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| US10667444B2 |
Electromagnetic-wave-absorbing composite sheet
An electromagnetic-wave-absorbing composite sheet comprising an electromagnetic-wave-shielding film laminated on an electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film; the electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film comprising a single- or multi-layer thin metal film formed on a surface of a plastic film, the thin metal film being provided with large numbers (pluralities) of substantially parallel, intermittent, linear scratches with irregular widths and intervals in plural directions; the electromagnetic-wave-shielding film being a conductive metal foil, a plastic film having a thin conductive metal film or coating, or a carbon sheet; and an area ratio of the electromagnetic-wave-shielding film to the electromagnetic-wave-absorbing film being 10-80%. |
| US10667437B2 |
Liquid distribution unit design for liquid cooling of electronic racks of a data center
An electronic rack liquid cooling system includes a rack manifold having a rack liquid supply line or channel and a rack liquid return line or channel. The liquid supply line is to receive first cooling liquid from a cooling liquid source and the liquid return line is to return first warmer liquid carrying the exchanged heat back to the cooling liquid source. The electronic rack further includes an array of server blades arranged in a stack therein. Each server blade includes one or more liquid cold plates associated with one or more information technology (IT) components. The electronic rack further includes a set of one or more liquid distribution units (LDUs) coupled between the rack liquid supply and return lines and the server blades. Each LDU includes an LDU container, a liquid supply port, a liquid return port, one or more pairs of supply sub-ports and return sub-ports, and a heat exchange channel or tube. |
| US10667435B1 |
Accelerated rack acclimator
A rack acclimating device can accelerate the acclimation of an already assembled rack of computing equipment to an environment. A rack acclimating device can comprise one or more heating elements and an air moving device that can be oriented to move air across the heating elements and then through the rack of computing equipment. Additionally, the rack acclimating device can comprise a controller or other like computing device that can receive environmental sensor data and, based upon the received environmental sensor data, can control the heating elements and air moving device. Environmental sensor data can be received from environmental sensors, such as temperature and/or humidity sensors, which can be positioned to sense various environmental aspects. A rack acclimating device can also comprise a hood or other like structure to confine and direct the heated air from the heating elements and/or air moving device to the computer equipment rack. |
| US10667428B1 |
Heat dissipation module manufacturing method, heat dissipation module and electronic device
A heat dissipation module manufacturing method, a heat dissipation module and an electronic device are provided. The heat dissipation module manufacturing method includes the steps: providing a first substrate, the first substrate has a first portion, a second portion, a connecting portion connected to the first portion and the second portion; performing a first etching on a surface of the first substrate to form a plurality of grooves; providing a plurality of second substrates, and bonding the second substrates to the first substrate to cover the grooves and form a plurality of chambers; filling the chambers with a working fluid; and sealing the chambers. The heat dissipation module includes the first substrate, the working fluid, and the second substrates. The electronic device includes the heat dissipation module and a plurality of electronic modules. The first portion and the second portion of the heat dissipation module respectively contact the electronic modules. |
| US10667426B2 |
Housing construction
A structure can include a body having a first surface and a second opposing surface. The three-dimensional structure can include the body defining a first pattern of first cavities extending into the body from the first surface and the body defining a second pattern of second cavities extending into the body from the second surface. One or more first cavities can eccentrically intersect with one or more second cavities to define a pattern of apertures in the body. |
| US10667425B1 |
Air containment and computing device mounting structure
An air containment structure includes walls and an aisle between the walls. Computing devices are mounted to the walls of the air containment structure and the air containment structure separates air within the aisle of the air containment structure from other air in a facility. The walls of the air containment structure are configured to support respective weights of the computing devices mounted to the air containment structure. In some embodiments, infrastructure systems, such as power bus bars, cable trays, and cooling ducts are mounted to and supported by the air containment structure. |
| US10667421B2 |
High-voltage isolating device and method
The present disclosure provides a high-voltage isolating device and method. The high-voltage isolating device includes a power module and a shelf. The power module's back panel is provided with a first connecting portion, and the power module's front panel is provided with a first fastening member. The shelf includes a module slot for accommodating the power module. The module slot's rear end is provided with a second connecting portion, and the module slot's front end is provided with a second fastening member. Wherein in a first status, the first connecting portion is matched and connected with the second connecting portion, and the first fastening member is away from the second fastening member, and in a second status, the first connecting portion is disconnected from the second connecting portion, and the first fastening member and the second fastening member are matched and connected together by a padlock. |
| US10667419B2 |
Manufacturing method of an electronic component module
There are provided an electronic component module in which an external terminal is disposed outwardly from a mold part by a plating process and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic component module includes a substrate, at least one electronic component mounted on the substrate, a mold part sealing the electronic component, and at least one connection conductor having one end bonded to one surface of the substrate and formed in the mold part so as to penetrate through the mold part. The connection conductor is formed to have a form in which horizontal cross-sectional areas of the connection conductor are gradually reduced toward the substrate and includes at least one step. |
| US10667418B2 |
Components of an electronic device and methods for their assembly
Various components of an electronic device housing and methods for their assembly are disclosed. The housing can be formed by assembling and connecting two or more different sections together. The sections of the housing may be coupled together using one or more coupling members. The coupling members may be formed using a two-shot molding process in which the first shot forms a structural portion of the coupling members, and the second shot forms cosmetic portions of the coupling members. |
| US10667413B1 |
Power distribution box assembly with terminal tower
A power distribution box assembly is provided. The power distribution box assembly includes an upper housing assembly having a top cover and a lower cover having an upper substrate and an upper terminal housing. The lower cover including a pair of gaps. A bottom cover includes a lower terminal housing and a pair of towers, each of the pair of towers having a terminal support disposed on a top surface of the corresponding pair of towers, wherein each of the terminal support is registered to a corresponding one of the pair of gaps. A bus bar assembly is configured to direct power to the upper housing assembly and the bottom cover. |
| US10667403B2 |
Manufacturing apparatus for performing additive manufacturing of an electrical device
A manufacturing apparatus that includes a conveyance device that moves a stage, where an electronic device shaped by multiple layers is placed, in X-axis and Y-axis directions. A first shaping unit, a second shaping unit, and a component mounting unit are arranged within a range in which the stage can move. The manufacturing apparatus performs additive manufacturing of the electronic device on the stage by performing a sequential movement of the stage to respective working positions of different units. As a result, in this manufacturing apparatus, a workpiece on the stage does not have to be removed and repositioned during each work process such as shaping by a first shaping unit, shaping by a second shaping unit, and electronic component mounting by a component mounting unit. |
| US10667396B2 |
Multilayer structure for hosting electronics and related method of manufacture
Integrated multilayer structure (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700) comprising a first substrate film (102) having a first side (102A), said first substrate film comprising electrically substantially insulating material, said first substrate film preferably being formable and optionally thermoplastic, a plastic layer (112) molded onto said first side of the first substrate film so as to at least partially cover it, and circuitry (104, 106, 204, 205), optionally comprising an electronic, electromechanical and/or electro-optical component, provided on the second side of the first substrate film, said circuitry being functionally connected to the first side of the first substrate film. |
| US10667390B2 |
Simultaneous and selective wide gap partitioning of via structures using plating resist
A multilayer printed circuit board is provided having a first dielectric layer and a first plating resist selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer. A second plating resist may be selectively positioned in the first dielectric layer or a second dielectric layer, the second plating resist separate from the first plating resist. A through hole extends through the first dielectric layer, the first plating resist, and the second plating resist. An interior surface of the through hole is plated with a conductive material except along a length between the first plating resist and the second plating resist. This forms a partitioned plated through hole having a first via segment electrically isolated from a second via segment. |
| US10667383B2 |
Printed circuit board and switching power supply for electronic appliance
A printed circuit board has: a first wiring pattern laid in a first layer such that, when a predetermined component is mounted in a predetermined mounting region, a first current path in an open ring shape leading from a first end to a second end is formed; a second wiring pattern laid in a second layer different from the first layer such that a second current path in an open ring shape leading from a third end to a fourth end is formed; a first conductive member formed between the second and third ends; and a second conductive member formed between the first and fourth ends. The first and second wiring patterns are so laid that, as seen in their respective plan views, the directions of the currents flowing across the first and second current paths, respectively, are opposite to each other. |
| US10667376B2 |
Target supply device, extreme ultraviolet light generation device, and target supply method
A target supply device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a vibration element configured to generate a droplet by vibrating a target substance to be output from a nozzle 80, a droplet detection unit configured to detect the droplet, and a control unit 70. A first detection threshold and a second detection threshold to be compared with a detection signal from the droplet detection unit are set to the control unit 70. The first detection threshold is used to generate a light emission trigger for a laser beam. The second detection threshold has a smaller absolute value from a base line of the detection signal than the first detection threshold. The control unit 70 calculates an evaluation parameter for a satellite based on the detection signal and the second detection threshold, and determines a duty value of an electric signal suitable for operation of the vibration element based on the evaluation parameter. |
| US10667375B2 |
Extreme ultraviolet light generation method
An extreme ultraviolet light generation method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes outputting a droplet to a first laser light irradiation region that is a region different from a plasma generation region, irradiating the droplet that reaches the first laser light irradiation region with first laser light to generate a deformed liquid target, irradiating the deformed liquid target that reaches a second laser light irradiation region that is a region different from the plasma generation region with second laser light to generate a fragment jet target, and irradiating at least a part of the fragment jet target that reaches the plasma generation region with third laser light that propagates in a direction intersecting a propagation direction of the second laser light. |
| US10667373B2 |
Sensor platform for streetlights
A streetlight sensor platform comprising a sensor module which is coupled to a controller section having a lower portion for interfacing with a receptacle of a streetlight and an upper portion for receiving the sensor module. The sensor module is coupled to the controller section without the need for tools allowing easy installation and replacement. The sensor can be utilized for intelligent lighting and event notification such as public safety, emergency vehicle alerts, traffic monitoring, alerts and dynamic lighting applications. |
| US10667372B2 |
Lighting system
A system for selectively interrupting the power supply of lighting elements may include one or more lighting elements, motion sensors, and a microcontroller for running a lighting program. In some embodiments, the lighting program may be configured to: determine a dusk time period and determining a dawn time period; create a night period between the dusk time period and the dawn time period in which the night period may be divided into at least a first nighttime period and a second nighttime period; run a first set function program during the first nighttime period; and run a second set function program during the second nighttime period, the second set function program causing the lighting element to function differently during the second nighttime period than during the first nighttime period. |
| US10667369B2 |
Device, system, and method for determining an address of a component arranged in a structure
A device, system, and method determine addresses of nodes for an arrangement including strings that have nodes and a splitter. The system includes a controller device connected to a first string, the first string also connected to the splitter. The system includes a bus configuration connecting the nodes to one another and to the controller device. The controller device transmits first signals to the nodes of the first string and sequentially receives first responses. The controller device assigns addresses to the nodes of the first string. The controller device generates a second signal that defines a path to a splitter output. The controller device sequentially receives second responses from nodes of a second string on the splitter output and then assigns addresses to the nodes of the second string. |
| US10667367B2 |
APP based free setting method for setting operating parameter of security light
An on line free setting method for setting an operating parameter of a lighting device is disclosed. The method involves using a user interface APP comprising at least one free setting algorithm preloaded in a mobile device to transform a user's setting decision into an operating variable of an operating parameter of the lighting device, wherein the user interface APP is operable on a touch screen panel of the mobile device; wherein the free setting algorithm is a capacity scale simulation process implemented by operating a visual configuration of a free setting operator interacting with a capacity scale simulator and an indicator of the capacity operating rate to facilitate making the user's setting decision, wherein the operating parameter is used for controlling various functional performances of the lighting device including light intensity, light color temperature, delay time and detection sensitivity. |
| US10667363B1 |
System and method of driving LED string
A method of driving an LED string is provided and includes steps of: (a) determining whether or not a detected voltage of a control terminal of a transistor is lower than a first reference voltage by a first comparator, if not, raising a voltage of the LED string by a power supply device and performing step (a), if yes, performing step (b); (b) determining whether or not the detected voltage is lower than a second reference voltage by a second comparator, if not, determining that a short circuit occurs, if yes, performing step (c); (c) increasing an output current of the LED string by an input current source; and (d) determining whether or not a current of the LED string reaches a maximum current that is adjustable by a light controller, if yes, determining that a short circuit occurs, if not, returning to step (c). |
| US10667361B2 |
Ballast independent retrofit LED lamp with flicker reduction circuitry
The application discloses a retrofit LED lamp (16) for replacing a fluorescent lamp in fixture having a magnetic or an electronic ballast (2). The retrofit LED lamp comprises a retrofit lamp connector (1; 1′, 2; 2′) for electrically connecting the retrofit lamp (16) to the ballast (2) of the fixture. Impedances (8,9) are connected between connector points of the retrofit lamp connector (1; 1′, 2; 2′) which correspond with connector points of filaments of the fluorescent lamp replaced. Rectifying circuitry (4,5) is coupled to the retrofit lamp connector (1; 1′, 2; 2′) for rectifying an AC current received from the ballast (2) via the retrofit lamp connector (1; 1′, 2; 2′). LED circuitry (3) is coupled to the rectifying circuitry (4, 5). The Led circuitry (3) comprises LEDs for emitting light when energized by the rectified current received from the rectifying circuitry (4, 5). A flicker reduction circuit (6) is connectable in parallel over the LED circuitry (3) for reducing an AC component in the rectified current through the LED circuitry (3) so as to reduce a flickering of the emitted light. A switch (7) for connecting the flicker reduction circuit (6) in parallel over the LED circuitry (3). A switch control circuit (10) controls the switch (7) to keep the flicker reduction circuit disconnected during a delay period, preferably longer than 10 msec, at a begin of a start-up of the LED retrofit lamp (16) and to continuously connect the flicker reduction circuit (6) after the delay period in case the retrofit lamp (16) is energized by a magnetic ballast. |
| US10667358B1 |
Load control using AC signalling with unique signatures
A load control system includes a controller that modifies an alternating current (AC) signal at a controller input to provide, on a cycle-by-cycle basis, an encoded AC signal that exhibits a unique AC signature at a controller output. The unique AC signature is associated with a particular user-selectable load characteristic. The load control system also includes a load circuit that receives the encoded AC signal. The load circuit includes a decoder that decodes the encoded AC signal to determine the unique AC signature of the encoded AC signal. In response to determining the unique AC signature of the encoded AC signal, the load circuit changes a load characteristic of the load circuit to exhibit the particular user-selectable load characteristic associated with the unique AC signature. |
| US10667351B2 |
LED lighting systems and methods for constant current control in various operation modes
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal. |
| US10667348B2 |
Lighting device and lighting system for ballast type detection and method of providing maintenance information
A lighting device (6) comprising a light emitting diode module (8), arranged for being installed in a lighting fixture (1), and for receiving power from a ballast (3) accommodated in the lighting fixture (1). The lighting device (6) has a ballast type detection circuit (12), for determining ballast type detection data from power signals supplied by the ballast (3), and a communication circuit (13), operatively connected to the ballast type detection circuit (12), for exchanging the ballast type detection data, among others for providing maintenance information and for operation of the lighting device (6) in a lighting system. |
| US10667345B2 |
Method for manufacturing light-emitting device packages, light-emitting device package strip, and light-emitting device package
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a chip scale package (CSP) for a light-emitting diode (LED). The method may include a light-emitting device mounting step for mounting a plurality of light-emitting devices on a substrate strip, a phosphor forming step for forming a phosphor on the plurality of light-emitting devices, a reflective member forming step for forming a reflective member on the substrate strip to surround the phosphor, and a package singulation step for singulating unit packages by cutting the substrate strip and the reflective member. |
| US10667343B2 |
Modular solid state lighting apparatus platform with local and remote microprocessor control
A solid state lighting platform comprised of one or more modular lighting instruments each of which are comprised of an enclosure, driver/logic module(s) governed by a microprocessor and a unique array of emitter boards consisting of a multitude of lighting elements. The lighting instruments may joined together using magnets embedded in the enclosure(s) and receive control instructions from a smart device or any other light on the wired or wireless network. A unique algorithm and look up table allow flicker free dimming and highly accurate color temperature tuning from the microprocessor. |
| US10667334B2 |
Eddy current heat generating apparatus
The disclosed heat generating apparatus includes: a rotary shaft, a heat generator, a plurality of permanent magnets, a magnet holder, and a heat recovery system. The rotary shaft is rotatably supported by a non-rotative body. The heat generator is fixed to the rotary shaft. The magnets are arrayed to face the heat generator with a gap such that magnetic pole arrangements of adjacent ones of the magnets are opposite to each other. The magnet holder holds the magnets and is fixed to the body. The heat recovery system collects heat generated in the heat generator. |
| US10667332B2 |
Induction heat cooking apparatus
An electronic induction heat cooking apparatus includes first and second cooker modules including at least one heating coil and a dual heating coil, the first cooker module includes any one of an inner coil and an outer coil included in the dual heating coil, switching elements for operating the coil and a first microcontroller unit for controlling the switching elements, the second cooker module includes the other of the inner coil and the outer coil included in the dual heating coil, switching elements for operating the other coil and a second microcontroller unit for controlling the switching elements, and the first microcontroller unit and the second microcontroller unit share an oscillator. |
| US10667324B2 |
Determining DTX cause
The present disclosure provides a method of determining a DTX cause at an access node, comprising: transmitting, to a User Equipment (UE), an Uplink (UL) grant and a Downlink (DL) assignment in a same DL subframe; detecting whether Discontinuous Transmission (DTX) of at least one of UL data to be transmitted in response to the UL grant received by the UE and Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Acknowledgement (ACK)/Negative Acknowledgement (NACK) to be transmitted in response to DL data related to the DL assignment received by the UE occurs; and determining a cause of the DTX based on a result of the DTX detection. The present disclosure further provides an access node using the method and a computer program product. |
| US10667323B1 |
Method and apparatus for releasing preconfigured uplink resources configuration in a wireless communication system
Methods and apparatuses for releasing preconfigured uplink resources configuration in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a User Equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) when the UE is in a first RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE enters a first RRC_IDLE state from the first RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE performs a first transmission using the PUR when the UE is in the first RRC_IDLE state. The UE enters a second RRC_CONNECTED state from the first RRC_IDLE state. The UE suspends the configuration when the UE is in the second RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE resumes the configuration when the UE enters a second RRC_IDLE state from the second RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE performs a second transmission using the PUR when the UE is in the second RRC_IDLE state. |
| US10667317B2 |
Base station and method of handling secondary cell group configuration in secondary node change
A first base station is configured to execute instructions of the first BS receiving a first interface message for a communication device from a second BS; the first BS transmitting a second interface message to the second BS in response to the first interface message, wherein the second interface message comprises a secondary cell group configuration and an information element causing the first BS to comprise an indication indicating release of SCG in a radio resource control message; and the first BS transmitting the RRC message to the communication device, wherein the RRC message comprises the SCG configuration and the indication. |
| US10667312B2 |
Remote controller and control method therefore
A remote controller includes a communicator to broadcast a first request packet for identifying external apparatuses located around the remote controller, and based on a first response packet for the first request packet being received from each of a plurality of external apparatuses, identify the priorities of the external apparatuses based on the signal strength of the first response packet, and control the communicator to transmit a second request packet for identifying directivity to a first external apparatus among the external apparatuses according to the priorities, and based on a second response packet for the second request packet being received from the first external apparatus, identify directivity for the first external apparatus based on the second response packet, and based on identifying that the remote controller is directed to the first external apparatus, control the communicator to transmit a third request packet for Bluetooth pairing to the first external apparatus. |
| US10667309B2 |
Method and system for enabling inter-PLMN proximity services
A method of enabling inter-mobile network proximity services through a direct link between mobile communication devices attached to different mobile networks, the method comprising: selecting and configuring at least one first mobile communication device attached to a first mobile network among said different mobile networks for the acquisition of configuration data related to proximity services of at least a second mobile network among said different mobile networks, said configuration data related to proximity services comprising information about radio resources assigned in said second mobile network for the proximity services; having the selected and configured first mobile communication device report the acquired configuration data related to proximity services of the at least a second mobile network to at least one between: the first mobile network, and at least one second mobile communication device located in proximity of the first mobile communication device. |
| US10667307B2 |
Disambiguation of target devices using ambient signal data
Techniques are described for automatically determining which of a plurality of target devices should be connected with a source device using data regarding ambient signals about the source device. For example, a request is received for an identifier to which a source device is to connect. Data is received describing at least one ambient signal detected by the source device. The data is compared with a plurality of target device profiles. It is determined that the data matches a target device profile of the plurality of device profiles. An identifier associated with the determined target device profile is returned. |
| US10667294B2 |
Carrier-sensing techniques for LTE-based transmissions over unlicensed carriers
Carrier-sensing techniques for LTE-based transmissions over unlicensed carriers are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise at least one memory and logic for user equipment (UE), at least a portion of the logic comprised in circuitry coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to cause the UE to receive an uplink (UL) grant indicating a transmit subframe, the transmit subframe to comprise a subframe during which the UE is authorized to perform UL transmission via an unlicensed carrier, the logic to cause the UE to determine whether the UL grant comprises a listen-before-talk (LBT)-contingent UL grant and in response to a determination that the UL grant comprises an LBT-contingent UL grant, identify an LBT interval for the transmit subframe and perform an LBT procedure during the LBT interval to determine whether the unlicensed carrier is idle. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US10667289B2 |
Mobile communications network, communications device and methods
A communications device is configured to receive data from a wireless access interface transmitted by a mobile communications network. The wireless access interface provides a plurality of communications resource elements within a system bandwidth providing a host frequency range of a host carrier and reserved communications resources for preferable allocation to reduced capability devices, the reserved communications resources forming a virtual carrier. In each of a plurality of time divided units, the wireless access interface provides a shared channel of communications resources and a control channel formed within the communications resources of the system bandwidth of the host frequency range for communicating resource allocation messages to communications devices. The resource allocation messages allocate the communications resources of the shared channel to the communication devices within the system bandwidth and allocate the reserved communications resources to the reduced capability devices. |
| US10667284B2 |
Method and communication node of scheduling radio resources
The embodiments disclose a method for scheduling radio resources in a radio communication network. The method comprises obtaining two or more MAC modes to be used for scheduling radio resources; and partitioning the radio resources into multiple resource blocks, each of which associates with one of the two or more MAC modes. Each of the two or more MAC modes is used to schedule associated resource block. Meanwhile, the embodiments also disclose a method for transmitting traffic in the radio communication network. The method comprises selecting a MAC mode from a list of active MAC modes for the traffic. Each MAC mode in the list of active MAC modes associates with respective resource blocks and is used to schedule the associated resource block. The traffic is transmitted over resource scheduled by the selected MAC mode. |
| US10667271B2 |
Method for transmitting frame in wireless LAN system
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a frame in a wireless communication system, in particular, a high density wireless LAN system, and a station apparatus for performing the same. To this end, a station for transmitting a frame configures a radio frame for a second type station, including a frame part for a first type station and a frame part for the second type station, wherein the frame part for the second type station includes a first signaling field (SIG A) for the second type station and a second signaling field (SIG B) for the second type station. The SIG A for the second type station includes modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information applied to the SIG B for the second type station, and the MCS level applied to the SIG B for the second type station supports an MCS having level than the lowest MCS level defined for the first type station. |
| US10667256B2 |
System and method to provide dynamic bandwidth allocation over wide area networks
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes intercepting a setup request for a session via a small cell network portion associated with a wide area network (WAN) instance, wherein the WAN instance comprises the small cell network portion and an enterprise network portion and wherein the small cell network portion and the enterprise network portion are interconnected to a service provider network; classifying the session to a particular WAN priority queue, wherein a plurality of WAN priority queues are configured for the WAN instance; determining whether the particular WAN priority queue has available bandwidth for the session; allocating bandwidth for the particular WAN priority queue if the particular WAN priority queue has available bandwidth; and permitting the session to be established if the particular WAN priority queue has available bandwidth. |
| US10667253B2 |
Signal transmission and reception method for reducing latency in wireless communication system, and apparatus therefor
Disclosed is a method for transmitting an uplink signal to a base station by a terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: detecting a downlink control signal from the base station through a terminal-specific search space or a common search space at a first time point; and transmitting an uplink signal corresponding to the downlink control signal to the base station on the basis of the downlink control signal, wherein, when the downlink control signal is detected in the terminal-specific search space, the uplink signal is transmitted at a second time point, and when the downlink control signal is detected in the common search space, the uplink signal is transmitted at a third time point. |
| US10667250B2 |
Terminal device, base station device, and communication method for performing short physical downlink control channel settings
[Object] To provide a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other.[Solution] A terminal device that communicates with a base station device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to perform one or more SPDCCH settings through signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; and a receiving unit configured to monitor an SPDCCH transmitted on a basis of an extended sub frame of a smaller number of symbols than a number of symbols corresponding to a sub frame and a resource block set by the SPDCCH setting on a basis of the SPDCCH setting. The SPDCCH is transmitted through one or more control channel elements. The control channel element is constituted by a plurality of resource element groups. In each of resource block pairs set by the SPDCCH setting, the resource element group is specified in association with a symbol in the resource block pair. |
| US10667246B2 |
Terminal, base station, transmission method, and reception method
Repetitions of a control signal across a plurality of first subframes and a data signal allocated to a resource indicated by the control signal are received. Repetition of a response signal for the data signal across a plurality of second subframes is performed, and a transmission signal is generated by multiplying the response signals in the second subframes by, among a plurality of first sequences orthogonal to one another, components of one of the first sequences which is associated with the first subframes, respectively. |
| US10667245B2 |
Radio communication terminal devices and methods for random access
A terminal apparatus includes a receiving section to receive information, where the information specifies a number, and a generating section to generate, based on the number, a transmission signal including access signals which are consecutive in a time domain and which include an access signal and at least one duplication of the access signal. The access signals are identical in number to the number specified by the information. A transmitting section transmits the transmission signal on at least two consecutive time slots using a resource selected from resource candidates. |
| US10667240B2 |
Device, system and method for managing channel and/or talkgroup assignments
A device, system and method for managing channel and/or talkgroup assignments is provided. A memory stores: a first list of channels associated with a device identifier of a mobile device; and a second list of channels associated with: a user identifier of a user; and attributes of the user. A controller: receives, via a communications unit, from the mobile device, the user identifier indicating a log-in to the mobile device by the user; selects a subset of the first list of channels, to be temporarily assigned to the mobile device when the user is logged into the mobile device, based on the attributes of the user; and transmits, via the communications unit, to the mobile device, a combined list that includes the subset of the first list of channels, and the second list of channels, to enable the mobile device to communicate using channels in the combined list. |
| US10667235B1 |
Server and plurality of access points for locating and identifying a mobile device
A system for locating and identifying a mobile device in an environment comprising a plurality of access devices disposed in an environment is provided. Each access device detects a signal strength of a mobile device in relation to the plurality of access devices in addition to a media access control address to identify the mobile device. A trilateration processor computed a distance between the plurality of access devices and the mobile device, and a non-linear regression processor determines the second distance from a sum of errors received from the trilateral processor to establish a location of the mobile device. A wireless network is in communication with the plurality of access devices, the mobile device, and a server to associate the distance with the media access control address of the mobile device. |
| US10667231B2 |
Method and apparatus for managing communication services using multiple subscription agreements
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, storing subscription utilization information in the memory where the subscription utilization information is indicative of a history of subscription usage by the device and where registration information associated with a group of subscription agreements is stored in the memory, receiving location information from the device processor where the location information indicates a location of the device, and selecting a target subscription agreement from among the group of subscription agreements according to the history of subscription usage and the location information. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US10667228B2 |
Control of downlink multicast channel and data channel transmissions in a wireless network
A base station transmits configuration parameters of a plurality of cells to a wireless device. The plurality of cells are grouped into timing groups and control channel groups. A primary control channel group comprises a primary cell with a primary control channel received from the wireless device. A secondary control channel group comprises a control secondary cell with a secondary control channel received from the wireless device. The control secondary cell is in a first timing group of the timing group. In response to expiration of a time alignment timer of the first timing group: transmission of downlink shared channel transport blocks to the wireless device via a first secondary cell in the secondary control channel group is stopped and transmission of downlink multicast channel transport blocks to the wireless device continue via the first secondary cell. The first secondary cell is different from the control secondary cell. |
| US10667211B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing discontinuous reception in wireless systems
A method of discontinuous reception (DRX) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU receiving DRX setting information over a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and the WTRU receiving DRX activation information over medium access control (MAC) signal. |
| US10667208B2 |
Communication method and device
A communication method, including receiving, by user equipment (UE), information about one or more backhaul links that is broadcast by different micro base stations, selecting, by the UE, a micro base station corresponding to backhaul link information that meets a preset condition, and accessing, by the UE, the selected micro base station when the selected micro base station is in an active state, or when the selected micro base station is in an inactive state, sending, by the UE, an activation signal to the selected micro base station, and accessing, by the UE, the selected micro base station after the micro base station is activated. Hence, a backhaul link can be used appropriately. |
| US10667201B2 |
Selective access information broadcast in overlapping service areas
A method performed by a network node for handling communication in a communication network, the communication network comprises a radio network node providing radio coverage over a second service area and an access node providing radio coverage over a first service area. The network node determines that the first service area covers the second service area, and in that case requests the access node to broadcast access information for the second service area. |
| US10667199B1 |
Systems and methods for improving routing of communications to emergency services
Systems and techniques for routing emergency communications to appropriate public safety answering points (PSAPs) based on location information associated with the communications are provided. Currently, only imprecise location information is available for call routing, and retrieving the imprecise location information requires a slow, expensive query to an automatic location identification (ALI) database. The present disclosure obtains location information that can be used for routing without performing the query to the ALI database, and also incorporates the use of precise location information available from mobile device providers (when available). Similar techniques for routing other types communications to other destination devices based on location information are also disclosed. |
| US10667198B2 |
Systems and methods of a portable device roaming between a plurality of access point devices with which the portable device is enrolled
Systems and methods of a portable device roaming between a plurality of access point devices with which the portable device is enrolled are provided. Some methods can include the portable device saving a respective network parameter of each of the plurality of access point devices, the portable device traversing a plurality of channels in which the plurality of access point devices operate, the portable device operating in a respective one of the plurality of channels to receive a packet from a respective one of the plurality of access point devices, the portable device comparing a received network identifier in the packet with the respective network parameter of each of the plurality of access point devices as saved, and responsive to a match, the portable device transmitting a command signal to the respective one of the plurality of access point devices. |
| US10667179B1 |
Multiple-slice application delivery based on network slice associations
A device can receive, from first user equipment, information that relates to a first application, where the information includes a plurality of S-NSSAI. The device can determine whether the plurality of S-NSSAI are configured as a group of associated S-NSSAI. The device can determine that a preference is to be given to one of: communication sessions associated with the first application relative to a communication session associated with a second application, that does not utilize multiple network slices, of the first user equipment or second user equipment; traffic flows associated with the first application relative to a traffic flow associated with the second application; or a plurality of network slices associated with the first application relative to a network slice associated with the second application. The device can perform one or more actions based on determining the preference to thereby facilitate a particular functionality of the first application. |
| US10667176B2 |
Structure of MAC sub-header for supporting next generation mobile communication system and method and apparatus using the same
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided. |
| US10667173B2 |
Feedback retransmission repetition coding for wireless communications
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for generation of feedback at a code block (CB) level for a received transmission in which a transmit block (TB) includes a number of CBs. The feedback may indicate a request for a retransmission of one or more CBs, and retransmissions of the CBs may be provided at a repetition level that provides multiple repetitions of the one or more CBs. The repetition level may provide for two or more retransmissions of the one or more CBs. In some cases, the repetition level is configurable, and may be based on a number of requests for retransmission that are received. The configuration of repetition levels may be through radio resource control (RRC) signaling, downlink/uplink control information, or any combination thereof. |
| US10667168B2 |
Voice packet communications using multiple subcarriers
A base station transmits, during a first period, a first plurality of voice packets of a first talking period on a first plurality of subcarriers of a first carrier. The base station transmits, during a second period, a second plurality of voice packets of a second talking period on a second plurality of subcarriers of a second carrier. The base station transmits, in the first period and the second period, data traffic packets on a third plurality of subcarriers. There is at least one guard band between at least two subcarriers in the third plurality of subcarriers. |
| US10667163B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method
A MS transmits, to a BS, uplink data (UD) on a PUSCH, PUSCH being assigned by using a PDCCH. The MS receives on PDCCH, an indication instructing the MS to transmit reception quality information (RQI) without UD on PUSCH, and transmits on PUSCH, to the BS, RQI without UD based on the indication which is received on PDCCH. The indication is specified based on values to which a plurality of fields of information transmitted on PDCCH are set. One of the plurality of fields is a field used for instructing the MS to transmit RQI and another is a field used for indicating a redundancy version. For instructing the MS to transmit RQI without UD on PUSCH, the field used for instructing the MS to transmit RQI is set to a first single predetermined value (SPV) and the field used for indicating the redundancy version is set to a second SPV. |
| US10667162B2 |
Bandwidth information determination for flexible bandwidth carriers
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are provided for mobility management for wireless communications systems that utilize a flexible bandwidth carrier. Some embodiments include approaches for determining bandwidth information, such as one or more bandwidth scaling factors N and/or flexible bandwidths, at a user equipment (UE), where the bandwidth information may not be signaled to the UE. Embodiments for determining bandwidth information include: random ordered bandwidth scaling factor approaches, delay ordered bandwidth scaling factor approaches, storing bandwidth scaling factor value in UE Neighbor Record approaches, spectrum measurement approaches, spectrum calculation approaches, and/or a priori approaches. Flexible bandwidth carrier systems may utilize spectrum portions that may not be big enough to fit a normal waveform. Flexible bandwidth carrier systems may be generated through dilating, or scaling down, time, frame lengths, bandwidth, or the chip rate of the flexible bandwidth carrier systems with respect to a normal bandwidth carrier system. |
| US10667154B2 |
System and method for evaluating wireless device and wireless network performance
There is provided a method of evaluating wireless device and/or wireless network performance and/or wireless network usage trends. The method comprises providing wireless device software to each of a plurality of wireless electronic devices connected to one or more of a plurality of networks by having the wireless device software embedded in the corresponding electronic device, wherein the wireless device software is embedded in or operable with a plurality of types of applications and performs at least one test associated with characteristics and/or location of the device, and/or performance of the device and/or the network, and/or usage of the device by a user; receiving via one or more collection servers, test data obtained by the wireless device software of each of the plurality of wireless electronic devices; aggregating the received data; and storing and outputting the aggregated data. |
