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US10749397B2	Brushless DC dynamo A brushless DC dynamo includes a circular armature with N sets of first armature coils spaced with each other in sequence, N sets of second armature coils spaced with each other in sequence, a plurality of first wires and a plurality of second wires, and each first wire and each second wire respectively interconnecting between one set of the first armature coils and one set of the second armature coils; a control unit; a magnetic unit, disposed inside the circular armature unit, comprising a pair of magnetic poles, wherein the circular armature unit and the magnetic unit can rotate relatively to each other under control; and a position sensor for detecting the position of the magnetic unit, and outputting the information of magnetic unit's position to the control unit to trigger the control unit to output a control signal to control the first and second control switches.
US10749396B2	Armature winding of rotating electrical machine According to one embodiment, there is provided a three-phase even-numbered-pole two-layered armature winding housed in forty five slots per pole provided in a laminated iron core. Coil pieces corresponding to first and second parallel circuits are arranged in the first phase belt, coil pieces corresponding to fourth and fifth parallel circuits are arranged in the second phase belt, coil pieces corresponding to the third parallel circuit are arranged in the first and second phase belts, and the upper coil pieces and the lower coil pieces of each parallel circuit are placed in same-numbered positions from a pole center.
US10749391B2	Electric machine rotor A rotor includes a unitary, single material substrate defining a rotor lamination having pockets defining legs and configured to contain permanent magnets therein to establish a magnetic pole of the rotor. The rotor includes a first region having a predefined magnetic permeability. The rotor includes a second region defined between the legs and an outer periphery of the lamination. The second region has a magnetic permeability less than the first region to reduce torque ripple of a predetermined harmonic order.
US10749389B2	Method and electrical machine with couplings in the cooling system An electrical machine includes a laminated core, cooling tubes arranged within the laminated core, and couplings that interconnect the cooling tubes, where a first coupling type has a T-shaped branch and where, in particular, two couplings interconnect two adjacent cooling tubes to one another.
US10749382B2	Wireless power transmitter and method for operating the same based on external voltage and current A wireless power transmitter is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power source configured to provide direct current (DC) power, an inverter configured to receive the DC power from the power source, invert the DC power into alternating current (AC) power, and output the AC power, a coil configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input of the AC power, a sensor configured to measure a voltage of the AC power output from the inverter and a current of the AC power output from the inverter, and at least one processor configured to identify an external voltage applied to a load of an electronic device based on the voltage of the AC power and the current of the AC power, wherein the electronic device is configured to be wirelessly charged using the magnetic field.
US10749374B2	Electric power supply device, method for supplying electric power, and power storage device An electric power supply device including: a first interposed between an electric power system and a predetermined load; a power storage system having a secondary battery, a first charging and discharging unit interposed between the secondary battery and the electric power system, and a second charging and discharging unit interposed between the secondary battery and the predetermined load; and a controller configured to control the first switch, the first charging and discharging unit, and the second charging and discharging unit, in which when system abnormality occurs, the controller causes the switch to open to disconnect between the electric power system and the predetermined load, causes the first charging and discharging unit to perform reverse power flow for a prescribed time, and causes the second charging and discharging unit to supply electric power to the predetermined load.
US10749371B2	Charging device and method, power adapter and terminal The present disclosure discloses a charging device, a charging method, a power adapter and a terminal. The charging device includes a charging receiving terminal, a voltage adjusting circuit and a central control module. The charging receiving terminal is configured to receive an alternating current. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer and a second rectifier. The first rectifier is configured to rectify the alternating current and output a first voltage. The switch unit is configured to modulate the first voltage to output a modulated first voltage. The transformer is configured to output a second voltage according to the modulated first voltage. The second rectifier is configured to rectify the second voltage to output a third voltage. The voltage adjusting circuit applies the third voltage to a battery directly.
US10749366B2	Wireless power receiver and wireless power transmitter Disclosed is a wireless power receiver for receiving power wirelessly. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a wireless power receiver wirelessly receiving power may include a first power receiver receiving first power from a first power transmitter, a second power receiver receiving second power from a second power transmitter, and a shielder disposed between the first power receiver and the second power receiver to substantially shield influx of the first power into the second power receiver and to substantially shield influx of the second power into the first power receiver.
US10749362B2	Method for server apparatus to detect abnormality in electrical-power storage device A server apparatus obtains, via an information terminal wirelessly connected to an electrical-power storage device, a value indicating a state of the electrical-power storage device at an end of use of electric equipment having the electrical-power storage device. The server apparatus further obtains, via the information terminal wirelessly connected with the electrical-power storage device, a value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at a start of the use of the electric equipment. The server apparatus then detects an abnormality in the electrical-power storage device by using the value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at the end of the use and the value indicating the state of the electrical-power storage device at the start of the use.
US10749359B2	Workstation power system A power system for the electronic devices on a mobile workstation. The power system preferably includes: an enclosure having a mount for a removable battery; circuitry housed in the enclosure for providing electrical power at two or more output voltages for electronic devices on the workstation and for deactivating output power when the battery charge falls below a predetermined level. The power system may also include charging circuitry for recharging the removable battery in-place.
US10749348B2	Power control apparatus, control method for power control apparatus, power control system, and control method for power control system A power control apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a first interconnection relay and a second interconnection relay configured to interconnect or parallel off an inverter to or from a power grid, a reference potential relay configured to set a neutral phase of an independent operation output system to a reference potential, voltage sensors respectively installed between the first interconnection relay and the inverter and between the first interconnection relay and the power grid, voltage sensors respectively installed between the second interconnection relay and the inverter and between the second interconnection relay and the power grid, and a controller configured to turn the reference potential relay on to set the neutral phase to the reference potential and then to judge whether a state of each interconnection relay is normal on the basis of voltage values measured by the voltage sensors.
US10749343B2	Control method for a system comprising a frequency converter connected to a power grid A method which is suitable for a system having a frequency converter and a generator, both of which are connected to a power grid, includes obtaining sub-synchronous components of the grid voltage and determining damping current set points according to the sub-synchronous components to compensate for sub-synchronous resonances of the grid. Damping current set points are determined by receiving the sub-synchronous components of the grid voltage and returning damping current set points as outputs. A variable damping gain is adjusted according to the sub-synchronous frequency of the grid, such that the required compensation level can be adapted to the frequency converter for damping sub-synchronous resonance of the grid.
US10749339B2	Modeling system for energy systems A system for modeling networks of electricity supply and demand including a first user interface; a second user interface; a database, a memory; and a controller adapted to: receive, via the first user interface, a first request to create a first plan for a first node of a collection of the one or more collections, the first request specifying a domain of the collection, receive plan instructions for the first plan, receive a second user request to create a second plan for a second node of the collection, the second user request specifying the domain of the collection, receive a plan instruction to interconnect the first node with the second node in the first plan, generate a forecast including a projected value for an energy infrastructure variable using the assumptions provided in the first plan and the second plan, and display the forecast on the first user interface.
US10749337B2	Integrated ESD event sense detector As an example, a circuit is provided. The circuit includes an ESD (electrostatic discharge) clamping circuit with a control signal controlling clamping operations of the ESD clamping circuit. The circuit further includes a counter coupled to the control signal of the ESD clamping circuit. The counter produces a set of output signals responsive to the control signal. The circuit also includes a communications interface for coupling to the set of output signals of the counter. The communications interface also couples to communications circuitry external to the circuit.
US10749326B2	Busbar for bonding connections A busbar is provided for attaching a conductor to a support structure. The busbar can include a base wall and first and second side walls extending away from the base wall. A first flap can extend at an angle from the first side wall towards the second side wall and a second flap can extend at an angle from the second side wall towards the first side wall.
US10749325B2	Busbar comprising a metal-sheet stack and method for producing a busbar A busbar for power electronics is disclosed for connecting a first electrical element to a second electrical element. The busbar includes at least one positive lamination as a first current-carrying element and at least one negative lamination as a second current-carrying element. The at least one positive lamination is arranged on the at least one negative lamination in such a way to form a laminated stack.
US10749310B2	MOPA laser system with back reflection protection The invention relates to a MOPA laser system having at least one laser oscillator (MO), which generates laser radiation at an emission wavelength (λ0), and having an optical amplifier (PA) downstream the laser oscillator (MO) in the propagation direction of the laser radiation, which optical amplifier amplifies the laser radiation and thereby spectrally broadens it to a useful bandwidth (Δλ). It is an object of the invention to provide an improved MOPA laser system which is designed for a high power of the amplified laser radiation and which is insensitive to back-reflection. Unavoidable back-reflections should neither affect the output power of the optical amplifier (PA), nor lead to the destruction of the laser oscillator (MO) or other components of the system. This object is achieved by the invention in that an optical bandpass filter (BPF) is arranged between laser oscillator (MO) and amplifier (PA), which optical bandpass filter is transparent to laser radiation at the emission wavelength (λ0), wherein those spectral components of the returning, that is, counter to the propagation direction, laser radiation impinging on the bandpass filter (BPF), which, in terms of wavelength, lie outside the passband (4), are reflected at the bandpass filter (BPF) in the propagation direction.
US10749306B2	Coaxial cable connector compression tool A tool for mounting a coaxial cable on a first connector is disclosed, wherein the coaxial cable extending along a first axial is adapted to pass through a first outer sleeve of the first connector, wherein the tool comprises a plunger; and a mold comprising an upper mold hinge and a lower mold hinge, wherein the upper mold hinge pivotally connected to the lower mold hinge so as to rotate the upper mold hinge relative to the lower mold hinge with respect to a rotation axis, and a second axial direction of the rotation axis is parallel to the first axial direction, wherein the plunger is adapted to push the first connector so as to force the upper mold hinge and the lower mold hinge to press the first outer sleeve so as to deform the first outer sleeve radially.
US10749301B2	Connector It is aimed to enable conductive paths in a narrow and bent space. A connector (A) includes a terminal fitting (37F, 37S, 37T) having a terminal base portion (38) and three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R) extending from the terminal base portion (38) in mutually different directions, and a housing (10) having a body portion (11) for accommodating the terminal base portion (38) and three receptacles (12F, 12D, 12R) for individually surrounding the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R). If end parts of three conductive paths (61F, 61D, 61R) are connected to the three tabs (39F, 39D, 39R), a main line (52M) is constituted by two tabs (39F, 39R) and two conductive paths (61F, 61R) and a branch line (52S) is constituted by one tab (39D) and one conductive path (61D).
US10749294B2	Angle loadbreak bushing A loadbreak bushing that includes a loadbreak trunk and at least one loadbreak leg. Opposing ends of the loadbreak trunk can include a first connection interface and a second connection interface, respectively, the first connection interface being configured to be matingly received in a bushing well. Each loadbreak leg, which can include a contact assembly having at least a female contact, can extend along a central leg axis from the loadbreak trunk to a third, or leg, connection interface, the central leg axis being slanted or diagonal relative to a central trunk axis of the loadbreak trunk. The third connection interface can be configured to be coupled to an elbow connector that is coupled to a power cable, among other electrical connectors, while the second connection interface can be configured to be coupled to a grounding elbow connector, among other electrical connectors and accessories.
US10749291B2	Electrical connecting cable An electrical connecting cable includes a plug housing, an electrical lead, a ring element, an elastic sealing element and a cap. The plug housing has a tubular lead-in region for guiding the electrical lead into the plug housing. The lead-in region is directed along a longitudinal axis of the electrical lead and has a constriction. The cap is fastened on the plug housing by retaining means. The cap has an opening for passing through the electrical lead. The ring element surrounds the electrical lead at least in part and the sealing element surrounds the electrical lead. The ring element and the sealing element are arranged between the constriction and the cap. A method of manufacturing the electrical connecting cable is also presented.
US10749278B2	Method of electroplating metal into recessed feature and electroplating layer in recessed feature A method of electroplating a metal into a recessed feature is provided, which includes: contacting a surface of the recessed feature with an electroplating solution comprising metal ions, an accelerator additive, a suppressor additive and a leveler additive, in which the recessed feature has at least two elongated regions and a cross region laterally between the two elongated regions, and a molar concentration ratio of the accelerator additive: the suppressor additive: the leveler additive is (8-15):(1.5-3):(0.5-2); and electroplating the metal to form an electroplating layer in the recessed feature. An electroplating layer in a recessed feature is also provided.
US10749269B2	Array antenna An array antenna is provided with a feeding line including a first branch line and a second branch line, and a coupling line. Radiating elements provided for the first branch line are disposed on one side of the first branch line. Radiating elements provided for the second branch line are disposed on a side of the second branch line that is opposite to the one side. A distance from a coupling part, in which the first and second branch lines couples with the coupling line, to a radiating element that is closest to the coupling part out of the plurality of radiating elements provided for the first branch line is greater than a distance from the coupling part to a radiating element that is closest to the coupling part out of the plurality of radiating elements provided for the second branch line, by (2n−1)λ/2 in electrical length.
US10749267B2	Antenna device for vehicle Provided is a linear polarization array antenna device for vehicle that is low-cost and has a high gain, by forming an array antenna and a transmission line by conductor patterns on a substrate. The present invention is provided with: a dipole antenna array in which a plurality of dipole antennas formed by the conductor patterns provided on a dielectric substrate are arranged; and two parallel transmission lines formed by the conductor patterns provided on the dielectric substrate, wherein power is supplied to the dipole antennas via the transmission lines. The two parallel transmission lines have a structure in which a pair of conductor patterns face each other across the dielectric substrate interposed between the pair of the conductor patterns.
US10749261B2	Thin chassis near field communication (NFC) antenna integration Described herein are techniques related one or more systems, apparatuses, methods, etc. for integrating a near field communications (NFC) coil antenna in a portable device. For example, the NFC antenna is integrated under a metal chassis of the portable device. The metal chassis and a conductive coating—that is integrated underneath the full metal chassis—are designed to include one or more slots to provide high impedance to Eddy current induced in the conductive coating.
US10749253B2	Omnidirectional ceiling antenna Disclosed is an omnidirectional ceiling antenna (10). The omnidirectional ceiling antenna (10) comprises: a base plate (101); a first antenna unit (102) and a second antenna unit (103), the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are arranged on the base plate at intervals, and the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are not symmetrical with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the base plate; a coupling plate (104), the coupling plate is arranged on the base plate; an isolation plate (105), the isolation plate is arranged on the base plate; and a first feeding member (106) and a second feeding member (107), the first feeding member cooperates with the first antenna unit so as to feed the first antenna unit, and the second feeding member cooperates with the second antenna unit so as to feed the second antenna unit.
US10749249B2	Display panel with integrated small cell and billboard with integrated macro site Aspects of the present disclosure are related to digital display devices and base stations such as small cell base stations, which may include at least one antenna and a radio. More specifically, digital display devices are being increasingly deployed in airports, along roads and highways, in shopping malls, in rural or highly urban areas where additional cellular coverage is desirable. These digital display devices provide desirable mounting locations for cellular equipment because they are already powered. One or more components of the base station may be concealed from view by a concealment device to satisfy aesthetic or design requirements. In some aspects, this concealment device may be a fabric radome. In some aspects, the concealment device may be the digital display device itself, because the digital display device is dimensioned such that at least some components of the base station may be hidden behind or within the digital display device.
US10749246B2	Wireless handheld devices, radiation systems and manufacturing methods A radiating system for transmitting and receiving signals in first and second frequency regions includes a radiating structure, a radiofrequency system, and an external port. The radiating structure has first and second isolated radiation boosters coupled to a ground plane layer. A first internal port of the radiating structure is between the first radiation booster and the ground plane layer, and a second internal port is between the second radiation booster and the ground plane layer. A distance between the two internal ports is less than 0.06 times a wavelength of the lowest frequency. The maximum size of the first and second radiation boosters is smaller than 1/30 times the wavelength of the lowest frequency. The radiofrequency system includes two ports connected respectively to the first and the second internal ports of the radiating structure, and a port connected to the external port of the radiating system.
US10749239B2	Radiofrequency power combiner or divider having a transmission line resonator Power combiner/divider includes a transmission line (TL) resonator having an inner conductor, an outer conductor that surrounds the inner conductor, and a cavity between the inner conductor and the outer conductor. The inner conductor and the outer conductor are electrically connected at a proximal end of the TL resonator. The power combiner/divider also includes coupling elements extending through respective openings of the outer conductor and into the cavity. The power combiner/divider also includes a capacitive element connected to at least one of the inner conductor or the outer conductor. The capacitive element capacitively couples the inner conductor and the outer conductor at a distal end of the TL resonator.
US10749238B2	Dielectric waveguide comprising a dielectric core surrounded by a dielectric cladding having a plurality of ribs that support the core within a conductive shield A dielectric waveguide for propagating electromagnetic signals comprises a cladding and an electrically conductive shield. The cladding has a body composed of a first dielectric material. The body defines a core region therethrough that is filled with a second dielectric material different than the first dielectric material. The cladding includes at least two ribs extending from an outer surface of the body to distal ends of the ribs. The electrically conductive shield engages the distal ends of the ribs and peripherally surrounds the cladding such that air gaps are defined radially between the outer surface of the body and an interior surface of the shield.
US10749229B2	Arrangement for tempering a battery, vehicle, and methods for heating and cooling a battery A system and method for heating or cooling a battery include a controller and a tempering circuit containing an auxiliary medium configured to exchange heat with a container having a latent heat storage medium, and a vehicle traction battery, a pump configured to circulate the auxiliary medium, and an activation device having a sealing element moveable to selectively expose a nucleation surface to the latent heat storage medium to trigger a phase change process and exchange heat with the auxiliary medium.
US10749219B2	Method for forming a Li-ion battery cell comprising an LNMO cathode material A process forms a Li-ion battery cell including an LNMO-based cathode material, an anode material, a separator and an electrolyte. The process successively includes charging the cell until the cell reaches a state of charge of 100%, storing the cell in the state of charge of 100% in an open circuit for a period of time of at least 48 hours, and removing gas generated during the charging and the storage.
US10749213B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte. A positive electrode charge potential is 3.7 V or less with respect to a lithium metal potential. The nonaqueous electrolyte includes a cyclic disulfone compound having a specific structure in an amount of 0.1 to 4.0% by mass based on a total mass of the nonaqueous electrolyte.
US10749190B2	Fuel cell comprising heating plates and facility comprising such a cell A fuel cell includes a stack and heating plates sandwiching the stack. The stack is formed of a set of electrochemical generators superimposed along a stacking axis. The heating plates are located axially on each side of the set. Each heating plate includes cavities and orifices for accessing the cavities. The fuel cell may be incorporated in a facility that includes a source of pressurized gas, which is linked to the orifices of the heating plates, and a device for managing a supply process for supplying gas to the cavities from the source of pressurized gas and an evacuation process for evacuating gas from the cavities.
US10749187B2	Cathode material and fuel cell A cathode material used in an anode and a cathode contains (Co, Fe)3O4 and a perovskite type oxide that is expressed by the general formula ABO3 and includes at least one of La and Sr at the A site. A content ratio of (Co, Fe)3O4 in the cathode material is at least 0.23 wt % and no more than 8.6 wt %.
US10749181B2	Oligomer and lithium battery An oligomer and a lithium battery are provided. The oligomer is obtained by a reaction of epoxy acrylate and barbituric acid. The lithium battery includes an anode, a cathode, a separator, an electrolyte solution and a packaging structure, wherein the cathode includes the oligomer.
US10749177B2	Method of synthesizing phosphate salt of high purity for preparation of electrode material The present invention provides a cost-effective method of synthesizing phosphate salt of a metal M such as Fe and Mn that can be used for electrode active material of a lithium secondary battery. An oxidization-precipitation reaction is carried out on metal such as Fe(II) and Mn(II) to produce phosphate salt and hydroxide of the metal oxidized e.g. Fe(III) and Mn(III). With overdosed phosphoric acid, hydroxide of the oxidized metal is then converted to a phosphate salt. The invention also provides a method of preparing “wet” phosphate salt nanoparticles and their application in the synthesis of a cathode material. The present invention exhibits numerous technical merits such as lower cost, easier operation, and being environmentally friendly.
US10749174B2	Particle, electrode, power storage device, electronic device, and method for manufacturing electrode To increase capacity per weight of a power storage device, a particle includes a first region, a second region in contact with at least part of a surface of the first region and located on the outside of the first region, and a third region in contact with at least part of a surface of the second region and located on the outside of the second region. The first and the second regions contain lithium and oxygen. At least one of the first region and the second region contains manganese. At least one of the first and the second regions contains an element M. The first region contains a first crystal having a layered rock-salt structure. The second region contains a second crystal having a layered rock-salt structure. An orientation of the first crystal is different from an orientation of the second crystal.
US10749173B2	Process for the preparation of lithium titanium spinel and its use The present invention relates to a composite oxide with x wt.-parts Li2TiO3, preferably in its cubic modification of space group Fm-3m, t wt.-parts TiO2, z wt.-parts of Li2CO3 or LiOH, u wt.-parts of a carbon source and optionally v wt.-parts of a transition or main group metal compound and/or a sulphur containing compound, wherein x is a number between 2 and 3, y is a number between 3 and 4, z is a number between 0.001 and 1, u is a number between 0.05 and 1 and 0≤v<0.1 and the metal of the transition or main group metal compound is selected from Al, Mg, Ga, Fe, Co, Sc, Y, Mn, Ni, Cr, V or mixtures thereof. Further the present invention relates to the use of the composite oxide in a process for the preparation of a composition of a non-doped and doped lithium titianate Li4Ti5O12 comprising secondary agglomerates of primary particles and its use as anode material in secondary lithium-ion batteries.
US10749168B1	Electrochemical cell or battery An electrochemical cell or battery uses iron gall ink as an electrolyte. In some examples, mold, bacteria, or yeast are allowed to grow on the electrolyte. The ink is made by combining tannic or gallic acid from a material such as dehydrated tea with a metal or transition metal sulfate, such as iron sulfate, potassium sulfate, or manganese sulfate. Urea, a metal or transition metal salt, and glycerin can also be added to the electrolyte to assist in the ion-producing reaction. One example includes electrodes made from iron and graphite, and an electrolyte of iron-gall or iron-tannate ink. Another example uses a manganese based ink. Aluminum, potassium, or sodium tannate ink, urea, and graphite can be used to make a metal-air cell, in which the cell is open to the air. The ink can be used as a charge transport in a redox-flow electrochemical cell. Yet another example utilizes Bauxite residue, a waste product of aluminum manufacture. The Bauxite is used to form an ink and used in cells similar to those described above.
US10749157B2	Hearing aid battery packaging A battery package includes a card, a cover, a tray, and batteries. The cover is attached to the card and includes a door and an opening formed in the front of the cover and the peripheral edge of the cover. The door is movable between an open position to provide access to the opening and a closed position. The tray is positioned between the card and the cover and includes multiple receptacles. Each battery is positioned within one of the receptacles. The card includes a recess in the outer edge of the card at a battery removal position. The tray is movable relative to the card and the cover to selectively align one of the receptacles with the opening in the battery removal position. With the door in the open position, the battery in the receptacle in the battery removal position is accessible through the opening.
US10749142B2	Display device A display device includes: a substrate having: a display area; and a non-display area surrounding the display area; an inorganic layer disposed in the display area and the non-display area, the inorganic layer including openings exposing the substrate; a protruding portion disposed overlapping the openings, the protruding portion contacting the substrate exposed by the openings and including an organic material; and a passivation layer disposed on the inorganic layer, the passivation layer contacting the protruding portion. Such as structure is capable of minimizing or reducing the formation of cracks and preventing or reducing formed cracks from being propagated to the inside of the display device.
US10749137B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area outside of the display area; and a thin-film encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, wherein the non-display area includes a dam region located outside of the display area and a plurality of protrusions on at least a part of the display unit outside of the dam region.
US10749135B2	Electrode structure, electronic device comprising same and method for manufacturing same Provided is an electrode structure having a transparent electrode, a light blocking pattern provided on the transparent electrode, an auxiliary electrode pattern provided on the light blocking pattern, and an organic insulating pattern covering the light blocking pattern and the auxiliary electrode pattern, wherein a line width of the light blocking pattern is larger than a line width of the auxiliary electrode pattern. Also provided are an electronic device including the electrode structure, and a method of manufacturing the electrode structure.
US10749129B2	Organic light emitting diode According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, an organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; an emission layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode; an electron injection layer positioned between the emission layer and the second electrode; and an electron injection delay layer positioned between the emission layer and the electron injection layer, wherein the electron injection layer includes a first material made of a metal and a second material made of a metal halide, and the electron injection delay layer has a thickness of about 20 Å to about 140 Å.
US10749128B2	Depositable ion organic function material and use thereof in organic electroluminescent device The present invention relates to a depositable ionic organic functional material having a structure selected from the formulas (21) to (26). The depositable ionic organic functional material can be used in high-efficiency blue to red OLEDs. The present invention also relates to an organic electroluminescent device using the depositable ionic organic functional material as a dopant in the organic light-emitting layer thereof.
US10749126B2	Method for manufacturing flexible electronic device A method for manufacturing flexible electronic devices is provided to enable to manufacture the flexible electronic devices without increasing a number of steps, enables to reuse a glass substrate, and reduces the possibility that the flexible electronic devices are damaged or corners of them are not bent even if the detached flexible electronic devices are brought into contact with each other.Electronic device structures 2 are formed on a resin film substrate 11 formed on a glass substrate 10, and flexible electronic devices including the electronic device structures 2 formed on device formation areas 3 are separated from the resin film substrate 11 by irradiating first laser beams 41 having a longer wavelength along a rectangular shape having rounded corners or chamfers at four corners to each the device formation areas 3, subsequently, an interface between the glass substrate 10 and the resin film substrate 11 is metamorphosed by irradiation of second laser beams 42 having a shorter wavelength to entire surface of the resin film substrate 11 from a back side of the glass substrate 10 so as to make the resin film substrate 11 easy to be peeled off from the glass substrate 10.
US10749120B2	Method of fabricating organo-lead halide perovskites thin single crystals Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of fabricating a semiconducting material, comprising fixing a first substrate to a second substrate via a bonding material sufficient to form a two-substrate support with a cavity region, applying an organo-lead halide perovskite precursor solution to the cavity region of the two-substrate support, and annealing sufficient to form in the cavity region a semiconducting material including an organo-lead halide perovskite thin single crystal. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe a transistor comprising a source terminal, a drain terminal, a channel layer extending between the source terminal and the drain terminal and including an organo-lead halide perovskite thin single crystal, a gate terminal, and an insulating layer separating the gate terminal from the source terminal, drain terminal, and channel layer sufficient to form a transistor.
US10749114B2	Organic electroluminescent materials and devices A composition formed of a mixture of two compounds having similar thermal evaporation properties that are pre-mixed into an evaporation source that can be used to co-evaporate the two compounds into an emission layer in OLEDs via vacuum thermal evaporation process is disclosed.
US10749102B2	Piezoelectric vibration component and application method A piezoelectric vibration component that includes a piezoelectric vibrator, a substrate, and a conductive adhesive that bonds the piezoelectric vibrator to the substrate. The conductive adhesive contains a silicone-based base resin, a cross-linker, a conductive filler, and an insulating filler. The silicone-based base resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 to 102,000. The cross-linker has a number-average molecular weight of 1,950 to 4,620. The conductive filler and the insulating filler have a particle size of 10 μm or less.
US10749101B2	Piezoelectric element and piezoelectric actuator A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric body, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode, and a first through hole conductor. The piezoelectric body includes first and second main surfaces opposing each other, and first and second end surfaces opposing each other. The first electrode is disposed on the first main surface. The second electrode is disposed apart from the first electrode on the first main surface. The third electrode is disposed in the piezoelectric body to oppose the first electrode. The first through hole conductor is connected to the second and third electrodes. The piezoelectric body includes an active region and an inactive region. The active region includes a region from the first electrode to the third electrode. The inactive region includes a region from the third electrode to the second main surface.
US10749099B2	Piezoelectric element The piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric body extending in a lateral direction and a first and second electrodes that are provided on the piezoelectric body. The piezoelectric body has an active portion sandwiched between the first and second electrodes in a thickness direction that is vertical to the lateral direction, and an inactive portion connected to the active portion in the lateral direction. The first electrode has an active electrode portion disposed on the active portion. The active electrode portion includes an interface region that is adjacent to the interface of the active portion and the inactive portion in the lateral direction, and an inner region that is separated from the interface of the active portion and the inactive portion in the lateral direction. The cross sectional surface area per unit length of the interface region in the cross section of the active electrode portion is greater than the cross sectional area per unit length of the inner region.
US10749098B2	Electronic element package and method for manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to an electronic element package and a method of manufacturing the same. The electronic element package includes a substrate, an element disposed on the substrate, a cap enclosing the element, a bonding portion bonding the substrate to the cap, and blocking portions disposed on both sides of the bonding portion.
US10749097B2	Current crowding in three-terminal superconducting devices and related methods An active three-terminal superconducting device having an intersection region at which a hot spot may be controllably formed is described. The intersection region may exhibit current crowding in response to imbalances in current densities applied to channels connected to intersection region. The current crowding may form a hot spot, in which the superconducting device may exhibit a measurable resistance. In some cases, a three-terminal superconducting device may be configured to sense an amount of superconducting current flowing in a channel or loop without having to perturb the superconducting state or amount of current flowing in the channel. A three-terminal superconducting device may be used to read out a number of fluxons stored in a superconducting memory element.
US10749095B2	ZZZ coupler for superconducting qubits Systems and methods are provided for a ZZZ coupler. A first tunable coupler is coupled to the first qubit and tunable via a first control signal. A second tunable coupler is coupled to the first tunable coupler to direct a flux of the first qubit into a tuning loop of the second tunable coupler, such that when a first coupling strength associated with the first tunable coupler is non-zero, a second coupling strength, associated with the second tunable coupler, is a function of a second control signal applied to the second tunable coupler and a state of the first qubit. The second qubit and the third qubit are coupled to one another through the second tunable coupler, such that, when the second coupling strength is non-zero it is energetically favorable for the states of the first and second qubits to assume a specific relationship with respect to the Z-axis.
US10749094B2	Thermoelectric devices, systems and methods A method for forming a thermoelectric element for use in a thermoelectric device comprises forming a mask adjacent to a substrate. The mask can include three-dimensional structures phase-separated in a polymer matrix. The three-dimensional structures can be removed to provide a plurality of holes in the polymer matrix. The plurality of holes can expose portions of the substrate. A layer of a metallic material can be deposited adjacent to the mask and exposed portions of the substrate. The mask can then be removed. The metallic material is then exposed to an oxidizing agent and an etchant to form holes or wires in the substrate.
US10749083B2	Method for encapsulating emissive elements for fluidic assembly A method is provided for fabricating an encapsulated emissive element. Beginning with a growth substrate, a plurality of emissive elements is formed. The growth substrate top surface is conformally coated with an encapsulation material. The encapsulation material may be photoresist, a polymer, a light reflective material, or a light absorbing material. The encapsulant is patterned to form fluidic assembly keys having a profile differing from the emissive element profiles. In one aspect, prior to separating the emissive elements from the handling substrate, a fluidic assembly keel or post is formed on each emissive element bottom surface. In one variation, the emissive elements have a horizontal profile. The fluidic assembly key has horizontal profile differing from the emissive element horizontal profile useful in selectively depositing different types of emissive elements during fluidic assembly. In another aspect, the emissive elements and fluidic assembly keys have differing vertical profiles useful in preventing detrapment.
US10749081B2	LED light source, LED light source manufacturing method, and direct display device thereof Disclosed are an LED light source, an LED light source manufacturing method, and their direct display device. The LED light source includes a base, at least an LED chip, an anti-vulcanization structure, a light excitation structure, an encapsulation structure and a protection structure. The LED light source can overcome catalyst poison or vulcanization of the light-emitting material effectively to improve product yield and reliability of the LED light source. In the meantime, the LED light source has the feature of a better light emission performance.
US10749076B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting structure with an electrode layer, a light-transmitting body, a reflective layer and a metal bump. The light-transmitting body covers the light-emitting structure, and has a first side surface and a second side surface which are substantially perpendicular to each other. The reflective layer covers the first side surface without covering the second side surface. The metal bump is directly formed on the electrode layer.
US10749070B2	Method of forming a P-type layer for a light emitting device In a method according to embodiments of the invention, a semiconductor structure including a III-nitride light emitting layer disposed between a p-type region and an n-type region is grown. The p-type region is buried within the semiconductor structure. A trench is formed in the semiconductor structure. The trench exposes the p-type region. After forming the trench, the semiconductor structure is annealed.
US10749066B2	Proximity sensor having substrate including light sensing area and temperature sensing area A proximity sensor includes a circuit board; a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element on the circuit board; a light barrier; molding portions; and a transparent board disposed on the molding portions and configured to form an air gap with the light-receiving element. The light-receiving element includes: a substrate having a light sensing area and a temperature sensing area; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are aligned in the light sensing area and apart from each other with a first delay gap therebetween; a sensing film covering at least some portions of the first input electrode and the first output electrode; and a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are aligned in the temperature sensing area and apart from each other with a second delay gap therebetween. The second delay gap is exposed to air.
