the signal based on the characteristics.
US10574386B2	WLAN testing using an RF abstraction layer A technique for testing wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) infrastructure is described. In particular, a radio-frequency abstraction layer (RFAL) in a physical instance of an electronic device is used to simulate the physical layer communication hardware and radio channels. RFAL allows frames in initial packets that are compatible with a WLAN communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.11 standard) to be encapsulated in the data-link layer into additional packets that are compatible with a network communication protocol (such as an IEEE 802.3 standard). These additional packets can include information that characterizes transmission of the packet through a simulated radio-frequency environment so that the software stack associated with a physical or virtual instance of an electronic device can be exercised as if the packet had been received over a wireless connection. Then, the additional packets can be communicated via Ethernet (i.e., without radio-frequency communication) among virtual instances of access points, clients and/or WLAN controllers.
US10574382B2	Low cost intensity-modulated direct-detection (IMDD) optical transmitter and receiver An embodiment method includes multiplexing light emitted by the plurality of optical transmitters to provide a multiplexed optical signal; propagating the multiplexed optical signal through an optical interleaver from a first port thereof to a combined port thereof and back to a second port thereof; and detecting an optical signal at the second port of the optical interleaver.
US10574377B2	Interference suppression method, apparatus, and system An interference suppression method, apparatus, and system to suppress interference between an uplink signal and a downlink signal, and improve communication quality. The method includes determining, by a first base station, control channel indication information of a first cell, where the first cell is any one of cells managed by the first base station, and the control channel indication information includes at least one piece of the following information of control channel indication information of a contradirectional-transmission frequency band on which the first cell is interfered with by a neighboring cell, or control channel indication information of a contradirectional-transmission subframe in which the first cell is interfered with by a neighboring cell, and sending, by the first base station, the control channel indication information to a second base station, where the second base station is a base station of the neighboring cell.
US10574374B2	Frequency selective system A frequency-selective system that may be used as, or as part of, an add/drop multiplexer. An input signal is fed to a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configured to drop, or suppress, by destructive interference, a signal component in a first frequency band from among a plurality of frequency bands. One or more bandpass filters in one arm of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer suppress other frequencies, outside of the first frequency band, so that signals at these other frequencies are not suppressed by destructive interference and are present at the output of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. A coupler connected after the output of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer adds, into the signal path, a replacement for the dropped signal.
US10574370B2	Methods and systems for skew tolerance in and advanced detectors for vector signaling codes for chip-to-chip communication Advanced detectors for vector signaling codes are disclosed which utilize multi-input comparators, generalized on-level slicing, reference generation based on maximum swing, and reference generation based on recent values. Vector signaling codes communicate information as groups of symbols which, when transmitted over multiple communications channels, may be received as mixed sets of symbols from different transmission groups due to propagation time variations between channels. Systems and methods are disclosed which compensate receivers and transmitters for these effects and/or utilize codes having increased immunity to such variations, and circuits are described that efficiently implement their component functions.
US10574358B2	High-frequency signal transmission/reception device The present disclosure relates to radio engineering, and more specifically to high-frequency (HF) signal transmission/reception devices based on photoconductive switching elements. An HF signal transmission/reception device comprises a signal electrode with matching elements disposed along an edge thereof; a ground electrode, a dielectric layer between the signal electrode and the ground electrode, photoconductive elements (PE) each electrically connected to the signal electrode and the ground electrode and arranged in a grid, an excitation signal feed point, and load elements electrically connected to the matching elements. The photoconductive elements each have a switched-off state in the absence of a control light flux and a switched-on state in the presence of a control light flux, The switched-on photoconductive elements form a reflection profile of the signal supplied from the excitation signal feed point. The distance between adjacent photoconductive elements is less than half the wavelength of the excitation signal.
US10574356B2	Virtual physical layer A virtual physical layer may be provided. When providing the virtual physical layer, a remote radio head may be used. The remote radio head may comprise a first interface device, a second interface device, a digital-to-analog converter, and an analog-to-digital converter. The first interface device may be connected to a virtual physical layer instance instantiated in a cloud-based environment. The second interface device may be connected to customer premises equipment. The digital-to-analog converter may be connected between the first interface device and the second interface device and the analog-to-digital converter may also be connected between the first interface device and the second interface device.
US10574348B2	Method for time synchronization between communication nodes in network Methods for time synchronization among communication nodes in a vehicle network are disclosed. An operation method of a first communication node includes: transmitting a first frame requesting verification of time synchronization to a second communication node; receiving a second frame including information indicating a link delay time of the second communication node from the second communication node; receiving a third frame including information indicating a transmission time of the second frame from the second communication node; and verifying time synchronization between the first and second communication nodes based on the information included in the received second and third frames.
US10574347B2	Radio frame configuration There is provided a frame structure for a cellular communication system. According to an embodiment, there is provided a first radio frame configuration defining a frame structure of a radio frame comprising at least one sub-frame dedicated only for downlink transmission. There is also provided a second radio frame configuration defining a frame structure of a radio frame comprising at least one flexible special sub-frame configurable as either a flexible downlink sub-frame or as a flexible uplink sub-frame, wherein the flexible downlink sub-frame and the flexible uplink sub-frame both comprise an uplink part and a downlink part, and wherein both the uplink part and the downlink part carry at least one of control information and a reference signal. Amongst a set of radio frame configurations comprising at least the first and second radio frame configuration, a radio frame configuration is selected and a radio signal carrying an information element indicating the selected radio frame configuration is exchanged in order to configure the selected radio frame configuration for use in the cellular communication system.
US10574344B2	Method and system for transporting signals in a satellite system A data transmission system in a communication network comprising a data modulator comprises: a first part at the level of the collection point part comprising: an NCR module taking account of an external absolute time reference to reconstitute a network clock, a transmitter module receiving the value of a time reference to be inserted into the data packet to be transmitted and transmitting to the NCR module an information item on an instant of synchronization for the receiver, a second part at the level of the radiofrequency part of a gateway comprising; a receiver module, a module for reconstructing a clock locally, a module for inserting a time reference into a data packet received by the receiver before transmission of the data via the satellite, the first part and the second part exchange encapsulated data.
US10574338B1	Systems for surveillance using airborne platforms as receiving platforms for bistatic radars A system comprises a ground hub and a mobile airborne platform hovering over or close to a coverage area on or near the earth surface. A bistatic radar receiver on the airborne platform includes a first antenna system to capture reflected radiofrequency signals originated from a satellite via reflected paths from the coverage area; and a second antenna system to transmit the reflected radiofrequency signals to the ground hub via a feeder link. At the ground hub, a multibeam antenna system receives the reflected radiofrequency signals and captures radiation signals directly from the satellite via a direct path; and a remote beam forming network remotely forms receiving beams for the first antenna system. A remote radar processing center includes a cross-correlator to receive the reflected radiofrequency signals and the radiation signals as two input signal streams, perform cross-correlations between the two input signal streams, and output an output signal stream.
US10574336B2	Network repeater system A system is described where antenna beam steering techniques are implemented to optimize time and frequency channel resources in wireless communication systems where repeaters are used. Beam steering modes of the antenna systems in the repeaters as well as the nodes are optimized to improve system capacity and load balancing. Client devices in a wireless LAN system can be configured to work as repeaters, with the repeaters containing a beam steering capability. The beam steering capability can be implemented in one or multiple nodes and repeaters in the communication system.
US10574334B2	Wireless relay radio frequency (RF) interference management A wireless relay manages Radio Frequency (RF) interference. A wireless access point in the relay wireless exchanges user data with wireless user devices using an amount of Carrier Aggregation Secondary Component Carriers (CA SCCs) in an RF band. A wireless network transceiver in the relay wireless exchanges the user data with a wireless communication network using a number of RF channels in the RF band. In response to excessive RF interference, the wireless access point wireless exchanges subsequent user data with the wireless user devices using a lower amount of the CA SCCs in the RF band. In response to the excessive RF interference, the wireless network transceiver wireless exchanges the subsequent user data with the wireless communication network using a lower number of RF channels in the RF band.
US10574329B2	Radio link failure timers and constants based on radio link management and beam failure recovery procedures In an aspect, a scheduled entity obtains a first set of indications associated with a beam failure recovery procedure, starts at least one of a first timer or a second timer based on the obtained first set of indications, and detects a radio link failure when the first timer expires or when the second timer expires. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least one of the first timer or the second timer when N out-of-sync indications are obtained over a network configured time window, the N out-of-sync indications including aperiodic out-of-sync indications from the first set of indications and out-of-sync indications associated with a radio link monitoring procedure. In some aspects, the scheduled entity starts at least the second timer when the first set of indications includes a single aperiodic out-of-sync indication.
US10574326B2	Beamformed transmission in cellular system There is provided a solution for efficient communications in a cellular communication system employing beamforming transmissions. In an embodiment, a terminal device (120) carries out the following: scanning for at least one message amongst a plurality of radio beams (112, 114) in a cell (100) according to a search space defining a plurality of scanning configurations; measuring a signal quality of at least one radio beam in the cell; adapting the search space on the basis of the measured signal quality; and performing said scanning for the at least one message according to the adapted search space.
US10574325B2	Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system and device therefor A method for receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system, includes receiving, from a base station, CSI-RS resource configuration information related to a numbering for a plurality of CSI-RS resources through a radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the CSI-RS resource configuration information includes first CSI-RS configuration information and at least one second CSI-RS configuration information; and determining numbers for the plurality of CSI-RS resources based on the received CSI-RS resource configuration, wherein a specific CSI-RS resource among the plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponds to a value configured in the first CSI-RS configuration information, and at least one CSI-RS resource except the specific CSI-RS resource among the plurality of CSI-RS resources corresponds to a value configured in the second CSI-RS configuration information, and wherein the specific CSI-RS resource is a CSI-RS resource related to a lowest number among the plurality of CSI-RS resources.
US10574319B2	Retro-directive metamaterial array antenna system Methods and systems for communication between a network base station and a remote device are disclosed. Disclosed methods include providing, at a base station coupled to the network, a modulated signal to mixers in a retro-directive metamaterial antenna, and receiving an RF transmission beam from the remote device, at the retro-directive metamaterial antenna, and radiating from the antenna a modulated retro-directed beam, using mixer products, directed toward the remote device.
US10574307B2	Reference signal measurement method and apparatus The present invention describes a channel measurement method, including: sending, by a base station, first control information to user equipment UE, where the first control information is used to indicate a measurement reference signal of the UE on a carrier, and the first control information includes at least one first measurement configuration set, and is used to instruct the UE to measure the measurement reference signal based on the at least one first measurement configuration set; sending, by the base station, the measurement reference signal to the UE.
US10574295B2	Beacon slot allocation in prime Systems and methods for efficiently allocating beacon slot among multiple nodes on multiple levels within a power line communication network are described. In various implementations, these systems and methods may be applicable to Power Line Communications (PLC). For example, a method may include performing, by a communications device, assigning beacon transmission times to nodes within the communication device's network. The assigned beacon transmission times comprise a beacon slot and frame pattern. The beacon slot and frame pattern ensure that each node does not transmit a beacon in a beacon slot that is adjacent to a beacon slot assigned to a parent or child node. A beacon transmission slot is reserved for a base node in every frame. The frames may be organized into thirty-two-frame superframes, wherein each frame comprises a base node beacon slot and four switch node beacon slots.
US10574293B2	Apparatus of communication utilizing wireless network devices Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example a housing defining an open volume therein where the housing includes a connection structure for connecting with a utility structure, a first wireless device contained in the housing where the first wireless device is coupled with a first antenna extending outside of the housing, and a second wireless device contained in the housing where the second wireless device is coupled with a second antenna extending outside of the housing. The first and second wireless devices can be coupled to each other. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10574292B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting data over metallic wire pairs A method of transmitting, using a discrete multi-tone technique, data between a first and a second transceiver over a plurality of metallic pairs connected between the first and second transceivers, providing a plurality of transmission channels, is disclosed.
US10574288B2	Circuits and methods for reducing an interference signal that spectrally overlaps a desired signal Under one aspect, a method is provided for processing a received signal, the received signal including a desired signal and an interference signal that spectrally overlaps the desired signal. The method can include obtaining an amplitude of the received signal. The method also can include obtaining an average amplitude of the received signal based on at least one prior amplitude of the received signal. The method also can include subtracting the amplitude from the average amplitude to obtain an amplitude residual. The method also can include, based upon an absolute value of the amplitude residual being less than or equal to a first threshold, inputting the received signal into an interference suppression algorithm so as to generate a first output including the desired signal with reduced contribution from the interference signal.
US10574286B2	High selectivity TDD RF front end An RF front end provides high receive selectivity by selectively configuring matching networks within a Time Division Duplex transceiver. One or more elements of the transmit or receive signal paths are configured to perform multiple functions. Each of the functions can be performed in dependence on an operating mode of the RF front end. In some embodiments, one or more elements in the transmit or receive signal paths are reconfigured during receive portions of operation to provide additional receive selectivity.
US10574283B2	TSF smartphone case A protective case is provided to protect a portable electronic device and allow for more dexterous and stable operation of a camera associated with the portable electronic device. Preferably this case includes a securing portion whereby the user's hand may be inserted into the case to securely hold and control the portable electronic device via the case when operating the device with a single hand. This has the advantage of reducing the risk of dropping the device and allowing a user to brace for a fall or other accident with reduced concern for the safety of the personal electronic device, as it is less likely to be dislodged from the user's hand when in an operable position.
US10574277B2	Method and apparatus for range and coverage extension in a heterogeneous digital chaos cooperative network The present invention teaches a system and method for improved signal recovery for range and coverage extension in a heterogeneous cooperative network of digital chaos transmissions with OFDM component signal transmission. The invention improves upon the state of art in side channel information from the transmit side containing information on the clipped amplitude. In-band transmission of the side information is achieved by exploiting the sparsity of the resulting clip amplitude position with improved levels of compression over the prior art using Gabor Transform Multiple Symbol Encoding transmitter. The information rate of the clipped amplitude is sub-Nyquist relative to the original OFDM component signal transmission, which allows very low power spreading by a cooperative digital chaos sequences at a transmit side and recovery of the clipped amplitude at a receive side. Further, an improved noise resistance side channel performance is achieved by decoding Gabor Transform symbols for symbol recovery.
US10574270B1	Sector management in drives having multiple modulation coding Systems and methods are disclosed for implementing sector management in drives having multiple modulation coding. A circuit may be configured to generate a data sector having a first number of bits based on a first modulation encoding scheme associated with a first location of a data storage medium, determine a difference between the first number of bits and a second number of bits corresponding to a second modulation encoding scheme associated with a second location of the data storage medium, append a number of padding bits to the data sector based on the difference, and store the data sector to the second location of the data storage medium. The data sector may be a sector reallocated from the first location to the second location. The data sector may also be an intermediate parity sector stored to a media cache region of the data storage device.
US10574265B2	Transmitting and receiving data using polar codes Methods and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data over a physical channel using a polar code are provided. The polar code defines a plurality of virtual channels within the physical channel and allocates a subset of the virtual channels for the transmission of data. The method for transmitting data: receives a block of data to be transmitted; receives additional data to be transmitted together with the block of data; selects one or more of the virtual channels; determines a scrambling sequence based on the additional data; applies the scrambling sequence to those bits of the block of data to generate a scrambled version of the block of data; and transmits the scrambled version of the block of data according to the polar code.
US10574244B2	Closed-loop oscillator based sensor interface circuit An oscillator-based sensor interface circuit includes an oscillator and a switching means is arranged for switching between at least two signals to be applied to the oscillator via that input. At least one of the signals is an electrical signal representative of an electrical quantity. A counter is arranged to count a number of cycles produced by the oscillator. A control logic is arranged to control the switching means and to derive a control output signal from a first number of counted oscillator cycles. A feedback element is arranged for converting a representation of the control output signal into a feedback signal used directly or indirectly to maintain a given relation between the first number of counted oscillator cycles.
US10574243B2	Apparatus and method for generating stable reference current An apparatus is provided which comprises: an oscillator to generate a first clock having a first frequency; a divider coupled to the oscillator, wherein the divider is to generate a second clock having a second frequency; and a current reference generator comprising a switched capacitor circuitry which is to receive the second clock directly or indirectly.
US10574240B2	Ring oscillator structures to determine local voltage value An electronic apparatus for testing an integrated circuit (IC) that includes a ring oscillator is provided. The apparatus configures the ring oscillator to produce oscillation at a first frequency and configures the ring oscillator to produce oscillation at a second frequency. The apparatus then compares the second frequency with an integer multiple of the first frequency to determine a resistive voltage drop between a voltage applied to the IC and a local voltage at the ring oscillator. The ring oscillator has a chain of inverting elements forming a long ring and a short ring. The ring oscillator also has an oscillation selection circuit that is configured to disable the short ring so that the ring oscillator produces a fundamental oscillation based on signal propagation through the long ring and enable the short ring so that the ring oscillator produces a harmonic oscillation based on a signal propagation through the short ring and the long ring.
US10574231B2	Sensor for detecting target in non-contact manner and switch including the same A sensor for detecting a target in a non-contact manner includes a first electrode; a second; a third electrode that is disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a determination circuit that, in operation, detects entry of the target into a first region by detecting a change of first electrostatic capacitance, which is electrostatic capacitance of the first electrode, and detects entry of the target into a second region by detecting a change of second electrostatic capacitance, which is electrostatic capacitance of the second electrode. An electric potential of the third electrode is more negative than electric potentials of the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a part of the second region at least partially surrounds an outer edge of the first region in plan view.
US10574228B2	Signal multiplexer The signal multiplexer 1 inputs two selection signals CLK<1>, CLK<2> that sequentially reach significant levels, inputs two input signals IN<1>, IN<2>, and outputs, from an output terminal 14, a signal OUT that depends on an m-th input signal IN of the two input signals when an m-th selection signal CLK of the two selection signals is at the significant level. The signal multiplexer 1 includes a resistance unit 20 and two drive units 301, 302. Each of the drive units 30m includes a driving switch 31m, a selecting switch 32m, and a potential stabilizing switch 33m. When one of the selecting switch 32m and the potential stabilizing switch 33m in each of the drive units 30m is in a closed state, the other is in an open state.
US10574205B2	Balanced to unbalanced converter Disclosed is a balanced to unbalanced converter, which relates to the field of semiconductor technologies. The balanced to unbalanced converter includes a first spiral coil and a second spiral coil. The first spiral coil includes: multiple rings of first metal wires; and a second metal wire, which is located above the multiple rings of first metal wires and is connected to an innermost ring of the first metal wires using a conductive plug. The second spiral coil includes: multiple rings of third metal wires, adjacent third metal wires being separated by one ring of the first metal wires; and multiple rings of fourth metal wires that are located above the multiple rings of the third metal wires, each ring of the fourth metal wires being connected to one ring of the third metal wires by the conductive plug, a fourth metal wire closer to an outer ring being connected to a third metal wire closer to an outer ring, and a fourth metal wire closer to an inner ring being connected to a third metal wire closer to an inner ring. The second metal wire and the innermost ring of the first metal wires do not overlap in a vertical direction, and at least one of the multiple rings of the fourth metal wires and the third metal wire connected to the fourth metal wire do not overlap in the vertical direction.
US10574196B2	Amplifier device A power amplifier device includes a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a capacitor, a node, and an impedance matching circuit. The second amplifier amplifies a radio frequency signal transmitted from the first amplifier. The capacitor is coupled between an output terminal of the first amplifier and an input terminal of the second amplifier. The node is disposed between the input terminal of the second amplifier and the capacitor. The impedance matching circuit is coupled to the node and a common voltage terminal. The impedance matching circuit is substantially an open circuit at a center frequency of the radio frequency signal. The impedance matching circuit provides substantially a short-circuited path from the node to the common voltage terminal at a frequency twice the center frequency.
US10574191B2	Multistage amplifier linearization in a radio frequency system A linearization circuit reduces intermodulation distortion in an amplifier that includes a first stage and a second stage. The linearization circuit receives a first signal that includes a first frequency and a second frequency and generates a difference signal having a frequency approximately equal to the difference of the first frequency and the second frequency, generates an envelope signal based at least in part on a power level of the first signal, and adjusts a magnitude of the difference signal based on the envelope signal. When the amplifier receives the first signal at an input terminal, the first stage receives the adjusted signal, and the second stage does not receive the adjusted signal, intermodulation between the adjusted signal and the first signal cancels at least a portion of the intermodulation between the first frequency and the second frequency from the output of the amplifier.
US10574190B2	RF power amplifiers with diode linearizer A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier circuit with a diode linearizer circuit. The power amplifier circuit has an input and an output, as well as a power amplifier transistor with a first terminal connected to the input, a second terminal connected to the output, and a third terminal. The linearizer circuit is connected to the third terminal and to ground, and has a non-linear current-voltage curve as well as a non-linear capacitance. The linearizer circuit reduces inter-modulation products in a current through the power amplifier transistor from the second terminal to the third terminal that corresponds to an input signal applied to the input.
US10574187B2	Envelope-tracking control techniques for highly-efficient RF power amplifiers Envelope-tracking control techniques are disclosed for highly-efficient radio frequency (RF) power amplifiers. In some cases, a III-V semiconductor material (e.g., GaN or other group III material-nitride (III-N) compounds) MOSFET including a high-k gate dielectric may be used to achieve such highly-efficient RF power amplifiers. The use of a high-k gate dielectric can help to ensure low gate leakage and provide high input impedance for RF power amplifiers. Such high input impedance enables the use of envelope-tracking control techniques that include gate voltage (Vg) modulation of the III-V MOSFET used for the RF power amplifier. In such cases, being able to modulate Vg of the RF power amplifier using, for example, a voltage regulator, can result in double-digit percentage gains in power-added efficiency (PAE). In some instances, the techniques may simultaneously utilize envelope-tracking control techniques that include drain voltage (Vd) modulation of the III-V MOSFET used for the RF power amplifier.
US10574183B2	Phase noise reduction in voltage controlled oscillators A voltage controlled oscillator (VCO), a method of designing a voltage controlled oscillator, and a design structure comprising a semiconductor substrate including a voltage controlled oscillator are disclosed. In one embodiment, the VCO comprises an LC tank circuit for generating an oscillator output at an oscillator frequency, and an oscillator core including cross-coupled semiconductor devices to provide feedback to the tank circuit. The VCO further comprises a supply node, a tail node, and a noise by-pass circuit connected to the supply and tail nodes, in parallel with the tank circuit and the oscillator core. The by-pass circuit forms a low-impedance path at a frequency approximately twice the oscillator frequency to at least partially immunize the oscillator core from external noise and to reduce noise contribution from the cross-coupled semiconductor devices.