| US10667151B2 |
Coverage solution recommendation tool
A coverage solution recommendation tool may generate prioritized lists of coverage solutions for resolving a network coverage problem at a location. The tool may obtain network parameters of a wireless communication network that provides services to user devices at the location. The tool may further acquire device parameters of the user devices used at the location, as well as collect environment parameters associated with the location. The environment parameters may affect whether a wireless telecommunication carrier is able to leverage additional coverage solutions to provide services at the location. Accordingly, the coverage solution tool may generate a prioritized list of coverage solutions for resolving the network coverage problem based on the parameters. |
| US10667142B2 |
Methods and apparatus for providing backhaul services to a citizens broadband radio service device
Methods and apparatus for providing backhaul capacity to a first Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) using a device to device connection to a second CBSD. An exemplary method embodiment includes operating a first Citizens Broadband Radio Service Device (CBSD) to: (i) establish a wireless device to device (D2D) communications link with a second CBSD using D2D wireless communications resources; (ii) send, via the D2D communications link, a first backhaul resource reservation signal to the second CBSD to reserve a first portion of a communications backhaul extending from the second CBSD to a service provider communication network; and (iii) communicate data for a user equipment device (UE) being served by the first CBSD to said service provider communications network via said D2D communications link and the communications backhaul extending from the second CBSD. |
| US10667137B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing contents in communication system
A method of providing contents in a communication system by a proxy server includes selecting one of a first content and a second content based on a first channel bandwidth usable by a terminal and a second channel bandwidth usable by a base station; and providing the selected content to the terminal, wherein the first content requires a wider channel bandwidth than a channel bandwidth of the second content. |
| US10667135B2 |
Dynamic policy-based on-boarding of devices in enterprise environments
In one embodiment, a method for providing access to wireless networks may include receiving, by a wireless network access provider from a user device, a request to access a wireless network. The method may include obtaining data representing a policy applicable to the access request, sending the access request, augmented with the policy, to an identity provider associated with the user and having no pre-existing relationship with the access provider, and receiving, from the identity provider, an access request response indicating whether or not the policy is met. The method may include communicating, to the wireless device, an indication that the access request has been accepted, if the policy is met, or an indication that the access request has been rejected, if the policy is not met. The access provider and identity provider may be members of an identity and access federation that communicate over a dynamically established secure connection. |
| US10667127B1 |
System and method for control policy retention
An exemplary mobile computing device includes an interface configured to wirelessly receive a control policy from an antenna; a processor configured to enforce the received control policy; and memory configured to store the received control policy and retain a last-received control policy for enforcement by the processor when the interface is outside an antenna range to wirelessly receive any control policy. |
| US10667123B2 |
Method for installing subscription profile, terminal, and server
Embodiments include a method for installing a subscription profile, a terminal, and a server. The method includes obtaining, by a local profile assistant (LPA) in the terminal, metadata of a subscription profile, determining, based on an authorization file, whether use of each policy rule included in the metadata is allowed. The method further includes obtaining, by the LPA, the subscription profile when the use of each policy rule included in the metadata is allowed. The method further includes sending the subscription profile to an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) in the terminal. The method further includes determining, by the eUICC based on the authorization file, whether use of the subscription profile is allowed. The method further includes installing, by the eUICC, the subscription profile when the use of the subscription profile is allowed. |
| US10667120B2 |
Mobile communication system, service platform, network parameter control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium
A mobile communication system capable of executing optimization of network processing based on a change in utilization characteristics is provided. The mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a network operator device (12) that is arranged in a mobile communication network managed by a mobile communication provider and a service platform (13) that provides an application service for a mobile communication device (11), the mobile communication device performing communication via the mobile communication network. The service platform (13) transmits to the network operator device (12) a characteristic change in the mobile communication device (11) associated with an event notification transmitted from the mobile communication device (11) and the network operator device (12) changes a network parameter associated with the mobile communication device (11) according to the characteristic change in the mobile communication device (11) transmitted from the service platform (13). |
| US10667109B2 |
Forwarding activity-related information from source electronic devices to companion electronic devices
The described embodiments transfer an activity from a source electronic device to a companion electronic device. The source electronic device receives activity information describing an activity performed in a first application at the source electronic device and broadcasts an activity advertisement comprising an activity identifier for the activity. Upon receiving the activity advertisement, the companion electronic device determines whether a second application that is associated with the first application is available at the companion electronic device. If the second application is available, the companion electronic device acquires extended activity data from the source electronic device and uses the extended activity data to configure the second application and commence performing the activity with the second application at the companion electronic device. The source electronic device may also forward activity-related information (e.g., information from a copy and paste clipboard in the source electronic device) to the companion electronic device. |
| US10667107B2 |
Method and system for entry and exit monitoring using bluetooth low energy (BLE) beacons
This disclosure relates generally to surveillance, and more particularly to perform entry and exit monitoring of a user. In an embodiment, the system identifies an entry event (during which a user enters a room being surveilled) and/or an exit event (during which a user leaves a room being surveilled), based on a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based system. This system uses two receivers one positioned outside and the other positioned inside the room being surveilled, to receive BLE beacon transmitted by a user who is in motion. Based on relative change in Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) values of this beacon with respect to the first and second receivers, the system identifies direction of movement of the user, and in turn, determines one of the entry or exit events. |
| US10667101B2 |
Contextual deep linking of applications
A contextual deep linking server receives a request associated with a valid contextual deep link from a client device, the contextual deep link associated with link data indicating a particular configuration of an application. The server also receives, after determining that the client device has stored a previously generated fingerprint, stored contextual information for the client device identified by a locally stored fingerprint that matches the previously generated fingerprint. The server then generates, after determining that the client device does not have the previously generated fingerprint, a unique fingerprint of the client device based on a plurality of characteristics of the client device and determining contextual information of the request based on a characteristic of the client device. The server also transmits a response to the client device that is selected based on the contextual information of the client device such that the response is operable on the client device. |
| US10667093B2 |
Communication in a multicast or unicast wireless network
A Multicast-Broadcast over a Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) message may be multicasted to a cluster of network elements. Using multicasting or unicasting based on a number of unacknowledged network elements of the cluster of network elements, the MBSFN message may be retransmitted to unacknowledged network elements in the cluster of network elements, subsequent to a time period to receive an acknowledgement message from a first and a second network element. |
| US10667092B2 |
Multimedia broadcast/multimedia service (MBMS) session update
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for multimedia broadcast/multimedia service (MBMS) session update are provided. One method includes receiving a session update request which may include a TGMI pointing to the current active MBMS session and new QoS requirement. The method may then include updating the MBMS bearer context with the new QoS. |
| US10667088B2 |
Systems and methods for detecting and assessing distracted drivers
Methods and devices for identifying a driver of a vehicle are provided. Embodiments collect vehicle and driving data using a mobile device of a user. The collected data may be used to estimate whether a user of the mobile device is a driver or a passenger in a vehicle. Data collected using the mobile device may be analyzed to determine when the user is engaging in distracted driving behavior. |
| US10667079B2 |
Virtual beacon system
A virtual beacon system that provides proximity alerts is described. The proximity alerts are based on the location of a mobile device (100) and a location of interest. The method may include the steps of providing sensor readings for signals, calculating a mobile device location, determining the distance between a mobile device and a product location (202) and generating a proximity trigger (208). A described virtual beacon system includes a monitoring access point (104) for providing sensor readings and transmitting proximity triggers, a location cloud service (106) for calculating a mobile device (100) location and proximity alert service (108) for generating proximity triggers based on the mobile device location. |
| US10667077B2 |
User consent for hybrid location sharing services
A hybrid location service maintains a user state for each of a plurality of mobile devices communicably coupled to the hybrid location service via one or more networks. The hybrid location service can receive a request for a location of a mobile device. In response, the hybrid location service can determine a consent source. The consent source can include the mobile device or a network operator of the network used by the mobile device. The hybrid location service determines a response to the request for the location of the mobile device based, at least in part, on a user state of the mobile device and a user consent obtained from the consent source. |
| US10667072B2 |
Efficient rendering of virtual soundfields
An audio system and method of spatially rendering audio signals that uses modified virtual speaker panning is disclosed. The audio system may include a fixed number F of virtual speakers, and the modified virtual speaker panning may dynamically select and use a subset P of the fixed virtual speakers. The subset P of virtual speakers may be selected using a low energy speaker detection and culling method, a source geometry-based culling method, or both. One or more processing blocks in the decoder/virtualizer may be bypassed based on the energy level of the associated audio signal or the location of the sound source relative to the user/listener, respectively. In some embodiments, a virtual speaker that is designated as an active virtual speaker at a first time, may also be designated as an active virtual speaker at a second time to ensure the processing completes. |
| US10667071B2 |
Low complexity multi-channel smart loudspeaker with voice control
A digital signal processor is programmed to extract a center channel from a stereo input, apply the center channel to an array of speaker elements using a first set of finite impulse response filters and a first rotation matrix to generate a first beam of audio content at a target angle about the axis, apply a left channel of the stereo input to the array of speaker elements using a second set of finite impulse response filters and a second rotation matrix to generate a second beam of audio content at a first offset angle from the target angle about the axis, and apply a right channel of the stereo input to the array of speaker elements using a third set of finite impulse response filters and third rotation matrix to generate a third beam of audio content at a second offset angle from the target angle about the axis. |
| US10667069B2 |
Source separation for reverberant environment
Embodiments of source separation for reverberant environment are disclosed. According to a method, first microphone signals for each individual one of at least one source are captured respectively by at least two microphones for a period during which only the individual one produces sounds. Mixing parameters for modeling acoustic paths between the at least one source and the at least two microphones are learned by a processor based on the first microphone signals. Second microphone signals are captured respectively by the at least two microphones for a period during which all of the at least one source produce sounds. The reconstruction model is estimated by the processor based on the mixing parameters and second microphone signals. The processor performs the source separation by applying the reconstruction model. |
| US10667064B2 |
ITE hearing aid with improved wireless communication
An in-the-ear hearing aid, the hearing aid having a first end and a second end, the hearing aid includes: a microphone configured to receive sound; a processing unit configured to provide a processed audio signal for compensating a hearing loss of a user; an output transducer for providing an acoustic output, wherein the microphone and the output transducer are coupled to the processing unit; an antenna that is closer to the first end than to the second end of the hearing aid; a wireless communication unit coupled to the antenna; and a polarization element configured for forming a polarization of the antenna, where the polarization element is between the first end and the second end of the hearing aid. |
| US10667062B2 |
System and method for personalizing a hearing aid
A method of personalizing at least one hearing aid for a hearing aid user includes the steps of manufacturing a hearing aid (1), receiving an audiogram from a server (37) for the hearing aid user, programming the hearing aid (1) by means of the audiogram, whereby the hearing aid (1) becomes personalized for the hearing aid user. Hereafter, the personalized hearing aid(s) (1) is/are delivered to the hearing aid user who may then put it into use. If there arises a need for fine tuning, the hearing aid user may request a consultation with a hearing healthcare professional. The hearing healthcare professional has equipment (44, 45) for fine tuning the hearing aid (1), and he may fine tune the personalized hearing aid(s) (1) in dialogue with the hearing aid user. The invention further provides a hearing aid delivering system and an Internet enabled personal communication device. |
| US10667053B2 |
Sound reproducing apparatus and method, and program
The present technology relates to a sound reproducing apparatus and method, and a program that enable sound reproduction with high sound quality and excellent directivity characteristics at lower costs.A sound reproducing apparatus includes: an amplification unit that amplifies an acoustic signal; a plurality of electroacoustic transducers that output sound in accordance with the acoustic signal output from the amplification unit, the electroacoustic transducers having characteristics of a capacitive load; and a switching unit that switches connections of the electroacoustic transducers to the amplification unit, to connect one or a plurality of electroacoustic transducers among the plurality of electroacoustic transducers to the amplification unit. The present technology can be applied to a sound reproducing apparatus, for example. |
| US10667049B2 |
Detecting the presence of wind noise
A method comprising: receiving a first microphone signal from a first microphone having a first frequency response characteristic (1101, 1121) at frequencies (114) associated with wind noise; receiving a second microphone signal from a second microphone having a second frequency response characteristic (1102, 1122) at frequencies (114) associated with wind noise, wherein the first frequency response characteristic (1101, 1121) provides less gain than the second frequency response characteristic (1102, 1122) over the range of frequencies (114) associated with wind noise; and processing the first microphone signal and the second microphone signal to detect the presence of wind noise. |
| US10667048B2 |
Recording method, recording play method, apparatuses, and terminals
A recording method, a recording play method, apparatuses and terminals, where the recording method comprises obtaining, by a terminal, recording data in all sound source directions input by at least three microphones, and generating, by the terminal, a recording file according to the obtained recording data, wherein the recording file saves the recording data in all the sound source directions. |
| US10667046B2 |
Modular multichannel audio connection system
The present invention provides a system of modular wiring harnesses that provide power from the audio amplifier to the audio source. Amplifier-end modular sections of a wiring harness may be used with a variety of amplifiers of two, four, five, or six channels. Audio source-end modular sections of a wiring harness may provide connection to one of various modular amplifier-end modular wiring harnesses. Audio source-end modular sections of a wiring harness may use a signal processor to provide multiple channel outputs from single input, responsive to the connected inputs and outputs. |
| US10667043B2 |
Loudspeaker and sound outputting apparatus having the same
A sound outputting apparatus is provided. The sound outputting apparatus includes at least one loudspeaker, and a main body configured to house the at least one loudspeaker. Each of the at least one loudspeaker includes an acoustic transducer configured to generate a sound wave, and a sound guide part configured to directionally output the sound wave via a plurality of openings. A diameter of each of the plurality of openings is increased as a distance from the acoustic transducer increases. |
| US10667041B2 |
Playback devices having waveguides
A playback device comprises an electroacoustic transducer; an acoustic waveguide in fluid communication with the transducer; and a housing delimiting an opening of the waveguide, the opening extending around an axis passing through the transducer. The opening may have a radial distance from the axis that varies with an azimuthal angle about the axis. An acoustic path length within the waveguide, between the transducer and the opening, is substantially constant and independent of azimuthal angle about the axis. |
| US10667040B1 |
System and method for compensating for non-linear behavior for an acoustic transducer based on magnetic flux
In at least another embodiment, an audio amplifier system including the memory and the audio amplifier is provided. The audio amplifier includes the memory and is programmed to receive an audio input signal and to generate a target current signal based on the audio input signal and a velocity of a diaphragm of a loudspeaker. The audio amplifier is further programmed to generate a corrected current signal based at least on the target current signal and on a predicted position of a voice coil of the loudspeaker and determine the predicted position of the voice coil of the loudspeaker based on a flux density value. The flux density value corresponds to a product of magnetic flux of an air gap for the voice coil in the loudspeaker and a length of a voice coil wire in the loudspeaker. |
| US10667039B2 |
Acoustic device having an electro-acoustic transducer mounted to a passive radiator diaphragm
An acoustic device includes first and second acoustic cavities which are air tight. A first passive radiator includes a first passive radiator diaphragm that has a rear surface which is exposed to the first acoustic cavity. A second passive radiator includes a first passive radiator diaphragm having a front surface which is exposed to the first acoustic cavity, and a rear surface which is exposed to the second acoustic cavity. A first electro-acoustic transducer is supported on the second passive radiator diaphragm. The first electro-acoustic transducer is arranged such that a first radiating surface of the first electro-acoustic transducer radiates acoustic energy into the first acoustic chamber and a second radiating surface of the first electro-acoustic transducer radiates acoustic energy into the second acoustic chamber. |
| US10667028B2 |
Electric device including microspeaker module with vibration function and wearable acoustic transducer
A wearable acoustic transducer includes a communication part for performing communication and speaker and control modules. The speaker module includes an enclosure having an inner space, a first opening in which a speaker part is mounted being formed in a first side surface thereof, a second opening in which a passive vibration part is mounted being formed in a second side surface thereof, the speaker part configured to emit sound, and a passive vibration part for relieving air stiffness in the inner space of the enclosure. The control module performs gain correction on an electric signal including sound or voice that is received from the communication part according to prestored gain correction data and applies the gain-corrected electric signal to the speaker part, or generates an electric signal corresponding to the gain correction data and applies the electric signal to the speaker part. |
| US10667027B2 |
Modular speaker cover
Described herein is a modular speaker cover that is removably attachable to a speaker. This device can comprise a modular grille and a grille insert, wherein the grille insert is removably attached to the modular grille. The grille insert can be replaced with other grille inserts of various colors, shapes, textures, and materials. In some embodiment, the grille insert is permanently fixed to the modular grille. |
| US10667022B2 |
Second screen haptics
A multi-device system includes at least one media server system, a primary viewing device including a display screen, and a secondary device including a haptic output device. The at least one media server system includes a source of audio-video content and haptic content and is configured to transfer the audio-video content and the haptic content. The haptic content is associated with the audio-video content. The primary viewing device is configured to output the audio-video content received from the at least one media server system. The secondary device is configured to output the haptic content received from the at least one media server system as a haptic effect via the haptic output device. |
| US10667019B2 |
Apparatus and methods for managing delivery of content in a network with limited bandwidth using pre-caching
Apparatus and methods for managing provision of content to devices in a content delivery network. In one exemplary embodiment, content with a high probability of viewership is sent to consumer premises equipment (CPE) during off-peak periods and stored prior to viewing. An application is utilized to manage decisions related to content provision. The computer program will identify content that is likely to be of interest users associated with respective CPE, and schedule provision of that content in advance of viewing. Then, the system will develop a plan for optimal scheduling of transmission of content to CPEs, often including the use of trickle downloads. The scheduling plan is based collected statistical and historical data on network resource demand to make scheduling decisions. The system allows for the shifting of bandwidth utilization from periods of high demand to those of low demand, and increased performance with regard to user experienced latency. |
| US10667016B2 |
Peer and method for adjusting starting point of the peer
Disclosed is a method of adjusting a starting point of a peer, the method including receiving a starting point value and a downloading point value of a counterpart peer from the counterpart peer, determining an initial starting point value of a peer based on the received starting point value and the received downloading point value, calculating a ratio between an average play point move rate (APMR) of the peer and an average fragment reception rate of the peer when the determined initial starting point value is less than the received starting point value, calculating a margin based on the calculated ratio, and determining the starting point value of the peer using one of the received starting point value and the received downloading point value, and the calculated margin. |
| US10667012B2 |
Technological facilitation of virtual in-venue experience for remote spectator(s) of an event
A virtual in-venue experience is provided to a remote spectator receiving one or more sets of audio visual (AV) feeds of an event, a set of the feeds including a primary and one or more secondary AV feeds. The secondary AV feed(s) provides supplemental content to the main content provided by the primary AV feed, and includes peripheral field of view audio visual content for the set. The set of feeds may be captured from a respective location within the venue. The primary audio visual feed is displayed for view by the remote spectator, and in association with display of the primary feed, the secondary audio visual feed(s) is displayed in a peripheral field of view of the remote spectator. The secondary AV feed(s) provides the remote user with peripheral AV content at the respective location within the venue, thereby enhancing the in-venue experience for the remote spectator. |
| US10667011B2 |
Media content distribution
A method includes receiving media content at a media server and encoding the media content to form a first content stream. The method includes encoding an audio portion of the media content to form a second content stream having a first bit rate. The method includes causing the first content stream to be transmitted to a media device via a satellite distribution system and causing the second content stream to be concurrently transmitted to the media device via a terrestrial distribution system. The method also includes receiving an indication of a disruption of the first content stream at the media device, and, after receiving the indication, causing a change from transmission of the second content stream to transmission of a third content stream of the media content to the media device via the terrestrial distribution system. The third stream has a second bit rate greater than the first bit rate. |
| US10667008B1 |
Method and system for setting and receiving user notifications for content available far in the future
A system and method comprises a head end performing a search using a search term and communicates a search result. The head end determines availability of the search result and when the search result is unavailable, communicates a notification function selector to a user device. The user device displays the search result and the notification function selector on a screen display. The user device generates a notification selector signal in response to a notification selector selection. The notification selector signal corresponds to the search or search result. The user device communicates the notification selector signal to a notification system. The notification system forms a notification query in response to the notification selector signal and monitors guide data at the notification system for content corresponding to the search or search result and communicates a notification signal to the user device in response to monitoring guide data. |
| US10667005B2 |
Playing method and playing system
The present application provides a playing method and a playing system. The playing method includes: playing display contents by a first display device; upon receipt of a storage instruction, recording playing position information and sending matching information to a second display device by the first display device; searching, by the second display device, for the first display device that sends the matching information upon receipt of a resuming instruction; pairing the first display device with the second display device; transmitting, by the first display device, the playing position information to the second display device; and resuming, by the second display device, playing the display contents according to the playing position information. |
| US10667001B2 |
Method and system for display of mixed media content on devices without standard video
Aspects of the invention may involve systems and methods. A method for providing video and mixed media content to a user device may include receiving content data from a content source and broadcasting the state of the content source. The content data may be split into audio data and visual data. Snapshots of the visual data over a length of time may be extracted. The plurality of snapshots and the audio data may be transformed into text strings and packaged into a data object. In response to a request from a user device, the data object and browser executable instructions may be sent to the user device. The instructions may transform the text into sound and into image snapshots to be consecutively displayed in a browser, where the displayed snapshots is synchronized with the sound, and other media content is displayed in the browser. |
| US10667000B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and storage medium
If another communication apparatus is reproducing a content stored in an external apparatus, a reproduction instruction for causing a communication apparatus to reproduce a content stored in the external apparatus is transmitted from the another communication apparatus to the communication apparatus. The communication apparatus performs reproduction preparation for the content based on the reproduction instruction, and then transmits a wireless signal to the another communication apparatus. The another communication apparatus obtains a reproduction start position of the content, based on reception of the wireless signal, and transmits the obtained reproduction start position to the communication apparatus. |
| US10666999B2 |
Methods and apparatus for adaptive video transmission based on channel capacity
Example methods and apparatus for adaptive video transmission based on channel capacity are disclosed. A first wireless display source device for adaptive video transmission based on channel capacity includes a video bit rate determiner, a comparer and a video bit rate setter. The video bit rate determiner is to determine a collective video bit rate based on a current number of wireless display connections in a peer-to-peer (P2P) group multiplied by a current video bit rate of the first wireless display source device. The P2P group includes a second wireless display source device in proximity to the first wireless display source device. The comparer is to compare the collective video bit rate to a wireless display capacity in proximity to the first wireless display source device. The video bit rate setter is to set the current video bit rate of the first wireless display source device to a first adjusted video bit rate value in response to the comparer determining that the collective video bit rate is greater than the wireless display capacity, and to set the current video bit rate of the first wireless display source device to a second adjusted video bit rate value in response to the comparer determining that the collective video bit rate is not greater than the wireless display capacity. |
| US10666996B1 |
Detecting sub-node plant service conditions using subscriber
Utilizing subscriber address information to provide an alert of a service condition that provides guidance on which area of a service network might be the source of the service condition. |
| US10666985B1 |
Sub-block based entropy coding for image coding
A sub-block entropy coding method more efficiently encodes content. Specifically, by selecting the most optimal tables for each sub-block, the number of bits utilizes is minimized. Furthermore, based on results, tables are able to be eliminated as options to further reduce the number of signaling bits. |
| US10666984B2 |
Apparatus and method for vector-based entropy coding for display stream compression
Methods and apparatus for coding video information having a plurality of video samples include partitioning samples into groups for transmission within a single clock cycle, wherein the samples are associated with a bit length B, and a group having a group size K. The sample group is mapped to a code number and coded to form a vector-based code comprising a first portion identifying a type of look-up-table used to performing the mapping, and a second portion representing the samples of the group. The look-up-table may be constructed based upon occurrence probabilities of different sample groups. In addition, different types of look-up-tables may be used for different B and K values. |
| US10666982B2 |
Video transmission system, coding apparatus, and moving picture compression method
According to one embodiment, a video transmission system includes a coding apparatus for compressing a plurality of input images and a decoding apparatus for extending the compressed images. The coding apparatus includes a predictive coding unit that generates predictive error data based on a reference image and an input image, a data compression unit that compresses the predictive error data, an image storage unit that stores the compressed input image in a frame memory in the compressed state or compresses a local decoded image and stores the compressed local decoded image in the frame memory, and an image extension unit that extends an image stored in the frame memory. The decoding apparatus includes a data extension unit that extends the predictive error data, and a predictive decoding unit that acquires the completely decoded input image as the reference image and newly decoding the input image based on the acquired reference image and the predictive error data. |
| US10666977B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for coding and decoding depth map
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and devices for coding and decoding a depth map, including: determining to perform simplified depth coding (SDC) decoding according to a flag of an SDC mode; determining a size of an image block and a maximum prediction size; determining an intra-frame prediction mode; in a case in which the size of the image block is greater than the maximum prediction size, splitting the image block to obtain N split image blocks; and performing the SDC decoding on the N split image blocks by using the intra-frame prediction mode. In this way, processing efficiency of coding and decoding a depth map can be improved. |
| US10666974B2 |
Methods of escape pixel coding in index map coding
A method of video coding with reduced implementation cost by reusing transform coefficient buffer palette for palette coding is disclosed. If the current prediction mode is an Intra prediction mode or the Inter prediction mode, information related to transform coefficients for prediction residual of the current block resulted from Intra prediction or Inter prediction is stored in the transform coefficient buffer. If the current prediction mode is the palette coding mode, information related to palette data associated with the current block is stored in the transform coefficient buffer. The current block is then encoded or decoded based on the information related to the transform coefficients if the current block is coded in the Intra prediction mode or the Inter prediction mode, or the information related to the palette data stored in the transform coefficient buffer if the current prediction mode is the palette coding mode. |
| US10666967B2 |
Moving picture coding method and moving picture decoding method
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a co-located block information determination unit which determines which one of a forward reference block and a backward reference block will be a co-located block and further determines whether only the unidirectional motion vector of the motion vectors of the co-located block is to be stored in a colPic memory; a temporal motion vector predictor calculation unit which derives a candidate motion vector predictor in temporal motion vector predictor mode using the colPic information stored in the colPic memory; and an inter prediction control unit which determines to code a motion vector using a candidate motion vector predictor having least error from the motion vector derived by motion estimation among candidate motion vector predictors. |
| US10666965B2 |
Video predictive encoding device and system, video predictive decoding device and system
A video predictive encoding device includes an input module to receive pictures forming a video sequence, and an encoding module to encode the pictures by either intra prediction or inter prediction to generate compressed picture data, and to packetize the compressed image data along with packet header information. The packet header information includes a picture type. The encoding module determines the picture type so as to uniquely indicate whether encoded picture data is used for reference in decoding of another picture. |
| US10666959B2 |
Image coding apparatus and method, and image decoding apparatus and method
There is provided an image coding apparatus including: circuitry configured to set a correspondence relationship between resolution information and an enhancement layer, in a case where the number of the layers is greater than the number of multiple candidates for the resolution information on a layer of an image; and code the image and generate a bitstream including information relating to the set correspondence relationship. |
| US10666957B2 |
Processing high dynamic range and wide color gamut video data for video coding
In general, techniques are described for processing high dynamic range (HDR) and wide color gamut (WCG) video data for video coding. A device comprising a memory and a processor may perform the techniques. The memory may store compacted fractional chromaticity coordinate (FCC) formatted video data. The processor may inverse compact the compacted FCC formatted video data using one or more inverse adaptive transfer functions (TFs) to obtain decompacted FCC formatted video data. The processor may next inverse adjust a chromaticity component of the decompacted FCC formatted video data based on a corresponding luminance component of the decompacted FCC formatted video data to obtain inverse adjusted FCC formatted video data. The processor may convert the chromaticity component of the inverse adjusted FCC formatted video data from the FCC format to a color representation format to obtain High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) video data. |
| US10666952B2 |
Image encoding device, image decoding device, and image processing method
An image encoding device is provided that performs, in an image, an intra-prediction on a block obtained by dividing the image so as to encode the block, the image encoding device including: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to select a rectangular block as the block, and to add a certain prediction direction as a selection target intra-prediction direction when the rectangular block is selected, wherein the certain prediction direction is one of prediction directions in which a pixel that is adjacent to a short side of the rectangular block is referred to, and an adjacent pixel in a left or upper block that is adjacent to a long side of the rectangular block is referred to in another prediction direction that is 180 degrees opposite to the certain prediction direction. |
| US10666950B2 |
Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and apparatus
An intra prediction mode encoding and decoding method, an image decoding device, and an image encoding device operate by deriving most probable modes (MPMs) from surrounding prediction units adjacent to a current prediction unit and deriving an intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit on the basis of an MPM flag indicating whether an MPM having the same prediction mode as the intra prediction mode of the current prediction unit exists among the derived MPMs. |
| US10666949B2 |
System and method for optimized encoding and transmission of a plurality of substantially similar video fragments
A system and method for stitching separately encoded MPEG video fragments, each representing a different rectangular area of the screen together into one single full-screen MPEG encoded video fragment. |
| US10666945B2 |
Image processing device and image processing method for decoding a block of an image
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. |
| US10666943B2 |
Block partition structure in video compression
A method of coding implemented by a decoding device. The method includes receiving a bitstream from an encoding device, the bitstream containing a minimum block width and a minimum block height, partitioning a current block into sub-blocks until one of the sub-blocks reaches the minimum block width or the minimum block height, determining pixel values for the one of the sub-blocks that has reached the minimum block width or the minimum block height, and displaying, on a display of an electronic device, an image generated using the pixel values that were determined. |
| US10666937B2 |
Low-complexity sign prediction for video coding
Sign prediction technology for video coding are generally described. An example device includes a memory configured to store video data, and processing circuitry in communication with the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a block of the video data stored to the memory is eligible to be coded using sign prediction, to perform the sign prediction with respect to one or more transform coefficients of the block only if the block meets a predetermined criterion, wherein the predetermined criterion is based on at least one of: a width of the block, a height of the block, a coding mode used to code the block, or a position of one or more sign-predicted transform coefficients within the block, and to code the block based on the sign prediction performed with respect to the block. |
| US10666934B1 |
Camera automatic calibration method and optical motion capture system
A camera automatic calibration method includes determining a camera to be recalibrated; and determining a point-to-point matching relationship between a first projection point set and a first collection point set. The first projection point set is formed in a camera coordinate system when first spatial coordinates, formed by capturing a plurality of test points using cameras other than the camera to be recalibrated, are projected onto the camera to be recalibrated, and the first collection point set is formed by capturing the test points using the camera to be recalibrated. The method includes calculating a distance difference between each point in the first projection point set and a matching point in the first collection point set according to the point-to-point matching relationship; obtaining a new calibration parameter of the camera to be recalibrated; and updating the current calibration parameter of the camera to be recalibrated with the new calibration parameter. |
| US10666933B2 |
3D image display device and method
3D image display device and method are provided. The 3D image display device divides a first 3D image into multiple depth layers, determines irregular pixels corresponding to the divided depth layers, generates second 3D images corresponding to the depth layers, respectively, using the corresponding irregular pixels, and synthesizes the generated images, thereby providing a final high-resolution 3D image. |
| US10666918B2 |
Vision-based alerting based on physical contact prediction
In certain embodiments, vision-related alerting may be facilitated based on a physical contact prediction. In some embodiments, a prediction indicating defective visual field portions of a user's visual field may be generated based on feedback related to a set of stimuli displayed to the user. The defective visual field portions may be visual field portions of the visual field that fail to satisfy one or more vision criteria. Based on the prediction of the defective visual field portions, a modified video stream derived from a live video stream to be presented via a wearable device. Activation of an alert may be caused via the wearable device based on (i) a prediction of physical contact (of an object with the user) and (ii) the object not being sufficiently in any image portion of the modified video stream that corresponds to at least one visual field portion satisfying the vision criteria. |
| US10666913B1 |
Input functionality for audio/video recording and communication doorbells
Input functionality for audio/video (A/V) recording and communication doorbells in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, an A/V recording and communication doorbell is provided, comprising: a button, a camera, a microphone, a communication module, one or more processors, and a non-transitory machine-readable memory storing a program, the program executable by at least one of the processors, the program comprising sets of instructions for: receiving, by the button, an input and generating, in response to the input, input data; determining, based on the input data, whether the input is received for a threshold period of time; upon determining that the input is received for the threshold period of time, establishing, a connection to a security monitoring service; and in response to establishing the connection, initiating a two-way audio communication between the security monitoring service and the A/V recording and communication doorbell. |
| US10666905B2 |
Verification method, verification system, verification apparatus, and program therefor
The present invention addresses the problem of providing technology that makes it possible to perform verification for the purposes of distribution management, authenticity assessment, and the like of merchandise without building an RFID chip into each of a plurality of fasteners. The present invention is characterized in that image characteristics of a component of a product to be verified are acquired and the product to be verified is verified on the basis of the acquired image characteristics of the component. |
| US10666896B2 |
Adaptable captioning in a video broadcast
An encoder and a re-packager circuit. The encoder may be configured to generate one or more bitstreams each having (i) a video portion, (ii) a subtitle placeholder channel, and (iii) a plurality of caption channels. The re-packager circuit may be configured to generate one or more re-packaged bitstreams in response to (i) one of the bitstreams and (ii) a selected one of the plurality of caption channels. The re-packaged bitstream moves the selected caption channel into the subtitle placeholder channel. |
| US10666895B2 |
Display control apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus
A display control apparatus includes a recording control unit that controls recording data acquired from a recording unit so as to be recorded on a first recording unit, an accepting unit that accepts an instruction concerning recording from a user, and a control unit that controls the recording data acquired from the recording unit before the instruction is accepted so as to be recorded upon acceptance of the instruction by the accepting unit and that controls display corresponding to the amount of recording data to be recorded on the first recording unit so as to be displayed in a display unit before the accepting unit accepts the instruction. |
| US10666887B2 |
Imaging device and camera system that controls an operation current of a comparator during analog to digital conversion of a second pixel based on the digital signal of a previous pixel