US10749063B2	X-ray detector An X-ray detector device includes in one example a switching portion and a photodetecting portion connected to the switching portion. The photodetecting portion includes a bottom electrode, a semiconductor area disposed above the bottom electrode, and a top electrode disposed above the semiconductor area. The area of the top electrode is smaller than the area of a top surface of the semiconductor area.
US10749062B2	Hybrid tandem solar cells with improved tunnel junction structures Tandem solar cells comprising two or more solar cells connected in a solar cell stack via pn diode tunnel junctions and methods for fabricating the tandem solar cells using epitaxial lift off and transfer printing are provided. The tandem solar cells have improved tunnel junction structures comprising a current tunneling layer integrated between the p and n layers of the pn diode tunnel junction that connects the solar cells.
US10749053B2	Distributed Bragg reflector structures in multijunction solar cells A multijunction solar cell and its method of fabrication, including an upper and a lower solar subcell each having an emitter layer and a base layer forming a photoelectric junction; a near infrared (NIR) wideband reflector layer disposed below the upper subcell and above the lower subcell for reflecting light in the spectral range of 900 to 1050 nm which represents unused and undesired solar energy and thereby reducing the overall solar energy absorptance in the solar cell and providing thermodynamic radiative cooling of the solar cell when deployed in space outside the atmosphere.
US10749046B2	Encapsulation structure for image sensor chip and method for manufacturing the same An encapsulating structure to protect an image sensor chip at all times during manufacture and use includes a printed circuit board, an image sensor chip, a protecting sheet, and a package portion. The image sensor chip is mounted on the printed circuit board and the protecting sheet is mounted on the image sensor chip. The package portion is entirely opaque and is formed on the printed circuit board, the package portion encloses side wall of the image sensor chip, the protecting sheet, and portion of surface of the protecting sheet away from the image sensor chip. A method for manufacturing same is also disclosed.
US10749032B2	Techniques for forming transistors including group III-V material nanowires using sacrificial group IV material layers Techniques are disclosed for forming transistors including one or more group III-V semiconductor material nanowires using sacrificial group IV semiconductor material layers. In some cases, the transistors may include a gate-all-around (GAA) configuration. In some cases, the techniques may include forming a replacement fin stack that includes group III-V material layer (such as indium gallium arsenide, indium arsenide, or indium antimonide) formed on a group IV material buffer layer (such as silicon, germanium, or silicon germanium), such that the group IV buffer layer can be later removed using a selective etch process to leave the group III-V material for use as a nanowire in a transistor channel. In some such cases, the group III-V material layer may be grown pseudomorphically to the underlying group IV material, so as to not form misfit dislocations. The techniques may be used to form transistors including any number of nanowires.
US10749029B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A fin field effect transistor (Fin FET) device includes a fin structure extending in a first direction and protruding from an isolation insulating layer disposed over a substrate. The fin structure includes a well layer, an oxide layer disposed over the well layer and a channel layer disposed over the oxide layer. The Fin FET device includes a gate structure covering a portion of the fin structure and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The Fin FET device includes a source and a drain. Each of the source and drain includes a stressor layer disposed in recessed portions formed in the fin structure. The stressor layer extends above the recessed portions and applies a stress to a channel layer of the fin structure under the gate structure. The Fin FET device includes a dielectric layer formed in contact with the oxide layer and the stressor layer in the recessed portions.
US10749023B2	Vertical transistor with extended drain region A transistor device includes a channel region including a portion located in a vertical sidewall of semiconductor material and an extended drain region including a portion located in a lower portion of the semiconductor material. In one embodiment, a control terminal of the transistor device is formed by forming a conductive sidewall spacer structure adjacent to the sidewall and a field plate for the transistor device is formed by forming a second conductive sidewall spacer structure.
US10749020B2	Group III-nitride semiconductor device and corresponding fabricating method The invention relates to the group III-nitride semiconductor device and corresponding fabricating method. Specifically, a method to reduce RF dispersion in a group III-nitride high electron mobility transistor (HEMT), especially for reduced barrier thickness epi materials and scaled deices for higher frequency applications. Periodic n-type doping within barrier is used to screen surface state traps, which are responsible for the above-mentioned RF dispersion, without introducing additional gate leakage current path. Within the method, the barrier (typically AlGaN, AlInN) layer is periodically n-type doped with its composition (such as Al % within AlGaN) periodically modulated. The periodic structure is effective in both screening surface state traps and reducing the leakage current within the AlGaN/gate Schottky barrier. Therefore, the growth method could be used for fabricate the dispersion-free III-nitride based HEMT devices, which will be highly desirable for making high frequency materials and devices in the applications such as higher frequency wireless communications.
US10749019B2	Circuit and electronic device including an enhancement-mode transistor An electronic device can include a channel layer and a barrier layer overlying the channel layer. In an embodiment, the electronic device can include a component disposed along a current path between a gate terminal and a gate electrode of a first transistor. In another embodiment, the electronic device can include a second transistor wherein source and gate electrodes of the second transistor are coupled to the gate electrode of the first transistor, and a drain electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the gate terminal. A circuit can include a transistor and a diode. The transistor can include a drain, a gate, and a source, wherein the drain is coupled to a drain terminal, and the source is coupled to a source terminal. The diode can have an anode is coupled to the gate terminal, and a cathode is coupled to a gate of the transistor.
US10749003B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device and semiconductor device Provided is a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device including a vertical MOSFET having a planar gate. The manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a n-type gallium nitride layer on a gallium nitride monocrystalline substrate, and forming an impurity-implanted region that contains impurities at a uniform concentration in a direction parallel to a main surface of the gallium nitride monocrystalline substrate, by ion-implanting the impurities into the n-type gallium nitride layer, where the impurities include at least one type selected from among magnesium, beryllium, calcium and zinc. Here, at least part of the impurity-implanted region serves as a channel forming region of the vertical MOSFET.
US10748987B2	Methods of forming an array of capacitors, methods of forming an array of memory cells individually comprising a capacitor and a transistor, arrays of capacitors, and arrays of memory cells individually comprising a capacitor and a transistor A method of forming an array of capacitors comprises forming elevationally-extending and longitudinally-elongated capacitor electrode lines over a substrate. Individual of the capacitor electrode lines are common to and a shared one of two capacitor electrodes of individual capacitors longitudinally along a line of capacitors being formed. A capacitor insulator is formed over a pair of laterally-opposing sides of and longitudinally along individual of the capacitor electrode lines. An elevationally-extending conductive line is formed over the capacitor insulator longitudinally along one of the laterally-opposing sides of the individual capacitor electrode lines. The conductive line is cut laterally through to form spaced individual other of the two capacitor electrodes of the individual capacitors. Other methods are disclosed, including structures independent of method of manufacture.
US10748986B2	Structure and formation method of semiconductor device with capacitors A semiconductor device structure and the formation method thereof are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a semiconductor substrate and a first capacitor and a second capacitor over the semiconductor substrate. The first capacitor has a first capacitor dielectric layer, and the second capacitor has a second capacitor dielectric layer. The first capacitor dielectric layer is between the second capacitor dielectric layer and the semiconductor substrate. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are electrically connected in parallel. The first capacitor has a first linear temperature coefficient and a first quadratic voltage coefficient. The second capacitor has a second linear temperature coefficient and a second quadratic voltage coefficient. One or both of a first ratio of the first linear temperature coefficient to the second linear temperature coefficient and a second ratio of the first quadratic voltage coefficient to the second quadratic voltage coefficient is negative.
US10748985B2	Integrated inductor apparatus An integrated inductor includes a first coil, a second coil, a third coil and a fourth coil. The first coil is disposed on a first layer of an integrated circuit structure. The second coil is disposed on the first layer and adjacent to the first coil, in which the first coil and the second coil have same number of turns. The third coil is disposed on a second layer of the integrated circuit structure and above the first coil. The fourth coil is disposed on the second layer and above the second coil, in which the third coil and the fourth coil have same number of turns. The first coil is coupled to and interlaced with the fourth coil disposed on the second layer. The second coil is coupled to and interlaced with the third coil disposed on the second layer.
US10748977B2	Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same An organic light-emitting display apparatus is provided as follows. A thin film transistor is disposed on a substrate. A first insulating layer covers the thin film transistor. The first insulating layer includes a barrier wall and a flat portion. The barrier wall protrudes from the flat portion. A pixel electrode is disposed on the flat portion surrounded by the barrier wall. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the thin film transistor. A pixel defining layer is disposed on the pixel electrode and partially exposes the pixel electrode.
US10748971B2	Display apparatus A display apparatus including an organic light-emitting display panel and a touch sensing unit disposed on the organic light-emitting display panel is disclosed. The touch sensing unit includes a touch electrode and a wiring part connected to the touch electrode. The wiring part of the touch sensing unit passes a protruding member disposed on a non-display region of the organic light-emitting display panel, and forms a first wiring part which does not overlap the protruding member, a second wiring part overlapping the protruding part, and a connection wiring part disposed between the first and second wiring parts and having a wiring width less than the first and second wiring parts so as to overlap an edge of the protruding member.
US10748968B2	Image sensor having an etch stop layer on the insulation layer An image sensor includes a sensor region for receiving light and generating an image data and a pad region adjacent to the sensor region, an insulation layer on the substrate, and a lower transparent electrode on the insulation layer in the sensor region, and an etch stop layer on the insulation layer in the sensor region and pad region. The etch stop layer may include silicon nitride. A height of an uppermost surface of the lower transparent electrode may be substantially equal to a height of an upper surface of the etch stop layer, with respect to the substrate.
US10748964B2	Electronic device and method for fabricating the same An electronic device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. An electronic device according to an implementation of the disclosed technology is an electronic device including a semiconductor memory, wherein the semiconductor memory includes: a plurality of first lines extending in a first direction; a plurality of second lines extending in a second direction that intersects with the first direction; a plurality of variable resistance elements disposed between the first lines and the second lines and located at intersections of the first lines and the second lines; and a plug connected to a first portion of each of the first lines, wherein the plug comprises a conductive layer and a material layer having a resistance value higher than that of the conductive layer.
US10748961B2	Interconnects below qubit plane by substrate bonding Described herein are structures that include interconnects for providing electrical connectivity in superconducting quantum circuits. One structure includes a first and a second interconnects provided over a surface of an interconnect support layer, e.g. a substrate, on which superconducting qubits are provided, a lower interconnect provided below such surface (i.e. below-plane interconnect), and vias for providing electrical interconnection between the lower interconnect and each of the first and second interconnects. Providing below-plane interconnects in superconducting quantum circuits allows realizing superconducting and mechanically stable interconnects. Implementing below-plane interconnects by bonding of two substrates, material for which could be selected, allows minimizing the amount of spurious two-level systems in the areas surrounding below-plane interconnects while allowing different choices of materials to be used. Methods for fabricating such structures are disclosed as well.
US10748960B2	Interconnects below qubit plane by substrate doping Described herein are structures that include interconnects for providing electrical connectivity in superconducting quantum circuits. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a structure includes a first and a second interconnects provided over a surface of an interconnect support layer on which superconducting qubits are provided (which could be a substrate), a lower interconnect provided below such surface, and vias for providing electrical interconnection between the lower interconnect and each of the first and second interconnects. The lower interconnect includes a material of the interconnect support layer doped to be superconductive. Providing below-plane interconnects in superconducting quantum circuits allows realizing superconducting and mechanically stable interconnects. Implementing below-plane interconnects by doping the interconnect support layer, material for which could be selected, allows minimizing the amount of spurious TLS's in the areas surrounding below-plane interconnects. Methods for fabricating such structures are disclosed as well.
US10748959B2	Fabricating method for display apparatus A fabricating method for a display apparatus is provided. The fabricating method for the display apparatus includes the following steps. An array substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode is provided. A first light emitting diode is heated to soften a first bump between the first electrode and the first light emitting diode, the first light emitting diode is bonded onto the first electrode by the first bump. The first light emitting diode and a second light emitting diode are heated to soften the first bump and a second bump between the second electrode and the second light emitting diode, the second light emitting diode is bonded onto the second electrode by the second bump, and the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode are pressed.
US10748958B2	Solid-state imaging device, drive method thereof and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes: plural photodiodes formed in different depths in a unit pixel area of a substrate; and plural vertical transistors formed in the depth direction from one face side of the substrate so that gate portions for reading signal charges obtained by photoelectric conversion in the plural photodiodes are formed in depths corresponding to the respective photodiodes.
US10748949B2	Solid-state imaging device, method for producing solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device, method for producing solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus are provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, with a plurality of pixels formed in the substrate. In addition, a plurality of groups are formed in the substrate, and in particular in pixel isolation regions between adjacent pixels. The grooves extend from a first surface of the substrate towards a second surface of the substrate. An embedded film extends into the grooves. At least some of the grooves include a first stage near the first surface of the substrate and a second stage near the second surface of the substrate that are defined by walls of the grooves, wherein the first stage is wider than the second stage, and wherein a step is present between the first and second stages. In addition, the device includes a light shielding film adjacent the first surface of the substrate that overlies the grooves. A portion of the light shielding film is embedded in the embedded film that extends into the grooves.
US10748947B2	Imaging device, manufacturing method, and electronic apparatus The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a manufacturing method, and an electronic apparatus. An imaging device includes: a sensor substrate with an effective pixel area; a transparent sealing member that seals a surface of the sensor substrate; a sealing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member; and a reinforcing resin that bonds the sensor substrate and the sealing member. A product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin and the reinforcing resin in the outer peripheral region and an area of a part bonded in the outer peripheral region is set to be larger than a product of adhesive strength per unit area of the sealing resin in the effective pixel area and an area of a part bonded in the effective pixel area. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor of WCSP.
US10748945B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device is provided that includes a pixel array with unit pixels. Each unit pixel includes, among other things, first and second photoelectric conversion portions; an electric charge accumulating portion that accumulates charges produced by the second photoelectric conversion portion, a counter electrode of the electric charge accumulating portion being connected to a variable voltage power source; and a charge-to-voltage conversion portion. For at least a part of a time period for which charges produced by the second photoelectric conversion portion are accumulated in the electric charge accumulating portion, a drive portion that controls an operation of the unit pixel causes a voltage of the variable voltage power source to be lower than that when a signal based on the charges accumulated in the electric charge accumulating portion is read out.
US10748942B2	Display device A display device includes a substrate including a pixel area and a peripheral area located outside the pixel area; pixels located in the pixel area; power supply lines configured to provide an operating power to the pixels; and a plurality of data fanout wires configured to provide data signals to the pixels, wherein, in at least a portion of the peripheral area, the power supply lines and the plurality of data fanout wires are arranged on a same layer.
US10748940B2	TFT substrate having data lines as touch driving electrode and common electrodes as touch sensing electrode and touch display panel using same A TFT substrate for a touch display panel of reduced thickness defines a display area and a surrounding non-display area. The TFT substrate includes a first conductive layer on the substrate and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer. In the display area, the first conductive layer includes data lines and the second conductive layer includes common electrodes. Each common electrode extends as a strip along a first direction. Each data line extends along a second direction. The first direction intersects the second direction. Each data line crosses the common electrodes. Each data line functions as a touch driving electrode and each common electrode functions as a touch sensing electrode.
US10748937B2	Substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display device A substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The substrate includes: a base including a bendable region; an interlayer on the base and in the bendable region; and a signal line at a side, facing away from the base, of the interlayer. In the bendable region, an orthographic projection of the signal line on the base is within an orthographic projection of the interlayer on the base; and in the bendable region, the interlayer is provided with a groove on at least one side of a portion, corresponding to the signal line, of the interlayer.
US10748927B1	Three-dimensional memory device with drain-select-level isolation structures and method of making the same A three-dimensional memory device includes an alternating stack of insulating layers and electrically conductive layers located over a substrate, first memory opening fill structures extending through the alternating stack, where each of the first memory opening fill structures includes a respective first drain region, a respective first memory film, a respective first vertical semiconductor channel contacting an inner sidewall of the respective first memory film, and a respective first dielectric core, and a drain-select-level isolation structure having a pair of straight lengthwise sidewalls that extend along a first horizontal direction and contact straight sidewalls of the first memory opening fill structures. Each first vertical semiconductor channel includes a tubular section that underlies a horizontal plane including a bottom surface of the drain-select-level isolation structure and a semi-tubular section overlying the tubular section.
US10748926B2	Semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes the following configuration. A second word line is provided above a first word line on a substrate. A third word line is provided above the second word line. A semiconductor layer includes a first part that passes through the first word line, a second part that passes through the second and the third word lines, and is provided above the first part, and a joint provided between the first and second parts. When a write operation is performed on a memory cell of the third word line, prior to applying a write voltage to the third word line, a first voltage is applied to a bit line, a second voltage is applied to the third word line, and a third voltage higher than the second voltage is applied to the second word line.
US10748918B2	Methods of forming semiconductor device structures including staircase structures A semiconductor device structure comprises stacked tiers each comprising a conductive structure and an insulating structure longitudinally adjacent the at least one conductive structure, at least one staircase structure having steps comprising lateral ends of the stacked tiers, and an opening laterally adjacent a first side of the at least one staircase structure and extending through the stacked tiers and continuously across an entire length of the at least one staircase structure. Conductive structures of the stacked tiers laterally extend from the steps of the at least one staircase structure completely across a second side of the at least one staircase structure opposing the first side to form continuous conductive paths laterally extending completely across the stacked tiers. Additional semiconductor device structures, methods of forming semiconductor device structures, and electronic systems are also described.
US10748905B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of forming the same Semiconductor devices are provided. A semiconductor device includes a substrate, and a source/drain region in the substrate. Moreover, the semiconductor device includes a gate structure in a recess in the substrate. The gate structure includes a liner that includes a first portion and a second portion on the first portion. The second portion is closer, than the first portion, to the source/drain region. The second portion includes a metal alloy. Methods of forming a semiconductor device are also provided.
US10748904B2	Method of maintaining the state of semiconductor memory having electrically floating body transistor Methods of maintaining a state of a memory cell without interrupting access to the memory cell are provided, including applying a back bias to the cell to offset charge leakage out of a floating body of the cell, wherein a charge level of the floating body indicates a state of the memory cell; and accessing the cell.
US10748899B2	Epitaxial source and drain structures for high voltage devices An integrated circuit having an epitaxial source and drain, which reduces gate burnout and increases switching speed so that is suitable for high voltage applications, is provided. The integrated circuit includes a semiconductor substrate having a high voltage N-well (HVNW) and a high voltage P-well (HVPW). The integrated circuit further includes a high-voltage device on the semiconductor substrate. The high-voltage device includes an epitaxial p-type source disposed in the HVNW, an epitaxial p-type drain disposed in the HVPW, and a gate arranged between the epitaxial p-type source and the epitaxial p-type drain on a surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US10748896B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device including contact bars having narrower portions A semiconductor device includes a first fin field effect transistor (FinFET) and a contact bar (source/drain (S/D) contact layer). The first FinFET includes a first fin structure extending in a first direction, a first gate structure extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a first S/D structure. The contact bar is disposed over the first S/D structure and extends in the second direction crossing the first S/D structure in plan view. The contact bar includes a first portion disposed over the first S/D structure and a second portion. The second portion overlaps no fin structure and no S/D structure. A width of the second portion in the first direction is smaller than a width of the first portion in the first direction in plan view.
US10748888B2	Display assembly A display assembly includes a display component and a flexible stratum. The flexible stratum includes a first side coupled to the display component and a second side opposite to the first side. The second side includes protruding portions separate apart from each other, and one of the protruding portions includes a side section, a top section, and a tapering section extending from the side section to the top section and having a curved surface.
US10748887B2	Method for designing vehicle controller-only semiconductor based on die and vehicle controller-only semiconductor by the same The present invention relates to a method for designing a die-based vehicle controller-only semiconductor and a vehicle controller-only semiconductor manufactured by the same, and breaks the conventional semiconductor process to design and manufacture a novel conceptual vehicle controller-only semiconductor, EIP (ECU in Package), through a fusion of a new semiconductor process technique with a controller system technique, thereby obtaining an effect of capable of implementing a high performance/high quality semiconductor in micro-miniature size/ultra-light weight in a short time period.
US10748885B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device comprises a first terminal on a first surface of a substrate and a first semiconductor chip on the first surface of the substrate and including a second terminal. A first connector electrically connects the first terminal to the second terminal. A second semiconductor chip is on the first surface of the substrate. An adhesive resin is between the second semiconductor chip and the first surface. A portion of the first connector is embedded in the adhesive resin. The first semiconductor chip is spaced from the adhesive resin in a direction parallel to the first surface.
US10748882B2	Structure and formation method for chip package Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a semiconductor die and a package layer partially or completely encapsulating the semiconductor die. The chip package also includes a conductive feature penetrating through the package layer. The chip package further includes an interfacial layer the interfacial layer continuously surrounds the conductive feature. The interfacial layer is between the conductive feature and the package layer, and the interfacial layer is made of a metal oxide material.
US10748879B2	Image display device and display An image display device includes a plurality of micro light-emission elements that constitute a pixel and that are provided on a driving circuit substrate. The micro light-emission element displays an image by emitting light to a side opposite to the driving circuit substrate. A light convergence portion that converges light is disposed in the pixel.
US10748877B2	Integrated wafer-level processing system Examples of techniques for an integrated wafer-level processing system are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, an integrated wafer-level processing system includes a memory wafer and a processing element connected to the memory wafer via a data connection.
US10748862B2	TFT substrate, scanning antenna comprising TFT substrate, and TFT substrate production method A TFT substrate includes a source-gate connection section in a non-transmission and/or reception region. The source-gate connection section includes a source lower connection wiring line included in a gate metal layer, a first opening formed in a gate insulating layer and at least reaching the source lower connection wiring line, a source bus line connection section included in a source metal layer and connected to a source bus line, a second opening formed in a first insulating layer and overlapping the first opening when viewed from a normal direction of a dielectric substrate, a third opening formed in the first insulating layer and at least reaching the source bus line connection section, a first connection section including at least one conductive layer formed between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, connected to the source lower connection wiring line within the first opening, and connected to the source bus line connection section within the third opening, a fourth opening formed in a second insulating layer and at least reaching the first connection section, and a second connection section included in an upper conductive layer and connected to the first connection section within the fourth opening.
US10748847B2	Metallisation for semiconductor device The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device comprising a metallisation stack. The metallisation stack may include a first metallisation layer and a second metallisation layer. The first metallisation layer may be electrically connected to the second metallisation layer by a two or more stacked inter-metal vias.
US10748845B2	Power management application of interconnect substrates Various applications of interconnect substrates in power management systems are described.
US10748844B2	Stress isolation for silicon photonic applications Techniques of minimizing or eliminating stresses in silicon photonic integrated circuits (Si-PICs) and in semiconductor packages having one or more Si-PICs (Si-PIC packages) are described. An Si-PIC or an Si-PIC package includes a stress minimization solution that assists with filtering out stresses by selectively isolating photonic and/or electronic devices, by isolating components or devices in an Si-PIC or an Si-PIC package that are sources of stress, or by isolating an Si-PIC in an Si-PIC package. The stress minimization solution may include strategically placed cavities and a stage that assist with minimizing or preventing transfer of stress to one or more photonic and/or electronic devices in an Si-PIC or an Si-PIC package.
US10748841B2	Packages with Si-substrate-free interposer and method forming same A method includes forming a plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers, etching the plurality of dielectric layers to form an opening, filling the opening to form a through-dielectric via penetrating through the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a dielectric layer over the through-dielectric via and the plurality of dielectric layers, forming a plurality of bond pads in the dielectric layer, bonding a device die to the dielectric layer and a first portion of the plurality of bond pads through hybrid bonding, and bonding a die stack to through-silicon vias in the device die.
US10748836B2	Semiconductor laser module and method for manufacturing the same The semiconductor laser module 1 has an electrically conductive heat sink 10, a submount 20 disposed above the heat sink 10, a semiconductor laser device 30 disposed above the submount 20, a lower solder layer 50 disposed between the heat sink 10 and the submount 20, and an upper solder layer 60 electrically connected to the semiconductor laser device 30 and the heat sink 10. This upper solder layer 60 has an electric resistivity lower than an electric resistivity of the submount 20 and extends along surfaces 21 and 22 of the submount 20 to the heat sink 10.
US10748832B2	Heat sink for a semiconductor chip device A heat sink for a semiconductor chip device includes cavities in a lower surface thereof for receiving electrical components on a top surface of the semiconductor chip, and a pedestal extending through an opening in the semiconductor chip for contacting electrical components on a bottom surface of the semiconductor chip. A lid may also be provided on the bottom surface of the semiconductor chip for protecting the electrical components and for heat sinking the electrical components to an adjacent device or printed circuit board.
US10748829B2	Encapsulation structure for image sensor chip and method for manufacturing the same An encapsulation structure to protect an image sensor chip at all times during manufacture and use includes a printed circuit board, an image sensor chip, a supporting portion, a protecting film and a package portion. The image sensor chip is mounted on the printed circuit board and the supporting portion is mounted on the printed circuit board to surround the image sensor chip. The package portion is entirely opaque and is formed on the printed circuit board, the package portion encloses side wall of the supporting portion and the protecting film, and portion of surface of the protecting sheet away from the image sensor chip.
US10748828B2	Fan-out sensor package A fan-out sensor package includes: a redistribution portion having a through-hole and including a wiring layer and vias; a first semiconductor chip having an active surface having a sensing region of which at least a portion is exposed through the through-hole and first connection pads disposed in the vicinity of the sensing region; a second semiconductor chip disposed side by side with the first semiconductor chip in a horizontal direction and having second connection pads; dam members disposed in the vicinity of the first connection pads; an encapsulant encapsulating the redistribution portion, the first semiconductor chip, and the second semiconductor chip; and electrical connection structures electrically connecting the first connection pads and the second connection pads to the wiring layer or the vias of the redistribution portion.
US10748827B2	Packaged semiconductor devices for high voltage with die edge protection In a described example a device includes: a first corner formed between a circuit side surface of a semiconductor die and a first sidewall formed with a first depth extending along a side of the semiconductor die from the circuit side surface; a ledge having a planar surface formed parallel to the circuit side surface of the semiconductor die formed at the first depth from the circuit side surface at the first corner, and being perpendicular to the first sidewall; a second corner formed by an intersection of the planar surface of the ledge and a scribe lane sidewall of the semiconductor die, forming a second sidewall perpendicular to the circuit side surface; and portions of the circuit side surface of the semiconductor die, the first corner, the first sidewall, and the planar surface of the ledge covered by a passivation layer.
US10748826B2	Power module and inverter equipment The power module includes: a first metallic pattern; a plurality of power devices bonded on the first metallic pattern, each of the plurality of the power devices has a thickness thinner than a thickness of the metallic pattern; a frame member disposed so as to collectively enclose a predetermined number of the power devices on the first metallic pattern; a second metallic pattern disposed outside the frame member; and a resin layer configured to seal the plurality of the power devices and the first and second metallic patterns so as to include the frame member, wherein the frame member suppresses a stress according to a difference between a coefficient of thermal expansion of the metallic pattern and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the power devices. There is provided the power module easy to be fabricated, capable of suppressing the degradation of the bonded portion and improving reliability.
US10748823B2	Embedded etch rate reference layer for enhanced etch time precision An exemplary semiconductor wafer includes a lower sublayer of a first organic planarization layer (OPL) material; an upper sublayer of a second OPL material deposited onto the lower sublayer; and a detectable interface between the lower sublayer and the upper sublayer. The exemplary wafer is fabricated by depositing the lower sublayer; curing the lower sublayer; and after curing the lower sublayer, depositing the upper sublayer directly onto the lower sublayer.
US10748808B2	Dielectric gap-filling process for semiconductor device A semiconductor device and a method of forming the same are provided. The method includes forming a trench in a substrate. A liner layer is formed along sidewalls and a bottom of the trench. A silicon-rich layer is formed over the liner layer. Forming the silicon-rich layer includes flowing a first silicon precursor into a process chamber for a first time interval, and flowing a second silicon precursor and a first oxygen precursor into the process chamber for a second time interval. The second time interval is different from the first time interval. The method further includes forming a dielectric layer over the silicon-rich layer.
US10748800B2	Chip bonding apparatus and method A chip bonding device is disclosed, including a first motion stage (110), a second motion stage (200), a chip pickup element (160), a transfer carrier (170), a chip adjustment system (1000), a bonding stage (420) and a control system (500). A chip bonding method is also disclosed, in which a set of chips are temporarily retained on the transfer carrier (170) and their positions on the transfer carrier (170) are accurately adjusted by using the chip adjustment system (1000), followed by bonding the chips on the transfer carrier (170) simultaneously onto the substrate (430). With this batch bonding approach, flip-chips can be bonded with greatly enhanced efficiency. Moreover, picking up and bonding chips in batches can balance times for chip picking up, fine chip position tuning and chip bonding, thereby ensuring high bonding accuracy while increasing the throughput.
US10748798B1	Wireless camera wafer for vacuum chamber diagnostics In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a process tool which includes a housing that defines a vacuum chamber. A wafer chuck is in the housing and a carrier wafer is on the wafer chuck. A camera is integrated on the wafer chuck such that the camera faces a top of the housing. The camera is configured to wirelessly capture images of an object of interest within the housing. Outside of the housing is a wireless receiver. The wireless receiver is configured to receive the images from the camera while the vacuum chamber is sealed.
US10748793B1	Printing component arrays with different orientations A method of micro-transfer printing comprises providing a component source wafer and components disposed in, on, or over the component source wafer. A destination substrate and a stamp for transferring the components from the component source wafer to the destination substrate is provided. The component source wafer has an attribute or structure that varies across the component source wafer that affects the structure, operation, appearance, or performance of the components. A first array of components is transferred from the component source wafer to the destination substrate with a first orientation. A second array of components is transferred from the component source wafer to the destination substrate with a second orientation different from the first orientation. Components can be transferred by micro-transfer printing and different orientations can be a different rotation, overlap, interlacing, or offset.
US10748787B2	Semiconductor device with plated lead frame A semiconductor device includes an insulating carrier structure comprised of an insulating inorganic material. The carrier structure has a receptacle in which a semiconductor chip is disposed. The semiconductor chip has a first side, a second side and a lateral rim. The carrier structure laterally surrounds the semiconductor chip and the lateral rim. The semiconductor device also includes a metal structure on and in contact with the second side of the semiconductor chip and embedded in the carrier structure.
US10748779B2	Substrate processing method Provided is a substrate processing method including: referring to a memory unit in which an estimated model of sensor data generated from sensor data input to or output from each of the processing chamber when processing first test substrates are processed in the processing chambers under a same processing condition; adjusting an apparatus parameter of each of the processing chambers such that a deviation of the sensor data from an ideal sensor value is within an allowable range; loading product substrates continuously into the processing chambers without specifying a loading destination processing chamber; and, when the product substrate is loaded into a processing chamber of the processing chambers, adjusting the sensor data input to or output from the processing chamber into which the product substrate has been loaded based on the apparatus parameter of the processing chamber that has been adjusted in the adjusting; and processing the product substrate.
US10748774B2	Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first high-k dielectric layer on a semiconductor substrate; forming a second high-k dielectric layer on the first high-k dielectric layer, in which the second high-k dielectric layer includes a material different from a material of the first high-k dielectric layer; annealing the first and second high-k dielectric layers, such that the first and second high-k dielectric layers are inter-diffused; and forming a gate electrode over the second high-k dielectric layer.
US10748771B2	Apparatus for processing a substrate and display device by using the same Disclosed herein is an apparatus for processing a substrate that forms a hole in a substrate while reducing a burr in the hole so that a module device can be inserted into the hole to reduce the thickness of a display device, and the display device using the apparatus. The apparatus for processing the substrate comprises a body configured to operably be rotatable, and a cylindrical cutting tip at an end of the body. The bottom surface of the cutting tip is in an acute angle with respect to a contact surface of the substrate to allow formation of a groove at the substrate.
US10748769B2	Methods and systems for patterning of low aspect ratio stacks Embodiments of methods and systems for patterning of low aspect ratio stacks are described. In one embodiment, a method may include receiving a substrate comprising a patterned organic planarizing layer (OPL) mask wherein a surface of the OPL mask is exposed, the OPL mask landing on a dielectric layer. The method may also include performing a partial etch of the dielectric layer in a region exposed by the OPL mask. Additionally, the method may include depositing a capping material on a surface of the OPL mask. The method may also include performing a cyclical process of the partial etch of the dielectric layer and deposition of the capping material on a surface of the OPL mask until the dielectric layer is removed to a target depth. In such embodiments, the cyclical process generates an output patterned substrate with a target line edge roughness (LER).
