US10182794B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus comprises a reception data memory that sequentially stores therein pieces of reception data; a beam forming unit that has a cache memory and that divides the pieces of reception data stored in the reception data memory into plural groups, sequentially transfers the plural groups to the cache memory, and performs stepwise phasing addition on the plural groups transferred to the cache memory; and a digital beam forming controller that obtains in advance a total amount of reception data to be used in the phasing addition according to the imaging condition, and controls the beam forming unit in accordance with the total amount of reception data and the cache memory capacity such that the beam forming unit divides the pieces of reception data into the plural groups so as to each fit into the cache memory capacity.
US10182790B2
Guidance is provided in stress echocardiography. The recovery time after cessation of the stress is predicted using patient-specific information. The prediction may assist the user in acquiring images of the heart for stress echocardiography during the patient-relevant period, avoid unnecessary rush, and/or avoid acquisition of less useful images.
US10182785B2
A CT system for a computed tomography examination is disclosed. In an embodiment, the CT system includes at least one mobile control element for control of the CT system, wirelessly connected to the CT system. At least one position and range determination facility is provided to determine the current position of the at least one control element in a range around the CT system. Furthermore, a method is disclosed for the position and range determination of a mobile control element for control of a CT system. A control and computing unit of a CT system are also disclosed.
US10182784B2
The embodiments relate to a method for operating a medical appliance, (e.g., an angiography machine), in which an output data stream is produced with a first information item, and a first signature that is dependent on the first information item is embedded into the output data stream. The output data stream is supplied to an output apparatus and to a monitoring unit, wherein the first information item is presented by the output apparatus and the first signature is captured by the monitoring unit. An input is captured and is supplied to the monitoring unit. The input is coded on the basis of the first signature.
US10182772B1
Systems and methods described herein generally relate to object detection for nuclear medicine (NM) imaging. The systems and methods acquire triplets representing line of sights between a plurality of receive diodes and light emitting diodes (LEDs) positioned along a circumference of a gantry with respect to one or more objects of a patient. The systems and methods identify a number of the one or more objects based on a number of triplets for one of the LEDs. When a single object is identified, the systems and methods determine a shape of the single object based on a reference point within the single object and line of sights adjacent to the single object. Alternatively, when a plurality of objects are identified, the systems and methods utilize the line of sights to identify shapes of the plurality of objects.
US10182770B2
Various aspects provide a system for monitoring and/or analyzing physical states, positions, activities, and/or surroundings corresponding to a plurality of users. The smart devices include: a first processing unit; a first set of sensors for acquiring or generating signals corresponding to at least one physiologic parameter of the user; a second set of sensors including at least one of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a geospatial coordinate sensor; a set of image capture devices for capturing images of an environment external to the smart device and generating image data corresponding to each captured image; and a memory storing program instructions that when executed by the first processing unit cause the communication subsystem to wirelessly transmit sensed signals and image data to an electronic or computing destination remote from or external to the smart device; and a set of servers for network communication with the set of smart devices.
US10182761B2
A method and system of universal, secure attachment with attachment detection mechanism, of a wearable sensor-unit to any article of clothing worn around the body in order to measure vital signals of a person, such as motion, movements and activity levels. The method and system permits: reliable attachment to any article of clothing; an attachment in any position to clothing or fabric worn by a person; and detection for the wearable sensor attachment to an article of clothing to minimize false alarms.
US10182750B1
An example continuous glucose monitor includes a printed circuit board (“PCB”) having first and second outer layers and an inner layer, the inner layer disposed between the first and second outer layers; a semiconductor package having four corner portions and a plurality of pins, the semiconductor package coupled to the first outer layer of the PCB via the plurality of pins; an electrical ground plane formed on the PCB and coupled to at least one pin at each of a first, second, and third of the four corner portions, and not coupled to any pins at a fourth corner portion; an electrical contact for a sensor wire formed on the second outer layer of the PCB; a sensor trace having a first portion disposed on the first outer layer, a second portion disposed on the inner layer, and a third portion disposed on the second outer layer, the sensor trace having a first end coupled to a first pin of the plurality of pins and a second end coupled to the electrical contact for the sensor wire, the first pin at the fourth corner of the semiconductor package; a plurality of guard rings disposed on the PCB, each guard ring encircling one of the portions of the sensor trace; and an encapsulant disposed around a perimeter of the semiconductor package, the encapsulant covering (i) the plurality of pins, (ii) the first portion of the sensor trace, (iii) the third portion of the sensor trace, wherein an upper surface of the semiconductor package remains exposed.
US10182740B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses and computer readable media for measuring sub-epidermal moisture in patients to determine damaged tissue for clinical intervention. The present disclosure also provides methods for determining damaged tissue.
US10182736B2
Methods, systems, and devices are disclosed for acquiring and analyzing physiological signals. In one aspect, a physiological sensor device includes a substrate formed of an electrically insulative material and structured to allow physical contact of the device with the frontal region of the head of a user, a recording electrode configured at a first location on the substrate to acquire an electrophysiological signal of the user, a reference electrode configured at a second location on the substrate to acquire a reference signal to the electrophysiological signal, and a ground electrode configured at a third location at least partially between the first and the second locations on the substrate, in which the first location is posterior to the second and third locations, and in which the device is operable when electrically coupled to an electrical circuit to detect physiological signals of the user.
US10182731B2
The present invention provides a medical electrode comprising a conductive metal base comprising a plate element and a boss formed on the plate element and a conductive support cylinder separate from the conductive metal base. The conductive support cylinder is rotatably mounted to the conductive metal base while remaining in electrical communication with said conductive metal base. The present invention also provides a limb clamp for an ECG device. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent bending of the cable connecting with the medical electrode, thereby avoiding cable failure.
US10182728B2
Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory processor-readable storage media are disclosed for determining one or more biometric properties of a subject using multiple sensors positioned along a flexible backing. At least one processor of the multi-sensor device may be configured to receive output signals from the multiple sensors, identify at least one output signal from the received output signals that exhibit measurements of a targeted biological structure, determine the one or more biometric properties of the subject based on the identified at least one output signal received from at least one of the multiple sensors, and provide the determined one or more biometric properties.
US10182721B2
According to one embodiment, a fundus imaging apparatus includes a light source, an optical scanner, an optical fiber, a light guide system, a photodetector unit, and an image forming unit. The optical scanner scans the fundus of a subject's eye with light from the light source. The optical fiber includes a plurality of optical waveguides. The light guide system guides the light returning from the fundus to the entrance end of the optical fiber. The photodetector unit detects light output from each of at least three regions at the exit end of the optical fiber. The image forming unit forms a first image based on a detection result of light output from a first region of the at least three regions, and a second image based on detection results of light output from two or more regions of the at least three regions other than the first region.
US10182717B2
Mobile computer devices and systems for refraction determination of an eye, for example for objective refraction determination and/or subjective refraction determination, are provided. Here, a display of the mobile computer device can be driven to display an image for refraction determination.
US10182715B2
Apparatus for testing a patient's visual field, the apparatus comprising: means for recording the results of the patient's responses to one or more visual field targets (5) presented during a visual field test; and a fixation loss switch activatable by an observer observing the patient during the visual field test for identifying periods of fixation loss by the patient. The results recorded during periods of fixation loss are identified as being unreliable. Also disclosed is a method of testing a patient's visual field.
US10182705B2
This invention relates to a gripping device for an endoscope, and to an assembly comprising an endoscope and a gripping device. A single use gripping device for an endoscope shaft comprises a first part; a second part, the second part being moveable relative to the first part, and at least one of the first and second parts including a channel for receiving said shaft, the second part being moveable relative to the first part between a first, open configuration in which the endoscope shaft can be placed in the channel and a second, closed configuration in which, in use, the first and second parts surround said endoscope shaft; engaging means configured to retain the first and second parts in said closed configuration and to prevent movement of the first and second parts back to said open configuration without disabling the engaging means; and detent means arranged to prevent insertion of an endoscope shaft into said channel when, in use, the first and second parts are in said closed configuration.
US10182695B2
A power-saving robot system includes at least one peripheral device and a mobile robot. The peripheral device includes a controller having an active mode and a hibernation mode, and a wireless communication component capable of activation in the hibernation mode. A controller of the robot has an activating routine that communicates with and temporarily activates the peripheral device, via wireless communication, from the hibernation mode. In another aspect a robot system includes a network data bridge and a mobile robot. The network data bridge includes a broadband network interface, a wireless command interface, and a data bridge component. The data bridge component extracts serial commands received via the broadband network interface from an internet protocol, applies a command protocol thereto, and broadcasts the serial commands via the wireless interface. The mobile robot includes a wireless command communication component that receives the serial commands transmitted from the network data bridge.
US10182690B2
A cleaner is provided. The cleaner includes a machine body and a handle, and the handle is disposed on the machine body and pivotable between a first position and a second position, in which the handle is located at a front side of the machine body when the handle is in the first position, and the handle is located at a rear side of the machine body when the handle is in the second position.
US10182689B2
A squeegee device (10) for cleaning includes a main supporting base (20) in which an opening (24) is formed along a cleaning width direction of a cleaning surface (W), and a pair of squeegees (30) and (40) arranged to extend along the cleaning width direction along the periphery of the opening (24) and formed of an elastic body. Tips of the pair of squeegees (30, 40) are arranged at an angle relative to each other and contact each other in an airtight state, and pressing the tips against the cleaning surface (W) can open a gap between the tips.
US10182688B2
A fluid exit portion for a splash-reducing urinal cartridge is presented. The exit portion comprises a splash reducer for causing fluid to exit the cartridge in a splash-reduced manner. The splash reducer is generally in the form of a spout with a tapered exit area for accelerating and directing the fluid. The spout may comprise converting fins to urge fluid to collect in a progressively narrower channel. When the cartridge is installed into a housing, the splash reducer ensures that fluid exiting the cartridge transitions into the housing with minimal disturbance, substantially parallel to the housing. The splash reducer is formed of a flexible material or is hinged with respect to the cartridge body to allow for easy insertion into a housing.
US10182681B1
Apparatus, systems, and methods for forming baked goods having a filling recess for receiving a filling by a baking assembly including a base tray receiving at least one batter cup each cup defining a batter cavity therein. A cavity cup tray is nested with the base tray and receives at least one cavity cup for positioning within the corresponding batter cavity to form the filling recesses.
US10182679B2
In order to specify, in the case of an apparatus for dispensing liquid foodstuffs, in particular milk products, an integrated cleaning system which is straightforward and reliable to handle, provision is made for a foodstuff-supply line to be provided with a connection, on which can be fitted an intake line which leads to a storage tank containing the liquid foodstuff, and for a connecting element to be provided, it being possible for this connecting element, when the intake line has been removed, to be fitted onto the connection in order for the foodstuff-supply line to be connected fluidically to the integrated cleaning system.
US10182676B2
In some embodiments, a system and/or method may include a food tray kit. In some embodiments, the food tray kit may include a platform, a plurality of first foldable containers, a plurality of second foldable containers, and a third container. The plurality of first foldable containers may be couplable to the platform. At least some of the plurality of first foldable containers may contain, during use, food. At least some of the plurality of first foldable containers may include an opening cut at an angle to resemble a portion of a sports entertainment stadium. The plurality of second foldable containers may be couplable to the platform. At least some of the plurality of second foldable containers may contain, during use, at least one food container. The third container may be formed by the platform and at least some of the plurality of first foldable containers when coupled to the platform.
US10182675B2
A food handling device includes a holder having an interior chamber extending along a longitudinal axis, and an extension housing detachably mounted on the holder and having an interior compartment for receiving and for holding the foodstuff. A pusher is mounted in the chamber for axial movement. An actuator axially moves the pusher through the chamber and through the compartment into contact with the foodstuff, and incrementally feeds a continuously variable quantity of the foodstuff along the longitudinal axis through the opening directly into a user's mouth to enable the foodstuff to be eaten bite-by-bite in a sanitary manner without using eating accessories, such as plates and/or utensils, and without the user's hands directly touching and contaminating the foodstuff, thereby preventing the spread of disease.
US10182669B1
A floor display system comprising a base portion including a front wall having opposing first and second vertical edges, and first and second side walls extending from the vertical edges in generally perpendicular relation to the front wall. At least one side wall slot is formed in each of the first and second side walls and connected to respective front wall slot portions formed in the front wall. At least one tray is provided including a tray body connected to at least one mounting flap portion positioned in each of the side wall slots in the first and second side walls and extending into the corresponding front wall slot portions for supporting the tray body to the base portion.
US10182665B2
A device and method for preventing damage to products in a display case is disclosed. The display case includes a normally black transparent liquid crystal display (LCD) which is positioned between a front and rear glass of the door. A controller is electrically connected to the LCD which drives the LCD according to transparency data. The transparency data comprises various transparency levels for the LCD depending on the time of day.
US10182663B2
A foldable cot including a base attached to a first end and a second end and side-bars connected between the first and second ends above opposite sides of the base, with the first side-bar 0 positioned further from the base than the second side-bar, and the side-bars hinged such that they may fold toward one another, and the base hinged so that it may fold towards the first and second side-bars, such that folding of the base causes folding of the side-bars, with the cot moveable between a first configuration in which the base, first, and second side-bars are substantially un-folded, into a second configuration in which the base is folded in the direction of the first and second side-bars, the first and second side-bars are folded such that the first side-bar folds above the second side-bar, and the first and second ends are brought together with the folded base and the folded first and second side-bars between them.
