US10206823B2
A disposable diaper having features that improve its ability to lay open in a flat configuration is disclosed. The diaper may include fastening members having a minimum basis weight, and a minimum width and a minimum surface area relative the chassis dimensions, along with other features that tend to cause the diaper to lay open in a flat configuration, for the convenience of the caregiver during application of the diaper to a baby.
US10206821B2
An apparatus comprises a shaft, an expandable dilator, and at least one ventilation pathway. The shaft defines a longitudinal axis and comprises a distal and proximal ends with at least one shaft lumen. The expandable dilator comprises body with its own proximal and distal ends. The body is configured to transition between a contracted state and an expanded state. The body is configured to dilate a Eustachian tube of a patient in the expanded state. The at least one ventilation pathway is configured to provide ventilation from the distal end of the body to the proximal end of the body when the body is in the expanded state. In some examples, the ventilation pathway comprises a set of transversely oriented vent openings formed through the shaft. In some other examples, the ventilation pathway comprises a space defined between one or more radially outwardly protruding features of the expandable dilator.
US10206811B2
Systems and methods for improving or preventing a condition, such as the treatment of pain syndromes and migraine headaches are disclosed. A method for treating pain can include one or more of the steps including identifying a region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue; positioning the region of the patient comprising glabrous tissue into an enclosed chamber; adjusting the relative humidity of the enclosed chamber sufficient to create a physiologic effect. The method need not involve altering the temperature within the enclosed chamber.
US10206810B2
A garment assembly useful for sexual intercourse between a first user and a second user when the penetration of a body-extending member into a body orifice is either not possible or unwanted. The garment assembly includes a front and back panel covering and a crotch piece with the appearance of an ordinary garment normally found in a public environment such as one having the appearance of underwear. A fluid-impenetrable receiver attached to the front panel of the garment assembly will operate as a substitute for a body-orifice. The receiver includes an entryway adjoined to an interior cavity sized to accommodate a body-extending member. A preferred interior cavity includes sexually-interactive textured material for engagement with the body-extending member during use.
US10206805B2
In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include an external spinal brace system. The system may include a plurality of support mechanisms including at least first and second support mechanisms. The first support mechanism may be coupled, during use, to the second support mechanism such that the first and second support mechanisms are inhibited from decoupling. In some embodiments, the system may include a coupling system. The coupling system may couple the plurality of support mechanisms to a subject such that the plurality of support mechanisms are positioned, during use, along at least a portion of the subject's spine. In some embodiments, the external brace system applies a posterior distraction force to the subject.
US10206797B2
An implantable prosthesis, including a generally tubular substrate and a continuous shape memory member disposed over the outer surface of the substrate. The shape memory member may include a series of zig-zag struts alternating between a first strut with a first length and a second strut with a second length different from the first length. A graft member may be positioned over the substrate and shape memory member.
US10206793B2
A system for conscious sensory feedback for a body extremity without sensation or a body extremity prosthesis is disclosed, as well as methods for conscious sensory feedback based on said system; a glove, a sock and a body extremity prosthesis comprising said system; and use of the system.
US10206786B2
The embodiments provide a spinal implant that is configured for lateral insertion into a patient's intervertebral disc space. The spinal implant may have a body having a tapered anterior portion and one or more apertures. The tapered anterior portion allows for concomitant distraction of soft tissue during insertion of the implant. In addition, at least some of the apertures are designed to permit a predetermined amount of nutation by a fixation element. The fixations elements that allow nutation enable the fixation element to toggle from one position to another, for example, during subsidence of the implant in situ.
US10206775B2
Heart valve prosthesis are disclosed that include a frame or support structure having an inflow portion, a valve-retaining tubular or central portion and a pair of support arms. The inflow portion radially extends from a first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion and the pair of support arms are circumferentially spaced apart and radially extend from an opposing second end of the valve-retaining tubular portion.
US10206772B2
An implantable medical device having enhanced endothelial migration features, generally comprises: a structural member including a leading edge and a trailing edge interconnected by a third surface region, the leading edge including a second surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, and the trailing edge including a fourth surface region in a generally curvilinear cross-section, whereby blood flow over the second surface region generate shear stress at the second surface region without an eddy region in the second surface region.
US10206769B2
The present disclosure relates to implantable medical devices which include a film which includes predetermined folding characteristics via predetermined thicknesses along different areas of the implant.
US10206768B2
The present application discloses a method for treating male urinary incontinence, which includes the following steps: 1) male urethral reconstruction surgery, 2) preparation of a urethral clamp, and 3) application of the urethral clamp. The urethral clamp and the surgical treatment of male urinary incontinence are low in medical costs, and no artificial material is implanted into the body. The method and the clamp device have the advantages of accurate urine control effect, simple manipulation of urination, minimal urethral reconstruction surgery, high success rate, and simple operation. It does not affect the sensation of penis and cavernous erection. It does not affect the appearance of penis, and it is easy for patients to accept the method and the clamp device. A controlled urethral clamp for the treatment of male urinary incontinence is also disclosed.
US10206755B2
In a device for stretching the skin, particularly for closing a wound, anchoring elements are anchored in the skin. The anchoring elements are movable on a guide device. First anchoring elements are anchored in the skin of the edge of the wound. Second anchoring elements are adjustable on the guide device in the stretching direction behind the first anchoring elements in relation to and independently of said first anchoring elements.
US10206753B2
A moisture dispensing system, and its method of use, are presented for wetting a medical device prior to insertion into a patient. The moisture dispensing system comprises: a fluid reservoir configured for attachment to the dorsal aspect of a surgical glove when worn by a wearer; and an absorbent pad configured for attachment to the palmar aspect of a digit of said surgical glove when worn by a wearer, wherein said absorbent pad is in fluid communication with said fluid reservoir.
US10206752B2
A surgical robotic component comprising an articulated terminal portion, the terminal portion comprising: a distal segment having an attachment connected thereto, an intermediate segment, and a basal segment whereby the terminal portion is attached to the remainder of the surgical robotic component. The terminal portion further comprises a first articulation between the distal segment and the intermediate segment, the first articulation permitting relative rotation of the distal segment and the intermediate segment about a first axis, and a second articulation between the intermediate segment and the basal segment, the second articulation permitting relative rotation of the intermediate segment and the basal segment about a second axis. The intermediate segment comprises: a third articulation permitting relative rotation of the distal segment and the basal segment about third and fourth axes, a first torque sensor configured to sense torque about the third axis, and a second torque sensor configured to sense torque about the fourth axis. The first, second and third articulations are arranged such that in at least one configuration of the third articulation the first and second axes are parallel and the third and fourth axes are transverse to the first axis.
US10206749B2
Devices, systems and methods for detecting a position of an object with a robot surgical system having an articulable, separable camera stand. The surgical robot system may include a robot having a robot base with a robot arm and an end-effector coupled to the robot arm. The end-effector, surgical instruments, the patient, other objects, or any combination thereof, may be tracked via active and/or passive tracking markers. A camera, such as an infrared camera, a bifocal camera or a stereophotogrammetric infrared camera, is mounted on a separable camera stand and is able to detect the tracking markers when in use. Using the camera, the robot determines a position of the object from the tracking markers, which may be a three-dimensional position of the object or the markers. When convenient, the camera base may be assembled into the robot base, e.g., by sliding the camera base into the robot.
US10206745B2
An endovascular device monitoring system is provided that determines, based on movement of the endovascular device past a selected reference location, at least one of a movement rate of a endovascular device and position of a distal end of a endovascular device in a body of a patient.
US10206744B2
An optical radiation delivery structure including a waveguide conduit having a surgical access portion and a handle portion. The handle portion includes a gripping portion and a waveguide lock, which is configured to have only a locked state and an unlocked state. In some embodiments, the handle portion includes a gripping portion and a counterbalance region, such that a center of mass of the waveguide conduit is disposed towards a proximal end of the waveguide conduit.
US10206743B2
The present invention provides a laser system and laser handpiece and process for skin treatment. The system includes components for producing a continuous or pulse laser beam, and components for delivering a substance to the damaged region of skin. The system is designed to control and utilize the laser beam for damaging small volume of skin tissue and using a disposable tip to deliver a substance which is applied simultaneously or with some delay producing a combination of laser action with the action of a named substance at the same time.
US10206740B2
A cutting device includes an elongated shaft that extends between a proximal end and a distal end. A distal arm extends from the distal end of the elongated shaft. The distal arm includes an inner surface defining a cavity and an outer surface defining a blunt tip. At least one proximal arm extends from the distal end of the elongated shaft at a position proximal to the distal arm. The at least one proximal arm having an inner surface defines a cavity including a cutting portion configured to cut tissue.
US10206737B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing having an elongated shaft that extends therefrom and a handle pivotable relative thereto. An end effector assembly is attached to a distal end of the shaft and includes first and second jaw members. The first jaw member is pivotably attached to a distal end of the shaft and the second jaw member extends along a longitudinal axis defined therethrough and fixed to the distal end of the shaft by a living hinge. The first jaw member, upon actuation of the handle, is movable relative to the second jaw member between spaced-apart position, an approximated position for grasping tissue, and a second position for over-compressing tissue grasped between jaw members. A knife is disposed within a channel defined within the second jaw member and is exposed to cut tissue when the first jaw member over-travels to over-compress the second jaw member.
US10206734B2
A high-frequency generator for an electric surgical instrument that treats a living tissue includes a power supply that generates a power, and a resonant circuit that excites a high-frequency signal. The resonant circuit includes a parallel resonant circuit which is connected to the power supply, and a series resonant circuit which is coupled to the parallel resonant circuit and is connected to the electric surgical instrument. The parallel resonant circuit has a higher parallel resonant frequency than a series resonant frequency of the series resonant circuit.
US10206728B2
A fixation device is disclosed for the fixation of proximal humerus fractures includes an implantable humerus plate having a proximal portion adapted to be positioned at a head and medial calcar of the humerus, a distal portion adapted to be positioned along a shaft of the humerus, and a plurality of calcar openings provided through the proximal portion adapted to receive calcar fasteners that extend into the medial calcar. The calcar fasteners are grouped into a rafted configuration and the tips of each fastener are positioned into the calcar region so that torsional forces bearing upon the calcar regions are distributed into the rafted fastener support, thereby avoiding varus collapse of the humerus head after fixation of the fracture.
US10206724B2
A system to stabilize a fracture includes an intramedullary rod having a first end and a second end and configured for placement within a medullary bone canal of a bone. The intramedullary rod includes a first rod hole at the second end. The system also includes an intramedullary rod plate having a first plate hole and a second plate hole. The system also includes a first fastener configured to be received by the first plate hole, wherein the first fastener passes through an outer surface of the bone and through the first rod hole at the second end of the intramedullary rod such that the first fastener secures the intramedullary rod plate to the intramedullary rod. The system further includes a second fastener configured to pass through the second plate hole and into the bone such that the second fastener secures the intramedullary rod plate to the bone.
US10206721B2
A spine stabilization system having a base plate having a plurality of screw holes and a plurality of corresponding screw locking mechanisms. The present invention also provides an extension plate having a plurality of screw holes and corresponding screw locking mechanisms. The extension plate is dimensioned and configured with an extension portion, the extension portion having a screw hole and a screw locking mechanism and a finger portion having a connection element and to contact and connect with the base plate. The base plate is provided a graft window having edges, wherein at least one of the edges being configured to receive and connect with the connection element.
US10206712B2
A surgical bone holding implement for manipulating a bone, comprising a handle and an elongated shaft including a bone engaging tip. The handle is positionable with respect to the elongated shaft between first and second positions, for mounting a drill member on the proximal end of the elongated shaft in one position, and for manipulating the bone by means of the handle in a second position.
US10206711B1
A surgical instrument includes a stationary shaft defining a conduit and a movable shaft slidably disposed therein. A surgical tool extends distally from the movable shaft and a cup extends distally from the stationary shaft. The cup includes a body defining one or more channels, an annular rim disposed at the distal end portion thereof and defining a plurality of apertures each in fluid communication with one of the channels, and a cap disposed at the proximal end portion of the body and defining a lumen fluidly coupling the one or more channels with the conduit. A central aperture of the cap slidably receives the surgical tool and/or the movable shaft as the movable shaft slides from a retracted position, wherein the surgical tool is disposed proximally of the distal end portion of the cup, and an extended position, wherein the surgical tool extends through and distally from the cup.
US10206704B2
A surgical method utilizes a cutting blade having a thickness along a cutting edge of between about 0.0005 inch and about 0.020 inch and preferably between about 0.001 inch and 0.010 inch. The blade is moved in contact with relatively hardly tissues which are disposed adjacent to softer tissues at a surgical site in a patient. The blade is ultrasonically vibrated during the moving of the blade, whereby the hard tissue is cut with a modicum of damage being inflicted on the soft tissue.
US10206702B2
A rongeur (34) for driving a cutting unit (240) that includes an outer (240) tube and a cutting implement (302) able to both rotate in move longitudinally in the outer tube The rongeur includes a body (36) to which a rotating spindle (102) for actuating the cutting implement is mounted. The spindle is designed to allow the inner tube to while, rotating move longitudinally relative to the spindle. A mechanism (150, 180) attached to the body selectively displaces the drive inner tube so the distal end of the cutting implement can be advanced towards and retracted away from the distal end of the outer tube.
US10206701B2
Methods and devices are provided for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures. In one embodiment, a surgical device is provided that include an elongate shaft having a distal portion configured to be movable between a first configuration in which the distal portion of the shaft is substantially straight or linear and a second configuration in which the distal portion of the shaft is articulated at a compound angle. The shaft's distal portion can include two articulation joints to facilitate formation of the compound angle.
US10206692B2
Osteotomy tools and procedures are provided that include a sets of guides in which pins are placed through conduits in the guides with a close tolerance and into the bone at predetermined angles. One pin is placed at a correction angle subtending from one of a pair of parallel pins placed across an osteotomy site. After the osteotomy is completed, a bone correction is achieved by rotating the pin at the correction angle to be parallel to the one of the parallel pins located across the osteotomy site. A parallel pin guide is placed over these two pins to maintain the bone correction and stabilize the osteotomy, allowing fixation of the corrected bone segments.
US10206690B2
The present invention concerns a marker for bones, particularly for marking irregularities in the femoral head. There is described a surgical instrument having a shaft including a handle towards a proximal end and an arm towards a distal end. The arm includes a template, and the arm and/or template further includes tissue marking means for marking differences in the curvature of a tissue surface.
US10206680B2
Devices and methods are provided for guiding surgical fasteners. In general, the devices and methods can facilitate guidance of fasteners during deployment of the fasteners into tissue. In general, the surgical device can include one or more guidance features configured to facilitate guidance of the fasteners during ejection of the fasteners from the cartridge. The one or more guidance features can be configured to reduce lateral movement of the fasteners during deployment thereof. In an exemplary embodiment, each of the one or more guidance features can be configured to support a fastener on three sides thereof during deployment of the fastener. The one or more guidance features can be formed on the cartridge, e.g., formed on a surface thereof or formed on a sled disposed in the cartridge, and/or can be formed on a jaw that seats the cartridge.
US10206676B2
A surgical stapling system comprising an end effector, an elongate shaft, a closure system, a motor configured to generate rotary motion, and a rotatable drive screw drivable by the motor is disclosed. The end effector comprises a frame, an anvil movable from an open position to a clamped position, and a staple cartridge. The anvil comprises staple deforming features and a channel comprising a blade receiving portion and a lateral portion. The staple cartridge comprises a deck, a slot, staple cavities, staples, staple drivers, and a firing member movable in response to a firing stroke. The firing member comprises an inclined surface, a cutting member, and a lateral member. The closure system is configured to place the anvil in the clamped position in response to a closure motion. The rotatable drive screw is operably coupled to the firing member such that the rotary motion is converted to the firing stroke.
US10206671B2
A tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a tacker for applying a rotary tack, including a handle with a first trigger assembly and a second trigger assembly, the trigger assemblies being coupled to an articulated applicator arm which is disposed through a drive shaft connected to the handle, the first trigger assembly operative to apply a rotary tack from a distal end of the applicator arm and the second trigger assembly operative to bend the distal end of the applicator arm, wherein a longitudinal axis of the handle is tilted with respect to the drive shaft.
US10206669B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for assisting with submucosal dissections include a retraction strip body. The retraction strip body is formed at least partially from a deformable material. The retraction strip body is capable of being selectively moved between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the retraction strip body is capable of engaging a target patient tissue. In the second condition, the retraction strip body is capable of retracting the target patient tissue. At least one tissue engagement member is located on the retraction strip body.
US10206668B2
The provided technologies provide an implant closure device having a mesh layer formed on a flexible substrate, collectively forming a sealable member, that improves a seal formed over an aperture in a body lumen. The mesh facilitates a faster and more secure adherence of the sealable member to the surrounding edges at the puncture site. Furthermore, the provided technology may promote platelet-capture and encourage localized platelet aggregation at the exposed collagen in the wound edges on the mesh layer. The platelet impregnated mesh layer can facilitate cellular adhesion, enabling the sealable member that is local to the wound opening to act, in essence, as a “biological glue”.
US10206667B2
Provided herein are laparoscopic tissue removal systems, components, and uses thereof.
US10206664B2
Disclosed is an instrument useful for taking tissue samples from human or animal patients that includes a cannula or other similar elongate body cooperating with a stylet or similar device coaxially positioned within the cannula such that the cannula and stylet are useful for capturing and excising tissue. The cannula body includes at least one flexing region having one or more slits disposed in a generally helical slit pattern arranged around and along the cannula. Methods for taking tissue samples from a patient are also disclosed including navigating the cannula and stylet through various internal structures of the patient's body where the flexing region aids to avoid binding between the cannula and the stylet during the procedure.
US10206656B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus that can identify the angle of a received ultrasonic beam with respect to the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is characterized by including a received beam forming unit that forms received ultrasonic beams based on the echo signals of ultrasonic waves transmitted into a subject, and a display control unit that displays, in a B-mode image formed based on the received ultrasonic beams, a biopsy guide line in a display mode corresponding to an angle between the beam direction of the received ultrasonic beam and the predetermined biopsy path of a biopsy needle to be inserted into the subject. The biopsy guide line is displayed as, for example, a broken line having a width corresponding to the angle.
US10206652B2
A three dimensional physiological mapping system utilizing an intracardiac echo catheter capable of being located in six degrees of freedom by a visualization, navigation, or mapping system. An echocardiography image of the intracardiac echo catheter may be projected within a geometric model of the visualization, navigation, or mapping system where the location of the projected image is adjusted in response to user input identifying a structure present in the echocardiography image and the geometric model.
US10206643B2
According to one embodiment, a medical image diagnostic apparatus includes an imaging unit, an image generation unit, and a display unit. The imaging unit images a subject injected with blood vessel contrast enhancement particles and diseased tissue contrast enhancement particles. The blood vessel contrast enhancement particles have the first particle size larger than the gap of vascular endothelial cells under the EPR effect. The diseased tissue contrast enhancement particles have the second particle size smaller than the gap. The image generation unit generates a medical image associated with an imaging region of the subject based on output data from the imaging unit. The display unit displays the medical image.
US10206641B2
A radiography system is provided. The radiography system includes a radiographic device arranged in a movable manner, a measuring device to measure at least one of external force and torque applied to the radiographic device, and a drive device to move the radiographic device based on a direction and magnitude of the at least one of the force and torque measured by the measuring device.
US10206640B2
According to one embodiment, an X ray computed tomography imaging apparatus includes a gantry and a column. The gantry includes a first gantry intake port, and a second gantry intake port. The first gantry intake port draws air in the first state. The second gantry intake port draws air in the second state. The column includes a first column exhaust port and a second column exhaust port. The first column exhaust port communicates with the first gantry intake port in the first state. The second column exhaust port communicates with the second gantry intake port in the second state.
US10206631B2
provided is an automotive key device connected, in the form of a holder, to a mechanism of opening or shutting an automotive door or merged with the mechanism of opening or shutting the automotive door. The automotive key device includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor having a first body signal electrode and a second body signal electrode and a contact terminal electrically connected to the ECG sensor. The contact terminal is configured to serve as a passage for electrical connection with devices within a vehicle. A steering wheel docking station and a system configured to include the steering wheel docking station and the automotive key device are also provided.
US10206618B2
A sleep application running on a computing platform such as a server utilizes sleep data from a remote system that monitors a user's sleep behaviors and transforms the data to populate graphs of sleep sessions over various calendar periods (e.g., by week, by month) and render them on a user interface (UI) that is exposed to remote devices such as personal computers (PCs), tablets, multimedia consoles, and smartphones over a network. The sleep sessions are optimized for visibility on the remote devices by dynamically adjusting the range of the time axis of a graph so that a maximum number of sleep sessions over a calendar period may be graphed continuously over the range without breaks (which can impair visibility and reduce comprehension).
US10206617B2
A method and apparatus for non-invasive analysing the structure and chemical composition of bone tissue eliminating the influence of surrounding tissues, is provided. The method consists in using a system of at least four electrodes (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) placed in electrical contact with tissues surrounding the analysed bone, preferably a long bone to establish screening potential distribution using screening electrodes (7, 8). Measuring current injecting electrodes (1, 2) are used to force the measuring current flow through the internal part of the analysed bone. At the same time the screening electrodes (7, 8) reduce the measuring current flow through the tissues surrounding the analysed bone almost to zero. Then measuring current and potential at the measuring current injecting electrodes (1, 2) as well as phase difference between potential at measuring current injecting electrodes (1, 2) and measuring current are measured. On the basis of measured electrical values the structure and chemical composition of bones is evaluated.
US10206611B2
Method and system for providing a fault tolerant data receiver unit configured with a partitioned or separate processing units, each configured to perform a predetermined and/or specific processing associated with the one or more substantially non-overlapping functions of the data monitoring and management system is provided.
US10206599B2
Systems and methods of processing raw electrocardiogram (ECG) waveform data of a patient into estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The method includes sensing at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, constructing a time domain computer model of the at least one physical, non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data, and adaptively filtering the raw ECG waveform data in the time domain using the constructed time domain computer model of the at least one physical non-cardiac influence on the raw ECG waveform data to form the estimated real-time ECG waveform data. The system can include an ECG device for collecting raw ECG waveform data, at least two ECG electrodes positioned on the patient and electrically coupled to the ECG device, and a processor coupled to the ECG device and configured to compute a time domain model of an artifact created by chest compressions.
US10206594B2
A measuring device for measuring physiological data of a mammal comprising a measuring unit, to be worn by the mammal, with a first and second module. The first module comprises a light source and the second module comprises a sensor unit for measuring an intensity of a fraction of the light delivering a measuring signal. There is a synchronization means for pulsewise activating the light source synchronously with the second module, wherein the measuring signal is indicative of the value of the intensity measured during the pulsewise activation. The synchronization means comprises an energy transmitting unit and a detector which is part of the other one of the first and the second module, in an operating condition the energy transmitting unit pulsewise generates an electromagnetic field, and the detector receives this field and generates therefrom a supply voltage for use in that other module.
US10206580B2
The present disclosure provides a full-field OCT system using a wavelength-tunable laser, which can observe peaks of a short-time A-line profile corresponding to each time point at which interference images of an object to be measured are acquired, so as to measure a depth direction movement of the object to be measured, and can correct the phases of interference signals on the basis of the measured depth direction movement, so as to generate an OCT image which is compensated for the depth direction movement.
US10206575B2
Various embodiments are described herein of methods and systems for measuring at least one mechanical characteristic of a soft material are provided according to the teachings herein. The embodiments described herein generally employ the use of a mechanical inclusion in the soft material, measuring at least one pressure and volume data point and applying a mechanical relation associated with the mechanical characteristic(s) to the measured data point(s) to determine the mechanical characteristic(s).
US10206569B1
A method of implanting a corneal intraocular pressure sensor in an eye of a patient is disclosed herein. The method includes forming a pocket in the cornea of the eye so as to gain access to tissue surrounding the pocket; applying a photosensitizer so that the photosensitizer permeates at least a portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket, the photosensitizer facilitating cross-linking of the tissue surrounding the pocket; irradiating the cornea so as to activate cross-linkers in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket, and thereby stiffen a wall of the pocket and kill cells in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket; and inserting an intracorneal implant comprising a pressure sensor into the pocket, the pressure sensor of the intracorneal implant configured to measure the intraocular pressure of the eye of the patient. A corneal intraocular pressure sensor is also disclosed herein.
US10206566B2
Disclosed embodiments may include a device, system and method for providing a low cost device that can measure refractive errors very accurately via attachment to a smart phone. A disclosed device may use ambient light or a light source in simulating the cross cylinder procedure that optometrists use by utilizing the inverse Shack-Hartman technique. The optical device may include an array of lenslets and pinholes that will force the user to effectively focus at different depths. Using an optical device, in conjunction with a smart phone, the user first changes the angle of the axis until he/she sees a cross pattern (the vertical and horizontal lines are equally spaced). The user adjusts the display, typically using the controls on the smartphone, to make the lines come together and overlap, which corresponds to bringing the view into sharp focus, thus determining the appropriate optical prescription for the user.
US10206560B2
A shank for a flexible endoscope or for a flexible endoscopic instrument includes a first shank portion and, a second shank portion, angled relative to a distal end region of the first shank portion by a longitudinal adjustment of at least one tensioning means which is guided in a longitudinally displaceable manner inside the second shank portion and connected to a distal end region of the second shank portion. The longitudinal adjustment by least one threaded drive, which can be driven by at least one torsion shaft extending inside the first shank portion. The invention also relates to a flexible endoscope and a flexible endoscopic instrument.
US10206558B2
The invention relates to a method and to a camera for the three-dimensional measurement of a dental object, comprising at least one light source, which emits an illumination beam, at least one projection means, which produces a projection pattern, focusing optics, which display the projection pattern in a plane of sharp focus at a defined focal distance relative to the dental camera. The projection pattern projected onto the object is reflected by the object as an observation beam and is acquired by means of a sensor. In the measurement of the object, the focusing optics are controlled in such a way that the focal distance of the plane of sharp focus relative to the camera is varied incrementally between a plurality of defined scan positions.
US10206556B2
A medical power supply system includes: a medical device including an elongated insertion section, a power receiving unit including a power receiving member and movable relative to the insertion section in a longitudinal direction of the insertion section, and a biasing unit biasing the power receiving unit toward a distal end side of the insertion section; and a guide unit including a power transmitting unit including a power transmitting member, the insertion section being inserted into the guide unit. When the insertion section is inserted into the guide unit to a predetermined amount, the power receiving unit comes in contact with the power transmitting unit with being biased by the biasing unit, and the power transmitting member and the power receiving member face each other in an axial direction of the insertion section and have a positional relation in which wireless power transmission is possible.
US10206555B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an abnormality candidate region detection unit that detects an abnormality candidate region based on a contour edge of a mucosal wall or a surface shape of the mucosal wall in an intraluminal image of a body; and an abnormal region specifying unit that specifies an abnormal region based on texture information of the abnormality candidate region.
US10206547B2
A cleaning system for generating a liquid jet via a liquid dispensing wand, includes an elongate tube having a first end and a second end. A nozzle is disposed at the second end of the elongate tube. A splash guard is slidably coupled with the elongate tube, and is slidable longitudinally between the first end and the second end of the elongate tube. A basin is configured to hold a liquid. A conduit fluidly couples the basin to the liquid dispensing wand. A mount removably stores the liquid dispensing wand when not in use. With the splash guard disposed proximal the second end and the nozzle, placement of the liquid dispensing wand into the mount for storing causes the splash guard to slide from the second end to the first end of the elongate tube.
US10206546B1
A portable toilet includes a base, a top cover hingedly disposed on the base, and an access door. The top cover has an opening that is alignable with a first cutout in a side wall of the base. In a storage position, the access door can be positioned to at least partially occlude the opening and the first cutout simultaneously. Furthermore, the access door may be configured to at least partially occupy a locating slot disposed on the top cover. The portable toilet may further include a support member that is hingedly disposed on the base. The support member may interface with the access door to prevent movement of the access door while in the storage position. When the top cover is in an in-use position, a removable toilet seat may be placed proximal an upper wall of the base and a surface of the top cover simultaneously.
US10206535B2
A beverage making machine may employ a mixing chamber to mix a beverage medium with a precursor liquid, such as carbonated water. The mixing chamber may have a precursor liquid inlet coupled to a precursor liquid supply, a beverage medium chamber to receive a beverage medium into the beverage medium chamber, and a dispense outlet from which beverage medium and precursor liquid are dispensed, e.g., into a user's cup. The beverage medium chamber may include a chamber inlet coupled to the precursor liquid inlet, e.g., so precursor liquid can enter the chamber when a pressure is low in the beverage medium chamber, and a chamber outlet downstream of the chamber inlet that is coupled to the dispense outlet, e.g., so that beverage medium can exit the chamber.
US10206533B2
An additivation device (2) for beverages (B) adds at least one additive (A) to at least one beverage (B). The device (2) includes at least one first inlet duct (30), through which at least one beverage (B) coming from a source is introduced into the device (2), and at least one second inlet duct (40), through which at least one additive (A) is introduced into the device (2). The additive (A) is a fluid and is contained in at least one container (21). The device includes at least one outlet duct (39), through which the beverage (B), to which said at least one additive (A) has been added, exits the device (2). The device (2) includes an additivator device (5) for taking a known quantity of the at least one additive (A) and mixing the additive (A) with the beverage (B). The device (2) supplies and mixes the at least one additive (A) with the beverage (B) while the beverage (B) is flowing between the at least one first inlet duct (30) and the outlet duct (39).
US10206532B2
A steam generator system for a cooking appliance includes an in-line heating element coupled to a heating tube, wherein water from a water reservoir is gravitationally fed into the heating tube for heating by the in-line heating element to produce a hot water and steam mixture. A first supply line is coupled to the heating tube to carry the mixture to a separator without the need for moving or complex pump parts. The separator separates steam and hot water from the mixture of the two. A second supply line is coupled to the separator at a first end and opens into the cooking cavity of the cooking appliance at a second end. The second supply line is configured to supply steam separated at the separator to the cooking cavity via a steam outlet disposed in the cooking cavity.
US10206526B1
The present invention is a one-piece mounting device for hanging items on a wall. The plate has a puncture device which pierces the wallboard and holds the device on the wall.
US10206525B2
An ice merchandiser for storing bagged ice for purchase by a customer is provided. The ice merchandiser includes a payment system for facilitating a bagged ice product transaction at the ice merchandiser. The payment system includes a mass determination module structured to determine a mass of bagged ice product removed during the bagged ice product transaction and a transaction module structured to determine an amount of currency required for the bagged ice product transaction based on the determined mass of bagged ice product removed.