US10748767B2	Method for forming conductive lines Various patterning methods involved with manufacturing semiconductor device structures are disclosed herein. A method for forming a semiconductor device structure (for example, a conductive line) includes forming a first hard mask layer and a second hard mask layer over a dielectric layer. The first hard mask layer has a first opening, and the second hard mask layer has a first trench connected to the first opening. A filling layer is formed in the first opening, where the filling layer has a second opening and a third opening. The first hard mask layer and the dielectric layer are removed through the second opening and the third opening to form a second trench and a third trench in the dielectric layer. The first hard mask layer, the second hard mask layer, and the filling layer can be removed. A conductive layer is formed in the second trench and the third trench.
US10748758B2	Method for depositing a silicon nitride film and film deposition apparatus A method for depositing a silicon nitride film is provided. In the method, an adsorption blocking region is formed such that a chlorine-containing gas conformally adsorbs on a surface of a substrate by adsorbing chlorine radicals on the surface of the substrate. A source gas that contains silicon and chlorine is adsorbed on the adsorption blocking region adsorbed on the surface of the substrate. A silicon nitride film is deposited on the surface of the substrate by supplying a nitriding gas activated by plasma to the source gas adsorbed on the surface of the substrate.
US10748754B2	Isotope mass spectrometer An isotope mass spectrometer including: an electron cyclotron resonance ion source, a front-end analysis device, a back-end analysis device and an ion detector; where the electron cyclotron resonance ion source is connected with the front-end analysis device, and is used for generating ion beams of multivalent charge states; the front-end analysis device is connected with the back-end analysis device, selects and separates the ion beams, and receives ion beams of constant, microscale and trace levels; the back-end analysis device is connected with the ion detector, and is used for eliminating a background of an isotope to be measured at an ultratrace level; and the ion detector is used for receiving ion beams of the ultratrace level, and carrying out energy measurement and separation on the ion beams of the ultratrace level, so as to obtain the isotope to be measured at the ultratrace level.
US10748749B1	Plasma monitoring apparatus, and plasma processing apparatus including the same A plasma monitoring apparatus includes a reflective structure disposed on a processing chamber providing a space in which plasma for processing a substrate is formed, the reflective structure configured to receive fragments of light incident in a plurality of incident directions from the plasma, and output the fragments of light in a plurality of exit directions by reflecting the fragments of light within the reflective structure; at least one light sensor configured to receive the fragments of light passing through the reflective structure in the plurality of exit directions; and at least one optical spectrometer connected to the at least one light sensor.
US10748744B1	Method and system for determining a charged particle beam exposure for a local pattern density A method for exposing a pattern in an area on a surface using a charged particle beam system is disclosed and includes inputting an original set of exposure information for the area and inputting a target post-proximity effect correction (PEC) maximum dose. A local pattern density is calculated for the area of the pattern based on the original set of exposure information. A pre-PEC maximum dose is determined for the area. The original set of exposure information is modified with the pre-PEC maximum dose.
US10748737B2	Electron beam generation and measurement A flat top laser beam is used to generate an electron beam with a photocathode that can include an alkali halide. The flat top profile can be generated using an optical array. The laser beam can be split into multiple laser beams or beamlets, each of which can have the flat top profile. A phosphor screen can be imaged to determine space charge effects or electron energy of the electron beam.
US10748732B2	Microelectromechanical light emitter component, light emitter component and method for producing a microelectromechanical light emitter component A microelectromechanical light emitter component comprises an emitter layer structure of the microelectromechanical light emitter component and an inductive structure of the microelectromechanical light emitter component. The inductive structure of the microelectromechanical light emitter component is configured to generate current in the emitter layer structure by electromagnetic induction, such that the emitter layer structure emits light. The emitter layer structure is electrically insulated from the inductive structure.
US10748729B2	Low profile fusible disconnect switch device A compact fusible disconnect switch device having a reduced switch housing size and increased power density is configured to be face mounted to a panel. A fuse cover assembly allows installation and removal of a fuse without having to open the panel. Line-side and load-side terminals are provided on a common side of the housing. In-line mechanical ganging and simultaneous application is provided for combinations of the compact fusible disconnect switch devices.
US10748725B2	Micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) and related actuator bumps, methods of manufacture and design structures Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) structures, methods of manufacture and design structures are provided. The method of forming a MEMS structure includes forming fixed actuator electrodes and a contact point on a substrate. The method further includes forming a MEMS beam over the fixed actuator electrodes and the contact point. The method further includes forming an array of actuator electrodes in alignment with portions of the fixed actuator electrodes, which are sized and dimensioned to prevent the MEMS beam from collapsing on the fixed actuator electrodes after repeating cycling. The array of actuator electrodes are formed in direct contact with at least one of an underside of the MEMS beam and a surface of the fixed actuator electrodes.
US10748724B2	Power-on/off drive circuit and method for controlling power-on/off drive circuit The present invention discloses a power-on/off drive circuit and a method for controlling the power-on/off drive circuit, and belongs to the field of electronic technologies. The power-on/off drive circuit includes a load, a switch circuit, a relay, and a single-source drive circuit; one end of a coil in the relay and a first input end of the single-source drive circuit are separately connected to a positive electrode of a second external power supply, and the other end of the coil in the relay is connected to a second input end of the single-source drive circuit; and a first output end of the single-source drive circuit is connected to a second input end of the switch circuit, a second output end of the single-source drive circuit is connected to the output end of the switch circuit, and a third output end of the single-source drive circuit is connected to a negative electrode of the second external power supply. In the present invention, a volume of a power-on/off drive circuit is reduced.
US10748720B2	Connection device and method for electrically connecting an electric motor to an electronic switching unit, electronic switching unit, connection unit and device system with at least one connection device A connecting device may electrically connect an electric motor to an electronic switchgear unit. The connecting device may include a bus bar that has a first interface, a second interface, and a linear section therebetween, where the first interface is bowed in a direction at least partially transverse to a longitudinal direction of the linear section of the bus bar. The first interface may be configured to electrically connect to at least one line that conducts a drive current of the electric motor through a crimp connection, and the second interface may be configured to electrically connect to the electronic switchgear unit.
US10748715B2	Energy storage device and method for manufacturing same An energy storage device is provided in which a decrease in power caused by repetitive charge-discharge in a high-temperature environment is suppressed. In the present embodiment, an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device are provided, the energy storage device including an electrode which includes: an active material layer including a particulate active material; and a conductive layer layered on the active material layer and including a conduction aid. An average secondary particle diameter of the active material is 2.5 μm or more and 6.0 μm or less. A surface roughness Ra of the conductive layer on a side on the active material layer is 0.17 μm or more and 0.50 μm or less.
US10748710B2	Capacitor component having external electrodes with reduced thickness A capacitor component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other and including a multilayer structure in which a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked and first and second internal electrodes are alternately disposed with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween and exposed to the first surface and the second surface, respectively, first and second metal layers covering the first surface and the second surface and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively, first and second ceramic layers covering the first and second metal layers, and first and second external electrodes covering the first and second ceramic layers and connected to the first and second metal layers to be electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively.
US10748707B2	Electronic component An electronic component includes a multilayer capacitor including a capacitor body, and an external electrode disposed on an external surface of the capacitor body, an interposer including an interposer body, and an external terminals disposed on an external surface of the interposer body, and an encapsulation portion disposed to cover the multilayer capacitor. The external terminal includes a bonding portion disposed on a first surface of the interposer body to be electrically connected to the external electrode, a mounting portion disposed on a second surface of the interposer opposing the first surface, and a connection portion disposed on an end surface of the interposer to electrically connect the bonding portion to the mounting portion. A thickness of the encapsulation portion is within a range from 0.001 to 0.01 of a length of the electronic component.
US10748704B2	Core component, method for manufacturing core component, and reactor Provided is a core component having a powder compact and a resin-molded portion joined to each other. In a core component including a powder compact obtained by compression molding a raw material powder containing a soft magnetic powder and a resin-molded portion formed on the surface of the powder compact, and constituting a part of a magnetic core disposed inside and outside a coil included in a reactor, an intermediate layer formed of a silane coupling agent is provided between the powder compact and the resin-molded portion. The powder compact and the resin-molded portion can be bound to each other via the intermediate layer formed of the silane coupling agent. The silane coupling agent not only binds chemically to the surface of the powder compact but also binds chemically to the resin-molded portion, and therefore, the joining the powder compact and the resin-molded portion via the intermediate layer.
US10748696B2	Electronic passive component, method for manufacturing electronic passive component, and apparatus for manufacturing electronic passive component An electronic component includes a member with marking having at least one marking area to be processed digitally, as well as a member other than the member with marking. The marking allows for tracing the production history of individual electronic components.
US10748688B2	Soft magnetic alloy and magnetic device A soft magnetic alloy including a composition having a formula of ((Fe(1−(α+β))X1αX2β)(1−(a+b+d+e))MaBbCrdCue)1−fCf. X1 is one or more elements selected from a group of Co and Ni. X2 is one or more elements selected from a group of W, Al, Mn, Ag, Zn, Sn, As, Sb, Bi, N, O, and rare earth elements. M is one or more elements selected from a group of Nb, Hf, Zr, Ta, Ti, Mo, and V. 0.030≤a≤0.14, 0.028≤b≤0.15, 0.005≤d≤0.020, 0
US10748687B2	Methods of making a component with variable magnetization and related components A method of forming a component having a variation in saturation magnetization is presented. The method includes selectively diffusing nitrogen into a metallic component of a masked metallic component by exposing the masked metallic component to a nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The masked metallic component includes a patterned oxide layer formed on a surface of the metallic component, and the patterned oxide layer includes an oxide of a metal present in the metallic component. A related component is also presented.
US10748685B2	R-T-B based sintered magnet An R-T-B based sintered magnet including main phase particles having an R2T14B type crystal structure. R is at least one rare earth element essentially including a heavy rare-earth element RH. T is at least one transition metal element essentially including Fe or Fe and Co. B is boron. At least one of the main phase particles includes low RH crystal phases inside the main phase particle. The low RH crystal phases include the R2T14B type crystal structure, wherein an RH concentration in the low RH crystal phases is relatively lower than the RH concentration in the whole main phase particles. The R-T-B based sintered magnet may satisfy rs−rc≥20% when an existence ratio of the main phase particles including the low RH crystal phases in a magnet surface layer part is rs (%) and the same in a magnet central part is rc (%).
US10748677B1	Signal transmission cable configurable for variable electromagnetic field emission A signal transmission cable configurable to allow variable electromagnetic field transmission along a length thereof is disclosed herein. The signal transmission cable includes at least one inner signal wire, the at least one inner signal wire configured to convey a signal originating from a signal transmitter; a shielding layer circumscribing the at least one inner signal wire, the shielding layer configured to prevent an electromagnetic field from escaping exteriorly from the signal transmission cable; and an outer protective layer circumscribing the shielding layer, the outer protective layer configured to prevent damage to the shielding layer and the at least one inner signal wire. One or more portions of the outer protective layer and the shielding layer are configured to be selectively removed by a user so as to enable the electromagnetic field emanating from the signal transmission cable to be varied.
US10748674B2	Methods of coating an electrically conductive substrate and related electrodepositable compositions A method of producing an electrode for a lithium ion battery is disclosed in which an electrically conductive substrate is immersed into an electrodepositable composition, the substrate serving as the electrode in an electrical circuit comprising the electrode and a counter-electrode immersed in the composition, a coating being applied onto or over at least a portion of the substrate as electric current is passed between the electrodes. The electrodepositable composition comprises: (a) an aqueous medium; (b) an ionic (meth)acrylic polymer; and (c) solid particles comprising: (i) lithium-containing particles, and (ii) electrically conductive particles, wherein the composition has a weight ratio of solid particles to ionic (meth)acrylic polymer of at least 4:1.
US10748673B2	Power storage device A power storage device with high output is provided, in which the specific surface area is increased while keeping the easy-to-handle particle size of its active material. The power storage device includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material which is a particle in which a plurality of slices of graphite is overlapped with each other with a gap therebetween. It is preferable that the grain diameter of the particle be 1 μm to 50 μm. Further, it is preferable that the electrolyte be in contact with the gap between the slices of graphite.
US10748669B2	Method of providing selective communication between two enclosures A method is described for providing selective communication between two enclosures. The first enclosure includes a first flange and a first door. The second enclosure includes a second flange and a second door. The method includes performing sequentially the steps of arranging the second flange on the first flange, axially maintaining the second flange on the first flange by snap-fitting, securing the first flange to the second flange, securing the first door to the second door, releasing the first door from the first flange, releasing the second door from the second flange, opening the first door relative to the first flange, closing the first door relative to the first flange, securing the first door to the first flange and securing the second door to the second flange, unlocking the first door from the second door, and separating the first door from the second door.
US10748665B2	Nuclear-reactor control-absorber drive mechanism and corresponding monitoring method and nuclear reactor A nuclear-reactor control-absorber drive mechanism includes a device for monitoring a potential situation of increase to overspeed of the absorber, configured to measure the number of control steps delivered to at least one of the first, second and third phases of the stator during a time window of preset duration or the number of rotation steps of the rotor during a time window of preset duration. The drive is also configured to compare the number of measured control steps with a preset maximum or the number of measured rotation steps with a preset maximum.
US10748652B2	Medical scan image analysis system A medical scan image analysis system is operable to receive a plurality of medical scans that represent a three-dimensional anatomical region and include a plurality of cross-sectional image slices. A plurality of three-dimensional subregions corresponding to each of the plurality of medical scans are generated by selecting a proper subset of the plurality of cross-sectional image slices from each medical scan, and by further selecting a two-dimensional subregion from each proper subset of cross-sectional image slices. A learning algorithm is performed on the plurality of three-dimensional subregions to generate a fully convolutional neural network. Inference data corresponding to a new medical scan received via the network is generated by performing an inference algorithm on the new medical scan by utilizing the fully convolutional neural network. An inferred abnormality is identified in the new medical scan based on the inference data.
US10748650B1	Machine learning of dental images for E-commerce Machine learning of a dental image for e-commerce is described. An aggregator server may receive dental images of an e-commerce consumer from an e-commerce provider. The dental images are matched to a probability dataset and correlated with an e-commerce consumer dataset to produce an e-commerce dataset. With different resolutions each neural network machine learns to probability map and detect different dental object probabilities. Correlated dental object probabilities of dental images, e-commerce consumer dental images, dental image datasets, e-commerce consumer datasets and e-commerce datasets are provided to e-commerce providers, e-commerce consumers, e-commerce administrators and machine learning entities which may use the data for a probability diagnosis aid, a probability demonstration aid or may buy, sell, exchange and transfer at least one of: a dental image, an e-commerce consumer dental image, a dental image dataset, an e-commerce consumer dataset, an e-commerce dataset over a communication network such as the internet.
US10748644B2	Systems and methods for mental health assessment The present disclosure provides systems and methods for assessing a mental state of a subject in a single session or over multiple different sessions, using for example an automated module to present and/or formulate at least one query based in part on one or more target mental states to be assessed. The query may be configured to elicit at least one response from the subject. The query may be transmitted in an audio, visual, and/or textual format to the subject to elicit the response. Data comprising the response from the subject can be received. The data can be processed using one or more individual, joint, or fused models. One or more assessments of the mental state associated with the subject can be generated for the single session, for each of the multiple different sessions, or upon completion of one or more sessions of the multiple different sessions.
US10748643B2	Systems and methods for determining the integrity of test strings with respect to a ground truth string Systems and methods for analyzing first and second strings against a ground truth string are provided. A construct representing a plurality of components is obtained, each component for a different portion of the truth string. The construct comprises a plurality of measurement string sampling pools each having an identifier and a corresponding plurality of measurement samplings corresponding to one or two of the components. Each sampling has the identifier and a portion of the first or second string. Samplings are assigned to first, second or third classes when coding a portion of the first string, second string, or both the first and second string. First and second positions are tested for sequence events by calculating a plurality of sequence event models using assumptions on the components having samplings encompassing the first and second positions and class assignments. These assumptions are updated using the calculated models and the models are recalculated.
US10748642B2	Memory controller, method of operating the same and storage device including the memory controller A method of setting a read voltage by a memory controller and a storage device are provided. The method includes controlling a memory device to read data from memory cells by applying a test read voltage to a selected word line; receiving, from the memory device, cell count information corresponding to a read operation of the memory device, and renewing the test read voltage by using the cell count information and a cost function to find an optimum read voltage, the cost function being determined for each read voltage level; and determining a read voltage by performing the controlling of the memory device and the renewing of the test read voltage at least once.
US10748629B2	Capacitive-coupled non-volatile thin-film transistor strings in three dimensional arrays Multi-gate NOR flash thin-film transistor (TFT) string arrays are organized as three dimensional stacks of active strips. Each active strip includes a shared source sublayer and a shared drain sublayer that is connected to substrate circuits. Data storage in the active strip is provided by charge-storage elements between the active strip and a multiplicity of control gates provided by adjacent local word-lines. The parasitic capacitance of each active strip is used to eliminate hard-wire ground connection to the shared source making it a semi-floating, or virtual source. Pre-charge voltages temporarily supplied from the substrate through a single port per active strip provide the appropriate voltages on the source and drain required during read, program, program-inhibit and erase operations. TFTs on multiple active strips can be pre-charged separately and then read, programmed or erased together in a massively parallel operation.
US10748628B2	Read level tracking and optimization Systems and methods for read level tracking and optimization are described. Pages from a wordline of a flash memory device read and the raw page data read from the wordline may be buffered in a first set of buffers. The raw page data for each of the pages may be provided to a decoder for decoding and the decoded page data for each of the pages buffered in a second set of buffers. First bin identifiers may be identified for memory cells of the wordline based on the raw page data and second bin identifiers may be identified for the memory cells of the wordline based on the decoded page data. Cell-level statistics may be accumulated based on the first bin identifiers and the second bin identifiers, and a gradient may be determined for respective read levels based on decoding results for each of the pages and the cell-level statistics. Settings for the read levels may be configured in the flash memory device based on the determined gradients.
US10748619B1	Memory device with different bits per cell on different word lines in a block Techniques are described for configuring a memory device with parameters for multiple operating modes including M-bit per cell and N-bit per cell operating modes. The parameters can be stored in ROM storage locations of the memory device and loaded into registers when powering on the memory device. The parameters can be accessed by a state machine based on command sequences receive from a controller. The command sequences can include one or more prefix commands which specify the operating mode, e.g., the number of bits per cell, commands which specify a type of an operation, and an address of memory cells on which the operation is to be performed. The state machine can easily switch between accessing parameters for different modes without the controller including the parameters in the command sequences.
US10748598B2	Memory devices with selective page-based refresh Several embodiments of memory devices and systems with selective page-based refresh are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a memory device includes a controller operably coupled to a main memory having at least one memory region comprising a plurality of memory pages. The controller is configured to track, in one or more refresh schedule tables stored on the memory device and/or on a host device, a subset of memory pages in the plurality of memory pages having an refresh schedule. In some embodiments, the controller is further configured to refresh the subset of memory pages in accordance with the refresh schedule.
US10748596B2	Array data bit inversion Methods, systems, and apparatuses for memory array bit inversion are described. A memory cell (e.g., a ferroelectric memory cell) may be written with a charge associated with a logic state that may be the inverse of the intended logic state of the cell. That is, the actual logic state of one or more memory cells may be inverted, but the intended logic state of the memory cells may remain unchanged. Different sets of transistors may be configured around a sense component of a cell to enable reading and writing of intended and inverted logic states from or to the cell. For instance, a first set of transistors may be used to read the logic state currently stored at a memory cell, while a second set of transistors may be used to read a logic state inverted from the currently stored logic state.
US10748590B2	Semiconductor devices A semiconductor device may include a power supply circuit, a word line control circuit, and a memory circuit. The power supply circuit may drive a pre-charge voltage to a level of an external voltage based on a write initialization signal which is enabled if a command has a predetermined level combination. The word line control circuit may generates two or more word line selection signals that are sequentially counted based on the write initialization signal. The memory circuit may sequentially select a plurality of word lines based on the word line selection signals. The memory circuit may drive bit lines of memory cells connected to the selected word line to the pre-charge voltage. The memory circuit may store data, which are loaded on the bit lines to have a level of the pre-charge voltage, into the memory cells connected to the selected word line.
US10748581B2	Multi-sensor event correlation system A sensor event detection and tagging system that analyzes data from multiple sensors to detect an event and to automatically select or generate tags for the event. Sensors may include for example a motion capture sensor and one or more additional sensors that measure values such as temperature, humidity, wind or elevation. Tags and event detection may be performed by a microprocessor associated with or integrated with the sensors, or by a computer that receives data from the microprocessor. Tags may represent for example activity types, players, performance levels, or scoring results. The system may analyze social media postings to confirm or augment event tags. Users may filter and analyze saved events based on the assigned tags. The system may create highlight and fail reels filtered by metrics and by tags.
US10748578B2	Generation and use of user-selected scenes playlist from distributed digital content A digital content package includes first content comprising a video feature such as a motion picture or the like, and a user-selectable application configured to operate as follows. When activated using an icon off of a menu screen, the application records an identifier for scenes (discrete portions) of the first content that are selected by a user to generate a playlist. The user may select the scenes by indicating a start and end of each scene. The application saves the playlist locally, then uploads to a server. Via a user account at the server, a user may publish the playlist to a user-created distribution list, webpage, or other electronic publication, and modify the playlist by deleting or reordering scenes.
US10748573B2	Multichannel tape head module having mechanically settable transducer pitch An apparatus according to one embodiment includes a beam and a module coupled to the beam. The module has an array of transducers. A displacement device is positioned between the beam and the module for bending the module, thereby altering a pitch of the transducers. A method according to one embodiment includes applying a control signal to a displacement device positioned between a module having an array of transducers and a beam for bending the module, thereby altering a pitch of the transducers.
US10748564B2	Multi-layer microactuators for hard disk drive suspensions A multi-layer microactuator for a hard disk drive suspension includes a piezoelectric (“PZT”) layer, a constraining layer, a lower electrode layer, a middle electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer. The lower electrode layer is on a bottom surface of the PZT layer and includes a first lower electrode island, a second lower electrode island, and a third lower electrode island. The second lower electrode island includes a finger extending from a main body portion towards a first end of the PZT layer. The middle electrode layer is disposed between a top surface of the PZT layer and a bottom surface of the constraining layer. The middle electrode layer including a first middle electrode island and a second middle electrode island, the second middle electrode island including a finger extending from a main body portion towards the first end of the PZT layer.
US10748563B2	Spin-orbit-torque magnetization rotational element, spin-orbit-torque magnetoresistance effect element, and magnetic memory A magnetoresistance effect element has a structure in which a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer, and a second ferromagnetic layer are subsequently laminated and outer circumferential portions of the first ferromagnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer, and the second ferromagnetic layer are covered with a first insulating film which contains silicon nitride as a main component and has boron nitride or aluminum nitride further added thereto.
US10748561B1	Magnetic recording disk drive with a contact pad for protection of the write head and process for making the pad A magnetic recording disk drive head carrier or slider has a contact pad that protects the disk drive's write pole during touchdown of the slider with the disk. The contact pad is located in a window region of the slider's disk-facing surface that includes the write pole end. The contact pad includes a layer of silicon that surrounds the write pole end but does not cover it. The silicon does not cover the write pole end because it has diffused into the ferromagnetic material of the write pole end. This removes the silicon over the write pole end. The contact pad includes a protective overcoat on the silicon-containing write pole end and surrounding silicon layer. The protective overcoat thus has a recess over the write pole due to the absence of silicon, so that the protective overcoat surrounding the recess provides protection to the recessed write pole end during touchdown.
US10748557B2	Methods and apparatus for low cost voice activity detector In described examples, a method for detecting voice activity includes: receiving a first input signal containing noise; sampling the first input signal to form noise samples; determining a first value corresponding to the noise samples; subsequently receiving a second input signal; sampling the second input signal to form second signal samples; determining a second value corresponding to the second signal samples; forming a ratio of the second value to the first value; comparing the ratio to a predetermined threshold value; and responsive to the comparing, indicating whether voice activity is detected in the second input signal.
US10748556B2	Apparatus for generating relations between feature amounts of audio and scene types and method therefor An apparatus for generating relations between feature amounts of audio and scene types includes at least one processor and a memory. Upon execution of the instructions the processor is caused to set one of the scene types in accordance with an instruction from a user to indicate one of clusters classifying the feature amounts of audio in one or more pieces of content. The processor is also caused to generate a plurality of pieces of learning data, each representative of a feature amount, from among the feature amounts, that belongs to the cluster and the scene type set for the cluster. The processor is also caused to generate an identification model representative of relations between the feature amounts of audio and the scene types by performing machine learning using the plurality of pieces of learning data.
US10748552B2	Noise mitigation for a voice interface device A method at an electronic device with one or more microphones and a speaker, the electronic device configured to be responsive to any of a plurality of affordances including a voice-based affordance, includes determining background noise of an environment associated with the electronic device, and before detecting the voice-based affordance: determining whether the background noise would interfere with recognition of the hotword in voice inputs detected by the electronic device, and if so, indicating to a user to use an affordance other than the voice-based affordance.
US10748537B2	Dialog system with automatic reactivation of speech acquiring mode Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a dialog system allowing for automatically reactivating a speech acquiring mode after the dialog system delivers a response to a user request. The reactivation parameters, such as a delay, depend on a number of predetermined factors and conversation scenarios. The embodiments further provide for a method of operating of the dialog system. An exemplary method comprises the steps of: activating a speech acquiring mode, receiving a first input of a user, deactivating the speech acquiring mode, obtaining a first response associated with the first input, delivering the first response to the user, determining that a conversation mode is activated, and, based on the determination, automatically re-activating the speech acquiring mode within a first predetermined time period after delivery of the first response to the user.
US10748533B2	Proximity aware voice agent A personal assistant device configured to control companion devices may include a memory configured to maintain a companion device library including a plurality of companion device each associated with at least one long-name, short-cut name and companion device room location, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a user command from a microphone, extract a companion device name and action from the user command, determine whether the companion device name includes a unique name, and command a companion device associated with the unique name to perform the action from the user command in response to the user command including the unique name.
US10748529B1	Voice activated device for use with a voice-based digital assistant A voice activated device for interaction with a digital assistant is provided. The device comprises a housing, one or more processors, and memory, the memory coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions for automatically identifying and connecting to a digital assistant server. The device further comprises a power supply, a wireless network module, and a human-machine interface. The human-machine interface consists essentially of: at least one speaker, at least one microphone, an ADC coupled to the microphone, a DAC coupled to the at least one speaker, and zero or more additional components selected from the set consisting of: a touch-sensitive surface, one or more cameras, and one or more LEDs. The device is configured to act as an interface for speech communications between the user and a digital assistant of the user on the digital assistant server.
US10748507B2	Image display device, image list display method, and image list display program To display an image list stored in a memory with good visibility and to display the image list at a high speed, an image display device reads an image file in an Exif format, extracts a thumbnail image included in the image file in the Exif format, and generates a displayed image having a predetermined size and a square shape, thus displaying it in the image list. It is possible to improve visibility in displaying the image file aligning square-shaped displayed image having the same size while precluding blanks. It is possible to perform high-speed processing in producing an image list using thumbnail images included in image files in the Exif format.
US10748503B2	Gamut Mapping With Blended Scaling and Clamping A colour processor for mapping an image from source to destination colour gamuts includes an input for receiving a source image having a plurality of source colour points expressed according to the source gamut; a colour characterizer configured to, for each source colour point in the source image, determine a position of intersection of a curve with the boundary of the destination gamut; and a gamut mapper configured to, for each source colour point in the source image: if the source colour point lies inside the destination gamut, apply a first translation factor to translate the source colour point to a destination colour point within a first range of values; or if the source colour point lies outside the destination gamut, apply a second translation factor, different than the first translation factor, to translate the source colour point to a destination colour point within a second range of values.
US10748500B2	Driving apparatus and method of display panel The present application discloses a driving apparatus and method of a display panel. The apparatus includes a first driver circuit and a second driver circuit; each of the first driver circuit includes two first sub driver circuits, the two first sub driver circuits correspondingly connected to one first scan line and oppositely arranged on two ends of the first scan line, and the two first sub driver circuits jointly driving the first scan line; each of the second driver circuit includes two second sub driver circuits, the two second sub driver circuits correspondingly connected to one second scan line and oppositely arranged on two ends of the second scan line, and the two second sub driver circuits jointly driving the second scan line; and the two second sub driver circuits oppositely arranged on the two ends of the second scan line jointly drive the second scan line.
US10748498B2	Active matrix substrate display device A lower input electrode is electrically connected to a lower end portion of a common electrode. An upper input electrode and an output electrode are electrically connected to an upper end portion of the common electrode. The lower input electrode, the upper input electrode, and the output electrode are electrically connected to one another through only the common electrode.
US10748495B2	Pixel driving circuit and liquid crystal display circuit with the same A pixel driving circuit is used to drive a pixel structure having a plurality of pixel units. The pixel driving circuit includes data lines; selecting circuits having a data input terminal connected to one of the data lines, a first output terminal connected to a red subpixel unit of a pixel unit, a second output terminal connected to a green subpixel unit of the pixel unit, and a third output terminal connected to a blue subpixel unit of the pixel unit; scanning lines; voltage-variation circuits having an input terminal to receive the scanning signal, an output terminal connected to one of scanning lines. Each of the voltage-variation circuits is selectively operable in a voltage-regulated state or a conduct state.
US10748494B1	Display device and display method thereof A display device and a display method thereof are provided. The display device includes a display, a light sensing element, and a processor. The display is configured to display an image content. The light sensing element is configured to acquire ambient light information. The processor is coupled to the display and the light sensing element, is configured to provide the image content to the display, and adjusts an output color temperature of the display toward an ambient color temperature according to the ambient light information.
US10748493B2	Display device for driving and compensating low latency virtual reality The present disclosure relates to a display device for driving virtual reality with low latency and compensating the reduced brightness. According to the present disclosure, a display device is provided, and the display device includes a timing controller for receiving a data signal and a timing signal from a host system, a data driving unit for receiving a drive signal from the timing controller, a gate driving unit for receiving a drive signal from the timing controller, a display panel having a plurality of sub-pixels and for displaying a video based on the signals received from the data driving unit and the gate driving unit, and a power supply unit for supplying power to the data driving unit, the gate driving unit, and the display panel; and the timing controller receives an address reset signal from the host system.
US10748485B2	Pixel circuit, display panel, display device and driving method A pixel circuit, a display panel, a display device and a driving method. The pixel circuit includes: a storage capacitor, including a first terminal connected with a first node, and a second terminal connected with a reference voltage line to receive a reference voltage; an organic light-emitting diode; a driving transistor, configured to control light emission of the organic light-emitting diode according to a voltage of the first node; a first reset circuit, configured to supply an initial voltage to the first node in response to a reset signal; a scanning circuit, configured to supply a data signal to a third node in response to a scanning signal; a compensating circuit, configured to supply a compensating voltage to the first node responsive to the scanning signal; and a light emission control circuit, configured to control the organic light-emitting diode to emit light responsive to a light emission control signal.
US10748484B2	Light-emitting element and display device A light-emitting device comprising an emitting unit including at least two emitting elements, a driving unit configured to control the emitting unit, and a capacitor unit formed over the driving unit. A shield layer may be located between the two emitting elements. In one example, the capacitor unit is formed at a level higher than a level of the driving unit, and a shield layer that is located between the two emitting elements is formed at a level that is higher than the level of the driving unit and equal to or lower than the level of the capacitor unit.
US10748481B2	Gate driver and display device including the same A gate driver and a display device including the same are discussed. The gate driver includes a plurality of stages. Each stage includes a transistor T1 configured to apply a start signal to a node Q, a transistor Tu configured to output an emission signal of a gate low voltage to a node Na depending on a voltage of the node Q, a transistor T5 configured to control a voltage of a node QB to be reversed to the voltage of the node Q, a transistor Td configured to output the emission signal of a gate high voltage higher than the gate low voltage to the node Na depending on the voltage of the node QB, and a transistor Tbv connected between the transistor T1 and the node Q and configured to stabilize the voltage of the node Q.
US10748475B2	Organic light emitting display device and driving method for the same An organic light emitting display device that includes: a pixel unit that displays an image by receiving a data signal, a scan signal, a first pixel power, and a second pixel power; a regulator that receives first input voltage from the outside and boosts the received first input voltage to generate the first pixel power and inverts the received first input voltage to generate second pixel power; a driver driving unit that includes a power generator and a signal generator generating the data signal and the scan signal. Further, a switching unit that selectively connects the pixel unit with the regulator or the pixel unit with the driver driving unit; and a control unit that transmits the first pixel power and the second pixel power generated by the regulator or the driver driving unit to the pixel unit.
US10748473B2	Pixel structure The disclosure provides a light emitting diode including a light emitting diode (LED), a first transistor, a second transistor and capacitor. A cathode terminal of the LED is configured to receive a first power supply voltage. A first port of the capacitor coupled to the gate of the first transistor is configured to store a data signal in a first duration. A first port of the second transistor is configured to receive a second power supply voltage. A gate of the second transistor is configured to receive a PWM signal in a second duration. A second port of the second transistor is coupled to the second port of the first transistor. The second transistor is turned on for a conducting time in the second duration according to the PWM signal, and the first transistor provides, in the conducting time, a drive current to the LED according to the data signal.
