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| US10653037B2 |
Thermal interface material structures
In an example, a thermal interface material (TIM) structure is disclosed. The TIM structure includes a first thermal interface material layer comprising a gap filler material and a second thermal interface material layer comprising a solid thermal pad. The TIM structure has one or more overlapping regions associated with partial overlap of a surface of the gap filler material by the solid thermal pad such that a portion of the surface is exposed. |
| US10653028B2 |
Connector equipped with carrier frame and rail frame for CPU
An electrical connector includes a stiffener, a rail frame pivotally mounted to one end of the stiffener, a carrier frame assembled to the rail frame in a sliding manner, and a load plate pivotally mounted to the end of the stiffener outside of the rail frame. The carrier frame includes latches to retain the CPU thereon. The rail frame includes a pair of opposite sliding channels extending in the front-to-back direction, along which the carrier frame is moveable. A front transverse bar is located in front of the sliding channels and above the sliding channels in the vertical direction. |
| US10653023B2 |
Magnetic adjustment tool for a display module
According to various examples, a display assembly includes a support chassis. The display assembly further includes a display module. The display module includes a front major face, a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted to the front major face, and a rear major face generally opposing the front major face. The rear major face is mounted to the support chassis. The display assembly further includes a first biasing subassembly positioned generally at or proximate to a first biasing location along the front major face, the biasing subassembly. The first biasing subassembly includes a first biasing magnet located within a first cavity in the display module. The first biasing magnet is movable within the cavity between a first position and a second position relative to the display module. The first biasing subassembly further includes a first biasing member extending generally between the front major face and the rear major face. |
| US10653019B2 |
Substrate unit
A substrate unit includes a circuit board; a connector portion mounted on the circuit board; and a case that contains the circuit board. The case includes a lower case having an accommodation section opened upward and accommodating the circuit board. An upper cover covers the accommodation section of the lower case. An aperture is opened in a side wall of the case, allowing the connector portion to be fitted to a counterpart connector portion. The upper cover includes a ceiling portion having a board opposing region that opposes the circuit board accommodated in the accommodation section and an outer region is located outside of the board opposing region without opposing the circuit board; and guide grooves inclined from the board opposing region to the outer region. The guide grooves discharging the water droplets away from the circuit board. |
| US10653006B2 |
Electrical conductors
Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors are disclosed. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates. |
| US10653002B2 |
Actively sensing and cancelling vibration in a printed circuit board or other platform
An embodiment of an assembly includes a platform (e.g., a printed circuit board (PCB)), a sensor, and a vibration-cancel circuit. The sensor is mounted to the platform and is configured to generate a sense signal that represents a vibration induced (e.g., a shock-induced vibration) in the platform. And the vibration-cancel circuit is configured to reduce or eliminate a level of the vibration in response to the sense signal. For example, such a vibration-cancel circuit is configured to reduce a magnitude of a vibration induced in platform, or to eliminate the vibration altogether, by generating, in the platform, a counter vibration that has a magnitude approximately equal to the magnitude of the induced vibration and that has a phase approximately opposite to the phase of the induced vibration. That is, the counter vibration cancels the induced vibration to reduce the net vibration that the platform experiences. |
| US10653000B2 |
Electrical connector assembly capable of transmitting high-frequency signals
An electrical connector assembly includes a circuit board; a first connector which includes a first insulating body and a first terminal group, where the first terminal group is provided on the first insulating body along a longitudinal direction, the first terminal group includes multiple first signal terminals and at least one first power terminal, and the first power terminal is closer to one of two edges of the first connector along the longitudinal direction than the first signal terminal; a chip provided on the circuit board and electrically connected to the first signal terminals; and a filter provided on the circuit board and electrically connected to the first power terminal. The filter is arranged right behind the first power terminal. The chip is provided right behind the first signal terminals. |
| US10652996B2 |
Formable shielding film
A shielding film comprises multiple layers including one or more of a structured adhesive layer, an electrically conductive layer, an electrically insulative thermally conductive layer, and an electrically conductive adhesive layer. The electrically conductive shielding layer extends laterally beyond the structured adhesive layer. The electrically insulative thermally conductive layer is disposed between the electrically conductive shielding layer and the structured adhesive layer and is coextensive with the structured adhesive layer. The electrically conductive adhesive layer is disposed between the electrically conductive shielding layer and the thermally conductive layer and is coextensive with the electrically conductive shielding layer. When the multilayer shielding film is placed on an electronic device mounted on a circuit board and under application of one or more of heat, vacuum, and pressure, the multilayer shielding film conforms to the electronic device and the electrically conductive adhesive layer adheres to the circuit board providing a seal between the multilayer shielding film and the circuit board. |
| US10652995B2 |
Electronic module for arrangement to a transmission component and a method for arranging an electronic module to a transmission component
The invention relates to an electronic module (100) mounted on a transmission component (112). The electronic module (100) comprises a printed circuit board element (102) that has component side (104) with at least one electronic component (108) and a contact side (106) lying opposite the component side (104), and a heat conducting film (110) that is placed between a surface section of the contact side (106) lying opposite the component (108) and a surface section of the transmission component (112). The printed circuit board element (102) can be or is tightened to the transmission component (112) such that the heat conducting film (110) is pressed against the surface section of the contact side (106) and the surface section of the transmission component (112). |
| US10652991B2 |
Plasma processing apparatus and microwave output device
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a high voltage power supply for supplying a high voltage power to a magnetron; and a detector for detecting a microwave output from the magnetron, wherein based on a result of comparing a signal, which is obtained by adding an output from the detector to an AC component of a current detected from an output of the high voltage power supply, with a setting value of the output of the high voltage power supply, the output of the high voltage power supply is adjusted. |
| US10652965B2 |
Apparatus, dimmable light emitting diode drive circuit and control method
An apparatus can include: a light-emitting diode (LED) drive circuit having a silicon-controlled rectifier dimmer; and a bus voltage adjustment circuit configured to adjust a direct current bus voltage to delay a turn-on time instant of the silicon-controlled rectifier dimmer when a conduction angle signal is greater than an angle threshold. |
| US10652961B2 |
Method for automatically regulating bleeder current and LED silicon-controlled-rectifier dimming circuit
A method of automatically regulating a bleeder current and an LED SCR dimming circuit are provided. According to the method, the SCR module can be controlled to be turned on reliably by detecting a leakage current when the SCR module is turned off and performing control for the bleeder current based on the size of the leakage current and correspondingly setting the size of the bleeder current, thereby greatly reducing power source loss and improving power source efficiency. |
| US10652959B2 |
Switching converter circuit
A switching converter circuit comprises at least an input terminal (IN1) for connecting to a continuous voltage source (VDCbus), an integrated control circuit (20), a pair of field effect transistors (QH, QL) connected to the integrated control circuit (20), a pair of coupled inductors (10) connected to the pair of field effect transistors (QH, QL), a diode (D) connected to the pair of field effect transistors (QH, QL), a pair of capacitors (Cn, Cled), and a first output terminal (OUT1). The converter circuit (1) further comprises a control loop (100) for controlling a current in output from the circuit via the first output terminal (OUT1). |
| US10652956B2 |
Personal consumer product with thermal control circuitry and methods thereof
A personal consumer product having an energy emitting element in selective electrical communication with a power source is provided. Thermal control circuitry is used to isolate the energy emitting element from the power source when a temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a threshold. The thermal control circuitry includes a primary thermal control circuit and a redundant thermal control circuit. Methods for controlling the temperature of an energy emitting element of a personal consumer product are also provided. |
| US10652941B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting device to device communication channel in wireless communication system
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for processing an initialization for a D2D communication between user equipments (UEs). The method includes: determining D2D subframes available for a D2D communication, the D2D subframes including a first D2D subframe and a second D2D subframe, each of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe including a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 0; and at a start of the D2D slot of the first D2D subframe and at a start of the D2D slot of the second D2D subframe, processing an initialization associated with a pseudo-random sequence of a D2D communication. The first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe each include a D2D slot corresponding to D2D slot number 1. At least one of the first D2D subframe and the second D2D subframe corresponds to a non-zero subframe number of a radio frame. |
| US10652936B2 |
Short identifiers for device-to-device (D2D) broadcast communications
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products for transmitting/receiving scheduling assignment(s) (SAs) are provided. One method is directed to including a short version of a target ID (i.e., short ID) in a SA. The method may also include transmitting the SA including the short ID to one or more monitoring UE(s). The monitoring UE(s) may then compare the short ID to target ID(s) being monitored. The corresponding data from the SA may be decoded if there is a match between the short ID and any of the target ID(s). |
| US10652933B2 |
System, method and apparatus for monitoring wireless communications
A system for monitoring wireless communications in a client device includes a wireless communications interface, including: an analyzer; a monitoring controller coupled to the analyzer; an operational controller of the client device coupled to the wireless communications interface, the operational controller configured to: control the wireless communications interface to establish a wireless connection with an access point according to a set of connection parameters including a channel identifier; and transmit the set of connection parameters to the monitoring controller; the monitoring controller configured, responsive to receiving the connection parameters from the operational controller, to: monitor a channel corresponding to the channel identifier to obtain a plurality of frames transmitted over the channel; and provide the plurality of frames to the analyzer. |
| US10652932B2 |
Device, method, and computer program for establishing a communication link between an information system and a mobile device
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for establishing a communication link between an information system and a mobile device. The apparatus for an information system includes a first communication module for communication with a computer infrastructure, a second communication module for communication with the mobile device, and a control module for controlling the first communication module and the second communication module. The control module obtains information about communication parameters for a communication link between the information system and the mobile device from the mobile device using the computer infrastructure and the first communication module and establishes the communication link between the information system and the mobile device using the second communication module based on the information about the communication parameters. |
| US10652931B2 |
Automatic network connection data synchronization for authorized personal devices
One embodiment provides a method, including: identifying, using a short range wireless device of an electronic device, another user device; transferring, using the short range wireless device, connection data for a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point between the electronic device and the another user device; and connecting, using a processor of the electronic device, to the WLAN using the connection data. Other aspects are described and claimed. |
| US10652927B2 |
Method and apparatus for identifying uplink signal transmission timing in wireless communication system
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 disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The method of a terminal in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving information, which is related to a first transmission time and a second transmission time of an uplink signal of a terminal, from a base station, when the uplink signal of the terminal is configured in an unlicensed band, performing a channel access in the unlicensed band, and when the unlicensed band is not in an idle state based on a channel access result before the first transmission time, performing a channel access until the second transmission time. |
| US10652926B2 |
Method and apparatus for performing backoff of transmission and reception for licensed assisted access in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for delaying transmission or reception on an unlicensed cell in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) performs downlink (DL) reception or uplink (UL) transmission on a second cell. The second cell is a second serving cell on an unlicensed carrier. The UE receives a backoff time for the second cell from a first cell when there is overload in the unlicensed carrier. The first cell is a first serving cell on a licensed carrier. The UE suspends ongoing DL reception or UL transmission on the second cell during the backoff time. |
| US10652925B2 |
Medium access control and channel access for access operations
Methods and apparatus to support channel access control for keyless vehicle entry systems are disclosed. An initiating central wireless device of a wireless personal area network (WPAN) queries multiple responding peripheral wireless devices to perform ranging for distance and/or angle of arrival data, where the multiple peripheral wireless devices coordinate responses to minimize interference, avoid overlapping transmissions, and reduce time to complete ranging. Ranging frames are divided into multiple ranging time slots, where each ranging time slot can accommodate a full ranging cycle between the central and peripheral wireless devices. The central wireless device determines which ranging time slot to use based on estimates of communication channel interference and on a number of received responses from the peripheral wireless devices. Ranging measurements are provided to a controller of a vehicle that houses the peripheral wireless devices to determine whether to permit vehicle access. |
| US10652923B2 |
Method for indicating the allocated resources for a HARQ message in a random access procedure for a low-complexity, narrowband terminal
A method of transmitting an acknowledgment message in a random access procedure in a mobile telecommunications system, the method including: transmitting an uplink random access request; responsive to the random access request, transmitting a downlink allocation message indicating downlink resources for sending a downlink message; transmitting the downlink message using the resources indicated in the downlink allocation message; responsive to receiving the downlink message, transmitting an uplink message; and transmitting an acknowledgement message in respect of the uplink message and using one or more acknowledgment resources, wherein the one or more acknowledgment resources are identified based on at least one of the downlink allocation message, the downlink message and the uplink random access request. |
| US10652909B2 |
Method and device for transmitting data and control information of terminal in wireless communication system
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for transmitting data and control information by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: determining subframes in which a scheduling assignment (SA) is to be transmitted in an SA resource pool; and transmitting data by means of resources indicated by a combination of a time resource indication field and information related to the determined subframes. |
| US10652904B2 |
Technique for controlling radio access nodes
A technique for controlling a cluster of radio access nodes for radio communication with a user equipment is described. As to a method (200) aspect of the technique, information is received (202) from at least one of the user equipment and the radio access nodes, wherein the information is the cluster indicative of a radio quality (904-908) of the radio communication. Based on the received information, a number of radio access nodes that redundantly communicate with the user equipment is changed (204). |
| US10652901B2 |
Method and apparatus for signal interference processing
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a schedule of spectral segments in a communication link of a communication system. Signal interference is identified in a portion of a number of spectral segments according to the schedule of spectral segments and at least one threshold for detecting interference. A determination is made that a number of signal interferers in the portion of the number of spectral segments exceeds a number of filters and, responsive to the number of signal interferers exceeding the number of filters, use of the number of filters is prioritized to filter signal interference in the portion of the number of spectral segments for suppressing at least a portion of the signal interference detected. |
| US10652900B2 |
Network node, a wireless device and methods therein for enabling channel estimations in a wireless communications network
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a network node for enabling channel estimation in a wireless communications network. The wireless communications network includes at least a first and a second Access Point, AP, having overlapping cells using contention-based transmission resources of the same frequency. The first network node controls the first AP to transmit information indicating that wireless devices served by the first AP are not to contend for the contention-based transmission resources when the second AP is transmitting a Null Data Packet, NDP. Then, the first network node controls the second AP to transmit a NDP. Embodiments of the first network node are also described. Embodiments herein also relate to a method performed by a wireless device for enabling channel estimation in a wireless communications network, and embodiments of the wireless device. |
| US10652897B1 |
Assigning carriers to radio ports of a split radio head
Assigning carriers to radio ports communicably coupled to a corresponding plurality of antennae of a radio head, wherein the radio head is split into at least first and second split portions, determining a difference between a first power level available to the first carrier via the first set of radio ports and a second power level available to the second carrier via the second set of radio ports, and changing a split of the radio head such that the difference between the first and second power levels is minimized. |
| US10652892B2 |
System and method for improved band-channel scanning and network switching
A system and method is disclosed that includes receiving connectivity information from a plurality of client devices connect to a network associated with a plurality of base stations; storing the connectivity information in one or more memories; determining a first location of a first device that desires to connect to a base station associated with the network; identifying a set of candidate bands and channels for connection to the base station based on the first location and the connectivity information; and transmitting the set of candidate bands and channels to the first device. |
| US10652888B2 |
Real-time location system network policy configuration control of fixed and mobile elements
A system for allocating wireless frequency spectrum is provided. The system may include one or more location tags attached on one or more foreign network devices and domestic network devices, one or more real-time location tracking system configured to detect the one or more location tags, and at least one control unit in communication with at least one domestic network device. The control unit may be configured to query one or more proximity policies associated with the foreign network devices and the domestic network devices, apply a modified network configuration to one or more of the domestic network devices when at least one associated proximity policy is discovered, and restore a default network configuration, or setting the modified network configuration as a new default network configuration, to the one or more of the domestic network devices when the discovered proximity policy is no longer effective. |
| US10652884B2 |
Method and device for generating subframe, method for determining subframe and user equipment
This application provides a method and device for generating a subframe, a method for determining a subframe and a user equipment. The method for generating a subframe includes: determining, by a first device, patterns of at least two special subframes used in a broadcast control channel modification period, where guard period GP durations of the at least two special subframes are different; and generating, by the first device, the at least two special subframes. The method enhances flexibility and improves a system resource utilization rate. |
| US10652882B2 |
Data transmission method, wireless network device, and communications system
A data transmission method, a wireless network device, and a communications system are provided. The method includes: sending, by a first wireless network device, at least two channels for common information on a same carrier, where the at least two channels for common information include a first channel for common information and a second channel for common information, the first channel for common information and the second channel for common information are on different subbands of the same carrier, and the common information includes at least one of a synchronization signal, a broadcast signal, or a system message. |
| US10652880B2 |
Facilitating physical downlink shared channel resource element mapping indicator
A system employing resource element mapping for efficient use of the downlink control channel is provided for a wireless communication system. In one example, a method comprises: generating, by a base station device comprising a processor, resource element mapping signaling, wherein the resource element mapping signaling is performed per subgroup of physical resource blocks of a group of physical resource blocks; transmitting, by the base station device, a first resource element mapping pattern to a first subgroup of the group of physical resource blocks; and transmitting, by the base station device, a second resource element mapping pattern to a second subgroup of the group of physical resource blocks, wherein the first resource element mapping pattern is distinct from the second resource element mapping pattern. |
| US10652874B2 |
User equipment, network node and methods therein for determining transport block size in downlink transmissions in a telecommunications system
A method in a user equipment (121) for determining a transport block size is provided. The transport block size is used by the user equipment (121) in receiving downlink data transmissions from a network node (110) on an enhanced Control Channel, eCCH. The user equipment (121) and the network node (110) are comprised in a telecommunications system (100). The user equipment (121) has access to a table or predetermined transport block sizes. The user equipment (121) may calculate an indicator NPRB based on the total number of PRBs allocated to the downlink data transmission NPRB, and based on an PRB offset value OPRB or a PRB adjustment factor APRB. Then, the user equipment (121) may determine the transport block size from the table of predetermined transport block sizes based on at least the calculated indicator NPRB. A user equipment, a method in network node and a network node are also provided. |
| US10652865B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data channel
A method of transmitting and receiving a data channel by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving downlink control information (DCI) including information related to a resource region for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), acquiring a resource indication value (RIV) from the DCI, acquiring a first length of allocated resource blocks based on the RIV, scaling the first length of allocated resource blocks to a second length of allocated resource blocks, based on a scaling factor and receiving the PDSCH or transmitting the PUSCH based on the second length of allocated resource blocks, wherein the scaling factor may be 2n, and n may be non-negative integer. |
| US10652860B2 |
Resource unit allocation for orthogonal-frequency-division multiple access communications
An example method of controlling a wireless access point may include causing the wireless access point to identify any groupings of contiguous non-protocol FFT bins of a wireless channel in which all of the non-protocol FFT bins in the grouping have respective signal strength values exceeding a first threshold, and a bandwidth of the grouping does not exceed a second threshold. The method may also include causing the wireless access point to identify any resource units of the wireless channel that overlap with any of the identified groupings. The method may also include causing the wireless access point to, in allocating the resource units to client devices for an OFDMA communication, skip the identified resource units. |
| US10652857B2 |
Telecommunications apparatus and methods
A method of communicating data between a base station and a plurality of terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises transmitting data from the base station to the plurality of terminal devices in a multicast transmission and transmitting response signals from the terminal devices to the base station to indicate whether the respective terminal devices have successfully received the multicast transmission. The use of a multicast transmission provides an efficient mechanism for communicating the same data to a plurality of terminal device, for example as might be desired in a machine-type communication network. In combination with this, the use of individual response signals, such as ACK/NACK signalling, from the terminal devices allows the base station, or other entity, such as a machine-type communications server, to track which terminal devices have indicated successful receipt of the multicast transmission, and to instigate an appropriate re-transmission protocol accordingly. |
| US10652856B2 |
Transmission and reception of broadcast information in a wireless communication system
Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving other broadcast information, OBI, are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of wireless communication device for a wireless communication system comprises receiving and decoding a transmission unit in which OBI is collocated with at least a portion of a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB). The SSB comprises a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH). The OBI comprises paging messages, remaining minimum system information (RMSI), and/or random access response (RAR) messages. In some embodiments, the transmission unit is a transmission unit having a duration that is two or more symbols but less than a duration of a full slot. In this manner, resources of the wireless communication system are efficiently utilized, which results in higher link and system capacity as well as lower network power consumption from increased stand-by times. |
| US10652855B2 |
Communication method, access network device, and terminal
A communication method, an access network device, and a terminal, the method comprising sending, by a first access network device, in a cell of the first access network device and corresponding to a radio network area of a terminal in a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state, and in response to the terminal in the RRC inactive state needing to be paged, a first paging message paging the terminal and sending, by the first access network device to a second access network device, a paging request message requesting to page the terminal, where the second access network device is an access network device other than the first access network device, and where the second access network device corresponds to the radio network area. |
| US10652852B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving positioning reference signal in wireless communication system
An apparatus and method of processing a positioning reference signal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes determining a narrow-band (NB) positioning reference signal (PRS) bitmap indicating a pattern selecting NB PRS subframes, wherein each NB PRS subframe comprises an NB PRS for positioning an NB user equipment (UE), transmitting, to the NB UE, NB PRS configuration information for the NB UE, the NB PRS configuration information comprising the NB PRS bitmap, determining, by a reference cell and based on the NB PRS bitmap, NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, mapping, by the reference cell, a first NB PRS in the NB PRS subframes of the reference cell, and receiving, from the NB UE and in response to the first NB PRS, a reference signal time difference (RSTD) measurement. |
| US10652848B2 |
Method for transmitting common control information, method for receiving common control information, base station, terminal and storage medium
A method for transmitting common control information, a method for receiving common control information, a base station, a terminal and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: configuring the number m of synchronization signal blocks to be transmitted in a slot based on the number of symbols contained in the slot; associating symbols occupied by a common control channel with the m synchronization signal blocks based on the number m; and using beams for transmitting the m synchronization signal blocks to transmit to a terminal downlink control information of common control information corresponding to the associated symbols occupied by the common control channel, so that the terminal receives the common control information in a physical downlink shared channel indicated by the downlink control information. By the embodiments, common control information is transmitted using beam sweeping with relatively low communication resource consumption. |
| US10652847B2 |
Simulcast controller, relay station, and communication method operated on simulcasting
A relay station comprising: a time server that supplies time-synchronized pulse data generated every second; and a symbol counter that counts symbol periods used in communication, based on the pulse data. The relay station transfers an upstream signal to a simulcast controller, by including in the upstream signal a first count value of the symbol counter that indicates a timing when synchronization with the upstream signal is established. The simulcast controller calculates a second count value based on the first count value to indicate a timing of transmission of the downstream signal from the relay station to the terminal device, transfers the downstream signal for transmission from the relay station to the terminal device, with the second count value being included in the downstream signal. The relay station starts transmitting the downstream signal based on the second count value. |
| US10652844B1 |
Paging auto-acknowledgement
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with paging auto-acknowledgement are described. According to one embodiment, a method for performing paging auto-acknowledgement includes transmitting according to a protocol, on a first channel, a synchronization packet to a slave device, where the synchronization packet specifies a second channel on which a subsequent packet will be transmitted to the slave device. The protocol specifies that the slave device send an acknowledgement to the synchronization packet on the first channel prior to switching to the second channel. The method includes, when predetermined automatic acknowledgement criteria are met, transmitting the subsequent packet to the slave device on the second channel in the absence of an acknowledgement to the synchronization packet from the slave device. |
| US10652840B2 |
Multi-carrier power headroom reporting
A wireless device receives a first parameter indicating whether simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission is configured for a primary cell of a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells comprise the primary cell and a PUCCH secondary cell. Based on the first parameter and the PUCCH secondary cell being deactivated, a first power headroom (PH) comprising a first Type 2 PH field for the primary cell is transmitted. Independent of the first parameter and based on the PUCCH secondary cell being activated, a second PH report comprising a second Type 2 PH field for the primary cell is transmitted. |
| US10652837B2 |
Communication control device, transmission power allocation method and program
There is provided a doing apparatus including a communication control device including a power allocation unit configured to allocate transmission power for secondary use of a frequency channel protected for a primary system to a secondary system. The power allocation unit switches power allocation methods between a first group of secondary systems of which a distance from the primary system is less than a prescribed threshold and a second group of secondary systems of which a distance from the primary system exceeds the prescribed threshold. |
| US10652825B2 |
Managing negotiation of power saving mode parameters between a user equipment and a core network device
The disclosed subject matter provides techniques for managing negotiation of power saving mode (PSM) parameters between a user equipment (UE) and core network device of a wireless communication network. In this regard, a method is provided that includes facilitating establishing, by a device comprising a processor, a wireless communication link with a network device of a wireless network. The method can further include, based on a determination that a power saving mode retry protocol for the device is enabled, determining, by the device, a number of times the network device previously instructed the device to use network values for power saving mode timers instead of device values for the power saving mode timers in association with the device operating in a power saving mode. |
| US10652823B2 |
Wakeup receiver
Systems and methods providing a wakeup receiver for latency-critical applications are described herein. An example system includes a wakeup receiver communicatively coupled to a communication channel. The wakeup receiver is configured to monitor an input signal of the communication channel and down-convert the input signal to a DC signal. The system also includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to digitize the DC signal and provide an ADC output. The system further includes a digital baseband (DBB) module configured to determine a received signal strength indication (RSSI) from the signal. The DBB is also configured to, for each packet, determine a respective packet length and compare the RSSI and respective packet length with a two-dimensional template. The DBB is additionally configured to, based on the comparison, determine an interrupt condition and, based on determining the interrupt condition, generate a wakeup signal. |
| US10652819B2 |
Apparatus and method for reducing power consumption in multi antenna system
An apparatus and method for reducing the power consumption of a Base Station (BS) in a multi antenna system are provided. The method for reducing the power consumption of the BS includes identifying an amount of resources being in use for communication, determining whether to convert at least one Radio Frequency (RF) unit into a power saving mode considering the amount of resources, if converting at least one RF unit into the power saving mode, turning OFF a power supply of a power amplifier of at least one of at least two antenna paths constituting the at least one RF unit converted into the power saving mode, and increasing a gain of at least one antenna path turning ON a power supply such that a transmission Power Spectral Density (PSD) is not changed according to the power saving mode conversion. |
| US10652818B2 |
Communication system for maintaining cells in an energy saving state based on access restrictions
A communication system capable of preventing unnecessary switching of an energy saving cell between a normal operation state and an energy saving state. An energy saving cell (ES cell) is in a dormant state that is the energy saving state. In this case, when being notified of a wake-up request message from a communication terminal device (UE), the ES cell executes access restriction control to judge whether the UE can access its own cell. If judging that the UE can access its own cell, the ES cell switches on its own cell and shifts from the dormant state to an active state that is the normal operation state. |
| US10652816B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced mesh networking
A method for enhanced mesh networking, preferably including performing network analysis, configuring router link parameters, and managing routing paths. A metric for routing path assessment, preferably including a throughput metric and a channel utilization metric. A Segment Table Announced Mesh Protocol, preferably including determining network segments and designating forwarding devices for communication between the network segments. |
| US10652811B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced frequency allocation
Systems and methods for improving network resource allocation are disclosed. The system can determine which user's equipment (UEs) can be reallocated from a first network (e.g., one of the 4G network or the 5G network) to a second network (e.g., the other of the 4G network or the 5G network) to reduce load on the first network. The system can determine which UEs are capable of using each type of network and which services or applications that are suitable for use on each type of network. Due to differences in propagation and penetration distances of various frequency spectrums, the system can also determine which UEs have sufficient signal strength for each type of network. The system can reside on the network, on the UEs, or on both the network and the UE. The system can switch back and forth between multiple networks as conditions, applications, or other factors change. |
| US10652808B2 |
Radio network communication modes in physiological status monitoring
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for managing communication modes on a network used for physiological status monitoring. The methods may include receiving indications that a network had been selected and that a communication or operation mode for the network had been selected. The communication or operation mode may be based at least in part on a number of remote physiological monitoring devices that are to be allowed to communicate on the radio access network. A beacon may be transmitted to indicate one or more transmission parameters associated with the selected communication or operation mode. |
| US10652804B2 |
Non-transitory computer-readable medium for communication device, and method performed by communication device
Computer-readable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium may cause a communication device to acquire predetermined information from a first interface under a state where a number of child stations participating in a first wireless network in which an external device operates as a parent station is equal to an upper limit, shift an operation state of the communication device to a parent station state from a specific state so as to form a second wireless network in a case where the predetermined information is acquired from the first interface, and supply a first predetermined instruction to an OS program. The first predetermined instruction may include an instruction for causing a second interface to send a participation request to the external device. The participation request may be a command for requesting the external device to participate in the second wireless network as a child station. |
| US10652803B2 |
Commissioning of lighting devices
A method of enabling at least some of plurality of nodes to join a wireless network, where each operates according to a wireless networking protocol and each is a component of a lighting system. An initiating unit wirelessly broadcasts a discovery request using a protocol of the network, according to which each other node only responds to the discovery request as broadcast from the initiating unit on condition of being within a predetermined range. Hence one or more in-range nodes each respond to the discovery request from the initiating unit and thereby join the network, while one or more out-of-range nodes do not respond. One or more of the in-range nodes also act as relaying nodes, to re-broadcast the discovery request for receipt by one or more of the out-of-range nodes. One or more of the out-of-range nodes respond to the re-broadcast discovery requests, thereby joining the wireless network. |
| US10652801B2 |
Network management system, and network management method
A network management system includes a plurality of server units. A first management server included in a first server unit transmits a disconnection setting request for disconnecting an abnormal flow to each of a communication node connected to a self-region covered by the first management server, and one or more second server units covering one or more primary adjacent regions adjacent to the self-region. Disconnection setting is executed in response to the disconnection setting request. Each of a plurality of regions includes two or more areas each of which is covered by corresponding one of two or more base stations connected to an identical communication node. |
| US10652799B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing very high throughput operation and capability signaling for wireless communications
A method and apparatus are disclosed for enabling very high throughput (VHT) communications. A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) may receive, from an access point (AP), a management frame comprising VHT capabilities information. The VHT capabilities information may comprise an indication of support for reception via non-contiguous channels. The WTRU may transmit, on a condition that reception via non-contiguous channels is supported, at least one data packet, to the AP, via multiple non-contiguous channels. The multiple non-contiguous channels may be used simultaneously. |
| US10652795B2 |
Small cell mobility with dual/multi connectivity
There are provided measures for improvements in small cell mobility with dual/multi connectivity. Such measures exemplarily comprise terminating at least one control plane signaling connection from said terminal for said at least first network access entity and second network access entity, maintaining a terminal related access stratum context commonly for radio accesses of said terminal to said at least first network access entity and second network access entity, and initiating switching of said radio access of said terminal from said first network access entity to said second network access entity for user plane data transfer with said control plane signaling connection for said second network access entity being applied unchanged, thereby providing, in a control plane for a terminal, connection management for at least a first network access entity and a second network access entity, wherein said at least first network access entity and second network access entity providing radio access for user plane data transfer for said terminal, wherein said terminal being capable of having radio access to said at least first network access entity and second network access entity for user plane data transfer. |
| US10652781B2 |
Auxiliary bluetooth circuit of multi-member bluetooth device
A auxiliary Bluetooth circuit of a multi-member Bluetooth device includes: a Bluetooth communication circuit; a data transmission circuit; and a control circuit arranged to operably control the data transmission circuit to communicate data with a main Bluetooth circuit of the multi-member Bluetooth device, and arranged to utilize the Bluetooth communication circuit to sniff packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device during the period in which the main Bluetooth circuit conducts packet transmission with the remote Bluetooth device. When the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit missed packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device, the data transmission circuit is further arranged to operably receive the missed packets from the main Bluetooth circuit. |
| US10652780B2 |
Systems and methods for the temporal shifting of data downloads or streaming
Systems and methods for providing time-shifted data downloads over cellular networks are disclosed. The downloads can be selected using an application or other data consuming application with a “download later” feature, or similar. The application can register with a data shifting service (DSS) to receive a low-priority, or “0-rated,” download of the data. The DSS can place the application in queue waiting for predetermined network conditions (e.g., network utilization to fall below a predetermined level). Upon occurrence of the predetermined network conditions (e.g., network utilization falling below a predetermined rate), the DSS can inform the application that a low-priority download window is available. The application can then download the data from a content provider. The DSS can enable cellular networks to increase average network utilization, while reducing peak demand. The system may offer low-priority downloads at reduced cost, or free, to incentivize use of the DSS. |
| US10652776B2 |
Contextual quality of user experience analysis using equipment dynamics
The techniques described herein involve determining a context-based Quality of Experience based upon client device Quality of Experience diagnostic files in combination with client device equipment dynamics. Client device Quality of Experience (QoE) diagnostic files may indicate a reduced QoE at a client device, such as reduced signal strength or an increased number of dropped packets. User behavior during a reduced QoE event may be reflected as equipment dynamics, which may be included in equipment dynamics files. A service provider may receive information from the client device and may analyze the information to determine, with an increased confidence level, that the user device experiences a reduced QoE. Network resources may be allocated in response to the reduced QoE determination, thereby increasing a functioning of the computing network and an associated device's Quality of Experience. |
| US10652772B2 |
Radio wave interference analysis apparatus, method, and medium
