US10532374B2
A thin film production method according to one embodiment includes: a coating film forming step of forming a coating film by discharging a coating liquid on a support from first to M-th line heads (M is 2 or larger and N or smaller) while allowing the support to pass through N line heads once; and a drying step of obtaining a thin film by drying the coating film. A thin film forming nozzle hole 28 of the m-th line head (m is 2 or larger and M or smaller) is arranged to be positioned between adjacent thin film forming nozzle holes in an (m−1)-th thin film forming nozzle hole array Qm-1. Every time the first line head discharges the coating liquid, the m-th line head applies the coating liquid onto the support at a predetermined delay time with respect to a discharge time of the first line head. The first to M-th line heads discharge the coating liquid from the film forming nozzle hole selected in accordance with a shape of a thin film formation region onto the support.
US10532371B2
A dispensing assembly for dispensing fluid generally includes a container having a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and a sprayer having arms extending away from the sprayer. The arms of the sprayer define a channel configured to receive at least part of the handle of the container within the channel to thereby couple the sprayer to the container. Such a dispensing assembly can be made by forming the container with a handle located toward an upper portion of the container, and forming the sprayer with the arms such that the arms can be used to couple the sprayer to the handle of the container, where the arms extend away from the sprayer and define the channel for receiving at least part of the handle of the container into the channel.
US10532355B2
Microfluidic plate comprising a plurality of microfluidic networks and inlets providing access to the microfluidic networks, wherein each microfluidic network comprises a capillary pressure barrier and extends through a first plane, each inlet is formed by an inlet chamber having a bottom surface, a support structure is provided above each inlet, which support structure defines an opening and comprises at least one support member positioned at the opening such that a circle can be defined in a second plane extending parallel to the first plane, which circle has the largest possible diameter while being completely located within the opening and in contact with the at least one support member, and the support structure is configured such that a first empty space is formed, which first empty space extends from the second plane towards the inlet chamber and has the form of a right circular cone or a truncated right circle cone, wherein the circle forms a base plane of the right circular cone or the truncated right circle cone.
US10532347B2
Embodiments of processes for producing propylene utilize a dual catalyst system comprising a mesoporous silica catalyst impregnated with metal oxide and a mordenite framework inverted (MFI) structured silica catalyst downstream of the mesoporous silica catalyst, where the mesoporous silica catalyst includes a pore size distribution of at least 2.5 nm to 40 nm and a total pore volume of at least 0.600 cm3/g, and the MFI structured silica catalyst has a total acidity of 0.001 mmol/g to 0.1 mmol/g. The propylene is produced from the butene stream via metathesis by contacting the mesoporous silica catalyst and subsequent cracking by contacting the MFI structured silica catalyst.
US10532345B2
The invention has as its object a method for preparation of catalysts based on cobalt substrates, implementing a concatenation of stages for impregnation, drying and calcination under particular conditions.The invention also relates to the use of said catalysts in Fischer-Tropsch synthesis methods.
US10532342B2
The present invention relates to a zeolite adsorbent having an external surface area of between 20 m2·g−1 and 70 m2·g−1, a mesopore volume (Vmeso) of less than or equal to 0.20 cm3·g−1, and a content of non-zeolite phase (NZP) of less than or equal to 6%, and in which at least one of its dimensions is greater than or equal to 30 μm.The invention also relates to the process for preparing said zeolite materials in agglomerated form and to the uses thereof for gas-phase or liquid-phase separation operations.
US10532338B2
The present disclosure relates to a single shell open interstage reactor (“SSOI”). The SSOI comprises a first reaction stage, an interstage heat exchanger, an open interstage region, and a second reaction stage. The SSOI may be configured for upflow or downflow operation. Further, the open interstage region of the SSOI may comprise a supplemental oxidant feed. When the open interstage region comprises a supplemental oxidant feed, the SSOI may further comprise a supplemental oxidant mixing assembly. Processes for producing acrylic acid through the oxidation of propylene are also disclosed.
US10532336B2
A system for measurement of quantity (density) of particles/solid materials in wastewater, and dilution of particle quantity based on the intended application. Currently enabling quick and serial measurement of particle quantity in laboratory environment, this system is placed inside the desired step of the process of an industrial facility. This way, the system yields quick results and in turn reduces the analysis and evaluation costs.
US10532334B2
Described in detail herein is an automated paint mixing system. The paint mixing system includes a mobile device which can receive an input associated with a color of a paint. The mobile device can transmit the input associated with a color to a first computing system. The first computing system can receive the input associated with a color. The first computing system retrieve an identifier associated with the color based on the input. The first computing system can transmit the identifier associated with the color to a second computing system. The second computing system can instruct a paint dispenser to mix and generate a specified amount of paint of the requested color based on the received identifier. The second computing system can instruct a 3-D printer to fabricate a three-dimensional container configured to store the generated paint. The paint dispenser can deposit the generated paint in the three-dimensional container.
US10532329B2
Microporous polyamide-imide membranes and methods for making them are disclosed. The microporous membrane includes polyamide-imide polymer, wherein the membrane has an HFE bubble point, and an IPA flow-time. The microporous membrane has an HFE bubble point from about 25 psi to about 200 psi and has an IPA flow-time from about 400 second to about 40,000 seconds. Another microporous polyamide-imide membrane includes a polyamide-imide polymer, wherein the membrane has a HFE bubble point from about 25 psi to about 200 psi. The membrane is asymmetric—and has a tight layer with a thickness of <10 microns. Filter and purification devices incorporating such devices are also disclosed.
US10532325B2
Many hand-held diagnostics are limited in their functionality due to the challenging physics associated with small dimensional systems. An example of this is capillary forces in hydrophilic systems, such as the tight retention of liquid passing through a small pore filtration membrane, or capillary force driven microfluidics where, to keep liquid flowing the dimensions of the system become so small that the flow rates are too low to be useful, or the manufacturing of such devices becomes uneconomical. This disclosure details methods to ‘reset’ the capillary force condition to avoid the requirement of transient pressure spikes associated with the breakthrough pressure of small pore membranes, and avoid the necessity of extremely small microfluidic channels, which can be useful in applications such as filtration of whole blood to plasma using only suction pressure or passive capillary pressure.
US10532322B2
Elastic microfiltration membranes are provided. These membranes may be used in a membrane bioreactor. Due to the elastic nature of the membranes, removal of fouling materials is improved, thereby increasing the efficiency and longevity of the membranes. Methods for forming such membranes and uses of the membranes are also provided, including their use in membrane bioreactors.
US10532321B2
An energy recovery device is provided in a seawater desalination system for desalinating seawater by removing salinity from the seawater. A pressure exchange chamber for pressurizing seawater by a pressure of concentrated seawater discharged from a reverse-osmosis membrane-separation apparatus includes a first supply and discharge port connected to a switching valve for performing supply and discharge of liquid, a second supply and discharge port connected to a directional control valve for performing supply and discharge of liquid, a flow resistor provided at the first supply and discharge port side in the chamber and configured to regulate the flow, and a flow resistor provided at the second supply and discharge port side in the chamber and configured to regulate the flow, and a flowmeter provided between the two flow resistors and configured to measure a flow rate of the liquid in the chamber.
US10532318B2
The disclosure relates to a method and system for treating ballast water and ballast water treatment systems in order for treatment effects to be carried out, such as controlling the transportation of undesirable and invasive marine organisms. In particular, the disclosure relates to methods and systems for applying a superimposed time-varying frequency electromagnetic wave comprising both AC and DC components in a pulsating manner to ballast water within a ballast water treatment system.
US10532316B2
A microcomputer acquires first and second NH3 electromotive forces from a first NH3 detection section and a second NH3 detection section, and computes a NH3 concentration, which is the concentration of NH3 contained in exhaust gas. The first and second NH3 detection sections output the first and second NH3 electromotive forces which vary with both the concentrations of NH3 and a flammable gas contained in the exhaust gas. The microcomputer acquires a second pumping current from an NOx detection section and computes an NOx concentration, which is the concentration of NOx contained in the exhaust gas. The NOx detection section outputs the second pumping current which varies with the concentration of NOx and the concentration of NH3. The microcomputer determines whether or not the exhaust gas contains the flammable gas based on at least the first and second NH3 electromotive forces and the second pumping current.
US10532311B2
A method of producing inert gas uses an electrochemical gas separator with a proton exchange membrane to produce oxygen-depleted air and a water vapor transport module to dehumidify oxygen-depleted air. A drying mechanism is leveraged in conjunction with the water vapor transport module to dry the oxygen-depleted air. The dried oxygen-depleted air is then used in a location requiring inerting.
US10532302B2
A water purifying apparatus including a head having a water inlet portion and a water outlet portion; a shaft provided in the head and rotatably mounted between the water inlet portion and the water outlet portion; a bypass flow path passing through a circumference of the shaft, and communicating the water inlet portion with the water outlet portion according to rotation of the shaft; a filter detachably mounted to the head, and having a filter inserting portion in which the shaft is inserted when being mounted on the head; and a filtering flow path in which an inlet port and an outlet port are formed on the circumference of the shaft in a direction intersecting the bypass flow path, and communicated between the filter, the water inlet portion and the water outlet portion with each other according to the rotation of the shaft.
US10532281B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for gamification of data center transformation. In one embodiment, a processor-implemented method is disclosed, comprising: dynamically generating in real-time, via a hardware processor, a multi-player gaming environment including a plurality of graphical elements; wherein at least one constraint applying to one of the graphical elements reflects a constraint applying to a real-world data center; wherein a configuration of at least one of the graphical elements reflects a configuration parameter of the real-world data center; providing, via the hardware processor, the gaming environment to a plurality of users; modifying, via the hardware processor, the configuration of the at least one of the graphical elements based on game play of the plurality of users; and providing, via the hardware processor, an output indicating a modified configuration of the at least one of the graphical elements for modifying the configuration parameter of the real-world data center.
US10532270B2
A ski having vents for venting snow from beneath the ski to a location above the ski and a modified keel that provides for greater and easier directional control over the ski relative to a conventional ski.
US10532269B2
A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.
US10532265B2
The present disclosure is directed to a system for sensor-based objective determination. In general, sensor data may be used to render objective determinations that were not previously possible due to the unavoidable subjectivity of human-based officiating systems. For example, at least one device may be configured to make objective determinations during the course of a sporting event. Data collection circuitry may receive data from sensor devices coupled to players, equipment, playing surfaces, etc. Data analysis circuitry may categorize the data and input the data into a model to determine if an infraction occurred. For example, categorization may involve determining a type of infraction that may have occurred based on the sensor data. The model may then be selected based on the type of infraction, the model being developed utilizing prior sensor data, rules for the sporting event, etc. Output circuitry may generate a notification based on the infraction determination.
US10532256B2
A golf club head comprises a sole, a recessed sole port in the sole; and a rotatably adjustable sole piece adapted to be at least partially received within the sole port and comprising a central body having a plurality of contact surfaces adapted to contact the sole port and being offset from each other along a central axis extending through the central body of the sole piece. The sole piece can be positioned at least partially within the sole port at five or more rotational and axial positions with respect to the central axis, wherein at each rotational position, at least one of said contact surfaces of the central body contacts the sole port to set the axial position of the sole piece. The sole port and/or the sole piece can be generally pentagonal in shape.
US10532253B2
A polyurethane-ionomer hybrid resin composition for a golf ball cover having excellent elastic reaction force and backspin performance comprises 100 parts by weight of a modified ionomer having a number average molecular weight in a range of 1,000 to 2,400, provided as a reaction product generated by a reaction among a polyol including hydroxyl groups on opposing ends of the polyol, a monomer of acrylic acid or methacrylic acid having 2 to 3 functional groups, and zirconia, and modified in such a manner that a polyester oligomer in a zirconia complex state and a zirconia filled state is added to an ionomer resin to be reacted, and a portion of unsaturated carboxylic acid of an ionomer is neutralized to be zirconium and additionally polymerized to be the polyester oligomer; 20 to 40 parts by weight of a block polyurethane prepolymer with respect to 100 parts by weight of the modified ionomer; 70 to 100 parts by weight of the ionomer with respect to 100 parts by weight of the modified ionomer; and 1 to 10 parts by weight of a chain extender with respect to 100 parts by weight of the block polyurethane prepolymer.
US10532250B2
The present invention is directed to golf balls having surface textures with unique appearances and improved aerodynamic characteristics due, at least in part, to the use of curvilinear dimple plan shapes. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a plan shape defined by a number of convex or concave arcs that are derived from the vertices of a regular n-sided polygon, for example, an equilateral triangle or square.
US10532245B1
An orthotic foot rest is a pedal for a pedaling machine. It includes a platform, an instep-strap and/or a heel strap and a width-adjusting assembly. The platform holds a person's foot that is either bare or in a shoe. When present, the instep-strap forms an arch extending up above the platform such that the person's foot, with or without a shoe, can be slipped under the arch and rest on the platform. When present, the heel strap encircles the person's foot. A width-adjusting assembly adjusts the tension against the side of the foot to secure it in place on the platform. Paired-strap-posts define a u-shaped-slot between them that is wide enough to receive the strap and restrain a cam buckle that is slidably attachable on each of the straps. A release strap enables a person to pull on the release-strap to remove the buckle from the u-shaped-slot.
US10532237B2
An emitter system capable of discharging an atomized liquid-gas stream or a liquid stream which atomizes into a spray has a source of pressurized gas and one or more sources of pressurized liquids. Flow of gas and liquid to an emitter is controlled by valves, and the emitter can be used to discharge either the atomized liquid-gas stream or the liquid stream. The emitter system may be used for fire suppression.
US10532228B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for using a multi-layer multi-color scintillation based detector element to image a tumor of a patient using a process of determining residual energies of positively charged particles after passing through the patient, the process comprising the steps of: (1) transmitting the positively charged particles at known energies through the patient and into a multi-layer detector element; (2) detecting first and second secondary photons, resultant from passage of the positively charged particles, respectively from a first layer of a first scintillation material and a second layer of a second scintillation material at two respective layer depths, where the first wavelength range differs from the second wavelength range; (4) determining residual energies of the positively charged particles, using output from the step of detecting; and (5) relating the residual energies to body densities to generate an image.
US10532226B2
A method and system for combination therapy utilizing local drug delivery and radiotherapy at a target site of body tissue are provided. The delivery system comprises a source electrode adapted to be positioned proximate to a target site of internal body tissue. A counter electrode is in electrical communication with the source electrode, and is configured to cooperate with the source electrode to form a localized electric field proximate to the target site. A cargo may be delivered to the target site when exposed to the localized electric field. Radiotherapy is applied to the target site in combination with the local drug delivery.
US10532221B2
A method for noninvasive treatment of diabetic retinopathy helps prevent and reverses diabetic retinopathy and other vascular retinopathies, such as diabetic macular edema for a patient. The method comprises administering at least 80 percent pure oxygen to a patient in an oxygen chamber or nasal cannula. The oxygen chamber includes light emitting diodes that emit a light having a wavelength between 630-700 nm wavelengths on the patient. The method also includes administering an anti-inflammatory agent; an anti-oxidant; at least one of the following: an amino acid, arginine, and citrulline; and an omega-3 fatty acids to the patient. In extreme cases of diabetic retinopathy, a cold laser therapy is also administered to the patient with a wavelength between 570 nanometers and 1000 nanometers. The combination of all the aforementioned treatment modalities and compositions that work to synergistically to achieve unexpected clinical results for prevention and reversal of diabetic retinopathy.
US10532203B2
Implantable cardiac pacing systems and methods for providing substernal pacing are described. In one example, a cardiac pacing system includes a pacemaker implanted in a patient and an implantable medical electrical lead. The implantable medical electrical lead includes an elongated lead body having a proximal end and a distal portion, a connector configured to couple to the pacemaker at the proximal end of the elongated lead body, and one or more electrodes along the distal portion of the elongated lead body, wherein the distal portion of the elongated lead body of the lead is implanted substantially within an anterior mediastinum of the patient and the pacemaker is configured to deliver pacing pulses to a heart of the patient.
US10532200B2
A device that may be placed on a biological barrier can be used to perforate the biological barrier for a variety of purposes such as cosmetic, scar treatment or for the delivery of active agents. A flexible substrate has a first side and a second opposing side and a plurality of micro-penetrator arrangements each comprising a head and a first and second projection, for penetrating a biological barrier, extending from the head. The first and second projection at least partially extend through the flexible substrate towards the first side. The head comprises an elongate arm for spacing apart the first and second projections. A force is applied to the second side causing flexing of the flexible substrate and pushing the projections into communication with a biological barrier.
US10532194B2
Inline storage pouches and systems for receiving and retaining body fluids from an animal are presented. The inline storage pouch include a flexible pouch body has an interior portion with a fluid storage material disposed within the interior portion. In addition to receiving body fluids, the inline storage pouch may fluidly couple a pressure sensing conduit between a first port and a second port using a first bypass conduit. The first port may be a patient-port interface. The second port may be a device-port interface. Multiple sensors and bypass conduits may be included and associated with a microprocessor that is configured to locate blockages or determine when the inline storage pouch is full. Another inline storage pouch has two chambers and receives and discharges fluids from a pouch connector. Other pouches, systems, and methods are presented herein.
US10532190B2
A coated medical device (10) including a structure (12) adapted for introduction into a passage or vessel of a patient. The structure is formed of preferably a non-porous base material (14) having a bioactive material layer (18) disposed thereon. The medical device is preferably an implantable stent or balloon (26) of which the bioactive material layer is deposited thereon. The stent can be positioned around the balloon and another layer of the bioactive material posited over the entire structure and extending beyond the ends of the positioned stent. The ends of the balloon extend beyond the ends of the stent and include the bioactive material thereon for delivering the bioactive material to the cells of a vessel wall coming in contact therewith. The balloon further includes a layer of hydrophilic material (58) positioned between the base and bioactive material layers of the balloon.
US10532187B2
A steerable catheter is disclosed, having an elongated, tubular catheter body with at least one deflection member slidably disposed within a lumen, secured at a distal end to a tip section and terminating in an interconnect at a proximal end and a handle releasably attached to the proximal end of the catheter body. The handle has at least one sliding member coupled to an actuator, such that manipulation of the actuator causes relative longitudinal movement with respect to the handle, wherein the interconnect and the sliding member engage when the handle is attached to the catheter body so that the relative longitudinal movement of the sliding member is transmitted to the deflection member and wherein the interconnect and the sliding member disengage when the handle is released from the catheter body.
US10532185B2
In some examples, a catheter includes an elongated body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and defining an inner lumen, an outer body wall having a wall cross-sectional diameter, and a distal aperture at the distal end. A distal portion of the elongated body including a taper section that tapers from the outer body wall of the distal portion to the distal aperture, with the distal portion defining a plurality of slits open to the distal aperture. The distal aperture has an aperture diameter greater than zero and less than the wall cross-sectional diameter. The distal portion defining the plurality of slits is configured to substantially center the distal end around a guide member when the guide member is introduced in the inner lumen and extends through the distal aperture.
US10532184B2
A catheter packaging includes a catheter tray, having a bottom, a raised edge connected to and surrounding the bottom, a first matrix of holes perforated through the bottom, and a protuberance protruding above a portion of the bottom, the protuberance being dimensioned to raise a distal end of a catheter attached to the protuberance by a predetermined height above the bottom. The protuberance includes a second matrix of holes perforated through the protuberance. The catheter packaging further includes first ties, configured to secure the catheter to the bottom of the catheter tray by threading the first ties through selected holes of the first matrix and tying the first ties around the catheter, and second ties, configured to secure the distal end of the catheter to the protuberance by threading the second ties through selected holes of the second matrix and tying the second ties around the distal end.
US10532169B2
The invention relates to a small, low-noise side channel compressor for producing a defined volumetric flow, such as is needed in particular for devices for ventilation therapy. This is achieved by means of a new type of shape of the blade chambers (24) in the impeller (12) and the blade chamber walls (29), which separate the blade chambers and become thicker toward the circumference of the impeller, supported by a high-speed drive and a large number of blade chambers (24) at a small impeller diameter.
US10532153B2
An insertion device for use with an insertion set is provided. The insertion device includes a first housing having a rail. The insertion device includes a hub having a first end coupled to the rail and a second end including a projection. The hub is movable relative to the first housing along the rail. The insertion device includes a locking carrier in the first housing and movable between a first position and a second position. The locking carrier is coupled to the projection in the first position and the projection is released in the second position. The insertion device includes a second housing coupled to the insertion set and surrounding at least a portion of the first housing to define a gap. The locking carrier is received in the gap in the second position to release the projection of the hub and to enable the insertion set to be uncoupled.
US10532149B2
A suction device includes an outer tube having an inlet at a first end and an inner suction tube located within the outer tube, the inner suction tube having an inlet at a first end corresponding to the first end of the outer tube. The inlet of the inner suction tube is offset by a distance from the inlet of the outer suction tube, such that the inlet of the inner suction tube is located within the outer suction tube.
US10532148B2
A system for anal irrigation is provided. The system includes a container, an anal probe, tubes and an electrical pump. The container has two configurations, a first collapsed configuration and a second expanded configuration. In the first configuration, a cavity for storing tubes and the anal probe is provided. In the second configuration, the container has a cavity for containing irrigation liquid. The pump and valves is stored in a cavity towards the bottom of the container.
US10532147B2
The invention relates to a method of flushing an extracorporeal blood circuit, preferably an extracorporeal blood circuit of a dialysis machine, with a flushing liquid, wherein the flushing liquid contains an anticoagulant agent, preferably heparin. The invention further relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment unit, preferably to a dialysis machine, having an extracorporeal blood circuit and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to carry out a flushing method in accordance with one of the preceding claims before the start of the treatment and/or intermittently during the treatment.
US10532144B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing fluid from a blood filter (19) for the blood treatment of a patient and/or for removing blood from the flood filter (19) after completing the blood treatment session. It further relates to a control and/or regulating device (29), a medical treatment apparatus having a control and/or regulating device (29) with which the method according to the present invention is executable, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US10532141B2
Systems and methods for controlling fluid movement and volumes of fluid between a subject and a controlled compliant flow path. The controlled compliant flow path has a means for selectively metering in and metering out fluid from the controlled compliant flow path. An extracorporeal flow path is in fluid communication with the controlled compliant flow path across a semi-permeable membrane where the extracorporeal flow path has a first terminal end and a second terminal end.
US10532140B2
The invention relates to a system comprising a plurality of medical devices, preferably dialysis devices, which are connected to a common supply system, wherein the system has an evaluation unit which is connected to all devices of the system and which is configured such that values set in the different devices and/or predefined values and/or measured values, which are determined by means of at least one sensor and which relate to corresponding parameters, are compared with at least one expected value for recognizing errors of the supply system and/or of an individual device.
US10532128B2
Implantable devices comprising a scaffold, cells, and/or therapeutic molecules are provided. Uses include inhibition of pathological immunity, elaboration of therapeutic growth factors, and immune augmentation. The implantable device may contain a porous substrate structure to which therapeutic cells are adherent, which can be implanted and explanted from a patient. In another embodiment, a medical device includes a porous substrate seeded with therapeutic cells, said device comprising of an additional layer allowing free exchange of molecules without cell escape. Said medical device is seeded with thymic medullary epithelial cells or progenitors of said thymic medullary epithelial cells. In conditions where tolerance to alloreactive donor cells is desired, the thymic medullary epithelial cells or progenitors thereof are derived from recipient cells. In conditions where tolerance to alloreactive recipient cells is desired, the thymic medullary epithelial cells or progenitors thereof are derived from donor cells.
US10532127B2
Methods to produce perforated collagen coated meshes for use as implants have been developed. The method involves positioning needles through the pores of the mesh, coating the mesh with a collagen solution, freezing the coated mesh, removing the needles from the frozen coated mesh, drying the collagen coated mesh, and optionally cross-linking the coated mesh. The method allows perforated collagen coated meshes to be prepared with variable thickness, and without damage to the surface of the mesh. The perforations of the collagen coated meshes may be designed to prevent the formation of fluid pockets when the coated meshes are implanted, and to permit rapid incorporation into host tissue. The perforated collagen coated meshes may be used for soft tissue repair, regeneration or remodeling including, for example, hernia repair, mastopexy, treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic floor reconstruction, and ligament and tendon repair.
US10532121B2
The invention refers to a device for evaporating volatile substances comprising: a container of a liquid volatile substance, and a vapour permeable membrane (1) and a thermoplastic porous or fibrous laminate (2) bonded together. Said container is closed at its opening by said vapour permeable membrane (1) and the fibrous laminate (2), wherein the fibrous laminate (2) is welded to the thermoformed part of the container.
US10532120B2
A scent dispenser includes a main body, a liquid tank unit, a diffusing member for diffusing the liquid from the main body, a control module supported in the main body, an audio speaker unit provided in the main body and electrically connected to the control module, and an illuminating arrangement. The illuminating arrangement includes a supporting frame supported by the main body, and a plurality of illuminating units embedded in the supporting frame and electrically connected to the control module, the illuminating units and the audio speaker unit being driven by the control module to deliver an optimal mix of lighting and sound effect respectively while the liquid is diffused and dispensed from the main body.
US10532114B2
A synthetic calcium phosphate-based biomedical material comprising gadolinium. The material may comprises a compound having the general chemical formula: Ca10−yGdy(PO4)6−x(SiO4)x(OH)2−c+y where 0
US10532111B2
The present invention relates to variant AAV capsid polypeptides, wherein the variant capsid polypeptides exhibit an enhanced neutralization profile, increased transduction and/or tropism in human liver tissue or hepatocyte cells (i.e., human hepatocyte cells), or both, as compared non-variant parent capsid polypeptides.
US10532108B2
The invention relates generally to pyrrolobenzodiazepine monomer and dimer prodrugs having a glutathione-activated disulfide prodrug moiety, a DT-diaphorase-activated quinone prodrug moiety or a reactive oxygen species-activated aryl boronic acid or aryl boronic ester prodrug moiety. The invention further relates to pyrrolobenzodiazepine prodrug dimer-antibody conjugates.
US10532106B2
The present invention relates to polypeptides which are covalently bound to molecular scaffolds such that two or more peptide loops are subtended between attachment points to the scaffold. In particular, the invention describes peptides which are high affinity binders of membrane type 1 metalloprotease (MT1-MMP). The invention also describes drug conjugates comprising said peptides, conjugated to one or more effector and/or functional groups which have utility in imaging and targeted cancer therapy.
US10532095B2
The invention provides viral vectors (e.g., herpes viral vectors) and methods of using these vectors to treat disease.
US10532092B2
Foot-and-mouth disease virus like particles, the particles including a structural protein VP0, a structural protein VP1 including a mineralization peptide, a structural protein VP3, and a calcium phosphate coat. The structural protein VP1 including a mineralization peptide is encoded by a gene sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 7, SEQ ID NO. 8 or SEQ ID NO. 9. The structural protein VP0 is encoded by a gene sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 2. The structural protein VP3 is encoded by a gene sequence represented by SEQ ID NO. 3. The calcium phosphate coat covers the structural protein VP0, the structural protein VP1 including a mineralization peptide, and the structural protein VP3.
US10532086B2
Methods and compositions comprising recombinant Arginase I proteins which are capable of depleting the plasma arginine levels in a subject are disclosed. The methods and compositions can be used to modulate the activity of the immune system in a subject. Modulation of the immune system is useful in the treatment of immune disorders and in preventing rejection of a transplanted organ, tissue, or cell. The methods and compositions can also be used to treat a bone condition of a subject.
US10532079B2
Extracts or beverages whose ratio between the content of 2,5-piperazinedione,3,6-bis(phenylmethyl)-,(3S,6S)-(unit: μg/100 g) and Brix (Bx) is 6 (μg/100 g)/Bx or more are good in flavor and feeling on the tongue and further have a good appearance.
US10532069B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed for the treatment of osteoarthritis. The compositions comprising combinations of hyaluronic acid, glucosamine, and chondroitin sulfate, can be useful for any synovial joint, including the knee, shoulder, hip, ankle, hands, spinal facet, or temporomandibular joint, both for the relief of pain and for slowing disease progression.
US10532067B2
RNA encoding an immunogen is co-delivered to non-immune cells at the site of delivery and also to immune cells which infiltrate the site of delivery. The responses of these two cell types to the same delivered RNA lead to two different effects, which interact to produce a strong immune response against the immunogen. The non-immune cells translate the RNA and express the immunogen. Infiltrating immune cells respond to the RNA by expressing type I interferons and pro-inflammatory cytokines which produce a local adjuvant effect which acts on the immunogen-expressing non-immune cells to upregulate major histocompatibility complex expression, thereby increasing presentation of the translated protein to T cells. The effects on the immune and non-immune cells can be achieved by a single delivery of a single RNA e.g. by a single injection.
US10532048B2
To provide a pharmaceutical, in particular a compound which can be used as a therapeutic agent for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). It was found that a tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative having an amide group at the 4-position or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof has an excellent bombesin 2 (BB2) receptor antagonistic action. It is also found that the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative is highly effective on bowel movement disorders. From the above, the tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-one derivative of the present invention is useful as a therapeutic agent for diseases associated with a BB2 receptor, in particular IBS.
US10532044B2
Compounds are provided that act as potent antagonists of the CCR2 receptor. Animal testing demonstrates that these compounds are useful for treating inflammation, a hallmark disease for CCR2. The compounds are generally aryl sulfonamide derivatives and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of CCR2-mediated diseases, and as controls in assays for the identification of CCR2 antagonists.
US10532041B2
A method is disclosed for making a pharmaceutical composition for pulmonary administration comprising co-jet milling glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate, wherein the co-jet milled glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate is then subjected to a conditioning step which includes exposure of the co-jet milled glycopyrrolate and magnesium stearate to humidity. A composition made by this method is also disclosed.
US10532037B2
A method for relieving menstrual pain and reducing menstrual blood loss in a female is provided. The method comprises administering to the female an oral combination drug formulation comprising a first therapeutically effective dose of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and a second complementary low dose of tranexamic acid, wherein the NSAID is formulated to relieve the menstrual pain and to reduce a volume of menstrual blood loss of the female, wherein the dose of tranexamic acid ranges from 50 mg to 425 mg per oral combination drug formulation.
US10532034B2
The present invention relates to a method of reducing the production of glutamate from glutamine by glutaminase C in a cell or tissue. The method involves inhibiting glutaminase C activity in the cell or tissue under conditions effective to reduce production of glutamate from glutamine. Compounds for carrying out this method are also disclosed and include those of formula (III): wherein B, R1c, R2c, m, and n are defined herein.