US10748465B2	Gate drive circuit, display device and method for driving gate drive circuit A gate drive circuit, a display device and a driving method are provided. The gate drive circuit includes a scan signal generation circuit and output control circuits in N stages. The scan signal generation circuit includes first output terminals in 2N stages, and is configured to output scan pulse signals in an order at the first output terminals in 2N stages; each of the output control circuits in N stages includes an input terminal, a first control terminal, a second control terminal, a second output terminal, and a bootstrap circuit, and is configured to control the bootstrap circuit, under control of a first control signal received by the first control terminal, an input signal received by the input terminal, and a second control signal received by the second control terminal, to output an output pulse signal with different pulse levels at the second output terminal.
US10748447B2	Systems and methods providing a computerized eyewear device to aid in welding Systems and methods to aid a welder or welding student. A system may provide a real-world arc welding system or a virtual reality arc welding system along with a computerized eyewear device having a head-up display (HUD). The computerized eyewear device may be worn by a user under a conventional welding helmet as eye glasses are worn and may wirelessly communicate with a welding power source of a real-world arc welding system or a programmable processor-based subsystem of a virtual reality arc welding system.
US10748440B1	Projectorless simulator with adjustable size canopy A projectorless simulator that includes an adjustable frame is disclosed. The adjustable frame defines an interior volume, and is adjustable in width and height to allow a shape of the interior volume to be varied. A chromakey screen is coupled to the adjustable frame to at least partially enclose the interior volume. A plurality of lights is mounted with respect to the adjustable frame. The plurality of lights is configured to emit light in a direction toward the chromakey screen.
US10748437B2	Learning aid apparatus and system The present invention as disclosed in various embodiments relates to apparatuses/devices, methods, and systems for engaging a user with a disability to learn by stimulating various senses of the user and providing positive responses and gratifications in response to use by the user.
US10748423B2	Proximity-based vehicle tagging A system for tagging a vehicle generally includes a vehicle comprising a vehicle identification module comprising a user input processing module configured to receive an initiation communication comprising a data set that includes both target vehicle identifying data and target vehicle status information. The target vehicle status information includes at least an operative defect of a target vehicle. The system comprises a vehicle location database comprising identification information of a plurality of potential target vehicles. The system comprises a server comprising a server validation module configured to: interrogate the vehicle location database for the identification information; and identify the target vehicle of the plurality of potential target vehicles based on the target vehicle identifying data. The server comprises a recipient determination module configured to: analyze the target vehicle status information to determine at least one target information recipient; and transmit a notification signal to the target information recipient.
US10748422B2	Method for locating a vehicle A portable computing device can be used to locate a vehicle in a parking structure. In particular, the portable computing device can communicate with a parking system that manages the parking structure and/or with a vehicle in order to locate the vehicle. Communications between the portable computing device, parking system and vehicle can be based on one or more wireless connections, such as Bluetooth and/or Bluetooth LE connections.
US10748421B2	Method for estimating distribution of urban road travel time in considering operation state of taxi The present invention relates to a method for estimating distribution of urban road travel time in considering operation state of taxi, and belongs to the technical field of urban transportation planning and management. The distributions of path travel time are respectively estimated according to different operation states of the taxi. When the distribution of the path travel time is estimated, adjacent road sections in the road network are not independent. In the present invention, the Markov model is added to describe the correlation of the travel time distribution between the adjacent road sections, so as to increase science and accuracy of the estimation result. In the present invention, the weight is set according to the proportion of the number of the vehicles under two different operation states to obtain the final distribution of the path travel time. Driving behaviors of taxi drivers under two operation states of no passenger and passenger service may be different, so a difference between the travel time estimated from direct use of taxi data and a true value inevitably exists. The proposed model is calculated through Shenzhen data, which shows that the calculated travel time distribution function is more accurate after considering the operation states.
US10748420B2	Systems and methods for re-allocating vehicles in a shared transport system The network system triggers registration of the start of a transport journey in response to a communication of a transport user device and a transport provider device with each other, performs a continuous coordinated proximity monitoring to verify the identity of a transport user and a transport provider vehicle, and triggers registration of the end of the transport journey through communication of the transport user device and the transport provider device with each other.
US10748409B2	Method of providing activity notification and device thereof A method of providing an activity notification is provided. The method includes registering, by the device, information about the activity notification according to a request for registering the activity notification, and transmitting, by the device, the registered information about the activity notification to a management device, wherein the management device performs a process of providing the activity notification.
US10748408B2	Light switch apparatus, control system, and control method thereof A light switch apparatus includes a network communication unit and an output unit. The network communication unit is configured to receive electricity price rate server information from a server, and generate a first high range electricity price output data and a second low range electricity price rate data according to the electricity price rate server information. The output unit is configured to display at least a first output color in response to receiving the first high range electricity price output data from the network communication unit, and a second output color in response to receiving the second low range electricity price rate data from the network communication unit.
US10748407B2	Notification system and notification control apparatus used in the same A notification system includes a detector, an identifier, a notifier, a determination module, and a controller. The detector detects that a commodity is placed at a display location. The identifier identifies the commodity. The notifier executes a notification operation with a plurality of different notification methods. The determination module determines a degree of conformity between the commodity identified by the identifier and the display location at which the commodity is placed. The controller controls the notifier such that the notifier executes the notification operation with one notification method associated to the degree of conformity determined by the determination module from the plurality of notification methods.
US10748400B2	System and methods for detecting, confirming, classifying, and monitoring a fire One variation of a method for detecting a fire includes: during a first time period: detecting an increase in ambient light intensity and detecting an increase in ambient humidity; responsive to the increase in ambient light intensity and the increase in ambient humidity, detecting a fire event; during a second time period: correlating a decrease in ambient light intensity with an increase in visual obscuration; detecting an increase in ambient air temperature; in response to a magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration remaining below a high obscuration threshold and a magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature remaining below a high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as an incipient fire; and, in response to the magnitude of the increase in visual obscuration exceeding the high obscuration threshold and the magnitude of the increase in ambient temperature exceeding the high temperature threshold, classifying the fire as a developed fire.
US10748393B1	Skin stretch instrument A sensor records information about skin stretch perceived by a user based on an interaction with a real object. The sensor includes a mechanical housing configured to be worn on a finger of a user, and a mechanism coupled to the mechanical housing. The mechanism includes a first bearing that rotates in a first direction in response to an interaction with a surface. The mechanism also includes a second bearing coupled to the first bearing, such that rotation of the first bearing causes the second bearing to rotate in a direction opposite to the first direction. The second bearing is in contact with a portion of the finger, and includes a feedback surface that simulates a force associated with the interaction with the surface. The sensor includes a controller configured to monitor rotation of the second bearing and record skin stretch information responsive to the interaction with the surface.
US10748388B2	Sales data processing apparatus A sales-data processing apparatus comprises a main body section of a columnar shape. A reader is in the main body section and configured to read information for identifying a commodity in a sales transaction. An operator display is directed to an operator side of the main body section. A customer display, adjacent the operator display section, is directed to a customer side of the main body section. An input device is provided for receiving input operations related settlement processing from a customer on the customer side of the main body section. The input device is positioned adjacent to the customer display. A supporting section is attached to the main body section to support the input device at the position substantially adjacent to the customer display.
US10748385B2	Method and apparatus for storing a plurality of wager data from a plurality of individual wagers in a parimutuel wagering system A plurality of wager data is stored from a plurality of individual wagers in a true parimutuel or “Class II” Bingo draw game in a plurality of structures using n number of non-volatile data storage devices, and a volatile data storage device. The wager data for each individual wager includes wager selection, wager amount, draw game identifier, and a unique wager identifier. A mathematical operation is performed on at least a portion of wager data for each of the individual wagers which causes the plurality of wager data to be distributed among n sets. The wager data for each of the individual wagers is stored in the nth non-volatile data storage device as distributed among the n sets. After the wager data is stored in the n non-volatile data storage devices, at least a portion of the wager data for each of the individual wagers is stored in the volatile data storage device. The stored portion of the wager data includes at least the wager selection, and the unique wager identifier.
US10748376B2	Real-time game tracking with a mobile device using artificial intelligence Methods and systems are disclosed for real-time tracking of a multiplayer ball game using a mobile computing device. The methods and systems are configured to receive an input video of the multiplayer ball game captured using a camera on the mobile computing device in a gaming area associated with n players, where n is an integer and n≥2; detect a plurality of player postures, by performing a computer vision algorithm on each of a plurality of frames of the input video; extract an associated player feature from each of the plurality of player postures; assign each of the plurality of player postures, based on the associated player feature, to one of at least n posture groups, where each player is represented by one of the at least n posture groups; and determine a player location for each player, based on the player's posture group.
US10748370B2	System and method for information protection A computer-implemented method comprises: committing a transaction amount t of a transaction with a commitment scheme to obtain a transaction commitment value T, the commitment scheme comprising at least a transaction blinding factor r_t; encrypting a combination of the transaction blinding factor r_t and the transaction amount t with a public key PK_B of a recipient of the transaction; and transmitting the transaction commitment value T and the encrypted combination to a recipient node associated with the recipient for the recipient node to verify the transaction.
US10748368B2	Banknote validator A banknote validator having a housing, a validation sensor; and a banknote drive mechanism. The banknote drive mechanism may be arranged to transport a banknote from an input aperture to a stacking device. The banknote drive mechanism may delimit a first banknote pathway proximal to an input aperture, and a second banknote pathway proximal to the stacking device. A pivotable security gate arrangement may be included that is resiliently biased to project into the second banknote pathway.
US10748367B2	Best2000D™: encryption currency counter measure and deterrence against counterfeiting U.S. bills System and method for encryption currency counter measure and deterrence against counterfeiting. The system tracks the FSN for each FRN, from the time a serial number is assigned to a new bill, until the time the bill is retired from circulation.
US10748365B2	Method and system for controlling a movable barrier A method and system include monitoring to detect a crossing of a first geographic boundary and monitoring to detect a crossing of a second geographic boundary. When a crossing of the first geographic boundary and a crossing of the second geographic boundary are detected in succession, a first barrier system response is initiated. In some examples, when a crossing of the third geographic boundary and a crossing of the second geographic boundary are detected in succession, a second barrier system response is initiated.
US10748364B1	Methods and systems for access control Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for controlling access including receiving registration information associating a mobile device with an access device, wherein the access device provides an access privilege to an access-controlled point, associating the mobile device with the access device, receiving a blocking request from the mobile device to suspend the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device, authenticating the blocking request, and suspending, in response to authenticating the blocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device. In another aspect, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for controlling access may include receiving an unblocking request from the mobile device to restore the access privilege to the access-controlled point, authenticating the unblocking request, restoring, in response to authenticating the unblocking request, the access privilege to the access-controlled point provided by the access device.
US10748360B2	Antenna diversity implementation for wireless locks An electronic lock system including an access control device configured to provide system instructions, an interface module electrically coupled to the access control device and configured to transmit RF signals in response to system instructions received from the access control device, and a plurality of wireless electronic door locks each configured to wirelessly communicate with the interface module. Each of the wireless electronic door locks includes a controller and a wireless receiver operatively connected to the controller, the wireless receiver including a first antenna defined as a circuit board trace and a second antenna, spaced from the first antenna and defined as a circuit board trace. Each of the first antenna and the second antenna include one of a monopole antenna and a fractal antenna. The controller is configured to switch between the first antenna and the second antenna to receive a wireless signal having a greater signal strength.
US10748359B2	Method and system for data reporting using customized triggers Methods and systems for data recording for an aircraft are provided. The method includes a ground station (GS) module external to the aircraft, and a trigger module onboard the aircraft. The GS module performs: creating a trigger library comprising multiple trigger logic modules based on a first user input and aircraft specific parameters; generating an aircraft-specific configuration file (CF) based on a second user input and the trigger logic library; and transmitting the CF to the trigger module. The trigger module performs: receiving the CF; receiving and processing the CF with various aircraft signals during aircraft operation to monitor for triggers; and, responsive to determining that the trigger occurred, (i) recording data bus activity for a duration of time associated with the trigger identity, (ii) generating a customized data report (CDR) including the record of data bus activity, and (iii) transmitting the CDR to the GS module.
US10748354B2	Communication method, device, and system for vehicle remote diagnosis The present application provides a communication method for vehicle remote diagnosis, which is applied to a WEB server; the method comprises: establishing a first socket connection with the WEB front end when receiving a landing request of the WEB front end; receiving a vehicle remote diagnosis request of the WEB front end through the first socket connection and obtaining an identification of a target vehicle diagnosis equipment carried in the vehicle remote diagnosis request; establishing a second socket connection with the target vehicle diagnosis equipment according to the identification of the target vehicle diagnosis equipment; performing interaction of the vehicle diagnosis data between the WEB front end and the target vehicle diagnosis equipment through the first socket connection and the second socket connection. The application also provides a communication device and system for vehicle remote diagnosis. The application can improve the real-time capability and convenience of vehicle remote diagnosis.
US10748350B1	Modification of animated characters Some implementations relate to modification and display of game characters. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method to update a displayed character includes providing a user interface with endpoints, an input area enclosed by a plurality of lines, and a preview area that includes the displayed character. Each endpoint is associated with a corresponding type of character. Each line of the plurality of lines connects two adjacent endpoints. The method further includes receiving user input that is indicative of a particular position within the input area, in response to receiving the user input, determining a size of one or more body parts of the displayed character based on the position, and updating the displayed character in the preview area based on the determined size of the one or more body parts of the displayed character.
US10748345B2	3D object composition as part of a 2D digital image through use of a visual guide Techniques and systems are described in which a visual guide is employed as part of an image processing system to aid composition of a 3D object as part of a digital image. In one example, the image processing system receives inputs that specify an orientation of a plane in the user interface. In response, the image processing system outputs the visual guide in the user interface as corresponding to the plane. The image processing system then orients a 3D object based on the plane defined by the visual guide, to which, rendering techniques are then applied such as physics-based rendering and image-based lighting.
US10748344B2	Methods and devices for user interaction in augmented reality A method includes acquiring, by a camera, an image frame of an object having known geometry in a real scene, and estimating a pose of the object in the image frame with respect to the camera. A cursor is displayed on a display by rendering the cursor at a 3D position in a 3D coordinate system. An output is presented to a user when a predetermined portion of the object falls at the 3D position. The content of the output is based on the predetermined portion of the object.
US10748343B2	Modifiable simulation of physical object behavior A computer device is provided that includes an input device, a sensor device, a display device, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a physical object in a physical environment based on sensor data received via the sensor device, measure one or more physical parameters of the physical object based on the sensor data, determine a physical behavior of the physical object based on the measured one or more physical parameters, present a graphical representation of the physical behavior of the physical object via the display device, generate a simulation of the physical behavior of the physical object based on the measured one or more physical parameters, receive a user input to modify the one or more physical parameters for the simulation via the input device, and present the simulation with the modified one or more physical parameters via the display device.
US10748339B2	System and method for implementing computer-simulated reality interactions between users and publications Methods, systems, and media for enhancing one or more publications by receiving live video captured by a user, the live video comprising video of a publication, the publication comprising copyrighted content; identifying at least one first trigger in the live video, identifying one or more first three-dimensional, interactive media associated with the at least one first trigger and pertaining to the copyrighted content, and presenting to the user the first three-dimensional, interactive media; and identifying at least one second trigger in the first three-dimensional, interactive media, identifying one or more second three-dimensional, interactive media associated with the at least one second trigger and pertaining to the copyrighted content, and presenting to the user the second three-dimensional, interactive media to progressively deepen and enrich the engagement with the copyrighted content of the publication.
US10748338B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An index extraction unit detects indices from a sensed image sensed by a sensing unit which senses an image of a physical space on which a plurality of indices is laid out. A convergence arithmetic unit calculates position and orientation information of the sensing unit based on the detected indices. A CG rendering unit generates a virtual space image based on the position and orientation information. A sensed image clipping unit extracts, as a display image, an image in a display target region from the sensed image. An image composition unit generates a composite image by compositing the extracted display image and the generated virtual space image. A display unit displays the composite image.
US10748333B2	Finite aperture omni-directional stereo light transport In various embodiments, a finite aperture omni-directional camera is modeled by aligning a finite aperture lens and focal point with the omni-directional part of the projection. For example, each point on an image plane maps to a direction in camera space. For a spherical projection, the lens can be orientated along this direction and the focal point is picked along this direction at focal distance from the lens. For a cylindrical projection, the lens can be oriented along the projected direction on the two dimensional (2D) xz-plane, as the projection is not omni-directional in the y direction. The focal point is picked along the (unprojected) direction so its projection on the xz-plane is at focal distance from the lens. The final outgoing ray can be constructed by sampling of point on this oriented lens and shooting a ray from there through the focal point.
US10748329B2	Image processing method and apparatus An image processing method and apparatus belong to the technical field of image processing. The method is applied to a mobile terminal, and includes: acquiring a target image on a Two-dimensional (2D) image (S11); creating a Three-Dimensional (3D) image layer, taking the 2D image as a background of the 3D image layer, and creating a background frame on the 3D image layer (S12); detecting an orientation of the mobile terminal, and adjusting a shape of the background frame according to the orientation of the mobile terminal, so that different areas of the 2D image are moved into or out of the background frame (S13); and when the target object on the 2D image is not completely accommodated within the background frame, drawing the target object at a position of the target object on the 3D image layer (S14), where the 2D image, the background frame, and the drawn target object on the 3D image layer are sequentially stacked from bottom to top. The method and the apparatus implement the effect that the 2D image is presented as a 3D effect on the mobile terminal.
US10748322B1	Systems and methods for generating cartoon images from images Systems and methods for generating cartoon images or emojis of an individual from a photograph of the individual is described. The systems and methods involve transmitting a picture of the individual, such as one taken with a mobile device, to a server that generates a set of emojis showing different emotions of the individual from the picture. The emojis are then transmitted to the mobile device and are available for use by the user in messaging applications, emails, or other electronic communications. The emojis can be added to the default keyboard of the mobile device or be generated in a separate emoji keyboard and be available for selection by the user.
US10748321B2	Method and apparatus for inciting a viewer to rotate toward a reference direction when consuming an immersive content item The present disclosure relates to methods, apparatus or systems for inciting a user consuming an immersive content to rotate the immersive rendering device in the direction of a region of interest. According to the present principles, an object representative of a character is inserted in the field of view of the user. The character is computed in a way it looks in the direction of the region of interest from its location in the immersive content. In addition, face and body attitude of the character may reflect an emotion that is associated with the region of interest, for example scare, happiness or interest. The user will naturally be incited at looking in the direction indicated by the inserted character.
US10748320B2	Animation simulation of biomechanics Methods, systems, and storage media for generating and displaying animations of simulated biomechanical motions are disclosed. In embodiments, a computer device may obtain sensor data of a sensor affixed to a user's body or equipment used by the user, and may use inverse kinematics to determine desired positions and orientations of an avatar based on the sensor data. In embodiments, the computer device may adjust or alter the avatar based on the inverse kinematics, and generate an animation for display based on the adjusted avatar. Other embodiments may be disclosed and/or claimed.
US10748306B2	Encoding device, decoding device, and non-transitory computer readable medium An encoding device includes an extracting unit that extracts, from voxel data expressing a three-dimensional shape by a collection of voxels arranged at lattice positions in a space, (i) structure information indicating presence/absence of a voxel at each lattice position and (ii) attribute information including an attribute value of each voxel; a structure encoding unit that encodes the structure information by determining a structure code corresponding to the structure information on a structure element having at least lattice position according to first context information indicating presence/absence of voxel at at least one predetermined lattice position around the structure element; and an attribute encoding unit that encodes an attribute value of a voxel of interest into an attribute code using second context information indicating presence/absence of a voxel at at least one predetermined lattice position around the voxel of interest.
US10748304B2	Color search using a smartphone and a reference color chart A method is provided for identifying colors across illuminants using a processor configured by code executing therein, the method comprising capturing a sample image with an image recording device, the image including pixels resenting a color sample under analysis and a color reference chart. The processor is also configured to execute comparing the color values of pixels representing the color reference chart of the sample image to the pixel values corresponding to a plurality of entries within a plurality of color reference datasets to determine the color reference having the closest match of sample captured in the image. The reference identifier of the color that is the closest match to the sample is then output for further use.
US10748299B2	System and method of multirotor dynamics based online scale estimation for monocular vision Robotic vision-based framework wherein an on-board camera device is used for scale estimation. Unlike conventional scale estimation methods that require inputs from more than one or more sensors, implementations include a system and method to estimate scale online solely, without any other sensor, for monocular SLAM by using multirotor dynamics model in an extended Kalman filter framework. This approach improves over convention scale estimation methods which require information from some other sensors or knowledge of physical dimension of an object within the camera view. An arbitrary scaled position and an Euler angle of a multirotor are estimated from vision SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) technique. Further, dynamically integrating, computed acceleration to estimate a metric position. A scale factor and a parameter associated with the multirotor dynamics model is obtained by comparing the estimated metric position with the estimated arbitrary position.
US10748298B2	Periphery monitoring device A periphery monitoring device includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a peripheral image captured by an imaging unit that is provided in a vehicle and captures an image of a periphery of the vehicle, and an indicator image that is capable of being superimposed on the peripheral image and serves as an operation indicator of a driver when the driver performs a driving operation of the vehicle; and an image processing unit configured to change the indicator image from a first predetermined height to a second predetermined height and display a transition of the change.
US10748296B2	Methods and devices for surface motion tracking Embodiments of the disclosure may be directed to an image processing system configured to receive a medical image of a region of a subject's body taken at a first time and to receive a surface image of an exterior portion of the region of the subject's body taken at the first time. The image processing may also be configured to receive a medical image of the region of the subject's body taken at a second time and to register the medical image taken at the first time, the surface image taken at the first time, and the medical image taken at the second time.
US10748292B2	Image signal detection device A first motion vector detecting unit calculates a first matching error by detecting a first motion vector based on a first frame and a second frame. A second motion vector detecting unit calculates a second matching error by detecting a second motion vector based on the second frame and a third frame. A local determining unit determines whether a discontinuously moving object is present in a continuously moving background, based on an absolute difference value between the first motion vector and the second motion vector, and the first and second matching errors. An integrating unit integrates determination values for each block within a frame. A determining unit determines whether an image signal is a specific moving image in which the discontinuously moving object is present in a continuously moving background, based on a pattern of integrated values of at least two frames.
US10748281B2	Negative sample enhanced object detection machine A method and system of detecting abnormalities captured in a medical image are provided. A medical image is received having one or more lesions and one or more interferences. One or more convolution layers are applied to the medical image to create one or more feature maps, respectively. A region proposal network (RPN) is applied to each of the one or more feature maps to create a bounding box around each lesion and interference. For each bounding box, an object in the bounding box is classified as a lesion, an interference, or a background. Each object that is incorrectly classified as a lesion but determined to be an interference, is stored as a hard-negative example to be part of a training set for a next application of the RPN.
US10748280B2	Systems and methods for image processing An image processing method is provided, including: obtaining image data of a cavity wall of an organ; unfolding the cavity wall; and generating an image of the unfolded cavity wall. The unfolding of the cavity wall may include: obtaining a mask and a centerline of the organ; obtaining a connected region of the mask; dividing the connected region into at least one equidistant block; determining an orientation of the equidistant block in a three-dimensional coordinate system including a first direction, a second direction and a third direction; determining an initial normal vector and an initial tangent vector of a center point of the centerline; assigning a projection of the initial normal vector to a normal vector of a light direction of the center point; assigning the third direction or an reverse direction of the third direction to a tangent vector of the light direction of the center point.
US10748273B2	Evaluating a design of a computer vision inspection station Evaluating a design of a configurable inspection station for inspecting a workpiece, wherein the design of the configurable inspection station has a plurality of changeable parameters and including a computer vision system or another system that can iteratively change an instance of one of the parameters.
US10748269B2	Structure member specification device and structure member specification method The present invention provides a structure member specification device and a structure member specification method capable of easily and accurately acquiring member identification information indicating a member included in an image of a structure captured by an imaging device when the structure is inspected. The structure member specification device acquires first space information on the structure in a local coordinate system image captured by an imaging device, and transforms the acquired first space information into second space information in a global coordinate system; prepares a member table in which third space information on each member that constitutes the structure in the global coordinate system and member identification information indicating each member are registered in an associated manner; specifies, on the basis of the transformed second space information and the third space information registered in the member table, the third space information corresponding to the second space information; and acquires member identification information corresponding to the specified third space information.
US10748268B2	Retinal vessel image enhancement method and system An retinal vessel image enhancement method comprises: constructing a blood vascular dictionary; applying Frangi-based filtering to retinal vessel images, deciding blood vessels in a second image sub-block belong to wide or thin vessels by directional filtering, and setting residual error weight and residual error threshold of a vascular region; calculating inner products between the second image sub-block and each first image sub-block, selecting a first image sub-block with maximum inner product, and calculating its corresponding sparse coefficient; calculating residual error image, and calculating the residual error of the vascular region according to the residual error weight of the vascular region, when the residual error is greater than the residual error threshold, the residual error image is set as a second image sub-block, repeating and calculating residual error; reconstructing the second image sub-block according to the sparse coefficient, then restructuring each reconstructed second image sub-block, obtaining enhanced retinal vessel images.
US10748267B2	Capturing images under coded illumination patterns to reduce effects of ambient lighting conditions The technology described in this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving during a first time period, information from a first sensor representing a target illuminated by a first illumination source radiating in a first wavelength range, and information from a second sensor representing the target illuminated by a second illumination source radiating in a second wavelength range. The method also includes receiving during a second time period, information from the first sensor representing the target illuminated by the second illumination source radiating in the first wavelength range, and information from the second sensor representing reflected light received from the target illuminated by the first illumination source radiating in the second wavelength range. The method also includes generating a representation of the image in which effects due to the first and second illumination sources are enhanced over effects due to ambient light sources.
US10748255B2	Image blur correction device, optical apparatus, and control method An image blur correction device acquires a blur detection signal, and separates it into a high frequency band signal component and a low frequency band signal component using an HPF and an LPF. A high frequency side prediction processing unit acquires an output of the HPF, and a low frequency side prediction processing unit acquires an output of the LPF via a down-sampler. A prediction processing unit updates a filter coefficient of a prediction filter using an adaptive algorithm, and performs linear prediction on the blur detection signal. An adder adds an output of the high frequency side prediction processing unit to an output of the low frequency side prediction processing unit via an up-sampler, and outputs a superimposed output signal. Image blur correction control is performed on the basis of a superimposed output signal.
US10748244B2	Systems and methods for stereo content detection A method for detecting stereo images includes receiving an image and analyzing at least a portion of the image. The method further includes determining whether the image is a stereo image based on the analysis. The method may include determining if a portion of the image contains an expected icon, may determine if left and right halves of the image contain expected symmetry, may determine if histograms of the left and right halves are similar, or the like. The method further includes generating a confidence value related to the determination of whether the image is stereo or non-stereo, the confidence value indicating a likelihood that the determination is correct.
US10748239B1	Methods and apparatus for GPU context register management The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatus of operation of a processing unit. The apparatus can update a first context register of one or more context registers based on a first programming state. In some aspects, the one or more context registers can be associated with at least one processing unit cluster in a graphics processing pipeline of the processing unit. The apparatus can execute a first draw call function corresponding to the first programming state. The apparatus can determine whether at least one additional first draw call function corresponds to the first programming state. In some aspects, the at least one additional first draw call function can follow the first draw call function in the graphics processing pipeline. Also, the apparatus can execute the at least one additional first draw call function when the at least one additional first draw call function corresponds to the first programming state.
US10748238B2	Frequent data value compression for graphics processing units A control surface tracks an individual cacheline in the original surface for frequent data values. If so, control surface bits are set. When reading a cacheline from memory, first the control surface bits are read. If they happen to be set, then the original memory read is skipped altogether and instead the bits from the control surface provide the value for the entire cacheline.
US10748237B2	Adaptive scheduling for task assignment among heterogeneous processor cores Generally, this disclosure provides systems, devices, methods and computer readable media for adaptive scheduling of task assignment among heterogeneous processor cores. The system may include any number of CPUs, a graphics processing unit (GPU) and memory configured to store a pool of work items to be shared by the CPUs and GPU. The system may also include a GPU proxy profiling module associated with one of the CPUs to profile execution of a first portion of the work items on the GPU. The system may further include profiling modules, each associated with one of the CPUs, to profile execution of a second portion of the work items on each of the CPUs. The measured profiling information from the CPU profiling modules and the GPU proxy profiling module is used to calculate a distribution ratio for execution of a remaining portion of the work items between the CPUs and the GPU.
US10748235B2	Method and system for dim layer power optimization in display processing Techniques are provided for optimizing display processing of layers below a dim layer by a display system. Because the dim layer may partially obstruct, conceal, or otherwise impact a user view of layers below the dim layer, resource-saving techniques may be used in the processing the layers below the dim layer. While these techniques may impact visual quality, a user is unlikely to notice visual artifacts or other reductions in quality in the modified layers below the dim layer. For example, when a dim layer is to be displayed, a GPU can render layers below the dim layer at a lower resolution. Furthermore, the GPU can increase a compression ratio for layers below the dim layer. The low-resolution layers can be scaled-up to an original resolution and the compressed layers can be uncompressed in the display pipeline for display underneath the dim layer.
US10748232B2	Generating signal bearing art using stipple, voronoi and delaunay methods and reading same Optical code signal components are generated and then transformed into signal bearing art that conveys machine readable data. The components of an optical code are optimized to achieve improved signal robustness, reliability, capacity and/or visual quality. An optimization program can determine spatial density, dot distance, dot size and signal component priority to optimize robustness. An optical code generator transforms tiles of an optical code or image embedded with the optical code into signal-bearing art using stipple, Voronoi, Delaunay or other graphic drawing methods so as to retain prioritized components of the optical code. The optical code is merged into a host image, such as imagery, text and graphics of a package or label, or it may be printed by itself, e.g., on an otherwise blank label or carton. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US10748224B2	Continuously growing physical structure A continuously growing physical structure may be generated by identifying a plurality of metrics associated with the physical structure. The plurality of metrics may include at least one of a shape of available physical space, a size of available physical space, a type of soil/earth of a location of the physical structure, a context of use of the physical structure, a climate of the location, or availability of resources associated with the location. The plurality of metrics may be analyzed to determine at least one of a rate of growth of the physical structure or a most suitable shape of the physical structure. Growth of the physical structure may then be generated according to at least one of the determined rate of growth of the physical structure or the determined most suitable shape of the physical structure. The identified plurality of metrics may then be monitored periodically.
US10748222B1	Locational visualization of financial statements Methods and systems for locational visualization of financial statements are described. In an example, a method may receive, in a financial institution system, a request to display a record associated with a financial transaction, determine a location of a merchant associated with the financial transaction using merchant information, request, from an online mapping service, a customizable map interface associated with the location of the merchant, receive the customizable map interface, and display the customizable map interface integrated into the record associated with the financial transaction.
US10748217B1	Systems and methods for automated body mass index calculation A system and method for automated body mass index is disclosed. The disclosed method operates within a system architecture including one or more computing devices, one or more servers, and one or more databases. A processor operating within the one or more servers executes one or more algorithms for detecting relevant features associated with a potential client's multimedia information. The method may include calculating feature values, such as abdomen circumference, face width, face height, cheekbone width, jaw width, and neck width, and the like as well as calculating the body mass index of the potential client using one or more regression algorithms. A baseline and updated BMI may be determined, and used for determining a baseline and updated value.
US10748215B1	Predicting box office performance of future film releases based upon determination of likely patterns of competitive dynamics on a particular future film release date A computer-implemented method incorporating machine learning (e.g., a support vector machine) for predicting worldwide box office performance of a film prior to its release date, wherein the predicted performance determination is based upon a total audience size relative to a corresponding movie production budget. Total audience size estimate relative to movie production budget is based upon objective likely patterns of competitive dynamics on a particular date, without reliance upon potentially-misleading subjective evaluations.
US10748206B1	Dynamic media-product searching platform apparatuses, methods and systems The DYNAMIC MEDIA-PRODUCT SEARCHING PLATFORM APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DMPSP”) transforms media source, product, and user inputs into product metadata and transactions outputs. In some implementations, the DMPSP may receive an indication that a user is interacting with a media source, provide a product overlay to the user indicating products within the media source available for purchase, receive from the user a selection of a product, send product information to the user via the product overlay, receive from the user an indication of interest in purchasing the product, and process a transaction for the user to purchase the product.
US10748198B2	Bundling of automated work flow An enterprise geospatial intelligence service oriented architecture (EGI-SOA) provides a consumer with one or more tailored products in response to either a dynamic request or a standing request by the consumer.