There is provided a radio wave interference analysis apparatus configured to analyze a state of interference due to a plurality of interference signals of a plurality of interference sources on a target signal of a wireless device as an evaluation target at a reception point, the radio wave interference analysis apparatus including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to calculate a first probability of failure of reception of the target signal at the reception point due to collision of the target signal with an interference signal of the plurality of interference signals, calculate a second probability of failure of reception of the target signal at the reception point due to the interference signal of the plurality of interference sources, and output the first probability and the second probability. |
| US10652765B2 |
Automated network diagnostic techniques
Automatically diagnosing operation of a communication network, including collecting, during multiple time periods spanning multiple days, a plurality of Layer-4 statistics for Layer-4 network connections on the network; determining, for each time period in the multiple time periods, a first Layer-4 condition metric for the time period based on the Layer-4 protocol statistics collected during the time period; determining a network performance indicator, based on a number of the time periods that a first threshold condition is met by the first Layer-4 condition metric; determining whether the communication network has experienced a performance issue based on the network performance indicator meeting a second threshold condition; and causing a diagnostic action, a corrective action, or a maintenance action to be performed based on the determination whether the communication network has experienced a performance issue. |
| US10652763B2 |
Cellular phone message delivery testing system and method
A process for determining an operational status for a cellular service vendor includes, within a computerized device, sending a test signal comprising a test message to each of a plurality of testing nodes, each testing node being associated with a different cellular service vendor and each testing node including a computerized application configured to provide data back to the computerized device in reply to the test signal independently from data provided by the associated cellular service vendor. The process further includes, within the computerized device, determining a quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors based upon the data provided by the computerized application, generating a computerized display output describing the quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors, and allocating marketing resources based upon the quality of service for each of the cellular service vendors. |
| US10652753B2 |
Method for transmitting control signal and channel in mobile communication system using unlicensed band
An operation method of a base station in a mobile communication system operating in an unlicensed band is provided. The method includes communicating data with a terminal in a first cell, confining signal transmission occasion to a starting symbol of at least one slot of a subframe of a second cell, occupying resources by sensing a band corresponding to the second cell, and communicating with the terminal on the occupied resources based on the signal transmission occasion. |
| US10652750B2 |
Wireless internet access with enhanced bandwidth capabilities
Techniques for efficiently and economically providing data transfer through wireless data networks. These techniques are particularly suitable for Internet data transfers. In one aspect, mobile devices are able to be allocated additional wireless channels to obtain increased data transfer capabilities. The additional wireless channels can be used for unicast, multicast or broadcast of data. These techniques provide additional wireless bandwidth to mobile devices and allows control over allocation of the additional wireless bandwidth. |
| US10652744B2 |
Validating international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) in mobile networks
A control plane entity can perform validation checks to confirm the validity of a device identifier, for example, an international mobile equipment identity (IMEI), received from a user equipment (UE) during registration of the UE with a communication network. In one aspect, the control plane entity can verify that the IMEI conforms to a defined format; for example, the IMEI is fifteen digits long, does not comprise alphabets and/or symbols, and/or comprises a valid type allocation code (TAC) of eight decimal digits, etc. The validation of the IMEI can reduce errors in billing that can otherwise result in revenue loss for the service provider. |
| US10652728B1 |
eSIM profile discovery
Mobile devices are provisioned that do not have a direct communications path to a data network. A proximate device is discovered that is available for connecting to the mobile device via a peer-to-peer connection. The second device is determined to be trusted by the mobile device and usable to communicate to the data network A peer-to-peer connection is established with the proximate device. Identification data is provided to the proximate device, and an activation code is received. The mobile device, via the peer-to-peer connection, communicates to the mobile network operator indicated by the activation code. Subscription credentials are received for accessing a mobile network operated by the mobile network operator. |
| US10652727B2 |
Systems and methods for customizing network detection results
A computer-implemented method for customizing network detection results may include identifying a connection between a client device and a frontend server of a web-based computing system. The method may also include obtaining at least one criterion for customizing a network-carrier analysis of the connection for use by a backend application of the web-based computing system. In addition, the method may include performing, based on the criterion, the customized network-carrier analysis of the connection to create a customized report of network-carrier information about the connection. Furthermore, the method may include providing the customized report of network-carrier information to the backend application. Finally, the method may include performing, based on the customized report, at least one task associated with improving a function of the web-based computing system. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed. |
| US10652725B2 |
Obtaining and using D2D related information to perform mobility operation(s)
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for obtaining and using Device-to-Device (D2D) related information for a node (e.g., a wireless device or a network node) in a cellular communications network to perform one or more mobility operations for a wireless device. Embodiments of a method of operation of a network node for operation in the cellular communications system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method of operation of the network node in the cellular communications system comprises obtaining D2D related information for one or more nodes in the cellular communications system, and using the D2D related information to perform one or more mobility operations associated with the wireless device. |
| US10652723B2 |
Situational awareness systems and methods
Systems and methods for computer-aided, session-based operational and organizational responses to asynchronously occurring events. A “session” is a collection of client-server connections, each client connection being an endpoint device in a pool of devices under the control of the members of a defined operational response team cooperating to address an event. The session provides an organizational framework for information sharing, including using context roles to identify the proper recipients for data and messages. The information and data is shared to participating recipients in the session in real-time as the operational response is conducted, and as new data and information is generated, that data is added to the session with a timestamp. Once the response is concluded, the sessions can be closed, encapsulating the data, which can then be “played” back to re-experience the response as it played out, such as for audit, analysis, and review purposes. |
| US10652718B2 |
Audio correlation selection scheme
The disclosure generally relates to connecting wireless devices based on a correlation between different audio sources. For example, according to various aspects, a first wireless device may capture sound via a microphone and receive audio content from a second wireless device via a wireless receiver. Accordingly, a wireless connection may be established between the first and second wireless devices based on a substantial match between the sound captured via the microphone and the audio content received via the wireless receiver. For example, the sound captured via the microphone may be output from a speaker on the second wireless device. In other examples, the received audio content may be sound captured via a local microphone at the second wireless device. In either case, the correlation between the audio received through the microphone and the audio content received over a radio may substantially simplify the procedure(s) used to connect two audio-enabled devices. |
| US10652717B2 |
Systems and methods for providing an interactive community through device communication
A wave device is disclosed. The wave device may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to receive a unique identifier associated with a community and generate a communication including the unique identifier associated with the community and enabling a second wave device to join the community. The one or more processors may be further configured to transmit the communication to the second wave device based on geographic proximity to the second wave device, and share information with the second wave device based on the second wave device joining the community. |
| US10652712B2 |
Method for organizing the communication between mobile radio network subscriber stations in a mobile radio cell, mobile radio network subscriber station, and mobile radio network management unit
A method for organizing the communication between mobile radio network subscriber stations in a mobile radio cell, wherein a mobile radio network management unit, especially the scheduler of a base station, in the mobile radio cell performs the allocation of the radio resources. The mobile radio network management unit defines for the mobile radio cell a number of subradio areas in which a number of mobile radio subscriber stations are allowed to use the same radio resources for direct communication with one another in parallel operation. |
| US10652709B2 |
Method and apparatus for automatic Bluetooth connection using Bluetooth dual mode
A method for automatic Bluetooth connection in a head unit of vehicle includes discovering an advertisement from a mobile device, based on a period of advertisement discovery, when at least one advertisement corresponding to the mobile device is discovered, changing the period of advertisement discovery, discovering the advertisement based on a changed period of advertisement discovery, and arranging a Bluetooth connection between a head unit and a mobile device corresponding to the discovered advertisement. |
| US10652700B2 |
Apparatus and method for sending and receiving broadcast signals
A broadcast signal receiver includes a tuner configured to tune a broadcast signal, a pilot detector configured to detect pilots comprised in the tuned broadcast signal, a de-framer configured to de-frame a signal frame of the broadcast signal and to extract Physical Layer Pipe (PLP) data, and a decoder configured to decode the extracted PLP data. |
| US10652696B2 |
Method and apparatus for categorizing device use case for on foot motion using motion sensor data
Systems and methods are disclosed for categorizing a device use case for on foot motion with a portable device. Motion sensor data corresponding to motion of the portable device may be obtained, such as from a sensor assembly of the device. The motions sensor data is processed. Further, a use case characteristic may be determined from the processed and/or raw motion sensor data, an effective frequency may be determined from the processed and/or raw motion sensor data and/or an Eigen use case may be determined. The device use case may then be classified using the processed and/or raw motion sensor data and at least one of the use case characteristic, the effective frequency and the Eigen use case. |
| US10652694B2 |
Dynamic geofence
Systems, methods and tools for modifying existing geofence notifications using a plurality of overlapping geofences and geo-fencing rules to alter the notification messages as a function of triggering multiple overlapped geofences simultaneously. Triggering the two overlapping geofences may display notifications tied to a special event, marketing campaign or promotion designated by the subsequent geofence overlaying a pre-existing, first geofence. While the second geofence is active, a modified message may be displayed featuring the special event or marketing campaign. Subsequently, after the second geofence has changed locations, deactivated or deleted, the previously existing geofence may revert back to the originally displayed notification prior to mapping the second geofence targeting the special event or promotion. |
| US10652693B2 |
Cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications
According to various embodiments, systems, computer program products, and computer implemented methods for cognitive location and navigation services for custom applications are disclosed. More specifically, the cognitive location and navigation services include, but are not limited to: multilingual, point-specific communication; cognitive navigational guidance through a tourist attraction; and beacon-based communication with a vehicle are disclosed. For instance, one embodiment of multilingual, point-specific communication includes receiving a request for delivery of announcements relating to a particular event; receiving or retrieving itinerary information corresponding to the particular event and a user that submitted the request; receiving audio data from a location corresponding to the particular event based at least in part on the itinerary information; translating the audio data into a plurality of translated messages, each translated message being in a different language; and providing at least one of the translated messages to the user that submitted the request. |
| US10652691B2 |
Optimized positioning method for mobile devices
Techniques for determining a position of a mobile device are provided. A method according to these techniques includes obtaining assistance data comprising information for cells associated with a plurality of wireless transmitters of a wireless communications network based on the coarse location of the mobile device, selecting a plurality of the cells from the assistance data, wherein selecting the plurality of cells includes identifying sets of colocated cells and selecting one cell from each of the colocated sets of cells; measuring signals from the plurality of cells to generate positioning signal measurements; and sending the positioning signal measurements to a location server. A colocated set of cells may include a narrowband cell and a non-narrowband cell, and the narrowband wireless cell may comprise a narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) cell and a non-narrowband cell colocated with the NB-IoT cell at an Evolved Node B (eNodeB). |
| US10652681B2 |
Processing method and system of audio multichannel output speaker, and mobile phone
A processing method and a processing system of an audio multichannel output speaker and a mobile phone are disclosed. The method includes: retrieving an audio and video file and establishing four channel signals for audio signals in the audio and video file with independent channel indications; performing frequency-division processing on the four channel signals respectively, and storing data of the four channel signals after frequency-division processing in order; performing digital-to-analog conversion on the data of the four channel signals respectively, and respectively sending converted analog signal data to speakers corresponding to the four channel signals one-to-one. |
| US10652675B2 |
Power management in low power wireless link in a hearing aid system
The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid system which is configured to power managing the power of a wireless link. The hearing aid system comprising a first hearing aid device and a mobile device, wherein each of the devices comprising a transmit unit and a receive unit for establishing a short range wireless link between the devices. At least one of the devices comprises; a microphone configured to receive an acoustical audio signal, a signal processing unit configured to process an audio signal based on the acoustical audio signal, a first link quality estimator, where the first link quality estimator may be configured to determine a phase error of an information packet transmitted from the other device and received by the receive unit and determine a link quality signal based on the phase error, and wherein the at least one of the devices may be configured to transmit the link quality signal to the other device, and the other device may be configured to determine the power level of the transmission of the information packet based on the link quality signal via a power controller comprised by the other device. |
| US10652673B2 |
Hearing instrument with an authentication protocol
A hearing instrument includes: a radio for reception of a broadcasted message; an authenticator configured for authentication of a transmitter of the broadcasted message; and a receiver configured for converting the broadcasted message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument upon successful authentication of the transmitter of the broadcasted message. |
| US10652669B2 |
Receiver assembly having a distinct longitudinal direction
The present invention relates to a receiver assembly comprising a first receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a first longitudinal centre line, and a second receiver having a distinct longitudinal direction and a second longitudinal centre line, wherein the distinct longitudinal directions of the first and second receivers are arranged essentially along a distinct longitudinal direction of the receiver assembly. The receiver assembly further comprises one or more microphone units. |
| US10652666B1 |
Liquid filled thermoacoustic device
A thermoacoustic device is provided with a housing having at least one open face. An active element is supported within the housing, and at least two electrodes are provided in electrical contact with the active element. A membrane is provided to cover each open face of the housing. The housing and membrane assembly is filled with a liquid. A signal lead is joined to the electrodes within the housing to communicate with the exterior of the housing. The active element can be made from a carbon nanotube sheet, and a gas can be provided in contact with the active element. |
| US10652650B2 |
Loudspeaker with reduced audio coloration caused by reflections from a surface
Loudspeakers are described that may reduce comb filtering effects perceived by a listener by either 1) moving transducers closer to a sound reflective surface (e.g., a baseplate, a tabletop or a floor) through vertical (height) or rotational adjustments of the transducers or 2) guiding sound produced by the transducers to be released into the listening area proximate to the reflective surface through the use of horns and openings that are at a prescribed distance from the reflective surface. The reduction of this distance between the reflective surface and the point at which sound emitted by the transducers is released into the listening area may lead to shorter reflected path that reduces comb filtering effects caused by reflected sounds that are delayed relative to the direct sound. Accordingly, the loudspeakers shown and described may be placed on reflective surfaces without severe audio coloration caused by reflected sounds. |
| US10652644B2 |
Ear tip designed to enable in-ear detect with pressure change in acoustic volume
An earbud tip for an in-ear headphone can include an outer body; an inner tube extending at least partially within the outer body, the tube having opposing first and second ends and first and second openings at the opposing first and second ends, respectively, the first opening configured to emit audio signals provided by a speaker of an in-ear headphone into a user's ear canal during operation of the in-ear headphone and when the earbud tip seals the user's ear canal and the second opening configured to be removably coupled to a portion of the in-ear headphone; and one or more channels extending from an outer periphery of the earbud tip to the inner tube. |
| US10652636B2 |
Distributed antenna system architectures
Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system (IDAS) to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The systems incorporate various functions, such as optical network terminal (ONT), splitter, and local powering, in antenna coverage areas. |
| US10652635B2 |
Passive optical network communications method and apparatus, and system
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a passive optical network communications method and apparatus, and a system. The method includes: determining a wavelength channel group of an optical network unit (ONU) and a wavelength channel in the wavelength channel group; and sending a first message to the ONU, where the first message carries identification information of the wavelength channel group and identification information of the wavelength channel in the wavelength channel group. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, such a logical channel group as a wavelength channel group is established, and when a channel in a channel group is faulty, a scheduling module of an OLT can rapidly and easily reallocate a service to another member in the channel group, so that channel interaction is avoided. Therefore, bandwidth scheduling efficiency and bandwidth utilization of a PON system are higher. |
| US10652614B2 |
System and method for content delivery optimization based on a combined captured facial landmarks and external datasets
A system and method to turn computer vision captured data of a subject into an optimized rearranged media content to a display device using historic or real-time data points captured by facial analytics software comprising a media compiler computer that receives a digital media segment and metadata describing the digital media segment, the metadata comprising, at least, a priority marker for each frame of a plurality of frames and one or more set durations and create a new digital media segment by rearranging at least a portion of the plurality of frames in combination with additional elements such as generated text, zooming in on focal items within the media and other techniques for highlighting key elements of the new digital media segment, the rearrangement based on priority markers associated to each frame and other pre-configurations. |
| US10652610B2 |
Content providing device and power source controlling method thereof
A content providing device includes a first wired interface that communicates with a first external electronic device through a wired cable or a wireless dongle, and a processor that determines whether the wired cable or the wireless dongle is connected to the first wired interface, and selects a power source based on whether the wired cable or the wireless dongle is connected to the first wired interface. |
| US10652607B2 |
Media bridge apparatus and methods
Methods and apparatus for content, media and data delivery and access between devices of a premises and one or more portable media devices. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a media bridge between a portable media device (PMD) and a user's home network and/or home devices (e.g., set-top boxes, DVRs, etc.)). The apparatus is adapted to convert content stored on a PMD to a format capable of being rendered on a home device which may then store or playback the content. Control of the presentation is also provided by the bridging apparatus. The apparatus may also be adapted to transfer content from the home device to the PMD for storage or playback. In another embodiment, the apparatus may function within a home network having a trusted domain to provide content between a plurality devices on the network (and in the domain) and the PMD. |
| US10652601B2 |
System and method for monitoring whole home digital video recorder usage for internet protocol television
The subject disclosure describes identifying a table associated with a set-top box that receives services from equipment of a video head-end office, where the table indicates that the set-top box has requested a video stream that would exceed a first number of video streams allocated to the set-top box and would exceed a bandwidth configuration, detecting a conflicting event according to information in the table, reconfiguring the bandwidth configuration allocated to the plurality of set-top boxes to resolve the conflicting event, determining a second number of video streams requested by the plurality of set-top boxes when the conflicting event occurred, determining a third number of video streams to resolve the conflicting event based on a difference between the first number of video streams and the second number of video streams, and instructing the equipment to provide the third number of video streams to the set-top box. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10652594B2 |
Apparatus and methods for presentation of key frames in encrypted content
Apparatus and methods for presentation of key frames. In one embodiment, an encoded video file is generated where one or more bits are assigned to key frames and minimizes the number of bits assigned to delta frames. Each key frame may be presented to a user during trick mode operation (e.g., fast forward, rewind, pause, or random seek operation). When the encoded video file is given to a packager, the packager generates a manifest file listing the byte information (byte offset and number of bytes) for each key frame in the encoded video file. When a user inputs a trick play mode command, the packager provides the manifest file to the client device of the user and the client device requests the bytes for the key frames of the video file from the content delivery network. |
| US10652585B2 |
Methods, devices and systems for parallel video encoding and decoding
A method for decoding a video bitstream is disclosed. The method comprises: entropy decoding a first portion of a video bitstream, wherein first portion of video bitstream is associated with a video frame, thereby producing a first portion of decoded data; entropy decoding a second portion of video bitstream, wherein second portion of video bitstream is associated with video frame, thereby producing a second portion of decoded data, wherein entropy decoding second portion of video bitstream is independent of entropy decoding first portion of video bitstream; and reconstructing a first portion of video frame associated with video bitstream using first portion of decoded data and second portion of decoded data. |
| US10652577B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding light field based image, and corresponding computer program product
The present disclosure generally relates to a method for predicting at least one block of pixels of a view (170) belonging to a matrix of views (17) obtained from light-field data belong with a scene, According to present disclosure, the method is implemented by a processor and comprises for at least one pixel to predict of said block of pixels: —from said matrix of views (17), obtaining (51) at least one epipolar plane image (EPI) belong with said at least one pixel to predict, —among a set of bidirectional prediction modes, determining (52) at least one optimal bidirectional prediction mode from a set of previous reconstructed pixels neighbouring said at least one pixel to predict in said at least one epipolar plane image, —extrapolating (53) a prediction value of said at least one pixel to predict by using said at least one optimal bidirectional prediction mode. |
| US10652572B2 |
Motion-adaptive intra-refresh for high-efficiency, low-delay video coding
A method includes intra-refresh encoding each picture of a first set of pictures such that a position of a refresh region for the picture is spatially shifted relative to the position of the refresh region for a previous picture of the first set responsive to determining global motion associated with the first does not exceed a specified threshold. The method further includes intra-refresh encoding each picture of a second set of pictures such that a position of a refresh region for each picture of the second set is fixed to be immediately adjacent to a picture edge that is in a direction of global motion associated with the second set responsive to determining the global motion associated with the second set exceeds the specified threshold. |
| US10652563B2 |
Parallel parsing in a video decoder
A video decoder configured to decode an encoded video bitstream comprises a first parsing unit and a second parsing unit, each configured to independently parse the encoded video bitstream to derive parsing state information therefrom on which subsequent parsing of the encoded video bitstream at least partially depends and to identify macroblock information for decoding. The encoded video bitstream comprises frame header information defining a sequence of frames and each frame is composed of macroblocks represented by macroblock information. A control unit of the video encoder allocates each frame of macroblock information to one of the two parsing units to parse. The two parsing units are both configured to parse frame header information to thereby each derive parsing state information for the encoded video bitstream, and the two parsing unit are each configured to parse macroblock information allocated to them, skipping macroblock information allocated to the other parsing unit. |
| US10652561B2 |
Reference layer and scaled reference layer offsets for scalable video coding
A process for determining the selection of filters and input samples is provided for scalable video coding. The process provides for re-sampling using video data obtained from an encoder or decoder process of a base layer (BL) in a multi-layer system to improve quality in Scalable High Efficiency Video Coding (SHVC). It is proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset be derived from two scaled reference layer offset parameters, and vice-versa. It is also proposed that a single scaled reference layer offset or a single reference layer offset be derived from a combination of a scaled reference layer offset parameter and a reference layer offset parameter. |
| US10652559B2 |
Video encoding and decoding
A method comprising: encoding pictures into a bitstream, the bitstream comprising at least two scalability layers, pictures being associated with access units and pictures being associated individually with one of the at least two scalability layers; indicating in the bitstream inter-layer prediction dependencies, indicative of direct reference layers, if any, of a first scalability layer and indirect reference layers, if any, of the first scalability layer; selecting an earlier picture in decoding order as a basis for deriving picture order count (POC) related variables for a current picture based on a pre-defined algorithm, the current picture being associated with a current scalability layer, wherein the earlier picture is the closest preceding picture, in decoding order, to the current picture among a set of pictures that are associated with the current scalability layer or any direct or indirect reference layer of the current scalability layer. |
| US10652555B2 |
Method and apparatus of palette index map coding for screen content coding
A method and apparatus for video coding using coding modes including a palette mode are disclosed. In one embodiment, the total number of palette indices in the current block is coded into a binary string using a TR (Truncated Rice) binarization process with the Rice parameter to generate a prefix part and using an EGk (k-th order Exp-Golomb) binary process to generate a suffix part for the binary string, or using the EGk binarization process with the Rice parameter (k). The suffix part is allowed to be empty. In another embodiment, a Rice parameter is determined. If the Rice parameter is equal to or greater than log-base-2 of current block size, the variable related to a total number of palette indices in the current block of video data is binarized into a binary string using a fixed-length code with bit length equal to log-base-2 of current block size. |
| US10652546B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method
Provided is an image processing apparatus including a decoding section that decodes a luminance component and a color difference component of a block inside a coding unit in an order of the luminance component and the color difference component in each block. |
| US10652538B2 |
Video encoding method and system
The present invention relates to a system and a method for encoding a video stream. The encoding includes determining a level of relevance for areas in an image frame to be included in the video stream, determining a block size value for coding blocks in the image frame, the block size value is depending on the level of relevance determined for the area including each coding block, respectively, encoding the image frame using coding block sizes based on the determined block size values for each of the coding blocks. |
| US10652534B2 |
Methods and apparatus for directional intra prediction in video compression
A method of and an apparatus for controlling intra and/or inter prediction for decoding of a video sequence are provided. The method includes determining a total number of intra prediction modes for a current block, a number of Most Probable Modes (MPMs) in the current block, and a number of non-MPMs in the current block, wherein the total number of intra prediction modes for the current block is equal to a sum of the number of MPMs in the current block and the number of non-MPMs in the current block. The method further includes adjusting the total number of intra prediction modes to a value such that the number of non-MPMs is a power of 2 or a sum of multiple power of 2. |
| US10652533B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding intra prediction mode
An image decoding method, according to the present invention, includes the steps of: deriving an MPM candidate mode from neighboring blocks adjacent to a target block to be decoded; generating an MPM list using the MPM candidate mode derived from the neighboring blocks; and deriving an intra prediction mode for the target block to be decoded using the generated MPM list. According to the present invention, image compression efficiency can be improved. |
| US10652532B2 |
Method and apparatus for reference frame management for video communication
System and methods of managing reference frame adaptively for video communication under a network are provided. The system adaptively decides the interval between each I frame, the bitrate of the encoded bit steams, and the resolution of the encoded video to achieve quick connection. The system may set the appropriate reference frame(s) for the current frame, manage the reference frame(s) in the DPB to be long/short term reference frame(s) or mark them as unused for reference; mark the current frame to be a long term reference frame, a short term reference frame, unused for reference or skip encoding the current frame; adaptively change the ratio of long term reference frame(s) with respect to the short term reference frame(s) in the DPB; adaptively change the frequency ratio of marking the current frame as long term reference frame and marking the current frame as short term reference frame. |
| US10652530B2 |
Particle projection spatial imaging system
The present invention provides a particle projection spatial imaging system, comprising a particle source for generating and accelerating a particle beam, a deflection coil set for deflecting the particle beam into a chronologically deployed dynamic 3D particle array, an exciting coil set for generating a magnetic field, and a scan control mechanism for controlling the particle source, the deflection coil set, and the particle exciting coil set. The particle projection spatial imaging system set forth by the present invention generates a 3D spatial image by generating and accelerating a particle beam by providing a particle source, deflecting the particle beam by using a deflection coil set to form a dynamic 3D particle array, and exciting particle bunches at corresponding pixel points in the array in a time-division manner by a particle exciting coil set to cause them to generate a radiation effect, and this particle projection spatial imaging system does not rely on a solid display medium, and can operate in the air and in vacuum. A 3D dynamic image can be generated by refreshing the scan control mechanism. |
| US10652524B2 |
Parallax barrier, display device and manufacturing method thereof
A parallax barrier, a display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The parallax barrier includes a plurality of strip-shaped polarizing portions and a plurality of strip-shaped transparent portions, the plurality of strip-shaped polarizing portions and the plurality of strip-shaped transparent portions extend in the same direction, and the plurality of strip-shaped polarizing portions and the plurality of strip-shaped transparent portions are alternately arranged. With the parallax barrier, naked eye or multi-view display can be achieved by light splitting, and the curing non-uniformity in the curing and bonding process can be alleviate to increase the manufacturing yield. |
| US10652507B2 |
Display system, image processing apparatus, and display method
A projector includes a division processing section that generates a plurality of partial frames each containing at least part of a frame of source image data and an image output section that outputs the plurality of generated partial frames to downstream projectors in an order set in advance. The downstream projectors each include an image input section to which the plurality of generated partial frames are inputted from the higher-level projector and a control section that selects a partial frame to be displayed based on the input order of the partial frames inputted to the image input section and causes a display section to display the selected partial frame. |
| US10652502B2 |
Host box and split-type television
Disclosed is a host box and a split-type television, wherein the host box includes a box body and a cover plate, a circuit board is mounted within the box body, the circuit board includes an external line interface, and the box body is provided with an aperture corresponding to the external line interface; the cover plate is movably mounted at the aperture, and the cover plate can open the aperture so that the external line is directly connected to the external line interface, or the cover plate can close the aperture. |
| US10652501B2 |
Screen control method and device
A screen control method is provided. The method is implemented in a terminal device having a first screen, a second screen, and a lens, the first screen and the second screen being disposed facing against one another. The method includes obtaining a command configured to instruct to display the image captured by the lens on the second screen. The method also includes controlling display of the image captured by the lens on the second screen based on the command. |
| US10652499B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, moving object, and semiconductor chip having signal processing circuits in two-dimensional form
An image capturing apparatus includes a first chip and a second chip. The first chip includes a plurality of pixels. The second chip is stacked on the first chip and includes a plurality of signal processing circuits arranged in a two-dimensional form. Each signal processing circuit includes a first selection circuit, a plurality of amplifier circuits, and an analog-to-digital conversion unit. The first selection circuit includes a plurality of input nodes, a plurality of output nodes, and is configured such that a signal output from a pixel and input to one of the plurality of input nodes is selectively output to one of the plurality of output nodes. The plurality of amplifier circuits respectively are connected to the plurality of output nodes of the first selection circuit. The analog-to-digital conversion unit is configured to convert a plurality of output signals output from the plurality of amplifier circuits. |
| US10652495B2 |
Imaging sensor and imaging device with column ADC
An imaging sensor comprising: an imaging chip in which a plurality of pixel are arranged in a matrix; and a signal processing chip that is each provided for one or more pixel columns or one or more pixel rows, has a device that performs signal processing on a pixel signal output from a pixel, and is stacked with the imaging chip is provided. For example, the device that performs signal processing is an A/D converter that converts a pixel signal output from the pixel into a digital signal, and when a pixel signal output from the pixel is converted into a digital signal, at least two or more A/D converters among the A/D converters are controlled in parallel. |
| US10652493B2 |
Low-noise, high dynamic-range image sensor
A sequence of control voltage levels are applied to a control signal line capacitively coupled to a floating diffusion node of a pixel to sequentially adjust a voltage level of the floating diffusion node. A pixel output signal representative of the voltage level of the floating diffusion node is compared with a reference voltage to identify a first control voltage level of the sequence of control voltage levels for which the voltage level of the floating diffusion node exceeds the reference voltage. |
| US10652492B1 |
CMOS image sensor with improved column data shift readout
An imaging sensor having a pixel array with a separate analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) circuit coupled on an input side to each column line and on an output side to a separate M-bit wide digital memory circuit and a column data readout circuit comprising N M-bit data shifters. Each M-bit data shifter has an M-bit wide output, and single pole double throw (SPDT) switches whose common terminals provide inputs to the M-bit data shifters, wherein a first switch state of the SPDT switches connects the input of their associated M-bit data shifters to their associated M-bit wide digital memory circuits and wherein a second switch state of the SPDT switches connects the input of their associated M-bit data shifters to an M-bit wide output bus from an adjacent M-bit data shifter. |
| US10652480B2 |
Display exposure monitoring module
A display exposure monitoring module configured to monitor the exposure of a person to at least a display, the module including a communication component configured to receive display exposure data indicative of the exposure of the person to a display, a memory storing computer executable instructions and configured to store the received display exposure data; and a processor for executing the computer executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions includes instructions for processing the display exposure data to generate display exposure information indicative of an alert information and/or a visual behavior recommendation and/or an activation parameter. |
| US10652477B2 |
Night vision imaging apparatus
A night vision imaging apparatus includes a light projecting section, a light amount controller, an imaging section, and a recording section. The light projecting section casts a near infrared ray as illumination light on an illumination area. The light amount controller controls an amount of the illumination light on each one of sub-areas forming the illumination area. The imaging section images the illumination area, and generates image data. The recording section records the image data generated by the imaging section. The light amount controller divides an image shown in the image data into a plurality of divided portions, and determines a light intensity of each one of the plurality of divided portion, and then controls an amount of the illumination light to be casted on a sub-area corresponding to each one of the plurality of divided portions among the sub-areas of the illumination area based on the determined light intensity. |
| US10652475B2 |
Structured light 3D sensors with variable focal length lenses and illuminators
A method for three-dimensional imaging includes emitting an output light with a structured light illuminator in a structured light pattern, receiving a trigger command, changing a field of illumination of the illuminator, and changing a field of view of an imaging sensor. The field of view and the field of illumination are linked, such that the field of view of the imaging sensor is the same as the field of illumination of the illuminator at a short throw field of view and a long throw field of view. The method further includes detecting a reflected light with the imaging sensor and measuring a depth value by calculating a distortion of the structured light pattern. |
| US10652473B2 |
Zoom control device, zoom control method, control program, and imaging apparatus equipped with zoom control device
An apparatus for recording an image output from a sensor based on an instruction from a user includes a detection unit configured to detect a subject from an image output from the sensor, and a control unit configured to set a parameter based on the detected subject and to perform automatic optical zoom control using the parameter. In a first mode, the detection unit detects a subject from a first image which is acquired after a predetermined condition is satisfied after the instruction, and the control unit performs the automatic optical zoom control using the parameter set based on the subject detected from the first image. |
| US10652465B2 |
Systems and methods for combining multiple frames to produce media content with simulated exposure effects
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can capture media content including an original set of frames. A plurality of subsets of frames can be identified, based on a subset selection input, out of the original set of frames. An orientation-based image stabilization process can be applied to each subset in the plurality of subsets of frames to produce a plurality of stabilized subsets of frames. Multiple frames within each stabilized subset in the plurality of stabilized subsets of frames can be combined to produce a plurality of combined frames. Each stabilized subset of frames can be utilized to produce a respective combined frame in the plurality of combined frames. A time-lapse media content item can be provided based on the plurality of combined frames. |
| US10652462B2 |
Method and system for 360 degree video coverage visualization
Disclosed embodiments provide techniques for 360 degree video visualization. Various criteria such as user preferences, and/or crowdsourced information are used as triggers to signal a user device with indications for a direction of view recommendation. The direction of view recommendation instructs or suggests to the user to perform an action to change the viewpoint so that they can observe an object that they may otherwise miss. Additionally, a pre-navigated video may be created for the user. The pre-navigated video includes a sequence of viewing directions and point-of-view changes to include viewing of objects that are deemed to be of potential interest to the user. In this way, a user can have an improved 360 degree video experience which includes customized and/or crowdsourced recommendations. |
| US10652461B2 |
Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program
An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image. |
| US10652455B2 |
Guided video capture for item listings
Disclosed in some examples is a method of guided video capture, the method including identifying a video capture template, the video capture template including a plurality of target video parameters, each of the target video parameters corresponding to one of a plurality of video capture directions; while capturing video, selecting a video capture direction from the plurality of video capture directions based on video parameters of captured video and the plurality of target video parameters using a processor and presenting the selected video capture direction to a user on a display device. |
| US10652454B2 |
Image quality evaluation
A method of evaluating image quality includes capturing a first digital image of a target object using a first digital camera of a smart device. A second digital image of a user of the smart device is captured using a second digital camera of the smart device. The second digital image includes an image of the user's facial expression. A quality index is generated for the first digital image by analyzing one or more features of the second digital image. Analyzing the second digital image includes determining the user's sentiment. The quality index is then associated with the first digital image. |