An imaging device includes: pixels arranged in m rows by n columns; a comparator that generates a first output signal indicating a result of comparison between a first pixel signal outputted from each pixel located in an ath column among the pixels and a reference signal; a first counter that generates a first digital signal by counting a period from start of a first counting period to inversion of the first output signal; and a first control circuit that controls, in accordance with a magnitude correlation between the first digital signal obtained from a first pixel located at the ath column and a bth row and a threshold, an operation current of the comparator in the first counting period of a second pixel located at the ath column and a cth row different from the bth row. |
| US10666880B2 |
Infrared camera assembly for a vehicle
An infrared camera assembly for a vehicle. The assembly includes: a vehicle component having a front surface; a shutterless far-infrared (FIR) camera mounted within the vehicle component, wherein the shutterless FIR camera is utilized to output at least one thermal video stream processed by the autonomous vehicle system; and a protective window disposed on at least a portion of the front surface of the vehicle component, where the protective window is positioned to be aligned with a lens of the FIR camera, so as to allow the shutterless FIR camera to capture images therethrough. |
| US10666879B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for instant video switching in an extension environment
Extension devices such as upstream facing port devices (UFP devices) and downstream facing port devices (DFP devices) connect via an extension medium. When a UFP device and a DFP device pair with each other, DisplayPort video and/or audio information from a DisplayPort source device can be presented by a DisplayPort sink device, which are coupled to the UFP device and DFP device, respectively. In some embodiments, the DFP device may train a DisplayPort link to the DisplayPort sink device regardless of whether it is receiving actual data from a UFP device, and may provide placeholder data to the DisplayPort sink device in order to keep the link active. The DFP device may then replace the placeholder data with the actual data from the UFP device, once received, and may thereby seamlessly switch the DisplayPort sink device from presenting placeholder data to presenting data from the DisplayPort source device. |
| US10666874B2 |
Reducing or eliminating artifacts in high dynamic range (HDR) imaging
Techniques of reducing or eliminating artifact pixels in high dynamic range (HDR) imaging are described. One embodiment includes obtaining a first image of a scene at a first time with first exposure settings and obtaining a second image of the scene at a second time with second exposure settings that differ from the first exposure settings. The obtained images may be downsampled. The images may be compared to each other to assist with determining a number of potential artifact pixels in the scene. Depending on a relationship between the number of potential artifact pixels and a threshold value, the first image or second image may be selected as a reference image for registering the images with each other. A type of registration performed between the images may depend on which of the two images is the selected reference image. The registered images may be used to generate an HDR image. |
| US10666868B2 |
Fast attitude error correction
An aerial vehicle platform includes an aerial vehicle, a gimbal coupled to the aerial vehicle, and a camera mounted to the gimbal. An attitude sensing system includes an inertial measurement unit to sense attitude and an attitude adjustment module to generate an attitude adjustment for adjusting the sensed attitude to compensate for drift error. |
| US10666865B2 |
Panoramic camera with multiple image sensors using timed shutters
The present invention relates to the field of panoramic still and motion photography. In a first embodiment, a camera apparatus for panoramic photography includes a first image sensor positioned to capture a first image. The first image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. The camera apparatus also includes second image sensor positioned to capture a second image. The second image sensor has a rolling-shutter readout arranged in portrait orientation. Finally, the camera apparatus includes a controller configured to signal the second image sensor to start capturing the second image before the first image sensor finishes capturing the first image. At least a portion of the first image is in front of the second image relative to a forward direction of the camera apparatus. |
| US10666862B2 |
Image stitching and automatic-color correction
Panoramic videos are generated from multiple video feeds in real time received from multiple video cameras, such as an array of video cameras having overlapping fields of view. Texture mapping techniques are employed to correct lens distortion or other defects or deficiencies in the video frames in each of the video feeds caused by optical properties of the corresponding video camera. Video frames of related video feeds, such as the video feeds of cameras in an array of cameras having adjacent and overlapping fields of view, are seamlessly stitched automatically based on an initial manual configuration, again employing texture mapping techniques. A colour profile of the different video frames is normalized to provide a uniform and seamless colour profile of the video panoramic view. |
| US10666852B2 |
Focus control device, endoscope apparatus, and method for operating focus control device
A focus control device includes a processor including hardware. The processor sets a plurality of regions, each including a plurality of pixels, to an image acquired by an imaging section, obtains a direction determination result for each region in some or all of the plurality of regions set, by determining whether a target focusing position that is a target of an in-focus object plane position is on a NEAR side or a FAR side relative to a reference position, determines an in-focus direction by performing weighted comparison between NEAR area information and FAR area information, based on the direction determination result and weight information, and controls the in-focus object plane position based on the in-focus direction. |
| US10666841B2 |
Visualization device and related systems and methods
According to one aspect, a visualization device may include an image sensor, a lens for focusing light onto the image sensor, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a lateral wall surface extending between the first end and the second end, and a coating on the lateral wall surface. The coating may include at least one of an electrically-insulating layer and a light-blocking layer, and may be deposited on the lateral wall surface using, for example, physical vapor deposition (PVD). |
| US10666840B2 |
Processing data representing images of objects to classify the objects
A method includes receiving data representing an image captured of an object disposed on a surface in the presence of illumination by a flash light. The technique includes processing the data to identify an object type associated with the object and further processing the data based at least in part on the identified object type. |
| US10666824B2 |
Sheet conveyor
A sheet conveyor includes a feed roller configured to contact a sheet from above and feed the sheet in a sheet feed direction, a frictional member disposed downstream from the feed roller, a separation roller disposed downstream from the feed roller and facing the frictional member from above, and a guide portion located downstream from the feed roller and upstream from the separation roller. The guide portion includes a pointed portion located above a portion of a common tangent to the feed roller and the separation roller when viewed in a cross section that is orthogonal to an axial direction of the feed roller and an axial direction of the separation roller. The pointed portion is located along a width direction of the sheet. The guide portion is configured to guide the sheet fed over the pointed portion toward a nip between the separation roller and the frictional member. |
| US10666823B2 |
Modular dashboard of a printing device with cut-outs for user controls
A modular dashboard for a printing device includes: a board; a cut-out in the board to accommodate user controls; a lateral portion of the board that is lateral to the cut-out to cover a pocket in the printing device for containing a device adding functionality to the printing device; and a fastener for removably attaching the board to the printing device. |
| US10666821B2 |
Image processing apparatus, control method and customizing information
An image processing apparatus includes: a processor; a first interface that acquires information for user authentication; a second interface that acquires information for user identification; and a memory that stores a customization information table defining information for customizing an operation screen displayed on the first interface. The processor displays: when the first interface acquires the information for the user authentication, an operation screen customized, using the customization information table, for a user authenticated through the user authentication as the operation screen, and when the first interface does not acquire the information for the user authentication, an operation screen customized, using the customization information table, for a user identified by the information acquired by the second interface as the operation screen. |
| US10666820B2 |
Electronic device configured to obtain setting information from external device, method and recording medium for electronic device
In electronic device, a controller obtains, from an external device, a setting file containing setting item designating information and designated setting information, determines each of one or more setting items designated by the setting item designating information is which one of a fixed setting item and a variable setting item, stores the setting information regarding the setting item determined to be the fixed setting item based on the designated setting information, notify information asking for a user operation so that the receiving section receives the setting information regarding the setting item which is determined to be the variable setting item, and stores the setting information regarding the setting item determined to be the variable setting item in the memory based on the received setting information which is the setting information received by the receiving section. |
| US10666813B2 |
Restoring functionality of a mobile device
A method and system of restoring a functionality of a mobile user device. A lock screen is displayed on the display of the user device. An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) of a subscriber identity module (SIM) card presently installed in the user device is determined. The IMSI is sent to a Remote Recovery Server (RRS). A message is received from the RRS indicating whether the IMSI is authorized for the user device and whether an account of the user device is replenished at least in part. Upon determining that the IMSI is authorized for the user device and the account of the user device is replenished at least in part, at least one function that was previously restricted is restored. |
| US10666794B2 |
Dialer with real-time reverse look-up including social data
Methods and systems that include, by a client computing device of a first user of a social-networking system, receiving from the first user an identifier associated with an intended recipient to which outgoing communication is to be initiated, wherein the identifier is received via a user interface of an application, identifying, based on the intended recipient, social information relevant to the first user, and displaying, in the user interface, the social information that is relevant to the first user. The identifier may include a phone number or an email address of the intended recipient. The social information may include a name of the intended recipient, and/or a social-network profile of the intended recipient. The intended recipient may be a second user of the social-networking system, and the social information may be identified based on how many degrees of separation there are between the first user and the second user. |
| US10666790B2 |
Communications techniques
Disclosed herein is a method of generating a record of a call, the method, performed by a first device, comprising: performing a voice communications call with a second electronic device over a first communications channel; receiving and/or transmitting, during the voice communications call, call content data over a second communications channel; generating call details in dependence on the voice communications call; and generating a record of the call, wherein the record comprises the call details stored in association with the call content data. Advantageously, each generated call record provides an entry point to access data or to search information related to each call. |
| US10666778B1 |
System and method for ending view change protocol
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for performing view change. One of the methods is to be implemented on a blockchain maintained by a number (N) of nodes and performed by a first node of the N nodes that is in a view change protocol. The method includes: obtaining, respectively from at least Q second nodes of the N nodes, at least Q first messages each comprising (1) a consistent current view known to the second node indicating a primary node designated among the N nodes and (2) a consistent current sequence number known to the second node, the current sequence number associated with a latest transaction or a latest block, wherein the current sequence number is larger than a first sequence number known to the first node; and responsive to obtaining the at least Q first messages, ending the view change protocol. |
| US10666777B2 |
Reducing network latency
A method of transmitting data for use at a data processing system and network interface device, the data processing system being coupled to a network by the network interface device, the method comprising: forming a message template in accordance with a predetermined set of network protocols, the message template including at least in part one or more protocol headers; forming an application layer message in one or more parts; updating the message template with the parts of the application layer message; processing the message template in accordance with the predetermined set of network protocols so as to complete the protocol headers; and causing the network interface device to transmit the completed message over the network. |
| US10666770B2 |
Systems and methods for API rate limiting and distribution
An API rate limiting system may receive a client request from an API client associated with a tenant, formulate a proxied request with an internal authentication specific to the tenant, and send the proxied request to API endpoints (tenant resources) at a store. The store fulfills the request, accessing and modifying local database(s) as needed, and returns a response to the system. The system returns the response to the API client along with information about the API client's quota for the current time window. The system may calculate the quota based on a resource limit with respect to a number of clients accessing a resource. In some embodiments, the system may implement an exponential distribution function in making a determination on a quota per API client per time window. |
| US10666760B2 |
Passive social media contact engagement
Systems and methods for passive social media contact engagement are provided. In example embodiments, a publication that represents an item available for purchase is identified. An item image for the publication is accessed. A profile image using the item image is generated. The profile image is assigned to an entity profile, corresponding to an entity associated with the publication, of a social networking service. The assignment of the profile image causes the profile image to be displayed to members of the social networking service in place of a member profile image. |
| US10666757B2 |
Content delivery network transitional caching
Systems, methods, apparatus, and software for transitional caching in content delivery networks includes edge cache nodes configured to receive and reply to content requests. Content can be cached in edge cache nodes before receiving user requests or retrieved from an origin server. A transitional cache node array is configured to receive content requests from edge cache nodes and to receive origin content from edge cache nodes and/or origin servers, as well as to modify origin content to generate modified content. Modified content can include re-written origin content (e.g., translations), transcoded data (e.g., video), compressed or otherwise adjusted data (e.g., images), and transformed files (e.g., CSS and JavaScript files), among others. In addition to assisting with original and modified content flow to end users, transitional caching also can assist in threat detection and mitigation within a CDN, helping to protect the network, origin servers and the like. |
| US10666756B2 |
Request management for hierarchical cache
A computer implemented cache management system and method is provided for use with a service provider configured to communicate with one or more client devices and with a content provider. The system includes a cache hierarchy comprising multiple cache levels that maintain at least some resources for the content provider, and one or more request managers for processing client requests for resources and retrieving the resources from the cache hierarchy. In response to a resource request, the request manager selects a cache level from the cache hierarchy based on a popularity associated with the requested resource, and attempts to retrieve the resource from the selected cache level while bypassing cache level(s) inferior to the selected level. |
| US10666752B2 |
Predictive modeling for event delivery based on real-time data
Aspects of the disclosure relate to implementing and using a data processing system to provide real-time data to improve event delivery timing. A computing platform may establish respective connections with and receive, via a communication interface, (i) from collection of subordinate user computing devices, information defining a first event; (ii) from collection of supervisory user computing devices, supervisory information associated with the first event; and (iii) from a first participant computing device, first participant information associated with delivery of the first event. The computing platform may execute an algorithm for aggregating the information defining the first event and the supervisory information, and generating a formatted alert based thereon. The formatted alert may be transmitted for display on the first participant computing device. |
| US10666745B2 |
Method and procedure for dynamic services orchestration that runs within an on-device software container
A system for providing network services is provided. The system includes a device configured to interface with the network to receive a container, where the container is configured to interface with an operating system of the device and a plurality of applications operating on the device. The container is further configured to interface with a network services provider of one or more network services and one or more third party service providers. |
| US10666744B2 |
Managing discovery and selection of service interface specifications
A first request is received for one or more service interface specifications. The first request includes information about one or more model element interface specifications usable for identifying the service interface specifications. The model element interface specifications are part of or extracted from one or more executable model elements of an executable graphical model. The service interface specifications correspond to respective services that include features complying with the model element interface specifications and are associated with information necessary for implementing semantics of the model elements. The information about the model element interface specifications is analyzed, comprising evaluating semantics of the executable model elements within the executable graphical model. The service interface specifications are identified based on the analyzing. Information is provided representing the identified service interface specifications for display and selection. A selection of at least one of the identified service interface specifications is stored after the selection is made. |
| US10666743B2 |
Application discovery based on application logs
Techniques for discovery of applications based on application logs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system may include a log analyzer to receive application logs generated by a plurality of applications running in a computing environment and analyze the received application logs using a trained initialization model to parse information about the plurality of applications. Further, the system may include an application discovery unit to determine a presence of an application running on a compute node in the computing environment using the parsed information about the plurality of applications. |
| US10666733B2 |
Remote flashing during infusion
A medical device controller operating in conjunction with a medical device determines one or more current versions of executable code associated with one or more processors in a medical device. Medical devices may include infusion pumps, other patient treatment devices as well as vital signs monitors. The medical device controller determines one or more current versions of executable code and configuration information associated with the one or more processors in the medical device. The medical device controller further determines which of the processors in the medical device require updated executable code, and which of the processors in the medical device require updated configuration information. The medical device controller distributes to the medical device as required at least one of the updated executable code and the updated configuration information. The medical device deploys the distributed updates, and activates the updates at a clinically appropriate time. |
| US10666728B1 |
System and method for maintaining data consistency across replicas in a cluster of nodes
Data consistency across replicas in a cluster of nodes is maintained by continuously validating local data ranges and repairing any inconsistencies found. Local data ranges are split into segments and prioritized. After a segment is selected for validation, a hash value of a portion of the segment is compared to a hash value from other nodes storing replicas of that data. If the hash values match then the data is consistent. If the hash values do not match then the data is not consistent and whichever data is most current according to their timestamps is considered correct. If the local node data is correct, it is communicated to the replica nodes so they can be updated. If the local node data is not correct, then data from the replica nodes is correct and is used to update the data in the local node. |
| US10666722B2 |
Message delivery in a distributed server environment
Disclosed are examples of systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products for message delivery in a distributed server environment. In some implementations, a first dispatcher component can control an event stream. A first connection can be established between a first server and a client device. The first dispatcher component can identify a first event associated with the client device. A first message including an identifier can be generated. The first message can be provided to the client device. It can be determined that the first connection is unreliable. A second connection can be established with a second server responsive to receiving the identifier from the client device. A temporary second dispatcher component can be instantiated. The temporary second dispatcher component can identify a second event. A second message can be generated based on the second event. The second message can be provided to the client device. |
| US10666717B2 |
Monitoring a building management system
Devices, methods, and systems for monitoring a building management system are described herein. One method includes monitoring an attribute of a building, monitoring an activity related to the attribute performed by an operator, and publishing the activity performed by the operator and the attribute of the building. |
| US10666715B2 |
Incident management for complex information technology platforms
A system, method and program product for managing incidents in a complex IT environment. A system is described that includes: a discovery module that analyzes an IT infrastructure and generates a topology of components and users; a monitoring module that compares ongoing activities of the IT infrastructure with a pattern repository to identify potential problems; a relationship manager that generates relationship maps of components and users based on the topology, determines whether an identified potential problem comprises an incident, and in response to detecting an incident: correlates the incident with a root cause, and determines a responsible admin and set of impacted users based on the relationship maps; and an operation engine that notifies the responsible admin and set of impacted users of the incident. |
| US10666712B1 |
Publish-subscribe messaging with distributed processing
Technology for a publish-subscribe messaging method may include determining a schema for structuring raw data published in a publication by a publisher in a publish-subscribe system at a channel node in a network and distributing the schema from the channel node to other channel nodes in the network. The method may include identifying the publication from the publisher at one of the channel nodes and applying the schema to the raw data of the publication at the channel node, transforming the raw data to transformed data. The transformed data may be provided at a subscriber in the publish-subscribe system. |
| US10666709B2 |
Dynamic media transformation service in a CDN
A network device receives, from a customer, a customer subscription to a media transformation service; receives, from the customer as a first component of the subscription, data associated with customer media; and receives, from the customer as a second component of the subscription, one or more customer-selected parameters that specify media transformations to be performed upon the customer media. The network device receives, from a client browser, a request for the customer media, and transforms, responsive to receipt of the request from the client browser, the customer media based on the one or more customer-selected parameters to produce a transformed version of the customer media. The network device sends the transformed version of the customer media, via a content delivery network, to the client browser. |
| US10666707B2 |
Nonconsecutive file downloading
A data transfer module on a device receives a request from a program to download a file, and accesses a remote service to begin downloading the file. The data transfer module receives bytes of the file from the service and stores those bytes in a temporary file. The program can also make read requests including an offset into the file. In response to such a request, the data transfer module requests from the service the portion of the file beginning at the specified offset into the file. The data transfer module receives the requested portion of the file from the service and stores those bytes in the temporary file. The program can then read and use the bytes from the file that were downloaded based on the offset prior to the entire desired file being downloaded. Meanwhile, the data transfer module continues downloading the remaining portions of the file. |
| US10666692B2 |
Telecommunications directory services
A method and service for enabling routing of calls to a user is described. Connection rules for a user are established, and organisational or social network data is obtained from the user for use in determining a social network connection graph. On receiving a request to route a call to the user with organisational or social network data associated with the caller, a matching directory service (1) determines from the social network connection graph and the connection rules whether or how to provide call routing data in response to the request. |
| US10666674B1 |
Systems and methods configuring a subscriber-specific ensemble of machine learning models
A machine learning-based system and method for identifying digital threats that includes implementing a machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service over a distributed network of computers; constructing, by the machine learning-based digital threat mitigation service, a subscriber-specific machine learning ensemble that includes a plurality of distinct machine learning models, wherein each of the plurality of distinct machine learning models is configured to perform a distinct machine learning task for identifying a digital threat or digital fraud; constructing a corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data for training the plurality of distinct machine learning models of the subscriber-specific ensemble; training the subscriber-specific ensemble using at least the corpus of subscriber-specific digital activity data; and deploying the subscriber-specific ensemble. |
| US10666668B2 |
Interface providing an interactive trendline for a detected threat to facilitate evaluation for false positives
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly. |
| US10666661B2 |
Authorization processing method and device
The present invention relates to an authorization processing method and a device. An authorization server receives an authorization update request including a first identifier of an access device; sends, to the access device, an authorization update response including signature request information, where the signature request information instructs the access device to sign verification information; receives a signature verification request sent by the access device, where the signature verification request includes the first identifier, the verification information, and a signature of the verification information; determines that the signature of the verification information in the signature verification request is valid; and updates the authorization relationship according to the first identifier. |
| US10666650B2 |
Packet processing method in PPPoE authentication process and relevant device
Embodiments of the present application provide a packet processing method in a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) authentication process and a relevant device. A first broadcast access server (BAS) exists in a broadcast domain in which a user terminal is located, the first BAS supports the PPPoE and corresponds to a first operator. The method includes receiving, by the first BAS, a PPPoE active discovery initiation (PADI) packet sent by the user terminal; and when determining that a quantity of authentication failures of the user terminal on the first BAS is greater than a preset threshold, skipping sending, by the first BAS, a PPPoE active discovery offer (PADO) packet to the user terminal in a preset period. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application resolve a problem that the user terminal cannot perform access because the user terminal establishes a session with the first BAS. |
| US10666644B2 |
Enterprise key and password management system
A hardware, key-file and password assisted enterprise key and password management system. By leveraging hardware and key files, along with public-key cryptography, an extremely efficient and secure key, access and password management system is provided. After configuring an account, the user needs only one hardware key device and need only remember a single strong password. |
| US10666639B2 |
Customer-centric workflow for initial on-boarding of an OpenFlow enabled switch
Authenticating a networking appliance attempting to attach to a network includes receiving at least one value associated with an identity of the networking appliance; receiving a certificate signing request (CSR) from the networking appliance, wherein the CSR comprises credential data associated with the identity of the networking appliance; and generating an appliance certificate based on the credential data and a certificate authority (CA) certificate associated with the computer. The method also includes returning the appliance certificate to the networking appliance; receiving a request from the networking appliance to attach to the network; and authenticating the identity of the networking appliance based on both a) the at least one value associated with the identity of the networking appliance; and b) the appliance certificate. |
| US10666630B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and communication program product that authenticate communication data
A communication apparatus includes a counter, a reception portion, an update portion, a code generation portion, a determination portion, and a transmission portion. The reception portion receives a communication data from a different one of the communication apparatus. The update portion updates a value of the counter. The code generation portion generates a message authentication code based on the communication data received by the reception portion, the value of the counter, and a common key. The determination portion determines whether the message authentication code generated by the code generation portion matches a message authentication code set in the communication data. The transmission portion transmits a synchronization request when a number of times that the determination portion determines a mismatch between the message authentication codes becomes equal to or more than a predetermined number of mismatches. |
| US10666627B1 |
Encrypting content and facilitating legal access to the encrypted content
An example method performed by one or more processing devices includes: generating encrypted content at a sender device using one or more first keys that are available from a key provider; and outputting the encrypted content to a recipient device over one or more channels; where the key provider enables access, following authorization, by the recipient device to one or more second keys for decrypting the encrypted content; and where an entity that enables the channel is unaffiliated with the key provider. |
| US10666625B2 |
Communication apparatus, communication method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for reducing the time for automatic setting of communication parameters
A communication apparatus transmits a search signal including information based on a character string input by a user, the search signal being used to search for a providing apparatus that provides a communication parameter. Upon reception of a response to the search signal, the communication apparatus starts communication parameter sharing processing with a providing apparatus that has transmitted the response. |
| US10666619B2 |
Network address translation and service aware rule generation
A method for generating a security policy for a network includes classifying a sample of network flows into at least one flow type selected from a group including a service flow, mirror flow, network address translation flow, and arbitrary flow; grouping the network flows based on flow type and one or more of an associated service port, source port, and destination port. Network security rules for the network are automatically generated based on the groups of network flows. The network security rules may further be transformed into a security policy and configuration files. |
| US10666617B2 |
Intercepting network traffic routed by virtual switches for selective security processing
Systems, methods, and apparatuses enable an interface microservice to intercept and filter network traffic generated by virtual machines (VMs) and routed by a virtual switch (vSwitch). A vSwitch receiving network packets from the VMs is configured to route network packets to the interface microservice via a generated VLAN trunk. The interface microservice can retrieve and apply stored packet filters to the network packets intercepted by the microservice. If an intercepted network packet matches any of the applied packet filters, the interface microservice can perform various security operations, send the network packets to another microservice for security processing, or perform any other operations. For network packets which do not match a packet filter, the interface microservice forwards the packets to the originally intended destination. |
| US10666616B2 |
Application identification and control in a network device
Application identification and control in a network device. In one embodiment, a method may include establishing, at a network device, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) tunnel through which all Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) traffic sent from or received at the network device is routed. The method may also include monitoring, at the network device, all TCP and UDP traffic sent from or received at the network device through the VPN tunnel. The method may further include extracting, at the network device, payload data from the monitored TCP and UDP traffic. The method may also include analyzing the extracted payload data to identify applications executing on the network device that sent or received the monitored TCP and UDP traffic. The method may further include taking, at the network device, a security action on the network device based on the identified applications. |
| US10666612B2 |
Service chains for inter-cloud traffic
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for creating service chains for inter-cloud traffic. In some examples, a system receives domain name system (DNS) queries associated with cloud domains and collects DNS information associated the cloud domains. The system spoofs DNS entries defining a subset of IPs for each cloud domain. Based on the spoofed DNS entries, the system creates IP-to-domain mappings associating each cloud domain with a respective IP from the subset of IPs. Based on the IP-to-domain mappings, the system programs different service chains for traffic between a private network and respective cloud domains. The system routes, through the respective service chain, traffic having a source associated with the private network and a destination matching the IP in the respective IP-to-domain mapping. |
| US10666610B2 |
Hybrid unicast/anycast content distribution network system
A method includes receiving a request for an edge cache address, and comparing a requestor address to an anycast group. The method can further include providing an anycast edge cache address when the requestor address is in the anycast group. Alternatively, the method can further include determining an optimal cache server, and providing a unicast address of the optimal cache server when the requestor address is not in the anycast group. |
| US10666605B2 |
Dynamic security gateway selection
In aspects of the disclosure, a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, the apparatus determines if a connection to a PLMN has been established. In another aspect, the apparatus builds a FQDN based on the determination by attempting to build the FQDN using each of the prioritized FQDNs in order of priority until the FQDN is built, building the FQDN using a PLMN ID of the PLMN if it is determined that the PLMN is found in the list, or building the FQDN based on the wildcard PLMN if it is determined that the list comprises the wildcard PLMN. Further still, the apparatus selects a network security gateway to provide network security and internet working control based on the FQDN. |
| US10666604B2 |
Application access method and application access system via a split domain name system
The preset application provides an application access method and an application access system. The method includes steps of acquiring, by an external DNS server, an outgoing link address through which a user sends an application access request, based on the application access request sent by the user and received by the external DNS server; determining, by the external DNS server, a network server to which the outgoing link address through which the user sends the application access request belongs; resolving, by the external DNS server, an outgoing link address of an application corresponding to the network server, based on the network server to which the outgoing link address through which the user sends the application access request belongs; and sending, by the external DNS server, the application access request to the application based on the resolved outgoing link address of the application, so that the user accesses the application. |
| US10666601B2 |
Device, system and method for connecting fieldbus devices to the internet
A gateway device includes: a network adapter for connection to an IPv6 network; a fieldbus network adapter for connection to an associated fieldbus; and an address assignment device for configuring one or more virtual IPv6 network adapters for one or more devices connected to the fieldbus, wherein an individual IPv6 address corresponds to each device connected to the fieldbus. |
| US10666594B2 |
Proactive intelligent personal assistant
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe proactive action by an intelligent personal assistant application/service to improve functionality of one or more applications. In one example, an intelligent personal assistant service may interface with a messaging application to analyze a message thread within the messaging application. The intelligent personal assistant service may analyze the message thread by evaluating context of message content within the message thread. Analysis of the message thread may occur proactively without requiring an explicit request for assistance from a user of a processing device. In response to the analyzing of the message thread, the intelligent personal assistant service may proactively provide a cue that includes content retrieved by the intelligent personal assistant service. An input may be received to include the cue within the message thread. In response to receiving the input, the cue may be displayed within the message thread. Other examples are also described. |
| US10666591B2 |
Systems and methods for controlling email access
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to proxying at least one email resource from at least one email service to at least one client device, determining whether the email resources are accessible to the client devices via at least one unauthorized application on the client devices, and modifying the email resources to be inaccessible via the unauthorized applications on the client devices in response to a determination that the email resources are accessible via the unauthorized applications on the client devices. |
| US10666588B2 |
Method for sharing media content, terminal device, and content sharing system
A method for sharing media content, a terminal device, and a content sharing system are provided. A method for sharing media content may include: obtaining, by a first terminal device, M network addresses from the N second terminal devices; obtaining, based on the M network addresses, M pieces of media content from a content server, editing the M pieces of media content obtained from the content server to obtain first media content, and generating editing information according to an editing manner used when the first media content is obtained; sending the editing information to the content server; receiving a second network address sent by the content server; and publishing the second network address on a social networking server. The solutions of the embodiments of the present invention enhance flexibility of content sharing and user interactivity in a social networking service scenario. |
| US10666587B1 |
Media enhancement system
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems for enhancing a first media item through the addition of a supplemental second media item. A user may provide a request to enhance a selected media item, and in response, an enhancement system retrieves and presents a curated collection of supplemental content to be added to the media, to the user. The user may review the curated collection of supplemental content, for example by providing a tactile input to scroll through the curated collection of content. |
| US10666581B2 |
Instantiation of dialog process at a particular child node state
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for instantiating a dialog process at a particular child node state. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request specifying a particular child node state of a dialog process, instantiating the dialog process at the root node state, providing input responses to the dialog process that cause the dialog process to traverse from the root node state to the particular child node state, where each input response is provided in response to an input request, and providing data that causes a user device to present the dialog process at the particular child node state. |
| US10666577B2 |
Communication network, associated measuring system, means of transport and method for constructing a communication network
This communication network (18) extends between a plurality of input blocks (E1, . . . , EN1) including a predetermined number P1 of input ports, multiple of the number N1 of input blocks, and a plurality of output blocks (S1, . . . , SN2), each output block including a number P2 of output ports (Z1, . . . , ZP2) greater than or equal to the predetermined number of input ports. In this network, when the number P1 of input ports is even, the number N3 of switches is equal to: N 3 = N 1 × P 1 2 , and when the number P1 is odd, the number N3 of switches is equal to: N 3 = N 1 P 1 × P 1 2 - 1 2 , and, for each switch, the first (30) and second (32) input terminals are each connected to different input blocks and the first (34) and second (36) output terminals are each connected to different output blocks. |
| US10666574B2 |
Distributed stream-based database triggers
Information describing changes to a collection of items maintained by a database may be stored in a log file. The information in the log file may be converted into a stream of records describing the changes. The records may be directed to a computing node selected for performing a trigger function in response to the change, based on applying a hash function to a portion of the record, identifying a hash space associated with a value output by the hash function, and mapping from the hash space to the selected computing node. |
| US10666548B2 |
Method for intelligent multi-hop overlay routing
Systems and methods are presented herewith for selecting a preferred route for routing a packet from a first network node to a second network node. A set of possible routes is maintained, with each route having am associated weight value. A random subset of routes is then selected based on the weight values. Each route of the subset is then probed to determine its gain value. The preferred route is selected based on the gain values (e.g., by selecting the highest gain value). Then, all weight values are updated based on the respective gain values. The steps are periodically repeated. Then, whenever a packet needs to be routed, the route currently designated as preferred is used. |
| US10666541B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for link aggregation group switchover in a network testing environment
A system includes a test controller configured for testing a device under test (DUT). Testing the DUT includes creating a link aggregation group (LAG) with the DUT, and the LAG includes a first link and a second link. The system includes a first traffic generator circuit including a first physical network port and a first port processor configured to transmit a first stream of test packets over the first link of the LAG. The system includes a second traffic generator circuit including a second physical network port and a second port processor configured to transmit a second stream of test packets over the second link of the LAG. The system is configured for instructing the first port processor to transmit both the first stream of test packets and the second stream of test packets on the first physical network port in response to detecting an anomaly on the second link. |
| US10666540B2 |
Dynamic time-domain reflectometry analysis for field replaceable unit isolation in a running system
A technique relates to dynamic time-domain reflectometry (TDR). A machine spares a bad lane in a bus. The bad lane is taken offline. TDR is dynamically executed on the bad lane while the bus is still in operation. A defect is isolated using results of the TDR. |
| US10666535B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamically setting a rate limit for a computing device
In certain embodiments, facilitation of a dynamic rate limit may be provided. In some embodiments, an amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption for a set of computing devices on a network may be determined for a first time period. A total amount of available bandwidth on the network may be determined for the first time period. A ratio of the amount of aggregated bandwidth consumption to the total amount of available bandwidth may be determined. A bandwidth threshold may be determined based on the ratio. A rate limit for a first computing device (of the set of computing devices) may be dynamically set based on a comparison of the bandwidth threshold to bandwidth consumption of the first computing device. |