US10182653B1
A folding fish rod holder and rack apparatus including a base frame having a triangular shaped front cross member, a back cross member and a medial cross bar. A foldable rectangular stand has a pair of left and right telescoping support beams and a top mantle. Each telescoping support beam is hingeably attached to the rectangular base frame at the cross member. A plurality of evenly spaced circular grip holds is disposed on the top mantle of the rectangular stand, and a plurality of secondary spaced grip holds is disposed on the triangular front cross member. The grip holds secure the butt of a fishing rod. A plurality of padded rod grooves is located on the back cross member of the rectangular base, and a plurality of secondary padded rod grooves is located along the top mantle of the rectangular stand. The padded rod grooves secure the tip of the fishing rod.
US10182652B1
A shelf unit for a kiosk which is configured to display items includes a plurality of dividers which maintain the items in respective positions on an insert disposed within a recessed top surface of the shelf. The insert includes a magnetically permeable material. A magnetic attraction exists between the dividers and the insert to secure the dividers in position. The dividers are movably positionable on the insert, with each of the dividers including a magnet and shielding material. The shielding material redirects magnetic flux emanating from the magnet toward the insert. The items are seated between the dividers on the insert.
US10182648B1
An adjustable table may comprise a base, an adjusting unit and a tabletop, and the adjusting unit further has a locating seat, a sliding seat, a spring, a first shaft, a connecting rod and an operating rod. The locating seat has a first top plate, and each of two lateral edges of the first top plate is vertically connected to a first side plate. The first shaft is configured to simultaneously couple with the two first side plates, which significantly improves the stableness of the adjustable table when the tabletop bearing weight.
US10182643B2
A brush makeup applicator having grooves (100) is provided. The brush makeup applicator having grooves (100) includes a handle (110) having a first end (110a) and a second end (110b), said first end (110a) and second end (110b) being disposed along an axis (Y-Y) of the handle (110) and brush (120) affixed to and extending away from the first end (110a) to form a substantially planar surface (120s) for applying makeup. The brush (120) includes a circular groove (120a) formed in the substantially planar surface (120s) and an annulus groove (120b) formed in the substantially planar surface (120s), wherein said annulus groove (120b) surrounds the circular groove (120a).
US10182638B2
A method is provided for preparing a hair dye color mixture. The method includes: providing a control system having at least a memory, input controls, and a display; storing in the memory at least one formula, the formula including one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials, and wherein each colorant and/or blending material is separately assigned to an initial product brand; receiving input from the input controls to change a colorant and/or blending material from the initial product brand to one or more subsequent product brands, and wherein the control system recalculates components of the formula using the one or more subsequent product brands in response to receiving input from the input controls; and matching the color of the hair dye color mixture made from colorants and/or dye blending materials of the initial product brand using colorants and/or dye blending materials of the one or more subsequent product brands, in response to the input.
US10182636B2
The EZ Mirror has a mirror system connected to a mirror vest by way of a flexible conduit. The mirror system has a central mirror between a left mirror and a right mirror. The left mirror is connected to the central mirror at a left mirror angle and the right mirror is connected to the central mirror at a right mirror angle. In use, the mirror system is held in place behind a user's head by the flexible conduit and mirror vest worn by a user, enabling the user to use both hands while looking into the mirror system of the EZ Mirror when engaged in activities such as cutting or braiding one's hair. The EZ Mirror allows a full view of the sides and back of a user's head without having to move any mirror in the mirror system.
US10182635B2
An instant cosmetic preparation device includes: a housing; a finished product container transfer part which is configured to transfer to a finished product container filled with a cosmetic mixture stored inside the housing to a sealing position; a sealing part which is arranged inside the housing; and a control unit which is arranged inside the housing for controlling the operation of the sealing part to seal an open injection port of the finished product container.
US10182626B2
Silicone is placed between an upper die and an injection-pressing rubber-lid upper die, and the silicone injection passage is pressurized by the injection-pressing rubber-lid upper die. With this, the silicone is caused to flow into an injection port through the silicone injection passage. Then, sequentially through the injection port and the disc silicone-flow passage, the silicone is caused to flow toward an inner periphery of a silicone injection space. Further, the silicone flows between both circumferential sides of the silicone-flow deflection region. In this way, the silicone flows in a peculiar manner in conformity with a shape of the silicone-flow deflection region.
US10182617B2
An article of footwear may include an upper having a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component includes a collar portion and a throat portion. The collar portion has a cylindrical configuration and the throat portion extends outward from the collar portion. In some configurations, the collar portion and the throat portion form (a) a first area of an exterior surface of the upper and (b) a first area of an interior surface of the upper. The upper may also include a cover component secured to the knitted component and forming (a) a second area of the exterior surface of the upper and (b) a second area of the interior surface of the upper.
US10182599B2
Present disclosure relates to a volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank, and methods of using the electronic cigarettes having the volume adjustable E-liquid storage tank. In certain embodiments, the E-liquid storage tank includes: an E-liquid refill base, an E-liquid storage tank internal wall, an E-liquid storage tank external wall, a vaporizer assembly mounting base, and a volume adjustment ring. The E-liquid storage tank is sealed by a first mouthpiece sealing ring on the top, and a vaporizer sealing ring at the bottom. The volume adjustment ring is installed inside the E-liquid storage tank between the E-liquid storage tank internal wall and the E-liquid storage tank external wall to reduce the amount of E-liquid filled in the E-liquid storage tank. The thickness and the height of the volume adjustment ring may vary to adjust the amount of E-liquid in the E-liquid storage tank.
US10182591B2
The present invention, in an embodiment, is a product having an outer shell and an inner filling. In the embodiment, each of the outer shell and inner filling include a legume and an additive such as vitamins and minerals. In the embodiment, the outer shell and the inner filling are substantially free of grain-based flour, the product is a ready-to-eat food, the outer shell is crispy, and the inner filling is creamy.
US10182589B2
A juice extractor with an easily assembled and disassembled housing includes: a driving unit having a motor housing having a motor mounted at the inside thereof, a rotary shaft connected to the motor and protruded toward one side of the motor housing, and a fixing shaft disposed adjacent to the rotary shaft on the motor housing; a juice extracting unit having roller portions operated by the motor provided at the driving unit to crush, extract and transfer juice extraction materials and the housing for accommodating the roller portions thereinto; a fastening unit for detachably coupling the housing of the juice extracting unit to the motor housing; and a sensor unit having a sensor operator mounted on the housing of the juice extracting unit and a sensor mounted on the motor housing in such a manner as to be operated by a change in distance with the sensor operator.
US10182587B2
Hybrid system and method for producing a substantially non-foaming and foaming gas-infused beverages
A system prepares and dispenses non gas-infused and gas-infused beverages including a gas source, a pressurizable container connected to the gas source to receive a first flow of gas, a gas infusion tank connected to the gas source to receive a second flow of gas, a first dispensing tap that receives a portion of preprocessed beverage stored in the pressurizable container that flows under pressure from a portion of the first flow of gas to dispense a non gas-infused beverage from the first dispensing tap, and a second dispensing tap that receives gas-infused beverage from the gas infusion vessel to dispense the gas-infused beverage by the second dispensing tap, the gas-infused tank receiving a portion of the preprocessed beverage from the pressurizable container to infuse the preprocessed beverage in the gas infusion vessel with at least a portion of the second flow of gas.
US10182573B2
In various aspects, the composition of matter disclosed herein includes an antimicrobial solution. The antimicrobial solution may include deionized water QS, acetic acid, and grapefruit seed extract (GSE) in combination with one another. The GSE may be at a concentration effective to eradicate microorganisms, and the microorganisms may include both Gram-positive microorganisms and Gram-negative microorganisms. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and methods disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
US10182572B2
Some embodiments relate to herbicide compositions and methods of inducing phytotoxicity in a plant, by administering an aqueous composition to foliar portions of the plant. This aqueous composition includes at least one nutrient, and at least one adjuvant, and has a pH of about 4 to about 7. In some embodiments, the aqueous composition comprises an organic or mineral acid. In some embodiments, the phytotoxicity is topical. In some embodiments, the phytoxicity is systemic. Without being limited by theory, the nutrient is absorbed by the plant in excess, thereby killing the plant.
US10182566B2
Provided are a sustained release pheromone preparation capable of maintaining a high amount of pheromone release throughout a control period of vine mealybug (VMB) having lavandulyl senecioate (LVSN) as a pheromone substance; and a control method with the preparation. More specifically, provided are a sustained release pheromone preparation comprising a first pheromone substance, and a first container having the first pheromone substance sealed therein and comprising a first polymer membrane made of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer containing vinyl acetate units of from 0.5 to 10% by weight, wherein the first pheromone substance is lavandulyl senecioate, which is a pheromone substance of vine mealybug, and the lavandulyl senecioate can be released into the air through the first polymer membrane for 150 days or more; and others.
US10182563B2
A spool for a dual-bearing reel includes a bobbin trunk having a tubular shape, a pair of flanges and a plurality of first through holes. Each flange is provided on opposite ends of the bobbin trunk, each flange having a circular shape and a larger diameter than the bobbin trunk. The first through holes are provided in at least one flange of the pair of flanges and are circumferentially disposed at intervals about the at least one flange. The first through holes open in a radial position located at a distance away from an outer peripheral surface of the bobbin trunk, the distance being less than or equal to a second distance from the outer peripheral surface of the bobbin trunk, the second distance being 60% of a distance from the outer peripheral surface of the bobbin trunk to an outer peripheral surface of the at least one flange.
US10182562B2
To provide a fishing rod having a tip whose bending strength is improved and breakage is prevented with unexposed end surfaces of reinforced fibers of the tip on a tapered surface thereof. A fishing rod according to the disclosure includes a solid tip made of a fiber-reinforced resin material in which reinforced fibers are continuously disposed along an axial direction, the tip is tapered toward a distal end. A covering layer made of a fiber-reinforced resin in which short fibers are dispersed in a matrix resin material is formed on the surface of the tip.
US10182552B2
A combination system for feeding and watering livestock has an elongated water trough which is sloped to provide for the slow flow of drinking water positioned adjacent to an elongated feed bunk of comparable length. A series of vertically oriented lockable stanchions completes the structure. A water supply is provided along with discharge water collection and recycling and filtering devices are also provided to insure a continuous supply of suitable drinking water to livestock who are feeding from the feed bunk.
US10182548B2
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety CW1510064 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety CW1510064 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using CW1510064 in a breeding program.
US10182545B1
A novel maize variety designated X13M658 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13M658 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M658 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M658, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M658 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M658 and methods of using maize variety X13M658 are disclosed.
US10182542B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170031 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170031, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170031, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170031, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170031. 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 S170031. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170031, 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 S170031 with another soybean cultivar.
US10182540B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170012 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170012, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170012, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170012, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170012. 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 S170012. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170012, 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 S170012 with another soybean cultivar.
US10182539B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 5PDZB74. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 5PDZB74. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 5PDZB74 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 5PDZB74 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10182536B1
A controlled aquaponic system is provided. The controlled aquaponic system utilizes horizontal bell siphons mounted external to the plant grow beds, sensors, a controller, a pump, and an index valve to selectively monitor and control the flooding draining, and fluid delivery to the plants. The controlled delivery of nutrient fluids is safer to operate and guards against shock to the aquatic species while also providing high crop yields.
US10182534B1
Embodiments of a fluid treatment device and methods of use are described. Device embodiments typically include a barrel including a cavity with deflectors contained therein, and an energy chamber proximate the barrel. The energy chamber contains radionuclides such as, but not limited to U-238, U-235, and Th-232. Methods of use of fluid treatment device embodiments include treating water by passing the water through the barrel cavity and irrigating plants with the treated water. The water typically takes a circuitous path through the cavity because the deflectors obstruct a straight path through the cavity. Method of use examples include delivering the treated water by use of center-pivot irrigation. Plants irrigated with treated water typically require less water and produce greater yields than irrigated plants that receive no treated water.
US10182530B1
A pair of gardening shears include a first driving arm, a jaw member pivotally connected with the first driving arm, a second driving arm pivotally connected with the first driving arm, a first handle mounted on the first driving arm, a second handle mounted on the second driving arm, and a locking unit mounted on the first handle. Thus, the jaw member is pivotally connected with the first driving arm by the first bolt, and the second driving arm is pivotally connected with the first driving arm by the second bolt, so that the jaw member and the second driving arm have different fulcrums to construct a multi-lever structure so as to perform the cutting action smoothly in an energy-saving way.
US10182522B2
A fertilizer row unit including a toolbar coupling, first and second suspension members, a pressure applying device, a tensioned wheel assembly, a knife assembly and a depth control system. The first suspension member has a first end pivotally coupled to the toolbar coupling. The second suspension member is generally parallel to the first suspension member. The pressure applying device is coupled to the first or second suspension member. The tensioned wheel assembly has at least one wheel. The knife assembly is pivotally coupled to both the first and second suspension members. The depth control system is coupled to the knife assembly for controlling the depth of penetration of the knife into the soil. The depth control system includes a sensor that provides a measured depth signal representative of a depth of the knife. The depth control system controls the pressure applying device dependent upon the measured depth signal.