US10574172B2	Power conversion device, motor drive unit, and electric power steering device A power conversion device may include a first inverter to which a first end of each phase winding is coupled; a second inverter to which a second end of each phase winding is coupled; a plurality of switching elements provided in the first and second inverters; a control circuit structured to perform n-phase conduction control on the first and second inverters; and a detection circuit structured to detect a failure in the switching elements. The control circuit is structured such that, when the detection circuit has detected a failure in any of the plurality of switching elements, the control circuit changes the control of the first and second inverters from the n-phase conduction control to m-phase conduction control using m phases of the n phases different from the phase of a winding coupled to the failed switching element, m being an integer not smaller than two and smaller than n.
US10574169B2	Motor driving device API duty calculation unit of a microcomputer that performs control at a predetermined control period calculates a duty ratio of a voltage applied to a coil of a motor from a target rotation speed and an actual rotation speed calculated by a number-of-rotation information unit. The PI duty calculation unit generates a rectangular wave signal having a period according to one frequency selected from plural predetermined frequencies together with the start of one control period and indicating the calculated duty ratio, and outputs the rectangular wave signal to a PWM duty calculation unit. The PWM duty calculation unit generates a PWM signal for controlling an inverter circuit based on the rectangular wave signal output by the PI duty calculation unit and position information of a rotor of the motor calculated by an electrical angle position information unit.
US10574167B2	Load control system In this load control system, when linkage security authentication based on hardware and software by linkage between at least a controller and a power converter has been established, a function that enables the power converter to be used for a predetermined purpose is generated by the software.
US10574161B2	System and computer-implemented method for reducing angle error in electric motors A system and computer-implemented method for reducing an angle error in an estimated position of a rotor over various loads on an electric motor or type of electric motor. Electrical parameters of an electric motor are measured, a true rotor position is found, and sensorless gains based on the measured parameters are generated, including determining a sensorless angle. Data is gathered at multiple torque levels for at least one speed of the motor, including for each torque level, trying different inductance values, and determining an inductance value that results in an angle error of zero. The angle error is the difference between the true rotor position and the sensorless angle. The inductance value that results in an angle error of zero for each speed may be saved in an electronic memory and used to better control the motor or other motors of the same type.
US10574140B2	Charge balanced charge pump control Operating a charge pump in which switches from a first set of switches couple capacitor terminals to permit charge transfer between them and in which switches from a second set of switches couple capacitor terminals of capacitors to either a high-voltage or a low-voltage terminal includes cycling the switches through a sequence of states, each state defining a corresponding configuration of the switches. At least three of the states define different configurations of the switches. During each of the configurations, charge transfer is permitted between a pair of elements, one of which is a first capacitor and another of which is either a second capacitor or the first terminal.
US10574109B2	Permanent magnet biased virtual elliptical motor A wobble plate motor includes a wobble plate and a stator. The wobble plate is made of magnetically susceptible material and has a wobble axis. The stator includes a permanent magnet and a set of electromagnetic coils and has a stator axis. The wobble plate is configured to nutate around the stator with the wobble axis precessing around the stator axis. The wobble plate has a mobile point of closest approach with respect to the stator. The mobile point of closest approach moves around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates. The permanent magnet and the set of electromagnetic coils are configured to create a magnetic field having a flux density between the stator and the wobble plate with a highest flux density at a mobile location ahead of the mobile point of closest approach in an angular direction around the stator axis as the wobble plate nutates.
US10574090B2	Mobile terminal including wireless charging coil and magnetic sheet having inwardly receding portion A mobile terminal is provided with a housing having a rectangular shape in a plan view of the housing defined by two short sides along a lateral direction and two long sides along a longitudinal direction. A camera, a battery, and a circuit board are included in the housing. A wireless charging coil is arranged in the housing and includes a winding portion and two leg portions. A sheet is arranged in the housing. The sheet has a rectangular shape including four edges and four corner portions, wherein each pair of adjacent edges forms a virtual corner, each corner portion is receded inwardly from its corresponding virtual corner by a receding distance, and one of four receding distances is greater than other three of the four receding distances.
US10574072B2	Portable charger An apparatus includes a housing having a first connector port at a first end of the housing and a second connector port at a second end of the housing. The first end and the second end are opposite one another. An activator is configured to simultaneously move the first connector port and the second connector port when a force is applied. When the first connector port is extended beyond the housing, the second connector port is retracted into the housing, and when the second connector port is extended beyond the housing, the first connector port is retracted into the housing. An internal battery is coupled to the first connector port and configured to be charged via the first connector port from an external power source, and coupled to the second connector port and configured to provide power via the second connector port to an external device.
US10574070B1	Multi-functional hub integrated with AC power supply In order to achieve the aforesaid object and other objects, the hub of the present invention is electrically connected with an electronic device, an AC source, and at least one portable device which are located in the outside environment. The hub includes a first connector, at least one second connector, a third connector, a first switch member, a second switch member, a third switch member, a fourth switch member, a DC/DC converter and a control circuit. The first connector is electrically connected with the electronic device, the first connector is a USB-C. The second connector is electrically connected with the portable device. The third connector comprises an AC/DC converter, the third connector is electrically connected with the AC source via the AC/DC converter. The first switch member, one end of the first switch member is connected with the first connector. The second switch member, one end of the second switch member is connected with the first switch member, another end of the second switch member is connected with the second connector. The third switch member, one end of the third switch member is connected with the first connector, another end of the third switch member is connected with the AC/DC converter. The fourth switch member, one end of the fourth switch member is connected with the second connector, another end of the fourth switch member is connected with the third connector. The DC/DC converter, one end of the DC/DC converter is connected with the third connector, another end of the DC/DC converter is connected between the first switch member and second switch member. The control circuit is connected with the first switch member, the second switch member, the third switch member, the fourth switch member and the AC/DC converter. The control circuit is configured to control the first switch member, the second switch member, the third switch member, the fourth switch member and the AC/DC converter.
US10574068B2	Charge/discharge switch control circuits for batteries A charge/discharge switch control circuit for a battery pack includes a set of driving terminals and detection circuitry coupled to the driving terminals. The driving terminals provide driving signals to control a status of a switch circuit to enable charging or discharging of the battery pack. The detection circuitry receives voltages at multiple terminals of the switch circuit, and detects a status of an interface of the battery pack according to the status of the switch circuit and a difference between the voltages. The interface can receive power to charge the battery pack and provide power from the battery pack to a load.
US10574067B1	Multi-purpose utility box The present invention is a multi-purpose utility box, comprising: a storage unit for storing one or more tools, a power plug for connecting to electrical power mains to supply electrical power to tools, a power adaptor to convert supply electrical power to various power supply ranges to meet power requirements of each tools and a power outlet unit to connect various tools and to supply various power supply ranges to tools. The box provides convenient access to power outlet unit for easy working of various tools.
US10574059B2	Control apparatus and combiner box A control apparatus and a combiner box are provided. In a case that component maintenance needs to be performed, an optimizer connected to the combiner box is controlled to operate in a safe mode, and a switch-off signal is outputted to disconnect the combiner box from an inverter if an output current of the combiner box is smaller than a threshold. In a case that the maintenance is completed, the optimizer connected to the combiner box is controlled to operate in a maximum power point tracking mode, and the combiner box is connected to the inverter if an input voltage of the combiner box is greater than an output voltage of the combiner box, that is, if an output voltage of a corresponding string increases gradually to a value exceeding a direct current bus voltage.
US10574048B2	Cable wall passthrough and kit The invention relates to a wall duct for cables, comprising a housing component which can be mounted on a housing wall in the region of a wall opening and has a recess for guiding cables through the housing component; separators which are integrally formed on the housing component and with which multiple openings separated by the separators are formed in the recess, wherein the openings are configured to accommodate one or more respective sealing elements, with which a cable duct for at least one of the cables is produced; and a closure component which closes at least one of the openings and is arranged on the housing component and/or the separators by means of one or more target breaking points. The invention also relates to an assembly for a wall duct for cables.
US10574046B2	Grommet and grommet-equipped wire harness A grommet includes a grommet main body made of an elastic material and an inner member. The grommet main body includes a cylinder portion and a large diameter portion that is formed so as to extend toward the outer circumference side from the cylinder portion, a ring-shaped portion that can be arranged on the inner circumference side of the attachment hole being formed on the outer circumferential portion. The grommet main body is fit into the attachment hole from one end side in the attachment direction of the large diameter portion.
US10574044B2	Watertight box and adapter An electrical assembly is provided for mounting an electrical wiring device at an incline with respect to a support. The assembly includes a mounting bracket for receiving and supporting the electrical wiring device. The mounting bracket is received in a recess open end of a support, such as the open end of an adapter for an electrical box. The mounting bracket is coupled directly to the support. A weatherproof cover overlies the electrical wiring device and the bracket for closing the electrical wiring device and providing a weatherproof seal between the cover and the support.
US10574041B2	Method of establishing an electrical connection An apparatus and method for interconnecting mains cables used for underground secondary low-voltage AC network systems utilizing an improved crab joint connector arranged to maximize the number of interconnections in a compact design wherein the plurality of legs are arranged in a rectangle configuration and a single bus leg is positioned at an end of an insulated housing.
US10574034B2	Locking mechanism for an electrical assembly, and assembly comprising a locking mechanism A locking mechanism (20, 22) for an electrical assembly (10). The locking mechanism (20, 22) has a detent hook (20) that is hinged to the electrical assembly (10) by a flexible detent hook web (30), and a detent hook bracket (32) that is used for deflecting the detent hook (20). Limiting structures (34, 35, 36, 37, 38) restrict mobility of the buckle bracket (32) when the detent hook (20) is deflected. The locking mechanism (20, 22) may be applied in an electrical assembly, such as terminals, distribution terminals or other electrical connection devices, fuse holders, etc., as well as switching devices such as protectors, motor protection switches and the like.
US10574032B2	Semiconductor module and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor module of the present disclosure includes: a base body including a groove part of which two inner side surfaces are inclined, the base body including an electrode pad which is provided on at least one inner side surface; and a semiconductor element including a semiconductor substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and two side surfaces which are inclined in a diagonal direction to the first surface and are opposite to each other, a semiconductor layer located on the first surface, and an electrode disposed on at least one side surface. The semiconductor element is located in the groove part so that the at least one side surface is disposed along the at least one inner side surface of the base body, and at least one electrode of the semiconductor element is connected to the electrode pad of the base body.
US10574027B2	Laser driver circuit and optical transmitter using the same An LD driver circuit includes an adjustment circuit to which a power supply voltage is applied. The adjustment circuit receives an input signal through an input terminal, generates a shifted input signal shifted in voltage from the input signal by a predetermined shift amount, and outputs the shifted input signal from an output terminal. The LD driver circuit also includes a transistor with its base receiving the shifted input signal, its collector electrically connected to an anode of a driven LD, and its emitter electrically connected to a cathode of the LD and ground, which transistor varies an amount of a shunt current flowing from the collector to the emitter in accordance with the shifted input signal. The adjustment circuit includes a comparator which compares a voltage in the collector and a threshold voltage, and increases or decreases the predetermined shift amount in accordance with an output of the comparator.
US10574019B2	Method and system for controlling the speed of a laser pulse A method for controlling the speed of a laser pulse includes a step of applying a chirp to the pulse; and a step of focusing the pulse by means of an optical system having a longitudinal chromatic aberration; whereby an intensity peak of the pulse moves along a propagation axis following, over a finite propagation length, a speed profile dependent on the chirp and on the longitudinal chromatic aberration. The use of such a method for accelerating particles via laser, and a system for implementing such a method, are also provided.
US10574016B2	Process for forming end product with initial and simultaneous formation of subcomponents from separate work pieces A process provides for manufacturing and formation of a series of metallic end products (220) within a stamping machine (100). The metallic end products (220) are formed from two subcomponents (176, 178) comprising a first work component (178) and a second work component (176). The work components (176, 178) are coupled together through a toggle lock procedure formed as part of the process. The two resultant work components (176, 178) which form the end product (220) are simultaneously formed, thereby providing significant advantages with respect to work cycle time to produce the resultant product, relative to the time required when individual work components are sequentially produced through the use of mechanical operations to which a first work component is processed, and then formation of a second work component is processed.
US10574007B2	Busway stab assemblies and related systems and methods A plug-in device for use with a busway system comprising a busway housing defining a longitudinal axis includes a stab base housing having first and second opposite sides, one or more stab conductors extending out of and away from the stab base housing at each of the first and second sides of the stab base housing, and a ground conductor at an upper portion of the stab base housing. The stab base housing is configured to be received through an opening at a bottom portion of the busway housing and positioned in a first position and then rotated from the first position to a second position. The ground conductor is configured to contact a top wall of the busway housing in each of the first and second positions.
US10573995B2	Connector assembly with dual secondary lock A connector assembly including a connector housing having a plug-in portion and two primary latching arms arranged on opposite sides of the plug-in portion. Secondary locking means are connected to the connector housing and movable relative to the connector housing from an open position to a locked position. The locking means includes blocking arms configured to block a release movement of the latching arms when the locking means is in its locked position. The secondary locking means has two separate locking members each of which is connected to one of the primary latching arms to block a release movement of the assigned latching arm. Each of the two separate locking members is configured to be independently moveable between the open position and the locked position. Each locking member comprise actuating release handles to allow an un-latching of the actuating arms. The release handles are arranged adjacent to each other.
US10573990B2	Electrical connector with external load bar, and method of its use An electrical connector, having an elongated plastic housing which is open at its rearward end and has an essentially continuous forward end wall with a flat upper portion, a lower portion of the forward end wall being integrally thickened to project forward beyond its upper portion.
US10573979B2	Shearing screw The disclosure relates to a shearing screw for clamping an electrical conductor within a cable connector. The shearing screw comprises a screw body for engaging the cable connector, which further comprises a collar, an outer thread, a cylindrical bore and a clamping surface for clamping the electrical conductor within the cable connector. The shearing screw comprises a nut for shearing the shearing screw. The collar and the nut are adapted to be rotatable simultaneously with a sleeve for fastening the shearing screw to the cable connector.
US10573973B2	Cavity-backed radiating element and radiating array including at least two radiating elements A radiating element comprises a cavity that is axially symmetric about an axis Z, a metal central core that extends axially at the center of the cavity and N different successive metal elliptical planar elements that are stacked on top of one another parallelly to the lower wall of the cavity, the central core comprises a lower end that is fastened to the lower metal wall of the cavity and an upper end that is free, each elliptical metal planar element being centered in the cavity and secured to the central core, the N elliptical planar elements being regularly spaced and having dimensions that decrease monotonically between the lower end and the upper end of the central core, where N is an integer higher than 2.
US10573972B2	Phased-array antenna with in-plane optical feed and method of manufacture A phased antenna array comprises a plurality of antennas and photodiodes arranged on a substrate. Each antenna is driven by an electrical signal output by the photodiode. The photodiodes each receive an optical signal via an optical fiber. The optical fibers conform to the sheet-like shape of the antenna array (which may be planar or curved) and optically communicate with a corresponding photodiode via a corresponding reflector, such as a ninety degree reflector. The reflectors may comprise a v-groove in a silicon substrate on which the optical fiber is positioned and a reflecting surface. Each reflector may be attached to the substrate or a ground plane positioned parallel to the substrate and the optical fiber may connect to the reflector in a direction running parallel to the phased antenna array. This optical feed network may accommodate tight spacing of the antenna elements (such as spacing less than 5 mm apart) with a thin profile.
US10573968B1	Multi-band antenna with multiple feed points A multi-band antenna with multiple feed points includes a substrate, a main body, a branch body, a first and a second coaxial cable. The main body and the branch body are disposed on the substrate and respectively have a first and a second signal feed point. The first coaxial cable has a first outer conductor connected to a grounding layer and a first core conductor connected to the first signal feed point for feeding the first signal feed point with a first signal, so that the main body generates a RF signal of a first frequency band. The second coaxial cable has a second outer conductor connected to the main body and a second core conductor connected to the second signal feed point for feeding the second signal feed point with a second signal, so that the branch body generates a RF signal of a second frequency band.
US10573966B2	Method and apparatus for efficiently transmitting beam in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus in a wireless communication system comprises an antenna array configured to steer a first beam using antenna elements, and a lens including a first focal point and a second focal point. The lens is configured to generate a second beam of a plane wave by compensating for a phase error of the steered first beam passing through at least one of the first focal point or the second focal point.
US10573965B2	Phased array antenna system Systems and methods are provided for implementing a phased array antenna having a boresight direction. A scan angle within a defined range of scan angles is selected for the phased array antenna such that the selected scan angle is different from a scan angle associated with the boresight direction. An antenna port impedance associated with each of a plurality of antenna elements comprising the phased array antenna varies with the scan angle of the phased array antenna. A plurality of amplifiers are each coupled to an antenna port of one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each of the plurality of amplifiers is configured such that a maximum value for a performance characteristic of the plurality of amplifiers is achieved when an impedance at the antenna port corresponds to the selected scan angle.
US10573961B2	Antenna housing assemblies and methods of assembling antenna housings Exemplary embodiments are provided of antenna housing assemblies. In an exemplary embodiment, an assembly generally includes a radome having an outer surface, an inner surface, a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. A top cap is coupled to the first end of the radome via an ultrasonic weld joint. A first sealing member is disposed about the top cap such that the first sealing member is positioned between the top cap and the inner surface of the radome. A bottom cap is fastened to the second end of the radome via an ultrasonic weld joint. A second sealing member is disposed about the bottom cap such that the second sealing member is positioned between the bottom cap and the inner surface of the radome. Exemplary methods of assembling antenna housings are also disclosed.
US10573955B2	Display module and method of manufacturing the same A display module configured to improve transmission and reception performance of an electronic device includes: a first panel; a second panel disposed to be opposite to the first panel; and an antenna layer disposed between the first panel and the second panel, and comprising a resin layer formed by an imprinting method, wherein the resin layer includes: an engraved pattern formed in one surface; and an ink layer formed with a conductive material filled in the engraved pattern.
US10573954B2	Antenna integration in hinge shroud Systems and methods are disclosed for positioning an antenna in a portable information handling system. A portable information handling system includes a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The portable information handling system also includes a hinge assembly coupling the first and second housing portions, the hinge assembly comprising at least one gear to rotate the first and second housing portions relative to each other. In addition, the system includes an antenna frame coupled to the gear. The portable information handling system also includes an antenna coupled to the antenna frame, the antenna operable to communicate wirelessly with a wireless-enabled device.
US10573953B2	Single space wireless parking with improved antenna placements A wireless parking meter with an improved antenna location is described. The antenna may be located within a covering protruding from the top of the parking meter, allowing radio frequency (RF) signals to be transmitted through a portion of the parking meter with high permittivity to the RF signals. Additionally or alternatively, the antenna may be located within the parking meter housing above a lower parking meter mechanism housing so that RF signals can be transmitted through the dome covering of the parking meter, which may have a high permittivity to the RF signals.
US10573930B2	Electrolyte containing polydopamine and lithium-sulfur battery including same The present invention relates to an electrolyte containing a polydopamine and a lithium-sulfur battery including the same and, more particularly, to a technique in which polydopamine contained in an electrolyte adsorbs a lithium polysulfide eluted from a positive electrode of a lithium-sulfur battery. When using an electrolyte, according to the present invention, to which polydopamine particles are added, the polydopamine particles dispersed in the electrolyte act to adsorb lithium polysulfide eluted from a positive electrode during the charging and discharging, and thus can suppress the diffusion thereof, i.e., suppress a shuttle reaction, thereby improving the capacity and lifetime characteristics of the lithium-sulfur battery.
US10573928B2	Rechargeable battery module and method for manufacturing the same A exemplary embodiment of the present invention provide a coin-type rechargeable battery module and a method for manufacturing the same in which a solid electrolyte selectively passing specific metal ions is applied to a negative electrode, an ion-containing solution (e.g., seawater) including sodium, lithium, magnesium, and a combination thereof is applied to a positive electrode, and the ion-containing solution flows in from the outside of the positive electrode, and which may be modularized to realize a large-capacity battery.
US10573924B2	Electrochemical cell An electrochemical cell includes a composite electrode body with at least one positive and at least one negative electrode; an electrolyte that impregnates the composite electrode body; and a housing with a liquid-impervious interior, wherein the composite electrode body impregnated with the electrolyte is disposed in the interior, and the housing consists of PEK or a PEK based material.
US10573921B2	Electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries with improved low temperature performance and lithium secondary battery including the same Disclosed are an electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries including 10 to 50% by weight of a cyclic carbonate compound, and 50 to 90% by weight of a linear ester compound, based on the total weight of a non-aqueous solvent, wherein a content of ethyl propionate of the linear ester compound is 20 to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of the non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium secondary battery including the electrolyte and exhibiting superior low-temperature characteristics.
US10573916B2	Membrane, membrane-electrode assembly, fuel cell and method for producing a membrane In order to provide a membrane (100) for a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) of a fuel cell, comprising two partial membranes (200, 300), which allows for a simpler water circuit compared to the prior art, it is proposed that the partial membranes (200, 300) have different ion exchange capacities (IECs) and/or one partial membrane (200) consists of a perfluorosulfonic acid polymer (PFSA) and the other partial membrane (300) consists of a sulfonated hydrocarbon polymer (HC). Optionally, the membrane can contain a porous carrier film (600). Moreover disclosed are a method for producing the membrane (100) as well as a membrane-electrode assembly and a fuel cell.
US10573907B2	Load-following fuel cell system with energy storage A load-following fuel cell system for a grid system operating with a high penetration of intermittent renewable energy sources includes a baseload power generation module and a load-following power generation module. The baseload power generation module provides a baseload power to the grid system and includes a high-efficiency fuel cell system. The high-efficiency fuel cell system includes a topping module and a bottoming module. The topping module and the bottoming module are connected in series and the topping module provides an exhaust stream to the bottoming module. The load-following power generation module provides a load-following power to the grid system and includes an energy storage system that separates and stores hydrogen contained in the exhaust stream and a power generation system having one or more fuel cells. The power generation system receives the hydrogen from the energy storage system to provide the load-following power.