| US10666534B2 |
Systems and methods for measuring round trip time in network devices between the device and an endpoint
The present disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for measuring round trip time (RTT) in network devices between the device and an endpoint. A network device may be deployed as an intermediary to provide many security and visibility functions. For measuring the server side RTT between the network device and host, the intermediary device identifies the packet that has been sent by the client when it initiated the RTT measurement. The network device remembers the moment T1 when it sees this packet. The host (e.g., the server) will respond to this with a packet that contains the response. The intermediary device remembers the moment T2 when it sees this response. Server side RTT is calculated by the network device as T2−T1. For measuring the client side RTT the network device and client, the intermediary device identifies the packet that the host sends to initiate measurement of RTT. As per the HDX protocol, the client will respond immediately with a new packet or with a bit set in any packet being sent to the host. Just as for server side RTT, the intermediary device can identify these packets and measure the times to calculate the client side RTT. |
| US10666530B2 |
Detecting and handling large flows
Some embodiments provide a forwarding element that detects and handles elephant flows. In detecting, the forwarding element of some embodiments monitors statistics or measurements relating to a data flow. In handling, the forwarding element marks each packet associated with a detected elephant flow in some manner to differentiate it from a packet associated with a mouse flow. Alternatively, the forwarding element of break elephant flows into a number mouse flow by facilitating in sending packets associated with the detected elephant flow along different paths. |
| US10666529B2 |
Method and scoring node for estimating a user's quality of experience for a delivered service
A method and a scoring node for estimating a user's Quality of Experience, QoE, when a service is delivered in a media stream to the user by means of a communication network. Quality-related parameters pertaining to the service delivery are extracted, and an individual opinion score is determined for each of a set of quality models by applying each respective quality model in the set on the quality-related parameters. An aggregated opinion score is then determined as a weighted average of the individual opinion scores. The aggregated opinion score can then be used as an estimation of the user's QoE for the service delivery, e.g. when evaluating the service and/or the communication network. |
| US10666523B2 |
Communication protocols in integrated systems
A system and methods comprise a touchscreen at a premises. The touchscreen includes a processor coupled to a security system at the premises. User interfaces are presented via the touchscreen. The user interfaces include a security interface that provides control of functions of the security system and access to data collected by the security system, and a network interface that provides access to network devices. A camera at the premises is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of interfaces. A security server at a remote location is coupled to the touchscreen via a plurality of channels and a plurality of protocols. The channels include a short message service (SMS) channel, a remote control channel, and an asynchronous event channel. The security server comprises a client interface through which remote client devices exchange data with the touchscreen and the security system. |
| US10666516B2 |
Constraint-based virtual network function placement
A network function virtualization (NFV) orchestration manager utilizes characteristics of the particular host, such as the platform itself, the hypervisor and the network interface to determine virtual network function (VNF) deployment. Exemplary platform characteristics are latency, throughput, scalability and migration. Factors are developed for each characteristic to provide positive or negative values used in the determination so that each host receives values for each characteristic. Each VNF is associated with desirable characteristics. When a VNF is to be deployed, the NVF orchestration manager determines the host factors relevant to the VNF. After analyzing the hosts and comparing them to the VNF requirements, a host choice is determined and the VNF is deployed to that host, with a virtual machine (VM) being created if needed. In a similar manner, VNFs can be chosen for inclusion in a service function chain (SFC). |
| US10666509B2 |
Transporting multi-destination networking traffic by sending repetitive unicast
In a distributed network environment, a first virtual machine sends a first virtual machine control information to a first network system. The first network system sends a first control information to a first network control system in response to receiving the first virtual machine control information. The first network control system sends a portion of the first control information to a number of network systems. The first network control system sends a second control information to the first network system. The first virtual machine sends a first packet to the first network system which generates a unicast packet using a portion of the first packet and a portion of the second control information. A second network system receives and processes the unicast packet. The second network system sends a copy of the processed unicast packet to a second virtual machine associated with a second tenant. |
| US10666505B2 |
Telemetry adaptation
Methods, systems, and storage media for telemetry adaptation are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a networking device may include a data collector agent module to receive measurement data from measurement sources according to an initial telemetry policy and to provide the measurement data to the one or more servers of the monitoring system. The networking device may include an anomaly detection module to receive measurement data from the data collector agent module, to detect an anomaly in the measurement data, and to provide an indication of the anomaly to the data collector agent module for the data collector agent module to provide a first modified telemetry policy for the measurement sources. |
| US10666504B2 |
System for networking and analyzing geospatial data, human infrastructure, and natural elements
A method and system for providing a recovery sequence for a network from a state of disruption to a state of partial or complete functionality are provided. The method and system can measure the response of a network to one or multiple hazards and can generate and compare the effectiveness of multiple recovery strategies in a quantitative and generalizable manner, providing a user with practical tools to implement an efficient restoration of the network. |
| US10666498B2 |
Architecture for wireless avionics communication networks
Embodiments of the invention include methods and systems for architectures for wireless avionics communication networks. The embodiments further include detecting a signal strength of wireless nodes, assigning a primary data controller and standby data controller for each of the wireless nodes based at least in part on the signal strength, and generating a deployment matrix based on the assignment of the primary data controller and the standby data controller. The embodiments also include broadcasting the deployment matrix over a wired connection, allocating a buffer size based on data rates of each of the wireless nodes connected to the primary data controller and the standby data controller, and exchanging data based on the deployment matrix. |
| US10666491B2 |
Signal imbalance detection systems and methods
In a communication device and corresponding methods to determine a phase offset imbalance, an input signal (e.g. oscillator signal) is phase shifted to generate a set of phase-shifted values. The set of phased-shifted values and the input signal are mixed to generate a respective set of mixed signals. The phase offset imbalance (e.g. phase error) is calculated based on the set of mixed signals and a gradient value. |
| US10666490B1 |
Method and apparatus for estimation of a bit rate of a digital signal
A bit rate estimation apparatus used for estimation of a bit rate, BR, of a digital signal, DS, the bit rate estimation apparatus comprising a data processing unit adapted to determine a regularized cepstrum, CEP, of the digital signal; a peak identification unit adapted to identify a significant peak within the regularized cepstrum, CEP, determined by the data processing unit; and a bit rate determination unit adapted to determine the bit rate of the digital signal, DS, based on the significant peak identified by the peak identification unit. |
| US10666453B2 |
Electronic device and method of controlling electronic device
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a first communication unit and a second communication unit; a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions causing the processor to control the first communication unit to receive first identification information for the door and first opening/closing state information of the door from a server, control the second communication unit to receive second communication unit to receive second door identification information and second opening/closing state information of the door from a door, and identify information on an electronic device involved in a change in an opening/closing state of the door based on the first identification information for the door, the first opening/closing state information of the door, the second door identification information, and the second opening/closing state information of the door. Other various embodiments are possible. |
| US10666452B2 |
Hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of same
A hospitality property management tool and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the system, set-top boxes are located in respective rooms at a hospitality establishment. The set-top boxes are joined in network communication with environmental amenities, such as lights and a thermostat that respectively control lighting and temperature. The set-top boxes utilize an unoccupied room profile and occupied room profile to set the environmental conditions, such as lighting and temperature, in the rooms. A guest preference profile may be activated within a room to provide guest-specific environmental conditions in the room associated with the guest. |
| US10666447B2 |
Power sourcing equipment, and method and apparatus for power over Ethernet
An Ethernet power sourcing equipment (PSE), and a method and an apparatus for power over Ethernet (PoE), where the Ethernet PSE includes a PSE chip, a master control processor, a power supplying port, and a preprocessor. The preprocessor is configured to determine whether the master control processor starts upon power-on, control the PSE chip to detect whether the power supplying port is connected to a valid powered device (PD) when the master control processor starts upon power-on, and control, according to a preset rule, the PSE chip to power on the valid PD when the power supplying port is connected to the valid PD. Hence, the Ethernet PSE has abundant management functions and can quickly power on a PD. |
| US10666443B2 |
Continued verification and monitoring of application code in containerized execution environment
A method includes receiving, by a processing device executing a validation service, a validation data associated with a first instance of an execution environment, the validation data provided by a publication service associated with a second instance of the execution environment, acquiring a decryption key from a release server associated with the execution environment, determining, using the decryption key, a validation status associated with the first instance in view of the validation data, and notifying the release server of the validation status. |
| US10666441B2 |
Controlling exposure of sensitive data and operation using process bound security tokens in cloud computing environment
Exposure of sensitive information to users and other servers is controlled by using a first security token which contains a user identity and one or more user credentials associated with a first user; a second security token which contains an identity of a token issuer and an identity of a first owning process; and at least a first trusted server which accesses a downstream computing service on behalf of the first user by substituting or combining the first security token and the second security token, while preventing the second security token from being exposed to the first user. This establishes a first security sensitivity level for the first user and a second security sensitivity level for the first trusted server, wherein the first security sensitivity level is a lower access level than the second security sensitivity level for the downstream service. |
| US10666440B2 |
Authentication method, device, server, and system, and storage medium
The present disclosure discloses an authentication method performed at a server, including: generating, based on a first account that is possessed by a user of a first device and that corresponds to a first application, corresponding token information; sending the token information to the first device to be shared by the first device with devices in a device group in a replication restriction manner; performing, based on the token information, authentication on a second device that is in the device group; granting permission of accessing the first account to the second device when the authentication succeeds; and triggering the first device to switch from a state of first account-based login to the first application to a state of suspending the login to the first application when it is determined that the second device logs in to the first application based on the permission of accessing the first account. |
| US10666436B2 |
Federated key management
A system uses information submitted in connection with a request to determine if and how to process the request. The information may be electronically signed by a requestor using a key such that the system processing the request can verify that the requestor has the key and that the information is authentic. The information may include information that identifies a holder of a key needed for processing the request, where the holder of the key can be the system or another, possibly third party, system. Requests to decrypt data may be processed to ensure that a certain amount of time passes before access to the decrypted data is provided, thereby providing an opportunity to cancel such requests and/or otherwise mitigate potential security breaches. |
| US10666428B2 |
Efficient methods for protecting identity in authenticated transmissions
Systems and methods are provided for protecting identity in an authenticated data transmission. For example, a contactless transaction between a portable user device and an access device may be conducted without exposing the portable user device's public key in cleartext. In one embodiment, an access device may send an access device public key to a portable user device. The user device may return a blinded user device public key and encrypted user device data. The access device may determine a shared secret using the blinded user device public key and an access device private key. The access device may then decrypt the encrypted user device data using the shared secret. |
| US10666422B2 |
Data processing method
The invention provides a data processing method, comprising: S1: reading original algorithm data; S2: selecting algorithm data within default range from the original algorithm and obtaining a corresponding encryption parameter by using an encryption algorithm, wherein the encryption parameter comprising at least one of the following: encryption coefficient and encryption vector S3: inserting the encryption parameter into a default position in the original algorithm data to obtain encrypted algorithm data. The invention encrypts the algorithm data, and the encrypted data is similar to the original algorithm data, thereby greatly improving the security of data transmission. |
| US10666414B2 |
Full-duplex mesh networks
Systems and methods relating to full duplex mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a mesh network comprising a first base station may be disclosed, the first base station comprising: a first transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from the first base station on the single frequency band; and a second transceiver for transmitting and receiving to and from a second base station on the single frequency band, each transceiver of each transceiver node performing self-interference cancellation to send and receive full duplex data on the single frequency band at substantially the same time, thereby enabling the creation of a mesh network with at least one transceiver node having both access and backhaul using only the single frequency band. |
| US10666404B2 |
Communication efficiency
There is provided a method for defining at least one channel reservation window the method comprising: setting length for each of the at least one channel reservation window such that each channel reservation window comprises a plurality of sub-frames; dividing the length of each channel reservation window into a transmission part and an idle part, wherein the idle part consists of one or more symbols in one sub-frame; maximizing, at a symbol level accuracy, the length of the transmission part such that a ratio between the length of the idle part and the length of the transmission part fulfils a predetermined criterion; and concatenating the transmission part and the idle part so as to form the channel reservation window. |
| US10666401B2 |
Method, UE and basestation for reporting/receiving HARQ ACK/NACK for PDSCH in dynamic TDD configurations
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a User Equipment (UE) for reporting Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) acknowledgement (ACK)/non-acknowledgement (NACK) for Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) in dynamic time division duplex (TDD) configurations. In the method, a plurality of PDSCHs are received in DownLink (DL) subframes associated with an UpLink (UL) subframe and indicated by a DL reference TDD configuration. The DL subframes are divided into a first subset of DL subframes and a second subset of DL subframes. The first subset of DL subframes is also indicated by an UL reference TDD configuration. A first set of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource indices are assigned based on resources used in transmission of Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) corresponding to the PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the first subset of DL subframes. A second set of PUCCH resource indices are assigned based on resources used in transmission of PDCCHs corresponding to the PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the second subset of DL subframes. For each of the received PDSCHs, HARQ ACK/NACK is reported by using PUCCH resources in an order of the assigned first set of PUCCH resource indices for PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the first subset of DL subframes and in an order of the assigned second set of PUCCH resource indices for PDSCHs received in the DL subframes of the second subset of DL subframes. The present disclosure also relates to a UE and BS for respectively reporting and receiving HARQ ACK/NACK for PDSCHs in TDD configurations. |
| US10666400B2 |
Enhancing monitoring of multiple physical downlink control channels in beam based system
In accordance with an example embodiment, there is disclosed a method comprising: transmitting a first downlink channel via a primary beam within n slots, wherein n is a time between the transmission of an uplink control channel carrying HARQ information corresponding to the first downlink channel transmitted via the primary beam and a next time instance that a second downlink channel is configured be monitored from a secondary beam; receiving HARQ feedback within m slots calculated from a slot number configured to monitor the second downlink channel on at least one secondary beam, wherein m is time between a scheduled downlink channel and a next downlink channel monitoring instance via the secondary beam; and in response to receiving the HARQ feedback, ignoring a monitored downlink channel pattern and scheduling at least one user device using the primary beam on the slot number configured to monitor the second downlink channel on the at least one secondary beam. |
| US10666399B2 |
Allocation method and apparatus for code block groups in a transport block
The present disclosure provides an allocation method and apparatus for Code Block Groups in a Transport Block. The Method comprises the following steps: sending a Transport Block through a first device to a second device, wherein, the Transport Block comprises at least one Code Block Group which is obtained by the first device allocating the Code Blocks in the Transport Block according to a preset allocation strategy; and sending the preset allocation strategy through the first device to the second device. The technical scheme provided by the present disclosure has an advantage of high efficiency. |
| US10666397B2 |
Method and apparatus for control signaling
Aspects of the disclosure provide an apparatus that includes a receiving circuit and a baseband processing circuit. The receiving circuit is configured to receive signals transmitted from another apparatus to the apparatus and generate digital samples in response to the received signals. The received signals have a plurality of frequency sub-bands allocated as transmission resources. A specific frequency sub-band is allocated to the apparatus to carry data and control information to the apparatus. The baseband processing circuit is configured to receive the digital samples, process the digital samples to generate symbols in the respective frequency sub-bands, and decode the symbols in the respective frequency sub-bands to determine the specific frequency sub-band that is allocated to the apparatus. |
| US10666396B2 |
Communications system, infrastructure equipment and method
A communications system including an infrastructure equipment, forming part of a mobile communications network, that transmits and receives data to/from a user device via a wireless access interface using a plurality of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers that extend across a first bandwidth. The infrastructure equipment is configured to transmit repeatedly signals representing a same instance of user device payload data in a second bandwidth less than and within a first bandwidth, and includes a subset of the OFDM subcarriers. The user device is configured to receive one or more of the signals repeatedly transmitted across the second bandwidth, to store in a memory signals representing the repeatedly transmitted signals received across the second bandwidth and to combine the stored signals, and to detect the user device payload data from the combined signals, the user device having been provided with an indication of the second bandwidth. |
| US10666394B2 |
Information processing device, communication system, information processing method, and program
Wireless transmission paths are utilized efficiently. An information processing device includes a control section. If data destined for the own device is received from another device and if there exists undelivered data in the data, the control section performs control to transmit a retransmission request for the data to the other device. If there exists no undelivered data in the data destined for the own device and received from the other device, the control section performs control not to transmit a confirmation of reception. |
| US10666392B2 |
Apparatus and methods for rate matching in polar coding
Disabled input bit positions of an input bit vector that is to be encoded are determined based on non-contiguous subsets of consecutive coded bit positions that are to be punctured from a codeword of a polar code. The input bit vector is encoded according to the polar code to generate a codeword, by applying information bits to input bit positions of the input bit vector other than the disabled input bit positions. The non-contiguous subsets of consecutive coded bit positions are punctured from the codeword to generate a punctured codeword, and the punctured codeword is transmitted. In some embodiments, the non-contiguous subsets include a first subset that includes a first coded bit position and a second subset that includes a last coded bit position. The polar code could be a chained polar code, for example. |
| US10666388B2 |
Encoder signal processing device and encoder
An encoder signal processing device includes a position data acquisition unit, an error data calculation unit that calculates error data in a predetermined number of position data in one cycle, and a compensation unit that compensates the position data based on the calculated error data, in which the error data calculation unit calculates first error data in the predetermined number of position data sampled at first predetermined time intervals ΔTn in one cycle, defines the first error data as the error data, calculates second error data in position data sampled at second predetermined time intervals ΔTk in each of the first predetermined time intervals ΔTn, and changes a time interval of the error data without increasing or decreasing the predetermined number of error data by replacing second error data closest to a local extremum or inflexion point in error characteristics of the first and second error data with the first error data. |
| US10666364B2 |
Optical electrical interface device, electrical module device and system for coupling to an optical distribution network
An optical-electrical interface device for coupling to an optical distribution network is provided which comprises: a housing, an optical fiber port for coupling to a single optical fiber, an optical network terminal unit connected to the optical fiber port, a power sourcing management unit configured to manage the power supply of the optical network, network terminal unit, a plurality of electrical ports and a plurality of electrical cables each connected to the power sourcing management unit and to one of the electrical ports. The electrical ports are accessible and/or arranged outside the housing, wherein the optical-electrical interface device is configured to reverse-feed electrical power, from external electrical module devices connected to the electrical ports, for operating the optical network terminal unit which is arranged inside the housing. The power sourcing management unit is configured to calculate and/or control shares of electrical power received and/or to be received via the electrical cables from external electrical module devices, dependent on the number of external electrical module devices connected to one, some or all of the electrical ports. |
| US10666363B2 |
Method and apparatus for transmitting optical signal, and wavelength selective switch
Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting an optical signal and a wavelength selective switch. The transmission method includes: performing diffraction processing on an input optical signal, to obtain signal light and crosstalk light. The signal light is output to a target output port in a plurality of output ports. The diffraction processing includes deflecting, in a second direction, a diffraction direction of a part or all of the crosstalk light, so that the part or all of the crosstalk light is output to an area outside the output ports. |
| US10666346B2 |
Network node, wireless device, and methods for beam management
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device (10) for managing beam-formed communication in a wireless communication network (1), wherein the wireless device (10) is configured to handle separate directional device beams at the wireless device (10). The wireless device (10) forms an active set for a first device beam out of the separate directional device beams of the wireless device by selecting one or more first network beams out of a plurality of separate directional network beams of the wireless communication network (1). The one or more first network beams are selected based on received signal strength or quality, and the active set is to be used for transmission or reception of data. The wireless device selects a first network beam in the active set as a preferred network beam for transmission or reception of data. The wireless device further forms a monitored set for a second device beam out of the one or more separate directional device beams of the wireless device by selecting one or more second network beams out of the plurality of separate directional network beams of the wireless communication network (1). The one or more second network beams are selected based on received signal strength or quality, but are not to be currently used for the transmission or reception of data. The wireless device transmits to a network node (12) a first indication of the preferred network beam and the received signal strengths or qualities for the one or more first network beams in the formed active set for the first device beam of the wireless device, and a second indication indicating the one or more second network beams of the formed monitored set and the received signal strengths or qualities for the one or more second network beams in the formed monitored set for the second device beam of the wireless device. |
| US10666340B2 |
Determining precoding coefficients for fronthaul links in a cloud radio access network
A split radio access network is provided that efficiently transmits beamforming coefficients from a distributed baseband unit device to a remote radio unit device to facilitate beamforming at the remote radio unit. The beamforming coefficients can be determined at the baseband unit device and transmitted along with the IQ data (data to be beamformed) to the remote radio unit device. Due to the large number of antenna ports however, there can still be a very large number of coefficients to transmit, and the disclosure provides for a compressed set of coefficients that reduces the overhead signaling requirements. Instead of sending coefficients for every kth antenna port, the system can select a subset of the coefficients corresponding to a set of k antenna ports which can be used by the remote radio unit to approximate the full set of beamforming coefficients. |
| US10666335B2 |
Method of selecting beam and electronic device thereof
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for selecting a beam in an electronic device. An electronic device includes: a plurality of antennas configured to form beams in different directions; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: control the plurality of antennas to form a wide beam, determine a transmission beam pattern of a transmitting side through the wide beam, control the plurality of antennas to form a reception beam, and determine a reception beam pattern to be used for receiving a signal from the transmitting side. |
| US10666334B2 |
Beamforming training reference signal design
In one example, an apparatus of an e-NodeB (eNB) capable to establish a communication connection with a user equipment (UE) in a communication network, the eNB comprising processing circuitry to transmit a downlink (DL) beamforming training reference signal (BF-TRS) to a user equipment (UE) using transmit beamforming weights that are the same. Other examples are also disclosed and claimed. |
| US10666321B2 |
Sampling gate for broadband frequency reconstruction
A sampling gate comprising a first frequency input coupled to a first frequency path from a broadband photodiode. The sampling gate also includes a positive bias input coupled to a positive offset portion of a second frequency path from the broadband photodiode. The sampling gate also includes a negative bias input coupled to a negative offset portion of the second frequency path from the broadband photodiode. The sampling gate combines a first frequency signal from the first frequency path and a second frequency signal from the second frequency path to create a combined broadband frequency signal from the broadband photodiode. |
| US10666320B2 |
Ringing suppression circuit
A ringing suppression circuit is provided at one or more nodes each having a communication circuit executing communication with another node by transmitting a differential signal through a pair of communication lines connected to the nodes. The circuit includes a suppression circuit and an operation mode controller: The suppression circuit is configured to execute a suppression operation for suppressing ringing in the differential signal. The operation mode controller is configured to set an operation mode of the suppression circuit to one of: a normal operation mode, which enables the suppression circuit to execute the suppression operation in response to detecting a change in a level of the differential signal, and a permanent off mode, which disables the suppression circuit to execute the suppression operation on a steady basis. |
| US10666308B2 |
Communication-adapter mounting device
A communication-adapter mounting device is used for mounting a communication adapter that relays communication between an air-conditioning apparatus and another apparatus. The communication-adapter mounting device includes a body into which the communication adapter is to be accommodated and from which the communication adapter is allowed to be removed, and a clip to mount the body to a housing of the air-conditioning apparatus. A mounting plate of the body includes a mounting hole for securing the communication-adapter mounting device to an installation location in which to install the communication adapter. Further, the body has a clip holding mechanism to hold the clip and to allow the clip to be removed. |
| US10666304B2 |
Apparatuses and methods for compensating interfering signals in electric circuits
An electric circuit includes a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit includes at least one directional coupler with an adjustable coupling factor. The compensation circuit is coupled between a first signal path and a second signal path of the electric circuit via the at least one directional coupler. Furthermore, the electric circuit includes a detector circuit coupled at least to the second signal path. The detector circuit is configured to detect an interfering signal portion of a signal of the first signal path in the second signal path. Furthermore, the electric circuit includes a control circuit. The control circuit is configured to adjust a transfer characteristic of the compensation circuit based on the detected interfering signal portion. Adjusting the transfer characteristic includes adjusting the coupling factor of the at least one directional coupler. |
| US10666301B2 |
Multifrequency device, controlling and/or monitoring device, associated multifrequency system and piece of home-automation equipment
This multifrequency device (10) is configured to be connected via at least two conductors (121, 122) to an electricity supply grid (11). This device comprises: at least one radiofrequency module (13) comprising at least one first and one second input/output port (131, 132), which ports are able to emit and/or receive radiofrequency signals at two different frequencies; and at least two matching circuits (14, 15) that are configured to block the propagation of radiofrequency signals propagating over the conductors, each matching circuit comprising a plurality of terminals. One terminal (141, 151) of each matching circuit is connected to the first conductor or to the second conductor. One terminal (142, 151) of each matching circuit is connected to the first input/output port or to the second input/output port of the radiofrequency module. This device also comprises decoupling means (C1, C2) that are configured to stop the propagation of electrical supply signals between the conductors and between at least one conductor and an input/output port of the radiofrequency module. |
| US10666296B2 |
Accelerated erasure coding system and method
An accelerated erasure coding system includes a processing core for executing computer instructions and accessing data from a main memory, and a non-volatile storage medium for storing the computer instructions. The processing core, storage medium, and computer instructions are configured to implement an erasure coding system, which includes: a data matrix for holding original data in the main memory; a check matrix for holding check data in the main memory; an encoding matrix for holding first factors in the main memory, the first factors being for encoding the original data into the check data; and a thread for executing on the processing core. The thread includes: a parallel multiplier for concurrently multiplying multiple entries of the data matrix by a single entry of the encoding matrix; and a first sequencer for ordering operations through the data matrix and the encoding matrix using the parallel multiplier to generate the check data. |
| US10666291B1 |
High efficiency data decoder
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for a high efficiency data decoder. The high efficiency data decoder accesses an encoded data input from an input device and determines that the encoded data input does not map to any predetermined data outputs from a set of predetermined data outputs. The high efficiency data decoder selects, based on a ranking of modifications for the input device, a modification to perform on the encoded data input. The high efficiency data decoder performs the first modification on the encoded data input, yielding a modified encoded data input. If the modified encoded data input maps to a first data output from the set of predetermined data outputs, the high efficiency data decoder decodes the encoded data input into the first data output. |
| US10666283B2 |
Analogue-to-digital converter circuitry comprising capacitive successive-approximation control circuitry
The present invention relates to analogue-to-digital converter (ADC) circuitry. In particular, the present invention relates to ADC circuitry configured to use successive approximation to arrive at a multi-bit digital value representative of an analogue input value. |
| US10666275B1 |
Micro-comb terahertz radium ion clock (MCTRICk)
An ion-based atomic clock includes an ion trap, a cooling laser, a re-pumping source and a frequency comb source. The ion trap can trap a plurality of Ra+ ions generated by an ion generator. The cooling laser can facilitate trapping of the plurality of Ra+ ions within the ion trap and populate excited state levels in the trapped Ra+ ions. The re-pumping source can trigger decaying of the excited state levels to a first metastable level. The frequency comb source can directly drive a multi-terahertz (multi-THz) clock transition between the first metastable level and a second metastable level in the trapped Ra+ ions. A signal derived from the population remaining in the first metastable level following the driving of the clock transition can be used to guide the repetition rate of the frequency comb source to an accurate frequency related to the clock transition frequency. |
| US10666265B2 |
Interface for parallel configuration of programmable devices
An integrated circuit device may include programmable logic fabric disposed on a first integrated circuit die and having configuration memory. The integrated circuit device may also include a base die that may provide memory and/or operating supporting circuitry. The first die and the second die may be coupled using a high-speed parallel interface. The interface may employ microbumps. The first die and the second die may also include controllers for the interface. |
| US10666259B1 |
Current steering level-shifter
Described is a level-shifter that can save area between voltage domains with limited voltage differential, and further save power by steering current between two power supply rails. The level-shifter comprises: an input to receive a first signal between a first reference rail and a second reference rail; an output to provide a second signal the first reference rail and a third reference rail, wherein in a voltage level of the third reference rail is higher than a voltage level of the second reference rail, and wherein a voltage level of the first reference is lower than the voltage level of the second reference rail and the third reference rail; and a circuitry coupled to the input and the output, wherein the circuitry is to steer current from the third reference rail to the second reference rail. |
| US10666253B2 |
Backlighting appliance deadfronted user interfaces
A capacitive touch switch is disclosed which includes a transparent insulating panel, a filtering layer having an opaque color, a transparent icon being defined in the filtering layer, a transparent substrate including a capacitive electrode, the transparent substrate being tinted to substantially match the opaque color of the filtering layer, and a light source configured to transmit light through the transparent substrate, the transparent icon, and the transparent insulating panel when energized. A user interface and a method of manufacturing a capacitive touch switch are also disclosed. |
| US10666251B2 |
Target magnet mechanism for proximity switch
A target magnet mechanism for a proximity switch. The target magnet mechanism includes a plurality of magnets disposed in an alternating magnetic pole configuration forming a narrowed, polarity reversing magnetic field. A center magnet has a magnetic polarity opposite the magnetic polarity of a sensing magnet of the proximity switch. A flanking magnet includes a magnetic polarity opposite the magnetic polarity of the center magnet and the same as the sensing magnet. So configured, the plurality of magnets trigger the proximity switch to an activated state by pulling on a magnetic field of the proximity switch via the opposed polarity of the center magnet and the sensing magnet. In addition, the plurality of magnets release the proximity switch back to an unactivated state by pushing on the magnetic field of the proximity switch via the same polarity of the flanking magnet and the sensing magnet. |
| US10666247B2 |
Electronic device for preventing overvoltage
An electronic device includes a connector for connection to an external device; a controller electrically connected to a first external device detection terminal of the connector to detect an electric state of the first external device detection terminal and to output a signal corresponding to the detected electric state; a processor having a first input terminal electrically connected to the controller, that is configured to receive the signal through the first input terminal, having a second input terminal electrically connected to a second external device detection terminal of the connector, and that is configured to detect an electric state of the second external device detection terminal; and an electronic component disposed between the second external device detection terminal and the processor such that an overvoltage is not entered into the processor through the second input terminal. Various example embodiments are available. |
| US10666244B2 |
Comparator and oscillation circuit
A comparator includes a first constant current source, a first transistor having a drain connected to the first constant current source, a gate connected to a non-inverted input terminal, and a source connected to an inverted input terminal, a second constant current source connected between the inverted input terminal and a second power supply terminal, a second transistor having a source connected to a first power supply terminal, a gate connected to the drain of the first transistor, and a drain connected to an output terminal, and a third constant current source connected between the drain of the second transistor and the second power supply terminal. An oscillation circuit includes comparators in which at least one of the comparators is a comparator described above. |
| US10666241B2 |
Variable delay circuit
A variable delay circuit, which includes a digital-to-time converter (DTC) circuit and a controller, is disclosed. The DTC circuit includes a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of MOS switches that are turned on and off according to a control code. The DTC circuit receives an input pulse, applies a delay corresponding to the control code to the edge to be delayed, and outputs a delay pulse. The controller supplies a valid code indicating a delay amount as a control code during a period beginning from a predetermined time TCONST before the edge (positive edge) to be delayed of an input pulse REF up to the edge to be delayed. Further, the controller supplies, as the control code, a dummy code for turning on all of the plurality of MOS switches inside the DTC circuit immediately before the period. |
| US10666226B2 |
Ladder-type filter, piezoelectric thin film resonator, and method of fabricating the same
A ladder-type filter includes: a first piezoelectric thin film resonator including a first lower electrode, a first piezoelectric film, a first upper electrode, and an insertion film inserted between the first lower and upper electrodes, the insertion film being located in an outer peripheral region of a first resonance region; a second piezoelectric thin film resonator including a second lower electrode, a second piezoelectric film, and a second upper electrode, the second piezoelectric thin film resonator having no insertion film between the second lower and upper electrodes in a second resonance region; a series resonator, at least one of the series resonator being a first resonator that is one of the first and second piezoelectric thin film resonators, and a parallel resonator, at least one of the parallel resonator being a second resonator that is another of the first and second piezoelectric thin film resonators. |
| US10666225B2 |
Acoustic impedance transformation circuit and related apparatus
An acoustic impedance transformation circuit and related apparatus are provided. In aspects discussed herein, the acoustic impedance transformation circuit can be configured to transform an input impedance into an output impedance higher than the input impedance. In this regard, the acoustic impedance transformation circuit can be provided in an apparatus to enable impedance matching between two electrical circuits. As a result, it may be possible to reduce signal reflection resulting from impedance mismatch between the two circuits, thus helping to improve performance of the apparatus. |
| US10666222B1 |
Hybrid semiconductor-piezoacoustic radiofrequency device
An amplifying radiofrequency device includes a piezoelectric film and a semiconductor amplifier layer. The piezoelectric film is conformed as an acoustic waveguide. The piezoelectric film has a principal acoustic propagation direction parallel to the principal conduction direction of the amplifier layer. Interdigitated transducers are positioned on the piezoelectric film to respectively launch an acoustic wave in response to an input RF signal, and transduce the acoustic wave back to an output RF signal. There is a distance of less than the acoustic wavelength between the semiconductor amplifier layer and the piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film has a thickness of less than the acoustic wavelength. According to a method for making such a device, a stack of III-V layers is epitaxially grown on a III-V substrate, wherein the stack comprises a first etch stop layer, a second etch stop layer, an amplifier layer, and a contact layer. The stack is bonded to a lithium niobate film. The III-V substrate is removed by etching down to the first etch stop layer. Deposition windows are opened by etching from the first etch stop layer down to the contact layer. Metal contact electrodes are deposited in the deposition windows. |
| US10666216B2 |
System and method for digital signal processing
The present invention provides for methods and systems for digitally processing an audio signal to reproduce high quality sounds on various materials. In various embodiments, a method comprises filtering the signal with a low shelf filter and/or high shelf filter, passing the signal through a first compressor that, filtering the signal again with a low shelf filter and/or high shelf filter, processing the signal with a graphic equalizer based on a selected material profile, passing the signal through a second compressor, and outputting the signal to a transducer. |
| US10666206B2 |
Supervisory control of radio frequency (RF) impedance tuning operation
A radio frequency (RF) control system including a RF generator having a power amplifier that outputs a RF signal and a controller. A matching network receives the RF signal and generates at least one RF output signal. In a first mode of operation, the controller enables adjustment of the frequency of the RF signal and a tune element of the matching network to achieve an impedance match and in a second mode of operation the controller enables adjustment of only the tune element of the matching network to achieve an impedance match while the frequency is adjusted to a target frequency. The RF controls system operates in a continuous and pulse mode of operation. |
| US10666202B2 |
Envelope tracking power management circuit