US10532031B2
The present invention provides a simple and improved dosage form that is capable of providing a controlled release of GABAB receptor agonist contained in the core thereof. The invention also provides methods of administering the dosage form and of treating conditions that are therapeutically responsive to GABAB receptor agonist.
US10532027B2
Certain embodiments comprise administering a residence structure to a subject (e.g., a patient) such that the residence structure is retained at a location internal to the subject for a particular amount of time (e.g., at least about 24 hours) before being released. In certain embodiments, the structure has a modular design, combining a material configured for controlled release of therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or enhancement agents with a structural material necessary for gastric residence but configured for controlled and/or tunable degradation/dissolution to determine the time at which retention shape integrity is lost and the structure passes out of the gastric cavity. For example, in certain embodiments, the residence structure comprises a first elastic component, a second component configured to release an active substance, and, optionally, a linker. In some such embodiments, the linker may be configured to degrade.
US10532026B2
The present invention is an aqueous solution which contains two types of methyl celluloses, polyethylene glycol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, and citric acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The composition of the present invention maintains a low viscosity around room temperature, but the composition is suddenly increased in the viscosity due to heat around the body temperature and has thixotropy even after gelation.
US10532018B2
A skin whitening method including: administering to a subject a cosmetic composition including a tranexamic acid-peptide having skin whitening activity selected from the group consisting of Tranexamil-AS, Tranexamil-AT, Tranexamil-AP, Tranexamil-GP, Tranexamil-ES, Tranexamil-KK, Tranexamil-HK, Tranexamil-MY, Tranexamil-GH, Tranexamil-MA, Tranexamil-AH, Tranexamil-CC, Tranexamil-SA, Tranexamil-WA, Tranexamil-WE, Tranexamil-KD, Tranexamil-NA, Tranexamil-TS, Tranexamil-SS, Tranexamil-EC, Tranexamil-TA, Tranexamil-PF, Tranexamil-VS, Tranexamil-VV, Tranexamil-VP, Tranexamil-AA, Tranexamil-PS, Tranexamil-HA, Tranexamil-GK, Tranexamil-KV, Tranexamil-AR, Tranexamil-RP, Tranexamil-PQ, Tranexamil-QG, Tranexamil-PP, Tranexamil-VR, Tranexamil-SV, Tranexamil-ET, Tranexamil-CG and Tranexamil-NT.
US10532016B2
Disclosed herein are zinc-amino acid-tripolyphosphate complexes, oral care and personal care compositions comprising zinc-amino acid-tripolyphosphate complexes, and methods of making and using the same.
US10532010B2
The present invention relates generally to mascara compositions that impart volume to the eyelashes while maintaining a smooth texture and high shine.
US10532007B2
A connector system is configured to fluidly connect a nasogastric tube assembly including a lumen and a tube to a medical device. The system includes a connector including: a fitting configured to provide a fluid-tight connection with the medical device; a neck coupled to the fitting, the neck configured to attach to the nasogastric tube assembly; and a body coupled to the neck, the body configured to provide a fluid-tight connection with the nasogastric tube assembly when at least partially inserted within the lumen; and a first tether including a first fastening region defining a first opening configured to receive the neck, a second fastening region defining a second opening configured to couple to the nasogastric tube assembly, and a link coupling the first fastening region to the second fastening region, the link configured to maintain a fixed distance separating the first fastening region from the second fastening region.
US10532004B2
A medical device of the type used for assisting a user in manually delivering repetitive therapy to a patient (e.g., chest compressions or ventilations in cardiac resuscitation), the device comprising a feedback device configured to generate feedback cues to assist the user in timing the delivery of the repetitive therapy, at least one sensor or circuit element configured to detect actual delivery times, at which the user actually delivers the repetitive therapy, and a processor, memory, and associated circuitry configured to compare the actual delivery times to information representative of desired delivery times to determine cue times at which the feedback cues are generated by the feedback device.
US10532001B2
Embodiments of crutches are disclosed. A crutch has a main body having a substantially vertical tubular member with a plurality of apertures formed therein; an angled portion extending upwardly from the substantially vertical tubular member; an arm rest support extending perpendicularly from the angled portion for receiving an arm rest; and a handle extending outwardly from the arm rest support. The crutch further includes a leg telescopically received into the substantially vertical tubular member, and a foot exchangably received by the leg.
US10531999B2
A device for massaging a user having an elongate body and one or more ribs extending therefrom, the one or more ribs forming an undulation, whereby urging the one or more ribs against a body of the user and rolling the elongate body there along massages the user.
US10531993B2
A pant type disposable absorbent article including a front body panel, a back body panel positioned at a distance from said front body panel, and an absorbent member; the absorbent article having a longitudinal central axis X-X and a transverse central axis Y-Y; the front body panel being substantially rectangular, and having a waist edge, two side edges, and an inward edge including a crotch edge and leg opening edges on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge, the front body panel being at least partially elasticized, the back body panel having a waist edge, two side edges, a crotch edge, and leg opening edges on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge, wherein a distance from the crotch edge to the waist edge is greater than the length of the side edges.
US10531987B2
A sound-absorbing device of the type adapted to cover the ears of a user and comprising a sound-absorbing material, wherein the sound-absorbing material comprises of a thixotropic material.
US10531984B2
An illumination system for projecting illumination light onto an eye. A left (right) light receiving system includes a left (right) objective lens and left (right) image sensor, and guides returning light of the illumination light to the left (right) image sensor via the left (right) objective lens. The objective optical axes of the left and right light receiving systems are disposed nonparallelly to each other. A projection system includes a projection system objective lens, and projects light onto the eye via the projection system objective lens. An optical scanner is used for scanning the eye with the light from the projection system. A deflection member is disposed near the objective optical axes, disposed in the optical path of the projection system between the optical scanner and the projection system objective lens, and deflects the optical path.
US10531978B2
A system for the production of a medical product, above all in the form of an ostomy bag, as well as a method for operation of such a system, uses a highly flexible modular system concept, in which individual feed lines for semi-finished products are provided. The feed lines can transfer semi-finished products to a main line in pre-assembled manner. In the main line, ultimate processing of the semi-finished products to produce the finished product or a further semi-finished product takes place, with the greatest possible work precision, in contrast to conventional systems that guide different film systems in different planes at a distance from one another, to allow pre-processing steps, before bringing the films together in one plane and welded to one another.
US10531975B2
A nasal splint and methods for using such splints are provided. The nasal splint may include an elongate generally planar member comprising first and second ends, and a first outer surface and an opposite second outer surface; a tubular airway extending along the first outer surface at least partially between the first and second ends, thereby defining a lumen having an opening adjacent the first end; and a structure on one of the elongate member and tubular airway adjacent the first end supporting a feature that is spaced apart from the first outer surface and configured to support a suture across the opening when the suture is directed through the elongate member adjacent the first end and the feature.
US10531968B2
A prosthetic limb test fixture is configured to mimic a human stride. An electronic management system can control the test fixture to follow the position and pattern of a particular selected gait cycle during testing. A proposed prosthesis can be attached to the test fixture. Sensor data collected during testing can be evaluated to determine whether the proposed prosthesis is likely to appropriately fit an amputee patient. Iterative adjustments may be made to the prosthesis based on test data in order to maximize the likelihood of a good fit.
US10531962B2
An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The body has a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls such that an interior chamber is defined within the front and rear ends and the first and second walls. The body defines an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter extending about the internal chamber. At least one of the side walls is defined by a solid support structure and an integral porous structure, the porous structure extending from the outer perimeter to the inner perimeter. The porous structure embeds or encapsulates at least a portion of the solid support structure.
US10531960B2
An implant for insertion into the disc space between vertebrae. The implant including a spacer portion, a plate portion coupled to the spacer portion, a plurality of bone fixation elements for engaging the vertebrae and a retention mechanism for preventing the bone fixation elements from postoperatively uncoupling from the implant.
US10531951B2
A prosthetic heart valve for an endoprosthesis used in the treatment of a stenotic heart valve and/or a heart valve insufficiency. The prosthetic heart valve comprises a plurality of leaflets (3,4,5) which are able to switch between their open and close position in response to the blood flow through the heart. The leaflets are attached into a collapsible wire valve frame involving a stent part (1) and a wire mesh part (2) that complement each other in many ways. The prosthetic valve comprises additional elements (6) for its correct positioning and stabilization.
US10531950B2
An intraocular lens, comprising an optic having an anterior surface and a posterior surface, providing a refractive base power, at least one of the anterior surface and the posterior surface having disposed thereon a profile comprising steps having heights determined by combining three constituent diffractive profiles. The diffractive profiles correspond to powers p1, p2 and p3, the powers being different than one another and each power being a positive power less than about 1D or about 1.25D. Each of the diffractive profiles having step heights causing a phase delay, relative to aqueous fluid, of 0.6 to 1.2 times 2π for 546 nm light. The combined profile defined by the function: z=max (diffractive profile (p1), diffractive profile (p2), diffractive profile (p3)), where p3>p2>p1.
US10531945B2
Systems and methods for performing transcatheter coronary artery bypass grafting procedures are provided. The methods generally involve passing the graft from the aorta to the coronary artery through the pericardial space. The systems include poke-out wires, a coring device, and devices for forming anastomoses at the proximal and distal ends of a vascular graft.
US10531944B2
The invention relates to a system for controlling a device implanted in a human or animal body on the basis of voluntary commands issued by a user without the use of any external peripheral. The user issues a voluntary command to the implanted device by applying a specific and predetermined code, consisting of at least one mechanical action and of at least one additional piece of information. Each mechanical action and each additional piece of information are measured by at least one sensor. The output signal(s) of the sensor(s) are processed and used to validate the predetermined code by means of the identification of at least one mechanical action executed by the user and combined with at least one piece of additional information, and the comparison thereof with a corresponding reference model. The invention further relates to a method for detecting an actuation control of an implantable device.
US10531941B2
An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold including first and second regions, each of the first and second regions include a plurality of interstices located therein. The medical device also includes a covering spanning each of the plurality of interstices of the first region. The second region is free of the covering. A biodegradable gripping material is disposed on an outer surface of the covering. Further, the expandable scaffold is configured to shift from a collapsed state to an expanded state and the second region is configured to contact an inner surface of the body lumen in the expanded state. Additionally, the gripping material is designed to initially prevent migration of the expandable scaffold upon implantation in the body lumen until the second region is secured to the inner surface of the body lumen.
US10531940B2
A device for treating fecal incontinence in a subject is provided. The device includes a plug configured for positioning mostly within an anal canal of the subject.
US10531938B2
The invention relates to a method for the production of a restoration from a blank consisting of, or containing, a lithium silicate glass ceramic, wherein at least two layers of ceramic material of different compositions are filled into a mold layer-by-layer and after filling of the layers they are then pressed and sintered, wherein after filling of a first layer this is structured on its surface in such a way that the first layer, viewed across its surface, differs in its height from region to region, and then a layer with a composition that differs from the first layer is filled as a second layer into the mold. After sintering the dental restoration is produced from the blank by mechanical working.
US10531932B2
A tip protector for electrosurgical forceps is provided. The tip protector includes two sleeves connected by a bridge spacer. Each sleeve fits over a respective forceps tine to protect the tips of the forceps. The bridge spacer is sufficiently rigid to maintain the spacing between the tips and prevent the tines from closing or opening. In this manner, the tips can be protected from damage and the tines can be protected against misalignment.
US10531925B2
Navigation systems and methods used to track objects moving in space. One navigation system and method employs trackers having light emitters for indicating when line-of-sight between tracking elements on the trackers and sensors is obstructed or for other errors. Another navigation system and method instructs users on how to place a tracker with respect to an object to reduce line-of-sight issues during a surgical procedure.
US10531923B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US10531921B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a state of tissue sealing during a tissue sealing process. According to the disclosed method, an optical probe beam is used to irradiate a tissue region. A signal indicative of optical scattering in the tissue region is generated from a portion of the optical probe beam that has passed through or been returned by the tissue region. The onset of tissue sealing is indicated by the successive occurrence in time of a turning point and a point of inflection in the optical scattering signal. An energy-based tissue sealing or tissue-cutting device for use in accordance with the method is also disclosed.
US10531915B2
Electrosurgical forceps for delivering microwave energy into biological tissue from a non-resonant unbalanced lossy transmission line structure located within or formed by the jaws of the forceps. The transmission line structure may be formed across the gap between the jaw element by opposed conductive elements, which are respectively electrically connected to inner and outer conductors of a coaxial cable. Alternatively, each jaw element may comprise its own lossy transmission line, whereby a power splitter is used to divide microwave energy from the coaxial cable. The forceps may be used endoscopically in the gastrointestinal tract or laparoscopically or in open surgery.
US10531911B2
A medical device that can perform plural actions by a single operation and is excellent in operability includes a catheter that is insertable into a living body, a sandwiching portion and a needle positioning portion that are disposed in the catheter so as to be able to advance and retract. A slide portion is operable such that the sandwiching portion and the needle positioning portion advance and retract simultaneously, and an action switching portion causes the sandwiching portion to advance and retract in tandem with or independently of the slide portion by the advance and retraction of the slide portion.
US10531909B2
A treatment instrument includes a first treatment portion including a first member with a first contact surface and a second member with a second contact surface; a movement mechanism to switch between a closed position where the first and second contact surfaces are close to each other and an open position where the first and second contact surfaces are separated each other; and a second treatment portion juxtaposed to the first treatment portion. A distal end of the second treatment portion is located at a distal side in the longitudinal axis than a distal end of the first treatment portion on the closed position.
US10531903B2
A system for inserting an anchor member into bone includes a receiving member and an anchor member receivable within the receiving member. The receiving member is elongate along a longitudinal axis and has a proximal end and a distal end spaced from the proximal end along the longitudinal axis. The receiving member has an internal surface that defines a transmission element. The anchor member includes an engagement element configured to rotatably engage the transmission element such that the transmission element is configured to drive the anchor member in a distal direction relative to the transmission element so as to rotatably decouple the engagement element from the transmission element. The distal direction extends from the proximal end to the distal end of the receiving member and is parallel with the longitudinal axis.
US10531901B2
A self-adjustable pectus reconstruction system comprising: a pectus reconstruction bar having a first end and a first slot disposed on the first end; a first fixing unit having a first channel; and a first connector, wherein the first end of the pectus reconstruction bar is assembled on the first channel of the first fixing unit, the first connector passes through the first slot to combine the pectus reconstruction bar with the first fixing unit, and the first slot of the pectus reconstruction bar is capable of sliding back and forth around the first connector.
US10531877B2
In a system and method for deployment of an implant device, the implant device includes a first loop at its proximal end, and a deployment tool has a second loop attached at its distal end. A release wire slidably disposed within the deployment tool has a distal end extending through the first and second loops to releasably couple the implant device to the deployment tool, and a proximal portion extending from a proximal end of the deployment tool, which is held in a retraction device. The retraction device is operable to hold the proximal end of the deployment tool and to pull the release wire proximally through the deployment tool until the distal end of the release wire is withdrawn from the first and second loops to decouple the implant device from the deployment tool.
US10531874B2
A surgical end effector for use with a surgical instrument that includes an elongate shaft assembly that includes a rotary output drive shaft is disclosed. An elongate channel is attached to the elongate shaft assembly. An anvil frame that comprises a proximal end and a distal end is selectively movable between open and closed positions relative to the elongate channel. An anvil concentric drive member is rotatably supported by the anvil frame and is configured to receive rotary drive motions from the rotary output drive shaft of the surgical instrument when the anvil frame is in the closed position. A firing member is in driving engagement with the anvil concentric drive member for linear travel through the end effector.
US10531868B2
Multiple vascular wall penetrations are formed and sealed in a single blood vessel, typically a vein, for performing cardiac and other catheter-based procedures. Access sheaths are placed in two or more tissue tracts each having a vascular wall penetration at a distal end and into a lumen of the blood vessel. A catheter is advanced though each of the access sheaths to perform a therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. A vascular closure device is introduced through each access sheath, typically sequentially, and an occlusion element at a distal end of the device is deployed against an inner wall of the blood vessel in a manner so that the adjacent access sheath does not interfere or overlap with the deployed occlusion element. The vascular penetration at the distal end in that tissue tract may then be sealed prior to using another vascular closure device to seal a caudally adjacent vascular wall penetration.
US10531865B2
Stomach tissue is manipulated and fastened with a tissue grasper and a tissue shaper to form folds in the stomach. The tissue grasper and the tissue shaper rotate and translate relative to one another. The tissue grasper has a plurality of vacuum orifices to adhere the tissue grasper to tissue.
US10531861B2
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an ultrasound transceiver and a controller. The ultrasound transceiver includes a changer that changes transmission direction of ultrasound waves. The ultrasound transceiver transmits ultrasound waves in a direction set while being inserted in a subject to acquire biological information of an observation site of the subject. The controller obtains a direction toward the observation site based on the biological information, and controls the changer to adjust the transmission direction of ultrasound waves to the direction thus obtained.
US10531854B2
An X-ray CT apparatus includes processing circuitry. The circuitry controls a voltage generator during non-helical scan to switch tube voltage, thereby causing an imaging to be performed separately with X-rays of a first energy and X-rays of a second energy. The circuitry generates first and second projection data sets, respectively. The circuitry performs image reconstruction based on the first and second projection data sets respectively, thereby generating first and second images respectively. The circuitry performs alignment processing to align the second image with the first image. The circuitry generates a third projection data set based on a processing result of the alignment processing. The circuitry performs transformation processing to transform the second and third projection data sets into projection data sets corresponding to reference materials. The circuitry performs image reconstruction based on the projection data sets after the transformation processing, thereby generating reference material images corresponding to reference materials.
US10531850B2
The present approach relates to the use of a spatially registered detector docking compartment to determine source and detector alignment in a patient imaging context. In certain implementations, sensors and/or cameras provide visual data that may be analyzed to determine a spatial relation between an X-ray source and landmarks provided on a patient support surface, where the landmarks have a known spatial relationship to a detector positioned beneath the patient support surface.
US10531845B2
A method for image correction in a mobile X-ray device includes obtaining an X-ray image corresponding to a region of interest, where the X-ray image includes a projection of the region of interest by an X-ray beam on a detector plane. The method further includes receiving a tilt parameter corresponding to the detector plane. Moreover, the method includes generating a corrected X-ray image based on the X-ray image and the tilt parameter using a perspective projection technique, where the corrected X-ray image corresponds to a projection of the region of interest on a corrected detector plane.
US10531831B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for a non-rigid wearable device comprising electrical circuitry and a support structure supporting the electrical circuitry. The support structure having rigid sections that rigidly support components of the electrical circuitry to protect components and/or solder joints from stress due to deflection and having non-rigid or flexible sections where there are no solder connections present on the electrical circuitry and/or where there are interconnecting traces present on the electrical circuitry that can tolerate stress due to deflection.
US10531820B2
Device, system and method for determining the concentration of a substance in the blood of a subject
In a device, system and method for determining the concentration of a substance, such as the oxygen saturation in the blood of a subject, the influence of specular reflection is reduced or removed. An input unit is configured to receive detection signals reflected back from a skin area of the subject in response to irradiation of the skin area by a radiation signal. A signal extraction unit is configured to extract at least two photo-plethysmography, PPG, signals at two different wavelengths from the detection signals. A processing unit is configured to compute the concentration of a selected substance in the blood of the subject based on the PPG signals taking into account a skin tone of the subject.
US10531809B2
Apparatus and method are provided to collect and analyze heartbeat waveforms. In one novel aspect, the heartbeat waveforms are collected from wearable devices. In one embodiment, the wearable device collects heartbeat waveforms by attaching the device to the patient for a long period and sends the collected waveforms to a receiver through a wireless network. In another novel aspect, an application program is installed in a smart device to receive heartbeat waveforms from one or more wearable devices. The application program either relays the received waveform to a remote processing center or processes the data before sending. In another novel aspect, an analysis method compares received patient's current heartbeat waveform with historic data. In one embodiment, the historic data are stored in a cloud-based database. In another novel aspect, the remote processing center is an open platform data center, which takes in certified third party inputs.
US10531806B2
Various examples are provided for brain state advisory systems using calibrated metrics and optimal time-series decompositions. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring brainwave activity of a subject and classifying a brain state of the subject based upon the brainwave activity and a model of the brainwave activity. In another embodiment, brain states of the subject are modeled based upon the brainwave activity of the subject.
US10531804B2
According to the present invention, accurate T2* and vascular images are concurrently acquired by acquiring a T2* image without a flow compensation and a T2* image with a flow compensation and subtracting the two images to reconstitute an image showing the flow phenomenon. Furthermore, an accurate T2* image can be acquired by using the readout gradient without the flow compensation and also the accurate T2* and vascular images can be concurrently acquired. The clinical judgment for blood flow rate of the blood vessel and the clinical judgment for acute stroke can be concurrently made, and so the present invention can be widely utilized in clinical practice.
US10531792B2
An intubation device for use in an endotracheal intubation procedure, the intubation device including: a laryngoscope blade having a tip and a base; a handle attached to the base of the blade for allowing the intubation device to be held in a hand of a user; a channel for receiving an endotracheal tube, the channel including a blade channel portion extending along the blade substantially from the tip to the base and including an outlet proximate to the tip for allowing a distal end of the endotracheal tube to be advanced from the outlet and a handle channel portion extending partially along the handle from the blade channel portion; and a tube movement mechanism in the handle for moving the endotracheal tube through the channel to thereby advance the endotracheal tube, the tube movement mechanism including a thumb interface for allowing the user to operate the tube movement mechanism using a thumb of the hand that is holding the intubation device, to thereby allow the user to hold the intubation device and advance the endotracheal tube in an endotracheal intubation procedure using a single hand.
US10531791B2
Dental mirrors which are self-cleaning are described. The dental mirror may include an interchangeable tip with a cleaning nozzle configured to direct a fluid such as water and/or air across a surface of a mirror. The dental mirror may also include a valve which can be rotated to adjust a flow of fluid to the cleaning nozzle.
US10531784B2
A disk, ball or sheet/strip shaped device is made of a silicone or thermoplastic elastomer substance having a tacky surface and a Shore Durometer hardness preferably in the range of 10 to 40. The device is adapted to be placed into a laundry washer or dryer, such that the tumbling motion causes the tacky surfaces of the device to rub against the clothing, thereby removing pet fur. Further tumbling causes the fur collected on the device to eventually disengage and be caught in the lint filter, vent or drain of the washer/dryer. In an alternate embodiment, the tacky silicone or thermoplastic elastomer can form a liner on agitators, fins or paddles within the washer/dryer so as to collect animal fur from fabrics.
US10531779B2
An electric vacuum cleaning apparatus that offers a high degree of convenience is provided that is capable of easily switching between a function that empties dust from an electric vacuum cleaner by moving dust collected by the cleaner to a station and accumulating the dust at the station, and a function that accumulates dust that is swept up together after quickly performing localized cleaning using an cleaning implement other than the cleaner at the station. An electric vacuum cleaning apparatus 1 includes: a dust transfer pipe 22 that is connected to an autonomous robotic vacuum cleaner 2, and that sucks in dust collected by the cleaner 2; a suction passage 61 that sucks in other dust that is different to dust collected by the cleaner 2; a secondary dust container 28 that is connected to the pipe 22 and the suction passage 61; an electric blower 29 that applies a negative pressure to the pipe 22 and the suction passage 61; and a switching valve unit 72 that is capable of switching a channel that is connected to the dust container 28 so as to allow either one of, and block the other of, flowing between the pipe 22 and the dust container 28 and flowing between the suction passage 61 and the dust container 28.
US10531775B2
A vacuum cleaner comprises a housing and a motor fan assembly arranged to generate an air flow. A detachable dirt container is mountable to the housing and the dirt container has a dirty air inlet in fluid communication with the motor fan assembly. A filter is for separating dirt from the air flow and the filter is mounted between the dirt container and the motor fan assembly. Wherein the detachable dirt container comprises an emptying aperture in a wall of the dirt container, the emptying aperture being downstream in the air flow from the dirty air inlet and upstream of the filter. Wherein the housing comprises an overlap portion for covering the emptying aperture in the dirt container and sealing the emptying aperture when the detachable dirt container is mounted to the housing.
US10531771B2
In an embodiment, a surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The surface cleaning apparatus including a surface cleaning head, a handheld unit, at least one tube configured to be removably coupled between the handheld unit and the surface cleaning head such that an air flow path is formed from the surface cleaning head through the tube to the handheld unit, and a battery pack electrically connected to the handheld unit and configured to be removably mounted to the surface cleaning head, to the tube, and/or to the handheld unit.
US10531765B2
A cast iron kamado style cooker includes a cast iron frustoconical pot and a semi-spherical cast iron lid. Both the lid and the pot are configured with integrally-formed circumferential band surrounding areas of each that comprise the greatest diameter and are pivotally connected to each other so that the lid may be rotated away from the pot. The cooker also includes a lift assist mechanism operative to impart a force to contribute to raising the cast iron lid.
US10531764B2
An insulated serving dish. The insulated serving dish includes a housing having an interior volume and a container disposed within the housing interior volume such that a channel is formed between the housing sidewalls and container sidewalls. The container receives ice therein for maintaining food at a cold temperature during serving. A support tray is removably received by the container volume above the ice stored therein. A plurality of food trays are then supported by the support tray, such that the interior volume of the food tray is positioned within the interior volume of the container. A lid that selectively encloses the container volume has a lower edge that occupies that channel between the container sidewall and housing sidewalls. The lid may be pivotally affixed to the housing and container such that it may be rotated between a closed position and an open position.
US10531761B2
Various beverage preparation systems and methods are disclosed. The beverage preparation system can include a container manipulation assembly having a support assembly and an elevator. The support assembly can be configured to receive a container. The elevator can be connected with the support assembly and can be configured to translate and/or rotate the support assembly. In some embodiments, the beverage preparation system includes a wand manipulation assembly having a wand unit and a mechanical linkage. The linkage can be configured to move the wand unit into and out of engagement with the container on the support assembly. The wand unit can provide a flow of fluid, such as steam, to liquid in the container to heat and/or froth the liquid.
US10531757B2
A plastic garment hanger having a plastic hook moveable between an upright position for displaying garments and a folded position for reducing the footprint of the hanger during packaging/transportation of pre-hung garments.
US10531755B1
A clamp body includes a first clamping member and a clamping seat that are integrally formed together, a pivot hole formed in the clamping seat, and a second clamping member pivotally connected to the pivot hole. Also included are an elongated through hole formed in the first clamping member, a circular arc wall extending from the elongated through hole and gradually shallowing from a depth, a position-limiting axle between inside wall surfaces of the second clamping member, a tightness adjusting assembly including a rounded-head pushing rod, and a rotation assembly for coupling the clamp body and the holder. As such, the clamp body that has one arm to fix and one arm to move could improve stability of clamping. The arrangement of the elongated through hole and the circular arc wall gradually shallowing from a depth is used to reduce a size of the tightness adjusting assembly projecting to outside.
US10531754B2
A disposable insulator for a cup having a sleeve including an insulating material to provide thermal insulation to the exterior of the cup, the sleeve having at least one finger pad made of the insulating material having a bottom edge, the finger pad being separable from the remainder of the sleeve and moveable from a first position to a second position, in the first position, the bottom edge of the finger pad being proximate to the bottom edge of the sleeve, and, in the second position the finger pad being foldable relative to the sleeve with the bottom edge of the finger pad positionable proximate to the top edge of the sleeve.
US10531749B1
A device to hold an ornament includes a body with a plurality of walls forming an inner cavity to receive the ornament, the body has an opening into the inner cavity; and a base; a motor disposed within the base and the motor having an activation switch accessible from an outside wall of the body; a power source connected to the motor; and an ornament attachment site accessible from the inner cavity to attach the ornament to the motor; the motor rotates the ornament within the inner cavity; the ornament is accessible from the opening of the body.
US10531746B2
A mattress is disclosed, comprising two layers—a first layer and a second layer—each layer comprising a top surface and a bottom surface that are distinct in firmness, feel, and/or other parameters relevant to sleeping. The first layer and the second layer are stacked on top of each other and may easily be flipped and re-stacked by a user in the home.
US10531733B1
An adjustable clamp includes a carrier member to be supported on a table plate, a fastener is rotatably engaged in a compartment of the carrier member, a follower is slidably engaged in the carrier member and includes a screw hole for engaging with the fastener, and an anchoring element includes an upper limb for engaging with the follower, and a middle limb arranged between the upper limb and a lower limb for allowing the table plate to be engaged between the upper limb and the lower limb, and for allowing the lower limb to be forced to engage with the table plate when the follower is moved relative to the carrier member with the fastener.
US10531728B2
A hand attachable animal washing apparatus, attachable upon the hand of a user, enables singlehanded control of water flow and application of water into the coat of an animal. Control of water flow though a molded body portion is effective by singlehanded operation of a valve assembly disposed interiorly within the molded body portion. A user is enabled to open and close the valve assembly by compressing a compressible portion disposed proximally overlying the user's palm when wearing the apparatus upon one hand. A user may thereby control and apply water applied to an animal with one hand while securing and comforting the animal with the other hand.
US10531726B2
A brush assembly including a handle with a main brush, a first auxiliary brush detachably engaged with a cap, and a second auxiliary brush extending from the cap is described. The cap, when removed from the handle, exposes the first auxiliary brush. Disengagement of the cap from the first auxiliary brush exposes the second auxiliary brush.
US10531720B2
The invention relates to a container comprising: a receptacle with an outer wall visible from outside the container the peripheral outer wall is provided with a translucent layer, a housing that defines an inner space, an electronic circuit that comprises a central light source that emits light in a main emission direction. The light source is offset relative to the translucent layer. The electronic circuit is arranged within the inner space. A wave guide is arranged opposite the light source such as to guide a light wave emitted by the light source into the translucent layer.
US10531711B2
A laminated touch fastener is made in a continuous process on a mold roll. Flowable resin is pressed against the mold roll in limited areas to form projections extending from resin layers that are laminated to a flexible substrate while carried on the mold roll. In one example a continuous channel about the mold roll is positioned such that the resin at least partially fills the channel as the layers are formed, thereby forming in the channel a raised portion in which the resin layer is of a greater thickness than at a point between the projections and the raised portion. In another example, grooves in the mold roll receive ribs of a pressure applicator during forming of the layers, the ribs blocking lateral flow of the resin to form a desired edge profile.
US10531708B2
Systems and apparatus related to footwear including a modular lacing engine for automated lace tightening. In an example, a modular footwear apparatus includes an upper portion, a lower portion, and a lacing engine for automated lace tightening. The upper portion can include a lace to adjust fit of the upper portion against a foot, the lace adjustable between a first position and a second position based at least in part on manipulation of an effective length of the lace. The lower portion can include a mid-sole and an out-sole, and the lower portion can be coupled to the upper portion at the mid-sole. The lacing engine can include a top-loading lace spool to engage a loop of the lace to enable manipulation of the effective length of the lace through rotation of the lace spool, the lacing engine received within a cavity in the lower portion.