US10573903B2	Wound battery including notched current collector sheet In a winding-type battery, the first electrode and the second electrode are wound via the separator to form an electrode group having first and second end surfaces. The first electrode includes a first current collector sheet, and a first active material layer formed on a surface of the first current collector sheet. A first current collecting lead is connected to the first electrode. The second electrode includes a second current collector sheet, and a second active material layer formed on a surface of the second current collector sheet. A second current collecting lead is connected to the second electrode. At an end of the first electrode that is disposed on the first end surface and/or an end of the first electrode that is disposed on the second end surface, at least a winding termination portion located on the outermost periphery of the electrode group has a notch.
US10573899B2	Flow batteries having an electrode with differing hydrophilicity on opposing faces and methods for production and use thereof Electrochemical cells, such as those present within flow batteries, can include at least one electrode with one face being more hydrophilic than is the other. Such electrodes can lessen the incidence of parasitic reactions by directing convective electrolyte circulation toward a separator in the electrochemical cell. Flow batteries containing the electrochemical cells can include: a first half-cell containing a first electrode with a first face and a second face that are directionally opposite one another, a second half-cell containing a second electrode with a first face and a second face that are directionally opposite one another, and a separator disposed between the first half-cell and the second half-cell. The first face of both the first and second electrodes is disposed adjacent to the separator. The first face of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is more hydrophilic than is the second face.
US10573893B2	Electrodes with directionally restrained active materials and methods of restraint A method of making an electrode for a lithium ion battery includes providing a restricting media having a main body with opposing planar surfaces and depositing alloying particles on the opposing planar surfaces to form a restrained active particle layer. The restricting media can be a magnetic, electrochemically inactive material with an affinity for the alloying particles. The restricting media restrains expansion of the alloying particles during lithiation to a respective side of the restricting media. Electrodes include a current collector and an electrode material layer adjacent the current collector including the restricting media, the alloying particles deposited on the restricting media to form a restrained active particle layer, and a carbon material in contact with the alloying particles.
US10573888B2	Cathode active material for secondary batteries and secondary battery including the same Provided is a cathode active material including a complex coating layer, which includes M below, formed on a surface of the cathode active material through reaction of a lithium transition metal oxide represented by Formula 1 below with a coating precursor: LixMO2 (1) wherein M is represented by MnaM′1-b, M′ is at least one selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Cr, V, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ti and B, 0.95≤x≤1.5, and 0.5≤a≤1. The lithium secondary battery including the cathode active material exhibits improved lifespan and rate characteristics due to superior stability.
US10573886B2	Nickel composite hydroxide and process for producing same, positive electrode active material and process for producing same, and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery A positive electrode active material for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery achieves high output characteristics and battery capacity, and allows a high electrode density to be achieved in the case of using the material for a positive electrode of a battery; and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery uses the positive electrode active material, thereby achieving a high output with a high capacity. Prepared is a nickel composite hydroxide including plate-shaped secondary particles aggregated with overlaps between plate surfaces of multiple plate-shaped primary particles, where shapes projected from directions perpendicular to the plate surfaces of the plate-shaped primary particles are any plane projection shape of spherical, elliptical, oblong, and massive shapes, and the secondary particles have an aspect ratio of 3 to 20, and a volume average particle size (Mv) of 4 μm to 20 μm measured by a laser diffraction scattering method.
US10573884B2	Ionic liquid-enabled high-energy Li-ion batteries Various embodiments of the present disclosure describe energy storage devices. In one example, an energy storage device includes an anode having a plurality of active material particles, a cathode having a transition metal oxide material, and an electrolyte including a room temperature ionic liquid to couple the anode to the cathode. Each of the plurality of anode active material particles have a particle size of between about one micrometer and about fifty micrometers. One or more of the plurality of anode active material particles are enclosed by and in contact with a membrane coating permeable to lithium ions.
US10573878B2	Lithium ion battery cathodes, methods of making, and methods of use thereof Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for cathodes having a metal sulfide thin layer, devices including cathodes, lithium ion batteries including cathodes, methods of making cathodes, and the like.
US10573871B2	Power supply device and bus bar for battery cell A power supply device includes: a bus bar which connects the electrode terminals facing each other. The bus bar includes: a first connection portion which is connected to one of the electrode terminals; a second connection portion which is connected to another of the electrode terminals; a first rising portion which is coupled to the first connection portion through a first bent portion; a second rising portion which is coupled to the second connection portion through a second bent portion, and is disposed in an orientation of crossing the first rising portion; and a middle linking portion which is coupled to the first rising portion through a third bent portion facing the first bent portion, and the second rising portion through a fourth bent portion facing the second bent portion.
US10573868B2	Method for coating separator films of lithium batteries and a coated separator film The present invention describes a method for coating porous separator films of lithium batteries and a coated separator film produced as a result of the respective manufacturing method. Laser ablation is used in the method for detaching particles from the target, and the particle flux vaporised by laser pulses is directed to the base material to be coated, to which the material is attached. The so-called roll-to-roll principle can be used in the method, in which the base material to be coated is directed from one roll to a second roll, and the coating occurs in the area between these rolls. In addition, rotating mirrors and a telecentric lens can be used for aligning the laser pulses as a rectilinear pulse front before guiding onto the target material.
US10573867B2	Method for producing nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery separator, which includes a porous film containing a polyolefin-based resin as a main component, has a difference of not more than 2.5 between (a) a white index measured on a surface of the porous film which has not been irradiated with ultraviolet light having 255 W/m2 and (b) a white index measured on the surface of the porous film which has been irradiated, for 75 hours, with the ultraviolet light having 255 W/m2.
US10573866B2	Separator and secondary battery including the separator Provided is a separator capable of suppressing an increase in internal resistance and a decrease in a battery performance. A separator having a first layer consisting of a porous polyolefin and an organic antioxidant and a secondary battery including the separator are provided. The first layer has a parameter X, defined by the following equation, equal to or more than 0 and equal to or less than 20, X = 100 ⁢  M ⁢ ⁢ D ⁢ ⁢ tan ⁢ ⁢ δ - T ⁢ ⁢ D ⁢ ⁢ tan ⁢ ⁢ δ   M ⁢ ⁢ D ⁢ ⁢ tan ⁢ ⁢ δ + T ⁢ ⁢ D ⁢ ⁢ tan ⁢ ⁢ δ 2 where MD tan δ and TD tan δ are respectively a loss tangent in a flow direction and a loss tangent in a width direction which are obtained by a viscoelasticity measurement of the first layer at a temperature of 90° C. and a frequency of 10 Hz. A white index of the first layer is equal to or more than 85 and equal to or less than 98.
US10573864B2	Battery cells for battery packs in electric vehicles Provided herein are battery cells for battery packs in electric vehicles. The battery cell includes a housing defining an inner region, an electrolyte disposed within the inner region, and a gasket that couples a lid with the housing to seal the battery cell. The gasket can include an inner portion having an ingress point and an egress point. The inner portion can have disposed therein a thermocouple wire that extends through the inner portion, past the ingress point and past the egress point. The thermocouple wire can include a first lead, a second lead, and a third lead. The first, second, and third leads can be disposed within a common jacket between the ingress point and the egress point. A thermocouple sensor can be disposed in the inner region and be coupled with the first, second, and third leads of the thermocouple wire to provide sensed temperature information.
US10573861B2	Lithium ion battery module having a compartmentalized housing A lithium-ion battery module includes a housing having a plurality of partitions configured to define a plurality of compartments within a housing. The battery module also includes a lithium-ion cell element provided in each of the compartments of the housing. The battery module further includes a cover coupled to the housing and configured to route electrolyte into each of the compartments. The cover is also configured to seal the compartments of the housing.
US10573845B2	Display device having sealing grooves A display device includes: a resin layer on the circuit layer including a groove surrounding and separating a display area; light-emitting elements on an upper surface of the resin layer so as to emit light with luminances controlled by the currents; a sealing layer covering the light-emitting elements; a second substrate above the sealing layer; a sealing material provided between the sealing layer and the second substrate so as to surround the display area and the groove; and a filling layer surrounded by the sealing material between the sealing layer and the second substrate. The groove is formed along a line describing a shape that is inscribed in a rectangle and not in contact with corners of the rectangle as viewed in a direction vertical to the upper surface of the resin layer.
US10573844B2	Display panel having a plurality of metal rims on the insulating layer The disclosure provides a package structure, a display panel, a display device and a manufacturing method of the package structure. The package structure comprises: an insulating layer formed on a substrate to be packaged; a metal layer formed on a surface of the insulating layer away from the substrate; and an inorganic package layer covering the metal layer and the insulating layer; wherein a portion of the insulating layer in contact with edges of the metal layer is formed with a plurality of insulating grooves arranged at intervals, the edges of the metal layer are formed with a plurality of metal rims arranged at intervals, and some or all of the metal rims are covered by the inorganic package layer.
US10573837B2	Light-emitting element A light-emitting element that includes a fluorescent material and has a high emission efficiency is provided. A light-emitting element in which a delayed fluorescence component due to TTA accounts for a high proportion of emissive components is provided. A novel light-emitting device with a high emission efficiency and a low power consumption is provided. A light-emitting element includes an anode, a cathode, and an EL layer. The EL layer includes a light-emitting layer including a host material and an electron-transport layer including a first material in contact with the light-emitting layer. The LUMO level of the first material is lower than that of the host material. The proportion of a delayed fluorescence component due to TTA is greater than or equal to 10 percent of the light emission from the EL layer. The proportion of the delayed fluorescence component due to TTA may be greater than or equal to 15 percent of the light emission.
US10573827B2	Organic metal complex, and polymer, mixture, composition and organic electronic device containing same and use thereof An organic metal complex as shown by general formula (I) or (II), wherein the ring containing Ar1 is preferably a N-hetero six-membered aromatic ring, and a polymer, a mixture, a composition and an organic electronic device comprising the complex and a use thereof. The organic electronic device, particularly an organic light emitting diode, and the use thereof in display and illumination technologies. By optimizing the device structure and changing the concentration of the metal complex in a matrix, the best performances of the device can be attained, an OLED device with a high efficiency, high luminance and high stability is achieved, and a relatively good material option is provided for full-colour display and illumination applications.
US10573824B2	Compound and organic electronic element comprising same The present specification relates to a compound and an organic electronic device comprising the same.
US10573819B2	Compound for organic electronic element, organic electronic element comprising the same, and electronic device thereof Provided are a compound of Formula 1 and an organic electric element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an organic material layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and electronic device comprising the organic electric element, wherein the driving voltage of the organic electronic device can be lowered, and the luminous efficiency and life span can be improved by comprising the compound represented by Formula 1 in the organic material layer.
US10573817B2	Hole transporting compounds and compositions A composition comprising a first material substituted with at least one group of formula (I) and a second material substituted with at least one group selected from groups of formulae (IIa) and (IIb): wherein: Sp1 and Sp2 are spacer groups; NB independently in each occurrence is a norbornene group that may be unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents; n1 and n2 are 0 or 1; m1 is 1 if n1 is 0 and m1 is at least 1 if n1 is 1; m2 is 1 if n2 is 0 and m2 is at least 1 if n2 is 1; Ar1 represents an aryl or heteroaryl group; R1 independently in each occurrence is H or a substituent; and * represents a point of attachment to the first or second material. The composition may be used to form a layer of an organic electronic device, for example the hole-transporting layer of an organic light-emitting device.
US10573804B2	Magnetoresistance effect element A magnetoresistance effect element has a first ferromagnetic metal layer, a second ferromagnetic metal layer, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, and a tunnel barrier layer that is sandwiched between the first and second ferromagnetic metal layers, the tunnel barrier layer is expressed by a composition formula of AB2Ox (0
US10573794B2	Method of packaging CSP LED and CSP LED A method of packaging CSP LED, comprising the following steps: placing LED chips on a carrier plate; coating light-blocking glue or fluorescent glue on the LED chips; at last cutting to form CSP LEDs with coating light-blocking glue or fluorescent glue outside the chip. Multiple LEDs with one light-emitting surface could be fabricated simultaneously. The process is simple and can prevent yellow light from appearing at the bonding surface of the light-blocking glue and the chip. The invention provides a CPS LED with the chip covered by packaging glue and the electrode of the chip protruding exposed and protruding. The invention provides CPS LED with three light-emitting surfaces and light-blocking glue arranged on two side surfaces and fluorescent glue arranged on other surfaces. This kind of LED could be used in various fields such as backlight and light bar, from side surfaces of which light could be emitted.
US10573792B2	LED package, backlight unit and liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a light emitting diode package that includes: a frame having a light emitting diode (LED) thereon; and a glass cell over the LED, the glass cell including a quantum dot dispersed in one of a resin and an organic solvent.
US10573790B2	Optoelectronic arrangement having a radiation conversion element and method for producing a radiation conversion element An optoelectronic arrangement having a radiation conversion element and a method for producing a radiation conversion element are disclosed. In an embodiment, an optoelectronic arrangement includes a semiconductor chip having an active region configured to generate radiation, a radiation conversion element arranged downstream of the semiconductor chip in an emission direction and a reflective polarization element arranged downstream of the radiation conversion element in the emission direction. The radiation conversion element has a plurality of conversion elements, each of which has an axis of symmetry, the spatial orientation of the axes of symmetry has a preferred direction and a radiation emitted by the radiation conversion element has a preferred polarization. The reflective polarization element largely allows radiation with the preferred polarization to pass through and largely reflects radiation polarized perpendicularly to the preferred polarization.
US10573785B2	Light emitting diode, method of fabricating the same and LED module having the same A light emitting diode is provided to include a first conductive-type semiconductor layer; a mesa including a second conductive-type semiconductor layer disposed on the first conductive-type semiconductor layer and an active layer interposed between the first and the second conductive-type semiconductor layers; and a first electrode disposed on the mesa, wherein the first conductive-type semiconductor layer includes a first contact region disposed around the mesa along an outer periphery of the first conductive-type semiconductor layer; and a second contact region at least partially surrounded by the mesa, the first electrode is electrically connected to at least a portion of the first contact region and at least a portion of the second contact region, and a linewidth of an adjoining region between the first contact region and the first electrode is greater than the linewidth of an adjoining region between the second contact region and the first electrode.
US10573773B2	Backsheet for photovoltaic panels with double contacting face conductive elements of the non-through type Backsheet for photovoltaic panels with conductive interface elements intended to simplify the electrical connection of the terminal points of the circuit to the back junction box. The conductive elements are of the non-through type through the backsheet, with double contacting face, and are integrated on the front side towards the cells within recessed seats and in correspondence of through-holes in such a way as to enable an electrical connection by contact from the back side through the holes, in a guided way, by means of respective conductive elements protruding and fastened to the junction box. In particular, such a simplified contacting solution can be realized with extreme precision, without manual operations and at extremely low costs, with an automated assembly method.
US10573767B2	Solar cell A solar cell includes a substrate containing impurities of a first conductive type, an emitter region which is positioned at a first surface of the substrate and contains impurities of a second conductive type opposite the first conductive type to form a p-n junction along with the substrate, an anti-reflection layer positioned on the emitter region, a first electrode which is positioned on the anti-reflection layer and is coupled to the emitter region, and a second electrode which is positioned on a second surface of the substrate and is coupled to the substrate. A first area of the anti-reflection layer, which is positioned under the first electrode, has a plurality of openings. The first electrode couples to the emitter region exposed through the plurality of openings.
US10573766B2	Solar cell Provided is a solar cell comprising a first electrode; a second electrode; a perovskite photoabsorber layer located between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first semiconductor layer located between the first electrode and the photoabsorber layer; and a second semiconductor layer located between the second electrode and the photoabsorber layer. At least one electrode selected from the group consisting of the first electrode and the second electrode is light-transmissive. The first semiconductor layer contains Li. The second semiconductor layer contains LiN(SO2CF3)2. The second semiconductor layer contains poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine]. In the second semiconductor layer, a molar ratio of LiN(SO2CF3)2 to poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)amine] is not less than 0.15 and not more than 0.26.
US10573765B2	APCVD of doped titanium oxide and the coated article made thereby A method of making a doped titanium oxide coating in a float glass manufacturing process and the coated glass article made thereby wherein the dopant is a niobium or tantalum compound. The doped titanium oxide coating preferably exhibits an electrical conductivity>1×10−3 S/cm.
US10573762B2	Vertical gallium nitride Schottky diode A nitride-based Schottky diode includes a nitride-based semiconductor body, a first metal layer forming the anode electrode, a cathode electrode in electrical contact with the nitride-based semiconductor body, and a termination structure including a guard ring and a dielectric field plate. In one embodiment, the cathode electrode is formed on the front side of the nitride-based semiconductor body, in an area away from the anode electrode and the termination structure. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate includes a first dielectric layer and a recessed second dielectric layer. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate and the nitride-based epitaxial layer are formed with a slant profile at a side facing the Schottky junction of the Schottky diode. In another embodiment, the dielectric field plate is formed on a top surface of the nitride-based epitaxial layer and recessed from an end of the nitride-based epitaxial layer near the Schottky junction.
US10573761B2	Pressure sensor and display device having the same A pressure sensor includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a gate insulating layer, and a source electrode, and may be incorporated as a switching transistor in a display device. The gate electrode is configured to overlap the semiconductor layer. The gate insulating layer is disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode and includes a first insulating layer disposed on a surface of the semiconductor layer that faces the gate electrode and a second insulating layer comprising an elastic material disposed at least between the first insulating layer and the gate electrode. The source electrode and a drain electrode respectively coupled to spaced portions of the semiconductor layer.
US10573759B2	Organic polymer gate dielectric material for transistor devices A transistor device comprising an inorganic oxide semiconductor channel having a channel length L and a channel width W between source and drain conductors and capacitively coupled to a gate conductor via an organic polymer dielectric in contact with the inorganic oxide semiconductor channel. The gate voltage required to maintain a constant current of at least X nA between the source and drain conductors over a period of 14 hours while the gate and drain conductors are maintained at the same electric potential, varies by less than 1V, preferably less than about 0.2V; wherein X equals the W/L ratio multiplied by 50.
US10573750B2	Methods of forming doped source/drain contacts and structures formed thereby Methods of forming germanium channel structure are described. An embodiment includes forming a germanium fin on a substrate, wherein a portion of the germanium fin comprises a germanium channel region, forming a gate material on the germanium channel region, and forming a graded source/drain structure adjacent the germanium channel region. The graded source/drain structure comprises a germanium concentration that is higher adjacent the germanium channel region than at a source/drain contact region.
US10573743B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, an insulating film, and first and second electrodes provided on the insulating film. The insulating film includes first to fourth portions. The first portion is disposed in a region including the region directly above the first semiconductor region. The second portion is disposed at a portion of the region directly above the second semiconductor region. The second portion is thicker than the first portion. The third portion is thinner than the second portion and thicker than the first portion. The fourth portion is thicker than the third portion. The first electrode is disposed in at least a region directly above the first portion. The second electrode is disposed in at least a region directly above the third portion.
US10573741B1	Vertical power MOSFET device having doped regions between insulated trenches and a junction arranged therebetween A semiconductor device in embodiments, may include a device region having: two active trenches, each having at least a gate electrode. Two insulated trenches each having an electrode may be formed between the two active trenches separated by a junction. First p-doped layers may be provided between a first active trench and a first insulated trench, and between a second active trenches and a second insulated trench. Second p-doped layers may be provided between a first insulated trench and a second insulated trench with the junction arranged therebetween. The second p-doped layers may be provided on an external surface of the respective first one and second one of the two insulated trenches at a depth and a thickness set to form a current path when the power semiconductor device is in an OFF state.
US10573737B1	Transistor structure A transistor structure includes a substrate. A gate structure is disposed on the substrate. A hexagonal-shaped trench is disposed in the substrate at one side of the gate structure. A first epitaxial layer including first-type dopants is disposed in the hexagonal-shaped trench and contacts the hexagonal-shaped trench. A second epitaxial layer including second-type dopants is disposed in the hexagon-shaped trench. The first epitaxial layer is outside of the second epitaxial layer. The second epitaxial layer serves as a source/drain doped region of the transistor structure. The first-type dopants and the second-type dopants are of different conductive types.
US10573736B2	Heterojunction semiconductor device for reducing parasitic capacitance A semiconductor device including an active layer made of III-V group semiconductors, a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the active layer, a gate electrode disposed on or above the active layer and between the source electrode and the drain electrode, an interlayer dielectric covering the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode and having a plurality of inter-gate via holes. The semiconductor device further includes an inter-source layer, an inter-drain layer, and an inter-gate layer disposed on the interlayer dielectric. The semiconductor device further includes an inter-gate plug filled in the inter-gate via hole and electrically connected to the gate electrode and the inter-gate layer, and a gate field plate being separated from the gate electrode and electrically connected to the gate electrode through the inter-gate layer.
US10573732B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device according to as embodiment includes a semiconductor layer having a first plane and a second plane; a first trench provided in the semiconductor layer; a first gate electrode provided in the first trench; a second trench provided in the semiconductor layer; a second gate electrode provided in the second trench; a third trench provided in the semiconductor layer; a first resistive layer provided in the third trench; a first electrode provided on a side of the first plane of the semiconductor layer; a second electrode provided on a side of the second plane of the semi conductor layer; and a gate electrode pad provided on the side of the first plane of the semiconductor layer, is electrically connected to the first gate electrode through the first resistive layer, and is electrically connected to the second gate electrode.
US10573727B2	Vertical transistor device According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for forming a semiconductor device includes pattering a first fin in a semiconductor substrate, and forming a liner layer over the first fin. The method further includes removing a first portion of the liner layer, and removing a portion of the exposed semiconductor substrate to form a first cavity. The method also includes performing an isotropic etching process to remove portions of the semiconductor substrate in the first cavity and form a first undercut region below the liner layer, growing a first epitaxial semiconductor material in the first undercut region and the first cavity, and performing a first annealing process to drive dopants from the first epitaxial semiconductor material into the first fin to form a first source/drain layer under the first fin and in portions of the semiconductor substrate.
US10573725B1	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a dielectric layer, and silicide layer. The semiconductor substrate has a plurality of protrusions. The dielectric layer is disposed over the semiconductor substrate and has a plurality of blocks disposed over the protrusions. The silicide layer is disposed over a first sidewall of the protrusions, a second sidewall of the blocks, and an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the first sidewall, and a bottom surface of the silicide layer is lower than a first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The present disclosure further provides a method for manufacturing the semiconductor structure.