An envelope tracking (ET) power management circuit is provided. The ET power management circuit includes an amplifier circuit(s) configured to output a radio frequency (RF) signal at a defined power level corresponding to a direct current, an alternating current, and an ET modulated voltage received by the amplifier circuit(s). The ET power management circuit can operate in a high-power ET mode when the defined power level exceeds a defined power level threshold and the RF signal is modulated to include no more than a defined number of resource blocks. The ET power management includes two ET tracker circuitries each generating a respective ET modulated voltage and two charge pump circuitries each generating a respective current. In the high-power ET mode, both charge pump circuitries are activated to each provide a reduced current to the amplifier circuit, thus helping to reduce a footprint and cost of the ET power management circuit. |
| US10666189B2 |
Set of window assemblies and a method of fabricating the same
Different window assemblies can be fabricated and installed where the size of an electrical component is sized for a particular geometry of the window assembly. In a particular embodiment, an energy rating, which may include an energy consumption rate, a recharge rate, a recharge capacity, an electrical current leakage rate, another suitable parameter, or any combination thereof, may be used when determining the size of the electrical component to be used. If needed or desired, one or more trim panels can be used to cover portions of a window assembly to make the window more aesthetically pleasing. |
| US10666188B2 |
Methods for loading battery storage compartments into a solar canopy support structure
The present application provides methods for loading and unloading high capacity storage equipment to a solar power canopy. The methods and structures may include horizontal support members have mechanisms to engage corresponding mechanisms on a compartment housing the high capacity storage equipment. The mechanisms may include plates, flanged surfaces, rails, tracks, hook assemblies, and ridges. The methods and structures may include a superstructure that is coupled to an moves with respect to the solar power canopy frame. The superstructure may pivot and/or rotate to allow loading and unloading. The methods and structures also may include cabinets or cubicles sized to receive one or more compartments housing the high capacity storage equipment. |
| US10666185B2 |
Photovoltaic power apparatus for rapid deployment
A rapidly deployed photovoltaic (PV) apparatus (2) providing a PV array (10) housed within an easily transportable standardized container. The PV array (10) is movable between a stowed position in a V-shape configuration and a fully deployed flat position. Dual function hydraulic cylinders are provided for movement of the array (10) in the fully deployed position and movement of the container when the array (10) is in the stowed position. Solar tracking of the array (10) is facilitated by linear compensation translators which are attachable to the hydraulic cylinders upon full deployment. A retractable roof structure is provided which allows trickle charging to occur when the array (10) is in the V-shaped stowed position. |
| US10666182B1 |
System to control a rotary electric machine
A control system for a rotary electric machine includes a controller configured to generate dynamic input current data based upon a dynamic analysis of self flux data, mutual flux data, and saturation scaling factor data. Upon generating a torque request, the controller is configured to determine a desired electrical input based upon the dynamic input current data to generate the desired output torque. The desired electrical input includes a magnitude and duration of an electrical pulse and a desired angular position of the rotor of the rotary electric machine relative to the stator of the machine. The controller determines an angular position of the rotor and generates an operating command to generate the desired electrical input at the desired angular position of the rotor to propel the rotary electric machine and generate the desired output torque. A rotary electric machine and method of operating same are provided. |
| US10666180B2 |
Adaptive torque disturbance cancellation for electric motors
An adaptive torque disturbance cancellation method and motor control system for rotating a load are described. The system has: (i) a speed controller for receiving a first input signal indicating a desired motor speed and, in response, for outputting a motor control signal; (ii) current sensing circuitry for sensing current through a motor that rotates in response to the speed controller; (iii) circuitry for storing, into a storage device, history data representative of the current through a motor when the motor operates to rotate the load; and (iv) circuitry for modifying the motor control signal in response to the history data. |
| US10666172B2 |
Motor control device and motor control method
A motor control device includes: a polarity sensor configured to detect whether a magnetic pole position in a synchronous motor resides on a positive polarity side or a negative polarity side with reference to a reference position; a motor control unit configured to turn the synchronous motor from the polarity side detected by the polarity sensor toward an opposite polarity side through the reference position; and a magnetic pole position determination unit configured to determine, as the magnetic pole position, a position of the synchronous motor at the moment when the polarity changes, based on a detection result of the polarity sensor. |
| US10666159B2 |
Single-phase converter control method and apparatus
A single-phase converter control method and apparatus, includes calculating on a voltage corresponding to a first level output by a single-phase converter, a voltage corresponding to a second level output by the single-phase converter, and a voltage reference value about the voltage corresponding to the first level and the voltage corresponding to the second level to obtain a common-mode modulated-wave change rate of the single-phase converter, where the first level is a direct-current-side positive-bus level, and the second level is a direct-current-side negative-bus level, calculating on a first-phase initial modulated wave of the single-phase converter, a second-phase initial modulated wave of the single-phase converter, and the common-mode modulated-wave change rate to obtain a common-mode modulated wave of the single-phase converter, and calculating on the first-phase initial modulated wave, the second-phase initial modulated wave, and the common-mode modulated wave to obtain a pulse width modulated wave of the single-phase converter. |
| US10666157B2 |
Direct electrical heating arrangement comprising a power electronic converter
It is described an arrangement for providing an AC current to a load for direct electrical heating, the arrangement comprising a AC-DC-AC converter cell (133, 433, 533, 633, 733), the converter cell having at least two converter input terminals (111, 112, 113) connected to at least two transformer output terminals, the converter cell having a first converter output terminal (135, 435, 535) and a second converter output terminal (137, 437, 537), wherein the first converter cell output terminal (135) is adapted to be connected to the load (350, 650, 750, 850). |
| US10666154B2 |
DC to DC converter
A DC to DC converter with intermediate conversion into AC power, including: a transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding; a first DC to AC conversion circuit having its AC terminals coupled with the primary winding of the transformer; a first AC to DC conversion circuit having its AC terminals coupled across a first tap and a second tap of the secondary winding of the transformer; a second AC to DC conversion circuit having its AC terminals coupled across a third tap and a fourth tap of the secondary winding of the transformer, wherein the first tap and the second tap are arranged between the third tap and the fourth tap along the secondary winding of the transformer; and at least one first power switch, being arranged between one of DC terminals of the first AC to DC conversion circuit and one of DC terminals of the second AC to DC conversion circuit. By having the solution as above, the DC output voltage may be changed between two levels by operating only one power switch. Because a power switch is more expensive than a multiple of power diodes, by reducing the number of power switches responsible for changing the level of DC output voltage, it is helpful for decreasing the cost and complexity of control. Besides, the power loss can be decreased due to switching of less power switch. |
| US10666151B2 |
Interleaved resonant converter
One example includes an interleaved resonant converter circuit. The circuit includes a plurality of resonant converter circuits that are each coupled to an output node and are configured to collectively generate an output voltage on the output node in response to a respective plurality of sets of switching signals at each of a respective plurality of phases. The circuit also includes a switching controller configured to generate each of the plurality of sets of switching signals having a variable duty-cycle relative to each other at each of the plurality of phases. |
| US10666148B2 |
Detecting current magnitude and direction in a non-isolated DC/DC converter
A control method, which is applied to a conversion circuit including at least one bridge arm and an inductor, the bridge arm including an upper semiconductor switch and a lower semiconductor switch connected in series, and one end of the inductor being connected to a midpoint of the bridge arm, includes: judging a direction of current of the inductor when a scram event occurs in the conversion circuit; turning on the upper semiconductor switch and turning off the lower semiconductor switch when the direction of current of the inductor is judged as a first direction, wherein the first direction is a forward conduction direction of the lower semiconductor switch; and turning off the upper semiconductor switch and turning on the lower semiconductor switch when the direction of current of the inductor is judged as a second direction. |
| US10666147B1 |
Resonant converter control based on zero current detection
A GaN resonant circuit is disclosed. The GaN resonant circuit includes a power switch configured to be selectively conductive according to one or more gate signals, and configured to generate a switch signal indicative of the value of the current flowing therethrough. The GaN resonant circuit also includes a power switch driver, configured to generate the gate signals in response to one or more control signals, where the power switch driver is configured to cause the power switch to become nonconductive in response to the switch signal indicating that the value of the current flowing through the power switch has transitioned across a threshold value. |
| US10666141B2 |
Control device and power conversion circuit thereof with reconfigurable power structure
A control device includes a first switch, a second switch, a switching circuit, a first circuit and a second circuit. The control device is selectively switched to a first mode or a second mode corresponding to an operating current and an operating state of a predetermined circuit. During the first mode, an output signal of the first circuit is transmitted to a control end of the first switch through the switching circuit, and the first circuit and the first switch form a low drop-out regulator. During the second mode, a plurality of driving signals of the second circuit are transmitted to the control end of the first switch and a control end of the second switch through the switching circuit, and the first switch, the second switch and an impedance circuit form a switching voltage converter. |
| US10666139B1 |
Switching regulator with proportional-integral (PI) control compensation network clamp
During a load transient or load current step, an error amplifier of a regulator circuit can be temporarily pushed to saturation and a compensation capacitor can be discharged. The present inventor has recognized, among other things, that the transient response performance in such a case can suffer due to the slow rising rate of the error amplifier caused by the slow charging of the compensation capacitor. Using various techniques, a switching regulator circuit can include a proportional-integral (PI) compensation network clamp circuit that can provide a fast system transient response and a low quiescent current, which can reduce power consumption. |
| US10666138B2 |
Apparatus for controlling switching power supplies
A switching converter includes a power stage that receives an input voltage for converting it into an output voltage and provides a load current to a load operably coupled to the power stage. The power stage includes a switch providing a switching voltage and a controller comprising an integrator and a comparator with hysteresis and configured to regulate the output voltage to a level proportional to a reference voltage by controlling the switching voltage. |
| US10666137B2 |
Method and circuitry for sensing and controlling a current
An inductor conducts a first current, which is variable. A first transistor is coupled through the inductor to an output node. The first transistor alternately switches on and off in response to a voltage signal, so that the first current is: enhanced while the first transistor is switched on in response to the voltage signal; and limited while the first transistor is switched off in response to the voltage signal. A second transistor is coupled to the first transistor. The second transistor conducts a second current, which is variable. On/off switching of the second transistor is independent of the voltage signal. Control circuitry senses the second current and adjusts the voltage signal to alternately switch the first transistor on and off in response to: the sensing of the second current; and a voltage of the output node. |
| US10666135B2 |
Balancing charge pump circuits
Methods and systems of controlling a switched capacitor converter are provided. Upon determining that a voltage across a flying capacitor is above a first threshold, a first current is drawn from a first terminal of the flying capacitor by a first current source, and a second current is provided to a second terminal of the flying capacitor by a second current source. Upon determining that the voltage across the flying capacitor is below a second threshold, the first current is provided to the first terminal of the flying capacitor by the first current source, and the second current is drawn from the second terminal of the flying capacitor by the second current source. Upon determining that the voltage across the flying capacitor is above the second threshold and below the first threshold from the reference voltage, the first and second current sources are turned OFF. |
| US10666133B2 |
Calibration of a load control device for a light-emitting diode light source
A load regulation device for controlling the amount of power delivered to an electrical load may be able to calibrate the magnitude of an output voltage of the load regulation device in order to control the magnitude of a load voltage across the electrical load to a predetermined level. The load regulation device may receive the feedback from a calibration device adapted to be coupled to load wiring near the electrical load. The feedback may indicate when the magnitude of the load voltage across the electrical load has reached a predetermined level. The load regulation device may gradually adjust the magnitude of the output voltage, receive the feedback from the calibration device, and then use the feedback to determine the magnitude of the output voltage corresponding to when the magnitude of the load voltage across the electrical load has reached the predetermined level. |
| US10666128B1 |
Methods, systems, apparatuses and devices for regulating an output of a switched mode power supply circuit configured to provide electric power to a load
A system for regulating an output of a switched mode power supply circuit is configured to provide electric power to a load. The system may include a filter circuit. The filter circuit may be configured to suppress ripple signals at the power output. The system may include a feedback sense circuit including at least one feedback input end and at least one feedback output end. The feedback sense circuit may be configured for generating a feedback signal based on an output ripple signal at a filter input end and a DC regulation signal at a filter output end. The at least one feedback output end may be configured to be electrically coupled to the switched mode power supply circuit. Further, a switching of the switched mode power supply circuit may be based on the feedback signal. |
| US10666122B2 |
Impact type vibration actuator
Provided is an impact type vibration actuator including a permanent magnet having a stopper insertion portion; a linear guide surrounding the permanent magnet; a stopper protruding into the linear guide and inserted into the stopper insertion portion; and coils provided on at least one end of the permanent magnet to provide alternately attraction and repulsion to the permanent magnet.According to the present invention, since a permanent magnet is not connected to the vibration mass, it is possible to adjust the vibration frequency in a very wide range by adjusting the frequency of the power source applied to the coil, and to adjust vibration intensity by appropriately selecting current intensity, a stopper interval, an elastic means, and the like. In addition, through this, it is possible to provide much more various haptic feedbacks than the prior art. |
| US10666105B2 |
Wire assembly for rotary electric machine and corresponding method to obtain the wire assembly
The invention relates to a wire assembly for electric rotary machine comprising a plurality of phase coils (P1-P6),each phase coils (P1-P6) being aimed to be inserted in a dedicated set of slots (18) of a stator (10),each phase coil (P1-P6) comprising a first part (61) having an input (I1-I6) and a second part (62) having an output (O1-O6), the first part (61) and second part (62) constituting a distributed wave winding,wherein each phase coil (P1-P6) comprises a U-turn part (63) linking the first (61) and the second (62) parts so that each phase coil (P1-P6) is composed of a single wire (23). |
| US10666103B2 |
Rotor of rotating electric machine
A rotor of a rotating electric machine includes a rotor yoke and a pair of end plates disposed on both axial sides of the rotor yoke. The rotor yoke is provided with a yoke cavity portion axially passing through a yoke main body, end plate hole portions communicating with the yoke cavity portion are provided in the pair of end plates, the yoke cavity portion and the end plate hole portions have a substantially triangular shape protruding toward an outer-diameter-side, and in the yoke cavity portion, top portions on both circumferential sides and a top portion on an outer-diameter-side are exposed from the end plate hole portions. |
| US10666096B2 |
Direct cooling driving motor for vehicle
A direct-cooling stator core assembly having cooling channels so as to directly cool a stator core and a wound coil, and a driving motor for a vehicle including the same, are provided. The direct-cooling stator core assembly includes a stator core having an outer surface and a plurality of core recesses formed in the outer surface in a longitudinal direction. The direct-cooling stator core assembly further includes a cooling fluid supply member configured to supply cooling fluid to the core recesses in the stator core. In the direct-cooling stator core assembly, when cooling fluid is flowing through the core recesses, the cooling fluid flowing through the core recesses directly cools the stator core. |
| US10666094B2 |
Wireless power transmission system, power transmitting terminal, power receiving terminal and detection method
The present disclosure discloses a wireless power transmission system, a wireless power transmitting terminal, a wireless power receiving terminal and a detection method, wherein the wireless power transmission system comprises a wireless power transmitting terminal and a wireless power receiving terminal. The wireless power transmitting terminal intermittently transmits power to the wireless power receiving terminal in a wireless way and the transmitting power of the wireless power transmitting terminal is detected during different time periods. The wireless power receiving terminal is used to wirelessly receive power and supply power to an actual load. The detection method is used to detect the number of coupled wireless power receiving terminals at the wireless power transmitting terminal. The present disclosure detects the number of the wireless power receiving terminals by dividing a difference between the transmitting power of the wireless power transmitting terminal when the wireless power receiving terminals output power only to detection loads and the transmitting power of the wireless power transmitting terminal when the wireless power receiving terminals output no power by specific power of the detection load. |
| US10666090B2 |
Inductively controlled series resonant AC power transfer
An inductive power transfer pickup circuit has a pickup coil (L2) and tuning capacitor (C2) connected in series to provide a series resonant circuit. A bi-directional switch (S1) is used to vary the phase angle between the open circuit pickup coil voltage (VOC) and the pickup coil inductor current (iL) to provide a controlled AC supply to an output of the pickup. |
| US10666089B2 |
Reservoir recovery energy flux coupling cell, unit, systems, and method
The disclosed embodiments relate to a current recovery cell, unit, and system that enhances signal admittance and captures bipolar and uni-polar electro-magnetic and electro-static energy flux generated by input AC High Frequency Impulse currents, bandwidth adjusts selects, and converts this captured energy flux to uni-polar currents, thereby recovering input AC Impulse currents for system power reduction. |
| US10666087B2 |
System for redundant power supply to a data center
There is described a circuit to supply electric power to N electrical panels. The circuit comprises N+1 blockbars, each one of the blockbars being for connection to an automatic transfer switch (ATS) of a power source, each one of the blockbars being connected to at least two other ones of the N+1 blockbars via a segregating switchgear. The circuit further comprises N+1 UPS units, each one of the UPS units being for connection to a dedicated one of the blockbars via a dedicated switchgear. The circuit further comprises 2N power outputs, each one of the N electrical panels being connected to 2 of the 2N power outputs, each one of the 2N power outputs being connected to 2 of the N+1 UPS units. This configuration allows for N+1 redundancy at the generator and UPS levels to feed the electrical distribution with 2N redundancy. |
| US10666085B2 |
System and method for discharging an excitation coil
A circuit for polarizing magnetic material using a magnetic field of an excitation coil includes a port configured to provide a connection with a DC power supply. The circuit also includes at least one capacitor and driver circuitry configured to drive the excitation coil and the at least one capacitor. The driver circuitry is configured to discharge the excitation coil to the DC power supply via the at least one capacitor. |
| US10666081B2 |
Battery management system
A battery management system for use in charging a rechargeable battery is disclosed. The battery management system comprises a controller and a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to provide a temperature signal based on a temperature of the rechargeable battery, and wherein the controller is configured to control a charging current for charging the rechargeable battery based on the temperature signal. In response to the temperature signal indicating that the temperature exceeds a first threshold temperature signal value the charging current is tapered down as a function of increasing temperature. |
| US10666078B2 |
System and method of managing battery systems
In one or more embodiments, one or more systems, methods, and/or processes may determine a temperature change associated with a first battery system; may determine if a temperature change is increasing; if the temperature change associated with the first battery is increasing: may determine if the temperature change is above a maximum threshold; if the temperature change is not above the maximum threshold, may charge the first battery system; if the temperature change is above the maximum threshold: may determine that a second battery system is fully charged; and may charge the first battery system at a reduced charge rate; and if the temperature change is not increasing: may determine if the temperature change is above a minimum threshold; if the temperature change is above the minimum threshold, may charge the first battery; and if the temperature change is not above the minimum threshold, may charge the second battery system. |
| US10666072B2 |
Power adapter and method for handling impedance anomaly in charging loop
A power adapter and a method for handling an impedance anomaly in a charging loop are provided. The power adapter includes a power conversion unit and a charging interface. The power conversion unit forms a charging loop with a terminal through the charging interface. The power adapter includes a communications unit, a detection unit, and an anomaly handling unit. The communications unit is configured to receive voltage indicative information from the terminal, the voltage indicative information indicating an input voltage of the terminal. The detection unit is configured to detect an output voltage of the power adapter. The anomaly handling unit is configured to determine whether an impedance of the charging loop is abnormal according to a difference between the input voltage and the output voltage, and to control the charging loop to enter into a protection state if the impedance of the charging loop is abnormal. |
| US10666061B2 |
Electronic power device with protection cover
An electronic system may include a charging device and an electronic device. The charging device may include an input port, a charge circuit, a storage, and a connector device. The charging device may receive a direct current (DC) voltage at the input port. The charge circuit may receive the DC voltage and provide a charged voltage to the storage. The electronic device may include a body, a battery, a first pad directly on the battery and a second pad directly on the battery. The battery may receive the DC charged voltage when the electronic device is coupled to the charging device. |
| US10666052B2 |
Transistor driver and gate controller
In one embodiment, a transistor driver includes a first line as a power supply line configured to supply a first voltage, a second line as a power supply line configured to supply a second voltage, and a first controlling transistor provided between the first line and the second line and configured to control a gate voltage of a first transistor to be driven. The driver further includes a third line configured to supply a third voltage that controls a gate voltage of the first controlling transistor, and a power supply circuit connected to the first, second and third lines and configured to vary the third voltage. The driver further includes a depletion P-type transistor including a gate connected to the first line, a drain connected to the second line, and a source connected to the third line. |
| US10666049B2 |
Power-over-ethernet power method and system
In one embodiment, a method, system, and apparatus including a Power Source Equipment (PSE) device configured to provide Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) to a Powered Device (PD) that is configured to receive a request from the PD requesting a quantity of PoE power, the quantity of PoE power including an amount of power to be provided by the PSE as power for redundancy, receiving a message from the PD, the message including a unique identifier, allocating a requested quantity of PoE power, the allocating of the requested quantity of PoE power including allocating to provide the requested quantity of PoE power from one of a plurality of PSEs, and providing the requested quantity of PoE power to the PD. Related methods, systems, and apparatuses are described. |
| US10666048B2 |
Electric power system control with measurement of energy demand and energy efficiency using t-distributions
A method, apparatus, system and computer program is provided for controlling an electric power system, including implementation of voltage measurement using paired t statistical analysis applied to calculating a shift in average usage per customer from one time period to another time period for a given electrical use population where the pairing process is optimized using a novel technique to improve the accuracy of the statistical measurement. |
| US10666045B2 |
System for selectively coupling an energy source to a load and method of making same
A multi-energy storage device system includes an electric drive coupled to a load, a DC link coupled to the electric drive, and a bi-directional voltage converter having an output channel coupled to the DC link and an input channel. A first energy storage device (ESD) is coupled to the input channel, and a switch is coupled to the DC link and to a second ESD. A system controller causes the switch to couple the second ESD to the DC link for delivering energy stored in the second ESD to the electric drive. The system controller also causes the voltage converter to convert a voltage of the first ESD to a higher voltage and to deliver the higher voltage to the DC link, wherein the higher voltage is greater than the voltage of the second ESD and causes the switch to decouple the second ESD from the DC link. |
| US10666040B2 |
Machine having at least one motor and one machine protection circuit
A machine, specifically a pump, a compressor, an agitator or a hoist, includes at least one motor and one machine protection circuit that includes a measurement device having at least one sensor for monitoring at least one parameter of the machine and includes an analysis device for analysing the parameters measured by the sensor and for activating a machine protection relay for switching off the machine. A switch cabinet positioned away from the machine is provided, and the machine protection circuit is spatially separated by the measurement device being arranged in the machine, and by the analysis device and the machine protection relay being arranged in the switch cabinet. |
| US10666038B2 |
Modular FACTS devices with external fault current protection
Flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) enabling distributed controls is a requirement for power transmission and distribution, to improve line balancing and distribution efficiency. These FACTS devices are electronic circuits that vary in the type of services they provide. All FACTS devices have internal circuitry to handle fault currents. Most of these circuits are unique in design for each manufacturer, which make these FACTS devices non-modular, non-interchangeable, expensive and heavy. One of the most versatile FACTS device is the static synchronous series compensator (SSSC), which is used to inject impedance into the transmission lines to change the power flow characteristics. The addition of integrated fault current handling circuitry makes the SSSC and similar FACTS devices unwieldy, heavy, and not a viable solution for distributed control. What is disclosed are modifications to FACTS devices that move the fault current protection external to the FACTS device and make them modular and re-usable. |
| US10666033B2 |
Modular stackable enclosure system
A modular stackable enclosure system is disclosed herein. The system includes a base structure including a cavity that includes a component mounting surface. The base structure also includes a plurality of modular ports configured to provide openings to the cavity. The base structure also includes a plurality of accessory mount interfaces, configured to receive a plurality of corresponding toolless-attachable accessory mounts. The system also includes a plurality of port plates, each configured to fit into a port of the plurality of modular ports. The system also includes a plurality of port plate attachments, each configured to fit into a corresponding port plate. The system also includes a cover, configurable to attach to the base structure, such that the cover is movable to cover or expose the cavity. |
| US10666027B2 |
Pulling eye for submarine cable and submarine cable comprising pulling eye
The present invention relates to a pulling eye for a submarine cable, a method of installing the pulling eye for a submarine cable, and a submarine cable including the pulling eye. |
| US10666026B1 |
Apparatus for transporting and dispensing wire or cable from a barrel pack
An apparatus for the movement of a barrel pack containing spooled wire or cable. The apparatus comprising a frame, a handle attached to the frame, a plurality of wheels rotatably attached to the frame, securing structures attached to the frame, the securing structures securing the barrel pack to the frame and a footage counting assembly attached to the handle. The footage counting assembly counts the amount of footage of wire or cable passing through the footage counting assembly. |
| US10666007B2 |
Cable connector tool
A cable connector wrench and method of operation that in one example has a shaft with a pair of asymmetrical jaws at one end and a handle coupled to the other end. The two jaws form an assembly in which the jaws are joined with a pivot. The fixed jaw is attachable to the shaft and the movable jaw is coupled to the fixed jaw. The movable jaw and the fixed jaw cooperate to engage a connector of a cabled assembly wherein the connector wrench is adapted for tightening or loosening the connector of the cabled assembly. |
| US10666006B2 |
Crimping hand tool
A crimping hand tool used for crimping a cable and a housing together is provided. The crimping hand tool includes a first body, a second body pivoted to the first body, a linking member pivoted to the second body, a crimping assembly pivoted to the linking member and slidably coupled to at least a portion of a guiding structure of the first body, and a stripping assembly slidably disposed in the first body. The first and the second bodies are pivoted to be opened or closed relatively so as to drive the linking member and push the crimping assembly forward to crimp the cable and the housing together. The stripping assembly is suited for being forced to cut and peel off an insulated layer from conducting lines of the cable. |
| US10665993B2 |
Communication connectors
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically, to communication connectors such as, for example, shielded plug and jack connectors. In an embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that includes a housing and a front sled assembly having a plurality of plug interface contacts (PICs), the front sled assembly being moveable along a horizontal plane of the communication jack between a first position and a second position, the first position being different from the second position. |
| US10665977B2 |
Jump tab battery terminal clamp
A battery terminal clamp is provided for a rechargeable storage battery. The battery terminal clamp includes a body portion made of a conductive material. The body portion has a top planar element and a bottom planar element. The top planar element includes an orifice for accommodating the terminal post of a storage battery, and a tab integrally formed with the body portion. This tab extends upwardly from the top planar element, and serves as a secure attachment point for jumper cables. |
| US10665961B1 |
Dual mode array antenna
A dual mode array antenna including a ground plane, a plurality of antenna elements, a tuning mechanism for tuning the array antenna to a resonant frequency, and a base defining a cavity having a depth that is less than half of a wavelength at an upper frequency of the array antenna is disclosed. Each of the plurality of antenna elements includes at least one spiral arm and each of the plurality of antenna elements is embedded in the cavity. The dual mode array antenna operates between the upper frequency and a lower frequency and may operate in one or more resonant frequencies. |
| US10665959B2 |
Millimeter wave antennas having dual patch resonating elements
An electronic device may be provided with millimeter wave transceiver circuitry and an antenna having a ground and a resonating element. The resonating element may include first and second patches symmetrically distributed about an axis. The antenna may be fed using an antenna feed having a first feed terminal coupled to both the first and second patches and a second feed terminal coupled to the ground. The first feed terminal may be coupled to the first patch at a side closest to the second patch and may be coupled to the second patch at a side closest to the first patch. The first and second patches may be shorted to the ground if desired. Antenna currents on the first patch may be 180 degrees out of phase with antenna currents on the second patch. The antenna may be arranged in an array of antennas with different polarizations. |
| US10665956B2 |
Antenna structure with high gain and broad angular coverage using multi-port sub-arrays and baseband signal processing
It is known in the field that conventional single-port antennas cannot provide both advantages of high gain and broad angular coverage. It is also known in the field that, for modern mobile communication systems, the transmitted signals generally include not only information data, but also pilot signals, which are used for both estimating real time channel responses and facilitating signals reception. Therefore, through a proper baseband signal processing arrangement, it is possible to effectively combine sub-arrays output signals of a multi-port antenna to substantially enhance interested signals. The present invention therefore makes use of the resources provided by the pilot signals to construct a novel antenna structure having multi-port sub-arrays and a baseband signal processing function unit, to simultaneously offer the advantages of high gain and broad angular coverage. In addition, the present invention is particularly suitable for use in millimeter wavelength antennas. |
| US10665954B2 |
Leaky-wave antenna
The present invention realizes a thin dual-polarized leaky-wave antenna which uses a CRLH (Composite Right/Left Handed) transmission line and capable of obtaining a high tilt angle in a directivity in the vertical plane while suppressing cross polarization and side lobe at a target operation frequency.Specifically, the present invention provides a leaky-wave antenna including a dielectric substrate, a ground surface formed on a bottom surface of the dielectric substrate, a ground unit formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate, and a CRLH (Composite Right/Left Handed) transmission line which is arranged adjacent to the ground unit and formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate and uses a coplanar transmission line with a ground, in which a series capacitor (CL) and a parallel inductor (LL) constituting the CRLH transmission line are formed on a top surface of the dielectric substrate. |
| US10665953B1 |
Tunable liquid crystal metasurfaces
A tunable, optical metasurface can include an optically reflective surface to reflect optical radiation, such as infrared laser light. An array of optical resonant antennas may, for example, extend from or otherwise be positioned on the reflective surface with sub-wavelength spacings of, for example, less than one-half of a wavelength. Voltage-controlled liquid crystal may be positioned in the optical field region of each of the optical resonant antennas. A controller may apply a voltage differential bias pattern to the liquid crystal of optical resonant antennas, that may be arranged in tiled, interleaved, or randomly arranged subsets of optical resonant antennas to attain one-dimensional beam steering, two-dimensional beam steering, and/or spatial beam shaping. |
| US10665945B2 |
Millimeter-wave waveguide
A millimeter-wave waveguide including at least one strip of a dielectric material having a dielectric constant in the range from 1 to 4, a sheath surrounding the strip, and at least four ribs connecting the strip to the sheath. |
| US10665944B2 |
Antenna device and method for manufacturing antenna device
An antenna device includes a core, a bobbin member having a partition, and a coil provided around the bobbin member. The coil is configured with a tight winding portion and a loose winding portion. The tight winding portion is provided between one bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is provided between the other bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is configured with a first winding layer and a second winding layer. A wire winding direction of the first winding layer is opposite to a wire winding direction of the second winding layer so that the wire of the first winding layer and the wire of the second winding layer cross and overlap to each other along part of the bobbin member. |
| US10665940B2 |
Antenna array for aeronautical communications
The invention is for a system and method of constructing an array of fixed antennas to provide coverage for radio communications to multiple mobile aerial vehicles from a terrestrial location. In one embodiment there is provided antenna system providing radio communications to a plurality or moving aerial vehicles, said system comprising an array of fixed antennas; at least one or a plurality of transceivers selectively connected to the array of fixed antennas; and a control unit configured to switch individual antennas from said array to connect with at least one transceiver. The control unit is configured with a switch matrix to control the connections from the antennas to the plurality of transceivers to implement a desired communications protocol, and the system is further configurable to supply exclusion policies to the control unit which identify which antennas are not to be connected to the switch matrix. |
| US10665933B2 |
Antenna unit, radio frequency circuit and method for manufacturing an antenna unit
An antenna unit for receiving and/or emitting electromagnetic waves having a certain wavelength is described. Said antenna unit is a slotline antenna unit having a slot region. Said antenna unit comprises at least one antenna element and a carrier. Said carrier is made by a dielectric material wherein said carrier has at least one cutout in said slot region. Said antenna element is made by a printed circuit board. Said antenna element and said carrier are attached to each other wherein said carrier has a thickness being less than one fifth of said wavelength. Further, a radio frequency circuit and a method for manufacturing an antenna unit are described. |
| US10665926B2 |
Mobile terminal
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which comprises: a display unit; a frame for supporting the display unit; a printed circuit board formed on one side of the frame; a case formed on one side of the printed circuit board; first and second beam-shaped metal members arranged on both sides of the frame while being spaced apart from the frame and exposed to the outside; and a first antenna which is formed adjacent to the frame and implements a first frequency band, wherein the first antenna comprises: a first radiator including at least one end of the first metal member or the second metal member; a first power supply unit for supplying power to the first radiator; and a first ground unit for grounding the first radiator. |
| US10665925B2 |
Antenna apparatus and method with dielectric for providing continuous insulation between antenna portions
An apparatus is provided including a first antenna with a top face; a bottom face; and a periphery defined by an upper portion, a lower portion, and a pair of side portions. The first slot comprises a body, a first arm, and a second arm that divides the first antenna into a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, and a fourth portion. The first portion is larger than the third portion, and the third portion is larger than the second portion and the fourth portion. Further, the body of the first slot extends between the side portions of the periphery. Still yet, the first arm and the second arm extend between the body and one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the periphery. A dielectric is positioned in the first slot for providing continuous insulation between the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion. |
| US10665920B2 |
Glazing panel having an electrically conductive connector
Glazing panel having an electrically conductive connector. A glazing panel comprising (i) a pane of glass, (ii) an antenna, (iii) an electrically conductive connector joined to the antenna by a lead-free solder material, and (iv) a coaxial cable joined to the electrically conductive connector. |
| US10665912B2 |
Battery system with potting compound
A method for manufacturing a battery system, in which to manufacture, simply and inexpensively, a battery system having improved service life, performance, and safety, in the method battery cells are positioned by at least one mounting grid for positioning battery cells and/or by positioning ribs and/or positioning projections in the interior space of a battery system housing or of a potting mold which are configured for positioning battery cells, and/or by a mounting gripper for positioning battery cells, and at least partly potted with at least one potting compound. Also described are a corresponding battery system and a suitable reactive resin system or a suitable potting compound. |
| US10665910B2 |
Battery pack using direct cooling method on edge surface of battery
Disclosed is a battery pack using a direct cooling method on the edge surface of a battery. The direct cooling-type battery pack, which is prevented from leakage caused by swelling through a cooling surface formed on an edge surface of a battery cell and is applicable to a bi-directional cell, includes: a battery module having a plurality of battery cells stacked therein; a cooling frame corresponding to a casing in which the battery module is received, and forming a cooling surface on an edge surface in a direction of 90° from a stacking surface on which the battery cells are stacked; and a heat sink which is positioned at the bottom of the cooling surface, is coupled with a cooling frame enclosing the battery module and mounted to the upper part thereof, stores a coolant therein, and supplies the stored coolant to the cooling surface. According to the present disclosure, a direct cooling-type cooling surface is formed on one edge surface of a battery pack to prevent leakage of a coolant caused by swelling and to provide a battery pack applicable to a bi-directional cell. |
| US10665905B2 |
Metal-ion battery
A metal-ion battery is provided. The metal-ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a first negative electrode, a first separator, a second negative electrode, a second separator, and a control element, wherein the first separator is disposed between the positive electrode and the first negative electrode, and the second separator is disposed between the first negative electrode and the second negative electrode. Furthermore, the control element is coupled to the first negative electrode and the second negative electrode, wherein the control element determines whether to electrically connect the first negative electrode to the second negative electrode. |
| US10665904B2 |
Secondary battery manufactured by arrangement simultaneously possessing advantages specific to winding process and advantages specific to stacking process
A secondary battery, including: a plurality of first aluminum foils, each two adjacent foils of the first aluminum foils being separated by a first preset gap and connected with each other by a first adhesive tape, each of the first aluminum foils having a first electrode lug, and all the first electrode lugs being connected in parallel for serving as a positive terminal; a plurality of second aluminum foils, each two adjacent foils of the second aluminum foils being separated by a second preset gap and connected with each other by a second adhesive tape, each of the second aluminum foils having a second electrode lug, and all the second electrode lugs being connected in parallel for serving as a negative terminal; and a separation film disposed between the first aluminum foils and the second aluminum foils, and the stack is wound into a required shape. |
| US10665892B2 |
Lithium batteries with nano-composite positive electrode material
Provided is a positive electrode for a lithium ion battery, the electrode comprising a nano-crystalline layered-layered composite structure of a material having the general formula xLi2MO3(1−x)LiM′O2 in which 0 |
| US10665884B2 |
Flexible fuel cell power system
A flexible fuel cell power system comprising one or more fuel cell cartridges (which contain fuel cell modules) connected to a fuel cell system is provided. The components of the flexible fuel cell power system may be placed on a shared backbone with flexible joints, and may be made of flexible materials so that the entire system can be worn by a human being. |
| US10665882B2 |
Redox flow battery
A redox flow battery according to the present invention is provided with a battery module including a battery cell or a stack, and a pair of electrolyte tanks, and a replacement of a pump is applied for each battery module to transfer electrolyte to the battery cell and the stack such that shunt current is reduced. In addition, each battery module is provided with the pair of the electrolyte tanks such that a transfer distance of the electrolyte can be reduced, and a fluid controller using pressure instead of a pump for each module such that power required for driving the pump can be reduced and efficiency of the battery can be improved. |