US10531700B2
An article of footwear having a removable outsole, midsole, and upper is provided. A portion of the upper may have a perimeter lip that may be coupled to a perimeter channel in an upper surface or side of the outsole. The midsole may be securely placed into the upper to further secure the upper to the outsole. The fit of the outsole, upper, and midsole generates a securely assembled article of footwear ready for user wear. In aspects, the removable outsole, midsole, and upper may be changed to customize the article footwear for the user.
US10531692B2
A novel disposable cartridge for use in an electronic nicotine delivery system having an electric heater includes a reservoir containing a nicotine-containing liquid, a port in liquid communication with the reservoir, a liquid barrier disposed proximate the port to prevent undesired leakage of the nicotine-containing liquid from the reservoir, and a durable, elongate wick arranged and configured to be slideable in the port and to contact the nicotine-containing liquid in the reservoir.
US10531689B2
The present is a multifunctional electronic cigarette. In the multifunctional electronic cigarette, an interchangeable member can include one of an E-liquid cassette having an atomizing component, an alcohol detecting device and a LED device; a processing module can control the power supply module to respectively apply an initial voltage and a test voltage to the connection assembly in sequential order, and calculate an operational resistance of the interchangeable member during the process of applying voltages, and then control the power supply module to generate operation voltage and current to the interchangeable member according to the operational resistance. The operational resistance is resistance of the interchangeable member which is executing a main operational function thereof. As a result, the multifunctional electronic cigarette can have improved extendibility.
US10531688B2
This non-combusting flavor inhaler is provided with: an atomization unit that is configured to atomize an aerosol source without entailing combustion; a power source that stores power that is supplied to the atomization unit; and a control unit that is configured to control power supply to the atomization unit using a mode selected from among a plurality of modes. The plurality of modes include a plurality of operation modes for generating an aerosol from the atomization unit, and a restriction mode for restricting driving of the atomization unit, said mode being decided separately from the plurality of operation modes.
US10531686B2
Disclosed is an anti-leakage liquid storage device for electronic cigarette, including a cylindrical liquid storage cup, at least two locking members arranged at an inner wall of a liquid outlet end of the liquid storage cup, a liquid percolation piece having a plurality of liquid percolation holes and having a circular edge which engages with an internal circumferential surface of the liquid outlet end of the liquid storage cup, and a filter piece with one side thereof abutting against the liquid percolation piece; wherein the other side of the filter piece abuts against an annular pressing plate, the annular pressing plate has a circular edge which engages with the internal circumferential surface of the liquid outlet end; the annular pressing plate is locked by the at least two locking members and tightly presses the filter piece and the liquid percolation piece.
US10531685B2
A method of enrobing a product portion in polymer strands includes mounting at least one product portion on a holding device and passing the at least one product portion through a polymer enrobing zone. The polymer enrobing zone can include a flow of polymeric fibers produced by a polymer spray head. The polymer fibers can wraparound the at least one product portion to produce an enrobed product portion. The holding device can hold the at least one product portion by passing at least partially through the body of the product portion. At least a portion of the holding device is removed from the enrobed product portion. In some cases, the at least one product portion includes smokeless tobacco.
US10531683B2
Highly purified Stevioside, Rebaudioside A and a purified sweet steviol glycoside mixture were prepared from sweet glycoside extracts obtained from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni leaves. The resulting sweeteners are suitable as non-calorie, non-cariogenic, non-bitter, non-lingering sweeteners, which may be advantageously applied in foods, beverages, and milk products.
US10531680B2
The present invention describes a method for providing creatine to an animal, which includes receiving a creatine ester by the animal. The creatine ester is suitable for being modified by the animal to form creatine.
US10531679B2
It has been found according to the invention, that a biomass containing an oxidation-sensitive material of value may be dried under particularly mild conditions by a method in which the drying gas is passed over the biomass to be dried in cycle gas mode.
US10531678B2
A package for a frozen food includes a plurality of spherically-shaped portions of hard ice cream. A first sealing member at least partially conforms to the shape of each spherical portion of the plurality of spherically-shaped portions. A second sealing member is adhered to the first sealing member. The first and second sealing members cooperatively form a plurality of storage cavities. Each storage cavity selectively encloses a corresponding spherical portion of the plurality of spherically-shaped portions, wherein each corresponding spherical portion includes a concave depression.
US10531676B2
The present invention provides to a method of preparing a flavored coffee using reduced amount of flavorant, and a coffee composition used for preparing such flavored coffee. An amount of colorant is used to replace up to 20.3% by weight of the flavorant present in a flavored coffee brew. The flavor perception of the coffee brew containing reduced amount of flavorant is equivalent to that of the original coffee brew containing regular amount of flavorant.
US10531671B2
The present invention relates to novel compositions and their use for anti-sprouting treatment of potatoes.
US10531654B2
The leading cause of graft failure is the subsequent development of intimal hyperplasia, which represents a response to injury that is thought to involve smooth muscle proliferation, migration, phenotypic modulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Surgical techniques typically employed for vein harvest—stretching the vein, placing the vein in low pH, solutions, and the use of toxic surgical skin markers—are shown here to cause injury. The invention therefore provides for non-toxic surgical markers than also protect against stretch-induced loss of functional viability, along with other additives. Devices and compositions for reducing physical stress or protecting from the effects flowing therefrom, also are provided.
US10531653B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a trap monitor. The trap monitor can detect when a trap is triggered using a magnetic interlock attached to the trap and a magnetic flux sensor. The trap monitors may forward trap events and other information to a central hub for communication to a server. The trap monitors and hub can be configured using infrared transmissions from a mobile device.
US10531641B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, a destruction resistant pet toy includes a first member having a first material, the first material being a destruction resistant nylon; a second member having a second material, the second material being softer than the first material; wherein the destruction resistant nylon comprises a Shore D hardness. The first member may be a substantially tubular structure having an inner space and the second member is disposed at least partially within the inner space of the first member.
US10531637B2
The invention relates to a platform specifically designed for caring for and attending to pets, mainly dogs, said platform comprising a device consisting of a front horizontal body and a rear vertical body which define at the intersection thereof a cavity wherein a waste-grinding spiral arranged on a grille extends transversely. The front body includes a belt for transporting stools and waste towards the area of the grinding spiral, and the rear body is hollow on the inside, the space being divided up into compartments with rear windows for accessing a feeding area and a drinking area, a compartment for holding feed, a compartment for objects for the care of the animal, a receptacle with a store of liquid disinfectant, a compartment with pumping means, and a control unit that can be accessed by the user. The device includes means for detecting waste and nozzles for spraying water towards the ground waste.
US10531633B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 49H344. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 49H344. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 49H344 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 49H344 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10531631B2
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 410A177. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 410A177. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 410A177 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 410A177 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10531622B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170072 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170072, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170072, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170072, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170072. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170072. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170072, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170072 with another soybean cultivar.
US10531612B2
Cotton cleaner assembly with saw drum and releasable grid bar mechanism that includes bars and a release mechanism that moves the bars between operational and released positions is disclosed. In operational position, the release mechanism locks the bars in a fixed position relative to the saw drum to knock debris from cotton that rotates with the saw drum. In released position, the release mechanism moves the bars away from the saw drum to enable blockages that interfere with saw drum rotation to be cleared. The grid bar mechanism can include side members, where the bars extend between the side members, and the release mechanism moves the side members. The release mechanism can manually or hydraulically pivot the side members about pivot points against and away from stops. The pivot points and stops can be adjustable to adjust distance between the bars and saw drum in the operational position.
US10531603B2
An agricultural system is disclosed comprising one or more radar sensors configured to acquire radar data representative of crop rows in an agricultural field. The system also comprises a controller configured to determine crop-property-data based on the radar data. The crop property data is representative of one or more properties of crop rows that are in a field.
US10531602B2
Implement apparatus configured to displace ground material is disclosed herein. For example, an implement includes an extension member coupled to a roller apparatus. The roller apparatus includes a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements. The ground displacing elements is configured to extend into a ground surface to disperse ground material when the roller apparatus is engaged with the ground surface as the vehicle traverses the ground surface.
US10537038B2
An electrical panel enclosure includes a baffle secured to an enclosure body. The baffle is between a first door gasket and a first side door flange of the first door to impede liquid flow toward the first door gasket when the first door is in the closed position. The baffle is also between a second door gasket and a second side door flange of a second door to impede liquid flow toward the second door gasket when the second door is in the closed position.
US10537036B2
An electronic device having an accessory device such as an AC adapter is constructed so that the part that holds the accessory device is not a dedicated part of the electronic device and allows the easy dissipation of heat. The electronic device has an installation member configured to attach an accessory device to the part of the electronic device that is the bottom when the electronic device is in place for use; and a support member configured discretely from the installation member, and supporting the electronic device on the installation surface when the electronic device is installed for use.
US10537028B2
Electrically conductive patterns formed on a substrate are provided with a reduced visibility. A region of a major surface of the substrate is selectively roughened to form a roughened pattern on the major surface of the substrate. Electrically conductive traces are directly formed on the roughened region and are conformal with the roughened pattern on the major surface of the substrate.
US10537027B2
A method of producing a conductive path on a substrate including depositing on the substrate a layer of material having a thickness in the range of 0.1 to 5 microns, including metal particles having a diameter in the range of 10 to 100 nanometers, employing a patterning laser beam to selectably sinter regions of the layer of material, thereby causing the metal particles to together define a conductor at sintered regions and employing an ablating laser beam, below a threshold at which the sintered regions would be ablated, to ablate portions of the layer of material other than at the sintered regions.
US10537026B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing, a roller positioned inside the housing, a display panel rollable on the roller, and a guide roller positioned at an edge inside the housing. A state of the display panel with respect to the roller includes a first state in which the display panel is rolled on the roller and a second state in which the display panel is unrolled from the roller. The roller includes an outer frame which rotates when the display panel is rolled on or unrolled from the roller, and an inner frame positioned inside the outer frame and fixed to an inside of the housing regardless of rolling and unrolling the display panel.
US10537018B2
One semiconductor device includes a wiring substrate, a first semiconductor chip that is mounted on one surface of the wiring substrate, a second semiconductor chip that is laminated on the first semiconductor chip so as to form exposed surfaces where the surface of the first semiconductor chip is partially exposed, silicon substrates that are mounted on the exposed surfaces and serve as warping control members, and an encapsulation body that is formed on the wiring substrate so as to cover the first semiconductor chip, the second semiconductor chip and the silicon substrates.
US10537000B2
A controller includes a current input terminal, a switch monitoring terminal, a first control terminal, a second control terminal and a current monitoring terminal. The current input terminal is coupled to a power source through a rectifier and receives electric power from the power source. The switch monitoring terminal is coupled to a power switch and receives a switch monitoring signal indicating the on/off state of the power switch. The power switch is coupled between the rectifier and the power source. Based on the switch monitoring signal, the first control terminal turns on or turns off a first light source in a light source module and the second control terminal turns on or turns off a second light source in the light source module. The current monitoring terminal monitors a current flowing through the first light source and a current flowing through the second light source.
US10536993B2
The present disclosure relates to a heating paste composition which has heat stability, allows screen printing and gravure printing, has a small change in resistance depending on temperature, and can operate at low voltage and low power due to low specific resistance, to a surface type heating element using the same, and to a portable low-power heater. The heating paste composition may contain conductive particles including carbon nanotube particles and carbon nanoparticles, a mixture binder including epoxy acrylate or hexamethylene diisocyanate, a polyvinyl acetal and a phenol-based resin, an organic solvent, and a dispersant.
US10536990B1
According to one embodiment, a system for placing and receiving telephone calls includes a telephone base station which comprises a first communication port for creating a terrestrial telephone connection for at least placing terrestrial telephone calls using a first telephone network, a second communication port for creating a link to a mobile telephone for at least placing mobile telephone calls using a second telephone network, a third communication port for creating a link to a terrestrial telephone, and a processor. In another embodiment, a system for placing and receiving telephone calls includes a telephone base station, a processor, and at least one handset linked to the telephone base station for telephone communications. The base station includes communication port(s) for creating a terrestrial telephone connection for placing telephone calls and for creating a link to a mobile telephone for placing mobile telephone calls. Other systems and methods are also described.
US10536985B2
A communication system, first communication terminal, processor and base station that supports direct communication between terminals comprises a terminal that autonomously selects radio resources to be used in the direct communication, from among the candidate radio resources based on information received from the base station, performs the direct communication by use of the selected radio resources, and detects interference power after receiving the information indicating the candidate radio resources. The terminal transmits information on interference in the candidate radio resources to the base station in response to value of the detected interference power being higher than a threshold value.
US10536984B2
The present invention relate to methods for sending or receiving control data in one or multiple uplink control channel resources of a wireless communication network and to corresponding devices. According to one embodiment of the invention a method of sending control data in one or multiple up-link control channel resources of a wireless communication network is provided. A wireless device receives, from a network node, information on a set of downlink component carriers configured for the wireless device. The wireless device receives, from a network node, an indication of the one or multiple uplink control channel resources. The wireless device maps first control data comprising control data for the set of configured downlink component carriers to a part of the one or multiple uplink control channel resources. And the wireless device maps second control data to a remaining part of the one or multiple uplink control channel resources.
US10536983B2
Enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities is provided. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and determining an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes monitoring a service usage activity of a wireless communication device, and reporting the monitored service usage activity to a network element, in which the network element determines an enterprise and consumer billing allocation for the monitored service usage activity. In some embodiments, enterprise and consumer billing allocation for wireless communication device service usage activities includes providing a service design center for configuring an enterprise and consumer billing allocation of monitored service usage activities for a plurality of wireless communication devices associated with an enterprise account, and implementing the configured enterprise and consumer billing allocation for monitored service usage activities for the plurality of wireless communication devices associated with the enterprise account.
US10536976B2
The invention relates to a method for adapting the functioning of a device accessing a medium according to a method of the CSMA type, for example Wi-Fi, when interference caused by a device, for example of the LTE type, is detected on the same communication channel, the adaptation of the functioning of the device being able to comprise the lowering of an energy-detection threshold and/or the modification of the functioning of a contention window.
US10536975B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may identify a potential collision between a scheduled legacy transmission time interval (TTI) communication and a scheduled shortened TTI (sTTI) communication, the legacy TTI communication having a legacy TTI duration that is longer than an sTTI duration associated with the sTTI communication. The apparatus may determine whether the legacy TTI communication is within a threshold time of being transmitted. The apparatus may transmit at least one of the sTTI communication, the legacy TTI communication, or any combination thereof, based at least in part on the determination.
US10536974B2
An electronic device may coordinate access to a shared communication channel with one or more other electronic devices. After receiving frames from the one or more other electronic devices with information specifying back-off values associated with at least an access category for the one or more other electronic devices in a subsequent potential slot transmission opportunity, the electronic device may update a stored list of known occupied back-off values for the subsequent potential slot transmission opportunity. Then, the electronic device may select and may transmit to the one or more other electronic devices an available back-off value for the electronic device in the subsequent potential slot transmission opportunity that is not included in the stored list and that is associated with an access category. Next, during a slot corresponding to the selected back-off value, the electronic device may transmit a second frame to at least another electronic device.
US10536973B2
Provided are a preamble transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises: a UE executing LBT on a first time frequency resource of an unlicensed carrier until a right to use the unlicensed carrier is acquired, wherein the LBT comprises LBT executed for transmitting a preamble; and after a right to use the access to the unlicensed carrier is acquired, the UE transmitting the preamble on a second time frequency resource located behind the first time frequency resource, wherein the second time frequency resource is a pre-configured PRACH time frequency resource at a fixed position, or a PRACH time frequency resource determined according to an LBT execution position. By means of the present disclosure, the problem in the relevant art of intra-cell interference caused by uplink data transmission over an unlicensed carrier is solved, and the uplink data transmission quality is improved.
US10536964B2
In some implementations, a method of wireless communications between a wireless communications network and wireless user equipment includes receiving, using a primary Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration, data on a primary component carrier in a first frequency band. Using a secondary TDD configuration, data on a secondary component carrier is received in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) for data received on the secondary component carrier is transmitted using a supplemental TDD configuration. A transmission or retransmission on the secondary component carrier uses a supplemental TDD configuration as well. The supplemental TDD configuration is different from the secondary TDD configuration. Furthermore, an uplink supplemental configuration may be different from a downlink supplemental configuration.
US10536961B2
A method in a terminal device for transmission to at least a first network device and a second network device over bundled Transmission Time Intervals (TTIs). The method comprises determining that a first TTI for transmission to the first network device overlaps a second TTI for transmission to the second network device based on a first Timing Advance (TA) value associated with the first network device and a second TA value associated with the second network device; and blanking a portion of the first TTI, such that the rest of the first TTI does not overlap the second TTI.
US10536949B2
A pedestrian related vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) user equipment (UE) which comprises: receiving circuitry configured to receive system information which contains a parameter set for pedestrian related V2X communications; and controlling circuitry configured to determine, based on the parameter set, whether the pedestrian related V2X UE performs random selection or the pedestrian related V2X UE performs sensing.
US10536946B2
A method and system of allocating resources in a Radio Access Network that includes associating each of a plurality of services with a slice that is allocated a unique set of network resources and transmitting information in the Radio Access Network for at least one of the services using the slice associated with the at least one service.
US10536935B2
Reporting and controlling methods for DRX parameter and terminal moving velocity and devices thereof
Disclosed are reporting and controlling methods for DRX (Discontinuous Reception) parameter and terminal moving velocity and devices thereof, which are used to decrease the network resource wasting and reduce the terminal power consumption. The reporting and controlling method for DRX parameter includes the following steps: the network side sends indication information which indicates whether the terminal is permitted to report DRX reference parameter or DRX parameter configuration advice to the terminal, and the indication information is used to indicate the terminal to report DRX reference parameter or DRX parameter configuration advice when it receives the indication for permitting reporting reference parameter or DRX parameter configuration advice, and not report DRX reference parameter or DRX configuration advice when it receives the indication for not permitting reporting reference parameter or DRX configuration advice. The method for reporting and controlling terminal moving velocity includes the following steps: sending indication information which indicates whether the terminal is permitted to report moving velocity to the terminal, or sending indication information which indicates the terminal to report moving velocity when it switches from idle state to connection state to the terminal.
US10536934B2
Techniques for supporting both localized and frequency-distributed control channel messages in the same enhanced control channel region are disclosed. An example method begins with receiving (2010) a downlink signal comprising an enhanced control region consisting of at least two sets of physical resource block (PRB) pairs. The method continues with the forming (2020) of one or more distributed enhanced control-channel elements (eCCEs) from a first set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks from multiple PRB pairs to form each distributed eCCE. One or more localized eCCEs are formed (2030) from a second set of PRB pairs by aggregating physical layer building blocks such that each of the localized eCCEs is formed from physical layer building blocks from within a single PRB pair of the second set. Control channel message candidates are formed (2050) from the distributed eCCEs and localized eCCEs, respectively, and decoded (2060).
US10536933B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for assisting data transmission in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes a UE transmitting information to a base station, wherein the information at least indicates time to start an uplink transmission by the UE. In another embodiment, the method could include the UE receiving, from the base station, a configuration indicating a periodic uplink resource allocation. In addition, the method could include the UE performing the uplink transmission based on the periodic uplink resource allocation.
US10536931B2
In an LTE-A system, there is a problem that it is difficult to perform stable communication in a case where there is a time when another system occupies an unlicensed band being used. There is provided a base station apparatus that communicates with a terminal device in a second frequency band different from a first frequency band capable of being used as a dedicated frequency band. The base station apparatus includes: a wireless transmission unit that transmits data or control information to the terminal device; and a wireless reception unit that receives data or control information transmitted from the terminal device. The wireless transmission unit transmits data to the terminal device, and the wireless reception unit performs a process of receiving ACK/NACK transmitted from the terminal device in a subframe of an initial uplink after communication of another system is ended in a case where the other system performs the communication in the second frequency band at a reception timing of the ACK/NACK of the data transmission.
US10536926B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an MBSFN configuration method and a device, which may implement flexible configuration of an MBSFN, and improve radio resource utilization of a system. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a subframe configuration of an MBSFN subframe that is used to bear a physical multicast channel PMCH, where the subframe configuration includes a cyclic prefix CP type and/or a reference signal pattern; and sending, by the base station, MBSFN configuration information to user equipment UE, where the MBSFN configuration information is used to indicate the subframe configuration of the MBSFN subframe, where the CP type includes a normal CP, an extended CP, or another CP, and a length of the another CP is different from a length of the normal CP or a length of the extended CP. The present invention is applicable to the communications field.
US10536917B2
There are provided measures for improvements in dual connectivity for different access networks. Such measures exemplarily comprise providing control in a control plane for a terminal (UE) for access to a first access network (5G), wherein a coverage of the first access network (5G) at least partly overlaps a coverage of a second access network (4G), the terminal is capable of having access to the first access network (5G) and to the second access network (4G) in parallel, and access for the terminal to a respective access network (4G, 5G) is routed in a user plane via a respective distinct access network entity (eNB, SGAP) and to a respective (compatible) gateway (S-GW, uGW).
US10536913B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for improved cell detection. In particular the disclosure relates to cell detection within a group of cells with high requirements of low latency. The disclosure also relates to corresponding computer program. The disclosure proposes a method, performed in a wireless device, for cell detection within a group of cells. The method comprises detecting a first synchronization signal of a first cell in the group, wherein the detecting comprises searching for any of a set of predefined synchronization signals. The method further comprises obtaining, based on the detected first synchronization signal, information defining a subset of the predefined synchronization signals, wherein the subset defines synchronization signals that are possible within the group of cells. The method also comprises decoding one or more further synchronization signals of cells in the group of cells using the obtained information.
US10536912B2
An uplink synchronization processing method, a User Equipment (UE), and a base station are provided. The method includes: receiving a component carrier (CC) uplink synchronization indication message sent by a base station, where the uplink synchronization indication message carries identification information of one or multiple newly configured CCs; sending synchronization signaling to the base station when determining that the uplink synchronization needs to be executed on all or a part of the one or multiple newly configured CCs corresponding to the identification information; and receiving a time advanced (TA) adjusting message that is sent by the base station according to the synchronization signaling, and applying a TA value carried in the TA adjusting message to the CC on which the uplink synchronization needs to be executed.
US10536909B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.An improved method and an apparatus for reporting Power Headroom (PH) of a UE are provided. The Power Headroom Report (PHR) method of the present invention includes determining whether to trigger PHR based on a change of Power Management Maximum Power Reduction (P-MPR) between two time points, generating, if PHR is determined to be triggered, Power Headroom, and reporting the Power Headroom information to a base station.
US10536902B2
Mobile devices such as cellular telephones are provided that communicate with wireless networks. Cellular telephone network equipment may communicate with a cellular telephone over a data connection. The cellular telephone may have an internet protocol (IP) address that allows data to be provided to the cellular telephone over the data connection. To conserve resources and release unused IP addresses, the cellular telephone network equipment may deactivate inactive data connections after a period of inactivity. A baseband processor within a mobile device may periodically send User Datagram Protocol (UDP) keep-alive packets over the data connection to ensure that the data connection remains active. The keep-alive packets may be directed to a packet sink server or may be associated with a black hole route. An applications processor in the telephone may remain in sleep mode during keep-alive packet transmission to conserve power.
US10536896B2
A method performed in an electronic device for establishing, in an energy-efficient way, a wireless connection to a cellular network, where the electronic device is configured to support wireless connection to a plurality of cellular networks. The method includes obtaining a current position of the electronic device; determining, as a function of the current position, a set of available cellular networks, said set being a subset of the plurality of cellular networks that are supported by the electronic device; and scanning the set of available cellular networks.
US10536893B2
A method of control plane messaging between a user equipment and a network element in a core network in which Non-Access Stratum protocol layer messages are sent in a Non-Access Stratum protocol layer wherein an Ethernet convergence sublayer is provided between the Non-Access Stratum protocol layer and a radio protocol layer. Systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for control plane messaging are also provided.
US10536883B2
A mobile terminal assists in the updating of a neighbor cell list associated with a first cell of a wireless telecommunications network. The list comprises elements that identify other cells that have a neighbor cell relationship with the first cell. The mobile terminal comprises a radio transceiver; and a controller coupled to the radio transceiver.
US10536877B1
A wireless access point (WAP) determines whether to switch from one or more first communication channels to one or more second communication channels when the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion. The WAP determines an amount of congestion the one or more first communication channels are experiencing. When the one or more first communication channels are experiencing congestion, the WAP determines whether one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, a channel switching announcement signal using the one or more first communication channels. If a sufficient number of communication devices from among the one or more communication devices can support, or reliably support, the channel switching announcement signal, the WAP broadcasts the channel switching announcement signal to the one or more communication devices to announce its intention to switch from the one or more first communication channels to the one or more second communication channels.
US10536875B2
A system for optimizing network traffic is described. The system includes a primary appliance having a first handoff engine in an active state. The primary appliance is configured to receive from a first switch one of first data or a copy of first data to be provided to a second switch. The system also includes a secondary appliance having a second handoff engine in a passive state, where the secondary appliance is configured to receive from the first switch the other of the first data or the copy of the first data. The second handoff engine is configured to monitor state data provided by the first handoff engine, determine a condition of the first handoff engine using the state data and the other of the first data or the copy of first data, and based on the determination, provide instructions for the secondary appliance to provide the other of the first data or the copy of the first data to the second switch.
US10536864B2
The present invention is a method of managing a neighbor table in a communication apparatus. The method includes the steps of the communication apparatus maintaining a neighbor table comprising a plurality of neighboring table entries corresponding to respective neighboring nodes being communication nodes in communication range of the communication apparatus. Upon determination that the neighbor table capacity has reached a threshold, replacing a first neighbor table entry corresponding to a first neighboring node from the neighbor table by a new neighbor table entry corresponding to a new neighboring node based on the determination that the new neighboring node is a communication partner. A communication node is defined as a communication partner if at least one the following conditions is met: a message including the communication partner as source address has been received by the communication apparatus, or a message including the communication partner as destination address has been transmitted by the communication apparatus.
US10536863B2
A gateway turns encrypted PS data traffic on the Iub interface into clear IP packets so that WAN stream de-duplication and other optimization can be performed to eliminate the transfer of repetitive data across the Iub interface, thereby increasing the throughput between the NodeB and the RNC of the WCDMA network. The gateway pulls PS data traffic out from Iub without disturbing the signaling and CS traffic. The bifurcated PS data traffic is redirected to the GTP I/O port of the gateway where the stream de-duplication is applied. Deployment of the gateway is transparent to the WCDMA network. No network reconfiguration is required to deploy the gateway on the Iub interface.
US10536860B2
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a point cloud comprising several points, wherein each point corresponds to a location on a surface of an object located in three-dimensional space; determining whether each point in the point cloud is part of a linear structure, a planar structure, or a volumetric structure; identifying a plurality of point clusters, wherein each point cluster comprises one or more points that are located within a grid segment on a two-dimensional grid derived from the three-dimensional space; determining, for each point cluster, whether the point cluster represents a vertical-linear structure or a portion of a vertical-linear structure; identifying one or more point-cluster pairs, wherein each point-cluster pair includes two point clusters corresponding to one or more vertical-linear structures within a threshold distance in the three-dimensional space; and determining, for each point-cluster pair, whether a line-of-sight exists between each point-cluster in the point-cluster pair.
US10536856B2
In a communication control method for wireless communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, identification information is notified from the second communication device to the first communication device by using a communication unit other than the wireless communication unit. Wireless communication between the first and second communication devices is performed by the wireless communication unit using the first communication parameter shared in advance, and authentication processing based on identification information is performed. When authentication is acquired by this authentication processing, the second communication parameter to be set with respect to a wireless communication unit is shared by the first and second communication devices through the above wireless communication. Parameters for wireless communication between the first and second communication devices are set in the wireless communication unit by using the second communication parameter shared in this manner.
US10536851B2
In addition to improving security of data communication between a control device and a mobile terminal, to make it possible to easily make the data communication. A working machine of the present invention is provided with a control device that can make wireless communication with a mobile terminal 3 storing a mobile-use ID code and stores a working machine-use ID code, wherein the control device is provided with: ID code checking means 41 adapted to check the mobile-use ID code obtained by ID code obtaining means 40 and the working machine-use ID code with each other; data communication means 42 adapted, in the case where as a result of the checking by the checking means, matching between the ID codes is established, to allow data communication between the mobile terminal 3 and the control device, and in the case where the matching is not established, not to allow the data communication; and ID code registration means adapted to register the working machine-use ID code in the mobile terminal 3 as the mobile-use ID code.
US10536848B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for the prevention of network peripheral takeover activity. In some embodiments, peripheral devices may implement an anti-takeover mechanism encrypting messages and transmitting unencrypted decryption keys for a limited period of time. Anti-takeover peripheral devices may transition from a plain operational mode, to a decryption key transmission mode, to a secure mode based on pre-defined triggering events, commands, or timers. Random decryption key values may be generated by peripheral devices and transmitted to listening devices for later storage and retrieval by the listening device. Decryption keys may be stored in remote data stores for later retrieval by anti-takeover aware controller devices.
US10536839B2
A system, methods, nodes and computer program for redistributing a registration of a UE (100) from a first MSC (320) to a second MSC (124) is provided. The first MSC (320) and the second MSCs (124) are members of a pool of MSCs (130). The UE (100) is registered in the first MSC (320) and is attached to the first MSC (320) via a packet control node (340, 440) such as MME or SGSN. The first MSC (320) receives an order from an O&M center to redistribute the registrations of UEs (100) in the pool. The first MSC (320) sends a redistribution order to the packet control node (340, 440). The packet control node (340, 440) triggers the UE (100) to perform a routing or tracking area update procedure and triggers a location area update procedure to the second MSC (124), causing the UE (100) to be registered to the second MSC (124).
US10536836B2
A device, including a main element (ME) and a set of at least two auxiliary elements (SEi), said main element including a master SWP interface (MINT), each auxiliary element including a slave SWP interface (SLINTi) connected to said master SWP interface of said NFC element through a controllably switchable SWP link (LK) and management means (PRM, CTLM, AMGi) configured to control said SWP link switching for selectively activating at once only one slave SWP interface on said SWP link.