| US10652453B2 |
Electronic apparatus and control method thereof
An apparatus, if a live view image is not displayed in an enlarged manner on first and second display units, outputs, to the first and second display units, an image acquired by superimposing a guide indicating a degree of focus of a focus detection region, on the live view image, and if a live view image is displayed in an enlarged manner on the first display unit, outputs, to the first display unit, an image acquired by enlarging a partial region in the live view image that includes the focus detection region and superimposing the guide on the enlarged image, and outputs, to the second display unit, the live view image on which the guide is not superimposed. |
| US10652452B2 |
Method for automatic focus and PTZ camera
Embodiments of the present application provide an automatic focusing method and a PTZ camera. The method is applicable to the PTZ camera and comprises: calculating a current target object distance from a lens of the PTZ camera to a monitored target monitoring plane based on a pre-established spatial object distance parameter; wherein, the spatial object distance parameter contains a spatial plane equation of a reference monitoring plane; the reference monitoring plane is an equivalent plane of the target monitoring plane; searching in a preset relation table based on the current target object distance, a current magnification of the PTZ camera, determining a position information corresponding to a focus motor of the PTZ camera, the preset relation table including the relationship of the object distance, the magnification and the position information of the focus motor, and driving the focus motor to a position corresponding to the determined position information. Embodiments of the present application are applied to realize fast automatic focusing of the PTZ camera. |
| US10652446B2 |
Camera module and optical apparatus
The present disclosure relates to a camera module, the camera module including a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on an upper surface of the circuit board, a current carrying part electrically connecting the image sensor and the circuit board, and a base disposed on the upper surface of the circuit board, wherein the base is not overlapped with the image sensor and the current carrying part in a direction of an optical axis. |
| US10652445B2 |
System and method for generating a light pattern for object illumination
A light generator system may include: a light source providing a diverging light beam, a first lens element having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first lens element having a positive optical power in a first cross section, a second lens element having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the second lens element having a negative optical power in a second cross section different from the first cross section, and a multiplication function on at least one of the second surface of the first lens element, the first surface of the second lens elements, or the second surface of the second lens element, in the first cross section. |
| US10652442B2 |
Image capturing apparatus with operation members provided on different sides, control method of the same, and storage medium
An image capturing apparatus comprises: a display unit visible via an eyepiece viewfinder; a proximity detection unit configured to detect proximity of an object to the eyepiece viewfinder; a specific operation unit arranged on a main body of the image capturing apparatus on a subject side with respect to an eyepiece unit, or arranged on a circumference of a barrel of an imaging lens; a memory; and at least one processor which functions as a control unit configured to perform control such that in a case where proximity of an object is detected, specific processing is performed in response to an operation made on the specific operation unit, and in a case where proximity of an object is not detected, the specific processing is not performed even when an operation is made on the specific operation unit. |
| US10652435B2 |
Methods and systems for reducing image artifacts
An imaging system with a diffractive optic captures an interference pattern responsive to light from an imaged scene to represent the scene in a spatial-frequency domain. The sampled frequency-domain image data has properties that are determined by the point-spread function of diffractive optic and characteristics of scene. An integrated processor can modified the sampled frequency-domain image data responsive to such properties before transforming the modified frequently-domain image data into the pixel domain. |
| US10652424B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and nontransitory computer readable storage medium that resends data when no response is received and records the result
A communication apparatus comprises: a sending unit that sends data to a designated destination; a receiving unit that receives a response to the send by the sending unit; a recording unit that records information relating to a send when the send is performed by the sending unit, and associates and records, when a response to the send is further received by the receiving unit, information of a send-source of the response; and a control unit that causes the sending unit to resend data based on information recorded in the recording unit, wherein the control unit causes the sending unit to resend data to a destination indicated by information, among the recorded information, for which a predetermined time has elapsed since the recording and for which a response has not been received by the receiving unit. |
| US10652421B2 |
Apparatus and method for capturing image with audio data
A method for capturing an image with audio data includes recording and storing audio data, capturing an image on request, and matching and storing the recorded audio data with the captured image, thereby allowing a user to more lively record an audio signal when an image is captured. An apparatus for capturing an image with audio data includes a camera unit configured to capture an image, an audio data recording unit configured to record audio data, and a controller configured to store an image captured by the camera unit, and match and store audio data recorded by the audio data recording unit for a predetermined period of time after the camera unit captured the image. |
| US10652420B2 |
Electronic apparatus and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for efficiently executing setting changes after setup completion
Provided is an electronic apparatus that efficiently executes a setting change after setup completion. A reservation information management unit manages reservation information including a reservation date and time of a setting change after setup completion set by a setup terminal, and an IP address and/or a default gateway. A system control unit, after receiving a notification from the reservation information management unit indicating that the reservation date and time have been reached, executes a process of a setting change according to the contents of the setting change. In addition, the system control unit, after receiving the notification from the reservation information management unit, causes a panel unit to display a reservation notification screen, and after receiving the start of the setting change via the reservation notification screen, executes the process of the setting change. |
| US10652417B2 |
Image processing apparatus with warning state detection server, and program
There is provided an image processing apparatus that transmits data relating to an internal component to a server, and the image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor that: acquires from the server a failure prediction list in which a plurality of image processing apparatuses is ranked; detects that the internal component has reached a warning state; specifies a data transmission stop apparatus that is to be caused to stop data transmission to the server from among other image processing apparatuses by referring the failure prediction list in a case where it is detected that the internal component has reached the warning state; transmits a stop command for causing the data transmission to the server to be stopped to the data transmission stop apparatus specified; and transmits, to the server, data relating to the internal component detected as being in the warning state. |
| US10652410B2 |
Information processing apparatus, image processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium
An information processing apparatus includes a display and a processing execution unit. The display displays an operator for receiving an instruction to execute predetermined processing. At least part of information concerning the predetermined processing is not appended to the operator. When the operator is selected by a user, the processing execution unit starts to display associated information associated with the operator, continues to display the associated information for a predetermined time, and then executes the predetermined processing. |
| US10652379B2 |
Hands-free mount for mobile devices
A hands-free mount for a mobile device. An example hands-free mount includes a first magnetic attachment for combining with the mobile device, and a second mating magnetic attachment for combining with the first magnetic attachment. In an example, the hands-free mount includes a housing for the second mating magnetic attachment. A strap may be fitted through the opening in the housing to secure the housing to an object for attaching the mobile device to the object via magnetic connection of the first magnetic attachment on the mobile device to the second mating magnetic attachment of the housing. An example hands-free mount may also include a kickstand on the housing. The kickstand in the open position supports the mobile device in a substantially upright position. The kickstand folds into the closed position for carrying the mobile device. |
| US10652377B2 |
Electronic assembly and electronic device
The electronic assembly may include a flexible circuit board, a sensor, and a receiver. The flexible circuit board may include a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The sensor may be disposed on the first face of the flexible circuit board and electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. The receiver may be disposed on the second face of the flexible circuit board. A sound channel for the receiver may be communicated to outside bypassing the flexible circuit board or through the flexible circuit board. |
| US10652376B2 |
Mobile terminal
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a main body and a flexible screen assembly. The main body defines a receiving cavity and includes a front side and a back side arranged opposite to each other, the receiving cavity has an opening located between the front side and the back side. The flexible screen assembly includes a fixed portion and an activity portion connected sequentially, the fixed portion is provided on the front side, and the activity portion is bent over and received in the receiving cavity or is bent over and contacts the back side. |
| US10652374B2 |
Mobile terminal having case, method for manufacturing same
The mobile terminal having a conductive case which forms an external appearance of a terminal body, according to the present invention, comprises: a rear base which comprises a first side part; and an inner case which is mounted on the inside of the rear case and comprises a second side part, wherein the first side part and the second side part are electrically separated from each other, and the first side part and the second side part comprise a first conductive member and a second conductive member which are electrically separated from each other. Thus, it is possible to provide various forms of antennas by using a plurality of conductive members provided on the side parts. |
| US10652372B2 |
Middle frame for mobile terminal and mobile terminal
Embodiments include a middle frame for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal. The middle frame for a mobile terminal includes a metal outer frame. An inner side of the metal outer frame is internally connected to a tray using a location structure. A plastic outer frame is formed on the inner side of the metal outer frame using an insert injection molding process, and the plastic outer frame is separately joined with the metal outer frame and the tray for curing. |
| US10652369B2 |
Broadcasting signal frame generation apparatus and method using layered divisional multiplexing
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal, using the time-interleaved signal. |
| US10652365B2 |
Robust computing device identification framework
A client device is tracked over a period of time using “refresh tokens” that are exchanged in conjunction with routine client-server communications. Each communication cycle between client and server includes a refresh token that is recorded at the server. The recorded refresh tokens are mapped to both server- and client-generated device identifiers. As communications between client and server occur, a chain of tokens, one for each communication cycle, is progressively recorded at the server. If the server receives a token that is outdated with respect to that which is otherwise expected based on the progression of the recorded chain, this suggests that the received communication was transmitted from a device that is a clone of another client device. A more robust device identification framework is therefore achieved by using a combination of device identifiers and tokens exchanged between client and server. |
| US10652360B2 |
Access scheduling method and apparatus for terminal, and computer storage medium
A terminal access scheduling method is provided. The method is applied to a scheduling server and includes performing grouping on terminals that need access to obtain multiple terminal groups; and performing cluster division on machines providing resources for access to obtain multiple machine clusters. The method also includes obtaining resource demands of the terminal groups, available resources of the machine clusters, and access quality between the terminal groups and the machine clusters; obtaining coverage ratios of the machine clusters to the terminal groups according to the resource demands of the terminal groups, the available resources of the machine clusters, and the access quality; and performing access scheduling for the terminals according to the coverage ratios. |
| US10652353B2 |
Technologies for automatic processor core association management and communication using direct data placement in private caches
Technologies for communication with direct data placement include a number of computing nodes in communication over a network. Each computing node includes a many-core processor having an integrated host fabric interface (HFI) that maintains an association table (AT). In response to receiving a message from a remote device, the HFI determines whether the AT includes an entry associating one or more parameters of the message to a destination processor core. If so, the HFI causes a data transfer agent (DTA) of the destination core to receive the message data. The DTA may place the message data in a private cache of the destination core. Message parameters may include a destination process identifier or other network address and a virtual memory address range. The HFI may automatically update the AT based on communication operations generated by software executed by the processor cores. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10652351B2 |
Lock-free weak-reference hybrid cache
A computer-implemented method is presented for caching content. The method includes storing content received from a data stream, employing a cache array and a retrieval data structure to process the content, determining, by the processor, if the content is popular content which appears frequently, a position in the cache array holding a strong reference to the content, determining, by the processor, if the content is unpopular content which appears infrequently, an arbitrary position in the cache array holding a strong reference to the unpopular content, the retrieval data structure holding a weak reference to the content, and issuing cached content to a cache data storage device accessed by a user interface of a computing device communicating with the data processing system. |
| US10652343B2 |
Locating and retrieving segmented content
Methods and systems are described for retrieving segmented content originating from two or more content delivery networks. The method may comprise the steps of: retrieving a manifest file template associated with said segmented content comprising one or more pointers to database entries of said first content location database; using said one or more database entries for determining a location of a delivery node in said first or second content delivery network, said delivery node being configured for delivering a segment associated with said database entry; and, generating a manifest file for locating said segmented content by replacing pointers with said determined locations. |
| US10652338B2 |
Event processing in background services
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for event processing in background services. One example method includes receiving a request to create a daemon session, the request including at least one parameter. The session is created, including storing the at least one parameter in a memory storage that is configured to survive a restart of the session. A set of messages is received for the session. The messages are stored in a queue that is configured to survive a restart of the session. A determination is made that the session is to be restarted. A restart of the session is initiated, including providing the at least one parameter to the session during the restart of the daemon session and providing unprocessed messages to the session after the session has been restarted, to enable the session to process the unprocessed messages. |
| US10652329B1 |
Cluster virtual machines
Aggregating data associated with cluster virtual machines is disclosed, including obtaining from a plurality of storage systems a plurality of values associated with an attribute associated with a cluster virtual machine (VM); and aggregating the plurality of values associated with the attribute based at least in part on an aggregation semantic associated with the attribute. |
| US10652321B2 |
Optimal allocation of dynamic cloud computing platform resources
In various embodiments, methods and systems for optimizing allocation of dynamic resources are provided. A user service request resource instance is received at an allocator. The user service request resource instance is based on a dynamic resource protocol that supports generating and communicating resource instances between components in a resource allocation platform. The dynamic resource protocol also defines a set of rules for translating and representing resources as logical resource types and logical units. At a node, a node resource instance is generated and communicated, based on the dynamic resource protocol, from the node to the allocator. The node resource instance specifically comprises a resource interaction matrix that indicates dependencies between resource types. A resource allocation instance is generated at the allocator for the user service request resource instance. The resource allocation instance is communicated, such that, resource types on the node are allocated based on the resource allocation instance. |
| US10652320B2 |
Load balancing in distributed computing systems
Techniques for facilitating load balancing in distributed computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a destination server, a request packet from a load balancer via the computer network requesting a remote direct memory access (“RDMA”) connection between an originating server and one or more other servers selectable by the load balancer. The method can also include configuring, at the destination server, a rule for processing additional packets transmittable to the originating server via the RDMA connection based on the received reply packet. The rule is configured to encapsulate an outgoing packet transmittable to the originating server with an outer header having a destination field containing a network address of the originating server and a source field containing another network address of the destination server. |
| US10652317B2 |
Load distribution device, load distribution system, load distribution method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium
An load distribution device transmits data collected from terminals to a data processing device. The load distribution device includes: a memory that stores instructions; and at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being configured to execute the instructions to: receive load state information representing a load state of the data processing device from the data processing device; collect a piece of data transmitted by the terminals; select, based on the load state information, data for transmission out of pieces of data collected from the terminals; and transmit the selected data for transmission to the data processing device. |
| US10652316B2 |
Method and device for transmitting data, and method and device for receiving data
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting data to an external device are provided. The method includes establishing a communication link with the external device by using a first application, and displaying a first window that corresponds to the first application, in response to an execution request for a second application that is different from the first application, displaying a second window that corresponds to the second application as a background of the first window, receiving a sharing mode request via the first window, and in response to the sharing mode request, setting an operation mode of the device as a sharing mode, and transmitting data that is provided from the second application to the external device via the communication link. |
| US10652312B2 |
Methods for transferring user profiles to vehicles using cloud services
Methods and systems for communicating with a server of a cloud system used to interface with vehicles are provided. One method includes receiving, by the server, a request from electronics of a vehicle to automatically access a profile for a user account. The request includes biometric data captured of a user for use of a vehicle. Processing, by the server, at least part of the biometric data to verify the user against the profile. The profile having a plurality of settings of the user for the vehicle, and at least part of the settings for the profile are stored on storage accessible to the cloud services system. Transferring, by the server, upon verification of the user using at least part of the biometrics, one or more settings of the plurality of settings to the vehicle. The transferring is configured to automatically instruct said electronics of the vehicle to apply said one or more settings to the vehicle for customizing said one or more settings on the vehicle while the user is verified. The transferring is via wireless communication over the Internet. |
| US10652311B2 |
Computerized system and method for determining and communicating media content to a user based on a physical location of the user
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically determine media content to communicate to a user based on the user's location. The disclosed systems and methods enable novel media content distribution to a user based on 1) the location of the user (i.e., physical location or geo-location), 2) other users' classified relationships to the location; and 3) user generated media content by the classified other users. |
| US10652309B2 |
Mechanism to allow a messaging system to automatically switch to asynchronous operation due to high demand
An embodiment can include a method and one system comprising receiving documents, via a processor, the documents having a source application and a destination application and generating one or more chunks including the documents. The method and system can include determining a destination threshold of the destination application representing a maximum volume the destination application can receive in a timeframe. The method and system can further determine using one or more characteristics of the destination application and attributes of the one or more chunks that the maximum volume was not reached in the timeframe. The method and system can transmit the one or more chunks to the destination application. |
| US10652305B2 |
High availability voice over internet protocol telephony
The present invention is directed to processes and systems for high availability Voice Over Internet Protocol telephony. Exemplary embodiments comprise a VOIP proxy cluster in communication with an IP private branch exchange cluster in communication with a PSTN VOIP gateway cluster, all at a first call cluster locale. In exemplary configuration, nodes within each of the clusters mount a database node from the database cluster, and store and retrieve persistent telephony operation data within the database cluster. Embodiments employ the clustering mechanisms to separate telephony elements in a cluster to cluster topology. In exemplary usage, multiple physically separate call cluster locales are deployed for higher availability. |
| US10652295B2 |
Method for optimizing the throughput of multimedia contents accessible by at least one user terminal, corresponding computer program product and management device
A method is proposed for optimizing the bit rate of multimedia contents accessible by a plurality of user terminals connected to a radiocommunications network cell. The multimedia contents are stored in the form of a plurality of independent chunks on at least one multimedia contents server associated with at least one contents provider. The method includes the following steps, implemented in a device for optimizing the bit rate: receiving one request to obtain a multimedia description file, sent by a user terminal; obtaining a multimedia description file; modifying the multimedia description file on the basis of a piece of information representing a quality of delivery, delivering a modified multimedia description file; and transmitting the modified multimedia description file to the user terminal. |
| US10652290B2 |
Persistent chat channel consolidation
An channel consolidation system and method may include analyzing a channel of a persistent chat platform to determine a plurality of metrics associated with the channel, calculating a message channel vitality score for each channel based on the plurality of metrics of the channel, wherein the message channel vitality score of the channel defines an effectiveness of the channel, comparing the message channel vitality score with a predefined effectiveness threshold, determining an action to be taken for the channel based on the comparing of the message channel vitality score and the predefined effectiveness threshold, and performing, by the processor, the action in response to the determining. |
| US10652286B1 |
Constraint based communication sessions
Described are systems, methods, and apparatus that enable constraint based communications between two or more devices. For example, a first user of a first device may submit a communication request to establish a communication session with a second user and provide a constraint for that communication session, such as a time-limit (e.g., limit the communication session to five minutes). In such an example, if the second user accepts the communication request with the constraint, a communication session is established and the system monitors the communication session to determine when a condition corresponding to the constraint has been satisfied. When the condition is satisfied, the communication session is terminated by the system. |
| US10652285B2 |
Instantaneous call sessions over a communications application
In one embodiment, a method includes sending an availability-notification a caller-user in response to an occurrence of a trigger event; establishing a call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the caller-user that is of a first type to be received by a callee-user; sending the media of the first media type to the callee-user; re-establishing the call session to enable a media stream comprising media of the callee-user that is of a second media type to be received by the caller-user; and sending the media of the second media type to the caller-user. |
| US10652281B1 |
Network policy implementation in a tag-based policy architecture
A technique implements network policy deployed in a tag-based policy architecture of a virtualized computing environment. One or more virtual machine instances (VMIs) may be provided by a virtual data center (VDC) of the environment, wherein each VMI includes an intermediary manager of a computing cell that also includes a guest operating system (OS) and associated applications. The tag-based policy architecture may be configured to enforce the network policy in the virtualized computing environment using cryptographically-verifiable metadata to authenticate compute resources, such as the VMIs, coupled to a computer network and to authorize access to protected resources, such as virtualized network resources of the VDC. |
| US10652273B2 |
Mitigation of anti-sandbox malware techniques
Static analysis is applied to unrecognized software objects in order to identify and address potential anti-sandboxing techniques. Where static analysis suggests the presence of any such corresponding code, the software object may be forwarded to a sandbox for further analysis. In another aspect, multiple types of sandboxes may be provided, with the type being selected according to the type of exploit suggested by the static analysis. |
| US10652270B1 |
Botmaster discovery system and method
A system and method for botmaster discovery are disclosed. The system and method may be used in a network that has a plurality of known malicious domains, a plurality of servers each having a known malicious internet protocol (IP) address in which each server is associated with one or more of the plurality of domains, a plurality of hosts associated with one or more of the plurality of servers wherein the host is one of a bot which is compromised host and involved as a part of resource for cyber-crime purpose and a botmaster which involves bots for cyber-crime purpose. The system and method generate a plurality of clusters of known malicious entities, the known malicious entities being one or more known malicious IP addresses, one or more known malicious domains and a known malicious domain and a known malicious IP address, perform flow matching of each IP address in each cluster of known malicious entities between a plurality of source IP addresses and a plurality of destination IP addresses to identify a plurality of host flows wherein each host flow has a source IP address or a destination IP address matched a particular IP address in a cluster of known malicious entities and detect a bot master of each cluster of known malicious entities from the plurality of host flows corresponding to each cluster of known malicious entities by analyzing difference of flow features between the bot and the botmaster. |
| US10652269B1 |
Using information about exportable data in penetration testing
Penetration testing campaigns generate remediation recommendations based at least in part on information about files stored in network nodes of the tested networked system. Information is obtained about files stored in a plurality of network nodes of the networked system, and based on the obtained information, a corresponding data-value score for each network node of the plurality of network nodes is determined according to a common data-value metric. The penetration testing campaign is executed, following which one or more remediation recommendations are selected based on the data-value scores corresponding to at least some of the plurality of network nodes. |
| US10652253B2 |
Cable assembly having jacket channels for LEDs
A cable assembly may include an outer jacket, a printer circuit board including light emitting diodes, and a cable configured to transmit information. The outer jacket may include a channel opening and the printed circuit board may be configured to be positioned within the channel opening and between the cable and the outer jacket. Another cable assembly may include an inner jacket, an outer jacket, a printed circuit board including light emitting diodes, and a cable configured to transmit information. The inner jacket may include a channel opening, and the printer circuit board may be configured to be positioned within the channel opening and between the inner jacket and the outer jacket. |
| US10652244B2 |
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) prevention
A computer program product for cross-site request forgery (CSRF) prevention is provided and includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and executable by a processing circuit to cause the processing circuit to issue a server request for a certificate, which is associated with a user, responsive to a client request to visit a uniform resource indicator (URI) being received, validate the certificate upon receipt in fulfillment of the server request, compare a referrer listed in a header of the client request with a list of certificate elements in the certificate, authenticate the user in accordance with correlation between the referrer and at least one of the certificate elements and authorize the client request to visit the URI upon the user being authenticated. |
| US10652241B1 |
Dynamic and secure coupling between auxiliary devices and endpoint resources
Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for dynamically providing coupling between auxiliary computing devices and secure endpoint computing resources. Techniques include identifying a request for an identity to access an endpoint computing resource; obtaining a unique session identifier in response to the request; transmitting the unique session identifier via short-range communications from the endpoint computing resource to an auxiliary computing device associated with the identity; obtaining, in response to the auxiliary computing device transmitting the unique session identifier and the identification data, authentication data sufficient to comply with the authentication requirement of the endpoint computing resource; and dynamically coupling the identity to the endpoint computing resource based on the authentication data and consistent with the authentication requirement. |
| US10652234B2 |
Authorization flow initiation using short-term wireless communication
In general, aspects of the disclosure are directed towards techniques for initiating an authorization flow with a user to enable a user interface-limited client computing device to obtain access to protected resources hosted by a resource service. In some aspects, a computing device comprises at least one processor. The computing device also comprises a short-range wireless communication module operable by the at least one processor to receive, using short-range wireless communication, an authentication request from a client device. The computing device also comprises an authorization module operable by the at least one processor to receive authorization to provide at least one security credential to the client device, wherein the authorization module is further configured to, responsive to receiving the authorization, send an indication of the authorization to an authentication service. |
| US10652214B2 |
System and method for routing-based internet security
Method and system for improving the security of storing digital data in a memory or its delivery as a message over the Internet from a sender to a receiver using one or more hops is disclosed. The message is split at the sender into multiple overlapping or non-overlapping slices according to a slicing scheme, and the slices are encapsulated in packets each destined to a different relay server as an intermediate node according to a delivery scheme. The relay servers relay the received slices to another other relay server or to the receiver. Upon receiving all the packets containing all the slices, the receiver combines the slices reversing the slicing scheme, whereby reconstructing the message sent. |
| US10652208B2 |
System and method for managing network connected devices
A system for managing network connected devices, comprising at least one hardware processor adapted to produce a plurality of unique device descriptors, each describing one of a plurality of network connected devices, by: for each of a plurality of device descriptors, each having a plurality of supported actions, and one or more domain device identifiers, each identifier associating the device descriptor with one of a plurality of management domains: for each of the plurality of management domains not associated with the device descriptor: instructing execution on a network connected device described by the device descriptor a domain identification query according to the descriptor's plurality of supported actions, to determine a new domain device identifier; identifying in the plurality of device descriptors a second device descriptor having a domain device identifier equal to the new domain device identifier; and merging the device descriptor with the second device descriptor. |
| US10652201B1 |
Cloud service registry
A system, program product, and computer implemented method comprising receiving a request from a requester, authenticating the requester, and based on a successful authentication: receiving an unique ID from the requester, looking up the unique ID from the requester, and sending an address to the requester. |
| US10652192B1 |
Method, system and computer readable medium for notification delivery
In a system, method and computer readable medium for managing message delivery, message delivery jobs are dynamically prioritized into a plurality of priority queues based on a delivery timeframe for each job. A delivery manager controls delivery of the message delivery jobs through a number of delivery channels and ports. A priority manager reviews jobs pending in the queues. If the priority manager determines that a message delivery job will not be completed within its delivery timeframe, the priority manager assigns a higher priority to the message delivery job. |
| US10652191B2 |
Data transmission management for computer based inter-user communication
Methods and systems for inter-user communication that can provide data transmission management for more efficient communications are disclosed. The methods and systems can provide enhanced electronic communications, such as via electronic mail or text messaging. Improved communication tools can be provided to better management and/or control communications. The enhanced communication tools can be implemented by electronic devices, namely, computing devices, including portable or handheld electronic devices. |
| US10652183B2 |
Incoming communication filtering system
One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a user profile; and a content filter logic. The content filter logic is to determine whether a content of a received message directed to a target recipient is compatible with the user profile and a current emotional state of the target recipient and to select at least one action based, at least in part, on one or more of the content, the user profile and/or the current emotional state of the target recipient. The at least one action is selected from the group comprising place the received message on hold, provide the received message to the target recipient, modify the received message, delete the received message, store the received message to an original message log, provide an alert to the target recipient, forward the message to another recipient and/or ascertain, from a sender, an urgency of the received message. |
| US10652179B2 |
Managing instant messaging sessions on multiple devices
Transferring instant messaging sessions includes receiving a selection, from a user within a user interlace, of at least one instant messaging session from among multiple instant messaging sessions to transfer from a first instant messaging controller on a first device to at 5 least a second instant messaging controller on a second device, where the user is signed on concurrently to the first instant messaging controller on the first device and the second instant messaging controller on the second device. At least a portion of the selected instant messaging session is transferred from the first instant messaging controller on the first device to the second instant messaging controller on the second device and the transferred portion of 10 the instant messaging session is made perceivable on the second instant messaging controller on the second device. |
| US10652178B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method
An information processing system includes circuitry that acquires input information input to a terminal apparatus, the terminal apparatus operating a message exchange program, determines, based on the input information being acquired, whether or not a condition as a trigger for calling an information processing service is satisfied, changes, based on the determination that the condition as the trigger for calling the information processing service is satisfied, a status of the message exchange program into a status that exchanges a message with the information processing service, acquires, based on the message to the information processing service, electronic information used for information processing, and requests an information apparatus to execute the information processing using the electronic information being acquired. |
| US10652176B2 |
Systems and methods for automated and centralized real-time event detection and communication
Centralized hospital communication system and methods are provided for event monitoring and notification. In some embodiments, consistent with the present embodiments, a centralized hospital communication server is disclosed. The centralized hospital communication server may include a memory storing instructions, and at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to: receive, from a networked device, event information indicative of an event, the event information including at least one personal attribute of a first individual associated with the event; search a network database for information associated with at least one location within a hospital, the first location information including at least one location attribute; identify, based on the received event information and the received first location information, a selected location for the first individual associated with the event; and automatically generate and transmit at least one electronic communication to a first electronic device associated with the selected location. |
| US10652170B2 |
Modification of audio-based computer program output
Modifying computer program output in a voice or non-text input activated environment is provided. A system can receive audio signals detected by a microphone of a device. The system can parse the audio signal to identify a computer program to invoke. The computer program can identify a dialog data structure. The system can modify the identified dialog data structure to include a content item. The system can provide the modified dialog data structure to a computing device for presentation. |
| US10652169B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request management for differing types of hybrid automatic repeat request processes
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may determine whether traffic received by the wireless communication device is associated with a first type of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process or a second type of HARQ process, and/or may allocate a sub-buffer for the traffic, wherein the sub-buffer is selected from a set of sub-buffers of a first size when the traffic is associated with the first type of HARQ process, wherein the sub-buffer is selected from a set of sub-buffers of a second size when the traffic is associated with the second type of HARQ process, and wherein at least one sub-buffer of the first size includes two or more sub-buffers of the second size. |
| US10652159B2 |
Mobile packet data rate control based on radio load and other measures
A mobile communications system includes a transceiver and a packet subsystem server of a mobile communications network for the transceiver. The transceiver can transceive wireless signals with mobile devices in a coverage area using wireless connections to exchange data with application servers. For each wireless connection the packet subsystem server can determine weighted scores using different weights for each of direct radio measures, a packet retransmission rate of the mobile communications network, and a throughput data rate. The packet subsystem server can determine an aggregated score from the weighted scores and determine a data-rate-control decision for the wireless connection using the aggregated score. The data-rate-control decision can be outputted to a packet core handling system of the mobile communications network for controlling the data rate of data transmitted using the wireless connection. |
| US10652157B2 |
Systems and methods of receiving informational content based on transmitted application information
An example of an information processing system includes an information processing terminal and a server configured to communicate with the information processing terminal. The information processing terminal starts an application in accordance with an instruction of a user and transmits identification information of the started application to the server. The server stores specifying information for specifying, from among a plurality of contents, a content or a group of contents as a target to be transmitted to the information processing terminal, in association with identification information of an application. The server receives identification information from the information processing terminal and selects, from the stored specifying information, specifying information associated with the identification information received from the information processing terminal. The information processing system registers a content or a group of contents specified by the selected specifying information, as a target to be transmitted to the information processing terminal. |
| US10652153B2 |
Apparatus, systems and methods utilizing dispersive networking
An electronic device configured for electronic communications utilizing virtual dispersive networking includes: a network interface for communicating over a network; an application loaded onto the electronic device programmed to communicate over a network; and virtual dispersive networking software configured to create, for such application, a virtual machine comprising a virtual interface for the network interface of the electronic device; select a network protocol out of a plurality of available network protocols based on current communication requirements of the application; and cause network communications of the application to occur via the virtual network interface of the electronic device using the determined network protocol. |
| US10652152B2 |
Mobile core dynamic tunnel end-point processing
The present technology is directed to a system and method for using cloud based processing to co-locate one or more tunnel end points, associated with mobile user generated traffic traversing a Core network, with the serving machine located on application provider network. The describe system/method involves early stage identification of traffic flow (i.e., at the Packet Data network Gateway device using Application Detection and Control function) and dynamically instantiating an end point for the aforementioned traffic flow at the server where the application request is being served. The traffic is then directly tunneled to the endpoint thus avoiding decapsulated mobile traffic from traversing across provider network. |
| US10652150B1 |
Routing methods, systems, and computer program products
In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a technique to: determine one or more operations each associated with a respective outside scope identifier that identifies at least one region of a network and that is includable in path information for routing data along a network path that includes a border node of each region of the network, wherein, for each region, the one or more operations associated with the respective outside scope identifier is for processing by the border node of each region as a result of routing the data along the network path; generate a packet including the path information, and one or more headers that include: one or more pointer portions and one or more operation portions; and transmit the packet along the network path from the network device, wherein the generation of the packet comprises: writing, to the one or more headers, one or more pointers to the one or more pointer portions, and one or more operation identifiers to the one or more operation portions. |
| US10652149B2 |
Method and device for transmitting/receiving data using cache memory in wireless communication system supporting relay node