US10188014B2
In one example a latching system is disclosed. The latching system has a handle that moves along an axis of motion between three positions: a latched position, an unlatched position and an engaged position. The handle moves a retention clip from a locked position into an unlocked position when the handle moves from the unlatched position into the engaged position.
US10188008B2
A platform for a military radio with a vehicle adapter amplifier has been developed. The apparatus includes a base for supporting an AN/PRC-117G Man Pack radio in combination with a SINCGARS RT-1523 radio, a for electrically connecting with the AN/PRC-117G Man Pack radio and the SINCGARS RT-1523 radio, and a vehicular power supply system.
US10187997B2
Methods for the bonding of a component embedded into a printed circuit board are provided. A printed circuit board is also provided with at least one insulated layer and at least one structured conductor layer with conductor paths, with at least one component, which, by means of an adhesive layer, is embedded into a recess of the printed circuit board, with its contacts essentially being situated in the plane of an outer surface of the printed circuit board exhibiting the at least one conductor layer, and with conductive connections between the contacts of the components and the conductor paths of the conductor layer.
US10187987B1
An interconnect assembly includes a spacer assembly including a top surface and a bottom surface; and a flexible circuit member including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The flexible circuit member curves about at least a portion of the spacer assembly such that a first portion of the first surface of the flexible circuit member is coupled to the top surface of the spacer assembly and a second portion of the first surface of the flexible circuit member is coupled to the bottom surface of the spacer assembly. The interconnect assembly further includes at least one top electrical interface element coupled to a first portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member; and at least one bottom electrical interface element coupled to a second portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member. The first portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member is spaced apart from the second portion of the second surface of the flexible circuit member. The at least one top electrical interface element, the flexible circuit member, and the at least one bottom electrical interface element form an electrical signal path between the at least one top electrical interface element and the at least one bottom electrical interface element.
US10187986B2
A wiring substrate includes a first wiring layer on a surface of a first insulating layer; a via interconnect including a first portion connected to the first wiring layer and a second portion formed monolithically with the first portion and extending from an end of the first portion in a direction away from the first wiring layer; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer; and a second wiring layer on the second insulating layer, contacting a first surface of the second portion. The area of a cross section of the first portion, parallel to the surface of the first insulating layer, increases as the position of the cross section approaches the first wiring layer from the second portion. The second portion includes a second surface that is opposite from its first surface and extends horizontally from the end of the first portion to overhang the first portion.
US10187985B2
A novel element is provided. A novel film formation method is provided. A novel element manufacturing method is provided. Furthermore, a film including graphene is formed at low coat and high yield. The element includes a first electrode and a second electrode located apart from the first electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode include graphene. The film including graphene is formed through a first step of forming a film including graphene oxide over a substrate, a second step of immersing the film including graphene oxide in an acidic solution, and a third step of reducing graphene oxide included in the film including graphene oxide. Furthermore, before graphene oxide included in the film including graphene oxide is reduced, the film including graphene oxide is selectively removed by a photolithography technique.
US10187979B2
A wiring substrate includes a metal plate in which at least one wiring formation region is defined, a cavity formed in the wiring formation region, a concave part formed to have a frame shape at a peripheral edge portion of a bottom portion of the cavity, a first pad disposed at a central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity, a wiring portion connected to the first pad and disposed on and extended along the central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity, a side surface of the concave part and a bottom surface of the concave part, and a multi-layered wiring layer disposed at the central portion of the bottom portion of the cavity so as to cover the first pad and a part of the wiring portion. The multi-layered wiring layer has a second pad provided at an upper surface-side and connected to the wiring portion.
US10187976B2
A flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is disclosed. The FPCB can be employed to connect an interface card having connectors with a two-stage configuration to a connection destination of a portable information equipment. The FPCB includes a bend line located between an upper-stage terminal group and a lower-stage terminal group. The FPCB can be bent along the bend line to allow the upper-stage terminal group and the lower-stage terminal group to be mutually superimposed over each other. In addition, the upper-stage terminal group of the FPCB is connected to the upper-stage-side connector terminal group of the interface card, and the lower-stage terminal group of the FPCB is connected to the lower-stage-side connector terminal group of the interface card.
US10187975B2
A multilayer substrate includes a substrate body defined by a laminate of flexible insulating base materials, a short component, and tall components. The substrate body includes a first region and a second region. The first region is surrounded by the second region in plan view, and is shorter than the second region. The short component is mounted on a bottom surface of a recess defined by the first region and the second region. The tall components are embedded in the second region of the substrate body and are disposed at positions including the position of a mounting surface for the short component in the height direction of the substrate body and on both sides of the first region when the substrate body is viewed in plan.
US10187971B2
A wiring board that includes: insulation layers and wiring layers which are laminated alternately; a component connection pad present on one surface of the wiring board in a lamination direction of the insulation layers and the wiring layers, and to which an electronic component is connected; a circuit connection pad present on another surface of the wiring board in the lamination direction and is connected to a circuit board; and a structure which includes a coaxial structure, wherein each of the wiring layers is connected by a via, and the coaxial structure includes an inner wiring part extending in the lamination direction and an outer wiring part located on a side corresponding to an outer peripheral surface of the inner wiring part through an insulating resin, and the inner wiring part is electrically connected to the component connection pad and the circuit connection pad.
US10187966B2
Embodiments disclosed herein include a plasma source, an abatement system and a vacuum processing system for abating compounds produced in semiconductor processes. In one embodiment, a plasma source includes a dielectric tube and a coil antenna surrounding the tube. The coil antenna includes a plurality of turns, and at least one turn is shorted. Selectively shorting one or more turns of the coil antenna helps reduce the inductance of the coil antenna, allowing higher power to be supplied to the coil antenna that covers more processing volume. Higher power supplied to the coil antenna and larger processing volume lead to an improved DRE.
US10187961B2
An RFID reader (500) with a software radio that is aesthetically pleasing and powered using existing electrical systems comprising a component housing (102), a microprocessor (106), a communications protocol IC (108), an RFID interrogator integrated circuit (112), a power source (104), a light source (908), a heat removal means (114) and one or more than one antenna (110) connected to the microprocessor for communicating RDIF data and control data over a non-standard protocol.
US10187958B2
Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing a plurality of lighting devices. One or more potential-interference-neighbor (PIN) lighting devices are identified near a master lighting device. The master lighting device outputs a first lighting signal and the one or more PIN lighting devices output one or more second lighting signals. One or more time offsets between the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals are determined. The one or more second lighting signals are adjusted based at least in part on the one or more time offsets to synchronize the first lighting signal and the one or more second lighting signals.
US10187949B2
The invention relates to a light system, which comprises a plurality of light source modules arranged in at least a row in a system housing having an outer boundary, and diffuser to which the light from the plurality of light source modules is emitted. Each light source module comprises at least one light source emitting light of a predefined color. Furthermore, the plurality of light source modules comprise at least one first light source module which is located closer to the outer boundary of the system housing than second light source modules of the plurality of light source modules which are located further away from the outer boundary than the at least one first light source module. The system furthermore comprises a color control unit configured to control, for each of the light source modules of the light system, the at least one light source individually using a light source control signal. The color control unit is configured such that, when a desired color is to be generated at the diffuser, it selects a first light source control signal for the at least one light source of the at least one first light source module that is different from a second light source control signal selected for the at least one light source of the second light source modules.
US10187944B2
A load control device for controlling power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load may comprise a thyristor, a gate current path, and a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to control the gate current path to conduct a pulse of gate current through a gate terminal of the thyristor to render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half-cycle of the AC power source. The control circuit may operate in a first gate drive mode in which the control circuit renders the gate current path non-conductive after a pulse time period from the firing time. The control circuit may operate in a second gate drive mode in which the control circuit maintains the gate current path conductive after the pulse time period during the half-cycle.
US10187943B2
A direct drive LED lighting circuit includes a LED current control circuit with a power switching device; a current sensing device, an averaging circuit, and an error amplifier. A LED chain circuit is formed by connecting several LEDs in series with a capacitor connecting in parallel with the series of LEDs, with a current flowing in side as a positive terminal, and a current leaving terminal as a negative terminal. The LED chain circuit and the LED current control circuit are connecting in series and the whole circuit is connected between the positive and negative terminals of a rectified AC power source.
US10187930B2
An induction heat cooking apparatus includes a rectifier to rectify an input voltage and to output a DC voltage; a plurality of switching devices to switch the DC voltage output from the rectifier; a plurality of heating coils to heat a cooking container according to control of the plurality of switching devices; and a controller to control the plurality switching devices to simultaneously drive two heating coils connected in parallel with each other among the plurality of heating coils.
US10187929B1
The portable food-warming device is a kit comprising a plurality of kitchen equipment items that is designed to heat food and are designed to be portable. The plurality of kitchen equipment items contains a built in heating element and is designed to fit interchangeably with a handle. The handle contains a battery that is used to power each of the plurality of kitchen equipment items. The portable food-warming device comprises a plurality of kitchen equipment items and a handle.
US10187925B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for interconnection in a network gateway comprising a first wireless communication interface and a second interface adapted to the implementation of content sharing operations using an interoperability protocol, the method comprising steps of transmission, by the first interface, of at least one information element aiming to enable the gateway to be detected by a remote equipment as being compatible with a function for reproduction using a wireless communication interface, of reception of data frames defined in a link layer of a wireless network protocol, the data frames comprising an item of audiovisual content and being received from a second remote device connected to the first interface by means of a wireless connection and of transmission of the content received at said second interface to a reproduction device.
US10187923B2
Systems and methods are described herein for provisioning mobile devices to wireless access points to provide 911 and other emergency services to the mobile devices via communication networks, such as wireless communication networks. For example, the systems and methods provide a mobile device with the functionality to determine cell sites are unavailable at a location or and provision one or more access points for 911 and emergency communications.
US10187909B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for indicating a ciphering indication for a sidelink radio bearer in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: receiving a PDCP SDU when the UE is configured to communicate with one or more other UEs directly; deciding whether to apply ciphering or not for the received PDCP SDU; generating a PDCP data PDU including the received PDCP SDU and a PDCP PDU header including one or more fields for ciphering parameters; and transmitting the PDCP data PDU to the one or more other UEs over PC5 interface, wherein at least one of the one or more fields for ciphering parameters is set to a fixed value when the ciphering is not applied for the received PDCP SDU.
US10187905B2
Systems and techniques relating to wireless networking, and target wake time (TWT) scheduling for transmissions employing an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) digital modulation channelization include: receiving a frame at a wireless device, wherein a format of the frame comprises (i) a field indicating a target wake time, (ii) a first subfield having a first value that indicates a digital modulation channelization scheme, and (iii) a second subfield having a second value that indicates a transmission direction; and powering on the wireless device at the target wake time indicated by the field in the frame, wherein the powering on the wireless device enables the wireless device to transmit additional frames via a wireless channel based on (i) the first value set in the first subfield of the frame and (ii) the second value set in the second subfield of the frame.
US10187897B2
A mobile communications system communicates data to/from mobile communications devices, and provides a wireless access interface communicating data to/from the mobile communications devices, on a downlink first carrier providing plural communications resource elements across a first frequency range for communicating data, and within a second frequency range within and smaller than the first frequency range. The wireless access interface includes plural time divided sub-frames, each sub-frame including plural communications resource elements of the first frequency range and plural communications resource elements of the second frequency range. By arranging for a narrow band control channel to be within a virtual carrier and to communicate control information to both first full capability communications devices and second reduced capability communications devices, the second reduced capability devices can access the narrow band control channel which is shared with the first full-capability mobile devices, to make use of communications resources available to the communications system.
US10187882B2
A terminal communicating with a base station by using FDD cells and TDD cells includes a reception unit that performs reception over a PDCCH transmitted using a DCI format. In a case where a primary cell is configured as the TDD cell for the terminal, DAI indicating the accumulated number of PDCCHs or EPDCCHs indicating releasing of downlink semi-persistent scheduling or transmission of a PDSCH in subframes until a current subframe of prescribed subframes is received while being included in the DCI format. A transmit power of a PUCCH transmitted while including HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDCCH or the EPDCCH indicating the releasing of the downlink semi-persistent scheduling or the transmission of the PDSCH is determined based on a value of the DAI.
US10187879B2
By using a method for coordination between base stations, one base station allocates a resource to user equipment in a better manner with reference to resource configuration information saved in the base station and resource configuration information of another base station. The method provided in the embodiments of the present invention includes: acquiring, by a first base station, resource configuration information of a first cell, where the first cell is a cell served by the first base station; receiving resource configuration information of a second cell sent by a second base station, where the second cell is a cell served by the second base station; and allocating a resource to user equipment according to the resource configuration information of the first cell and the resource configuration information of the second cell, so that the user equipment communicates with the first cell and the second cell.