US10536825B2
A method for vehicle-to-vehicle identification and detection and a system for the same are revealed. A plurality of radio frequency (RF) communication units with different communication directions is arranged at a vehicle body. Each RF communication unit sends identification information of the vehicle to nearby vehicles in response to communication requests from the nearby vehicles. The vehicle sends communication requests to the nearby vehicles in different communication directions by antennas of the RF communication units using time-sharing polling or simultaneous communication scheme. Thus RF communication between vehicles is achieved for identification and detection of the nearby vehicles. The precise and accurate positioning of the respective vehicle within the area is achieved to support vehicle active safety control or provide data required for autonomous driving for improving driving safety.
US10536820B2
A system and method for the insertion of additional content to messages sent between mobile communications devices. The system provides for a point system which allows users of the system to accumulate points for additional content sent with text messages. The points may be used for various functions such as purchasing premium services or may be applied towards the user's service charges.
US10536819B2
In one aspect of the invention, a computer-implemented method is disclosed for use in conjunction with a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. A list of items comprising missed telephone calls is displayed. Upon detecting user selection of an item in the list, contact information is displayed for a respective caller corresponding to the user selected item. The displayed contact information includes a plurality of contact objects that include a first contact object, comprising a telephone number object having a first telephone number associated with the missed telephone call, and a second contact object. Upon detecting user selection of the second contact object, a communication with the respective caller is initiated via a modality corresponding to the second contact object.
US10536816B1
A plurality of people currently located at a particular location can be automatically identified by at least a first mobile device currently located at the particular location. Responsive to automatically identifying the plurality of people currently located at the particular location, the mobile device can automatically create a communication group including at least a portion of the plurality of people currently located at the particular location.
US10536810B2
An electronic apparatus comprises an accelerometer, an air-pressure sensor, a communication unit, and an at least one processor. The at least one processor performs determination processing of determining whether probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection after the user approaches the intersection is high based on change in the air-pressure value if the at least one processor detects approach of the user to the intersection when the user is moving in a predetermined movement manner. The at least one processor sends a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability that the user will move on a road at the intersection is high. The at least one processor does not send a notification that the user will move on the intersection to a roadside unit if the probability is not high.
US10536798B2
A last known location of a tracking device can be determined by using location information received at a tracking system. A disconnection event is received at the tracking system indicating that a tracking device has disconnected from a mobile device. In response, the tracking system can generate a last known location for the tracking device. Other relevant location updates, such as recent locations of the mobile device or locations of other mobile devices that connect to the tracking device are collected and associated with the disconnection event. Based on the location updates, a last known location of the tracking device can be computed and stored.
US10536794B2
A method comprising: automatically applying a selection criterion or criteria to a sound object; if the sound object satisfies the selection criterion or criteria then performing one of correct or incorrect rendering of the sound object; and if the sound object does not satisfy the selection criterion or criteria then performing the other of correct or incorrect rendering of the sound object, wherein correct rendering of the sound object comprises at least rendering the sound object at a correct position within a rendered sound scene compared to a recorded sound scene and wherein incorrect rendering of the sound object comprises at least rendering of the sound object at an incorrect position in a rendered sound scene compared to a recorded sound scene.
US10536775B1
An auditory signal processor includes a filter bank generating frequency components of a source audio signal; a spatial localization network operative in response to the frequency components to generate spike trains for respective spatially separated components of the source audio signal; a cortical network operative in response to the spike trains to generate a resultant spike train for selected spatially separated components of the source audio signal; and a stimulus reconstruction circuit that processes the resultant spike train to generate a reconstructed audio output signal for a target component of the source audio signal. The cortical network incorporates top-down attentional inhibitory modulation of respective spatial channels to produce the resultant spike train for the selected spatially separate components of the source audio signal, and the stimulus reconstruction circuit employs convolution of a reconstruction kernel with the resultant spike train to generate the reconstructed audio output.
US10536773B2
Methods and apparatus for frequency selective signal mixing for speech enhancement. In one embodiment frequency-based channel selection is performed for signal magnitude, signal energy, and noise estimate using speaker activity detection information, signal-to-noise ratio, and/or signal level, Frequency-based channel selection is performed for a dynamic spectral floor to adjust the noise estimate using speaker dominance information. Noise reduction is performed on the signal for the selected channel.
US10536771B2
A dynamic receiver for an earphone is provided. The dynamic receiver has a Helmholtz resonance space provided on a protector. The dynamic receiver includes: a frame; a magnetic circuit disposed in the frame; a vibration system disposed in the frame and configured to generate sound by a mutual electromagnetic force with the magnetic circuit; and a protector coupled to the frame and configured to protect components disposed in the frame. The protector includes a sound emitting hole passing through the protector and emitting sound generated in the frame to the outside, and a resonance space defined on a top surface of the protector.
US10536767B2
A heat energy powered earphone is provided, which utilizes a thermoelectric (TE) module that is connected to an external heat exchanger clip. The clip can be affixed to a cool location such as the top of an ear, a hat, or other piece of clothing. The clip may connect to the TE module via a simple heat pipe. By using the clip, the earphone housing may be manufactured with a compact form factor that enables close insertion to the inner ear. Additionally, by providing an open hole in the TE module, audio waves can pass through unobstructed. Power management, wireless transmission, and audio playback circuitry may be provided via a tethered wire to an external electronics module. Interfacing methods are also provided, including a method for automatic pairing with an audio source upon insertion of the earphone, and a method for adjusting a fit of the earphone using audio feedback.
US10536766B1
The earphone cord organizer is an accessory for a phone that couples to the phone and provides storage for a pair of earphones or earbuds. The earphone cord organizer attaches to an existing phone connector via a male electrical connector that is part of the coupler body. A female electrical connector on the coupler body may be wired to the male electrical connector and allow an external cable to connect to the phone even with the organizer in place. The organizer also comprises two arms to retain the cord. Earphones may be stored on the organizer by wrapping the cord of the earphones around the coupler body. A pair of wrap extenders protruding from the arms towards the phone may increase the size of the core of the organizer to better accommodate the cord.
US10536753B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices where the one or more user-generated remarks are temporally associated with media content in the form of a gaming session presented at the plurality of computing devices and present the one or more user-generated remarks as an overlay combined with the gaming session as a presentation to at least a set among the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10536752B2
Disclosed is an information processing method and an electronic device capable of playing a multimedia file. The method includes when detecting a first operation of adjusting a play time of a multimedia file from a first time to a second time different from the first time in the process of playing the multimedia file, acquiring and storing a play progress of the multimedia file corresponding to the first time; and when detecting a second operation of a user, retrieving the play progress of the multimedia file corresponding to the first time and playing the multimedia file from the play progress corresponding to the first time in response to the second operation. With the method and electronic device, a video can accurately return to a play progress corresponding to a previous play time after a fast forward or rewind is performed in the process of playing the video.
US10536751B2
A video-on-demand (VOD) content delivery system has a VOD Application Server which manages a database of templates for presentation of video content elements of different selected types categorized in hierarchical order. A web-based Content Management System receives content uploaded online in file formats with metadata for title and topical area, and automatically converts it into video data format compatible with the VOD content delivery system indexed by title and topical area. A User Interface for the system delivers listings data to the viewer's TV indexed by title and topical area specified by the uploaded metadata.
US10536747B2
Methods and apparatus to detect user attentiveness to handheld computing devices are disclosed. An example handheld computing device includes means for detecting at least one of a first orientation change of the handheld computing device or a first position change between the handheld computing device and a user, and means for comparing at least one of the first orientation change or the first position change to a plurality of spatial condition change combinations associated with respective likelihoods indicative of user attentiveness related to the handheld computing device to determine user attentiveness to a presentation on the handheld computing device, the plurality of spatial condition change combinations including a plurality of orientation changes from respective starting orientations to respective ending orientations and a plurality of position changes from respective starting positions to respective ending positions.
US10536740B2
Systems and methods for targeting advertisements to particular zones within a content distribution region are disclosed. One or more zone signals may be generated and distributed by combining media content with a respective advertisement corresponding to each of the zones within the distribution region. In some example cases, the media content may be received from a broadcaster. The systems and methods may further include the capability to determine zone based and/or advertisement based viewing metrics for one or more of the zones within the content distribution region by polling client devices within the one or more zones.
US10536739B2
A display apparatus and a method. The display apparatus may include a display, an interface configured to be connected with an output terminal of a source device, a main processor configured to control an operation of the display apparatus and a sub-processor configured to identify whether the output terminal of the source device is connected with the interface. The main processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a first state, and the sub-processor may identify whether the source device is turned on if the display apparatus is in a second state. The main processor may control the display to display a UI based on one or more of whether the interface is connected to the output terminal of the source device and whether the source device is turned on.
US10536737B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium operating in a mobile device server. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can include computer instructions to execute a web server application in the mobile device server. The web server application can be operable cause the mobile device server to detect a media resource center while roaming in a communication zone of the media resource center, transmit a pairing key to the media resource center, and receive from the media resource center authorization to pair with one or more resources selected by the media resource center according to the pairing key. In one embodiment a billing system can be operable to determine whether to apply a monetary charge to a subscriber account based on the pairing key. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10536731B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing high quality video data, such as data having a higher than standard bit depth, a high dynamic range, or a wide or custom color gamut, to be compatible with conventional encoders and decoders without significant loss of quality. High quality data is encoded into a plurality of layers with a base layer having the standard quality data and one or more higher quality layers. Decoding systems and methods may map the base layer to the dynamic range or color gamut of the enhancement layer, combine the layers, and map the combined layers to a dynamic range or color gamut appropriate for the target display. Each of the standard quality and the high quality data may be encoded as a plurality of tiers of increasing quality and reference lower level tiers as sources of prediction during predictive coding.
US10536730B2
A method for processing video frames, a video processing chip, and a Motion Estimation/Motion Compensation (MEMC) chip are provided. The method performed by the video processing chip includes obtaining multiple video frames and adjusting each video frame from a first resolution to a second resolution. The method also includes inserting at least one invalid frame into the multiple video frames according to a second frame rate, so that a frame rate of a transport frame stream is the second frame rate; and sending the transport frame stream to an MEMC chip. The video processing chip and the MEMC chip may perform transmission of a frame stream according to an interface frequency corresponding to a resolution and a frame rate that are agreed upon.
US10536724B2
An entropy encoding control unit 13, in the case where the skip flag of a block of an end node in a quadtree structure indicates that the binary tree split flag succeeds, causes the entropy encoding unit 11 to entropy-encode the binary tree split flag and the binary tree split direction flag, and in the case where the skip flag of the block of the end node in the quadtree structure indicates that the binary tree split flag does not succeed, causes the entropy encoding unit 11 not to entropy-encode the binary tree split flag and the binary tree split direction flag, and in the case where a node of a size equal to the minimum size is further partitioned based on the binary tree structure, causes the entropy encoding unit 11 not to entropy-encode the binary tree split direction flag at the node.
US10536720B2
A method of decoding or encoding that includes generating a new multi-transform data structure by embedding one or more non-recursive transforms into a larger recursive transform. The method may further include receiving information regarding a target data block and determining whether to use a recursive transform or a non-recursive transform. When the determination is to use the recursive transform, the method may include generating the recursive transform using a multi-transform data structure and causing the target data block to be encoded or decoded using the generated recursive transform. If not, the method may include causing the target data block to be encoded or decoded using one of the one or more the non-recursive transforms embedded in the multi-transform data structure.
US10536717B2
According to the present invention, an image encoding/decoding method comprises the steps of: performing an intra prediction on a current block so as to generate a prediction block; performing filtering on a filtering target pixel in the prediction block on the basis of the intra prediction mode of the current block so as to generate a final prediction block; and generating a reconstructed block on the basis of a reconstructed differential block corresponding to the current block and on the final prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding/decoding efficiency can be improved.
US10536712B2
By the moving picture coding method and the moving picture decoding method, it is possible to improve coding efficiency. The moving picture coding apparatus includes a merge block candidate calculation unit that (i) specifies merge block candidates at merge mode, by using colpic information such as motion vectors and reference picture index values of neighbor blocks of a current block to be coded and a motion vector and the like of a collocated block of the current block which are stored in a colPic memory, and (ii) generates a combined merge block by using the merge block candidates.
US10536706B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for sharing a candidate list. A method of generating a merging candidate list for a predictive block may include: producing, on the basis of a coding block including a predictive block on which a parallel merging process is performed, at least one of a spatial merging candidate and a temporal merging candidate of the predictive block; and generating a single merging candidate list for the coding block on the basis of the produced merging candidate. Thus, it is possible to increase processing speeds for coding and decoding by performing inter-picture prediction in parallel on a plurality of predictive blocks.
US10536704B2
An inter-prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: deriving motion information of a current block; and generating a prediction block for the current block on the basis of the derived motion information. According to the present invention, computational complexity can be reduced and encoding efficiency can be improved.
US10536703B2
To estimate content complexity of a video, energy of prediction residuals is calculated. The prediction residuals are usually smaller when the video is less complex and more predictable. Scales of prediction residuals also depend on encoding configurations, for example, I pictures usually have larger prediction residuals than P and B pictures even when the contents are very similar and thus have similar perceived content complexity. To more closely reflect the content complexity, alignment scaling factors are estimated for different encoding configurations. Based on the energy of prediction residuals and alignment scaling factors, an overall content unpredictability parameter can be estimated to compute a compression distortion factor for the video. The compression distortion factor, combined with slicing and freezing distortion factors, can be used to estimate a video quality metric for the video.
US10536701B2
In one example, a device for coding video data includes a video coder configured to configured to code information representative of whether an absolute value of an x-component of a motion vector difference value for a current block of video data is greater than zero, code information representative of whether an absolute value of a y-component of the motion vector difference value is greater than zero, when the absolute value of the x-component is greater than zero, code information representative of the absolute value of the x-component, when the absolute value of the y-component is greater than zero, code information representative of the absolute value of the y-component, when the absolute value of the x-component is greater than zero, code a sign of the x-component, and when the absolute value of the y-component is greater than zero, code a sign of the y-component.
US10536694B2
Provided is an image processing device including a decoding section that decodes an encoded stream to generate an image, a line determining section that determines whether to apply a deblocking filter to each of lines perpendicular to a boundary in neighboring blocks neighboring across the boundary in the image generated by the decoding section, and a filtering section that applies the deblocking filter to each line to which the line determining section determines to apply the deblocking filter.
US10536690B2
Apparatuses and methods for displaying a 3-D representation of an object are described. Apparatuses can include a rotatable structure, motor, and multiple light field sub-displays disposed on the rotatable structure. The apparatuses can store a light field image to be displayed, the light field image providing multiple different views of the object at different viewing directions. A processor can drive the motor to rotate the rotatable structure and map the light field image to each of the light field sub-displays based in part on the rotation angle, and illuminate the light field sub-displays based in part on the mapped light field image. The apparatuses can include a display panel configured to be viewed from a fiducial viewing direction, where the display panel is curved out of a plane that is perpendicular to the fiducial viewing direction, and a plurality of light field sub-displays disposed on the display panel.
US10536683B2
Systems and methods for marking an event of interest within a spherical video segment are provided. The spherical video segment may define visual content viewable from a point of view. User input may designate an event of interest within the visual content. The user input may indicate a moment in time in the spherical video segment and a viewing angle of the event of interest. Tag information associated with the event of interest may be generated. The tag information may identify the moment in time and the viewing angle such that a subsequent presentation of the spherical video segment, proximate to the moment in time, includes an alert notification that the event of interest is outside a display field of view based on the viewing angle being outside the display field of view.
US10536681B2
A sound and video processing system includes: a display that displays a video image captured by the camera; a sound collector that collects sound; an input device that receives designation of at least one designated location in the video image displayed on the display. A processor generates emphasized audio data, in which sound is emphasized in at least one direction from a position of the sound collector toward at least one position corresponding to the at least one designated location. The processor displays at least one identification shape at the at least one designated location. In response to receiving re-designation of one of the at least one designated location by the input device, the processor outputs audio data in which emphasis of sound stops in a direction from the position of the sound collector toward the position corresponding to the re-designated location.
US10536677B2
The present disclosure relates to an image processing apparatus and a method capable of performing on-line sensing without synchronizing and without using a specialized device. An image corner corresponding point detection unit detects an image corner of an input image from a captured image captured by a camera, and associates four image corner points of a corrected image to be projected by a projector with four image corner points of the detected captured image, thereby detecting four image corner corresponding points. An attitude estimation unit estimates a relative attitude of the projector and the camera from the four image corner corresponding points. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a projection imaging device that projects an image with a projector, captures the image projected by the projector, and updates a presentation position.
US10536676B2
A projection apparatus that projects a projection image includes a first panel, a second panel, a projection optical system that projects light that has passed through the first panel and the second panel, an information acquisition unit that acquires light reduction information of a region which is a part of the projection image and overlaps with an image projected by another projection apparatus, and a panel control unit that controls the first panel based on data of the projection image and controls the second panel based on the light reduction information.
US10536675B2
An image capturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises a pixel array, a signal generator that generates a comparison signal whose electric potential changes with time and a converter that converts a pixel signal into a digital signal. The comparison signal starts to change from a first electric potential in accordance with a start of the conversion of the pixel signal by the converter, and changes again, in accordance with inversion of a magnitude relationship between the pixel signal and the comparison signal, from a third electric potential between the first electric potential and a second electric potential at which the magnitude relationship is inverted. The converter includes a counter that holds, as a signal value, a count value obtained by counting from the start of the conversion of the pixel signal until the inversion of the magnitude relationship.
US10536673B2
The invention provides a photocell system for controlling a street lamp comprising a photocell configured to switch on and off the street light and a Closed Camera Photo Cell configured to collect image data and transmit the data to a remote location.
US10536667B2
An embodiment of a method includes determining a channel signature for each of a plurality of cable devices associated with a selected household; determining whether at least one of the channel signatures is substantially different than the remaining ones of the channel signatures; and if at least one of the channel signatures is substantially different than the remaining ones of the channel signatures, flagging the selected household for potential theft of services review. Additional embodiments may include determining a radio frequency (“RF”) signal power level for each of the cable devices; calculating a sum of the determined RF signal power levels; determining whether the calculated sum is equal to an RF power signal level measured at a tap of the selected household; and if the calculated sum is not equal to the measured RF power signal level, flagging the selected household for potential theft of services review.
US10536666B1
A system for transmitting camera data may include (i) identifying at least two streams of video data that are each produced by a different video source, (ii) receiving a set of at least two frames of video data that includes exactly one frame from each of the at least two streams of video data, (iii) placing, within an image, the set of at least two frames of video data received from the at least two streams of video data, and (iv) transmitting the image that includes the set of at least two frames of video data received from the at least two streams of video data via a single transmission channel. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods, are also disclosed.
US10536649B2
The present invention is related to an image sensor tile and to an image sensor comprising such a tile.An image sensor tile comprises a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a pattern of rows and columns.According to the present invention, each pixel block comprises, for each pixel row, at least one restoring unit that is arranged in a single pixel in that row or at least one restoring unit that is distributed over pixels in that row, said at least one restoring unit being configured to restore a shape of the at least one control signal.
US10536648B2
A moving image generation system includes a plurality of image capture apparatuses respectively having an image capture unit and a CPU. The CPU is configured to sequentially select an image capture apparatus of which photographing area includes a subject according to each timing in photography among the plurality of the image capture apparatus that is disposed so as to differentiate their photographing areas; detect the subject from a plurality of moving images acquired by performing the photography by the image capture unit sequentially selected; according to each timing in the photography, select a moving image including a subject-included area that is a partial image area in which the detected subject is included at a predetermined position or in a predetermined size, among the acquired plurality of moving images, and execute selective clipping processing that clips an image within the subject-included area from the moving images thus selected; and transmit each of the images that is selectively clipped according to each timing in the photography to an external apparatus.
US10536647B2
In general, the subject matter can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for using a display of a computing device as a light source. The computing device receives a first image that was captured by a camera of the computing device, determines a brightness of at least part of the first image, selects an intensity of a light source that is to be presented by the display of the computing device, the intensity of the light source being selected based on the determined brightness of the at least part of the image, presents the light source by the display of the computing device, the presented light source having the selected intensity, and receives a second image that is captured by the camera of the computing device while the computing device is presenting the light source on the display using the selected intensity.
US10536642B2
An image stabilization apparatus which is capable of properly correcting for image blurring while at the same time obtaining correct focus evaluation values. Based on a detected shake, a vibration isolation lens is moved in a direction different from a direction of an optical axis of a shooting optical system. While a focus lens is being moved in the direction of the optical axis, focus evaluation values are obtained based on an image pickup signal obtained by taking an image of a subject. A method to control the focus lens is determined according to whether or not the focus lens is being moved, and with the determined method, movement of the focus lens in the direction of the optical axis is controlled based on an amount by which the vibration isolation lens has moved.
US10536640B2
The imaging device includes an imaging optical system, imaging unit having an imaging element and for capturing a video by imaging a subject image through the imaging optical system, a camera shake detection unit configured to detect camera shake, an optical correction unit configured to optically correct the camera shake detected by the camera shake detection unit by changing a position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the optical correction unit is turned on and to stop the correction in a case where the optical correction unit is turned off, and a reset determination unit for determining whether or not to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The optical correction unit resets the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element in a case where the reset determination unit determines to reset the position of the imaging optical system or the imaging element. The imaging device further includes an electronic correction unit configured to electronically correct a change of a position of a subject, based on an operation of the reset by the optical correction unit, in an image captured by the imaging unit in a case where the reset by the optical correction unit is started.
US10536635B2
Broadly, this disclosure discloses various computing technologies that include a processor in communication with an imaging device and with an illumination device. The processor receives a set of imaging data from the imaging device such that the processor is able to identify an object within the set of imaging data and determine a set of coordinates. The processor then sends the set of coordinates to the illumination device such that the illumination device can output an illumination based on the set of coordinates.
US10536618B2
An apparatus comprising a length of strip light populated with a plurality of light fixtures, the apparatus configured to be removably attachable to an imaging device; wherein, when the apparatus is attached to the imaging device: the apparatus surrounds the imaging device but does not occlude one or more cameras of the imaging device that are located about the imaging device, such that the apparatus and light emitted by the strip light do not obscure or distort a respective field of view of the one or more cameras; and the plurality of light fixtures of the strip light are controllable to selectively emit light into the environment that surrounds the imaging device.
US10536614B2
A technique in multi-light control capable of notifying an image pickup apparatus of charge completion information items of a plurality of lighting devices. A lighting device is wirelessly communicably connected to other lighting devices, and is communicably attached to an image pickup apparatus so as to be driven in synchronism with the other lighting devices. First charge completion information of the lighting device itself and second charge completion information of the other lighting devices are transmitted to the image pickup apparatus either in a combined state or in a separate state. If it is determined that an instruction for transmitting the first charge completion information and the slave charge completion information in the separate state has been received from the image pickup apparatus, the first charge completion information and the slave charge completion information are transmitted to the image pickup apparatus in the separate.
US10536613B2
A printing system that enables an image processing apparatus to, in the configuration in which one printing apparatus is managed by a plurality of management apparatuses, obtain a suitable color profile from one of the management apparatuses.
US10536608B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for performing dithering in non-linear space may include receiving, as an input, a non-linear sRGB-encoded data stream that includes pixel data that is to be displayed on a display screen. The disclosed method may next include generating a dithering mask for the non-linear sRGB-encoded data stream. Still further, the method may include dithering the non-linear sRGB-encoded data stream using the generated dithering mask according to a scalar dithering algorithm or a vector dithering algorithm. The method may also include linearizing the dithered non-linear sRGB-encoded data stream for display on the display screen, and may include providing the linearized RGB-encoded data stream to the display screen for display. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10536597B2
There is provided a printing apparatus including a printing mechanism that feeds paper from a plurality of paper feeding ports and performs printing on the fed paper; and a control unit that controls the printing mechanism, in which the control unit determines whether or not printing of a second job is to be performed on unprinted fed paper which is fed from the paper feeding port and is not yet printed, based on a setting of the paper feeding port in the second job following the first job, when a cancellation instruction is received during printing the first job and causes the printing mechanism to perform printing of the second job on the unprinted fed paper in a case of determining that printing is to be performed.
US10536594B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an operation display device that includes an operation display device body, a front light emission portion and a rear light emission portion, the operation display device body including an operation display provided in one face of the operation display device body, the front light emission portion being provided on an upper side of the face of the operation display device body where the operation display is provided, the front light emission portion emitting light in accordance with a processing status, the rear light emission portion being provided on an upper side of an opposite face of the operation display device body to the operation display, the rear light emission portion emitting light in synchronization with the front light emission portion, wherein the operation display device is attached to an upper portion of a body of the image forming apparatus.
US10536591B2
An information processing system according to the present disclosure has, for example, a copy function. In the copy function, a plurality of configuration screens including a paper selection screen are displayed one at a time in a predetermined order as a configuration target screen in a main area on a display surface of a display. In a case where a subsequent configuration screen is present when any configuration screen is displayed as the configuration target screen in the main area, a left end part of the subsequent configuration screen is displayed in a marginal part on a right side of the main area. Furthermore, in a case where configuration on the current configuration target screen is complete by a user operation, an appropriate modification is made on the left end part of the subsequent configuration screen. Accordingly, an operability of an information processing system having the copy function is improved.
US10536589B2
An interactive terminal with a built-in electronic unit running a program and controlling a printer for printing content, particularly texts, more particularly literary texts, the printing of the content being random according to the selective application of pressure by a user on an area of interface with the terminal.
US10536587B2
The present invention relates to a document scanning apparatus which is composed of an automatic document feeding device and an image capturing device. The document scanning apparatus establishes a private area network between the automatic document feeding device and the image capturing device, and causes the automatic document feeding device to send a message to the image capturing device. When the message is received, said image capturing device performs corresponding operations in response to the message. Said operations may comprise, for example adjusting the relative position between the image capturing device and the automatic document feeding device or doing multi-documents scan.
US10536585B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a charging measurement method, apparatus, and system. The method may include obtaining, by a control plane network element, a traffic flow charging parameter, the traffic flow charging parameter is an online charging parameter or an offline charging parameter. The method may also include determining a charging measurement parameter based on the traffic flow charging parameter, a charging measurement parameter determined based on the online charging parameter and a charging measurement parameter determined based on the offline charging parameter are charging measurement parameters in one charging measurement parameter set. Furthermore, the method may include sending a first message to a forwarding plane network element, where the first message carries the charging measurement parameter set and a traffic flow identifier, and the first message is used to trigger the forwarding plane network element to perform, based on the charging measurement parameter set, charging measurement on a traffic flow indicated by the traffic flow identifier.
US10536583B2
A method of secure charging for a device-to-device service may comprise: recording charging information of a device-to-device service between a first user equipment and a second user equipment, wherein the charging information is associated at least with the first user equipment; generating a first report comprising the charging information, wherein the first report is protected by a security key of the first user equipment; and sending the first report to a network node by the first user equipment, wherein the first report is used for charging for the device-to-device service together with a second report generated at the second user equipment, and wherein the second report comprises charging information associated at least with the device-to-device service of the second user equipment and is protected by a security key of the second user equipment.
US10536570B2
A safety event is determined as affecting a user based at least in part context data collected at a user device associated with the user. In some aspects, context data is detected from sensors on the client device, the context data describing a present context of the user. A deviation of the present context from a historical context is determined to be beyond a threshold. Determining that the deviation is beyond the threshold can be determined to correspond to a safety event potentially jeopardizing safety of the user. In some aspects, an action can be launched in response to determining the safety event.
US10536568B2
An electronic device that includes a fingerprint recognition circuit and the fingerprint recognition circuit, where the fingerprint recognition circuit includes a protective cover, a fingerprint recognition sensor, a circuit connector, a wall plate, and a lower cover, where the protective cover is located on a top side of the wall plate, the wall plate encircles the fingerprint recognition sensor, the protective cover fully covers an upper opening of the wall plate, electronic waterproof adhesive is provided in a seam between the wall plate and the protective cover, the lower cover is located on a bottom side of the wall plate, the lower cover bonds with a lower part of the wall plate, and the circuit connector is electrically coupled to the fingerprint recognition sensor.
US10536564B2
A automation system, a computer and method for communicating includes exchanging data, between a first computer, a second computer and at least one automation device over a wide area network via an application-specific protocol, wherein one of the computers has a local network connection to the automation device, the application-specific protocol has an application layer, and the first and second computers execute respective first and second automation programs such that a transparent connection is provided for the automation programs and their application-specific protocol beyond local network boundaries which can be it efficiently, where signaling functions from lower communication layers that are missing are simulated by introducing event loops on both sides of the communication.
US10536560B2
A communication method and system configured to facilitate integration of complex automation systems composed of disparate components that may run with different processes are distributed over a network or are embedded devices. The system/method allows for a client to rapidly access functionality exposed by a service within a client-service system employing a distributed application structure utilizing an augmented object-oriented model of multiple member types. The system/method allows interconnected nodes to communicate through message passing and remote procedure calling so as to reduce latency within a system composed of distributed resources.
US10536553B1
An emulation system comprises an outband traffic generating device comprising at least one field programmable gate array coupled to a host system. The outband traffic generating device is configured to transfer one or more bits via an outband channel to a register of an inband traffic generating device. The inband traffic generating device comprises at least one field programmable gate array coupled to a target system. The inband traffic generating device is configured to transfer the one or more bits via an inband channel to the outband traffic generating device.
US10536550B2
A system receives event information describing an event performed by a user with a content provider. The system identifies a property associated with the content provider whose aggregation conditions are satisfied by the event. The system selects an aggregator to which to send the information based on the user. The selected aggregator stores an event entry in its aggregator store with the event information and an indication of the property. The aggregator determines an aggregate value of the user for the property based on event entries in the aggregator store associated with the user and the property. The system provides a content item associated with the content provider to the user based on audience conditions of the property being satisfied by the aggregate value. The system also determines a removal time for each event entry and schedules an aggregation event for updating the user's aggregate value at removal time.
US10536543B2
Methods and apparatus to share online media impression data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communications interface; and a processor to generate instructions to be included in a web site and to cause the communications interface to provide the instructions to a web server associated with the web site, the instructions to cause a client, upon execution of the instructions, to initiate a process including sending a first request to an audience measurement entity; and sending a second request to cause a database proprietor to send to the audience measurement entity a cookie mapping of an audience measurement entity cookie to a database proprietor cookie corresponding to the client.
US10536541B2
A system and method of analyzing traffic across multiple media channels via encoded links is disclosed herein. The method may include receiving, by a server of a media channel analysis system, identification of a plurality of media channels for which to generate encoded links to a resource, generating, by the server, different links encoded by the server and linked to the resource, assigning, by the server, a respective encoded link of the generated encoded links to each of the identified media channels, determining, by the server, for each of the identified media channels, statistics related to traffic corresponding to the respective encoded link and providing, by the server, an output comprising at least a portion of the statistics.