US10573724B2	Contact over active gate employing a stacked spacer A method is presented for employing contact over active gate to reduce parasitic capacitance. The method includes forming high-k metal gates (HKMGs) between stacked spacers, the stacked spacers including a low-k dielectric lower portion and a sacrificial upper portion, forming a first dielectric over the HKMGs, forming first contacts to source/drain of a transistor between the HKMGs, and forming a second dielectric over the first contacts. The method further includes selectively removing the first dielectric to form second contacts to the HKMGs, selectively removing the second dielectric to form third contacts on top of the first contacts, removing the sacrificial upper portion of the stacked spacers, and depositing a third dielectric that pinches off the remaining first and second dielectrics to form air-gaps between the first contacts and the HKMGs.
US10573709B2	Display device According to one embodiment, there is provided a display device which includes an insulating substrate having a bend area, and a wiring line located in the bend area. The bend area is bent about a bend axis extending in a first direction. The wiring line in the bend area has a first portion which extends in the first direction and a second portion which extends in a direction intersecting the first portion and is connected to the first portion. A first angle formed by the first portion and the second portion is less than 90 degrees.
US10573706B2	Display device A first bent wiring has a first bent portion which is positioned between first and second extending portions and is bent to a side of a first direction. A second bent portion is positioned between the second extending portion and a third extending portion and is bent to a second direction side. A second bent wiring has a third bent portion which is positioned on the second direction side when viewed from the first bent wiring and between fourth and fifth extending portions and is bent to the side of the first direction and a fourth bent portion which is positioned between the fifth extending portion and a sixth extending portion and is bent to the second direction side. A bending point of the third bent portion is positioned on the side of the first direction when viewed from a bending point of the second bent portion.
US10573705B2	Display device with defective pixel correction In view of the problem that a reduced thickness of an EL film causes a short circuit between an anode and a cathode and malfunction of a transistor, the invention provides a display device that has a light emitting element including an electrode and an electroluminescent layer, a wire electrically connected to the electrode of the light emitting element, a transistor provided with an active layer including a source, a drain and a channel forming region, and a power supply line electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the transistor, wherein the wire is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the transistor, and the width of a part of the electrode in the vicinity of a portion where the electrode is electrically connected to the wire is smaller than that of the electrode in the other portion.
US10573694B2	Backplane substrate and flexible display using the same Disclosed are a backplane substrate, which has a modified dummy pixel configuration, thereby preventing water permeation and cracks from the side surface due to repeated folding, and a flexible display using the same. A plurality of slits is provided in a dummy pixel portion and separates an interlayer insulation stack for respective dummy pixels.
US10573690B2	Method for producing a radiation detector and radiation detector The invention relates to a method for producing a radiation detector used to detect ionizing radiation including a first inorganic-organic halide Perovskite material (24) as a direct converter material and/or as a scintillator material in a detector layer and to a radiation detector comprising a detector layer (24) produced by means of the steps of the method. In order to provide an approach for producing a thick layer (e.g. above 10 μιη) of Perovskite material suitable for a radiation detector, it is proposed to grow the material selectively on a seeding layer (23), yielding in a thick polycrystalline layer. One suitable seeding layer (23) to grow lead Perovskite material is made of a bromide Perovskite material.
US10573684B2	Multi-color monolithic light-emitting diodes and methods for making the same A process for producing a light emitting diode device, the process including: forming a plurality of quantum dots on a surface of a layer including a first area and a second area, the forming including: exposing the first area of the surface to light having a first wavelength while exposing the first area to a quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the first area to form at a first growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a first threshold dimension; exposing the second area of the surface to light having a second wavelength while exposing the second area to the quantum dot forming environment that causes the quantum dots in the second area to form at a third growth rate while the quantum dots have a dimension less than a second threshold dimension; and processing the layer to form the LED device.
US10573681B2	Imaging device, camera, and imaging method An imaging device includes: an imaging element including a photoelectric conversion member that generates charge due to an internal photoelectric effect when receiving light at a voltage in a first predetermined range, and generates no charge due to the internal photoelectric effect when receiving light at a voltage in a second predetermined range, and a plurality of pixel circuits that accumulate, in each pixel, the charge generated by the photoelectric conversion member, the imaging element outputting a frame image based on an amount of charge accumulated in the plurality of pixel circuits; a voltage controller that controls a voltage to be applied to the photoelectric conversion member; and a corrector that performs correction on at least a part of one or more frame images output from the imaging element to reduce dark current signal components.
US10573679B2	Stacked CMOS image sensor A stacked complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor includes: a first semiconductor chip in which a plurality of pixels are in an upper area in a two-dimensional array structure and a first wiring layer is in a lower area; and a second semiconductor chip in which a second wiring layer is arranged in an upper area and logic elements are in a lower area, wherein the first semiconductor chip is coupled to the second semiconductor chip through a connection between a first metal pad in a first pad insulating layer in a lowermost portion of the first wiring layer and a second metal pad in a second pad insulating layer in an uppermost portion of the second wiring layer, and wherein a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor is in at least one of the first pad insulating layer and the second pad insulating layer.
US10573674B2	SLT integrated circuit capacitor structure and methods FET IC structures that enable formation of integrated capacitors in a “flipped” SOI IC structure made using a back-side access process, such as a “single layer transfer” (SLT) process, and which eliminate or mitigate unwanted parasitic couplings to a handle wafer. In some embodiments, a conductive interconnect layer may be patterned, pre-SLT, to form an isolated first capacitor plate. In other embodiments, pre-SLT, a conductive region of the active layer of an IC may be patterned to form an isolated first capacitor plate, with one or more interconnect layers being fabricated in position to form an electrical contact to the first capacitor plate. In either case, a post-SLT top-side layer of conductive material may be patterned to form a second capacitor plate. Couplings to the resulting capacitor structures include only external connections, only internal connections, or both internal and external connections.
US10573673B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The number of masks and photolithography processes used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device are reduced. A first conductive film is formed over a substrate; a first insulating film is formed over the first conductive film; a semiconductor film is formed over the first insulating film; a semiconductor film including a channel region is formed by etching part of the semiconductor film; a second insulating film is formed over the semiconductor film; a mask is formed over the second insulating film; a first portion of the second insulating film that overlaps the semiconductor film and second portions of the first insulating film and the second insulating film that do not overlap the semiconductor film are removed with the use of the mask; the mask is removed; and a second conductive film electrically connected to the semiconductor film is formed over at least part of the second insulating film.
US10573670B2	Array substrate, method for fabricating the same, display device and method for driving display device An array substrate, a method for fabricating the same, a display device and a drive method thereof are disclosed. In the array substrate, a pixel data storage circuit and a R/W control circuits for controlling the pixel data storage circuits are formed within a display region of the array substrate and read/write is realized by a R/W data line and a R/W control line extending into a non-display region of the array substrate. It can thereby avoid arranging GRAM in the data drive circuit, so as to reduce the size of the data drive circuit, which is beneficial to the light-weighting and thinning of the display device.
US10573663B2	Etchant composition, method of manufacturing semiconductor device using the same, and semiconductor device Provided herein is a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes alternately forming sacrificial layers and interlayer insulating layers on a semiconductor substrate. The method further includes forming a slit to expose the sacrificial layers by etching through the sacrificial layers and the interlayer insulating layers and forming interlayer openings by removing the exposed sacrificial layers. The method also includes depositing a conductive material in the interlayer openings and forming seams in which core patterns are deposited. The method additionally includes oxidizing a portion of the conductive material in the interlayer openings using a wet etching process and forming conductive patterns by removing the oxidized portion of the conductive material from the interlayer openings while leaving the seams intact.
US10573658B2	Method of manufacturing three-dimensional vertical and semiconductor device A method of manufacturing three-dimensional semiconductor device includes the steps of: forming a stack structure of a plurality of a first material layers and a second material layers on a substrate in the memory cell region; etching the stack structure to form a plurality of trenches; forming channel layers in the plurality of trenches; and reducing the surface roughness and the interface state by performing annealing treatment to at least one surface of the channel layers.
US10573655B2	Three-dimensional semiconductor device and method of fabrication A 3-D IC includes a substrate having a substrate surface. A first semiconductor device has a first electrical contact and is formed in a first area of the surface on a first plane substantially parallel to the substrate surface. A second semiconductor device has a second electrical contact and is formed in a second area of the surface on a second plane substantially parallel to the surface and vertically spaced from the first plane in a direction substantially perpendicular to the surface. A first electrode structure includes opposing top and bottom surfaces substantially parallel to the substrate surface, and a sidewall connecting the top and bottom surfaces such that the electrode structure forms a three dimensional electrode space. A conductive fill material is provided in the electrode space, and a dielectric layer electrically separates the conductive fill material into a first electrode electrically connected to the first contact of the first semiconductor device and a second electrode electrically connected to the second semiconductor device and electrically insulated from the first electrode. A first circuit terminal extends vertically from the top or bottom surface of the electrode structure and is electrically connected to the first electrode.
US10573654B2	Integrated assemblies having bitline contacts Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a paired-memory-cell-region within a memory-array-region. The paired-memory-cell-region includes a bitline-contact-structure between a first charge-storage-device-contact-structure and a second charge-storage-device-contact-structure. A first insulative region is between the bitline-contact-structure and the first charge-storage-device-contact-structure. A second insulative region is between the bitline-contact-structure and the second charge-storage-device-contact-structure. The first and second insulative regions both include a first semiconductor material which is in a nonconductive configuration. A transistor gate is over a peripheral region proximate the memory-array-region. The transistor gate has a second semiconductor material which is a same semiconductor composition and thickness as the first semiconductor material, but which is in a conductive configuration. Some embodiments include methods of forming integrated assemblies.
US10573647B2	CMOS circuits using n-channel and p-channel gallium nitride transistors CMOS circuits may formed using p-channel gallium nitride transistors and n-channel gallium nitride transistors, wherein both the p-channel gallium nitride transistors and the n-channel gallium nitride transistors are formed on a single layered structure comprising a polarization layer deposited on a first gallium nitride layer and a second gallium nitride layer deposited on the polarization layer. Having both n-channel gallium nitride transistors and p-channel gallium nitride transistors s on the same layer structure may enable “all gallium nitride transistor” implementations of circuits including logic, digital, and analog circuitries spanning low supply voltages to high supply voltages.
US10573645B2	Integrated semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a first transistor and a second transistor formed in the first region and second region, respectively, wherein the first transistor includes a thick gate insulating layer and a thin buffer insulating layer formed in the substrate, a first gate electrode formed on the thick gate insulating layer, a first spacer formed on the thin buffer insulating layer, and a source region and a drain region formed in the substrate.
US10573644B2	Tipless transistors, short-tip transistors, and methods and circuits therefor An integrated circuit can include a plurality of first transistors formed in a substrate and having gate lengths of less than one micron and at least one tipless transistor formed in the substrate and having a source-drain path coupled between a circuit node and a first power supply voltage. In addition or alternatively, an integrated circuit can include minimum feature size transistors; a signal driving circuit comprising a first transistor of a first conductivity type having a source-drain path coupled between a first power supply node and an output node, and a second transistor of a second conductivity type having a source-drain path coupled between a second power supply node and the output node, and a gate coupled to a gate of the first transistor, wherein the first or second transistor is a tipless transistor.
US10573638B2	ESD protection circuit assembly for CMOS manufacturing process An ESD protection circuit assembly for use in a CMOS manufacturing process is disclosed to include an I/O circuit including a power I/O unit and a signal I/O unit, and an electrostatic discharge clamp circuit connected to the power I/O unit and including a P-type substrate, a series of low voltage P-type structures arranged on the P-type substrate, a plurality of low voltage N-type wells formed on the P-type substrate corresponding to the low voltage P-type structures and a first P-type heavily doped area and a second P-type heavily doped area formed in each low voltage N-type well. By using a series of low voltage P-type structures to provide high ESD tolerance, the ESD protection circuit assembly can be more effectively utilized in the same circuit layout area.
US10573637B2	Carrier bypass for electrostatic discharge Various aspects of the disclosure are directed to circuitry that may be used to shunt current. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments a first circuit has a plurality of alternating p-type and n-type semiconductor regions with respective p-n junctions therebetween, arranged between an anode end and a cathode end. A second (e.g., bypass) circuit is connected to one of the alternating p-type and n-type semiconductor regions, and forms a further p-n junction therewith. The second circuit operates to provide carrier flow, which influences operation of the first circuit.
US10573634B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a substrate, first, second, third and fourth bottom contacts in the substrate, and first, second, third and fourth active fins on respective ones of the first, second, third and fourth bottom contacts, the second and third fins overlapping in a first direction. First, second and third gate electrodes extend longitudinally in the first direction, the first and second gate electrodes disposed on side surfaces of respective ones of the first and fourth active fins and the third gate electrode disposed on side surfaces of the second and third active fins. A first top contact is on the first and second active fins and a second top contact is on the third and fourth active fins.
US10573630B2	Offset-aligned three-dimensional integrated circuit A three-dimensional integrated circuit includes a first die having a first geometry. The first die includes a first region that operates with a first power density and a second region that operates with a second power density. The first power density is less than the second power density. The first die includes first electrical contacts disposed in the first region on a first side of the first die along a periphery of the first die. The three-dimensional integrated circuit includes a second die having a second geometry. The second die includes second electrical contacts disposed on a first side of the second die. A stacked portion of the second die is stacked within the periphery of the first die and an overhang portion of the second die extends beyond the periphery of the first die. The second electrical contacts are aligned with and coupled to the first electrical contacts.
US10573626B1	Display device using semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure can provide a display device, including a substrate, semiconductor light emitting devices having a first conductive electrode disposed on the substrate and formed in a ring shape on an upper edge thereof and a second conductive electrode formed on an upper central portion of the semiconductor light emitting device and surrounded by the first conductive electrode, a passivation layer formed to cover a side surface of the semiconductor light emitting device, and cover part of an upper surface of the semiconductor light emitting device, a first wiring electrode electrically connected to the first conductive electrode, and a second wiring electrode extended from an edge of the semiconductor light emitting device in a central direction of the semiconductor light emitting device to be electrically connected to the second conductive electrode, wherein part of the second wiring electrode overlaps with part of the first conductive electrode with the passivation layer interposed therebetween.
US10573625B2	Vertical light emitting diode with magnetic back contact A structure containing a vertical light emitting diode (LED) is provided. The vertical LED is present in an opening located in a display substrate, and the vertical LED is coupled to a back contact structure via a magnetic back contact structure. A first top contact structure contacts a topmost surface of the vertical LED and a second top contact structure contacts a surface of the back contact structure.
US10573624B2	Semiconductor device package and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device package includes: (1) a first circuit layer including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; (2) at least one electrical element disposed over the first surface of the first circuit layer and electrically connected to the first circuit layer; (3) a first molding layer disposed over the first surface of the first circuit layer, wherein the first molding layer encapsulates an edge of the at least one electrical element; (4) first electronic components disposed over the second surface of the first circuit layer and electrically connected to the first circuit layer; and (5) a second molding layer disposed over the second surface of the first circuit layer and encapsulating the first electronic components, wherein the first molding layer and the second molding layer include different molding materials.
US10573619B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board according to an embodiment includes a metal plate and a wiring member. The meal plate includes a current path part, which is a main current path of an electronic part mounted on or above a front surface of the metal plate, and a heat radiation part, which radiates heat generated from the electronic part. The wiring member is arranged on or above a back surface of the metal plate. The current path part and the heat radiation part are in the same layer to be integrally formed with the wiring member.
US10573605B2	Layout-driven method to assess vulnerability of ICs to microprobing attacks A method of assessing vulnerability of Integrated Circuit (IC) can include: preparing a list of logic nets of the IC; obtaining rectangular segments from the logic nets; finding a milling exclusion area based on a covering wire; and superimposing the found milling exclusion area onto the rectangular segments of the logic nets. The milling exclusion area is an area that microprobing attack does not succeed without cutting off at least one of the rectangular segments.
US10573601B2	Semiconductor device and method of unit specific progressive alignment A semiconductor device may include a semiconductor die disposed within an encapsulant, the semiconductor die being misaligned with a package edge formed by the encapsulant. A total radial shift of the semiconductor die may account for the misalignment between semiconductor die and the package edge. A build-up interconnect structure may comprise two or more layers formed over the semiconductor die and the encapsulant, the two or more layers comprising at least one redistribution layer (RDL). The total radial shift may be distributed over the two or more layers of the build-up interconnect structure to form a unit specific pattern for each of the two or more layers. An average misalignment of the semiconductor die and the package edge may be greater than the average misalignment of the at least one unit specific pattern with respect to the package edge.
US10573596B2	FinFET fuses formed at tight pitch dimensions A semiconductor structure is provided in which metal semiconductor alloy pillars are formed at least partially within the sidewall surfaces of each semiconductor fin that extends from a surface of a substrate. These pillars are fuses (i.e., FinFET fuses) that are formed at a very tight pitch dimensions. The pillars can be trimmed after forming FinFET devices. The present application provides a method for forming on-chip FinFET fuses easily by choice of the metal semiconductor alloy, the amount of pillar trim, the number of contacted pillars and to a lower design degree the height of each pillar.
US10573593B2	Metal interconnects for super (skip) via integration The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to metal interconnect structures for super (skip) via integration and methods of manufacture. The structure includes: a first wiring layer with one or more wiring structures; a second wiring layer including an interconnect and wiring structure; and at least one upper wiring layer with one or more via interconnect and wiring structures located above the second wiring layer. The one or more via interconnect and wiring structures partially including a first metal material and remaining portions with a conductive material over the first metal material. A skip via passes through the second wiring layer and extends to the one or more wiring structures of the first wiring layer. The skip via partially includes the metal material and remaining portions of the skip via includes the conductive material over the first metal material.
US10573580B2	Surface structure method and apparatus associated with compute or electronic component packages Apparatus and method associated with surface structures of compute component packages are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a plurality of structures provided on a surface of a compute component package, wherein the plurality of structures are to be used to attach and electrically couple the compute component package to another device, and wherein a structure of the plurality of structures includes first and second portions, the second portion disposed further from the surface than the first portion, and the first portion to comprise a material different from the second portion.
US10573559B2	Laser processing method for wafer A laser processing method for a wafer includes: linearly forming a plurality of shield tunnels each having a fine hole and an amorphous region surrounding the fine hole at predetermined intervals in an inner part of a test substrate, the test substrate having a material and a thickness identical to those of a substrate of the wafer to be processed, while changing time intervals of a plurality of pulses constituting a burst pulse laser beam; and measuring a rupture strength when the test substrate is ruptured along the plurality of shield tunnels. Next, the time intervals of the pulses when the rupture strength is at a minimum are calculated, and a laser processing step is performed which linearly forms a plurality of shield tunnels at predetermined intervals in an inner part of the wafer, by irradiating the wafer with the laser beam having the time intervals of the pulses.
US10573557B2	Method and apparatus for plasma dicing a semi-conductor wafer The present invention provides a method for plasma dicing a substrate. The method comprising providing a process chamber having a wall; providing a plasma source adjacent to the wall of the process chamber; providing a work piece support within the process chamber; placing the substrate onto a support film on a frame to form a work piece work piece; loading the work piece onto the work piece support; providing a clamping electrode for electrostatically clamping the work piece to the work piece support; providing a mechanical partition between the plasma source and the work piece; generating a plasma through the plasma source; and etching the work piece through the generated plasma.
US10573554B2	Backside contact to a final substrate A device structure with a backside contact includes a silicon-on-insulator substrate including a device layer, a buried insulator layer, and an electrically-conducting connection in a trench. A final substrate is connected to the buried insulator layer such that the electrically-conducting connection contacts the final substrate.
US10573551B2	Etching method and fabrication method of semiconductor structures An etching method and a fabrication method of semiconductor structures are provided. The etching method includes forming trenches in a to-be-etched structure, and forming a dielectric layer in the trenches. The etching method further includes etching the dielectric layer in the trenches by an etching process, and controlling at least an etching temperature of the etching process while a polymer is formed on side surface of the to-be-etched structure. During the etching process of the dielectric layer, the polymer undergoes a deposition stage and a removal stage. The deposition stage has a deposition rate of the polymer greater than an etch rate of the polymer, and the removal stage has the deposition rate of the polymer less than the etch rate of the polymer.
US10573548B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to the present invention includes at least the following four steps: (A) a step of preparing a structure (100) including an adhesive laminate film (50) having a heat-resistant resin layer (10), a flexible resin layer (20) and an adhesive resin layer (30) in this order, and one or two or more semiconductor chips (70) adhered to the adhesive resin layer (30); (B) a step of confirming an operation of the semiconductor chips (70) in a state of being adhered to the adhesive resin layer (30); (C) a step of, after the step (B), peeling the heat-resistant resin layer (10) from the adhesive laminate film (50); and (D) a step of, after the step (C), picking up the semiconductor chips (70) from the adhesive resin layer (30).
US10573547B1	Apparatus and method for facilitating planar delayering of integrated circuit die An apparatus and method for facilitating the removal of layers from a die for an integrated circuit while maintaining the planarity of the surface of the die by avoiding rounding the corners and other edges of the die. A pocket is created in a sacrificial material, such that when the die is inserted into the pocket the edges of the die are contiguous with the walls of the pocket and a top surface of the die is coplanar with a top surface of the pocket. The sacrificial material may be the same material as the die. An adhesive substance is placed in the pocket, and the die is inserted into the pocket and against the adhesive substance which aids in retaining the die in the pocket. The layers may then be removed from the die and the sacrificial material around the die without rounding the edges of the die.
US10573538B2	Handler bonding and debonding for semiconductor dies Various embodiments process semiconductor devices. In one embodiment, a release layer is applied to a handler. The at least one singulated semiconductor device is bonded to the handler. The at least one singulated semiconductor device is packaged while it is bonded to the handler. The release layer is ablated by irradiating the release layer through the handler with a laser. The the at least one singulated semiconductor device is removed from the transparent handler after the release layer has been ablated.
US10573535B2	Substrate processing apparatus, lid cover and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A technique capable of preventing by-products from adhering to a lower portion of a process vessel utilizes a substrate processing apparatus including: a process vessel having a process chamber; a lid configured to close a lower end opening of the process vessel; a substrate retainer; an insulating structure; a process gas supply mechanism configured to supply a process gas; a purge gas supply unit configured to supply a purge gas to a lower region of the process vessel via a gap between the insulating structure and the lid; and a restrictor disposed in the gap. The restrictor regulates flow of the purge gas such that the flow rate of the purge gas supplied to a first portion of the lower region of the process vessel is greater than a flow rate of the purge gas supplied to a second portion of the lower region of the process vessel.