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a content using a cache memory, and a method for transmitting, by a relay node, a content using a cache memory according to the present invention may comprise the steps of: storing a first content, received from a serving cell, in the cache memory; storing a second content, received from an adjacent cell or the serving cell, in the cache memory; selecting a content to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE) from among the first content requested by the UE and the second content which acts as interference to the first content; and transmitting the second content to the UE. |
| US10652143B2 |
Route server mode for dynamic routing between logical and physical networks
Some embodiments provide a method for configuring a logical router that interfaces with an external network. The method receives a configuration for a logical network that includes a logical router with several interfaces that connect to at least one physical router external to the logical network. The method selects a separate host machine to host a centralized routing component for each of the interfaces. The method selects a particular one of the host machines for operating a dynamic routing protocol control plane that receives routing protocol data from each of the centralized routing components and updates routing tables of each of the centralized routing components. |
| US10652128B2 |
Apparatus and method for performance measurements using local timestamp and sequency number insertion at intermediate nodes
A communication network that includes a communication path is provided including a source node, a destination node, and a plurality of intermediate nodes that connect the source node to the destination node by corresponding network segments. The intermediate nodes are configured to perform measurements and individually generate segment performance statistics that enable a session manager to more precisely determine a network segment that is causing data traffic congestion by comparing the various segment performance statistics to each other. |
| US10652116B2 |
Device classification
Systems, methods, and related technologies for device classification are described. In certain aspects, traffic data associated with a device and data from an external system can be accessed. The data can be processed to determine a device classification for the device. An action can be initiated based on the classification. |
| US10652087B2 |
Content delivery framework having fill services
A framework supporting content delivery and comprising a plurality of devices, each device configured to run at least one content delivery (CD) service of a plurality of CD services, wherein the plurality of CD services comprise: collector services, reducer services, fill services, and control services; and wherein at least some of the plurality of devices run fill services, and wherein the fill services running on the at least some of the plurality of devices comprise at least one fill services network. At least one the fill service is configured to obtain resources on behalf of other CD services in the CDN. |
| US10652082B2 |
Automated detection of communicational system type
To provide greater efficiency in connecting and establishing communicational equipment, the communicational system type can be automatically detected and the communicational equipment can configure itself in accordance with the automatically detected communicational type. Additionally, to accommodate dynamic reconfiguration, or changes to the communicational type after an initial configuration, the communicational type can be automatically monitored and the communicationally equipment automatically reconfigured if changes are detected. Different sets of comparator circuitry can be utilized to compare the voltages observed at known inputs to known thresholds of different communicational types to automatically detect the communicational type being utilized by existing equipment to which the newly-connected equipment is communicationally coupled. For efficiency, already existing circuitry for converting electrical voltages into digital data can be leveraged to monitor and automatically detect the communicational type being utilized. |
| US10652081B1 |
Facilitating resilient and fault tolerant asynchronous messaging
A device may receive a message from a first different device that includes an identifier and may determine whether the device has previously received the message. The device may generate, based on determining that the device has not previously received the message, an additional identifier and a message status indicator and may cause the additional identifier, the message, and the message status indicator to be stored in a data structure associated with the device. The device may send an acknowledgment status to the first different device and may cause processing of the message to generate an additional message that includes the additional identifier. The device may send the additional message to a second different device and may cause, after sending the additional message to the second different device, the message status indicator in the data structure to be updated. |
| US10652077B2 |
Techniques for interfacing between web services and interface description language (IDL)-based remote procedure call (RPC) services and an optical communication system implementing same
An embodiment of the present disclosure includes an RPC architecture that includes a central manager gateway with a client-facing side that allows for client access via web services protocols such as SOAP and REST. The central manager gateway further includes a server-facing side that can communicate with a plurality of network elements, with each network element implementing a common IDL architecture and RPC manager instance. Each of the network elements, and in particular their RPC manager instance, may communicate with other RPC manager instances to ‘learn’ the network topology for the system and maintain a topology database for purposes of exposing a naming service, e.g., a CORBA naming service. The network elements may elect one master element while the others remain as slaves. The central manager gateway may automatically locate the master network element and forward client requests to the same for servicing. |
| US10652066B2 |
Device, method, and program for identifying a preferred codebook for non-orthogonal multiplexing/non-orthogonal multiple access
To enable a base station to select a more preferable codebook, a device includes a communication unit configured to perform radio communication and a control unit configured to perform control such that information regarding a codebook for multi-dimensionally modulating input data into a codeword is transmitted from the communication unit to a base station. |
| US10652062B2 |
Configurable waveform for beyond 52.6GHz
Various communication systems may benefit from new slot formats to support dynamic allocation between SC and CP-OFDMA. In accordance with some embodiments, a method may include transmitting, by a network entity, at least one physical downlink slot containing at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) and at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). The at least one PDCCH is associated with at least one subcarrier waveform without a cyclic prefix (CP). The at least one PDSCH is associated with at least one CP-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or single carrier (SC) waveform. |
| US10652061B2 |
Method and apparatus of transmitting information in wireless communication system
A method and an apparatus of transmitting information in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting information based on a first resource index through a first antennae and transmitting the information based on a second resource index through a second antennae. |
| US10652055B2 |
Interference mitigation
Symbols are received on a downstream channel. A value of a channel synchronization parameter is determined based on the received symbols. An interference event on the downstream channel is detected. In response to detecting the interference event: an output signal is determined based on at least one cached value of the channel synchronization parameter, the at least one cached value being determined based on symbols received prior to and offset from the detecting of the interference event. |
| US10652044B2 |
Ultra-low transmission latency for sporadic network traffic
The invention is related to a method for transmitting sporadic data stream (SStream) over a packet switched network carrying out further a transmission of priority data transmission within scheduled successive priority time windows. More particularly, the transmission of the sporadic data stream is preceded by a transmission of a reservation frame (RSVFrame) including information related at least to a timing for transmitting the sporadic data stream outside from said scheduled priority time windows. |
| US10652043B2 |
Communication regulation in computing systems
Systems and methods for regulating communications in computing systems are provided. For instance, a computing system can include a first processing board including a first processing device and a first control device. The system can further include a second processing board including a second processing device and a second control device. The system can further include a communications interface communicatively coupled to the first processing board. The communications interface includes one or more input/output ports configured to facilitate communication between the avionics system and one or more external devices. The first control device of the first processing board is communicatively coupled to the second control device of the second processing board via a shared bus. The first control device is configured to regulate communications associated with the communications interface. |
| US10652038B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and interfering with compromised devices and unauthorized device relocation in a communication network
Systems and methods for detecting and interfering with compromised devices and unauthorized device relocation in a communication network are disclosed. The described embodiments may be deployed in a content delivery network where receivers have been compromised in a manner that renders the conditional access system (CAS) inoperative at controlling the receivers' ability to receive content. In some embodiments, alternate commands not protected by the CAS system may be used to detect hacked devices and interdict same. In some embodiments, service devices in the content delivery network may allow for detection of unauthorized device relocation. |
| US10652035B1 |
Simultaneous power injection in power over ethernet system
In a PoE system, DC power is transmitted over two wire pairs. The primary winding of an isolation transformer is connected across the differential I/O terminals of a first PHY (a transceiver). A positive voltage output of a power supply is connected to a center tap of the secondary winding, and the secondary winding is coupled across a first wire pair. In this way, differential data and DC power is supplied to the first wire pair. A CMC is connected between the secondary winding and an autotransformer which is also connected across the first wire pair. A center tap of the autotransformer is also connected to the positive voltage output of the power supply, so that the current to the powered device is shared by the isolation transformer and the autotransformer. A similar circuit, with a second PHY, is used for the DC power return path. |
| US10652033B2 |
Synthetic physically unclonable function derived from an imaging sensor
There is disclosed a method of handling a sensor, comprising the steps of: defining a subset of sensor components of the sensor; challenging said subset under uniform conditions; receiving output signal values from said subset; for each component of the subset, determining the statistical moment of order i of the temporal distribution of the output signal value of said each sensor component; determining one or more outliers sensor components, said outliers sensor components being components whose ith order statistical moment has a difference with the mean value of the spatial distribution of the chosen moment over the subset superior in absolute value to a threshold, the ith order statistical moment of one sensor component being estimated on the temporal distribution associated to this sensor component. Developments describe in particular the use of imaging sensors, key generation, authentication, helper data files and the handling of videos. |
| US10652027B2 |
Airplane identity management with redundant line replaceable units (LRUs) and composite airplane modifiable information (AMI)
The present invention generally relates to one or more line replacement units (“LRUs”) for an airplane. The LRUs can include airline modifiable information (“AMI”) that includes more than one public key certificates, wherein each of the more than one public key certificates uniquely identifies the airplane for ground communication based, at least in part, on a public key or a private key associated with the one or more public/private key pairs generated by a cryptographic key generator. |
| US10652018B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing attestation of information using a centralized or distributed ledger
Methods and apparatus for providing authentication of information of a user are described. Upon validation of this information, a first hash function is applied to the user's information to create a hash. A public attest key is generated by combining the hash of the user's information with one or more public keys. An attestation address is generated based on the public attest key. A signed transaction which includes the attest key is communicated for storage in a centralized or distributed ledger at the attestation address. |
| US10652016B2 |
Methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling internet-connected devices having embedded systems with dedicated functions
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for controlling internet-connected devices having embedded systems with dedicated functions. A lightweight software that protects the internet-connected devices from security breaches and security threat is installed on the internet-connected devices. The lightweight software sends network traffic data to a management server via one or more rendezvous servers. The management server analyzes the network traffic data and generates a security update. The security update is posted on a blockchain. The lightweight software obtains the security update in the form of a blockchain transaction. |
| US10652009B2 |
Logic circuit for codeword synchronization for fiber channel protocol
Efficient codeword synchronization methods and systems for fiber channel protocol are disclosed. The method includes identifying a codeword boundary by detecting 100-bit known patterns in a bit codeword in a transmission. |
| US10652001B2 |
Method and apparatus for reducing inter-cell interference in radio communication system
A method of a first cell for supporting a downlink channel demodulation at a user equipment, includes receiving, from a second cell, Multicast/Broadcast over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) subframe configuration information for the second cell; and transmitting, by the first cell to the user equipment via a higher layer signaling, information on a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) of the second cell including the MBSFN subframe configuration information of the second cell, wherein the information on the CRS of the second cell is used by the user equipment to mitigate the inter-cell interference from the CRS of the second cell. |
| US10651999B2 |
Transmission method, device and system
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmission method, device, and system. The transmission method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first downlink control channel, determining a first frequency domain resource according to the first downlink control channel, and transmitting a first uplink shared channel on the first frequency domain resource; determining, by the terminal, a sequence length of a pilot of the terminal according to a size of the first frequency domain resource and a mapping interval or a density or a pilot multiplexing factor of each element in a pilot sequence on a frequency domain, and generating the pilot sequence with the sequence length; and determining, by the terminal, a frequency domain starting position of the pilot sequence on the first frequency domain resource, mapping the pilot sequence on the first frequency domain resource for transmitting according to the frequency domain starting position and the mapping interval or the density or the pilot multiplexing factor. |
| US10651996B2 |
Techniques for dynamic demodulation reference signal patterns for data transmission
Methods and apparatuses for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) transmission are described. At a user equipment (UE), a method and apparatus may include receiving, from a network entity, a transmission configuration indication including a DMRS pattern for configuring DMRS transmission on a communication channel. The method and apparatus further includes transmitting or receiving a DMRS to or from the network entity on the channel in accordance with the DMRS pattern. At a network entity, a method and apparatus may include transmitting, to a UE, a transmission configuration indication including a DMRS pattern for configuring DMRS transmission on a communication channel. The method and apparatus further includes transmitting or receiving a DMRS to or from the UE on the channel in accordance with the DMRS pattern. |
| US10651975B2 |
Forwarding data amongst cooperative DSTN processing units of a massive data ingestion system
A method begins with receiving data objects. As the data objects are received, the method continues by assigning a data type identifier to each data object based on the data object being a data type. The method continues with sending data objects having a first data type identifier to a first group of computing devices and sending data objects having a second data type identifier to a second group. The method continues with interpreting, by the first group, the data objects having the first data type identifier to sort, based on sorting criteria the data objects into a first processing category and a second processing category. The method continues with dispersed storage error encoding the data objects in the second processing category based on short term storage error encoding parameters to produce pluralities of sets of encoded data slices and sending the slices to storage and execution units. |
| US10651965B2 |
Wireless serial links for communications between devices formed in a package
In various embodiments, a memory module houses memory devices and, in some embodiments, a memory controller. Each of the devices has a near-field interface coupled to loop antennas to communicate over-the-air data. A coil is formed on, for example, a memory device substrate or molded into a plastic mold to create near-field magnetic coupling between the stacked memory devices and, in certain embodiments, the memory controller. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10651962B2 |
Scheme for multi-cell UL sounding transmission
The present invention provides a method, respective apparatuses, system and computer program product for obtaining channel state information in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception communication network. The method includes allocating a first sounding resource to at least one of a plurality of user equipment in a coordinated multi-point transmission/reception communication network for transmitting sounding reference signal to a base station of a serving cell, and allocating a second sounding resource to the at least one user equipment for transmitting sounding reference signal to a base station of an interfering cell, wherein the first and the second sounding resource are different from each other. |
| US10651956B2 |
Portable directional antenna, measurement arrangement and measurement method
The present invention relates to a portable directional antenna which is equipped with a camera which is integrated into the housing of the directional antenna. In addition to the conventional documentation of the position-finding information, this integrated, installed camera makes it possible, by means of the directional antenna function, to also optically document the surroundings of the interference source with a variable level of detail, for example by way long-range or short-range capture. By way of the optical additional information thus obtained, the present invention provides a simple, but nonetheless very effective, enhanced documentation option for interference sources and the surroundings thereof. Thus, during the search for radio-frequency interferences, no separate camera for capturing image information has to be brought along, and this increases the comfort for a user. The present invention further relates to a portable measurement arrangement and to a method for measuring an electromagnetic signal emitted by a source. |
| US10651951B2 |
Methods and apparatus for sub-block based architecture of cholesky decomposition and channel whitening
Methods and apparatus for sub-block based architecture of Cholesky decomposition and channel whitening. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus is provided that parallel processes sub-block matrices (R00, R10, and R11) of a covariance matrix (R) to determine a whitening coefficient matrix (W). The apparatus includes a first LDL coefficient calculator that calculates a first whitening matrix W00, lower triangle matrix L00, and diagonal matrix D00 from the sub-block matrix R00, a first matrix calculator that calculates a lower triangle matrix L10 from the sub-block matrix R10 and the matrices L00 and D00, and a second matrix calculator that calculates a matrix X from the matrices D00 and L10. The apparatus also includes a matrix subtractor that calculates a matrix Z from the matrix X and the sub-block matrix R11, a second LDL coefficient calculator that calculates a third whitening matrix W11, lower triangle matrix L11, and a diagonal matrix D11 from the matrix Z, and a third matrix calculator that calculates a second whitening matrix W10 from the matrices L00, L10, L11, and D11. |
| US10651946B1 |
In-field calibration of laser transmitter
A method for in-field calibration of a laser transmitter includes receiving, at an optical network unit (ONU), a downstream connection from an optical line terminal (OLT) where the ONU includes a Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) laser. The method further includes attempting to establish an upstream connection between the ONU and the OLT. When the ONU establishes the upstream connection to the OLT, the method also includes receiving, at the ONU, a message to initiate calibration of the ONU where the message is generated to indicate that the DBR laser is operating outside an operational state. The method further includes tuning, by the ONU, the DBR laser to the operational state by adjusting an injection current for the DBR laser. |
| US10651944B2 |
Optical transmitter, optical receiver, optical data transmission system, optical transmission method, and optical reception method
An optical transmitter of an optical data transmission system transmitting data through an optical fiber transmission path includes a main signal generator that converts first transmission data into a predetermined signal format to generate a first signal, a DCSK modulator that DCSK-modulates second transmission data to generate a second signal, a signal-multiplexer that performs time-division multiplexing of the first signal and the second signal, and an electro-optical converter that converts a multiplexed signal obtained by the time-division multiplexing of the signal-multiplexer from an electric signal into an optical signal, and outputs the optical signal to the optical fiber transmission path. |
| US10651935B2 |
Signal adjustment apparatus and signal adjustment method
A signal adjustment apparatus includes a memory configured to store a first video obtained by imaging an object reflecting light that changes in time series in accordance with information embedded in the light, a processor coupled to the memory and configured to analyze the first video to specify an area in which the information is embedded in an image included in the first video, adjust a signal in the area, and output a second video including the adjusted signal. |
| US10651934B2 |
System and method of mitigating electromagnetic interference (EMI) in modulated light detection systems
A modulated light receiver includes a photo-sensitive element, an electromagnetic interference (EMI) detection circuit, and a decision-making controller. The photo-sensitive element is configured to generate an electrical signal in response to modulated light. The electromagnetic interference (EMI) detection circuit is configured to generate an electrical signal in response to EMI. The decision-making controller is electrically coupled to the photo-sensitive element and the EMI detection circuit, wherein the decision-making controller generates an output based on the inputs received from the photo-sensitive element and the EMI detection circuit. |
| US10651910B2 |
Information sending,information determing and relationship determining methods and devices
Information sending, information determining and relationship determining methods and devices are provided. According to the information sending method, a base station sends M parameter sets via high-layer signaling, wherein M>=1, M is a positive integer, each parameter set includes quasi-co-location Non-Zero Power (NZP) Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) indication information, and the quasi-co-location NZP CSI-RS indication information is used by a terminal to acquire a large-scale characteristic of a channel; and when M>1, the base station indicates, via a physical-layer control signaling, parameter set selection information of a subframe on which the physical-layer control signaling is sent. |
| US10651905B1 |
Eigenvalue decomposition precoding matrix index selection
A method and system for selecting precoding matrix index are herein disclosed. The method includes determining a precoder and candidate beams, selecting base beams based on a correlation power between the determined precoder and determined candidate beams, and estimating amplitude coefficients and cophase coefficients based on a correlation between the determined precoder and the selected base beams. |
| US10651897B2 |
Near field communication package and portable device including the same
A near field communication (NFC) package in a portable device and method thereof are provided. The NFC package includes a secure storage device configured to store data, and an NFC controller configured to receive data from the secure storage device, provide the received data to a first external terminal by performing an NFC communication in an NFC mode, and provide the received data to a second external terminal by performing a magnetic secure transmission (MST) communication in an MST mode. |
| US10651895B2 |
Provisioning devices using near-field communication
Disclosed are various examples for provisioning a client device through near-field communication (NFC). An administrator device can provide configuration parameters to a client device in a factory-reset condition through an NFC bump. A second NFC bump can be performed that provides enrollment parameters to the client device, after which the client device can complete enrollment with an enterprise mobility management (EMM) service. |
| US10651886B2 |
Same-aperture any-frequency simultaneous transmit and receive communication system
A same-aperture any-frequency simultaneously transmit and receive (STAR) system includes a signal connector having a first port electrically coupled to an antenna, a second port electrically coupled to a transmit signal path, and a third port electrically coupled to receive signal path. The signal connector passes a transmit signal in the transmit signal path to the antenna and a receive signal in the receive signal path. A signal isolator is positioned in the transmit signal path to remove a residual portion of the receive signal from transmit signal path. An output of the signal isolator provides a portion of the transmit signal with the residual portion of the receive signal removed. A signal differencing device having a first input electrically coupled to the output of the signal isolator and a second input electrically coupled to the third port of the signal connector subtracts a portion of the transmit signal in the receive signal path thereby providing a more accurate receive signal. |
| US10651881B2 |
Launchable communications device for a distributed communication system
One example described herein includes a launchable communications device. The device includes an electronic payload comprising a communication system configured to receive a first communications signal and to transmit a second communications signal along a communications path between a first communication station and a second communication station. The device also includes deployment equipment configured to deploy the launchable communications device and to sustain a deployment state of the launchable communications device with respect to a predetermined operational environment. The device further includes a rigid housing configured to substantially enclose the electronic payload and the conveyance equipment prior to and during at least a portion of deployment of the launchable communications device to the predetermined operational environment. |
| US10651880B1 |
Portable radio with external antenna cover and lanyard through-hole feature
A ruggedized housing for a portable radio is provided. The housing is formed of a front housing portion, a rear housing portion, and a battery cover. The front housing portion has a top surface with offset tapered edges, without any user interface radio controls. An antenna protective cover having offset tapered edges and a straight vertical side couples to the top surface. The offset tapered edges of the antenna protective cover align with the offset tapered edges of the top surface of the radio. The straight vertical side of the antenna protective cover aligns flush with the side housing of the radio. A lanyard through-hole feature is located and protected by a contoured end of the top surface and is located diagonally opposite a top tip end of the antenna protective cover. The top tip end of the antenna protective cover and the lanyard encasement are sloped in opposite directions. |
| US10651872B2 |
Stopping criterion for decoding Quasi-Cyclic LDPC codes
An in-between layer partial syndrome stopping (IBL-PS) criterion for a layered LDPC decoder. The IBL-PS syndrome is obtained by applying the parity checks (Hr,r+1) of a couple of a first layer (r) and a second layer (r+1) on the variables after the first layer has been processed and before the second layer is processed by the decoder, the decoding being stopped if said in-between layer syndrome (sr,r+1) is satisfied for at least a couple of consecutive layers. |
| US10651870B2 |
Input path matching in pipelined continuous-time analog-to-digital converters
System and methods for input path matching in pipelined continuous-time Analog-to Digital Converters (ADCs), including pipelined Continuous-Time Delta Sigma Modulator (CTDSM) based ADCs, includes an input delay circuit disposed in a continuous-time input path from an input of an analog input signal to a first summing circuit of the continuous-time ADC. At least one digital delay line is disposed between an output of an earlier stage sub-ADC (of a plurality of pipelined sub-ADCs) and a sub-digital-to-analog converter (DAC) that is coupled to the first summing circuit, and between the earlier stage sub-ADC and a digital noise cancellation filter. The digital delay line(s) is configured to enable calibration of delay of output of the earlier stage sub-ADC provided to the sub-DAC and the digital noise cancellation filter in accordance with process variations of the input delay match circuit to minimize residue output at first summing circuit. |
| US10651858B2 |
Synthesizer and phase frequency detector
A synthesizer comprises a two-point modulation phase locked tow, TPM PLL, circuit configured to receive a frequency tuning signal and to generate a stepped chirp signal in an intermediate frequency range by applying a two-point modulation PLL on the frequency tuning signal, and a subsampling PLL circuit configured to receive the stepped chirp signal in a mm-wave frequency range and to generate a smoothened chirp signal in a mm-wave frequency range by applying a subsampling PLL on the stepped chirp signal. |
| US10651857B2 |
Frequency based bias voltage scaling for phase locked loops
A phase locked loop system includes bias voltage adjustment circuitry and a voltage regulator that outputs a smoothed core voltage to an oscillator. The bias voltage adjustment circuitry is configured to compute a scaled bias voltage based at least on a target frequency for the oscillator. The voltage regulator is configured to input i) the scaled bias voltage and ii) a selected core voltage that is selected based on the target operating frequency of the oscillator and generate the smoothed core voltage for output to the oscillator. |
| US10651844B2 |
Multiple chip synchronization via single pin monitoring of an external timing capacitor
An IC chip, a system and a method of operating the IC chip in response to an event trigger are provided. The method includes responsive to the event trigger, coupling a pin to a source of constant current to charge an external capacitor coupled to the pin and monitoring a capacitor voltage on the pin. If the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is greater than a rising threshold, detection of a falling threshold is enabled. If the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is greater than a voltage threshold, a first response is triggered and the pin is coupled to the lower rail to discharge the external capacitor. If detection of the falling threshold is enabled and the magnitude of the capacitor voltage is less than the falling threshold, the first response is also triggered. |
| US10651828B2 |
Flip-flop and semiconductor system including the same
A flip-flop generates a first feedback signal using a signal generated inside the flip-flop. The flip-flop includes a first stage circuit, a second stage circuit and a third stage circuit. The first stage circuit receives a first data signal and a clock signal and generates a first internal signal through a first node. The second stage circuit receives the first internal signal, the clock signal, and the first feedback signal and generates a second internal signal through a second node. The third stage circuit generates a second data signal by latching the second internal signal when the clock signal is at a first level, using the second internal signal and the clock signal. The second stage circuit cuts off at least one first current path between the second node and a power supply, based on the first feedback signal, when the clock signal is at a second level. |
| US10651825B2 |
Resistor-based attenuator systems
An attenuator system comprising a variable impedance configured to provide an impedance from among a plurality of impedance states, the variable impedance comprising a first port, a second port, a first transistor comprising first and second channel terminals coupled between the first port and the second port, and a second transistor comprising first and second channel terminals coupled between the first port and the second port, and a control circuit configured to control the variable impedance to a first impedance state of the plurality of impedance states at least in part by providing a first output voltage to a control terminal of the first transistor to turn the first transistor on, wherein the first transistor is configured to operate in an under-driven mode when turned on. |
| US10651823B2 |
Filter device and multiplexer
A filter device includes a terminal, a switch that includes a common terminal and selection terminals and switches a connection of the common terminal to one of the selection terminals, a series arm resonator, and filter circuits. The filter circuits are connected to one end of the series arm resonator. The common terminal is connected to the terminal. One of the selection terminals is connected between one end of the series arm resonator and the filter circuits. Another one of the selection terminals is connected to the other end of the series arm resonator. |
| US10651822B2 |
Multiplexer
A multiplexer includes a common connection terminal on a first surface of a substrate and to be connected to an antenna element, and transmission-side and reception-side elastic wave filters of Band25 and Band66 mounted on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface, that are connected to the common connection terminal, and that have pass bands different from each other. The transmission-side elastic wave filter of Band66 is located nearest on the substrate to the common connection terminal among the elastic wave filters. |
| US10651821B2 |
Multiplexer, high-frequency front-end circuit, and communication apparatus
A multiplexer includes a first filter on a first path connecting a common terminal and a first terminal and defined by a band pass filter, a low pass filter, or a high pass filter, and a second resonator on a second path connecting the common terminal and a second terminal and defined by a band elimination filter including at least one elastic wave resonator. A pass band of the first filter and an attenuation band of the second filter overlap with each other, and a ripple of a first resonator closest to the common terminal is generated only outside pass bands of the first filter and the second filter. |
| US10651794B1 |
Down-conversion mixer
A down-conversion mixer includes a converting-and-mixing module and a load module. The converting-and-mixing module performs voltage-to-current conversion and mixing with first and second differential oscillatory voltage signal pairs upon a differential input voltage signal pair to generate first and second differential mixed current signal pairs. The load module includes two RL circuits and a negative resistance providing circuit that cooperate to convert the first and second differential mixed current signal pairs into first and second differential mixed voltage signal pairs. Each RL circuit includes two variable resistors, and an inductor connected between the variable resistors. |
| US10651785B2 |
Connector system for photovoltaic array
A photovoltaic assembly comprising; (a) at least two photovoltaic components that are adjacent to each other in a first direction, each photovoltaic component comprising (i) a partial recess in communication with the partial recess in an adjacent photovoltaic component and (ii) one or more connector receptors aligned in a second direction which is non-parallel to the first direction; (b) a connector located at feast partially in the partial recess of the photovoltaic component and at least partially in the partial recess of the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component, the connector comprising: (i) a flexible housing having a first end and a second end; (ii) one or more connection ports at the first end; (iii) one or more connection ports at the second end; and (iv) one more flexible electrical conductors that extend from the one or more connection ports at the first end to the one or more connection ports at the second end; wherein the connector is flexible so that the first end and the second end are movable relative to each other in a plane, out of the plane, or both; wherein the one or more connection ports at the first end and the one or more connection ports at the second end form a connection with the one or more connector receptors of the photovoltaic component and the adjacent photovoltaic component so that the connector electrically connects the photovoltaic component to the adjacent photovoltaic component. |
| US10651761B2 |
Power converters with segregated switch and drive modules
A phase leg for an inverter includes a switching module having a switch device, a power lead connected to the switching module and in electrical communication with the switch device, and a drive lead. The drive lead is connected to the switching module, is in electrical communication with the switch device, and is segregated from the power lead to limit heating of a drive module connected to the drive lead from current flowing through the power lead. Multilevel inverters and methods of making phase legs for inverters are also described. |
| US10651754B1 |
Accurate peak detection architecture for secondary controlled AC-DC converter
An AC-DC converter with secondary side controller and synchronous rectifier (SR) architecture and method for operating the same are provided. Generally, the controller is implemented as an integrated circuit including a peak-detector module having a peak comparator with a first input coupled to a drain of the SR through a single SR sense (SR-SNS) pin to receive a sinusoidal input. A sample and hold (S/H) circuit with an input coupled to the SR-SNS pin samples the sinusoidal input and holds on an output of thereof a peak sampled voltage received on the input. A direct current (DC) offset voltage coupled between the output of the S/H circuit and the second input of the peak comparator subtracts an DC offset voltage from the peak sampled voltage to compensate for DC offset inaccuracies introduced by the S/H circuit and the peak comparator. Other embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10651752B1 |
Flyback converter with reliable pulse-based isolated communication
An isolated switching power converter communication channel is provided that comprises a pair of capacitors. A transmitter on a first side of a transformer for the converter transmits a transmitter signal over a first one of the capacitors. The transmitter also transmits a complement of the transmitter signal over a second one of the capacitors. A receiver on a second side of the transformer recovers a signal responsive to a high-pass-filtered difference of the received signals from the pair of capacitors. |
| US10651750B2 |
Constant on-time (COT) control in isolated converter
A constant on-time isolated converter comprises a transformer with a primary side and a secondary side. The primary side is connected to an electronic switch and secondary-side is connected to a load and a processor. The processor is connected to a driver on primary side through at least one coupling element and to the electronic switch. The processor receives an output voltage or an output current across the load generating a control signal accordingly. The driver receives the control signal through the coupling element and accordingly changes the ON/OFF state of the electronic switch, regulating the output voltage and the output current via the transformer, where the duration of the ON/OFF state of the electronic switch is determined between the moment control signal changes from negative to positive and the moment it changes from positive to negative to achieve a high-speed load transient response. |
| US10651735B2 |
Series stacked DC-DC converter with serially connected DC power sources and capacitors
The disclosure relates to technology for providing power, voltage, and/or current from a combination of DC sources. The DC sources may be photovoltaic panels. One aspect includes a stack of DC power sources (e.g., photovoltaic modules) with a DC to DC converter (e.g., power optimizer) associated with each DC power source. An output capacitor of a DC to DC converter is connected in series with its DC power source. Thus, there is a string of DC power sources and output capacitors connected in electrical series. The DC output of the system is a series connection of the DC power sources and the output capacitors. This reduces stress on the output capacitors, while allowing for efficient power generation by the DC power sources. |
| US10651734B2 |
System and method for robust body braking control to suppress transient voltage overshoot
A voltage regulator includes power stages and a controller. The power stages are configured to provide power to a load in response to a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal and to provide a body braking to the load in response to a body braking signal. The body braking is provided via a body diode of the power stage. The controller is configured to provide the PWM signals to a first power stage and a second power stage based upon a power demand of the load, to provide body braking signals to the first power stage and the second power stage in response to an over-voltage condition on the load, and to suspend the first body braking signal to the first power stage and maintain the second body braking signal to the second power stage, in response to an over-temperature condition on the first power stage. |
| US10651730B2 |
Methods and apparatus for simultaneously generating multiple output voltage levels utilizing switched capacitor DC-DC converter
A switched capacitor DC-DC converter, which includes a pulse frequency modulation circuit, a multiplexing pulse-width modulation circuit, and a switched capacitive element, is disclosed. The switched capacitive element is coupled between the pulse frequency modulation circuit and the multiplexing pulse-width modulation circuit. The pulse frequency modulation circuit uses a DC source signal to charge the switched capacitive element. The pulse frequency modulation circuit provides a group of output signals by multiplexing the switched capacitive element and reduces reverse current to the switched capacitive element when updating each of the group of output signals. |
| US10651712B2 |
Rotor for an electrical machine
A rotor (10) for an axial-flux electrical machine (12) is provided. The rotor (10) comprises an annular disc-shaped central frame (20) formed of a ferromagnetic material and having first and second opposing surfaces (26, 28). Each of the first and second opposing surface (26, 28) has shaped protrusions (40) extending therefrom. The rotor (10) further comprises a first and a second outer frame (22, 24) formed of a non-ferromagnetic, electrically conducting material. Each outer frame (22, 24) has an inner periphery portion (32) and an outer periphery portion (34) and a plurality of bars (36) galvanically connecting the inner and outer periphery portions (32, 34). Gap portions (38) are defined between adjacent bars (36) and the inner and outer periphery portions (32, 34). The gap portions (38) are shaped complementary to the shaped protrusions (40) of the central frame (20). |
| US10651703B2 |
Housing and motor including same
The present invention provides a housing including a teeth support part formed to protrude from the inner bottom surface thereof so as to come into contact with the end surfaces of stator teeth and support the same, and thus provides an advantageous effect of preventing the generation of cogging torque, which can occur because of the non-uniform assembly of a stator. |
| US10651700B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
In this rotating electrical machine, each of coil centers of a first concentric coil and a third concentric coil is located on one side in a circumferential direction with respect to a center of a magnetic pole, and each of coil centers of a second concentric coil and a fourth concentric coil is located on the other side in the circumferential direction with respect to the center of the magnetic pole. |
| US10651698B2 |
Rotor of rotary electric machine, rotary electric machine, and rotor member of rotary electric machine
A rotor includes a tubular sleeve member, a plurality of permanent magnets aligned in a peripheral direction on an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve member, and a tubular reinforcing member covering an outer peripheral surface of the permanent magnets. The sleeve member includes first and second end portions, which are spaced apart from each other in an axial direction, and an inner peripheral surface forming a through hole that is parallel to the axial direction and through which a shaft passes. The first end portion is a flange portion. The inner peripheral surface includes a first tapered surface, an inner diameter of which is continuously reduced toward the second end portion from the first end portion, and a tapered surface, an inner diameter of which is continuously reduced toward the end portion from the second end portion. |
| US10651696B2 |
Motor rotor
A motor is provided. The motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatably disposed in the stator, and a motor shaft provided in the rotor to rotate integrally with the rotor. The rotor includes at least one permanent magnet fixing core, at least one injection fixing core alternately stacked with the at least one permanent magnet core in a direction of the motor shaft, a plurality of permanent magnets inserted at a predetermined interval in the at least one permanent magnet fixing core and the at least one injection fixing core, and an injection ring formed to cover the at least one permanent magnet fixing core, the at least one injection fixing core, and the plurality of permanent magnets. The at least one permanent magnet fixing core is formed to prevent the permanent magnets from becoming separated from the rotor by a centrifugal force, and the at least one injection fixing core is formed to prevent the injection ring from becoming separated from the rotor by the centrifugal force. |