US10748191B2	Systems and methods for detecting and tracking customer interaction A server system is provided for analyzing user interaction in an environment. The server system comprises a memory storing a set of instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including determine a user has interacted with an item positioned in the environment based on a communication signal received from a hub physically located in the environment indicating an item tag associated with the item is linked with a user tag associated with the user. The server system may identify, based on one or more communication signals received from the hub, at least one metric associated with the user's interaction with the item and compare the at least one metric with a set of rules associated with the type of metric. The server system may provide an indication, based on the comparison, to a display device.
US10748188B2	System and method for dynamically retrieving and monitoring geofence activity Systems, device and techniques are disclosed for dynamically retrieving and monitoring geo-fence activity. A meta geo-fence may be identified based on a user device geolocation. The meta geo-fence having a radius that is dynamically generated to include previously defined geo-fences within or touching the meta geo-fence. User device geolocation may be monitored in relation to the defined geo-fences included in the radius of the meta geo-fence. A communication may be sent to the user device when the user device reports that the user device has entered or exited one of the previously defined geo-fences within or touching the radius of the meta geo-fence.
US10748186B2	Providing a modified content item to a user Methods and systems for generating a content item associated with search results and, based on a subsequent return to the search results, providing the content item in a modified manner.
US10748182B2	Device functionality-based content selection Techniques for presenting a content item with a media item are described. The techniques include receiving user input indicating a placement preference for a content item to be presented with a media item. The placement preference indicates a presentation preference of the content item relative to presentation of the media item. The placement preference is used to influence selection of a media item with which the content item is to be presented.
US10748180B2	Relationship management system for user devices A method, system, and computer program product for managing relationships based on device logins. The method comprises detecting a login pattern for a first user account and a second user account from a user device and identifying a relationship between the first user account and the second user account based on the login pattern.
US10748179B1	Control system based on viewable attention Adaptive control of exposure. A proportional exposure cap is a maximum fraction applicable to a recipient's total viewable attention in a time window. The total viewable attention represents viewable area and exposure duration of all viewable advertising content which will be provided to the recipient. A notification of availability of an opportunity to expose a specified recipient to advertising content is received during the time window. The specified recipient's consumed viewable attention (representing viewable area and exposure duration of the advertising campaign's advertising content) is detected. The specified recipient's total viewable attention for the time window is predicted. Responsive to the maximum fraction of the specified recipient's predicted total viewable attention for the time window being greater than the consumed viewable attention of the specified recipient, the advertising campaign's advertising content is sent to the specified recipient and the consumed viewable attention is updated.
US10748176B1	Advertiser campaign scripting Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automated management of campaigns using scripted rules.
US10748173B2	Scoring users based on intent for online advertising An intent score is assigned to users who are viewing online ads. Users define a bid-range and adjust pricing within the range at an individual user level, based on an intent score that is derived from user activity. An advertiser typically defines a bid range. If the user then interacts with ads or visits the advertiser's website then, based on user actions, the bid price is revised. This process of bid price revision is continuous and results in increased or decreased bid prices for individual users. All participating users and their intent scores are periodically uploaded to RTB platforms where they are used to purchase ad impressions. This increases the likelihood of winning bids for more valuable users with better precision without raising bid prices for entire segments of users.
US10748162B2	Information processing device, information processing system, and information processing method There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit that acquires a first history of system information including at least any of input information based on an operation of a user and control information indicating a state at a time of the operation, and to compare the acquired first history with a second history including the system information stored in advance, and a report unit that makes a report for acquiring an opinion related to the first history from the user on the basis of a result of a comparison made by the determination unit.
US10748160B2	System and method of notifying user near point of sale location of available rewards at the point of sale location Systems and methods for a point of sale reward system are provided. The system notifies users proximate to a point of sale location of rewards available for redemption specific to that user at that specific point of sale location.
US10748153B2	User interface for payments The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
US10748152B2	Providing history-based data processing Providing data processing methods is disclosed, including: receiving a request to provide a plurality of data processing methods to a user; obtaining historical data associated with a plurality of historical user selections associated with the plurality of data processing methods, wherein the plurality of historical user selections is associated with the user; determining a plurality of data processing fingerprint aggregate scores corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of data processing methods based at least in part on the historical data; and providing the plurality of data processing methods based at least in part on the plurality of data processing fingerprint aggregate scores.
US10748143B2	Location aware trust-based peer-to-peer currency exchange Embodiments of the invention provide for a location aware trust based currency exchange. A method for location aware trust based currency exchange includes receiving in a mobile device on behalf of an end user a request to conduct a peer-to-peer currency exchange transaction. A database is then queried for a listing of partners geographically proximate to a location indicated by the request, the listing including both a trust value for each of the partners indicative of a trustworthiness for a corresponding one of the partners and also an exchange rate offered for each of the partners. The listing is then displayed in the mobile device. Finally, in response to the end user selecting one of the partners in the listing, a message is transmitted to the selected one of the partners indicating a desire by the end user to conduct the peer-to-peer currency exchange transaction.
US10748138B2	Systems and methods for cryptographic authentication of contactless cards Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between a contactless card, a client application, and a server are provided. The memory of the contactless card may include a first card number table storing a first plurality of card numbers, each card number associated with a user account. A first applet may cycle through the first card number table and transmit each of the first plurality of card numbers to a second applet. In response to detection of one or more gestures by the card, the client application may read one or more of the first plurality of card numbers from the second applet and transmit a verification request associated with the one or more read card numbers to the server, which may compare the one or more read card numbers to a number from a second card number table and transmit a verification determination to authenticate the card.
US10748137B2	Methods, apparatus, and storage medium for displaying virtual cards Methods, apparatus, and storage mediums for displaying a virtual card are provided herein. In one aspect, a method includes acquiring card face display data of a virtual card to be displayed when receiving an interface display instruction, and generating a payment function identification for the virtual card according to a provisioning state of a payment function supported by the virtual card. The method also includes displaying the virtual card according to the card face display data and the payment function identification for the virtual card. In this disclosure, one or more virtual cards can be displayed intuitively according to different payment functions supported by the virtual cards and different provisioning states of the respective payment functions, so that all payment manners supported by the virtual cards are clearly displayed. Thus, a user can be helped and guided to apply for provisioning of corresponding payment functions conveniently.
US10748135B2	Offline onboarding of trackable transaction instrument with associated profile A transaction card associated with a payment service may be purchased by a customer without the customer having a user profile with the payment service. The user scans a card identifier from the transaction card or from the transaction card's packaging using a mobile device, which then sends the card identifier to the payment service. The payment service may use the card identifier to generate a user profile that the payment service can automatically link to the transaction card. The user can track transactions made using the transaction card via the user profile.
US10748134B2	System and method for management of payee information A system and method is provided for management of payee information. The method is performed at a management application on a mobile communication device and includes: receiving a token including information relating to a payee, the information including payment information enabling processing of a transaction to a financial account of the payee; storing the token or extracted payment information from the token in association with the management application; and transferring the payment information to a payment application operating on the mobile communication device, the payment application operable to process payment to the payee using the payment information. The payment information for each of multiple payees is stored and transferred to a payment application when required.
US10748130B2	Sensor-enabled activation of payment instruments In some examples, a system and method for activating a payment instrument. The method includes leveraging an activation feature associated with a payment instrument. The representation, obtained by a sensor, of the activation feature is received by the payment processing system. The payment processing system compares the representation of the activation feature with stored activation features corresponding to a user associated with the payment instrument. If the representation matches a user-associated activation feature, the payment processing system activates the payment instrument, wherein activating further includes granting the recipient access to a predetermined amount of funds through the activated payment instrument.
US10748126B2	System and methods for digital change transactions A system for converting physical coins into digital currency at a point of sale during a cash transaction at a retailer and related methods. A mobile app residing on a customer's mobile device communicates with a control module to manage the customer's account and obtain an identifier associated with the customer's account. During a cash transaction where physical change is due, the mobile device transmits the identifier to the point of sale. The point of sale transmits the identifier and the amount of change due to the control module. The control module confirms the identity of the customer using the identifier and directs a financial institution to move the amount of change due from the retailer's bank account to one or more designated bank accounts, one of which may be the customer's bank account.
US10748123B1	Virtual check Methods and systems for virtual checking are described. In some embodiments, information for a virtual check created in a mobile device associated with a payor can be received from the mobile device. The information may include an amount of the virtual check. A computer system may determine whether there are sufficient funds to cover the amount of the virtual check and may place the funds in the amount of the virtual check in reserve when the funds are sufficient to cover the amount of the virtual check.
US10748120B2	Display board with electronic display and methods for use therewith A display board includes service display areas. Each service display area includes a name of a service and a delivery mechanism configured to contain contact information handouts corresponding to an entity that performs the service. The display board also includes an electronic display, which displays a contact information stream corresponding to the information provided in the contact information handouts contained in the delivery mechanisms.
US10748119B2	Social network search Social network search techniques are described. In an implementation, one or more search criteria are stored that are usable to search for users of a social network service. Responsive to a new user joining the social network service, a search of data associated with the new user is performed using the stored one or more search criteria to determine whether the one or more search criteria are met by the new user.
US10748116B2	Test vector generation from documentation Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods that help automate the generation of a test vector. Every functional product, be it a service, device, or combination thereof, has one or more documents associated with it. These documents may include such documentation as: (1) Release Notes; (2) Configuration Guides; (3) command line interfaces (CLIs)/application program interfaces (APIs); (4) Data Sheets; (5) Installation Guides; (6) User Manuals; (7) Errata notices; and (8) other documentation. In embodiments, command data-models and ranges and sequence of valid inputs to the data-model are extracted from natural language expressions in documentation related to a specific product. In embodiments, this extracted information is used to generate one or more table of attributes and properties or constraints about which a test vector may be generated for testing a command.
US10748115B2	Providing implants for surgical procedures Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing implants for surgical procedures. In some implementations, a model that has been trained using data indicating characteristics of other patients and items used in surgeries for the other patients is obtained. Using the model and patient characteristics for a patient, such as the height and weight of the patient, the items needed for a surgery for a particular patient can be identified. For example, the likelihoods that different sizes of an implant component will be needed can be identified and used to determine which sizes of components should be provided at a medical facility and in the operating room for the patient's surgery.
US10748108B2	Manual station systems and methods A pharmaceutical filling system for a high volume pharmacy is described. The system can include a manual pick/pack device and method. The system may include a rotation assembly, a left door and a right door, both positioned below the rotation assembly, a left divider positioned below the left door, and a right divider positioned below the right door, and a left gathering table positioned below the left divider, and a right gathering table positioned below the right divider. The system may also include a control device in electronic communication with the rotation assembly, the doors and the dividers for control of same.
US10748107B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing aerial drone parcel transfers An aerial drone parcel delivery/transfer management system includes an aerial drone parcel delivery/transfer management server (ADPTMS) and a plurality of aerial drone landing pads (ADLPs). Each ADLP has a corresponding ADLP address with a unique ADLP identifier (e.g., a manufacturing serial number); most-recently known ADLP geolocation data (e.g., geospatial coordinates); and possibly most-recently known ADLP elevation data. The ADPTMS communicates with order management/fulfillment servers associated with online stores, which communicates with aerial drone parcel delivery/transfer services for dispatching aerial drones to particular ADLPs corresponding to particular ADLP addresses as part of online orders fulfillment. An ADLP presents a machine readable code such as a quick response (QR) code that is captured by an aerial drone and processed to verify the ADLP's identity. An ADLP can output local RF and/or optical guiding signals to aid aerial drone navigation to the ADLP.
US10748106B2	Mobile delivery receptacle Improving automated package delivery to mobile delivery receptacles to allow accurate and reliable package deliveries comprises a delivery receptacle for an automated package delivery via an unmanned aerial delivery device. The delivery receptacle is notified of a pending delivery and travels to a receiving location. The delivery receptacle emits infrared (“IR”) beacons from one or more IR beacon transmitters. An aerial delivery device detects the IR beacon and uses the beacons to navigate to the delivery receptacle. The delivery receptacle receives IR beacon responses from the aerial delivery device and continually or periodically directs the IR beacons in the direction of the aerial delivery device. The aerial delivery device deposits the package in the delivery receptacle. After receiving the package, the delivery receptacle transports the package to a secure location, such as into a garage.
US10748103B2	System and method for transforming a component business model Seamless transition from a Component Business Model (CBM) to a Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) is achieved by converting a tabular representation of a CBM Heat Map to a Unified Modeling Language (UML) representation, and automatically converting the UML representation of a CBM Heat Map to a first iteration of input used during the subsequent SOA solution development using Service Oriented Modeling and Architecture (SOMA).
US10748098B2	Scalable workflow processing Disclosed are various embodiments for scalable workflow processing. In one embodiment, a plurality of decision applications each embody a functional expression of a corresponding one of a plurality of workflow definitions. Each of the plurality of decision applications is configured to be repeatedly instantiated. A workflow execution application is configured to orchestrate an execution of each one of a plurality of workflow instances. The workflow execution application is in data communication with each instance of a respective one of the plurality of decision applications. Each of the plurality of decision applications is configured to determine a next action to be taken for respective ones of the plurality of workflow instances.
US10748096B2	Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain Determining an inventory target for a node of a supply chain includes calculating a demand stock for satisfying a demand over supply lead time at the node of the supply chain, and calculating a demand variability stock for satisfying a demand variability of the demand over supply lead time at the node. A demand bias of the demand at the node is established. An inventory target for the node is determined based on the demand stock and the demand variability stock in accordance with the demand bias.
US10748076B1	Method and apparatus for providing estimated patrol properties and historic patrol records It is an object of the present invention to provide a predictive traffic law enforcement profiler apparatus and method which incorporates a means to determine current location, time, velocity and also incorporates a means to utilize a database derived from historic traffic law enforcement records, crowd sourced records and historical traffic data and also incorporates a predictive processing means to provide historic traffic law enforcement records and estimates of enforced speed limits and enforcement profiles, patrol locations and schedules of traffic law enforcement to a driver.
US10748071B2	Method and system for complex event processing with latency constraints A computer-implemented method, computerized apparatus and computer program product, the method comprising: receiving a latency constraint on a Complex Event Processing (CEP) computation; monitoring progress of the CEP computation to determine a risk of violating the latency constraint; and, responsive to determining that a risk of violating the latency constraint exists, outputting at least one possible result of the CEP computation.
US10748069B2	Method and apparatus for performing block retrieval on block to be processed of urine sediment image The inventive concepts herein relate to performing block retrieval on a block to be processed of a urine sediment image. The method comprises: using a plurality of decision trees to perform block retrieval on the block to be processed, wherein each of the plurality of decision trees comprises a judgment node and a leaf node, and the judgment node judges the block to be processed to make it reach the leaf node by using a block retrieval feature in a block retrieval feature set to form a block retrieval result at the leaf node, and at least two decision trees in the plurality of decision trees are different in structures thereof and/or judgments performed by the judgment nodes thereof by using the block retrieval feature; and integrating the block retrieval results of the plurality of decision trees so as to form a final block retrieval result.
US10748066B2	Projection neural networks Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a projection neural network. In one aspect, a projection neural network is configured to receive a projection network input and to generate a projection network output from the projection network input. The projection neural network includes a sequence of one or more projection layers. Each projection layer has multiple projection layer parameters, and is configured to receive a layer input, apply multiple projection layer functions to the layer input, and generate a layer output by applying the projection layer parameters for the projection layer to the projection function outputs.
US10748063B2	Neuronal network topology for computing conditional probabilities Described is a system for estimating conditional probabilities for operation of a mobile device. Input data streams from first and second mobile device sensors are input into a neuronal network, where the first and second input data streams are converted into variable spiking rates of first and second neurons. The system learns a conditional probability between the first and second input data streams. A synaptic weight of interest between the first and second neurons converges to a fixed-point value, where the fixed-point value corresponds to the conditional probability. Based on the conditional probability and a new input data stream, a probability of an event is estimated. Based on the probability of the event, the system causes the mobile device to perform a mobile device operation.
US10748060B2	Pre-synaptic learning using delayed causal updates A processor or integrated circuit includes a memory to store weight values for a plurality neuromorphic states and a circuitry coupled to the memory. The circuitry is to detect an incoming data signal for a pre-synaptic neuromorphic state and initiate a time window for the pre-synaptic neuromorphic state in response to detecting the incoming data signal. The circuitry is further to, responsive to detecting an end of the time window: retrieve, from the memory, a weight value for a post-synaptic neuromorphic state for which an outgoing data signal is generated during the time window, the post-synaptic neuromorphic state being a fan-out connection of the pre-synaptic neuromorphic state; perform a causal update to the weight value, according to a learning function, to generate an updated weight value; and store the updated weight value back to the memory.
US10748059B2	Architecture for an electrochemical artificial neural network A resistive element in an electrochemical artificial neural network, includes a transition metal oxide thin film forming a working electrode, a pair of first electrodes connected to the working electrode, and a reference electrode for electrochemical doping of the working electrode. The biasing of the pair of first electrodes with respect to the reference electrode according to a determination of conductivity between the pair of first electrodes controls the resistance of the working electrode.
US10748057B1	Neural network modules Methods, apparatus, and computer readable media related to combining and/or training one or more neural network modules based on version identifier(s) assigned to the neural network module(s). Some implementations are directed to using version identifiers of neural network modules in determining whether and/or how to combine multiple neural network modules to generate a combined neural network model for use by a robot and/or other apparatus. Some implementations are additionally or alternatively directed to assigning a version identifier to an endpoint of a neural network module based on one or more other neural network modules to which the neural network module is joined during training of the neural network module.
US10748045B2	Device including replaceable component A device including a replaceable component, in which the component is not electrically connected to the device and includes a component-side storage, a component-side transmitter/receiver, a component-side hardware processor, and a component-side power generator, the device includes a main-body side storage, a counter which counts up the consumption degree of the component stored in the main-body storage, a main-body side transmitter/receiver, a main-body side hardware processor, a main-body side power generator, and a detector which detects attachment and detachment, the main-body side hardware processor causes the main-body side transmitter/receiver to transmit the specific identification information of the component and the consumption degree of the component when detachment is detected, and the component-side hardware processor rewrites the information in the component-side storage on the basis of the specific identification information of the component and the consumption degree of the component.
US10748043B2	Associating semantic identifiers with objects Computing devices and methods for associating a semantic identifier with an object are disclosed. In one example, a three-dimensional model of an environment comprising the object is generated. Image data of the environment is sent to a user computing device for display by the user computing device. User input comprising position data of the object and the semantic identifier is received. The position data is mapped to a three-dimensional location in the three-dimensional model at which the object is located. Based at least on mapping the position data to the three-dimensional location of the object, the semantic identifier is associated with the object.
US10748041B1	Image processing with recurrent attention Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for processing images using recurrent attention. One of the methods includes determining a location in the first image; extracting a glimpse from the first image using the location; generating a glimpse representation of the extracted glimpse; processing the glimpse representation using a recurrent neural network to update a current internal state of the recurrent neural network to generate a new internal state; processing the new internal state to select a location in a next image in the image sequence after the first image; and processing the new internal state to select an action from a predetermined set of possible actions.
US10748033B2	Object detection method using CNN model and object detection apparatus using the same The disclosure is directed to an object detection method using a CNN model and an object detection apparatus thereof. In an aspect, the object detection method includes generating a sensor data; processing the sensor data by using a first object detection algorithm to generate a first object detection result; processing the first object detection result by using a plurality of stages of sparse update mapping algorithm to generate a plurality of stages of updated first object detection result; processing a first stage of the stages of updated first object detection result by using a plurality of stages of spatial pooling algorithm between each of stages of sparse update mapping algorithm; executing a plurality of stages of deep convolution layer algorithm to extract a plurality of feature results; and performing a detection prediction based on a last-stage feature result.
US10748014B2	Processing device, object recognition apparatus, device control system, processing method, and computer-readable recording medium According to an embodiment, a processing device includes a generating unit, a detecting unit, and a determining unit. The generating unit is configured to generate two-dimensional distribution information of an object, the two-dimensional distribution information associating between at least a lateral direction distance and a depth direction distance of the object. The detecting unit is configured to detect a continuous area having continuity in a depth direction in the two-dimensional distribution information. The determining unit is configured to determine whether the continuous area represents a detection target.
US10748002B2	Context-awareness The discussion relates to context-aware environments. One example can include inwardly-facing cameras positioned around a periphery of an environment that defines a volume. The example can also include sensors positioned relative to the volume and configured to communicate with a user device in the volume. The example can also include an ambient perception component configured to track user locations in the volume and to detect user gestures relative to objects in the volume, and responsive to receiving a query from the user's device, to supplement the query with information derived from the objects.
US10747997B2	Intelligent protective drone Methods, systems, and apparatus for an intelligent protective drone are described. The intelligent protective drone comprises an environmental protective shield that provides protection from environmental elements. An image of an environment near the aeronautical drone is captured and processed to identify a target entity. A geographical location of an effective protective area provided by the environmental protective shield is identified and a location for the aeronautical drone is determined that places the target entity within the effective protective area.
US10747995B2	Pupil tracking device There is provided a pupil tracking device including an active light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The active light source emits light toward an eyeball alternatively in a first brightness value and a second brightness value. The image sensor captures a first brightness image corresponding to the first brightness value and a second brightness image corresponding to the second brightness value. The processing unit identifies a brightest region at corresponding positions of the first brightness image and the second brightness image as an active light image.
US10747994B2	Identifying versions of a form Disclosed are a method and apparatus for identifying versions of a form. In an example, clients of a medical company fill out many forms, and many of these forms have multiple versions. The medical company operates in 10 states, and each state has a different version of a client intake form, as well as of an insurance identification form. In order to automatically extract information from a particular filled out form, it may be helpful to identify a particular form template, as well as the version of the form template, of which the filled out form is an instance. A computer system evaluates images of filled out forms, and identifies various form templates and versions of form templates based on the images.
US10747986B2	Automated analysis of cellular samples having intermixing of analytically distinct patterns of analyte staining Systems and methods for automated analysis of histochemical or cytological samples stained for analytes having complex staining patterns are presented. Analyte staining of a biological compartment in a region is quantified, in which said staining is intermixed with analyte staining of an analytically-distinct biological compartment. The systems and methods further include identifying membrane staining of an analyte of interest in regions where diffuse membrane staining is intermixed with cytoplasmic staining and/or punctate staining is disclosed. The systems and methods further include quantifying membrane staining of an analyte of interest in tissue or cytological samples having regions in which membrane staining is intermixed with cytoplasmic staining and/or punctate staining.
US10747971B2	Identification verification using a device with embedded radio-frequency identification functionality A method for identification (ID) verification using a device with embedded radio-frequency identification (RFID) functionality is disclosed. The method comprises capturing, by a camera associated with a client device, an image of an ID document having an embedded RFID chip. The image is transmitted to a server for optical character recognition to extract and recognize printed data associated with the ID document. The client device can receive the printed data from the server and use the printed data to unlock the RFID chip by an RFID reader. Digital data associated with the ID document can be retrieved from the RFID chip and compared to the printed data. If the digital data and the printed data match, the ID document is verified. Otherwise, the ID document is rejected.
US10747969B2	Antenna device and reading system An antenna device of a reading apparatus configured to read a wireless tag includes a housing, an antenna element bent and extending in first and second directions within the housing, a first conductor that covers a bottom surface of the antenna element, and a second conductor that covers one or more of side surfaces of the antenna element on a major angle side thereof.
US10747966B2	Card reader A card reader may include a main body frame comprising a bag-shaped card holding portion and a partitioning portion; a case body; a locking member; a driving mechanism; and a sealing member. The locking member may be provided on the front side of the partitioning portion. The driving mechanism may include a driving source and a power transmission mechanism. The driving source and the power transmission mechanism or the power transmission mechanism may include a sliding member. An opening may be formed in the partitioning portion. The sealing member may include a seal body portion, and a cylindrical cover portion. A through hole may be formed to penetrate the seal body portion. A first end of the cover portion is connected to the seal body portion. The sliding member may penetrate through the cover portion. The cover portion may extend and contract in the front-rear direction.
US10747957B2	Processing communications using a prototype classifier In some applications, it may be desired to process a message to determine an intent of the message, where the intent indicates the meaning of the message. An intent classifier may be used to determine the meaning of a message by processing the message to compute a message embedding vector that represents the message in a vector space. Each possible intent may be represented by a prototype vector, and the intent of the message may be determined by comparing the message embedding to one or more prototype vectors, such as by selecting an intent whose prototype vector is closest to the message embedding. An intent classifier may be used, for example, (i) to implement an automated communications system with states where each state is associated with a subset of the possible intents or (ii) for processing usage data of a communications system to update the intents of the communications system.
US10747954B2	System and method for performing tasks based on user inputs using natural language processing Embodiments of the invention provide a natural language understanding (NLU) system that performs relatively complex task automations via verbal or voice instructions. Normally, task automations have a trigger condition, and a series of one or more actions that would require a user's selection of an option via manual input. This is because the underlying machine logic requires knowledge and classification capabilities from multiple domains that conventional personal assistants are not capable of. Embodiments of the inventive system and methods provide a solution to this complex task by analyzing trigger and action domains, pinpointing appropriate APIs, extracting corresponding API parameters, and automatically fulfilling API calls for the user. The system is configured to parse natural language commands into API calls. It analyzes both the trigger and action APIs and prompts a user for any missing information if necessary.
US10747949B2	Presenting an overlay canvas to ink edit typed text Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for presenting an overlay canvas in response to receiving an editing gesture to existing text on a canvas. In an implementation, user input is received comprising an inking gesture associated with existing text displayed on a canvas in a user interface. The inking gesture is then determined to comprise any of a plurality of editing gestures. In response to the inking gesture comprising an editing gesture, an overlay canvas is presented above the canvas in the user interface. Additional user input is received comprising inking on the overlay canvas. The inking is then incorporated into the existing text on the canvas.
US10747945B2	Systems and methods for generating and rendering stylized text posts Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a set of text entered by a composing user. A style identifier associated with a pre-defined style is received. The set of text and the style identifier are transmitted to a viewing user computing device for rendering of a stylized text post on the viewing user computing device based on the set of text and the style identifier.
US10747944B1	Unified web and application framework The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving an indication that a first activity has occurred. The first activity is associated with a uniform resource identifier (URI) that specifies at least one web page. The method also includes identifying an application that is associated with the URI using a registry that associates particular URIs with particular applications, retrieving, using the identified application, content associated with the URI, displaying the content or information derived from the content in a first format that is not controlled by a second format specified by a markup language of the at least one web page.
US10747943B2	Method, device, client apparatus, and electronic device for presenting webpages A method, a device, a client apparatus, and an electronic device for presenting webpages are disclosed. The method comprises: receiving webpage data; obtaining, based on page presentation-related interface information in the webpage data, corresponding interface elements of a local application; and at least partially using the interface elements of the local application to present a webpage of the webpage data. User experience can be improved according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
US10747938B2	Method for integrated circuit manufacturing An integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing method includes receiving an IC design layout having IC regions separate from each other. Each of the IC regions includes an initial IC pattern that is substantially identical among the IC regions. The method further includes identifying a group of IC regions from the IC regions. All IC regions in the group have a substantially same location effect, which is introduced by global locations of the IC regions on the IC design layout. The method further includes performing a correction process to a first IC region in the group, modifying the initial IC pattern in the first IC region into a first corrected IC pattern. The correction process includes using a computer program to correct location effect. The method further includes replacing the initial IC pattern in a second IC region in the group with the first corrected IC pattern.
US10747930B2	Event-driven design simulation An event-driven simulation system is provided. The simulation system includes an accelerator that executes event-driven instructions based on a testbench of a design. The accelerator uses an event table to keep track of pending input events and to identify instructions that need to be executed. The instructions are group-sorted into groups of logically independent instructions, and the simulation accelerator determines which group of instructions to fetch and execute based on which groups of instructions have pending events. The event table has an instruction event table and a group event table. Each group has one respective corresponding bit in the group event table for indicating whether the group has at least one pending event in the current time step. Each instruction of each group has a corresponding bit in the instruction event table for indicating whether the instruction has at least one pending event in the current time step.
US10747927B2	Electronics design automation A method may designing electronic circuits is provided. The method may include generating a first user interface for displaying, at a client, a plurality of graphical elements for creating a state diagram. A scaffold may be added to the state diagram in response to the scaffold being selected from the plurality of graphical elements. A first state bubble may be attached to the scaffold in response to the first state bubble being selected from the plurality of graphical elements. A dimension of the scaffold and/or a position of the first state bubble on the scaffold may be adjusted in response to a second state bubble being added and/or removed from the state diagram. A second user interface may be generated for displaying, at the client, the state diagram. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US10747926B2	Low-power test compression for launch-on-capture transition fault testing A new low-power test compression method and design for testability (DFT) architecture are proposed for deterministic test pairs for launch-on-capture (LOC) transition fault testing by using a new seed encoding scheme, a new low-power test application procedure and a new test compression architecture. The new seed encoding scheme generates seeds for all test pairs by selecting a primitive polynomial that encodes all test pairs of a compact test set. The low-power test compression architecture includes: (1) the LFSR established by the selected primitive polynomial and the selected number of extra variables injected to the LFSR; (2) the scan tree architecture for LOC transition fault testing; and (3) the new gating technique. A new static test compaction scheme is proposed by bitwise modifying the values of a seed and the extra variables. A new technique for test point insertion is proposed for LOC delay testing in the two-frame-circuit model, which apparently reduces test data volume.
US10747917B1	Method for generating a simulation model to evaluate aircraft flight systems A method for generating a simulation model to evaluate a flight control system including determining at least one high level requirement for an aircraft flight system during a non-automated engineering process; generating at least one specification of the high level requirement; generating a model computer-readable program code based on the at least one specification; executing the model computer-readable program code to generate a model code unit; executing the model code unit to generate a procedure document; executing the model code unit to perform a simulation method to generate a bench test computer-readable program code: executing the bench test computer-readable program code on a bench test computing device to generate a simulation output; and comparing the simulation output to the at least one specification of the high level requirement to generate a pass or fail result.
US10747916B2	Parameter generation for modeling of process-induced semiconductor device variation A method for generating semiconductor device model parameters includes receiving semiconductor device performance data of statistical instances of semiconductor devices, for a plurality of coordinates in a process space with dimensions of process-dependent device parameters Model parameters are extracted to produce individual model instances, each corresponding to the respective statistical instances for the coordinates in the process space. Statistics of the extracted model parameters are modeled by processing the individual model instances to determine, for each coordinate in the process space, moments describing non-normal marginal distributions of the extracted model parameters and correlations between the extracted model parameters. Semiconductor device model parameters are generated for use in simulating a circuit using the determined moments and the determined correlations, for a selected coordinate in the process space.
US10747914B1	Computer-implemented system and method for estimating electric baseload consumption using net load data Improved energy conservation, including realization of a ZNET (Zero Net Energy including Transportation) paradigm, can be encouraged by providing energy consumers with a holistic view of their overall energy consumption. Current energy consumption in terms of space heating, water heating, other electricity, and personal transportation can be modeled by normalizing the respective energy consumption into the same units of energy. In addition, the passive always-on electricity consumption caused by inactive devices that contributes to the baseload of a building can be identified and addressed by the consumer, as appropriate by expressing baseload as a compound value that combines constant always-on loads and regularly-cycling loads. The baseload is estimated as the peak occurrence in a frequency distribution of net load data, after which the always-on load can be determined by subtracting out any regularly-cycling loads.
US10747912B2	Method for modelling a bathtub of a blade A method for modeling at least one portion of a bathtub of a blade, the method including parametrizing a volume representing the bathtub portion as a set of markers extending from a reference transverse surface of the blade, the blade physically including the markers, and each marker associated with an elementary surface selected among a plurality of elementary surfaces forming a partition of at least one portion of the reference transverse surface; and defined by a marker height relative to the reference surface; determining optimized values of the marker heights relative to a given aerodynamic and/or thermal criterion; reproducing, on an interface of the device, the values thus determined.
US10747911B2	Constrained flattening of design data This application discloses a design system implementing tools and mechanisms to receive three-dimensional design data corresponding to a wire harness from a mechanical design tool. The tools and mechanisms can identify the three-dimensional design data includes a geometric description of one or more rigid or inflexible components in the wire harness, and convert or flatten the three-dimensional design data into a two-dimensional representation of the wire harness, such as a two-dimensional layout of the wire harness, which conforms with the geometric description of the one or more rigid or inflexible components in the wire harness.
US10747907B2	Buffer access for side-channel attack resistance A cryptographic accelerator (processor) retrieves data blocks for processing from a memory. These data blocks arrive and are stored in an input buffer in the order they were stored in memory (or other known order)—typically sequentially according to memory address (i.e., in-order.) The processor waits until a certain number of data blocks are available in the input buffer and then randomly selects blocks from the input buffer for processing. This randomizes the processing order of the data blocks. The processing order of data blocks may be randomized within sets of data blocks associated with a single read transaction, or across sets of data blocks associated with multiple read transactions.