US10573530B2	Pattern forming method Disclosed is a pattern forming method including: forming an acrylic resin layer on an underlayer; forming an intermediate layer on the acrylic resin layer; forming a patterned EUV resist layer on the intermediate layer; forming a pattern on the acrylic resin layer by etching the intermediate layer and the acrylic resin layer with the EUV resist layer as an etching mask; removing the EUV resist layer and the intermediate layer after the pattern is formed on the acrylic resin layer; and smoothing a surface of the acrylic resin layer after the EUV resist layer and the intermediate layer are removed.
US10573526B2	Method of charge controlled patterning during reactive ion etching A plasma processing apparatus for reactive ion etching a wafer includes a wafer chuck within a chamber and an electrode for creating a plasma within the chamber above the wafer chuck. There is provided on the wafer chuck a semiconductor wafer having a p− layer and an n+ layer. Both p− and n+ layers have exposed peripheral edges. Also provided is an anode comprising the plasma, a cathode comprising the wafer chuck, and a gate comprising the peripheral edge of the n+ layer. A coating layer is formed on a portion of the peripheral edge of the n+ layer. The coating layer reduces charge flow to a portion of the semiconductor wafer below the coating layer.
US10573525B2	Plasma apparatus and method for producing the same [Object] To provide a plasma apparatus capable of igniting plasma reliably over a long period.[Solution] The apparatus includes a hollow structural body (11) having a hollow structure along an axis, a first electrode (12) disposed inside the hollow structural body (11), and a second electrode (14) having a structure that externally covers a plasma generation area (13) of the hollow structural body (11). The first electrode (12) has a deformation structure (12b) within the plasma generation area of the hollow structural body.
US10573515B2	Production method for semiconductor There is provided a method for producing a semiconductor device, the method facilitating removal of a growth substrate from a semiconductor layer. A decomposition layer formation step involves extension of a plurality of threading dislocations during growth of a decomposition layer. A bridging portion formation step involves exposure of the threading dislocations to the surface of a bridging portion. A decomposition step involves widening of the threading dislocations exposed to the surface of the bridging portion, to thereby provide a plurality of through holes penetrating the bridging portion; decomposition of at least a portion of the decomposition layer exposed in the interior of the through holes; and discharge of a decomposition product generated through decomposition of the decomposition layer via the through holes to the outside of the bridging portion, to thereby provide a first void in a portion of a region where the decomposition layer has remained.
US10573514B2	Method of forming silicon-containing film A method of forming a silicon-containing film includes: an adsorption step of supplying a silicon-containing gas represented by a general formula XSiCl3 (wherein X is an element whose bonding energy with Si is smaller than bonding energy of a Si—Cl bond) into a processing chamber accommodating substrates to cause the silicon-containing gas to be adsorbed to a surface of each of the substrates; and a reaction step of supplying a reaction gas reacting with the silicon-containing gas into the processing chamber to cause the silicon-containing gas adsorbed to the surface of each of the substrates to react with the reaction gas.
US10573509B2	Cleaning apparatus and substrate processing apparatus The cleaning apparatus includes multiple kinds of cleaning modules each configured to perform a cleaning processing of a substrate, a first accommodating section configured to accommodate the multiple kinds of cleaning modules therein, and a fluid supply section configured to supply a fluid to the cleaning modules accommodated in the first accommodating section through a pipe. Each of the multiple kinds of cleaning modules includes a pipe connection portion having a common connection position to be connected with the pipe.
US10573506B2	Method and device for etching patterns inside objects Systems and methods for etching complex patterns on an interior surface of a hollow object are disclosed. A method generally includes positioning a laser system within the hollow object with a focal point of the laser focused on the interior surface, and operating the laser system to form the complex pattern on the interior surface. Motion of the laser system and the hollow object is controlled by a motion control system configured to provide rotation and/or translation about a longitudinal axis of one or both of the hollow object and the laser system based on the complex pattern, and change a positional relationship between a reflector and a focusing lens of the laser system to accommodate a change in distance between the reflector and the interior surface of the hollow object.
US10573499B2	Method of extracting and accelerating ions A method of extracting and accelerating ions is provided. The method includes providing a ion source. The ion source includes a chamber. The ion source further includes a first hollow cathode having a first hollow cathode cavity and a first plasma exit orifice and a second hollow cathode having a second hollow cathode cavity and a second plasma exit orifice, the first and second hollow cathodes being disposed adjacently in the chamber. The ion source further includes a first ion accelerator between and in communication with the first plasma exit orifice and the chamber. The first ion accelerator forms a first ion acceleration cavity. The ion source further includes a second ion accelerator between and in communication with the second plasma orifice and the chamber. The second ion accelerator forms a second ion acceleration cavity. The method further includes generating a plasma using the first hollow cathode and the second hollow cathode. The first hollow cathode and the second hollow cathode are configured to alternatively function as electrode and counter-electrode. The method further includes extracting and accelerating ions. Each of the first ion acceleration cavity and the second ion acceleration cavity are sufficient to enable the extraction and acceleration of ions.
US10573478B2	Electronic component The present disclosure relates to an electronic high-frequency component for accommodating micro-devices, having at least two housing parts which are joined together by a metal frame and which enclose a cavity, and at least one input signal line configured to introduce electrical high-frequency signals from outside of the component into the cavity. The input signal line is connected to a signal line via. Furthermore, the high-frequency component also has at least one short-circuit via which electrically connects the metal frame to at least one of the housing parts of the component.
US10573461B2	Electronic component and electronic component device An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape includes a first principal surface arranged to constitute a mounting surface, a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface in a first direction, a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in a second direction, and a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in a third direction. An external electrode is disposed at an end portion of the element body in the third direction. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer. The conductive resin layer covers a region near the first principal surface of the end surface. A height of the conductive resin layer in the first direction is larger at an end portion in the second direction than at a center in the second direction, when viewed from the third direction.
US10573451B2	Power inductor In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a power inductor includes a body, a base disposed in the body, and a coil pattern disposed on at least one surface of the base, in which the body includes metal powder, a polymer, and a thermal conductive filler and the base is formed by bonding a copper foil to both surfaces of a metal plate comprising iron.
US10573445B2	Electromagnetic field confinement The present subject matter relates to the control of electromagnetic fields and has particular relevance to wireless power transfer system devices and systems. In particular there is provided a magnetic flux coupling apparatus comprising a coil for generating or receiving magnetic coupling flux; and a leakage flux element separated from the coil by a region of relatively low magnetic permeability and positioned to provide a controlled path for leakage flux independent of coupling flux; wherein the leakage flux element comprises a lossy magnetic material of relatively high magnetic permeability which absorbs energy from a time varying magnetic field to thereby alternate attenuate leakage flux. The apparatus as disclosed herein aids in the suppression of the magnetic flux that leaks out of the air gap in such systems, or which leaks out of a region where magnetic flux is required for inductive power transfer.
US10573441B2	Method for manufacturing magnetic core There is provided a magnetic core having both high strength and high resistivity, a coil component produced with such a magnetic core, and a magnetic core manufacturing method capable of easily manufacturing a magnetic core with high strength and high resistivity. A method for manufacturing a magnetic core having a structure including dispersed Fe-based soft magnetic alloy particles includes: a first step including mixing a first Fe-based soft magnetic alloy powder containing Al and Cr, a second Fe-based soft magnetic alloy powder containing Cr and Si, and a binder; a second step including pressing the mixture obtained after the first step; and a third step including heat-treating the compact obtained after the second step, wherein the heat treatment forms an oxide layer on the surface of Fe-based soft magnetic alloy particles and bonds the Fe-based soft magnetic alloy particles together through the oxide layer.
US10573439B2	Multilayer iron nitride hard magnetic materials The disclosure describes multilayer hard magnetic materials including at least one layer including α″-Fe16N2 and at least one layer including α″-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of α″-Fe16N2 and α″-Fe16Z2, where Z includes at least one of C, B, or O, and x is a number greater than zero and less than one. The disclosure also describes techniques for forming multilayer hard magnetic materials including at least one layer including α″-Fe16N2 and at least one layer including α″-Fe16(NxZ1-x)2 or a mixture of α″-Fe16N2 and α″-Fe16Z2 using chemical vapor deposition or liquid phase epitaxy.
US10573437B2	Permanent magnet, and motor and power generator using the same In one embodiment, a permanent magnet includes: a composition expressed by RpFeqMrCusCo100-p-q-r-s (R is a rare-earth element, M is at least one element selected from Zr, Ti, and Hf, 10.8≤p≤13.5 at %, 28≤q≤40 at %, 0.88≤r≤7.2 at %, and 3.5≤s≤13.5 at %); and a metallic structure including a cell phase having a Th2Zn17 crystal phase, and a cell wall phase. A Cu concentration in the cell wall phase is in a range from 30 at % to 70 at %.
US10573433B2	Guarded coaxial cable assembly A guarded coaxial cable assembly including at least a pair of conductors, one or more rails, and a jacket covering these parts such as a first rail extending alongside two nearby conductors, the rail and the conductors embedded in an outer electrically insulating jacket, the outer jacket having a pair of generally opposed bearing surfaces for bearing transverse loads, the rail operative to reduce outer jacket deformations resulting from transverse loads applied to the bearing surfaces; and, the orientation of the rail and the conductors within the outer jacket operative to limit conductor or conductor jacket deformations resulting from transverse loads applied to the bearing surfaces.
US10573424B2	Method of manufacturing high aspect ratio structure and method of manufacturing ultrasonic probe A method of manufacturing a high aspect ratio structure includes: a hole forming step of forming a plurality of holes in at least one principal surface of a substrate; a resist forming step of forming a first area with a resist layer and a second area without the resist layer on the principal surface provided with the plurality of holes after the hole forming step ends; and a concave portion forming step of immersing the substrate into an etching solution to form a concave portion in the substrate corresponding to the second area.
US10573418B2	Fail-safe control rod drive system for nuclear reactor A control rod drive system (CRDS) for use in a nuclear reactor. In one embodiment, the system generally includes a drive rod mechanically coupled to a control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) operable to linearly raise and lower the drive rod along a vertical axis, a rod cluster control assembly (RCCA) comprising a plurality of control rods insertable into a nuclear fuel core, and a drive rod extension (DRE) releasably coupled at opposing ends to the drive rod and RCCA. The CRDM includes an electromagnet which operates to couple the CRDM to DRE. In the event of a power loss or SCRAM, the CRDM may be configured to remotely uncouple the RCCA from the DRE without releasing or dropping the drive rod which remains engaged with the CRDM and in position.
US10573417B2	Method for guaranteeing fast reactor core subcriticality under conditions of uncertainty regarding the neutron-physical characteristics thereof A method for guaranteeing fast reactor core subcriticality under conditions of uncertainty involves, after assembling the reactor core, conducting physical measurements of reactor core subcriticality and comparing the obtained characteristics with design values; then, if there is a discrepancy between the values of the obtained characteristics and the design values, installing adjustable reactivity rods in the reactor at the level of a fuel portion of the reactor core, wherein the level of boron-B10 isotope enrichment of the adjustable reactivity rods is selected to be higher than the level of boron-B10 isotope enrichment of compensating rods of the reactor core. The technical result consists in improving the operating conditions of absorbing elements of a compensating group of rods, eliminating the need for increasing the movement thereof, simplifying monitoring technologies used during production, and simplifying the algorithm for safe reactor control.
US10573415B2	System for using patient data combined with database data to predict and report outcomes A system and associated method receives, by a database coupled to a communication network, patient medical data from multiple data sources including data retrieved from implantable medical devices implanted in patients. A processor accesses the database to generate a dataset from the medical data having at least one data characteristic matching a corresponding data characteristic of a patient group of at least one patient. At least one subset of the dataset is identified that had a therapy intervention subsequent to a time point that the subset had the matching data characteristic(s). An outcome of the subset is determined and a predictive outcome for the patient group is produced based on the outcome of at least one subset.
US10573411B2	Tags for automated location and monitoring of moveable objects and related systems An example embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at an identification tag associated with a moveable object and in a sleep state, a wake-up signal; waking, responsive to the wake-up signal, the identification tag; listening, while the identification tag is awake and at the identification tag, for a signal from at least one receiver, wherein the signal requests information regarding the identification tag; responsive to not receiving a signal, returning the identification tag to a sleep state after expiration of a back-off timer having a predetermined timer duration; and responsive to receiving a signal from at least one receiver, transmitting, to the least one receiver from an identification tag associated with a moveable object, information related to an environment surrounding the identification tag and information related to a location of the identification tag.
US10573409B2	System and method for automated dosage calculation and patient treatment life cycle A system and method for automatically calculating an accurate recommended dosage for hormone replacement therapy and automating the life cycle of a patient's treatment over time. The system and method can automatically acquire relevant patient parameters and apply a consistent formulaic approach to help reduce incorrect dosage determinations. A pellet insertion size may be determined and documented based on a calculated dosage, and an insertion side and lot numbers may be tracked and managed. In addition, corresponding revenues may be tracked and profitability may be reported for hormone replacement therapy practices.
US10573401B2	Memory devices and memory packages A memory device includes a plurality of receivers that each include a first input terminal coupled to one pin of a plurality of input/output pins. The memory devices further includes a transmitter having an output terminal coupled to the first input terminals of the plurality of receivers. The memory device further includes a control circuit configured to control the transmitter to output a particular test signal. The plurality of receivers are each configured to generate output data based on receiving the particular test signal from the transmitter. The control circuit is further configured to adjust the plurality of receivers based on the output data generated by the plurality of receivers and received at the control circuit from the plurality of receivers.
US10573398B1	Fuse latch of semiconductor device A fuse latch of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The fuse latch includes a plurality of PMOS transistors and a plurality of NMOS transistors to latch fuse cell data. In the fuse latch, the PMOS transistors are formed in a single P-type active region, and the NMOS transistors are arranged in a two-stage structure at one side of the P-type active region.
US10573386B2	Memory device including NAND strings and method of operating the same To operate a memory device including a plurality of NAND strings, an unselected NAND string among a plurality of NAND strings is floated when a voltage of a selected word line is increased such that a channel voltage of the unselected NAND string is boosted. The channel voltage of the unselected NAND string may be discharged when the voltage of the selected word line is decreased. The load when the voltage of the selected word line increases may be reduced by floating the unselected NAND string to boost the channel voltage of the unselected NAND string together with the increase of the voltage of the selected word line. The load when the voltage of the selected word line is decreased may be reduced by discharging the boosted channel voltage of the unselected NAND string when the voltage of the selected word line is decreased. Through such reduction of the load of the selected word line, a voltage setup time may be reduced and an operation speed of the memory device may be enhanced.
US10573377B2	Determining soft data for fractional digit memory cells Apparatuses and methods for determining soft data for fractional digit memory cells are provided. One example apparatus can include a controller to determine states of memory cells of a group of memory cells operated as fractional digit memory cells, and determine soft data based, at least partially, on dimensions to which particular memory cells correspond with respect to the group of memory cells, determined states of the memory cells with respect to a state adjacent a state corresponding to a swapping shell, and whether a particular memory cell is a candidate for swapping.
US10573361B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a control circuit configured to generate a data reset signal which is enabled in response to a reset signal and first and second transfer control signals which are sequentially enabled in synchronization with a divided clock in response to a read signal and a trigger circuit configured to drive a driving signal depending on a logic level of latch data in synchronization with delayed clocks in response to the first and second transfer control signals, the driving signal having a fixed logic level based on the data reset signal being enabled.
US10573359B2	Marching memory, a bidirectional marching memory, a complex marching memory and a computer system, without the memory bottleneck A marching memory is disclosed having an array of memory units. Each memory unit has a sequence of bit level cells. Each bit-level cell has a transfer-transistor having a first main-electrode connected to a clock signal supply line through a first delay element, and a control-electrode connected to an output terminal of a first neighboring bit-level cell positioned at an input side of the array of the memory units, through a second delay element. Each bit-level cell also has a reset-transistor having a first main-electrode connected to a second main-electrode of the transfer-transistor, a control-electrode connected to the clock signal supply line, and a second main-electrode connected to the ground potential. Each bit-level cell also has a capacitor connected in parallel with the reset-transistor.
US10573356B2	Semiconductor memory devices, memory systems and methods of operating semiconductor memory devices A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, an error correction code (ECC) engine, an input/output (I/O) gating circuit and a control logic circuit. The memory cell array includes bank arrays, each of the bank arrays includes a first sub array and a second sub array, and each of the first sub array and the second sub array includes a normal cell region to store data bits and a parity cell region to store parity bits. The ECC engine generates the parity bits and corrects error bit. The I/O gating circuit is connected between the ECC engine and the memory cell array. The control logic circuit controls the I/O gating circuit to perform column access to the normal cell region according to a multiple of a burst length and to perform column access to the parity cell region according to a non-multiple of the burst length partially.
US10573355B2	Self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance Methods, systems, and devices for self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance are described. A sense component of a memory device may include a capacitive coupling between two nodes of the sense component. The capacitive coupling may, in some examples, be provided by a capacitive element of the sense component or an intrinsic capacitance between features of the sense component. An example of a method employing such a sense component for detecting a logic state stored by a memory cell may include generating a first sense signal at one of the nodes while the node is coupled with the memory cell, and generating a second sense signal at the other of the nodes while the other node is coupled with the memory cell. The sense signals may be based at least in part on the capacitive coupling between the two nodes.
US10573354B2	High density memory module system Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for manufacturing and operating high density memory systems. The high density memory systems can increase the amount of memory available to a computing system by allowing the connection of multiple memory modules into a single memory interface on a motherboard via a memory adapter as described herein.
US10573350B2	Apparatus, method, and program product for tape positioning An apparatus, method, system, and program product are disclosed for Tape positioning. One method includes identifying a first position on a first tape between a start of the first tape and an end of the first tape. The method includes determining that an access position of the first tape reaches the first position. The method also includes providing an indication indicating that the access position of the first tape has reached the first position.
US10573347B2	System for automated television production A media production system for automatically controlling device parameters during a media production. In an exemplary aspect, the system includes a rundown markup interface generator that generates a rundown markup interface by populating one or more of an event timeline and a playlist during creation of a media production and that includes a macro event generated from a macro event template. The system further includes an automated media production system that on the fly prevents conflicts between device parameters of media production devices by automatically modifying a first variable in the macro template that is associated with a first device parameter of the device parameters in response to a change of one or more second variables that are associated with a second device parameter.
US10573321B1	Voice detection optimization based on selected voice assistant service Systems and methods for optimizing voice detection via a network microphone device (NMD) based on a selected voice-assistant service (VAS) are disclosed herein. In one example, the NMD detects sound via individual microphones and selects a first VAS to communicate with the NMD. The NMD produces a first sound-data stream based on the detected sound using a spatial processor in a first configuration. Once the NMD determines that a second VAS is to be selected over the first VAS, the spatial processor assumes a second configuration for producing a second sound-data stream based on the detected sound. The second sound-data stream is then transmitted to one or more remote computing devices associated with the second VAS.
US10573317B2	Speech recognition method and device An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device implements the method, including: receiving a first speech, and extracting a first text from the received first speech, in response to detecting that extraction of the first text includes errors such that a request associated with the first speech is unprocessable, storing the extracted first text, receiving a second speech and extracting a second text from the received second speech, in response to detecting that the request is processable using the extracted second text, detecting whether a similarity between the first and second texts is greater than a similarity threshold, and whether the second speech is received within a predetermined time duration of receiving the first speech, and when the similarity is greater than the threshold, and the first and second speech signals are received within the time duration, storing the first text in association with the second text.
US10573316B2	Information processing system An information processing system includes one or more acquiring devices and an image forming apparatus. The acquiring devices acquire proceedings information indicating meeting content from a plurality of participants participating in a meeting. The image forming apparatus deletes unnecessary information that is unnecessary as transcript content from the proceedings information and generates transcript information indicating the transcript content. According to the information processing system, work of deleting the unnecessary information from the transcript decreases, and an amount of work for a worker can be mitigated.
US10573313B2	Audio analysis learning with video data Audio analysis learning is performed using video data. Video data is obtained, on a first computing device, wherein the video data includes images of one or more people. Audio data is obtained, on a second computing device, which corresponds to the video data. A face within the video data is identified. A first voice, from the audio data, is associated with the face within the video data. The face within the video data is analyzed for cognitive content. Audio features corresponding to the cognitive content of the video data are extracted. The audio data is segmented to correspond to an analyzed cognitive state. An audio classifier is learned, on a third computing device, based on the analyzing of the face within the video data. Further audio data is analyzed using the audio classifier.
US10573312B1	Transcription generation from multiple speech recognition systems A method may include obtaining first audio data originating at a first device during a communication session between the first device and a second device. The method may also include obtaining a first text string that is a transcription of the first audio data, where the first text string may be generated using automatic speech recognition technology using the first audio data. The method may also include obtaining a second text string that is a transcription of second audio data, where the second audio data may include a revoicing of the first audio data by a captioning assistant and the second text string may be generated by the automatic speech recognition technology using the second audio data. The method may further include generating an output text string from the first text string and the second text string and using the output text string as a transcription of the speech.
US10573309B2	Generating dialog recommendations for chat information systems based on user interaction and environmental data Disclosed is the technology for dynamic and intelligent generation of dialog recommendations for the users of chat information systems based on multiple criteria. An example method may include receiving a speech-based user input, recognizing at least a part of the speech-based user input to generate a recognized input, and providing at least one response to the recognized input. The method may further include identifying at least one triggering event, generating at least one dialog recommendation based at least in part on the identification, and presenting the at least one dialog recommendation to a user via a user device.
US10573308B2	Apparatus and method for determining operation based on context, vehicle for determining operation based on context, and method of controlling the vehicle A context-based operation determination apparatus includes a context information obtainer configured to obtain context information; a context awareness database constructed using data related to a previously performed action; a processor configured to determine a recommendation index that corresponds to a recommended operation and the recommended operation using the context information, and data obtained from the context awareness database; and a selection history database constructed using the final operation, the recommendation index, and an actual operation in a state where the final operation is presented, where the processor verifies the recommended operation using the selection history database.