| US10651690B2 |
Wireless transmission in shared wireless medium environments
Methods, apparatus and systems supporting coexistence of wireless transmission equipment in shared wireless medium environments. The techniques provided herein may be applied to various types of wireless transmission equipment. Under one example, a wireless power transmission system (WPTS) delivers power to wireless power receiver clients via transmission of wireless power signals using one or more frequencies and/or channels within shared wireless medium environments in which other wireless equipment is operating, such as access points and stations in wireless local area networks (WLANs). The WPTS is configured to co-exist with the operations of the other wireless equipment within the shared wireless medium environment by adapting its transmission operations to utilize frequencies or channels that do not interfere with other equipment and/or implementing co-channel and shared channels operations under which access to channels is implemented using standardized WLAN protocols such as PHY and MAC protocols used for 802.11 (Wi-Fi™) networks. |
| US10651687B2 |
Detuning for a resonant wireless power transfer system including cryptography
A method and apparatus for achieving detuning for a resonant wireless power transfer system including cryptography is described. Detuning for a resonant wireless power transfer system including cryptography allows for detuning a wireless receiver based upon authentication between the wireless receiver and a wireless charger. |
| US10651680B2 |
Uninterruptible power supply apparatus and method
An uninterruptible power supply apparatus and method. The uninterruptible power supply apparatus includes a first generator, an energy storage, a first power converter connected to the energy storage, a second power converter connected to the energy storage, a first switch connected to the first power converter and a first load, a second switch connected to the second power converter, the first generator and a second load, and a third switch connected to a power grid, the first generator, the second power converter, the first switch and the second switch. In a normal state in which the first switch and the third switch are connected, the power grid supplies power to the first load or the second load. In an independent operating state in which the third switch is turned off, the first generator or the energy storage uninterruptibly supplies power to the first load or the second load. |
| US10651675B2 |
Packaged semiconductor devices with wireless charging means
A semiconductor device package is provided, including a semiconductor device, a magnetic flux generation unit, a molding material, and a conductive slot. The magnetic flux generation unit is surrounding an axis and configured to produce magnetic flux passes through the magnetic flux generation unit. The molding material is surrounding the semiconductor device and the magnetic flux generation unit. The conductive slot is positioned over the molding material, wherein an opening is formed on the conductive slot, and the axis passes through the opening. |
| US10651673B2 |
Flameless candle, magnetic resonance charging system, and associated methods
The present invention provides a flameless candle, a flameless candle charging system, and methods for using the flameless candle charging system. The charging system generally includes a plurality of flames candles, a charging tray having a tray hollow body with a planar outwardly facing surface on which the plurality of flameless candles may be placed, and a metallic plate positioned within the hollow body, and a remote control for selectively operating the plurality of candles and including a body having a magnet positioned therein. The remote control may be magnetically attached to the charging tray by positioning the magnet in proximity to said metallic plate. |
| US10651670B1 |
Electronic devices with wireless charging antenna arrays
An electronic device may transfer power wirelessly to an external device. The electronic device may include a housing having a cavity. A cover layer may be formed over the cavity. An array of antennas may be formed within the cavity. Antennas in the array may transfer wireless charging signals to the external device through the cover layer to charge the external device while the external device is in contact with the cover layer. Impedance detection circuitry may gather impedance matching information from each antenna in the array. Control circuitry may select an antenna having a best impedance match with the external device for transmitting the wireless charging signals. One or more antennas in the array may form a block filter for the selected antenna. Multiple near-field coupled antennas in the array may be selected for transmitting the charging signals to focus the charging signals on the external device. |
| US10651665B2 |
Current sense apparatus for battery charger systems
A current sense method comprises generating a voltage across a first current mirror of a current sense apparatus, the voltage being proportional to a current flowing through the current sense apparatus when the current is greater than a predetermined current value and applying a minimum drain-to-source voltage limiter to the first current mirror of the current sense apparatus when the current is less than the predetermined current value, wherein, as a result of applying the minimum drain-to-source voltage limiter to the first current mirror, the voltage across the first current mirror is clamped to a predetermined voltage value. |
| US10651660B2 |
Battery pack system
A source of environmental pollution is the burning of fuel by the transportation vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks). The use of electric vehicles (EVs) is perceived as an essential step towards better utilization of energy. Current EVs make use of an electric engine and a battery pack that provides energy to that engine. The technology of electric engines is well developed because of the common use of such engines in trains, submarines and industrial facilities. But, while the battery packs used in EVs have made a lot of progress in the last couple of years, these battery packs still have problems. These battery packs are expansive, heavy, and limited in the amount of energy that they can provide. This obstacle is a major factor that limits the use of EVs today in the mass market. Described herein is an improved EV battery pack system. |
| US10651653B2 |
Digital messages in a load control system
A load control system may comprise load control devices for controlling respective electrical loads, and a system controller operable to transmit digital messages including different commands to the load control devices in response to a selection of a preset. The different commands may include a preset command configured to identify preset data in a device database stored at the load control device and/or a multi-output command configured to define the preset data for being stored in the device database. The system controller may decide which of the commands to transmit to the load control devices in response to the selection of the preset. |
| US10651649B1 |
Discrete voltage/ open input
An input circuit includes an input line for providing input regarding state of a supply at a first node. An impedance is connected to the input line at a second node for connecting the input line to ground. A Zener diode can be connected in the input line in series between the first and second nodes to impede current flowing through the Zener diode below the Zener voltage thereof in a direction from the first node to the second node, and to allow current above the Zener voltage thereof in the direction from the first node to the second node, wherein the input line is free of any node connecting a power voltage source to the input line between the first and second nodes. |
| US10651647B2 |
Bypass mechanism
A bypass mechanism for a photovoltaic module which switches out the electronics and switches in a bypass mechanism. |
| US10651646B2 |
Fault current limiter
A fault current limiter, including: two inductors, a direct current circuit breaker, a shunt resistor, a first fixed resistor, and metal oxide arresters. The two inductors include wound superconducting wires. The inductors have identical number of windings and identical structure. Magnetic fluxes of the inductors are forward coupled, and the inductors are connected in parallel to form a superconducting inductor structure. The direct current circuit breaker and the superconducting inductor structure are connected in series to form a series branch. The shunt resistor is connected in parallel to the series branch. The first fixed resistor is connected in parallel to the direct current circuit breaker. The metal oxide arresters are two in number, and are connected to two ends of the inductors in parallel. |
| US10651645B2 |
Secured fault detection in a power substation
Systems and methods for fault detection and protection in electric power systems that evaluates electromagnetic transients caused by faults. A fault can be detected using sampled data from a first monitored point in the power system. Detection of fault transients and associated characteristics, including transient direction, can also be extracted through evaluation of sample data from other monitored points in the power system. A monitoring device can evaluate whether to trip a switching device in response to the detection of the fault and based on confirmation of an indication of detection of fault transients at the other monitored points of the power system. The determination of whether to trip or activate the switching device can also be based on other factors, including the timing of receipt of an indication of the detection of the fault transients and/or an evaluation of the characteristics of the detected transients. |
| US10651640B2 |
Grommet and wire harness using the same
A grommet (1) including a body portion (3) dividing an inside and an outside of a mounting member, an electric wire insertion portion (7) extending from the body portion (3) toward the outside of the mounting member and configured to insert an electric wire, a seal portion (9) provided at an end of the electric wire insertion portion (7) to be in close contact with an outer circumference of the electric wire, and a protective portion (11) disposed on the electric wire insertion portion (7) and configured to extend along the electric wire insertion portion (7) and to cover an outer circumference of the electric wire exposed from the seal portion (9). |
| US10651629B1 |
Gallium nitride containing laser device configured on a patterned substrate
A gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device. The device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate material comprising a surface region. The surface region is configured on either a non-polar crystal orientation or a semi-polar crystal orientation. The device has a recessed region formed within a second region of the substrate material, the second region being between a first region and a third region. The recessed region is configured to block a plurality of defects from migrating from the first region to the third region. The device has an epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region formed overlying the third region. The epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region is substantially free from defects migrating from the first region and an active region formed overlying the third region. |
| US10651622B2 |
Modal instability control in fiber lasers
Fiber lasers and methods are provided, in which the modal instability threshold is raised to provide more laser power. Fiber lasers comprise an active optical fiber having at least one absorption peak wavelength (λpeak) and capable of supporting more than a fundamental mode during operation, and a plurality of pump diodes connected to deliver radiation emitted thereby into the optical fiber. At least one of the pump diodes is a wavelength-locked (WL) diode and at least one of the pump diodes is configured to deliver radiation at at least λ≠λ(not necessarily the same diode(s)). The pump diodes may comprise any of WL diode(s) at λ≠λpeak, WL diode(s) at λ=λpeak and non-WL diode(s). Pumping radiation off the fiber's absorption peak increases the modal instability threshold, most likely by reducing the temperature gradient in the active fiber at the fiber pump entrance point and along the fiber. |
| US10651620B2 |
Laser emitting device provided with shutter for interrupting laser beam
A laser emitting device includes: a laser oscillator; an electrical part; a protection member; and a shutter. The laser oscillator is configured to emit a laser beam in an emitting direction. The protection member is interposed between the laser oscillator and the electrical part to shield the laser oscillator. The shutter is disposed to form a prescribed angle with respect to an optical path of the laser beam emitted from the laser oscillator. The shutter is movable between a first position at which the shutter interrupts the laser beam and a second position at which the shutter does not interrupt the laser beam. When the shutter is at the first position, the shutter damps and reflects the laser beam as a reflected beam. The reflected beam advances toward a space between the laser oscillator and the protection member. The reflected beam forms the prescribed angle with respect to the shutter. |
| US10651618B2 |
Double density small form-factor plug connector
The present disclosure discloses an electrical connection device and a plug assembly, the electrical connection device comprises a receptacle assembly and a plug assembly. The receptacle assembly comprises a cage and a connector. The plug assembly comprises an outer housing and a communication module provided in the outer housing. The outer housing has a main body which can be inserted into the cage along the mating direction to be mated with the connector. The receptacle assembly is provided with at least one guide groove extending along the mating direction, and the outer housing of the plug assembly is provided with at least one guide block protruding from the main body to correspond to the at least one guide groove, when the plug assembly is mated with the receptacle assembly, the at least one guide block enters into the corresponding guide groove along the mating direction. |
| US10651612B2 |
Electrical connector with lower profile
An electrical connector mounted on a PCB includes: an housing comprising a base, a mating tongue and a mounting portion, each surface of the mating tongue defining twelve terminal positions (P1) through (P12); two rows of terminals, each terminal including a mating portion, a leg portion and a middle portion connecting with the mating portion and the leg portion, each leg portion defining a soldering pad. Each row of terminals include grounding terminals in terminal positions (P1, P12) power terminals in terminal positions (P4, P9), and there are no terminals set in terminal positions (P2, P3, P10, P11). The soldering pads of the two rows of terminals are arranged in one row and at least two grounding terminals or two power terminals aligned with each other in a vertical direction are located side by side so as to share a same pad defined on the PCB. |
| US10651601B1 |
Connecting cable device with lock device
A connecting cable device includes a cable having two connectors attached to two end portions of the cable, and a lock device includes an elongated member, a casing formed on one end portion of the elongated member and having a chamber formed in the casing for engaging with the cable, a blocking member is engaged into the chamber of the casing for enclosing the chamber of the casing and for engaging with the cable and for retaining the cable in the chamber of the casing, and a fastening element is engaged with the casing and the blocking member for locking the blocking member to the casing and for preventing the blocking member from being disengaged from the casing. |
| US10651596B1 |
Roller mechanism for burn-in socket
An electrical connector for testing an electronic package, includes an insulative housing, an insulative sliding plate mounted upon the housing and moveable horizontally along a transverse direction, and a cover up-and-down movable relative to the housing in a vertical direction. The cover forms the actuating parts to contact the rollers of the sliding plate when the cover is downwardly pressed so as to not only urge the sliding plate to move horizontally in the transverse direction but also smoothly move downwardly to a lower position where the electronic package may be loaded upon the sliding plate in a zero insertion force condition with regard to the contacts. |
| US10651595B2 |
Lever actuated connector and connector assembly
A plug connector is detachably matable with a cap connector. The plug connector includes a lever performing mating with and unmating from the cap connector. The lever includes a cam groove for receiving a first boss of the cap connector, a boss rotation hole for receiving a second boss of an outer housing of the plug connector, and a catching protrusion sliding hole for receiving a catching protrusion of an inner housing of the plug connector. A first turning operation of the lever during unmating from a fully mated state extracts an interlock busbar of the plug connector from the cap connector to remove a short circuit of first conducting wires of the cap connector. A second turning operation of the lever during unmating moves a releasing protrusion into a clip spring of the plug connector to open the clip spring. |
| US10651592B2 |
Seal for an earthing bond
This invention relates to an earthing bond seal for sealing between a flanged bush of an earthing bond and a substrate with which the flanged bush is to form an electrical connection, the seal comprising: an upper surface for engagement with the flange of the bush; a lower surface for engagement with the substrate; and an opening extending between the upper and lower surfaces, wherein the upper surface is provided with a first recess configured to receive the flange of the bush. |
| US10651589B1 |
Stack type female connector
A stack type female connector includes a terminal assembly, a main body, and a shell, wherein the terminal assembly is inserted in the main body. A board end is at a bottom part of the terminal assembly for being inserted on a PCB. A plugging end is at an anterior part of the terminal assembly for connecting a SSD interface. The terminal assembly has an upper terminal assembly and a lower terminal assembly, wherein both of the upper terminal assembly and the lower terminal assembly have a 40-pin terminal member and a 28-pin terminal member. The 28-pin terminal member is formed of a 15-pin terminal member, a 7-pin terminal member, and a 6-pin terminal member inserted in the terminal pedestal. The stack type female connector achieves a simplified structure, a lower production cost, and a better heat dissipation performance through an optimized design of the structure. |
| US10651582B2 |
Connector
In a specific embodiment, a connector 100 is disclosed. The connector 100 comprises an insulative housing 102 defining a rear opening 108 for receiving a plurality of electrical wires 110 and a front opening 106 and a circuit board 104 disposed in the housing 102 and comprising a mating section 112 for mating with a corresponding mating section of a mating connector. The mating section 112 protrudes outwardly from the front opening 106 and terminates at a front edge 118 disposed between opposing side edges 114,116 of the mating section 112. The connector 100 further comprises opposing side arms 128,130 extending forwardly from opposing lateral sides 124,126 of the front opening 106 along, adjacent and beyond corresponding side edges 114,116 of the mating section 112 with a maximum separation between each side edge 114,116 and the corresponding side arm 128,130 being sufficiently small so that when the connector 100 mates with a mating connector, no portion of the mating connector can be inserted between the side edge 114,116 and the corresponding side arm 128,130. Other exemplary embodiments are also disclosed. |
| US10651581B1 |
Connector
A connector body includes a recess, a middle island inside the recess, and a mating guide part formed on both sides in the longitudinal direction; a reinforcing metal bracket includes a main body part disposed on the end wall part of the mating guide part, and a central guide part which is connected to the main body part and has a tip which engages with the island end part of the middle island; and the central guide part includes an end wall inner cover part connected to the main body part, an island end cover part which is connected to the tip and covers at least a portion of the island end, and a bottom part which is connected to a lower end of the end wall inner cover part via a first curved part and is connected to a lower end of the island end cover part via a second curved part; wherein a lower surface of the first curved part is positioned above a lower surface of the second curved part. |
| US10651571B2 |
Metal leaf spring protection structure of electrical connection terminal
A metal leaf spring protection structure of electrical connection terminal includes a main body having a base section defined with a first end and a second end. The first end is connected with a first section and a locating section. The second end is connected with a bight section and a second section. The locating section has a head section and a tail section. The tail section extends to a position of the bight section to form a hook-like structure for providing an elastic action force and a support system. The locating section is positioned in the reciprocally moving path of the second section to set up a moving end point of the second section to improve the shortcomings of the conventional metal leaf spring that when plugging in the conductive wire, the metal leaf spring is over-bent to affect the pressing and securing effect. |
| US10651567B2 |
Method of producing a horn antenna array and antenna array
A method of producing a horn antenna array includes: a step of providing a first die and a second die; a step of assembling the first die and the second die, filling an internal space surrounded by the first die and the second die with a fluid material, and solidifying the fluid material; and a step of, after the material has solidified, separating the first die and the second die. In a portion corresponding to each horn antenna element, the first die has a pair of protrusions and a groove between the pair of protrusions, and the second die has a protrusion. In a state where the first die and the second die are assembled, a gap exists between a tip end of each protrusion of the second die and a bottom face of each groove. |
| US10651558B1 |
Omni antennas
An omni antenna assembly includes two antennas, a dipole antenna and a monocone antenna, to provide full spherical coverage. The dipole cavity for the dipole antenna forms one solid part with the monocone antenna. The monocone antenna also includes a monocone and a cylindrical shell connecting the dipole cavity to the monocone. A coaxial transition extends from the cylindrical shell to a matching network. The antenna assembly may be fabricated using additive manufacturing technology. |
| US10651556B2 |
Antenna unit and electronic device
An antenna unit includes a conductive ground plate, a first antenna element, and a second antenna element. The first antenna element includes a first end connected to a feedpoint and a second end containing an open end. A part of the first antenna element is disposed along the conductive ground plate. The second antenna element branches off the first antenna element at a branch point on the first antenna element. The second antenna element is disposed between the part of the first antenna element disposed along the conductive ground plate and the conductive ground plate. The first antenna element resonates at a first frequency. The second antenna element and a segment between the first end and the branch point of the first antenna element resonate at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. |
| US10651551B2 |
Antenna radome-enclosures and related antenna structures
An antenna structure includes a radiator element and an enclosure housing the radiator element therein. The enclosure includes a front face that is adjacent a surface of the radiator element and sidewall surfaces that house the radiator element therebetween. The front face of the enclosure has an internal surface that is bounded by the sidewall surfaces and an external surface that is opposite the internal surface. The surface of the radiator element is positioned closer to the external surface than the internal surface of the front face of the enclosure. |
| US10651546B2 |
Multi-beam antennas having lenses formed of a lightweight dielectric material
A multi-beam antenna includes a plurality of radiating elements and a lens that is positioned to receive electro-magnetic radiation from at least one of the radiating elements, the lens comprising a composite dielectric material. The composite dielectric material comprises a foamed base dielectric material having particles of a high dielectric constant material embedded therein, the high dielectric constant material having a dielectric constant that is at least three times a dielectric constant of the foamed base dielectric material. |
| US10651539B2 |
Mounting arrangement for wireless communication board for a portable generator
A portable generator is disclosed including a mounting arrangement for positioning a wireless communication device on a control panel of the portable generator. The mounting arrangement includes a mounting platform formed from a composite material where the mounting platform is secured to a rear surface of a front panel of the control panel assembly. The front panel includes a transmission cutout. The mounting platform includes a transmission window such that a wireless antenna of the wireless communication device can be aligned with the transmission cutout. The portable generator further includes a fuel sensing device that generates both a visual indication and an output signal indicative of the level of fuel in a fuel tank. The output signal can be transmitted by the wireless communication device to a remote location for remote fuel monitoring. |
| US10651538B1 |
Method for retractably shrouding antenna cables
A method is disclosed for alternately covering and exposing feed cables to a wireless telecommunications antenna from a pole-mounted RF source. The method deploys a resiliently stretchable tubular shroud, which has a proximal opening attached near the top of the pole and a distal opening alternately attachable to a section of the antenna proximate to the cable connections or to a section of the pole below the proximal shroud opening. In the former configuration, the shroud covers and protects the feed cables, while in the latter configuration, the retracted shroud exposes the cables for repair, maintenance, replacement and/or inspection operations. |
| US10651522B2 |
Hybrid electrochemical cell systems and methods of operation
Disclosed is a hybrid electrochemical cell having two (or more) sub-cells each with different cell chemistry. For example, a second electrochemical sub-cell has a metal fuel electrode with the same type of metal fuel in a first electrochemical sub-cell, but has a different battery chemistry than the first sub-cell. A controller is configured to selectively generate an electrical current from at least one sub-cell in a discharge mode and selectively apply an electrical current to at least one sub cell in a charge mode, e.g., by controlling an open or closed state of switches. The operating modes may be controlled based on input parameters. |
| US10651517B2 |
Long cycle life prismatic battery cell for high power applications
A battery module is disclosed. The battery module comprises a housing, a heat-conducting fin disposed within the housing having a first fin surface and a second fin surface, the first fin surface and the second fin surface defining a respective first housing cavity and a second housing cavity within the housing. The battery module further comprises a first battery cell disposed within the first housing cavity and engaging the first fin surface and a second battery cell disposed with the second housing cavity and engaging the second fin surface. The heat-conducting fin is adapted to conduct heat from the first and second battery cells outwardly from the housing. |
| US10651515B2 |
Battery sensor data transmission unit and a method for transmitting battery sensor data
A battery sensor data transmission unit is described as including a data transmission unit, which is designed to output a sensor signal, which represents a physical variable in or at the battery cell to an evaluation device, using a battery housing wall and/or a wall of a battery cell as the transmission medium. |
| US10651513B2 |
Storage battery arrangement with improved condition monitoring
A storage battery arrangement includes a plurality of storage battery cells connected in series, a central network node designed to transmit data using the storage battery cells and connected to the series connection of storage battery cells, a plurality of cell network nodes designed to transmit data using the storage battery cells, where each cell network node is connected in parallel to a storage battery cell. The storage battery arrangement also includes a control device designed to command at least one first cell network node to apply a test signal having at least one predetermined frequency to a first storage battery cell to which said first cell network node is connected, and to command a second cell network node connected to a second storage battery cell to determine, based on a signal response of the second storage battery cell to the test signal, at least one condition of the second storage battery cell. |
| US10651511B2 |
Wound cell having single-side coated areas
Provided is a wound cell, formed by winding of a first and second separator, a first and second electrode plate from start ends thereof, outermost circle of second electrode plate includes second single-side coated area, surface of which facing center of the wound cell is second blank current collector area not coated with second active material, portion of first electrode plate opposite to second blank current collector area includes first single-side coated area, surface of which away from the center of the wound cell is first blank current collector area not coated with first active material; tail end of first electrode plate contains first blank foil area, portion of second electrode plate opposite to first blank foil area contains second blank foil area; start ends of first and second single-side coated area are located at two opposite sides in thickness direction of the cell. |
| US10651502B2 |
Garnet materials for Li secondary batteries and methods of making and using garnet materials
Set forth herein are garnet material compositions, e.g., lithium-stuffed garnets and lithium-stuffed garnets doped with alumina, which are suitable for use as electrolytes and catholytes in solid state battery applications. Also set forth herein are lithium-stuffed garnet thin films having fine grains therein. Disclosed herein are novel and inventive methods of making and using lithium-stuffed garnets as catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes for all solid state lithium rechargeable batteries. Also disclosed herein are novel electrochemical devices which incorporate these garnet catholytes, electrolytes and/or anolytes. Also set forth herein are methods for preparing novel structures, including dense thin (<50 um) free standing membranes of an ionically conducting material for use as a catholyte, electrolyte, and, or, anolyte, in an electrochemical device, a battery component (positive or negative electrode materials), or a complete solid state electrochemical energy storage device. Also, the methods set forth herein disclose novel sintering techniques, e.g., for heating and/or field assisted (FAST) sintering, for solid state energy storage devices and the components thereof. |
| US10651489B2 |
Electrochemical energy storage systems and methods featuring optimal membrane systems
This invention is directed to aqueous redox flow batteries comprising ionically charged redox active materials and separators, wherein the separator is about 100 microns or less and the flow battery is capable of (a) operating with a current efficiency of at least 85% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; (b) operating with a round trip voltage efficiency of at least 60% with a current density of at least about 100 mA/cm2; and/or (c) giving rise to diffusion rates through the separator for the first active material, the second active material, or both, of about 1×10−7 mol/cm2-sec or less. |
| US10651486B2 |
Fuel cell system
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack configured to generate power according to a load, a fuel tank configured to store fuel gas, a pressure regulating valve configured to regulate a pressure of the fuel gas supplied from the fuel tank to the fuel cell stack, a purge valve configured to purge the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack and a controller for controlling the system. The controller includes a pulsating unit configured to cause a fuel gas pressure of the fuel cell stack to pulsate, and a pressure increasing rate setting unit configured to set a pressure increasing rate of the pulsation of the fuel gas pressure according to an operating state. |
| US10651481B2 |
Cell stack device, module, and module-containing device
A cell stack device (1) according to the present invention includes a plurality of cells (3) having a columnar shape; and electrically conductive members (4) interposed between adjacent cells (3) of the plurality of cells (3), and connected to the each adjacent cell (3) with a bonding material (15) having electrically conductive property. The bonding material (15) contains electrically conductive particles and fibrous bodies (16) having electrically insulating properties, and a major axis direction of the fibrous bodies (16) is oriented in a predetermined direction in regions where the electrically conductive members (4) face to the each adjacent cell (3). |
| US10651474B2 |
Lithium secondary battery
A lithium secondary battery has a positive electrode, an electrolyte containing lithium ions, and a negative electrode current collector having a surface on which a lithium metal or a lithium alloy is deposited/dissolved. In the surface of the negative electrode current collector, a group comprising at least one region whose principal crystal plane is a close-packed plane of the crystal structure or an off plane having an off-angle of 20° or less with respect to the close-packed plane occupies the largest area among three or four groups each comprising at least one region having a principal crystal plane three of whose Miller indices are each represented by 0 or 1 or an off-plane having an off-angle of 20° or less with respect to the principal crystal plane, the principal crystal plane being different for each of the three or four groups. |
| US10651468B2 |
Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, and positive electrode of nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery
The present invention provides a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery characterized by a significantly smaller amount of gas formation and excellent cycle stability exhibited during cycle testing even when a titanium compound is used for a negative electrode.A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery is structured to have a casing, encapsulating a positive electrode, nonaqueous electrolyte, and a negative electrode facing the positive electrode across a separator. The negative electrode contains a titanium compound as a negative-electrode active material, the separator is electrically insulative, the positive electrode contains a spinel-type lithium manganese oxide and a layered rock salt structure compound as positive-electrode active materials, the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide is set to have a number average particle size of 10 μm to 20 μm, and a specific surface area of 0.05 m2/g to 0.4 m2/g, the content of the layered rock salt structure compound is set to be 2 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the spinel-type lithium manganese oxide, and the layered rock salt structure compound is set to have a number average particle size of 3 μm to 9 μm, and a specific surface area of 0.3 m2/g to 0.6 m2/g. |
| US10651467B2 |
High tap density lithium positive electrode active material, intermediate and process of preparation
A lithium positive electrode active material intermediate comprising less than 80 wt % spinel phase and a net chemical composition of LixNiyMn2-yO4-δ wherein 0.9≤x≤1.1; 0.4≤y≤0.5; and 0.1≤δ; where the lithium positive electrode active material intermediate has been heat treated in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature of from 300° C. to 1200° C. A process for the preparation of a lithium positive electrode active material with high tap density for a high voltage secondary battery where the cathode is fully or partially operated above 4.4 V vs. Li/Li+, comprising the steps of a) heating a precursor in a reducing atmosphere at a temperature of from 300° C. to 1200° C. to obtain a lithium positive electrode active material intermediate; b) heating the product of step a. in a non-reducing atmosphere at a temperature of from 300° C. to 1200° C. |
| US10651465B2 |
Negative electrode active material for electrical device, and electrical device including the same
A negative electrode active material including a silicon-containing alloy having a ternary alloy composition expressed by Si—Sn—Ti and including a structure in which an a-Si phase containing amorphous or low-crystalline silicon formed by dissolving tin in a crystal structure of silicon is dispersed in a parent phase of a silicide phase including TiSi2, wherein when a peak intensity of a Si—O bond peak that is observed at a position where an interatomic distance in a radial wave function observed by XAFS is 0.13 nm is S(1) and a peak intensity of a Si—Si bond peak that is observed at a position where the interatomic distance is 0.2 nm is S(2), a relation of S(2)>S(1) is satisfied is used for an electrical device. When used, the negative electrode active material achieves both cycle durability and charging-discharging efficiency for an electrical device such as a lithium ion secondary battery. |
| US10651463B2 |
Negative electrode active material and method of preparing the same
A negative electrode active material includes a silicon-based alloy represented by Si-M1-M2-C—B, wherein M1 and M2 are different from each other and are each independently selected from magnesium, aluminum, titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, germanium, manganese, yttrium, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, silver, tin, tantalum, and tungsten. In the silicon-based alloy, Si is in a range of about 50 at % to about 90 at %, M1 is in a range of about 10 at % to about 50 atom %, and M2 is in a range of 0 at % to about 10 at %, based on a total number of Si, M1, and M2 atoms. C is in a range of about 0.01 to about 30 parts by weight, and B is in a range of 0 to about 5 parts by weight, based on a total of 100 parts by weight of Si, M1, and M2. |
| US10651462B2 |
Positive electrode active material containing lithium composite oxide and covering material, and battery including positive electrode active material
A positive electrode active material contains a lithium composite oxide and a covering material. The lithium composite oxide contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of fluorine, chlorine, nitrogen, and sulfur. The lithium composite oxide has a crystal structure that belongs to space group C2/m. The ratio I(003)/I(104) of a first integrated intensity I(003) of a first peak corresponding to a (003) plane to a second integrated intensity I(104) of a second peak corresponding to a (104) plane in an XRD pattern of the lithium composite oxide satisfies 0.05≤I(003)/I(104)≤0.90. The covering material has an electron conductivity of 106 S/m or less. |
| US10651461B2 |
Lithium battery cathode
A novel lithium battery cathode, a lithium ion battery using the same and processes and preparation thereof are disclosed. The battery cathode is formed by force spinning. Fiber spinning allows for the formation of core-shell materials using material chemistries that would be incompatible with prior spinning techniques. A fiber spinning apparatus for forming a coated fiber and a method of forming a coated fiber are also disclosed. |
| US10651458B2 |
Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery
A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a layer of a mixture containing graphite powder and an organic binder on a current collector, wherein a diffraction intensity ratio (002)/(110) measured by X-ray diffractometry of the layer of a mixture is 500 or less. A lithium secondary battery includes the negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, and a positive electrode that includes a lithium compound. This results in less deterioration in the rapid charge and discharge characteristics and the cycle characteristics when the density of the negative electrode is made higher, thereby providing a high capacity lithium secondary battery having the improved energy density per unit volume of the secondary battery. |
| US10651449B2 |
Dendrite-suppressing ion-conductors from aramid nanofibers withstanding extreme battery conditions
Ion conducting membranes based on aramid nanofibers (ANFs) can be prepared using layer-by-layer assembly, sol-gel processing, evaporation, spin coating, doctor blading, or other methods. Porosity is controlled through choice of additives and processing. |
| US10651439B2 |
Integrated battery cell modules with plug-in battery cells for electric vehicles
Provided herein are battery cell modules of battery packs to power electric vehicles. The battery cell modules can include a plurality of battery cells, each of which can include a housing having a first end and a second end, the housing defining an inner region. An electrode structure can be disposed in the inner region defined by the housing, the electrode structure including a cathode tab that extends from the first end of the housing, and an anode tab that extends from the first end of the housing. A lid can be coupled with the first end of the housing, the lid including a cathode tab opening and an anode tab opening. A base includes a plurality cathode sockets receiving respective cathode tabs of the plurality of battery cells and a plurality of anode sockets receiving respective anode tabs of the plurality of battery cells. |
| US10651434B2 |
Method of making a cover for the positive plate for acid batteries and the cover for the positive plate for acid batteries
A method of making a cover for the positive plate for acid batteries, comprising a set of thermally formed tubes of non-woven fabric, characterised in that a tape (1) of non-woven fabric of a width corresponding to the length of future tubes is wrapped into a single, oval loop, and the extreme ends are laid so as to form an overlap (2) in the zone between vertices (4) of the loop, then the loop is stitched crosswise to form a set of multiple channels (3) which are then thermally formed into cover tubes (6). |
| US10651433B2 |
Packaging material for power storage device, and method of producing packaging material for power storage device
A packaging material for a power storage device having a structure including at least a substrate layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, a sealant adhesive layer, and a sealant layer laminated in this order. In the packaging material, the substrate layer is formed of a polyester film having a 50% elongation stress in the range of 100 to 180 MPa and a thermal shrinkage in the range of 1 to 15%, after heat treatment from 160° C. to 200° C., or a polyester film having a difference ΔA in break elongation of 12% or more after heat treatment at 200° C. and 160° C. and having a 50% elongation stress of 75 MPa or more after heat treatment at 200° C. |
| US10651429B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) illuminating lamp sheet and manufacturing method thereof
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) illuminating lamp sheet and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The method for manufacturing an OLED illuminating lamp sheet includes: manufacturing an array substrate, the array substrate includes a first base and a first electrode formed on the first base; bonding an electrostatic film to a surface of the array substrate provided with the first electrode, forming a patterned electrostatic film by patterning the electrostatic film, and forming an organic film layer by taking the patterned electrostatic film as a mask; forming a second electrode and obtaining an OLED element; and encapsulating the OLED element and obtaining an OLED illuminating lamp sheet. |
| US10651425B2 |
Organic light-emitting diode and display device
An organic light-emitting diode and a display device are disclosed. The organic light-emitting diode includes an organic light-emitting layer and a first light ray adjusting layer, wherein the organic light-emitting layer is configured to generate at least first incident light and second light to enter the first light ray adjusting layer to form a first refracted light ray and a second refracted light ray respectively, and a refraction angle of the first refracted light ray is smaller than a refraction angle of the first refracted light ray. A first refractive index of the first light ray adjusting layer on a propagation path of the second refracted light ray is greater than that of the first light ray adjusting layer on a propagation path of the first refracted light ray. |
| US10651424B2 |
OLED microcavity design and optimization method
Control of the emission characteristics of a light source in a light field display poses a significant benefit in the resulting 3D display quality for current and future technologies. A design system for microcavity OLEDs of any wavelength is detailed, which combines theoretical background with FDTD optimizations, permitting microcavity design of any OLED configuration. The resulting output profiles for microcavity OLEDs designed and fabricated with this method are compared to standard OLEDs and provide a reduction in spectral bandwidth, and a decrease in angular output. |
| US10651421B2 |
Display panel and encapsulation component
The present disclosure provides a display panel and an encapsulation component. The display panel comprises a substrate component, a display assembly, and an encapsulation component. The encapsulation component comprises a first encapsulation layer, a second encapsulation layer, and a third encapsulation layer. The second encapsulation layer is sandwiched between the first encapsulation layer and the third encapsulation layer. The first encapsulation layer and the third encapsulation layer are made of an inorganic material. The second encapsulation layer is made of an organic material, and the second encapsulation layer comprises a plurality of organic nanoparticles in the second encapsulation layer. According to the present disclosure, water and oxygen outside of display panels are prevented from entering display panels. |
| US10651418B2 |
Shorts prevention in organic light-emitting diodes
An organic light emitting diode comprising a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a stack of functional layers, including an organic light-emitting layer, sandwiched between said first electrode layer and said second electrode layer, and an passivation layer arranged adjacent to said first electrode layer is disclosed. The passivation layer reacts with the first electrode layer to form an oxide at a reaction temperature that is induced by an evolving short circuit between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The passivation layer is unreactive at temperatures lower than the reaction temperature. |
| US10651417B2 |
Display substrate
A display substrate including a base substrate including a plurality of pixel areas, each of the plurality of pixel areas including an emission area and a transmission area, a pixel circuit layer disposed in the emission area and including at least one transistor, a pixel electrode disposed on the pixel circuit layer and connected to the pixel circuit layer, a hole injection layer selectively disposed on the pixel electrode in the emission area, an emission layer disposed on the hole injection layer of the emission area, an electron injection layer disposed on the base substrate on which the emission layer is disposed; and a common electrode disposed on the base substrate on which the electron injection layer is disposed. |
| US10651415B2 |
Organic EL (electroluminescent) device