US10536539B2
Users may interact with a multitude of content on content sources. Content sources may desire to identify sessions that the user created. As provided herein, a user interacting with a content source may be identified. Source data and session data regarding the user interaction may be extracted. A data pipeline may be generated based upon the source data and the session data. The data pipeline may be sessionized into a single data feed based upon a finished current events interval (e.g., sessions that are activated and terminated during a first interval), a finished last events interval (e.g., sessions that are activated during the first interval and terminated during a second interval), a second finished current events interval (e.g., sessions that are activated and terminated during the second interval), and/or a second finished last events interval (e.g., sessions that are activated during the second interval and terminated during a third interval).
US10536537B1
A master oracle may receive an oracle network identifier for an oracle network. The master oracle may receive a plurality of data messages respectively generated by the oracles. The master oracle may verify, based on respective public keys for the oracles, that each of the data messages are digitally signed by a different corresponding one of the oracles. The master oracle may aggregate the data messages into an aggregated data message. The master oracle may digitally sign the aggregated data message with a private key and public key pair. The master oracle may transmit the aggregated data message to a participant node of a distributed ledger network. A smart contract stored on a blockchain may verify the aggregated data. After receiving and verifying the aggregated data message the smart contract may execute to perform operations based on the aggregated data message.
US10536534B2
A method includes obtaining information associated with a service provider's activities with respect to a computing system, where the service provider's activities include changes to the computing system. The method also includes identifying a specified time period and generating a graphical display containing a service roadmap. The service roadmap identifies one or more of the changes to the computing system that have occurred or will occur within the specified time period. The method further includes, in response to a user selection of one of the changes to the computing system in the service roadmap, updating the graphical display to include additional information about the selected change to the computing system. The characteristics of the service provider's activities could include multiple characteristics related to contractual requirements of a service agreement and multiple characteristics related to performance characteristics of computing devices and computing networks in the computing system.
US10536527B2
Methods and systems for controlling the collection and storage of data are described. In general, the system includes a human-machine interface (HMI), and the HMI includes an interface that is configured to receive and connect with an external device. Generally, the methods and systems involve the use of an external storage device that can store, for example, collected data and/or analyzed data.
US10536517B2
A method and system for selecting a server load balancer (SLB) for processing requests associated with a client are provided. The method may commence with receiving a Domain Name System (DNS) request from a client DNS server associated with the client. The method may include determining a geolocation of the client. The method may continue with receiving a time delay record including a round trip time (RTT) between the client and each of pluralities of SLBs and a geolocation of each SLB. The method may include matching the geolocation of the client and the geolocation of each of the pluralities of SLBs. The method may include selecting SLBs having the geolocation that matches the geolocation of the client. The method may further include selecting, from the SLBs, an SLB having a lowest RTT and sending a DNS response comprising network data of the selected SLB to the client DNS server.
US10536504B2
A cloud service stores and aggregates content that is obtained from different content sources using different protocols. For example, the content may include electronic messages, calendar information, contacts, social network content, feed data, search results, and the like. The cloud service aggregates content for each user based on the user's configuration settings. The cloud service may perform processing on the aggregated content before it is delivered and displayed to the user on the client device. For example, one or more views may be generated and stored by the cloud service before the view is requested from the client. Changes made to the aggregated content on the client may be synchronized with the content source. Searches may be made across all or a portion of the different content sources that are aggregated for a user.
US10536497B2
Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes are disclosed. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things), where the network may involve autonomous and/or non-autonomous vehicles.
US10536490B2
A gateway receives a message from a first terminal to establish a connection between the first terminal and a second terminal. The gateway sends a second message to the second terminal to offer a connection. After receiving the first message from the first terminal, the gateway receives subsequent third messages from the first terminal that identify candidates for assisting in the formation of the connection. The gateway saves information about these candidates. The gateway either uses such information for facilitating the formation of the connection or forwards that information to the second communication terminal after receiving an answer accepting the establishment of a connection from the second terminal and determining whether the second terminal has a WebRTC client.
US10536484B2
A graphical user interface provides network security administrators a tool to quickly and easily create one or more courses of action for automatic response to a network threat. The courses of action are hardware and system agnostic, which allows a common response task to be implemented by an underlying response engine for any or multiple similar-function devices regardless of brand or version. The course of action builder allows the administrator to use a simple, graphic-based, business modeling concept to craft and design security response processes rather than having to hard code response routines specific to each piece of hardware on the network. The graphic interface model allows the user of the threat response software incorporating the course of action builder to easily understand the overall flow and paths the response may take, as well as understand the data requirements and dependencies that will be evaluated.
US10536483B2
One example provides a collaborative policy refinement service to aggregate policy inputs from organizational layers and to generate security policies that are consistent across the organizational layers. This includes an interactive policy component to facilitate collaborative interaction between the organizational layers and to facilitate determination of the security policies.
US10536475B1
Embodiments are directed to managing communication over a network. A co-located assessment agent may monitor communication traffic and determine assets and interactions with communication clients associated with one or more remote services. Asset groups associated with the assets may be determined based on characteristics of the assets. Representative assets from each asset group may be determined. Risk scores associated with each asset in a same asset group as the representative assets may be determined based on the remote services associated with the representative assets and the interactions with the communication clients such that a first risk score is initially generated based on a catalog local to a communication client and a succeeding risk score may be generated remotely based on an assessment model. The assets may be modified based on the first risk score or the succeeding risk score and provided to communication clients for display to a user.
US10536469B2
Approaches for providing security in a networked computing environment are provided. The method includes detecting, by at least one computer device, a breach of a first system in the networked computing environment. The method also includes identifying a second system in the in the networked computing environment as an at-risk system based on a proximity of the second system to the first system. The method additionally includes re-generating, by the at least one computer device, the second system as a new system at a new location in the networked computing environment. The method further includes converting, by the at least one computer device, the second system to a decoy system.
US10536467B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of uploading and authenticating content. In particular, a user device may receive validating information from a wireless networking device. The user or client device may record a content item, and may insert a validation tag based on the validating information. The user or client device may then send the content item to the wireless networking device. The wireless networking device may receive the content item at a first location and may determine the validity of the content item based on the validating information. The user device may continually interact with wireless networking devices as it travels to continually upload content items while establishing the validity of the time and location of the content items.
US10536465B2
The present disclosure relates to a server system or other computer equipment for storing data of a first party and determining whether a second party is permitted access to that data based on metadata associated with the data. The disclosure provides a variety of techniques for reducing latency in a security check operation which involves reading this metadata to determine whether the second party is permitted access.
US10536463B2
Controlling access to sensitive data can be difficult during an application development effort. A developer may not be authorized to see the data that is to be used by the application. Credentials used in a development environment to access development data can require modification when the application is migrated to a deployed environment. Changing the code in the deployed environment increases risks of change induced incidents. The technology disclosed allows for the creation of a named credential object, where the credentials for different environments are stored, and where the named credential object is called by metadata. This allows the promotion of code from a development environment to a deployed environment without changes to code, and without giving access to sensitive data to the developer.
US10536462B1
Apparatus and method for providing unique device identification values for a network accessible device. In accordance with some embodiments, a unique device identifier value is generated in response to a data exchange operation with a network accessible device. The identifier value is subsequently transmitted by the device as a unique device identifier value in conjunction with the transmitting of a request for a subsequent data exchange operation with the device.
US10536459B2
A system for managing files over a network comprises a first computer hosting managed folders and files and one or more second computers. The first computer comprises database management software, server software such as server pipe software, and a first unique token. The second computer comprises a software module adapted and configured to be integrated into application software, client software such as client pipe software, and a second unique token. The computers communicate in part using the server and client software to establish a secure session for file access and transfer between the first and second computers.
US10536458B2
This invention provides a method for managing a transaction right in a digital rights management server. The transaction right is the right to a transaction of a utilization right of a digital content item. The method comprises steps of obtaining an attribute associated with the digital content item from metadata of the digital content item; and generating the transaction right on the basis of a pre-stored rule and the attribute of the digital content item. Since the transaction right is generated on the basis of the attribute of the digital content item, or in other words, the transaction right is dependent on the attribute of the digital content item, the generated transaction right of digital content items can be different if the corresponding attribute associated with the digital content items are different. Furthermore, in additional to the metadata, the generation of the transaction right only requires the pre-stored rule, resulting in affordable complexity and cost. Since the transaction right is also dependent on the pre-stored rule, the content providers need not to individually set the transaction right for each digital content item, but are still able to set the transaction right by setting the pre-stored rule.
US10536456B2
A method for identifying user information includes obtaining a first user identifier of a user in a social network; obtaining identity authentication information corresponding to the first user identifier; determining whether the identity authentication information is associated with a second user identifier; and storing, when the identity authentication information is associated with the second user identifier, an association relationship between the first user identifier and the second user identifier.
US10536440B2
A user account access management system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a user account access software code. The hardware processor executes the user account access software code to receive, from a first user device, a secondary account profile data for generating a secondary account associated with a primary user account registered with a web based service, and to receive, from a second user device, a sign up request for using the web based service. The hardware processor further executes the user account access software code to transmit an authentication token to one of the first user device and the second user device, receive the authentication token from the other of the first user device and the second user device, and link the secondary account with the second user device based on receiving the authentication code.
US10536438B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including a wireless display system with a secure back channel to transmit an input from an input device coupled to a display receiver device to a display transmitter device. An input from an input device may be captured by a display receiver device in a secure execution environment. Furthermore, the captured input may be transmitted through a back channel to a display transmitter device in a secured form based on one or more secure parameters negotiated with the display transmitter device. The display transmitter device may receive the input in the secured form, decrypt the input in the secured form based on the one or more secure parameters to obtain the input, and further supply the input to an operating system or an application to operate on the display transmitter device. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.
US10536431B2
A DHCP server implementation includes transmission of a DHCP packet from a virtual machine executing on a server node to a node agent executing on the server node, generation, by the node agent, of a DHCP response packet based on the DHCP packet and on DHCP information previously stored in a local memory of the server node, and transmission of the DHCP response packet from the node agent to the virtual machine. Neither the DHCP packet transmitted by the virtual machine nor the DHCP response packet are transmitted out of the server node.
US10536430B2
A request message requesting a service is received from a terminal device. Computer code is transmitted to the terminal device, and a communication connection request is received from the terminal device in response to running the computer code on the terminal device. In response to receiving the communication connection request, a communication connection is established to the terminal device. A first IP address associated with the terminal device is determined based on one or more communications transmitted through the communication connection.
US10536427B2
Mapping anonymous Internet entities to known accounts. In an embodiment, events, representing online activity and comprising IP addresses, are received from a plurality of sources. Subsets of the events are aggregated into mappings that associate the IP address, shared by the subset, with an account. Each mapping is associated with statistics regarding the events. A confidence value is calculated for each mapping based on the statistics, and a final subset of the mappings is selected based on the confidence values. Subsequently, when a request with an IP address is received, the final subset of mappings is searched for the requested IP address, and an indication of the account associated with the requested IP address is returned in response to the request.
US10536423B1
Technology for managing the flow of messages among accounts of a social network. One method enables a first account (e.g., person or entity account) to elect a second account (e.g., person or entity account) in the social network. The election causes the first account to follow the second account to receive electronic messages of the second account. Further, an election of the first account by the second account is disabled until the first account follows the second account. Additionally, the method includes an operation for detecting the first account has followed the second account and has added the second account to a communication group managed by the first account.
US10536414B2
A technique for electronic message user interfaces. In particular, the technique displays, on a display, an electronic message user interface and receives user input from a touch-sensitive surface, a rotatable input mechanism, and/or peripherals such as a microphone to access, compose, and manipulate electronic messages.
US10536413B2
Systems and methods for direct packet communications and store and forward packet communications are provided that include packets which have attributes which determine the lifetime of the packet contents and these lifetimes are optionally a function of the recipient. Example methods are given featuring the transmission of packets with limited lifetime, the storing and retransmission of packets to one or more recipients and confirmation of deletion of packet contents. It is also shown that cryptography may be employed to ensure that timed presentation of packet contents to recipients takes place and is authenticated by the sender.
US10536406B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method and apparatus, and an in-vehicle terminal. The data transmission method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, transmission data by using a first application, the transmission data being data corresponding to a to-be-played file; obtaining, by the first terminal, an address of a first server by using the first application, the first server being a server configured to provide an online play service to a second terminal; and according to the address of the first server, sending, by the first terminal using the first application, the transmission data to the first server by using a second server, the second server being a server of the first application.
US10536404B2
According to an aspect multiple records are stored in a database server. A set of records are retrieved by querying the database server. A first file is formed to contain the retrieved set of records. The first file is sent by email to a user, and a second file, with at least one of the set of records modified, is received from the user by email. The received modifications contained in the second file are propagated to the database server, upon receipt of the second file. Users may accordingly be able to effect modifications to multiple records in a single email exchange. According to another aspect, the updates are effected by using a SOA server storing a process definition to interface (send and receive emails) with the user and propagate the changes. The SOA server may contain a workflow block to interact with users based on email exchange.
US10536386B2
Dynamically varying transmission rates of a traffic flow over respective portions of a primary band and a complementary band may allow a transmit point to satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements over a unified air interface. The QoS requirement may stipulate that an overall transmission rate of the traffic flow over the unified air interface exceeds a threshold. Transmission rates may be varied based on a contention level of the complementary band. For instance, during periods of high contention, the transmission rate on the primary band may be ramped up to compensate for a lower effective transmission rate over the complementary band. Likewise, during periods of low contention, the transmission rate on the primary band may be stepped down to compensate for a higher effective transmission rate over the complementary band.
US10536375B2
In one example, a method includes detecting, by a forwarding manager for an internal forwarding path executed by at least one packet processor of a forwarding unit of a network device, that the at least one packet processor of a plurality of packet processors has become available for processing packets for forwarding; in response to the detecting, ceasing, by the forwarding manager, execution of control processing operations received from a control unit of the network device; and programming, by the forwarding manager, a plurality of forwarding path elements of the at least one packet processor based on a dependencies data structure, wherein the dependencies data structure comprises one or more dependencies that each indicates, for a node of a plurality of nodes, one or more nodes that reference the node, and wherein each node of the plurality of nodes corresponds to a single forwarding path element of the plurality of forwarding path elements.
US10536360B1
Provided are systems and methods for managing historically large flows in network visibility monitoring. In some implementations, provided is an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit may be operable to receive packet information describing a packet at the cycle of a clock input. The packet may be associated with a packet flow being transmitted across a network. The integrated circuit may further generate keys using information identifying a packet flow provided by the packet information. The integrated circuit may further read values for counters and state information associated with each counter from a memory, using the keys. The integrated circuit may further determine from the state information that the packet flow identified by the packet information is a historically large packet flow. Upon determining that the packet flow is a historically large packet flow, the integrated circuit may further update an entry in a flow memory using the packet information.
US10536355B1
A computing system is monitored by collecting monitoring information from two or more different monitoring tools associated with respective portions of the computing system, where the monitoring tools having different information collection capabilities associated therewith. The monitoring information received from the different monitoring tools is consolidated in a unified data store. The unified data store is utilized to perform analytics relating to inter-dependencies of storage, compute and networking components of the computing system managed by different ones of the monitoring tools. The analytics results are presented utilizing a monitoring dashboard.
US10536351B2
Disclosed is a technique that can be performed by an electronic device. The technique can include generating timestamped events, where the timestamped events include raw data generated by electronic device. The technique can further include obtaining results by performing a operation on the timestamped events, in accordance with instructions. The technique can further include sending the results or indicia thereof over a network to a server computer system, and receiving back new instructions generated by the server computer system based on the sent results. Lastly, the technique can include performing a new operation on timestamped events including raw data generated based by the electronic device, where the new operation can be performed in accordance with the new instructions to obtain new results.
US10536347B2
A computer-implemented method is provided for fault diagnostics and recovery of network service chains. The method includes discovering, by a processor, a network graph representative of components of the network service chains. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, intersecting ones of the components of the network service chains in the network graph. The method also includes repairing, by the processor, one or more of the components of at least one of the network service chains based on a component repair sequence that maintains service continuity of the network service chains and that is determined based on a commonality.
US10536342B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for searching names using name clusters. A method includes training a supervised machine learning system to learn a connection strength between a member and peers of the member; clustering the member with the peers in response to a threshold number of profile similarities between the member and the peers and the connection strength between the member and the peers being above a connection strength threshold value; and applying an unsupervised machine learning system using output from the supervised machine learning system and the clustering to generate a connection between the member and at least one of the peers.
US10536339B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically configuring, managing, updating, and/or monitoring the configuration of various computing devices and/or network devices within a communications network, such as a telecommunications network. Basic input/output setting configurations for a network devices and/or cluster of network devices may be extracted from a template. Subsequently, a module may be identified and executed to configure the cluster based on configuration parameters defined within the template.
US10536335B2
A network element includes control entities (102, 103) and controllable entities (104-105) such as line interface units. The control entities configure the controllable entities to enable the network element to operate in a data transfer network. Each control entity maintains a configuration data-set in accordance with configuration information based on data received from the data transfer network and transmits the configuration data-set to one or more controllable entities. The control entity applies a configuration rule on the configuration information and updates the configuration data-set on the basis of the result of the configuration rule. The configuration rule is stateless so that its result is independent of earlier results of the configuration rule and of earlier configuration information. The control entities are enabled to keep their configuration data-sets nearly congruent with each other because they use the same configuration information and the same stateless configuration rule.
US10536333B2
Method in a radio node for configuring a wireless device. The radio node and the wireless device operate in a wireless communications network. The radio node configures the wireless device with a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, resource units. The plurality of PUCCH resource units is associated with a number of downlink, DL, aggregated carriers.
US10536332B1
A system for managing configuration of multiple computing systems associated with a customer in a cloud computing environment. A command associated with the desired configuration is identified for execution on a total quantity of instances associated with the customer system to be configured. An invocation rate parameter selected by the customer system is used to control a rate in which the configuration command is invoked on the targeted instances. Based on the invocation rate parameter, the system invokes the configuration command on identified portions or sets of the targeted instances during different stages of the configuration invocation.
US10536331B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for configuring uplink and downlink carriers. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the UE determines according to received uplink and downlink carrier configuration signaling, the pairing between the uplink and downlink carriers, and/or a timing reference downlink carrier for the uplink, and/or a pathloss reference cell for the uplink. Thus, the uplink and downlink carriers may be configured more flexibly. Further, through the configuration of the reference downlink carrier for the uplink timing and the uplink power control, the carrier aggregation performance and that on the unlicensed band may be supported more effectively, so as to improve the performance of the LTE system.
US10536325B2
Systems and methods are provided for supporting efficient reconfiguration of an interconnection network having a pre-existing routing. An exemplary method can provide a plurality of switches, a plurality of end nodes, and one or more subnet managers, including a master subnet manager. The method can calculate, via the master subnet manager, a first set of one or more leaf-switch to leaf-switch multipaths. The method can store this first set of one or more leaf-switch to leaf-switch multipaths at a metabase. The method can detect a reconfiguration triggering event, and call a new routing for the interconnection network. Finally, the method can reconfigure the network according to the new routing for the interconnection network.
US10536322B2
A service control manager manages one or more services on a computing device, such as creating processes that host the services, stopping the processes that host the services, and so forth. The service control manager also provides a request to a resource manager to reserve, monitor, and/or place limitations on resources for each of the one or more services. For example, the service control manager can request to be notified when resource usage by a service exceeds a resource usage threshold value. These resources are various resources of the computing device, such as a processor (CPU), memory, storage device input/output (I/O), network usage, and so forth. If the usage of a resource by a service satisfies the resource usage threshold value for that resource for that service, then the resource manager notifies the service control manager so the service control manager can take an appropriate remedial action.
US10536320B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include cancellation systems, methods, apparatuses, and software for acoustic or electromagnetic measurement or communications. In some embodiments, full-duplex measurement and/or communications systems can be implemented that permit simultaneous transmission and reception of signals. A cancellation signal generated in accordance with teachings herein may be produced by iteratively solving a Wiener filter problem and provided to a cancellation transducer to cancel unwanted signals in an analog fashion and/or adaptive cancellation module to cancel unwanted signals in a digital fashion. A number of new techniques for reducing or eliminating unwanted signals are described herein that can be used alone or in combination in order to tailor a signal cancelling system, method, apparatus, or software product to particular uses and environments.
US10536315B2
Methods, devices, and systems for transmitting information using a unique word (UW) with discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) are described herein. In an example, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may generate a reference sequence. Further, the WTRU may generate a DMRS sequence based on upsampling of the reference sequence. In an example, the DMRS sequence may include a plurality of repeating sequences. Further, in an example, each repeating sequence may include a head sequence, a reference sequences and a tail sequence. Also, a UW sequence within the DMRS may include one of the repeated head sequences and one of the repeated tail sequences. In addition, the WTRU may generate a DMRS signal based on a waveform operation on the DMRS sequence. The WTRU may then transmit the DMRS signal as a reference signal.
US10536312B2
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for generating, transmitting, and/or receiving a hybrid spread waveform. The hybrid spread waveform may include a data portion and a hybrid guard interval (HGI) portion. The HGI portion may include a fixed prefix portion or a fixed suffix portion, and an adaptive low power tail (LPT) portion. The fixed prefix portion or the fixed suffix portion is a low power cyclic prefix (LPCP). The LPCP may be generated at least based on at least the channel delay spread and a power regrowth length. The adaptive LPT portion may be generated using a zero tail (ZT). The LPT is generated by inserting zeros at IFFT or DFT processing stage. A part of the adaptive LPT portion is used to carry data or control information. A waveform may be switched between a hybrid spread waveform and a fixed-CP waveform, e.g., via control signaling.
US10536308B2
In a communication receiver circuit, an amplifier circuit can include an adjustable gain. A signal corresponding to a portion of a transmitted frame can be received, and a gain of the receiver circuit can be adjusted such as automatically, and such adjustment can be referred to as automatic gain control (AGC). An offset correction can be performed to adjust for an error in a received representation of a transmitted carrier, and such offset correction can be referred to as carrier frequency offset (CFO) correction. A portion of the received signal can be dynamically allocated between AGC and CFO correction, such as allocating a longer duration to CFO correction when AGC results in a relatively higher receiver gain, and allocating a shorter duration to CFO correction when AGC results in a relatively lower receiver gain.
US10536306B2
Switch units control ON and OFF of communication between a master device and slave devices. Signal levels of communication lines between switch units and slave devices are maintained at a predetermined level. A switch unit in a first stage is turned on and off by a first switch control signal. A switch unit in a second stage is turned on and off by a switch control signal generated based on a level of a communication line in the first stage and the first switch control signal. A switch unit in each of subsequent stages is turned on and off by a switch control signal generated based on a level of a communication line in a preceding stage and a switch control signal in a second preceding stage. A portion of ground short circuit is identified based on states of communication between the master device and the slave devices.
US10536303B1
A decision feedback equalizer (DFE) comprises two charge-steering (CS) input latches driven by complementary ½-rate clocks, two pairs of CS primary latches, and two pairs of taps. The primary latches are driven by ¼-rate clocks. In a first aspect, each one of the input latches and the primary latches includes a respective differential pair of n-channel output transistors, and each tap includes a respective differential pair of p-channel input transistors. In a second aspect, each one of the input latches and the primary latches includes a respective differential pair of p-channel input transistors, and each tap includes a respective differential pair of n-channel output transistors. In some implementations, no element of any one of the taps is driven by any ½-rate clock. In some implementations, every switch of at least one of the taps is driven by one of the ¼-rate clocks.
US10536302B1
System and method for beamspace nonlinear equalization in a plurality of parallel channels includes: receiving M parallel signals for transmission by N channels, respectively, wherein M is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and N is an integer greater than 1; performing a linear transfer function on each of the M parallel signal by a finite impulse response (FIR) filter; adding FIR filter tap outputs to each M parallel signals, respectively; phase shifting an output of a respective FIR filter per each of the M parallel signals to generate M intermediate channelized output signals per each of the N channels; summing, by a single summer, the M intermediate channelized output signals across the N channels to produce M channelized polyphase output signals; serializing the M channelized polyphase output signals to generate serialized M polyphase output signals; and equalizing the serialized M polyphase output signals to produce a linearized signal in beamspace.
US10536291B2
A home automation (HA) system may include HA operation devices within a structure and HA user interface devices within the structure for respective users. Each HA user interface device may wirelessly communicate with at least one of the HA operation devices to perform at least one HA operation. The HA system may also include HA hub devices to provide communications within the structure for the HA user interface devices and HA operation devices. The HA hub devices may each have an HA hub device identifier associated therewith and determine a wireless communications time slot for wirelessly communicating with corresponding ones of the HA operation devices. Each wireless communications time slot may be determined relative to a reference time with a corresponding time offset based upon the associated HA hub device identifier so that the wireless communications time slot is non-overlapping in time with other wireless communications time slots.
US10536268B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus captures a memory dump of a device in a sandbox environment executing a malware sample. The apparatus identifies a cryptographic key based on a particular data structure in the captured memory dump. The apparatus uses the identified cryptographic key to decrypt encrypted traffic sent by the device. The apparatus labels at least a portion of the decrypted traffic sent by the device as benign. The apparatus trains a machine learning-based traffic classifier based on the at least a portion of the decrypted traffic sent by the device and labeled as benign.
US10536260B2
A baseband IC for performing digital communication with an RFIC and a device including the same. The baseband IC for performing digital communication with an RFIC includes a digital interface circuit configured to receive a frame signal including at least one sampled signal from the RFIC according to a digital interface protocol, reconstruct the at least one sampled signal from the frame signal, and transfer the reconstructed sampled signal to a baseband modem in synchronization with a reception reference signal, and a sample synchronization manager configured to generate the reception reference signal, wherein the frame signal is transmitted from the RFIC to the baseband IC in synchronization with a transmission reference signal.
US10536256B2
Disclosed is a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system, such as LTE, and subsequent systems, and a method for transmitting an uplink control signal in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: transmitting information indicating a first frequency domain to which an uplink control signal is transmitted from a base station, which has determined to perform full-duplex based communication; and performing downlink reception through the remaining frequency domains excluding the first frequency domain.
US10536255B2
A communications method and device for multi-carrier aggregation, where the method includes: grouping by a base station, N serving cells into K cell groups, where N is an integer greater than zero, and K is an integer less than N, sending, by the base station, a cell grouping message to user equipment (UE), where the cell grouping message indicates that the N serving cells are grouped into the K cell groups, and communicating, by the base station, with the UE according to the K cell groups. Hence, signaling overheads can be reduced.
US10536253B2
In accordance with one or more aspects and corresponding disclosure thereof, various aspects are described in connection with channel state information (CSI) for a plurality of downlink carriers. In providing the CSI from a user equipment (UE), respective CSI reports may be determined for the plurality of downlink carriers. The respective CSI reports may be scheduled to be conveyed on a plurality of uplink carriers in a subframe. A determination may be made as to whether the UE is power limited for that subframe. Based at least in part on the determination, the respective CSI reports may be transmitted on the plurality of uplink carriers in the subframe, or transmitted on a subset of the plurality of uplink carriers in the subframe, or dropped.
US10536247B2
An antenna calibration method and apparatus are used for improving calibration accuracy. In the embodiments of the present invention, sending direction radio frequency channels in an antenna array are grouped into M groups, an intra-group sending calibration pilot frequency sequence of each group of sending direction radio frequency channel is sent at different sending time slots in a time division manner, and along with the decreasing of the quantity of each group of sending direction radio frequency channels, a length of the intra-group sending calibration pilot frequency sequence mapped on each radio frequency channel used for channel estimation is increased, thereby improving the accuracy of an inter-channel compensation factor of each determined sending direction radio frequency channel.
US10536238B2
An optical transmission system includes an optical transmission apparatus and an optical reception apparatus. The optical transmission apparatus includes a conversion unit that converts multiple binary data sequences into data in a predetermined signal format; a coding unit that generates multiple pieces of coded data by performing predetermined coding on each of the multiple pieces of converted data; an optical signal generation unit that generates multiple optical signals by converting the multiple pieces of coded data into optical signals; and a mode multiplexer that converts the multiple optical signals into different modes, generates a mode-division multiplexed optical signal by mode-division multiplexing the optical signals, and transmits the generated mode-division multiplexed optical signal to the optical reception apparatus. The optical reception apparatus includes a mode demultiplexer that demultiplexes the mode-division multiplexed optical signal transmitted from the optical transmission apparatus into light in different modes; a photoelectric conversion unit that converts the light in the multiple different modes into electrical signals; an analog/digital conversion unit that converts the multiple electrical signals into coded data; and an MIMO equalization processing unit that performs MIMO equalization processing on the converted coded data.
US10536235B2
Systems and methods include, in a controller, responsive to a request to add one or more channels to a path in an optical network which has in-service channels, determining a plurality of logical control seams to split the path, wherein the path includes a plurality of optical sections and each logical control seam has a boundary at an associated optical section; determining controller speed for each of the plurality of logical control seams based on corresponding optical margin; and performing, for each of the plurality of logical control seams, control at the determined controller speed to add the one or more channels with the in-service channels.
US10536229B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system to be provided for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a method for providing coordinated communication of a plurality of base stations, comprising the steps of: determining an interference value for each beam in a serving base station on the basis of interference signals received from neighboring base stations and transmitting the interference value for each beam to the neighboring base stations; determining a wireless resource and a beam for the coordinated communication by using the interference value for each beam and transmitting allocation information of the determined wireless resource and beam to the neighboring base stations; and determining a terminal, which will use the wireless resource and beam in a time period prior to a time period in which the coordinated communication is performed.
US10536228B2
A test system for testing a wireless device under test in a test chamber. The device under test may be located on a bottom of the test chamber, and a measurement antenna may be mounted on a bottom or a side wall of the test chamber. Further, a reflector may be mounted on a ceiling of the test chamber. Accordingly, a signal path for testing the device under test may be established by reflecting the wireless signals between the device under test and the measurement antenna by the reflector.
US10536222B2
An electrical circuit and method for de-modulation and carrier recovery of PSK modulated carrier signals in analog domain are described. A portion of the received PSK-modulated carrier signal is passed through a signal multiplication circuit to obtain a frequency-multiplied carrier that is absent of the PSK modulation, which is then passed through a frequency dividing circuit to obtain a reference carrier at the received carrier frequency. The reference signal is then mixed with the received PSK-modulated carrier signal to obtain a de-modulated baseband signal. The method may be used in heterodyne receivers of optical BPSK and QPSK signals.