US10187876B2
Techniques for handling Channel State Information (CSI) for ultra low latency (ULL) in Long Term Evolution (LTE) devices are presented. For example, an example method of reporting CSI to a network entity is presented. Such an example method may include detecting a CSI reporting trigger for reporting CSI to the network entity and identifying, based on detection of the CSI reporting trigger, a subframe region for which the CSI is to be generated. In an aspect, the subframe region is included in a plurality of subframe regions, where each subframe region of the plurality of subframe regions includes at least one symbol of a subframe. In an additional aspect, the example method may include generating the CSI based on the subframe region and transmitting the CSI to the network entity.
US10187865B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages utilization of mobile subscriber identity information including enabling use of such information by different communication devices. The use of the same mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on locations and other mobile subscriber identity information can be assigned to devices based on the locations. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10187847B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to performing camping in a wireless communication network. A device in the wireless communication network obtains an operation state of a mobile terminal. Based on the operation state, the device determines a target camping mode from a single camping mode and a multiple camping mode. The single camping mode indicates that a single RAT is used for camping, and the multiple camping mode indicates that a primary RAT and a secondary RAT are used for camping. Then, the device configures the mobile terminal based on the target camping mode. In this way, the possibility that a mobile terminal accesses to a better RAT is increased.
US10187845B2
A system configured to be installed in an aircraft, the system comprising a first functional domain and a second functional domain. The first and second functional domains are configured to provide a first and service, respectively. The system further comprises a wireless access point configured to be externally managed by a controller and configured to communicate with a mobile terminal. The system comprises a controller configured to communicate with the wireless access point, the first and the second functional domains, configured to control the wireless access point and configured to control wireless access of the mobile terminal to the first and second functional domains. Further, the use of such a system in an aircraft, an aircraft comprising such a system and a method of controlling wireless access of a mobile terminal to a first functional domain and a second functional domain in an aircraft are disclosed.
US10187840B2
A method and apparatus for joint routing and distributed scheduling in a directional mesh network includes receiving feedback for multiple candidate paths from at least one neighbor node, Semi-static and instantaneous metrics are determined based upon the received feedback. Routing from a first node to a destination node is determined based upon the semi-static and instantaneous metrics, and a transmission is routed in accordance with the determined route from the first node to the destination node.
US10187836B2
The present invention discloses a voice resource saving method, including: an MME sends a notification message to an eNodeB, which is used to instruct the eNodeB not to hand over, for a non-voice service, a UE from a LTE network to a CS domain of a 2G or a 3G network. Or, when an MSC determines that the circuit domain service is a non-voice service, the MSC sends a bearer release message to a base station to instruct the base station to release the voice resource. According to the the present invention, during implementation of a non-voice service, a handover of UE from an LTE network to a CS domain of a 2G or 3G network may not be triggered, or a voice resource reserved in the CS domain of the 2G or 3G network is released.
US10187832B2
The invention relates to a method for configuring subframes for uplink/downlink communication for a mobile station (UE) not supporting dual uplink but located in a communication system supporting dual connectivity. The UE is connected simultaneously to two base stations via a respective communication link. An uplink transmission pattern is determined, defining whether subframes are usable for uplink communication to the first or second base station or for switching the uplink communication between the two communication links. Based on the determined uplink transmission pattern, and further based on configuration of the mobile station for supporting dual reception or not, a downlink reception is derived for downlink communication between the two base stations and the mobile station, the downlink reception pattern defining whether the subframes are usable for downlink communication from the first or second base station or for switching the downlink communication between the two communication links.
US10187829B2
A method and apparatus for cell handover and reconfiguration includes: performing cell measurement and reporting a result of measurement by UE according to a cell measurement request; detaching, when the UE receives a handover command transmitted by a macro eNB or a serving eNB of the UE, from the serving eNB by the UE and reserving an uplink time adjustment parameter NTA of the serving eNB by the UE; and performing cell handover and reconfiguration by the UE according to the handover command. With the method and apparatus of the embodiments, When the UE is still in a state of being connected to the serving eNB, the target eNB begins to detect its uplink signal to determine uplink time advance of the UE and the target eNB, and the UE replaces the source serving eNB with a new target eNB according to indication of other cells.
US10187823B2
A communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters can be performed by an easy operation even between devices having both a base station function and a slave station function. A communication device of the present invention determines a role of a device when performing a predetermined communication procedure for providing or receiving communication parameters, and selects operating as a base station or operating as a slave station based on the determined role. The communication device selects based on the determined role operating as a providing device or operating as a receiving device.
US10187814B2
A hybrid quantum-conventional computing system and method for analyzing band capture data and determining if a solution is an NP-hard problem or a polynomial time problem. The NP-hard problem is processed by a quantum computing system and the polynomial time problem is processed by a conventional computing system. The final result is an optimized radio resource management solution.
US10187809B2
There are provided measures for a cell reconfiguration, more specifically a cell reconfiguration in a relay-enhanced network environment. Such measures exemplarily include recognizing a decision on a change of a configuration of a base station, informing a user equipment served by the base station due to a forthcoming change of at least one of a manipulated synchronization failure value or a manipulated radio link failure value before the configuration of the base station is changed, and providing the user equipment being served by the base station with a synchronization signal indicating a new configuration after the configuration of the base station is changed from an old configuration to the new configuration.
US10187807B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for performing an antenna sector level sweep of a radio in a radio frequency system with co-existence of other radios. The method may involve sending a first command to a portion of a plurality of radios to determine a first set of signal quality metrics associated with the portion of the plurality of radios for one or more sectors of an antenna while the first radio is not active. The method may involve determining a second set of signal quality metrics associated with using the portion of the plurality of radios when the first radio is active via one or more sectors of a sector level sweep. The method also include generating a table that includes the second set of signal quality metrics and storing the table that indicates a portion of the sectors to avoid when the first radio performs a subsequent sweep.
US10187806B2
Systems and methods using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to obtain data capture at a cell site for developing a three dimensional (3D) thereof include causing the UAV to fly a given flight path about a cell tower at the cell site; obtaining data capture during the flight path about the cell tower, wherein the data capture includes a plurality of photos or video subject to a plurality of constraints, wherein the plurality of photos are obtained by a plurality of cameras which are coordinated with one another; and subsequent to the obtaining, processing the data capture to define a three dimensional (3D) model of the cell site based on one or more objects of interest in the data capture.
US10187805B2
According to a radio resource sharing method and a device that are provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, first, a network control device obtains a network parameter of a first communications system, and configures a spectrum sharing manner between the first communications system and a second communications system according to the network parameter; and next, sends a spectrum resource allocation message to a base station in the second communications system. The spectrum resource allocation message includes the determined spectrum sharing manner and information about a spectrum resource allocated to the second communications system. In this way, inter-system spectrum sharing can be implemented in different network statuses.
US10187803B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling ON/OFF operation of a Secondary Cell (SCell) in a cellular communications network. In some embodiments, the SCell is a License Assisted Access (LAA) SCell that operates in an unlicensed frequency band. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a network node in the cellular communications network to dynamically control ON/OFF operation of a SCell of the cellular communications network comprises measuring activity of other wireless systems on a channel utilized by a SCell while the SCell is in an OFF state, determining whether to transition the SCell to an ON state based on the activity of the other wireless systems measured on the channel, turning the SCell ON upon determining that the SCell is to be transitioned to the ON state, and keeping the SCell in the OFF state upon determining that the SCell is not to be transitioned to the ON state.
US10187797B2
A system and method for authenticating mobile communications devices. The method comprises: generating a code corresponding to a user configured to be rendered on a rendering device to produce a rendered code, the rendered code being readable by a mobile communications device having a code reading device, the rendered code comprising a secret token; storing the secret token along with information identifying the user on a first storage device; providing the code to the user; receiving, at the authentication server, a setup message from the mobile device, the message includes a device identifier and the secret token; comparing the received secret token and the secret token stored on the first storage device; if the received secret token matches the secret token stored on the first storage device, storing, on a second storage device, information identifying the user and a trusted device value corresponding to the device identifier.
US10187789B2
A method for a cellular telecommunications network includes performing a modulo operation on a physical cell identifier (PCI) of a target cell to determine a first PCI mod value, determining first tier neighbors of the target cell, determining that at least one of the first tier neighbors uses a PCI that has a PCI mod value that is the same as the first PCI mod value, comparing a number of handover attempts between the target cell and the at least one first tier neighbor with the first PCI mod value to a first threshold value, and when the number of handover attempts exceeds the threshold value, replacing the PCI of the target cell with a PCI with a second PCI mod value different from the first PCI mod value.
US10187779B2
Certain embodiments herein relate to a dynamic pre-association between Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN) discovery windows and fine timing measurement (FTM) communications. A wireless station may trigger an FTM procedure during a NAN discovery window by the transmission of a NAN Service Discovery Frame (SDF). In addition to the FTM communications, an indication of a discovery window for which a subsequent FTM communication is expected to occur is also transmitted. In some embodiments, an FTM range report may also be transmitted with the indication.
US10187775B2
A mobile communication device comprises: a first communicator configured to perform short range wireless communication with a first communication device not via another device; a second communicator configured to perform wireless communication with the first communication device via another device; an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration; and at least one controller configured to, when it is determined that a travelling means of a user of the mobile communication device is changed from walking to a vehicle based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, cause the second communicator to notify the first communication device of an alarm when a notification condition is established, and cause the second communicator not to notify the first communication device of the alarm when the notification condition is not established, wherein the notification condition includes a condition that communication between the first communicator and the first communication device is disconnected.
US10187769B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for supporting connectivity of device-to-device (D2D) communication between a first wireless device and a second wireless device. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, by a third wireless device, information on a resource pool which can be used for D2D communication, from a base station; transmitting, by the third wireless device, information on a resource which can be used for D2D communication between the first wireless device and the second wireless device to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, on the basis of the received information; and performing, by the third wireless device, a procedure for providing necessary data to the second wireless device when the disconnection of the D2D communication link between the first wireless device and the second wireless device is detected.
US10187766B2
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for gathering location information of a vehicular user equipment (VUE). In one aspect of the present invention, a method for gathering location information in a wireless access system supporting vehicle to everything (V2X) service, the method performed by a vehicular user equipment (VUE) and comprising steps of receiving a Tracking Service Request message including a V2X tracking service indication field indicating tracking service is triggered or not and an identifier of the VUE; and transmitting a Tracking Service Response message including location information of the VUE in response to the Tracking Service Request message, wherein the location information includes a location information field indicating a location coordinate of the VUE, a time field indicating current time and time zone information corresponding to the location information field, and a fuel level field indicating fuel level of the VUE.
US10187765B2
An electronic device is disclosed. In some examples, the electronic device comprises a first sensor configured to measure a first type of sensor data at a first sampling rate. In some examples, the electronic device comprises a communication interface configured to: detect a proximity of one or more network capable devices, different from the electronic device, form a sensor network with at least one of the one or more network capable devices, exchange operational parameters with the at least one of the one or more network capable devices, and coordinate data measurement by the first sensor based on the exchanged operational parameters. In some examples, coordinating measuring of data by the first sensor further comprises selecting the reduced sampling rate of the first sensor based on a total number of devices participating in the sensor network having sensors capable of measuring the first type of sensor data.
US10187764B2
A system and method for automatic electronic payment based on the detection of a mobile station adapted to operate in a cellular telecommunications network. The system and method transmit, on the part of a transmitter associated with a Near Field Focused (NFF) base station, which is external to the cellular telecommunications network, a signal that indicates the presence of the NFF base station by mimicking the signal of an antenna of the cellular network. A request for connection to the NFF base station that originates from the mobile station is detected. An identity request signal to the mobile station is transmitted. The system and method detect an identity reply signal sent by the mobile station. Identification data of a subscriber is determined. The subscriber is billed on the basis of the determined subscriber identification data.
US10187760B2
Some embodiments relate to a cellular network which facilitates transmission of messages, such as SMS or MMS messages, to/from respective user equipment (UE) devices of a user. Each of the UE devices may provide a relative priority value indicating a priority for receipt of messages relative to the other UE devices associated with the user. When a message intended for the user is received at the cellular network, the priority information associated with each of the user's at least two UE devices may be retrieved. The message may then be selectively delivered (by the cellular network) to one of the first UE device or the second UE device based on the relative values of the first priority value and the second priority value. If a delivery attempt fails to the highest priority device, the cellular network may attempt to deliver the message to the second highest priority UE device.
US10187759B2
Methods and systems for controlling group communications using a mobile device includes detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface, maintain a communication session with another mobile device while the user is detected in proximity to the first mobile device, and entering a non-active communication mode when the user is not detected in proximity to the device. The communication session may be maintained for a time-out period before entering the non-active mode. Further methods and systems include transitioning to a non-active communication mode in response to detecting a motion of the mobile device corresponding to a user placing the device on a surface.
US10187755B2
A system and method for determining the presence of an asset or person at a particular spot within a location. The asset or person is provided with a beacon transmitting a beacon signal. A plurality of receivers are disposed throughout the location. In one embodiment, two or more adjacent or nearby receivers are grouped together to define a receiver cluster. The receiver cluster having the highest average signal strength from the signal being transmitted from the beacon of the asset or person as determined by an electronic identification and location tracking system determines the particular area within the location where the asset or person is present at.