An organic EL (electroluminescent) device includes a translucent substrate, a transparent electrode, a luminescent layer, and a cathode placed over one surface of the translucent substrate, and a light extraction film having unevenness placed on the other surface. The surface of the cathode facing the luminescent layer has a plurality of recesses or protrusions. The Fourier transform image of the surface of the cathode facing the luminescent layer has a surface plasmon absorption suppression area including a spatial frequency v obtained from Eq. (I) and a light scattering area not including spatial frequencies equal to or greater than the spatial frequency v. |
| US10651408B2 |
Selenium-fullerene heterojunction solar cell
Selenium-fullerene heterojunction solar cells and techniques for fabrication thereof are provided. In one aspect, a method of forming a solar cell includes: forming a front contact on a substrate; depositing an n-type semiconducting layer on the front contact, wherein the n-type semiconducting layer comprises a fullerene or fullerene derivative; forming a p-type chalcogen absorber layer on the n-type semiconducting layer; depositing a high workfunction material onto the p-type chalcogen absorber layer, wherein the high workfunction material has a workfunction of greater than about 5.2 electron volts; and forming a back contact on the high workfunction material. Solar cells and other methods for formation thereof are also provided. |
| US10651399B2 |
Delayed fluorescence compound, and organic light emitting diode and display device using the same
Embodiments relate to a delayed fluorescence compound of The excitons in the triplet state are engaged in emission such that the emitting efficiency of the delayed fluorescent compound is increased. Embodiments also relate to a display device with an organic light emitting diode (OLED) that includes the delayed fluorescence compound. |
| US10651395B2 |
Organic electroluminescent element, display device, and illumination device
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an organic electroluminescent element having improved luminous efficiency and stability under high-temperature storage. The present invention is an organic electroluminescent element that has an anode, a cathode, and at least one light-emitting layer sandwiched between the anode and the cathode, and is characterized in that at least one of the light-emitting layers contains a π-conjugated boron compound having a structure represented by general formula (1). (In general formula (1), X1 to X9 each independently represents —CR or a nitrogen atom, R represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and Y1 to Y3 each independently represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom). |
| US10651382B2 |
Formulation of an organic functional material comprising a siloxane solvent
The present invention relates to a formulation containing at least one organic functional material and at least a first and a second solvent, characterized in that the first solvent is a siloxane. |
| US10651381B2 |
Apparatuses including electrodes having a conductive barrier material and methods of forming same
Apparatuses and methods of manufacture are disclosed for phase change memory cell electrodes having a conductive barrier material. In one example, an apparatus includes a first chalcogenide structure and a second chalcogenide structure stacked together with the first chalcogenide structure. A first electrode portion is coupled to the first chalcogenide structure, a second electrode portion is coupled to the second chalcogenide structure, and a third electrode portion is between the first and second electrode portions. A first portion of an electrically conductive barrier material is disposed between the first and third electrode portions. A second portion of the electrically conductive barrier material is disposed between the second and third electrode portions. |
| US10651368B2 |
Multi-bit-per-cell memory device based on the unidirectional spin hall magnetoresistance
A multilayer structure comprising FM/NM/FM layers enhances the amplitude of the unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance (USMR) thanks to an additional FM/NM layer interface. The USMR can be used to detect the in-plane magnetization direction of each FM layer perpendicular to the current injection. Detection relies on second harmonic resistance measurements driven by the USMR with possible contribution of Joule heating-induced magnetothermal effects (ANE and SSE). The four different magnetization states (, , , ), of the FM/NM/FM layers give rise to four unique resistance levels, which can be read out by a simple two-terminal electric measurement. As a result, this FM/NM/FM multilayer structure can be used in a lateral, two-terminal device to store multiple magnetic bits. Moreover, the magnetic states can be manipulated by spin-orbit torques, opening the possibility for all-electrical operation. |
| US10651367B2 |
Electronic devices and related electronic systems
Magnetic memory cells, methods of fabrication, semiconductor device structures, and memory systems are disclosed. A magnetic cell core includes at least one magnetic region (e.g., a free region or a fixed region) configured to exhibit a vertical magnetic orientation, at least one oxide-based region, which may be a tunnel junction region or an oxide capping region, and at least one magnetic interface region, which may comprise or consist of iron (Fe). In some embodiments, the magnetic interface region is spaced from at least one oxide-based region by a magnetic region. The presence of the magnetic interface region enhances the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) strength of the magnetic cell core. In some embodiments, the PMA strength may be enhanced more than 50% compared to that of the same magnetic cell core structure lacking the magnetic interface region. |
| US10651366B2 |
Spin current magnetization reversal element and magnetic memory
A spin flow magnetization reversal element includes a first ferromagnetic metal layer capable of changing a direction of magnetization; and a spin orbit torque wiring layer joined to the first ferromagnetic metal layer and extending in a direction intersecting a direction perpendicular to a plane of the first ferromagnetic metal layer. The spin orbit torque wiring layer includes at least one light element L among B, C, Si and P and at least one noble gas element among Ar, Kr and Xe. |
| US10651363B2 |
Power generating device
A power generating device is provided. The power generating device includes an element having flexibility and a support to support at least one portion of the element. The element is capable of undergoing a deformation when receiving a vibration and capable of generating power when undergoing the deformation. The deformation includes at least one of a bending deformation, a torsional deformation, and a bending-torsional complex deformation. |
| US10651358B2 |
Light emitting device package structure with circuit redistribution structure and manufacturing method thereof
A light emitting device package structure includes a substrate, a circuit layer structure, a light emitting device, a first redistribution layer, a conductive connector, a second redistribution layer, and a chip. The circuit layer structure is disposed over the substrate, and the circuit layer structure includes a first circuit layer. The light emitting device is disposed over the circuit layer structure and is electrically connected with the first circuit layer. The first redistribution layer is disposed over the light emitting device and includes a second circuit layer and a conductive contact contacting the second circuit layer. The conductive connector connects the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The second redistribution layer is disposed over the first redistribution layer and includes a third circuit layer contacting the conductive contact. The chip is disposed over the second redistribution layer and is electrically connected with the third circuit layer. |
| US10651355B1 |
High-power laser diode package implemented with meniscus slow axis collimator for reduced diode package footprint or improved laser output brightness
A high-power laser diode assembly uses a greater number of emitters in a laser diode package or uses larger, wider laser diode emitters to produce higher-power laser output. Each assembly design option includes a meniscus slow axis collimator lens having a light entrance surface imparting strong negative lens surface power to diverge an incident beam outwards and a light exit surface imparting even stronger positive lens surface power to collimate the rapidly diverging beam. In one example, a 5 mm focal length meniscus collimator lens, as compared to a standard 12 mm focal length collimator lens, can reduce by 7 mm the physical path from the collimator lens to the laser diode. In another example, a 15 mm focal length meniscus collimator lens with the same back focal length as that of a standard 12 mm collimator facilitates increasing chip-on-submount width from 200 μm to 250 μm. |
| US10651354B2 |
Optoelectronic package with a low water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) and method for fabricating the same
An optoelectronic package includes a carrier, a light emitting die, a cover, and an encapsulation material. The carrier has a carrying plane and a wiring layer on the carrying plane. The light emitting die is mounted on the carrying plane and electrically connected to the wiring layer. The cover is connected to carrier. A cavity is formed between the cover and the carrier, and the light emitting die is within the cavity. The encapsulation material formed on the carrier surrounds the cover. The encapsulation material completely covers the interface between the cover and carrier. |
| US10651352B2 |
Display device and electronic device
A display device is provided. The display device includes a plurality of pixels. At least one of the pixels includes a semiconductor device having a light-emitting area, a first light conversion layer disposed on the semiconductor device and a first scattering layer disposed on the semiconductor device. The first scattering layer is disposed on the first light conversion layer. |
| US10651350B2 |
Method of manufacturing light emitting device with light-transmissive members
A light emitting device includes a light emitting element; a light-transmissive member that has a lower surface positioned inside a peripheral edge of an upper surface of the light emitting element in plan view, a first lateral surface extending from the lower surface and having at least one inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a second lateral surface positioned above and outside the first lateral surface; a light-transmissive adhesive member positioned inside the second lateral surface in plan view, wherein the adhesive member adheres the upper surface of the light emitting element and the lower surface of the light-transmissive member to each other and covers the first lateral surface; and a light-reflective member covering the second lateral surface. |
| US10651341B2 |
Optoelectronic device and method for manufacturing same
An optoelectronic device including first and second active regions suitable for emitting or detecting electromagnetic radiation and containing a first semiconductor material that predominantly contains a first compound selected from Compounds III-V, Compounds II-VI, and mixtures of same. The first active regions have a first polarity, and the second active regions have a second polarity different from the first polarity. |
| US10651336B2 |
Light-emitting device
A light-emitting device includes: a mounting base; a plurality of light-emitting elements mounted on or above the mounting base; a plurality of light-transmissive members respectively disposed on upper surfaces of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a plurality of light guide members respectively covering lateral surfaces of the plurality of light-emitting elements; a plurality of antireflective films respectively disposed on upper surfaces of the plurality of the light-transmissive members; and a covering member covering lateral surfaces of the plurality of antireflective films. |
| US10651333B2 |
Tiled solar cell laser process
In an example, the present invention provides a method of separating a photovoltaic strip from a solar cell. The method includes providing a solar cell, placing the front side of the solar cell on a platen such that the backside is facing a laser source, initiating a laser source to output a laser beam having a wavelength from 200 to 600 nanometers and a spot size of 18 to 30 microns, subjecting a portion of the backside to the laser beam at a power level ranging from about 20 Watts to about 35 Watts to cause an ablation to form a scribe region having a depth, width, and a length, the depth being from 40% to 60% of a thickness of the solar cell, the width being between 16 and 35 microns to create a plurality of scribe regions spatially disposed on the backside of the solar cell. |
| US10651329B1 |
Large-scale production of photovoltaic cells and resulting power
The present application discloses systems and methods for manufacturing large PV sheets and conveying large PV sheets away from the PV manufacturing site while routing power from the PV sheet to the grid. |
| US10651323B2 |
Devices and methods featuring the addition of refractory metals to contact interface layers
Disclosed embodiments include CdS/CdTe PV devices (100) having a back contact (110,112) with oxygen gettering capacity. Also disclosed are back contact structures (110, 112) and methods of forming a back contact in a CdS/CdTe PV device (100). The described contacts and methods feature a contact having a contact interface layer (100) comprising a contact interface material, a p-type dopant and a gettering metal. |
| US10651322B2 |
Solar cell element and solar cell module
A solar cell element comprises a semiconductor substrate, a passivation layer, and first to third electrodes. The passivation layer with first holes is located on the semiconductor substrate. The first electrode is located in each of the first holes and electrically connected to the semiconductor substrate. The second electrode is electrically connected to the first electrode and located on the passivation layer. The third electrodes is electrically connected to the first electrode via the second electrode. The passivation layer includes a part where a ratio of an area occupied by the first holes in a first region adjacent to the third electrodes is smaller than a ratio of an area occupied by the first holes in a second region located farther away from the third electrodes in relation to the first region and having an area equal to an area of the first region in a perspective plan view. |
| US10651321B2 |
Solar module having a plurality of strings configured from a five strip cell
In an example, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a solar module. The method includes providing a substrate member having a surface region, the surface region comprising a spatial region, a first end strip comprising a first edge region and a first interior region, the first interior region comprising a first bus bar, a plurality of strips, a second end strip comprising a second edge region and a second interior region, the second edge region comprising a second bus bar, the first end strip, the plurality of strips, and the second end strip arranged in parallel to each other and occupying the spatial region such that the first end strip, the second end strip, and the plurality of strips consists of a total number of five (5) strips. The method includes separating each of the plurality of strips, arranging the plurality of strips in a string configuration, and using the string in the solar module. |
| US10651318B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes a first electrode; a second electrode; a silicon carbide layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a first n-type silicon carbide region disposed in the silicon carbide layer; and a first nitrogen region disposed in the silicon carbide layer, the first nitrogen region disposed between the first n-type silicon carbide region and the first electrode, and the first nitrogen region having a first nitrogen concentration higher than a first n-type impurity concentration of the first n-type silicon carbide region. |
| US10651316B2 |
Synaptic semiconductor device and neural networks using the same
A synaptic semiconductor device and neural networks using the same operates with an ultrahigh speed through a tunneling operation by a semi-floating gate and applies pre- and post-synaptic signals to first and second control gates directly. |
| US10651314B2 |
Nanowire stack GAA device with inner spacer and methods for producing the same
A nanowire FET device includes a vertical stack of nanowire strips configured as the semiconductor body. One or more of the top nanowire strips are receded and are shorter than the rest of the nanowire strips stacked lower. Inner spacers are uniformly formed adjacent to the receded nanowire strips and the rest of the nanowire strips. Source/drain structures are formed outside the inner spacers and a gate structure is formed inside the inner spacers, which wraps around the nanowire strips. |
| US10651313B2 |
Reduced transistor resistance using doped layer
An embodiment includes a transistor comprising: first, second, and third layers each including a group III-V material; a channel included in the second layer, which is between the first and third layers; and a gate having first and second gate portions; wherein (a)(i) the first and third layers are doped, (a)(ii) the channel is between the first and second gate portions and the second gate portion is between the channel and a substrate, (a)(iii) a first axis intersects the first, second, and third layers but not the first gate portion, and (a)(iv) a second axis, parallel to the first axis, intersects the first and second gate portions and the channel. Other embodiments are described herein. |
| US10651303B2 |
High-electron-mobility transistor devices
A device includes a first high electronic mobility transistor (HEMT) and a second HEMT. The first HEMT includes a first gate, a source coupled to the first gate, and a drain coupled to the first gate. The second HEMT includes a second gate coupled to the source and to the drain. The second HEMT has a lower threshold voltage than the first HEMT. |
| US10651298B2 |
Heterojunction bipolar transistor structure with a bandgap graded hole barrier layer
The disclosure provides an HBT structure with bandgap graded hole barrier layer, comprising: a sub-collector layer, a collector layer, a hole barrier layer, a base layer, an emitter layer, an emitter cap layer, and an ohmic contact layer, all stacked sequentially on a substrate; with the hole barrier layer formed of at least one of AlGaAs, AlGaAsN, AlGaAsP, AlGaAsSb, and InAlGaAs, Aluminum composition being less than 22%, and In, N, P, and Sb compositions being respectively less than or equal to 10%; wherein bandgaps of the hole barrier layer at least comprise a gradually increasing bandgap from the base layer towards the collector layer and the largest bandgap of the hole barrier layer is greater than bandgaps of the base layer and the collector layer. |
| US10651291B2 |
Inner spacer formation in a nanosheet field-effect transistor
Structures for a nanosheet field-effect transistor and methods for forming a structure for a nanosheet field-effect transistor. A body feature is formed that includes a sacrificial layer arranged vertically between the first and second nanosheet channel layers. The sacrificial layer is laterally recessed at a sidewall of the body feature to expose respective portions of the first and second nanosheet channel layers. A sacrificial spacer is formed by oxidizing a portion of the sacrificial layer at the sidewall of the body feature. Sections of a semiconductor material are epitaxially grown on the exposed portions of the first and second nanosheet channel layers to narrow a gap vertically separating the first and second nanosheet channel layers. The sacrificial spacer is removed to form a cavity between the sections of the semiconductor material and the sacrificial layer. A dielectric spacer is conformally deposited in the cavity. |
| US10651289B2 |
Semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same
A semiconductor device includes a first field effect transistor (FET) including a first gate dielectric layer and a first gate electrode. The first gate electrode includes a first lower metal layer and a first upper metal layer. The first lower metal layer includes a first underlying metal layer in contact with the first gate dielectric layer and a first bulk metal layer. A bottom of the first upper metal layer is in contact with an upper surface of the first underlying metal layer and an upper surface of the first bulk metal layer. |
| US10651280B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes first to third electrodes, first to fourth semiconductor regions, and a first insulating portion. The first semiconductor region includes first to third partial regions. The first partial region is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The second partial region is provided between the first and third electrodes. The second semiconductor region includes fourth to sixth partial regions. The fourth partial region is provided between the first partial region and the second electrode. The fifth partial region is provided between the third semiconductor region and at least a portion of the second partial region. The sixth partial region is provided between the third partial region and the third semiconductor region. The fourth semiconductor region is provided between the first and fourth partial regions. The first insulating portion is provided between the second partial region and the third electrode. |
| US10651278B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
An object is to provide a technology capable of suppressing a crack of a crystalline nitride layer which is generated due to a stress caused by difference in thermal expansion coefficients between a crystalline nitride and diamond. A semiconductor device includes a crystalline nitride layer, a structure containing silicon, and a diamond layer. The structure is disposed on a first main surface of the crystalline nitride layer. The diamond layer is disposed at least on a lateral portion of the structure and has a void between the diamond layer and the first main surface of the crystalline nitride layer. The void is a stress absorbing space, for example. |
| US10651276B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device has a cell which includes a first semiconductor region of a first conductive type, a base region of a second conductive type on the first semiconductor region, a source region of the first conductive type on the base region, a gate electrode penetrating through the base region in a first direction to reach the first semiconductor region and extending in a second direction, and a gate insulting film between the gate electrode and the first semiconductor region, between the gate electrode and the base region, and between the gate electrode and the source region. The cell has a region having a first threshold voltage and a region having a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage. |
| US10651272B2 |
Semiconductor device and full-wave rectifier circuit
One aspect of a semiconductor device includes a plurality of first structures, in which each of the first structures includes: a first N-type region; a P-type region which is surrounded by the first N-type region; and a second N-type region which is surrounded by the P-type region. The first N-type region and the P-type region are wired, and the plurality of first structures are connected in parallel to form one diode. |
| US10651261B2 |
Display device
A display device can include a substrate including an active area having a plurality of pixels and a non-active area adjacent to the active area; a plurality of power lines in the active area, configured to transmit a power voltage to the plurality of pixels, and including a plurality of first power lines and a plurality of second power lines; and a power link line disposed in the non-active area and including a lower power link line connected to the plurality of power lines, a first lower connecting line extending from the lower power link line, and a second lower connecting line extending from the lower power link line, in which the first and second lower connecting lines extend in a different direction than the lower power link line, the plurality of first power lines includes at least two sets of first power lines spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of second power lines includes at least two sets of second power lines spaced apart from each other. |
| US10651257B2 |
Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof
The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of an array substrate, including: forming a gate layer on a substrate; forming a gate insulating material layer on the gate layer; forming a polysilicon material layer on the gate insulating material layer; depositing an etch stop material layer on the polysilicon material layer; channel doping the polysilicon material layer; etching the polysilicon material layer, the etch stop material layer and the gate insulating material layer to form an active layer, an etch stop layer and a gate insulating layer; forming a source/drain layer on the active layer and the gate insulating layer, the active layer being electrically connected to the source/drain layer, and forming a through hole on the source/drain layer to form a source and a drain, the through hole being corresponding to the active layer, and both of the source and the drain being electrically connected to the active layer. |
| US10651252B2 |
Vertically integrated active matrix backplane
A method of forming an active matrix pixel that includes forming a driver device including contact regions deposited using a low temperature deposition process on a first portion of an insulating substrate. An electrode of an organic light emitting diode is formed on a second portion of the insulating substrate. The electrode is in electrical communication to receive an output from the driver device. At least one passivation layer is formed over the driver device. A switching device comprising at least one amorphous semiconductor layer is formed on the at least one passivation layer over the driver device. |
| US10651248B2 |
Organic electroluminescent display panel and display device
An organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device is disclosed. The organic electroluminescent display panel includes: a pixel array; a packaging adhesive surrounding the pixel array; and a laser reflector located between the pixel array and the packaging adhesive. The laser reflector includes a top surface inclined toward the packaging adhesive which reflects the edge portion of the laser to the packaging adhesive. |
| US10651242B2 |
OLED device and display apparatus
An OLED device is provided, including a substrate and a plurality of OLED subpixels arranged on the substrate. An insulating barrier is provided between every two adjacent OLED subpixels with different colors, and the barrier is configured to block a carrier diffusion between the two adjacent OLED subpixels. The disclosure further provides a display apparatus including the OLED device, which can prevent the light emission crosstalk between the adjacent OLED subpixels and avoid the color coordinate shift of the OLED subpixels. |
| US10651238B2 |
High density multi-time programmable resistive memory devices and method of forming thereof
Multi-time programmable (MTP) random access memory (RRAM) devices and methods for forming a MTP RRAM device are disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate. The substrate is prepared with at least a first region for accommodating one or more multi-programmable based resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell. A fin-type based selector is provided over the substrate in the first region. A storage element of the RRAM cell is formed over the fin-type based selector. The fin-type based selector is coupled in series with the storage element of the RRAM cell. |
| US10651236B2 |
Semiconductor device including variable resistance memory device
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a memory cell region and a logic region; a variable resistance memory device on the memory cell region; a logic device on the logic region; a first horizontal bit line extending in a horizontal direction on a surface of the substrate on the memory cell region and electrically connected to the variable resistance memory device; a second horizontal bit line extending in a horizontal direction on the surface of the substrate on the logic region and electrically connected to the logic device; and a vertical bit line electrically connected to the first horizontal bit line and the second horizontal bit line and extending perpendicular to the surface of the substrate. |
| US10651235B1 |
2-transistor 2-magnetic tunnel junction (2T2MTJ) MRAM structure
A first MRAM set includes a first transistor and a second transistor. The first transistor includes a first gate structure, a first source/drain doping region and a first common source/drain doping region. The second transistor includes a second gate structure, a second source/drain doping region and the first common source/drain doping region. A second MTJ is disposed on the second transistor. The first common source/drain doping region electrically connects to the second MTJ. A first MTJ is disposed on the first transistor. The sizes of the first MTJ and the second MTJ are different. The second MTJ connects to the first MTJ in series. A bit line electrically connects the first MTJ. A source line electrically connects to the first source/drain doping region and the second source/drain doping region. |
| US10651228B2 |
Photodetector, method for manufacturing the same, and imaging apparatus
A photodetector includes a quantum dot group including a first quantum dot of a reference size and a second quantum dot of a size other than the reference size, a first resonant tunneling structure disposed on a first side of the quantum dot group and including a barrier layer, a well layer, and a barrier layer, and a second resonant tunneling structure disposed on a second side of the quantum dot group and including a barrier layer, a well layer, and a barrier layer, wherein a first resonance level of the first resonant tunneling structure and a ground level of the first quantum dot have a relationship that causes tunneling, and a second resonance level of the second resonant tunneling structure and an excited level of the first quantum dot have a relationship that causes tunneling. |
| US10651226B2 |
Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
An image sensor includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a first floating diffusion region provided in the substrate and being adjacent to the first surface, a through-electrode provided in the substrate and electrically connected to the first floating diffusion region, an insulating structure, a bottom electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a top electrode sequentially stacked on the second surface, a color filter buried in the insulating structure, and a top contact plug penetrating the insulating structure to connect the bottom electrode to the through-electrode. |
| US10651222B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
A solid-state imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a photoelectric conversion film that is provided outside a semiconductor substrate on a pixel-by-pixel basis, performs photoelectric conversion on light having a predetermined wavelength range, and transmits light having wavelength ranges other than the predetermined wavelength range; and a photoelectric conversion region that is provided inside the semiconductor substrate on a pixel-by-pixel basis and performs photoelectric conversion on the light having the wavelength ranges, the light having the wavelength ranges having passed through the photoelectric conversion film. The photoelectric conversion film includes a film having an avalanche function. |
| US10651219B2 |
Image sensor
An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are provided, in which the image sensor includes a substrate including a first sensing region having a photoelectric device therein, a boundary isolation film partitioning the first sensing region, an inner reflection pattern film within the substrate in the sensing region, an infrared filter on the substrate, and a micro lens on the infrared filter. |
| US10651210B2 |
Thin film transistor array substrate and fabricating method thereof
A thin film transistor array substrate includes: a base substrate; a first transistor including a first electrode on a surface of the base substrate, a spacer, on the first electrode, a second electrode on the spacer, a first active layer contacting the first electrode, the spacer and the second electrode, and a first gate electrode opposite to the first active layer with a first insulating layer interposed therebetween; a storage capacitor including a first storage electrode integrally connected to the first electrode or the second electrode, and a second storage electrode opposite to the first storage electrode with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween, where the second storage electrode is integrally connected to the first gate electrode; and a second transistor electrically connected to the storage capacitor, where the second transistor includes a second active layer extending in a direction intersecting the base substrate. |
| US10651207B2 |
Display device having a scanning circuit disposed along an edge of a substrate and scan lines connected to the scanning circuit
A display device may include a substrate; a plurality of signal lines on the substrate; a plurality of scan lines on the substrate, the scan lines crossing the signal lines; and a plurality of thin film transistors at crossing positions of the scan lines and the signal lines. The scan lines include some first scan lines and some second scan lines. Each of the second scan lines has an end connected to a load element. |
| US10651205B2 |
Array substrate, display panel and display device
An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate; a first active layer, located on the base substrate; a first insulating layer, located on the first active layer and the base substrate; a gate electrode, located at a side of the first insulating layer away from the first active layer; a second insulating layer, located on the gate electrode and the first insulating layer; a second active layer, located on the second insulating layer away from the gate electrode; a first drain electrode and a first source electrode, being in partial contact with the first active layer, respectively; a second drain electrode and a second source electrode, being in partial contact with the second active layer, respectively; and a pixel electrode, the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode are electrically connected, the first source electrode and the second source electrode are electrically connected, and the pixel electrode is electrically connected with at least one of the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode. The array substrate can improve the responding speed and charging efficiency, and avoid increasing the aperture opening ratio at the same time. |
| US10651199B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
According to one embodiment, a source layer includes a semiconductor layer including an impurity. A stacked body includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked with an insulator interposed. A gate layer is provided between the source layer and the stacked body. The gate layer is thicker than a thickness of one layer of the electrode layers. A semiconductor body extends in a stacking direction of the stacked body through the stacked body and the gate layer. The semiconductor body further extends in the semiconductor layer where a side wall portion of the semiconductor body contacts the semiconductor layer. The semiconductor body does not contact the electrode layers and the gate layer. |
| US10651190B2 |
Semiconductor memory device
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, memory pillars, first and second insulation layers and an isolation region. The stacked body above a substrate includes conductive layers isolated from each other and stacked along a first direction crossing the substrate surface. The memory pillars extend through the stacked body along the first direction. The first insulation layer is provided above the memory pillars. The isolation region is provided higher than upper surfaces of the memory pillars in the stacked body along the first direction, and isolates the stacked body in a second direction crossing the first direction. The second insulation layer is provided on the first insulation layer and a side wall of the isolation region. |
| US10651184B2 |
Integrated circuit with decoupling capacitor in a structure of the triple well type
A well of a first conductivity type is insulated from a substrate of the same first conductivity type by a structure of a triple well type. The structure includes a trench having an electrically conductive central part enclosed in an insulating sheath. The trench supports a first electrode of a decoupling capacitor, with a second electrode provided by the well. |
| US10651183B1 |
Manufacturing method of semiconductor device
A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes: providing a substrate having memory and high voltage regions; sequentially forming a floating gate layer and a hard mask layer on the substrate; patterning the hard mask layer to form a first opening exposing a portion of the floating gate layer in the range of the memory region; patterning the hard mask layer and the floating gate layer to form a second opening overlapped with the high voltage region; performing a first thermal growth process to simultaneously form a first oxide structure on the portion of the floating gate layer exposed by the first opening, and to form a second oxide structure on a portion of the substrate overlapped with the second opening; removing the hard mask layer; and patterning the floating gate layer by using the first oxide structure as a mask. |
| US10651180B2 |
Method for producing pillar-shaped semiconductor device
A method for producing a pillar-shaped semiconductor device includes steps of forming, on the side surface of an N+ layer (38b) of the top portion of a Si pillar (6b) and the side surface of the top portion of a W layer (43a), ring-shaped SiO2 layers and an AlO layer (51) in outer peripheral portions surrounding the ring-shaped SiO2 layers; etching the ring-shaped SiO2 layers through the AlO layer serving as a mask, to form ring-shaped contact holes; and filling the contact holes with W layers (52a, 52b), to form ring-shaped W layers (52a, 52d) being in contact with the side surface of the N+ layer (38b) and the side surface of the top portion of the W layer (43a), and having constant widths in plan view. |
| US10651172B2 |
Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an active region, and first to third transistors on the active region of the substrate, each of the first to third transistors including a dielectric layer on the substrate, a metal layer on the dielectric layer, a barrier layer between the dielectric layer and the metal layer, and a work function layer between the dielectric layer and the barrier layer, wherein the barrier layer of the third transistor is in contact with the dielectric layer of the third transistor, and wherein a threshold voltage of the second transistor is greater than a threshold voltage of the first transistor and less than a threshold voltage of the third transistor. |
| US10651155B2 |
Thermal pads between stacked semiconductor dies and associated systems and methods
Systems and methods are described for improved heat dissipation of the stacked semiconductor dies by including metallic thermal pads between the dies in the stack. In one embodiment, the thermal pads may be in direct contact with the semiconductor dies. Heat dissipation of the semiconductor die stack can be improved by a relatively high thermal conductivity of the thermal pads that directly contact the adjacent silicon dies in the stack without the intervening layers of the low thermal conductivity materials (e.g., passivation materials). In some embodiments, the manufacturing yield of the stack can be improved by having generally coplanar top surfaces of the thermal pads and under-bump metallization (UBM) structures. |
| US10651148B2 |
Staggered die stacking across heterogeneous modules
An electronic package can include a substrate, a first die and a second die. The first die can include a first thickness and the second die can include a second thickness. The first and second dies can be coupled to the substrate. A mold can be disposed on the substrate and cover the first die and the second die. The mold can include a planar upper surface. A first via, having a first length, can be extended between the first die and the planar upper surface. A second via, having a second length, can be extended between the second die and the planar upper surface. In some examples, a third die can be communicatively coupled to the first die using the first via and the second die using the second via. |
| US10651136B2 |
Technique for decoupling plasma antennae from actual circuitry
When forming semiconductor devices, plasma-induced damage may be prevented or restricted by providing a conductive path between critical areas and the substrate of the semiconductor device. According to the present disclosure, a negative effect of any such protective structures on the performance of the semiconductor device may be significantly reduced by permanently interrupting the corresponding electrical connection at any appropriate point in time of the manufacturing sequence. Furthermore, respective fuse structures acting as current-sensitive areas may also be implemented in test structures in order to evaluate plasma-induced currents, thereby providing a possibility for a more efficient design of respective protective structures and/or for contributing to superior process control of critical plasma treatments. |
| US10651134B2 |
Wafer level integration including design/co-design, structure process, equipment stress management and thermal management
A method of manufacturing a multi-layer wafer is provided. At least one stress compensating polymer layer is applied to at least one of two heterogeneous wafers. The stress compensating polymer layer is low temperature bonded to the other of the two heterogeneous wafers to form a multi-layer wafer pair. Channels are created between die on at least one of the two heterogeneous wafers. The channels are back filled with one of oxide or polymer to create a channel oxide deposition. |
| US10651129B1 |
Methods of forming alignment marks during patterning of semiconductor material
Some embodiments include provision of a mass of semiconductor material having a first region and a second region. A first pattern set is formed to extend across the first region, and a third pattern set is formed to extend across the second region. The first pattern set includes first lines and first trenches between the first lines. The third pattern set includes alignment marks. The first trenches are utilized to form rails from the semiconductor material within the first region. The alignment marks are parallel to the rails. A second pattern set is formed to extend across the first region, and a fourth pattern set is formed to extend across the second region. The second pattern set includes first openings, and the fourth pattern set includes second openings. The first openings are utilized to subdivide the rails into pillars. The second openings transform the alignment marks into an overlay pattern. |
| US10651126B2 |
Methods and apparatus for wafer-level die bridge
A wafer-level bridge die is affixed with an adhesive layer to a redistribution layer (RDL) that has been temporarily bonded to a carrier. Electrical interconnects are formed on the RDL and on the bridge die and encapsulated in a first mold layer. A plurality of dies are coupled to the RDL and the bridge die such that a die is electrically connected to at least one electrical interconnect of the RDL and to at least one electrical interconnect of the bridge die. A second mold layer is formed on the first mold layer to encapsulate the plurality of dies. The temporary bond is then broken and the carrier is removed, exposing the RDL connections. |
| US10651121B2 |
Semiconductor device manufacturing method including forming a wide portion spreading over a looped portion
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip, an electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor chip, the electrode including a looped portion, a cylindrical electrode including a main portion having a screw thread formed therein and a narrow portion continuous with the main portion, the narrow portion having a smaller width than the main portion, the cylindrical electrode being electrically connected to the electrode by the narrow portion being inserted into the looped portion, and a case for the semiconductor chip and the electrode, the case contacting the main portion while causing the screw thread and a connecting portion between the looped portion and the cylindrical electrode to be exposed. |
| US10651119B2 |
Semiconductor module and method of manufacturing semiconductor module
The present disclosure includes: a flexible resin substrate made of a polyimide resin; an adhesion layer provided on the resin substrate; a semiconductor element mounted face down to the resin substrate and fixed to the resin substrate through the adhesion layer; a via hole provided in the resin substrate to correspond to an element electrode of the semiconductor element; a module electrode provided to the resin substrate to be in contact with the element electrode of the semiconductor element through the via hole; a protruding portion provided, around the element electrode or in a peripheral edge portion of the semiconductor element, on a surface of the semiconductor element; and an escape portion for the adhesion layer covering a head portion of the protruding portion to escape, the escape portion being provided in a region, of the resin substrate, corresponding to the protruding portion. |
| US10651113B2 |
Semiconductor apparatus, ignition device for internal combustion engine, and internal combustion engine system
An end of a high-voltage electrode (5) is connected to a high-voltage terminal of a semiconductor device (1). An end of a low-voltage electrode (6) is connected to a low-voltage terminal of the semiconductor device (1). A resin (15) seals the semiconductor device (1), the end of the high-voltage electrode (5), and the end of the low-voltage electrode (6). A first discharge electrode (16) is provided to a portion of the high-voltage electrode (5) not covered by the resin (15). A second discharge electrode (17) is provided to a portion of the low-voltage electrode (6) not covered by the resin (15). The first and second discharge electrodes (16,17) protrude to face each other. |
| US10651111B2 |
Method of forming conductive bumps for cooling device connection
A method of preparing a semiconductor substrate with metal bumps on both sides of the substrate includes depositing a first-side UBM layer on a first surface of the substrate, and forming a plurality of first-side metal bumps on the first surface of the substrate after the first-side UBM layer is deposited. The method includes forming a second-side UBM layer on a second side of the substrate, and the first surface and the second surface are opposite of each other. The method includes forming a plurality of second-side metal bumps on the second surface of the substrate after the second-side UBM layer is deposited. The method includes removing exposed first-side UBM layer and exposed second-side UBM layer after the plurality of first-side metal bumps and the plurality of second-side metal bumps are formed. The method includes reflowing the plurality of first-side metal bumps and the plurality of second side metal bumps. |
| US10651109B2 |
Selective plating of semiconductor package leads
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes providing a semiconductor package comprising an electrically insulating mold compound body, a semiconductor die that is encapsulated by the mold compound body, a plurality of electrically conductive leads that each protrude out of the mold compound body, and a metal heat slug, the metal heat slug comprising a rear surface that is exposed from the mold compound body, coating outer portions of the leads that are exposed from the mold compound body with a metal coating, and after completing the coating of the outer portions of the leads, providing a planar metallic heat sink interface surface on the semiconductor device which is exposed from the mold compound body, and substantially devoid of the metal coating. |
| US10651103B2 |
Environmental protection for wafer level and package level applications
A method includes the steps of fabricating one or more semiconductor devices on a semiconductor wafer and depositing one or more conformal organic environmental protection layers over the semiconductor wafer using a vapor deposition process. By depositing the one or more conformal organic environmental protection layers using a vapor deposition process, thin film conformal organic environmental protection layers may be provided that offer excellent protection against water and oxygen ingress, thus increasing the ruggedness and reliability of the resulting semiconductor die. |