US10573296B1	Reconciliation between simulator and speech recognition output using sequence-to-sequence mapping A synthetic training data item comprising a first sequence of symbols that represent a synthetic sentence output by a simulator is received. The synthetic training data item is processed using a machine learning model, which outputs a second sequence of symbols that represent the synthetic sentence. The synthetic training data item is modified by replacing the first sequence of symbols with the second sequence of symbols. A statistically significant mismatch exists between the first sequence of symbols and a third sequence of symbols that would be output by an acoustic model that processes a set of acoustic features that represent an utterance of the synthetic sentence, and no statistically significant mismatch exists between the second sequence of symbols and the third sequence of symbols. The modified synthetic training data item may be used to train a second machine learning model that processes data output by the acoustic model.
US10573294B2	Speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence and terminal Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a speech recognition method based on artificial intelligence, and a terminal. The method includes obtaining speech data to be recognized; performing a processing on the speech data to be recognized using a trained sub-band energy normalized acoustic model, to determine an normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit in the speech data to be recognized; and determining text data corresponding to the speech data to be recognized according to the normalized energy feature corresponding to each time-frequency unit.
US10573281B2	Stringed instrument system A tremolo device for static retention of a plurality of musical instrument strings in a stringed instrument. The tremolo device has a body with an upper surface, a neck portion, and a plurality of strings anchored at a first end of the neck and extending over at least a portion and secured to the tremolo device at the other end of the neck portion and the body and possesses an inertia block mechanism with substantially solid construction disposed to receive and securely retain a plurality of raw instrument strings without removal of a ball end from each string. The inertia block has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a plurality of internal, longitudinally displaced, cylindrically shaped, string retaining chambers designed to pass through an entirety of the block mechanism. The string retaining chambers have an upper and lower portion corresponding with the upper and lower portions of the block.
US10573280B2	Marked precoated strings and method of manufacturing same A coated string for a stringed device which includes a coating applied to the surface of the string. The coating includes a base layer bonded to the surface of the string and an at least partially transparent low-friction top coat applied to the base layer. The base layer includes heat activated pigments that change color when heated above a color shifting temperature. In one embodiment, the color of the pigment in one area contrasts with the color of the pigment in an adjacent area without otherwise affecting the low-friction surface of the coating. The areas of different color created in locations along the length of the low-friction coated string.
US10573270B2	Electronic device and method for preventing current consumption by electronic device According to various exemplary embodiments, an electronic device may include: a camera unit; a processor; and a data processing unit that is electrically connected to the camera unit and the processor, wherein the data processing unit may detect a first number of pixels corresponding to first illuminance data based on first pixel data received from the camera unit to transmit the first number of pixels to the camera unit, and may determine a brightness of a display corresponding to second illuminance data based on second pixel data received from the camera unit in which a sensor corresponding to the first number of pixels is turned on.
US10573269B2	Data transmission method and electronic device A data transmission method and an electronic device are provided. A first electronic device having a display unit and a second electronic device having a processing unit communicate with each other wirelessly. The first electronic device receives data from the second electronic device for displaying on the display unit. The display unit of the first electronic device displays at a first display frame rate data transmitted from the second electronic device in a first mode. The first electronic device transmits, upon detecting a first trigger event, information associated with the first trigger event to the second electronic device. The first electronic device receives and displays data transmitted from the second electronic device in a second mode. The electronic devices can be automatically switched between the two display frame rates and the two modes in response to the first trigger event.
US10573263B2	Driver IC and electronic apparatus A driver IC is described by which disconnection can be readily prevented from being falsely determined even on condition that an input voltage fed back as a result of output of a detecting voltage by a driver IC is affected by noise on a driven device. The driver IC is arranged so that the latch timing of latching a result of the comparison between an input voltage fed back as a result of a detecting voltage output by the driver IC and the detecting voltage is shift-controlled in each predetermined cycle of synchronizing signals with a predetermined shift and even if noise is generated in a driven device at any time in each cycle of the synchronizing signals, determination signals affected by the noise are never latched in each cycle of the synchronizing signals.
US10573261B2	Display device A display device that is suitable for increasing in size is achieved. Three or more source lines are provided for each pixel column. Video signals having the same polarity are input to adjacent source lines during one frame period. Dot inversion driving is used to reduce a flicker, crosstalk, or the like.
US10573259B2	Display apparatus and driving method thereof A display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel including a display area which includes at least one non-quadrangle edge and a plurality of pixels; and a signal controller applying spatial-temporal division processing to an image signal corresponding to a first pixel which is not included in the non-quadrangle edge and bypassing the spatial-temporal division processing to an image signal corresponding to a second pixel which is included in the non-quadrangle edge.
US10573254B2	Memory in pixel display device with low power consumption A pixel circuit includes a pixel control unit, a first switching unit, a second switching unit, an inverter, a memory capacitor, and a pixel capacitor. The pixel control unit is coupled to a source line and a gate line. The first switching unit has a first terminal coupled to the pixel control unit, and a second terminal. The inverter has an input terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first switching unit, and an output terminal. The memory capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of the first switching unit and receives a first voltage or a second voltage higher than the first voltage. The second switching unit has a first terminal coupled to the pixel control unit, and a second terminal coupled to the output terminal of the inverter. The pixel capacitor is coupled to a common line and the output terminal of the inverter.
US10573245B2	Shift register unit using a bootstrap effect and driving method thereof, shift register and display device A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, shift register and display device. The shift register unit including an input circuit (P1), a pull-down control circuit (P2), a pull-up control circuit (P3), a pull-up circuit (P4) and a pull-down circuit (P5); wherein the input circuit (P1) is connected to a first trigger signal end (STU), a first clock signal end (CLK1), a power level end (VGL) and a pull-up control node (Q), and is for utilizing a bootstrap effect to transfer a signal of the first trigger signal end (STU) to the pull-up control node (Q) without a threshold voltage loss. The shift register unit is for use in a display device, and resolves the problem of a display device having a non-uniform display, resulting in a poor displaying effect of a display device.
US10573242B2	Display device and pixel compensation method The present disclosure provides a display device and a pixel compensation method. The display device includes a display panel and a driver circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixel units, and any two subpixels of each pixel unit are connected to the driver circuit through a compensation circuit. The driver circuit is configured to acquire a compensation voltage of each subpixel through the compensation circuit, and compensate for a voltage applied to the subpixel in accordance with the compensation voltage.
US10573232B2	Conversion circuit and operation method thereof, compensation device, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides conversion circuit and operation method thereof, compensation device, and display apparatus. The conversion circuit includes a conversion unit connected between an output terminal and a first voltage terminal, and an input unit connected with an input terminal and the conversion unit respectively; the input unit is configured to receive current signal from the input terminal and supply the current signal to the conversion unit, and the conversion unit is configured to convert the current signal supplied by the input unit into voltage signal and output the voltage signal from the output terminal; and an equivalent resistance of the conversion unit is configured such that preset voltage corresponding to standard current is output from the output terminal when the standard current is input from the input terminal. With the technical solutions of the present disclosure, drive current for pixel can be accurately converted into voltage signal.
US10573227B2	LED display unit group and display panel The disclosure provides an LED display unit group and display panel, including a pixel unit array of n rows and m columns of pixel units. n and m are positive integers not less than 2. Each pixel unit includes a first, a second and a third LED chip. In the i-th row, the A-electrodes of all the LED chips in m pixel units are connected together, and are electrically connected to the i-th common A-electrode pin. In the j-th column, the B-electrodes of n first LED chips are connected together and are electrically connected to the j-th first B-electrode pin, the B-electrodes of n second LED chips are connected together and electrically connected to the j-th second B-electrode pin, and the B-electrodes of n third LED chips are connected together and are electrically connected to j-th third B-electrode pin of the LED display unit group.
US10573218B2	Display driving method according to display configuration and electronic device for supporting the same An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of source line groups selectively connected with a plurality of source amplifiers and panel switches located between the plurality of source line groups and the plurality of source amplifiers and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to drive the display panel and including the plurality of source amplifiers, decoders respectively connected to the plurality of source amplifiers, a logic circuit configured to provide display data to the decoders, a gamma generator configured to supply a gamma voltage to the decoders, and at least one switch configured to selectively connect the plurality of source amplifiers with the plurality of source line groups.
US10573217B2	Pixel design and method to create formats which extends OLED life A display system includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a controller. The display includes an array of pixels, each pixel comprising a first group of subpixels and a second group of subpixels. The first group of subpixels includes single subpixels of different colors. The second group of subpixels includes one or more subgroups of subpixels, where each subgroup includes a plurality of subpixels of the same color. The controller is configured to provide a voltage to the first group of subpixels and to at least one of the subpixels of each subgroup of subpixels according to a first data format. The controller is configured to provide a voltage to at least another of the subpixels of each subgroup of subpixels, and not to the first group of subpixels, according to the second data format.
US10573212B2	Display device and method for driving display device A display device and a method for driving the display device are disclosed. The display device includes: a display array layer including a plurality of display pixel sets, each of the plurality of display pixel sets including at least one display pixel; and a lens array layer arranged at a light exit side of the display array layer and including a plurality of lens groups arranged in array, each of the plurality of lens groups including at least one varifocal lens. Each of the plurality of lens groups is configured to vary a focal length of the at least one varifocal lens such that at least one of the plurality of display pixel sets form different viewpoints at different display phases respectively in response to variation of the focal length.
US10573209B2	Systems and methods for indirect threshold voltage sensing in an electronic display An electronic device includes a display panel with pixels arranged in at least one row and at least one column. The electronic device also includes a sensing channel coupled to the at least one column. The sensing channel indirectly calculates a threshold voltage of the plurality of pixels based on an application of a first current level and a second current level to a data line of a first column of the at least one column of the pixels.
US10573203B2	Gift card presenter for greeting cards A gift card presenter for holding a gift card within a greeting card is provided. The presenter comprises a body for holding the gift card, and a coupling element for coupling the body to the greeting card. In one embodiment, the presenter may comprise a paper mechanic coupled to first and second interior faces of the greeting card, the paper mechanic configured to hold the greeting card and display it when the greeting card is opened. In another embodiment, the presenter comprises a body for holding the gift card, the body having a first half and a second half that each include interior and exterior faces. The presenter may be opened to display or partially display the greeting card. The presenter may be coupled to the inside and/or the outside of the greeting card, to provide a pleasing presentation of the gift card given with the greeting card.
US10573190B2	Iterative deepening knowledge discovery using closure-based question answering A mechanism is provided in a data processing system for question answering using context features in closure form. The mechanism receives a function call comprising an input question and a set of non-local context evidence in closure form. The mechanism decomposes the input question into one or more queries and applies the one or more queries to a corpus of information to obtain a set of local hypothesis evidence. The mechanism generates hypotheses for answering the input question based on the local hypothesis evidence and the set of non-local context evidence.
US10573187B2	Automated vehicle control A method and system for automatically controlling a vehicle is provided. The method includes generating an original route of travel for a first vehicle for travel from an original location to a destination location. The vehicle is directed from the original location to the destination location such that the vehicle initiates motion and navigates the original route of travel towards the destination location in accordance with the original route of travel. Monitored vehicular attributes of the first vehicle are received and environmental attributes associated with the original route of travel are monitored with respect the first vehicle. Navigational issues associated with the vehicle traveling along the original route of travel are determined based on the monitored vehicular attributes and results of monitoring the environmental attributes. The navigational issues are used to determine if the vehicle should continue to travel along the original route of travel.
US10573186B2	System and method for monitoring conformance of an aircraft to a reference 4-dimensional trajectory Methods and systems are provided for monitoring conformance of an aircraft to an actual and predicted 4-dimensional (4D) trajectory with respect to a reference business trajectory (RBT). First, a flight plan for the aircraft is acquired from an onboard flight management system (FMS) computer. A predicted flight trajectory is generated based on the latitude, longitude, altitude, speed and time of the flight plan for the aircraft. An onboard trajectory conformance monitor that is independent of the FMS computer, monitors the present flight trajectory of the aircraft and anticipates any actual or future deviations from the RBT. The trajectory conformance monitor will generate an advisory of any actual or anticipated deviations from the RBT.
US10573176B2	Solar modular power with parallel AC and DC wiring Modular solar systems comprise one or more module units that are connectable into a system/assembly for convenient installation on a roof or other surface that receives solar insolation. The modules are adapted for electrical, and preferably also mechanical, connection into a module assembly, with the number of modules and types of modules selected to handle the required loads. Each module is adapted and designed to handle the entire power of the assembly and to provide or receive control signals for cooperative performance between all the modules and for monitoring and communication regarding the assembly performance and condition.
US10573171B2	Method of associating user input with a device A method includes determining a status of a first device, receiving a first user input, and associating the first user input with the first device, wherein the first user input and the status of the first device is used to associate the first user input with the first device.
US10573169B2	Alert communication network, associated program products, and methods of using the same An alert communication server is disclosed, and includes one or more processors, one or more modules of non-transitory computer-readable memory, a correlation module, and a transmission module. The one or more modules of non-transitory computer-readable memory store a set of instructions and are electronically coupled with the one or more processors to implement at least one instruction of the set of instructions. The correlation module is electronically connected to receive a first set of data from a first device and a second set of data from a second device. The correlation module is configured to apply a correlation algorithm to the first set of data and the second set of data to determine one or more conditions. The transmission module is configured to communicate with one or more of the first device and the second device based upon the one or more conditions determined by the correlation module.
US10573155B2	Closed loop alarm management Methods, systems, and devices for patient monitoring are described. The method may include receiving an alarm indication associated with a default alarm threshold for a measured physiological parameter and detecting that a clinician is accessing the medical device in response to the alarm indication. After detecting that the clinician is accessing the medical device, the medical device may display an alarm message associated with the alarm indication. The method may further include storing an intervention action associated with an action of the clinician in response to the alarm indication.
US10573150B2	Flow alarm Described are gas flow disruption alarms. The alarms can include a gas inlet; a gas outlet configured to couple to a gas delivery device; and a vibration member between the gas inlet and the gas outlet configured to produce an audible sound when a gas delivery device is removed from the gas outlet.
US10573148B1	Electrical socket contact warning and safety device A safety device for securing an electrical socket against contact by a person's finger, comprising a housing having a front face, a rear face, a touch sensor adapted to detect a touch event corresponding to contact between the finger and the front face, and an electrical plug adapted to be inserted into the electrical socket while the housing prevents the person from accessing the electrical socket. The safety device further has a simulated electrical socket on the front face which is non-conductive and visually resembles the electrical socket, as well as a warning light, a sound emitter, and a vibration motor for warning the person upon detecting the touch event, so that the person associates the warning with the visual appearance of the electrical socket and is deterred from contact therewith. The safety device is further adapted to wirelessly transmit a touch alert warning to a remote user device.
US10573127B2	Information processing system, and storage medium having stored therein information processing program A first virtual item is provided to a user in response to purchase made by the user. A second virtual item is provided to the user free of charge according to a certain provision rule. The provision rule is changed according to purchase information related to the first virtual item.
US10573126B2	Game information analysis system Provided is a game information analysis system which is operable to conduct member management by grasping a degree of satisfaction of a customer for each member and to categorize members, each of the members being categorized in accordance with a degree of satisfaction of each of the members.An analysis server 2012 of the game information analysis system 2001 receives game information from each slot machine 2014; determines a psychological state of a player based on transition of IN/OUT included in the game information in each game; and calculates a customer satisfaction degree score. The customer satisfaction degree score is managed for each of the members, and the members are classified, each of the members being classified in accordance with a customer satisfaction degree of each of the members.
US10573118B2	Gaming machine with integral features for ease of assembly A gaming machine includes a monitor subassembly, a game control core, and a structural frame that may be manufactured and shipped separately to a final destination and assembled on-site. The gaming machine components include integral features and components that facilitate a novel and efficient assembly process.
US10573116B2	System and method for managing packages in a kiosk A package storage system for a kiosk includes a shelf on which packages are stacked. The shelf is configured to be adjustable in a vertical height. The system also includes a sliding guide configured to be movable with respect to the shelf, and a clamp device having two adjustable side arms and slidably attached to the sliding guide. The clamp device is also configured to grip one of the packages by the two adjustable side arms. The system further includes a blade slidably attached to the sliding guide and configured to pull out a package that is stacked immediately beneath the one package griped by the clamp device. The system also includes a labelling device configured to label the packages inside the kiosk, and a receiving tray configured to receive the packages that are delivered to the kiosk. The system further includes a controller to control movement of the clamp device. The controller is further programmed to move the packages based on specified rules.
US10573114B2	Method for the activation of a payment card, corresponding system and computer program A method for activation of a payment card includes accessing a remote computer server of a card issuer to input card activation information, storing a unique code in the payment card having a contactless readable interface and in the remote computer server, the unique code corresponding to the payment card, and reading the unique code by a user terminal having a corresponding contactless interface. The method includes sending the unique code from the user terminal to the remote computer server, and upon verification of the unique code at the remote computer server, generating and sending an activation code to the user terminal and supplying access to an activation code input mask corresponding to the payment card. The method includes that upon submission of the activation code through the activation code input mask, comparing the submitted activation code with the generated activation code and, when matching, activating the payment card.
US10573109B2	Electric lock and method for adding a user of the same A method for adding a user of an electric lock includes receiving a temporary code; establishing a connection between a portable device of the user and the electric lock; inputting and transmitting the temporary code to the electric lock via the portable device; the electric lock determining if the temporary code matches a default password; inputting a user information of the portable device via the portable device when the temporary code matches the default password; and storing the user information in the electric lock, so that the portable device is allowed to drive the electric lock to perform an action.
US10573108B2	System and method for controlling access to a secured area for the delivery of parcel shipments A system for controlling access to a secured area for the delivery of parcel shipments comprises an access device, a central server unit that is connected to the access device, and at least one database, which is linked with the central server unit. The access device further comprises a reading unit for recognizing a shipment number of a parcel shipment that is to be submitted and a transmitting unit for transmitting to the central server unit the recognized shipment number together with an identification number that identifies the access device. The central server unit is configured to check the shipment number and the identification number against the at least one database in order to retrieve registration information and shipment status. The central server unit is configured to transmit a release signal to the access device and the access device is configured to receive the release signal activate door opener.
US10573107B2	Method for protecting a passive keyless entry system against a relay attack A method is provided for authenticating a transceiver in a keyless entry system for a vehicle. The method uses a collision avoidance radar system on the vehicle for authenticating a key fob radar transceiver. A lower power radar signal is transmitted from the vehicle. The lower power radar signal is transmitted below an ambient noise level to make the radar signal difficult for an attacker to detect. The key fob transceiver is then authenticated as being a legitimate transceiver for accessing the vehicle using the low power radar signal. A distance bounding scheme may be used to determine if the key fob is within a predetermined distance. Challenge/response communications may be used to authenticate that the key fob is the legitimate key fob.
US10573102B2	Fuel maintenance guide system in hybrid vehicle A fuel maintenance guide system is provided in a hybrid vehicle in which a shift to a fuel maintenance mode prioritizing consumption of fuel is automatically performed under a predetermined condition regardless of a driver's intention. The fuel maintenance guide system includes an information notification unit configured to perform notification of information urging consumption of the fuel, and a control unit configured to estimate a time to shift automatically to the fuel maintenance mode and to begin to perform notifying actuation of the information notification unit a predetermined period of time before the estimated time.
US10573099B2	Vehicle part reliability determination system and method A part reliability determination system and method are used to determine a reliability of at least one part of a vehicle. The reliability determination system and method include a part life prediction control unit that determines a remaining life of the part(s) based on current life data of the part(s) in relation to a part life distribution related to the part(s).
US10573082B2	Target object display method, device and system This application discloses a target object display method applied to a computing device. The computing device receives an identifier information combination from a communications device. The identifier information combination is generated by the communications device after identifying identifiers in radio frequency tags of at least two entities and combining the identified identifiers. After parsing the identifier information combination to obtain the at least two identifiers in the identifier information combination, the computing device obtains target objects having the identifiers and then invokes an application associated with the obtained target objects. Finally, the computing device displays, using the application, the obtained target objects in a combined manner on a display screen according to a pre-stored location relationship between target objects, the target objects having the identifiers being virtual images corresponding to entities having the identifier in a radio frequency identifier.
US10573081B2	Authoring virtual and augmented reality environments via an XR collaboration application This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate generating or modifying a template application that provides an application user with interactive experience within a Virtual Reality (VR) environment, an Augmented Reality (AR) environment, or a combination of both (i.e. MR environment). Moreover, this disclosure describes an XR collaboration system that permits an XR author to generate or modify an XR template that is presented to an application user via XR environment-enabled client device. Specifically, an XR author may use the XR collaboration application to add, change, or remove markers within an XR template along with associated virtual content. Further, the XR author may configure appearance criteria associated with markers to control the criteria and sequential order that markers may appear within an XR environment. Similarly, activation criteria may control the appearance and sequential order of virtual content that is associated with markers within the XR environment.
US10573080B2	Apparatus and method for augmented reality presentation An augmented reality (AR) system includes a head-mounted display (HMD) with a holographic display, a device for generating virtual reality (VR) light field data, a device for recording light field data of the environment, and a device for combining the light field data of the environment and the VR light field data to form augmented reality (AR) light field data and controlling the holographic display. They AR system further includes a device for correcting the AR light field data on the basis of ophthalmological data of a user. The complete computer-generated AR presentation makes possible a common and uniform adaptation and correction of the presentation in respect of vision defects of the user.
US10573062B2	Method and system for providing a virtual space A method including defining a virtual space for immersing a user. The method further includes defining a field of view of a head mounted display. The method further includes generating an image of the field of view based on the virtual space that is visually recognizable by the user. The method further includes updating the image of the field of view in synchronization with movement of the head mounted display. The method further includes generating the image of the field of view including a guiding region which covers a part of the virtual space for guiding a sight line of the user when the image of the field of view is updated without synchronization with the movement of the head mounted display. The method further includes displaying the image of the field of view on the head mounted display.
US10573057B1	Two-part context-based rendering solution for high-fidelity augmented reality in virtualized environment Systems and methods for rendering an Augmented Reality (“AR”) object. The methods comprise: drawing a first bitmap of a first AR object rendered by a server on a display of a client device; selecting/focusing on a second AR object or a part of the first AR object shown on the display; communicating a request for the second AR object or the part of the first AR object from the client device to the server; obtaining, by the server, an object file for the second AR object or part of the first AR object; providing the object file to the client device; locally rendering, by the client device, the second AR object or part of the first AR object as a second bitmap; superimposing the second bitmap on the first bitmap to generate a third bitmap; and drawing the third bitmap on the display of the client device.