| US10665879B2 |
Solid oxide fuel cell
The present specification relates to a solid oxide fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the anode and the cathode and a method for fabricating the solid oxide fuel cell. |
| US10665875B2 |
Path control concept
A system includes a compressor to pump a gas at a compressor flow rate, and a fuel cell stack that receives the gas. The system also includes a memory to store a compressor flow map corresponding to a desirable progression shape of the compressor flow rate from a starting compressor flow rate to a target compressor flow rate over a period of time. The system also includes an ECU to determine or receive a control signal corresponding to a final target compressor flow rate and to determine the starting compressor flow rate. The ECU also determines an intermediate target compressor flow rate using the compressor flow map based on the final target compressor flow rate, the starting compressor flow rate, and an amount of time since determining or receiving the control signal, and controls the compressor based on the intermediate target compressor flow rate. |
| US10665873B2 |
Resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly for fuel cell and method of producing the same
A resin frame equipped membrane electrode assembly includes an MEA having different sizes of components, and a resin frame member. A resin melt portion is provided for the resin frame member. The inside of a first gas diffusion layer is impregnated with resin as a part of the resin melt portion. A thin portion is provided at an outermost peripheral portion of the resin frame member through a step at an outermost peripheral portion of the resin melt portion, and the thin portion is thinner in a thickness direction than the resin melt portion. |
| US10665871B2 |
Fuel cell stack having bipolar plates, and fuel cell system
The invention relates to a fuel cell stack having bipolar plates (10), each of which has two separator plates (12, 14) with an active region (16) and two distribution regions (18, 20) with main gas ports (22, 24) as well as a coolant main port (26), wherein the separator plates (12, 14) are formed and arranged one over the other in such a way that the respective bipolar plate (10) has separate channels (28, 30, 32) for the reaction gases and the coolant that connect the main gas port (22, 24) for the reaction gases and the coolant main port (26) of the two distribution region (18, 20) to each other.It is provided that the channels (28) for a reaction gas have an impermeable first dividing plate (38) in an inlet area (40) of the active area (16) that separates the channels (28) into two volume areas (58, 60), and in that a second main gas port (23) is provided adjacent to the first main gas port (22) in a distribution region (18) in order to supply the reaction gas.The subject matter of the invention is also a fuel cell system that has a fuel cell stack according to the invention. |
| US10665863B2 |
Additives for fast chargeable lithium ion batteries
A porous graphene material with 1 to 200 graphene layers, wherein: at least one monolayer graphene is included; pores with the size of 70 nm to 200 nm are scattered over the surface of the material and the number of pores is 10 to 500 per μm2; an oxygen concentration is below 0.8 atomic %; and the ratio of the peak height (ID) of D band in a Raman scattering spectrum of the material to that of the peak height (IG) of G band at 1,570 to 1,596 cm−1 in the spectrum (ID/IG) is between 1 and 1.35. The porous graphene material is suitable for conductive additives for electrodes of Lithium ion battery. |
| US10665862B2 |
Lithium ion battery cathode material and lithium ion battery
The present invention relates to a lithium ion cathode material and a lithium ion battery. The chemical formula of the cathode material is: LiaNixCoyMnzMbO2, wherein 1.0≤a≤1.2; 0.00≤b≤0.05; 0.30≤x≤0.60; 0.10≤y≤0.40; 0.15≤z≤0.30; x+y+z=1; M is one or two or more selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ti, Al, Zr, Y, W, Mn, Ba and rare earth elements; wherein the scanning electron microscope observation shows that, the cathode material consists of secondary particles agglomerated by 10 or less primary single crystal particles and secondary particles agglomerated by more than 10 primary single crystal particles, and wherein, the area percentage of the secondary particles agglomerated by 10 or less primary single crystal particles is greater than 80%, and the area percentage of the secondary particles agglomerated by more than 10 primary single crystal particles is less than or equal to 20%. The lithium battery prepared by the cathode material of the present invention has good cycling performance, the preparation method thereof is simple, and can be conveniently and massively produced. |
| US10665858B2 |
Energy storage devices
A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on vertically aligned carbon nanofiber (CNF) arrays. The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the bare vertically aligned CNF array an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors. |
| US10665857B2 |
Positive electrode active material for secondary battery, and method of preparing the same
The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery and a method of preparing the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising a lithium-nickel-based transition metal oxide; and a coating layer formed on the lithium-nickel-based transition metal oxide, the coating layer comprising a metal oxalate compound, and a method of preparing the same. |
| US10665851B2 |
Cap assembly and secondary battery including the same
A cap assembly of a secondary battery is provided. The cap assembly includes: a cap plate; a current interrupt device (CID) under the cap plate, the CID including: a vent plate under the cap plate, the vent plate including a vent protruding downward and to be deformed when internal pressure of the secondary battery is increased; and a sub-plate under the vent plate and connected to the vent; a middle plate between the vent plate and the sub-plate and electrically connected to the vent plate through the sub-plate, the middle plate having a receiving groove to receive the sub-plate; and an insulator between the vent plate and the middle plate. |
| US10665846B2 |
Method for connecting several galvanic cells and cell connector therefore
A cell connector to connect a plurality of galvanic cells, system comprising a plurality of galvanic cells, and a method to connect a plurality of galvanic cells. The the cell connector including a longitudinal, planar base section having opposite-lying first and second longitudinal edges. A planar, first connecting tab is connected to the base section on the first longitudinal edge thereof, the plane of the first connecting tab being aligned at a right angle to the base section. A planar, second connecting tab is connected to the base section on the second longitudinal edge thereof, the plane of the second connecting tab being aligned at a right angle to the plane of the base section. |
| US10665844B2 |
Lithium metal electrode and its related lithium metal battery
A lithium metal electrode and a lithium metal battery that includes the lithium metal electrode are disclosed. The lithium metal electrode includes a current collector; a lithium metal layer on exposed portions of the current collector; an ionic diffusion layer on the lithium metal layer; and a porous electrical insulation layer. The porous electrical insulation layer includes an insulation layer disposed on the current collector and having at least one through hole that completely surrounds the lithium metal layer and the ionic diffusion layer; and an inhibition layer disposed on the insulation layer and having a plurality of second through holes. Lithium dendrites will mostly plate in the at least one through hole of the insulation layer and will not plate upwards due to the inhibition layer. Hence, the lithium dendrites will not penetrate through the electrical insulator so that safety of the lithium metal battery is greatly improved. |
| US10665843B2 |
Separator-integrated electrode plate and capacitor element
A separator-integrated electrode plate includes a current collecting sheet; an active material layer provided on the current collecting sheet, and a separator layer provided on the active material layer and configured to allow ions in electrolyte to pass through. The separator layer includes a polyimide layer provided on the active material layer and made of polyimide that has been melted in a solvent and then deposited as a film, and a polyolefin particle layer provided on the polyimide layer and made of polyolefin resin particles accumulated on the polyimide layer, the polyolefin resin particles having a melting point of 140° C. or less. |
| US10665818B2 |
Encapsulation structure, method for producing the same, and display apparatus
Provided are an encapsulation structure, a method for producing the same, and a display apparatus. The encapsulation structure comprising a plurality of layers covering the outside of a device to be encapsulated, wherein the plurality of layers comprises an inorganic layer and an organic layer, which are stacked alternatively, wherein the organic layer comprises an organic layer matrix and hydrophobic particles, and wherein the hydrophobic particle comprises an inorganic nanoparticle and a hydrophobic group. |
| US10665817B2 |
Method for producing organic electroluminescent device and film deposition apparatus
A method for producing an organic EL device in this disclosure includes the steps of providing an element substrate including a substrate and a plurality of organic EL devices arranged on the substrate; and forming a thin film encapsulation structure over the element substrate. The step of forming the thin film encapsulation structure includes the steps of forming a first inorganic barrier layer over the element substrate; condensing a photocurable resin on the first inorganic barrier layer; irradiating a plurality of selected regions of the photocurable resin with a laser beam to cure at least a part of the photocurable resin, thus to form a photocurable resin layer; removing an uncured part of the photocurable resin; and forming a second inorganic barrier layer, covering the photocurable resin layer, on the first inorganic barrier layer. |
| US10665816B2 |
Protection film and electronic device including the same
A protection film for an electronic device includes an adhesive layer including a first surface to which an electronic device is attached, and a film layer which contacts a second surface of the adhesive layer and includes at least one member, where a thickness of the adhesive layer satisfies Inequality 1: z≤(5.1x+57.4)·ln(y)−(14.7x+140.5) where z is the thickness of the adhesive layer in terms of micrometers, x is a modulus of a member of the film layer which directly contacts the adhesive layer in terms of gigapascals, and y is a total thickness of the film layer in terms of micrometers. |
| US10665815B2 |
Naturally discontinuous display mother-substrate and method of manufacturing the same, display substrate and display apparatus
The present application provides display mother-substrate, method of manufacturing display mother-substrate, display substrate and display apparatus. The display mother-substrate is configured to be cut along cutting line to obtain display substrate, has display area and non-display area, and includes: a base substrate; a plurality of light emitting elements on the base substrate and in the display area; an encapsulation layer for encapsulating the plurality of the light emitting elements on a side of the plurality of light emitting elements away from the base substrate and in both of the display area and the non-display area; a spacer component in the non-display area and on a side of the encapsulation layer close to the base substrate. At least a part of the spacer component is between the cutting line and the display area. The encapsulation layer is discontinuous at a position between the cutting line and the display area. |
| US10665813B2 |
Display device and manufacturing method thereof
Disclosed is a display device having a pixel including a pixel electrode, an electroluminescence layer over the pixel electrode, and an opposing electrode over the electroluminescence layer. The pixel electrode possesses: a first conductive layer including a conductive oxide containing indium and zinc; a second conductive layer over the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer containing silver; and a third conductive layer over the second conductive layer, the third conductive layer including a conductive oxide containing indium and tin. A thickness of the first conductive layer is equal to or more than twice a thickness of the third conductive layer and equal to or less than five times the thickness of the third conductive layer. |
| US10665812B2 |
Organic EL display panel and method for producing organic EL display panel
There is provided an organic EL display panel having a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix pattern on the substrate, and a light-emitting layer formed on each pixel electrode. The organic EL display panel includes a power supply auxiliary electrode layer securing an electrode forming region which extends in a row direction or a column direction on at least one of gaps between pixel electrodes adjoining to each other on the substrate in the row or column direction and being formed so as not to come into contact with the pixel electrode adjoining to the electrode forming region, a functional layer configured to be formed so as to extend over the light-emitting layer and the power supply auxiliary electrode layer, and a common electrode layer configured to be formed so as to continuously extend on the functional layer. |
| US10665792B2 |
Organic molecules for use in optoelectronic devices
The invention relates to an organic molecule, especially for use in optoelectronic components. The organic molecule contains a first chemical unit having or consisting of a structure of formula I and two second chemical units D each having or consisting of, identically or differently at each instance, a structure of formula II where the first chemical unit is joined to each of the two second chemical units D via a single bond; where T, V is independently an attachment point of the single bond between the chemical unit of formula I and a chemical unit D or H; W, X, Y is independently an attachment point of the single bond between the chemical unit of formula I and a chemical unit D or selected from the group consisting of H, CN and CF3; where exactly one radical selected from W, X and Y is CN or CF3 and exactly two radicals selected from the group consisting of T, V, W, X and Y are an attachment point of the single bond between the chemical unit according to formula I and a chemical unit D. |
| US10665788B2 |
Amine-based compound, organic light-emitting diode including the same, and organic light-emitting apparatus including the amine-based compound
Embodiments of the present invention include an amine-based compound represented by Formula 1, an organic light-emitting diode including the amine-based compound, and an organic light-emitting apparatus including the amine-based compound. |
| US10665785B2 |
Mask for deposition and method of manufacturing the same
A method of manufacturing a mask includes attaching a first mask base substrate and a second mask base substrate to opposite sides of an adhesive layer, forming a photoresist layer on the first and second mask base substrates, exposing and developing the photoresist layer to remove the photoresist layer on effective area at centers of surfaces of the first and second mask base substrates such that the first photoresist layer remains on non-effective areas at edges of surfaces of the first mask base substrate and the second mask base substrate, etching the effective area to form a stepped groove on the first and second mask base substrates, separating the first and second mask base substrates from the adhesive layer, and forming a pattern hole in the effective area of first and second mask base substrates, each with the first stepped groove thereon. |
| US10665782B2 |
Methods of forming semiconductor structures including multi-portion liners
A method of forming a semiconductor structure. The method comprises forming a protective portion of a liner on at least a portion of stack structures on a substrate. The protective portion comprises a material formulated to adhere to the stack structures. A conformal portion of the liner is formed on the protective portion of the liner or on the protective portion of the liner and exposed materials of the stack structures. At least one of the protective portion and the conformal portion does not comprise aluminum. Additional methods of forming a semiconductor structure are disclosed, as are semiconductor structures including the liners comprising the protective portion and the conformal portion. |
| US10665777B2 |
Precessional spin current structure with non-magnetic insertion layer for MRAM
A magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) is disclosed. MRAM device has a magnetic tunnel junction stack having a significantly improved performance of the free layer in the magnetic tunnel junction structure. The MRAM device utilizes a precessional spin current (PSC) magnetic structure in conjunction with a perpendicular MTJ where the in-plane magnetization direction of the PSC magnetic layer is free to rotate. The precessional spin current magnetic layer a first and second precessional spin current ferromagnetic layer separated by a nonmagnetic precessional spin current insertion layer. |
| US10665775B2 |
Memory element and memory device
There is disclosed an information storage element including a first layer including a ferromagnetic layer with a magnetization direction perpendicular to a film face; an insulation layer coupled to the first layer; and a second layer coupled to the insulation layer opposite the first layer, the second layer including a fixed magnetization so as to be capable of serving as a reference of the first layer. The first layer is capable of storing information according to a magnetization state of a magnetic material, and the magnetization state is configured to be changed by a spin injection. A magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the first layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the first layer. |
| US10665770B2 |
Fin strain in quantum dot devices
Disclosed herein are quantum dot devices, as well as related computing devices and methods. For example, in some embodiments, a quantum dot device may include: a base; a fin extending away from the base, wherein the fin includes a quantum well layer; a gate above the fin; and a material on side faces of the fin; wherein the fin has a width between its side faces, and the fin is strained in the direction of the width. |
| US10665769B2 |
Quantum circuit assemblies with vertically-stacked parallel-plate capacitors
Various embodiments of the present disclosure present quantum circuit assemblies implementing vertically-stacked parallel-plate capacitors. Such capacitors include first and second capacitor plates which are parallel to one another and separated from one another by a gap measured along a direction perpendicular to the qubit plane, i.e. measured vertically. Fabrication techniques for manufacturing such capacitors are also disclosed. Vertically-stacked parallel-plate capacitors may help increasing coherence times of qubits, facilitate use of three-dimensional and stacked designs for quantum circuit assemblies, and may be particularly advantageous for realizing device scalability and use of 300-millimeter fabrication processes. |
| US10665767B2 |
Light source device, projection-type display device, and method for cooling semiconductor light-emitting element
A light source device includes a light source bank that accommodates a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements, and a light source bank holder that mounts the light source bank on a first surface and includes a cooling mechanism provided on a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface. The cooling mechanism includes a heat dissipating part provided at a position corresponding to the light source bank with the light source bank holder interposed therebetween, a flow path cover that covers the second surface so as to accommodate the heat dissipating part, an inflow terminal into which a coolant flows, the inflow terminal being provided on the flow path cover, an outflow terminal from which the coolant flows out, the outflow terminal being provided on the flow path cover, so that a flow path by the heat dissipating part is formed between the outflow terminal and the inflow terminal, and a first flow path that is smaller in resistance than the flow path formed in the heat dissipating part and is formed between the inflow terminal and the heat dissipating part. |
| US10665766B2 |
Elongated lead frame and a method of manufacturing an elongated lead frame
An elongated lead frame (100) for a plurality of solid state light emitters (116), an elongated lighting assembly and a method of manufacturing an elongated lead frame are provided. The elongated lead frame comprises a first patterned layer (310) of an electrically conductive material and a second patterned layer (320) of an electrically isolating material. The first patterned layer comprising two electrically conductive tracks (102) that comprise first structures (316, 316′) for a first layer of a stack of light emitter islands and two electrically conductive connections between the first structures, at least one of the electrically conductive tracks comprises in between pairs of neighboring first structures a winded portion for forming a flexible electrically conductive connection in between the pairs of neighboring first structures. The second patterned layer comprising second structures for a second layer of the stack of the light emitter islands, the second patterned layer is provided on top of the first patterned layer. |
| US10665758B2 |
Component having a metal carrier and method for producing components
A component having a metal carrier and a method for producing a component are disclosed. In an embodiment the component includes a carrier having a metallic carrier layer, an insulating layer and a first through-contact extending in a vertical direction throughout the carrier layer, wherein the through-contact is electrically isolated from the carrier layer via the insulating layer. The component further includes a semiconductor body and a wiring structure arranged in the vertical direction between the carrier and the semiconductor body at least places and electrically contacting the semiconductor body, wherein the wiring structure has a first connection area and a second connection area, wherein the connection areas adjoin the carrier and are assigned to different electrical polarities of the component, wherein the first through-contact is in electrical contact with one of the connection areas, and wherein the component is configured to be externally electrically connectable via the carrier. |
| US10665757B2 |
Component for displaying a pictogram and method of producing a component
A component includes a carrier, a semiconductor body and a mirror layer located therebetween, wherein the semiconductor body includes an active layer configured to generate light during operation of the component, the component has a main surface that illuminates during operation, wherein luminous areas of the main surface represent visually detectable information as a pictogram, in a plan view of the main surface, the pictogram has a contour at least partially defined by a contour of the mirror layer, and in a plan view of the main surface, the component has an outline different from the contour of the pictogram. |
| US10665753B2 |
Vertical-type ultraviolet light-emitting diode
A vertical ultraviolet light-emitting diode has, on an aluminum polar plane of an n-type AlN single crystal substrate, a layer represented by n-type AlXGa1-XN (wherein X is a rational number satisfying 0.5≤X≤1.0), an active layer, a layer represented by p-type AlYGa1-YN (wherein Y is a rational number satisfying 0.5≤Y≤1.0) and a p-type GaN layer in this order and which is equipped with a p-electrode formed on the p-type GaN layer and an n-electrode partially provided on a plane on the opposite side to the aluminum polar plane of the n-type AlN single crystal substrate, preferably an n-electrode formed by providing at least one opening functioning as a light extraction window, wherein the shortest distance between the n-electrode and an arbitrary point in a portion where the n-electrode is not provided, is not more than 400 μm. |
| US10665750B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer including a first dopant of a first conductivity type and a second dopant of a second conductivity type, wherein the first dopant has a doping concentration, and the first conductivity type is different from the second conductivity type; a third semiconductor layer on the second semiconductor layer, wherein the third semiconductor layer includes a third dopant including a doping concentration higher than the doping concentration of the first dopant; and an active region between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; wherein the second semiconductor layer includes a bottom surface facing the active region, and the active region includes a top surface facing the second semiconductor layer, and a distance between the bottom surface of the second semiconductor layer and the top surface of the active region is not less than 2 nm. |
| US10665748B2 |
Light emitting diode and fabrication method therof
A light-emitting diode includes from bottom to up: a substrate, a first-conductive type semiconductor layer, a super lattice, a multi-quantum well layer and a second-conductive type semiconductor layer. At least one layer of granular medium layer is inserted in the super lattice. The granular medium layer is used for forming V pits with different widths and depths in the super lattice. The multi-quantum well layer fills up the V pits and is over the top surface of the super lattice. The number of micro-particle generations, positions and densities can be adjusted by introducing granular medium layers and controlling the number of layers, position and growth conditions during super lattice growth process, to ensure V pits of different depths and densities. This can change hole injection effect, effectively improve hole injection efficiency and distribution uniformity in all quantum wells, thus improving LED light-emitting efficiency. |
| US10665747B2 |
Optoelectronic semiconductor component
A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor component includes providing a carrier, arranging at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip at a top side of the carrier, applying a phosphor layer at the at least one semiconductor chip, forming a shaped body around the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip, wherein the shaped body surrounds all side areas of the at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip, and removing the carrier, wherein the phosphor layer is applied before forming the shaped body. |
| US10665745B2 |
Magnetically polarized photonic device
A magnetically polarized photonic device is provided. The magnetically polarized photonic device (100) includes substrate (102), an annihilation layer (106) and a graded band gap layer (142). The annihilation layer (106) is deposed on a surface (104) of substrate (102) with graded band gap layer (142) disposed on annihilation layer (106). Contacts (116, 128) are disposed on ends (146, 150) of magnetically polarized photonic device (100). A magnetic field (159) is applied to graded band gap layer (142) and annihilation layer (106) to drive charges to contacts (116, 128). |
| US10665738B2 |
Gas barrier film, solar cell, and manufacturing method of gas barrier film
An object of the present invention is to provide a gas barrier film which can prevent the damage of an inorganic layer even in a case where the gas barrier film is used in a product which undergoes a step of applying pressure, heat, and the like, a solar cell using the gas barrier film, and a manufacturing method of the gas barrier film. The object is achieved by a gas barrier film having a support and an inorganic layer and a protective organic layer on one surface of the support, in which the protective organic layer has a polymerized substance of a graft copolymer having an acryl polymer as a main chain and having, as a side chain, at least either an acryloyl group-terminated urethane polymer or an acryloyl group-terminated urethane oligomer, a polymerized substance of a (meth)acrylate monomer having three or more functional groups, a polymerized substance of the graft copolymer and the (meth)acrylate monomer having three or more functional groups, a (meth)acrylate polymer, and a silane coupling agent having a (meth)acryloyl group. |
| US10665737B2 |
Method of making a structure comprising coating steps and corresponding structure and devices
A method of producing a structure comprising a substrate (11) having at least one integral first face at a first angle relative to a normal from the substrate, at least one second integral second face at a second angle relative to a normal from the substrate; with a cavity in the structure between the first and second faces; the method comprising the steps of: coating a portion (15) of the first face with a first conducting layer; coating a portion (18) of the second face with a second conducting layer; and depositing in the cavity an active material (31) to provide ohmic and rectifying contacts for insertion or extraction of charge from the active material by way of the first and second conducting layers. The active material may be photovoltaic, light emitting or ion conducting. |
| US10665719B2 |
FinFET device with asymmetrical drain/source feature
A semiconductor device includes a fin-like structure extending along a first axis; a first source/drain feature disposed at a first end portion of the fin-like structure; and a constraint layer disposed at a first side of the first end portion of the fin-like structure, wherein the first source/drain feature comprises a first portion, disposed at the first side, the first portion comprising a shorter extended width along a second axis, and a second portion, disposed at a second side that is opposite to the first side, the second portion comprising a longer extended width along the second axis. |
| US10665717B2 |
Semiconductor device and FinFET device
A FinFET device and a method of forming the same are disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments, a FinFET device includes a substrate having at least one fin, a gate stack across the at least one fin, a strained layer aside the gate stack and a silicide layer over the strained layer. The strained layer has a boron surface concentration greater than about 2E20 atom/cm3 within a depth range of about 0-5 nm from a surface of the strained layer. |
| US10665704B2 |
Bipolar transistor and radio-frequency power amplifier module
A bipolar transistor includes a collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer that are formed in this order on a compound semiconductor substrate. The emitter layer is disposed inside an edge of the base layer in plan view. A base electrode is disposed on partial regions of the emitter layer and the base layer so as to extend from an inside of the emitter layer to an outside of the base layer in plan view. An insulating film is disposed between the base electrode and a portion of the base layer, with the portion not overlapping the emitter layer. An alloy layer extends from the base electrode through the emitter layer in a thickness direction and reaches the base layer. The alloy layer contains at least one element constituting the base electrode and elements constituting the emitter layer and the base layer. |
| US10665703B2 |
Silicon carbide transistor
The lateral bipolar junction transistor has a silicon carbide layer, the silicon carbide layer comprises a base region with a first conductivity type, a collector region with a second conductivity type and an emitter region with a second conductivity type. The collector region and the emitter region are within the base region, and the base region, collector region and emitter region are all arranged along an upper surface of the silicon carbide layer. |
| US10665700B2 |
Semiconductor device and method
A manufacturing process and device are provided in which a first opening in formed within a substrate. The first opening is reshaped into a second opening using a second etching process. The second etching process is performed with a radical etch in which neutral ions are utilized. As such, substrate push is reduced. |
| US10665692B2 |
Non-self aligned gate contacts formed over the active region of a transistor
A method for forming a silicon structure. The method includes forming a trench silicide contact between two spacers, each spacer beside respective high-k metal gates. The method planarizes the trench silicide contact, the spacers, and the high-k metal gates. An inner layer dielectric is deposited over the trench silicide contact, the spacers, and the high-k metal gates. A first opening is patterned in the inner layer dielectric for a gate contact over the high-k metal gate, one of the spacers and a portion of the trench silicide contact. The method recesses the portion of the trench silicide contact and deposits a liner within the recessed portion of the trench silicide contact and on sidewalls of the first opening of the inner layer dielectric. A metallization layer is deposited in the opening in the inner layer dielectric to form the gate contact. |
| US10665690B2 |
Gate-controlled bipolar junction transistor and operation method thereof
A gate-controlled bipolar junction transistor includes a substrate, an emitter region, a base region disposed on one side of the emitter region, and a collector region disposed on one side of the base region and being opposite to the emitter region. The emitter region includes first fin structures, first metal gates extending across the first fin structures, and an emitter contact plug on the first fin structures. A gate contact region is disposed between the emitter region and the base region. Each of the first metal gates includes an extended contact end portion protruding toward the base region. The extended contact end portion is disposed within the gate contact region. A gate contact is disposed on the extended contact end portion. |
| US10665685B2 |
Semiconductor device and fabrication method thereof
A method includes forming a gate dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate, forming a first metal element-containing layer over the gate dielectric layer, and thermal soaking the first metal element-containing layer in a first gas, such that a constituent of the first gas is diffused into the first metal element-containing layer. |
| US10665683B2 |
GaN material and method of manufacturing semiconductor device
There is provided a new technology for anodic oxidation etching performed to GaN material having arithmetic mean line roughness Ra of 15 nm or less at a measurement length of 100 μm on a bottom surface of a recess when anodic oxidation etching is performed at an etching voltage of 1 V while irradiating the GaN material with UV light to form the recess of 2 μm in depth. |
| US10665681B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method of manufacturing silicon carbide semiconductor device
On a front surface of an n+-type starting substrate containing silicon carbide, a pin diode is configured having silicon carbide layers constituting an n+-type buffer layer, an n−-type drift layer, and a p+-type anode layer sequentially formed by epitaxial growth. The n+-type buffer layer is formed by so-called co-doping of nitrogen and vanadium, which forms a recombination center, together with an n-type impurity. The n+-type buffer layer includes a first part disposed at a side of a second interface of the buffer layer with the substrate and a second part disposed at side of a first interface of the buffer layer with the drift layer. The vanadium concentration in the second part is lower than that in the first part. The vanadium concentration in the second part is at most one tenth of the maximum value Vmax of the vanadium concentration in the n+-type buffer layer. |
| US10665679B2 |
Silicon carbide semiconductor device and method for manufacturing same
A silicon carbide semiconductor device includes: an n-type drift layer 2 provided within an SiC layer 30; a plurality of p-type well regions 3; a JFET region JR serving as a part of the drift layer 2 sandwiched between the well regions 3; and a gate insulating film 6 and a gate electrode 7 at least covering the JFET region JR. The gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7 include a different-element-containing region 10 containing an element that is different from elements constituting the gate insulating film 6 and the gate electrode 7. |
| US10665677B2 |
Semiconductor device
The present invention relates to a vertical semiconductor device such as an IGBT or a diode which includes an N buffer layer formed in the undersurface of and adjacent to an N− drift layer. A concentration slope δ, which is derived from displacements in a depth TB (μm) and an impurity concentration CB (cm−3), from the upper surface to the lower surface in a main portion of the N buffer layer satisfies a concentration slope condition defined by {0.03≤δ≤0.7}. |
| US10665641B2 |
Color filter (CF) substrate, manufacturing method thereof, display panel and display device
A color filter (CF) substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, a display panel and a display device are disclosed. The CF substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the plurality of sub-pixels including a CF layer, the CF layer being configured to allow light passing through the sub-pixel to display one color, and a barrier being disposed between at least two adjacent sub-pixels of different colors, and the barrier continuously extending between the sub-pixels separated by the barrier. The CF substrate can reduce influence on chromaticity of adjacent sub-pixels caused by light leakage. |
| US10665638B2 |
Array substrate, display device having the same, and manufacturing method thereof
The present application discloses an array substrate. The array substrate includes a sub-pixel having a first light emitting area and a second light emitting area structurally different from the first light emitting area. The sub-pixel includes a first electrode on a base substrate; a first light emitting layer in the first light emitting area and a second light emitting layer in the second light emitting area, the first light emitting layer and the second light emitting layer made of a same material and on a side of the first electrode distal to the base substrate; and a first tuning layer between the first light emitting layer and the first electrode in the first light emitting area. |
| US10665637B2 |
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor and method of manufacturing the same
Provided are an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The image sensor may include a plurality of light detection elements arranged to correspond to a plurality of pixel regions, a color filter layer on the plurality of light detection elements and including a plurality of color filters arranged to correspond to the plurality of light detection elements, and a photodiode device portion on the color filter layer. The photodiode device portion may have curved structures. The photodiode device portion may include an organic material-based photodiode layer, a first electrode between the photodiode layer and the color filter layer, and a second electrode on the photodiode layer. The photodiode device portion may have curved convex structures respectively corresponding to the plurality of color filters. |
| US10665632B2 |
Method for manufacturing a photosensor comprising a stack of layers placed on top of each other
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a photodetector able to operate for the photodetection of infrared electromagnetic waves, comprising a stack of thin layers placed on top of one another. The method includes obtaining a first assembly (E1) of stacked layers, forming a detection assembly, comprising a first substrate layer, a photoabsorbent layer, a barrier layer and at least one contact layer, and a second assembly (E2) of stacked layers forming a reading circuit, comprising at least one second substrate layer and a multiplexing layer. The first and second assemblies are glued between the contact layer of the first assembly and the multiplexing layer of the second assembly. Etching through the second assembly makes it possible to obtain a plurality of interconnect vias, then p or n doping of zones of the first contact layer of the first assembly through the interconnect vias. |
| US10665630B1 |
Compact annular field imager optical interconnect
The present disclosure provides an optoelectronic module. In one aspect, the optoelectronic module includes an insertion member including a housing insert and an imager disposed in the housing insert, and a receiving member including an interposer, a housing disposed on the interposer, and an optoelectronic device electrically connected to said interposer. The housing of the receiving member is configured to engage and receive the housing insert of the insertion member. The optoelectronic device of the receiving member is configured to align with the imager of the insertion member. |
| US10665628B2 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus, camera, and moving body
A photoelectric conversion apparatus that includes a pixel region having photoelectric conversion elements includes a semiconductor layer having first and second surfaces, and the photoelectric conversion elements are disposed between the first and second surfaces. With a virtual plane extending along the second surface between the first and second surfaces being a third plane, the pixel region includes an element isolating portion constituted by an insulator disposed closer to the first surface than the third plane, and first and second isolating portions constituted by grooves provided in the semiconductor layer to pass through the third plane. The first isolating portion overlaps the element isolating portion in a normal direction to the third plane. An end of the second isolating portion on a side on the first surface is closer to the second surface than an end of the first isolating portion on a side on the first surface is. |
| US10665626B2 |
High dynamic range image sensors
An image sensor comprises a first photodiode and a second photodiode having a smaller full-well capacitance than the first photodiode, wherein the second photodiode is adjacent to the first photodiode; a first micro-lens is disposed above the first photodiode and on an illuminated side of the image sensor; a second micro-lens is disposed above the second photodiode and on the illuminated side of the image sensor; and a coating layer disposed on both the first and second micro-lens, wherein the coating layer forms a flat top surface on the second micro-lens and a conformal coating layer on the first micro-lens. |
| US10665624B2 |
Linear sensor for a spectroscopic optical coherence tomography imaging apparatus
The invention provides a linear sensor including a row 100 of N regularly spaced pixels that are formed in a semiconductor substrate, and a circuit for reading out the N pixels, which delivers an output signal for each of the N pixels of the row, characterized in that the N pixels comprise image-capturing pixels that have a useful photosensitive area in the shape of a rectangle R that is higher than it is wide, where the width is in the direction of the row and the height is in the perpendicular direction, and at least two spaced-apart pairs of alignment-detecting pixels PPL, PPR, wherein the detecting pixels of each pair are pixels P1, P2 that are adjacent in the row 100 of pixels and the useful photosensitive area DT1, DT2 of the detecting pixels has a width that varies monotonically in the height direction, but in opposite directions for the two detecting pixels of a given pair. |
| US10665621B2 |
Display device
To make the dimension of an electrostatic protection circuit small with the same maintained high in sensitivity. The electrostatic protection circuit is of the configuration that a first diode and a second diode are connected in series, wherein a semiconductor layer owned by each diode is configured to be sandwiched between a gate electrode and a conductive light shielding film. The light shielding film is formed to overlap with the semiconductor layer and has a wider area than the semiconductor layer. This results in having a gate covering the semiconductor layer from an upper side and a back gate covering the semiconductor layer from a lower side, so that the sensitivity can be maintained high irrespective of decreasing the electrostatic protection circuit in dimension. |
| US10665616B2 |
Thin film transistor substrate and method of manufacturing thin film transistor substrate
A TFT substrate includes: a first semiconductor layer made of a-Si, disposed on a gate insulation layer, facing to a first gate electrode; a first and a second contact layers made of oxide having semiconductor characteristics and each partially disposed in contact with the first semiconductor layer; a first and a second electrodes connected with the first and the second contact layers, respectively; a second semiconductor layer having the same composition as the first contact layer, disposed on the gate insulation layer, facing to a second gate electrode; a third and a fourth electrodes having the same composition as the first electrode and each partially disposed in contact with the second semiconductor layer; and a pixel electrode made of oxide having conductive characteristics and the same composition as the first contact layer, disposed on an insulation layer in a first region, connected with the second electrode. |
| US10665615B2 |
Transistor and display device
It is an object to manufacture a highly reliable display device using a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and high reliability as a switching element. In a bottom gate thin film transistor including an amorphous oxide semiconductor, an oxide conductive layer having a crystal region is formed between an oxide semiconductor layer which has been dehydrated or dehydrogenated by heat treatment and each of a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer which are formed using a metal material. Accordingly, contact resistance between the oxide semiconductor layer and each of the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer can be reduced; thus, a thin film transistor having favorable electric characteristics and a highly reliable display device using the thin film transistor can be provided. |
| US10665614B2 |
Display panel and method for manufacturing thin film transistor substrate
A display panel includes a substrate, a display element, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, a drive circuit that drives the display element, a switching transistor in each of the plurality of pixels and selectively performs switching on the pixel that is to be caused to emit light, a first drive transistor in each of the plurality of pixels and drives a light-emitting element in the pixel, and a second drive transistor in the drive circuit. The switching transistor that is in each of the plurality of pixels, the first drive transistor that is in each of the plurality of pixels, and the second drive transistor in the drive circuit include oxide semiconductors. The switching transistor in each of the plurality of pixels and the second drive transistor in the drive circuit have a higher mobility than the first drive transistor in each of the plurality of pixels. |
| US10665607B1 |
Three-dimensional memory device including a deformation-resistant edge seal structure and methods for making the same
A vertically alternating stack of insulating layers and dielectric spacer material layers is formed over a semiconductor substrate. The vertically alternating stack is patterned into a first alternating stack located at a center region of a memory die and a second alternating stack that laterally encloses the first alternating stack. Memory stack structures are formed through the first alternating stack, and portions of the dielectric spacer material layers in the first alternating stack are replaced with electrically conductive layers while maintaining the second alternating stack intact. At least one metallic wall structure is formed through the second alternating stack. An edge seal assembly is provided, which includes at least one vertical stack of metallic seal structures. Each vertical stack of metallic seal structures vertically extends contiguously from a top surface of the semiconductor substrate to a bonding-side surface of the memory die, and includes a respective metallic wall structure. |
| US10665606B2 |
Three-dimensional semiconductor memory devices
A three-dimensional semiconductor memory device includes a horizontal semiconductor layer on a peripheral logic structure, a cell electrode structure including cell gate electrodes vertically stacked on the horizontal semiconductor layer, ground selection gate electrodes provided between the cell electrode structure and the horizontal semiconductor layer and horizontally spaced apart from each other, each of the ground selection gate electrodes including first and second pads spaced apart from each other with the cell electrode structure interposed therebetween in a plan view, a first through-interconnection structure connecting the first pads of the ground selection gate electrodes to the peripheral logic structure, and a second through-interconnection structure connecting the second pads of the ground selection gate electrodes to the peripheral logic structure. |