US10187752B2
Some embodiments relate to a user equipment device (UE), and associated methods for enabling the UE to estimate velocity of the UE based on cellular parameters. In some embodiments, a first velocity of a UE may be estimated based on a first set of parameters associated with one or more cellular based metrics. Doppler measurements may be performed in response to the first velocity exceeding a velocity threshold for at least a time period. In some embodiments, performing (or conducting) the Doppler measurements may be triggered by (e.g., in response to) the first velocity exceeding the velocity threshold for at least the first time period and receiving an indication from a motion processor of the UE that the UE is in a non-static state. In addition, a second velocity of the UE may be estimated based on the first set of parameters and the Doppler measurements.
US10187742B2
A system for monitoring and tracking location of a tag paired to a tool is disclosed, the system comprising a communication unit to receive flag event data, the flag event data relating to a detected event, the flag event data including at least tag identification data, location data of the tag, detected event type, and time of occurrence of the detected event. The system comprises a storage unit to store data records of tags, the data records comprising a current tag location and data relating to the tool which is paired to the tag, and to store a set of instructions defined for handling flag event data. The system comprises a processing unit to receive flag event data, and to transmit a notification of the flag event data to other connected devices according to the stored set of instructions for handling the flag event data. The processing unit may be configured to identify a monitoring station located at a current location of the tool paired to the tag, and to transmit a notification related to the flag event data to the identified monitoring station.
US10187741B2
A device for processing a signal includes a processor stage configured to filter the signal present in a frequency-domain representation by a filter with a filter characteristic in order to obtain a filtered signal, to provide the filtered or a signal derived from the filtered signal with a frequency-domain window function, in order to obtain a windowed signed, wherein providing has multiplications of frequency-domain window coefficients of the frequency-domain window function by spectral values of the filtered signal or the signal derived from the filtered signal in order to obtain multiplication results, and summing up the multiplication results. Further, the device has a converter for converting the windowed signal or a signal determined using the windowed signal to a time domain in order to obtain the processed signal.
US10187739B2
A sound field coding system and method that provides flexible capture, distribution, and reproduction of immersive audio recordings encoded in a generic digital audio format compatible with standard two-channel or multi-channel reproduction systems. This end-to-end system and method mitigates any impractical need for standard multi-channel microphone array configurations in consumer mobile devices such as smart phones or cameras. The system and method capture and spatially encode two-channel or multi-channel immersive audio signals that are compatible with legacy playback systems from flexible multi-channel microphone array configurations.
US10187733B2
Method for controlling and/or configuring a user-specific hearing system via a communication network
A method for controlling and/or configuring a user-specific hearing system using a computing and/or communication device. The hearing system includes at least one hearing device customizable according to the individual hearing ability and/or preferences of a user of the hearing system. The method includes connecting the hearing system to a server via a network, connecting the computing and/or communication device to the server via the network, providing by the server a hearing system control and/or configuration service tailored to the user-specific hearing system to the computing and/or communication device, determining and/or selecting at the computing and/or communication device control data and/or configuration data using the hearing system control and/or configuration service, sending the control and/or configuration data from the computing and/or communication device to the hearing system, and adjusting the hearing system based on control and/or configuration data received at the hearing system.
US10187729B1
A voice emitting device of a speaker is provided. The magnetic vibration element is a larger diameter and thus has a greater driving force. In use, if a greater voice is needed, the structure provided may achieve the effect without operation at full power. Because even the voice emitting device is not worked in full power, the sound quality is good. Furthermore, because the magnetic vibration element of the voice emitting device is larger, a longer impact length is provided. Therefore the response in a low frequency is good and thus the sound quality in lower frequency is not affected.
US10187721B1
A beamformer system that can isolate a desired portion of an audio signal resulting from a microphone array. A fixed beamformer is used to dampen diffuse noise while an adaptive beamformer is used to cancel directional coherent noise. A gain is calculated using a signal quality value such as signal-to-noise ratio, signal-to-null ratio or other value. The adaptive beamformer output is adjusted by the gain prior to combining the fixed beamformer output and the adaptive beamformer output to determine the output audio data.
US10187719B2
According to an aspect of some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a method of recording a signal from a headphone. The method may comprise instructing an audio processing integrated circuit of a client terminal to connect an electrical resistance component between an electrical ground of a client terminal and an electrical ground of one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of a headphone. The method may further comprise instructing the audio processing integrated circuit of the client terminal to accept as microphone input a signal from the one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of the headphone. The method may further comprise recording a signal from the one or more electro-acoustic output transducer of the headphone using the audio processing integrated circuit of the client terminal.
US10187716B1
An earphone cushion includes a body formed of a partially reticulated polymeric foam and including a front surface configured to engage or surround the ear of a user, and a rear surface, a snap ring at least partially embedded in and integrally formed with the body and including a periphery configured to engage one or more retention elements of an earcup of a headphone, and a non-porous film on the front surface of the body.
US10187714B2
A sound pickup device includes: a housing; a mount portion via which the housing on an object constituting a portion of a musical instrument; a sound pickup including a plurality of the microphones respectively oriented in different directions; a first output configured to output a sound signal indicating a sound input to the sound pickup; and an installer configured to install the sound pickup on the housing such that each of the plurality of microphones is oriented away from the object when the housing is mounted on the object via the mount portion.
US10187707B2
A system for providing information about electrical devices in a residence includes a power measurement device, an electrical device identification component, and a notification component. The power measurement device measures characteristics of electrical power in one or more electrical power lines in the residence. Based on the measured electrical characteristics, the electrical device identification component determines electrical signatures specific electrical devices at the residence that are receiving electrical power through the electrical power lines, associates the electrical devices with a device type, and groups the electrical devices into zones of the residence. Based on power consumption by the specific electrical devices, the notification component determines events or conditions associated with specific electrical devices (for example abnormal usage, device failure, excess power consumption). Notifications relating to at least one of the events or conditions associated with the specific electrical devices are provided to a person associated with the residence (for example, homeowner or other resident).
US10187705B2
A method, system, or device determine when media content is to be displayed. The method can include receiving media content on a broadcast channel from a content feed. The method can also include receiving an identifier for upcoming media content from an automatic content recognition (ACR) system in response to a trigger event. The method can include receiving overlay content from an overlay content server. The method can include storing the overlay content at a memory device. The method can include determining a time that the media content is to be displayed using the identifier.
US10187701B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using a bootstrap including a symbol for signaling a BICM mode and OFDM parameters of a preamble, together are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving on a BICM output signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a bootstrap and a preamble using the time-interleaved signal. In this case, the bootstrap includes a symbol for signaling a BICM mode and OFDM parameters of L1-Basic of the preamble, together.
US10187693B2
In one embodiment, a method for controlling access to media content includes defining a viewing profile for at least one viewing user according to a multiplicity of attributes associated with the media content, assigning allowable limits to the multiplicity of attributes in the viewing profile, where each of the allowable limits indicates a rating limit for one of the multiplicity of attributes, receiving attribute ratings associated with a media content item, where each of the attribute ratings is associated with one of the multiplicity of attributes, determining viewing permissibility for the media content item by the at least one viewing user by comparing the attribute ratings with the allowable limits, and based on the viewing permissibility, allowing or disallowing the at least one viewing user to view the media content item.
US10187676B2
In response to a user reserving a vehicle via a first application on a user's mobile device, a first server authorizes a transportation service provider to access media items associated with the user's account for a media content provider. The authorizing includes receiving a first identifier generated by a second application on the mobile device, generating a second identifier if the first identifier is valid, and sending the second identifier to a second server associated with the transportation service provider. A request, initiated via the second application, is received to present a first media item at a media presentation system of the reserved vehicle. In response, a portion of the first media item is sent for presentation at the media presentation system if a device in communication with the media presentation system has received the second identifier.
US10187663B2
A subsystem configured to encode an RGBA8 data stream assembles sequences of four-byte groups from the data stream. The subsystem decorrelates the red and blue channels, and computes a difference between each four-byte group and an anchor value. The anchor is encoded at full value. The subsystem then assigns each group a five-bit header based on the number and location of non-zero bytes and on the data content of the non-zero bytes within the group. The subsystem favors zero valued bytes. Thus, when a group includes only zero valued bytes, the header is sufficient to encode the group; no data bits are necessary. Further, two successive groups of zero-valued bytes may be encoded as a single header with no data bits, achieving further data reduction. Finally, the subsystem concatenates all the headers with associated data to yield the source data stream compressed to some ratio, e.g. four-to-one.
US10187658B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing a multi-view video signal, the method including: determining a prediction mode of a current depth block; determining a partition mode of the current texture block when the current texture block is a block encoded in an inter mode; obtaining a motion vector of each partition based on the partition mode; and performing inter prediction on the current texture block by using the motion vector through depth-based.
US10187657B2
Method and device for configuring merge candidate list for decoding and encoding of interlayer video
Provided is an inter-layer video decoding method. The inter-layer video decoding method includes: determining whether a current block is split into two or more regions by using a depth block corresponding to the current block; generating a merge candidate list including at least one merge candidate for the current block, based on a result of the determination; determining motion information of the current block by using motion information of one of the at least one merge candidate included in the merge candidate list; and decoding the current block by using the determined motion information, wherein the generating of the merge candidate list includes determining whether a view synthesis prediction candidate is available as the merge candidate according to the result of the determination.
US10187655B2
System and method for improving operational efficiency of a video encoding pipeline used to encode image data. In embodiments, the video encoding pipeline includes a low resolution pipeline that includes a low resolution motion estimation block, which generates downscaled image data by reducing resolution of the image data and determines a low resolution inter-frame prediction mode by performing a motion estimation search using the downscaled image data and previously downscaled image data. The video encoding pipeline also includes a main pipeline in parallel with the low resolution pipeline that includes a motion estimation block, which determines a candidate inter-frame prediction mode based at least in part on the low resolution inter-frame prediction mode, and a mode decision block, which determines a first rate-distortion cost associated with the candidate inter-frame prediction mode and determines prediction mode used to prediction encode the image data based at least in part on the first rate-distortion cost.
US10187654B2
The present disclosure provides a forward multiple-hypothesis encoding/decoding method of an image block. In this method, motion information of a current block including two forward reference frame indexes and two motion vectors are selectively encoded into a bit-stream based on a current encoding mode. The motion information which is not encoded into the bit-stream is derived at a decoder by a predefined rule. This method sufficiently utilizes correlation within motion information of an image block and correlation between the motion information of the current image block and that of an adjacent image block.
US10187647B2
Provided is an image processing device including a receiving section configured to receive a bitstream obtained by encoding an image having at least one layer and buffer management parameter information of each layer indicating at least one of that a parameter for managing a decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of only a corresponding layer and that the parameter for managing the decoder buffer is a parameter for performing a decoding process of a corresponding layer and a lower layer, and a decoding section configured to decode the bitstream received by the receiving section and generate an image.
US10187643B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for coding/decoding an image. The method for decoding the image comprises the steps of: deriving a scale factor of a current block, depending on whether the current block is a conversion skip block; and scaling the current block on the basis of the scale factor, wherein the scale factor of the current block is derived on the basis of the position of a conversion coefficient inside the current block, and wherein the conversion skip block is the current block to which conversion is not applied and is specified on the basis of information indicating whether to apply reconversion to the current block.
US10187642B2
According to an embodiment, an encoding device includes an index setting unit and an encoding unit. The index setting unit generates a common index in which reference indices of one or more reference images included in a first index and a second index are sorted in a combination so as not to include a same reference image in accordance with a predetermined scanning order. The first index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a first reference image. The second index representing a combination of the one or more reference images referred to by a second reference image. The encoding unit encodes the common index.
US10187641B2
A method for decoding a multilayer video signal, according to the present invention, is characterized by: inducing the number of active references of a current picture in consideration of whether the maximum number of active reference pictures of the current picture in a current layer is limited; obtaining a reference layer identifier based on the number of active references; determining an active reference picture of the current picture using a reference layer identifier; generating an interlayer reference picture by upsampling the active reference picture, and performing interlayer prediction of the current picture using an interlayer reference picture.
US10187637B2
A method and system for visualizing micro-contrast. At least one processor obtains a selected root image from a digital video, generates an assistive image, and blends the assistive image with the selected root image to obtain a mutated image, which configured to be displayed by a display device. The selected root image includes root pixels each associated with color values. The assistive image is generated based on a plurality of micro-contrast scores comprising a micro-contrast score calculated for each of at least a portion of the root pixels. The micro-contrast score is calculated for a selected one of the root pixels by identifying a submatrix centered at the selected root pixel, and calculating the micro-contrast score for the selected root pixel based on the color values associated with only sample pixels positioned one each at corners of the submatrix.
US10187628B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems that may improve and/or modify images captured using multiscopic image capture systems. In an example embodiment, burst image data is captured via a multiscopic image capture system. The burst image data may include at least one image pair. The at least one image pair is aligned based on at least one rectifying homography function. The at least one aligned image pair is warped based on a stereo disparity between the respective images of the image pair. The warped and aligned images are then stacked and a denoising algorithm is applied. Optionally, a high dynamic range algorithm may be applied to at least one output image of the aligned, warped, and denoised images.
US10187627B2
A multi-lens based capturing apparatus and method are provided. The capturing apparatus includes a lens array including lenses and a sensor including sensing pixels, wherein at least a portion of sensing pixels in the sensor may generate sensing information based on light entering through different lenses in the lens array, and light incident on each sensing pixel, among the portion of the plurality of sensing pixels may correspond to different combinations of viewpoints.