US10206522B2
A display system and method for displaying a product is disclosed. The system may include a display stem and a retainer for holding the product. The retainer may include a bracket and a retainer body having a substantially smooth surface. The display stem may include a recess for receiving at least a portion of the retainer body. The retainer may be oriented on top of the display stem in one or more predetermined positions through the use of magnetic forces. The retainer may be returned to and held on top of the display stem using a retaining cable. The retainer body and recess may include charging contacts for delivering power to a product held by the retainer when the retainer body is received within the recess.
US10206518B2
A compact jumper for an infant or young child. The compact jumper includes a support frame, at least one resilient member, and a child-receiving apparatus. The support frame is configured for resting on a support surface and the at least one resilient member is coupled to a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is supported by the at least one resilient member, with a collar mounting the resilient member to the child-receiving apparatus, and is guided by a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is movable with respect to the support surface as the child moves and jumps.
US10206505B2
Compartmented assemblies related to customizable storage compartments. A bottom panel, side panels, and divider panels may be configured in any combination to form a compartmented assembly with a primary compartment comprising at least two sub-compartments. A method of designing and constructing compartmented assemblies is described. A graphical user interface may be used to format a design which may be transmitted to associated machinery for automated cutting of the component panels. Series of notches, tabs, and apertures are used for mating adjacent panels to one another. Adhesive may be inserted into joints for securing the panels.
US10206503B2
A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
US10206500B2
A workstation services support structure including a beam supported at or near desk height on one or more legs is described. The beam includes one or more elongate mounting means extending substantially along its length. Each elongate mounting means corresponds to a zone (Zones 1 to 4) in which one or more accessories to support a workstation service can be movably mounted with respect of the beam to enable service delivery at a user selectable position within the zone. The support structure includes a plurality of zones (Zones 1 to 4) that can be defined to be non-overlapping such that an accessory mounted within one zone does not interfere with an accessory mounted within another zone. Legs, accessories and couplings and systems incorporating such elements are also described.
US10206495B2
An open-top cargo box transformable into a picnic table with attached benches releaseably attaches to a skeleton carrier equipped with a draw bar that engages a vehicle receiver hitch. When configured as a cargo box, a first bench functions as a floor of the box, the centrally-folded table top functions as a rear wall, and the second bench functions as the front wall. Four side panels, each of which is rigidly secured to one end of a bench and pivotally secured to a corner of a table top half, function as side walls. When transformed into a table with attached benches, the first bench and its attached side panels are lifted upwardly and rotated rearwardly 270 degrees, while unfolding the table top. Detachable end braces interconnect the ends of both benches, forming a rigid structure. Two folding leg assemblies beneath each bench support the entire structure.
US10206491B2
An ear instrument, including: a first body; a second body having one end rotatably coupled to the first body; and a first fixing member having a side coupled to the other end of the second body. The first fixing member is coupled to the rear part of the user's ear when the ear instrument is fitted to the user's ear. The first fixing member is formed in a C-shape.
US10206490B2
An accessory device comprising: a first cover arranged to be opened and closed when the first cover is mounted on an electronic device, the first cover comprising a first plate, at least one first side wall protruding from the first plate in a first direction, and a first film disposed in a space defined by the sidewall and the plate, wherein the first film and the first side wall are at least partially transparent, and wherein the first film comprises a first layer disposed on the first plate, the first layer being at least partially reflective, a second layer disposed on the first layer, the second layer being at least partially formed of a polymeric material, and a third layer that is disposed on the second layer, the third layer being an anti-wear layer.
US10206485B2
An applique vessel for storing applique includes: an interior surface; and an applique removal feature positioned along a portion of the interior surface. An applique vessel for storing applique includes: a body adapted to store applique; and a top comprising an application element, where the body and the top adapted to form a vessel if coupled, and the top is adapted to couple to the body via a compression fit. An applique system adapted to store and apply applique includes: a flexible body adapted to store applique; a top including an application element; and an applique removal feature positioned along a portion of the flexible body. An application element adapted to apply applique to a user includes: a frame having a particular shape; and a set of protuberances extending from the frame.
US10206481B2
A baked powder pencil includes a housing having a base portion with a hollow interior and an opening that opens into the hollow interior. A stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material is disposed at least partially within the hollow interior of the base portion. The stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material has an end portion that is arranged to extend through the opening of the base portion. The stick or pellet of baked powder cosmetic material is formed into a pre-defined three-dimensional shape and is configured to maintain its three-dimensional shape. The three-dimensional shape of the stick or pellet may have a head section with multiple, generally planar surfaces extending in multiple respectively different planes, or a head section with a semi-spherical or semi-spheroid shape.
US10206480B2
There are provided a porous pad for the impregnation of a liquid cosmetic composition and a liquid-cosmetic-composition impregnating method using such a porous pad. The porous pad includes a first porous pad layer and a second porous pad layer. An injection hole is formed in the first porous pad layer for the injection of the liquid cosmetic composition. The second porous pad layer is disposed under the first porous pad layer, and has a dispersion hole for the dispersion of the liquid cosmetic composition that is injected through the injection hole, and one or more main storage holes that are radially arranged around the periphery of the dispersion hole.
US10206479B2
An application head for a product includes a body that is substantially of revolution and has at its front axial end a hollow spherical surface forming a housing that receives a magnetizable applicator ball with a tight fit, said applicator ball being held by a magnet, this body being intended to hold the product on its inside, wherein the body comprises a chamber located along the passage of the product coming from the inside of this body so as to lead into the housing, this chamber containing a magnetized or non-magnetized valve held on its inside, which can slide through a short axial travel while remaining stuck to the applicator ball, so as to close the passage in the rear position and to open this passage in the front position.
US10206478B1
A system is disclosed including at least one scanner identifying an identification associated with a receptacle. At least one dispenser is configured to dispense a first desired amount. At least one dispensing area has a measuring instrument that measures a dispensed amount and an unused amount, and associates with the identification. At least one storage device stores a program, and at least one controller which, when executing the program, is configured to receive information and associate the information with the identification. Collected data associated with the identification is recorded. A second desired amount based on at least some of the collected data in at least one file in the database is recommended. The at least one dispenser is controlled by the at least one controller based on the first desired amount or the second desired amount. The at least one dispenser is configured to dispense the second desired amount.
US10206477B2
A grooming device that absorbs moisture or oil on a patron and applies a light layer of powder to the patron, thus enabling unwanted hair to be easily brushed off the patron. The device employs a powder-dispensing head made of mesh or woven material that permits powder to pass from the head through the holes in the mesh or weave. The head is connected to or integral with a holder that enables a user's hand to stay powder-free while using the device by preventing powder from escaping onto the hand of the user holding the holder. A retainer positioned at the intersection of the head and a holder creates the cavity in the head that holds the powder. Optionally, a head ribbon is attached to or integral with at least a portion of the head and is detachably connected to the holder of a second grooming device.
US10206476B1
A paper device for coloring, highlighting, lowlighting and lightening hair that includes a pad having a plurality of sheets of water dissolvable and biodegradable paper wherein each sheet of paper has a first surface and a second surface; a plurality of colors, a lightener, highlighting agent or low lighting agent on the first surface; an inhibitor on the first surface; a coating of silicone on the second surface to prevent the bleeding of color through the sheet; and a water soluble adhesive strip on the second surface for securing the sheet on a client's hair. Each sheet may also have a heat seal coating applied to either surface that allows the sheet to be made into a dissolvable pouch, cone, corkscrew or other desirable shape. The colors may be used in organic or inorganic dyes, hennas, colors, stains or lighteners and may be infused, coated, imbibed or applied to the sheet using a tint brush or spray.
US10206461B1
A latch system has a socket assembly and a plug assembly. When the socket assembly is within a predetermined distance from the plug assembly, a socket magnet member and a plug magnet member displace the socket assembly towards the plug assembly. To place the latch system in an engaged configuration, the head portion of the plug member passes through a main opening in a socket housing and a plug opening in a socket plate such that the head portion is within the primary chamber. To place the latch system in a latched configuration, the socket assembly is displaced relative to the plug assembly to arrange at least a portion of the socket plate within a head gap defined by a head portion of a plug member.
US10206460B2
A waist belt fastener system includes a belt and a buckle mechanism attached to the belt. The buckle includes a rectangular frame having upper and lower sides that are curved outwardly, creating a convex shape that curves away from the belt wearer. At the rear side of the buckle frame where the buckle attaches to the belt, a fixed tongue member projects away from the buckle frame. This tongue member is fastened to the belt such as by a rivet, firmly anchoring and securing the buckle to the belt and inhibiting movement of the buckle relative to the belt. At the front side of the buckle frame, a fixed prong projects inwardly towards the buckle opening. The prong rests against the belt once it is threaded through the buckle opening. A hook and loop closure system is used to attach the ends of the belt together once the belt is inserted through the buckle opening.
US10206453B2
A footwear construction including a support cage that wraps an upper to provide an adaptive fit to accommodate a variety of foot shapes and to adapt to changes in foot shape during a gait cycle, while providing exceptional stability and support. The footwear can include an upper, a support cage and a sole assembly. The upper can be joined with the sole assembly and can include an exterior. The sole assembly can define a recess extending across a width of the sole assembly from a medial side to a lateral side. The support cage can be constructed from a semi-rigid but flexible polymeric material, disposed over the exterior of the upper and free floating relative to the exterior of the upper. The support cage can include a sole bridge that extends transverse to a longitudinal axis of the footwear, through the recess defined by the sole assembly.
US10206449B1
Sandals are disclosed herein. A sandal includes a sole assembly and a retention structure. The sole assembly is configured to transition between a flattened conformation and a raised conformation. The sole assembly has a forefoot region, a heel region, and a midfoot region. The sole assembly includes a foot bed configured to face the wearer's foot and an outsole extending underneath the foot bed and configured to contact a ground surface. In the flattened conformation, the sole assembly is at least substantially flat. In the raised conformation, the sole assembly is contoured to raise the heel region relative to the forefoot region. The sole assembly is biased toward the raised conformation, and includes a conformation bias element configured to bias the sole assembly toward the raised conformation.
US10206447B2
The present disclosure includes a retrofit sensor module for use with a protective head top with a helmet and a visor. The sensor module includes a sensor housing and an attachment mechanism. The sensor housing encloses a head presence sensor to sense when the protective head top is being worn. The sensor housing also encloses a position sensor to sense the position of the visor relative to the helmet. The retrofit sensor module further comprises an attachment mechanism secured to the housing. The attachment mechanism mates with a first hinge component of a hinge assembly in the protective head top to removably install the sensor module into the protective head top, wherein the hinge assembly allows the visor to move relative to the helmet.
US10206445B2
The present invention relates to a hairwear having an auxiliary device for taking the shape of a head or forming a space, and more particularly, to increase a volume for taking the shape of the head of a user or ensure a space for hiding a small electronic device, using an auxiliary device between the head of the user and the hairwear.
US10206442B1
The turn signal riding gloves is a pair of gloves with lights integrated into an exterior surface that form turn signals or a braking signal light. Each of the pair of gloves operates independent of one another. Each of the pair of gloves includes a powering member that is wired in between a plurality of buttons and the plurality of lights. The plurality of buttons may be linearly aligned along a side surface of an index finger of the respective glove. In use, the motorcyclist simply raises an applicable hand and corresponding glove into the air, and pressing one of the plurality of buttons in order to generate a brake light signal, left turn signal, or right turn signal.
US10206441B2
Apparel, sporting equipment, and other items include magnetic securing systems (e.g., for holding a ball marker on a golf glove. Housings for such systems include a mount area defining a base surface that includes a magnet or is made from a magnetic material. At least two retaining walls extend from the mount area and together with the base surface define a receptacle for receiving another component (e.g., a golf ball marker) to be held by magnetic force. In such housings, a combined total perimeter length of interior surfaces of the retaining walls around the receptacle may be less than 50% of a total length around the perimeter of the component being held.
US10206438B2
A garment includes a garment body formed of at least one fabric. At least one padded portion is coupled to the garment body so as to extend inwardly of the garment body and at least partially occupy a volume defined by a space between a portion of the garment body and a correspondingly positioned portion of a wearer's body. A method includes disposing padding configured to be accommodated in a region of a body of the wearer which is spaced apart from a portion of a garment body of the exercise garment when worn so as to be inwardly projecting of the garment body in a position generally corresponding to the region of the body of the wearer, to thereby insulate and/or wick moisture away from the skin.
US10206437B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a protective pad that is comprised of an impact shell and a damping component. The damping component may be formed by a plurality of connecting members that are separated from the impact shell by a plurality of extension members that extend between the damping lattice and the impact shell. The damping component may also be formed by a sheet-like form that is separated from the impact shell by a plurality of extension members that extend between the damping sheet and the impact shell. The damping component is formed from an elastomer that aids in absorbing a portion of an impact force that is distributed across the damping component by the impact shell. The dampening component may be affixed to the impact shell by way of a coupling frame that is incorporated into the impact shell.
US10206434B2
An apparatus for extracting a compound from a substance comprising an extraction chamber arranged to extract a compound from a substance stored within the extraction chamber, wherein the extraction chamber is arranged to agitate the substance; and when upon the substance is under an applied heat, the extraction chamber is arranged to extract the compound into an air flow passing through the extraction chamber.
US10206429B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition through radiant heating. The radiant heat source may be a laser diode or further element suitable for providing electromagnetic radiation, and heating may be carried out within an optional chamber, which can be a radiation-trapping chamber. In some embodiments, an interior of such chamber may be configured as a black body or as a white body.
US10206426B2
A maintenance apparatus for a fluid ejection and vaporization device and a fluid ejection and vaporization device containing the maintenance apparatus. The maintenance apparatus includes a movable wiper blade, the wiper blade being attached to an arm on one end of the arm, wherein a distal end of the arm is attached to an air operated mechanism for moving the arm and for causing a sweeping movement of the wiper blade over an ejection head in the fluid ejection and vaporization device.
US10206421B2
Dry stabilizing compositions for bioactive materials include sugars and hydrolyzed proteins, and may be formed into tablets or other forms providing enhanced stability for the bioactive material. Compositions containing the bioactive materials may be produced by a method that includes (a) combining the bioactive material with other ingredients in an aqueous solvent to form a viscous slurry; (b) snap-freezing the slurry in liquid nitrogen to form solid frozen particles, beads, droplets or strings; (c) primary drying by water removal under vacuum of the product of step (b) while maintaining it at a temperature above its freezing temperature; and (d) secondary drying of the product of step (c) at maximum vacuum and a temperature of 20° C. or higher for a time sufficient to reduce the water activity to below 0.3 Aw.
US10206417B1
The guava seed (Psidium guajava) nanoparticles as an antibacterial agent are prepared from guava seeds that have been washed, dried, and ground to powder of less than 1 mm diameter. The powder is reduced to nanoparticle size (less than 100 nm diameter) by adding the powder to a solution of concentrated hydrochloric acid (38% w/w) and stirring the mixture at 3000 rpm at room temperature. The resulting nanoparticles are filtered through a Millipore membrane filter and dried. Agar well diffusion studies showed significant antibacterial activity against various Gram positive and negative species commonly implicated in food contamination. Further testing showed the guava seed nanoparticles have significant antioxidant and radical scavenging content, suggesting that guava seed nanoparticles may serve as an antibacterial agent.
US10206412B2
There is described a method of manufacturing an edible product comprising chocolate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a baking mixture, for example a liquid batter or a pasty mass, comprising a source of starch and a liquid chocolate; (b) baking the baking mixture in a baking apparatus; wherein the liquid chocolate provides up to 70 wt % of the baking mixture. Edible products, including wafers and extruded snack foods, produced by such a method are also described.
US10206406B2
Device for cutting dough, comprising a conveyor belt, for conveying the dough in an essentially horizontal direction of conveyance, a sledge, arranged above the conveyor belt, and movable in the direction of said conveyor belt, a cutting blade, suspended on the sledge, and movable with respect to the sledge in an essentially vertical direction toward and from the conveyor belt, for cutting the dough on the belt, a first drive, for moving the sledge in the direction of the conveyor, a second drive, for moving the cutting blade in a vertical direction toward and from the conveyor belt, wherein the second drive is arranged outside the sledge, in a fixed position, and provided with a transmission for conveying movement from the second drive to the cutting blade. The invention further relates to a method for operating such device.
US10206404B2
An aqueous disinfectant solution comprising peroxyacetic acid; hydrogen peroxide; and a carbonate buffer is provided.
US10206403B2
The present invention relates to pesticidal compositions comprising as component I a compound selected from the compounds I-1 to I-31 and as component II a compound selected from compounds II-1 to II-12.
US10206402B2
An environmentally-friendly emamectin benzoate preparation. The environmentally-friendly emamectin benzoate preparation comprises emamectin benzoate and an agent A and does not comprise any organic solvent. The agent A is selected from one or more of an anionic surfactant containing sulfonic acid groups, an anionic surfactant containing sulfuric acid groups, and an anionic surfactant containing carboxy groups. The preparation may further comprise an agent B, a functional agent, a pesticide adjuvant and other ingredients. The preparation is preferably an aqueous solution or water-soluble powder. Also provided is a preparation method for the aqueous solution or water-soluble powder.
US10206392B2
The present invention relates to a disinfecting composition which requires a shorter contact time to be effective than similar compositions. Also, provided is a method of disinfecting a surface with the disinfecting composition where a shorter contact time is needed to disinfect the surface.
US10206389B2
Stabilized liquid cyclopropene compositions are provided which comprise flowable, non-aqueous dispersion concentrates comprising a) a continuous substantially water-immiscible liquid phase and b) a dispersed solid phase comprising cured polymer particles prepared from a polymerizable thermoset resin which particles contain at least one cyclopropene complex, optionally a non-porous particulate mineral, and optionally a non-cross-linkable mobile chemical distributed therein, and wherein the outside surfaces of the particles comprise a colloidal solid material. The compositions of the invention can be used directly or with dilution to combat pests or as plant growth regulators.
US10206387B2
A method for cryopreservation of biological material where a sample of a biological material is inserted into a packaging having two substantially parallel walls spaced from 2.5 mm apart or less, the walls connected to each other along a substantially part of their periphery and including a plurality of internal ridges for directing the flow of material through the packaging. After the material is evenly distributed in the package, the material is frozen for cryopreservation of biological material.
US10206382B2
This invention relates to hand cast fishing apparatus which may support a conventional fishing reel to provide the benefits that a fishing reel provides combined with the simplicity and relative compactness of hand cast fishing apparatus. For this purpose the fishing apparatus provides a handpiece supporting a line guide for direct finger monitoring of the set fishing line and from which the line may be hand cast. The fishing reel of choice is attached to a mounting which extends from the handpiece and mounts to the user's forearm.
US10206381B2
The present invention relates to a fishing lure including a body having a head portion and tail portion, wherein the tail portion includes an opening to receive a fishing line. The lure also includes a hook that is connected to the head portion, wherein tension applied to a fishing line thread through the opening and tied to the hook causes the body to bend and release of the tension applied to the fishing line causes the body to straighten.
US10206378B2
A method of increasing the probability of breeding swine via a lighting system with a programmable timing device. The lighting system is programmed to present differing photoperiods such that the amount of light observed by a swine every day or week gradually decreases, mimicking a seasonal change, typically from summer to fall. As a result, swine psychologically and physiologically believe that seasons are changing resulting in increased probability of breeding for the swine.
US10206376B1
A fish rearing tank has an egg-shaped shell with a vertical long axis and gradually narrowing shape towards a tip portion. The egg-shaped shell holds a water volume for the contained fish in a major wider, lower portion, and encloses air in the minor, upper, tip portion. The shell forms a closed, rigid tank and has one or more water inlets, and one or more water outlets. A ring-shaped buoyancy collar is mounted on the egg-shaped shell. The shell has a fixed ballast in the lower end of said wider, lower portion of the egg-shaped shell.
US10206370B2
A disposable liner assembly to be placed in a pan for the successive sifting of litter and removal of animal waste, each sheet is arranged above and below one another such that the sifting apertures in the sheet are above and below the solid portions of a sheet below and above it to form an apertures closure. Some embodiments are provided with positioning apertures in each sheet make it easy to properly offset the thin flexible sheets relative to one another. The present invention also includes a shielded liner retainer to be removably placed over the pan to cover and clamp the liners in a fix position.
US10206359B1
A novel maize variety designated PH42V3 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH42V3 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH42V3 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH42V3 or a locus conversion of PH42V3 with another maize variety.
US10206356B1
A novel maize variety designated X05M984 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X05M984 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05M984 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X05M984, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05M984 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05M984 and methods of using maize variety X05M984 are disclosed.
US10206355B1
A novel maize variety designated X95M191 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X95M191 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95M191 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95M191, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95M191 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95M191 and methods of using maize variety X95M191 are disclosed.
US10206353B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064485. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064485. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064485 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064485 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10206352B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068065. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068065. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068065 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068065 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10206351B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068060. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068060. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068060 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068060 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10206350B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PDSD70. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PDSD70. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PDSD70 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PDSD70 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10206349B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PPHU37. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PPHU37. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PPHU37 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PPHU37 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10206337B1
A tree support system and method for temporarily supporting a tree that is easy to install and remove, and does not impart damage to the tree. A plurality of one-piece molded support blocks which are designed to be strapped to the trunk of a tree encircling the trunk. Each support block is specifically configured to avoid causing damage to the tree by including a padded tree-engaging surface to protect the tree from damage, and a pair of strap-receiving loops which are disposed on the block so as to be spaced from the tree trunk such that securing straps are maintained in spaced relation from the tree trunk. The support blocks further include an angled cavity having a generally rectangular cross-section sized for receiving a wooden support post or leg, such as a 2×4, thereby ensuring proper angled positioning of the support posts.
US10206329B2
A method of controlling operation of a hand held power tool may include receiving information indicative of a type of cutting equipment attached to the hand held power tool (100) based on operation of a working assembly (130) in a selected direction of rotation. The working assembly (130) may be configured to be bi-directionally rotatable to perform a cutting function using cutting equipment attachable to the hand held power tool (100). The method may further include determining the type of cutting equipment attached based on the received information, and selectively inserting an operational constraint on the working assembly based on the type of cutting equipment and a selected direction of rotation for the working assembly.
US10206327B2
An agricultural planter includes a plurality of row units attached to a toolbar. The row units include seed meters in seed meter housings for receiving, singulating, and dispensing seed or other particulate. The seed meters include a circular seed disc with a seed path for receiving the seed in the seed meter housing. Integrated with the seed meter, such as at the housing, is an electric pressure source dedicated to create a pressure differential for the seed meter or meters at a particular location on the planter. The pressure source can be positive or negative to temporarily adhere seed to the seed disc of the meter. A single pressure source can provide the pressure differential to a single meter or to multiple meters or discs at a row unit.
US10206324B2
An autonomous agricultural system receives weather information and determines preferred courses of action based on the information received.
US10212867B2
A transfer apparatus and a transfer method are provided. The transfer apparatus includes a transfer substrate; and a plurality of gripping members arranged in an array and disposed on the transfer substrate. Each gripping member includes at least two gripping arms each of which has a first end disposed on the transfer substrate, and gripping legs connected with second ends of the gripping arms and configured to switch between a gripping position and a released position.
US10212860B2
Described is an adaptive automatic computer room air conditioner (CRAC) or computer room air handler (CRAH, CRAC and CRAH is referred interchangeably in this article) group control method. This method automatically controls each HVAC unit's on/off status, return temperature set point, fan speed or cooling valve position to secure the data center thermal environment for server's secure running and minimize the cooling energy use. The method creates a comprehensive feedback control loop between temperature sensor network, data center environment and CRACs.
US10212857B2
Embodiments of the disclosure may include a system for cooling a computer server including a plurality of server modules. The system may include a first cooling system configured to remove heat from the plurality of server modules, the first cooling system including a first plurality of conduits for circulating a first cooling medium through the first cooling system, a second cooling system configured to remove heat from the first cooling system, the second cooling system including a second plurality of conduits for circulating a second cooling medium through the second cooling system, and a manifold configured to couple the first cooling system and the second cooling system, wherein the first plurality of conduits is removably connected to the manifold.
US10212853B2
A method. Rack containers include rack units stacked in a first direction that is parallel to a floor. Each rack unit has wheels positioned on a supporting structure on the floor which enables adjacent rack containers to move closer to or further from each other. The supporting structure is on the floor and is oriented in the second direction. The second direction is parallel to the floor and perpendicular to the first direction. A cooling fluid is flowed through a flexible tube into each rack container via a cooling conduit secured at a first port on a top surface of each rack container. The cooling conduit encapsulates the flexible tube. The to surface is further from the floor than is any other surface of each rack container.
US10212845B2
A system and method for mounting an electronic display is disclosed herein. A rear cover mounting bracket may contain a rear plate and a sidewall which surrounds a perimeter of the plate. A plurality of mounting holes may be placed within the plate to allow fastening the rear plate to a vertical surface. An electronic display assembly module may contain a thermal plate where the attachment of the rear cover mounting bracket to the module creates a plenum which can house one or more electronic components. In a preferred embodiment, the rear plate contains a pair of hooks and the module contains a pair of corresponding cylinders which can be engaged with the hooks so that the module can hang from the hooks.
US10212829B2
A metal substrate includes a first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first insulating substrate has a first modified surface and a second surface opposite to the first modified surface. The first metal layer faces the second surface. The second insulating substrate is bonded on the first modified surface, such that the first insulating substrate is between the second insulating substrate and the first metal layer. The second metal layer is disposed on a side of the second insulating substrate, such that the second insulating substrate is between the first modified surface and the second metal layer. An original surface roughness of the first modified surface has a variation substantially less than 10% after the first modified surface is released from the second insulating substrate.
US10212828B1
A PWB may be drilled forming a via. The via may expose one or more internal portions of a core layer, a prepreg layer, and an anti-plate coating. A seed material may then be applied from a top portion of the PWB to the via, forming a seed layer in the via, the seed material not adhering to the anti-plate coating. Electroless metal may then be applied from the top portion of the PWB to the via, forming an electroless plate layer that adheres to the seed layer. Electrolytic copper may then be applied from the top portion of the PWB to the via, forming a copper layer that adheres to the electroless plate layer. A bottom portion of the electroless plate layer may then be removed.
US10212827B2
Techniques and mechanisms for controlling configurable circuitry including an antifuse. In an embodiment, the antifuse is disposed in or on a substrate, the antifuse configured to form a solder joint to facilitate interconnection of circuit components. Control circuitry to operate with the antifuse is disposed in, or at a side of, the same substrate. The antifuse is activated based on a voltage provided at an input node, where the control circuitry automatically transitions through a pre-determined sequence of states in response to the voltage. The pre-determined sequence of states coordinates activation of one or more fuses and switched coupling one or more circuit components to the antifuse. In another embodiment, multiple antifuses, variously disposed in or on the substrate, are configured each to be activated based on the voltage provided at an input node.
US10212818B2
A structure for a core layer of a substrate and a method for fabricating a core layer of a substrate are disclosed. The core layer comprises a molding compound encapsulating a die or a plurality of dies, a dielectric layer on the surfaces of the molding compound, and a conductive layer on top of the dielectric layer. A through hole is formed through the dielectric layer and the molding compound, which may be filled with a metal plate. A laser via is formed similarly. Build-up layers may be assembled next to the core layer to form the substrate, which can be used to package dies.
US10212817B2
An electronic module is provided. The electronic module includes: a magnetic device having a magnetic body, electronic devices, and a substrate, wherein a first lead extends out from a first lateral surface and a second lead extends out from a second lateral surface opposite to the first lateral surface of the magnetic body and the substrate and the second lead of the magnetic device are located at a same lateral side of the magnetic body and the second lead is extended from the second lateral surface of the magnetic body to the substrate to electrically connect the magnetic device and the substrate.
US10212809B2
Flexible printed circuit boards and related methods are disclosed herein. An example printed circuit board includes a controller interface coupled to a surface of the printed circuit board between a first end of the printed circuit board and a second end of the printed circuit board. The example printed circuit board includes a connector coupled to the surface proximate to the first end. The example printed circuit board includes a notch formed between the controller interface and the connector. The notch is to form a narrowed portion of the printed circuit board to enable the printed circuit board to bend at the narrowed portion.
US10212807B2
A circuit board and package assembly electrically connecting a die to a circuit board. The circuit board has signal paths terminating in a signal pad located on an insulating layer. The circuit board also includes a ground pad on the insulating layer that has a concave shaped side forming a recess, the with a signal pad at least partially within the recess. A package has package ground pads aligned with the circuit board ground pads and package signal pads aligned with circuit board signal pads. The package ground pads extend through the package to connect to package ground paths, which extend toward the die. The package signal pads extend through the package to connect to package signal paths and the package signal paths extend toward the die, maintaining a consistent distance from the package ground paths. Multiple-tier bond wires connect the package bond locations to the die bond pads.
US10212803B2
A circuit board includes an insulating part including insulating layers, metal layers disposed on the insulating layers, vias each passing through at least one insulating layer among the insulating layers and connecting together at least two metal layers among the metal layers; a first thermally conductive structure including a thermally conductive material, at least a part of the thermally conductive structure being inserted into the insulating part, a first via having one surface contacting the first thermally conductive structure, a first metal pattern contacting another surface of the first via, a first bonding member connected to the first metal pattern, and pads to which a first electronic component is connected on an outermost surface of a metal layer disposed on an outermost surface of the insulating part, the pads being at least in a first region and a second region having a higher temperature than the first region.
US10212801B2
A motor driving device is equipped with a narrow pitch component group made up from a plurality of narrow pitch components having a plurality of terminals, and in which an interval between the plurality of terminals is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, a heat generating component group made up from a plurality of heat generating components, which are components other than the narrow pitch components, and which generate heat greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, a fan configured to blow wind onto the heat generating component group in order to cool the heat generating component group, and a printed board on which the narrow pitch component group is mounted in a manner so that wind is not blown onto the narrow pitch component group by the fan.
US10212794B2
A load control system may include one or more wireless control devices that may be associated via a programming device. An identifier for a first wireless control device may be determined in response to an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. An association between the first wireless control device and a second wireless control device may be defined at the programming device. The identifier for the first wireless control device may be transmitted to the second wireless control device, which may cause the first wireless control device to enter a sleep mode. The first wireless control device may enter the sleep mode after an actuation of a button on the first wireless control device. The identifier may be determined in response to the actuation of the button on the first wireless control device and/or prior to the first wireless control device entering the sleep mode.
US10212793B1
In embodiments, a method and system is provided for streaming lighting effect data wirelessly to a peripheral input device in lighting effect arrays. A current lighting effect array is compared to a previous lighting effect array, and compression is applied to one or more zones of light emitters in the lighting effect array.