US10536214B2
The invention provides a mobile networking method and system for minimizing interference. The mobile networking method comprises the following steps: unmanned aerial vehicles establish connection and communication with ground base stations through a wireless relay method; connection and communication between the unmanned aerial vehicles are established through a wireless self-networking method; multiple unmanned aerial vehicles cooperate to form a cellular network to provide wireless network services for users; the unmanned aerial vehicles receive a received signal strength indicator fed back by an user equipment and measure an angle of arrival of a signal beam from the user equipment; the main lobe of a signal is made to aim at the direction of arrival of service users through a mobile interference alignment method and a beam forming method thus enabling the optimal hovering position of the unmanned aerial vehicle to be obtained.
US10536210B2
An interference suppressing method and device in a dynamic frequency spectrum access (DSA) system. The system includes: a frequency spectrum management device, a primary system including a plurality of primary devices, and a secondary system including a plurality of secondary devices. The method includes: transmitting position information of each of the secondary devices to the frequency spectrum management device; determining, by the frequency spectrum management device, a weight factor for a specific secondary device according to the received position formation; and performing a second-stage precoding, and in the second-stage precoding, adjusting, by using the weight factor, an estimated power of the specific secondary device leaking to the other secondary device.
US10536205B2
A user equipment (UE) for channel state information (CSI) feedback is provided. The UE comprises a transceiver configured to receive, from a base station (BS), configuration information for the CSI feedback, the configuration information indicating a number of antenna panels (Ng) at the BS and a codebook mode, wherein Ng>1 and each of the antenna panels comprises antenna ports with a first polarization (P1) and antenna ports with a second polarization (P2). The UE further comprises a processor operably connected to the transceiver, the processor configured to identify the number of antenna panels (Ng) at the BS, identify a codebook for the CSI feedback based on the codebook mode configured between a first codebook mode and a second codebook mode, and generate the CSI feedback using the identified codebook. The transceiver is further configured to transmit the generated CSI feedback to the BS.
US10536201B2
A coordinated transmission method based on beam division multiple access and an apparatus performing the same are disclosed. The coordinated transmission method in a beam division multiple access environment, which divides a service target region into a plurality of beam sectors through a plurality of antenna arrays having at least one of a pattern characteristic and a polarization characteristic, includes receiving a coordination request from a user terminal located in the service target region and performing any one among a macro diversity operation, a coordinated silence operation, and a coordinated beamforming operation for the user terminal based on an interference level included in the coordination request.
US10536199B2
According to the present specification, a method for reporting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless communication system, which is performed by a UE includes: transmitting to a base station UE capability information including control information indicating a codebook configuration supported by the UE with respect to a specific class related with the CSI reporting.
US10536198B2
A method for a transmitter of a mobile communication system transmitting and receiving signals according to an embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: transmitting to a receiver system information for transmitting a signal to the receiver including a connection between a wireless resource and a transmitting antenna; transmitting a reference signal to the receiver based on the system information; and receiving from the receiver feedback information generated based on the reference signal. According to an embodiment of the present specification, in a beamforming transmission method of a mobile communication system, a transmitter can determine whether to perform digital pre-coding without advance information from a receiver and can consequently perform a transmission, and can thereby perform lower-overhead and efficient signal transmission/reception.
US10536187B2
A radio frequency (RF) transmit-receive switch has an antenna port, first and second transmit differential ports and first and second receive differential ports. Transmit transistor switches are connected to the transmit differential ports. Primary and secondary windings of a transmit coupled inductor transformer are connected to the transmit transistor switches. Receive transistor switches are connected to the receive differential ports. Primary and secondary windings of a receive coupled inductor transformer are connected to the receive transistor switches. A first balun inductive winding is connected to the antenna port, and a second balun inductive winding is connected to the transistor switches.
US10536182B2
A packaged integrated circuit device includes a transceiver with one or more oscillators therein. The oscillators can be configured as harmonic or fundamental-frequency oscillators for signal transmitting, or they can be configured as regenerative receivers for signal receiving. An antenna is provided in the package and, preferably, on the same chip IC chip as the transceiver. The antenna includes one or more feeds, which are coupled to the one or more oscillators. A dual-function varactor/envelope detector is provided, which is electrically coupled to the one or more oscillators. A control circuit is provided, which is configured to drive nodes of the transceiver and the dual-function varactor/envelope detector with a first plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio transmitter (with varactor) and a second plurality of reference voltages during operation of the transceiver as a radio receiver (with envelope detector).
US10536173B2
A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US10536172B2
A device includes a memory and a controller coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to read a codeword from a physical location of the memory. The controller is configured to write an inverse bit string to the physical location of the memory, the inverse bit string based on the codeword. The controller is configured to read a representation of the inverse bit string from the physical location of the memory. The controller is further configured to designate one or more bits of the codeword as one or more erased bits based on the codeword and the representation of the inverse bit string.
US10536171B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an encoding/decoding method, apparatus, and system. The present disclosure is used to improve the decoding performance and improve accuracy of a survivor path. The method includes: encoding information bits to obtain a first-level encoded code word; obtaining a sorting value of each check bit of the first-level encoded code word, and adjusting each check bit to a corresponding position according to the sorting value of each check bit, where the sorting value refers to a value of S when the check bit is related to first S information bits of the information bits in the first-level encoded code word, and S is a non-zero integer; and performing second-level encoding on the first-level encoded code word after positions of the check bits are adjusted, thereby obtaining a second-level encoded code word. The present disclosure is applicable to various communication systems.
US10536170B1
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low-density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US10536166B2
Disclosed is a Serializer/Deserializer physical layer circuit (SerDes PHY) for receiving and transmitting data in a half-duplex manner, the SerDes PHY including: a clock multiplication unit including a phase frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump (CP), a low pass filter, a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) and a loop divider; a sampling circuit sampling a received signal according to clocks from the VCO in a receive mode; a phase detector (PD) operating according to outputs of the sampling circuit; a multiplexer connecting the PD with the CP and disconnecting the PFD from the CP in the receive mode, and connecting the PFD with the CP and disconnecting the PD from the CP in a transmission mode; a parallel-to-serial converter converting parallel data into serial data according a clock from the VCO in the transmission mode; and a transmission driver outputting a transmission signal according to the serial data in the transmission mode.
US10536161B1
A pipeline ADC architecture with suitable feedback can implement noise shaping. By feeding back the residue generated by the last residue generating stage to selected locations in the pipeline ADC, the delays in a pipeline ADC can create a finite impulse response (FIR) filtered version of the quantization error. The FIR filtered quantization error is added to the signal and evaluated by the pipeline ADC, which results in spectral shaping of the quantization noise. Unlike a conventional pipeline ADC, the output of the backend stage is scaled and filtered by a noise transfer function (NTF) of the residue generating stages prior to combining the output with other outputs of the pipeline ADC. The processing of the shaped quantization noise by the backend stage results in further noise suppression.
US10536155B1
An ADC can include a plurality of time-interleaved ADCs to increase the overall sampling rate of the ADC. Such an ADC can have interleaving errors, since the time-interleaved ADCs in the ADC are not always perfectly matched. One way to calibrate for these mismatches is by observing the digital output signals of the time-interleaved ADCs in the background, or more broadly, without knowledge of the input signal to the ADC (often referred to as “blind” calibration). Due to the nature of these calibrations, the performance of the calibration would significantly degrade when the input signal has certain problematic input conditions, such as a certain coherent input frequency. To address this issue, the data being used for calibration of interleaving errors can go through a qualifying process to assess whether to update error estimates based on the data.
US10536143B1
A system is disclosed. The system includes a first stage configured to receive VIN and VREF, the first stage including an input transistor pair, wherein the input voltage is coupled to the input transistor pair, the input transistor pair is coupled to ground, and the input transistor pair includes at a common drain a high-gain node having a voltage VHGN. The system further include a second stage coupled to the high-gain node and configured to generate VOUT based on a difference between VIN and VREF, the second stage comprising a resistor and an inverter transistor pair, wherein the gates of the inverter transistor pair are coupled to the high-gain node of the first stage and the resistor couples the high-gain node of first stage to a common drain of the inverter transistor pair and is configured to provide and/or draw current to and/or from the high-gain node of first stage.
US10536135B2
A pseudo resistor with tunable resistance including a first transistor and a second transistor is provided. The first transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the first transistor serves as a first terminal of the pseudo resistor. The control terminal of the first transistor receives a control voltage. The first transistor is controlled by the control voltage, such that the first transistor operates in a weak inversion region. The second transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The first terminal of the second transistor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor. The second terminal of the second transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor are coupled to each other to serve as a second terminal of the pseudo resistor with tunable resistance. The second transistor operates in the weak inversion region.
US10536130B2
A single input multiple output plasma control system includes a splitter that receives a single input and generates multiple outputs. Each output from the splitter is provided to a load. The splitter includes branch circuits connected between selected splitter outputs. The branch circuits control voltage, current, power, frequency, or phase between each branch to enable controlling a predetermined relationship between the voltage, current, power, impedance, frequency, or phase measured at each load.
US10536116B2
Disclosed herein are circuits, devices and methods that address challenges associated with power amplifier systems. A power amplifier system includes two or more fast error amplifiers coupled to corresponding power amplifiers. The fast error amplifiers are configured to generate envelope tracking signals based on a signal envelope, the envelope tracking signals modifying a DC-DC regulated voltage from a DC-DC converter to more efficiently operate the power amplifiers. By splitting the envelope tracking between two or more fast error amplifiers and amplification between corresponding two or more power amplifiers, the power, frequency or bandwidth, linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, efficiency, or the like of the power amplifier system can be improved. Wireless communications configurations with such power amplifier systems can provide uplink carrier aggregation and/or cellular signals based on standards and protocols that require increased bandwidth and/or power.
US10536113B2
A variable-gain power amplifying technique includes generating, with a network of one or more reactive components included in an oscillator, a first oscillating signal, and outputting, via one or more taps included in the network of the reactive components, a second oscillating signal. The second oscillating signal has a magnitude that is proportional to and less than the first oscillating signal. The power amplifying technique further includes selecting one of the first and second oscillating signals to use for generating a power-amplified output signal, and amplifying the selected one of the first and second oscillating signals to generate the power-amplified output signal.
US10536111B2
A carrier apparatus for solar modules has a post, a crossmember profile mounted on the post, a C-profile module carrier with two profile flanges and a profile crosspiece connecting the two flanges and, in the profile crosspiece, a drilled hole for accommodating fastening means, and a connecting adapter, with a central crosspiece with a drilled hole and two legs arranged opposite one another in each case laterally on the central crosspiece and each has a main body in the form of a right-angled triangle, with the first cathetus fastened on the central crosspiece and on the second cathetus of which the main body opens out into a connecting extension with a drilled hole for accommodating fastening means, the connecting adapter fastenable on the crossmember profile via the connecting extension drilled hole, and fastenable on the C-profile module carrier via the central crosspiece drilled hole.
US10536109B2
A snap-on mounting bracket assembly suitable for connecting a mounting rail to a torque tube is provided. The mounting bracket assembly includes an upper clamp piece and a lower clamp piece. The upper clamp piece has a first member defining a tube insertion aperture and an open bottom space and includes an upper partial fastener. The lower clamp piece has a second member with a lower partial fastener configured to mate with the upper partial fastener such that the lower clamp piece is attachable to the upper clamp piece. In exemplary embodiments, the lower clamp piece further comprises two opposing support members configured to attach to the mounting rail. Solar tracker assemblies incorporating snap-on open mounting brackets are provided. Methods of mounting framed or unframed solar modules are also described. A mounting rail is attached to an upper clamp piece of a mounting assembly. Then the upper clamp piece is snapped onto a torque tube. A lower clamp piece of the mounting assembly is then attached to the upper clamp piece by mating a lower partial fastener of the lower clamp piece with an upper partial fastener of the upper clamp piece. When the upper and lower clamp pieces are attached, the open bottom space is closed and the mounting rail is secured to the torque tube.
US10536107B1
Various enhanced power supply configurations for satellite devices are discussed herein. In one example, satellite device includes a chassis and a power control module. The satellite device also includes an array of polygonal-shaped power units combined into a geometric arrangement by disposing the polygonal-shaped power units around the power control module within the chassis. In some examples, the polygonal-shaped power units comprise a rhomboid chassis or enclosure that provides arrangement into a hexagonal array when coupled to eight further rhomboid power units. Other polygonal arrays can be formed using arrangements of the repeating polygonal-shaped power units.
US10536103B2
A method for controlling a single coil brushless DC motor, the method comprising at least a first EHP sequence which comprises: driving the motor using a driving signal during a torque generating period, to accelerate the motor, such that during a subsequent generator mode period a phase current goes in generator mode; driving the motor during the generator mode period using a generator mode signal, which allows the phase current to be in generator mode; monitoring the phase current during the generator mode period thereby obtaining phase current information; and determining parameters of a next EHP sequence based on the obtained phase current information.
US10536098B2
An exemplary energy harvester includes a piezoelectric diaphragm, an eccentric mass that rotates in response to external motion, and a piezoelectric stress inducer coupled with the eccentric mass and the piezoelectric diaphragm. The piezoelectric stress inducer deforms the piezoelectric diaphragm in response to rotational motion of the eccentric mass, causing the piezoelectric diaphragm to generate electrical energy.
US10536094B2
An apparatus includes a first switch leg connected between a first input terminal and a first output terminal, the first switch leg comprising serially connected switches. The apparatus also includes a second switch leg connected between a second input terminal and the first output terminal, the second switch leg comprising serially connected switches. The apparatus further includes a third switch leg connected between an input voltage midpoint and the first output terminal. A controller controls the first switch leg, the second switch leg and the third switch leg, wherein the controller is configured to disable the second switch leg for a first time period and alternately enable the first switch leg and the third switch leg during the first time period, and to disable the first switch leg for a second time period and to alternately enable the second leg and the third leg during the second time period.
US10536093B2
Inverter systems, circuits and associated control techniques for providing efficient delivery of high-frequency (HF) power and radio-frequency (RF) power into variable load impedances while maintaining resistive/inductive loading of the constituent inverters for zero voltage switching (ZVS) are described. The inverter architecture and associated control techniques for providing efficient delivery of HF into variable load impedances includes a first inverter having an output coupled to an input of an immittance converter. An output of the immittance converter is coupled to a second inverter. The second inverter maybe either serially or parallel coupled between the output of the immittance converter and a load.
US10536087B1
A half-bridge power converter includes a transformer dividing the half-bridge power converter into a primary side and a secondary side. Disposed on the first side is a first capacitor bank and a second capacitor bank in series with the first capacitor hank, and also a bootstrap capacitor configured to be charged by current flowing through a charging current flowpath. The charging current flowpath extends at least through a pre-charging circuit located on the primary side, the pre-charging circuit being configured to reduce a voltage imbalance between the first capacitor bank and the second capacitor bank. The half-bridge power converter also includes a discharging current flowpath that extends at least through a primary winding of the transformer and the pre-charging circuit.
US10536086B2
A converter apparatus includes: a first transformer with two windings; a first full-bridge circuit with four switches, DC input/output units connected to a first DC power supply, and AC input/output units connected via an inductor to one winding of the first transformer; a second full-bridge circuit with four switches, DC input/output units connected to a second DC power supply, and AC input/output units connected via an inductor to another winding of the first transformer; a second transformer with two windings, one being connected via an inductor to the AC input/output units of the first circuit; a third full-bridge circuit with four switches, DC input/output units connected to a third DC power supply, and AC input/output units connected via an inductor to another winding of the second transformer; and a control unit for controlling the switches to supply power between the first to third DC power supplies.
US10536078B2
A power conversion unit may include two or more power modules for providing high-voltage direct current power to electrical loads, such as one or more propulsion motors aboard an aerial vehicle. Each of the power modules may be controlled by hysteresis, and may include one or more pairs of transistors that are switched by a gate driver with respect to differences between a reference current and a sensed current passing through a boost inductor. The number, size and shape of the power modules may be selected to accommodate the electrical loads, and may be switched on or off, as necessary. The power conversion unit may feature at least one more power module than is required to meet all anticipated electrical loads, thereby ensuring that the power conversion unit may continue to provide power even in the event that one of the power modules experiences a fault of any kind.
US10536077B2
As paths for a current flowing through a conductor, a first current path through which a current flows from a first conductive portion to a second conductive portion, and a second current path through which a current flows from a third conductive portion to the second conductive portion are provided. Each of the first conductive portion, the second conductive portion, and the third conductive portion has a plate shape, a point P1 is located on a plate surface of the first conductive portion, and a point P2 is located on a plate surface of the second conductive portion. A current detecting circuit detects a value related to a potential difference between the points P1 and P2, and outputs a voltage value corresponding to a values of a current flowing through each of the first current path and the second current path.
US10536076B2
A charge pump control circuit is provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, and the charge pump control circuit includes: a charge pump, having a clock interface; a feedback circuit, configured to sample an output voltage of the charge pump to obtain a sampling voltage; a reference voltage generating circuit, having an output terminal outputting a reference voltage; and a comparator, configured to compare the sampling voltage with the reference voltage; wherein the charge pump control circuit further includes: a logic combination circuit, wherein an input terminal of the logic combination circuit is coupled with an output terminal of the comparator, and the logic combination circuit is configured to generate a clock pulse signal according to a comparison result outputted by the comparator, and the clock pulse signal is transmitted to the clock interface of the charge pump.
US10536070B1
A device for switching Gallium Nitride (GaN) devices includes a high side driver, low side driver, and high side charge circuitry. The high side driver is adapted to control a high side GaN device using a high side supply. The low side driver is adapted to control a low side GaN device using a low side supply. The high side charge circuitry is adapted to charge the high side supply with the low side supply when the low side driver activates the low side GaN device.
US10536064B2
The present invention discloses a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor comprises: a stator assembly including a shell, a coil and a central support, wherein the shell is provided with a cavity therein and includes a shell wall in parallel to a direction of vibration, and the coil and the central support are located in the cavity, the coil being configured on the shell wall and the central support being configured in the intermediate portion of the shell wall to connect a resilient element; a vibrator assembly including a permanent magnet and a counterweight portion, the permanent magnet and the counterweight portion being connected together; and resilient elements, through which the vibrator assembly is suspended within the cavity, wherein the resilient elements comprise a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other in the direction of vibration, the first end being connected to the central support and the second end being connected to the vibrator assembly.
US10536061B2
A method for manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine includes: assembling an insulator and a stator coil to a tooth; and after assembling, pouring a liquid adhesive into an opening of the insulator from an outer side of the stator coil so as to fix the stator coil to a stator core.
US10536059B2
The apparatus for manufacturing an iron core for a dynamo-electric machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a rotary layering part for layering while rotating an iron core material punched from an electromagnetic steel sheet, a drive source for generating a drive force for rotating the rotary layering part, and a drive force transmission part for transmitting the drive force generated by the drive source to the rotary layering part. The drive force transmission part is configured from a plurality of gears arranged between the drive source and the rotary layering part. The rotary layering part is provided with a rotation position establishing means for establishing the rotation position of the rotary layering part.
US10536052B2
A compact, axially aligned brushless servo motor actuation unit configured to manipulate a choke valve to control the pressure within a borehole during managed pressure drilling. The actuation unit including a brushless servo, a gear reduction assembly and a planetary roller actuator substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis and housed within a tubular housing, the gear reduction assembly defining a hollow core sized to enable a portion of a roller screw of the planetary roller actuator to pass therethrough for the purpose of reducing the overall length of the actuation unit along the longitudinal axis.
US10536045B2
A rotor for a rotating electric machine includes a field core having a plurality of claw-shaped magnetic pole portions, a field coil wound on the field core, and a hollow cylindrical core member disposed to cover radially outer peripheries of the claw-shaped magnetic pole portions of the field core. The core member is formed of a plurality of soft-magnetic bodies that are laminated in an axial direction of the core member. At least some of the soft-magnetic bodies forming the core member are fixed to one another by at least one staking portion that is formed along the axial direction of the core member.
US10536044B2
The present invention provides a rotor assembly comprising: a rotor including a core body, and a plurality of protrusion parts coupled to the core body so as to be detachable therefrom; and an insulator including a body encompassing the protrusion parts, and blades formed to protrude from the upper and lower surfaces of the body, thereby providing an advantageous effect of reducing the number of parts to be manufactured such that manufacturing costs and manufacturing processes can be reduced.
US10536043B2
A component unit for an electric machine includes an annular lamination stack formed of a plurality of axially stacked laminations. The lamination stack is secured by an inner or outer cylindrical fastening portion to a cylindrical receiving portion of a carrier element. The carrier element has two stops between which the lamination stack is axially clamped in a frictionally engaging manner. At least one of the axial stops has an annular supporting element arranged at the receiving portion and supports the lamination stack and which is fixed at the carrier element by at least one caulking region.
US10536040B2
Provided are a control method for a wireless power transfer apparatus considering interference in wireless powered communication networks, and a wireless power transfer apparatus. The control method of the wireless power transfer apparatus includes: performing, by at least one wireless power transfer apparatus, a distributed coordination function (DCF) based contention process with at least one wireless communication terminal; and transmitting, by the wireless power transfer apparatus which won in the DCF based contention process, an energy frame to the at least one wireless communication terminal.
US10536036B2
An integrated circuit, such as included as a portion of a sensor node, can include a regulator circuit having an input coupleable to an energy harvesting transducer. The integrated circuit can include a wireless receiver circuit coupled to the regulator circuit and configured to wirelessly receive at least enough operating energy to establish operation of the sensor node without requiring the energy harvesting transducer. The integrated circuit can include a digital processor circuit coupled to the regulator circuit and a power management processor circuit. The digital processor circuit or one or more other circuits can include a subthreshold operational mode established by the power management processor circuit based on the selected energy consumption level. For example, establishing the subthreshold operational mode can include adjusting or selecting a supply voltage so as to establish subthreshold operation of a field effect transistor (FET) in the digital processor circuit or other circuits.
US10536028B2
In an example, a method for signaling a generator includes coupling a transmitter to a generator, a receiver to a transfer switch, a first conductor between a first output of the transmitter and a second input of the receiver, and a second conductor between a second output of the receiver and a first input of the transmitter. The method also includes providing an input power signal to the transmitter, and transmitting an electrical-loop signal around a closed loop circuit. After transmitting the electrical-loop signal, the method includes determining a resistance of the closed loop circuit. If the determined resistance is zero or infinite, then the method includes activating an alarm system. If the determined resistance is at a first reference-resistance value, then the method includes maintaining a deactivation of the generator. If the determined resistance is at a second reference-resistance value, then the method includes activating the generator.
US10536026B2
Present embodiments of the disclosure are directed to a zero-footprint charging station for use with vehicles having quick-charge batteries. The disclosed embodiments enable the “quick-charge” power conversion equipment to disappear entirely into a passenger station structure. The passenger station structure may include a structural component of a bus stop (or other vehicle station) that is designed to accommodate passengers waiting to board the bus (or other transportation vehicle). By housing the power conversion electronics within a larger structure that serves a purpose at the vehicle station, the system may enable larger amounts of power electronics to be incorporated into a relatively strong and stable structure conforming to a desired size for the area (e.g., bus stop).
US10536021B2
An electronic device and a method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a memory, a battery, a charging circuit for charging the battery using current supplied from a power supply device, a slew rate variable circuit electrically connected to the charging circuit, and a processor electrically connected to the memory, the battery, the charging circuit, and the slew rate variable circuit. The processor is configured to control the charging circuit to control the charging of the battery, to monitor a state of the electronic device during battery charging, and to control the slew rate variable circuit based on the state of the electronic device to change a slew rate related to the battery charging.
US10536020B2
A charging control method includes the following. (a) An electrical state of a battery set is obtained. (b) Whether the electrical state is greater than a first electrical state threshold is determined and charging control based on a first charging mode or a second charging mode on the battery set is performed accordingly. (c) During the charging control on the battery set, at least one temperature difference value is determined based on temperature values of the battery set at different times. (d) Whether the temperature difference value is greater than a first temperature difference threshold is determined and whether to temporarily stop or continue the charging is determined accordingly. (e) During the charging control on the battery set, the electrical state is obtained, and whether the electrical state satisfies a fully-charged criterion is determined and whether to stop or continue the charging control is determined accordingly.
US10536018B2
A battery charging method includes determining a battery overpotential based on a reference physical quantity and a battery physical quantity corresponding to a charging capacity of a battery while charging the battery in an initial charging step, determining whether a condition for changing a battery charging step is satisfied based on the battery overpotential, and changing the battery charging step from the initial charging step to an adjusted charging step in response to the condition being satisfied.
US10536013B2
A rechargeable pack is provided for containing and recharging an e-cigarette. The pack includes a pack battery; a first connector which is electrically connectable to an external power source; a first recharging mechanism for re-charging the pack battery using the external power source when the first connector is electrically connected to the external power source; a second connector which is electrically connectable to the e-cigarette when the e-cigarette is received within the pack; and a second recharging mechanism for re-charging the e-cigarette using the pack battery when the e-cigarette is electrically connected to the second connector. The second recharging mechanism can be configured to provide protection against the pack battery providing excessive current through the second connector.
US10536005B2
A power supply control apparatus controls supply of power to an accessory device connected to a first battery. The power supply control apparatus includes a power supply controller that switches a power supply state from a first state to a second state. In the first state, power is supplied to the accessory device via a power converter from a second battery that has a charge/discharge efficiency higher than the first battery. In the second state, the power is supplied from the second battery to the accessory device not via the power converter with the first battery disconnected from the accessory device.
US10536002B2
A direct current (DC) bus voltage from a combined output of a plurality of DC power modules is controlled based on an alternating current (AC) voltage of a power grid. The DC bus voltage tracks the AC grid voltage to provide efficient conversion between the DC power sources and the AC grid, even when the amplitude of the AC grid voltage varies. In one example, a variable reference voltage is generated based on a detected AC grid voltage. The reference voltage increases and decreases in proportion to increases and decreases in the AC grid voltage. In this manner, large differences between the bus voltage and the grid voltage are avoided. By closely tracking the two voltages, efficiency in the modulation index for power conversion can be achieved.
US10535993B2
A method for correcting protection settings in a relay provided in a micro-grid between a grid-connected settings group when the micro-grid is electrically coupled to a utility grid and an islanded settings group when the micro-grid is disconnected from the utility grid. The method determines whether the micro-grid is connected to the utility grid and what settings group the relay is in. The method changes the settings group of the relay to the grid-connected settings group if a time that the micro-grid is connected to the utility grid and the relay is in the islanded settings group exceeds a predetermined time and changes the settings group of the relay to the islanded settings group if the time that the micro-grid is not connected to the utility grid and the relay is in the grid-connected settings group exceeds the predetermined time.
US10535986B2
Example dynamically adjustable tether systems are described herein. An example tether system for use with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may include a base and a vertically-oriented elongate structure having an adjustable height. For instance, the elongate structure may include a lower end, and an upper end. The elongate structure may also couple to the base proximate the lower end. The system may further include a tether that extends from a first coupling-point positioned proximate the upper end of the elongate structure to a second coupling-point positioned on the UAV and a computing system configured for performing a set of acts, such as detecting a change in height of the elongate structure, and causing the tether to be reconfigured within the tether system based on the detected change in height of the elongate structure.
US10535985B2
A wall mounted rail system for providing additional air flow and electrical outlets to a room. The system includes a first rail removably securable to a second rail, wherein each rail includes a front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface can secure to a wall and a decorative molding, such as chair rail molding, is secured to the front surface. A plurality of ports are disposed on a bottom face of the front surface and can supply power to a device connected to each port. Further, each port is electrically connected to one another. Tubing extends through an interior volume of each rail and plurality of apertures are disposed on a top face of the front surface thereof. Each aperture is in fluid communication with the tubing to allow air to flow from the tubing, through the apertures, and into the room.
US10535977B1
The present disclosure relates to systems and circuits that may facilitate sub-5 nanosecond laser diode operation. An example system includes a trigger source, a laser diode, a first field effect transistor and a second field effect transistor. The laser diode is coupled to a supply voltage and a drain terminal of the first field effect transistor. A source terminal of the first field effect transistor is coupled to ground and a gate terminal of the first field effect transistor is coupled to the trigger source. A drain terminal of the second field effect transistor is coupled to the supply voltage. A source terminal of the second field effect transistor and a gate terminal of the second field effect transistor are coupled to ground. In an example embodiment, the first field effect transistor and the second field effect transistor comprise gallium nitride (GaN).
US10535975B2
Laser-apparatus includes a fiber-MOPA arranged to deliver amplified seed optical pulses having a wavelength of about 1043 nanometers to a multi-pass ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet solid-state optical amplifier for further amplification.
US10535973B2
An optical apparatus includes one or more pump sources situated to provide laser pump light, and a gain fiber optically coupled to the one or more pump sources, the gain fiber including an actively doped core situated to produce an output beam, an inner cladding and outer cladding surrounding the doped core and situated to propagate pump light, and a polymer cladding surrounding the outer cladding and situated to guide a selected portion of the pump light coupled into the inner and outer claddings of the gain fiber. Methods of pumping a fiber sources include generating pump light from one or more pump sources, coupling the pump light into a glass inner cladding and a glass outer cladding of a gain fiber of the fiber source such that a portion of the pump light is guided by a polymer cladding surrounding the glass outer cladding, and generating a single-mode output beam from the gain fiber.
US10535968B2
A frame assembly for a compression tool, including a fitting configured to mount to the compression tool and receive a ram member thereof through a bore of the fitting; and a pair of interlocking jaws pivotally mounted to the fitting about a pair of non-coincident axes. The interlocking jaws are configured to at least partially envelop an annular compression ring while aligning the conductors of a coaxial cable with an axis of the cable connector. The ram member of the compression tool is activated to translate axially along the axis of the cable connector thereby mitigating misalignment of the compression ring as the ring engages the connector body.
US10535959B2
An electrical connector including a housing and electrical conductor plating. The housing includes a first member and a second member. The first member is made of plastic and forms at least one first contact receiving channel therein. The second member is attached around the first member, and the first and second members form at least one second contact receiving channel therebetween. The electrical conductor plating is on the first member. The electrical conductor plating includes at least one first section along the at least one first contact receiving channel and at least one second section along an exterior side of the first member at the at least one second contact receiving channel. The first and second sections of the electrical conductor plating are electrically separate from one another.
US10535958B2
A connector including a shell, an inner body inside the shell, a terminal held by the inner body and disposed inside the shell, a ground terminal, and an outer body. The outer body includes a generally tubular first portion extending in a first direction, a second portion, and an accommodation space in the first and second portions securely accommodating the shell. The second portion is larger than the first portion in outer cross-sectional dimensions and/or wall thickness in the second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The second portion has a hole extending from an outer face of the second portion to the accommodation space. The ground terminal is in contact with, or contiguous with, the shell and is disposed in the hole of the outer body. The ground terminal includes a portion exposed from the outer body or partly located outside the outer body.