US10187625B2
A computerized imaging system and method for creating a 3D imaging dataset of an object are disclosed. The computerized imaging system includes an object stage mounted on a system base plate, the object stage is configured to rotate 360 degrees around its axis perpendicular to the base plate plane. The computerized imaging system includes an elongated elevation arm positioned alongside the object stage, wherein the elongated elevation arm having an image sensor, at least one lens, and a mirror mounted thereon, and wherein the optical axis of the image sensor is parallel to the elongated elevation arm elevation axis. The image sensor is used to capture a plurality of images of the object in a plurality of rotation and elevation angles of the object stage and elongated elevation arm.
US10187622B1
Systems and methods for improving operational flexibility of a display pipeline coupled to a display panel that facilitates display of an image by controlling luminance of a display pixel based on display image data. The display pipeline includes a format convert block that receives source image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel using a source format; determines a color scaling factor associated with a color component in the source image data based on the source format; and generates internal image data that indicates target luminance of the display pixel using an internal format based on application of the color scaling factor to the source image data. Additionally, the display pipeline includes an image data processing block coupled to the format convert block, which processes the internal image data before the display image data is generated to facilitate improving perceived image quality when the image is displayed.
US10187620B2
The present invention prevents image quality degradation due to pixel enlargement even when using an increased angle of inclination on projecting an image obliquely from a laser scanning display device. A swing mirror is controlled so that the scanning line density in the vertical direction of a display section is uniform in accordance with information including the angle of inclination, the distance of projection, and the display size of the display device with respect to the display section. A lens control driver is controlled so that a collecting lens has a focal point on the display section in accordance with a scanning position in the vertical direction of the swing mirror. The swing mirror or an image correction processing unit is controlled so that a display size in the horizontal direction of a display image on the display section is uniform regardless of the scanning position in the vertical direction.
US10187605B2
A system and method is provided for transmitting and displaying video frames or groups of video frames of program content. A program content processor is utilized with an added material processor to insert added material to a limited number of the video frames or groups of video frames of the program content. A broadcasting/transmission device configured to transmit the program content with the added material to a plurality of users who can selectively receive the program content. A controller operable for selectively controlling a speed of the playback of the program content so that the added material becomes readily discernible by the user. An electronic response device is utilized by the user to respond to the now user discernible added material.
US10187599B2
A pixel signal readout device includes a unit pixel including a drive transistor and a reset transistor; and a column select transistor suitable for outputting a voltage applied to one terminal thereof, to a common terminal of the drive transistor and the reset transistor through the other terminal thereof, in response to a column select control signal applied to a gate terminal thereof.
US10187596B2
To provide a solid-state imaging device with short image-capturing duration. A first photodiode in a pixel in an n-th row and an m-th column is connected to a second photodiode in a pixel in an (n+1)-th row and the m-th column through a transistor. The first photodiode and the second photodiode receive light concurrently, the potential in accordance with the amount of received light is held in a pixel in the n-th row and the m-th column, and the potential in accordance with the amount of received light is held in a pixel in the (n+1)-th row and the m-th column without performing a reset operation. Then, each potential is read out. Under a large amount of light, either the first photodiode or the second photodiode is used.
US10187594B2
An image pickup apparatus a includes a VCM configured to move relative positions of an image sensor and a light beam such that a movement amount of a frame period is a non-integer multiple of a pixel pitch, a microcomputer configured to cause the image sensor to perform exposures a plurality of times during the movement of the relative positions and acquire a plurality of image data, and a combination processing section configured to generate high-resolution combined image data from the acquired plurality of image data. The VCM sets the movement of the relative positions during the exposures in a same moving direction and a same movement amount in each of the exposures of the plurality of times.
US10187592B2
An imaging unit images an object in a state where an infrared projector projects infrared light. The imaging unit generates an imaging signal. A determination unit analyzes the relationship between the amount of environmental visible light and the amount of infrared light. A controller controls the imaging device, according to the relationship between the amount of environmental visible light and the amount of infrared light, analyzed by the determination unit.
US10187591B2
An image-capturing device includes an infrared light source configured to emit infrared light, and a solid-state image-capturing device including a plurality of first pixels configured to convert visible light into signal charge and a plurality of second pixels configured to convert infrared light into signal charge, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels being arranged on a semiconductor substrate in a matrix. The solid-state image-capturing device outputs, during the same single frame scanning period, a first signal obtained from the plurality of first pixels, a second signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is emitted, and a third signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is not emitted.
US10187589B2
A system and method for mixing a scene with a virtual scenario. An image capturing unit is arranged to capture at least one image so as to cover the scene from a first viewpoint. An image representation generation unit is arranged to generate at least one image representation based on the captured image. A game engine unit is arranged to generate a virtual scenario. An image processing unit is arranged to adapt the at least one image representation based on the generated virtual scenario so as to provide a virtual video sequence.
US10187588B2
In one embodiment, a camera includes an image sensor within a camera housing that converts light entering the camera housing through an optical filter into digital image data. The optical filter can have a variable opacity. A processor in communication with the image sensor identifies operation settings for the optical filter and adjusts an opacity level of the optical filter over an exposure period in accordance with the operation settings for the optical filter. In addition, the processor modifies values of the digital image data based at least on the operation settings for the optical filter.
US10187586B2
Provided is an image generation system and method, more particularly, an image generation system and method which can generate a high dynamic range image from a plurality of images acquired in a single short exposure. The image generation system To includes an image generation system having an image acquisition unit to acquire an image, an image generation unit to generate, from the acquired image, a plurality of images with different resolution and brightness, and an image synthesis unit to synthesize the generated images.
US10187577B2
A mobile device including a camera; a memory; a wireless communication processor; a display configured to display a preview captured by the camera and at least one or more selectable options; and a controller configured to change at least one or more factors among camera setting information according to a selected specific option from the at least one or more selectable options with reference to the memory, store a specific preview captured based on the changed factor in the memory, and transmit image data corresponding to the specific preview and the camera setting information used for capturing the specific preview via the wireless communication processor to an external mobile device in response to reception of a command for sharing the specific preview stored in the memory.
US10187575B2
An image acquisition apparatus includes a display unit configured to display first display images corresponding to first sequential images generated by an imager unit by imaging simultaneously with second display images corresponding to range specifying sequential images received by a communication unit from at least another image acquisition apparatus, the range specifying sequential images respectively corresponding to second sequential images generated by imaging and being smaller in communication amount than the second sequential images. The image acquisition apparatus further includes an operation unit configured to receive a specified range which is a range in the second sequential images specified by a user operation based on the second display image displayed on the display unit, and a controller unit configured to cause the communication unit to receive the second sequential images including at least the specified range.
US10187572B2
A method for generating panoramic aerial images includes controlling a carrier to rotate an image capturing device by a predetermined angle of rotation around a first axis of the carrier. The image capturing device is coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) via the carrier and the carrier is configured to permit the image capturing device to rotate around at least the first axis and a second axis. The method further includes controlling the carrier to stabilize the image capturing device with respect to at least the second axis while the image capturing device is rotating around the first axis, by controlling one or more actuator members of the carrier. The method also includes controlling the image capturing device to capture a plurality of successive images while the image capturing device is rotating around the first axis and generating a panoramic image based on the captured plurality of images.
US10187570B1
An apparatus comprising a sensor and a processor. The sensor may be configured to capture a first video signal having a first field of view. The processor may be configured to generate a second video signal having a second field of view and a third video signal having a third field of view. The second video signal may generate the second field of view to include a first portion of the first video signal. The third video signal may generate the third field of view to include a second portion of the first video signal. The second portion may be processed to remove possible warping present on a bottom portion of the first video signal. The first and second portions may comprise an area less than the first field of view.
US10187563B2
At least one image of a moving object is acquired using an image acquisition device equipped with an automatic focussing system. A distance between the object and the device when the effective acquisition of the image occurs is estimated based on the estimated speed and on the period of time separating a time of actuation triggering the process for acquiring the at least one image from the time of acquisition of the said effective acquisition, and the taking into account of the said distance by the automatic focussing system.
US10187560B2
A notched-spacer camera module includes a chip-scale package, a lens plate, a spacer ring, and a glue ring. The chip-scale package has an image sensor and a top surface. The spacer ring includes a glue gate having a gate height and a spacer base, having a base height, between the glue gate and the lens plate. The glue ring is between the spacer ring and the top surface and has (i) an outer region between the top surface and a bottom surface of the spacer base, and (ii) an inner region, having an inner thickness, between the top surface and a bottom surface of the glue gate. The lens plate, the spacer ring, the glue ring, and the top surface form a sealed cavity having a cavity height equal to at least a sum of the inner thickness, the gate height, and the base height.
US10187558B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a lighting system for modifying visual perception of an image. In one embodiment, the lighting system includes a display screen and a frame that is designed to be reversibly coupled around the display screen. The frame includes a first light source and a second light source positioned about a perimeter of the frame. The first light source provides key light and the second light source provides fill light. The lighting system also includes a processor operatively connected to the frame to individually control the light intensity, temperature, or brightness of the first and second light sources. The lighting system also may include a camera disposed adjacent to the display screen to capture images. In this embodiment, the processor is connected to the camera and the processor automatically enhances the captured images and displays the enhanced images as a mirror reflection on the display screen.
US10187557B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to an outdoor lighting fixture that includes a ballast for controlling the amount of current provided to a lamp. The lighting fixture also includes a fixture housing at least partially surrounding the ballast and the lamp and a mounting system for holding the fixture housing to at least one of a wall and a pole. The lighting fixture yet further includes a camera coupled to the housing and a control circuit wired to the camera. The lighting fixture also includes a radio frequency transceiver wired to the control circuit. The control circuit is configured to cause information from the camera to be wirelessly transmitted by the radio frequency transceiver.
US10187556B2
A camera module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; an image sensor arranged on the substrate; a lens housing, which is arranged on the substrate, and in which a lens is coupled; an elastic member arranged between the substrate and the lens housing; and a plurality of fastening members which fasten the substrate and the lens housing.
US10187554B2
Provided herein is a cover photography apparatus, portable terminal apparatus, and a control method of the cover photography apparatus, the cover photography apparatus including an imaging device configured to generate image data; a communicator configured to receive motion information from a portable terminal apparatus; and a controller configured to: determine that the image data is captured during motion of the cover photography apparatus based on the motion information, and correct the image data in response to determining that the image data is captured during motion of the cover photography apparatus; and control the communicator to transmit the corrected image data to the portable terminal apparatus.
US10187552B2
Systems and methods for analyzing printed images are provided. One system includes a processing circuit configured to: determine a set of one or more locations on the printed image on the substrate to measure color values; determine a set of input tone values for the at least one ink; receive a set of measured color values corresponding to the set of locations on the printed image from a sensor; and determine a tone value increase error based on the set of measured color values and the set of input tone values. The at least one processing circuit is configured to determine the tone value increase error without requiring measured color values from an area having solid ink.
US10187550B2
An image forming method includes: receiving a print job and a print job ticket by at least one image forming apparatus; waiting for an access from a mobile terminal having user ID data using a wireless communication; authenticating for accessing the print job ticket using the user ID data by the image forming apparatus determined to be closest to the mobile terminal; transferring the print job ticket to the closest image forming apparatus in response to the access from the mobile terminal to the closest image forming apparatus; acquiring a facial image of a user in front of the closest image forming apparatus in response to the authentication; recognizing a face of an owner of the print job ticket in the acquired facial image to cause the closest image forming apparatus to print the image data; and printing the image data while the facial image is being recognized.
US10187545B2
Methods and apparatus to communicate data associated with media processing devices are disclosed. An example media processing device residing on a network includes a monitor configured to collect observational data associated with the media processing device in accordance with a configuration file stored on the media processing device; and communicate the observational data to a first device external to the network via a first persistent connection between the media processing device and the first external device; and a controller configured to receive an operational instruction from a second external device via a second persistent connection between the media processing device and the second external device, wherein the second persistent connection is independent of the first persistent connection; and implement the operational instruction on the media processing device, wherein the operation instruction controls media processing hardware of the media processing device.
US10187544B2
A system includes an output unit that outputs document data transmitted from a sender, a recipient information creating unit that creates recipient information related to a recipient who outputs the document data using the output unit, after the document data is output by the output unit, and a transmitting unit that transmits the recipient information to the sender.
US10187535B2
An instruction apparatus that instructs a processing apparatus to perform a process includes an operation-history transmitting unit and a display. The operation-history transmitting unit transmits, to a management apparatus, data on a history of a series of all operations by which the instruction apparatus instructs the processing apparatus to perform processes. The display displays an instruction-apparatus operation screen on which an operator's intention is reflected by the management apparatus based on the history of the series of all operations, data of which has been transmitted from the operation-history transmitting unit.
US10187533B2
A control unit in an MFP determines whether a connection request from a communication device carried by a user has been received. If the control unit determines that the connection request has been received, then the control unit issues network identification information and transmits it to the communication device. When a connection is established, the control unit automatically alters the operation screen to an operation screen related to image processing based on the information transmitted/received to/from the communication device, and accepts an operation to execute image processing.