| US10651093B2 |
Integrated circuits with recessed gate electrodes
Integrated circuits including MOSFETs with selectively recessed gate electrodes. Transistors having recessed gate electrodes with reduced capacitive coupling area to adjacent source and drain contact metallization are provided alongside transistors with gate electrodes that are non-recessed and have greater z-height. In embodiments, analog circuits employ transistors with gate electrodes of a given z-height while logic gates employ transistors with recessed gate electrodes of lesser z-height. In embodiments, subsets of substantially planar gate electrodes are selectively etched back to differentiate a height of the gate electrode based on a given transistor's application within a circuit. |
| US10651089B2 |
Low thermal budget top source and drain region formation for vertical transistors
A method of forming a semiconductor device that includes forming a vertically orientated channel in a semiconductor fin structure that is present on a supporting substrate; and depositing a doped amorphous semiconductor material on an upper surface of the semiconductor fin structure that is opposite a base surface of the semiconductor fin structure that is in contact with the supporting substrate. The method further includes recrystallizing the doped amorphous semiconductor material with an anneal duration for substantially a millisecond duration or less to provide a doped polycrystalline source and/or drain region at the upper surface of the semiconductor fin structure. |
| US10651085B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
A method of forming a semiconductor device includes forming an ILD structure over a source/drain region, forming a source/drain contact in the ILD structure and over the source/drain region, removing a portion of the source/drain contact such that a hole is formed in the ILD structure and over a remaining portion of the source/drain contact, forming a hole liner lining a sidewall of the hole, and forming a conductive structure in the hole. |
| US10651074B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and method of manufacture using the same
A substrate processing apparatus may include a substrate jig device and a transfer unit, which is configured to hold a substrate in a non-contact state and move the substrate toward the substrate jig device. The substrate jig device may include a supporter, which is configured to support an edge of the substrate and have an opening, a first suction part, which overlaps with a center region of the opening and is configured to move in a first direction, and a plurality of second suction parts, which overlap with an edge region of the opening and are configured to move toward the opening. Here, the first direction may be a direction passing through the opening. |
| US10651066B2 |
Metrology method in wafer transportation
A method for fault detection in a fabrication facility is provided. The method includes moving a wafer carrier using a transportation apparatus. The method further includes measuring an environmental condition within the wafer carrier or around the wafer carrier using a metrology tool positioned on the wafer carrier during the movement of the wafer carrier. The method also includes issuing a warning when the detected environmental condition is outside a range of acceptable values. |
| US10651061B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus, substrate processing method and recording medium
A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing unit and a control unit. The processing unit is configured to perform an etching processing by immersing a substrate in a processing liquid containing phosphoric acid and a silicon-containing compound. The control unit is configured to control the processing liquid such that the substrate is processed, in a first processing time of the etching processing, with the processing liquid having a first phosphoric acid concentration and a first silicon concentration, and the substrate is processed, in a second processing time later than the first processing time, with the processing liquid having a second preset phosphoric acid concentration lower than the first phosphoric acid concentration and a second preset silicon concentration lower than the first silicon concentration or with the processing liquid having the second preset phosphoric acid concentration and the first silicon concentration. |
| US10651037B2 |
Method for fabricating a doped zone in a semiconductor body
One embodiment of the invention relates to a method for fabricating a doped semiconductor zone in a semiconductor body. The method includes implanting dopant particles via one side into the semiconductor body or applying a layer containing dopant particles to one side of the semiconductor body. The method also includes irradiating the semiconductor body via the one side with further particles at least in the region containing the dopant particles. The method finally includes carrying out a thermal treatment by means of which the semiconductor body is heated, at least in the region containing the dopant particles, to a predetermined temperature in order to activate the implanted dopant particles, said temperature being less than 700° C. |
| US10651033B1 |
Semiconductor device structures and methods for manufacturing the same
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device structure is provided. The method includes providing a base substrate and forming a buffer layer on the base substrate. The method also includes forming a patterned silicon layer on the buffer layer. The patterned silicon layer has an opening to expose a portion of the buffer layer. The method further includes epitaxially growing a patterned channel layer and a patterned barrier layer on a top surface of the patterned silicon layer sequentially. In addition, the method includes forming a gate electrode on the patterned barrier layer. |
| US10651030B2 |
Cut metal gate process for reducing transistor spacing
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate; first and second fins extending from the substrate and oriented lengthwise generally along a first direction; an isolation feature over the substrate and separating bottom portions of the first and the second fins; first and second epitaxial semiconductor features over the first and the second fins, respectively; and a first dielectric feature sandwiched between the first and the second epitaxial semiconductor features. A maximum width of the first dielectric feature is smaller than a width of the isolation feature between the first and the second fins along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US10651023B2 |
Methods in mass spectrometry using collision gas as ion source
A mass spectrometry method comprising steps of generating an ion beam from an ion source; directing the ion beam into a collision cell; introducing into the collision cell through a gas inlet on the collision cell a charge-neutral analyte gas or reaction gas; ionizing the analyte gas or reaction gas in the collision cell by means of collisions between the analyte gas or reaction gas and the ion beam; transmitting ions from the ionized analyte gas or reaction gas from the collision cell into a mass analyzer; and mass analyzing the transmitted ions of the ionized analyte or reaction gas. The methods can be applied in isotope ratio mass spectrometry to determine the isotope abundance or isotope ratio of a reaction gas used in mass shift reactions between the gas and sample ions, to determine a corrected isotope abundance or ratio of the sample ions. |
| US10651016B2 |
Detachable gas injector used for semiconductor equipment
A detachable gas injector adaptable to semiconductor equipment includes a top cover, a hollow sleeve, a top housing and a gas output unit. The hollow sleeve receives a convex part of the top cover, thus forming a first transmission passage between the hollow sleeve and the convex part. The top housing has a center hole for accommodating the hollow sleeve, thus forming a second transmission passage between the hollow sleeve and the center hole. The gas output unit is connected to a bottom surface of the hollow sleeve. The gas output unit includes a first partition plate and a second partition plate, which form a first gas output layer, a second gas output layer and a third gas output layer. |
| US10651014B2 |
Compact portable plasma reactor
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a small modular self-contained surface plasma device for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus using the technical process of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) surface plasma generation from ambient atmosphere for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. The primary application mode is for preservation of perishable commodities within industrial shipping containers through reduction of surface spoilage organisms and destruction of evolved gaseous ethylene that causes premature ripening. Additional implementations include deployment for oxidation of surfaces and/or container atmospheres in applications to diminish or eradicate pesticides, toxins, chemical residues, and other natural or introduced contaminants. Other embodiments envisioned include incorporation of device capabilities and or ancillary modules for feedback input (e.g. ozone sensor(s) to maintain steady state levels, self-tuning circuitry to adjust operating frequency), communication (e.g. among modules, RFID data loggers, Wi-Fi output), and programing (e.g. user input of container volume, transit time, ozone level, etc.). |
| US10651007B2 |
Cryogenic cell for mounting a specimen in a charged particle microscope
A method of examining a cryogenic specimen in a Charged Particle Microscope, comprising: Providing the specimen in a cryogenic cell on a specimen holder; Directing a charged particle beam from a source and along an axis through an evacuated beam conduit of an illuminator system so as to irradiate at least a portion of the specimen therewith; Using a detector to detect radiation emanating from the specimen in response to said irradiation, further comprising: Configuring said cell to comprise an elongate tube that extends within said beam conduit into said illuminator system and encloses said axis; Maintaining said tube at a cryogenic temperature at least during said irradiation. |
| US10651006B2 |
Ion beam apparatus
According to an embodiment of the present invention, an ion beam apparatus switches between an operation mode of performing irradiation with an ion beam most including H3+ ions and an operation mode of performing irradiation with an ion beam most including ions heavier than the H3+. |
| US10651004B2 |
Charged particle beam device
A charged particle beam device that detects a secondary charged particle beam generated by irradiation of a sample by a primary charged particle beam, includes: an image shift deflector that shifts an irradiation region for irradiation of the sample by the primary charged particle beam; a magnetic sector that separates the primary charged particle beam passing therein from the secondary charged particle beam from the sample using a magnetic field generated therein; a correction mechanism that is placed off of a trajectory of the primary charged particle beam but on a trajectory of the secondary charged particle beam inside the magnetic sector, the correction mechanism deflecting the secondary charged particle beam passing through; and a controller that controls the correction mechanism according to a defined relationship between a shift amount by the image shift deflector and a correction amount by the correction mechanism. |
| US10650997B2 |
Fuse unit for connecting battery
A fuse unit for connecting a battery, including a fuse element having an external connection plate part to which a screw terminal fitting is screwed, a resin-made fuse housing for supporting the fuse element, and a rotation regulating part for stopping rotation of the screw terminal fitting screwed to the external connection plate part, the rotation regulating part includes a terminal abutting part which is formed by folding one edge of the external connection plate part and stops the rotation by abutting on one side edge of the screw terminal fitting, and a cover part which is formed integrally to the fuse housing and covers a back surface of the terminal abutting part. |
| US10650993B1 |
Circuit breaker with enhanced arc extinguishing chamber
An electronic circuit breaker comprises an arc interruption mechanism that would enhance arc attraction to arc plates and would reduce the possibilities of an arc escaping from the arc plates. The arc interruption mechanism includes an enhanced arc extinguishing chamber. The arc extinguishing chamber includes a plurality of arc plates having first and second sides. The circuit breaker further comprises a stationary contact plate that includes a first arc runner disposed near the first side of the plurality of arc plates. The circuit breaker further comprises a load terminal that includes a second arc runner disposed near the second side of the plurality of arc plates. As an arc is attracted by the plurality of arc plates and the arc enters the plurality of arc plates, a length of a current path associated with the arc is reduced through the first arc runner and the second arc runner by reducing a resistance of the current path for the arc or by reducing a voltage across the circuit breaker. |
| US10650988B2 |
Sterilizable handle actuating button integration
A handle assembly comprised of a base and a detachable handle that mounts to the base. The base includes integrated electronics, such as switches. The detachable handle includes buttons for activating the switches. |
| US10650975B2 |
Multilayer electronic component
A multilayer electronic component includes: a first frame terminal including a first side frame, a first bottom frame and a first top frame; a second frame terminal including a second side frame, a second bottom frame and a second top frame; an electronic component including first and second external electrodes, and disposed between the first and second side frames; a first conductive adhesive disposed between the first external electrode and an upper portion of the first frame terminal; and a second conductive adhesive disposed between the second external electrode and an upper portion of the second frame terminal, wherein space portions are provided between the first and second external electrodes and lower portions of the first and second side frames and between the first and second external electrodes and the first and second bottom frames, respectively. |
| US10650974B2 |
Multilayer ceramic capacitor
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate with a rectangular or substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including dielectric layers, first internal electrode layers, and second internal electrode layers that are laminated; a first external electrode connected with the first internal electrode layers; and a second external electrode connected with the second internal electrode layers. Each of the first internal electrode layers or the second internal electrode layers has a coverage in a central portion in a W direction that is lower than a coverage within about 30.000 μm from an end portion in the W direction, and has a shifting amount in the W direction of about 0.000 μm or more and about 10.000 μm or less. |
| US10650972B2 |
Electronic component
An element body of a rectangular parallelepiped shape has a length in a width direction larger than a length in a height direction and has a length in a longitudinal direction larger than the length in the width direction. A terminal electrode is disposed at an end of the element body in the width direction and extends in the longitudinal direction. The element body includes a pair of principle surfaces opposing each other in the height direction, a pair of end surfaces opposing each other in the longitudinal direction, and a pair of side surfaces opposing each other in the width direction. The terminal electrode includes a conductor disposed on the side surface. The conductor includes a depression having a length in the longitudinal direction larger than a length in the height direction. |
| US10650966B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component
A multilayer ceramic electronic component such as a multilayer ceramic capacitor capable of maintaining insulation properties even when a current is passed through the capacitor after an occurrence of a short-circuit due to, for example, a high voltage or a high current is provided. A multilayer ceramic electronic component including an element body 4 formed by laminating dielectric layers 10 and internal electrode layers 12 alternately. The internal electrode layers contains copper and/or silver as a main component. The dielectric voidage is lower than the internal electrode voidage. |
| US10650959B1 |
Inductor with flux path for high inductance at low load
A magnetic component has a variable inductance over a range of DC bias currents. The component includes a bobbin with a coil positioned around a passageway between first and second end flanges. First and second E-cores (either conventional or EFD E-cores) have respective middle legs positioned in the passageway with end surfaces of the middle legs juxtaposed within the passageway and spaced apart by a first magnetic gap. An I-bar is positioned in the passageway parallel to and spaced apart from respective first longitudinal surfaces of the middle legs to form a second magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the first E-core and to form a third magnetic gap between the I-bar and the longitudinal surface of the middle leg of the second E-core. The magnetic component provides higher inductances for lower bias currents and provides lower inductances for higher bias currents. |
| US10650957B1 |
Additive deposition low temperature curable magnetic interconnecting layer for power components integration
Apparatus to form a transformer, an inductor, a capacitor or other passive electronic component, with patterned conductive features in a lamination structure, and one or more ferrite sheets or other magnetic core structures attached to the lamination structure via one or more inkjet printed magnetic adhesive layers that join the magnetic core structure or structures to the lamination structure. |
| US10650953B2 |
Reactor
A reactor includes: a coil having winding portions; a magnetic core including inner core portions and a pair of outer core portions sandwiching the inner core portions; end surface interposed members including main body portions between end surfaces of the winding portions and outer core portions, and resin filling holes communicating with interiors of the winding portions; inner resin portions where spaces between inner circumferential surfaces of the winding portions and inner core portions are filled; and outer resin portions covering part of the outer core portions and are connected to the inner resin portions through the resin filling holes. At least one of the pair of outer core portions and an end surface interposed member are formed integrally. The end surface interposed member includes a core holding portion extending to the outer core portion side and interposed between the core holding member and the main body portion. |
| US10650951B2 |
Magnetic element
To provide a magnetic element such as a pot-shaped inductor in which a coil is covered by a magnetic body, having excellent cooling performance and being capable of suppressing heat generation. An inductor 1 as the magnetic element is provided with a coil formed by winding a winding wire, a magnetic body 2 in which the coil 5 is arranged and which transmits magnetic flux generated by the coil 5. The magnetic body 2 includes an air-cooling portion for air-cooling the magnetic element, on a magnetic body outer diameter portion which covers an outer diameter side of the coil 5. The air cooling portion is formed of a slit 7 as a hole structure penetrating the magnetic body outer diameter portion. Further, in a configuration in which the coil is sealed by a sealing resin, the magnetic body includes a flow control path, which controls a flow of the resin in filling the sealing resin, on a surface facing the coil. |
| US10650949B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device capable of reducing in size thereof and suppressing degradation in the characteristics of circuit components is provided. The semiconductor device includes an LC circuit comprised of a spiral inductor provided over a semiconductor substrate and a capacitive element coupled with the spiral inductor. The spiral inductor includes a central area encircled with a metal wiring and a peripheral area other than the central area. The capacitive element is formed in an upper-layer or a lower-layer position corresponding to the peripheral area other than the central area. |
| US10650943B2 |
Transparent wildlife covers for high voltage electrical equipment
The invention relates to a transparent silicone rubber cover for animal mitigation a pliable cover made from a ultraviolet stable non-conductive polymer to encapsulate an electrical bushing used as a conduit for an electrical lead, the lead attached to the bushing via a connector device and a plurality of spaced apart non-electrically conductive button-snaps and associated holes along flanges on each side of the opening to secure the cover circumferentially around the bushing, and wherein a top portion of the cover contains a centrally located port that provides access for an electrical lead line to the bushing. |
| US10650940B2 |
Transmission medium having a conductive material and methods for use therewith
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a conductor for guiding electromagnetic waves longitudinally along the conductor, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the conductor for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an adverse environment that increases propagation losses of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10650939B2 |
Electrically conductive adhesive agent, joined body, and joint
This invention has an object to provide an electrically conductive adhesive agent which enables a thermosetting resin to cure in a short time. It contains electrically conductive metallic powder including Sn, the thermosetting resin; an acid-anhydride-based hardening agent and an organic acid. The electrically conductive metallic powder and the organic acid are reacted during a heating process to produce an organic acid metal salt which is used as hardening accelerator. It enables thermosetting resin to cure in a short time, for example, a time equivalent to a time that is required for the general reflow process. |
| US10650935B2 |
Transparent conductive oxide having an embedded film
The present invention is directed to coated articles. A substrate is coated with an underlayer having at a first underlayer film made of a first high refractive index material. A transparent conductive oxide layer over at least a portion of the underlayer. An embedded film is embedded within the transparent conductive oxide layer wherein the embedded film comprises a second high refractive index material. |
| US10650932B2 |
Out-of-core nuclear instrumentation device
A detector signal-processing circuit comprises the following: a current/voltage conversion part that converts the current value of a neutron detector to a voltage value; a variable gain amplification part that performs amplification by a first-step variable gain using a D/A converter; a current level response-use resistance circuit that selects the measurement range in accordance with the voltage value; temperature measurement units for measuring the temperature of the resistance circuit for current level response; a temperature compensation part for commanding gain compensation by the D/A converter on the basis of the measured temperature; and a selective adjustment control part for selective control of the measurement range and adjustment of the variable gain of the variable gain amplification part. Due to this configuration, neutron flux can be measured with high precision while maintaining a constant output precision, before and after switching of the measurement range. |
| US10650927B2 |
Machine learning clinical decision support system for risk categorization
Improved risk categorization is provided for clinical decision support and forecasting future health care spend. A risk index is provided that improves on other risk stratification models by synthesizing electronic medical records and health questionnaires with an individual patient's claim histories. Machine learning algorithms catalogue patients into distinct group clusters, based on risk which may be associated with annual health care spending, thereby enabling administrators to forecast future health care spending on the individual and population level. |
| US10650924B2 |
Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and medical observation system
Provided is an medical information processing apparatus including processing circuitry that, based on surgical situation information concerning surgical characteristics at a time of observing an interior of a living body, selects at least one of a plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range or at least one of secondary images generated from the plurality of biological images each having a different wavelength range, as a recommended image. |
| US10650923B2 |
Automatic creation of imaging story boards from medical imaging studies
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that are executed by the processor to specifically configure the processor to implement a medical imaging story board creation engine. The medical imaging story board creation engine executing in the data processing system receives a patient data structure comprising a medical imaging study comprising a plurality of electronic medical images. The medical imaging story board creation engine analyzes the patient data structure to determine a modality of the medical imaging study. The medical imaging story board creation engine determines, based on the determined modality of the medical imaging study, for each electronic image in the medical imaging study, at least one of an image mode or viewpoint. The medical imaging story board creation engine performs a saliency feature extraction operation on the electronic medical images in the medical imaging study based on the image mode or viewpoint of each of the electronic medical images. The medical imaging story board creation engine selects a subset of electronic medical images based on results of the saliency feature extraction. The medical imaging story board creation engine generates and outputs a collection of selected electronic medical images based on the selection of the subset of electronic medical images to form a medical imaging story board. |
| US10650918B2 |
Crowdsourcing health improvements routes
A computer-implemented method for determining routes includes receiving a user's location and health measures, for a plurality of users, analyzing the plurality of users and their corresponding locations to determine health behaviors at a given location and time, receiving a request from a user for a route, developing a route to the user's destination from a current location to obtain a target health behavior within a given threshold or constraint based on the plurality of user's healthy behaviors, and presenting the a route on a computing device. |
| US10650916B2 |
Method for providing therapy to an individual
A method and system for providing therapy to an individual, the method comprising: transmitting a log of use dataset associated with communication behavior of the individual during a time period; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing mobility of the individual in association with the time period; generating a survey dataset upon retrieving responses provided by the individual to at least one of a set of surveys, associated with a set of time points of the time period; generating a predictive model from a passive dataset derived from the log of use dataset and the supplementary dataset and the survey dataset; generating a report summarizing a mental health state of the individual, associated with at least a portion of the time period, from the passive dataset, the survey dataset, and an output of the predictive model; and rendering information from the report to a coach associated with the individual. |
| US10650913B2 |
Interaction energy calculation method, calculation device, and program
A method, which includes: extracting one or more calculation-target water molecules that influence at least interaction energy between the target molecule and some of the drug candidate molecules, but not the interaction energy between the target molecule and all of the drug candidate molecules; and calculating each interaction energy between the target molecule and each of the drug candidate molecules with only considering the one or more calculation-target water molecules as water molecules treated positively in a calculation of each interaction energy, and with considering the one or more calculation-target water molecules only in a calculation of interaction energy which the one or more calculation-target water molecules influence, wherein the method is a method for calculating interaction energy between the target molecule and the drug candidate molecules using a calculator. |
| US10650911B2 |
Systems and methods for generating, visualizing and classifying molecular functional profiles
Various methods, systems, computer readable media, and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) are presented and described that enable a subject, doctor, or user to characterize or classify various types of cancer precisely. Additionally, described herein are methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs that enable more effective specification of treatment and improved outcomes for patients with identified types of cancer. Some embodiments of the methods, systems, computer readable media, and GUIs described herein comprise obtaining RNA expression data and/or whole exome sequencing (WES) data for a biological sample; determining a molecular-functional (MF) profile for a subject using the data; determining visual characteristics GUI elements using the data; generating a GUI personalized to the subject using the determined visual characteristics; and presenting the generated personalized GUI to a user. |
| US10650906B2 |
Memory bypass function for a memory
A memory bypass circuit for a memory device comprises: a word line disable circuit; a read and write activation circuit; an internal clock generator; and a write data input circuit. The word line disable circuit is coupled to a word line of the memory device for disabling a write function to the word line. The read and write activation circuit is coupled to the memory device for reading and writing of input data. The internal clock generator is coupled to the word line disable circuit and the read/write activation circuit. The write data input circuit is coupled to a write driver of the memory device for providing write data. |
| US10650905B2 |
Inspection apparatus, image sensing apparatus, electronic equipment, and transportation equipment
An inspection apparatus includes a plurality of BIST circuits, each BIST circuit being configured to compare a test pattern output from an inspection target circuit with an expected value and output a signal indicating a comparison result, and a combining unit configured to generate one signal by performing a logical operation on a plurality of the signals indicating the comparison results which are output from the plurality of BIST circuits. The combining unit includes a plurality of level inspection circuits each configured to perform a level inspection of detecting a stuck-at fault. Each of the plurality of BIST circuits is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of level inspection circuits. |
| US10650904B2 |
Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving apparatus and display apparatus
There are provided a shift register unit and a driving method thereof. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit, whose first terminal receives an input signal of the shift register unit, and second terminal is connected to a pull-up node, the input circuit being configured to output the input signal to the pull-up node; an output circuit, whose first terminal is connected to a clock signal terminal, second terminal is connected to the pull-up node, third terminal is connected to an output terminal of the shift register unit, the output circuit being configured to output a signal of the clock signal terminal to the output terminal under the control of the pull-up node; a pull-up node control circuit, and the pull-up node control circuit being configured to discharge the pull-up node through third power supply voltage terminal under the control of a first power supply voltage terminal. |
| US10650897B2 |
Storage device and method for operating the same
A storage device may perform a reprogram operation on a page on which a program operation is interrupted due to a sudden power off. The storage device may include a memory device including a plurality of memory blocks, each of which includes a plurality of pages, and a memory controller configured to perform a reprogram operation on a page in which a program operation is suspended using reprogram data that is set depending on threshold voltages of memory cells included in the page on which the program operation is interrupted, among the plurality of pages. |
| US10650889B1 |
Energy efficient phase change random access memory cell array write via controller-side aggregation management
A memory system includes a memory controller; and a memory device including a memory cell array, which includes a plurality of bit lines and a plurality of blocks. Each block includes a plurality of word lines, and each word line includes a plurality of phase-change random access memory (PRAM) cells connected, respectively, to the plurality of bit lines. The memory controller is configured to buffer write requests each including write data and is configured to perform a write operation that includes a reset phase and a subsequent set phase. The reset phase includes erasing the PRAM cells included in first word lines from among the plurality of word lines included in a selected block, from among the plurality of blocks, and the set phase includes, after the reset phase, writing the write data from the buffered write requests to the PRAM cells of the first word lines. |
| US10650888B1 |
Tuning voltages in a read circuit
Techniques are provided for tuning the voltages of a circuit for reading a memory cell capable of storing three or more logic states. To read the memory cell, a charge may be transferred between a digit line and a sense component using a charge transfer device. The gate of the charge transfer device may initially be biased to a first voltage and subsequently tuned to a second voltage to optimize the sense window. After biasing the gate of the charge transfer device to the second voltage, the memory cell may discharge its charge onto the digit line, which may result in the digit line being biased to a third voltage. Based on whether the third voltage exceeds the second voltage, the charge transfer device may transfer the charge associated with the memory cell. |
| US10650884B2 |
Superconducting memory with josephson phase-based torque
Examples described in this disclosure relate to a memory cell with Josephson phase-based torque. In one example, a memory cell including a first inductor and a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) coupled to the first inductor to form a loop is provided. The MJJ may include a free magnetic layer formed above a non-magnetic layer, and a fixed magnetic layer below the non-magnetic layer. A first state of the memory cell corresponds to a first magnetization of the free magnetic layer that is parallel to a magnetization of the fixed magnetic layer and the second state of the memory cell corresponds to a second magnetization of the free magnetic layer that is anti-parallel to the magnetization of the fixed magnetic layer. The memory cell is configured to switch from the first state to the second state based on whether the MJJ is in a zero-state or a π-state. |
| US10650878B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for refresh control
Apparatuses and methods of for refresh control of a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes a command control circuit that provides a plurality of pulses on a first control signal in series responsive to a plurality of refresh commands issued in series; a signal generation circuit that produces a plurality of pulses on a second control signal in sequence; and a refresh control circuit that receives two or more of the plurality of pulses on the first control signal during a period of time between one pulse and a succeeding pulse of the plurality of pulses on the second control signal, disables refresh operations responsive to at least one of the two or more of the plurality of first control signal and executes a refresh operation responsive to remaining one or more pulses of the two or more of the plurality of pulses on the first control signal. |
| US10650877B2 |
Memory device including volatile memory, nonvolatile memory and controller
According to one embodiment, a memory device is connectable to a host, and includes a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory which is used as a cache of the nonvolatile memory and has a higher access speed than the nonvolatile memory, and a controller which controls access to the nonvolatile memory and the volatile memory. The controller increments, when the controller receives a refresh command for the volatile memory from the host, a value of a refresh counter, and executes, when the value of the refresh counter exceeds a threshold, no refresh operation corresponding to the refresh command. |
| US10650872B2 |
Memory component with multiple command/address sampling modes
In a multirank memory system in which the clock distribution trees of each rank are permitted to drift over a wide range (e.g., low power memory systems), the fine-interleaving of commands between ranks is facilitated through the use of techniques that cause each addressed rank to properly sample commands intended for that rank, notwithstanding the drift. The ability to perform such “microthreading” provides for substantially enhanced memory capacity without sacrificing the performance of single rank systems. This disclosure provides methods, memory controllers, memory devices and system designs adapted to these ends. |
| US10650869B2 |
Semiconductor storage device and method of controlling the same
In one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes a plurality of memory chips, at least one of the memory chips including a first controller configured to be shifted to a wait state of generating a peak current, before generating the peak current in accordance with a command. The device further includes a control chip including a second controller configured to search a state of the first controller and control, based on a result of searching the state of the first controller, whether or not to issue a cancel instruction for the wait state to the first controller that has been shifted to the wait state. |
| US10650862B2 |
Method and device for transmitting audio and video for playback
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, detecting a first action at a first time during a first presentation of video content of a multimedia stream. The first action is coincident with a visual aspect of an event observable in the video content. A second action is detected at a second time during a second presentation of audio content of an audio stream, wherein the second action is coincident with an audible aspect of the event observable in a the second presentation of the audio content. A time difference is determined between the first time and the second time, wherein the first presentation of the video content and the second presentation of the audio content are synchronized based on the time difference. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10650858B2 |
Switching circuit on power supply for magnetic disk recording device
According to one embodiment, there is provided a disk device including a head, a disk, a first motor, and a first circuit. The disk has a recording surface. The first motor causes the head to seek along the recording surface. The first circuit can switch between a first state and a second state. The first state is a state where a current path of the first motor is electrically cut off from a first electricity storage unit. The second state is a state where the current path of the first motor is electrically connected to the first electricity storage unit. |
| US10650857B2 |
Magnetic disk device and control method
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a disk medium which has a first region, a second region, and a redundant third region, and a control circuitry. The first region is a region to which first data received from a host is written. The second region is a region to which the first data is temporarily written before the first data is written to the first region. The control circuitry executes defect detection to the first region. Upon detecting a defect, the control circuitry substitutes a first location having the defect in the first region with a second location in the third region. Depending on a total size of free regions of the third region, the control circuitry reallocates a fourth region from the second region to the third region. The fourth region is part or all of the second region. |
| US10650856B1 |
Thermally-assisted magnetic recording head having optimal reflecting position inside waveguide
A thermally assisted magnetic head including a slider and a light source-unit. The slider includes a slider substrate and a magnetic head part. The light source-unit includes a laser diode and a sub-mount. The magnetic head part includes a medium-opposing surface, a light source-opposing surface and a waveguide which guides laser light from the light source-opposing surface to the medium-opposing surface. The thermally assisted magnetic head includes an optimal-structure which the following optimizing conditional expression, concerning an inlet-optical path length L1 of an inlet-interval of the waveguide, and an outlet-optical path length L2 of an outlet-interval, is satisfied, m1×L1=L2 (m1 is a natural number). |
| US10650854B1 |
Heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium with improved corrosion resistance
A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) medium has a heat-sink layer, a chemically-ordered FePt (or CoPt) alloy magnetic layer and a MgNiO intermediate layer between the heat-sink layer and the magnetic layer. The intermediate layer is a solid substitution crystalline alloy of the form (Mg(100-y)Niy)O, where y is less than 10 and greater than or equal to 0.5. The magnetic layer may be formed directly on the MgNiO intermediate layer, in which case the MgNiO intermediate layer functions as both a seed layer and a thermal barrier layer. The HAMR medium may also include an optional layer of crystalline “pure” MgO directly below or directly above the MgNiO intermediate layer. If the MgO layer is located directly above the MgNiO intermediate layer then the MgNiO intermediate layer functions primarily as a thermal barrier layer. The HAMR medium with the MgNiO intermediate layer provides a substantial improvement in corrosion resistance. |
| US10650852B2 |
Compensation for nonlinearity in servo patterns
A method according to one embodiment includes generating a y-position estimate based on a servo readback signal, and determining a nonlinearity-correction value corresponding to the y-position estimate. The method further includes adjusting the y-position estimate using the nonlinearity-correction value. A computer program product for compensating for nonlinearity in a timing based servo pattern according to another embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a controller to cause the controller to perform the foregoing method. An apparatus according to another embodiment includes a controller configured to perform the foregoing method. |
| US10650844B2 |
Method and response recommendation system for recommending a response for a voice-based user input
Disclosed herein is a method and system for recommending a response for a voice-based user input. The method includes detecting voice-based user input or input based on a query provided by a user. The method includes, extracting one or more voice parameters from pronunciation of the input. Thereafter, a disease type associated with the user is identified based on one or more voice parameters. Further, system verifies correctness of each word in the input based on comparison of each of the one or more voice parameters with a first set of predetermined corresponding one or more voice parameters associated with the disease type. Finally, the response is recommended for the input based on verification of correctness of each word in the input. The present disclosure recommends an accurate response for the input since one or more words detected incorrectly are auto corrected and provides a better user experience. |
| US10650836B2 |
Decomposing audio signals
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to signal processing. A method for decomposing a plurality of audio signals from at least two different channels is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a set of components that are weakly correlated, the set of components generated based on the plurality of audio signals. The method comprises extracting a feature from the set of components, and determining a set of gains associated with the set of components at least in part based on the extracted feature, each of the gains indicating a proportion of a diffuse part in the associated component. The method further comprises decomposing the plurality of audio signals by applying the set of gains to the set of components. Corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed. |
| US10650829B2 |
Operating a voice response system in a multiuser environment
Methods, systems and computer program products for operating a voice response system in a multiuser environment are provided. Aspects include receiving a voice command from a first user and determining an identity of the first user based at least in part on a voice recognition of the first user. Aspects also include determining an identity of one or more other users in range of the voice response system and obtaining a command hierarchy. Aspects further include performing an action requested by the voice command based on a determination that the first user is authorized to request the voice command, wherein the determination that the first user is authorized to request the voice command is based at least upon the identity of the first user, the identity of one or more other users in range of the voice response system and the command hierarchy. |
| US10650822B2 |
Server and method for controlling external device
A server controlling an external device is provided. The server includes a communicator; a processor; a memory which stores at least one natural language understanding (NLU) engine for generating a command corresponding to a user's utterance. The server receives, from a pairing device paired to the external device, the user's utterance controlling the external device and information about at least one external device registered with the pairing device, via the communicator, determines an NLU engine corresponding to the external device, from among the at least one NLU engine, based on the user's utterance controlling the external device and the information about the at least one external device, and generates the command controlling the external device based on the user's utterance, by using the determined NLU engine. |
| US10650821B1 |
Tailoring an interactive dialog application based on creator provided content
Implementations relate to executing a tailored version of a dynamic interactive dialog application, where the tailored version is tailored based on structured content that is specified by a creator of the tailored version. Executing the tailored version of the interactive dialog application can be in response to receiving, via an assistant interface of an assistant application, an invocation phrase assigned to the tailored version and/or other user interface input that identifies the tailored version. In some implementations, a tailored version of a dynamic interactive dialog application is executed with persona value(s) that are specified by a creator of the tailored version and/or that are predicted based on structured content and/or other input provided by the creator in creating the tailored version. In some implementations, structured content and/or other input provided by a creator in creating a tailored version of an interactive dialog application is utilized in indexing the tailored version. |
| US10650815B2 |
Voice interaction device, voice interaction method, voice interaction program, and robot