| US10665604B2 |
Semiconductor device, semiconductor wafer, memory device, and electronic device
An object is to provide a semiconductor device with large memory capacity. The semiconductor device includes first to seventh insulators, a first conductor, and a first semiconductor. The first conductor is positioned on a first top surface of the first insulator and a first bottom surface of the second insulator. The third insulator is positioned in a region including a side surface and a second top surface of the first insulator, a side surface of the first conductor, and a second bottom surface and a side surface of the second insulator. The fourth insulator, the fifth insulator, and the first semiconductor are sequentially stacked on the third insulator. The sixth insulator is in contact with the fifth insulator in a region overlapping the first conductor. The seventh insulator is positioned in a region including the first semiconductor and the sixth insulator. |
| US10665598B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same
A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrode layers, a semiconductor layer, a plurality of second electrode layers, and a conductor. The plurality of first electrode layers are arranged to be separated from each other in a first direction above the substrate. The semiconductor layer extends through the plurality of first electrode layers in the first direction. The plurality of second electrode layers are arranged to be separated from each other in the first direction, arranged to be separated from the plurality of first electrode layers in a second direction crossing the first direction, and arranged at substantially the same levels as levels of the plurality of first electrode layers in the first direction. The conductor electrically connects the plurality of second electrode layers to each other. The plurality of second electrode layers are connected in parallel by the conductor. |
| US10665594B2 |
Semiconductor memory device including gate structure
A semiconductor memory device includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate structure, a first spacer structure, and a gate connection structure. The semiconductor substrate includes a memory cell region and a peripheral region. The gate structure is disposed on the semiconductor substrate and disposed on the peripheral region. The gate structure includes a first conductive layer and a gate capping layer. The gate capping layer is disposed on the first conductive layer. The first spacer structure is disposed on a sidewall of the first conductive layer and a sidewall of the gate capping layer. The gate connection structure includes a first part and a second part. The first part penetrates the gate capping layer and is electrically connected with the first conductive layer. The second part is connected with the first part, and the second part is disposed on and contacts a top surface of the gate capping layer. |
| US10665592B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and method of fabricating the same
Provided are a semiconductor memory device and a method of fabricating the same. The semiconductor memory device may include: a first impurity doped region and a second impurity doped region spaced apart from each other in a semiconductor substrate, a bit line electrically connected to the first impurity doped region and crossing over the semiconductor substrate, a storage node contact electrically connected to the second impurity doped region, a first spacer and a second spacer disposed between the bit line and the storage node contact, and an air gap region disposed between the first spacer and the second spacer. The first spacer may cover a sidewall of the bit line, and the second spacer may be adjacent to the storage node contact. A top end of the first spacer may have a height higher than a height of a top end of the second spacer. |
| US10665587B2 |
Semiconductor device and manufacturing method of the same
According to one embodiment, A semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer; and a plurality of first transistors including a plurality of first gate structures provided on the first semiconductor layer, a first channel region provided in the first semiconductor layer and under the first gate structure, and a plurality of first diffusion regions provided in the first semiconductor layer in a manner to sandwich the first channel region. |
| US10665585B2 |
Structure and method for alignment marks
The alignment mark and method for making the same are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor structure includes a plurality of gate stacks formed on the semiconductor substrate and configured as an alignment mark; doped features formed in the semiconductor substrate and disposed on sides of each of the plurality of gate stacks; and channel regions underlying the plurality of gate stacks and free of channel dopant. |
| US10665583B2 |
Display device
A display device includes a light-emitting unit and a light conversion layer disposed on the light-emitting unit. The light conversion layer includes plural quantum dot portions and a first shielding portion surrounding the plural quantum dot portions. One of the plural quantum dot portions has a surface, and at least a part of the surface is a curved surface. A first thickness of the first shielding portion is greater than a maximum thickness of one of the plural quantum dot portions. |
| US10665574B2 |
Semiconductor package
A semiconductor package includes a bottom package having a lower substrate and a lower semiconductor chip mounted on the lower substrate, an interposer substrate on the bottom package, a first top package and a second top package that are mounted on the interposer substrate, and a heat spreader that is interposed between the first top package and the second top package and separates the first and second top packages from each other. The heat spreader is adhered to the interposer substrate through a plurality of first connection terminals. |
| US10665570B2 |
Stack packages including through mold vias
A stack package includes a first sub-package and a second sub-package stacked on the first sub-package. The first sub-package includes a first semiconductor chip, a first through mold via (TMV) for connection that is spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip in an X-axis direction, a first TMV for bypass that is spaced apart from the first semiconductor chip in a Y-axis direction, and a redistribution line (RDL) pattern for connecting the first semiconductor chip to the first TMV for connection. The second sub-package includes a second semiconductor chip, a second TMV for connection that is spaced apart from the second semiconductor chip in the Y-axis direction, and another RDL pattern for connecting the second semiconductor chip to the second TMV for connection. The second sub-package stacked is stacked on the first sub-package such that the second TMV for connection is connected to the first TMV for bypass. |
| US10665568B2 |
Encapsulated circuit module, and production method therefor
To provide a technique of preventing, in an encapsulated circuit module having a metal shield layer covering a surface of a resin layer containing filler, the shield layer from falling off.In manufacturing encapsulated circuit modules, first, a substrate 100 is covered with a first resin 400 containing filler together with an electronic component 200. Next, a surface of the first resin 400 is covered with a second resin 500 containing no filler. Subsequently, a ground electrode 110 in the substrate 100 is exposed by snicking and then a shield layer 600 that covers the entire surface of the substrate 100 is formed by electroless plating. Thereafter, snipping is performed to obtain a number of encapsulated circuit modules. |
| US10665567B1 |
Wafer level package and fabrication method
A method of forming an electronic component package includes coupling a first surface of an electronic component to a first surface of a first dielectric strip, the electronic component comprising bond pads on the first surface; forming first via apertures through the first dielectric strip to expose the bond pads; and filling the first via apertures with an electrically conductive material to form first vias electrically coupled to the bond pads. The bond pads are directly connected to the corresponding first vias without the use of a solder and without the need to form a solder wetting layer on the bond pads. |
| US10665566B2 |
Surface acoustic wave resonator having ring-shaped metal sealing configuration
An electronic component includes: a substrate; a device chip including a functional element located on a lower surface thereof and mounted on an upper surface of the substrate so that the functional element faces the upper surface of the substrate across an air gap; a ring-shaped metal layer located on the upper surface of the substrate and surrounding the device chip in plan view, a side surface of the ring-shaped metal layer being located further in than a side surface of the substrate; a metal sealing portion surrounding the device chip in plan view and bonding with an upper surface of the ring-shaped metal layer, a side surface of the metal sealing portion being located further out than the side surface of the ring-shaped metal layer; and a metal film located on the side surface of the metal sealing portion and the side surface of the ring-shaped metal layer. |
| US10665564B2 |
On-bonder automatic overhang die optimization tool for wire bonding and related methods
A method of providing a z-axis force profile applied to a plurality of bonding locations during a wire bonding operation is provided. The method includes: (a) determining a z-axis force profile for each of a plurality of bonding locations on an unsupported portion of at least one reference semiconductor device; and (b) applying the z-axis force profile during subsequent bonding of a subject semiconductor device. Methods of: determining a maximum bond force applied to a bonding location during formation of a wire bond; and determining a z-axis constant velocity profile for formation of a wire bond, are also provided. |
| US10665562B2 |
Power electronics assembly having an adhesion layer, and method for producing said assembly
A power electronics method and assembly produced by the method. The assembly has a substrate, having a power semiconductor element, and an adhesion layer disposed therebetween, wherein the substrate has a first surface that faces a power semiconductor element, a power semiconductor element has a third surface that faces the substrate, the adhesion layer has a second surface which, preferably across the full area, contacts the third surface and has a first consistent surface contour having a first roughness, and wherein a fourth surface of the power semiconductor element that is opposite the third surface has a second surface contour having a second roughness, said second surface contour following the first surface contour. |
| US10665557B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a chip region and an edge region, a lower dielectric layer on the semiconductor substrate, a chip pad on the lower dielectric layer of the chip region, an upper dielectric layer on the lower dielectric layer, which includes a first opening exposing the chip pad on the chip region and a second opening exposing the lower dielectric layer on the edge region, and a redistribution pad connected to the chip pad. The redistribution pad includes a via portion in the first opening and a pad portion extending from the via portion onto the upper dielectric layer. |
| US10665545B2 |
Semiconductor devices, semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same
Semiconductor devices, semiconductor packages and methods of forming the same are provided. One of the semiconductor device includes a dielectric layer and a connector. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material and an additive, wherein the additive includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. The connector is disposed in the dielectric layer. |
| US10665541B2 |
Biconvex low resistance metal wire
At least one opening having a biconvex shape is formed into a dielectric material layer. A void-free metallization region (interconnect metallic region and/or metallic contact region) is provided to each of the openings. The void-free metallization region has the biconvex shape and exhibits a low wire resistance. |
| US10665538B2 |
Semiconductor device
A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device having a semiconductor circuit formed on a first main surface, and including a via having an opening at a second main surface, a first wiring disposed on the first main surface of the semiconductor device, partially exposed at a bottom surface of the via, and connected to the semiconductor circuit, a first insulating layer covering the first wiring, and a redistribution wiring extending from a contact portion in contact with the first wiring at the bottom surface of the via, through an inside of the via and onto the second main surface, where a first through hole is formed in the first wiring, and the contact portion is in contact with a plurality of surfaces of the first wiring. |
| US10665528B2 |
Water-cooling thermal dissipating system and thermal dissipating method
A water-cooling thermal dissipating system includes an electronic device and a thermal dissipating device. The electronic device includes a computing module includes a computing unit releasing heat when operation. The thermal dissipating device includes a thermal conducting unit, a pump, a tank, a thermal exchanger, and a controlling module; the thermal conductive unit is attached to the computing unit for thermal conduction; the pump is coupled to the thermal conductive unit, the pump, the tank, and the thermal exchanger for pumping a cooling-liquid therethrough, such that the cooling liquid is allowed to flow into the thermal conductive unit for absorbing heat. The controlling module generates an abnormal signal when the thermal dissipating device is sensed to be in an abnormal state, and the computing module forces to shut down the electronic device after continually receiving the abnormal signal for a predetermined time. |
| US10665526B2 |
Component carrier comprising at least one heat pipe and method for producing said component carrier
The invention refers to a component carrier comprising at least one heat pipe, wherein the at least one heat pipe has at least a largely cylindrical heat pipe section with a largely cylindrical profile with an outer diameter. The at least one heat pipe is embedded within a recess of at least one inner layer or is surface-mounted on an outer layer of said component carrier, wherein at least the largely cylindrical heat pipe section of the heat pipe is thermoconductively coupled by means of at least one adapter means that directly contacts the heat pipe with at least one layer of the component carrier. Furthermore the invention refers to several methods for producing said component carrier. |
| US10665525B2 |
Heat transfer for power modules
In one general aspect, an apparatus can include a module including a semiconductor die. The apparatus can include a heatsink coupled to the module and including a substrate, and a plurality of protrusions. The apparatus can include a cover including a channel where the plurality of protrusions of the heatsink are disposed within the channel, and can include a sealing mechanism disposed between the cover and the module. |
| US10665510B2 |
Spacer structure and manufacturing method thereof
A spacer structure and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes the following operations. First and second conductive structures are formed over a substrate. Dielectric layer is formed to cover the first and second conductive structures. Hard mask layer is formed over the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer covers the dielectric layer over the first conductive structure, and the hard mask layer has an opening exposing the dielectric layer over the second conductive structure. The dielectric layer exposed by the hard mask layer is etched to reduce thickness of the dielectric layer. The hard mask layer is removed. The dielectric layer is etched to form first main spacer on sidewall of the first conductive structure and second main spacer on sidewall of the second conductive structure. A first width of the first main spacer is greater than a second width of the second main spacer. |
| US10665502B2 |
Semiconductor device with an interconnection layer and method of manufacturing the same
Performance of a semiconductor device is improved. In one embodiment, for example, deposition time is increased from 4.6 sec to 6.9 sec. In other words, in one embodiment, thickness of a tantalum nitride film is increased by increasing the deposition time. Specifically, in one embodiment, deposition time is increased such that a tantalum nitride film provided on the bottom of a connection hole to be coupled to a wide interconnection has a thickness within a range from 5 to 10 nm. |
| US10665499B2 |
Integrated circuit with airgaps to control capacitance
An embodiment includes first, second, and third metal layers; first, second, and third metal lines included in the second metal layer; a layer including airgaps, the first metal layer being between the layer including airgaps and the second metal layer; a first void between the first and second metal lines and a second void between the second and third metal lines; a conformal layer between the first and second metal lines; an additional layer between the first and second metal layers; wherein the first void includes air and the second void includes air; wherein a first axis intersects the first, second, and third metal lines and the first and second voids; wherein a second axis, orthogonal to the first axis, intersects the conformal layer and the additional layer; wherein a third axis, orthogonal to the first axis, intersects the second metal line and the additional layer. |
| US10665494B2 |
Automated apparatus to temporarily attach substrates to carriers without adhesives for processing
Embodiments include a method for processing thin substrates. Embodiments may include electrostatically bonding a substrate to a first electrostatic carrier (ESC), with a backside of the substrate is facing away from the first ESC. Thereafter, the substrate may be thinned to form a thinned substrate. The thinned substrate may then be transferred to a second ESC with a front side of the thinned substrate facing away from the second ESC. Embodiments may include cleaning the front side surface of the thinned substrate and transferring the thinned substrate to a third ESC. In an embodiment, a backside of the thinned substrate is facing away from the third ESC. Embodiments may also include processing the backside surface of the thinned substrate, and transferring the thinned substrate to a tape frame. |
| US10665489B2 |
Integrated chip die carrier exchanger
The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip (IC) processing tool having a die exchanger configured to automatically transfer a plurality of IC die between a die tray and a die boat, and an associated method. The integrated chip processing tool has a die exchanger configured to receive a die tray comprising a plurality of IC die. The die exchanger is configured to automatically transfer the plurality of IC die between the die tray and a die boat. An IC die processing tool is configured to receive the die boat from the die exchanger and to perform a processing step on the plurality of IC die within the die boat. By operating the die exchanger to automatically transfer IC die between the die tray and the die boat, the transfer time can be reduced and contamination and/or damage risks related to a manual transfer of IC die can be mitigated. |
| US10665481B2 |
Substrate processing apparatus and substrate processing method for discharge of processing liquid from nozzle
An upper processing liquid nozzle moves back and forth between a processing position above a substrate held on a spin chuck and a standby position outside a processing cup. Before a processing liquid is discharged from the upper processing liquid nozzle having moved to the processing position, a camera takes a discharge standard image of an imaging region including the tip of the upper processing liquid nozzle. Then, multiple monitor target images of the imaging region taken successively by the camera are compared sequentially to the discharge standard image to determine discharge of a processing liquid from the upper processing liquid nozzle. The discharge standard image is obtained for each process on a new target substrate. This eliminates influence of a substrate surface to appear as a background both of the monitor target image and the discharge standard image. Thus, discharge of a processing liquid can be detected reliably. |
| US10665466B2 |
Method for forming semiconductor device structure
A method for forming a semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes forming a film over a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes forming a first mask layer over the film. The semiconductor device structure includes forming a second mask layer over the first mask layer. The second mask layer exposes a first portion of the first mask layer. The semiconductor device structure includes performing a plasma etching and deposition process to remove the first portion of the first mask layer and to form a protection layer over a first sidewall of the second mask layer. The first mask layer exposes a second portion of the film after the plasma etching and deposition process. The semiconductor device structure includes removing the second portion using the first mask layer and the second mask layer as an etching mask. |
| US10665459B2 |
Method for manufacturing semiconductor device
Included herein are, a step of forming an active region for a semiconductor device on a front surface of a SiC substrate, a step of forming a SiC substrate-to-drain electrode bonding region on a back surface of the SiC substrate by grinding it using an abrasive whose average abrasive grain size is within a specified range, a step of depositing a film of a first drain electrode on the SiC substrate-to-drain electrode bonding region, a step of electrically connecting the first drain electrode with the SiC substrate-to-drain electrode bonding region, and a step of depositing a film of a second drain electrode on the first drain electrode, so that a SiC semiconductor device having a high mechanical strength with a reduced energization loss is achieved. |
| US10665453B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same
An object is to provide a high reliable semiconductor device including a thin film transistor having stable electric characteristics. In a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a thin film transistor in which an oxide semiconductor film is used for a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region, heat treatment (which is for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed so as to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film and reduce impurities such as moisture. Besides impurities such as moisture existing in the oxide semiconductor film, heat treatment causes reduction of impurities such as moisture existing in the gate insulating layer and those in interfaces between the oxide semiconductor film and films which are provided over and below the oxide semiconductor film and are in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. |
| US10665447B2 |
Transition radiation light sources
Transition radiation from nanotubes, nanosheets, and nanoparticles and in particular, boron nitride nanomaterials, can be utilized for the generation of light. Wavelengths of light of interest for microchip lithography, including 13.5 nm (91.8 eV) and 6.7 nm (185 eV), can be generated at useful intensities, by transition radiation light sources. Light useful for monitoring relativistic charged particle beam characteristics such as spatial distribution and intensity can be generated. |
| US10665445B2 |
Sample mounting plate and method for manufacturing the same
A sample loading plate that includes at least one sample mounting spot that mount a sample thereon is provided with a substrate having a conductive surface and an insulating film that is laminated on the conductive surface of the substrate and that has at least an insulating surface, the insulating film being sparsely formed so that the conductive surface of the substrate is partially exposed at least in the sample mounting spot. Thus, a voltage applied to the sample loading plate can effectively place the sample in an electric field. As a result of which, in a mass spectrometric analysis of the sample, there is no charge up of the sample and appropriate ionization becomes possible. |
| US10665444B2 |
Sample handling systems, mass spectrometers and related methods
Slide analysis a gripper with three sensors for controlling a slide grip sequence and at least one rotatable carousel with a slide receiving channel. The systems also include a robot with a robot arm that holds a slide gripper residing inside the housing in communication with the rotatable carousel. The systems also include a load lock chamber and a door sealably coupled to the second end portion and an acquisition vacuum chamber with an X-Y stage and a slide holder with a vacuum seal. |
| US10665443B2 |
Device to manipulate ions of same or different polarities
An apparatus includes a first pair of opposing electrode arrangements that confine ions between them in a portion of a confinement volume inwardly laterally in a first confinement direction with respect to a longitudinal ion propagation direction, each opposing electrode arrangement including an arrangement of RF electrodes situated to receive an unbiased RF voltage having an alternate phase between adjacent RF electrodes of the arrangement of RF electrodes so as to provide the confining of ions between the first pair of opposing electrode arrangements, and a second pair of opposing electrode arrangements that confine the ions between the second pair in the confinement volume inwardly laterally in a second confinement direction that complements the first confinement direction, each opposing electrode arrangement of the second pair including an arrangement of RF electrodes that receive an unbiased RF voltage having an alternate phase between adjacent RF electrodes. |
| US10665423B2 |
Analyzing energy of charged particles
An analysis device, possibly having an electrostatic and/or magnetic lens, analyzes the energy of charged particles and has an opposing field grid device to which a voltage is applied in such a way that a portion of the charged particles is reflected by the opposing field grid device. Another portion of the charged particles passes through the opposing field grid device and is detected by a detector. The opposing field grid device has a curvature. A center of curvature is an intersection point of an optical axis with the opposing field grid device. The curvature has a radius of curvature which is given by the section between the center of curvature and a starting point on the optical axis. The opposing field grid device is curved in the direction of the starting point as viewed from the center of curvature and/or is arranged to be displaceable along the optical axis. |
| US10665422B2 |
Electron beam image acquisition apparatus, and electron beam image acquisition method
An electron beam image acquisition apparatus includes a deflector to deflect an electron beam, a deflection control system to control the deflector, a measurement circuitry to measure, while moving a stage for placing thereon a substrate on which a figure pattern is formed, an edge position of a mark pattern arranged on the stage by scanning the mark pattern with an electron beam, a delay time calculation circuitry to calculate, using information on the edge position, a deflection control delay time which is a delay time to start deflection control occurring in the deflection control system, a correction circuitry to correct, using the deflection control delay time, a deflection position of the electron beam, and an image acquisition mechanism to include the deflector and acquire an image of the figure pattern at a corrected deflection position on the substrate. |
| US10665406B2 |
Contact mechanism and an electromagnetic relay provided therewith
A contact mechanism includes: a movable touch piece that includes a caulking portion, a pair of arms forked from the caulking portion and respectively having free ends, first and second movable contacts provided at the respective free ends of the pair of arms, and a coupler configured to couple the free ends of the pair of arms; and first and second fixed contacts disposed respectively facing the first and second movable contacts contactably to or separably from the first and second movable contacts. |
| US10665404B2 |
Electrical DC switching system
An electrical DC switching system for extinguishing an electric arc, wherein the electrical DC switching system includes: a contact arrangement having a first contact and a second contact, a current injection circuit including a resonance circuit configured to be connected across the contact arrangement, and a first switch connected to the resonance circuit and to the first contact, wherein the first switch is configured to be switched between an open state and a closed state, wherein in the closed state the first switch is configured to enable an injection current to flow through the resonance circuit in a first flow direction and into the contact arrangement in a direction opposite to a flow direction of a contact arrangement arc current, and an arc chute assembly including a plurality of splitter plates configured to extinguish an electric arc across the first contact and the second contact, wherein each splitter plate of the plurality of splitter plates has a layered configuration including a magnetic layer and two non-magnetic layers. |
| US10665384B2 |
Voltage step-up autotransformer, and AC-to-DC converter comprising such an autotransformer
A voltage step-up autotransformer topology and an AC-to-DC converter including such an autotransformer are provided. The autotransformer is configured to take, at input, a three-phase AC current (for example 115 VAC with a constant frequency), and to output nine output voltages, which are supplied to an 18-pulse rectifier bridge assembly so as to supply a high DC voltage (for example +270 VDC/−270 VDC). These are particularly suitable for AC-to-DC converters in the aeronautical sector. |
| US10665380B2 |
Compact vertical inductors extending in vertical planes
A device includes a substrate, and a vertical inductor over the substrate. The vertical inductor includes a plurality of parts formed of metal, wherein each of the parts extends in one of a plurality of planes perpendicular to a major surface of the substrate. Metal lines interconnect neighboring ones of the plurality of parts of the vertical inductor. |
| US10665379B2 |
Embedded magnetic component device
An embedded magnetic component device includes a magnetic core located in a cavity extending into an insulating substrate. The cavity and magnetic core are coved with a cover layer. Through holes extend through the cover layer and the insulating substrate, and are plated to define conductive vias. Metallic traces are provided at exterior surfaces of the cover layer and the insulating substrate to define upper and lower winding layers. The metallic traces and conductive vias define the respective primary and secondary side windings for an embedded transformer. At least a first isolation barrier is provided on the cover layer, and at least a third insulating layer is provided on the substrate. The second and third insulating layers provide additional insulation for the device, and define and function as a circuit board for surface mounted power electronics. |
| US10665364B2 |
Corrosion protection of buried metallic conductors
A method for protecting a conductive metal from corrosion, including coating the conductive metal with a water impermeable carbonaceous conductive material to protect the conductive metal from corrosion. |
| US10665359B2 |
Optoelectronic nuclear batteries based on radionuclide nanoencapsulation and organic photodiodes
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to compositions including a doped material, batteries including the composition, photovoltaic devices including the battery, and the like. |
| US10665354B2 |
Loss-of-coolant accident reactor cooling system
A nuclear reactor cooling system with passive cooling capabilities operable during a loss-of-coolant accident (LOCA) without available electric power. The system includes a reactor vessel with nuclear fuel core located in a reactor well. An in-containment water storage tank is fluidly coupled to the reactor well and holds an inventory of cooling water. During a LOCA event, the tank floods the reactor well with water. Eventually, the water heated by decay heat from the reactor vaporizes producing steam. The steam flows to an in-containment heat exchanger and condenses. The condensate is returned to the reactor well in a closed flow loop system in which flow may circulate solely via gravity from changes in phase and density of the water. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger may be an array of heat dissipater ducts mounted on the wall of the inner containment vessel surrounded by a heat sink. |
| US10665353B2 |
VVER-1000 fuel assembly bottom nozzle
A VVER-1000 nuclear fuel assembly having a modified bottom nozzle with chamfers at the upper edge of the frustoconical transition from a hexagonal upper section of the nozzle to the lower circular end that mounts on a lower core support. |
| US10665351B2 |
Systems and methods for merging and compressing compact tori
Systems and methods utilizing successive, axially symmetric acceleration and adiabatic compression stages to heat and accelerate two compact tori towards each other and ultimately collide and compress the compact tori within a central chamber. Alternatively, systems and methods utilizing successive, axially asymmetric acceleration and adiabatic compression stages to heat and accelerate a first compact toroid towards and position within a central chamber and to heat and accelerate a second compact toroid towards the central chamber and ultimately collide and merge the first and second compact toroids and compress the compact merge tori within the central chamber. |
| US10665337B2 |
Systems and methods for pre-operative procedure determination and outcome predicting
A system including a range of motion, quality of sleep, overall, and control modules. The range of motion module, prior to a procedure being performed on a patient, determines a first range of motion score of the patient based on a first signal generated by a sensor. The quality of sleep module, prior to the procedure being performed on the patient, determines a first quality of sleep score or a first pain score based on the first signal. The overall module determines a combined score based on the first range of motion score and the first quality of sleep score or the first pain score. The control module compares the combined score to a predetermined threshold and predicts an outcome of the procedure based on the comparison. The control module, based on the combined score, determines whether to perform the procedure, adjust the procedure or refrain from performing the procedure. |
| US10665336B2 |
Prescription price messenger
The transfer of prescription medication pricing requests from a patient is automated through the use of a clearinghouse function that interacts with the client. The patient may transmit from a downloaded mobile application or from a web browser on a mobile device a request for pricing information for one or more drugs or medications. The request will contain an authentication key or the names of drugs or medications and a physical location for the mobile device used by the patient. A drug pricing server then returns the pricing for both name brand and generic forms of all drugs or medications in the request and a location of a pharmacy or fulfillment center within a pre-set distance from the mobile device used by the patient. |
| US10665335B2 |
Integrated system and method for the acquisition, processing and production of health care records and services
The highly secure method and system acquires, processes and produces health care (HC) data and service records from multiple local devices, notwithstanding different operating systems (OS) in such devices, and all accessed and controlled by a cloud computing network. Devices have memories, displays, keypads, cameras and microphones. The system operates on acquired data including image, keypad-text, audio, and speech-converted-to text data generated by respective devices. The method downloads commands to devices (notwithstanding different OS) which delete-acquired-data upon a request to save (upload) data to the cloud computing network. Further data security includes a disable-print-screen command prohibiting local storage of stored acquired data into local devices. The method and system also produces a customized surgical schedule by (a) obtaining the GPS location of a local device (b) filtering out the non-surgical appointments from the complete appointment schedule of the HC professional; and (c) displaying only surgical appointments. |
| US10665332B2 |
Systems and methods for facilitating physiological data collection prior to appointment
A method for facilitating physiological data acquisition includes scheduling a medical appointment between a patient and a medical provider. The medical appointment is to be conducted at a medical provider location on an appointment date. The method also includes selecting a medical device configured to acquire physiological data regarding the patient. The method further includes sending, to a fulfillment system, a request to provide the medical device to a patient location prior to the appointment date. The patient location is remote from the medical provider location. |
| US10665331B2 |
Device-based participant matching
A device may obtain first data regarding a set of events. The device may obtain second data regarding a user. The device may process the first data and the second data to identify one or more events, of the set of events, for participation by the user. The device may receive, via a user interface, a selection of a particular event of the one or more events. The device may receive, via the user interface, a set of prompts relating to participation in the particular event. The device may detect an interaction with the user interface associated with responding to the set of prompts. The device may provide information identifying the user based on the interaction with the user interface associated with responding to the set of prompts. |
| US10665329B2 |
High-resolution mass spectrometer and methods for determining the isotopic anatomy of organic and volatile molecules
A mass spectrometer including an entrance slit, an energy filter, a momentum filter and a detector array, the entrance slit, energy filter and momentum filter being configured to provide molecular analyte ions to the detector array at a mass resolution of about 20,000 or greater. A method for determining the isotopic composition of an analyte in a sample includes converting the analyte to molecular analyte ions, separating the molecular analyte ions using an entrance slit, separating the molecular analyte ions according to their energy levels, separating the molecular analyte ions according to their momenta, detecting two or more of the molecular analyte ions at a mass resolution of about 20,000 or greater to produce molecular analyte ion data; and analyzing the molecular analyte data to determine the isotopic composition of at least a portion of the analyte. |
| US10665327B2 |
High-throughput hybridization and reading method for biochips and system thereof
A high-throughput hybridization and reading method for biochips uses probes with different marks to specifically connect single nucleotide loci by conducting connection between the probes and target genes at different temperatures, and performing hybridization at the same temperature after the probes are connected, thereby achieving hybridization detection for various loci in a single chip. The method enables fast detection for multiple loci as required by personalized medicine. The detection is high-throughput and systematized and provides highly visualized and highly accurate results. The method allows detection for different loci at different hybridization temperatures to be done simultaneously. The method features highly uniform and repeatable detection, making biochips more efficient and utility in terms of detection. Besides, the chip is easy to prepare and use, thus having a good promotional value. |
| US10665317B2 |
Method of ECC encoding a DRAM and a DRAM
A method of ECC encoding a DRAM and a DRAM thereof. The method comprises determining whether to encode the data according to the value of a flag bit while the DRAM is being refreshed. The ECC encoding module encodes data only if of the flag bit setting and detecting module generates an enable signal. As a result, the length of the valid data for ECC encoding can be guaranteed to comply with the requirements of ECC encoding. |
| US10665307B2 |
Memory devices configured to perform leak checks
Memory devices include an array of memory cells and circuitry for control and/or access of the array of memory cells, wherein the circuitry is configured to perform a method including applying a first voltage to the access line following a verify of the program operation then electrically floating the access line, connecting the access line to the first input of the operational amplifier, applying a second voltage to a second access line adjacent the access line, applying a reference current to the access line while applying the second voltage to the second access line, applying the reference voltage to the second input of the operational amplifier while applying the second voltage to the second access line, and indicating a fail status of the program operation if current flow to or from the access line exceeds the reference current sinking current from, or sourcing current to, respectively, the first access line. |
| US10665305B2 |
Host device connectable to memory device performing patrol read and memory device performing patrol read
According to one embodiment, a controller of a host causes a memory device to transit from a first state that is an active state to a second state that is a sleep state in a case where there is no access to the memory device for a first time or more. The controller causes the memory device to transit from the second state to the first state in a case where there is no access to the memory device for a second time or more after the transition to the second state. |
| US10665304B2 |
Semiconductor memory device and methods for operating a semiconductor memory device
A semiconductor memory device which is able to perform a power sequence with high reliability is provided. When a power from an external device is supplied, the controller of the flash memory of the invention is configured to read codes stored in a read-only memory in synchronization with a clock signal to perform a power-on sequence. In addition, the controller is further configured to deactivate the clock signal so as to pause the power-on sequence when it has been detected during the power-on sequence that the voltage of the power is not greater than a threshold, and to activate the clock signal to resume the power-on sequence when it is detected that the voltage of the supplied power exceeds the threshold again. |
| US10665297B2 |
Memory systems for memory devices and methods of operating the memory systems
A memory system includes a memory device and a memory controller. The memory device has a plurality of memory regions. The memory controller is configured to generate a read command for a first memory region corresponding to one of the plurality of memory regions when the number of write commands successively generated for the first memory region reaches a reference value. |
| US10665279B2 |
Memory device with two column address decoders and latches
A memory device includes a memory bank; a first latch circuit positioned at the one side of the memory bank, for latching a first column address in synchronization with a first strobe signal; a second latch circuit positioned at the other side of the memory bank, for latching a second column address in synchronization with a second strobe signal; a first column decoder positioned at the one side of the memory bank, for generating first column select signals in synchronization with the first strobe signal and the first column address; and a second column decoder positioned at the other side of the memory bank, for generating second column select signals in synchronization with the second strobe signal and the second column address. |
| US10665278B2 |
Controller and operating method thereof
A controller controls an operation of a semiconductor memory device including a plurality of memory blocks. The controller includes a temperature sensing unit, a period storage unit, and a command generating unit. The temperature sensing unit generates temperature information by sensing a temperature of the semiconductor memory device. The period storage unit updates an output period of a dummy read command that allows the semiconductor memory device to perform a dummy read operation, based on the temperature information. The command generating unit generates the dummy read command, based on the output period. |
| US10665267B2 |
Correlation of recorded video presentations and associated slides
Techniques are disclosed for performing a computer-implemented processing of slide presentation videos to automatically generate index locations corresponding to particular slides within a slide presentation video. In embodiments, a slide presentation video is uploaded to a video processing system. The video processing system performs an image analysis to identify each slide within the slide presentation and determine a time window for each occurrence of each slide. An audio analysis is performed to adjust the time window to the start of a sentence that precedes the introduction of the slide. A user interface includes one or more selectable links associated with each slide that link to a corresponding location within the slide presentation video. Similarly, a processed slide presentation video includes selectable links to index to the corresponding slide of the presentation. |
| US10665261B2 |
Camera array including camera modules
The disclosure includes a camera array comprising camera modules, the camera modules comprising a master camera that includes a processor, a memory, a sensor, a lens, a status indicator, and a switch, the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a start operation to start recording video data using the lens and the sensor in the other camera modules and the switch configured to instruct each of the camera modules to initiate a stop operation to stop recording, the status indicator configured to indicate a status of at least one of the camera modules. The camera modules of the camera array are configured to provide a 3× field of view overlap. |
| US10665257B2 |
Parallel micro-actuator SSW writing
A self servo-write process in performed on two or more recording surfaces simultaneously. In a dual-stage servo system, a first fine positioning servo system that includes a first microactuator independently controls the position of a first read/write head over a first recording surface of a hard disk drive, while a second fine positioning servo system that includes a second microactuator independently controls the position of a second read/write head over a second recording surface of the hard disk drive. |
| US10665244B1 |
Leveraging multiple audio channels for authentication
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises an authentication server for authentication leveraging multiple audio channels. The server receives an authentication request regarding a user upon the user interacting with a first electronic device. The server requests the first device to transmit a first audio file of an audio sample to the server. The audio sample may be the user's audio command or a machine-generated audio signal. The server requests a second electronic device to transmit a second audio file that is the recording of the same audio sample to the server. The second electronic device is a trusted device in proximity of the first device and executes an authentication function to enable the recording and transmitting of the audio sample. The server determines a similarity score between the first audio file and the second audio file and authenticates the user based on the similarity score. |
| US10665238B1 |
Alert through voice assistant
A system and method of issuing an alert through a voice assistant on behalf of a bank or other financial institution is disclosed. The alert through voice assistant enhances the channels of communication between the financial institution and the customer and enables a variety of information to be provided to the customer, including, but not limited to, fraud alerts. The alert through voice assistant satisfies two of the three security indicia, thus increasing the likelihood that the financial institution is in communication with its customer rather than a fraudster. The alert through voice assistant provides a mechanism in which information provided to the customer is clear, detailed, and interactive, increasing customer satisfaction and decreasing superfluous customer service calls. |