US10187532B2
An image processing apparatus includes a clipping unit that clips an arbitrary area from image data acquired by reading a chart output from an image forming unit, an acquisition unit that acquires a signal value relating to a plurality of positions in a scanning direction of the area clipped by the clipping unit, and a transmission unit that transmits information about the clipped area and the acquired signal value.
US10187520B2
A terminal apparatus is disclosed. The terminal apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to receive an incoming call; a storage configured to store contact object information including a connecting application corresponding to caller identification information; and a controller configured to receive the incoming call including the caller identification information received through the communicator, execute the connecting application corresponding to the caller identification information, and display a search result related to the contact object information in a screen of the executed connecting application on the display. Accordingly, it is possible to determine a counterpart during connecting a call, and automatically execute the connecting application per contact information.
US10187502B2
A device arrangement may include an electronic device having a display. A cover may be secured on the display. The cover may include a first transparent cover element and a second transparent cover element. A transparent liquid may be disposed in a sandwich-like manner between the first cover element and the second cover element.
US10187492B2
A change in an information technology system may be monitored. The information technology system may include a computing resource, a computing service that is to utilize the computing resource, a resource policy including a rule that is to be matched to the computing resource. A compliance operation may be performed on the computing resource in accordance with the rule. A schedule may be changed for a maintenance window in which the compliance operation is to be performed. The change of the schedule may be based on the monitored change in the information technology system and on a priority of the compliance operation or of the computing service.
US10187490B2
A method for predicting the behavior of an electronic social network (ESN) includes identifying one user's connections with other users and creating a data structure in a memory that represents the users and their connections in the ESN. A plurality of data sources for electronic communications between users are analyzed and assigned a relative importance value. A weight is also assigned to each of the connections between the users. The weight is an encoded value computed based on a link structure of the connections where the link structure includes metadata indicating a category and a status of the respective connection. The probability that one user will communicate with one of the other users is calculated based on the analyzed plurality of data sources calculating, and the user's connections with respect to other users are ranked based on the calculated probabilities.
US10187476B2
An approach is provided for bridging communication sessions among multiple devices. A communication bridging platform determines to receive a request for establishing a communication session between a first device and a second device. The request specifies, at least in part, a third device with a first static link to the first device and a second static link to the second device. The communication bridging platform determines to establish a temporary link between the first device and the second device via the first static link and the second static link, and then determines to conduct the communication session over the temporary link.
US10187467B2
An information processing system including at least one computer includes a receiving unit that receives data input by an apparatus connected through a network and specifying information of specifying a storage destination of the data or other data generated based on the other data from a plurality of candidate storage destinations, the data and the specifying information being received from the apparatus; an intermediation unit that provides an interface common to the plurality of candidate storage destinations and sends the data or the other to the storage destination designated in a request received through the common interface; and a requesting unit that requests the intermediation unit through the common interface to send the data received by the receiving unit or the other data generated based on the data to the storage destination specified based on specifying information.
US10187458B2
Techniques are described for providing client computing nodes with enhanced access to remote network-accessible services, such as by providing local capabilities specific to the remote services. In at least some situations, access to remote services by a client computing node may be enhanced by automatically locally performing some activities of the remote services, such as to improve the efficiency of communications that are sent between the client computing node and the remote service and/or to improve the efficiency by the remote service of processing communications from the client computing node. As one example, a node manager system local to a client computing node may perform authentication of communications sent by the client computing node to a remote service and/or may perform other activities specific to the remote service, so that the remote service does not need to perform the authentication and/or other performed activities for the communications.
US10187455B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for providing automated network connection sharing. Techniques disclosed herein can initiate Internet connection sharing between a first computer and a second computer, wherein the Internet connection sharing enables the first computer to function as a host to provide Internet access to the second computer. If there is a break in the connection, a system determines if the second computer is in proximity to the first computer. If it is determined that the first computer is in proximity to the second computer, the techniques disclosed herein verify access rights. Once the access rights are verified, the system automatically establishes Internet connection sharing between the first computer and the second computer. The techniques disclosed herein enable access to a service for sharing a network connection without requiring user interaction.
US10187451B2
A method, a mobile device, and system for transmitting files are disclosed. The method includes: a first mobile device transmits a file to a second mobile device in a first transmission mode when receiving a file transmission request for transmitting the file to the second terminal from a user. In the process of transmitting the file, the first mobile device judges in real-time whether the size of the remaining part of the file is greater than or equal to a preconfigured threshold whether the first mobile device is able to establish a connection with the second mobile device with a higher transmission rate than that in the first transmission mode. On condition that the above condition is satisfied, the first mobile device adopts the second transmission mode to transmit the remaining part of the file.
US10187437B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for multi-hop small cell auto discovery for software-defined networking (“SDN”)-enabled radio access networks (“RANs”). According to one aspect of the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a small cell RAN node can include a network backhaul link connected to a further small cell radio access network node operating within a RAN controlled, at least in part, by a SDN controller. The small cell RAN node can generate an enhanced OFDP multicast message that includes a SDN characteristic for the SDN controller to use, at least in part, to discover the small cell RA node as operational within the RAN. The small cell RAN node can send the enhanced OFDP multicast message over the network backhaul link in an attempt to provide the SDN characteristic to the SDN controller so SDN controller can discover the small cell RAN node as operational within the RAN.
US10187428B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for active data that tracks usage. The active data includes instructions that are executable by a computing device. The computing device is scanned to identify characteristics of the computing device. The characteristics of the computing device are utilized to determine whether the usage of the active data is authorized. Data is transmitted to a network service, including identifying information for the particular computing device and data that identifies a deployment of the active data.
US10187424B2
A custom browser can be setup or configured by end user to scan, monitor, filter out or eliminate any element of HTTP or HTTPS or Java script code or cookie downloading from the Internet in real time. The browser with custom security protects and eliminates unnecessary data or hacker attempts from the Internet by transcoding the downloading HTML/HTML5 code without requiring any plug-in, security app or changed system security level of devices. The application is particularly useful in IPTV and Remote UI HTML5 implementations.
US10187422B2
Various techniques for mitigating computer network attacks are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving indications of denial of service attacks from multiple target computing systems and determining one or more sources from which the denial of service attacks are deemed to originate in response to the received indications of denial of service attacks from the target computing systems. The method also includes negotiating with the network aggregation point for permission to divert network traffic originated from the one or more of the determined sources and destined to the target computing systems to the gateway.
US10187417B2
Processor(s) for detecting malicious software. A hardware virtual machine monitor (HVMM) operates under a host OS. Container(s) initialized with network application template(s) operate under a guest OS VM. A detection module operates under the guest OS VM includes a trigger detection module, a logging module and a container command module. The trigger detection module monitors activity on container(s) for a trigger event. The logging module writes activity report(s) in response to trigger event(s). The container command module issues command(s) in response to trigger event(s). The command(s) include a container start, stop and revert commands. A virtual machine control console operates under the host OS and starts/stops the HVMM. A container control module operates under the guest OSVM and controls container(s) in response to the command(s). The server communication module sends activity report(s) to a central collection network appliance that maintains a repository of activities for infected devices.
US10187416B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer program products for data traffic signature-based detection and protection against malware. According to one method, data traffic and behavior associated with a computing device is monitored and a device activity signature is created that includes an abstraction of the data traffic. A classification of the device activity signature is determined and a policy decision for the computing device is applied based on the determined classification.
US10187411B2
A method and system for automatic signalling an alert when a possible intrusion occurs in an industrial automation and control system, based on security events which occur in the industrial automation and control system or are externally fed into the system. The method includes the steps of: (a) determining a correlation of a first and second security event and storing the correlation in an event database, wherein the correlation includes a probability that the first security event is followed by the second security event within a normalized time period, (b) identifying a candidate event as the first security event, based on event information of the candidate event, upon occurrence of the candidate event, (c) classifying the candidate event as anomalous when the probability exceeds a predetermined threshold and no second security event follows the candidate event within the normalized time period, and (d) signalling the alert indicating the candidate event.
US10187410B2
Various embodiments described herein are directed to optimizing cloud computing infrastructures functionality based on an abuse prevention and remediation platform. A tenant profile may have a tenant confidence score for a tenant, the tenant confidence score being an indicator of the reputation of the tenant usage of cloud computing resources. Based on the confidence score of the tenant, one or more policies for the tenant may be identified limiting access to cloud computing resources. If the virtual internet protocol address (VIP) of the tenant is determined to be tainted, the VIP may be quarantined in a tainted VIP pool, the quarantining excluding the VIP from being selected for use until the VIP is clean. A cleanup routine may be executed, the cleanup routine communicating remedial actions for the tainted VIP. Upon completion of the cleanup routine, the VIP may be restored to a clean VIP pool.
US10187408B1
A computer-implemented method includes providing, for use by a third-party, injectable computer code that is capable of being served with other code provided by the third-party to client computing devices; receiving data from client computing devices that have been served the code by the third-party, the data including data that characterizes (a) the client computing devices and (b) user interaction with the client computing devices; classifying the client computing devices as controlled by actual users or instead by automated software based on analysis of the received data from the client computing devices; and providing to the third party one or more reports that characterize an overall level of automated software activity among client computing devices that have been served code by the third party.
US10187400B1
A computer system programmed to provide improved packet capture comprises: a plurality of sensor computers each programmed to capture data packets directed to a different compromised computer; a command server that is programmed to determine an expiration time for capturing a first set of data packets that have been routed toward a first compromised computer, to determine a time interval indicating an interval for capturing the first set of data packets, to identify a first packet capture filter of a plurality of packet capture filters for a first sensor computer of the plurality of sensor computers, to transmit, via a communications network, the first packet capture filter and a message, which comprises the time interval and the expiration time, to the first sensor computer of the plurality of sensor computers to capture the first set of data packets every the time interval and until the expiration time expires.
US10187399B2
Systems and methods for improved detection of fraud, waste, and abuse are provided, based on the analysis of enriched relationships and aggregated metrics thereof. An enriched relationship record associates patient and provider information to provide an enhanced view of patient data, provider data, and interaction data for a given entity. Aggregated metrics provide an enhanced view of a particular entity's activities based on the entity's interactions with other entities and data and metadata from the related entities' enriched relationship records. The enriched relationship records and aggregated metrics may be used to audit the entity and produce a report indicative of suspicion levels for the entity engaging in fraud, waste, or abuse.
US10187391B2
Described herein is a framework for providing and securing data access by external users. In accordance with one aspect of the framework, an external schema is generated to pair with an existing company schema in a database. The company schema may own data stored in the database. One or more access-control views that expose one or more subsets of the data may further be generated. The external schema may be granted access to the one or more access-control views. Synonyms may be created to rename access-control views, so that the synonyms share common names with corresponding database objects accessible via the company schema. External users may then access the data visible to them via the synonyms that are used to alias the access-control views.
US10187384B2
A method for enhanced validation of cryptograms for varying account number lengths includes: storing one or more primary account numbers and a plurality of formatting templates, each template being associated with an account number length; receiving a selection indicating a specific primary account number; identifying a specific formatting template where the associated account number length corresponds to a length of the specific primary account number; receiving an unpredictable number from a point of sale device; generating a cryptogram based on at least the unpredictable number and one or more algorithms; generating a data string, wherein the data string includes at least the generated cryptogram, the specific primary account number, and the unpredictable number, and wherein the data string is formatted based on the identified specific formatting template; and electronically transmitting the generated data string to the point of sale device.
US10187381B2
A device and method for online activation of a mobile terminal token related to cloud authentication management is disclosed. The method generally includes: a first activation request sent by the cloud authentication management platform, the cloud authentication server generates a first activation response and sends same to the cloud authentication management platform; the cloud authentication management platform sends the first activation response to the terminal; when the mobile terminal token obtains the first activation response, the token accesses the cloud authentication server and establishes a network data link; the mobile terminal token and the cloud authentication server send data and carry out activation.
US10187378B2
An authentication server 2 stores, for each of one or more objects to be registered, unique pattern information of a surface of the object to be registered and a personal identification number into a database in association with each other, acquires unique pattern information of a surface of an object to be authenticated which is related to an authentication request, and a personal identification number, extracts, from the database, unique pattern information stored in association with the personal identification number related to the authentication request, and determines whether the extracted unique pattern information includes unique pattern information corresponding to the unique pattern information related to the authentication request.
US10187375B1
A cryptographic services management engine may provide a single point of interaction for both users and administrators to manage and consume cryptographic services. Such an engine may allow centralized control over cryptography parameters, ensuring enterprise security standards are maintained while abstracting the complexity and potential for error away from users. Automating cryptographic maintenance tasks may avoid outages caused by expired or incorrect certificates, and improve reliability and predictability of critical infrastructure services.
US10187371B1
Methods and systems for verifying a user's identity on a computing device using two-factor authentication are described. More particularly, the system utilizes a personal identification number input by a user, together with one or more of a secure browsing feature, a device fingerprint, and a token generator to authenticate the user on the computer.
US10187365B2
The present invention relates to a method that may be used in a digital data communication system comprising a communication network constituted of a plurality of nodes, and a plurality of subscriber equipment units each connected to a node, includes: a transmission phase (P1) including the steps of limiting of the size of each frame to be transmitted, adding identification-authentication credentials, and transmitting the frames with a predetermined transmission interval; and a transmission phase (P2) including the steps of monitoring-checking for compliance with the input conditions; removal of each frame that is non-compliant, replicating each frame that is compliant, monitoring-checking for compliance with the output conditions, removing each frame that is non-compliant, transmitting each frame that is compliant, and recording and storing of the identification-authentication credential for each frame transmitted.