US10212778B1
An apparatus includes a camera and a processor. The camera may be configured to capture video data of an area of interest. The processor may be configured to (A) process the video data, (B) generate control signals used to initiate an external stimulus and (C) execute computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions may be executed by the processor to (a) stream the video data to an external server, receive facial recognition results from the external server and (c) if the facial recognition results cannot detect a face of a detected person, determine which of the control signals to generate. The external stimuli may be implemented to encourage a detected person to look in a direction of the camera sensor.
US10212775B2
A driving apparatus configured to drive a light emitting device includes a driving current source module operable to supply current to the light emitting device via a node during operation. A protection module coupled to the node and the driving current source module selectively injects current to the node during operation. The driving current source module is controlled based on a detection result of a voltage on the node.
US10212769B2
The invention provides a driver circuit, an LED lighting tube and a method for providing a controlled DC output power. An open loop control is used for controlling the DC output power in the case that a voltage of an AC input power is in a first voltage range. A closed loop control is used for controlling the DC output power in the case that the voltage of the AC input power is in a second voltage range.
US10212763B2
A heated glove having a glove structure and a heating assembly. The glove structure includes an inner body having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a cavity with an opening providing ingress into the cavity. The heating assembly has at least one heating zone. The heating zone has a conductive fabric portion, a heating mesh portion and a sensing assembly. The conductive fabric portion has a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion. The two portions have a first end across which a voltage differential can be placed, and second ends that are spaced apart from each other. The heating mesh portion extends between the second ends of the first and second circuit portions so as to be in electrical communication therewith. The sensing assembly has a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor is positioned proximate the heating mesh portion to determine a temperature of an area proximate thereto.
US10212760B2
A signal interface unit for a distributed antenna system (DAS) includes a channelized radio carrier interface configured to receive a downlink channelized radio carrier for a radio frequency carrier from a channelized radio carrier base station interface; an antenna side interface configured to communicate a downlink digitized radio frequency signal from the antenna side interface to the DAS communicatively coupled to the antenna side interface; and a signal conversion module communicatively coupled between the channelized radio carrier interface and the antenna side interface and configured to convert between the downlink channelized radio carrier and the downlink digitized radio frequency signal at least in part by adjusting at least one downlink attribute of the downlink digitized radio frequency signal communicated to the DAS based on requirements of the channelized radio carrier base station interface to cause the DAS to appear as a remote radio head to the channelized radio carrier interface.
US10212759B2
A first field of a preamble of a physical layer (PHY) data unit is generated to include a first set of one or more information bits indicating a duration of the data unit and is formatted to conform to a first communication protocol such that the first field allows a receiver device conforming to a second communication protocol to determine the duration of the data unit. A second field of the preamble is generated to include a second set of one or more information bits indicating to a receiver device conforming to the first communication protocol that the data unit conforms to the first communication protocol. The second field is convolutionally coded using a tail biting technique, and the first field and the second field are modulated using a modulation scheme specified for a field corresponding to the first field and the second field, respectively, by the second communication protocol.
US10212755B1
A wireless access point controls Discontinuous Reception (DRX) parameters for User Equipment (UE). The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges wireless communications with a plurality of UEs comprising High Power UEs (HPUEs) and non-HPUEs. The wireless access point determines a number of the HPUEs and determines a number non-HPUEs experiencing RF interference above an RF interference threshold. The wireless access point compares the number of non-HPUEs experiencing RF interference above the RF interference threshold to the number of HPUEs and when the number of non-HPUEs experiencing RF interference above the RF interference threshold exceeds the number of HPUEs, then the wireless access point modifies the DRX parameters for the HPUEs to a low DRX parameter setting. The wireless access point wirelessly transmits an instruction to the HPUEs indicating the modification of the DRX parameters for the HPUEs to the low DRX parameter setting.
US10212747B2
Systems, methods, and devices for priority based management of the connections between a device and a network are described herein. In some aspects, a device may include multiple applications with different access priorities. As a result of a mobility event, such as change in location or resuming operation after an idle period, the device may be configured to transmit a signal indicating its status. The signal may include an access priority value. Various methods and systems for determining an access priority value for devices configured to support one or more access priorities are described.
US10212743B2
A system and method for establishing communication between plurality of Internet of Things devices is provided. The method includes receiving a request from a first device to communicate with a second device via a server. Further, the first device and the corresponding module among a list of modules is identified by the server based on the received request, and thereafter the request is relayed to the identified corresponding module. Further, the second device and its corresponding module is identified by the server based on the received request. Communication is established between the corresponding module of the first device and the corresponding module of the second device.
US10212738B2
The present invention relates to a wireless access system that supports an unlicensed band, and provides various methods for adjusting a contention window size, methods for determining the time when the adjusted contention window size is applied, methods for distinguishing between a collision and a channel error, and devices for supporting the same. As an embodiment of the present invention, a method for adjusting a contention window size in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band may comprise the steps of: performing a channel access procedure; when it is determined through the performed channel access procedure that a serving cell (Scell) in the unlicensed band is in an idle state, transmitting a transmission burst including a downlink signal through the unlicensed band; receiving hybrid automatic repeat and request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) information corresponding to the transmission burst; and adjusting the CWS using the number of DTX states in the HARQ-ACK information when the transmission burst is scheduled in a self-carrier scheduling scheme.
US10212734B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method, a sender device, and a receiver device. The method includes: sending, by a sender device, to-be-transmitted data to a receiver device according to a transmission policy; and receiving, by the sender device, feedback information sent by the receiver device. In this process, for to-be-transmitted data after a guard interval in a last radio frame of any scheduling window, the sender device sends the to-be-transmitted data according to the transmission policy, so that no timeout occurs when the sender device is waiting for the feedback information, thereby achieving an objective of improving data transmission efficiency.
US10212728B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for re-ordering a PDCP PDU in a dual connectivity system, the method comprising: receiving a first PDCP PDU from a first RLC entity of a radio bearer; starting a reordering function if the first PDCP PDU is detected to be out of sequence; storing the first PDCP PDU in the PDCP entity; receiving a second PDCP PDU from a first RLC entity or a second RLC entity while the reordering function is running; and delivering at least one stored PDCP PDU with an associated COUNT value less than x+1 in ascending order of an associated COUNT value to an upper layer, if the second PDCP PDU is received from a second RLC entity.
US10212722B2
A method of operating a radio access node for a wireless communications network includes the steps of obtaining a total volume of data content for a transfer of the data content between the radio access node and a wireless communications device, obtaining a transfer deadline for the transfer of the data content, calculating a prioritization metric for the transfer of the data content based on the total volume of the data content and the transfer deadline, and scheduling one or more radio resources for the transfer of the data content based on the prioritization metric.
US10212711B2
The present invention relates to a method by which a first device-to-device (D2D) terminal transmits a D2D signal in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor. More particularly, the method comprises the steps of: setting a D2D transmission power reference on the basis of a timing reference applied according to a D2D signal type; and transmitting a D2D signal to a second D2D terminal on the basis of D2D transmission power determined according to the D2D transmission power reference, wherein the D2D transmission power reference is configured using a power reference of a wide area network (WAN)-based physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) when the timing reference follows a downlink timing, and configured using a power reference of a WAN-based physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when the timing reference follows an uplink timing.
US10212706B2
Shared spectrum access is disclosed in which multiple tiers of users are allowed to access a set of shared spectrum resources. Second tier users, which receive priority access from the first spectrum tier, transmit reserving signals over the available shared channels during clear channel assessment (CCA) periods associated with the shared channels. Third tier users, which access the shared spectrum at a lower priority than the second tier users, attempt to synchronize timing with second tier users when second tier user presence is detected. Third tier users will be blocked from transmission on the shared channels when the third tier users detect the reserving signals. Second tier users, thus, transmit on the shared channels with a lower likelihood of interference from third tier users, and third tier users will be able to transmit on any of the shared channels when the third tier user detects a clear CCA.
US10212697B2
Embodiments contemplate wireless communication that may include sending machine type communication (MTC) application data from a services capability server (SCS) to an MTC user equipment (UE/WTRU) using a device trigger. The device trigger may be used to instruct an MTC device application to initiate communications with an SCS. Embodiments also contemplate that a first device trigger (DT) request may be received from a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a machine-type-communication inter-working function (MTC-IWF) may be determined in response to the first DT request. A second DT request may be sent to the MTC-IWF; and a first DT response may be received from the MTC-IWF. The first DT response may include a first information regarding a second WTRU.
US10212693B2
A method is disclosed for improved tracking area planning and handling, comprising: assigning a single tracking area code to a plurality of eNodeBs at a messaging concentrator gateway, the messaging concentrator gateway situated in a network between the plurality of eNodeBs and the core network; storing, at the messaging concentrator gateway, at least one indicator of a last known location of a user equipment (UE) other than the single tracking area code; receiving a paging message from the core network at the messaging concentrator gateway for a UE; and performing a paging sequence using the at least one indicator to identify a set of eNodeBs to page the UE, thereby allowing larger tracking area list sizes to be used without increasing signaling traffic between the radio access network and the core network.
US10212688B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning method, a positioning server, a terminal and a base station. The positioning method includes: notifying a terminal of difference threshold information; receiving cell subset information that is determined by the terminal according to the difference threshold information, where the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value exceeds the difference threshold, or the cell subset information is used to indicate a cell pair whose reference signal measured value does not exceed the difference threshold; determining a configuration of a PRS according to the cell subset information, and notifying the terminal of the configuration of the PRS; and receiving an RSTD that is obtained by the terminal through measurement according to the configuration of the PRS, and determining a location of the terminal according to the RSTD.
US10212681B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a channel boundary locating method, a base station, and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a base station of non-time reference cell, cell timing information delivered by a network, where the cell timing information includes a non-time reference parameter, and the non-time reference parameter corresponds to a smallest timing difference between a downlink F-DPCH frame of time reference cell and an HS-PDSCH subframe of time reference cell; calculating, by the base station of non-time reference cell, boundary information of a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH) according to the non-time reference parameter; and acquiring boundary information of a high speed dedicated physical control channel (HS-DPCCH) of non-time reference cell according to the boundary information of the HS-SCCH. In the embodiments of the present invention, reliability of downlink data transmission is improved.
US10212678B2
A method and an apparatus for network synchronization based on network listening are provided. The method comprises receiving signal for synchronization to other cell, performing synchronization to other cell based on a reference signal for synchronization, and receiving and/or transmitting data at a timing based on the synchronization, wherein the reference signal for synchronization is one of CRS, CSI-RS, PSS and/or SSS, DM-RS, and MBSFN-RS.
US10212660B2
A multi-antenna wireless device is equipped with a plurality of selectively operable radio chains. In an active mode or during a listening period of an energy-saving mode, the wireless device measures a quality characteristic of a signal, which it receives from a network node. During a non-listening period of the energy-saving mode, the wireless deactivates all of the radio chains. After the non-listening period, the wireless device activates a selected subset of the radio chains to receive a signal from the network node in a first listening period. The selected subset is determined on the basis of the measured quality characteristic.
US10212658B2
A system for managing power on distributed devices may include a first device having a master logic and a second device having a slave logic. The master logic may enable the first device to communicate with multiple devices having the slave logic on one or more channels. The slave logic may enable the second device having the slave logic to communicate with the first device and to communicate with a third device having the slave logic. The slave logic may enable the multiple devices having the slave logic to manage operations of the distributed devices.
US10212657B2
Methods and systems described herein relate to broadcasting on a wireless channel. An example method includes generating, based on data, a data signal including one or more data packets, where each of the one or more data packets is a non-connectable and non-scannable data packet. The method further includes generating a plurality of RF signals of different frequencies using an oscillator circuit, directly modulating at least one of the RF signals, based on the data signal, to generate a modulated RF signal, amplifying the modulated RF signal, and broadcasting the amplified modulated RF signal on the wireless channel.
US10212653B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and a network device for efficient mobile client device roaming in a wireless local area network with multiple access points. Specifically, a network device determines a first received signal strength value for a first set of signals transmitted between a client device and a first access point during a first time period; and, determines a second received signal strength value for a second set of signals transmitted between a client device and the access point during a second time period. Based on the first and the second signal strength values, the network device computes a change in signal strength value corresponding to wireless communication between the client device and the first access point. Based on the change in signal strength value, the network device selects the access point from a plurality of access points for providing network access to the client device.
US10212650B2
There is disclosed a method for operating a D2D enabled UE for a cellular communication network. The method comprises performing a cell search in an out of coverage condition of the UE, wherein performing a cell search is based on a first measurement configuration during a first phase, and based on a second measurement configuration during a second phase, wherein the first measurement configuration pertains to a carrier whose sidelink is preconfigured for ProSe operation in out of network coverage operation.The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US10212645B2
A method for performing a broadcast for information sharing based on Wi-Fi is disclosed in the present document. The method includes: when a broadcast data request is detected, acquiring target information to be broadcasted in the broadcast data request; according to a preset configuration rule, configuring the target information to generate broadcast data; and broadcasting the broadcast data through the Wi-Fi for a receiving terminal to receive, parsing the broadcast data to obtain the target information, and displaying the target information. A device for performing a broadcast for information sharing based on Wi-Fi is also disclosed in the present document. With the present document, broadcasting and receiving of information can be achieved in a case of not establishing a connection between user terminals.
US10212644B2
Methods and devices of authentication via user behavior for use in a mobile device. The method may include initiating an authentication via user behavior for an application transaction process and suspending the application transaction process before the authentication is successful; acquiring the latest radio frame from a beacon and determining a distance parameter based on the radio frame after the authentication is initialized; determining whether a specified distance condition is satisfied for the beacon and the mobile device; and in response to a determination that the specified distance condition is satisfied for the beacon and the mobile device, determining that the authentication is successful and resuming the application transaction process that was suspended previously. The present disclosure can efficiently perform user authentication via behavior, quickly achieve execution of the transaction process, and avoid an excessive manual operation, thus being applicable in a variety of offline interactive processes.
US10212641B2
Embodiments of this disclosure provide a relaying apparatus of a mobile device and an method thereof, the apparatus including: at least one processor; and a memory in which at least one instruction executable by the at least one processor is stored, wherein the at least one instruction is configured to be executed by the at least one processor: to connect the mobile device with a wireless access point; to obtain login information for logging into the mobile device; to enable a packet forwarding function to enable a data packet to be forwarded between different nodes of Wi-Fi in the mobile device; to send a relay instruction to a Wi-Fi module through a P2P node of Wi-Fi when the wireless access point is a router and the mobile device is connected with the router through a station node of Wi-Fi, so that the login information of the mobile device is broadcasted, and one or more electronic devices are connected through the P2P node; to send configuration information of packet forwarding to the Wi-Fi module to enable the data packet to be forwarded between the station node and the P2P node; and to enable a portable hotspot softAP node according to the login information to connect the mobile device with one or more electronic devices, when the wireless access point is a base station and the mobile device is connected with the base station through a mobile communication data node.
US10212625B2
A method for offloading mobile data may include determining a micro-cell performance parameter associated with a micro-cell of a mobile communication system. Further, the method may include determining whether to offload mobile data operations to a micro-cell access point that corresponds to the micro-cell based on the micro-cell performance parameter.
US10212619B2
In wireless communication networks using carrier aggregation including a secondary component carrier in unlicensed spectrum, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a downlink radio link quality of secondary cells for an event indicating failure of a communication link in the unlicensed spectrum with a secondary cell. The UE detects one or more failure events based on the downlink radio link quality. When a designated set of failure events is detected, the UE declares a failure state on the secondary cell. In response to the failure state, the UE may adjust operations related to the secondary component carrier in the unlicensed spectrum in order to save power and resources.
US10212615B1
In one embodiment, a system instantiated in memory is executed by a processor to: select cells to optimize in a mobile network where the cells are associated with at least one control signal load exceeding a threshold, where the threshold is for at least one of tracking area update (TAU) load or paging load, reconfigure the cell's tracking area (TA) by either adding at least one additional cell from another TA to the cell's TA and/or removing at least one other cell from the TA, temporarily implement the reconfigured TA in the mobile network, receive updated control signal data for cells affected by said reconfigured TA, and save the reconfigured TA in the mobile network if the at least one control signal load is under the threshold and the second control signal load is under an associated second control signal load threshold for the cells affected by the reconfigured TA.
US10212609B2
The present invention relates to a method by which a base station connected to a terminal through a first cell constructs a multi-cell network with another base station supporting a second cell, the method comprising the steps of: setting up a group including the first and second cells with the other base station through a first interface; and negotiating with the other base station through the first interface with respect to a configuration for additionally connecting the second cell to the terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to the example and other examples are possible.
US10212608B2
Positioning determination of a communication device in a wireless communication network is supported by a positioning device receiving [230] tight synchronization signals from a master positioning cell; determining [232] therefrom a plurality of time differences between their actual and theoretical times of arrival; synchronizing [234] a positioning cell clock based on the received tight synchronization signals adjusted by the time differences; and emitting [236] to the communication device a positioning signal at a time determined by the synchronization. The positioning signal includes an identifier of the positioning cell, and it is transmitted so as not to interfere with positioning pilot signals transmitted by the wireless communication network. The positioning device may alternatively receive synchronization signals from another positioning cell instead of a master positioning cell.
US10212588B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to automating permission requests, e.g., in the context of multi-factor authentication. In some embodiments, based on a change in one or more automation criteria (e.g., based on a mobile device entering a particular geographic region) a mobile device is configured to preemptively indicate to an authorization system to automatically authorize a subsequent attempt to perform an action, without transmitting the permission request to the mobile device. The mobile device may later revoke the preemptive permission request, e.g., based on another change in automation criteria. Disclosed techniques may increase authorization security while reducing user interaction for multi-factor authentication, in some embodiments.
US10212585B2
Wireless network specific (WN-specific) key can be used to provide access protection over the radio access link. A WN-specific key may be associated with (or assigned to) a wireless network, and distributed to access points of the wireless network, as well as to user equipments (UEs) following UE authentication. The WN-specific key is then used to encrypt/decrypt data transported over the radio access link. The WN-specific key can be used in conjunction with the UE-specific keys to provide multi-level access protection. In some embodiments, WN-specific keys are shared between neighboring wireless networks to reduce the frequency of key exchanges during handovers. Service-specific keys may be used to provide access protection to machine to machine (M2M) services. Group-specific keys may be used to provide access protection to traffic communicated between members of a private social network.
US10212584B2
In a network registration system including a communicator to be registered on a network and a register registering the communicator on the network, either of the communicator and the register includes a check information generator generating a check information signal according to check information for prompting the user to check that the communicator is treated as an object to be registered in the network registration system; and a check information output section outputting the check information signal in a form sensible to the user. The other of the communicator and the register includes an evaluation criterion supplier supplying evaluation criterion information allowing the user to evaluate the suitability of the check information emitted from the check information output section. Thus, the network registration system can prevent an incorrect registration while easily registering the communicator to the network.
US10212573B2
A method may include detecting a synchronization signal from a base station. The method may further include determining a synchronization detection probability based on the detection of the synchronization signal. The method may further include estimating a coverage deficit range based on the synchronization detection probability. The method may further include transmitting coverage deficit signaling configured to indicate the coverage deficit range estimated based on the synchronization detection probability.
US10212571B2
Disclosed herein are a vehicle emergency notification method and apparatus using interaction with an external terminal. Some of functions of a conventional vehicle emergency notification apparatus are performed by a replaceable or detachable external terminal. The apparatus may provide notification of a vehicle emergency via interaction with the external terminal. The external terminal generates a Minimum Set of Data (MSD) related to an accident involving the vehicle. A proxy Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) receives the MSD from the external terminal. The PSAP finally determines whether an accident involving the vehicle has occurred via interaction with a proxy PSAP FE and interaction with a vehicle occupant, and requests dispatch from an emergency agency if it is finally determined that the accident involving the vehicle has occurred.
US10212566B2
Methods and systems for vicarious downloading or uploading of information are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, such a system involves a mobile device that includes a memory device capable of storing information or content, and at least one wireless communication component. The mobile device further includes a processing device coupled at least indirectly to the memory device and to the at least one wireless communication component, and a power source. The processing device is configured to determine at least one characteristic/condition pertaining in at least some manner to the mobile device. Also, the mobile device is configured to send a command message to another device when the at least one characteristic/condition is determined, the command message being configured cause the other device to perform vicariously a downloading or uploading of the information or content on behalf of the mobile device.
US10212556B2
A system and method of providing information about a transport service to user devices are described. The system arranges a transport service for a first user and a second user. The system determines first data corresponding to a first route from a location of a driver device of the driver to a first pickup location of the first user and second data corresponding to a second route from the first pickup location to a second pickup location of the second user. A combined route is determined based on the first data and the second data. The system transmits data associated with the first data without transmitting the data corresponding to the combined route to a first user device of the first user, and transmits data corresponding to the combined route to a second user device of the second user.
US10212545B2
An electronic device comprising: a memory; and one or more processors configured to: assign a first positioning role to the electronic device and a second positioning role to a counterpart device, the counterpart device and the electronic device being part of a communications network, obtain at least one of a location information and a supplemental location information based on the first positioning role and the second positioning role, and detect a location of the electronic device based on the at least one of the location information and supplemental location information.
US10212539B2
Apparatus, interfaces, and computer instructions are provided for establishing an association between a user and a declared interest, such as a brand or some other subject, and for generating a map to display the interests of one or more users. An association is established between an interest identifier, a user, and target object selected based upon an action of the user. The target object may include a location that may be specified by coordinates. The action may include selection of the at least one location by the user. Selection may include selecting a user interface feature that causes the at least one location to be selected based upon a geographical position of the user. The position may be determined by a Global Positioning System device carried by the user. Techniques are also disclosed for identifying people who are potentially interested in a given interest, or in a second interest related to a first interest, based on previously established interest-location-user associations.
US10212536B2
A system can receive a request for a transport service from a first device. The request can include a user identifier associated with a first user of the first device, contact information associated with a second user, and a pickup location information. The system can make a determination whether a user account associated with the second user is stored in a user database using the contact information in the request. Based on the determination, the system can select a messaging protocol to transmit data to a second device associated with the contact information. The system can transmit a message corresponding to the transport service to the second device using the selected messaging protocol.
US10212526B2
An acoustic pressure reducer acoustically couples to and provides acoustic impedance to attenuate the acoustic box pressure of an acoustic system, such as a loudspeaker system. The pressure reducer may also allow an ambient pressure of the acoustic system to equalize with an ambient pressure of an external environment and the ambient pressure of the acoustic pressure reducer at a certain rate. The attenuation may allow for inexpensive acoustic sensors to be utilized within the pressure reducer to measure one or more acoustic properties of an attenuated acoustic pressure within the pressure reducer. An unattenuated acoustic pressure value of the acoustic system may be estimated using a known transfer function of the pressure reducer and the attenuated acoustic pressure values measured within. A controller coupled to the acoustic system may adjust one or more operating characteristics in response to estimating the unattenuated acoustic pressure.
US10212525B2
An earpiece designed to fit a substantial majority (over 90%) of people without customization to the outer ears, i.e., without the need to make customized measurements or a mold of the actual ear of an individual.
US10212520B2
A method and system for daisy chaining tournament audio controllers, where the method comprises, in a headset coupled to a first audio controller, the first audio controller being in a daisy chain of audio controllers: receiving a chat signal from a previous audio controller in the daisy chain of audio controllers, receiving a microphone signal from a microphone in the headset, summing the chat signal with the microphone signal, communicating the summed signal to a next audio controllers in the daisy chain, and communicating the chat signal to the headset. The microphone signal may be removed from the summed chat signal and microphone signal by adding a second microphone signal 180 degrees out of phase with the microphone signal. The chat signal may be summed with the microphone signal at an amplitude set by a user of the headset after the removal of the microphone signal.
US10212516B1
Systems and methods for activating audio playback are provided. Some systems and methods may include a portable user device moving throughout a region and determining a current location of the portable user device within the region and a control panel activating an audio playback mode for a varying group of a plurality of speakers based on the current location of the portable user device within the region.
US10212509B1
An audio cross-connect headphone with an audio cross-connect. A first embodiment has an acoustical cross-connect duct. A second embodiment has a first time delay circuit configured generate a time delayed right stereo signal and mix the time delayed right stereo signal with a left stereo signal, and a second time delay circuit configured to generate a time delayed left stereo signal and mix the time delayed left stereo signal with the right stereo signal. A third embodiment has a Resister-Inductor-Capacitor (RLC) circuit, wherein the right speaker ground wire and left speaker ground wire both split and terminate on a first node of the RLC circuit, then both resume from the second node of the RLC circuit towards the left speaker and right speaker. A fourth embodiment, similar to the third, but the speaker ground wires from the speakers join, but do not connect to the RLC circuit.
US10212505B2
A method for enhancing sensor measurements includes performing measurements utilizing sensors of wireless earpieces, analyzing the measurements to determine statistical confidence in the measurements, and determining whether the measurements are accurate utilizing the statistical confidence. The measurements may be biometric measurements of a user utilizing the wireless earpieces. The measurements may be environmental measurements. A wireless earpiece may include a frame for fitting in an ear of a user, a logic engine controlling functionality of the wireless earpiece, and a plurality of sensor performing biometric measurements of the user. The logic engine perform measurements utilizing a plurality of sensors of the wireless earpiece, analyzes the measurements to determine a statistical confidence interval of the measurements, determines whether the measurements are accurate utilizing the statistical confidence interval, and optimizes the measurements to determine a biometric reading of the user in response to determining the measurements are not accurate.
US10212498B1
Systems and methods are provided to improve flexibility of optical signal transmission between integrated circuit devices, and more specifically data utilization circuits. More specifically, the integrated circuit devices may include a data utilization circuit communicatively coupled to a field programmable optical array (FPOA). In some embodiments, the FPOA may convert an electrical signal received from the data utilization to an optical signal, route the optical signal to an optical channel, and multiplex the optical signal with other optical signals routed to the optical channel. Additionally or alternatively, the FPOA may de-multiplex a multiplexed optical signal based on wavelength, route an optical signal included in the multiplexed optical signal to an electrical channel, convert the optical signal into an electrical signal, and output the electrical signal to the data utilization circuit via an electrical channel. In some embodiments, the FPOA may improve flexibility by performing such functions without reconfiguring the data utilization circuit.
US10212496B2
A high port count switching module includes a plurality of switching circuits disposed on a glass interposer, wherein the plurality of switching circuits each include cross-point switches configured to perform switching at a full signal rate; and a plurality of optical transceivers disposed on the glass interposer and communicatively coupled to the plurality of switching circuits. The glass interposer has i) a low dielectric loss, relative to a silicon, organic, or ceramic interposer, to allow wideband data transmission, ii) a smooth surface, resulting in smooth metal traces to minimize high-frequency skin effect loss, iii) a coefficient of thermal expansion that is matched to the plurality of switching circuits to minimize stresses, and iv) thermal isolation among the plurality of switching circuits due to low thermal conductivity of glass.
US10212492B2
A method and monitoring center (304) for supporting supervision of events in a monitored area (300) based on sensor data (D) reported by sensors over a communication network (302). When the monitoring center (304) detects an abnormal event (E), it identifies a set of sensors (S1-S3) which are potentially impacted by the event, and also identifies network nodes (N1-N3, BS) that are able to communicate sensor data reported by the identified sensors (S1-S3). The monitoring center (304) then instructs (In) the identified network nodes to promote the communication of sensor data reported by the identified sensors. Thereby, transport of the sensor data will be enhanced and it will arrive promptly and properly at the monitoring center, to enable any watching staff to take notice and evaluate the abnormal event as soon as possible.
US10212482B1
A system is configured to perform a method which is also disclosed, to provide a user interface. The user interface is presented as a visual overlay that provides options for selecting content, such as any audio and/or visual media, any streaming media, any live or other television or on demand show(s) or content that may be on a selected programming channel. The user interface may be configured for displaying a channel listing as a channel bar, and a show listing as tiles in an expanded listing area. The expanded listing area may include one or more current or future shows available via a selected channel.
US10212478B2
The present invention proposes a method for transmitting broadcast signals. The method for transmitting broadcast signals, according to the present invention, proposes a system which can support next-generation broadcast service in an environment which supports next-generation hybrid broadcast which uses terrestrial broadcast networks and the Internet. In addition, the present invention proposes an efficient signaling method, which can embrace terrestrial broadcast networks and the Internet, in an environment which supports next-generation hybrid broadcast.
US10212471B2
Provided is a method of displaying and controlling a plurality of sub-screens on a display apparatus. A plurality of sub-screens of a preset number are displayed on a screen of the display apparatus, and the sub-screens are respectively bound to different input devices, and a control instruction sent from the input devices to the display apparatus independently controls only a sub-screen bound to a particular input device, and does not affect other sub-screens that are not bound to the particular input device. A user of a display may use various services at the same time via the plurality of independent sub-screens displayed on the screen of the display apparatus, and a plurality of users may share a large screen of the display apparatus and view respectively desired content at the same time.
US10212467B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method of preparing and presenting a customized media channel, including receiving user preferences of a first user; receiving data plan information applicable to a first device utilized by the first user; receiving consumption information of the first user; scheduling media content on a first channel customized for the first user, by arranging the media content based on the user preferences of the first user and the consumption information of the first user; and providing the first channel to the first device at a first bit rate that varies according to the data plan information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10212466B1
Techniques are described for playing back a portion of an image frame of media content. The playback can be based on characteristics of the viewer device and active region data indicating important areas of the image frame.
US10212456B2
Methods of in-loop deblocking filter for high dynamic range (HDR) video compression are disclosed. HDR processing and standard dynamic range (SDR) processing adopt different electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) to convert digital code words to linear luminance. For compressing HDR video, EOTF is proposed to be involved in the selection of two deblocking parameters, β and tC, which control the strength of deblocking filter. In local activity checking for filter decisions, the calculated local signal characteristics and the thresholds are adjusted according to EOTF. After deblocking filter, the clipping range is modified based on EOTF. The chroma deblocking filter is also extended to inter-inter block boundary.
US10212440B2
A system for encoding and decoding a frame (also file), such as a video, graphic, media, or other frame or data, representing a real-time graphic output from a frame buffer, output by a video camera, or another file or data. The file includes frames each comprising macroblocks. Reference frame buffers (PFTs), virtual frame buffer tables (VFTBs) of equal number to the PFTs, each VFTB corresponds to a respective PFT, and respective sectors of each PFT for respective macroblocks are created. Frames of the file are encoded/decoded by successive encode/decode of macroblocks. A pointer is created in the VFBT associated with the PFT rather than encoding/decoding any matching macroblock. The pointer and its reference are relied on for each already encoded/decoded macroblock retained in the PFT. Processing, memory, bandwidth and power requirements for encoding or decoding are reduced.
US10212435B2
An apparatus configured to code video information includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a first video layer having a first picture in a first access unit. The processor is configured to determine whether the first picture in the first access unit is an intra random access point (IRAP) picture, and in response to determining that the first picture in the first access unit is an IRAP picture, provide an indication, in a bitstream, to reset a picture order count (POC) of at least one other picture in the first access unit, wherein the at least one other picture is not an IRAP picture. The processor may encode or decode the video information.