| US10665234B2 |
Detecting audio trigger phrases for a voice recognition session
A method, a system, and a computer program product for detecting an audio trigger phrase at a particular audio input channel and initiating a voice recognition session. The method includes capturing audio content by a plurality of microphone pairs of an audio capturing device, wherein each microphone pair of the plurality of microphone pairs is associated with an audio input channel of a plurality of audio input channels of the audio capturing device. The method further includes simultaneously monitoring, by a processor of the audio capturing device, audio content on each of the audio input channels. The method further includes: independently detecting, by the processor, an audio trigger phrase on at least one audio input channel of the plurality of audio input channels; and in response to detecting the audio trigger phrase, commencing a voice recognition session using the at least one audio input channel as an audio source. |
| US10665231B1 |
Real time machine learning-based indication of whether audio quality is suitable for transcription
Maintaining adequate audio quality is very important for creating fast and accurate transcriptions, especially in a hybrid transcription setting, in which human transcribers review transcriptions generated by automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. Some embodiments described herein involve detecting low-quality audio intended for transcription. In one embodiment, a server receives an audio recording that includes speech. The server generates feature values based on a segment of the audio recording and utilizes a model to calculate, based on the feature values, a certain value indicative of expected hybrid transcription quality of the segment. The model is generated based on training data that includes feature values generated based on previously recorded segments of audio, and values of transcription-quality metrics generated based on transcriptions of the previously recorded segments, which were generated at least in part by human transcribers. Optionally, an alert is provided responsive to the certain value being below a threshold. |
| US10665226B2 |
System and method for data-driven socially customized models for language generation
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for generating speech using a presentation style specific to a user, and in particular the user's social group. Systems configured according to this disclosure can then use the resulting, personalized, text and/or speech in a spoken dialogue or presentation system to communicate with the user. For example, a system practicing the disclosed method can receive speech from a user, identify the user, and respond to the received speech by applying a personalized natural language generation model. The personalized natural language generation model provides communications which can be specific to the identified user. |
| US10665224B2 |
Method and device for performing voice recognition using grammar model
A method of updating speech recognition data including a language model used for speech recognition, the method including obtaining language data including at least one word; detecting a word that does not exist in the language model from among the at least one word; obtaining at least one phoneme sequence regarding the detected word; obtaining components constituting the at least one phoneme sequence by dividing the at least one phoneme sequence into predetermined unit components; determining information regarding probabilities that the respective components constituting each of the at least one phoneme sequence appear during speech recognition; and updating the language model based on the determined probability information. |
| US10665222B2 |
Method and system of temporal-domain feature extraction for automatic speech recognition
A system, article, and method provide temporal-domain feature extraction for automatic speech recognition. |
| US10665220B1 |
Active noise reduction (ANR) system with multiple feedforward microphones and multiple controllers
Technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving a first input signal captured by at least a first feedforward microphone associated with an active noise reduction (ANR) device, receiving a second input signal captured by at least a second feedforward microphone associated with the ANR device, processing the first input signal using a first filter disposed in a first ANR signal flow path to generate a first output signal for an acoustic transducer of the ANR device, processing the second input signal using a second filter disposed in a second ANR signal flow path to generate a second output signal for the acoustic transducer, in which the second filter is different from the first filter, and generating a combined signal for the acoustic transducer based on combining the first output signal with the second output signal. |
| US10665216B2 |
Control method and controller
A control method includes: detecting a first sound signal from a musical instrument through a sensor arranged by the musical instrument; receiving a result of detection related to a first event in music performance; determining a tracking coefficient that indicates how closely a second event follows the first event in the music performance; determining an operation mode of the second event based on the tracking coefficient; and outputting the music from the automated musical instrument based on the operation mode. |
| US10665215B2 |
Effector power adapter and effector working system
The present invention provides an Effector Power Adapter for connecting an effector, the Effector Power Adapter includes a power supply module, at least one first voltage transformation module and multiple voltage output ports, wherein the voltage output port has at least one first voltage transformation output port. The first voltage transformation module is electrically connected to the power supply module and the first voltage transformation output port, and the first voltage transformation module controls the first voltage transformation output port to output numerically continuously adjustable voltages. The present invention further provides an Effector Working System, which has an effector and the above effector power adapter. The Effector Power Adapter and the Effector Working System provided by the present invention can apply different voltages to an effector to produce different sound effects, which enriches the playing effect and offers more musical creation space for music practitioners. |
| US10665205B2 |
Determining correlated movements associated with movements caused by driving a vehicle
Example methods and systems for determining correlated movements associated with movements caused by driving a vehicle are provided. In an example, a computer-implemented method includes identifying a threshold number of sets of correlated movements. The method further includes determining that the threshold number of sets of correlated movements is associated with movements caused by driving a vehicle. The method still further includes causing the wearable computing system to select a driving user interface for the wearable computing system. |
| US10665196B2 |
Drive circuit and display apparatus
Provided are a drive circuit and a display apparatus capable of suppressing the delay of a drive signal. Each of multiple shift registers comprises: an output switching element to which a predetermined clock signal to be input, the output switching element comprising a second controlled terminal is connected to an output node from which a drive signal is output; a first input switching element comprising a first controlled terminal to which a set signal to be input and a second controlled terminal connected to the output switching element; and a control unit for applying a predetermined electric potential to the second controlled terminal of the output switching element, wherein a low-level electric potential of the predetermined clock signal is lower than a low-level electric potential of the drive signal, and the predetermined electric potential is applied to the output switching element when the predetermined clock signal falls. |
| US10665194B1 |
Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof
Provided are a liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof. A first GOA circuit and a second GOA circuit are provided, and channel widths of thin film transistors in the first GOA circuit are greater than channel widths of thin film transistors in the second GOA circuit. When the ambient temperature is too high, the start signal and the clock signal are only outputted to the second GOA circuit to provide the scan signals. When the ambient temperature is too low, the start signal and the clock signal are only outputted to the first GOA circuit to provide the scan signals to the plurality of scan lines. When the ambient temperature is normal, the start signal and the clock signal are outputted to the first GOA circuit and the second GOA circuit to provide the scan signals to the plurality of scan lines at the same time. |
| US10665183B2 |
Sub-pixel unit and method of controlling the same, pixel unit, array substrate, display device
The present disclosure provides a sub-pixel unit and a method of controlling the same, a pixel unit, an array substrate, and a display device. In one embodiment, a sub-pixel unit includes: at least two subpixels. Each of the at least two subpixels includes: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a liquid crystal layer controlled by a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode; at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a slit electrode. The two subpixels have different initial twist angles, and the initial twist angle is an included angle between a direction of a slit of the slit electrode and a direction where major axes of liquid crystal molecules are oriented when the liquid crystal layer is in an unpowered state, in the respective subpixel. |
| US10665180B1 |
Liquid crystal display device with RGB backlight
An electronic display comprises a backlight unit and a liquid crystal (LC) layer, wherein the backlight combines and directs light from a plurality of light sources towards the LC layer, which controls an amount of light to be displayed. The light sources comprise at least two different types of light sources associated with different wavelength ranges, to provide improved spectrum intensity for a wider range of wavelengths. The intensity of the light sources may be adjusted based upon the input data for an image to be displayed. For example, the light sources may be dimmed based upon a determined amount of the received image data associated with a particular gray level. |
| US10665175B2 |
Display device having a plurality of pixel regions that include driving transistors each of which initialized with a voltage that depends upon the display mode, and driving method thereof
A display device includes: a first pixel region including first pixels, each of the first pixels including a driving transistor to be initialized by a first initialization power source supplied from a first power line; a second pixel region including second pixels, each of the second pixels including a driving transistor to be initialized by a second initialization power source supplied from a second power line; and a power supplier to supply the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source, the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source having a same voltage level when the display device is driven in a first mode, and the first initialization power source and the second initialization power source having different voltage levels during at least one frame period when the display device is driven in a second mode. |
| US10665174B2 |
Organic light emitting diode display and compensation method of driving characteristics thereof
An organic light emitting diode display and a compensation method of driving characteristics thereof are discussed. The organic light emitting diode display includes a first pixel connected to a reference voltage line and a first data line, a second pixel sharing the reference voltage line and connected to a second data line, a data driver configured to output a data voltage to first and second output channels during a display period and acquire a sensing voltage of the first and second pixels through the reference voltage line during a compensation period, a first switch connected between the first output channel and the first data line, and a second switch connected between the second output channel and the second data line. The second switch is turned off during a first compensation period for detecting driving characteristic of the first pixel. |
| US10665170B2 |
Display device
A driving device includes a pixel array, a controller and a driver. The driver has a plurality of driving devices. Each of the driving devices includes a plurality of transistors and at least one capacitor to drive a light emitting device. By controlling the timing scheme of control signals applied to the driving device, the voltage for driving the light emitting device would not be affected by threshold voltages of the transistors. |
| US10665165B2 |
Organic light-emitting display panel, organic light-emitting display apparatus, and driving method of organic light-emitting display panel
An organic light-emitting display panel, an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a driving method of the organic light-emitting display panel are provided. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a data line and a gate line intersecting the data line, a switching signal line, a pixel driving circuit including a first voltage terminal for supplying a high-level direct current voltage, a driving transistor, a light-emitting diode and a photosensitive switch electrically connected between the first voltage terminal and the light-emitting diode; a photosensitive element disposed at a non-display region of the organic light-emitting display panel; and a control circuit including a storage module and a control module. The photosensitive element is configured to sense environment brightness and is electrically connected with the control circuit. |
| US10665159B2 |
Pixel compensating circuit and pixel compensating method
In the compensating circuit, a second thin film transistor (TFT) are connected to a gate and drain of a first TFT, and a source of the first TFT receives a constant DC voltage signal, and the second TFT receives a scan signal of nth stage; a third TFT is connected to the drain of the first TFT, is connected to a common ground through a light emitting device, and receives an enable signal; a fourth TFT receives a scan signal of n−1th stage, and is connected to a first end of a storage capacitor and the gate of the TFT, and a second end of the storage capacitor is connected to a fifth TFT and a sixth TFT; the fifth TFT receives a data signal and the scan signal of nth stage, respectively; the sixth TFT is connected to the common ground and receives the enable signal, respectively. |
| US10665158B2 |
Organic light emitting display panel, organic light emitting display device, and repairing method of the same
Discussed is a panel including: a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels; and a single circuit part, wherein at least one of the plurality of sub-pixels in the each pixel has a plurality of emitting parts that are all light emitting, and wherein the single circuit part is connected to the plurality of emitting parts to drive the plurality of emitting parts to all emit light. |
| US10665156B2 |
Voltage compensation device, method for voltage compensation and display device
The present disclosure provides a voltage compensation device, a method for voltage compensation and a display device. The voltage compensation device comprises a plurality of thermosensitive sensors, a processor and a power source management module. Each thermosensitive sensor corresponds to one or more pixel units of a display device and is disposed at a position corresponding to the one or more pixel units. For each thermosensitive sensor and one or more pixel units that corresponds to the thermosensitive sensor, the processor is configured to: determine an actual pixel voltage of the one or more pixel units; determine a compensated data signal; transmit the compensated data signal to the power source management module; and control the power source management module to output a compensated data voltage to the one or more pixel units, enabling the one or more pixel units to reach or approach the reference pixel voltage. |
| US10665150B2 |
Display device, display module, and electronic device
The display device includes a pixel and a driver circuit. The driver circuit includes a receiving circuit, a controller, a switching control circuit, and a signal generation circuit. The receiving circuit outputs image data obtained by converting differential signals into parallel data to the controller. The receiving circuit includes a plurality of circuits each including a first amplifier and a second amplifier. The first amplifier and the second amplifier each include a switch and a first transistor for supplying a bias current. The switch has a function of controlling electrical continuity between a wiring for supplying a bias voltage and a gate of the first transistor. The switching control circuit has a function of outputting a switching signal for controlling electrical continuity of the switch. |
| US10665148B2 |
Display apparatus and method of driving display panel using the same
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a first driver and a second driver. The display panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The display panel is configured to display an image based on input image data. The first driver is configured to output compensating gate signals having the same timing to the gate lines during a first period and scan gate signals having different timings to the gate lines during a second period. The second driver is configured to apply a compensating data voltage corresponding to a compensating grayscale value to the data lines during the first period and a target data voltage corresponding to a target grayscale value to the data lines during the second period. |
| US10665147B2 |
Photosensitive circuit, method of driving photosensitive circuit and display device
The present disclosure provides a photosensitive circuit, a method of driving a photosensitive circuit and a display device. The photosensitive circuit includes: a first photosensitive transistor, configured to be turned on in response to a signal of a first node, to transmit a current flowing through the first photosensitive transistor to a second node and generate an induced electrical signal based on an incident light; a second photosensitive transistor, configured to be turned on in response to a first scan signal, to transmit a voltage of the first scan signal to the first node and generate an induced electrical signal based on an incident light; and a first switch, configured to be turned on in response to the first scan signal, to transmit a signal of the second node to a reading terminal. Threshold voltages of both photosensitive transistors are negatively correlated with an intensity of the incident light. |
| US10665146B2 |
Shift register circuit, driving method, gate driving circuit and display device
A shift register circuit, a driving method, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register circuit includes an input circuit; a reset circuit; a first pull-up node control circuit; a second pull-up node control circuit for controlling the pull-up node to couple to the second level output terminal when a potential of the pull-down node is a first level; a first pull-down node control circuit for controlling the potential of the pull-down node being the first level in the reset phase; a second pull-down node control circuit for controlling the pull-down node to couple to the second level output terminal when the potential of the pull-up node is the first level; a gate drive signal output circuit; and a carry signal output circuit for controlling the carry signal output terminal to output a carry signal under control of the pull-up node and the pull-down node. |
| US10665145B2 |
Low-voltage digital to analog signal conversion circuit, data driving circuit and display system
The present application discloses a low-voltage digital to analog conversion circuit, a data driving circuit and a display system. At least one voltage dividing unit comprises a number of resistors connected in series between a lower limit of voltage and an upper limit of voltage, and voltage dividing output terminals drawn from the resistors' connection nodes and an upper limit of voltage connection end. Introducing the voltage dividing unit renders the low-voltage digital signal to analog signal conversion circuit, the data driving circuit, and the display system low-voltage devices with low power consumption and small chip area. |
| US10665131B2 |
Suite of coordinating diagnostic medical simulators for live training and evaluation
A medical training system comprises a controller configured to program a plurality of medical device simulators, and a plurality of medical device simulators coupled to the controller, including at least two of a sphygmomanometer simulator, pulse simulator, thoracic cavity simulator, scale and stadiometer simulator, pulse oximetry simulator, and thermometer simulator. The plurality of medical device simulators form a suite of coordinating diagnostic medical simulators for live training and evaluation. |
| US10665112B2 |
Method and system for teaming manned and unmanned aerial vehicles
A method of teaming a manned aerial vehicle and an unmanned aerial vehicle includes inputting to a controller in a manned vehicle coordinates for an area of interest, plotting a course to the area of interest in a navigation computer operatively connected to the controller, identifying one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near the area of interest, communicating to a ground controller rendezvous coordinates for one of the one or more UAVs, and negotiating a control hand-off of the one of the one or more UAVs from the ground controller to the controller. |
| US10665109B1 |
Construction zone apparatus and method
An example method and apparatus are disclosed. An infrastructure device is mounted to construction equipment located at a road construction zone with an input view of a predefined area of a road. The device may receive sensor data of road users and the road construction zone. Responsive to the sensor data, the device classifies objects as construction lane markers and determines coordinates of the construction lane markers. Using map data indicative of drivable lane boundaries of the road construction zone, the device determines whether the construction lane markers are within the drivable lane boundaries. Responsive to the determination, temporary lane boundaries for the construction zone are computed and transmitted in a data set to at least one autonomous vehicle. |
| US10665106B2 |
Method and device for controlling driving based on sensing information
Provided is a method of controlling driving, based on sensing information, the method being performed, for example, by a device included in an object and including: obtaining sensing information; determining a sensing blind zone in a sensing zone based on the sensing information; generating a control signal based on the sensing blind zone; and controlling driving of the object using the control signal. |
| US10665104B2 |
Detecting an animal proximate a vehicle
Example systems and methods for detecting an animal proximate a vehicle are described. In one implementation, a wearable device carried by an animal is activated when the wearable device is within a predetermined distance of a vehicle. The vehicle receives a signal from the wearable device and determines an approximate distance between the wearable device and the vehicle. An alert is generated to warn a driver that an animal is near the vehicle. The alert has an intensity level that corresponds to the approximate distance between the wearable device and the vehicle. |
| US10665100B2 |
Systems and methods for managing and tracking space availability
An exemplary parking facilitation system includes a plurality of parking space devices disposed at different parking spaces within a parking area and a parking management system configured to control operation of, and to exchange data with, the parking space devices. Each of the parking space devices respectively includes a processor, a vehicle presence detector configured to determine whether any vehicle is parked in a parking space at which the parking space device is disposed, and a parking availability indicator configured to visually indicate an availability status of the parking space. The parking availability indicator is positioned at a height greater than that of any vehicle that the parking space is configured to accommodate so as to be concurrently visible, with parking availability indicators of other parking space devices, from various locations within the parking area at which drivers attempting to locate available parking spaces are to be located. |
| US10665089B1 |
Alarm probability
Alarm system technology, in which an alarm event is detected at a property monitored by an alarm system when the alarm system was set in an armed state. Based on detection of the alarm event, an alarm probability score that indicates a likelihood of the alarm event being an emergency situation is determined and the alarm event is handled based on the determined alarm probability score. |
| US10665081B2 |
Awakening support apparatus, awakening support method and awakening support program
An awakening support apparatus includes an acquisition portion acquiring surroundings information which indicates information of at least one of a temperature and a vibration around a driver of a movable object, a determination portion determining a drowsiness inducing level of the driver based on the surroundings information acquired by the acquisition portion, and an execution portion executing an awakening support for decreasing a possibility of induction of drowsiness of the driver based on a determination result of the drowsiness inducing level determined by the determination portion. |
| US10665079B2 |
Device, system, and process for automatic fall detection analysis
A device and process for optimizing fall detection determined by a wireless device includes receiving with a server potential fall parameter data from a fall detection device associated with a wireless device and analyzing with the server the potential fall parameter data to determine whether the data is consistent with a real fall. The device and process further include sending with the server an alert to the wireless device if the potential fall parameter data is indicative of a real fall and receiving with the server an indication from the wireless device in response to the alert, wherein the indication includes an indication that the potential fall parameter data was one of the following: a real fall or a false positive. |
| US10665078B1 |
Responder network
A variety of methods, medical devices, responder network servers, emergency services interfaces and call center related processes are described that can help improve responder networks designed to get a medical device such as an automated external defibrillator and/or volunteer responders to the scene of a potential medical incident. |
| US10665063B2 |
Banking systems controlled by data bearing records
A cash handling device having at least one processor, a communication interface, an item accepting device, an item dispensing device, an internal currency scanning system, an internal currency transport system, one or more currency storage cartridges, and a memory may receive, from a user, a request to perform a deposit transaction. Based on receiving the request to perform the deposit transaction, the cash handling device may receive at least one deposit item for deposit. Subsequently, the cash handling device may validate the at least one deposit item received for deposit. Based on validating the at least one deposit item received for deposit, the cash handling device may generate a deposit transaction record that includes information directing a banking server to apply a provisional credit to a treasury account associated with the user. Subsequently, the cash handling device may send the deposit transaction record to the banking server. |
| US10665062B1 |
Modified pai gow method with Baccarat rules
Systems and methods of conducting wagering games involving, among other things, distributing groups of cards to form a player hand and a dealer hand; responsive to the group of cards being divided into a high hand and low hand by each of the players and the dealer, determining the game outcome wherein the high hand has a score that is equal to or higher than the low hand based on conventional Baccarat scoring rules, the game outcome being (i) a player win responsive to either of the player high or low hands outscoring the corresponding dealer high or low hands and the other player high or low hand score being at least equal to or greater than the other dealer high or low hand score; (ii) a loss responsive to the dealer high or low hands outscoring the corresponding player high or low hands and the other dealer high or low hand score being at least equal to or greater than the other player high or low hand score; (iii) a push under any other circumstance; and settling the wager received by either collecting the wager or awarding a payout based on the game outcome determined. |
| US10665055B2 |
Mobile gaming alert
Various embodiments of alerts on mobile devices are described. Other embodiments are described. |
| US10665053B2 |
Configuring gaming system options based on player skill
A regulated gaming system includes game-logic circuitry, an electronic display device, and an electronic input device detecting a physical item associated with a monetary value to establish a credit balance. The gaming system performs a casino wagering game initiated by an input indicative of a wager covered by the credit balance. The casino wagering game comprises a base-game feature and a bonus-game feature having a skill-based feature and a non-skill-based feature. When the bonus-game feature is triggered, a player participates in the skill-based feature and a set of configuration options is determined in response to input selections made by the player. The non-skill-based feature of the wagering game is customized using the determined set of configuration options. A resultant wagering game outcome is determined from the base-game feature and the bonus-game feature, and a credit balance is adjusting accordingly, prior to a cashout of the credit balance. |
| US10665052B2 |
Gaming machine, method, and program product with simulated wheel spin
A slot machine, gaming method, and program product are provided to simulate a wheel spin interaction. A simulated wheel object is provided with physical simulation of movement interactions both with a player and with a simulated flapper object through simulated pin objects present on the wheel. Player interaction is simulated to allow wheel pull back and spin activation. Flapper interaction is simulated to provide realistic interaction of the wheel and flapper with displacement by the simulated pins in both directions. The wheel may also be decelerated and nudged by the simulated pins. |
| US10665048B1 |
Apparatus and method for a balcony access status alert system
An automatic alert system pertaining to a gate that is releasably secured across an ingress/egress to a balcony or other elevated platform. The gate has a pair of vertical posts that are releasably secured within respective boots secured to the floor. One of the boots includes a switch-activated transmitter that is activated when its respective post is removed from the boot. Another switch-activated transmitter is activated whenever the gate is opened. If the post is pulled out of the boot, or the gate is opened, the switch-activated transmitters transmit a wireless signal to a transceiver located on the gate which then transmits a signal to an on-site controller that transmits respective text messages to authorized personnel informing them of the gate removal/opening and will continue to do so until the gate status changes. The transceiver may be housed within a housing that also contains a visual and/or audible warning at the gate vicinity to warn those in the vicinity of the gate removal or opening. |
| US10665047B1 |
Methods and apparatus for accessing secured physical assets
Asset access systems in accordance with various embodiments of the invention utilize a two-dimensional (2D) code that allows a user to gain physical access to and take possession of a key fob, where key fob is understood to represent any wireless device that interacts with a vehicle control system to access, manage, and operate the asset. Users of the system will present the 2D code to a transaction client that grants the user access to the key fob. Transaction clients can reside at various facilities that do not employ humans as part of the asset transfer to the user. Upon completion of the return of the asset to the facility, the user will present a new 2D code to the human-less access system that allows the user to return the key fob or other physical asset to a designated location at the transaction client. |
| US10665046B2 |
Systems and methods of using implanted or wearable micro electronic devices and for using a mobile device to communicate with and manage such micro electronic devices
A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including logging in to an electronic device or system such as a PC or network. The method includes the steps of providing an RF microdevice having an electronic identification code and attaching the microdevice to the user. A PC system is provided including an RF reader and a processor. The user brings the microdevice near the reader, whereby the reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and the RF reader signals the processor to corroborate the identification code. If the processor corroborates the identification code, the processor signals that a successful login has occurred. If the processor does not corroborate the identification code, a login is not confirmed. |
| US10665044B2 |
Systems and methods of using implanted or wearable micro electronic devices and for using a mobile device to communicate with and manage such micro electronic devices
A system and apparatus utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including gaining electronic access to an electronic lock, an electronic checkout kiosk at a store, a personal computer, a computer network, a vehicle lock or ignition, or a medical records database. The system includes an RF microdevice having an electronic identification code and attaching the microdevice to the user, an RF login system including an RF reader and a login processor. The user brings the microdevice near the reader, whereby the RF reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and the RF reader signals the iogin processor to corroborate the identification code. If the processor does not corroborate the identification code, a login is not confirmed. |
| US10665035B1 |
System and process of using photogrammetry for digital as-built site surveys and asset tracking
The invention relates to a system and process for generating a two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of a site having at least one as-built structure thereon. The process includes acquiring a plurality of digital images, still frames and/or video images of the site, the structure, or both, with each of the digital images including one or more reference objects positioned on or about the site, the structure, or both. The reference objects are configured to accurately scale and orient each of the digital images. The process photogrammetrically generates a three-dimensional point cloud from the digital images, and one or more reference objects and features of interest are identified in the three-dimensional point cloud. Based on the identified reference objects and features, the process and system generates the two-dimensional stitched and annotated digital image of the site and/or the structure. |
| US10665031B1 |
Method for modifying images of vehicles, tires, and lift kits
A method includes determining a specific or basic vehicle, retrieving a base image or modified base image corresponding to the specific or basic vehicle, and selecting an accessory. The method also includes retrieving an accessory image corresponding to the accessory and animating the accessory image onto the base image or modified base image. |
| US10665020B2 |
Apparatuses, methods and systems for tethering 3-D virtual elements to digital content
Aspects of the disclosed apparatuses, methods and systems provide tethering 3-D virtual elements in digital content, extracting tethering 3-D virtual elements, and manipulating the extracted 3-D virtual elements in a virtual 3-D space. |
| US10665016B2 |
Method and device for adjusting three-dimensional model
A method and a device for adjusting a 3D model are disclosed. The method includes: fusing a 2D video and a 3D model of a target monitored area to generate a mesh model (S101); determining whether each set plane in the mesh model is even based on the location of a respective reference plane in the 3D model (S102); for each set plane that is uneven, referred to as a target set plane, selecting an uneven point in the target set plane as a mark point (S103), and generating a virtual plane based on the mark point and the reference plane corresponding to the target set plane (S104); and adding the virtual plane to the 3D model, and for the 2D video, saving the 3D model in which the virtual plane is added (S105). With the embodiments of the present application, operations for the uneven planes improve the effect of the fusion of a video and a 3D model. There is no need to modify a 3D scene model, which reduces the labor cost and time cost of modifying the 3D scene model. |
| US10665010B2 |
Graphics processing systems
When rendering a scene for output that includes a light source that could cast shadows in a graphics processing system, the world-space volume for the scene to be rendered is first partitioned into a plurality of sub-volumes, and then a set of geometry to be processed for the scene that could cast a shadow from a light source to be considered for the scene in the sub-volume is determined for any sub-volume that is lit by a light source. The determined sets of geometry for the sub-volumes are then used to determine light source visibility parameters for output samples, such as vertex positions and/or screen space sampling positions, for the scene. The determined light source visibility parameter for an output sample is then used to modulate the effect of the light source at the output sample when rendering an output version of the output sample. |
| US10665007B2 |
Hybrid interactive mode for rendering medical images with ray tracing
For interactive rendering in medical imaging, physically-based volume rendering of a volume of a patient may better assist physicians in diagnosis, prognosis, and/or planning. To provide for more rapid interaction, direct volume rendering is used during interaction. The rendering then transitions to physically-based rendering when there is no interaction. For smoothing the transition and/or preserving cohesive perceptual details, images from the different types of rendering may be blended in the transition and/or during interaction. |
| US10665006B2 |
Efficient prediction of most commonly occuring values in data blocks in computing environments
A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient prediction of most commonly occurring values in data blocks in computing environments. An apparatus of embodiments, as described herein, includes one or more processors to perform parallel calculations on values associated with multiple sub-blocks of a data block, and predict, based on the parallel calculations, a most commonly-occurring value in the data block. The apparatus if further to classify the most commonly-occurring value as a mode value for one or more data types to be used with one or more applications. |
| US10665004B2 |
System and method for editing and monetizing personalized images at a venue
A system and method for editing and monetizing personalized images at a venue allows a user to access a personal, dynamic image captured by multiple image capturing devices positioned proximally to the venue and a performer at the venue. The image capturing devices are positioned in multiple viewpoints to capture dynamic close up images of the venue and the performer. The user can purchase the images and edit the images through a smartphone app. The image provided to the user is unique and deleted from the account to ensure that no one else shares the user's unique image. In editing the image, user can integrate a supplemental image, like a selfie, integrate text, or crop the image. User can display, trade, or market the edited image. Revenue is generated by charging the user for the selected image and charging a sponsor to communicate to user through the software application. |
| US10665001B2 |
Fourier ptychographic tomography
Certain aspects pertain to Fourier ptychographic tomographic systems and methods for acquiring a plurality of uniquely illuminated intensity measurements based on light passing through a thick sample from plane wave illumination at different angles and for constructing three-dimensional tomographic data of the thick sample by iteratively determining three-dimensional tomographic data in the Fourier domain that is self-consistent with the uniquely illuminated intensity measurements. |
| US10664994B2 |
System and method for calibration of machine vision cameras along at least three discrete planes
This invention provides a system and method for generating camera calibrations for a vision system camera along three discrete planes in a 3D volume space that uses at least two (e.g. parallel) object planes at different known heights. For any third (e.g. parallel) plane of a specified height, the system and method then automatically generates calibration data for the camera by interpolating/extrapolating from the first two calibrations. This alleviates the need to set the calibration object at more than two heights, speeding the calibration process and simplifying the user's calibration setup, and also allowing interpolation/extrapolation to heights that are space-constrained, and not readily accessible by a calibration object. The calibration plate can be calibrated at each height using a full 2D hand-eye calibration, or using a hand-eye calibration at the first height and then at a second height with translation to a known position along the height (e.g. Z) direction. |
| US10664986B2 |
Method and system for assigning space related resources
Determining occupants' interactions in a space by applying a computer vision algorithm to track an occupant in a set of images of a space to obtain locations in the space of the occupant over time, where a history log of the occupant includes the locations of the occupant in the space over time is created and history logs of a plurality of occupants are compared to extract interaction points between the plurality of occupants. |
| US10664979B2 |
Method and system for deep motion model learning in medical images
A method and system for computer-based motion estimation and modeling in a medical image sequence of a patient is disclosed. A medical image sequence of a patient is received. A plurality of frames of the medical image sequence are input to a trained deep neural network. Diffeomorphic deformation fields representing estimated motion between the frames of the medical image sequence input to the trained deep neural network are generated. Future motion, or motion between frames, is predicted from the medical image sequence and at least one predicted next frame is generated using the trained deep neural network. An encoding of the observed motion in the medical image sequence is also generated, which is used for motion classification (e.g., normal or abnormal) or motion synthesis to generate synthetic data. |
| US10664975B2 |
Image processing apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and computer program for generating a virtual image corresponding to a moving target
An image processing apparatus includes an external scenery sensor that images at least one target, and an image generation unit that generates a virtual image corresponding to at least one of the targets which are moving among the imaged targets. |
| US10664969B2 |
Radiological image radiographing display method and system thereof
Targeting of a lesion which is performed by a stereoscopic biopsy device or the like is performed simply and highly accurately. Designation of a predetermined position in the stereoscopic image is received to acquire position information when a stereoscopic image is displayed, radiological images of radiographing directions are displayed as two-dimensional images, a mark based on the position information, which is designated in the stereoscopic image, is displayed in the two-dimensional images, designation of a predetermined position in the two-dimensional images is further received to acquire the position information after the mark is displayed. |
| US10664966B2 |
Anomaly detection using image-based physical characterization
An aspect of the invention includes reading a scale in image data representing an image of physical characteristics and resizing at least a portion of the image data to align with target image data representing a target image based at least in part on the scale to form resized image data representing one or more resized images. Noise reduction is applied to the resized image data to produce test image data representing one or more test images. A best fit analysis is performed on the test image data with respect to the target image data. Test image data having the best fit are stored with training image data representing classification training images indicative of one or more recognized features. An anomaly in unclassified image data representing an unclassified image is identified based at least in part on an anomaly detector as trained using the classification training images. |
| US10664962B1 |
Determining direction of illumination
Described is a method for processing image data to determine if a portion of the imaged environment is exposed to high illumination, such as sunlight. In some implementations, image data from multiple different imaging devices may be processed to produce for each imaging device a respective illumination mask that identifies pixels that represent a portion of the environment that is exposed to high illumination. Overlapping portions of those illumination masks may then be combined to produce a unified illumination map of an area of the environment. The unified illumination map identifies, for different portions of the environment, a probability that the portion is actually exposed to high illumination. |
| US10664955B2 |
Edge detection system and its use for machine learning
Systems and methods are disclosed that remove noise from roughness measurements to determine roughness of a feature in a pattern structure. In one embodiment, a method includes generating, using an imaging device, a set of one or more images, each including an instance of a feature within a respective pattern structure. The method also includes detecting edges of the features within the pattern structure of each image using an inverse linescan model, generating a biased power spectral density (PSD) dataset representing feature geometry information corresponding to the edge detection measurements, evaluating a high-frequency portion of the biased PSD dataset to determine a noise model for predicting noise over all frequencies of the biased PSD dataset, and subtracting the noise predicted by the determined noise model from a biased roughness measure to obtain an unbiased roughness measure provided as part of a training data set to a machine learning model. |
| US10664951B2 |
Display control device and display control method
A display control device configured to display an image on a display mounted on a vehicle, the display control device includes circuitry configured to: acquire positional information of the vehicle; derive supply information about an object around the vehicle based on attribute information of a driver of the vehicle and the positional information, the supply information being supplied to the driver; display a character on the display; cause an output device to output the supply information; and display the character directing a sightline toward the object on the display. |
| US10664950B2 |
Information processing method and system for executing the information processing method
A method includes defining a virtual space including a virtual camera; an operation object; and a target object. The method includes detecting a position of a head-mounted device and a position of a part of a body other than a head. The method includes moving the virtual camera in accordance with movement of the head-mounted device. The method includes moving the operation object in accordance with movement of the part of the body. The method includes selecting the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. Selecting the target object includes correcting a direction or a position of the target object based on a positional relationship between the operation object and the target object; and associating the target object, the corrected direction or the corrected position, with the operation object. The method includes moving the target object in accordance with movement of the operation object. |