A topic providing device includes a candidate topic extractor, a provided topic determiner, a voice synthesizer, and a speaker. When a determination is made that a parent and child are conversing and that there is a need to provide a new topic to the parent and child, based on a conversation history database and a child activity database storing at least one activity name indicating an activity the child was engaged in for a first predetermined period of time, the candidate topic extractor extracts at least one candidate topic that corresponds to the at least one activity name in the child activity database and does not correspond to an activity name included in text data recorded in a first database. From the at least one candidate topic, the provided topic determiner selects one topic to provide to the parent and the child. The voice synthesizer generates voice data containing the one topic. The speaker outputs the voice data. |
| US10650812B2 |
Deterministic multi-length sliding window protocol for contiguous string entity
A system for extracting verifiable entities from a user-utterance received on an automated calling service is provided. The system may include a receiver configured to receive a user-utterance, a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions which, canonicalize the user-utterance into a plurality of tokens, determine the number of tokens of the user-utterance, and generate, using a sliding-window protocol, a comprehensive number of n-gram sequences from the user-utterance. The processor may be configured to process a plurality of threads of execution that may include a series of actions executed on the n-gram sequences to identify and extract verified entities from the user-utterance. |
| US10650810B2 |
Determining phonetic relationships
Systems and methods of determining phonetic relationships are provided. For instance data indicative of an input text phrase input by a user can be received. An audio output corresponding to a spoken rendering of the input text phrase can be determined. A text transcription of the audio output of the input text phrase can be determined. The text transcription can be a textual representation of the audio output. The text transcription can be compared against a plurality of test phrases to identify a match between the text transcription and at least one test phrase. |
| US10650808B1 |
Dynamically configurable interface for structured note dictation for multiple EHR systems
Systems and methods for providing a dynamically configurable interface for structured note dictation input for one or more electronic health record (EHR) systems generally comprise a dictation user interface, a dictation management subsystem, and at least one EHR system having a plurality of electronic medical records. The dictation management subsystem generally comprises a computing device configured to moderate the recognized text for a particular EHR system and particular electronic health record. |
| US10650801B2 |
Language recognition method, apparatus and device and computer storage medium
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a language recognition method and apparatus, a device and a computer storage medium. In an aspect, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, after the Nth speech segment included by the speech signal is received, language recognition is performed according to already-received previous N speech segments to obtain the score of each language in at least one language, N being 2, 3, 4 . . . ; therefore, if there exists a langue whose score reaches the designated threshold, the language whose score reaches the designated threshold is considered as the language matched with the speech signal. Therefore, the technical solutions according to embodiments of the present disclosure solve the problem in the prior art that the efficiency of language recognition is lower so that the language recognition cannot be applied to an application scenario in which the recognition result needs to be obtained quickly. |
| US10650798B2 |
Electronic device, method and computer program for active noise control inside a vehicle
A device for active noise control inside a vehicle, the device comprising a processor (7610) configured to determine a noise wavefield within the vehicle based on noise signals captured by a microphone array (M1-M10); determine the position of the ears of a passenger (P1) based on information obtained from a head tracking sensor (HTU1); capture a noise field inside the vehicle based on information obtained by the microphone array; obtain a noise level at the ears of the passenger (P1) from the noise field; and determine an anti-noise field based on the noise level at the position of the ears of the passenger. |
| US10650797B2 |
Real-time acoustic processor
The disclosure includes an acoustic processing network comprising a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) operating at a first frequency and a Real-Time Acoustic Processor (RAP) operating at a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The DSP receives a noise signal from at least one microphone. The DSP then generates a noise filter based on the noise signal. The RAP receives the noise signal from the microphone and the noise filter from the DSP. The RAP then generates an anti-noise signal based on the noise signal and the noise filter for use in Active Noise Cancellation (ANC). |
| US10650796B2 |
Single-channel, binaural and multi-channel dereverberation
A method is presented for estimating and suppressing reverberation from a digital reverberant signal. A method for changing a first reverberation estimation according to another reverberation estimation is further provided. A method for controlling the reverberation suppression rate is also presented. |
| US10650782B2 |
Method and device for adjusting color temperature of screen, and electronic device
The present disclosure provides a method and a device for adjusting color temperature of a screen, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining multiple groups of adjustment parameters corresponding to multiple adjustment operations on initial color temperature of a screen; performing calculation on the multiple groups of adjustment parameters according to a preset algorithm, to obtain an average color temperature difference; and calculating preference color temperature based on the initial color temperature and the average color temperature difference to obtain, and setting the color temperature of the screen of the user according to the preference color temperature. |
| US10650776B1 |
Information processing device and controlling method for multiple operating systems
An information processing device includes: a timing controller; a system device; and a display panel. The system device operates in accordance with at least a first operating system (OS) and a second OS, and outputs first original image data from the first OS and second original image data from the second OS to the timing controller. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined display area. The timing controller includes: a memory; a writing unit; and a reading unit. The memory has a storage area associated with the display area. The writing unit stores the first original image data in a first individual storage area assigned to the first OS in the storage area, and stores the second original image data in a second individual storage area assigned to the second OS in the storage area. The reading unit reads image data stored in the storage area, frame by frame, and outputs the image data to the display panel. |
| US10650772B2 |
Display device
A display device includes: a display panel comprising a display area configured to display an image, wherein the display area includes a measurement area including a plurality of sub-measurement areas, and each of the plurality of sub-measurement areas includes a plurality of pre-map areas; a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the display panel; a signal controller; and a common voltage generator configured to provide a common voltage to the display panel, wherein an afterimage reduction mode is driven to change a level of the common voltage provided by the common voltage generator when the determined pre-map areas are adjacent to each other. |
| US10650768B2 |
Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit and display panel
A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display panel are disclosed. In the shift register unit of the embodiments of the present disclosure, at least two transistors are configured to be coupled to a DC signal supplying terminal. The at least two transistors are controlled to be alternatively turned on by an inputting signal from the DC signal supplying terminal. |
| US10650756B2 |
Surface light source device and liquid crystal display unit
A surface light source device which illuminates a transmission-type liquid crystal display unit from the back surface includes P×Q surface light source units with individually controlled light sources. Each of the light sources includes a plurality of light-emitting element units. Each of the light-emitting element units includes at least one red light-emitting element that emits red light, at least one green light-emitting element that emits green light, and at least one blue light-emitting element that emits blue light. The center of mass of a luminance profile based on each of a plurality of red light-emitting elements, a plurality of green light-emitting elements, and a plurality of blue light-emitting elements in each surface light source unit substantially coincides with the center of mass of the surface light source unit. |
| US10650749B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display
An embodiment provides an organic light emitting diode display including: a substrate; a scan line disposed on the substrate to transfer a scan signal; a data line disposed on the substrate to transfer a data signal; a driving voltage line disposed on the substrate to transfer a driving voltage; a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line; a driving transistor connected with the switching transistor; and an organic light emitting diode electrically connected to the driving transistor, wherein the driving transistor includes a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a plurality of channels, and each of the channels includes a plurality of curved portions. |
| US10650748B2 |
Display device having gate bridges connecting scan gate lines to pixels and method for driving the same
Example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display device including: a plurality of pixels; a first scan gate line and a second scan gate line configured to transfer scan signals to a first pixel row of the pixels; a plurality of first gate bridges connected with the first scan gate line to transfer the scan signals to a plurality of first pixels at the first pixel row; a plurality of second gate bridges connected with the second scan gate line to transfer the scan signals to a plurality of second pixels at the first pixel row; a plurality of first data lines configured to supply a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the first pixels; and a plurality of second data lines configured to supply a plurality of data voltages corresponding to the second pixels, wherein two of the first data lines are positioned between two first pixels corresponding thereto, and two of the second data lines are positioned between two second pixels corresponding thereto. |
| US10650745B2 |
Organic light-emitting display device
An organic light-emitting display (OLED) device includes an anode, an organic emitting layer on the anode, and a cathode on the organic emitting layer. The cathode is configured to transmit at least a part of light emitted from the organic emitting layer and is formed of an alloy having a first metal and an oxide of a second metal. The cathode contains an alloy of a metal and a metal oxide and has an increased thickness, such that the process margin for the cathode can be improved. |
| US10650741B2 |
OLED voltage driver with current-voltage compensation
An electronic device includes a display having a reference array that includes a first pixel. The display also includes a first emission power supply coupled to the first pixel. The display further includes an active array having a second pixel. The display also includes a second emission power supply coupled to the second pixel. |
| US10650738B2 |
Pixel circuit and organic light emitting display device including the pixel circuit
A pixel circuit includes three transistors, a capacitor, and an OLED. The first transistor includes a gate terminal for receiving a first control signal, a first terminal connected to a first node, and a second terminal connected to a second node. The second transistor includes a gate terminal for receiving a second control signal, a first terminal connected to the second node, and a second terminal connected to a third node. The third transistor includes a gate terminal connected to the first node, a first terminal for receiving a first power signal, and a second terminal connected to the third node. The capacitor may receive an initialization signal and is connected to the first node. The OLED is connected to the third node and may receive a second power signal. The control signals have same voltage levels in a data writing period and have different voltage levels in other periods. |
| US10650731B2 |
Display apparatus utilizing micro light emitting diode
The disclosure provides a display apparatus. The display apparatus of the disclosure includes a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, a plurality of active elements, a plurality of first signal lines and second signal lines, a plurality of ground signal lines and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs). The plurality of ground signal lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged to alternate with the first signal lines. At least one LED has first and second electrodes. The first electrode of at least one LED is electrically connected with a corresponding active element. A second electrode of at least one LED is electrically connected with a corresponding ground signal line. At least two LEDs disposed in an identical pixel region is electrically connected with an identical ground signal line between two first signal lines adjacent to each other. The display apparatus of the disclosure has high resolution. |
| US10650724B2 |
Display device and driving method thereof
A display device includes: a first data driving chip including: a first data driving circuit to generate a first data signal; and a first sensor to sense a first overcurrent flowing in the first data driving circuit based on a first power current flowing in the first data driving circuit to generate a first signal; a second data driving chip including: a second data driving circuit to generate a second data signal; and a second sensor to sense a second overcurrent flowing in the second data driving circuit based on a second power current flowing in the second data driving circuit to generate a second signal; and a power controller to control first and second powers respectively supplied to the first and second data driving chips, and to block at least one of the first and second powers based on at least one of the first and second signals. |
| US10650723B2 |
Array substrate and display panel
The present disclosure provides an array substrate and a display panel. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display area includes a first corner, and data lines extending along a first direction and gate lines extending along a second direction are provided on the display area. The first direction intersects the second direction. The non-display area includes a first non-display area, a second non-display area and a first corner non-display area. The first corner non-display area is adjacent to the first and second non-display areas. The first corner non-display area is adjacent to the first corner. A data end circuit, a first signal line section and a first shift register are located in the first corner non-display area. The data end circuit is disposed at a side of the first shift register close to the display area. |
| US10650722B2 |
Display panel and driving method thereof
A display panel includes a first circuit, a second circuit and a dummy gate line. The first circuit and the second circuit are disposed adjacent to each other and arranged along a first direction, and the first circuit and the second circuit are electrically insulated from each other. The dummy gate line extends along a second direction and is disposed between the first circuit and the second circuit, wherein the first direction is different from the second direction. |
| US10650721B2 |
Display apparatus
A display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of first gate lines, a first gate driver connected to first ends of the plurality of first gate lines, a second gate driver connected to second ends of the plurality of first gate lines, a feedback line connected adjacent to the first end of one of the plurality of first gate lines, and a gate delay sensing circuit connected to the feedback line. The gate delay sensing circuit includes a time-to-digital converter and a digital comparator. The time-to-digital converter converts an activation time of a feedback gate signal into a digital activation value. The feedback gate signal is retrieved from the feedback line. The digital comparator generates a digital delay value based on the digital activation value. The digital delay value indicates resistive-capacitive (“RC”) delay of the one of the plurality of first gate lines connected to the feedback line. |
| US10650719B2 |
Rapid discharging circuit, display device, rapid discharging method and display control method
A rapid discharging circuit, a display device, a rapid discharging method and a display control circuit are provided. The rapid discharging circuit includes a discharging unit. A control end of the discharging unit is connected to a driving IC, a first end thereof is connected to a gate line of the display device, and a second end thereof is connected to a display level end of the display device which is connected to the driving IC. The discharging unit is configured to control the display level end to write a first level into the gate line when the display device is powered off abnormally. |
| US10650713B2 |
Head mounted display
A head mounted display includes a body portion, a display panel, a lens module, an infrared transmitter, and an infrared receiver. The display panel is provided in the body portion. The lens module is disposed in front of the display panel, and includes an outer frame, a lens and a mounting portion. The lens is provided in the outer frame. The mounting portion is disposed at the periphery of the outer frame. A reference line is connected between the viewing point and the mounting portion. The infrared transmitter is disposed on the mounting portion. The outer frame is provided with a light exit surface between the viewing point and the mounting portion. The infrared transmitter projects a light along the reference line via the light exit surface which limits the exit angle of the light. The infrared receiver is disposed on the body portion for receiving the light. |
| US10650712B2 |
Ordered mapping on a three-dimensional projection surface
Systems and methods are provided for presenting visual media on a structure having a plurality of unordered light sources, e.g., fiber optic light sources, light emitting diodes (LEDs), etc. Visual media can be created based on a computer model of the structure. Images of the structure can be analyzed to determine the location of each of the light sources. A lookup table can be generated based on the image analysis, and used to correlate pixels of the visual media to one or more of the actual light sources. A visual media artist or designer need not have prior knowledge of the order/layout of the light sources on the structure in order to create visual media to be presented thereon. |
| US10650696B2 |
Systems and methods for recognizing musical instruments and providing blind assistive tuning and orienting of musical instruments
Systems and methods of orienting a vision impaired user with a musical instrument and systems and methods of directing the vision impaired user to tune the musical instrument are disclosed. A method of orienting includes directing the user to play a note on the musical instrument, determining the note and a corresponding location on the musical instrument, the corresponding location being a portion of the musical instrument that generates the note, determining a difference between the corresponding location and a target location, the target location representing at least a portion of a positioning necessary for the user to play the musical instrument, generating one or more non-visual directions based on the difference, and providing the one or more non-visual directions to the user. The one or more non-visual directions direct the user to the target location. |
| US10650695B2 |
Apparatus to simulate driving a land vehicle
Apparatus to simulate driving a land vehicle comprising a fixed base platform (11), a mobile platform (12) disposed above the base platform (11), a drive station (13) associated with the mobile platform (12), and movement means (18) associated with the base platform (11) and with the mobile platform (12) to provide the movement of the mobile platform (12) with respect to the base platform (11). |
| US10650690B2 |
Advisor system and method
An advisor system includes a computer-readable storage medium having encoded thereon a program of instructions. Execution of the instructions causes a processor to determine a current state of a first aircraft operating on a movement area of an airport including determining a path vector for the first aircraft. The path vector includes a speed and direction of travel of the first aircraft and identification of a runway intersection the first aircraft is projected to enter. The processor processes a surveillance signal transmitted from a second aircraft operating on the movement area, including determining a quality of the surveillance signal. The processor further determines a movement vector of the second aircraft, and compares the path vector and the movement vector to identify possible interference. Finally, the processor provides an advisory at the first aircraft based on the compared path vector and the movement vector. |
| US10650686B2 |
Flight plan recommendation based on analysis of airspace voxels
A device can receive information that identifies an airspace voxel that represents a three-dimensional portion of airspace during a particular time period. The device can associate one or more airspace parameters with the airspace voxel. The one or more airspace parameters can represent one or more conditions that relate to flight through the airspace voxel during the particular time period. The device can receive one or more flight parameters regarding a potential flight plan of an aircraft through a plurality of airspace voxels, including the airspace voxel, during the particular time period. The device can analyze the one or more flight parameters and a plurality of airspace parameters, associated with the plurality of airspace voxels, using one or more airspace rules. The device can output a recommendation regarding the potential flight plan based on analyzing the one or more flight parameters and the plurality of airspace parameters. |
| US10650683B2 |
Hazardous drone identification and avoidance system
An aviation system to identify and avoid airborne drones presenting a flight risk to piloted aircraft. Hazardous drones are identified through piloted aircraft airborne sensors and combined with any available knowledge of anticipated drone activity to provide a safety warning to the piloted aircraft. The safety warning and real-time identification of hazardous drones may be shared among multiple piloted aircraft, to include aircraft unequipped with airborne sensors. |
| US10650681B2 |
Parking position identification method, parking position learning method, parking position identification system, parking position learning device, and non-transitory recording medium for recording program
A parking position identification method includes acquiring input data as an image that is generated by photographing a parking region by a camera which is installed in a target vehicle, and identifying a parking position of the target vehicle in the photographed parking region by inputting the input data to a learning model that indicates a relationship between the parking region which has a width in which parking of at least one vehicle is feasible and a parking position for one vehicle in the parking region. |
| US10650680B2 |
Parking lot mapping system
A parking lot mapping system includes a server. The server is remote from a plurality of vehicles, and includes a receiver, an electronic controller and a storage device. The receiver is configured to receive data transmitted from the vehicles, the data including a route traveled and a stopping position of each of the vehicles. The electronic controller is configured to determine that each vehicle has entered a parking lot, and form a map of the parking lot including parking lot routes and parking spots based on accumulation of the data including the stopping position of each vehicle and the route traveled by each of the vehicles after determination that each vehicle vehicles has entered the parking lot. The storage device is configured to store the map of the parking lot. |
| US10650676B2 |
Using automobile driver attention focus area to share traffic intersection status
Systems and methods for alerting a driver to a status of a traffic signal are disclosed. A computer-implemented method includes: detecting, by a computing device, that a vehicle is stopped at an intersection with a traffic signal; determining, by the computing device, an attention focus area of a driver of the vehicle; determining, by the computing device, a target display device based on the determined attention focus area; and causing, by the computing device, the determined target display device to display information to alert the driver of a status of the traffic signal. |
| US10650673B1 |
Virtual preemption system for emergency vehicles
A virtual preemption system for emergency and non-emergency vehicles to provide a priority safe route for an emergency vehicle, wherein the in-vehicle software can predict the predefined upcoming intersections on the priority route based on the heading of the emergency vehicle and the segment orientation. Therefore, the emergency vehicle knows the latitude/longitude of the upcoming intersections ahead of time to calculate a threshold start time associated with each one of the predefined upcoming intersections and transmit them to all vehicles approaching any of the predefined intersections on the priority route to start a safe transition of traffic signal phases associated with each one of these intersections just before the arrival of the emergency vehicle. Also to allow all vehicles on the priority route to slow down and pull over to the side of the road just before meeting the emergency vehicle. |
| US10650672B2 |
Adaptive stop sign and intersection traffic control system
An adaptive stop sign, includes an octagonal stop sign plate with at least one multicolor light indicator; a traffic signal control system (TSCS) and/or a signal receiver and controller (SRC) to control a state of the adaptive stop sign including an on state, an off state, an active state or an inactive state, and the at least one multicolor light indicator. In the active state, the adaptive stop sign works as a traffic control signal and the TSCS and/or SRC switches on the at least one multicolor light indicator according to a traffic control signal. In the inactive state the adaptive stop sign works as a normal stop sign and the TSCS and/or SRC switches off the at least one multicolor light indicator, and only a word STOP is visible. |
| US10650662B2 |
Control apparatus for vehicle, vehicle, and control method of vehicle
A control apparatus configured for vehicle, a vehicle and a control method of vehicle, may include an emergency call unit configured to generate an emergency rescue signal by recognizing an emergency situation of vehicle, a head unit configured to provide audio information to a user, and a main controller configured to control at least one component contained in the vehicle, wherein the main controller stores a vehicle identification number in advance, the head unit receives the vehicle identification number from the main controller and the emergency call unit receives the vehicle identification number from the head unit. |
| US10650656B1 |
Smart bedtime
A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method may include receiving occupancy data, identifying characteristics of the occupancy data, determining an occupant's location relative to the premises at a predetermined time, and generating a notification based at least in part on the determining. |
| US10650645B2 |
Method and apparatus of converting control tracks for providing haptic feedback
Disclosed are systems and methods for converting a control track designed for use with a number and/or type of haptic output devices to be used with other numbers and/or types of haptic output devices. For example, a computing device may convert the control track into another control track that can be applied to other types and/or numbers of haptic output devices. The converted control track may be compatible for use with a smartphone or other system that includes a different number and/or type of haptic feedback devices than the system for which the haptic track was originally designed. In this manner, the user of the smartphone or other system may experience haptic feedback using a device that is different from another haptic feedback system for which the control track was originally designed for use. The conversion may occur locally at the smartphone or other system and/or remotely at another device. |
| US10650644B2 |
Systems, methods and devices for moving game components in gaming systems
A computer device and method for moving game components are provided. The computer device comprises: at least one data storage device to store game data for a game; a display device to display at least one three-dimensional game component of the game; at least one data capture device to collect player movement data, wherein the player movement data defines movement of a player of the game, wherein the data capture device includes a camera, a sensor or other data capture electronic hardware; and at least one processor configured to: 1) transform the player movement data into data defining game movement for the at least one game component; and 2) generating movement on the display device of the at least one game component using the data defining game movement; wherein the at least one data capture device is configured to collect player movement data associated with movement of the player's eyes. |
| US10650641B2 |
Hedging system and method
A system and method for hedging the risk of a wager is disclosed. The system comprises a FCS with which multiple SCWSs are in communication, said FCS having access to a stored set of working parameters provided by each of said SCWSs, said parameters being indicative of the extent to which that computer wagering system is capable, currently or at a specific point in time, of financially covering wagers or portions thereof, characterised in that, on receiving an initial wager request at one of said secondary computer systems, said wager request is communicated to the first computer wagering system which calculates, using at least the sets of working parameters for at least two of the other SCWSs, whether and to what extent the initial wager could be apportioned between each of said at least two other computer wagering systems and communicates the result of such calculation to said first computer wagering system which can then either accept or decline the initial wager request. |
| US10650639B2 |
Gaming machine and method with a bonus symbol array
A gaming machine comprises a display and an electronic controller for playing a first game. The electronic controller is configured to randomly determine whether to display one or more bonus symbols in the first game, each bonus symbol being associated with a bonus value award. Where a trigger event occurs during the first game, such as the appearance of a predetermined order of bonus symbols, electronic controller is configured to display an array of the bonus symbols on the display or optionally on another display. Where bonus symbols appear in further plays of the first game or plays of a second game, the bonus symbols are added to the array and bonus symbols present on the array are sequentially transferred to a win meter, which increments by the amount of the associated bonus value award of each transferred bonus symbol. |
| US10650637B2 |
Electronic gaming method
A new investment-type of online game and/or software app that guarantees a payoff of $500.00 a month from a small, one-time initial investment and compliance of the rules. The payoff odds may increase incrementally the more one recruits others to play the game to provide consumers a new and exciting game that increases the opportunities for financial improvement in today's uncertain economy. |
| US10650635B2 |
System for implementing enhanced gaming and prizing parameters in an electronic environment
System and methods are provided for effecting user experience in an electronic game environment through use of virtual currency or vCoins. In a multi-level game, the systems and methods include memory for storing information on game play, the information including input received from the user, information relating to levels within the multi-level game and game display information for output to the user. A processor is coupled to the memory for generating game play information, preferably including game play with virtual money. The virtual money is acquired through game play or cash purchase. The virtual money is convertible into a non-cash good comprising advancement to another level within the game. |
| US10650628B2 |
Remote programming system and method for replacement vehicle keys
A remote programming system for engine control units of vehicles operates by coupling an onboard diagnostic interface device with an engine control unit of a vehicle, communicatively linking the interface device with a hand held device, communicatively linking the hand held device with a back end programming machine that is remotely located from the vehicle, communicating identifying information about the vehicle to the programming machine via the interface device, the hand held device, and the communication network(s), determining an action and programming information needed to program the engine control unit of the vehicle to accept a replacement key, sending the action and programming information from the programming machine to the hand held device via the communication network(s), and programming the engine control unit of the vehicle to accept the replacement key to activate the vehicle using or responsive to use of the action and programming information. |
| US10650627B1 |
Cognitive vetting system for unsolicited residential visitors
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for cognitive vetting is provided. The present invention may include determining that an identified person is not expected. The present invention may include retrieving historical information relevant to a past interaction with the identified person. The present invention may then include enabling a present interaction with the identified person. The present invention may lastly include determining a recommendation based on an analysis of the retrieved historical information and the present interaction. |
| US10650623B2 |
Detecting of automatic driving
Activation of an automatic driving feature in a vehicle is detected by evaluating sequential vehicle operation data against subtractive and additive heuristic rules that define a likelihood of an automatic driving feature having been engaged as a function of vehicle performance. The sequential vehicle operation data, which does not include an explicit indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged, is provided for time intervals of a trip made by the vehicle. Automatic driving information is generated, which provides an indication of whether the automatic driving feature was engaged during a subset of the time intervals. |
| US10650617B2 |
Automatic crash detection
Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not a crash involving a vehicle has occurred. A computing device may receive acceleration measurement(s) measured by one or more accelerometers during a time window. The computing device may determine, for one or more acceleration measurements, a corresponding acceleration magnitude. Based on the corresponding acceleration magnitude(s), the computing device may identify, from the acceleration measurement(s), an acceleration measurement and/or may determine whether the acceleration magnitude exceeds a threshold acceleration magnitude. The computing device may corroborate whether a vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash. Data associated with the acceleration magnitude and/or an event, such as a crash event, may be transmitted to a server. |
| US10650610B2 |
Seamless switching between an authoring view and a consumption view of a three-dimensional scene
A platform configured to operate in different modes so that users can seamlessly switch between an authoring view and a consumption view while creating a three-dimensional scene is described herein. A first mode includes an authoring mode in which an authoring user can add and/or edit content displayed in a three-dimensional scene via a computing device. The second mode includes a consumption mode in which the authoring user can preview and/or share the content displayed in the three-dimensional scene via a head-mounted display device that is in some way connected to and/or in communication with the computing device. Consequently, the same platform (e.g., application) enables the authoring user to toggle between the two different modes while creating a three-dimensional scene that is part of an experience. |
| US10650609B2 |
Virtual prototyping and assembly validation
In virtual prototyping and assembly validation, visual images of physical components of a product are captured through a camera inbuilt in an augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR) wearable device, registered as 3D models in a virtual workbench. When a first voice command is received to initiate recording, continuous visual motion signals are received as trajectories corresponding to assembling a 3D model of a component. They are recorded as an installation view of the component. The 3D model of the component is dynamically validated while assembling the virtual workbench. The installation view of the component and an installation view of a next component is stored as an animation assembly file. The animation assembly file may be extracted from the AR/VR application and stored in a visual enterprise application as a visual enterprise format such as visual design stream. |
| US10650606B2 |
Interactive virtual reality system
Provided herein are method, apparatus, and computer program products for generating a first and second three dimensional interactive environment. The first three dimensional interactive environment may contain one or more engageable virtual interfaces that correspond to one or more items. Upon engagement with a virtual interface the second three dimensional interactive environment is produced to virtual simulation related to the one or more items. |
| US10650601B2 |
Information processing device and information processing method
An information processing device includes a display control unit that performs display control such that a first virtual object corresponding to content is contained in a rendering image of the content when a position of the content defined in a virtual space and a position of a viewpoint defined in the virtual space have a first positional relation, and a second virtual object corresponding to the content is contained in the rendering image when the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint have a second positional relation. A distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the second positional relation is shorter than a distance between the position of the content and the position of the viewpoint in the first positional relation, and visibility of the second virtual object is lower than visibility of the first virtual object. |
| US10650599B2 |
Rendering virtual environments utilizing full path space learning
The present disclosure includes methods and systems for rendering digital images of a virtual environment utilizing full path space learning. In particular, one or more embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods estimate a global light transport function based on sampled paths within a virtual environment. Moreover, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods utilize the global light transport function to sample additional paths. Accordingly, the disclosed systems and methods can iteratively update an estimated global light transport function and utilize the estimated global light transport function to focus path sampling on regions of a virtual environment most likely to impact rendering a digital image of the virtual environment from a particular camera perspective. |
| US10650593B2 |
Holographic technology implemented security solution
A server system can receive an assertion of an alarm condition from a security system that processes sensor signals from sensors and that triggers the alarm condition. The server system is can send messages to determined nearby sensors to start sending data back to the server system according to the alarm condition. The server system can analyze sensor data received from the sensors. The analysis includes a verification of the alarm condition, a determination of how often queried data is requested, and a determination of which of selected data received from selected sensors to forward to one or more mixed reality devices. The server system can forward data to the one or more mixed reality. |
| US10650586B2 |
Automated mesh generation
Various techniques associated with automatic mesh generation are disclosed. One or more center curves of an outline of an object or figure are first determined. Next, for each of a plurality of points of each of the one or more center curves, a pair of rays is cast from a center curve in opposite directions, wherein the rays collide with opposite sides of the outline, and a collision pair is generated that comprises a line connecting collision points of the pair of rays on opposite sides of the outline. A mesh model of the object or figure is generated by mapping each of a set of collision pairs to polygons used to define the mesh model. |
| US10650570B2 |
Dynamic local temporal-consistent textured mesh compression
Mesh-based raw video data (or 3D video data) includes a sequence of frames, each of which includes geometry data (e.g., triangle meshes or other meshes) and texture map(s) defining one or more objects. The raw 3D video data is segmented based on consistent mesh topology across frames. For each segment, a consistent mesh sequence (CMS) is defined and a consistent texture atlas (CTA) is generated. The CMS and CTA for each segment are compressed and stored as compressed data files. The compressed data files can be decompressed and used to render displayable images. |
| US10650568B2 |
In-flight adaptive foveated rendering
A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be configured to receive information indicative of a fovea region. The apparatus may be configured to identify, based on the information indicative of the fovea region, high priority bins and low priority bins. The apparatus may be configured to determine a rendering time allotment for the frame. The apparatus may be configured to determine that the rendering time allotment for the frame will be exceeded, based on an amount of time used to render the high priority bins and the low priority bins. The apparatus may be configured to render, based on the determination that the rendering time allotment for the frame will be exceeded, at least one of the low priority bins at a first quality instead of a second quality. |
| US10650564B1 |
Method of generating 3D facial model for an avatar and related device
A method of generating 3D facial geometry for a computing device is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining a 2D image, performing a deep neural network, DNN, operation on the 2D image, to classify each of facial features of the 2D image as texture components and obtain probabilities that the facial feature belong to the texture components, wherein the texture components are represented by 3D face mesh and are predefined in the computing device, and generating a 3D facial model based on a 3D face template predefined in the computing device and the texture component with the highest probability. |
| US10650556B2 |
System and method for image data processing in positron emission tomography
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for reconstructing a PET image. The systems may execute the methods to acquire PET data of a subject. The PET data may include position information of a plurality of coincident events. The plurality of coincident events may include scattering events and random events. The systems may execute the methods to select a portion of the PET data from the PET data based on the position information. The systems may execute the methods to reconstruct a first preliminary image of the subject based on the selected portion of the PET data, and project the first preliminary image. The systems may execute the methods to may determine, based on the PET data and the projection of the first preliminary image, preliminary correction data relating to the scattering events and the random events. |
| US10650555B2 |
Imaging system and image reconstruction method using the same
Provided are an image system and an image reconstruction method using the same. The image system includes an image scan device, a spectrum signal generation device, and an image recovery device. The image scan device generates a magnetic particle detection signal on the basis of an induced magnetic field induced from a magnetic particle. The spectrum signal generation device transforms the magnetic particle detection signal to a detection spectrum signal on the basis of a two-dimensional Fourier transform kernel. The image recovery device generates an image signal on the basis of the detection spectrum signal and a system matrix. According to the inventive concept, a data amount for image reconstruction may be ensured. |
| US10650553B2 |
Method of image processing and image processing device
A method of image processing is provided. The method may include: determining a candidate tuple from at least two images that are taken at different times, wherein the candidate tuples are determined using at least odometry sensor information. The couple of subsequent images have been detected by a moving image sensor moved by a vehicle. The odometry sensor information is detected by a sensor moved by the vehicle. The method may further include classifying the candidate tuples into a static tuple or a dynamic tuple. The static tuple represents a static object within the couple of subsequent images, and the dynamic tuple represents a moving object within the couple of subsequent images. |
| US10650552B2 |
Systems and methods for augmented reality
Systems and methods for reducing error from noisy data received from a high frequency sensor by fusing received input with data received from a low frequency sensor by collecting a first set of dynamic inputs from the high frequency sensor, collecting a correction input point from the low frequency sensor, and adjusting a propagation path of a second set of dynamic inputs from the high frequency sensor based on the correction input point either by full translation to the correction input point or dampened approach towards the correction input point. |
| US10650550B1 |
Automatic region of interest detection for casino tables
A method, system, and computer readable storage for identifying regions of interest on a casino gaming table. Regions of interest are locations on an image where relevant actions are typically going to occur. For example, locations of betting area region of interest and card area regions of interest are determined so that these areas can be analyzed on a video camera. The analyzed areas can then be used for things such as determining and tracking player betting amounts, determining if the game is being dealt properly (by analyzing the cards dealt to determine if the proper cards are dealt and/or the proper payouts are made). |
| US10650543B2 |
Component mounting device
A component mounting device includes a mounting head that mounts a component at a mounting position on a substrate, an imaging section capable of imaging the mounting position on the substrate, and a controller that determines a mounting state by comparing images of the mounting position before and after mounting of the component captured by the imaging section. The controller is configured to determine the mounting state by comparing the images before and after mounting of the component during operation from completion of mounting of the component to completion of mounting of a subsequent component. |