US10212424B2
An approach to communication of a quantized value includes communicating one or more parameters characterizing a distribution of the values, and then repeatedly quantizing values according to the distribution and communicating the transmitted values. In some examples, the quantizing of the values is according to a maximum-entropy codebook determined from the distribution (or from the parameters characterizing the distribution). In one application, a network communication method communicates link state values among nodes of the network using this approach to communication of quantized values. For example, link state information is distributed among nodes of the network by distributing parameters characterizing distributions of the link state values for particular links, and quantizing the link state values according to codebooks determined from the parameters. In some examples, the parameters characterizing the distributions are distributed less frequently than the quantized values.
US10212416B2
A multi view image display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes an image inputter configured to receive an image, a display configured to display a multi view image that is generated based on the received image, and a processor configured to render views having different viewpoints based on a depth of the received image, expand a normal viewing area based on a cyclic mapping, adjust pixel values of the views so that a view jumping amount of a view jumping area occurring on a reverse viewing area due to the expansion of the normal viewing area is equal to a value, and generate the multi view image based on the adjusted pixel values.
US10212415B2
The present disclosure provides an image processing system, an image processing method, a position determining method and a display system. The image processing system includes a processing module configured to process at least a portion of original views in an original image to be displayed currently, so as to obtain a target image including the processed views, each processed view including an identifier; and a display module configured to display the target image, so as to enable a viewer to determine, in accordance with a combination of the identifiers in the target image, a position for viewing a 3D image. According to the present disclosure, it is able to guide the viewer to view the glassless 3D image at an extremely low cost.
US10212412B2
A method of increasing a photographing speed of a photographing device which capture an image through a combination of two or more photographing devices and generate and provide an image by using the captured image, thereby increasing a photographing speed. An RGB image obtaining device and a depth image obtaining device alternately perform photographing to obtain an image. Also, a second depth image and a second RGB image respectively corresponding to a first RGB image and a first depth image which are alternately obtained by performing alternate photographing are synthesized and output, thereby actually increasing a photographing speed by twice.
US10212411B2
A method of simplified depth-based block partitioning (DBBP) for three-dimensional and multi-view video coding is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method receives input data associated with a current texture block in a dependent view, and determines a corresponding depth block or a reference texture block in a reference view for the current texture block. Then, the method derives a representative value based on the corresponding depth block or the reference texture block, and generates a current segmentation mask from the corresponding depth block or the reference texture block. Then, the method selects a current block partition from block partition candidates, wherein the representative value is used for generating the segmentation mask or selecting the current block partition or both, and applies DBBP coding to the current texture block according to the current segmentation mask generated and the current block partition selected.
US10212409B2
The present invention provides a depth generation method. The method includes obtaining a left two-dimensional (2D) image and a right two-dimensional image, each having a first image resolution; scaling the left 2D image and the right 2D image to obtain a scaled left 2D image and a scaled right 2D image, each having a second image resolution; and generating an output depth map based on the scaled left 2D image and the scaled right 2D image.
US10212407B2
An apparatus for reducing the visibility of disparity estimation errors at edges, and in particular at overlays. The apparatus comprises a receiver (401) for receiving a three dimensional image represented by at least image values (brightness/contrast values) and a disparity value. A subset selector (403) evaluates an image property criterion for the image value for a group of pixels and determines a subset of pixels of the group of pixels for which the image property criterion is met. The criterion may for example reflect whether the pixel belongs to an image object edge. A distribution evaluator (405) generates a frequency distribution for disparity values of the subset of pixels and an analyzer (407) determines a shape property for the frequency distribution (the presence of a peak). An adaptor (409) determining a disparity remapping in response to the shape property and a remapper (411) modifies disparity values of the three dimensional image by applying the disparity remapping. The approach may e.g. reduce image depth when overlay graphics is likely to be present.
US10212406B2
A system and method for computational zoom generates a resulting image having two or more effective focal lengths. A first surface within a three-dimensional (3D) scene including a first and second set of 3D objects defined by 3D information is identified. The first and second sets of 3D objects are located within first and second depth ranges of the 3D scene, respectively. The first set of 3D objects is projected onto the first surface according to a first projection mapping to produce a first portion of image components. The second set of 3D objects is projected onto the first surface according to a second projection mapping to produce a second portion of image components. The resulting image comprising the first portion of image components and the second portion of image components is generated based on a camera projection from the first surface to a camera view plane.
US10212405B2
A control apparatus acquires information concerning an update timing of a projection or display image, determines an image capturing timing by image capturing unit based on the information concerning the acquired update timing and an exposure period by the image capturing unit which captures a projection or display image, and controls a projection or display image based on a pattern image extracted from a captured image obtained by image capturing by the image capturing unit at the determined image capturing timing.
US10212395B2
A biological imaging device includes an emitting unit that emits parallel light to a first part of a finger. The device includes an imaging unit that images the first part and a second part connected to the first part. The device includes a processing unit configured to calculate a rotational quantity of the finger, measure a shift of the center from an outer shape of the finger, and detect a center of a fingerprint of the finger based on the rotational quantity of the finger. The device includes a display unit that displays an indication that prompts to correct position of the finger on the biological imaging device based on the rotational quantity of the finger detected by the processing unit.
US10212391B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for providing large-scale group communications and, more particularly, to a method and system for providing a real-time service to a plurality of geographically distributed terminals on the same session with little degrading in image quality.A large-scale group communication method according to at least one embodiment may include connecting each of a plurality of geographically distributed terminals to one of a plurality of distributed data transfer systems (DTS) on a same session and transmitting respective media data through the connected DTS.
US10212390B1
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for enabling a standby mode during videoconferencing, the standby mode having reduced bandwidth consumption and configured to indicate whether a person is present while protecting a privacy of the person. For example, a local device may capture low resolution video data at a low sampling rate, downsample the video data and send the downsampled video data to a remote device, which may upsample the downsampled video data and display the upsampled video data on a display. The upsampled video data indicates an environment of the local device while blurring details, enabling a user of the remote device to identify movement or activity while maintaining privacy for anyone near the local device. The local device may identify activity, motion and/or objects of interest in the video data and may apply a special effect emphasizing the activity, motion and/or objects of interest.
US10212385B2
A wire fixation apparatus and a display device are provided. The wire fixation apparatus includes: a first snap structure, half surrounding a wire and provided with a first opening at a side thereof; a second snap structure, half surrounding a wire and provided with a second opening at a side thereof; and an auxiliary installation plate connecting the first snap structure to the second snap structure. The first opening of the first snap structure is opposite to the second opening of the second snap structure. The first snap structure, the second snap structure and the auxiliary installation plate together form a wire channel for the wire to pass therethrough, and an interval is arranged between the first snap structure and the second snap structure to enable the wire to be snapped into the wire channel through the interval. Projections of the first snap structure, the second snap structure and the auxiliary installation plate onto a first projection plane together encircle a projection of the wire onto the first projection plane. The first projection plane is a plane of a cross section of the wire.
US10212383B2
The invention discloses a standby control circuit and a display device. The standby control circuit includes a standby module, at least one power board, and a transistor switch control module comprising at least one transistor switch whose number is equal to that of the at least one power board, each transistor switch is connected between one power board and a mains supply input terminal, the standby module is configured to generate a trigger signal and send the generated trigger signal to each transistor switch, and each transistor switch is configured to be turned on upon receipt of the trigger signal sent from the standby module so as to connect the power board connected thereto with the mains supply input terminal.
US10212379B2
An imaging apparatus includes a unit pixel including a pixel electrode, a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a signal detection circuit electrically connected to the charge accumulation region; a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the electrodes; and a voltage supply circuit configured to selectively apply any one of first, second, and third voltages between the electrodes. The photoelectric conversion layer exhibits first and second wavelength sensitivity characteristics in a wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the first and second voltages between the electrodes, respectively, and becomes insensitive to light in the wavelength range when the voltage supply circuit applies the third voltage between the electrodes.
US10212376B2
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that realize a high frame rate image capture without deteriorating an image quality. A floating diffusion holds a charge accumulated on one or more photoelectric conversion units. A plurality of amplification transistors read out a signal corresponding to the charge held by the floating diffusion. The signal read out by the amplification transistor is output to a vertical signal line. The plurality of amplification transistors are connected in parallel. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor, for example.
US10212369B2
The present solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a light receiving element with a photoelectric conversion function; a readout circuit that reads out pixel information from the light receiving element, and outputs an output voltage; a CDS circuit that is composed of three-stage common source circuits, and generates a pixel signal based on a difference between an output voltage output from the readout circuit at the time of reset and an output voltage output based on the readout of the pixel information, the three-stage common source circuits being connected in series to one another and provided with direct-current cut elements that are each disposed on a corresponding one of input paths of the three-stage common source circuits; and a bias voltage supply circuit that supplies a direct-current bias voltage to gates of transistors of the three-stage common source circuits.
US10212367B2
An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light sensing structure including first, second and third light sensing elements sequentially stacked on a substrate, the light sensing structure having a first surface adjacent to a readout circuit and a second surface including a light receiving portion between first and second circumferential portions, a first through via on the first circumferential portion, extending from the first surface to connect with the first light sensing element, and configured to transfer charges of the first light sensing element to the readout circuit, and a vertical transfer gate on a second circumferential portion and configured to transfer charges of the second light sensing element to the readout circuit, the first through via and the vertical transfer gate of each pixel being arranged in a 1-shaped or L-shaped pattern in the first and second circumferential portions.
US10212359B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for camera normalization. Images may be normalized after they are captured to conform to previously captured images. Images may also be preemptively adjusted (prior to capture) to conform to previously captured images.
US10212357B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit configured to image a subject, a photometry unit, an exposure compensation unit, an exposure control unit configured to control exposure for a captured image and a display control unit configured to control display of the captured image on a display unit. The photometry unit is configured to perform photometry, based the imaging unit's output, to obtain an exposure value. The exposure compensation unit is configured to compensate the obtained exposure value to an exposure value that would be used for exposure control, if photometry of the photometry unit is not fixed. The exposure control unit is configured to allow exposure control at an exposure value within wider range than a range of available exposure values of the cases where photometry of the photometry unit was not fixed, if photometry of the photometry unit is fixed.
US10212354B2
A movable imaging device includes a camera, a moving body, a definition calculation unit that calculates definition of an image for inspection, a determination unit that determines whether the definition is equal to or higher than required definition required for inspection accuracy of an object to be inspected, a pan/tilt control unit that operates a pan/tilt mechanism in a case in which the determination unit determines that the calculated definition is equal to or higher than the required definition, a moving body control unit that moves a moving body in a case in which the pan/tilt mechanism is operated and it is determined that the definition is lower than the required definition, and an imaging control unit that images the object to be inspected by the camera in a case in which it is determined that the definition is equal to or higher than the required definition.
US10212353B2
An image pickup element performs photoelectric conversion on an optical image formed by an interchangeable lens. A ranging unit measures a distance to each object from signals for detecting a phase difference from the image pickup element. A body microcomputer calculates a de-focusing amount of each object, generates a focus guide for each object with a size or a (detailed or simple) content according to the de-focusing amount, and displays the focus guide on a display unit in a superimposed manner on an image captured by the image pickup element. A user adjusts the focus of the interchangeable lens using a focus ring by referring to the screen of the display unit.
US10212345B2
A digital camera includes common terminal 12, mode dial 10, and function setting unit 140. Mode dial 10 is capable of setting a certain photography mode from among a plurality of photography modes including a moving image photography mode and a still image photography mode. Function setting unit 140 performs a setting so as to, when mode dial 10 sets the certain photography mode to the moving image photography mode, achieve a first function using common terminal 12, and, when mode dial 10 sets the certain photography mode to the still image photography mode, achieve a second function using common terminal 12. Function setting unit 140 does not achieve the second function in the moving image photography mode, and does not achieve the first function in the still image photography mode.
US10212341B2
Exemplary embodiments of a mobile electronic device with multiple cameras are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided comprising a mobile electronic device having a first side and a second opposing side, a first camera on the first side of the mobile electronic device, and a second camera on the first side of the mobile electronic device, wherein the first camera is configured to obtain a first image and the second camera is configured to obtain a second image simultaneously, wherein the second image partially overlaps the first image, and wherein the mobile electronic device merges the first image and the second image to create an image which comprises at least a portion of the first image and the second image.
US10212339B2
Provided is image generation based on a dual camera module. The dual camera module comprises a first camera lens of a large single-pixel size and a second camera lens of a high resolution. The first camera lens generates a first image. The second camera lens generates a second image. The first image and the second image are synthesized to generate a third image. Correspondingly, also provided is a dual camera module. With the dual camera module, by combining the advantages of the two camera lens, color noise and luminance noise of an image are reduced.
US10212335B2
An electronic apparatus includes a touch detection unit that detects a touch operation on an extra-viewfinder display unit, an access detection unit that detects access to a viewfinder unit including an intra-viewfinder display unit, and a control unit that performs control to perform specific processing based on a touch position, wherein, if access is not detected, after a touch on the extra-viewfinder display unit is started, control is performed to perform the specific processing based on the touch position, and, if access is detected, even when a touch on the extra-viewfinder display unit is started, control is performed not to perform the specific processing based on the touch position, and to perform the specific processing based on a position where the touch is released.
US10212332B2
The present disclosure relates to an image sensor, calculation method, and electronic device that increase flexibility of the arrangement of light-shielded pixels and detect the phase difference with high precision. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an image sensor includes: a pixel unit in which light-shielded pixels are arranged among normal pixels; a setting unit (texture determination unit) configured to determine texture around the light-shielded pixel as a pixel of interest present in a region of interest, and set a weighting coefficient on the basis of the texture; a calculation unit (correlation calculation unit) configured to calculate a correlation value between a pixel value of the light-shielded pixel and a pixel value of the normal pixel around the light-shielded pixel; and a generation unit (phase difference calculation unit) configured to generate a degree-of-correlation histogram. The present disclosure is applicable to an imaging apparatus with focal plane phase detection AF.
US10212330B2
A method and device for autofocusing a macro object by an imaging device is provided. The imaging device includes a lens. In one aspect, the method includes: providing two or more focus perimeters in a viewfinder; obtaining a group of focus values, the group of focus values including at least one focus value associated with each of the two or more focus perimeters, each focus value in the group of focus values including a magnitude and a direction for causing movement of the lens; comparing focus values in the group of focus values to identify a macro object focus value; and in response to identifying the macro object focus value, determining autofocus settings based on the macro object focus value.
US10212326B2
Methods and devices for providing notifications for camera resource availability may include receiving requests from a plurality of applications for control of a camera resource. The methods and devices may include providing control of the camera resource to a selected application from the plurality of applications when another application does not have control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending a control notification to one or more applications, including at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has control of the camera resource. The methods and devices may include sending an availability notification to the one or more applications, including the at least one of the plurality of applications indicating that the selected application has released the control of the camera resource.
US10212325B2
Systems and methods to control operations of a camera based on one or more sensors attached to one or more actors. Sensor data collected from the sensors is analyzed to identify a state of an actor. The state of the actor is used to determine an operation parameter of the camera, such as the zoom level of the camera and/or the direction of the camera, and control the operation of the camera. For example, an actor who is in a state about to perform an interesting action can be selected from a plurality of actors; and the direction and the zoom level of the camera can be adjusted to focus on the selected actor in capture one or more subsequent images.
US10212322B2
A camera module includes a lens, a photosensitive chip and an electrical holder. The electrical holder has an integrated circuit that the electrical holder serves as an integration of a base and a PCB in a conventional camera module, wherein the electrical holder not only forms an assembling unit for connecting a driver and an optical lens but also forms an electrical connection unit for electrically connecting to the driver, a photosensitive chip and a flexible circuit board with each other, so as to minimize an overall size of the camera module.
US10212318B2
An image pickup apparatus which is able to obtain images with high sharpness by improving circulation of air in the image pickup apparatus to prevent formation of condensation and frost on a cover, which protects a lens unit, while ensuring imperviousness to light. An illumination unit provided around a lens unit emits illumination light toward a subject through the cover placed on a subject side of the lens unit. An annular light-shielding member between the lens unit and the cover prevents the illumination light from reflecting on the cover to enter the lens unit and shields reflected light of the illumination light. The light-shielding member has a circulation path that enables circulation of air between a space on the subject side of the lens unit and on an inner peripheral side of the light-shielding member and a space on an outer peripheral side of the light-shielding member.
US10212309B2
A printing device displays a preview image of received image data, receives, based on the previewed image, an instruction to rotate the received image, rotates the received image data based on the received rotation instruction, and prints the rotated image data.
US10212308B2
An information processing system in which an image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus are connected and in which remote support of the image forming apparatus is performed from the information processing apparatus. The image forming apparatus connects to a telephone network to perform a call with the information processing apparatus, determines whether or not the call is by a predetermined connection, and, upon determining that the call is by the predetermined connection, switches communication with the information processing apparatus to a call in accordance with HTTP media.
US10212303B2
A scanner is disclosed. The scanner includes a light source to emit light of a first color during a first turn-on period and emit light of a second color during a second turn-on period; a sensor to receive light from a scanning area, in response to the light of the first color directed to the scanning area, during a first sensing period, and receive light from the scanning area, in response to the light of the second color directed to the scanning area, during a second sensing period; and a controller to control the timing of the first turn-on period within the first sensing period and the second turn-on period within the second sensing period.
US10212299B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for detecting a folded page in a digital image of a scanned document. In one embodiment, the present method involves receiving a digital image of a document which has been converted to a digitized form using a document scanning device. The digital image is segmented horizontally and vertically to obtain a plurality of image segments. An edge profile is generated for the horizontal and vertical segments. A determination is then made, based on a comparison of the profiles, whether a page fold exists in the digital image. If a page fold is determined to exist in the digital image, the user is notified and the digital image is not sent to a print engine. Otherwise, the digital image is printed.
US10212290B2
A profile generating apparatus which generates a profile includes a transmissive color measurement value acquiring portion that acquires a transmissive color measurement value in a case in which light is transmitted to the medium on which a patch is formed, a reflective color measurement value acquiring portion that acquires a reflective color measurement value in a case in which light is reflected from a front surface of the patch, and a profile generating portion that generates the profile based on the transmissive color measurement value and the reflective color measurement value.
US10212289B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including determining, according to quality of service requirements associated with available services of a communication network, first quality of service parameters associated with facilitating providing a first service to a first communication device, determining, according to the first quality of service parameters, a first allocation of a first resource of a plurality of resources of the communication network to facilitate providing the first service to the first communication device, determining aggregated quality of service requirements associated with the plurality of resources to facilitate providing the available services to the communication devices via the plurality of resources, and directing the first resource to facilitate the first service to the first communication device according to a priority of the first allocation of the first resource based on the aggregated quality of service requirements. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10212273B1
Providing ported and disconnected wireless number distinction, comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, an aggregator data file containing at least one of at least one wireless number that has been ported and at least one wireless number that has been disconnected, accessing, by the at least one processor, a number portability database, receiving, by the at least one processor, at least one of text and voice call opted-in data file, determining, by the at least one processor, a conjunction of the aggregator data file and number portability database, the conjunction defining a ported data file, determining, by the at least one processor, a commonality of the at least one of a text and a voice call opted-in data file and the ported data file, the commonality defining a ported opted-in data file, recording, in at least one memory, a status of the commonality of the ported opted-in data file as opted-in wireless numbers, wherein the at least one processor and at least one memory are communicably coupled and reestablishing, by the at least one processor, based on the opted-in wireless numbers at least one subscription service to at least one mobile device.
US10212272B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for utilizing near field communication (“NFC”) to improve the security, performance, and configuration of computing systems. In particular, NFC can be utilized to power an NFC-equipped server computer on or off, to log directly into an operating system executing on the NFC-equipped server computer, to stream firmware debugging data from an NFC-equipped server computer to an NFC-equipped mobile device, to initiate the update or recovery of firmware, to provide hardware inventory data, or to pair hardware devices. Firmware debugging data can also be streamed from a firmware to an NFC-equipped mobile device. NFC can also be utilized to disable functionality provided by a mobile device while the device is in motion, such as when a user of the mobile device is operating a motor vehicle.
US10212270B2
A notification including one or more policies of use of one or more devices in an environment is received. The one or more policies are generated based on a pattern of use detected based on interaction data obtained by one or more sensors in the environment. Operation of one or more functionalities in the one or more devices is adjusted based on the one or more policies.
US10212267B2
A communication device may have multiple units for communicating through multiple channels. The communication device may also include a display for displaying various screens. The communication device may display a function settings screen for selecting a communication unit to be used for communication with an external device. The communication device may determine whether an external device is already specified. The communication device may also display a device search screen identifying one or more external devices that can communicate with a particular communication unit of the communication device. Further, the communication device may display an updated function settings screen that indicates which communication unit is set to be used for communication with an external device and that identifies which external device is to receive communications from such communication unit.
US10212266B2
An automated method for determining the validity of an incoming phone call including receiving an incoming phone call, activating a controller in response to receipt of the incoming phone call, wherein the controller generates a multi-digit code in response to the receipt of the incoming call, outputs an audible version of the multi-digit code to a caller for the incoming call, requests the caller to input the multi-digit code, compares the multi-digit code with a caller input, determines the call is invalid in response to a mismatch between the multi-digit code and the caller input, and terminates the phone call.
US10212260B2
An illustrative multi-lane communication method implements a hidden backchannel to communicate equalization information and/or other link-related data without impinging on the user bandwidth allocated by the relevant articles of IEEE Std 802.3. One embodiment is implemented by a transceiver: (a) receiving signals from different receive channels; (b) converting each receive channel signal into a lane of a multi-lane receive data stream via demodulation and error measurement; (c) deriving outgoing backchannel information based at least in part on the error measurement; (d) detecting alignment markers in each lane of the multi-lane receive data stream; (e) extracting incoming backchannel information from a backchannel field following each alignment marker in at least one lane of the multi-lane receive data stream; and (f) modifying the multi-lane receive data stream to obtain a modified multi-lane receive data stream by replacing backchannel fields with PCS (Physical Coding Sublayer) alignment markers, thereby creating sets of grouped PCS alignment markers in said at least one lane.
US10212255B2
Processing a job request for multiple versions of a distributed computing service. The service processing node does this by at least interleavingly (e.g., via time sharing with rapid context switching, or by actually concurrently) running a first runtime library associated with a first service version of the distributed computerized service and a second runtime library associated with a different service version of the distributed computerized service. While running the first runtime library, job requests of a first service version may be at least partially processed using a first set of one or more executables that interact with the first runtime library. While running the second runtime library, job requests of a second service version may be at least partially processed using a second set of one or more executables that interact with the second runtime library.
US10212241B2
A system and method for analyzing network service usage is provided. In example embodiments, model users of the network service are identified using a number of target events and in-scope events. Users of the network service generate interaction data by interacting with the network service. The interaction data of the identified model users can be compared to the interaction data of the non-model users without exposing the interaction data.
US10212240B2
An apparatus and method for tracking content are provided. The apparatus is an electronic device that includes a communication circuit and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit. The processor may be configured to receive information about a tracking target item from an external electronic device, to receive content from a content provider, determine a degree of semantic similarity between the tracking target item and the content, generate at least one update related to the tracking target item, based on the degree of semantic similarity, and send the at least one update to the external electronic device.
US10212237B2
Systems and methods for communicating media between a client and a media server. Responsive to a communication initiation received by a signaling controller from a client system, the signaling controller invites a media server by providing an invitation to the media server. The media server is bridged with the client system by controlling a media proxy service to establish a media proxy between the client system and the media server by using client media parameters of the first communication initiation and media server media parameters provided by the media server responsive to the invitation. Media is communicated between the external client system and the media server by using the established media proxy.
US10212234B2
An operation method of communication node in a vehicle network is provided. The operation method includes transitioning from a sleep mode to an active mode and generating a first message that includes a first information indicating at least one communication node to be operated in the active mode. In addition, the method includes transmitting the first message to a second communication node to thus enhance performance of a vehicle network.
US10212217B2
A data transmission method and apparatus avoids uneven loading of stored data, supports allocation of storage spaces with load balancing, and supports fast access to data. The method may include receiving, by a distributed storage system, data and a corresponding data key sent by a client. Nodes are allocated to the data according to load conditions of nodes in the distributed storage system. The data is stored in the corresponding nodes. A constructed key is generated for the data, which includes the data key and node routing information corresponding to a location where the data is stored. The constructed key is returned to the client. The client uses the constructed key to acquire the stored data. The distributed storage system receives the constructed key, retrieves the stored data based on the routing information in the constructed key and sends the data to the client.
US10212213B1
Techniques for managing a remote web client from an application on a mobile device are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a messaging application operative on the processor circuit to receive a request from a remote web browser, the request for the remote web browser to receive messaging updates from the messaging application; establish an encrypted connection between the messaging application and the remote web browser, receive a messaging update at the messaging application; and transmit the messaging update from the messaging application to the remote web browser. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10212208B2
The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, and a content supply system that make it possible to extend an adaptive streaming technique employing the DASH and supply content through a plurality of different delivery paths According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a content supply device that supplies a plurality of pieces of streaming data that include content of a same subject and differ in an attribute according to an adaptive streaming technique, the content supply device including: a supply unit configured to supply the plurality of pieces of streaming data to a reception side via a plurality of different networks; and a metafile generating unit configured to generate a metafile including an acquisition destination of a manifest file in which a QoS parameter for selecting the plurality of pieces of streaming data to be supplied by the reception side and a condition value of the QoS parameter are described and supply the metafile to the reception side. The present disclosure can be applied to a system that delivers content in a streaming manner.
US10212205B2
A reception terminal is provided in a communication system including a transmission terminal that transmits packets in a real-time stream and a transfer terminal that caches and transfers packets transmitted from the transmission terminal. The reception terminal includes a receiver which receives packets, and circuitry which obtains a first available band between the reception terminal and the transfer terminal and a second available band between the reception terminal and the transmission terminal. The reception terminal includes a transmitter which transmits requests to the transfer terminal at a frequency that is based on the first available band, wherein the frequency defines how often the requests are transmitted and the requests trigger transmission of packets from the transfer terminal to the reception terminal in the first available band. The transmitter notifies the transmission terminal of the second available band to trigger transmission of packets from the transmission terminal in the second available band.
US10212203B2
Stream-based data deduplication is provided in a multi-tenant shared infrastructure but without requiring “paired” endpoints having synchronized data dictionaries. Data objects processed by the dedupe functionality are treated as objects that can be fetched as needed. As such, a decoding peer does not need to maintain a symmetric library for the origin. Rather, if the peer does not have the chunks in cache that it needs, it follows a conventional content delivery network procedure to retrieve them. In this way, if dictionaries between pairs of sending and receiving peers are out-of-sync, relevant sections are then re-synchronized on-demand. The approach does not require that libraries maintained at a particular pair of sender and receiving peers are the same. Rather, the technique enables a peer, in effect, to “backfill” its dictionary on-the-fly. On-the-wire compression techniques are provided to reduce the amount of data transmitted between the peers.
US10212194B2
Embodiments of the invention provide methodologies for server-controlled throttling of client to server requests in order to improve client-server communication performance. Embodiments of the invention relate to systems and methods that provide routines for real-time monitoring of requests originating from client devices, for analyzing the characteristics of the requests, for developing protocols for managing requests within a client-server infrastructure, and for facilitating client adherence to the developed protocols. The systems and methods contemplated by the present invention involve means for monitoring the requests received by servers from client devices, means for analyzing the characteristics of the requests, means for developing client-server communication protocols intended to improve client-server communication performance, and means for delivering the protocols to a plurality of client devices.
US10212193B2
A method may include receiving, at a serving call session control function (S-CSCF) device, from a home subscriber server (HSS), a subscriber profile that includes a first subscription state associated with a user device. The first subscription state is one of a plurality of subscription states in addition to barred and not barred. The method includes routing messages to at least one of a plurality of application server devices based on at least one initial filter criteria (iFC) associated with the first subscription state. The method also includes receiving, at the S-CSCF device and from the HSS, a subscription state change to a second subscription state from the HSS, wherein the second subscription state is one of the plurality of subscription states. The method further includes identifying at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state, and routing messages to at least one of the plurality of application servers based on the at least one iFC associated with the second subscription state.
US10212191B2
An access control rule authorizing communication between a plurality of managed servers within an administrative domain is determined. Communication information describing past communication between the plurality of managed servers is obtained. A subset of managed servers from the plurality of managed servers is identified by grouping the plurality of managed servers based on the obtained communication information. A group-level label set is determined to associate with the subset of managed servers. Role labels are determined for managed servers in the subset of managed servers. A managed server is associated with one role label. Based on the group-level label set and the role labels, an access control rule is generated authorizing communication between a first managed server of the subset of managed servers and a second managed server. The access control rule is stored as part of an administrative domain-wide management policy.
US10212186B2
The disclosure is directed towards systems and methods for improving security in a computer network. The system can include a planner and a plurality of controllers. The controllers can be deployed within each zone of the production network. Each controller can be configured to assume the role of an attacker or a target for malicious network traffic. Simulations of malicious behavior can be performed by the controllers within the production network, and can therefore account for the complexities of the production network, such as stateful connections through switches, routers, and other intermediary devices. In some implementations, the planner can analyze data received from the controllers to provide a holistic analysis of the overall security posture of the production network.
US10212182B2
In one embodiment, a server instructs one or more networking devices in a local area network (LAN) to form virtual network overlay in the LAN that redirects traffic associated with a particular node in the LAN to the server. The server receives the redirected traffic associated with the particular node. The server determines a node profile for the particular node based in part on an analysis of the redirected traffic. The server configures the particular node based on the determined node profile for the particular node.
US10212178B2
Data packets transmitted to and from an IoT device are obtained and at least one of the data packets are analyzed using deep packet inspection to identify transaction data from payload of the at least one of the data packets. An event log is generated for the IoT device from the transaction data, the event log, at least in part, used to generate a historical record for the IoT device. The IoT device into a device profile based on the historical record for the IoT device. The event log is updated in real-time to indicate current operation of the IoT device. Abnormal device behavior of the IoT device is determined using the event log and the device profile. The device profile is updated to indicate the abnormal device behavior of the IoT device.
US10212176B2
Entity group behavior profiling. An entity group is created that includes multiple entities, where each entity represents one of a user, a machine, and a service. A behavior profile is created for each one of the entities of the entity group. The behavior of each of one of the entities of the entity group is monitored to detect behavior change. An indicator of compromise is detected based on multiple ones of the entities experiencing substantially a same behavior change.