US10573056B2	Multi-view processing unit systems and methods A system comprising a multi-view processing unit to provide a plurality of parallel rendering pipelines to render multiple views of a scene in parallel to render targets. The multi-view processing unit comprises a multi-view processing unit memory storing a plurality of viewpoints and a multi-view processing unit processor configured to receive a request to render a scene, load the plurality of viewpoints and implement the parallel rendering pipelines to render the scene based on the plurality of viewpoints, the plurality of parallel rendering pipeline configured to render, in parallel, image data for multiple views to a set of buffers.
US10573031B2	Magnetic resonance image reconstruction with deep reinforcement learning Deep reinforcement machine learning is used to control denoising (e.g., image regularizer) in iterative reconstruction for MRI compressed sensing. Rather than requiring different machine-learnt networks for different scan settings (e.g., acceleration of the MR compressed sensing), reinforcement learning creates a policy of actions to provide denoising and data fitting through iterations of the reconstruction given a range of different scan settings. This allows a user to scan as appropriate for the patient, the MR system, the application, and/or preferences while still providing an optimized reconstruction under sampling resulting from the MR compressed sensing.
US10573026B2	Analysis unit and system for assessment of hair condition Some embodiments are directed to a system for assessment of hair condition, including an analysis unit configured to at least obtain a first follicular map representing a first plurality of hair root positions in a first videodermoscopy image. The analysis unit is arranged to analyze at least the first follicular map to determine an analysis result suitable for assessment of hair condition. The system can be arranged to perform an image processing algorithm on a first videodermoscopy image to obtain the first follicular map.
US10573018B2	Three dimensional scene reconstruction based on contextual analysis Techniques are provided for context-based 3D scene reconstruction employing fusion of multiple instances of an object within the scene. A methodology implementing the techniques according to an embodiment includes receiving 3D image frames of the scene, each frame associated with a pose of a depth camera, and creating a 3D reconstruction of the scene based on depth pixels that are projected and accumulated into a global coordinate system. The method may also include detecting objects, based on the 3D reconstruction, the camera pose and the image frames. The method may further include classifying the detected objects into one or more object classes; grouping two or more instances of objects in one of the object classes based on a measure of similarity of features between the object instances; and combining point clouds associated with each of the grouped object instances to generate a fused object.
US10573016B2	Device capable of correcting wrong normal vectors of an original three-dimensional scan result and related method thereof A device capable of correcting wrong normal vectors of an original three-dimensional scan result includes a normal vector generation unit and a correction unit, wherein the original three-dimensional scan result corresponds to an object. The normal vector generation unit is used for generating a normal vector corresponding to each point of the original three-dimensional scan result according to the each point of the original three-dimensional scan result and a plurality of predetermined points of the original three-dimensional scan result adjacent to the each point of the original three-dimensional scan result. The correction unit is coupled to the normal vector generation unit for determining an inner region of the original three-dimensional scan result, and reversing a normal vector corresponding to a point of the original three-dimensional scan result when the normal vector corresponding to the point is toward the inner region of the original three-dimensional scan result.
US10573012B1	Three dimensional image scan for vehicle Systems and methods provide for an automated system for generating one or more three dimensional (3D) images of a vehicle and/or a baseline image for that vehicle. The system may receive 3D images of a plurality of vehicles of a same type (e.g., same make, model, year, etc.) and generate a 3D image of a baseline vehicle for vehicles of that same type based on 3D images of the plurality of vehicles of the particular type. The system may use a 3D image of the baseline vehicle to determine a characteristic of another vehicle, such as a modification made to the vehicle, damage to the vehicle, cost to repair the vehicle or replace parts of the vehicle, a value of the vehicle, an insurance quote for the vehicle, etc. In some aspects, the 3D images may optionally comprise 3D point clouds, and 3D laser scanners may be used to capture 3D images of vehicles.
US10573004B2	Method and apparatus for determining volumetric data of a predetermined anatomical feature A method of determining volumetric data of a predetermined anatomical feature is described. The method comprising determining volumetric data of one or more anatomical features present in a field of view of a depth sensing camera apparatus, identifying a predetermined anatomical feature as being present in the field of view of the depth sensing camera apparatus, associating the volumetric data of one of the one or more anatomical features with the identified predetermined anatomical feature, and outputting the volumetric data of the predetermined anatomical feature. An apparatus is also described.
US10572992B2	2D metrology technique for solder paste inspection A method, apparatus and computer readable memory for solder paste inspection. A light source is configured to irradiate a sample solder joint comprising an organic material, an organic and metal material enclosed by an irregular boundary, and a metal material enclosed by a regular boundary. A first wavelength ultraviolet (UV) energy irradiates the sample to obtain first fluorescence energy, and a second wavelength UV energy irradiates the sample to obtain second fluorescence energy. A two-dimensional (2D) camera is configured to acquire a first image of the sample primarily from the first fluorescence energy and a second image of the sample primarily from the second fluorescence energy. Photo manipulation software is stored on at least one hardware processor, the photo manipulation software configured to overlay the first image and the second image to visually compare the boundary of the organic and metal material with the boundary of the metal material.
US10572991B2	System and method for aligning semiconductor device reference images and test images A method may include, but is not limited to, receiving a plurality of reference images of a wafer. The method may include, but is not limited to, receiving the plurality of test images of the wafer. The method may include, but is not limited to, aligning the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images via a coarse alignment process. The method may include, but is not limited to, aligning the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images via a fine alignment process after alignment via the coarse alignment process. The fine alignment process may include measuring individual offsets and correcting individual offset data between at least one of the plurality of reference images and the plurality of test images.
US10572980B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program An image processing apparatus includes a noise level calculation circuit, an inter-frame change amount calculation circuit, a recursive coefficient calculation circuit, and a composite processing circuit. The noise level calculation circuit detects a noise level of a signal of a focused frame in moving images. The inter-frame change amount calculation circuit detects the amount of change between the focused frame and the previous frame by using the noise level of the focused frame, the signal of the focused frame, and a signal of the previous frame after a noise reduction process. The recursive coefficient calculation circuit sets a coefficient for use in the noise reduction process according to the amount of change. The composite processing circuit performs the noise reduction process on the signal of the focused frame by using the signal of the focused frame, the signal of the previous frame after the noise reduction process, and the coefficient.
US10572977B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that perform stochastic resonance processing on pixel signals An image processing apparatus a processor that acquires reading image data, composed of a plurality of pixel signals, and executes stochastic resonance processing, in which each of the plurality of pixel signals is added to noise and is subjected to a binary processing, and a plurality of results, obtained by performing the noise addition and the binary processing on the plurality of pixel signals in parallel, are synthesized. With regard to a pixel signal as a processing target among the plurality of pixel signals, at least one of a strength of the noise and a threshold value used for the binary processing is set based on a pixel signal of the input image data corresponding to the pixel signal. In addition, the processor outputs the result of the stochastic resonance processing.
US10572973B2	Display device and method of controlling same Disclosed are a display device and a method of controlling a display device, the display device including: an image processor configured to process an image; a display configured to display the image processed by the image processor; and a controller configured to determine a moving direction of at least one object having mobility in the image, and controls the image processor so that at least a partial region of the image can be stretched and displayed based on the determined moving direction.
US10572968B2	Translation of artificial intelligence representations Techniques for translating graphical representations of domain knowledge are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises receiving, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, a graphical representation of domain knowledge. The graphical representation comprises information indicative of a central concept and at least one chain of events associated with the central concept. The computer-implemented method further comprises translating, by the device, the graphical representation into an artificial intelligence planning problem. The artificial intelligence planning problem is expressed in an artificial intelligence description language. The translating comprises parsing the graphical representation into groupings of terms. A first grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises an event from the at least one chain of events and a second grouping of terms of the grouping of terms comprises the information indicative of the central concept. The computer-implemented method also comprises validating, by the device, the artificial intelligence planning problem.
US10572964B2	Arranging a transport service for a user based on the estimated time of arrival of the user A system and method of arranging a transport service for a user is described. The system determines a first estimated time of arrival (ETA) of a user to a specified location data point based, at least in part, on a position of a user device operated by the user. The system also determines a second ETA of a vehicle of a set of vehicles to the specified location data point. When the first ETA and the second ETA are within a predetermined amount of time of each other, the system can select a driver to provide a transport service for the user based, at least in part, on the specified location data point.
US10572959B2	Systems and methods for a health-related survey using pictogram answers In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to send a signal representing a first question and a set of pictogram answers associated with the first question and a second question, different from the first question, and a set of pictogram answers associated with the second question. The first question and the second question can define a health-related survey such as a health-risk assessment. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the first question and receive a user selection of a pictogram answer associated with the second question. The non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to define a health-related user profile based on the user selection to the first question and the second question.
US10572949B1	Systems and methods for providing a persistent state Systems and methods for providing persistent state are described herein. One or more embodiments include verifying access information provided by a user of a first device in connection with a user initiated transaction session, maintaining a current state of the transaction session in a persistent store, establishing a session key corresponding to the transaction session, providing the session key to the user, and providing the user access to the current state of the transaction session via a second device in response to validation of the session key received from the second device.
US10572946B2	Methods and systems for facilitating processes associated with insurance services and/or other services for electronic devices Systems and associated methods for processing insurance claims and performing other processes associated with mobile phones and other electronic devices are described herein. In various embodiments, the present technology includes systems and methods for identifying and evaluating an electronic device to facilitate processing insurance claims for the device. In some embodiments, the present technology includes a self-serve kiosk configured to identify a device, evaluate a device, and facilitate processing insurance claims. In some embodiments, a self-serve kiosk is provided that can identify and evaluate a device, and present one or more insurance offers to a user. Various other aspects of the present technology are described herein.
US10572941B2	System and method for controlled market data delivery in an electronic trading environment A system and methods for controlled market data delivery are described. According to one example embodiment, upon detecting a preset threshold of updates in a queue at a gateway, a predetermined number of market updates may be processed before any data is sent to a client terminal. According to one method, update types may be used to control how many updates are processed before any data is sent. Also, once the number of updates to be processed is set, a market update having a higher priority update type may be used to trigger a change in the number of market updates that was set for processing.
US10572929B2	Decision factors analyzing device and decision factors analyzing method A decision factors analyzing device and a decision factors analyzing device for analyzing a plurality of decision factors which cause a product of a product type to be purchased are provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of product sequences corresponding to the product type from a plurality of browse history data and a plurality of purchase history data corresponding to a plurality of consumers of a consumer database, wherein each of the product sequences includes a unpurchased product and a purchased product; obtaining a feature sequence according to the produce sequences and a plurality of product information; training a regression model corresponding to the product type according to K decision factors of the feature sequence to obtain an optimized regression model, and obtaining K decision values respectively corresponding to the K decision factors according to the optimized regression model to generate a decision factor sequence corresponding to the product type.
US10572927B2	Method and medium for customized personal care management This application is related to a system and related methods for providing a user with a hair product based on the user's hair type, location, water characteristics associated with a location or water used when applying the hair products, and/or other factors. The system develops various databases, including data indicating global environment conditions at the city, state, and/or regional level, and chemical ingredients that achieve specific hair effects. Upon receiving a request from a user specifying at a desired hair result, the system determines a hair product for the user based on water hardness, and recommends a hair product or sends the user a hair product in accordance with the user's desired hair effects.
US10572924B2	Automatic generation of featured filters A method including selectively aggregating a first set of filters for an item results list. The first set of filters can include multiple filter types, including category filters, facet filters, and price filters. The method also can include, for each filter in the first set of filters and each item in the item results list, determining user engagement statistics for the item when the filter has been applied. The method additionally can include generating a filter score for each filter in the first set of filters. The method further can include selecting a second set of filters from the first set of filters based on the filter scores of the filters in the second set of filters being above a threshold filter score. The method additionally can include applying space-constraint rules to the second set of filters to limit a quantity of filters in the second set of filters based on a ranking of the filters in the second set of filters and based on a screen size of a user device. The method further can include applying mutual-information rules to determine whether a mutual-information score for the second set of filters exceeds a predetermined mutual-information threshold. The method additionally can include after receiving a request to display a webpage that lists at least a portion of the item results list, coordinating a display of the webpage. The webpage can include a set of options to select each of the filters in the second set of filters when the mutual-information score for the second set of filters exceeds the predetermined mutual-information threshold. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are disclosed.
US10572919B2	Dynamic inventory enhancement A computer implemented method of enhancing a response to a query for an item at a website, comprising: (a) Obtaining, at a website server, a request from a client terminal for retrieving information of a requested item. (b) Detecting presence or absence of the requested item in a local catalog of the visited website. (c) Presenting, in case of presence, a first presentation of the requested item at a GUI displayed at client terminal. (d) Issuing, in case of absence, a search query for the requested item in a shared catalog comprising a plurality of offered items available from another websites. (e) Receiving a response from the shared catalog. The response comprises result item(s) from the plurality of offered items corresponding to the requested item. (f) Presenting a second presentation of the result item(s) at the GUI. The first presentation and the second presentation share a common visual format.
US10572916B2	Real-time expenditure and transaction management Machines, process, and articles of manufacture are provided wherein evaluations of a subscriber transaction or expenditure are provided. This evaluation may include receiving and considering one or more measured real-time first metrics of the subscriber, evaluating one or more received first metrics of the subscriber, receiving two or more financial metrics, one related to the transaction or the expenditure, and one related to the subscriber, and determining whether the subscriber transaction or expenditure should be assigned a full or partial authorized status. In an embodiment, the subscriber or a proxy may override a returned authorization to proceed with the subscriber transaction, a returned rejection, or returned advice.
US10572915B2	Transaction management based on individual orders or number of devices at table for desired distribution A mobile device performs admixed transactions at a merchant. The mobile device receives a purchase amount. The mobile device connects to at least one other mobile device. Responsive to connecting to the at least one other mobile device, the mobile device receives account authorization for at least one other purchase amount. Responsive to receiving the account authorization from the at least one other device, the mobile device creates an admixed authorization. The admixed authorization comprises individual account authorizations for users of the mobile device and the at least one other mobile device. The mobile device initiates a single transaction at a merchant. The mobile device transfers the admixed authorization to the merchant. Each of the individual account authorizations are applied to the single transaction based on the purchase amount and the at least one other purchase amount authorized in the individual account authorizations.
US10572912B2	System and method for integrating retail price optimization for revenue and profit with business rules The disclosed technology improves the process of generating recommended prices for retail products by optimizing revenue and profit while complying with a set of business rules by assigning a monetary value to each business rule. Then for each decision price that violates a business rule constraint, a penalty value is added to the monetary value. If the monetary value including the penalty is better than an original monetary value, the decision price is included in the recommended prices.
US10572911B2	Identifying related information given content and/or presenting related information in association with content-related advertisements The usefulness of content (target content), such as advertisements, may be increased by determining additional content and providing such additional content in association with the content. The target content may be text, a Web page, a URL, a search query, etc. The additional content might be related suggested queries (e.g. “Try a search for ______”), news articles (or excerpts or summaries thereof), reviews (or excerpts or summaries thereof), advertisements, user group messages, etc.
US10572907B2	Systems and methods for a search engine marketing internal auction system 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 receiving, from a plurality of entities, objectives and budgets associated with a plurality of keywords, determining cost-per-click (CPC) bids for each of the entities for some of the plurality of keywords using the objectives and the budgets, determining internal bids by the plurality of entities for the plurality of keywords by multiplying the CPC bid and a pacing multiplier, performing one or more iterative internal auctions, determining a highest bidder for each keyword of the plurality of keywords, and coordinating bidding by only the highest bidding entity for each of the keywords on a third-party external auction.
US10572905B2	Method, system and software for associating attributes within digital media presentations Disclosed are a system, method and software to associate attributes with digital media assets. Digital media contains specific assets, such as images, that can be replaced with other assets. The system, method and software permit the association of attributes with specific assets. The association of attributes and assets enables the provision of content that is enhanced and more impacting for a user.
US10572902B2	Camera-based digital content distribution The present invention includes systems and methods for upselling tickets. One or more advertisements may be provided and associated with one or more ticket types. A user may see at least one of the advertisements when the user selects an event ticket for purchase. The user may receive a discount associated with at least one of the advertisements. The one or more advertisements may be displayed at the event. One or more additional advertisements may be created for display, wherein the additional advertisements are created in real-time for one or more concessions having a low rate of sale.
US10572892B2	Price comparison systems and methods Systems and methods are disclosed for evaluating a transaction concluded at a POS (point of sale) device. Prices for competitive retail stores within a geographic region of the POS may be evaluated after concluding a transaction. Price differences between items and corresponding prices in the third party data are identified. Where the purchase price exceeds the corresponding third-party price, a credit is assigned to the customer, such as in the form of a gift card or code that may be redeemed in a subsequent transaction. Credits may also be assigned to a debit card associated with a user, either with or without applying some multiplier. A credit may be applied to an online transaction of the user. Based on the use of the credit, the user's in-store purchases and online purchases may be related to the same individual and used to better characterize interests of the user.
US10572889B2	Advanced notification to enable usage reduction According to various aspects of the subject technology, systems and methods for analyzing consumption data associated with a user to determine a projected consumption cost for the user. The projected consumption cost can indicate an expected monetary cost that the user will be required to pay for resource consumption during a specified time period. If it is determined that the projected consumption cost exceeds a threshold consumption cost indicating that the projected consumption cost of the user will be high, the user can be provided with one or more use reports notifying the user that the user's projected consumption cost will be high for the time period. The use reports can warn the user that a high bill should be expected, thereby reducing bill shock and ensuing call center calls.
US10572884B1	Systems and methods of detecting and mitigating malicious network activity Disclosed herein are systems and methods executing a security server that perform various processes using alert elements containing various data fields indicating threats of fraud or attempts to penetrate an enterprise network. Using alert elements, the security server generate integrated alerts that are associated with customers of the system and assign a risk score for the integrated alerts, which the security server uses to store and sort the integrated alerts according to a priority, based on the relative risk scores. Analyst computers may query and fetch integrated alerts from an integrate alert database, and then present the integrate alerts to be addressed by an analyst according to the priority level of the respective integrated alerts. This allows to ensure that the right customer, is worked by the right analyst, at the right time, to maximize fraud prevention and minimize customer impact.
US10572880B2	Integrated merchant purchase inquiry and dispute resolution system When an account holder contacts the issuer of the account to dispute a transaction conducted with a merchant using the account, the issuer may request additional transaction details, such as purchased item level details, from the merchant via the merchant integrated dispute resolution platform. A real-time purchase inquiry sent to the merchant may request purchase information or transaction information (e.g. purchased item details, order information, order history, shipping and delivery information, etc.) associated with the transaction. The merchant may send a real-time response to the merchant integrated dispute resolution platform which may forward all or a portion of the received information to the issuer in real-time. The entire communication between the issuer, the merchant integrated dispute resolution platform and the merchant may be a sessionless (or stateless) communication, i.e. all communication among the parties may occur in a single session which may last 10 seconds or less.
US10572879B1	Agent driven media-agnostic work item grouping and sharing over a consult medium The present invention, in one embodiment, provides an architecture that allows a first agent to bind one or more customer-escalated work items of different media types already assigned to him with a consult interaction of an entirely different media type such that a target agent consulted has a contextual view of all the interactions owned by the first agent. Typically, the interaction grouping is post-assignment, and the context is provided to the target agent in the course of, and by means of, an agent consult.
US10572875B2	Online account authentication service A payment authentication service authenticates the identity of a payer during online transactions. The authentication service allows a card issuer to verify a cardholder's identity using a variety of authentication methods, such as the use of passwords. Also, the only system participant requiring a certificate is the issuing financial institution. Authenticating the identity of a cardholder during an online transaction involves querying an access control server to determine if a cardholder is enrolled in the payment authentication service, requesting a password from the cardholder, verifying the password, and notifying a merchant whether the cardholder's authenticity has been verified. A chip card and the authentication service independently generate cryptograms to match in order for the service to verify that the correct chip card is being used by the cardholder.
US10572872B2	Decentralized competitive arbitration using digital ledgering Disclosed techniques enable arbitration of electronic competitions using digital ledgering. A digital competition arbitration platform is based on secure, trusted digital ledgering techniques. Users who seek to compete in digital games and eSports subscribe to the arbitration platform. A competition between users employs a digital contract. The contract is executed using a digital ledger token. The outcome of the competition between players is verified based on input from both the competitors and randomly selected witnesses. When a dispute occurs between the players, a juror pool reviews evidence and witness results. Payouts are made based on the digital contract and the adjudged competition result. Compensation is provided to jurors and witnesses.
US10572868B2	Computing system implementing a network transaction service A computing system implements a network transaction service in which prepaid cards physically residing at merchant locations. Users of the network transaction service can launch a service application to indicate a transaction at the merchant location. A transaction data set is then received from a point-of-sale terminal at the merchant location—corresponding to use of the prepaid card—which enables the computing system to fund the transaction from a shared funding source of the network transaction service. Subsequently, the computing system can access a customer account of the user to reimburse the shard funding account for an amount of the transaction.
US10572860B2	Product provided with management information A transparent product can reliably transmit management information, and even under a harsh environment, the indicated management information will not be peeled off. The transparent product includes management information for managing the product. The management information is provided inside the product so that the management information can be visually recognized through at least one surface of the product in the thickness direction.
US10572857B2	Mobile check-in with push notification services A system and method of mobile check-in are provided. The system includes a cloud composed of a database, a server, and a push gateway. The server generates a check-in request and sends the check-in request in the form of a push notification to a specific mobile communication device through the push gateway and an external push server. All executable functions of the mobile communication device are locked until a check-in operation is completed.
US10572851B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems for generating a pickup notification related to an inventory item Methods, apparatus, and system for various ways to enhanced inventory management of an inventory item using elements from a hierarchical inventory network are described that generate a pickup notification related to such an inventory item. For example, a method may deploy a master node associated with a fixed location and that communicates with an inventory control server above it in the network while also monitoring movement of an ID node associated with an inventory item below it in the network. In general, the fixed location master node monitors a location of the inventory item's ID node and receives information from the inventory control server. The method then has the master node detecting movement of the ID node relative to the fixed location of the master node and generating the pickup notification for the inventory item based upon the release information and the detected movement of the ID node.
US10572848B2	System and method for intelligent project schedule forecasting Systems, methods, and other embodiments for providing scheduling of activities of a project plan associated with a computer application are described. In one embodiment, a project scheduling tool is configured to calculate a percentage time deviation, between an updated time duration and a planned time duration, for each present activity of a project to form a plurality of percentage time deviations. An arithmetic mean of the plurality of percentage time deviations is calculated and a planned time duration of at least one future activity of the project, related to each present activity, is transformed based on the arithmetic mean.