US10747900B1	Discovering and controlling sensitive data available in temporary access memory Disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for discovering and controlling sensitive data stored in temporary access memory. Techniques include identifying an application configured to perform one or more secure functions using sensitive data, wherein the application is configured to store or access the sensitive data in a temporary access memory accessible to the application; analyzing one or more processes associated with runtime activity of the application; detecting, based on the analyzing, an instance of the sensitive data, wherein the detecting is based on at least one of: analyzing input from a user to the application, or analyzing attributes of the application; and automatically implementing, based on the detecting, a control action to limit the accessibility of the sensitive data in the temporary access memory.
US10747899B2	Techniques for determining whether an individual is included in ensemble genomic data Techniques to determine if an individual is a member of an ensemble contributing to combined genomic data include determining a site frequency spectrum (SFS) for alleles in the combined genomic data, and a number N of individuals contributing to the combined genomic data. Based on the SFS and N, both a number of queries NQ and a number of yeses NY are determined. NY is a number of yes responses to NQ queries, which indicates a particular likelihood that the individual is a member of the ensemble. Output is based on at least one of NQ and NY. For example, fewer than NQ queries from a single source are answered from a beacon. Alternatively, the likelihood that an individual is a member of the ensemble is determined based on responses to NQ queries about NQ different alleles present in the individual and NY.
US10747897B2	Privacy policy rating system A system includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to determine a privacy policy score for one of an application and a website and provide the privacy policy score to a device.
US10747896B2	Item sharing based on information boundary and access control list settings An item is shared based on an information boundary and access control settings. An application such as a document management application detects a selection of an information boundary to manage a sharing action associated with the item. The information boundary includes rules to define how the item is shared. A selection of an access control list is also detected to manage recipients who have an access to the item. The access control list allows a recipient in the list an ability to search and discover the item. In response to a detection of the sharing action to share the item, the information boundary and the access control list is applied to the item. The item is then shared based on the information boundary and the access control list through a link of the item transmitted to a recipient.
US10747895B2	Distribute big data security architecture This disclosure describes techniques for defining security measures of a secure data corridor that enables data feeds to transmit from an ingress point to an egress point, while maintaining a desired security protection. This disclosure further describes techniques to quantify the desired security protection by determining and further associating a data sensitivity rating with individual data feeds in transmit through the secure data corridor. In some examples, the data sensitivity rating of the secure data corridor may be locked at a default rating that is commensurate with access permissions of a subject or a data sensitivity rating of an adjoining secure data container. Alternatively, the data sensitivity rating may be dynamically set based on data feeds transmitting through the secure data corridor or set based on the data sensitivity rating of data feeds at an ingress point or egress point of the secure data corridor.
US10747890B2	System and method of controlling access to content using an accessibility API Disclosed are system and methods for controlling access to content from a user application executing in an isolated environment on a user device. An exemplary method includes intercepting, by a security application, data relating to content in a graphical user interface of the user application using an accessibility application programming interface (API) exposed by an operating system of the user device, and generating a first template associated with the content based on the intercepted data. The template specifies a pattern of elements of the graphical user interface. The method further includes determining a category of the content based on a comparison of the first template with a plurality of previously generated templates; and controlling access to the content of the graphical user interface based on the determined category.
US10747882B2	System and method for secure boot of an information handling system using verification signature and including verifying applications A verification for a secure boot process may include determining a determined signature for a compendium stored in a memory where the compendium includes a bootloader and an operating system, accessing a verification signature corresponding to the compendium, and comparing the verification signature with the determined signature where if the verification signature is the same as the determined signature, the compendium is verified as secure and a secure boot process is performed with the bootloader and operating system. The compendium may include one or more applications such that the applications may be verified as secure with the verification signature.
US10747881B1	Using browser context in evasive web-based malware detection The use of browser context in detecting malware is disclosed. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is received from a user and at a client device. The URL is used to request, at the client device, and from a remote server, content. At least a portion of data received from the remote server is provided by the client device to an external scanner. The external scanner is configured to use a browser executed in an instrumented virtual machine environment to analyze the data provided by the client device. A maliciousness verdict is received from the external scanner.
US10747878B1	Rapid verification of executing processes Rapid verification of executing processes includes receiving a seed from a verification unit. A checksum is generated at least in part by using a processor. The processor is coupled to a hierarchical memory, the hierarchical memory comprising an instruction cache, a data cache, and a shared memory accessible by both the instruction cache and the data cache. The shared memory is configured to store an executing program. A size of at least one of the instruction cache and the data cache is insufficient to store the entire executing program. The checksum is transmitted to the verification unit.
US10747875B1	Customizing operating system kernels with secure kernel modules Disclosed embodiments relate to secure and reliable customization of operating system kernels. Techniques include configuring a kernel security module for loading to an operating system kernel to run kernel-level scripts on the kernel, the kernel security module being configured to perform a security verification comprising operations of: identifying, at the kernel security module, a script received at the kernel security module for requested execution by the kernel, and verifying whether the script has a valid signature; determining, at the kernel security module and based on the security verification, whether to permit the script to be processed by the kernel; and identifying, based on the determining, executable code corresponding to the script to execute at the kernel.
US10747871B2	System and method for producing secure data management software A system for producing secure data management software, comprising at least one hardware processor adapted to: receive a plurality of data patterns, each comprising at least one data field identifier selected from a set of protected data field identifiers of at least one data repository, at least one output target, and an access instruction; identify in a plurality of computer instructions of the data management software one or more forbidden output instructions by matching one or more reaching definitions of some of the plurality of computer instructions with one or more of the plurality of data patterns; and remove the one or more forbidden output instructions from the plurality of computer instructions.
US10747863B2	Verification system A device includes memory and a processor. The device receives biometric information. The device receives location information. The device analyzes the received biometric information with stored biometric information. The device analyzes the received location information with stored location information. The device determines whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information. The device determines whether the received location information matches the stored location information. The device sends an electronic communication that indicates whether the received biometric information matches the stored biometric information and whether the received local information matches the stored location information.
US10747861B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling same The present invention relates to a mobile terminal formed to cover a wrist. A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a main body formed to be wearable on a wrist; a display unit arranged on the front side of the main body; an input unit, provided on the main body, for receiving user's voice; and a control unit for controlling the display unit, on the basis of voice information corresponding to the user's voice, so that screen information related to a car is associated with the voice information.
US10747859B2	System, method and computer program product for stateful instruction-based dynamic man-machine interactions for humanness validation A humanness validation method, system, and computer program product, include generating a sequence of actions including gaze actions and emotional state actions, instructing an access requestor to perform the actions in the sequence one-by-one, and granting access to the access requestor if a total error rate of each of the performed one-by-one actions in the sequence of actions is less than a predefined threshold value.
US10747852B1	License compliance analysis platform Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for managing license compliance in software development. A license analyzer receives a triggering event for analyzing license obligations associated with a software package. In response, the license analyzer performs a first scan on dependencies in the software package to determine libraries included in the software package and declared licenses in the included libraries. The license analyzer performs a second scan on source files in the software package to detect, based on license indicators present in the source files, licenses implicitly used in the software package. The license analyzer generates a compliance document specifying the license obligations based on results of the scans.
US10747845B2	System, method and apparatus for computationally efficient data manipulation A system, apparatus and method for exposing input data operands and input weight operands to elements of a two-dimensional array so that two pairs of operands are exposed to each element of the array.
US10747844B2	Systems and methods for converting a matrix input to a vectorized input for a matrix processor Presented are systems and methods that accelerate the convolution of an image and similar arithmetic operations by utilizing hardware-specific circuitry that enables a large number of operations to be performed in parallel across a large set of data. In various embodiments, arithmetic operations are further enhanced by reusing data and eliminating redundant steps of storing and fetching intermediate results from registers and memory when performing arithmetic operations.
US10747842B2	Optimizing linear programming models using different solvers Some embodiments provide a program. The program receives from a client device a request specifying a plurality of variables comprising set of sources and a set of objects. The program further receives a set of values from the set of sources. Each value in the set of values specifies an object in set of objects. The program also receives a selection of a set of defined scenarios for the request and the set of values. The program further generates a set of linear programming models based on the set of defined scenarios, the request, and the set of values.
US10747838B2	Geo-fence pre-caching systems and methods for providing location-variant results A method of operating a geo-fence pre-caching system that includes a cache server and caches is provided. The method includes receiving from a user device and at a cache server a query wrapper including a cache identifier and a location of the user device. The cache server is implemented in a cloud-based network. The method includes selecting a cache based on the cache identifier. The method includes mapping the location to a first geographical area and accessing a cache entry of a cache record based on the first geographical area. The cache entry indicates the first geographical area. The method includes, based on content of the cache entry, accessing cache entries corresponding to geographical areas adjacent to the first geographical area. The content of the cache entry links to the cache entries. The method includes retrieving and formatting content included in the cache entries for presentation at the user device.
US10747823B1	Interactive and conversational data exploration Example embodiments are disclosed where a narrative generation platform is integrated with a conversational interface such as a Chatbot to support interactive and dynamic narrative generation in response to speech inputs from users. Such a system can be further integrated with a visualization platform to allow the speech input through the conversational interface to interactively and dynamically focus and control visualizations and/or narratives that accompany the visualizations.
US10747821B2	Optimized digital component analysis system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing decision systems. In some implementations, methods can include receiving a component request specifying a maximum number of digital components that are capable of being presented on a particular electronic document being rendered at a client device. A ranking score for the given digital component is determined based on a maximum interaction increase factor of formatting available to be applied to the given digital component, the current eligibility value, and the historical eligibility value data. The given digital component is ranked among other available digital components based on the determined ranking score. The given digital component is selected for distribution based on the ranking score of the given digital component being included in the maximum number of highest ranked digital components. The given digital component is transmitted to a client device.
US10747796B2	Asymmetrical multilateral decision support system A system and methodology which can effectively provide decision makers with a better means of making decisions in a way that greatly improves the availability, reliability, and relevance of the information which they provide and use to make decisions. The system and methodology facilitates maximizing mutual utility in the context of a mutual decision between multiple users and groups of users identified generally as Parties and Counterparties and performs user specified actions based on meeting mutual threshold parameters. The system provides significant technical advantages over the prior art in that it uses helps Parties and Counterparties identify optimal arrangements and configurations with less errors, fewer computational cycles, less storage medium, and a smaller amount of time than would be possible using prior art systems.
US10747791B2	Method, apparatus, and system for mapping vulnerable road users An approach is provided for mapping vulnerable road users. The approach, for example, involves receiving sensor data from at least one vehicle indicating a presence of at least one vulnerable road user. The sensor data indicates a detected location of the at least one vulnerable road user. The approach also involves map matching the detected location of the at least one vulnerable road user to at least one road node, link, and/or a segment thereof of a geographic database. The approach further involves generating a vulnerable road user attribute to indicate a probability of the presence of the at least one vulnerable road user based on the sensor data. The approach further involves storing the vulnerable road user attribute in the geographic database as an attribute of the at least one road node, link, and/or segment.
US10747789B2	Geographic predictive search A device can receive a search query from another. The device can determine an information content of the partial query. The device can determine a set of tiles for identifying search results based on the information content of the partial query. The set of tiles can correspond to a geographic area within a proximity of the other device. The set of tiles can be associated with data identifying a set of points of interest associated with the geographic area. The device can obtain the data identifying the set of points of interest associated with the geographic area based on determining the set of tiles. The device can identify a set of search results based on the partial query and the data identifying the set of points of interest associated with the geographic area. The device can provide information identifying the set of search results.
US10747786B2	Spontaneous networking Systems for forming and maintaining spontaneous networks of collaborators in shared content management systems. A shared content management system supports user interactions with content objects. A service of the content management system monitors occurrences of interactions between users and objects. The users are associated with collaboration groups. To generate recommendations of groups other than the collaboration group or groups in which a particular user is already a member, a method embodiment receives entity relationship scores from the service. An entity relationship score quantifies a relationship between two subject entities that are common to a particular entity interaction event. The method then assigns the subject entities to one or more spontaneously-generated clusters. As clusters are formed and populated, cluster affinity scores are continuously calculated. Periodically, a recommended cluster is selected based on a corresponding cluster affinity score. A recommended cluster is named based on the member entities of the recommended cluster.
US10747781B2	Determination of data partition Partitioning a set of data using a binary format to more evenly distribute data values across a set of data partitions. By using a system of matching binary indices in a “back to front” manner, data values stored in or associated with data partitions are more evenly balanced.
US10747773B2	Database management system, computer, and database management method A database management system (DBMS) manages a database existing in a second storage device with an access speed lower than that of a first storage device. In an execution of a query, the DBMS dynamically generates tasks two or more executable tasks in parallel. The DBMS generates task start information which is information representing a content of the execution of the task, manages the task start information, and executes a content represented by the task start information by the task. The task start information includes a data address set existing in the second storage device. The DBMS controls movement of the data address sets between the first storage device and the second storage device based on a management state of the task start information. In addition, the DBMS selects the task start information based on whether or not the data address set exists in the first storage device.
US10747767B2	Methods for enhancing rapid data analysis A method for enhancing rapid data analysis includes receiving a set of data; storing the set of data in a first set of data shards sharded by a first field; and identifying anomalous data from the set of data by monitoring a range of shard indices associated with a first shard of the first set of data shards, detecting that the range of shard indices is smaller than an expected range by a threshold value, and identifying data of the first shard as anomalous data.
US10747764B1	Index-based replica scale-out A database system may receive a query and form a plan for executing the query using a hypothetical index selected based on columns referenced by the query. The database system may compare the hypothetical index to indexes on the computing nodes of the database system. Based on the comparison, the database system may form a new index, based on the hypothetical index, on one of the computing nodes. An additional computing node may be added to the database system for the purpose of maintaining the new index. Subsequent queries having commonality with the first query may be processed on a node maintaining the first index.
US10747747B2	Interpreting invalid data as valid data Provided are techniques for interpreting invalid data that is a portion of a data set as valid data. A request is received to convert data from a first format to a second format for an application, wherein the data is a portion of a data set. It is determined that the data is invalid, wherein the invalid data cannot be processed by the application in the first format. It is determined whether the invalid data is to be interpreted as valid based on a flag. In response to determining that the invalid data is to be interpreted as valid, setting the invalid data to a new value in the second format that can be processed by the application.
US10747744B2	Distributed ledger comprising snapshots A snapshot of a distributed ledger is generated, wherein the distributed ledger is stored by a plurality of node computing entities. A first node computing entity reads current states of one or more domain objects from a local cache stored by the node computing entity and corresponding to an application operating on the node computing entity. A snapshot record comprising the current states of the one or more domain objects is generated and written to a segment data file. The snapshot record is posted to the distributed ledger as part of a block.
US10747738B2	Efficient database management system and method for prioritizing analytical calculations on datasets Analyzing large datasets requires prioritization of analytical calculations to reduce analysis time and resource requirements. The prioritization process includes determining characteristics of a dataset, determining a list of analytical calculations, prioritizing the list of analytical calculations based on the dataset characteristics and characteristics of the analytical calculations, selecting the highest ranked analytical calculation, and applying the selected calculation on the dataset. The prioritization process of a new calculation based on a known set of calculations includes ranking the set of calculations based on their result scores from execution on a given dataset, comparing the new calculation to the list of known set of calculation, determining a similar calculation, and assigning the rank of the similar calculation to the new calculation.
US10747736B2	Aggregation database for external dataset A database system for representing data in an external dataset may include a multidimensional database defined by a set of dimensions associated with a respective set of attributes of the data in the external dataset. The multidimensional database may include a set of cells partitioned or otherwise divided into a set of slots. Each slot may be associated with a set of attribute values of the attribute associated with its corresponding dimension. Each cell may store data from the external dataset accessed by aggregating sets of attribute values associated with respective slots of the dimensions of the multidimensional database that define the cell.
US10747728B2	Edit and share unsupported files through instantly generated preview As users increasingly shift to cloud services, devices are less likely to be pre-loaded with applications that support the multitudes of different file types that exist today and are continuing to be created. Thus, embodiments are directed to editing and sharing unsupported files through an instantly generated preview without having to install applications that support each file type and/or subscribe to services. For example, in response to detecting a user's request to access a file that is stored locally and determining a lack of a local application or previewer associated with the file, a preview that includes a presentation of the file using a registered previewer may be instantly generated. The preview may be rendered such that the file can be edited and/or shared through the previewer based on a level of editing and/or sharing functionality, respectively, where the levels of functionality are based on the user's subscription status.
US10747714B2	Scalable distributed data store Described is a framework that manages a clustered, distributed NoSQL data store across multiple server nodes. The framework may include daemons running on every server node, providing auto-sharding and unified data service such that user data can be stored and retrieved consistently from any node. The framework may further provide capabilities such as automatic fail-over and dynamic capacity scaling.
US10747711B2	Dynamic hybridized positional notation instruction set computer architecture to enhance security Disclosed herein is a computing system with the capability to execute instructions in different positional notation values. The definition of a positional notation value is given by the general formula that represent a base 10 numeral in any positional notation in the following manner: . . . d3r3+d2r2+d1r1+d0r0, where d is a coefficient, r is the base of the positional number system (i.e. r=2 for binary, or r=3 for ternary), and the exponent is the position of the digit. The computing may provide a configuration which hybridizes the instructions of multiple positional notation values in variable ratios. The computing system may dynamically switch between the multiple hybridized instructions sets. Embodiments may be applied to provide security benefits.
US10747708B2	Communication system between electronic devices A system for communicating between electronic devices on a communication bus includes a communication bus and one or more communication circuits each having an output driver coupled to the communication bus and each having an input terminal. Each communication circuit produces, in response to a request message, a data communication on the communication bus in a predetermined order with respect to data communications from other communication circuits so that the data communications from each communication circuit form a sequential data stream in response to the request message.
US10747704B2	Electronic unit having a USB host connected to a USB device An electronic unit includes a USB host and a USB device. After the USB host and the USB device are connected to each other by a USB cable, a signal requesting for a connection permission is transmitted from the USB device to the USB host, and the USB host determines whether to permit a connection based on the signal. The electronic unit further includes a power supply configured to supply power to the USB device, and an additional GND pattern different from a GND pattern of the USB cable is electrically connected to a GND of the USB port of at least one of the USB host and the USB device. An area of the additional GND pattern is 2000 mm2 or more.
US10747700B1	Dynamically configurable pipeline Techniques disclosed herein relate to dynamically configurable multi-stage pipeline processing units. In one embodiment, a circuit includes a plurality of processing engines and a plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of processing engines includes an input port and an output port. Each of the plurality of switches comprises two input ports and two output ports. For each processing engine, the input port of the processing engine is electrically coupled to one of the switches, the output port of the processing engine is electrically coupled to another one of the switches, and the input port of the processing engine is electrically coupled to the output port of each of the processing engines by the switches.
US10747699B2	Bus control circuit, semiconductor integrated circuit, circuit board, information processing device and bus control method A bus control circuit configured to transfer access commands for performing exclusive access between a first bus specification and a second bus specification by converting from a first exclusive access command applying to the first bus specification which deals with exclusive access, into a second exclusive access command of the second bus specification which doesn't deal with the exclusive access. The circuit includes an exclusive access command conversion circuit for receiving the first exclusive access command, converting the first exclusive access command into the second exclusive access command, and outputting the second exclusive access command; an exclusive access command generation circuit for receiving the second exclusive access command and generate the first exclusive access command; an exclusive access response issuing circuit for issuing exclusive access response information for the second exclusive access command; and an exclusive access response receiving circuit for receiving exclusive access response information for the second exclusive access command.
US10747692B2	Image processing accelerator A processing accelerator includes a shared memory, and a stream accelerator, a memory-to-memory accelerator, and a common DMA controller coupled to the shared memory. The stream accelerator is configured to process a real-time data stream, and to store stream accelerator output data generated by processing the real-time data stream in the shared memory. The memory-to-memory accelerator is configured to retrieve input data from the shared memory, to process the input data, and to store, in the shared memory, memory-to-memory accelerator output data generated by processing the input data. The common DMA controller is configured to retrieve stream accelerator output data from the shared memory and transfer the stream accelerator output data to memory external to the processing accelerator; and to retrieve the memory-to-memory accelerator output data from the shared memory and transfer the memory-to-memory accelerator output data to memory external to the processing accelerator.
US10747689B2	Multiprocessor system with improved secondary interconnection network Embodiments of a multiprocessor system are disclosed that may include a plurality of processors interspersed with a plurality of data memory routers, a plurality of bus interface units, a bus control circuit, and a processor interface circuit. The data memory routers may be coupled together to form a primary interconnection network. The bus interface units and the bus control circuit may be coupled together in a daisy-chain fashion to form a secondary interconnection network. Each of the bus interface units may be configured to read or write data or instructions to a respective one of the plurality of data memory routers and a respective processor. The bus control circuit coupled with the processor interface circuit may be configured to function as a bidirectional bridge between the primary and secondary networks. The bus control circuit may also couple to other interface circuits and arbitrate their access to the secondary network.
US10747684B2	Semiconductor device managing address mapping of a semiconductor memory device and data storage device including the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a mapping cache configured to cache mapping data stored in a memory device, and a cache controller configured to manage the mapping cache, wherein the mapping cache comprises a first cache including a plurality of cache blocks, each cache block storing first mapping information and a link for another cache block storing second mapping information having a relationship with the first mapping information.
US10747681B1	Invalidation of entries in address translation storage Apparatuses and methods for address translation invalidation are provided. In an apparatus having address translation storage which stores merged address translation information for multiple address translation stages, a set of counters are provided to hold a set of counter values. Entries in the address translation storage are stored with identifiers of first and second counters selected from the set of counters in dependence on respective context information for a first stage and a second stage of address translation together with a counter value of each counter. In response to an invalidation request specifying a first or second addressing scheme invalidation context a counter of the set of counters is selected in dependence on the first or second addressing scheme invalidation context and its value is modified. Subsequently an entry in the address translation storage is determined to be invalid when either the first counter value does not match a current value of the first counter or the second counter value does not match a current value of the second counter.
US10747679B1	Indexing a memory region A contiguous region in memory may be configured to store data so that a first portion of the data is addressable using a first indexing scheme and a second portion of the data is addressable using a second indexing scheme. The first portion of the data may include information which may be used by one entity and the second portion of the data may include different information which may be used by another entity.
US10747678B2	Storage tier with compressed forward map A data storage device includes a storage tier and a storage controller operably coupled to the storage tier and configured to be communicatively coupled to a host device. The storage controller includes a first memory operably coupled to the storage controller and configured to store a superseding data structure. The storage controller further includes a second memory operably coupled to the storage controller and configured to store a forward map configured to map a plurality of logical block addresses to physical locations on the storage tier. The storage controller further includes a sifting module configured to sift the forward map based on data contained in the superseding data structure. The storage controller further includes a compression module configured to compress the forward map to generate a compressed forward map.
US10747677B2	Snapshot locking mechanism A storage system comprises a plurality of storage devices and an associated storage controller. The plurality of storage devices are configured to store a plurality of logical units (LUNs) and snapshot data structures associated with the plurality of LUNs. The storage controller is configured to determine a mapping of a logical address associated with a pending read or write operation to a snapshot address associated with a given snapshot data structure of the storage system that comprises a plurality of nodes generated during point-in-time snapshots taken based on at least one of the LUNs, lock at least a portion of the given snapshot data structure during the read or write operation based on the determined mapping, and release the lock on the at least a portion of the given snapshot data structure in response to a completion of the read or write operation.
US10747675B2	Method and device for managing caches Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to a method and device for managing caches. In particular, the method may include in response to receiving a request to write data to the cache, determining the amount of data to be written. The method may further include in response to the amount of the data exceeding a threshold amount, skipping writing data to the cache and writing the data to a lower level storage of the cache. Corresponding systems, apparatus and computer program products are also provided.
US10747668B2	Efficient global cache partition and dynamic sizing for shared storage workloads A shared cache memory can be logically partitioned among different workloads to provide isolation between workloads and avoid excessive resource contention. Each logical partition is apportioned a share of the cache memory, and is exclusive to a respective one of the workloads. Each partition has an initial size allocation. Historical data can be collected and processed for each partition and used to periodically update its size allocation.
US10747652B2	Automatic risk analysis of software Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing automatic risk analysis of software. An automatic risk analyzer may determine correlations between binaries of the software and source files of the software, between the source files and functions (i.e., sub-routines) of the software, between changes to source code of the software and defects, new features, and/or feature enhancements in the software, between attributes of the software (e.g., attributes associated with the changes to the source code), etc. at various time instances. The automatic risk analyzer may compare the correlations corresponding to a first time instance and the correlations corresponding to a second time instance to determine any of a variety of temporal relationships regarding underlying factors, including but not limited to new feature(s), feature enhancement(s), defect(s), churn rate, code coverage, code complexity, etc. The automatic risk analyzer may determine risk(s) for the software based on the temporal relationships.
US10747645B2	Selectively tracing portions of computer process execution Expressly turning tracing on and off at each juncture between code that a developer wants to have traced and other code may reduce trace file size but adds computational cost. Described technologies support selectively tracing a process's execution, with some extra tracing done beyond the code the developer wanted traced, but with significantly reduced computational cost, by reducing the number of trace enablement and disablement operations. A trace controller uses a tracing disablement distance variable whose values indicate the computational distance from trace disablement. A distance variable modifier automatically moves the distance variable closer to a stop-tracing value as the process executes. The amount of extra tracing is balanced against the reduction in trace enablement/disablement operations by tuning thresholds, based on information about routine size and computational cost. Operation of the trace controller is illustrated by sample APIs, a tracing state diagram, and a side-by-side comparison, among other items.
US10747637B2	Detecting anomalous sensors Anomalous sensors are detected using an apparatus including a processor and one or more computer readable mediums collectively including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: obtain a plurality of healthy sensor data, wherein each of the healthy sensor data includes a plurality of sensed values of a corresponding sensor among a plurality of sensors in normal operation, generate a healthy data distribution of at least two sensors among the plurality of sensors based on the plurality of healthy sensor data, and generate a function of a status probability distribution of the plurality of sensors with respect to time under the condition of sensor data with respect to time based on the healthy data distribution.
US10747634B2	System and method for utilizing machine-readable codes for testing a communication network A testing device which includes a testing unit to perform test procedures on network elements of a communication network and a machine-readable code reader to read a machine-readable code associated with a network element of the communication network. The testing device further includes a computer device configured to: (i) determine a component type associated with the machine-readable code data read; (ii) select from a plurality of configuration files a configuration file based on the component type determined; and (iii) configure the test unit for a test procedure using the configuration file selected, and to perform the test procedure on the network element.
US10747613B2	Pooled frontline ECC decoders in memory systems Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for correcting data from memory systems such as a plurality of non-volatile memory devices of a Solid State Drive (SSD), including but not limited to, receiving frames of the data from the plurality of non-volatile memory devices, allocating the frames among pooled frontline Error Correction Code (ECC) decoders, decoding, by the pooled frontline ECC decoders, the frames to output first decoded frames, and returning the first decoded frames to the read channels.
US10747611B2	Safety enhancement for memory controllers A memory controller includes a generator circuit configured to generate a predetermined pattern of data, an address input, and a memory interface circuit. The memory interface circuit is configured to write the predetermined pattern of data to a memory at an address identified in the address input. The memory interface circuit is further configured to read a stored pattern of data from the memory at the address. The memory controller further includes an integrity checker circuit configured to compare the predetermined pattern of data and the stored pattern of data and identify an error of the memory based upon the comparison.
US10747610B2	Leveraging distributed metadata to achieve file specific data scrubbing A computer-implemented method, according to one embodiment, includes: determining whether an error has occurred for each block of storage space in memory by sequentially evaluating each of the blocks of storage space. In response to determining that an error has occurred for a given block, the given block is scanned for an identifier at an end of data stored in the given block, and a trailer appended to the identifier is located. Metadata included in the trailer is further used to identify each additional block which corresponds to a same file as the given block, and a data scrubbing procedure is performed on the given block and each of the additional identified blocks. A result of the scrubbing procedure is also output in response to detecting an error in the given block and/or the additional identified blocks.
US10747598B2	Synchronization of messages based on queues In various example embodiments, a system and method for synchronization of messages based on queues are presented. One or more electronic messages are received according a message order. A message queue that corresponds to the first user is generated. The one or more messages in the message queue are stored based on the received message order. A position of a next message in the generated message queue to be transmitted is determined. The message from the determined position in the message queue is transmitted to the client device operated by the first user.
US10747584B2	Security-aware partitioning of processes Techniques are described for providing security-aware partitioning of processes. An example method includes identifying an integration scenario for optimization in a cloud-based system based on optimization constraints. The identified integration scenario is translated into a directed graph comprising connections between particular flows within the integration scenario. Each flow in the identified scenario is automatically analyzed to determine whether the flow is shareable across processing units associated with a different tenant, and each flow can be annotated in the direct graph with results of the analysis. At least one optimization to the integration scenario is determined based on the annotated directed graph and a set of optimization constraints. An assignment of flows to particular processing units is generated based on the determined at least one optimization.
US10747583B2	Managing processing associated with selected architectural facilities A facility is provided that, when installed, removes from an architecture a selected architectural function, such that the function is not able to be turned on/off regardless of other controls within the environment. When the facility is installed, the architectural function is not supported when processing in an architectural mode based on the architecture. It is as if the selected architectural function is no longer available in the architecture, and in fact, the code implementing the facility may have been deleted, bypassed, or otherwise eliminated. One such architectural function is virtual address translation, such as dynamic address translation (DAT), and the architecture is, for instance, ESA/390.
US10747581B2	Virtual machine migration between software defined storage systems Virtual machine volumes may be migrated between software defined storage (SDS) systems by an orchestration engine configured to manage one or more virtual machines. The orchestration engine may identify one or more volumes associated with the one or more virtual machines and resident in a first SDS system to migrate to a second SDS system, and for each identified volume among the one or more identified volumes, the orchestration engine may create a replacement volume for the identified volume on the second SDS system, map the replacement volume to the associated virtual machine for the identified volume, cause the associated virtual machine to discover the replacement volume, mirror data from the identified volume to the replacement volume, unmap the identified volume from the associated virtual machine, and delete the identified volume from the first SDS system.
US10747574B2	Executing applications prior to user login Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for executing applications prior to user login. A method includes tracking, by a processor, a user's usage pattern of an information handling device over a period of time while the user uses the information handling device. The method includes predicting a time that the user is likely to login to the information handling device based on the user's usage pattern of the information handling device. The method includes executing one or more applications that the user is likely to use at the predicted time, based on the user's usage pattern, prior to the user logging into information handling device.
US10747572B2	Computing system including enhanced application performance based on last completed operation sequence value A computing system includes an application configured to request execution of at least one translation including at least one command. A first coupling facility is configured to perform a first modification process to modify a first structure based on a received command associated with an ongoing transaction. A second coupling facility includes a secondary circular queue loaded with first data blocks indicating the first modification process, and is configured to output a message response block (MRB). The application determines a most recent modification process performed by the secondary coupling facility based on the MRB.
US10747560B2	Computerized task guidance across devices and applications A digital task document can include instructions for performing a task, and a task state data structure can indicate a state of completion of the task. A first update of the data structure can be performed in response to visual user input received from a user profile via a first computer application/device. A second update of the data structure can be performed in response to natural language input received from the user profile via the second computer application/device. A first set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the first application/device in a visual format by displaying the task document on a computer display. A second set of task guidance can be provided to the user profile via the second application/device in a natural language format. The first and second sets of task guidance can be provided using the task document and the data structure.
US10747559B2	Automated troubleshoot and diagnostics tool This disclosure describes a support user interface for a customer support application that allows a customer support representative to categorize and subcategorize a customer service issue in order to populate a set of probing questions, wherein selected answers to the probing questions can filter from multiple potential root causes, the most likely root cause of the customer service issue. Upon identifying the potential root cause to the customer service issue, one or more potential solutions can be implemented to resolve the customer service issue.
US10747519B2	Language, function library, and compiler for graphical and non-graphical computation on a graphical processor unit A compiler and library provide the ability to compile a programming language according to a defined language model into a programming language independent, machine independent intermediate representation, for conversion into an executable on a target programmable device. The language model allows writing programs that perform data-parallel graphics and non-graphics tasks.
US10747518B2	Method and system for modifying machine instructions within compiled software A system and method for modifying a compiled software application to implement additional software code to enhance the functionality of a software application. The system and method comprises receiving a software application binary 601, metadata 602, and modification options 603, analyzing the received components, modifying the software application binary based on the analysis, and returning the modified software application binary 610.
US10747516B1	Applications for hardware accelerators in computing systems An example method of implementing an application for a hardware accelerator having a programmable device coupled to memory is disclosed. The method includes compiling source code of the application to generate logical circuit descriptions of kernel circuits; determining resource availability in a dynamic region of programmable logic of the programmable device, the dynamic region exclusive of a static region of the programmable logic programmed with a host interface configured to interface a computing system having the hardware accelerator; determining resource utilization by the kernel circuits in the dynamic region; determining fitting solutions of the kernel circuits within the dynamic region, each of the fitting solutions defining connectivity of the kernel circuits to banks of the memory; adding a memory subsystem to the application based on a selected fitting solution of the fitting solutions; and generating a kernel image configured to program the dynamic region to implement the kernel circuits and the memory subsystem.