US10212175B2
One or more processors generate a website mimicking a virtual message board. One or more processors receive a request message directed to the website. One or more processors analyze the request message for evidence that the request message originates from a source of spam. In response to a determination that the request message likely does originate from a spam source, one or more processors provide data about the spam source to an anti-spam system.
US10212174B2
A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is “big data” driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.
US10212170B1
Techniques for authenticating a user may be described. In particular, a network-based document may be provided to a computing system of a user. The network-based document may include code and an identifier of another network-based document. The code may be configured to, upon execution, determine whether the other network-based document was accessed prior to providing the network-based document to the computing system. The other network-based document may be accessible to the user based on an identifier of the user. An indication that the other network-based document was accessed may be determined. For example, the indication may be received from the computing system based on an execution of the code at the computing system. The user may be authenticated based on the indication.
US10212166B2
The present invention discloses a file downloading method, a server, a download access node, and a distributed storage system, which pertains to the field of communications technologies, and is designed to resolve a problem in the prior art that load on the server increases, and an authentication speed and a response speed for downloading a file are reduced. The file downloading method includes: acquiring, by a server, download permission that is set, and generating an access control list parameter of the download permission; and releasing, by the server, a download link that includes the access control list parameter, so that a terminal acquires the download link and generates a download request that includes the access control list parameter.
US10212165B1
A method and system for securely transmitting a plurality of data streams between a client device and a server that are in communication via standard Internet protocols are disclosed. The method comprises authenticating the client device by the server to create a Session ID and authorizing the client device to access the plurality of data streams by the server using at least one ACL Group, wherein a WebSocket connection is created between the client device and the server once the client device is both authenticated and authorized. The system comprises a client device and a server in communication with the client device via standard Internet protocols, wherein the server authenticates the client device to create a session, authorizes the client device to access the plurality of data streams using at least one ACL Group, wherein a WebSocket connection is created once the client device is both authenticated and authorized.
US10212154B2
Method for authenticating a user, comprising the steps of a) providing a central server (101), in communication with at least two authentication service providers (110,120,130) and at least one user service provider (150); b) associating each authentication service provider with at least one respective available level of authentication; c) receiving a request from the user service provider to authenticate a particular user accessing the user service provider via an electronic device (170,180); d) identifying a minimum level of authentication; e) the central server identifying a selected one (110) of said authentication service providers; f) either providing user credential data directly to the selected authentication service provider, without said user credential data being supplied to the central server, or determining that the selected authentication service provider has an active authentication session for the particular user; and g) causing the selected authentication service provider to authenticate the particular user and to provide an authentication response. The invention also relates to a system.
US10212148B2
For sharing of information in a virtual or online environment, methods and systems are provided which enable verifying attributes of an individual. An individual registered for participation in a virtual or online environment may provide evidence of the attributes from a verification source that exists outside the virtual or online environment. An administrator associated with the virtual or online environment verifies the attributes by receipt of the evidence. Alternatively, the attribute for the individual may be verified after receipt of one or more signals indicating individuals registered for participation in the virtual or online environment have corroborated the attributes. A verification indication for an attribute may be shared with other individuals in the virtual or online environment.
US10212146B2
A gaming server provides activities and/or services to a player through a gaming device. To verify whether the gaming device is communicating with the gaming server, a verification server may send an indicator to the gaming device, via the gaming server, and also send the indicator to a verification device. Alternatively, the verification server may send an indicator, via the gaming server, to the gaming device, for example, which indicator may then be sent back to the verification server from a verification device.
US10212131B2
A network device that avoids useless processing for registering an event which cannot be transmitted. An image forming apparatus as a network device has a personal firewall function, and registers an event concerning a network service. Upon receipt of an event registration request, it is determined whether or not a transmission destination specified by the received event registration request corresponds to a transmission restriction target of the personal firewall, and when it is determined that the transmission destination corresponds to the transmission restriction target, an event based on the registration request is not registered.
US10212129B2
Systems and methods for limiting the rate of packet transmission from a NIC to a host CPU are provided. According to one embodiment, data packets are received from a network by the NIC. The NIC is coupled to a host central processing unit (CPU) of a network security device through a bus. A status of the host CPU is monitored by the NIC. A rate limiting mode indicator is set by the NIC based on the status. When the rate limiting mode indicator indicates rate limiting is inactive, then the received data packets are delivered or made available to the host CPU for processing. When the rate limiting mode indicator indicates rate limiting is active, then rate limiting is performing by temporarily stopping or slowing the delivery or making available of the received data packets to the host CPU for processing.
US10212127B2
A tool that allows a CDN customer, partner, or other authorized entity to create a DNS canonical name (CNAME) on the content delivery network without having to contact the content delivery network service provider directly.
US10212126B2
Disclosed herein is a system for mediating connection for assisting a first node of a network for NAT traversal. The system for mediating connection includes at least three response servers respectively for receiving a detection message passing through a router from the first node, and for sending a response message passing through the router to the first node according to the detection message. The response message includes an EPN. The at least three response servers are configured to respectively add the EPNs into the response messages after a port number of each of the detection messages received by the at least three response servers is modified, by the router, as the EPNs respectively, wherein a connection is built between the first node and a second node according to a second rule for proximal EPNs and a network address of the second node.
US10212125B2
The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for testing network equipment devices using connection-oriented protocols. In some examples, a method for testing a network equipment device under test (DUT) includes executing, by a network equipment test device, a test script to test the network equipment DUT using a connection-oriented protocol. The method includes inserting, during a connection establishment process of the connection-oriented protocol for a network flow to the network equipment DUT, a flow-identifying sequence number into a sequence number field of a first message of the network flow. The flow-identifying sequence number is a number uniquely identifying the network flow from other network flows. The method includes receiving a second message from the network equipment DUT and determining that the second message belongs to the network flow by extracting the flow-identifying sequence number from the second message.
US10212113B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for generating, in response to a single input operating system command that is invoked independent of a native application, a message that includes an image of a particular environment instance of the native application that was displayed when the single input operating system command and a uniform resource identifier of the particular environment instance of the native application.
US10212107B2
Methods and devices for controlling machines are disclosed. A method for controlling machines is performed at an electronic device having one or more processors and memory. The method includes: providing a chat interface for a social network platform on the electronic device; providing a listing of social network contacts for a user account within the chat interface, the listing of social network contacts including at least a first contact that is a human user, and at least a second contact that is a machine; and establishing a chat session between the user account and the second contact which is the machine, wherein a chat message transmitted during the chat session causes the machine to perform a requested function of the machine.
US10212097B2
Methods and apparatus for determining whether to admit a virtual network using a set of communication network resources are provided. Different network resources can be owned by different infrastructure providers. Virtual network requests include a spatial profile of traffic requirements to be accommodated, and a determination is made as to whether the request can be accommodated based on available network resources. The resources include available backhaul link capacities. The resources can include computing resources for supporting service functions of the virtual network. Monitored network resource usage and traffic corresponding to the virtual network can be used to adjust future requests and accommodations. When a virtual network cannot be accommodated, a counter-offer can be made. Accommodation may incorporate monetary considerations. A feasibility computation of the admission procedure is formulated.
US10212096B2
A method, reception device and host device are provided for aligning data streams at a multi-source receiver. Portions of data for a plurality of data streams are received at a reception device, the plurality of data streams carrying respective content, wherein the content of each data stream is misaligned with at least one other data stream with respect to time. The portions of data are forwarded to a host device to be stored in respective delay buffers. Indexing information is maintained for each of the delay buffers. The portions of data are forwarded to the host device along with the indexing information.
US10212086B2
The disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for multiple user uplink. One aspect of the disclosure provides a method for wireless communication. The method comprises receiving a first wireless message from an access point indicating an uplink transmission opportunity and a target transmission duration for each of a plurality of user terminals including a first user terminal. The method also comprises changing a planned transmission duration of a second wireless message from the first user terminal to fit the target transmission duration. The method also comprises transmitting the second wireless message from the first user terminal over the target transmission duration.
US10212084B2
A communication system includes a plurality of control apparatuses that determine a packet handling operation; a plurality of packet processing units that process packets in accordance with the packet handling operation notified by the control apparatus; an assignment unit that assigns, with respect to each of the packet processing unit, a control apparatus that controls the packet processing unit concerned; and a database that is shared by the plurality of control apparatuses and that stores information related to the packet handling operation; wherein each of the control apparatuses refers to the database to determine the packet handling operation.
US10212083B2
A control channel for routing management messages to or from an OpenFlow controller is separated from a reserved port within a data channel for routing unknown data packets to or from the OpenFlow controller. The port may be reserved by setting a reserved port flag. A packet routing table may include a table miss entry that indicates the unknown packets should be routed via the reserved port. By utilizing the reserved port to route unknown packets, the unknown packets do not traverse into the control channel, and the separation of the OpenFlow control channel from the OpenFlow data channel is enhanced.
US10212078B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for enabling network services in a multi-tenant IaaS environment are provided. A service portal is deployed in the IaaS environment. In one embodiment, tenant packet associated with a first tenant of the IaaS environment is received by the service portal. The tenant packet is analyzed to identify one or more services to which to transmit the tenant packet. The tenant packet is distributed to the identified services for processing. A processed tenant packet is received from one or more of the identified services. The processed tenant packet is transmitted to a destination.
US10212076B1
Routing methods, systems, and computer program products for mapping a node-scope specific identifier
One or more techniques are provided to: receive network path information for use in transmitting first data along a network path, and being received based on a node-scope specific identifier in a node-specific identifier space of a first node, where the node-scope specific identifier in the node-specific identifier space of the first node identifies, for the first node, a particular node in the network path; determine a node-scope specific identifier in a node-specific identifier space of a second node that identifies, for the second node, the particular node in the network path; map the node-scope specific identifier in the node-specific identifier space of the first node, to the node-scope specific identifier in the node-specific identifier space of the second node; and transmit the first data from the current node along the network path including the particular node.
US10212071B2
Some embodiments provide a method that allows a first data compute node (DCN) to forward outgoing traffic to a second DCN directly in spite of receiving the incoming traffic from the second DCN through a load balancer. That is, the return traffic's network path from the first DCN to the second DCN bypasses the load balancer, even though a request that initiated the return traffic is received through the load balancer. The method receives a first data message from a load balancer to be sent to a DCN. After identifying a particular address embedded in the data message by the load balancer, the method generates a table entry, based on source and destination addresses of the data message and the identified address. This entry is used for modifying a source address of a subsequent data message received from the DCN in response to the data message.
US10212064B2
Systems and methods are described for accurately determining which of a set of networked computing environments most closely approximates a target computing environment. The determination is based on executing a reference workload in the target computing environment and calculating a coefficient of equivalency for each of the networked computing environments, which relates the performance of one or more computing resources in the target computing environment to the corresponding resources in the networked computing environments. The coefficient of equivalency may further be used to determine which of a set of networked computing environments will provide a target level of performance when executing the workload. The target computing environment may be assessed in terms of time, cost, percentage of capacity utilized, or other criteria.
US10212055B2
A method to dynamically group devices based on device information, which is associated with a system for monitoring the device information that communicates information between a device and an enterprise. Information is collected from a device information source to obtain an actual status of a device. The actual status of the device is compared to a stored status of the device. The stored status is stored on a server of the enterprise. The enterprise determines if the actual status has been changed from the stored status. When a change is detected, the method performs at least one of the acts of automatically disassociating the device from a group that reflects the stored status and automatically associating the device with a new group to reflect the actual status.
US10212050B2
Apparatus and methods for providing computing resources are provided. More particularly, providing recursively-generated instantiated computing resource in a multi-tenant environment are provided. According to one example, a non-transitory computer-readable medium can store a set of instructions executable by a processing resource to instantiate a first instance of a first computing resource and provide the first instance of the first computing resource to a first tenant of a plurality of tenants utilizing a computing system. A second computing resource can be provided to a second tenant of the plurality of tenants when the second computing resource is available and sharable with the second tenant. A second instance of the first computing resource can be recursively-generated responsive to the request from the second tenant when the second computing resource is not available or the second computing resource is not sharable with the second tenant.
US10212046B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to facilitating avatar representation of users within proximity using approved avatars. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to determine communication devices that are within a proximity threshold. The determined communication devices may include first and second communication devices that are associated with first and second users, respectively. The first user may be associated with a first avatar and the second user may be associated with a second avatar. The logic may also be configured to determine a request initiated at the first communication device for avatar information associated with one or more users of the determined communication devices. The logic may further be configured to provide the second avatar to the first user via the first communication device based on determining that the second avatar is included in an approved avatar set.
US10212044B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network maintains a machine learning-based recursive model that models a time series of observations regarding a monitored entity in the network. The device applies sparse dictionary learning to the recursive model, to find a decomposition of a particular state vector of the recursive model. The decomposition of the particular state vector comprises a plurality of basis vectors. The device determines a mapping between at least one of the plurality of basis vectors for the particular state vector and one or more human-readable interpretations of the basis vectors. The device provides a label for the particular state vector to a user interface. The label is based on the mapping between the at least one of the plurality of basis vectors for the particular state vector and the one or more human-readable interpretations of the basis vectors.
US10212043B1
Disclosed embodiments describe systems and methods for predicting health of a link. A device in communication with a link can identify profile information of a stream of network traffic traversing the link. The device can determine a first prediction of health of the link by applying one or more rules to the plurality of parameters of the profile information. The device can determine a second prediction of health of the link by applying a classifier to one or more timed sequences of the plurality of parameters of the profile information. The device can establishes a respective weight for each of the first prediction of health and the second prediction of heath. The device can select, using the respective weight, between the first prediction of health and the second prediction of health to provide a predictor of the health of the link.
US10212042B2
A logical mapping of a plurality of access points is automatically generated. Each of the plurality of access points is plotted on a logical map. Lengths of connection lines between access points pairs are determined for each of the plurality of access points on the logical map. Connection lines are oriented in combination with adjustments to the plotted access points on the logical map to run connection lines between each of the access point pairs. Some of the access points are part of more than one access point pair as represented by more than one connection line connected to the at least one access point.
US10212040B2
A home assistant device assisting with the setup and troubleshooting of devices is described. An assistant device can determine setup instructions for devices. The setup instructions for one device can be determined the technical aptitude of the user and assistant the user with setting up devices within their own technical abilities. The setup instructions can then be provided.
US10212037B2
A data center network includes a plurality of packet-optical switches each at a location in the data center network and each including a switch fabric comprising both a Layer 1 fabric and a packet fabric communicatively coupled to one or more line ports; wherein the plurality of packet-optical switches are communicatively coupled to one another in a topology to form data connectivity in the data center network, and wherein each of the plurality of packet-optical switches is configured to provide the data connectivity through the Layer 1 switch bypassing the packet fabric when the location does not require Layer 2 forwarding in the topology, and provide the data connectivity through the Layer 1 switch and using the packet fabric to provide the data service with multi-point connectivity when the location requires Layer 2 forwarding in the topology.
US10212035B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for message flow management for virtual networks. A processor can identify a target virtual network function instance that is to be taken offline. The processor can change a status associated with the target virtual network function instance to indicate it being taken offline. The processor can start a graceful shutdown timer to trigger shutdown of the target virtual network function instance. The processor can identify external interfaces and a peer network function that identifies the target virtual network function instance as a next hop. The processor can obtain, for the target virtual network function instance and the peer network function instance, a snapshot that identifies configuration data for the target virtual network function instance and the peer network function instance and can generate a command to trigger a shutdown of the target virtual network function instance.
US10212027B2
An Ethernet switch can receive an internet protocol query packet generated by a receiver for collecting telemetry data between a source and the receiver in a multicast network, translate the internet protocol query packet to an Ethernet query packet, collect in the Ethernet query packet telemetry data from the Ethernet switch where at least one telemetry field of the Ethernet Switch includes an arrival time of the Ethernet query packet at the Ethernet switch, and submit the Ethernet query packet to the next network element of the multicast network. An internet protocol router can receive an Ethernet query packet generated by an Ethernet switch having at least one field for telemetry for collecting telemetry data between a source and a receiver, translate the Ethernet query packet to an internet protocol query packet, and submit the internet protocol query packet to the next network element. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10212023B2
Methods and systems to identify and respond to low-priority event messages are described. Methods identify types of event messages recorded in event-log files as low-priority event messages. Methods enable an information technology (“IT”) administrator, or other user, to determine which low-priority event messages may be deleted, how the low-priority event messages may be sampled for storage, or how long the low-priority event messages may be stored in a data-storage device.
US10212022B2
In a network virtualization system, metadata is passed in an encapsulation header from one network virtualization edge to another network virtualization edge or to a service connected to a network virtualization edge. The metadata may carry packet processing instructions, diagnostic information, hop-specific information, or a packet identifier. Using the metadata information in the packet header, the datacenter network may provide services such as remote segmentation offload, small packet coalescing, transparent packet compression, and end-to-end packet tracing.
US10212013B2
A signal clipping processing method and a device, the method including performing peak detection on an input signal, so as to obtain amplitude information, phase information, and location information of a peak signal of the input signal; obtaining, according to amplitude information and phase information of each peak signal, a peak forming factor corresponding to each peak signal, and separately outputting, according to location information of each peak signal, a corresponding cancellation pulse sequence; and calculating a sum of products of peak forming factors corresponding to all peak signals and cancellation pulse sequences corresponding to all the peak signals, so as to obtain a clipping noise, and using a difference between the input signal and the clipping noise as a signal obtained after clipping processing.
US10212007B2
A method and apparatus for equalization in a communication system. The method includes receiving an input of a block of symbols, filtering the input in the frequency domain, calculating an error factor in the time domain based on the filtered input, updating tap weights of the equalizer in the frequency domain using circular correlation based on the error factor and the conjugate of the input in the frequency domain, and outputting the filtered input.
US10212005B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating an STF signal usable in a wireless LAN system. The STF signal is included in a field used to improve AGC estimation of a MIMO transmission. The STF signal that is suggested, for example, can be used for an 80 MHz band and can be generated based on a sequence in which a predetermined M sequence is repeated. Also, the disclosed STF signal can be used for a 1×STF signal from the 1×STF signal and a 2×STF signal. The predetermined M sequence can be a binary sequence of which the length is 15 bits.
US10211996B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) in a mobile communication system. The method for receiving the MBMS of a terminal in the mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is characterized in that it includes: determining whether service area ID (SAI) information on a serving cell is broadcast during the MBMS; receiving the SAI information on the serving cell when it is determined that the SAI information is broadcast; determining, by using the received SAI information of the serving cell, whether an SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell; and changing the cell reselection priority of the frequency of the serving cell to the highest priority if it is determined that the SAI of the MBMS matches the SAI of the serving cell.
US10211995B2
The present invention discloses a method, device and system for background traffic downloading, and relates to the communications field. A background traffic downloading policy is formulated for a user group, to resolve a problem of relatively high network overheads due to repeated responses of a policy and charging rules function unit. The background traffic downloading method includes: receiving, by a network awareness and schedule device, a background traffic downloading request sent by an application server; generating a background traffic downloading policy of a user group and an identifier of the background traffic downloading policy; sending the identifier to the application server; and receiving the identifier from a policy and charging rules function device, determining the background traffic downloading policy of the user group according to the identifier, and sending the background traffic downloading policy to the policy and charging rules function device.
US10211994B2
A power sourcing equipment is provided. The power sourcing equipment is connected to an Ethernet cable. The power sourcing equipment includes a switching circuit, a power circuit, and a detection circuit. The power circuit is coupled to a power supply output terminal via the switching circuit. The detection circuit is configured to control a state of the switching circuit according to a first resistance between a first pin and a second pin of the Ethernet cable.
US10211992B1
Embodiments are directed to a system and method of exchanging certificate pinning information between a server and client over an unprotected network by: obtaining a server certificate fingerprint to validate the server to the client during network communication; upon receipt of a request from the client, wrapping the server certificate fingerprint in an envelope that is encrypted using a hash of a password defined by the user and transmitted for storage on the server; and transmitting the envelope as part of a payload over the network to the client to enable the client to decrypt the envelope using the password and obtain the server certificate fingerprint for pinning to data elements transmitted to the server.
US10211988B2
A personal digital ID device provides a digital identifier to a service for a predetermined duration in response to user interaction. The user interaction may include a button press. The personal digital ID device may be in the form of a bracelet, a key fob, or other form factor. The service may be provided by a mobile device, in the cloud, or elsewhere.
US10211986B2
A collation system includes first through third nodes N1-N3. N1 includes: an evaluation formula generation unit generating an evaluation formula evaluating a distance with authentication data; an encryption unit encrypting coefficients of the evaluation formula by a public key and transmitting the encrypted coefficients to N3; and an evaluation value generation unit acquiring the encrypted coefficients from N3 when authentication target data to be collated with the authentication data is received, generating an evaluation value collating the authentication target data with the authentication data based on the authentication target data and the encrypted coefficients, and transmitting the evaluation value to N2. N2 includes: a key generation unit generating a public/secret key pair and transmitting the public key to N1; and a collation unit decrypting the evaluation value using the secret key, thereby collating the authentication target data with the authentication data. N3 includes a storage unit holding the encrypted coefficients.
US10211985B1
Generally described, physical computing devices in a virtual network can be configured to host a number of virtual machine instances. The physical computing devices can be operably coupled with offload devices. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a security component can be incorporated into an offload device. The security component can be a physical device including a microprocessor and storage. The security component can include a set of instructions configured to validate an operational configuration of the offload device or the physical computing device to establish that they are configured in accordance with a secure or trusted configuration. In one example, a first security component on the offload device can validate the operational computing environment on the offload device and a second security component on the physical computing device can validate the operational computing environment on the physical computing device.
US10211984B2
A domain authority 13 for use in a hierarchy of domain authorities in a hierarchical cryptographic system. The domain authority 13 comprises a user secret key generator 21 for generating a user secret key based on a domain secret key and one or more attribute representations, to obtain a user secret key associated with a set of attributes corresponding to the attribute representations, and wherein the domain secret key is based on a domain secret key of a parent domain authority or a root secret key of a root authority of the hierarchy of domain authorities, and wherein the attribute representations are independent of the hierarchy. A decrypter makes use of the user secret key. An encrypter generates ciphertext decryptable by the decrypter.
US10211976B2
Systems and methods for hash authenticated data are described. In one embodiment, the storage device includes a storage drive and/or a controller. In some embodiments, the controller is configured to identify data to be authenticated, compute a first hash of the data using a hash function, detect a trigger event associated with the storage drive, and authenticate, after the trigger event, the data based at least in part on the first hash of the data.
US10211975B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards secure computations of encrypted data over a network. In response to user desired security settings with respect to the encrypted data, software/hardware library components automatically select parameter data for configuring a fully homomorphic encryption scheme to secure the encrypted data items while executing a set of computational operations. A client initiates the set of computational operations via the library components and if requested, receives secure computation results in return.
US10211974B2
An encryption apparatus includes a setting generator configured to generate a public key and a secret key necessary for encryption; and an encryptor configured to generate a homomorphic ciphertext which allows multiplication operation by using the generated public key and a plaintext.
US10211969B1
A method and arrangement for the coordinated, distributed, and linearly ordered collection and publication of event streams (i.e. time series data) includes features that harden it against internal errors, network partitions, data loss/corruption, and adversaries who wish to tamper with or interrupt its operation. Two modes of operation are described, one in which events are processed in aggregate (batching), and another in which updates occur continuously across the system.
US10211966B2
When a terminal switches from a downlink subframe to an adjacent uplink subframe, generating a first guard period, where that the terminal does not process any signal in the first guard period is defined, that is, the terminal neither receives downlink data nor sends an uplink signal in the first guard period, and therefore uncertainty of a terminal behavior during a downlink-to-uplink switching process of the terminal is avoided, and successful sending of the uplink subframe can be ensured; and when the terminal switches from an uplink subframe to a downlink subframe, generating a second guard period, where the second guard period overlaps the uplink subframe or the downlink subframe, and that the terminal does not process any signal in the second guard period is defined, and therefore uncertainty of a terminal behavior during an uplink-to-downlink switching process of the terminal is avoided.
US10211963B2
A method of generating Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method including receiving, by the UE from a base station (BS), a plurality of codewords through a plurality of downlink frequency bands corresponding to a plurality of downlink carriers, wherein each of the plurality of downlink frequency bands operates in a 1-codeword mode or a 2-codeword mode, and a number of supported codewords according to the 1-codeword mode or the 2-codeword mode is independently configured for each of the downlink frequency bands, determining, by the UE, a total number of ACK/NACK bits, wherein the total number of ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a total number of the plurality of downlink carriers and the number of supported codewords according to the 1-codeword mode or the 2-codeword mode and generating, by the UE, a sequence of the ACK/NACK bits according to the total number of the ACK/NACK bits.
US10211961B2
A method and system for sending transmission acknowledgement information are disclosed, which relate to the wireless communication field; and solves the problem that full-duplex communication cannot be performed smoothly. The method includes: when a sender completes to send a radio frame to a receiver and needs the receiver to reply transmission acknowledgement information, if the receiver is sending a radio frame to the sender, the receiver replies the transmission acknowledgement information to the sender according to a determined mode for the transmission acknowledgement information. The above technical scheme applies to the WLAN, which achieves a timely data transmission acknowledgement mechanism.
US10211928B2
Constant modulus multi-dimensional modulation system and methods are disclosed herein, employing multi-intensity quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) to generate a dual-polarization symbol. j bits may be mapped to one of a plurality of dual-polarization symbols having a same constant power modulus on a two-level constellation including first and second intensity rings in a four-dimensional (4D) space including in-phase (I), quadrature (Q), X polarization (Xpol) and Y polarization (Ypol). A first bit of the j bits may indicate that the symbol is on the first intensity ring for the Xpol and the second intensity ring for the Ypol, a next k bits may indicate a location of the symbol on the first intensity ring in the Xpol, and a remaining j−k−1 bits may indicate a location of the symbol on the second intensity ring in the Ypol. Maximum correlation decoding may be used to decode the first symbol at the receiver.
US10211919B2
In a communications system having an analog channel configured to convey a data signal from a transmitter to a receiver, a method of mitigating narrow-band impairment imposed by the analog channel on the data signal within a bounded spectral region of a spectrum of the data signal. A transmitter digital signal processor (Tx DSP) applying a first adaptation function to the data signal prior to transmitting the data signal through the analog channel. A receiver digital signal processor (Rx DSP) applying a second adaptation function to the data signal received through the analog channel. The first and second adaptation functions are selected to cooperatively mitigate effects of the narrow-band impairment imposed by the analog channel.
US10211918B2
One information processing device may comprise circuitry configured to cause an image to be displayed on a display together with a superimposed light component having a characteristic that changes as a function of time and represents a code to be processed by a receiving terminal. Another information processing device may comprise circuitry configured to process image data from an image sensor, which image data represents an image generated on a display together with a superimposed light component having a characteristic that changes as a function of time, to identify a code represented by the superimposed light component.
US10211915B2
This disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data transfer rate following a 4G communication system such as LTE. To accomplish the objective mentioned above, a method for transmitting and receiving a signal at a terminal in the mobile communication system according to one embodiment of the present application comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a reference signal generated on the basis of a first filter; determining channel information on the basis of the received reference signal; transmitting the determined channel information to the base station; receiving, from the base station, information related to a second filter determined on the basis of the channel information; and receiving, from the base station, a data signal on the basis of the second filter. According to an embodiment of the present application, it is possible to maximize the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) while minimizing spectral interference in the event of multiuser connection, by using a prototype filter application method and system structure.
US10211902B1
An antenna system includes a plurality of true time delay (TTD) modules, each having a plurality of switching elements configured to selectively define alternative RF signal transmission paths between a signal input and a signal output of the TTD module. A controller is programmed to control the plurality of TTD modules to steer a beam according to a make-before-break switching technique by closing a first pair of switching elements within at least a subset of the plurality of TTD modules to activate a first RF signal transmission path; closing a second pair of switching elements of the subset of the plurality of TTD modules to activate a second RF signal transmission path in parallel with the first RF transmission path; and opening the first pair of switching elements of the subset of TTD modules after closing the second pair of switching elements.
US10211894B2
Disclosed are a downlink precoding method and a base station. The method includes: configuring a first precoding mode for a first cell, wherein the first precoding mode includes information of a precoding matrix configured for each candidate user of the first cell on each resource; selecting a scheduling user on each resource from candidate users according to the first precoding mode; and performing precoding to a channel estimation signal and downlink data of the scheduling user according to a precoding matrix of the scheduling user, and transmitting precoded channel estimation signal and precoded downlink data to the scheduling user. Such method and base station of the present disclosure can reduce the feedback overhead of the user, effectively improve the accuracy of channel quality indicator (CQI) estimation, and improve the system throughput and user throughput.
US10211893B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus may generally include a processing system configured to generate a frame comprising a first sequence and a conjugate of the first sequence; and an interface configured to output the frame for transmission to a wireless node, wherein the first sequence and the conjugate of the first known sequence are simultaneously transmitted via first and second transmit chains. The first sequence maybe known by the wireless node prior to the transmission.
US10211890B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for transferring data from a wireless LAN to a plurality of stations (STAs). The method for transferring data from a wireless LAN to a plurality of STAs may comprise: a step in which an AP generates a MIMOOFDMA format PPDU; and a step in the AP transfers the MIMO-OFDMA format PPDU to the plurality of STAs, wherein the MIMO-OFDMA format PPDU comprises a plurality of sub-channel format PPDUs which are synchronized in time phase, and the plurality of sub-channel format PPDUs are transferred respectively to the plurality of STAs through a plurality of respective sub-channel bands, and the number of training fields for the MIMO transfer which are included in the respective plurality of subchannel format PPDUs can be the same.
US10211889B2
A re-configurable RF architecture includes both a 2×2 MIMO mode and a 1×2 MIMO mode The 2×2 MIMO mode includes a first RF chain coupled with a first dual band antenna and configured to both transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) using two different RF protocols. The 2×2 MIMO mode also includes a second RF chain coupled with a second dual band antenna and configured to both Tx and Rx using a single RF protocol. The first RF chain may be coupled with a third antenna configured for near field proximity sensing. The RF architecture is reversibly switchable from the 2×2 MIMO mode to the 1×2 MIMO mode when near field proximity detection is required. In the 1×2 MIMO mode the Tx/Rx capabilities of the second chain using the second dual band antenna are retained and the first chain is configured for Rx only capability using the third antenna.
US10211888B2
A network node and a method therein for CoMP reception of a transmission from a wireless device are provided. The method comprises determining (110) an available backhaul capacity of a reception point of the serving RBS and of at least one potential reception point of respective further RBS(s); and determining (120) a received signal quality of a received signal, transmitted from the wireless device, received by the reception point of the serving RBS and received by the at least one potential reception point of the respective further RBS(s). The method comprises determining (130) cooperating reception of the transmission from the wireless device and determining a TBS for the transmission from the wireless device based on the determined available backhaul capacity and received signal quality; and notifying (140) the respective RBS(s) of the determined cooperation reception point(s) about their participation in the CoMP reception.