US10572844B1	Determining employee shift schedules In some examples, a service provider may associate, with an employer profile of an employer, a plurality of employee profiles of employees that are available to be assigned to one or more shifts of a plurality of shifts. The service provider may determine, based at least in part on shift information and the employee profiles, a shift schedule that indicates employee assignments for individual shifts. In some cases, in response to determining that a first shift is unfilled, the service provider may add to the shift schedule an incentive for one of the employees to select the first shift. Alternatively, in response to determining, based at least in part on the employee profiles, that multiple employees indicated a preference to work a second shift, the service provider may leave the second shift unassigned to enable the employees to bid on being assigned to work the second shift.
US10572834B2	Predicting a future state of a built environment Apparatuses, methods and systems for predicting a future state of a built environment with a sensor network are disclosed. One sensor network includes a plurality of sensors of a built environment and a controller. Each sensor is operative to generate a sense signal. The controller is operative to collect sense values that represent sense signals of the plurality of sensors, wherein the sense values are collected over time, classify each of the collected sense values based on a type of space of the built environment associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of sensors that generated the sense value, based on a timing of the sense value, and based on other available information of the built environment, predict a future state of each of the plurality of sensors based at least in part on the classifications of each of the sense values, and communicate the future state.
US10572829B1	Systems and processes for labeling hydraulic fracture data using acoustic emitters for supervised learning algorithm mapping and classifying of hydraulic fractures in wells The new art includes a system, process and means to label microseisms generated by hydraulic fracture operations and detected by acoustic sensors so a that machine learning process may be trained to perform mapping of propped hydraulic fracture dimensions in real-time or near-real time. This labeling process creates a labeled training set that enables any supervised machine learning process to be tested and trained whereby the process may perform real-time mapping of propped and unpropped fractures in subsequent treatment stage(s).
US10572817B2	Graph-based organization entity resolution A novel entity resolution approach for the organization entity domain can be implemented in the MapReduce framework with low memory requirements so that it may scale to large scale datasets. A new clustering approach, sClust, significantly improves the recall of the pairwise classifier.
US10572807B2	Method and device for three-weight message-passing optimization scheme using splines A method and device determines an optimization solution for an optimization problem. The method includes receiving the optimization problem having cost functions and variables in which each of the cost functions has a predetermined relationship with select ones of the variables. The variables comprise a sub-solution of a spline indicative of a curved path along an estimated trajectory. The method includes generating a first message for each of the cost functions for each corresponding variable based upon the relationship and a second message for each of the variables for each corresponding cost function based upon the relationship. The method includes generating a disagreement variable for each corresponding pair of variables and cost functions measuring a disagreement value between the first and second beliefs. The method includes forming a consensus between the first and second messages until the optimization solution is determined.
US10572805B2	Service modeling and execution Disclosed is method and system for modeling and executing service operation associated with technical service. Method comprises modeling of knowledge required for execution of service operation by representing factual knowledge and actionable knowledge in executable form. Modeling comprises representing standard operators and service operation. Service operation comprises parameters and rules presented in form of list of predicate-action pairs. Predicate-action pair comprises predicate and action. Predicate defines condition to be verified to comply with rule, and action specifies standard operator to be executed based on verification of condition. Method further comprises execution of service operation. Execution of service operation comprises selecting each predicate-action pair from list of predicate-action pairs and supplying subset of parameters to predicate of each predicate-action pair, verifying condition using subset of parameters, selecting standard operator based on verification of condition, supplying subset of parameters to standard operator, executing the standard operator by using subset of parameters.
US10572795B1	Plastic hyper-dimensional memory Described is a plastic hyper-dimensional memory system having neuronal layers. The system includes an input layer for receiving an input and an address matrix for generating a working pre-image vector from the input. A hidden layer is included for transforming the working pre-image vector into a working vector. A data matrix transforms the working vector into a data pre-image vector. Further, the hidden layer performs neurogenesis when a novel input is detected based on the working pre-image vector, where the neurogenesis comprises adding or deleting address units. Novelty detection includes using a set of reinforcement units. Finally, an output layer generates a data vector based on the data pre-image vector.
US10572788B2	RF tag An RF tag that includes a limiter and is capable of satisfactorily adjusting an impedance of a matching circuit is provided. The RF tag includes a variable load unit of which an amount of power consumption is changeable and a control unit that is capable of executing an impedance adjusting process of adjusting the impedance of the matching circuit such that an output voltage of a rectification circuit becomes a maximum and executes the impedance adjusting process after reducing the output voltage of the rectification circuit to a voltage less than a limiter voltage by adjusting the amount of power consumption of the variable load unit when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US10572781B2	Support apparatus and method thereof A simulation of behavior of a recording medium, which moves a conveyance path of an image forming apparatus, is performed. A transport error of the recoding medium is obtained based on a result of the simulation, and the transport error indicates a deviation between an orientation of the recording medium moving the conveyance path in an ideal transport state in which there is no disturbance, and a simulated orientation of the recording medium. A geometric characteristic screen is generated to present the obtained transport error.
US10572774B2	Methods and robots for adjusting object detection parameters, object recognition parameters, or both object detection parameters and object recognition parameters Methods and robots for adjusting object detection parameters, object recognition parameters, or both object detection parameters and object recognition parameters are disclosed. Methods include receiving image data, automatically recognizing an object with an object recognition module based on the image data, determining whether a pose estimation error has occurred, and adjusting at least one object recognition parameter when the pose estimation error has occurred. Methods include receiving image data and automatically detecting a candidate object with an object detection module based on the image data, recognizing an object with an object recognition module based on the detected candidate object, determining whether an object recognition error has occurred, and adjusting the at least one object detection parameter when the object recognition error has occurred.
US10572766B2	Image collation device, image collation method, and program An image collation device includes: a tentative matching point extraction unit configured to extract a plurality of tentative matching points that are pairs of corresponding feature points between a pair of input images; and a spatial verification unit configured to evaluate a degree of similarity between the pair of input images on the basis of all of a limiting conditions regarding consistency of a scale factor, a limiting conditions regarding consistency of a rotational angle, and a limiting conditions regarding consistency of a relative positional relationship according to a comparison of or a difference between geometric transformation parameters of the tentative matching points for each of the pairs of tentative matching points that is a combination of the tentative matching points extracted by the tentative matching point extraction unit.
US10572752B2	Fingerprint identification panel and preparation method thereof, driving method and fingerprint identification device A fingerprint identification panel and a preparation method thereof, a driving method and a fingerprint identification device are provided. A driving electrode and a sensing electrode are provided between a base substrate and a cover plate, the driving electrode and the sensing electrode intersecting with each other define an identification unit, a photoelectric converter unit is provided in the identification unit. The photoelectric converter unit includes a light shielding electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric converter layer located between the light shielding electrode and the second electrode. The light shielding electrode is located between the photoelectric converter layer and the base substrate. The light shielding electrode includes a first electrode, one of the first electrode and the second electrode is electrically connected with the driving electrode, and the other of the first electrode and the second electrode is electrically connected with the sensing electrode.
US10572749B1	Systems and methods for detecting and managing fingerprint sensor artifacts Systems and methods for identifying and managing fixed sensor artifacts, such as scratches and non-operational sensor pixels, in a biometric sensor. A plurality of images acquired by the biometric sensor in response to detection of a biometric object proximal to a sensing surface of the biometric sensor are processed to determine a pixel value for each pixel location in each image. One or more specific pixel locations having substantially the same pixel value in the plurality of images are identified an artifact pattern of the biometric sensor.
US10572747B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus is disclosed, which includes: a display panel; a first adhesive layer disposed on the display panel; a cover layer disposed on the first adhesive layer; and a biometric sensor disposed between the first adhesive layer and the cover layer.
US10572746B2	Apparatus detecting driving incapability state of driver An apparatus detecting driving incapability state of a driver includes: a head detection portion that detects a head of the driver based on an image of a driver's seat captured by an imaging device mounted on a vehicle; and a shake detection portion that detects the driver is incapable of driving when an amplitude of a shake of the head detected by the head detection portion is smaller than a first amplitude or larger than a second amplitude, which is larger than the first amplitude, before a shake determination time elapses after external force has been applied to the vehicle during travel of the vehicle.
US10572739B2	Method and system for detecting a threat or other suspicious activity in the vicinity of a stopped emergency vehicle A video processing system (VPS) receives video data from at least one video camera included with an emergency vehicle. The VPS also receives audio data from at least one microphone operating in conjunction with the video camera(s). The VPS determines whether received data representing a first set of video frames includes a predefined image pattern. If so, the VPS tracks the image pattern within the video data and determines whether data representing a second set of later-in-time video frames includes the tracked image pattern. If the second set of video frames includes the tracked image pattern, the VPS determines whether the tracked image pattern has changed position suspiciously. If so, the VPS communicates an alert. The VPS also determines whether received audio data includes a predefined audio pattern. If so, the VPS inserts a digital marker within the video data at the time at which the audio pattern commenced.
US10572737B2	Methods and system for detecting a threat or other suspicious activity in the vicinity of a person Suspicious activity detection methods and systems serve to notify persons of suspicious activity, including potential threats. According to one method, a video processing system (VPS) receives video data in real time/near real time from at least one camera. The VPS determines whether received data representing a first set of video frames includes data representing both an image of a person to be notified and one or more predefined patterns. If so, the VPS tracks the person's image and the predefined pattern(s) within the video data, and determines whether data representing a second set of later-in-time video frames includes data representing the person's image. If the second set of frames excludes the person's image, the VPS continues tracking the predefined pattern(s) in data representing a third set of later-in-time video frames and alerts the person if the tracked pattern(s) is positioned suspiciously relative to the person's current or prior position.
US10572726B1	Media summarizer A media summarizer may include an inspector, an array, and a generator. The inspector may inspect a document and identify words included in the document. The inspector may further identify information associated with the words included in the document. The array may include the identified words of the document and the identified information associated with the identified words of the document. The generator may generate a summary of the document. The summary may include a subset of the identified words of the document.
US10572724B2	Activity recognition systems and methods An activity recognition system is disclosed. A plurality of temporal features is generated from a digital representation of an observed activity using a feature detection algorithm. An observed activity graph comprising one or more clusters of temporal features generated from the digital representation is established, wherein each one of the one or more clusters of temporal features defines a node of the observed activity graph. At least one contextually relevant scoring technique is selected from similarity scoring techniques for known activity graphs, the at least one contextually relevant scoring technique being associated with activity ingestion metadata that satisfies device context criteria defined based on device contextual attributes of the digital representation, and a similarity activity score is calculated for the observed activity graph as a function of the at least one contextually relevant scoring technique, the similarity activity score being relative to at least one known activity graph.
US10572722B2	Display apparatus and display method A display apparatus and a display device are provided. The display apparatus includes: a first image acquisition device, configured to acquire a target image of a target region in the case that a human body is in the target region; an image processing device, configured to identify a body physical feature of the human body according to a human body image in the target image; an image generating device, configured to generate, according to the body physical feature, a virtual human body image corresponding to the human body and conforming to a target age; and a display device, configured to display the virtual human body image. A region displaying the virtual human body image is a virtual human body display region.
US10572721B2	Monitoring fitness using a mobile device Athletic performance monitoring and tracking may provide multiple ways in which to track athletic movement and activity. Workouts may also be tagged with various parameters including mood, weather, terrain, athletic equipment, friends used and the like. Workout information may be shared to social messaging and networking outlets. Workout information shared may include map information including images of maps, interactive maps, links to maps, route information and the like and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, an application may be configured to execute within a context of a social networking system to facilitate athletic activity data transfer and generation of workout entries in the social networking site.
US10572712B2	Fingerprint identification apparatus A fingerprint identification apparatus includes a cover lens, an optically clear adhesive layer, a fingerprint sensitive layer and a stress buffer. A total thickness of the cover lens and the optically clear adhesive layer is less or equal to a value “M”, wherein 0.3 mm≤M≤0.45 mm. The cover lens and the fingerprint sensitive layer are adhered by the optically clear adhesive layer. The fingerprint sensitive layer is disposed on the stress buffer. The stress buffer has greater hardness than that of the fingerprint sensitive layer.
US10572709B2	Touch drive circuit, touch display device, and method for driving touch display device A touch display device can sense a fingerprint touch using a pixel electrode and a data line. Before a capacitance variance of the pixel electrode in a fingerprint touch sensing interval is sensed, the voltage of only the data line is fixed to be identical to a voltage applied to a (+) terminal of an operational amplifier of a fingerprint touch sensing unit so that a capacitance variance of the data line is not transferred to the fingerprint touch sensing unit, and a capacitance variance of only the pixel electrode may be transferred. The capacitance variance of only the pixel electrode, not including the capacitance variance of the data line, is transferred to the fingerprint touch sensing unit so that the distinction between a peak and a valley of a fingerprint touching a display panel is enhanced. Therefore, a fingerprint touch sensing performance can be improved.
US10572705B2	Secure and traceable security features for documents A system for providing document authenticity, securing, and tracing includes a mark, an invisible code and a serial number. A user desiring to create a secure, verifiable document can receive one or more codes or indicia to put on the physical document.
US10572700B2	Wireless asset location tracking system and related techniques A wireless asset location tracking system and related techniques are disclosed. The system may include one or more beacon tags and one or more micro-zone (mZone) transmitters disposed at designated locations. A given mZone transmitter may transmit an mZone signal including data pertaining to its identity, and thus location. A given beacon tag receiving the mZone signal may pull mZone identification data therefrom and relay it in its own beacon signal, along with other data. In this manner, a given mZone transmitter may provide information pertaining to the location within the host space of a given beacon tag within its transmission range. The beacon signal may be received by any gateway or reader device within range, and information therefrom may be delivered through the internet to a server database. The information stored at the server database may be accessed to monitor and track tagged assets and control overall system operation.
US10572695B1	Touch screen film layer having tamper line embedded therein A tamper-proof computing device used in conducting a point-of-sale transaction. The tamper-proof computing device comprises a touch-screen display. In some embodiments, an ITO layer is deposited on the touch-screen display that has a tamper line embedded in the ITO layer, such that the tamper line is susceptible to breaking upon unauthorized physical manipulation, and the tamper line is in communication with a microcontroller that is configured to detect the tamper, and to render the tamper-proof computing device inoperable. The tamper line can be a single line trace embedded in the ITO layer or a cluster of traces embedded in the ITO layer. A method of manufacturing comprises forming a tamper line in an ITO layer, depositing the ITO layer on the display and coupling the tamper line to a security microcontroller.
US10572686B2	Consent receipt management systems and related methods In particular embodiments, a consent receipt management system is configured to track and analyze one or more attributes of a user interface via which data subjects are requested to provide consent (e.g., consent to process, collect, and/or store personal data) in order to determine which of the one or more attributes are more likely to result in a successful receipt of consent from a data subject. For example, the system may be configured to analyze one or more instances in which one or more data subjects provided or did not provide consent in order to identify particular attributes and/or factors that may increase a likelihood of a data subject providing consent.
US10572677B2	Performing secure queries from a higher security domain of information in a lower security domain A method generates, in a higher security domain (SD), public and secret keys using a first homomorphic encryption scheme (HES), passes the public key to a first shared security zone (SSZ) between the higher SD and a lower SD and through the first SSZ to a second entity in the lower SD, passes a plain text query from the higher SD to the first SSZ, encrypts the plain text query using a second HES, passes the encrypted plain text query to the second entity, performs an oblivious query to generate an encrypted result, and passes that from the lower SD to a second SSZ located between the higher and lower SDs, passes the secret key from the higher SD to the second SSZ, and decrypts the encrypted result using the secret key to generate a plain text result, and passes the plain text result to the higher SD.
US10572672B2	Modification of data elements using a semantic relationship An apparatus comprises a memory to store data and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor may modify a plurality of data elements using a semantic relationship between the plurality of data elements and a pre-selected data security policy and to store data representing the modified plurality of data elements in the memory.
US10572665B2	System and method to create a number of breakpoints in a virtual machine via virtual machine trapping events A system and method for dynamic software analysis operable to describe program behavior via instrumentation of virtualization events.
US10572658B2	Identifying computer behavior using visual data organization and graphs Configuration discrepancies, such as server drift among different servers or malicious code installed on one or more servers, can be identified using system attribute information regarding processes, CPU usage, memory usage, etc. The system attribute information can be used to generate an image, which can be compared to other images to determine if a configuration discrepancy exists. Image recognition algorithms can be used to facilitate image comparison for different systems. By identifying configuration discrepancies, downtime and other issues can be mitigated and system performance can be improved.
US10572657B2	Detection of object creation Examples disclosed herein relate to detecting object creation when instrumenting an application for security purposes. The examples enable determining, by an instrumenter implemented by a physical processor that implements machine readable instructions, whether to instrument a function; responsive to determining that the function should be instrumented, determining, by the instrumenter, that a base class constructor is to be called by the function; before the base class constructor is called, pushing, by the instrumenter, object related information onto a local storage registry; analyzing, by the instrumenter, the local storage registry to determine whether an object associated with the function was created based on information in the local storage registry; and responsive to determining that the object was created, applying, by the instrumenter, a security rule to the function.
US10572643B2	Operator identification system The operator identification system is capable of managing the information required for authentication of operators centrally with high operation rate. The operator identification system includes a manufacturing cell including a manufacturing machine and a cell controller that can communicate with the manufacturing machine. The cell controller includes a first operator identification information acquisition unit for acquiring operator identification information, a first operation permission/inhibition information storage unit for storing operation permission/inhibition information of the operator on the manufacturing machine, and a first operator identification unit for determining an operation executable by the operator on the manufacturing machine based on the operator identification information and the operation permission/inhibition information. The manufacturing machine includes a second operator identification information acquisition unit, a second operation permission/inhibition information storage unit, a second operator identification unit, and an operation unit for accepting the operation by the operator. The operation unit executes the operation determined to be executable by the first operator identification unit or the second operator identification unit.
US10572638B2	Mobile terminal for capturing biometric data A mobile terminal is provided by an issuing authority for capturing biometric data of a user for transmission to a security document. The mobile terminal includes a data storage unit containing a credential, an authentication module, a sensor for capturing the biometric data of the user and a control unit that is configured to capture the biometric data of the user only upon successful reciprocal authentication of the user and the mobile terminal. An authenticity test module tests the authenticity of the captured biometric data captured. If authentic, the captured biometric data is stored in the data storage unit in protected form. Readout of the biometric data from the mobile terminal, by an operator of the issuing authority, is permitted only if the operator has been authenticated to the mobile terminal using additional authentication data.
US10572634B2	Provision of secure content to a display receiver device without transcription Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a wireless display system to provide digital right management secure content to a display receiver device. The display transmitter device may determine to provide a decryption and presentation license for the display receiver device based on the DRM credential and the DRM scheme of the display receiver device. The display transmitter device may further pass through the secure DRM content to the display receiver device based on provision of the decryption and presentation license, wherein the secure DRM content is passed through the display transmitter device without transcription by the display transmitter device. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10572628B2	System and method for automated dosage calculation and patient treatment life cycle A system and method for automatically calculating an accurate recommended dosage for hormone replacement therapy and automating the life cycle of a patient's treatment over time. The system and method can automatically acquire relevant patient parameters and apply a consistent formulaic approach to help reduce incorrect dosage determinations. A pellet insertion size may be determined and documented based on a calculated dosage, and an insertion side and lot numbers may be tracked and managed. In addition, corresponding revenues may be tracked and profitability may be reported for hormone replacement therapy practices.
US10572621B1	Physical synthesis within placement Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing physical synthesis with an overall placement process. One of the methods includes receiving an initial netlist of a circuit design for an IC. A global placement process is performed that assigns to some components in the initial netlist a respective initial location on the IC. One or more physical synthesis processes are performed to generate a modified netlist before assigning a final location to all components in the circuit design by an overall placement process. A subsequent placement process is performed to assign a final location on the IC to all components in the modified netlist.
US10572620B2	Custom piecewise digital layout generation A method and apparatus for performing custom, piecewise digital layout generation is disclosed. The method comprises selecting, in a schematic of a digital circuit displayed in a digital circuit layout tool, a group of transistors and selecting one of a plurality of rows in a physical layout in which the group of transistors is to be placed. After the group of transistors is selected, the digital circuit layout tool may automatically place transistors of the group of transistors in the one of the plurality of rows of the physical layout. The method further comprises repeating selecting of additional groups of transistors, selecting from the plurality of rows, and automatically placing until all transistors of the digital circuit depicted as in the schematic have been placed for use in generating a physical layout plan for the first digital circuit.
US10572619B2	Pseudo-asynchronous digital circuit design A logic element includes a logic block, a clock generator, a clock assigner and at least one sampling element. The logic block implements a logic function on input data to obtain a plurality output data signals. The output data signals are sampled by respective clock signals. The clock generator generates phase-shifted clock signals from a reference clock signal. The clock assigner assigns differing ones of the phase-shifted clock signals to respective output data signals. The sampling element(s) sample the output data signals in accordance with the respective assigned phase-shifted clock signals.
US10572618B2	Enabling automatic staging for nets or net groups with VHDL attributes There is provided a computer implemented method for processing a formal specification of a digital circuit. The specification comprises information about a signal path for forwarding a digital signal from a source to a sink. The method comprises inputting the formal specification; identifying at least one signal group and at least one signal path belonging to the signal group based on the formal specification; inputting physical design constraints; and calculating, based on the physical design constraints and the at least one signal group, a number of clocked stages to be inserted into the signal path, such that the signal paths of a certain signal group have the same calculated number of clocked stages.
US10572616B2	Test pattern, test method for semiconductor device, and computer-implemented designing integrated circuit layout A test pattern includes first line patterns disposed at a first level, having discontinuous regions spaced apart by a first space, having a first width, and extending in a first direction. The test pattern includes a connection line pattern disposed at a second level and extending in the first direction, second line patterns disposed at the second level, branching from the connection line pattern, having a second width, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The test pattern includes via patterns disposed at a third level, having a third width, and formed around an intersection region having the first width of the first line pattern and the second width of the second line pattern. First pads are connected with the first line patterns. A second pad is connected with the connection line pattern.
US10572609B2	Method and apparatus to model objects including particles A method and corresponding apparatus to model objects includes detecting an overlapping area between first and second objects each comprising particles. The method and corresponding apparatus also calculate, in the overlapping area, an action force between the first and the second objects. The method and corresponding apparatus model the first object and the second object based on the action force.

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