US10747510B1	Application runtime modification Techniques to facilitate modifications to program execution in an application at runtime are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a copy of a code block associated with code is created. A flag associated with the copy of the code block is modified to mark the copy of the code block as having a native code version of the code. Metadata associated with the copy of the code block is modified to identify alternative code to run instead of the native code version of the code. A pointer associated with the code block is modified to point to a trampoline function. The trampoline function checks whether the code block is associated with a modification, and when the code block is associated with the modification, then the trampoline function calls the copy of the code block to invoke the alternative code by virtue of the flag and the metadata.
US10747506B2	Customizing operator nodes for graphical representations of data processing pipelines A method may include receiving, from a client, a request to customize an operator node corresponding to a data processing operation. The request may include a first key. The operator node may be selected for inclusion in a graph representative of a data processing pipeline. The operator node may be associated with a first file that includes at least one configuration parameter associated with the operator node. The at least one configuration parameter may be associated with a second key. In response to the first key being determined to match the second key, the operator node may be customized by modifying the at least one configuration parameter. Furthermore, a second file associated with a customized operator node may be generated to store the customizations made to the operator node including the modification of the at least one configuration parameter. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US10747505B1	API specification generation Methods and systems that facilitate automatic generation of Application Programming Interface (API) specification from web traffic. Methods include obtaining a plurality of API requests and responses to the plurality of API requests. Methods include processing these API requests and responses to API requests to identify one or more attributes, such as, for example, variables, query parameters, response status codes, and response schemas. Methods include identifying variables using a tree data structure to represent resource paths. Methods include identifying query parameters based on resource items in resource paths. Methods include determining that the API call does not conform to the API specification by comparing one or more attributes of the API call with the attributes of the API specification.
US10747503B2	Random number generation using heat assisted magnetic recording A method includes detecting noise in a laser output of a heat assisted magnetic recording device. The noise is converted into an electrical signal including a numerical value. A least significant digit of the numerical value is selected. The least significant digit is concatenated with another least significant digit from another detecting of another noise in another laser output to form a number.
US10747500B2	Aural delivery of environmental visual information Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for aurally delivering environmental visual information. In an embodiment, a set of images that is within the field of view of the user is captured from a video capture device worn by the user. Environmental text that is within the set of images is identified. An aural contextual indicator that corresponds to the environmental text is then generated. This aural contextual indicator indicates the informational nature of the environmental text. This aural contextual indicator is forwarded to the user via an aural device worn by the user accompanied by, in some embodiments, a vocalization of the content of the environmental text.
US10747498B2	Zero latency digital assistant An electronic device can implement a zero-latency digital assistant by capturing audio input from a microphone and using a first processor to write audio data representing the captured audio input to a memory buffer. In response to detecting a user input while capturing the audio input, the device can determine whether the user input meets a predetermined criteria. If the user input meets the criteria, the device can use a second processor to identify and execute a task based on at least a portion of the contents of the memory buffer.
US10747479B2	Metadata indexing for advanced function presentation systems Systems and methods are provided for indexing in Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) systems. One embodiment is a system that includes a memory and a controller. The controller is able to load Advanced Function Presentation (AFP) print data, to identify AFP objects within the print data, to correlate the AFP objects with contextual information describing the AFP objects, and to insert the contextual information for the AFP objects into AFP Object Container Data (OCD) structures within AFP Index Elements (IELs) of an AFP index. The memory is able to store the index.
US10747476B2	Printing apparatus, method for controlling the same, and storage medium having a wireless communication interface that performs an access point operation to cause the printing apparatus to operate as an access point, and an operation conforming to Wi-Fi® direct A printing apparatus includes a wireless communication interface that operates in a first mode, performing an access point operation to cause the printing apparatus to operate as an access point, and a second mode, performing an operation conforming to Wi-Fi® Direct. In addition, a processor performs operations including setting one of the first and second modes as an operation mode to be used for wireless direct connection with an external apparatus, based on a user instruction, causing, in accordance with the instruction to start an operation for the wireless direct connection, the wireless communication interface to operate in the first mode if the first mode is set as the operation mode, and causing the wireless communication interface to operate in the second mode if the second mode is set as the operation mode, and displaying information indicating the set operation mode on a screen related to the wireless direct connection.
US10747467B2	Memory management for application loading Some embodiments can load one or more applications into working memory from persistent storage when permitted by a memory pressure level of a mobile device. Loading the applications into working memory enables the applications to be launched into the foreground quickly when the user indicates the desire to launch. Some embodiments may identify a set of applications that are designated for providing snapshots to be displayed when the mobile device is in a dock mode. Certain embodiments may determine a current memory pressure level. Some embodiments may load an application in the set of applications into working memory from a persistent storage responsive to determining that the memory pressure level is below a threshold. Certain embodiments may continue to load additional applications responsive to determining that the memory pressure level is below the threshold. After determining that the memory pressure level is above the threshold, some embodiments may reclaim memory.
US10747466B2	Save-restore in integrated circuits In described examples, circuitry for saving and restoring a design block state includes first memories configured to receive, and store in different first memories in a first order, different portions of first data; and a second memory coupled to first memories. First memories with the most memory cells have N memory cells. First memories with fewer memory cells have M memory cells. When saving state, first data from different first memories is written in a second order to different corresponding regions of the second memory as second data. The second order repeats portions of the first data stored in sequentially first N mod M cells, determined using the first order, of corresponding first memories with fewer cells. When restoring state, second data is read from the second memory and stored, in the first order, in corresponding first memories; repeated portions are repeatedly stored in corresponding first memories with fewer cells.
US10747465B2	Preserving replication to a storage object on a storage node A technique preserves replication to a storage node. The technique involves, from a first storage node, sending a replication query to a second storage node. The technique further involves, in response to the replication query sent to the second storage node, receiving replication session data from the second storage node. The replication session data describes replication which has terminated from a third storage node to the second storage node for a particular storage object. The technique further involves, based on the replication session data, establishing replication from the first storage node to the second storage node for the particular storage object to preserve use of the particular storage object.
US10747464B2	Efficient data transmission techniques Techniques for migrating data of a logical device from a source to a target system may include: obtaining a map indicating unused data portions of a logical device; issuing read commands from the target system to the source system to only read data from the source copy of the logical device for logical addresses that are not marked in the map as unused data portions; receiving the read data at the target system; writing the read data to second logical addresses of the target copy of the logical device on the target system; and marking logical addresses indicated by the map as corresponding to the unused data portions. The source system may also determine whether all data of a received read request that reads data from the logical device is included in an unused data portion and if so, return no read data and a specialized error condition.
US10747449B2	Reduction of power use during address translation via selective refresh operations According to one embodiment, a memory system is provided with a nonvolatile memory, a controller, a volatile memory and an address translation table. The address translation table includes a high level and a plurality of low levels. The high level indicates positions in the nonvolatile memory in which the low levels are recorded. The low levels indicate positions in the nonvolatile memory in which data is recorded. The controller holds the high level of the address translation table in the first area of the volatile memory, and shuts off the supply of power to the second area of the volatile memory based on a transition from a normal-power state to a low-power state.
US10747444B2	Allocation of memory regions of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory for stream-based data writing A semiconductor storage device comprises a nonvolatile semiconductor memory with memory regions, threads, and a controller. Each thread includes a buffer region in which write data from a host are stored before the write data are written to one of the memory regions, and the buffer region of each thread is different from buffer regions of the other threads. The controller receives stream data from the host, each stream data being associated with one of multiple stream identifications, allocates each stream identification to one of the threads according to priority levels assigned to the stream identifications, such that a stream identification assigned a highest priority level is allocated to a thread to which none of other stream identifications are allocated, and writes each stream data stored in the buffer regions to one of the memory regions according to stream identification of the stream data.
US10747439B2	Method and apparatus for power-fail safe compression and dynamic capacity for a storage device Power-fail safe compression and dynamic capacity for a storage device in a computer system is provided. Metadata stored with each logical block in non-volatile memory in the storage device ensures that the mapping table may be recovered and stored in volatile memory for use by the computer system after power is restored to the computer system. In addition, the metadata ensures that a list of free logical block addresses written to the storage device prior to shutting down the computer system to provide access to the additional capacity that is available in the storage device by storing compressed data in the storage device may also be recovered.
US10747416B2	User terminal device and method for displaying thereof There is provided a method for displaying of a user terminal device which includes displaying a first screen; and displaying, in response to a user interaction to touch and drag one of corner areas of the first screen being detected, a second screen on a touch location of the corner areas where the user interaction is detected while at least a part of the first screen is being displayed.
US10747412B2	Method and apparatus for adjustment of a table position in a medical data acquisition scanner In a method and apparatus for adjusting a table position in a medical data acquisition scanner, image data relating to a body region are generated by operation of the medical data acquisition scanner by running a scanning protocol. The scanning protocol is intended to be used independently of the body region that is mapped. An iso-mode, in which a relative position of the body region relative to the isocenter of the medical data acquisition scanner can be set via the table position in accordance with an optimization criterion, and on a ref-mode, in which the table position is set at a predetermined reference position, are provided. A mode of operation is selected from the iso-mode and the ref-mode as dependent on anatomical information relating to the body region and/or a relative position of the body region relative to the isocenter that ensues in the reference position, and before the running of and/or during the running of the selected scanning protocol, the table position is set according to the selected mode of operation.
US10747407B2	System and method for delivering modular tools A system and method are presented for delivering modular tools through a cloud-based remote computing environment. Users may create and customize extensions to the modular tools for integration with the product system without requiring change to product. Using a script tag added to a website, a user is able to install the modular tool to a website. The modular tool extensions are able to directly communicate with handlers and websites and are able to become directly integrated with a premises-based product. This may be done through a multiplexed API exposed to the modular tool extensions that directly couples them to the premises-based product. The modular tools are able to be configured in the premises-based product, however they are hosted in the cloud and as such, the premises-based product is able to receive continuous integration and deployment from the cloud.
US10747402B2	Replication filters for data replication system Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives a set of values for a set of attributes associated with a plurality of data objects managed by a first system. The program further generates a replication filter for filtering the plurality of data objects based on the set of values for the set of attributes associated with the plurality of data objects. The program also replicates a subset of the plurality of data objects from the first system to the second system based on the replication filter. The program further receives a set of data from the second system, the set of data generated by the second system based on the subset of the plurality of data objects.
US10747397B2	Structured suggestions An electronic device suggests contacts and calendar events for users based on their messages. The device can analyze a user's messages for contact and event information and automatically generate or update suggested contacts and calendar events for the user based on this information. The suggested contacts and calendar events can be searchable as if they were manually entered by the user, and the user can choose to add or ignore the suggested contacts and calendar events.
US10747375B2	Touch sensor An antenna has a visible light transparent substrate, and a pattern including metal fine wires provided on the visible light transparent substrate and having a plurality of opening portions. In the pattern, a line width of the metal fine wire is 0.5 to 5.0 μm, an opening ratio is 70% or greater, and surface electrical resistance is 9 Ω/sq. or less. A method of manufacturing an antenna has a step of forming a pattern in which a line width of metal fine wires is 0.5 to 5.0 μm, and an opening ratio is 70% or greater by an electroless copper plating treatment. A touch sensor has a touch sensor unit which is provided in a visible light transparent substrate and which includes at least a detection electrode in which a plurality of opening portions are formed of conductive fine wires, and at least one antenna provided on the substrate.
US10747371B1	Detection of finger press from live video stream A method to detect a finger press in an augmented reality (AR) workspace. The method includes obtaining, using an image sensor, an image of the AR workspace, where the image includes an icon of a graphic user interface (GUI), where the GUI is hovered over by a hand of a user, extracting, by a computer processor based at least on a skin tone color filter, a hand candidate from the image of the AR workspace, extracting, by the computer processor based on a pre-determined confidence measure, a finger candidate from a contour of the hand candidate, and detecting, by the computer processor based on a location of the finger candidate with respect to the icon of the GUI, the finger press performed by the hand of the user.
US10747370B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program for outputting a display information item about an operation object An information processing device includes an output control unit that outputs a display information item about an operation object on the basis of a result of detection of a pointing operation with respect to the operation object by a user. The output control unit outputs the display information item about the operation object such that the operation object is displayed in at least either one of a first display mode and a second display mode different from the first display mode in accordance with an operating condition of the pointing operation.
US10747366B2	Calibration data identification Example implementations relate to calibration data identification. For example, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed cause a processor of a computing device to, in response to establishing a connection between the computing device and a first electronic device, request descriptor information of a second electronic device connected to the computing device via a universal serial bus (USB) interface of the computing device. The instructions when executed further cause the processor to identify calibration data of a third electronic device connected to the computing device based on the descriptor information and to control the first electronic device using the calibration data. The calibration data is stored at the second electronic device.
US10747365B2	Input adjustment Techniques for input adjustment are described. In one or more implementations, a user perspective of a display surface is estimated, and is used to correlate output that is displayed on the display surface. According to one or more implementations, detected motion of a display surface is used to compensate for an effect of the motion on input to the display surface.
US10747364B2	Noise detection device, system and method A noise detection device includes a drive circuit, a sense circuit and a controller. The drive circuit drives a plurality of drive lines having a first polarity pattern and a second polarity pattern, wherein an operation of the first polarity pattern and the second polarity pattern substantially equals zero over a predetermined time period. The sense circuit senses a plurality of sense signals from at least one sense line during the predetermined time period. The controller derives a magnitude of a noise signal from the at least one sense line according to the sense signals.
US10747362B2	Touch device with suppression band Examples disclosed herein relate to the identification and suppression of inadvertent touches on a touch device, such as a touchpad or a touch screen. A suppression region is monitored on the touch device, and received touches are classified as intended or inadvertent based on the touches inside or outside of the suppression region. The suppression region is continually monitored, even while touches determined to be intended are being captured. Inadvertent touches are suppressed, and intended touches are allowed to be displayed or otherwise processed.
US10747356B2	Touch module, driving method thereof and display device The present disclosure provides a touch module, a driving method thereof and a display device. The touch module includes a touch electrode layer, a touch region determination unit and a touch position detection unit. The touch electrode layer includes a plurality of touch electrode blocks arranged in an array form and independent of each other, and the plurality of touch electrode blocks is divided into N number of touch regions, where N is an integer greater than 1. The touch region determination unit is configured to determine whether each touch region is being touched, and when there is a touch region which is being touched, transmit a detection control signal to the touch position detection unit. The touch position detection unit is configured to, upon the receipt of the detection control signal, detect a position of a corresponding touch electrode block which is being touched in the touch region which is being touched.
US10747353B2	Electronic device and method of controlling the electronic device based on touch input A method of detecting a touch input and controlling an electronic device based on the touch input is provided. The method of includes displaying a user interface through a touchscreen display; detecting a first touch input with a pressure lower than a first threshold via a first region of the display and performing a first action, detecting a second touch input with a pressure lower than a second threshold via a second region of the display adjacent to a periphery of the display and performing a second action, detecting a third touch input with a pressure greater than the first threshold via the first region of the display and performing a third action, and detecting a fourth touch input with a pressure greater than the second threshold via the second region and performing a generic fourth action associated with the electronic device.
US10747351B2	Display device A display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a drive layer, and an optical layer, and is divided into a display area, and a non-display area. A first connection pad and a second connection pad are disposed in the non-display area. The second substrate is disposed facing the first substrate, and includes: a second base substrate including a sensing area, and a non-sensing area; and a touch sensor disposed on the second base substrate. The touch sensor includes a touch sensing electrode, a touch pad, and a sensing line electrically coupling the touch sensing electrode with the touch pad. The non-display area of the first substrate is bent so that the first connection pad is electrically coupled with the second connection pad, and the second connection pad is electrically coupled with the touch pad.
US10747337B2	Mechanical detection of a touch movement using a sensor and a special surface pattern system and method A system, method and wireless earpiece for detecting a touch event. The touch event is measured by a touch sensor and one or more of accelerometers and microphones. The touch event detected by the touch sensor and one or more of the accelerometers and microphones is analyzed. An action for the wireless earpiece associated with the touch event is determined. The action associated with the touch event is implemented.
US10747336B1	Defining operating areas for virtual reality systems using sensor-equipped operating surfaces An operating area for a virtual reality system may be defined based on the positions of sensors (e.g., infrared sensors) or fiducial markings within an environment where the virtual reality system is to be operated. The sensors or the fiducial markings may be provided on an operating surface in the form of a carpet, a mat or another like floor covering. When the virtual reality system is to be calibrated prior to use, positions of the sensors or the fiducial markings may be sensed by a base station, a headset or another virtual reality system unit, and an operating area may be defined based on virtual boundaries constructed using such positions.
US10747317B2	Systematic bilateral situational awareness tracking apparatus and method A systematic bilateral situational awareness tracking apparatus provides a wearable device with neurosynaptic, EEG, EKG, SpO2, body temperature, and blink sensors. A processor monitors the sensors and determines the wearer's state of situational awareness. When the wearer is fatigued or otherwise less alert, the device provides haptic feedback in conjunction with audio and visual, alerts to the wearer, and text message alerts to others. The device integrates with dynamic assessment of situational awareness (DASA) software in order to allow further analysis of the wearer's situational awareness capability and longevity, and prediction of times of peak wakefulness and fatigue.
US10747315B2	Communication and control system and method An input system includes at least one sensor and a controller communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is configured to identify a position of an eye. The controller is configured to receive a first signal indicative of a first position of an eye from the at least one sensor and map the eye position to a user's selection.
US10747314B1	Tracking system with infrared camera A system includes an infrared light source, an infrared camera, and a controller. The controller includes processing circuitry configured to control a pulse illumination of the infrared light source, capture a sequence of images from the infrared camera including infrared noise combined with a captured reflection of the pulse illumination, filter the infrared noise from the sequence of images based on a comparison of the captured reflection of the pulse illumination to an expected result of the pulse illumination, and track a feature of interest in the sequence of images after filtering of the infrared noise.
US10747305B2	Method, system, and device of authenticating identity of a user of an electronic device A method for confirming identity of a user of a mobile electronic device, the method including: receiving touch data from a touch-screen of the mobile electronic device; receiving acceleration data from an accelerometer of the mobile electronic device; correlating between the touch data and the acceleration data; based on the correlating, generating a user-specific trait indicative of said user. The method further includes storing a reference value of the user-specific trait, indicative of said user; in a subsequent usage session of the mobile electronic device, generating a current value of the user-specific trait correlating between touch data and acceleration data; and based on a comparison between the current value of the user-specific trait and the reference value of the user-specific trait, determining whether or not a current user of the mobile electronic device is an authorized user of the mobile electronic device.
US10747304B2	Deformation pattern based messaging Aspects of the present invention receive line pattern data generated by a stylus point drawing a line pattern on a touch screen surface that includes a velocity value of the stylus point relative to the touch screen surface, and a pressure value exerted by the stylus point on the touch screen surface. Aspects responsively manipulate deformable fabric thread components of an e-textile clothing garment to generate a representation of the drawn line pattern from the generated line pattern data as a linear series of sequential surface deformations that exert force upon a skin surface of a person wearing the e-textile clothing in proportion to the stylus point pressure value and trace the line pattern at a tracing velocity proportionate to the velocity value of the stylus point relative to the touch screen surface.
US10747299B2	Card and host apparatus A host apparatus, into which a card having a nonvolatile semiconductor memory is inserted, issues a check command to the card. The check command instructs to send information on whether the card supports a termination process in which the card shifts into a state ready for a stop of power supply from the host apparatus.
US10747298B2	Dynamic interrupt rate control in computing system Systems, apparatuses, and methods for intentionally delaying servicing of interrupts in a computing system are disclosed. A computing system includes a processor that services interrupts generated by components of the computing system. An interrupt controller detects a received interrupt and intentionally delays servicing of the interrupt depending on various conditions. If the interrupt is a first type of interrupt and the processor is in a first power state, servicing of the interrupt is delayed by a first period of time. If the interrupt corresponds to the first type of interrupt and the processor is in a second power state, servicing of the interrupt is delayed for a period of time that is longer than the first period of time. If a non-maskable interrupt is received before expiration of either the first or second period of time, then servicing of any previously delayed interrupts is allowed to proceed.
US10747282B2	Test circuit for electronic device permitting interface control between two supply stacks in a production test of the electronic device An electronic device includes a power management circuit generating output for a plurality of voltage monitors that each detect whether voltages received from a test apparatus are at least a different minimum threshold. The power management circuit also generates a test enable signal indicative of whether the test apparatus is supplying the minimum required voltages to the electronic device. A control circuit receives the output for the plurality of voltage monitors and the test enable signal and generates at least one control signal as a function of the output for the plurality of voltage monitors and the test enable signal. An output circuit receives the at least one control signal and generates an interface control signal that selectively enables or disables interface with analog intellectual property packages within the electronic device, in response to the at least one control signal.
US10747278B2	Temperature management system, information processing apparatus and controlling method Noise generation caused by sudden rising of a rotational speed of a heat radiation fan when a user has no intension is prevented. A temperature management system located on an information processing apparatus is configured by a system including a processor and scheduled tasks, a performance control system which controls processing ability of the processor and a temperature control system which includes a heat radiation fan and controls a heat radiation amount thereof. The processor executes the scheduled tasks when a state where a usage rate is low, such as an idle state, lasts. The temperature control system controls the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan in accordance with temperatures of electronic devices including the processor. The performance control system lowers processing ability of the processor before the rotational speed of the heat radiation fan rises in accordance with a temperature of the processor which executes the scheduled tasks.
US10747266B2	Docks, computing devices, methods for controlling a dock, and methods for controlling a computing device According to various embodiments, a dock may be provided. The dock may include: a first attachment member configured to attach to an external item; a second attachment member configured to receive a computing device; and a scroll wheel configured to provide user input to the computing device.
US10747265B2	Wall mount system for personal electronic devices Systems and methods for providing wall mount systems for personal entertainment devices (PEDs) or other display devices that allow for replacement of older, expensive, obsolete, and/or heavy aircraft monitors with improved PEDs (e.g., tablets). A wall mount system may include a PED holder that securely and removably attaches to a docking base that is installable on a surface (e.g., wall of an aircraft cabin). The docking base may include one or more connectors or ports that provide at least one of power and/or data transfer capabilities. The PED holder removably holds a PED therein, and is removably attachable to the docking base via a quick release connector that does not require any tools to operate. The PED holder includes circuitry that allows the PED to be electrically coupled to the one or more connectors or ports of the docking base when the PED holder is attached to the docking base.
US10747260B2	Methods, devices, and systems for processing blood vessel data Disclosed is a wearable device. The wearable device includes an optical signal transmission unit configured to transmit optical signals, an optical signal sensing unit configured to receive reflected optical signals, a data processing unit configured to process the reflected optical signals, and a coordinate generating unit configured to generate 3-dimensional coordinate from the processed data.
US10747252B2	Method and apparatus for delivering power using external data A control system for an energy storage system located behind a utility meter uses a unique, feedback-based, communication and control method to reliably and efficiently maximize economic return of the energy storage system. Operating parameters for the energy storage system are calculated at an external, centralized data center, and are selected to prevent electrical power demand of an electric load location from exceeding a specified set-point by discharging energy storage devices, such as DC batteries, through a bidirectional energy converter during peak demand events. The control system can operate autonomously in the case of a communications failure.
US10747245B1	Apparatuses and methods for ZQ calibration In an example semiconductor device, the voltage/temperature conditions of the semiconductor device and associated calibration codes of multiple instances of ZQ calibrations are pre-stored in a register array. When a pre-stored voltage/temperature condition occurs again, ZQ calibration is not performed. Instead, the associated pre-stored calibration code is retrieved from the register array and provided to the IO circuit. When a voltage/temperature condition of the semiconductor device does not match any pre-stored voltage/temperature condition in the register array, a ZQ calibration is performed. When the ZQ calibration is performed, a register in the register array is selected according to an update policy and updated by the calibration code newly provided by the ZQ calibration along with the voltage/temperature condition at the time when the ZQ calibration is performed.
US10747243B2	HVAC controller with HVAC system failure detection An HVAC controller that monitors a current performance level of an HVAC system, and determines if the current performance level falls below a minimum performance threshold level for at least a first predetermined amount of time. The HVAC controller may be configured it display an alert on the display of the HVAC controller if the HVAC controller determines that the current performance level has fallen below the minimum performance threshold level for at least the first period of time. In some cases, the HVAC controller may remove the alert from the display of the HVAC controller if the current performance level subsequently rises and remains above the minimum performance threshold level for at least a second predetermined amount of time. In some cases, the first predetermined amount of time may include a utility shutoff period component and/or a defrost cycle period component.
US10747240B1	Flow exchanger system, trans-pressure conduction system for high pressure sand slurry delivery system A flow exchanger (FE) system comprising: a supplement pump receiving a supplement first fluid stream and outputting a pressurized supplement first fluid stream; a flow splitter comprising a flow restrictor, wherein the flow splitter receives the pressurized supplement first fluid stream and outputs a power stream and a treatment stream; a main flow manifold, wherein the treatment stream enters the main flow manifold subsequent to passing through the flow restrictor; and an FE cylinder filled downstream with a second fluid and having a fluid interface separator (FIS), wherein the power stream enters the FE cylinder upstream; wherein the power stream engages and pushes FIS downstream, thereby providing for a second fluid stream entering the main flow manifold; wherein a second fluid stream VFR=a power stream VFR; and wherein the main flow manifold provides for a manifold output fluid stream VFR=a pressurized supplement first fluid stream VFR.
US10747238B2	Indexer, indexer retrofit kit and method of use thereof A system and method for cleaning of heat exchanger tubes including an assembly, an indexer, and a communication device provided with specialized software and programming. The indexer includes orthogonally arranged first and second arms. A trolley and sensors are provided on the indexer arms. One or more lances are provided on the trolley to deliver water jets into the openings. Sensors measure displacement as the trolley is moved relative to the heat exchanger's face plate. An operator controls the system from a distance away using the communication device. During setup, the pattern of the face plate is learned and mapped utilizing information from the sensors as one of the inputs. This information is utilized to help navigate the face plate during a subsequent cleaning operation. A kit for retrofitting existing X-Y indexers is also disclosed.
US10747236B2	Systems and processes for calibrating unmanned aerial vehicles An unmanned aerial vehicle and process for automatically calibrating the unmanned aerial vehicle having at least one magnetic sensor is described. The calibration process involves receiving an internal or external control command to initiate a take-off process by the unmanned aerial vehicle. A hover mode maintains the unmanned aerial vehicle at hover position, and a calibration rotation sequence rotates the unmanned aerial vehicle. The calibration process further involves receiving measurement data from sensors of the unmanned aerial vehicle during the calibration rotation sequence and calculating calibration parameters using the measurement data. The calibration process may implement corrections using the calibration parameters.
US10747231B2	Identification of audio signals in surrounding sounds and guidance of an autonomous vehicle in response to the same Embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for a computer-aided or autonomous driving (CA/AD) system to identify and respond to an audio signal, e.g., an emergency alarm signal. In embodiments, the CA/AD driving system may include a plurality of microphones disposed to capture the audio signal included in surrounding sounds to a semi-autonomous or autonomous (SA/AD) vehicle. In embodiments, an audio analysis unit may receive the audio signal to extract audio features from the audio signal. In embodiments, a neural network such as a Deep Neural Network (DNN) may receive the extracted audio features from the audio analysis unit and to generate a probability score to allow identification of the audio signal. In embodiments, the CA/AD driving system may control driving elements of the SA/AD vehicle to autonomously or semi-autonomously drive the SA/AD vehicle in response to the identification. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10747229B2	Environment arrangement robot and control program thereof An environment arrangement robot includes a map creation unit that divides the target space into a plurality of cell spaces and provides an evaluation value to each of the cell spaces, in which the evaluation value indicates a probability of whether or not there is an object in the corresponding cell space, and an environment change unit that changes, among the plurality of cell spaces, a specific cell space having the evaluation value within a range evaluated that the probability of whether or not there is an object in the specific cell is low in such a way that the probability that the object is present will become greater or change a surrounding cell space in such a way that the specific cell space will be excluded from the measurement by the distance sensor.
US10747225B2	Remote control method and terminal The present application discloses a remote control method and apparatus for controlling the state of a movable object and/or a load carried thereon. The remote control method comprising: receiving, via an apparatus, a state signal that corresponds to a user's position; remote-controlling the state of the a load being carried on a movable object based on the state signal; wherein the state of the load is the result of combining the movement of the load relative to the movable object and the movement of the object relative to its environment. For example, the control of the state can be achieved through the state of the apparatus itself, a user's state captured by an apparatus, a graphical interface on a screen of an apparatus, or a voice command.
US10747223B1	Redundant lateral velocity determination and use in secondary vehicle control systems An autonomous vehicle uses a secondary vehicle control system to supplement a primary vehicle control system to perform a controlled stop if an adverse event is detected in the primary vehicle control system. The secondary vehicle control system may use a redundant lateral velocity determined by a different sensor from that used by the primary vehicle control system to determine lateral velocity for use in controlling the autonomous vehicle to perform the controlled stop.
US10747220B2	Autonomous driving control apparatus It is an object of the present invention to switch driving modes smoothly and ensure that a passenger understands driving operations controlled in the relevant driving mode and necessary driving operations. An autonomous driving control apparatus capable of switching between a manual driving mode which requires driving operation by a passenger of a vehicle, and an autonomous control mode which does not require the driving operation by the passenger of the vehicle is provided, wherein the autonomous driving control apparatus includes: an autonomous driving control unit that controls the vehicle in the autonomous control mode; and an information notification unit that gives notice to the passenger of the vehicle, wherein when the driving operation by the passenger is required after switching from the autonomous control mode to the manual driving mode, the autonomous driving control unit performs first notice control to cause the information notification unit to give notice that the driving operation by the passenger is required.
US10747218B2	Mobile device tethering for remote parking assist Method and apparatus are disclosed for mobile device tethering for remote parking assist. An example vehicle includes ultra-wide angle cameras and a processor coupled to memory. The processor generates an interface based on a location of the mobile device including an overhead representation of the vehicle generated using images from the cameras and representations of a position of a mobile device and a boundary around the vehicle. The processor also sends the interface to the mobile device, and when the mobile device is not within the boundary, prevents autonomous parking of the vehicle.
US10747215B2	Method and terminal device for diagnosing robot errors An error diagnosis method of a robot includes determining operational status of components of a robot and determining an operational status of a main control process of the robot, generating diagnosis data comprising a data format having an error status level, a name of an error diagnosis processes of the components, and an error code identity (ID) number, packaging diagnosis data of the operational status of the components as diagnosis information in a predetermined data format, storing the diagnosis information in memory.
US10747214B2	HVAC system including active sensor network calibration An active sensor calibration system includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure at least one physical quantity. Each sensor is configured to output a signal indicating at least one measured physical quantity. An electronic scenario library module is configured to store a plurality of scenarios. Each scenario is configured to excite two or more selected sensors among the plurality of sensors to generate redundancy among the selected sensors based on physical quantity models. An electronic calibration module is in signal communication with the plurality of sensors and the scenario library. The calibration module is configured to select at least one scenario from the scenario library module, determine at least one possible un-calibrated sensor among the plurality of sensors, and to identify a positive un-calibrated sensor in response to executing the at least one selected scenario.
US10747209B2	Line management in manufacturing execution system A manufacturing execution system (MES) that provides tools for modeling and determining information about physical production lines made up of arrangements of entities. The MES includes configuration tools for modeling the entities in a physical production line. The MES also includes configuration tools for modeling the physical production line. Entity data models and line data models conform to the data structure of respective model templates. Line data models include line definition models and line layout models. Line layout models include an entity link model for each of the entities in the physical production line. The MES includes tools for dynamically determining the bottleneck for the physical production line. Other production metrics are also calculated using the MES.
US10747204B2	Automated storage and retrieval system and control system thereof An automated storage and retrieval system includes a storage space with storage locations defined therein, an automated transport system connected to the storage space and configured to transport store units for storage in the storage locations and retrieval from the storage locations, and a control system disposed for managing throughput performance of the automated storage and retrieval system, the control system being operably coupled to the automated transport system and having more than one separate and distinct control sections each configured for managing throughput performance with respect to a common group of the storage locations, wherein at least one of the control sections manages aspects of throughput performance of the common group independent of another of the control sections.
US10747194B2	Motor control device and motor control method A motor control device capable of promptly positioning a driven object at a target position, while suppressing backlash. The motor control device includes an operation command generation section for generating a first operation command and a second operation command for first and second motors to move the driven object; a preload command generation section for generating a first preload command which is added to the first operation command and a second preload command which is added to the second operation command in order that drive axes of the first motor and the second motor provide the driven object forces in opposite directions; and a preload command adjustment section for adjusting the first preload command and the second preload command in order that an absolute value of the above forces is decreased when an operation amount exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
US10747191B2	Method for creating or machining toothings on workpieces by gear shaping with regulation of spindle rotation setpoints The invention relates to a method for creating or machining toothings on workpieces in rolling machining engagement, in particular by gear shaping, in which an NC control of the rotary spindle drives of workpiece and tool comprises regulation of the rotation angle position of each particular spindle to setpoints depending on the process parameters associated with the process design underlying the method, wherein data containing information relating to a deflection, caused by the process forces that arise during machining and resulting in profile shape deviations on the workpiece, of the position of the tool flanks of tool and workpiece out of their position intended as per the process design, are used to determine a correction, taking the deflection into account, of the rotation angle position of workpiece spindle and/or tool spindle and thus to modify the setpoints of the regulation.