US10211883B1
The present invention relates to a power line communication system of a closed circuit, which can transmit and receive a large amount of information in a speedy way compared with a conventional technique by creating predetermined information in a method of cutting off the power supplied to the power line near a zero cross of the power while varying the length of the power cut section near the zero cross and assigning information to the varying length and, at the same time, greatly improve a recognition rate and accuracy of a communication signal even for a load of a large capacity by configuring a switch unit by connecting a first switch and a second switch to a transmission unit in parallel and creating and transmitting a communication signal selectively using the switches.
US10211882B2
In one embodiment the method includes assigning a common frequency range over which first sets of carriers are configured for communication over respective ones of a plurality of subscriber lines. The plurality of subscriber lines are dispatched between a plurality of autonomous vectoring processors configured to mitigate crosstalk between subscriber lines coupled thereto, thereby organizing the plurality of subscriber lines into a plurality of distinct vectoring groups. The method includes assigning a plurality of additional disjoint frequency ranges to respective ones of the plurality of vectoring groups over which second sets of carriers are configured for enhanced communication over respective ones of the plurality of subscriber lines. The second sets of carriers are configured over the respective disjoint frequency ranges assigned to the respective vectoring groups which the respective subscriber lines belong to.
US10211880B2
A system, method, and computer program product for chaotically generating a pseudorandom number sequence, such as for use in spread spectrum communications systems and in cryptographic systems. Chaotically generated pseudorandom numbers are not cyclostationary in nature, so output values encoded via such non-cyclostationary bases have no clear correlations. Spread signal communications systems using chaotically generated spreading codes thus operate without rate line artifacts, increasing their resistance to signal detection and to determinations of underlying signal chip rates and signal symbol rates. Broadcasts and guided transmissions (including either conductive wire or optical transmission media), in both radio frequency and optical systems are supported. Common spread spectrum communications systems including DSSS and FHSS may be strengthened through the use of chaotically generated spreading codes. Similarly, keys and nonces generated for cryptographic systems may be improved over those based on conventionally generated pseudorandom numbers.
US10211870B2
A wearable article, system, and methods may include a structure configured to enclose a human body part. A first antenna, positioned with respect to the structure, is tuned to communicate, while the wearable article is being worn, according to a first wireless communication modality with a first external antenna. A second antenna, positioned with respect to the structure, is tuned to communicate according to a second wireless communication modality with a second external antenna different than the first external antenna, the second communication modality being different than the first communication modality. A transceiver, coupled to at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, is configured to communicate via one of the first and second antennas based, at least in part, on the one of the first and second antennas coming into wireless communication contact with a corresponding one of the first and second external antennas.
US10211869B2
A card tray for an electronic device having a housing includes: a front door having an outer face and being adapted to be received in a slot opening of the housing; a rear tray portion configured to support an electronic card; and a bolt joining a rear end of the door and a front end of the tray portion together floatingly.
US10211860B2
Apparatus and methods for front-end systems with reactive loopback are provided. In certain configurations, a front-end system includes a transmit port that receives a transmit signal, an antenna port, a receive port, and an antenna switch connected along a transmit path between the transmit port and the antenna port. The front-end system further includes a loopback circuit including a reactive loopback impedance and a back switch electrically connected in series in a loopback path between the transmit port and the receive port. The loopback circuit provides a portion of the transmit signal to the receive port when the back switch is activated. Using reactive loopback impedance in the loopback circuit reduces an insertion loss of the transmit path relative to a configuration using resistive loopback impedance.
US10211858B2
A wireless communication device is provided. The wireless communication device includes a housing, a circuit board, a radio frequency module and an antenna. The housing has a frame and a back cover to define a receiving space. The circuit board is disposed in the receiving space, and defines a clearance area from the housing in the receiving space. The circuit board includes a ground terminal, a first feeding point, and a second feeding point. The antenna includes at least one metal conductor coupled to the first feeding point and the second feeding point, respectively, to provide a low frequency resonant path, a first middle frequency resonant path, a second middle frequency resonant path and a high frequency resonant path.
US10211849B1
A system, method, and computer readable medium for employing data obtained from an electronic network, such as the Internet, as an emulation of sensor data. A virtual sensor bridge mechanism may be interfaced to a data source, such as the Internet, to receive Web data or remote sensor data. The virtual sensor bridge may convert the received data into a format usable by a logic controller, thereby emulating sensor data and enabling the logic controller to treat the networked data source as a sensor. Furthermore, the virtual sensor bridge may interface directly with one or more sensors and may serve as an adapter or data relay between a sensor and the logic controller.
US10211845B2
Degradation of a reception performance by an image signal is reduced. A semiconductor device includes: an oscillation circuit configured to generate a local signal; a mixer configured to multiply a reception signal by the local signal; an analog filter configured to filter a signal output from the mixer; an AD converter configured to digitalize a signal that has passed through the analog filter to generate a first signal; a digital filter configured to filter a signal that has passed through the AD converter to generate a second signal; a power comparator configured to detect the power difference between the first signal and the second signal; a register configured to store a theoretical power difference; and a determination unit configured to determine a frequency of the local signal based on the power difference from the theoretical power difference.
US10211841B2
A low-power, high-performance source-synchronous chip interface which provides rapid turn-on and facilitates high signaling rates between a transmitter and a receiver located on different chips is described in various embodiments. Some embodiments of the chip interface include, among others: a segmented “fast turn-on” bias circuit to reduce power supply ringing during the rapid power-on process; current mode logic clock buffers in a clock path of the chip interface to further reduce the effect of power supply ringing; a multiplying injection-locked oscillator (MILO) clock generator to generate higher frequency clock signals from a reference clock; a digitally controlled delay line which can be inserted in the clock path to mitigate deterministic jitter caused by the MILO clock generator; and circuits for periodically re-evaluating whether it is safe to retime transmit data signals in the reference clock domain directly with the faster clock signals.
US10211831B1
An impedance calibration device provided includes a timing device, a first transmitter, a first variable resistor, a second variable resistor and a first receiver. The first variable resistor is used to receive a first adjustment code. The second variable resistor is used to receive a second adjustment code. The first receiver generates a first contact digital signal according to a first contact voltage. The first receiver generates a first terminate digital signal according to a first terminate voltage and the first adjustment code. The first receiver generates a first load digital signal according to a load voltage and the second adjustment. The timing device dynamically adjust the first adjustment code and the second adjustment code according to the first contact digital signal, the first terminate digital signal and the first load digital signal.
US10211826B2
A high-voltage electronic switch includes first and second transistors defining a current flow path between an input and output of the switch. The transistors have a common point of the current flow path and a common control terminal. A control circuit includes a voltage line receiving a limit operating voltage and first and second branches coupled between the voltage line and the common point and common control terminal, respectively. Further transistors are activated, upon turning-off of the first and second transistors, for coupling the branches to the voltage line. The branches include a parallel connected resistor, diode, and string of diodes with opposite polarities. The diode of the first branch plus string of diodes of the second branch and diode of the second branch plus string of diodes of the first branch provide coupling paths between the voltage line and, respectively, the common point and common control terminal.
US10211816B2
A generator includes a series-connected inductive energy store and a superfast drift step recovery diode, as well as a load connected in parallel to the drift step recovery diode and switches. The switches are arranged in series, and the inductive energy storage device is connected to the point of connection of the switches therebetween and adjusting the amplitude of the pulses on the load by changing the closing and opening times of the switches. The moment of closing of the second switch is in the time interval between the opening of the first switch and changing of the polarity of the current through the inductive storage, wherein the time of its opening is in the interval of time from the beginning of the pulse formation on the load until the next closure of the first switch.
US10211814B2
The equalization filter implements an equalization of at least one signal distorted by a measurement setup. The filter coefficients of the equalization filter can be determined by minimizing a cost function K in which only sequences of filter coefficients which exert significant influence on the equalization are taken into consideration.
US10211812B2
There is provided a phase-switch-equipped variable amplification device including a switch including one input port and two output ports and configured to output a single-ended signal input to the one input port into one of the two output ports, a first converter coupled to the two output ports of the switch and configured to convert the single-ended signal output from the switch into a pair of differential signals having phases different from each other by 180-degree and invert phases of the pair of differential signals in response to a switching operation at the switch, a variable amplifier configured to amplify the pair of differential signals in accordance with a control voltage, and a second converter configured to convert the pair of differential signals amplified by the variable amplifier into a single-ended signal.
US10211809B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to semiconductor devices, and more particularly to a device configured as one or both of a spin wave generator or a spin wave detector. In one aspect, the device includes a magnetostrictive film and a deformation film physically connected to the magnetorestrictive film. The device also includes an acoustic isolation surrounding the magnetostrictive film and the deformation film to form an acoustic resonator. When the device is configured as the spin wave generator, the deformation film is configured to undergo a change physical dimensions in response to an actuation, where the change in the physical dimensions of the deformation film induces a mechanical stress in the magnetostrictive film to cause a change in the magnetization of the magnetostrictive film. When the device is configured as the spin wave detector, the magnetostrictive film is configured to undergo to a change in physical dimensions in response to a change in magnetization, wherein the change in the physical dimensions of the magnetostrictive film induces a mechanical stress in the deformation film to cause generation of electrical power by the deformation film.
US10211800B2
The invention comprises an electrical system apparatus for processing three-phase power, comprising: a first, second, and third inductor connected on a first end to a first common magnetic field carrying plate and connected on a second end to a second common magnetic field carrying plate, where the three inductors are equidistant from each other and/or equidistance from a central axis, which yields an equal coupling common mode inductor-capacitor based filtering apparatus. Generally, inductor placement symmetry and/or equal magnetic field permeabilities between each pair of the three inductors balances magnetic fields within each inductor at each point of time, where each of the three inductors is connected to a single phase of three-phase power, the three phases offset from each other by one-third of a period.
US10211798B2
Techniques relate to an on-chip Josephson parametric converter. A Josephson ring modulator includes four nodes. A lossless on-chip flux line is capacitively coupled to two adjacent nodes of the four nodes of the Josephson ring modulator. The lossless on-chip flux line has an input port configured to receive a pump drive signal that couples differentially to the two adjacent nodes of the of the Josephson ring modulator. The pump drive signal thereby excites a common mode of the on-chip Josephson parametric converter.
US10211777B2
The output of a photovoltaic power generator is estimated by estimating a solar radiation amount at a point different from solar radiation measurement points and determining an estimation error amount from solar radiation values measured at limited points. A photovoltaic power generator output estimation method estimates an output of a photovoltaic power generator based on a measured solar radiation value. The method includes a first estimation method of estimating a solar radiation amount at a photovoltaic power generator installation point from solar radiation meter installation point information, a value measured by a solar radiation meter, and photovoltaic power generator installation point information; a second estimation method of estimating the solar radiation amount at the photovoltaic power generator installation point in a manner different from that of the first estimation method; an output estimation method of estimating the output of the photovoltaic power generator from an estimated solar radiation amount and a rated capacity of the photovoltaic power generator; and an error estimation method of determining an estimation error of a photovoltaic power generator output from a difference between the first and second estimation methods.
US10211774B2
The present invention provides a mounting assembly for attaching solar panels to a rooftop. The assembly allows for convenient installment and adjustment of the panels.
US10211767B2
An integrated circuit includes a motor current input voltage-to-current (VI) converter that receives a motor current sensor voltage from a motor and a reference voltage to generate an output current related to a motor's current. A motor current calibration VI converter compensates for errors in the motor current input VI converter and generates a calibration output current based on the reference voltage, wherein the output current and the calibration output current are combined to form an estimate of the motor's current.
US10211764B2
A short-circuit detection circuit is adapted to a full-bridge driver which includes the first and second high-side transistors respectively coupled from a supply voltage to the first and second output nodes and the first and second low-side transistors respectively coupled from the first and second output nodes to a ground. The short-circuit detection circuit includes the first and second voltage dividers respectively receiving voltages of the first and second output nodes to respectively generate the first and second voltages, the high-side and low-side selectors respectively selecting the first voltage and the second voltage to respectively generate a high-side voltage and a low-side voltage, a high-side comparator generating a high-side short-circuit signal when the high-side voltage is lower than a high-side reference voltage, and a low-side comparator generating a low-side short-circuit signal when the low-side voltage exceeds the low-side reference voltage.
US10211762B2
A drive circuit for an electric motor having a wound stator and a permanent magnet rotor, includes a controllable bidirectional AC switch connected in series with a stator winding between two terminals for connecting to an AC power supply. First and second position sensors detect the position of magnetic poles of the rotor. A voltage regulating circuit is connected between the two terminals and the controllable bidirectional AC switch and configured to supply power to the first sensor during the positive cycle and to the second position sensor during the negative cycle of the AC power supply such that the controllable bidirectional AC switch is switched between a conductive state and a non-conductive state in a preset manner, thus enabling the stator to rotate the rotor in only one predetermined direction during start-up.
US10211761B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for harvesting energy from the pressure ripple of a fluid system. In an example embodiment, a system comprises a housing; a piezoelectric stack in fluid communication with a pressure ripple of a fluid system and configured to generate a piezoelectric voltage and an associated piezoelectric current in response to pressure ripple characteristics, wherein the piezoelectric stack is disposed within the housing; and regulatory circuitry in electrical communication with the piezoelectric stack and configured to convert the piezoelectric current into DC voltage.
US10211754B2
A device and method for generating single/split or three phase AC voltages from a DC source with 1 to 2 times gain in output voltage without using any DC/DC boost or an output transformer. An isolation/multiplexer/mixer circuit successively charges multiple power modules, allowing each power module to generate output voltage(s) with desired magnitudes and phases, and allows independent outputs of each power converter modules to be reconnected to obtain up to two times the conventional possible output voltage. An isolation block eliminates the common mode noise problem. The gain in output voltage and isolation between the output converters eliminates the need of the front end DC/DC converter or an output transformer for most of the DC voltage sources, which improves cost, power density, efficiency and reliability of the inverter.
US10211750B2
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a DC-AC inverter comprising a DC-DC converter portion, an inverter portion, a clamp circuit, a controller configured to operate, in a first mode, the DC-DC converter portion to convert input DC power into DC power having a desired voltage level at a first polarity and the inverter portion to provide output power having the desired voltage level at the first polarity to the output, operate, in a second mode, the DC-DC converter portion to convert the input DC power into DC power having a desired voltage level at a second polarity and the inverter portion to provide output power having the desired voltage level at the second polarity to the output; and operate, in a third mode, the clamp circuit to drive voltage at the output to zero and to store energy discharged by a load capacitance in an energy storage device.
US10211748B2
A control board of a power conversion device, the control board includes a board main body, a plurality of drive circuits, a power source control circuit, an insulation region, a plurality of insulation transformers, and a connecting line that electrically connects the plurality of insulation transformers and the power source control circuit to each other, and at least a part of which extends in a region in inner layers of the board main body that overlaps the insulation region when viewed in a perpendicular direction with respect to the surface of the board main body.
US10211742B2
Soft switching in Boundary Conduction Mode (BCM) flyback converters using a fixed dead time is presented. Embodiments disclosed herein relate to switching circuits and more particularly to soft switching in single stage isolated flyback converters with single switch. Embodiments herein disclose systems for soft switching in single stage isolated flyback converters by combining selection of transformers turn ratio and by incorporating the fixed dead time.
US10211739B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for an integrated circuit (IC). The methods and apparatus may comprise an integrated circuit comprising a sensor circuit and a driver circuit coupled to the sensor circuit. The driver circuit may include an amplifier configured to generate a bias voltage, a signal converter circuit coupled to the amplifier, and a control circuit coupled to the amplifier. The control circuit may comprise a switch responsive to a control signal and a transistor coupled to the switch.
US10211738B2
The present application relates to the field of circuit design, and discloses a DC-DC conversion circuit system and a forming method thereof. The system may include a primary switch circuit, a charge/discharge circuit, and a secondary switch circuit. The primary switch circuit includes a voltage supply end configured to receive a first direct current voltage and an output end. The charge/discharge circuit includes an input end connected to the output end of the primary switch circuit, and a first output end configured to output a second direct current voltage. The secondary switch circuit includes a voltage supply end configured to receive the first direct current voltage, and an output end connected to the output end of the primary switch circuit. The primary switch circuit is configured to control the charge/discharge circuit to charge or discharge. When a charging current or a discharging current of the charge/discharge circuit is greater than a corresponding threshold, the secondary switch circuit is configured to shunt the charging current or the discharging current. The present application can effectively suppress a ripple of an output voltage, and improve stability of the DC-DC conversion circuit system.
US10211736B2
A power supply system having a detection system for determining an unbalanced current condition and an over-current condition in a DC-DC voltage converter is provided. The detection system has a detection circuit that outputs a first diagnostic voltage indicating an unbalanced current condition between first and second switching banks in the DC-DC voltage converter based on a first voltage and an average voltage, or an over-current condition in the first switching bank based on the first voltage. The detection circuit outputs a second diagnostic voltage indicating the unbalanced current condition between the first and second switching banks in the DC-DC voltage converter based on a second voltage and the average voltage, or an over-current condition in the second switching bank based on the second voltage.
US10211735B1
A voltage converter for fast load transient response adapted for a boost type voltage converter determines whether a transient state occurs, that is, whether a load is converted from a heavy load to a light load, according to a transient detection circuit. When the transient state occurs, an inductive current quickly drops to a corresponding current value to accelerate the rate of an output voltage returning to a stable voltage value, and to shorten a time of load transient response, so as to avoid affecting the performance of a load, especially a sensitive load.
US10211708B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a direct current electric motor and generator. The motor comprises a housing. A frame is attached to an armature that traverses the center of the housing with the frame being attached to the armature within the housing. At least two permanent magnets are affixed to the frame such that a first magnetic field of a first one of the at least two permanent magnets is antiparallel to a second magnetic field of a second one of the at least two permanent magnets. Further, a wire is wrapped around the housing to form a pair of coils such that each coil in the pair of coils is affixed to the housing opposite the other coil in the pair of coils and the pair of coils are oriented in an antiparallel manner with respect to each other. Finally, a switching device is attached to the wire.
US10211706B2
A frame of an electric motor opens in one end. A heat sink, to which a control substrate is connected, closes an opening of the frame. The frame includes a cylinder portion to which a stator is fixed, and a bottom portion that extends inward in the radial direction from the cylinder portion. A rotor is rotatably mounted in the frame to face the stator in the radial direction. A circumferential groove is formed in the bottom portion to face a stator coil in an axis of rotation direction. The circumferential groove is filled with a heat transfer gel. A coil end portion of the stator coil is inserted into the heat transfer gel.
US10211701B2
Provided is a driving apparatus including a motor housing supported by an elastic member, which is capable of suppressing tooth skipping due to an unmeshed state of a gear in order to achieve further reduction of vibration and noise. The driving apparatus includes: a driving unit including a motor; an elastic member being in contact with driving unit; a fixing member configured to fix driving unit through intermediation of elastic member; a first gear configured to transmit rotational driving force of motor for driving; a second gear to be meshed with first gear; and a regulating member configured to be spaced apart from a rotary shaft of second gear when the rotary shaft is at a first position, and to come into contact with the rotary shaft when the rotary shaft is at a second position through displacement from first position, to thereby regulate the rotary shaft.
US10211695B2
A stator module for an electric motor has a stator laminated core with a number of inwardly directed stator teeth and a rotating-field winding with a plurality of phases arranged on the stator teeth. The rotating-field winding has at least one coil per phase, which coil is electrically connected to a first phase end and a second phase end. A laying ring is placed onto the stator laminated core at the end face and surrounds the stator teeth as coil body in order to guide the rotating-field winding. An annular cover is placed onto the laying ring at the end face, on which cover each of the phase ends is contacted with one of the phase ends of another phase, in such a way that the entire rotating-field winding does not protrude radially externally beyond an outer periphery of the stator laminated core.
US10211694B1
A stator for a motor or generator including a planar composite structure (PCS) having at least one dielectric layer and a plurality of conductive layers is provided. The stator includes first conductive elements extending radially to a distance r1 from a center of, and disposed angularly on, the PCS. Each first conductive element includes a preferred termination structure to connect with at least one of a plurality of second conductive elements extending radially from a radius r2 from the center of, and disposed angularly on, the PCS.
US10211693B2
A rotor for an electric machine has a surface with projections. Each projection protrudes from the rotor in an essentially axial direction and is configured to define a groove between the projection and the surface. The groove of one projection of two adjacent projections and the groove of the other one projection of the two adjacent projections is open towards a region between the adjacent two projections. A cover engages in the grooves of the adjacent two projections, and a sealing compound is applied in the form of a fillet seam between the cover and the adjacent two projections. Received in an intermediate space between the cover and the surface is a permanent magnet, and a pouring compound is received in a remaining hollow space defined between the permanent magnet and the cover and/or the permanent magnet and the surface.
US10211683B2
An authentication of a power transmitting unit (PTU) includes determining whether an access right to an external device is present in a power receiving unit (PRU) based on identification information of the PRU, and network-connecting the PRU to the external device in response to a result of the determining being that the access right is present in the PRU.
US10211682B2
An example method for managing a wireless power network includes: transmitting, via an antenna array of a transmitter, radio frequency waves that constructively interfere to produce energy pockets for receipt by a receiver, and the receiver is not in contact with the transmitter and is coupled with an authenticated computing device distinct from the receiver. The method also includes: executing a power transmitter manager application, the power transmitter manager application causing the transmitter to perform operations including: sending for display at the authenticated computing device a plurality of configuration options that are used to control operation of the transmitter; receiving an updated value for at least one of the plurality of configuration options; and, in response to receiving the updated value, controlling transmission of radio frequency waves via the antenna array to the receiver using the updated value for the at least one of the plurality of configuration options.
US10211672B2
According to one aspect, embodiments of the invention provide a UPS comprising a plurality of DC busses configured to receive DC power from a converter, the plurality of DC busses including a positive DC bus configured to maintain a positive DC voltage level, a mid-point DC bus, and a negative DC bus configured to maintain a negative DC voltage level, a 3-level inverter coupled to the plurality of DC busses and configured to convert the DC power from the plurality of DC buses into output AC power, and a controller configured to monitor the positive and negative DC voltage levels, identify an imbalance between the positive and negative DC voltage levels, and selectively control, based on the imbalance, the 3-level inverter to operate in a 2-level mode of operation and a 3-level mode of operation to transfer energy between the positive and negative DC busses.
US10211669B1
A bypass device is used to bypass one or more automatic transfer switches mounted in an automatic transfer switch cabinet. The bypass device is physically coupled to one or more input power sources and to each respective output connection of a plurality of automatic transfer switches in the automatic transfer switch cabinet. The bypass device selectively feeds electrical power to one or more loads associated with a limited selection of automatic transfer switches to be bypassed. The bypass device comprises a selector device configured to route power from an input power source to respective output connections of the limited selection of automatic transfer switches to be bypassed. A plurality of output breakers are coupled to separate power outlets of each of the plurality of automatic transfer switches to isolate the respective automatic transfer switches.
US10211667B2
Provided in some embodiments is an uninterruptable electrical power supply system. The system includes an electrical power distribution network (having a consumer side network coupled to one or more electrical loads that consume electrical power and a utility side network that supplies electrical power to the consumer side network), a primary power source (coupled to the utility side network, and that supplies electrical power to the utility side network for supply to the consumer side network), a secondary power source coupled to the utility side network, and a terminal between the consumer side network and the utility side network. The secondary power source supplies backup power to the utility side network (in response to a power shortage on the utility side network) and sinks surplus power from the utility side network (in response to a power surplus on the utility side network).
US10211665B2
The present invention provides an energy management method of a multi-type battery energy storage power station considering charge and discharge rates, that includes: reading related data of the battery energy storage power station; calculating charge or discharge rate characteristic values of battery energy storage machine sets; calculating initial power command values of the battery energy storage machine sets; judging whether the initial power command values of the battery energy storage machine sets exceed the maximum allowable charge or discharge power of the machine sets in real time, if more than, online correcting and re-calculating the initial power command values of the battery energy storage machine sets; otherwise, setting the initial power command values of the energy storage machine sets as the power command values thereof; and summarizing the power command values of the battery energy storage machine sets, and outputting the same. With the reasonable control of the charge and discharge rates of the energy storage machines sets as target, the energy management method of the present invention is used for carrying out power coordinated control and energy management in the energy storage power station, and considering the service lives of energy storage batteries in the control strategy to achieve the functions of avoiding abuse of the energy storage batteries as much as possible, delaying battery aging and the like.
US10211664B2
An apparatus for transmission of wireless energy and an apparatus for reception of wireless energy are provided. The apparatus for transmission of wireless energy includes a natural energy conversion module, an energy converter, and an energy transmitter. The natural energy conversion module receives the natural energy and converts the natural energy into a first electric energy. The energy converter is electrically connected to the natural energy conversion module and converts the first electric energy into the wireless energy. The energy transmitter is electrically connected to the energy converter and transmits the wireless energy to an energy receiver. The energy transmitter is configured to monitor a relative position between the transmitter and an energy receiver and a charge status of the energy receiver so as to activate the energy transmitter to transmit the wireless energy in response to the relative position being less than predetermined threshold and to adjust the wireless energy according to the relative position and the charge status. The apparatus for reception of wireless energy includes an energy receiver to receive a wireless energy and convert the wireless energy into a second electric energy. The apparatus for reception of wireless energy is configured to monitor a charge status and a relative position between the energy receiver and the energy transmitter.
US10211663B2
A three-dimensional inductive charging coil assembly and a method of making the same. The method can include patterning a first conductive layer affixed to a first surface of an insulating layer to form a coil configured to transmit or receive power, patterning a second conductive layer affixed to a second surface of the insulating layer opposite the first surface to form a conductive trace element, and electrically coupling the coil and the conductive trace element. The coil, insulating layer, and conductive trace element can be molded (e.g., simultaneously) into a three dimensional shape. In some embodiment, the molding can include a thermoforming process such as compression molding, vacuum forming, or the like.
US10211661B2
A charging control method of a computing system is provided. The method includes determining a charging mode for an external device connected to the computing system, charging the external device according to the charging mode, monitoring a current and a voltage in the computing system, and changing the charging mode based on the result of the monitoring.
US10211651B2
Provided is method of controlling an SOC value and an SOH value of an entire battery pack system in which two or more battery packs are connected in parallel. The method includes: an individual SOC value and SOH value calculation operation for calculating the SOC value and the SOH value of each of the two or more battery packs connected in parallel.
US10211643B2
A switching module comprising at least one current sense component. The at least one current sense component is arranged to generate a first phase sense current based at least partly on a received output signal of the at least one differential amplifier when the first cross-coupling component is configured to operably couple the differential inputs of the at least one differential amplifier to the output node of the at least one power switching device and the current sense feedback node with a first polarity, generate a second phase sense current based at least partly on a received output signal of the at least one differential amplifier when the first cross-coupling component is configured to operably couple the differential inputs of the at least one differential amplifier to the output node of the at least one power switching device and the current sense feedback node with a second polarity, and output a combined sense current based at least partly on a combination of the first phase sense current and the second phase sense current.
US10211639B2
The present disclosure is directed to a padmount transformer. The padmount transformer includes an electrical distribution transformer housed in a cabinet that can be mounted on a ground level platform or pad. High/medium voltage connectors of the electrical distribution transformer can connect to high/medium voltage terminals of a power supply network. Low voltage connectors of the electrical distribution transformer are configured to connect to low voltage terminals of one or more loads coupled to respective renewable energy sources. The high/medium voltage connectors and the low voltage connectors are housed in the cabinet. An energy storage apparatus is housed in the cabinet and is connected with the low voltage connectors for supplying power to the loads. Power can be supplied to the energy storage apparatus by the renewable energy sources. An inverter is operable for commanding the power supply direction at the energy storage apparatus and a control unit is configured to control the inverter.
US10211637B2
A method is proposed for real-time economic dispatch in power system operation, especially in systems that include renewable power sources that may cause heavy deviations from a generation schedule due to their uncertain outputs. According to the method an optimal generation schedule is obtained based on forecasted load data. This schedule has to be adjusted if the actual load and renewable energy source outputs unexpectedly deviate from the forecasted value. An algorithm employed in the method is capable of dictating generation adjustments which minimize total generation costs. The algorithm is a modification of the base point and participation factor method. It differs from existing methods in that a precise model of transmission losses is adopted in the algorithm to achieve higher accuracy in optimization. The proposed method also has significant advantage in execution speed so that it is suitable for real-time operation.
US10211628B2
Protective circuit for a signal output stage in event of faulty contacting of electrical connections
A protective circuit for protecting an output stage in the event of faulty contacting of the electrical connections, wherein the output stage includes a driver unit and has an analog or digital signal output is provided. Accordingly, in order to protect the output stage from a faulty connection in a simple and economical manner, the protective circuit comprises a first transistor circuit, which is connected in series between the output stage and the signal output, and a second transistor circuit, which is connected in series between the negative supply connection and the signal output. The second transistor circuit is connected to the base of the first transistor circuit in order to influence the first transistor circuit in such a way that the first transistor circuit becomes highly resistive in the event of a fault.
US10211626B2
System controller and method for protecting a power converter. The system controller includes a first controller terminal configured to output a drive signal to a switch to affect a first current flowing through a primary winding of a power converter. The power converter further includes a secondary winding coupled to the primary winding, and the drive signal is associated with one or more switching periods. Additionally, the system controller includes a second controller terminal configured to receive a sensing voltage from a sensing resistor. The sensing voltage represents a magnitude of the first current flowing through the primary winding of the power converter. The system controller is configured to process information associated with the sensing voltage and a reference voltage, and determine whether an average output current of the power converter is larger than a current threshold.
US10211622B2
An electrical system includes an operation MEMS switch operable in on and off states to enable and disable current flow to a load and a fault interruption MEMS switch positioned in series with the operation MEMS switch. The fault interruption MEMS switch is operable in on and off states to enable and disable current flow to the electrical load, with operation of the fault interruption MEMS switch in the off state disabling current flow to the load regardless of the state of the operation MEMS switch. A fault sensor control system operate to sense a system variable, analyze the system variable to detect if a fault is affecting the electrical system and, upon detection of a fault, switch the fault interruption MEMS switch from the on state to the off state to interrupt current flowing through the operation MEMS switch to the load.
US10211616B2
A cable/line insertion is used to insert and thread at least one line into and through a wall opening into a housing wall. The insertion comprises an insertion sleeve for inserting into the wall opening, a pressing flange which projects substantially radially outwards from same, in places, and a clamping part which in particular can be screwed in the direction of the pressing flange onto the insertion sleeve, and a fastening section of the insertion sleeve, which is arranged opposite the clamping part. The fastening section comprises a contact surface which projects at least in places substantially radially outwards, which contact surface can be engaged from behind by a plug part for pressing the pressing flange to an opening edge of the wall opening.