US10535945B2
Connector assemblies formed by attaching two stamped housing sections to form a connector housing having a housing groove with a groove bottom and two side walls are disclosed. Using stamped housing sections can reduce manufacturing costs and simplifies assembly, among other things. The connector housings with a canted coil spring can be used as a mechanical connector and/or as an electrical connector for numerous applications and across numerous industries. The canted coil springs can have complex shapes, with optional dimples.
US10535934B1
The disclosed apparatus may include may include (1) a power socket receptacle that (A) fits within a via of a circuit board and (B) is inserted into the circuit board through one side of the via and (2) a power socket plug that (A) fits within the power socket receptacle and (B) is screwed into the power socket receptacle through another side of the via such that the power socket receptacle and the power socket plug collectively provide electrical continuity across the via. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10535933B2
A connection element for an electronic component assembly includes a support, a first contact pad, and a second contact pad. The first contact pad and the second contact pad are electrically connected. A first contact conductor has a first conductor surface electrically connected to the first contact pad at a first section, and is configured to form a welded connection in a second section of the first conductor surface, and/or on the second conductor surface. The invention also relates to an electronic component assembly which includes such a connection element, and which has at least one component welded to the contact conductor.
US10535924B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna device having a wide beam scan range with reduced loss. The antenna device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a first phase shifter, a second phase shifter, and a third phase shifter; a first connection part that electrically connects between the first phase shifter and the second phase shifter directly in series; a second connection part that electrically connects between the second phase shifter and the third phase shifter directly in series; and a power feed part that feeds electric power to the first phase shifter to the third phase shifter, wherein the first phase shifter and the second phase shifter, and the second phase shifter and the third phase shifter respectively have characteristic impedance being discontinuous with respect to each other at the first connection part and the second connection part.
US10535923B2
The present disclosure provides a system and methods for mitigating, or reducing, the intermodulation of an adaptive antenna array's radiating elements. A tunable element or tunable material, such as a phase change material or a state change material, may be used to increase linearity of the RF transmission properties. These phase or state change materials may modify a radiating element's electromagnetic response. In some embodiments, variable couplers may further be added to a system to reduce intermodulation. An adaptive antenna array using the techniques described herein may have all or some of the elements co-located.
US10535920B2
A GPS/Beidou onboard antenna with a dual output port low noise amplifier includes an antenna, an amplifier chip, a power divider, a first radio frequency switch, a second radio frequency switch, a first direct-current bias, a second direct-current bias, a first port, a second port, and a voltage selection circuit. The antenna transmits a received radio frequency signal amplified by the amplified chip to the power divider connected to the amplified chip; the radio frequency signal is divided by the power divider, in one of which the radio frequency signal goes through the first radio frequency switch, the first direct-current bias and the first port so as to be output to a receiver connected, and in the other of which the radio frequency signal goes through the second radio frequency switch, the second direct-current bias and the second port so as to be output to another receiver connected.
US10535915B2
An antenna module and a transceiver that includes the antenna module which allow high-speed full-duplex communication. The antenna module has at least one antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation, at least one transmitter connection element and at least one receiver connection element for electrically connecting the antenna module to a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The at least one transmitter connection element is in a transmitter section, the at least one receiver connection element is in a receiver section, and the at least one antenna is in an antenna section. The antenna section is between the at least one receiver section and the at least one transmitter section.
US10535904B2
An autonomous, modular energy generation, storage and transmission apparatus, system, and method is provided. An apparatus is tube shaped and includes solar and thermionic energy conversion layers, and a battery module. A system of modular apparatuses may be connected together to form a transmission network. Such devices are particularly suited for outdoor application on highway jersey walls, and for indoor application on office cubicle walls. A method of charging battery modules in the apparatus is provided, along with a method of distributing the same in commerce.
US10535898B2
Disclosed herein are electrolyte compositions comprising: a non-fluorinated carbonate; a fluorinated solvent; a lithium bis(malonato) borate compound represented by the formula: wherein each Q1 and Q2 is independently a hydrogen, alkyl, allyl, acetylenic, aryl, or propargyl group; a fluorinated carbonate; and an electrolyte salt. The electrolyte compositions are useful in electrochemical cells, such as lithium ion batteries.
US10535897B2
The object of the present invention is to provide the gelatinous, molten salt having a high ion-conductivity and an excellent heat resistance.The object of the present invention can be solved by the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt on the surface thereof, and the molten salt composition comprising molten salt; or the method for increasing a viscosity of liquid molten salt characterized in that the inorganic nanofibers having a functional group which inter-molecularly interacts with the molten salt in the surface thereof is added to the liquid molten salt.
US10535893B2
An insulating porous layer for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery having excellent separator resistance is provided. The porous layer contains an inorganic filler and a resin, a central particle diameter of the inorganic filler is in a range of 0.1 μm to 11 μm, a BET specific surface area per unit area of the inorganic filler is not greater than 100 m2/g, and the value of formula (1) is in a range of 0.10 to 0.40: [1−T/M] (1) In formula (1), T and M respectively represent a distance by which the insulating porous layer moves in a traverse direction or a machine direction from a starting point of measurement to a point where a critical load is obtained in a scratch test under a constant load of 0.1 N.
US10535887B2
A fuel cell system includes: a first line provided with a fuel cell stack and allowing a coolant to be circulated therethrough; and a second line provided with an air conditioning system and connected to the first line to allow a portion of the coolant to be selectively circulated therethrough, wherein the air conditioning system includes: a first flow path including a first inlet through which first air is introduced; a second flow path including a second inlet through which second air is introduced, and one or more communication holes communicating with the first flow path; an opening and closing device independently opening and closing the second inlet and the communication holes; a cooler disposed in the first flow path and cooling the air passing through the first flow path; and a heater core disposed in the second flow path and exchanging heat between the coolant passing through the second line and the air passing through the second flow path.
US10535881B2
Catalyst and electrode catalyst layer, membrane electrode assembly, and fuel cell using the catalyst
[Object] Provided is a catalyst having excellent gas transportability.[Solving Means] Disclosed is a catalyst comprising a catalyst support and a catalyst metal supported on the catalyst support, wherein the catalyst includes pores having a radius of less than 1 nm and pores having a radius of 1 nm or more, wherein a pore volume of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 cc/g support or more or a mode radius of a pore distribution of the pores having a radius of less than 1 nm is 0.3 nm or more and less than 1 nm, and wherein the catalyst metal is supported inside the pores having a radius of 1 nm or more.
US10535880B2
Provided is a rope-shaped alkali metal battery comprising: (a) a first electrode comprising a first conductive porous rod having pores and a first mixture of a first electrode active material and a first electrolyte residing in the pores of the first porous rod; (b) a porous separator wrapping around or encasing the first electrode to form a separator-protected first electrode; (c) a second electrode comprising a second conductive porous rod having pores and a second mixture of a second electrode active material and a second electrolyte residing in the pores of the second porous rod; wherein the separator-protected first electrode and second electrode are combined to form a braid or a yarn having a twist or spiral electrode; and (d) a protective casing or sheath wrapping around or encasing the braid or yarn.
US10535879B2
A positive electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active substance layer formed upon the positive electrode current collector. The positive electrode active substance layer has a positive electrode active substance and a melamine-acid salt being a salt comprising melamine and acid.
US10535873B2
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery and a secondary battery including the same, which includes a core; a shell located to surround the core; and a buffer layer located between the core and the shell, and including a three-dimensional network structure connecting the core and the shell and a pore. The decomposition of the active material may be minimized by a rolling process in the manufacture of an electrode by controlling the specific surface area, average particle diameter and porosity of the active material particles as well as the specific structure, the reactivity with an electrolyte solution may be maximized, and the output and lifespan characteristics of the secondary battery may be improved since the particles forming the shell have crystal structure with orientation which facilitates intercalation and deintercalation of lithium ions.
US10535871B2
A composite electrode active material includes: a core portion including a silicon-based alloy; and a shell portion disposed on the core portion and including a coating layer, wherein the coating layer includes an amorphous carbon material and a lithium titanium oxide. A lithium battery including the composite electrode active material and a method of manufacturing the composite electrode active material are also provided.
US10535870B2
An electrical device having a power generating element which includes a positive electrode containing a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode containing a negative electrode active material, and a separator, in which the coating amount of a negative electrode active material layer is set at 4 to 11 mg/cm2, the negative electrode active material represented by Formula (1), the positive electrode active material represented by Formula (2), and in that case, as a solid solution positive electrode active material to be contained in a positive electrode active material layer, a material represented by Formula (3) and having a particle surface that is provided with a certain amount of coating layer which is formed of an oxide or complex oxide of a metal that is selected from the group consisting of Al, Zr and Ti is used.
US10535855B2
The present invention further provides a nickel-zinc battery system used for rechargeable electrical tools. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing a battery set of the nickel-zinc battery system. A diode of the nickel-zinc battery set manufactured by the method can be hidden in a receiving slot.
US10535848B2
A battery spacer includes: a storage case having a bottomed cylindrical shape in which a battery is stored; a lid part which closes an opening of the storage case; and a positive electrode relay terminal which is provided to the lid part, a part of which protrudes from a top surface of the lid part, and which abuts on a positive electrode terminal of the battery in the storage case. The lid part has a protruding section formed which protrudes further to the battery side than a terminal contact surface at which the positive electrode terminal of the battery abuts on the positive electrode relay terminal. The protruding section has a protruding length h, in the axial direction of the battery, from the terminal contact surface, shorter than the length H of the positive electrode terminal of the battery, and has an annular shape having a diameter R that is larger than the diameter r of the positive electrode terminal of the battery and is smaller than the diameter S of the battery in the radial direction of the battery.
US10535838B2
A laminated film containing at least a gas barrier layer and an inorganic polymer layer being laminated on a resin substrate, wherein concerning a distance from a surface of the inorganic polymer layer in a film thickness direction of the layer and the ratio of an oxygen atom to a total amount of a silicon atom, an oxygen atom, a carbon atom and a nitrogen atom, the ratio of a value of the oxygen atomic ratio in a region from a surface on a side opposite to the gas barrier layer up to 30% of a film thickness of the inorganic polymer layer in a depth direction to a value of the oxygen atomic ratio in a region from 30% of a film thickness of the inorganic polymer layer in a depth direction up to a surface on a side of the gas barrier layer is 1.05 or more.
US10535834B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a transparent electrode including a substrate having thereon a conductive layer containing silver as a main component, wherein the transparent electrode has an organic functional layer between the substrate and the conductive layer; and the organic functional layer contains a first organic compound represented by Formula (1) and a second organic compound having a different structure from a structure of the first organic compound,
US10535817B1
A method of manufacturing an embedded magnetoresistive random access memory including the following steps is provided. A memory cell stack structure is formed on a substrate structure. The memory cell stack structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a magnetic tunnel junction structure. A first dielectric layer covering the memory cell stack structure is formed. A metal nitride layer is formed on the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed on the metal nitride layer. A first CMP process is performed on the second dielectric layer to expose the metal nitride layer by using the metal nitride layer as a stop layer. An etch back process is performed to completely remove the metal nitride layer and expose the first dielectric layer. A second CMP process is performed to expose the second electrode. The manufacturing method can have a better planarization effect.
US10535811B2
A piezoelectric film which is better in heat and deformation resistant properties than those in the prior art is provided along with a method of manufacture. The film is a piezoelectric film that is composed of a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and trifluoroethylene, the copolymer having a content of vinylidene fluoride in a range of not less than 82 mol % and not more than 86 mol % and having a molecular weight not less than 600,000. The piezoelectric film is subjected to a heat treatment for crystallization of the copolymer at a temperature ranging from not less than 140° C. to not more than 150° C., and is thereby caused to develop piezoelectric property. The piezoelectric film further has a heat resistance of not less than 140° C. and a breaking distortion of not less than 8% and not more than 55%, and an excellent deformation resistant property.
US10535810B2
A control apparatus controls driving of an oil feeding unit. The oil feeding unit includes a piezoelectric body that deforms in response to a voltage applied thereto, and a reservoir to store lubricating oil. The capacity of the reservoir changes in accordance with deformation of the piezoelectric body so as to discharge lubricating oil from the oil feeding unit. The control apparatus includes N driving circuits 71a to 71n configured to apply voltages to the piezoelectric body (where N is an integer equal to or greater than two). The N driving circuits 71a to 71n are connected in parallel to the piezoelectric body. During oil feeding, the control apparatus uses a predetermined number of the driving circuits selected from the N driving circuits. The predetermined number is smaller than N.
US10535803B2
A light-emitting diode includes, a semiconductor stack including a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer. The light-emitting diode also includes a transparent conductive layer including a first transparent conductive layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and a second transparent conductive layer disposed on the first transparent conductive layer. The second transparent conductive layer has a conductivity different than the first transparent conductive layer.
US10535801B2
A method of growing an AlGaN semiconductor material utilizes an excess of Ga above the stoichiometric amount typically used. The excess Ga results in the formation of band structure potential fluctuations that improve the efficiency of radiative recombination and increase light generation of optoelectronic devices, in particular ultraviolet light emitting diodes, made using the method. Several improvements in UV LED design and performance are also provided for use together with the excess Ga growth method. Devices made with the method can be used for water purification, surface sterilization, communications, and data storage and retrieval.
US10535798B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a plurality of semiconductor layers that grows sequentially on a growth substrate, with the plurality of semiconductor layers including a first semiconductor layer having a first conductivity, a second semiconductor layer having a second conductivity different from the first conductivity, and an active layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, generating a light with a first wavelength via electron-hole recombination; a first electrode, supplying either electrons or holes to the plurality of semiconductor layers; a second electrode, supplying, to the plurality of semiconductor layers, electrons if the holes are supplied by the first electrode, or holes if the electrons are supplied by the first electrode; a phosphor part provided over the first semiconductor layer on the side of the growth substrate, converting the light with the first wavelength generated in the active layer into a light of a second wavelength; and a non-conductive reflective film formed on the second semiconductor layer for reflecting the light from the active layer towards the first semiconductor layer on the side of the growth substrate, with the non-conductive reflective film having a distributed bragg reflector designed based on the light converted by the phosphor part.
US10535792B2
A preparation method for a transparent conductor, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: a) preparing a laminate which has a transparent polymer layer and a conductive network sequentially laminated on a base material; and b) sinking the conductive network into the transparent polymer layer by applying energy to the laminate.
US10535786B2
Provided is a light receiving element with high light receiving sensitivity.The light receiving element comprises: a light absorbing layer that absorbs light to generate a carrier; and a diffraction element that converts the optical path of first polarized light, which is obliquely incident on a plane formed by the light absorbing layer, so that the first polarized light propagates in a first direction along the light absorbing layer, and that converts the optical path of second polarized light incident from the same direction as the first polarized light so that the second polarized light propagates in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the light absorbing layer.
US10535785B2
Approaches for foil-based metallization of solar cells and the resulting solar cells are described. For example, a method of fabricating a solar cell involves locating a metal foil above a plurality of alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions disposed in or above a substrate. The method also involves laser welding the metal foil to the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The method also involves patterning the metal foil by laser ablating through at least a portion of the metal foil at regions in alignment with locations between the alternating N-type and P-type semiconductor regions. The laser welding and the patterning are performed at the same time.
US10535780B2
A multi-stack nanowire device includes a plurality of fins. Each of the fins has a multi-layer stack comprising a first nanowire and a second nanowire. A first portion of the first nanowire and second nanowire are doped to form source and drain regions. A second portion of the first nanowire and second nanowire is channel regions between the source and drain regions. An epitaxial layer wraps around the second portion of first nanowire and second nanowire. A gate is disposed over the second portion of the first nanowire and second nanowire. The epitaxial layer is interposed in between the first nanowire and the second nanowire over the channel region.
US10535778B2
The present invention provides a thin film transistor including a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a semiconductor layer, which are laminated on a substrate. The semiconductor layer is a polysilicon thin film. The polysilicon thin film in regions corresponding to the source electrode and the drain electrode has a smaller crystal grain size than that of the polysilicon thin film in a channel region between the source electrode and the drain electrode.
US10535776B2
When a semiconductor device including a transistor in which a gate electrode layer, a gate insulating film, and an oxide semiconductor film are stacked and a source and drain electrode layers are provided in contact with the oxide semiconductor film is manufactured, after the formation of the gate electrode layer or the source and drain electrode layers by an etching step, a step of removing a residue remaining by the etching step and existing on a surface of the gate electrode layer or a surface of the oxide semiconductor film and in the vicinity of the surface is performed. The surface density of the residue on the surface of the oxide semiconductor film or the gate electrode layer can be 1×1013 atoms/cm2 or lower.
US10535773B2
After forming a gate structure over a semiconductor fin that extends upwards from a semiconductor substrate portion, a sigma cavity is formed within the semiconductor fin on each side of the gate structure. A semiconductor buffer region composed of an un-doped stress-generating semiconductor material is epitaxially growing from faceted surfaces of the sigma cavity. Finally, a doped semiconductor region composed of a doped stress-generating semiconductor material is formed on the semiconductor buffer region to completely fill the sigma cavity. The doped semiconductor region is formed to have substantially vertical sidewalls for formation of a uniform source/drain junction profile.
US10535770B2
Described is a TFET comprising: a nanowire having doped regions for forming source and drain regions, and an un-doped region for coupling to a gate region; and a first termination material formed over the nanowire; and a second termination material formed over a section of the nanowire overlapping the gate and source regions. Described is another TFET comprising: a first section of a nanowire having doped regions for forming source and drain regions, and an undoped region for coupling to a gate region; a second section of the nanowire extending orthogonal to the first section, the second section formed next to the gate and source regions; and a termination material formed over the first and second sections of the nanowire.
US10535763B2
A III-N enhancement-mode transistor includes a III-N structure including a conductive channel, source and drain contacts, and a gate electrode between the source and drain contacts. An insulator layer is over the III-N structure, with a recess formed through the insulator layer in a gate region of the transistor, with the gate electrode at least partially in the recess. The transistor further includes a field plate having a portion between the gate electrode and the drain contact, the field plate being electrically connected to the source contact. The gate electrode includes an extending portion that is outside the recess and extends towards the drain contact. The separation between the conductive channel and the extending portion of the gate electrode is greater than the separation between the conductive channel and the portion of the field plate that is between the gate electrode and the drain contact.
US10535746B2
Provided is a metal gate structure and related methods that include forming a first fin and a second fin on a substrate. In various embodiments, the first fin has a first gate region and the second fin has a second gate region. By way of example, a metal-gate line is formed over the first and second gate regions. In some embodiments, the metal-gate line extends from the first fin to the second fin, and the metal-gate line includes a sacrificial metal portion. In various examples, a line-cut process is performed to separate the metal-gate line into a first metal gate line and a second gate line. In some embodiments, the sacrificial metal portion prevents lateral etching of a dielectric layer during the line-cut process.
US10535740B2
A vertical JFET is provided. The JFET is mixed with lateral channel structure and p-GaN gate structure. The JFET has an improved barrier layer for p-GaN block layer and enhanced Ohmic contact with source. In one embodiment, regrowth of lateral channel is provided so that counter doping surface Mg will be buried. In another embodiment, a dielectric layer is provided to protect p-type block layer during the processing, and later make Ohmic source and p-type block layer. Method of a barrier regrown layer for enhanced lateral channel performance is provided where a regrown barrier layer is deposited over the drift layer. The barrier regrown layer is an anti-p-doping layer. Method of a patterned regrowth for enhanced Ohmic contact is provided where a patterned masked is used for the regrowth.
US10535726B2
There are disclosed an organic light-emitting diode display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device above, and the organic light-emitting diode display panel includes: an underlying substrate, a plurality of pixel elements arranged on the underlying substrate, pixel driving circuits electrically coupled to respective pixel elements, and a plurality of signal lines electrically coupled to the pixel driving circuits; and the organic light-emitting diode display panel further includes a resistance reducing electrode arranged at a different layer from, and connected in parallel with at least one signal line. Since the resistance reducing electrode is connected in parallel with the signal lines, resistances of the respective signal lines can be reduced to thereby lower a signal load on the respective signal lines so as to improve the display quality of the organic light-emitting diode display panel.
US10535718B2
Disclosed is a pixel arrangement of an OLED display panel and an OLED display panel. The pixel arrangement includes first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels that are arranged alternately along a row direction. Every other pair of first sub-pixel and second sub-pixel are provided therebetween with two third sub-pixels along the row direction. The first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged alternately along a column direction to form a sub-pixel arrangement mode, and the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged alternately to form another sub-pixel arrangement mode. The two sub-pixel arrangement modes are arranged alternately. The pixel arrangement reduces difficulty in manufacturing an OLED display panel.
US10535712B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor layer, a first interconnection, a second interconnection and a control electrode. The semiconductor layer includes a first channel portion and a second channel portion. The first channel portion and the second channel portion extend in a first direction crossing a front surface of the substrate. The first interconnection is connected to one end of the semiconductor layer, and extends in a second direction along the front surface of the substrate. The second interconnection is connected to the other end of the semiconductor layer. The control electrode extends along the front surface of the substrate, and extends in a third direction crossing the second direction. The control electrode includes a portion positioned between the first channel portion and the second channel portion. The control electrode is electrically insulated from the semiconductor layer.
US10535711B2
Some embodiments include memory devices having a wordline, a bitline, a memory element selectively configurable in one of three or more different resistive states, and a diode configured to allow a current to flow from the wordline through the memory element to the bitline responsive to a voltage being applied across the wordline and the bitline and to decrease the current if the voltage is increased or decreased. Some embodiments include memory devices having a wordline, a bitline, memory element selectively configurable in one of two or more different resistive states, a first diode configured to inhibit a first current from flowing from the bitline to the wordline responsive to a first voltage, and a second diode comprising a dielectric material and configured to allow a second current to flow from the wordline to the bitline responsive to a second voltage.
US10535703B2
Disclosed herein is an image sensor and a method of making the image sensor. The image sensor may comprise one or more packages of semiconductor radiation detectors. Each of the one or more packages may comprise a radiation detector that comprises a radiation absorption layer on a first strip of semiconductor wafer and an electronics layer on a second strip of semiconductor wafer. The radiation absorption layer may be continuous along the first strip of semiconductor wafer with no coverage gap. The first strip and the second strip may be longitudinally aligned and bonded together. The radiation detector may be mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) and electrically connected to the PCB close to an edge of the radiation detector.
US10535700B2
A semiconductor device including a first semiconductor section including a first wiring layer at one side thereof, the first semiconductor section further including a photodiode, a second semiconductor section including a second wiring layer at one side thereof, the first and second semiconductor sections being secured together, a third semiconductor section including a third wiring layer at one side thereof, the second and the third semiconductor sections being secured together such the first semiconductor section, second semiconductor section, and the third semiconductor section are stacked together, and a first conductive material electrically connecting at least two of (i) the first wiring layer, (ii) the second wiring layer, and (iii) the third wiring layer such that the electrically connected wiring layers are in electrical communication.
US10535699B2
An image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate, including an array of pixel circuits, which define respective pixels of the device. A photosensitive layer is formed over the semiconductor substrate and configured to transfer charge to the pixel circuits in response to light incident on the photosensitive layer. An upper layer is formed over the photosensitive layer and is at least partially transparent to the light. Opaque partitions extend vertically through the upper layer in a checkerboard pattern aligned with the pixels in the array.
US10535682B2
An active device array substrate including a first scan line, a first data line, a second data line, a first active device, a first pixel electrode, a second active device, a second pixel electrode, and a first shielding pattern layer is provided. The first active device includes a first gate electrically connected to the first scan line, a first semiconductor pattern layer, a first source electrically connected to the first data line, and a first drain. The second active device includes a second gate electrically connected to the first scan line, a second semiconductor pattern layer, a second source electrically connected to the second data line, and a second drain. The first shielding pattern layer is overlapped with the first semiconductor pattern layer and the second semiconductor pattern layer. The first shielding pattern layer is overlapped with the second data line and not overlapped with the first data line.
US10535680B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region; a first fin active region of a first semiconductor material disposed within the first region, oriented in a first direction, wherein the first fin active region has a <100> crystalline direction along the first direction; and a second fin active region of a second semiconductor material disposed within the second region and oriented in the first direction, wherein the second fin active region has a <110> crystalline direction along the first direction.
US10535671B2
Various embodiments of the present application are directed to a method for forming an embedded memory boundary structure with a boundary sidewall spacer. In some embodiments, an isolation structure is formed in a semiconductor substrate to separate a memory region from a logic region. A multilayer film is formed covering the semiconductor substrate. A memory structure is formed on the memory region from the multilayer film. An etch is performed into the multilayer film to remove the multilayer film from the logic region, such that the multilayer film at least partially defines a dummy sidewall on the isolation structure. A spacer layer is formed covering the memory structure, the isolation structure, and the logic region, and further lining the dummy sidewall. An etch is performed into the spacer layer to form a spacer on dummy sidewall from the spacer layer. A logic device structure is formed on the logic region.
US10535662B2
An integrated FinFET and deep trench capacitor structure and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The method includes forming at least one deep trench capacitor in a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate. The method further includes simultaneously forming polysilicon fins from material of the at least one deep trench capacitor and SOI fins from the SOI substrate. The method further includes forming an insulator layer on the polysilicon fins. The method further includes forming gate structures over the SOI fins and the insulator layer on the polysilicon fins.
US10535661B2
Some embodiments include an integrated assembly having a capacitor. The capacitor has a storage node configured as an upwardly-opening container shape. The container shape has a first side surface and a second side surface. The first and second side surfaces are along outer edges of the container shape and are in opposing relation to one another. The second side surface has a lower portion vertically overlapped by the first side surface, and has an upper portion which is not vertically overlapped by the first side surface. A middle-level lattice is adjacent to the first side surface and supports the first side surface. A higher-level lattice is adjacent to the second side surface and supports the second side surface. Some embodiments include integrated memory (e.g., DRAM).
US10535659B2
Semiconductor memory devices are provided. A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate. The semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of memory cell transistors vertically stacked on the substrate. The semiconductor memory device includes a first conductive line connected to a source region of at least one of the plurality of memory cell transistors. The semiconductor memory device includes a second conductive line connected to a plurality of gate electrodes of the plurality of memory cell transistors. Moreover, the semiconductor memory device includes a data storage element connected to a drain region of the at least one of the plurality of memory cell transistors.
US10535657B2
Isolation between vertical thyristor memory cells in an array is improved with isolation regions between the vertical thyristor memory cells. The isolation regions are formed by electrically isolating cores surrounded by insulating material, such as silicon dioxide, in trenches between the memory cells. The electrically isolating cores may be tubes of air or conducting rods. Methods of constructing the isolation regions in a processes for manufacturing vertical thyristor memory cell arrays are also disclosed.
US10535653B2
A semiconductor structure includes a pair of gate structures and an isolation structure. Each of the gate structures includes a work function metal, a gate, and a barrier layer between the work function metal and the gate. The isolation structure is disposed between the gate structures. The barrier layer covers a sidewall of the isolation structure.
US10535652B2
A method of fabricating adjacent vertical fins with top source/drains having an air spacer and a self-aligned top junction, including, forming two or more vertical fins on a bottom source/drain, forming a top source/drain on each of the two or more vertical fins, wherein the top source/drains are formed to a size that leaves a gap between the adjacent vertical fins, and forming a source/drain liner on the top source/drains, where the source/drain liner occludes the gap between adjacent top source/drains to form a void space between adjacent vertical fins.
US10535643B2
A connection system of semiconductor packages includes: a printed circuit board; a first semiconductor package disposed on a first surface of the printed circuit board and connected to the printed circuit board through first electrical connection structures; a second semiconductor package disposed on a second surface of the printed circuit board and connected to the printed circuit board through second electrical connection structures; and a third semiconductor package disposed on the first semiconductor package and connected to the first semiconductor package through third electrical connection structures. The first semiconductor package includes an application processor (AP), the second semiconductor package includes a memory, and the third semiconductor package includes a power management integrated circuit (PMIC).
US10535642B2
A display module and system applications including a display module are described. The display module may include a display substrate including a front surface, a back surface, and a display area on the front surface. A plurality of interconnects extend through the display substrate from the front surface to the back surface. An array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are in the display area and electrically connected with the plurality of interconnects, and one or more driver circuits are on the back surface of the display substrate. Exemplary system applications include wearable, rollable, and foldable displays.
US10535633B2
Structures and formation methods of a chip package are provided. The chip package includes a substrate, a first chip stack attached to the substrate, and a second chip stack attached to the substrate. The first chip stack and the second chip stack being attached to a same side of the substrate. The chip package further includes a molding compound layer surrounding the first chip stack and the second chip stack. The molding compound layer covers a topmost surface of the first chip stack. A topmost surface of the molding compound layer is substantially coplanar with a topmost surface of the second chip stack.
US10535632B2
A semiconductor package structure includes a redistribution (RDL) layer, a first chip, at least one second chip, an encapsulant and a third chip. The redistribution layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first chip is over the first surface of the redistribution layer and electrically connected to the redistribution layer. The second chip is over the first surface of the redistribution layer. The second chip includes a plurality of through via structures. The encapsulant is over the first surface of the distribution layer, wherein the encapsulant surrounds the first chip and the second chip. The third chip is over the encapsulant and electrically connected to the first chip through the through via structures of the second chip and the redistribution layer.
US10535617B2
A method and circuit for implementing transient electronic circuits for security applications, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. Silver nanowire traces are fabricated forming a protection circuit in a soluble material. A frangible material is provided separating the soluble material from a solvent layer proximately located. During a tampering event the frangible material is ruptured releasing the solvent which contacts and dissolves the soluble material and disperses the silver nanowire traces creating an electrical open in the protection circuit. The electrical open enables enhanced tampering detection.
US10535614B2
A package includes a plurality of dies, a wall structure, an encapsulant, and a redistribution structure. The wall structure surrounds at least one of the dies. The encapsulant encapsulates the dies and the wall structure. A first portion of the encapsulant penetrates through the wall structure. The redistribution structure is disposed on the encapsulant and is electrically connected to the dies and the wall structure.
US10535604B2
A stacked multilayer structure according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a stacked layer part including a plurality of conducting layers and a plurality of insulating layers, said plurality of insulating layers being stacked alternately with each layer of said plurality of conducting layers, one of said plurality of insulating layers being a topmost layer among said plurality of conducting layers and said plurality of insulating layers; and a plurality of contacts, each contact of said plurality of contacts being formed from said topmost layer and each contact of said plurality of contacts being in contact with a respective conducting layer of said plurality of conducting layers, a side surface of each of said plurality of contacts being insulated from said plurality of conducting layers via an insulating film.