US10747182B2	Watch-type mobile terminal and operation method thereof An operation method of a watch-type mobile terminal including a display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: recognizing a type of a bezel which is detachable from the display unit; receiving an input of at least one hard key included in the bezel; and performing a function corresponding to the type of the bezel on the basis of the received input.
US10747159B2	Image forming apparatus, discrimination system and unit discrimination method of image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body and a unit detachably mounted to the apparatus body and comprising a unit body, a cam, a first movement member, and a second movement member. The unit includes a first contact portion, an urging portion, and a second contact portion. The second movement member is attachable to the first movement member in a first manner or a second manner. A detection pattern of a detection signal differs between a state in which the second movement member is in contact with the first contact portion and a state in which the second movement member is in contact with the second contact portion, and differs between a state in which the second movement member is attached in the first manner and a state in which the second movement member is attached in the second manner.
US10747149B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming system An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable intermediate transfer member; a first image forming portion having a first photosensitive member which rotates, a first developing unit, and a first charge eliminating unit; a second image forming portion that is located on a downstream side of the first image forming portion in a rotational direction of the intermediate transfer member, and that has a second photosensitive member which rotates, a second developing unit, and a second charge eliminating unit; a transfer unit; and a switching unit that switches a light amount of the second charge eliminating unit when a usage amount of the second image forming portion reaches a predetermined amount to a value that is greater than a light amount of the first charge eliminating unit when a usage amount of the first image forming portion reaches the predetermined amount.
US10747148B1	Image forming apparatus and recording material guide device An image forming apparatus includes a transfer section, a guide section, and a plate material. The transfer section transfers an image to a recording material. The guide section guides the recording material toward the transfer section. The plate material is provided on the guide section, and is more easily elastically deformable than the guide section. The plate material guides the recording material, which is transported to the plate material, along a plate surface of the plate material. The plate material is thinner on a downstream side in a transport direction than on an upstream side.
US10747144B2	Toner cartridge and toner supplying mechanism To develop a conventional structure of a toner cartridge. Toner cartridge includes a container and an open/close member. The container includes an accommodating portion, a discharge opening and a cartridge side guide. the open/close member includes a closing portion and an engaging portion and is movable between a closing position and an opening position. When the toner cartridge is dismounted from a receiving apparatus, the engaging portion receives a force for moving the open/close member from the opening position toward the closing position, the engaging with a receiving apparatus side guide of the receiving apparatus.
US10747142B1	Image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of preventing or suppressing occurrence of density unevenness even when a shearing force is applied between an image face on paper and a fixing belt. The image forming apparatus includes an image former, a fixer, and a controller. The image former forms a toner image constituted by a plurality of dots each containing a toner on paper. The fixer includes a fixing member moving at a first velocity and a pressure member forming a fixing nip portion with the fixing member and moving at a second velocity, and fixes the toner image on the paper at the fixing nip portion. When the first velocity and the second velocity at the fixing nip portion are different, the controller determines a toner amount to be attached to paper so as to make a toner amount distribution different in each of the dots before fixing.
US10747141B2	Developing device When a developing device is seen in a cross section orthogonal to a rotation axis of a rotatable developing member, a resin-made regulating blade has a cutout over an entirety of a region from a first position where the regulating blade is closest to the rotatable developing member to a second position 0.5 mm downstream of the regulating blade from the first position in a rotation direction of the rotatable developing member, and a cut amount of the cutout at the second position is 0.3 mm or more.
US10747136B2	Toner A toner comprising a toner particle having a binder resin and a colorant, and metal titanate fine particles, wherein the toner particle includes a polyvalent metal element having an electric resistivity of from 2.5×10−8 Ω·m to 10.0×10−8 Ω·m; the amount of the polyvalent metal element in the toner particle is from 0.080 μmol/g to 20.000 μmol/g; the metal titanate fine particles have a perovskite crystal structure; and the number average particle diameter of primary particles of the metal titanate fine particles is from 10 nm to 80 nm.
US10747135B2	Toner A toner including a toner particle; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains strontium titanate particle, and when in a projected image of the strontium titanate particle photographed using a scanning electron microscope, a standard deviation of a distance from a center of the projected image to an outline of the projected image is Ds, and a circle-equivalent diameter of the projected image is Da, a value CV calculated by Equation (1) is 0.07 or less, CV=Ds/(Da/2) (1).
US10747131B2	Electrophotographic photosensitive member and method for manufacturing the same as well as process cartridge and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive member which does not cause film exfoliation in long-term use. An electrophotographic photosensitive member, having: a support; a layered photosensitive layer; and a protective layer in this order, wherein the protective layer is a single layer, the protective layer includes: at least two specific structures, the two specific structures are included in the protective layer at a mass ratio of 20% or more and 240% or less, and a peak area based on in-plane deformation vibration of terminal olefin (CH2═) of the protective layer and a peak area based on stretching vibration of C═O of acryloyloxy groups, the peak areas being determined by total reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy under conditions where an internal reflection element is Ge, and an incidence angle is 45°, have a fixed relationship.
US10747130B2	Process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus Provided is a process cartridge including: an electrophotographic photoreceptor; a charging unit configured to charge the electrophotographic photoreceptor through abutment against the electrophotographic photoreceptor; a developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photoreceptor with a toner to form a toner image; and a cleaning unit configured to remove the toner on the electrophotographic photoreceptor by bringing a blade into abutment against the electrophotographic photoreceptor, wherein the toner includes a toner base containing a coloring agent and a binder resin, and has a surface layer containing an organosilicon polymer having a specific sticking ratio to a toner base, and wherein the electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a supporting member and a surface layer, and the surface layer has a specific universal hardness value and a specific elastic deformation ratio (We).
US10747126B2	Support table for a lithographic apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A support table for a lithographic apparatus, the support table having a support section and a conditioning system, wherein the support section, the conditioning system, or both, is configured such that heat transfer to or from a substrate supported on the support table, resulting from the operation of the conditioning system, is greater in a region of the substrate adjacent an edge of the substrate than it is in a region of the substrate that is at the center of the substrate.
US10747125B2	Support apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A support apparatus for a lithographic apparatus has an object holder and an extraction body radially outward of the object holder. The object holder is configured to support an object. The extraction body includes an extraction opening configured to extract fluid from a top surface of the support apparatus. The extraction body is spaced from the object holder such that the extraction body is substantially decoupled from the object holder. The extraction body comprises a projection configured such that it surrounds the object holder and such that, in use, a layer of liquid is retained on the projection and in contact with an object supported on the object holder.
US10747110B2	Colored photosensitive resin composition and light shielding spacer prepared therefrom The present invention relates to a colored photosensitive resin composition that prevents the generation of uneven wrinkles when a cured film is formed, to thereby prevent spots that may be generated on the edges of a display upon the formation thereof, and has a short development time. Accordingly, the colored photosensitive resin composition can be advantageously used as a material for forming a protective film, an interlayer insulating film, a light shielding spacer such as a black column spacer, and the like to be employed in various electronic parts inclusive of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel.
US10747102B2	Extreme ultraviolet mask blank with multilayer absorber and method of manufacture Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask blanks, methods for their manufacture and production systems therefor are disclosed. The EUV mask blanks comprise a multilayer stack of absorber layers on the capping layer, the multilayer stack of absorber layers including a plurality of absorber layer pairs.
US10747101B2	Photomask, laminate comprising photomask, photomask preparation method, and pattern forming method using photomask The present specification relates to a photomask, a laminate including the photomask, a method for manufacturing the photomask and a method for forming a pattern using the photomask.
US10747092B2	Electronic device having a ring shaped packing, and a light source unit and projector including the electronic device An electronic device according to embodiments of the invention include a fixing target member, a fixing portion having formed thereon a frame portion that is erected around a circumference of the fixing target member, a packing having a groove and disposed between the frame portion and the fixing target member, a core member disposed in the groove, and a pressing member that presses the core member towards the packing.
US10747090B2	Underwater housing with tilted camera mount for dual lens spherical camera An underwater housing includes a mounting plate, a first dome attached to a first surface of the mounting plate, and a second dome attached to a second surface of the mounting plate in a back-to-back configuration. A camera mount for a dual-lens camera is oriented at a tilt angle relative to a plane of a mounting plate. The dual-lens camera has laterally offset back-to-back lenses. The tilt angle is set such that the optical axes of the dual-lens camera intersect the center points of the respective domes.
US10747089B2	Imaging apparatus and control method of the same An imaging apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store beforehand a focus position serving as a reference for a predetermined subject, and a unit configured to drive a focus lens at a position away by a predetermined depth from the focus position serving as a reference that is stored, and calculate a defocus amount.
US10747085B1	Optical switches based on induced optical loss An optical switch device includes a first semiconductor structure configured to operate as a first waveguide and a second semiconductor structure configured to operate as a second waveguide. The second semiconductor structure is located above or below the first semiconductor structure and separated from the first semiconductor structure. The second semiconductor structure includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a width different from the first width and located on the first portion. The first portion is located between a first doped region and a second doped region.
US10747083B2	Liquid crystal lens, lens assembly, optical apparatus and display device A liquid crystal lens, a lens assembly, an optical apparatus, and a display device are provided. The liquid crystal lens includes a first transparent substrate; a second transparent substrate, provided opposite to the first transparent substrate; a liquid crystal layer, provided between the first and second transparent substrates; and at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode, both of which being provided at a side of one of the first and second transparent substrates proximal to the liquid crystal layer. The at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode are alternately arranged to be insulated from each other and have an interval therebetween.
US10747077B2	Display substrate and display device The present disclosure provides a display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixels arranged in an array on the base substrate, each of the data lines extends along a column direction, the pixels in a single column are connected to one single data line of the data lines, any two data lines of the data lines connected to adjacent columns of the pixels constitute a pair of data lines, any two adjacent pixels in each row of the pixels constitute a pair of pixels, each pair of data lines pass through one row of any two adjacent rows of the pixels by extending between two pairs of pixels, and pass through another one row of the two adjacent rows of the pixels by extending between two pixels of one pair of pixels.
US10747069B2	Display device A display device may include a display panel including a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel may include a first pixel electrode and a first pixel circuit, and the second pixel may be disposed adjacent to the first pixel and may include a second pixel electrode and a second pixel circuit. The first pixel electrode may include a first electrode including a first side and a second side extending in a first direction, a first connection electrode connected to the first electrode and electrically connected to the first pixel circuit, first branch electrodes extended from the first side in a second direction away from the first connection electrode, and second branch electrodes extended from the second side in a third direction away from the first connection electrode.
US10747060B2	Liquid crystal display A display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate overlapping the first substrate and separated from the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and including a plurality of liquid crystal molecules; a first alignment layer disposed between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer; and a second alignment layer disposed between the second substrate and the liquid crystal layer, wherein the first alignment layer includes at least one of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 2:
US10747055B2	Planar light source device and display device When the focal distance of the first luminous flux control member is f, and the distance between a first central axis and an optical axis in the light emitting element separated farthest from the first central axis is d, the planar light source device satisfies −0.6
US10747053B2	Display device The present disclosure provides a display device, including a light guide plate having a main body part including a first side and a second side opposite to each other and a light incident side connected to the first side and the second side and a first protrusion part and a second protrusion part disposed at the first side and the second side respectively, and a plurality of light sources. A length of the first protrusion part is greater than a length of the second protrusion part. The light sources are adjacent to the light incident side, and the distance between the light source closest to the first protrusion part and the first protrusion part is less than the distance between the light source closest to the second protrusion part and the second protrusion part in a first direction.
US10747051B2	Input device and pointing unit An input device and a pointing unit are provided. The input device includes button structures, a light-emitting member, a base plate, and a pointing unit. The light-emitting member is arranged under the button structures. The base plate located between the button structures and the light-emitting member has a body and a first extension portion, wherein the first extension portion extends from the body toward the light-emitting member. The pointing unit is disposed between at least two button structures corresponding to the first extension portion.
US10747050B2	Display screen and mobile terminal The embodiments of the disclosure provide a display screen and a mobile terminal, and relate to a technical field of mobile terminals. The display screen may include a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module may include a backlight panel and a backlight source disposed on one side of the backlight panel. Wherein, the display screen may define a receiving space at least through the backlight module and configured to receive a non-display element. The display panel may include a non-display area, a first display area and a second display area surrounding the non-display area and the first display area. The non-display area corresponds to the receiving space. The first display area is set on a side of the non-display area away from the backlight source. The transmittance of the first display area is greater than the transmittance of the second display area.
US10747047B2	Display device A display device includes: a light provider; a wavelength conversion layer above the light provider and including a first surface and sides; and a capping layer on the wavelength conversion layer and including a first area provided on the sides of the wavelength conversion layer and a second area provided on the first surface of the wavelength conversion layer, and the first area of the capping layer includes cracks.
US10747046B2	Display substrate, display panel and display apparatus having the same, and fabricating method thereof A display substrate includes a base substrate; a black matrix on the base substrate and in the black matrix region, the black matrix comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns intersecting each other; a first color filter layer having a net structure with a plurality of openings, and comprising a first portion in the first region and a second portion in the black matrix region, the first color filter layer substantially covering the plurality of columns of the black matrix; a second color filter layer in the second region; and a third color filter layer in the third region. A first height of a surface of the first portion away from the base substrate relative to the base substrate and a second height of a surface of the second portion away from the base substrate relative to the base substrate are within 30% of each other.
US10747044B2	Variable optical retarder A sub-wavelength grating is placed inside a liquid crystal variable optical retarder to reduce polarization dependence of the optical retardation generated by the variable optical retarder. A small thickness of the sub-wavelength grating, as compared to a conventional waveplate, reduces the driving voltage penalty due to the in-cell placement of the sub-wavelength grating.
US10747043B2	Projector Projector including a light source device, an image forming device, and a cooling device, image forming device includes a light modulation device having a liquid crystal panel, incident side polarization plate and attachment member, a liquid crystal panel includes a panel main body having a modulation area having a rectangular shape, and a frame, cooling device includes a first circulation device that makes a liquid refrigerant flow through a first flow channel included in frame along one of long sides and short sides in modulation area, the incident side polarization plate has a polarization plate main body and a light transmissive substrate, attachment member includes clamp-holding members adapted to clamp-hold the incident side polarization plate, and a support member, clamp-holding members are disposed at positions corresponding respectively to the long sides, and the support member is connected to the areas respectively along the short sides on the frame surface.
US10747042B2	Electronic device including a fingerprint sensor disposed in an opening area of a metal frame An electronic device including a window defining an appearance of a front surface of the electronic device; a display module disposed below the window; a touch sensor disposed between the window and the display module; a fingerprint sensor disposed below the display module; and a controller configured to in response to the touch sensor receiving a single touch input while the display module is in a deactivated state, display a graphic image at a region of the display module overlapped with the fingerprint sensor; in response to the touch sensor receiving a double touch input while the display module is in the deactivated state, display a full screen image on the display module and the graphic image at the region of the display module overlapped with the fingerprint sensor; control the fingerprint sensor to detect fingerprint information through the graphic image at the region of the display module; and perform an authentication procedure to release a lock state of the electronic device when the detected fingerprint information matches pre-stored fingerprint information.
US10747040B2	Substrate for touch sensor Substrates suitable for use in a touch sensor are described. In some cases, the substrates include an inner layer and first and second heat-set polymeric outer layers. The first and second outer layers each have an in-plane birefringence of less than 0.1. The inner layer is substantially uniaxially birefringent and has an in-plane birefringence greater than 0.01. In some cases, a substrate includes a block copolymer which includes a first polyester and second polyester. The first polyester has a melting point greater than 200 ° C., and the second polyester having a melting point less than 200° C. The block copolymer includes the second polyester at 50 to 80 percent by weight. The substrate is substantially uniaxially birefringent and has an in-plane birefringence between 0.001 and 0.1.
US10747037B2	Display device A display device includes a display panel, and a cover member with which the display panel is covered. The cover member includes a second main surface facing the display panel, a first main surface opposite to the second main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface to the second main surface. A line D is defined as an imaginary line that passes through an edge E formed by the first main surface and the end surface, and members of a first layer to a nth layer (n: an inter of 2 or more) are arranged on the line D, the cover member being the first layer. A gap exists in a part between the cover member and the member of the nth layer. The display device satisfies the specific relations (1) to (3).
US10747031B2	Method and system for optical phase modulation with reduced harmonic content An optical phase modulation device for modulating a phase of an input light signal at a modulation frequency is provided, which can be used in integrated photonics applications. The device can include an optical phase modulator, for example a thermo-optic phase shifter having an effective refractive index that depends linearly temperature, configured to impart a phase shift to the input light signal, the phase shift varying quadratically in response to an applied modulating electric drive signal. The device can also include a phase modulator driver configured to apply the electric drive signal to the optical phase modulator, the electric drive signal having a time-varying component oscillating at half the modulation frequency and no time-constant component, thereby imparting the phase shift, modulated at the modulation frequency, to the phase of the input light signal to produce a phase-modulated light signal. Optical phase modulation systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10747013B2	Lens driving apparatus with shake compensation having three ball members A lens driving apparatus and a camera module including the same are provided. A lens driving apparatus includes a shake compensation unit configured to move in directions perpendicular to an optical axis, and ball members supporting the shake compensation unit, such that a degree of freedom for one of the ball members is different from a degree of freedom for another of the ball members.
US10747006B2	Heads up display system for use with helmets A HUD system for external attachment to a helmet. The system has an enclosure adapted to house a graphics processing unit, communications device and an optical system for generating the HUD display. The optical system has a display and a light guide adapted to guide light from the display from an input to an output where the HUD is presented in the view of the helmet user. The input of the light guide is located internal to the enclosure and the output of the light guide is located external to the enclosure.
US10747001B2	Double-sided imaging light guide with embedded dichroic filters An imaging light guide has a waveguide formed as a coated substrate having first and second surface coatings. A first in-coupling diffractive optic on the first coating directs diffracted light of a first wavelength range into the waveguide along a first direction. A second in-coupling diffractive optic on the second coating directs diffracted light of a second wavelength range into the waveguide along a second different direction. A first dichroic patch between the first surface of the substrate and the first surface coating for (a) transmitting the first wavelength range, (b) transmitting the second wavelength range through a range of incidence angles, and (c) reflecting the second wavelength range through a higher range of incidence angles. A second dichroic patch between the second surface of the substrate and the second surface coating for transmitting the second wavelength range and reflecting the first wavelength range.
US10746994B2	Spherical mirror having a decoupled aspheric The technology provides decoupling an aspheric optical element from a birdbath optical element in a near-eye display (NED) device. One or more aspheric lens are used with a spherical birdbath reflective mirror in a projection light engine of a NED device. A projection light engine provides image light (or other information), by way of the spherical birdbath reflective mirror and at least one aspheric lens, to a near-eye display of the NED device. The spherical birdbath reflective mirror collimates and reflects the image light to an exit pupil external to the projection light engine. Decoupling the aspheric optical element from the spherical birdbath reflective mirror may enable high modulation transfer function (MTF) and improved manufacturability of the projection light engine. The NED device having aspheric optical elements decoupled from a birdbath optical element may be positioned by a support structure in a head-mounted display (HMD) or head-up display (HUD).
US10746992B2	Projection display device with light blocking region detection, and control method and control program for projection display device with light blocking region detection A HUD including a projection display unit, a housing, a cover, a region detecting unit, and a display control unit is provided. The projection display unit includes a light modulating unit spatially modulating light emitted from a light source based on input image information and projects modulated image light onto a windshield of an automobile to display an image. The housing accommodates the projection display unit and has an opening portion through which the modulated image light exits. The cover covers the opening portion. The region detecting unit detects an object adhesion region in which an object is adhered to the cover. The display control unit controls the image information to be input to the light modulating unit to control the image to be displayed by the projection display unit. The display control unit causes the projection display unit to display an outline of the object adhesion region.
US10746988B2	Projection display device, projection control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing projection control program A projection display device includes: a projection display unit that performs, in accordance with input image data, spatial modulation on light emitted by a light source, and projects image light obtained through the spatial modulation onto a projection surface of a vehicle to display an image that is based on the image data; an eye position detection unit that detects, in accordance with captured image data obtained by capturing an image of a driver of the vehicle by an imaging unit, positions of two eyes of the driver in the captured image data; and a control unit as defined herein.
US10746983B2	Spatial light modulators for phased-array applications A capacitive micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) structure or device and methods of making and operating the same are described. Generally, the MEMS device provides a large stroke while maintaining good damping, enabling fast beam steering and large scan angles. In one embodiment, the capacitive MEMS device includes a bottom electrode formed over a substrate; an electrically permeable damping structure formed over the bottom electrode, the electrically permeable damping structure including a first air-gap and a dielectric layer suspended above and separated from the bottom electrode by the first air-gap; and a plurality of movable members suspended above the damping structure and separated therefrom by a second air-gap, each of the plurality of movable members including a top electrode and being configured to deflect towards the bottom electrode by electrostatic force. Other embodiments are also described.
US10746963B2	Image-forming lens, and imaging apparatus and information device using the image-forming lens An image-forming lens includes, from an object side to an image side in order: a first lens group; an aperture; and a second lens group with a positive refractive power, the first lens group including, from the object side in order: a first F lens group with a negative refractive power; and a first R lens group with a positive refractive power, the first F lens group including, from the object side in order: a first negative lens; and a second negative lens, and the first R lens group including: any one of a positive lens and a cemented lens with a positive refractive power as a whole, wherein a distance from a surface on a most object side of the first lens group to an image plane in a state of focusing on an object at infinity: L, and a maximum image height: Y′ satisfy Conditional expression 1: 2.8
US10746962B2	Optical lens An optical lens includes a first lens having negative power, a second lens having positive power, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens having positive power. The third lens and the fourth lens form an achromatic lens group. The fifth lens has two surfaces and at least one of the two surfaces is an aspherical surface.
US10746961B2	Optical image capturing system An optical image capturing system with four lenses is provided. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical image capturing system includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens and a fourth lens. The first lens has positive refractive power and the object side thereof may be a convex surface. The second lens and the third lens have refractive power and the object side and the image side thereof may be all aspheric. The fourth lens has negative power and the image side thereof may be a concave surface. The object side and the image side of the fourth lens are aspheric and at least one surface thereof has one inflection point. When meeting some certain conditions, the optical image capturing system may have outstanding light-gathering ability and an adjustment ability about the optical path in order to elevate the image quality.
US10746957B2	Lens driving device, camera module, and camera-equipped device A lens driving device according to the present invention is a lens driving device that includes an auto-focus coil and an auto-focus magnet and that moves a movable auto-focus unit including the auto-focus coil in the direction of an optical axis relative to a fixed auto-focus unit including the auto-focus magnet by using a driving force of a voice coil motor constituted of the auto-focus coil and the auto-focus magnet. The fixed auto-focus unit includes a case formed of a non-magnetic material and having a rectangular shape in plan view and a base on which the case is fixed. The auto-focus magnet has the shape of a flat plate disposed on a side face of the case, and at least one of the four side faces of the case is a non-magnet-disposed face, on which the auto-focus magnet is not disposed.
US10746956B2	Lens driving system and circuit module thereof A circuit module is provided and includes a metal substrate, an insulating layer, and a circuit element. The metal substrate includes a main body, a bent portion and an opening. The opening is formed between the main body and the bent portion, and the bent portion is bent relative to the main body. The insulating layer is disposed on the metal substrate. The circuit element is disposed on the insulating layer and is extended across the opening.
US10746953B2	Motor for driving lenses Disclosed is a motor for driving lenses. The motor includes a case, a yoke fixed in the case, a magnet fixed in the yoke, a carrier equipped with lenses and installed in the magnet such that the carrier moves up and down within the magnet, a coil coupled with the carrier, in which the coil cooperates with the magnet to move up and down the carrier, a spring unit including first and second springs having arc shapes and being separated from each other while forming a ring shape as a whole, in which an outer peripheral surface of the spring unit is fixed to the case, an inner peripheral surface of the spring unit is fixed to the carrier to elastically support the carrier, and a lead wire of the coil is connected to the spring unit so that external power is supplied to the coil, a spacer supporting the outer peripheral surface of the spring unit, and a terminal provided on the spacer, in which one side of the terminal protrudes downward by passing through a bottom of the case to make connection with the spring unit and a main PCB of a product.
US10746952B2	Lens driving motor and elastic member of the same Provided are a lens driving motor and an elastic member of the lens driving motor. The elastic member of a lens driving motor, the elastic member includes a first spring and a second spring. The second spring is different from the first spring and disposed together with the first spring on one side of a carrier to support the carrier. A first lead line of a coil and a first external power source are connected to the first spring, and a second lead line of the coil and a second external power source are connected to the second spring to supply power to the coil. Since the carrier can be assembled to other part after a (+) lead line and a (−) lead line of the coil are connected to the first and second springs, respectively, using solder, a process is simple and convenient.
US10746949B2	Optical fiber management systems; and methods Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to handheld tools for assisting in routing optical fiber, and including advantageous features and methods usable with handheld tools. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: a splicing station, a spool, a groove plate; a substrate; a fiber management device; a tool; and flexible organizers.
US10746939B2	Hardened fiber optic connector compatible with hardened and non-hardened fiber optic adapters A fiber optic connector and cable assembly includes a cable with one or more strength members secured to a connector that is connectable to both a hardened and a non-hardened fiber optic adapter. The cable can include multiple cable types with various shapes and strength member configurations. The connector includes a connector housing having a one-piece main body and a cover piece mounted thereon. The one-piece main body defines a plug portion compatible with the adapters. A ferrule assembly is mounted in the plug portion and biased outwardly by a spring. An insert within the connector housing includes a spring stop for holding the spring and a cable retention portion for securing the strength members of the cable. The spring stop and the cable retention portion can be included on a one-piece insert or they can separately be included on separate inserts. The cable retention portion of the insert and the cover piece can take various forms suited for a particular cable of a given fiber optic connector and cable assembly.
US10746937B2	Assemblies, optical connectors and methods of bonding optical elements to substrates Assemblies, optical connectors, and methods for bonding optical elements to a substrate using a laser beam are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of bonding an optical element to a substrate includes disposing a film layer on a surface of the substrate, disposing the optical element on a surface of the film layer, and directing a laser beam into the optical element. The method further includes melting, using the diameter laser beam, a material of the substrate to create a bond area between the optical element and the surface of the substrate. The film layer is capable of absorbing a wavelength of the laser beam to melt the material of the substrate at the bond area. The bond area includes laser-melted material of the substrate that bonds the optical element to the substrate.
US10746927B2	Optical-fiber-holding member, and fusing device The main body part is a substantially cuboid member in which an optical fiber is disposed. One width-direction side of the main body part is provided with a lid part capable of opening and closing with respect to the main body part on a hinge. An installation part on which an optical fiber or the like is disposed is formed on the upper surface (the surface facing the lid part) of the main body part. The installation part comprises a reference surface and a recessed portion that is formed closer to the distal-end side than is the reference surface and that is formed at a lower position than is the reference surface. The reference surface is a region where the optical fiber or the like is pressed down by a pressing part. The recessed portion is a region where a drop cable is pressed in by a pressing part.
US10746926B2	Optical waveguide substrate An optical waveguide substrate 1 includes an optical waveguide 9 composed of a multi-layered film 4 of a plurality of optical material films 5, 6 and having end faces onto which a light is made incident or from which the light is emitted. The end face is an etched surface, and it is provided, on the end face, an unevenness 7 corresponding to a difference of etching rates of the optical material films.
US10746920B2	Display device having a buffer member between light guide plate and chassis A display device includes an inorganic light guide plate; a lower chassis includes a bottom portion overlapping the light guide plate, a first sidewall facing a first side surface of the light guide plate, and a second sidewall extending from the bottom portion and facing a second, side surface of the guide plate; a light source on the first sidewall and facing the first side surface; a display panel structure on the light guide plate and coupled to the lower chassis via a first panel coupling member; at least a first buffer member between the second sidewall and the second side surface; and a first reflective member between the first buffer member and the second side surface.
US10746918B2	Light assembly and light guide A light assembly that acts as a light source multiplier. The light assembly includes a light guide having a light source side and an emitting side with a center portion between the light source side and the emitting side. Both the light source side and the emitting side have a truncated sawtooth shape. The light source side has a plurality of truncated portions and a plurality of apex portions between each truncated portion, with one or more of the apex portions ending in the center portion of the light guide. In some implementations, a number of light guide segments are oriented in a lattice configuration.
US10746916B2	Backlight module and LCD device The present invention teaches a backlight module and the LCD device. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light source located at a distance to a side of the light guide plate. The light source includes a substrate, multiple LED chips disposed on the substrate, multiple primary lenses disposed on the substrate corresponding to the LED chips, and multiple condenser lenses disposed on the substrate corresponding to the primary lenses. Each primary lens is disposed correspondingly to a LED chip, focuses light from the LED chip, and prevents the light emission face of the LED chip from being higher above the light guide plate, thereby enhancing the light coupling efficiency and reducing leakage of the backlight module. Each condenser lens is disposed correspondingly to a primary lens to further narrow light emission angle of the LED chip, enhancing light utilization efficiency.
US10746915B2	Light guide plate, backlight module and display device A backlight module includes a light guide plate and a plurality of light-emitting units. The plurality of light-emitting units emit light toward a light incident surface of the light guide plate. The plurality of light-emitting units are attached to the light incident surface of the light guide plate and arranged along a target direction in manner of spacing between two adjacent light-emitting units. A plurality of light-converging portions are arranged along the target direction in an end portion of the light guide plate where the light incident surface is located, and the plurality of light-converging portions are disposed at locations of the light guide each of which is corresponding to the spacing. The plurality of light-converging portions are configured to converge light incident into the light-converging portions through the light incident surface.
US10746911B2	Transparent heat-shielding/heat-insulating member having transparent screen function A transparent heat-shielding/heat-insulating member having a transparent screen function of the present invention includes: an infrared reflective layer and an optical adjustment protective layer in this order from a transparent base substrate side; and a light diffusing layer on a surface of the transparent base substrate that is opposite to the surface on which the infrared reflective layer is formed or between the transparent base substrate and the infrared reflective layer. The optical adjustment protective layer includes at least a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer in this order from the infrared reflective layer side. The transparent heat-shielding/heat-insulating member has a visible light reflectance of 12% or more and 30% or less, a haze value of 5% or more and 35% or less, a shading coefficient of 0.69 or less, and a normal emissivity of 0.22 or less.
US10746906B2	Half mirror and mirror with image display function The half mirror includes a retardation layer, a circularly polarized light reflecting layer, and a front panel that are disposed in this order. The retardation layer has a front phase difference as measured at a wavelength of 500 nm of 107 to 127 nm and a front phase difference as measured at a wavelength of 475 nm of 110 to 130 nm. The circularly polarized light reflecting layer includes three cholesteric liquid crystal layers. The three cholesteric liquid crystal layers have different selective reflection center wavelengths λ1, λ2, and λ3. The center wavelengths λ1, λ2, and λ3 satisfy 380 nm<λ1<500 nm and 520 nm<λ2<λ3<780 nm. The cholesteric liquid crystal layer having the center wavelength λ1 is disposed nearest to the front panel side.
US10746904B2	Free-form surface lens, method of designing free-form surface lens, free-form surface mirror, method of designing free-form surface mirror, and projection type video display apparatus A free-form surface lens is made of a transparent resin forming an oblique projection optical system including a free-form surface mirror in a projection type video display apparatus, this lens includes a lens effective region having a surface on which a predetermined free-form surface is formed, and an edge surface formed to surround the lens effective region, the lens effective region and the edge surface in a part of a circumference surrounding the lens effective region where the edge surface is not formed are joined to each other by at least either one of a curved surface and a flat surface set so as not to change a direction of a tilt of the lens effective region in vicinity of the lens effective region, and an end surface including at least either one of the curved surface and the flat surface is set as a tapered surface.
US10746903B2	Gradient index (GRIN) spoke lens and method of operation An apparatus includes a center portion and a plurality of spoke portions that are in contact with the center portion and that extend to a perimeter region. The plurality of spoke portions include at least a first monolithic spoke portion extending from the center portion to the perimeter region, and the center portion and the plurality of spoke portions define a plurality of cavity regions among the plurality of spoke portions. The center portion, the plurality of spoke portions, and the plurality of cavity regions are included in a gradient index (GRIN) lens having a plurality of effective dielectric constants that are based on a radial distance from the center portion.

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