US10211613B2
A protective tube attaching method, the protective tube protecting an electric wire of a wire harness, includes inserting the electric wire through a small diameter protective tube and a large diameter protective tube which covers and is shorter than the small diameter protective tube so as to be movable relatively thereto; positioning one end portion of the large diameter protective tube at one reference portion of the wire harness; moving the small diameter protective tube relatively to the large diameter protective tube positioned at the one reference portion, to thereby position the other end portion of the small diameter protective tube at the other reference portion of the wire harness; and fixing the other end portion of the large diameter protective tube in a state that the other end portion of the large diameter protective tube overlaps with an outer circumferential surface of the small diameter protective tube.
US10211607B2
Disclosed is a device for remotely racking a circuit breaker into and out of a circuit breaker cradle received within a circuit breaker module. The device comprises an actuator configured to rotate a breaker shaft in a first direction and an opposite second direction to rack the circuit breaker into and out of the circuit breaker cradle without the need for an operator to attend in the vicinity of the circuit breaker module.
US10211606B2
Motor control centers have units or buckets with multi-purpose shutter cams that slide shutters right and left to controllably block access to a portal of an isolation lead screw that can extend and retract power connectors and that provides one or more safety interlock engagement features that prevent certain actions depending on the operating state of the buckets.
US10211587B2
Systems and methods for optical pulse stretching or compression in time are provided. An apparatus of the subject invention can operate as an optical dispersive element for optical pulse stretching or compression in time, as well as laser scanning in space. An apparatus can include a spatial disperser arranged to divide a collimated optical pulsed beam into an array of collimated beams with equally spaced angles, a beam shaper configured to control the spreading angle of the beam array, and a cavity to sequentially reflect the individual beams within the beam array. The cavity can include two non-parallel surfaces, such as two non-parallel mirrors.
US10211579B2
A power plug is provided. The power plug may include a plug insert having a handle, and a plug body including a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of conducting strips sandwiched between the pluralities of insulation layers. Each of the plurality of conducting strips may have an end extending into the handle and the other end forming or electrically connected to a conducting contact point exposed on a surface of the plug body.
US10211574B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a mating tongue extending forwardly from the base portion, the mating tongue defining two opposite mating faces and a step portion at a root thereof to the base portion; two rows of terminals retained in the insulative housing and including contacting portions disposed on the mating surface and in front of the step portion; a pair of discrete metal plates located between the two rows of terminals, each metal plate comprising a first plate portion disposed in the mating tongue, a second plate portion disposed in the base portion, each first plate portion defining a locking edge at outer side thereof and exposed to corresponding side face of the mating tongue; and each metal plate defines an extending portion bent upwardly, the extending portion covers the matting surface of the step portion.
US10211567B1
A removable bracket securable to an electrical outlet or switch cover is provided, comprising a base section comprising a straight edge and having a slot formed therethrough, the slot configured to receive a tab of an attachable module. The base section further comprises a rear surface having a channel formed therein adjacent to a first edge of the slot, into which the tab of the module mates when the module is attached to the bracket. An elongated tab section extends from the straight edge and is securable behind an edge of the electrical outlet or switch cover. The tab section has a thickness less than a thickness of the base section and a rear surface contiguous with a rear surface of the base section. And an elongated first ridge on a front surface of the tab section is parallel to the straight edge of the base section.
US10211561B2
A micro electronic instrument, wherein said micro electronic instrument includes a baseboard and a cover board; a first electronic circuit and a first contact electrode are arranged on the baseboard, and the first electronic circuit connects the first contact electrode electrically; the cover board covers on the baseboard, but there is a space between them, and the first electronic circuit is in the space between the cover board and the baseboard. A width of the electronic instrument is in a range from 11.95 mm to 12.05 mm, a thickness of the electronic instrument is in a range from 2.4 mm to 2.5 mm. The electronic instrument provided in the present invention is smaller than that in prior art, and it is more portable and more convenient for a user.
US10211559B2
Apparatus and methods are described, including apparatus that includes a male-connector body comprising at least one mating surface, and shaped to define a hollow core. A plurality of electrically-conductive male-connector terminals are coupled to the mating surface of the male-connector body. A longitudinal insert is configured to, by moving inside the hollow core, push the male-connector terminals radially outward. Other embodiments are also described.
US10211558B1
A receptacle terminal for receipt of a mating terminal therein. The receptacle terminal has a contact portion including a bottom wall and resilient contact arms which extend from the bottom wall. The resilient contact arms have resilient contact sections and mating terminal engagement members. The mating terminal engagement members have a projection receiving opening. A spring arm extends from the bottom wall toward the mating terminal engagement members. The spring arm has a projection which extends from the spring arm to create a raised area on an inner surface of the spring arm to engage the mating terminal. Prior to the receipt of the mating terminal, the projection of the spring arm is positioned in the projection receiving opening of the mating terminal engagement members, allowing the portions of the spring arm to be positioned proximate the mating terminal engagement members.
US10211552B2
A cable connector assembly includes: an insulative base (1); plural contacts secured to the insulative base, each contact having a contacting portion, a terminating portion, and a securing portion between the contacting portion and the terminating portion; a cable including plural wires connected to the contacts, each wire having a center conductor; and an outer shell enclosing the insulative base and a part of the cable; wherein the contact terminating portion has a groove (2021) receiving the cable wire center conductor; and the cable wire center conductor extends to terminate perpendicularly to an associated contact. Plural interconnecting pieces each secured to an associated cable wire center conductor are also designed to replace direct connection of the cable wires to the contacts.
US10211547B2
Connectors and methods for attaching connectors to one or more cables and/or conduits are disclosed. The disclosed connectors and methods may secure an outer surface of the cable (e.g., an outer jacket of a cable) or conduit. A connector, for example, may include a coupler comprising an inner surface defining an coupler inner bore; a retainer comprising an inner surface defining a retainer inner bore configured to receive the inner conductor and insulator layer of a coaxial cable and an outer angled rear facing surface configured to extend between the insulator layer and the outer conductor layer of the coaxial cable, the retainer disposed within the inner bore of the coupler; a hub engaged to the retainer and disposed at least partially within the inner bore of the coupler, the hub rotatably engaged with the coupler, the hub further comprising an outer angled forward facing surface at least partially opposing the outer angled rear facing surface of the retainer, wherein the outer angled rear facing surface of the retainer and the outer angled forward facing surface of the hub are configured to secure the outer conductor layer between the outer angled rear facing surface of the retainer and the outer angled forward facing surface of the hub.
US10211544B2
Embodiments of this application provide a combine antenna and an electronic device. The combined antenna includes a first antenna of an electromagnetic induction type and a second antenna of an electromagnetic radiation type. The first antenna includes a substrate having an electrical conductivity with a body portion of the second antenna connected to the substrate of the first antenna, the substrate serving as a reference ground portion of the second antenna.
US10211538B2
Directional antenna apparatus and methods of utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the directional antenna apparatus includes a chip component disposed on a ground plane. The chip component includes a conductive layer disposed upon a ceramic substrate. The conductive layer of the chip component is connected to electronic circuitry via one or more feed structures and one or more ground structures. The chip component and the ground plane are disposed atop a reflector component in a substantially orthogonal orientation. By spacing the ground plane from the reflector component by a set amount, the directional nature of the directional antenna apparatus may be configured.
US10211536B2
An antenna structure includes a housing, a first connecting portion, a matching unit, a second connecting portion, and a first switching circuit. The housing defines a slot, a first gap, and a second gap. The housing is divided into a first portion and a second portion by the slot, the first gap, and the second gap. The second portion is grounded. One end of the first connecting portion electrically connected to the first portion and another end of the first connecting portion electrically connected to a feed point through the matching unit. The first portion is divided into a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion by the first connecting portion. One end of the second connecting portion is electrically connected to the first radiating portion and another end of the second connecting portion is grounded through the first switching circuit.
US10211529B2
A phased array antenna system with electrical tilt control incorporates a tilt controller (62) for splitting an input signal into three intermediate signals, two of which are delayed by variable delays T1 and T2 relative to the third. A corporate feed (64) contains splitters S3 to S10 and hybrids H1 to H6 for processing the intermediate signals to produce drive signals for elements of an antenna array (66); the drive signals are fractions and vector combinations of the intermediate signals. The tilt controller (62) and the corporate feed (64) in combination impose relative phasing on the drive signals as appropriate for phased array beam steering in response to variable delay of two intermediate signals relative to the third intermediate signal.
US10211516B2
An electronic device including an antenna is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a radio frequency (RF) circuit located within the housing and configured to output a first RF signal and a second RF signal, at least one processor located within the housing and configured to electrically connect to the RF circuit, a first radiating body electrically connected to the RF circuit, a second radiating body electrically connected to the first radiating body, and an RF switch located within the housing and electrically connected to the processor and the second radiating body, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the RF switch to emit at least one of the first RF signal and the second RF signal output from the RF circuit to at least one of the first radiating body and the second radiating body.
US10211507B2
A communication device for mounting to an infrastructure, the communication device being configured for communication with a remote communication device via a directive antenna main lobe, the communication device comprising a sensor module configured to measure a movement of the communication device relative to a reference orientation.
US10211506B2
A transmission line transition that couples RF energy between a coaxial cable and an air dielectric microstrip is provided. In some embodiments, the transition can combine a thin printed circuit board substrate and an insulating surface to form an effective capacitive coupling transition that can couple RF energy from the center conductor of a coaxial cable to an air microstrip. In some embodiments, the transition can include an insulating system affixed to a metallic surface, and the insulating system can secure an airstrip conductor in close proximity to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable to capacitively couple the airstrip conductor to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable. In some embodiments, the transition can employ a metallic body coated with an insulating surface to capacitively couple RF energy from the center conductor of the coaxial cable to the air microstrip.
US10211504B2
A radio frequency transmission arrangement comprises a ground plate having an aperture comprising a slot with an elongate cross-section and substantially parallel sides, and a first and second transmission line. The thickness of the ground plate is greater than a width of the slot. The first transmission line comprises a first elongate conductor on a first side of the ground plate and has an end terminated with a first termination stub. The second transmission line comprises a second elongate conductor on the opposite side of the ground plate and has an end terminated with a second termination stub. The first transmission line is arranged to cross the slot at a point adjacent to the first termination stub, and the second transmission line is arranged to cross the slot at a point adjacent to the second termination stub.
US10211499B2
The present invention discloses a four-mode defected ground structure resonator, comprising a metal dielectric substrate and a defected ground unit which is etched in one surface of the metal dielectric substrate; the shape of the defected ground unit is axially symmetric about a first central axis of the defected ground unit, and also the shape of the defected ground unit is axially symmetric about a second central axis of the defected ground unit; the first defected ground unit is provided with H-shape or quasi H-shape, the second defected ground unit is provided with L-shape, quasi L-shape, U-shape or quasi U-shape. The four-mode defected ground structure resonator of the present invention is provided with four types of resonant modes, and the four types of resonant modes are provided with good tunability.
US10211498B1
The reconfigurable resonators for chipless RFID applications provide spiral resonators for a multiple resonator passive RFID transponder tag. Each spiral resonator includes a U-shaped frame of conductive material and has a plurality (K−1) of parallel adjusting or shorting elements disposed between the legs of the U-shaped frame. Each resonator has one leg coupled to a transmission line adapted for connection between a receiving antenna and a transmitting antenna (in some embodiments, a single antenna may be used for both receiving and transmitting), and one of the adjusting or shorting elements may be selectively connected to the opposing leg of the frame to configure the resonator to resonate at one of (K−1) different resonant frequencies (K frequencies if none of the elements are connected) by a short metal jumper strip to change the length of the spiral resonator.
US10211483B2
The present invention relates to an additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte solution, which has an excellent effect of adsorbing metal ions dissolved from a positive electrode, a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the non-aqueous electrolyte solution.
US10211474B2
The problem addressed by the present invention is to obtain an electrolyte membrane that, as an electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery, is able to suppress the ion permeability of an active substance without detracting from proton (H+) permeability, has superior ion-selective permeability, has low electrical resistivity, and has superior current efficiency. The present invention solves the abovementioned problem by means of the electrolyte membrane for a redox flow secondary battery containing a perfluorocarbon sulfonic acid resin having a specific structure and an equivalent weight (EW), and the ion conductivity being adjusted to a predetermined range.
US10211471B2
A method of controlling purging in a hydrogen storage system includes determining the internal hydrogen purity of a hydrogen tank and adjusting a hydrogen purging cycle of the hydrogen tank depending on the determined internal hydrogen purity. An apparatus for controlling purging in a hydrogen storage system is also provided.
US10211465B2
A powder metallurgical component has a chromium content of at least 80% by weight and pores and/or oxide inclusions which are present in the component. The number per unit area of a sum of pores and oxide inclusions at a cut surface through the component in at least one region is at least 10,000 per mm2.
US10211458B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing electrode active material slurry, and an electrode active material slurry prepared by the method, the method comprising the steps of: (S1) mixing a conductive agent and a first dispersion medium to thus prepare a conductive agent dispersion, and mixing an electrode active material and a second dispersion medium to thus prepare an electrode active material dispersion; and (S2) dispersing the conductive agent dispersion while adding the same to the electrode active material dispersion.
US10211456B2
A positive electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery contains: a first compound represented by chemical formula Lix(NiyMa1-y)O2 (0.95≤x≤1.05, 0.70≤y≤0.95, where Ma is at least one element selected from Co, Mn, V, Ti, Fe, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, and W); and a second compound represented by chemical formula LiVOPO4. W>5.0° C., where W is a full width at half maximum of an exothermic peak obtained between 150° C. and 260° C. by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) performed on a mixture of the first compound and the second compound under a condition of 5° C./min.
US10211454B2
Disclosed are functionalized Group IVA particles, methods of preparing the Group IVA particles, and methods of using the Group IVA particles. The Group IVA particles may be passivated with at least one layer of material covering at least a portion of the particle. The layer of material may be a covalently bonded non-dielectric layer of material. The Group IVA particles may be used in various technologies, including lithium ion batteries and photovoltaic cells.
US10211450B2
A nickel iron battery comprising a housing, an electrolyte solution contained within the housing, an anode comprising iron configured to be retained within the housing and the electrolyte solution, an cathode comprising nickel configured to be retained within the housing and the electrolyte solution, and a separator configured to be retained within the hosing and the electrolyte solution, wherein the separator is interposed between the cathode and the anode.
US10211442B2
As a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator each of which allows a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery to have an improved discharge output characteristic, there are provided (i) a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery insulating porous layer containing a filler including a metal oxide and having a capacitance of not less than 0.0390 nF and not more than 0.142 nF per 19.6 mm2 and a thickness of not less than 0.1 μm and not more than 20 μm and (ii) a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery laminated separator including the porous layer.
US10211439B2
In a cylindrical battery including a gap formed between a peripheral side surface 32b of a dish-shaped portion in an anode terminal plate 32 and a curved end portion 11a of a cathode can 11, and a washer 50 having a cylindrical boss portion 50a and an annular flange portion 50c provided around an upper end surface of the cylindrical boss portion 50athe washer 50 being mounted to an opening portion of a cathode can 11 such that the cylindrical boss portion 50a is fitted into the gap 201, a vent structure configured to release gas released to the gap 201 from a first vent hole 32c in the anode terminal plate 32 to an exterior of the cylindrical battery (1) from an arc-shaped second vent hole (50d) formed in the flange portion(50c) or an annular gap (301, 302) formed between the upper end surface of the cylindrical boss portion (50a) and the terminal plate(32).
US10211437B2
A battery locking mechanism applied in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a casing. The casing defines a receiving portion to receive the battery and the battery locking mechanism. The battery locking mechanism includes a first latching element, a second latching element, a first elastic member and a second elastic member. The first elastic member connects the first latching element to the casing and the second elastic member connects the second latching element to the cover. When the first latching element is latched with the second latching element in a relaxed state, the battery is locked. The second latching element can be moved away from the first latching element by a fingertip until the second latching element loses contact with the first latching element, thus unlocking the battery compartment. An electronic device using the locking mechanism is also provided.
US10211419B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) having an organic electroluminescent layer formed between a first electrode and a second electrode. One of the first and second electrodes is a transparent electrode having a surface through which light is emitted from the OLED to the outside. The transparent electrode has a plasmonic photonic crystal structure fabricated having an artificial lattice with a pitch in density variation intermediate in size between a metallic crystal and a photonic crystal formed in the same material as the transparent electrode, thereby operable to suppress propagation of the surface plasmon polaritons at the surface.
US10211412B2
The invention provides a charge-transporting varnish, containing a charge-transporting substance formed of an indolocarbazole represented by the following formula (1), a dopant substance, and an organic solvent.
US10211403B2
An organic photovoltaic device includes an anode and a cathode. The organic photovoltaic device includes an active layer between the anode and the cathode. The active layer includes a p-type material. The p-type material includes a donor-acceptor (DA) polymer. An acceptor unit of the DA polymer includes a functionalized pyranopyran-dione compound or a functionalized naphthyridine-dione compound.
US10211397B1
A first architecture for a volatile resistive-switching device with a selector layer (e.g., a highly resistive layer such as a resistive switching medium) non-planar surfaces is detailed. For example, the selector layer can have a first surface that intersects a second surface at an angle (e.g., oblique angle). The angle can be adjusted to control current-voltage response for the volatile resistive-switching device. A second architecture for volatile resistive-switching device with a first terminal having a high particle diffusivity and a second terminal having a low particle diffusivity. The second architecture can provide diode-like current-voltage responses at a sizes (e.g., sub-20 nanometers) in which conventional diodes do not scale.
US10211393B2
An MRAM memory cell is proposed that is based on spin accumulation torque. One embodiment includes a magnetic tunnel junction, a spin accumulation layer connected to the magnetic tunnel junction and a polarization layer connected to the spin accumulation layer. The polarization layer and the spin accumulation layer use spin accumulation to provide a spin accumulation torque on the free magnetic layer of the magnetic tunnel junction to change direction of magnetization of the free magnetic layer.
US10211392B2
A method of forming a 3D Hall effect sensor and the resulting device are provided. Embodiments include forming a p-type well in a substrate; forming a first n-type well in a first region surrounded by the p-type well in top view; forming a second n-type well in a second region surrounding the p-type well; implanting n-type dopant in the first and second n-type wells; and implanting p-type dopant in the p-type well and the first n-type well.
US10211390B2
Provided is a friction drive actuator that is resistant to contamination of, for example, extraneous matter. An ultrasonic actuator according to an aspect of the present invention drives a columnar insertion section and includes a columnar vibrating body (40), whose distal end is pressed against a side surface of the insertion section, and a piezoelectric element (44), an upper electrode (44a), and a lower electrode (44b) that are provided at one side surface of the vibrating body.
US10211385B2
The present invention provides thermoelectric device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, a first electrolyte composition capable of transporting cations, a second electrolyte composition capable of transporting anions and a connector comprising mobile cations and mobile anions, wherein the first electrolyte composition is connected to said first electrode by being in ionic contact and the second electrolyte composition is connected to said second electrode by being in ionic contact and said connector is in ionic contact with said first and said second electrolyte composition, such that an applied temperature difference over said electrolyte compositions or an applied voltage over said electrodes facilitate transport of ions to and/or from said electrodes via said electrolyte compositions. There is also provided a method for generating electric current and a method for generating a temperature difference.
US10211382B2
The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) chip, in which a hybrid sensor is formed in a nitride-based LED structure. A chip structure embedded with such a hybrid sensor functions as an LED light emitting sensor which can monitor environmental pollution while functioning as a lighting element at the same time and has an effect of being used as a variety of environment pollution sensors according to the type of an electrode material.
US10211380B2
Light emitting devices and components having excellent chemical resistance and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a component of a light emitting device can include a silver (Ag) portion, which can be silver on a substrate, and a protective layer disposed over the Ag portion. The protective layer can at least partially include an inorganic material for increasing the chemical resistance of the Ag portion.
US10211378B2
A light emitting device has: a base; a light emitting element disposed on the base; a light-transmissive member having a pair of opposing portions, the light-transmissive member being disposed on the base such that the light emitting element is interposed between and spaced apart from the pair of opposing portions; a sealing member that contains a phosphor and covers the light emitting element, at least a portion of upper surfaces of the pair of opposing portions, and inner lateral surfaces thereof.
US10211367B2
An LED fabrication method includes forming release holes by focusing a laser at the substrate back surface, and forming stealth laser-blast areas by focusing a laser inside the substrate on positions corresponding to the release holes; communicating the release holes with the stealth laser-blast areas to release impurities generated during forming of the stealth laser-blast areas from the substrate through the release holes, thereby avoiding low external quantum efficiency resulting from adherence of the released material to the side wall of the stealth laser-blast areas. By focusing on a position with 10 μm˜40 μm inward from the substrate back side, adjusting laser energy and frequency to burn holes inside the substrate to penetrate and expose the substrate back surface, thereby effectively removing by-products, and reducing light absorption by such by-products, light extraction from a side wall of the LED can also be improved and light extraction efficiency is enhanced.
US10211360B2
An optical biosensor module includes a circuit board having a mounting surface and first and second circuits. A light-receiving unit is disposed on the mounting surface, and includes a light receiver electrically connected to the first circuit and having a light-receiving surface. A light-emitting unit is disposed on the light-receiving surface, and includes a light emitter electrically connected to the second circuit and having a light-emitting surface, and a light emitter blocking wall surrounding the light emitter. An opaque interface exists between the light receiver and the light emitter, and a top side of the light emitter blocking wall is equal to or higher than the light-emitting surface.
US10211355B2
There is provided a solar cell module with good weather resistance (moisture resistance) and power generation efficiency.A solar cell module 1 comprises a solar cell panel 10 configured to include a solar cell element 12 and a front surface protective member 14 disposed on a light receiving surface side of the solar cell element 12; a first coating member 22 having moisture resistance that is stuck to the solar cell panel 10 with adhesive such that at least a surface S1 of the front surface protective member 14 and a side end surface S3 of the solar cell panel 10 are covered continuously at a peripheral edge of the solar cell panel 10; and a second coating member 32 covering at least an end A1 of the first coating member 22 on the front surface protective member 14 side while being in contact with the surface S1 of the front surface protective member 14.
US10211350B2
A composition for solar cell electrodes and a solar cell electrode fabricated using the composition, the composition including a conductive powder; a glass frit; and an organic vehicle, wherein the glass frit has an initial crystallization temperature of about 300° C. to about 540° C., wherein the glass frit has an A value of about 0.0001 μV/mg·° C. to about 0.2 μV/mg·° C., as calculated by Equation 1: A = Δ H Δ T . 〈 Equation 1 〉
US10211345B2
A transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer can have stable electrical characteristics. In addition, a highly reliable semiconductor device including the transistor is provided. A semiconductor device includes a multi-layer film including an oxide layer and an oxide semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film in contact with the multi-layer film, and a gate electrode overlapping with the multi-layer film with the gate insulating film provided therebetween. In the semiconductor device, the oxide semiconductor layer contains indium, the oxide semiconductor layer is in contact with the oxide layer, and the oxide layer contains indium and has a larger energy gap than the oxide semiconductor layer.
US10211344B2
A logic circuit includes a thin film transistor having a channel formation region formed using an oxide semiconductor, and a capacitor having terminals one of which is brought into a floating state by turning off the thin film transistor. The oxide semiconductor has a hydrogen concentration of 5×1019 (atoms/cm3) or less and thus substantially serves as an insulator in a state where an electric field is not generated. Therefore, off-state current of a thin film transistor can be reduced, leading to suppressing the leakage of electric charge stored in a capacitor, through the thin film transistor. Accordingly, a malfunction of the logic circuit can be prevented. Further, the excessive amount of current which flows in the logic circuit can be reduced through the reduction of off-state current of the thin film transistor, resulting in low power consumption of the logic circuit.
US10211341B2
A thermal mixing process is employed to convert a portion of a silicon germanium alloy fin having a first germanium content and an overlying non-doped epitaxial silicon source material into a silicon germanium alloy source structure having a second germanium content that is less than the first germanium content, to convert another portion of the silicon germanium alloy fin and an overlying non-doped epitaxial silicon drain material into a silicon germanium alloy drain structure having the second germanium content, and to provide a tensile strained silicon germanium alloy fin portion having the first germanium content. A dopant is then introduced into the silicon germanium alloy source structure and into the silicon germanium alloy drain structure.
US10211337B2
To provide a high-withstand-voltage lateral semiconductor device in which ON-resistance or drain current density is uniform at an end portion and a center portion of the device in a gate width direction. A lateral N-type MOS transistor 11 formed on an SOI substrate includes a trench isolation structure 10b filled with an insulating film at an end portion of the transistor. An anode region 6 of a diode 12 is provided adjacent to a P-type body region 1 of the transistor through the trench isolation structure 10b and a cathode region 15 of the diode 12 is also provided adjacent to an N-type drain-drift region 4 of the transistor through the trench isolation structure 10b so as to cause electric field to be applied to the trench isolation structure 10b to be zero when a voltage is applied across the transistor.
US10211334B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer. A first conductivity type region is formed on a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer. A body region of a second conductivity type is formed on the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region. A trench in which a gate electrode is embedded through a gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer. The trench penetrates through the body region, so that a deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region. A source region of the first conductivity type is formed on a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer around the trench. The gate insulating film includes a thick-film portion having a relatively large thickness on a bottom surface of the trench.
US10211333B2
A shielded gate trench field effect transistor comprises an epitaxial layer above a substrate, a body region, a trench formed in the body region and epitaxial layer and one or more source regions formed in a top surface of the body region and adjacent a sidewall of the trench. A shield electrode is formed in a lower portion of the trench and a gate electrode is formed in an upper portion of the trench above the shield electrode. The shield electrode is insulated from the epitaxial layer by a first dielectric layer. The gate electrode is insulated from the epitaxial layer by the first dielectric layer and insulated from the shield electrode by a second dielectric layer. The first and second dielectric layer has a same thickness.
US10211331B2
A semiconductor device includes a first conductivity type first semiconductor region, a second conductivity type second semiconductor region, a second conductivity type third semiconductor region, a first conductivity type fourth semiconductor region, a gate insulating portion, a gate electrode, and first and second electrodes. The first semiconductor region includes first and second portions. The second semiconductor region includes third and fourth portions. The gate electrode is on the gate insulating portion and over the first semiconductor region and a portion of the third semiconductor region. The first electrode is on, and electrically connected to, the fourth semiconductor region. The second electrode is over the first portion, the third portion, and the gate electrode, and spaced from the first electrode.
US10211327B2
Semiconductor devices including an elevated or raised doped crystalline structure extending from a device layer are described. In embodiments, III-N transistors include raised crystalline n+ doped source/drain structures on either side of a gate stack. In embodiments, an amorphous material is employed to limit growth of polycrystalline source/drain material, allowing a high quality source/drain doped crystal to grow from an undamaged region and laterally expand to form a low resistance interface with a two-degree electron gas (2DEG) formed within the device layer. In some embodiments, regions of damaged GaN that may spawn competitive polycrystalline overgrowths are covered with the amorphous material prior to commencing raised source/drain growth.
US10211326B2
A vertical power component includes a doped silicon substrate of a first conductivity type. A local well of a second conductivity type extends from an upper surface of the substrate. A passivation structure coats a peripheral region of the upper surface side of the substrate surrounding the well. This passivation structure includes, on top of and in contact with the peripheral substrate region, a first region made of a first passivation material and a second region made of a second passivation material. The second region generates, in a surface region of the substrate in contact with said second region, a local increase of the concentration of majority carriers in the substrate.
US10211325B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having opposite first and second sides. The semiconductor device further includes a drift zone in the semiconductor body between the second side and a pn junction. A profile of net doping of the drift zone along at least 50% of a vertical extension of the drift zone between the first and second sides is undulated and includes doping peak values between 1×1013 cm−3 and 5×1014 cm−3. A device blocking voltage Vbr is defined by a breakdown voltage of the pn junction between the drift zone and a semiconductor region of opposite conductivity type that is electrically coupled to the first side of the semiconductor body.
US10211323B2
A HEMT made of nitride semiconductor materials and a process of forming the same are disclosed, where the HEMT has n-type regions beneath the source and drain electrodes with remarkably increased carrier concentration. The HEMT provides the n-type regions made of at least one of epitaxially grown ZnO layer and MgZnO layer each doped with at least aluminum and gallium with density higher than 1×1020 cm−3. The process of forming the HEMT includes steps of forming recesses by dry-etching, epitaxially growing n-type layer, removing surplus n-type layer except within the recesses by dry-etching using hydrocarbon, and forming the electrodes on the n-type layer.
US10211319B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a structure and method of minimizing stress relaxation during fin formation. Embodiments may involve forming a looped spacer on an upper surface of a substrate and adjacent to at least a sidewall of a mandrel. The mandrel may be removed, leaving the looped spacer on the substrate. An exposed portion of the substrate may be removed to form a looped fin below the looped spacer. The spacer may be removed, leaving a looped fin. A looped fin formation may reduce stress relaxation compared to conventional fin formation methods. Embodiments may include forming a gate over a looped portion of a looped fin. Securing a looped portion in position with a gate may decrease stress relaxation in the fin. Thus, a looped fin with a looped portion of the looped fin under a gate may have substantially reduced stress relaxation compared to a conventional fin.
US10211317B1
Methods of forming a structure for a vertical-transport field-effect transistor. A semiconductor fin is formed over a sacrificial layer. A support structure is connected with the semiconductor fin. After forming the support structure, the sacrificial layer is removed to form a cavity extending beneath the semiconductor fin. A semiconductor material is epitaxially grown in the cavity to form a source/drain region of the vertical-transport field-effect transistor.
US10211316B2
A vertical fin field-effect-transistor and a method for fabricating the same. The vertical fin field-effect-transistor includes at least a substrate, a first source/drain layer, and a plurality of fins each disposed on and in contact with the first source/drain layer. Silicide regions are disposed within a portion of the first source/drain layer. A gate structure is in contact with the plurality of fins, and a second source/drain layer is disposed on the gate structure. The method includes forming silicide in a portion of a first source/drain layer. A first spacer layer is formed in contact with at least the silicide, the first source/drain layer and the plurality of fins. A gate structure is formed in contact with the plurality of fins and the first spacer layer. A second spacer layer is formed in contact with the gate structure and the plurality of fins.
US10211308B2
Methods of forming thin-film structures including one or more NbMC layers, and structures and devices including the one or more NbMC layers are disclosed. The NbMC layers enable tuning of various structure and device properties, including resistivity, current leakage, and work function.