US10535590B2
A multi-layer solder-resist provides useful adhesion to a semiconductor device package substrate while allowing for increasingly small geometries of bond pads and spacings.
US10535589B2
A clip structure and a semiconductor package using the same include different metals in multiple layers so as to selectively, easily and exactly fix semiconductor chips, which consists of a lightweight material so as to lighten the weight of semiconductor packages and to help reduce manufacturing costs, and which in particular, maintains the width of a self-welding layer consisting of a clip structure so as to help improve the quality of adhesion. That is, according to a clip structure of the present invention, which electrically connects package elements in a semiconductor package, the clip structure includes a main metallic layer that is configured to maintain a shape, and a first functional layer that is piled on one surface of the main metallic layer and consists of a metal different from that of the main metal layer.
US10535581B2
A module 1a includes an electronic component 3a, and also includes a wiring substrate 2 on one principal surface of which the electronic component 3a is mounted and in which a radiator 4 for dissipating heat generated from the electronic component 3 is provided. The radiator 4 includes a heat dissipation section 4a that is provided so that a part thereof is exposed to a side surface of the wiring substrate 2. In this case, because the heat dissipation section 4a is provided so that a part thereof is exposed to the side surface of the wiring substrate 2, the heat from the electronic component 3a can be dissipated through the side surface of the wiring substrate 2.
US10535567B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a hardmask layer on a substrate, patterning the hardmask layer to form a plurality of patterned hardmask portions on the substrate, depositing a dummy hardmask layer on the substrate, patterning the dummy hardmask layer to form a plurality of patterned dummy hardmask portions on the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of patterned dummy hardmask portions is positioned adjacent respective outermost patterned hardmask portions of the plurality of patterned hardmask portions, and transferring a pattern of the plurality of patterned hardmask portions and the plurality of patterned dummy hardmask portions to the substrate to form a plurality of fins and a plurality of dummy fins from the substrate.
US10535565B2
A workpiece dividing method includes: a laser processing step of forming along each street a plurality of minute holes extending in a pulsed laser beam application direction; and a dividing step of pressing the streets by a pressing member to divide a wafer along the streets. The minute hole has one end opening at least one of a front surface and a back surface of the wafer and is decreased in diameter from the one end toward the other end. In the dividing step, the pressing member is pressed against that surface of the front surface and the back surface of the wafer at which the one end of the minute hole is not opening.
US10535563B2
A processing method for a substrate having a metal exposed and having cutting lines of a predetermined width set thereon includes: a structural body disposing step of disposing two structural bodies on the metal along respective edges in regard of the width direction of the cutting line, with a gap corresponding to the width therebetween; and a cutting step of causing a cutting blade to cut into the substrate from between the two structural bodies to cut the substrate along the cutting lines, after the structural body disposing step is carried out.
US10535561B2
Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers are described. In an example, a method of dicing a semiconductor wafer having integrated circuits thereon involves forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask composed of a layer covering and protecting the integrated circuits. The mask is then patterned with a multiple pass laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask with gaps exposing regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits, the multiple pass laser scribing process including a first pass along a first edge scribing path, a second pass along a center scribing path, a third pass along a second edge scribing path, a fourth pass along the second edge scribing path, a fifth pass along the center scribing path, and a sixth pass along the first edge scribing path. The semiconductor wafer is then plasma etched through the gaps in the patterned mask to singulate the integrated circuits.
US10535560B2
Structures and formation methods of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a first conductive feature in a first dielectric layer and a second conductive feature over the first dielectric layer. The semiconductor device structure also includes a conductive via between the first conductive feature and the second conductive feature. The conductive via includes an etching stop layer over the first conductive feature, a conductive pillar over the etching stop layer, and a capping layer surrounding the conductive pillar and the etching stop layer. The first conductive feature and the second conductive feature are electrically connected to each other through the capping layer, the conductive pillar, and the etching stop layer. The semiconductor device structure further includes a second dielectric layer over the first dielectric layer and below the second conductive feature. The second dielectric layer surrounds the conductive via.
US10535559B2
The present disclosure relates to a semiconductor device and a manufacturing method, and more particularly to a semiconductor interconnect structure incorporating a graphene barrier layer. The present disclosure provides a method of forming a graphene barrier layer on select surfaces using a self-assembly monolayer (SAM). The SAM layer can be selectively formed on dielectric surfaces and annealed to form thin graphene barrier layers. The thickness of the graphene barrier layers can be selected by choosing different alkyl groups of the SAM layer.
US10535555B2
A method includes forming a transistor including forming a source/drain region on a side of a dummy gate stack, forming a first Inter-Layer Dielectric (ILD) covering the source/drain region, and replacing the dummy gate stack with a replacement gate stack. The method further includes forming a second ILD over the first ILD and the replacement gate stack, and forming a lower source/drain contact plug electrically coupling to the source/drain region. The lower source/drain contact plug penetrates through both the first ILD and the second ILD. A third ILD is formed over the second ILD. A gate contact plug is formed in the second ILD and the third ILD. An upper source/drain contact plug is formed overlapping and contacting the lower source/drain contact plug. The upper source/drain contact plug penetrates through the third ILD. The upper source/drain contact plug and the gate contact plug are formed of different materials.
US10535549B2
Embodiments of lift pin holders are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a lift pin holder includes a housing member having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion includes an annular wall defining a central space; a support member disposed at least partially within the central space and having a base and an upwardly protruding portion configured to support a lift pin; a first gripper disposed atop the support member and having a first plurality of prongs protruding upward from a body of the first gripper and configured to grip the lift pin; and a second gripper disposed atop the base of the support member and having a second plurality of prongs protruding upward from a body of the second gripper and are configured to grip the lift pin, wherein the first gripper is disposed within the third central opening.
US10535543B2
A teaching jig includes: a first plate that determines a substrate loading position in a forward/backward direction with respect to a substrate holder which holds a substrate; a second plate that determines the substrate loading position in a leftward/rightward direction with respect to the substrate holder, the second plate being installed to be perpendicular to the first plate and movable in the forward/backward direction; and a positioning target pin installed in the first plate.
US10535541B2
The present disclosure relates to a wafer cassette system having an adaptive inset configured to enable wafers having a first diameter to be held by a wafer cassette configured to hold wafers having a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The wafer cassette system includes a wafer cassette having a first plurality of wafer slots configured to receive one or more wafers having a first diameter. An adaptive inset is arranged in an interior cavity of the wafer cassette. The adaptive inset has a second plurality of wafer slots configured to receive one or more wafers having a second diameter that is less than the first diameter. The adaptive inset allows for the wafer cassette to hold wafers having the second diameter, thereby enabling semiconductor processing tools to processes wafer having a different diameter than those able to be held by wafer cassettes that the tools can receive.
US10535535B2
A semiconductor product such as an integrated circuit includes a laminar plastic substrate having first and second opposed surfaces and through holes extending through the substrate, electrically and/or thermally conductive material balls inserted in the through holes at the first surface of the substrate, and one or more semiconductor chips mounted at the first surface of the substrate, the semiconductor chip(s) electrically and/or thermally coupled with electrically and/or thermally conductive material balls inserted in the through holes.
US10535532B2
Methods for patterning in a semiconductor process are described. A dummy layer is formed having a cut therein. A first sacrificial layer is formed over the dummy layer, and at least a portion of the first sacrificial layer is disposed in the cut. A second sacrificial layer is formed over the first sacrificial layer. The second sacrificial layer is patterned to have a first pattern. Using the first pattern of the second sacrificial layer, the first sacrificial layer is patterned to have the first pattern. The second sacrificial layer is removed. Thereafter, a second pattern in the first sacrificial layer is formed comprising altering a dimension of the first pattern of the first sacrificial layer. Using the second pattern of the first sacrificial layer, the dummy layer is patterned. Mask portions are formed along respective sidewalls of the patterned dummy layer. The mask portions are used to form a mask.
US10535529B2
Techniques for fin length variability control are provided. In one aspect, a method of patterning fins in a wafer includes: depositing a hardmask and a tone invert layer on the wafer; patterning trenches in the tone invert layer; forming inverse tone etch masks on the hardmask within the trenches, wherein the inverse tone etch masks include inner and outer inverse tone etch masks; forming a save mask with opposite ends thereof aligned with the outer inverse tone etch masks; using the save mask to selectively remove unmasked portions of the tone invert layer; removing the outer inverse tone etch masks, wherein the inner inverse tone etch masks that remain have a uniform length L; patterning the hardmask into individual fin hardmasks using the inner inverse tone etch masks; and patterning fins in the wafer using the fin hardmasks. A device having fins of a uniform length L is also provided.
US10535527B2
A method for forming a film on a substrate in a semiconductor process chamber includes forming a first layer on the substrate using a plasma enhanced process and a gas compound of a chloride-based gas, a hydrogen gas, and an inert gas. The process chamber is then purged and the first layer is thermally soaked with a hydrogen-based precursor gas. The process chamber is then purged again and the process may be repeated with or without the plasma enhanced process until a certain film thickness is achieved on the substrate.
US10535526B2
The disclosed subject matter provides thin films including a metal silicide and methods for forming such films. The disclosed subject matter can provide techniques for tailoring the electronic structure of metal thin films to produce desirable properties. In example embodiments, the metal silicide can comprise a platinum silicide, such as for example, PtSi, Pt2Si, or Pt3Si. For example, the disclosed subject matter provides methods which include identifying a desired phase of a metal silicide, providing a substrate, depositing at least two film layers on the substrate which include a first layer including amorphous silicon and a second layer including metal contacting the first layer, and annealing the two film layers to form a metal silicide. Methods can be at least one of a source-limited method and a kinetically-limited method. The film layers can be deposited on the substrate using techniques known in the art including, for example, sputter depositing.
US10535521B2
Semiconductor device packages and stacked package assemblies including high density interconnections
A method of forming a semiconductor device package includes: (1) providing an electronic device including an active surface and a contact pad adjacent to the active surface; (2) forming a package body encapsulating portions of the electronic device; and (3) forming a redistribution stack, including: forming a dielectric layer over a front surface of the package body, the dielectric layer defining a first opening exposing at least a portion of the contact pad; and forming a redistribution layer (RDL) over the dielectric layer, the RDL including a first trace, wherein the first trace includes a first portion extending over the dielectric layer along a first longitudinal direction adjacent to the first opening, and a second portion disposed in the first opening and extending between the first portion of the first trace and the exposed portion of the contact pad, wherein the second portion of the first trace has a maximum width along a first transverse direction orthogonal to the first longitudinal direction, and the maximum width of the second portion of the first trace is no greater than 3 times of a width of the first portion of the first trace, wherein the second portion of the first trace is disposed between and spaced from opposing sidewalls of the dielectric layer defining the first opening.
US10535517B2
Improved gate stack designs for Si and SiGe dual channel devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for forming a dual channel device includes: forming fins on a substrate, the fins including Si fins in combination with SiGe fins as dual channels of an analog device and a logic device, with the analog device and the logic device each having a Si fin and a SiGe fin; forming a silicon germanium oxide (SiGeOx) layer on the SiGe fins; annealing the SiGeOx layer to form a Si-rich layer on the SiGe fins via a reaction between SiGeOx and SiGe; and forming metal gates over the Si fins and over the Si-rich layer on the SiGe fins. A dual channel device is also provided.
US10535515B2
A method of producing an optoelectronic semiconductor chip includes in order: A) creating a nucleation layer on a growth substrate, B) applying a mask layer on to the nucleation layer, C) growing a coalescence layer, wherein the coalescence layer is grown starting from regions of the nucleation layer not covered by mask islands having a first main growth direction perpendicular to the nucleation layer so that ribs are formed, D) further growing the coalescence layer with a second main growth direction parallel to the nucleation layer to form a contiguous and continuous layer, E) growing a multiple quantum well structure on the coalescence layer, F) applying a mirror having metallic contact regions that impress current into the multiple quantum well structure and mirror islands for the total reflection of radiation generated in the multiple quantum well structure, and G) detaching the growth substrate and creating a roughening by etching.
US10535514B2
Provided are methods of sealing open pores of a surface of a porous dielectric material using an initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) process. In one example method of sealing open pores, since the polymer thin film having a significantly thin thickness may be formed by a solvent-free vapor deposition method without plasma treatment, it is possible to minimize deterioration of characteristics of the dielectric material vulnerable to plasma and a chemical solution.
US10535512B2
A structure and a formation method of a semiconductor device structure are provided. The method includes forming a gate stack over a semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a sealing layer over a sidewall of the gate stack using an atomic layer deposition process. The atomic layer deposition process includes alternately and sequentially introducing a first silicon-containing precursor gas and a second silicon-containing precursor gas over the sidewall of the gate stack to form the sealing layer. The second silicon-containing precursor gas has a different atomic concentration of carbon than that of the first silicon-containing precursor gas. The method further includes partially removing the sealing layer to form a sealing element over the sidewall of the gate stack.
US10535499B2
A system that utilizes a component that controls thermal gradients and the flow of thermal energy by variation in density is disclosed. Methods of fabricating the component are also disclosed. The component is manufactured using additive manufacturing. In this way, the density of different regions of the component can be customized as desired. For example, a lattice pattern may be created in the interior of a region of the component to reduce the amount of material used. This reduces weight and also decreases the thermal conduction of that region. By using low density regions and high density regions, the flow of thermal energy can be controlled to accommodate the design constraints.
US10535497B2
An electron microscope for observation by illuminating an electron beam on a specimen, includes: an edge element disposed in a diffraction plane where a direct beam not diffracted by but transmitted through the specimen converges or a plane equivalent to the diffraction plane; and a control unit for controlling the electron beam or the edge element. The edge element includes a blocking portion for blocking the electron beam, and an aperture for allowing the passage of the electron beam. The aperture is defined by an edge of the blocking portion in a manner that the edge surrounds a convergence point of the direct beam in the diffraction plane. The control unit varies contrast of an observation image by shifting, relative to the edge, the convergence point of the direct beam along the edge while maintaining a predetermined distance between the convergence point of the direct beam and the edge.
US10535487B1
A first member made of an insulating material and a jig with a protrusion narrowing toward a distal end side are prepared, and at least one of the first member and the jig is heated to a temperature at which the first member can melt and deform. After the jig is brought into contact with the first member with the first member and the plurality of protrusions facing each other, the jig is removed, and an intermediate body is formed including the first member formed with a plurality of recesses, and a plurality of conductive members passing through the first member and projecting into the recesses. A second member is prepared, openings of the plurality of recesses are closed, and the second member is hermetically joined to the intermediate body to form a plurality of internal spaces where electron is emitted, and forming a joined body.
US10535481B2
A magnetic keyboard has a plurality of magnetic keyswitches, and each magnetic keyswitch include a base, a keycap, a supporting device, a magnetic component and a metal thin sheet. The base has at least one engaging structure and a hole. The supporting device has a first support, an end of the first support is movably connected to the engaging structure, and the other end of the first support is movably connected to the keycap. The first support has a magnet portion. The magnetic component is disposed on the base and functioned with the magnet portion to provide a recovering force to the keycap. The metal thin sheet is disposed under the base and has a bendable cantilever portion covering the hole. While the cantilever portion is bent by an external force, the magnetic component can be removed through the hole.
US10535466B1
A capacitor comprising a first electrode and a second electrode where at least the first electrode comprises a ionically conductive material typically having both an electrical and ionic conductivity, such as an oxide. The capacitor further comprises a dielectric material contacting the first and second electrode and comprising a porous material having a surface area greater than 0.5 m2 of surface/gm of material, and further comprising a liquid containing ions within the pores of the porous material. In certain embodiments, the capacitor additionally comprises a first current collector in contact with the first electrode and a second current collector is contact with the second electrode, where the first and second current collector comprise an electrically conductive material.
US10535465B1
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body with first and second internal electrodes facing each other and dielectric layers interposed therebetween. First and second external electrodes are on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. A dielectric layer includes dielectric grains including, respectively, first regions in which dysprosium (Dy) is not present and second regions surrounding the first regions. Where a shortest distance between boundaries of the first regions (in which dysprosium (Dy) is not present) of two of the dielectric grains is “L,” the concentration of dysprosium (Dy) in a region within ±0.2L from a halfway point between the boundaries is lower than that of dysprosium (Dy) in the second regions.
US10535462B2
The invention comprises an inductor, such as used in processing transmission of a 3-phase power system. The inductor comprises a flat/rectangular winding with a narrow edge of the flat winding wound around a core, where the width of the winding exceeds three times the height of the inductor facing edge of the winding. The inductor optionally comprises a distributed gap particle core and/or is wound in parallel with multiple windings. Optionally, the inductor is used as part of an equal coupling common mode electrical system for processing the 3-phase transmission and/or a high frequency inverter comprising a switching device, such as a silicon carbide metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor.
US10535453B2
The present invention provides a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with reduced iron loss over a wide range of sheet thickness by providing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet with an actually measured sheet thickness t (mm) that includes a closure domain region extending linearly in a direction from 60° to 120° with respect to the rolling direction on a surface of the steel sheet, the closure domain region being formed periodically at a spacing s (mm) in the rolling direction, such that h≥74.9t+39.1 (0.26≥t), h≥897t−174.7 (t>0.26), (w×h)/(s×1000)≤−12.6t+7.9 (t>0.22), and (w×h)/(s×1000)≤−40.6t+14.1 (t≤0.22), where h (μm) is the depth and w (μm) is the width of the closure domain region.
US10535450B2
An insulator attachment device includes an insulator clip and a support clip. The insulator clip can have a lever arm and a catch arm. The insulator clip can move between an opened position, at which the lever arm is spaced from the catch arm, and a closed position, at which the lever arm is seated at the catch arm. The insulator clip can receive a fencing insulator in the opened position. The support clip can include a securing portion and a receiving portion. The securing portion can secure the support clip to a fencing post and the receiving portion can receive the insulator clip. The securing portion can include a first connection arm and a second connection arm. Each of the first connection arm and the second connection arm can secure the support clip to the fencing post. The receiving portion can include a biasing element.
US10535441B1
A method of irradiating a target with a high power density irradiation beam is described. The method can use an irradiation system configured to output an irradiation beam through a vacuum window. The irradiation beam is scanned repetitively back and forth between two angular orientations of the irradiation beam as the irradiation beam strikes and traverses the vacuum window. The target is moved as the irradiation beam is scanned. The irradiation beam and the target are aligned. The scanning of the irradiations beam and the moving of the target are synchronized to each other. The scanning of the irradiation beam prevents localized overheating of the vacuum window and allows the irradiation beam to have a power density that would damage the vacuum window if the irradiation beam were not scanned.
US10535422B2
A computing device obtains a metric N indicating a quantity of a plurality of test cases for an output design of an experiment Each element of a test case of the output design is a test condition for testing one of factors for the experiment. The computing device obtains input indicating a quantity p of an indicated plurality of factors for the output design. The computing device determines whether there are stored instructions for generating an initial screening design for the experiment. The computing device responsive to determining that there are stored instructions, selects, using the stored instructions, the initial screening design for the experiment. The computing device determines whether to modify the initial screening design based on modification criteria comprising a secondary criterion, the metric N, and/or the quantity p. The computing device outputs an indication of the updated screening design for the output design of the experiment.
US10535418B2
A memory device including a memory cell region having a normal cell array and a redundant cell array, a fuse unit having a plurality of fuse sets corresponding to the redundant cell array and which is used for programming an address of a repair target memory cell of the normal cell array and a deciding unit which determines fuse sets that are used in a first operation mode according to a control signal.
US10535417B2
A memory quality engine can improve the operation of a memory system by setting more effective operating parameters, disabling or removing memory devices unable to meet performance requirements, and providing evaluations between memory populations. These improvements can be accomplished by converting quality measurements of a memory population into CDF-based data, formulating comparisons of the CDF-based data to metrics for quality analysis, and applying the quality analysis. In some implementations, the metrics for quality analysis can use one or more thresholds, such as a system trigger threshold or an uncorrectable error correction condition threshold, which are set based on the error correction capabilities of a memory system. Formulating the comparison to these metrics can include determining a margin between the CDF-based data at a particular codeword frequency and one of the thresholds.
US10535416B2
An embodiment of a method for automated test pattern generation (ATPG), a system for ATPG, and a memory configured for ATPG. For example, an embodiment of a memory includes a first test memory cell, a data-storage memory cell, and a test circuit configured to enable the test cell and to disable the data-storage cell during a test mode.
US10535415B2
Apparatuses and methods related to a memory system including a controller and an array of memory cells are provided. An apparatus can include a controller configured to receive operational characteristics of an array of memory cells based on prior operations performed by the array of memory cells, determine a set of trim settings for the array of memory cells based on the operational characteristics of the array of memory cells, wherein the set of trim settings are associated with desired operational characteristics for the array of memory cells, and send the set of trim settings to the array of memory cells.
US10535406B2
A copy-back method of a storage device includes reading a memory data from a source area of the storage device. A number of error bits of the memory data is determined. An inspection read operation is performed if the number of error bits exceeds a reference value. The memory data is written to a destination area of the storage device if the number of error bits does not exceed the reference value.
US10535403B2
Structures and methods for a multi-bit phase change memory are disclosed herein. A method includes establishing a write-reference voltage that incrementally ramps over a write period. The increments of the write-reference voltage correspond to discrete resistance states of a storage cell of the multi-bit phase change memory.
US10535401B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a plurality of memory cells, a programming circuit configured to apply a plurality of programming pulses to the memory cells, and a scanning circuit configured to repeatedly switch between performing an n-state bitscan after each programming pulse until first predetermined criteria are satisfied, and performing an m-state bitscan after each programming pulse until second predetermined criteria are satisfied, where m>n, and n>0.
US10535391B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor storage device includes: a first conductor coupled to a first end of a first cell; a second conductor which couples between a second end of the first cell and a first end of a second cell; a third conductor coupled to a second end of the second cell; a first current source being capable of coupling to the first cell via the first conductor; a second current source being capable of coupling to the second cell via the third conductor; a first sense amplifier configured to read data from the first cell based on a current flowing from the first current source to the first cell; and a second sense amplifier configured to read data from the second cell based on a current flowing from the second cell to the second current source.
US10535390B2
The present disclosure is directed to exemplary methods of manufacturing a magnetoresistive device. In one aspect, a method may include forming one or more regions of a magnetoresistive stack on a substrate, wherein the substrate includes at least one electronic device. The method also may include performing a sole annealing process on the substrate having the one or more magnetoresistive regions formed thereon, wherein the sole annealing process is performed at a first minimum temperature. Subsequent to performing the sole annealing process, the method may include patterning or etching at least a portion of the magnetoresistive stack. Moreover, subsequent to the step of patterning or etching the portion of the magnetoresistive stack, the method may include performing all additional processing on the substrate at a second temperature below the first minimum temperature.
US10535385B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a register, a detection circuit, and a generation circuit. The register stores a detection start timing of a reference delay amount based on a first clock during a first period. The first period is a period in which the first clock starts to be input. The detection circuit has a plurality of delay stages. The detection circuit detects the reference delay amount at the start timing during the first period and obtains the number of delay stages corresponding to the reference delay amount. The generation circuit adjusts a duty ratio of the first clock based on the number of delay stages obtained by the detection circuit and generates a second clock during a second period. The second period is a period continuing from the first period.
US10535383B2
A die includes a plurality of memory cells. The die also includes a calculation circuit configured to determine a difference between a write temperature and a read temperature in response to a read request for user data stored in the memory cells. The die further includes a notification circuit configured to signal a cross-temperature condition in response to the difference satisfying a threshold.
US10535381B2
Systems and methods of synchronous memories and synchronous memory operation are disclosed. According to one illustrative implementation, a memory device is disclosed comprising memory circuitry having a memory output, the memory circuitry including a sense amplifier having a first output and a second output, a first data path coupled to the first output of the sense amplifier, the first data path including 2 latches/registers, and a second data path coupled to the second output of the sense amplifier, the second data path including a plurality latches/registers. In further implementations, various control circuitry, connections and control signals may be utilized to operate the latches/registers in the first and second data paths according to specified configurations, control, modes, latency and/or timing domain information, to achieve, for example, pipelined output latching and/or double data rate output.
US10535377B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic disk device includes a rotatable disk-shaped recording medium, a head which processes data on the recording medium and a housing including a base accommodating the recording medium and the head and a cover including a welded portion laser-welded to the base. The welded portion includes a first welded portion welded by a first weld width and a second welded portion welded by a second weld width greater than the first weld width.
US10535372B2
A method for synchronizing an audio track that is being recorded at a first location with a video track that is being recorded at a second location, such as on a flying UAV, is disclosed. First, the audio and video recorders being to record sound and video. Then, a GPS receive is used to pick up the very accurate GPS clock signal. A real-time clock is also used locally to generate a real-time value. At a predetermined time, the GPS time data is interrogated and a time-stamp is generated. A video encoder is then used to embed the time-stamp, either during recording, or shortly thereafter. A networked audio recording device records audio with a time stamp acquired from the network. These respective time-stamps are then used in post-processing to accurately synchronize the audio and video tracks.
US10535358B2
An apparatus and a method to encode and decode a speech signal using an encoding mode are provided. An encoding apparatus may select an encoding mode of a frame included in an input speech signal, and encode a frame having an unvoiced mode for an unvoiced speech as the selected encoding mode.
US10535351B2
Aircraft instrumentation systems, aircraft, and controllers are provided for transcribing radio communications. An aircraft instrumentation system and an aircraft include a radio device, a display device, and a controller. The controller is communicatively coupled with the radio device and the display device. The controller is configured to monitor the radio device and recognize a voice communication received over the radio device. The controller is further configured to generate an electronic transcript of the voice communication and control the display device to display a transcript of the voice communication.
US10535346B2
A collaborative speech processing computer receives packets of sampled audio streams. The sampled audio streams are forwarded to a speech-to-text conversion server via a data network. Packets are received via the data network that contain text strings converted from the sampled audio steams by the speech-to-text conversion server. Speakers are identified who are associated with the text strings contained in the data packets. The text strings and the identifiers of the associated speakers are added to a dialog data structure in a repository memory. Content of at least a portion of the dialog data structure is displayed on a display device.
US10535341B2
Methods and systems for determining a mood of a human driver of a vehicle and using the mood for generating a vehicle response, is provided. One example method includes capturing, by a camera of the vehicle, a face of the human driver. The capturing is configured to capture a plurality of images over a period of time, and the plurality of images are analyzed to identify a facial expression and changes in the facial expression of the human driver over the period of time. The method further includes capturing, by a microphone of the vehicle, voice input of the human driver. The voice input is captured over the period of time. The voice input is analyzed to identify a voice profile and changes in the voice profile of the human driver over the period of time. The method processes, by a processor of the vehicle, a combination of the facial expression and the voice profile captured during the period of time to predict the mood of the human driver. The method generates the vehicle response that is responsive to the mood of the human driver. The vehicle response is configured to make at least one adjustment to a setting of the vehicle. The adjustment is selected based on the mood of the human driver. The vehicle response can be used to make the driver more calm and/or assist in reducing distracted driving.
US10535334B2
Earpieces and methods for acute sound detection and reproduction are provided. A method can include measuring an external ambient sound level (xASL), monitoring a change in the xASL for detecting an acute sound, estimating a proximity of the acute sound, and upon detecting the acute sound and its proximity, reproducing the acute sound within an ear canal, where the ear canal is at least partially occluded by an earpiece. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10535330B2
While watching a movie, a user speaks lines of dialogue. The system records the speech, compares with the dialogue in the movie, and reports a score to the user. The system can share scores through an online service to create a community experience. In particular, the systems and methods disclosed implement a technique for matching user input to media content. A computer system receives audio input from a user (speech) and compares the received speech to dialogue in a movie or television program. For example, the computer system may convert the received speech to text and may compare the converted text against dialogue text using closed captioning or subtitle data. Alternatively, waveform data may be compared. The computer system generates a score for the speech based on how closely the speech matches the dialogue, and reports the score to the user through a user interface.
US10535329B2
The present invention discloses a magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand that is built in to a guitar to provide quick standing of the guitar without the need for a separate guitar stand. The magnetically latched, spring assisted, built-in guitar stand consists of a stand arm that pivots away from the guitar when opened to form a tripod-like footprint that allows the guitar to stand by itself. The reduced footprint of the guitar stand allows the guitar to stand in a relatively small area.
US10535314B2
Method for changing display mode of liquid crystal screen and LCD projection device using the method
The present disclosure discloses a method for changing a landscape signal of a liquid crystal screen to a portrait mode. The method comprises: adjusting the setting of a built-in driving TCON (time controller) IC (chipset) of the LCD so as to change the input signal interface of the LCD from an MIPI (mobile industry processor interface) to a TTL (transistor-transistor level) data/timing interface+SPI (serial peripheral interface) command control interface; controlling the initialization, turning-on and turning-off of the driving TCON IC via the SPI interface, and realizing the switching among four projection modes, desktop front projection, desktop rear projection, ceiling front projection, and ceiling rear projection, by adjusting the up, down, left and right display directions of a screen output image; receiving, in real time, the landscape image outputted by a front-end video processing chip through the TTL data interface, and then displaying same in real time.
US10535311B2
A displaying method for a displaying apparatus having a liquid crystal display panel for displaying images thereon is used for displaying images in accordance with a periodic time sequence. The periodic time sequence includes a plurality of scanning time periods and a plurality of vertical blanking intervals. The scanning time periods and the vertical blanking intervals are staggered. The displaying method includes the steps of: providing a substantially identical frame image data by a control module of the displaying apparatus to the liquid crystal display panel for each scanning time period; and providing a back light by a backlight module of the displaying apparatus to the liquid crystal display panel after an end point of the first one of the scanning time periods. Therein, the back light has a light intensity. Further, the light intensity can be designed to be adjustable.
US10535303B2
The present application discloses an organic light emitting display panel, a driving method thereof and an organic light emitting display apparatus. The organic light emitting display panel comprises: a pixel array, comprising pixel regions in M rows and N columns; a plurality of pixel driving circuits each comprising a light emitting diode and a driving transistor for driving the light emitting diode, the light emitting diode being arranged in one of the pixel regions; and a plurality of pixel compensation circuits, each configured to provide a compensated light emitting control signal for a gate of the driving transistor to correct brightness of the light emitting diode in one of the plurality of pixel driving circuits. According to the present disclosure, the final light emitting current may be unrelated to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor, the carrier mobility and aging of the light emitting diode.