US10211282B2
Decoupling structures are provided. The decoupling structures may include first conductive patterns, second conductive patterns and a unitary supporting structure that structurally supports the first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns. The decoupling structures may also include a common electrode disposed between ones of the first conductive patterns and between ones of the second conductive patterns. The first conductive patterns and the common electrode are electrodes of a first capacitor, and the second conductive patterns and the common electrode are electrodes of a second capacitor. The unitary supporting structure may include openings when viewed from a plan perspective. The first conductive patterns and the second conductive patterns are horizontally spaced apart from each other with a separation region therebetween, and none of the openings extend into the separation region.
US10211277B2
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area and being flexible around a bending axis in the peripheral area, a data line and a driving voltage line in the display area, an inorganic insulating layer defines an opening corresponding to the flexible area, a first and second conductive layers in the peripheral area and being spaced apart from each other around the opening, an organic insulating layer covering the first and second conductive layers, and a connection conductive layer connecting the first and second conductive layers via contact holes of the organic insulating layer, and the first and second conductive layers includes a same material as that of one of the data line and the driving voltage line, and the connection conductive layer includes a same material as that of the other of the data line and the driving voltage line.
US10211276B2
A display device includes: a substrate including a bending area located between a first region and a second region; an organic layer disposed over the substrate, an upper surface of the organic layer including an uneven surface in the bending area, the uneven surface including a plurality of protrusions; and a conductive layer extending from the first region to the second region across the bending area, the conductive layer being located over the organic layer and including a plurality of through holes.
US10211269B2
A display device includes a plurality of emitting elements corresponding to a plurality of pixels. The emitting element includes a lower electrode, an upper electrode having a light-transmitting property, and a light-emitting layer between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The lower electrode includes a flat portion and an inclined portion that is inclined obliquely upward and outward from the central area of the flat portion. Both of the flat portion and the inclined portion include a reflective surface respectively. The reflective surface of the flat portion has a light reflectance lower than that of the reflective surface of the inclined portion.
US10211265B2
A display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a light sensor, and a light shield. The first pixel has a first light-emitting device which includes a first emission layer that emits light in a first wavelength band in a first direction. The second pixel has a second light-emitting device which includes a second emission layer to emit light in a second wavelength band in a second direction different from the first direction. The second emission layer is below the first emission layer of the first light-emitting device. The light sensor senses light in the second wavelength band emitted from the second pixel and reflected by an object. The light shield is arranged along a light path incident to the light sensor.
US10211261B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a pixel structure, a mask plate, an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device. The pixel structure comprises: a plurality of pixel units arranged in array, each pixel unit comprising four sub-pixels arranged diagonally and having the same shape and size; wherein colors of the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are different from each other; colors of two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are same. The above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure may enable the color of any sub-pixel in a pixel unit to be same as the colors of three sub-pixels that are located in other three pixel units adjacent to this pixel unit respectively and are symmetric with this sub-pixel relative to a same point.
US10211259B2
A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment comprises: a semiconductor substrate extending in a first direction and a second direction, the first and second directions intersecting each other; a first wiring line disposed above the semiconductor substrate and extending in the first direction; a second wiring line disposed above the semiconductor substrate and extending in a third direction, the third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction; a variable resistance film disposed at an intersection of the first wiring line and the second wiring line; a first insulating film disposed aligned with the second wiring line in the first direction; a first film disposed between the first wiring line and the first insulating film; and a second film disposed between the first insulating film and the first film and configured from a material different from that of the first film.
US10211257B2
A memory cell includes a substrate layer, with a plurality of silicided semiconductor fins stacked on the substrate layer and spaced apart from one another. A first metal liner layer is stacked on the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins and on the substrate layer. A plurality of first contact pillars are stacked on the first metal liner layer adjacent a different respective one of the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins. A configurable resistance structure covers portions of the first metal liner layer that are stacked on the substrate layer and portions of the first metal liner layer that are stacked on each of the plurality of silicided semiconductor fins. A metal fill layer is stacked on the configurable resistance structure. A plurality of second contact pillars is stacked on the metal fill layer adjacent a space between a different pair of adjacent silicided semiconductor fins of the plurality thereof.
US10211255B2
Disclosed examples provide wafer-level integration of magnetoresistive sensors and Hall-effect sensors in a single integrated circuit, in which one or more vertical and/or horizontal Hall sensors are formed on or in a substrate along with transistors and other circuitry, and a magnetoresistive sensor circuit is formed in the IC metallization structure.
US10211249B2
An x-ray detector includes a substrate including an electrically conductive connection between a read-out contact in the region of the top side of the substrate and an input of a pre-amplifier in an active layer of an integrated circuit. A first electrically conductive connection is provided between the read-out contact and a second electrically conductive connection. A surface of a first light protection is relatively larger than a surface of a light-permeable region of the first light protection. The second electrically conductive connection is provided within a second projection of the surface of the light-permeable region along the surface normal and below the second light protection. A third electrically conductive connection between the second electrically conductive connection and the pre-amplifier is provided below the second light protection. The input of the pre-amplifier is protected against direct incidence of light.
US10211247B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions each provided in a semiconductor substrate and receives incident light through a light sensing surface, and a pixel separation portion provided to electrically separate a plurality of pixels. At least a pinning layer and a light shielding layer are provided in an inner portion of a trench provided on a side portion of each of the photoelectric conversion portions in an incident surface side, the trench includes a first trench and a second trench formed to be wider than the first trench in a portion shallower than the first trench, the pinning layer is formed in an inner portion of the first trench to cover an inside surface of the second trench, and the light shielding layer is formed to bury an inner portion of the second trench at least via the pinning layer.
US10211244B2
An image sensor device is provided. The image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, at least one light-sensing region close to the front surface, and a first trench surrounding the light-sensing region. The first trench has an inner wall and a bottom surface. The image sensor device includes an insulating layer covering the back surface, the inner wall, and the bottom surface. A thickness of a first upper portion of the insulating layer in the first trench increases in a direction away from the front surface, and the insulating layer has a second trench partially in the first trench. The image sensor device includes a reflective structure filled in the second trench. The reflective structure has a light reflectivity ranging from about 70% to about 100%.
US10211243B2
A method of image sensor package fabrication includes providing an image sensor, including a pixel array disposed in a semiconductor material, and a first transparent shield adhered to the semiconductor material. The pixel array is disposed between the semiconductor material and the first transparent shield. A light blocking layer is deposited and disposed between lateral edges of the pixel array and lateral edges of the first transparent shield, and a second transparent shield is placed on the image sensor package, where the light blocking layer is disposed between the first transparent shield and the second transparent shield.
US10211239B2
To increase the yield of the separation process. To produce display devices formed through the separation process with higher mass productivity. A first layer is formed using a material including a resin or a resin precursor over a substrate. Then, first heat treatment is performed on the first layer, whereby a first resin layer including a residue of an oxydiphthalic acid is formed. Then, a layer to be separated is formed over the first resin layer. Then, the layer to be separated and the substrate are separated from each other. The first heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere containing oxygen.
US10211235B2
The purpose of the present invention is to form both LTPS TFT and Ply-Si TFT on a same substrate. The feature of the display device to realize the above purpose is that: a display device comprising: a substrate including a first TFT having an oxide semiconductor layer and a second TFT having a Poly-Si layer, an undercoat is formed on the substrate, the oxide semiconductor layer is formed on or above the undercoat, a first interlayer insulating film is formed on or above the oxide semiconductor layer, the Poly-Si layer is formed on or above the first interlayer insulating film.
US10211230B2
A driver circuit portion of a display device has a function in which image signals are written to a selected pixel successively so as to display an image on a screen and a function in which writing operation of an image signal is stopped and a transistor is turned off so as to maintain one image written to the screen when the one image is continuously displayed on the screen. Such functions are achieved by a transistor whose off current per micrometer in channel width is reduced to an extremely low value that is lower than 10 zA/μm at room temperature and lower than 100 zA/μm at 85° C.
US10211225B2
A method including patterning a continuous fin having a first segment and a second segment in a semiconductor layer, the first segment is arranged at an angle relative to the second line segment, and forming a first gate and a second gate substantially parallel to each other, the first gate substantially covering sides and a top of a portion of the first segment of the continuous fin, the second gate substantially covering sides and a top of a portion of the second segment of the continuous fin.
US10211214B2
A semiconductor device having semiconductor device having a multi-height structure is provided. The semiconductor device having a multi-height structure includes a silicon substrate. A first structure and a second structure are respectively disposed on the silicon substrate and connected to each other. A limiting block is disposed on the second structure and near an edge of the second structure beside the first structure. A bottom anti-reflection coating (BARC) layer blanketly covering the first structure, the second structure and the limiting block, in which the BARC layer comprises a low-viscosity material, and the BARC layer overlying the top surface of the second structure has an external surface substantially parallel to the top surface of the second structure. Control gates are disposed on the external surface of the BARC layer.
US10211210B2
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming an interlayer insulating structure on a substrate, forming a contact hole that penetrates the interlayer insulating structure to expose the substrate, forming an amorphous silicon layer including a first portion and a second portion, the first portion covering a top surface of the substrate exposed by the contact hole, the second portion covering a sidewall of the contact hole, providing hydrogen atoms into the amorphous silicon layer, and crystallizing the first portion using the substrate as a seed.
US10211207B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor device includes accessing source/drain regions (S/D) in an n-type field effect transistor (NFET) region and in a p-type field effect transistor (PFET) region. First alloy elements are implanted in the S/D regions in the NFET region, and second alloy elements are implanted in the PFET region with the NFET region blocked. The first and second alloy elements form respective amorphized layers on the S/D regions in respective NFET and PFET regions. The amorphized layers are recrystallized to form metastable recrystallized interfaces using an epitaxy process wherein the metastable recrystallized interfaces formed in respective NFET and PFET regions exceed solubility of the first and second alloy elements in respective materials of the S/D regions in the NFET and PFET regions. Contacts to the metastable recrystallized layers of the S/D regions in the NFET and PFET regions are concurrently formed.
US10211203B2
A method for fabrication a field-effect-transistor includes forming a plurality of fin structures on a substrate, forming a gate structure across each fin structure and covering a portion of top and sidewall surfaces of the fin structure, forming a first doped layer, made of a first semiconductor material and doped with first doping ions, in each fin structure on one side of the corresponding gate structure, and forming a second doped layer, made of a second semiconductor material, doped with second doping ions, and having doping properties different from the first doped layer, in each fin structure on another side of the corresponding gate structure.
US10211202B2
A method of forming an integrated circuit comprises forming a first doped region and a second doped region in a substrate. The second doped region is formed separate from the first doped region by a first spacing. A dielectric layer is formed over the substrate, and a gate is formed over the dielectric layer. The gate is positioned having the first doped region on a first substrate side of the gate and the second doped region on a second substrate side of the gate, opposite the first substrate side of the gate. A third doped region is formed in the substrate separated from the first doped region by a second spacing. The method further comprises forming a fourth doped region in the substrate.
US10211199B2
A bidirectional transient voltage suppressor is constructed as an NPN bipolar transistor incorporating optimized collector-base junction realizing avalanche mode breakdown. In some embodiments, the bidirectional transient voltage suppressor is constructed as an NPN bipolar transistor incorporating individually optimized collector-base and emitter-base junctions with the optimized junctions being spatially distributed. The optimized collector-base and emitter-base junctions both realize avalanche mode breakdown to improve the breakdown voltage of the transistor. Alternately, a unidirectional transient voltage suppressor is constructed as an NPN bipolar transistor with a PN junction diode connected in parallel in the reverse bias direction to the protected node and incorporating individually optimized collector-base junction of the bipolar transistor and p-n junction of the diode.
US10211198B2
Methods, circuits, devices, and systems for high voltage electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection are provided. An example ESD protection device includes: a base well of a first dopant type on a substrate, a first well of the first dopant type in the base well, a second well of a second dopant type in the base well, a first highly doped region of the first dopant type and a second highly doped region of the second dopant type in the first well, a third highly doped region of the second dopant type in the second well, and a fourth highly doped region of the first dopant type in the third highly doped region. The first highly doped region and the second highly doped region are coupled to a first voltage terminal, and the third highly doped region and the fourth highly doped region are coupled to a second voltage terminal.
US10211169B2
Various integrated high quality electronic components and systems, and methods of their manufacture, are presented. In one example, a device includes a glass substrate or interposer including one or more metalized through-glass vias (TGVs). The one or more metalized TGVs can be used to form a substrate integrated waveguide, a complementary split ring resonator, a disc loaded monopole antenna or other device. An array of metalized TGVs can define side walls of the integrated waveguide. A disc coupled to a tip of a metalized TGV can provide capacitive disc loading of the monopole antenna.
US10211164B2
A plurality of semiconductor packages are manufactured by a method that includes the steps of bonding a plurality of semiconductor chips on the front side of a wiring substrate, next supplying a sealing compound to the front side of the wiring substrate to form a resin layer from the sealing component on the front side of the wiring substrate, thereby forming a sealed substrate including the wiring substrate and the resin layer covering the semiconductor chips, next cutting the sealed substrate from the resin layer side by using a V blade to thereby form a V groove along each division line, next dividing the wiring substrate along each V groove to obtain a plurality of individual bare packages, and finally forming an electromagnetic shield layer on the upper surface and an inclined side surface of each bare package, thereby obtaining the plural semiconductor packages.
US10211160B2
A microelectronic assembly can be made by forming a redistribution structure supported on a carrier, the structure including two or more layers of deposited dielectric material and two or more electrically conductive layers and including conductive features such as pads and traces electrically interconnected by vias. Electrical connectors may project above a second surface of the structure opposite an interconnection surface of the redistribution structure adjacent to the carrier. A microelectronic element may be attached and electrically connected with conductive features at the second surface, and a dielectric encapsulation can be formed contacting the second surface and surfaces of the microelectronic element. Electrically conductive features at the interconnection surface can be configured for connection with corresponding features of a first external component, and the electrical connectors can be configured for connection with corresponding features of a second external component.
US10211158B2
A power semiconductor module includes a direct copper bonded (DCB) substrate having a ceramic substrate, a first copper metallization bonded to a first main surface of the ceramic substrate and a second copper metallization bonded to a second main surface of the ceramic substrate opposite the first main surface. The power semiconductor module further includes a power semiconductor die attached the first copper metallization, a passive component attached the first copper metallization, a first isolation layer encapsulating the power semiconductor die and the passive component, a first structured metallization layer on the first isolation layer, and a first plurality of electrically conductive vias extending through the first isolation layer from the first structured metallization layer to the power semiconductor die and the passive component. An integrated power module and a method of manufacturing the integrated power module are also provided.
US10211154B2
A three-dimensional (3D) semiconductor device includes a stack structure including first and second stacks stacked on a substrate. Each of the first and second stacks includes a first electrode and a second electrode on the first electrode. A sidewall of the second electrode of the first stack is horizontally spaced apart from a sidewall of the second electrode of the second stack by a first distance. A sidewall of the first electrode is horizontally spaced apart from the sidewall of the second electrode by a second distance in each of the first and second stacks. The second distance is smaller than a half of the first distance.
US10211153B2
A low aspect ratio interconnect is provided and includes a metallization layer, a liner and a metallic interconnect. The metallization layer includes bottommost and uppermost surfaces. The uppermost surface has a maximum post-deposition height from the bottommost surface at first metallization layer portions. The metallization layer defines a trench at second metallization layer portions. The liner includes is disposed to line the trench and includes liner sidewalls that have terminal edges that extend to the maximum post-deposition height and lie coplanar with the uppermost surface at the first metallization layer portions. The metallic interconnect is disposed on the liner to fill a trench remainder and has an uppermost interconnect surface that extends to the maximum post-deposition height and lies coplanar with the uppermost surface at the first metallization layer portions.
US10211149B2
A fan-out semiconductor package includes: a semiconductor chip; an encapsulant encapsulating at least portions of the semiconductor chip; and a first connection member disposed on an active surface of the semiconductor chip and including a redistribution layer electrically connected to the connection pads of the semiconductor chip. The redistribution layer includes a line pattern having a first line portion having a first line width and a second line portion connected to the first line portion and having a second line width, greater than the first line width, a fan-in region is a projected surface of the semiconductor chip projected in a direction perpendicular to the active surface, a fan-out region is a region surrounding the fan-in region, and the second line portion at least passes through a boundary between the fan-in region and the fan-out region.
US10211145B2
An imaging element includes a layered structural body formed of a first electrode, a light receiving layer formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode formed on the light receiving layer, and a single first buffer layer formed of an amorphous organic material and a single second buffer layer formed of an amorphous inorganic material are provided between the light receiving layer and the second electrode from the light receiving layer side.
US10211144B2
This semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element mounted on a metal layer, first to third connection terminals that are provided on the semiconductor element, a first bus bar bonded to the first connection terminal, and a second bus bar bonded to the second connection terminal. The semiconductor element is bonded to the metal layer, and the first to third connection terminals are disposed on a top surface of the semiconductor element. One end of the first bus bar is bonded to the first connection terminal, another end of the first bus bar is an output unit, one end of the second bus bar is bonded to the second connection terminal, and another end of the second bus bar is bonded to the metal layer. A first surface of the semiconductor element and the second bus bar are at an identical potential.
US10211133B2
A package comprising at least one electronic chip, a first heat removal body on which the at least one electronic chip is mounted by a first interconnection, a second heat removal body mounted on or above the at least one electronic chip by a second interconnection, and an encapsulant encapsulating at least part of the at least one electronic chip, part of the first heat removal body and part of the second heat removal body, wherein the first interconnection is configured to have another melting temperature than the second interconnection.
US10211129B2
A process for manufacturing surface-mount semiconductor devices, in particular of the Quad-Flat No-Leads Multi-Row type, comprising providing a metal leadframe, in particular a copper leadframe, which includes a plurality of pads, each of which is designed to receive the body of the device, the pads being separated from adjacent pads by one or more rows of wire-bonding contacting areas, outermost rows from among the one or more rows of wire-bonding contacting areas identifying, together with outermost rows corresponding to the adjacent pads, separation regions.
US10211124B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: a first heat spreader surface, a second heat spreader surface, and a plurality of heat spreading fins on, and extending substantially perpendicularly from, the first and second heat spreader surfaces, wherein the plurality of heat spreading fins are arranged substantially parallel to one another in a plurality of substantially linear columns, wherein the columns of heat spreading fins are separated by gap regions wider than the heat spreading fins, and wherein the columns of heat spreading fins on the first heat spreader surface are sited to line up with gap regions between columns of heat spreading fins on the second heat spreader surface when the first and second heat spreader surfaces are aligned. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10211122B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor module with high heat dissipation at a low cost. A semiconductor module according to the present invention includes: a case having a hollow portion; a base board made of an aluminum alloy having a first portion corresponding to the hollow portion of the case, and a second portion corresponding to a main body portion of the case, the base board being attached to a bottom face of the case via the second portion; a ceramic insulating substrate disposed on the first portion of the base board; a wiring pattern disposed on the ceramic insulating substrate; semiconductor elements disposed on the wiring pattern; metal wiring boards connected to the semiconductor elements; and a sealing resin that seals the hollow portion of the case.
US10211121B2
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.
US10211110B1
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes supplying an inert gas into a process chamber; exhausting an internal atmosphere of the process chamber from an exhaust part; acquiring first data serving as reference data on a relationship between a flow rate of the inert gas and a pressure in one of the process chamber or the exhaust part; processing a substrate accommodated in the process chamber by supplying a processing gas into the process chamber; and adjusting exhaust characteristics by adjusting a valve opening degree of an exhaust regulating part installed in the exhaust part.
US10211103B1
Methods of forming a SAC cap with SiN U-shaped and oxide T-shaped structures and the resulting devices are provided. Embodiments include forming a substrate with a trench and a plurality of gate structures; forming a nitride liner over portions of the substrate and along sidewalls of each gate structure; forming an ILD between each gate structure and in the trench; recessing each gate structure between the ILD; forming a U-shaped nitride liner over each recessed gate structure; forming an a-Si layer over the nitride liner and the U-shaped nitride liner; removing portions of the nitride liner, the U-shaped nitride liner and the a-Si layer; forming a W layer over portions of the substrate adjacent to and between the a-Si layer; forming an oxide liner over the nitride liner, the U-shaped nitride liner and along sidewalls of the W layer; and forming an oxide layer over portions of the oxide liner.
US10211092B1
Fabricating a transistor includes receiving a semiconductor structure including a source/drain, a gate, and a spacer disposed between the source/drain and the gate, a trench contact disposed on the source/drain, a self-aligned cap disposed on the gate, and an interlevel dielectric layer disposed on the spacer, self-aligned cap, and trench contact. A source/drain contact is formed within the interlevel dielectric layer in contact with the trench contact and forming a gate contact in contact with the gate. The interlevel dielectric layer is removed from the spacer, self-aligned cap, and source/drain contact. The self-aligned cap and the spacer is selectively etched. A dielectric liner of a first dielectric material is deposited upon a top of the gate, the trench contact and the S/D contact. The first dielectric material of the dielectric liner pinches off a gap between the gate and the trench contact to form an air spacer therebetween.
US10211078B2
The present invention provides a position-detecting and chip-separating device applied to a semiconductor structure that includes a base layer and a plurality of light emitting chips disposed on the base layer. The position-detecting and chip-separating device includes a position detecting module and a chip separating module. The position detecting module includes an emitting element and a receiving element, and the chip separating module corresponds to the position detecting module. The position detecting module provides a position data of a contact interface between the base layer and the light emitting chip by pairing of the emitting element and the receiving element. A projection light source generated by the chip separating module is projected onto the contact interface between the base layer and the light emitting chip according to the position data so as to easily separate the light emitting chip from the base layer.
US10211075B2
An apparatus and a method for treating a substrate with liquid are disclosed. The substrate treating apparatus comprises a substrate supporting unit for supporting the substrate, a liquid supply unit for supplying a liquid to the substrate supported on the substrate supporting unit, and a controller for controlling the liquid supply unit, wherein the liquid supply unit comprises a first nozzle for supplying a first liquid and a second nozzle for supplying a second liquid, and a second area where the second liquid is supplied on the substrate is provided within a first area where the first liquid is supplied on the substrate. The first liquid and the second liquid supplied with a hydrophobic film are discharged with different ways from each other. Thereby, particles with various sizes may be removed depending on each discharge methods.
US10211071B2
Embodiments of a method for packaging Integrated Circuit (IC) dies and an IC device are described. In an embodiment, a method for packaging IC dies involves creating openings on a substrate, where side surfaces of the openings on the substrate are covered by metal layers, placing the IC dies into the openings on the substrate, applying a second metal layer to the substrate, where the IC dies are electrically connected to at least a portion of the second metal layer, and cutting the substrate into IC devices.
US10211067B1
The wiring substrate includes a cavity and a plurality of metal leads disposed around the cavity. The metal leads are bonded with a resin compound and electrically connected to a buildup circuitry or a re-distribution layer under the cavity. The bottom of the cavity is covered by a dielectric layer of the buildup circuitry or the resin compound, and an aperture is formed through the dielectric layer of the buildup circuitry or the resin compound to be communicated with the cavity. As a result, a semiconductor device can be face-down disposed in the cavity and electrically connected to the buildup circuitry or the re-distribution layer by bonding wires extending through the aperture.
US10211061B1
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure includes forming a target layer, a lower hard mask layer, a middle hard mask layer, and an upper hard mask layer in sequence on a substrate. A first mask layer is then formed on the upper hard mask layer. A first patterned upper hard mask layer having at least one recess and at least one remained portion under the recess is formed, wherein the remained portion remains a thickness that is less than a depth of the recess. A patterned organic layer is then formed on the recess. A second patterned upper hard mask layer is form by etching the first patterned upper hard mask layer. A patterned target layer is then formed by etching the middle hard mask layer, the lower hard mask layer, and the target layer by using the second patterned upper hard mask layer as a mask.
US10211056B2
A resist layer is applied to a metal film disposed on a semiconductor substrate, using a positive photoresist having photosensitivity to at least one wavelength. The resist layer is exposed to light including a region of the one wavelength. The exposed resist layer is developed. After the step of developing the resist layer, the metal film is subjected to wet etching with the resist layer used as a mask, in an etching apparatus. The etching apparatus is placed in an environment irradiated with a lighting apparatus that emits light with a wavelength equal to or shorter than the one wavelength cut off.
US10211053B2
Methods of forming staircase-shaped connection structures of three-dimensional semiconductor devices
Provided is a staircase-shaped connection structure of a three-dimensional semiconductor device. The device includes an electrode structure on a substrate, the electrode structure including an upper staircase region, a lower staircase region, and a buffer region therebetween. The electrode structure includes horizontal electrodes sequentially stacked on the substrate, the horizontal electrodes include a plurality of pad regions constituting a staircase structure of each of the upper and lower staircase regions, and the buffer region has a width that is larger than that of each of the pad regions.
US10211051B2
Methods of reversing the tone of a pattern having non-uniformly sized features. The methods include depositing a highly conformal hard mask layer over the patterned layer with a non-planar protective coating and etch schemes for minimizing critical dimension variations.
US10211049B2
Using processes disclosed herein, materials and structures are created and used. For example, processes can include melting boron nitride or amorphous carbon into an undercooled state followed by quenching. Exemplary new materials disclosed herein can be ferromagnetic and/or harder than diamond. Materials disclosed herein may include dopants in concentrations exceeding thermodynamic solubility limits. A novel phase of solid carbon has structure different than diamond and graphite.
US10211044B2
This method for manufacturing a ferroelectric thin film device includes: a lower electrode film formation step of forming a lower electrode film on a substrate; a ferroelectric thin film formation step of forming a ferroelectric thin film made of a sodium potassium niobate on the lower electrode film; an upper electrode film formation step of forming an upper electrode film on the ferroelectric thin film; and an upper electrode film etching step of shaping the upper electrode film into a desired micro-pattern by performing a reactive ion etching process on the upper electrode film. The upper electrode film etching step is a step of calculating a rate of change of sodium emission intensity in an ion plasma generated by the reactive ion etching process and determining that the etching process is completed when the rate of change falls below a predetermined threshold.
US10211040B2
A quadrupole mass filter and method for operating the filter are described. AC voltages are applied to the quadrupole to separate ions based on mass-to-charge ratio. Frequency is scanned with a simultaneous amplitude scan. Ions are measured over a broad m/z range with high resolution. A resolving power of about 1,200 was demonstrated. Ions were observed for m/z values over 150,000 Th.
US10211029B1
A method for producing a steady-state three dimensional shape in a plasma includes filling a space with a gas, ionizing the gas with a radio frequency source to form a plasma, and directing acoustic waves into the plasma from a plurality of acoustic sources. The acoustic waves from each of the plurality of acoustic sources interact to create standing wave pattern forming a three dimensional shape in the plasma.
US10211026B2
A method for evaluating a specimen, the method can include positioning an energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) detector at a first position; scanning a flat surface of the specimen by a charged particle beam that exits from a charged particle beam optics tip and propagates through an aperture of an EDX detector tip; detecting, by the EDX detector, x-ray photons emitted from the flat surface as a result of the scanning of the flat surface with the charged particle beam; after a completion of the scanning of the flat surface, positioning the EDX detector at a second position in which a distance between the EDX detector tip and a plane of the flat surface exceeds a distance between the plane of the flat surface and the charged particle beam optics tip; and wherein a projection of the EDX detector on the plane of the flat surface virtually falls on the flat surface when the EDX detector is positioned at the first position and when the EDX detector is positioned at the second position.
US10211013B2
A remote control device may be configured to be mounted over the toggle actuator of a light switch and to control a lighting load. The remote control device may comprise a base portion having planar extensions removably attached or affixed thereto. The planar extensions may be adapted to be received in a gap between a faceplate of the light switch and the toggle actuator for holding the remote control device against the faceplate. The planar extensions may comprise barbs that allow for insertion of the extensions in the gap, but may bite into the faceplate to hinder removal of the remote control device. The planar extensions may be defined by a mounting structure that is configured to be disposed between a yoke of the mechanical switch and the faceplate, and that protrudes beyond a front surface of the faceplate.
US10211007B2
A switch includes a pushbutton comprising an actuating portion, a first fixed contact element and a first movable contact element facing the first fixed contact element for establishing a first switching way. The first movable contact element may include a movable portion of a first elastically deformable conductive blade. The actuating portion may include a first cam which cooperates with a cam follower portion of the first blade to deform or relax the first blade for longitudinally moving the first movable contact element to come into contact, or out of contact, with the portion of the first fixed contact element, depending on the vertical position of the actuation member. A second fixed contact element and second movable contact may be similarly constructed to provide a second switching way.
US10211003B1
A DC voltage circuit interrupter that provides polarity insensitive arc suppression. The circuit interrupter includes two permanent magnets that are positioned in proximity to each of the contacts in the circuit interrupter and is designed to urge an arc that develops between the contacts either toward a first arc extinguisher or a second arc extinguisher depending on the polarity of the applied DC voltage. The circuit interrupter being quick to assemble, light-weight and relatively inexpensive and easy to mount.
US10210986B2
An inductor includes a magnetic core lying in a core plane. The magnetic core includes a vertical laminated structure with respect to the core plane of alternating ferromagnetic vertical layers and insulator vertical layers. An easy axis of magnetization can be permanently or semi-permanently fixed in the ferromagnetic vertical layers along an axis orthogonal to the core plane. Methods of manufacturing same are also disclosed.
US10210984B2
An electronic apparatus includes a base including a surrounding wall defining first and second receiving spaces and having first and second end surfaces, and an electronic module including a terminal unit, and first and second electronic units respectively received in the first and second receiving spaces. The terminal unit includes two first terminals connected to the first electronic unit, two second terminals connected to the second electronic unit, and two connecting terminals, each of which has first and second sections respectively extending from the first and second end surfaces and connected to the first and second electronic units, and an interconnecting section embedded within the base and interconnecting the first and second sections.
US10210977B2
A power converter module is connected to an electrical power supply and is configured to generate a first voltage and a second voltage for controlling operation of a valve, where the valve includes a solenoid for affecting opening and closing of the valve. The first voltage is a boost voltage for accelerating opening of the valve. The second voltage is a holding voltage for maintaining the valve in an open state. A boost control module is configured to control supply of the first voltage to the solenoid of the valve in accordance with a first state of an opening boost control signal when a valve control signal directs opening of the valve, and is configured to control supply of the second voltage to the solenoid of the valve in accordance with a second state of the opening boost control signal when the valve control signal directs opening of the valve.
US10210974B2
In a coil component (planar coil element), at least part of a third metal magnetic powder constituting a metal magnetic powder and having a minimum average grain diameter is uncoated, which suppresses a reduction in magnetic permeability. On the other hand, the remaining metal powders are coated with glass, which improves the insulating properties of a metal magnetic powder-containing resin and reduces core loss.