US10187361B2
Data may be protected using a combination of symmetric and asymmetric cryptography. A symmetric key may be generated and the data may be encrypted with the symmetric key. The symmetric key and a only a portion of the symmetrically encrypted data may then be encrypted with an asymmetric public key. The entire set of encrypted data, including the asymmetrically encrypted symmetric key, the doubly encrypted portion of data, and the remainder of the symmetrically encrypted data may then be sent to a remote device using insecure communications.
US10187359B2
The disclosure provides a secure message transmission apparatus and a processing method thereof. A method for processing a secure message may include receiving a message transmitted by a transmission-side terminal and determining whether the message is an encrypted message, by a non-secure message service unit; delivering the encrypted message to a secure message service unit by the non-secure message service unit when the message is the encrypted message; and decrypting the encrypted message, and re-encrypting the decrypted message and transmitting the re-encrypted message to a reception-side terminal, by the secure message service unit.
US10187357B2
A device of a public communication network initiates an action at a destination UE device of a private communication network by transmitting an action request message to a translating device that has a network/logical connection to both networks. The action request message contains security credentials of the initiating device, but does not contain a network address of the destination UE device. The translating device uses the security credentials of the initiating device contained in the action request message to determine a network address of the private network corresponding to the desired destination UE device. The security credentials may also be used to establish a secure connection from the initiating device. The translating device forwards the action request message to the desired destination device at the address associated with the initiator-device security credentials that it received in the action request message. The translating device may be a publish-subscribe broker.
US10187350B2
A method includes receiving a request for an edge cache address, and comparing a requestor address to an anycast group. The method can further include providing an anycast edge cache address when the requestor address is in the anycast group. Alternatively, the method can further include determining an optimal cache server, and providing a unicast address of the optimal cache server when the requestor address is not in the anycast group.
US10187347B2
A novel architecture for a data sharing system (DSS) is disclosed and seeks to ensure the privacy and security of users' personal information. In this type of network, a user's personally identifiable information is stored and transmitted in an encrypted form, with few exceptions. The only key with which that encrypted data can be decrypted, and thus viewed, remains in the sole possession of the user and the user's friends/contacts within the system. This arrangement ensures that a user's personally identifiable information cannot be examined by anyone other than the user or his friends/contacts. This arrangement also makes it more difficult for the web site or service hosting the DSS to exploit its users' personally identifiable information. Such a system facilitates the encryption, storage, exchange and decryption of personal, confidential and/or proprietary data.
US10187335B2
Disclosed are a system, method, device, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for providing an instant messaging service implemented with a computer. The method includes receiving a request on establishing a conversation interface with an official account registered at the instant messaging service from a client, providing a rich menu user interface associated with the official account on a portion of the conversation interface when the client establishes the conversation interface in response to the request, receiving a selection on a display item included in the rich menu from the client, identifying content associated with the selected display item by a manager of the official account, and providing the identified content to the client through the conversation interface.
US10187328B2
Historical telemetry data can be used to generate predictions for various classes of data at various aggregates of a system that implements an online service. An anomaly detection process can then be utilized to detect anomalies for a class of data at a selected aggregate. An example anomaly detection process includes receiving telemetry data originating from a plurality of client devices, selecting a class of data from the telemetry data, converting the class of data to a set of metrics, aggregating the set of metrics according to a component of interest to obtain values of aggregated metrics over time for the component of interest, determining a prediction error by comparing the values of the aggregated metrics to a prediction, detecting an anomaly based at least in part on the prediction error, and transmitting an alert message of the anomaly to a receiving entity.
US10187325B2
Provisioning resources into the cloud is a constantly increasing technical challenge as more cloud service providers emerge, each offering disparate computing platforms, services, assets, supported technical components, and other features. A network proxy controls and normalizes the tagging data applicable across the multiple cloud service providers. The network proxy provides a central control mechanism for discovering, monitoring, and updating complex tagging data applied to the technical components provisioned with the cloud service providers. The network proxy also dynamically generates technical component request interfaces that include specifically prioritized metadata tags.
US10187317B1
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and traffic management computing device that allocates a subset of tokens to active subscribers based on an estimated number of subscribers that will be active in a next sampling period. A request to transmit a first packet is received from one of the active subscribers. A determination is made when a current time is prior to an expiration of the allocated subset of the tokens. Another determination is made when a length of the first packet is less than a size corresponding to an available portion of the allocated subset of the tokens when the current time is determined to be prior to the expiration of the allocated subset of the tokens. The first packet is transmitted when the length of the first packet is determined to be less than a size corresponding to an available portion of the allocated subset of the tokens.
US10187302B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for translating source addresses in an overlay network. An access switch in an overlay network, such as a VXLAN, may receive an encapsulated packet from a tunnel endpoint in the overlay network. The encapsulated packet may originate from a host associated with the tunnel endpoint and be encapsulated at the tunnel endpoint with a first source tunnel endpoint address and a destination tunnel endpoint address. The access switch may replace the first source tunnel endpoint address in the encapsulated packet with a second source tunnel endpoint address of the access switch to yield a translated packet. The access switch may then transmit the translated packet towards the destination tunnel endpoint address.
US10187300B2
A fallback mobile proxy system includes a gateway device having a local communication interface that establishes communication between a router and one or more smart home devices over a local communication network and one or more secondary local communication networks. The gateway device includes a processor that is configured to perform detecting a loss or degradation of connectivity between the router and a remote communication network. A mobile device is identified in communication with the router over the local communication network, where the mobile device has an alternate connectivity interface to the remote communication network. The mobile device is established as a fallback mobile proxy based on identifying the mobile device. Data is routed from/to the one or more smart home devices targeting the remote communication network to pass from/to the gateway device through the router and the fallback mobile proxy from/to the remote communication network.
US10187297B2
A switch receives a data packet containing training information. The switch learns a classifier based on the training information in the data packet, the classifier useable to classify data into at least one category.
US10187295B2
Exemplary payment networks and methods are provided for facilitating data transfers. One exemplary method includes determining a subset of network routers that offer access to a regional hub based on network address summaries for first and second routers and prioritizing the first router over the second router, based on a specificity value of each of the first and second routers, as defined by the network address summaries. The method also includes checking whether a connection to the first router provides a viable data transfer path to the regional hub and recording the path to the first router in a routing table, when the connection to the first router is viable. Further, the method includes receiving a request to transfer data to the regional hub and transferring the data, via the path recorded in the routing table, to the regional hub.
US10187288B2
A device and a method for communicating data link information associated with a machine is provided. The device includes a light source comprising a Light Emitting Diode (LED). The device includes a controller configured to transmit a query, to the machine, for different types of information related to the machine, the different types of information including a first type of information, a second type of information, and a third type of information. Upon receiving a response indicating the availability of one or more types of information among the different types of information, the controller is configured to provide a first indication, a second indication, a third indication, a fourth indication, or a fifth indication. The controller is further configured to transmit data regarding the one or more types of information that are available.
US10187275B2
A solution is provided for associating network traffic traversing a networked environment according to a selected category item, such as a user name or other network entity identity-related information. The solution includes a collector and a monitor. The collector extracts a user name and a network address from an event log maintained on the networked environment. The monitor receives the network traffic and identifies at least one packet having a network address that matches the extracted network address. After at least one of the packets is identified, the collector associates the identified packet(s) with the extracted user name.
US10187274B1
The techniques described herein may dynamically adjust the sampling threshold based on a comparison of a flow export rate to a configured flow export rate. Based on the comparison of the flow export rate and the configured flow export rate, the network device may dynamically adjust the sampling threshold, such as increasing, reducing, or not changing the sampling threshold. Moreover, traffic flows are exported based on the adjusted sampling threshold. For example, if a number of bytes of a packet flow is more than or equal to the adjusted sampling threshold, network devices may export the sampled packet flow with the byte count and packet count of the sampled packet flow reported as-is. When a number of bytes of a packet flow is less than the adjusted sampling threshold, the packet flow will be exported with the byte count and packet count adjusted according to a probability.
US10187272B2
The present application provides an interface management service entity, a function service entity, and an element management method. After receiving a device management service request message sent by a network element, a cloud computing-based interface management service entity invokes, according to a network standard identifier and a request service type that correspond to the network element and are carried in the device management service request message, a service function of a function service entity in a cloud computing-based element management system to generate a service request response message; and sends the service request response message to the network element corresponding to the network standard identifier. According to the technical solutions, a cloud computing-based element management system manages multiple network elements working in different standards, which avoids a resource waste problem caused when multiple element management systems manages network elements working in different standards, and effectively improves hardware utilization.
US10187271B2
A network-diagram rendering system for rendering a network diagram including nodes and links as elements of a network configuration is provided with: an index calculation unit (81) which calculates, for each node, an index indicating a degree that the node is a primary node in the network configuration, using network configuration information as information to be obtained from the network configuration; and a primary node coefficient setting unit (82) which sets a primary node coefficient for the node to be higher as the index increases, the primary node coefficient being a value indicating a degree of not changing a rendering position of a network diagram associated with a change in the network configuration.
US10187263B2
Packets of data can be processed by a chain or sequence of service functions which include both virtual and physical service functions. In one approach, the original header and/or payload of a packet is analyzed at a software switch to determine whether the packet should be processed by the chain. If such processing is indicated, a next service function to process the packet is identified. The packet is then forwarded to a virtualized or physical device which implements the next service function. A portion of the header, such as a MAC destination address, may be modified to direct the packet to the next function. Further, in some cases, a service function chain (SFC) header with a chain identifier may be added to, or removed from, the packet.
US10187253B1
A system that is configured to automatically provision electronic communication networks and invoice customers. Control signals provision usage of all IoT devices listed in the validated electronic data structure at an electronic communication network. The system is configured to subsequently reconcile the subscriber usage information and the identification information to form an electronic invoice. The validation of the data structure, provisioning of the electronic communication network, and reconciling are performed at least in part by accessing the electronic memory device according to a batch mode of operation that accesses information of multiple IoT devices via a single electronic operation.
US10187241B2
Apparatuses, systems, ambient RF backscatter transceivers, and methods for communicating using MIMO and spread spectrum coding of backscattered ambient RF signals are described. An example system may include an ambient RF backscatter transceiver that include an antenna configured to receive a backscattered ambient radio frequency (RF) signal, and a receiver coupled to the antenna. The receiver may be configured to demodulate the backscattered ambient RF signal using one of multiple input, multiple output multiplexing demodulation or spread spectrum code demodulation to retrieve the first data. The backscattered ambient RF signal may be generated by backscattering an ambient RF signal at a first frequency. The ambient RF signal may be configured to provide other data at a second frequency.
US10187237B2
An apparatus and method for broadcast signal frame using layered division multiplexing are disclosed. An apparatus for generating broadcast signal frame according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a combiner configured to generate a multiplexed signal by combining a core layer signal and an enhanced layer signal at different power levels; a power normalizer configured to reduce the power of the multiplexed signal to a power level corresponding to the core layer signal; a time interleaver configured to generate a time-interleaved signal by performing interleaving that is applied to both the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal; and a frame builder configured to generate a broadcast signal frame including a preamble for signaling, type information of Physical Layer Pipes (PLPs) and time interleaver information shared by the core layer signal and the enhanced layer signal.
US10187236B2
A method performed by a communication node for transmission using a precoded multi-carrier modulation scheme in a wireless communications network is provided. The communication node splits a precoded multi-carrier symbol into at least a first symbol part and at least a second symbol part. Also, the communication node modulates the at least first and second symbol parts such that the first symbol part of the precoded multi-carrier symbol is used for transmission of a reference signal and the second symbol part of the precoded multi-carrier symbol is used for transmission of data and/or control information. Then, the communication node transmits the reference signal and the data and/or control information in the modulated precoded multi-carrier symbol.
US10187229B2
Circuits for full duplex bi-directional differential communication via a single conductor pair. A transceiver for full duplex differential communication over a single conductor pair includes a differential driver, a polarity neutral receiver, and receiver output circuitry. The differential driver is to drive the conductor pair. The polarity neutral receiver is to detect signals present on the conductor pair. The receiver output circuitry is configured to determine a logic value to be output by the transceiver as received via the conductor pair based on an output of the polarity neutral receiver and a logic value driven onto the conductor pair by the differential driver.
US10187225B2
System and method to enable secondary transmission in the presence of an active primary transmission
A method includes generating, by a wireless device, a sounding packet. The method includes sending, by the wireless device, copies of the sounding packet using a beam former and an antenna array to a second wireless device. Each copy of the copies of the sounding packet is sent using different beam weights. The method includes, in response to sending the copies of the sounding packet, obtaining, by the wireless device, a first correction beam weight and a second correction beam weight from the second wireless device and sending, by the wireless device, data to the second wireless device using the first correction beam weight and the second correction beam weight.
US10187223B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions readable by a mobile terminal including a memory, an input interface, a first communication interface and a second communication interface, the instructions causing the mobile terminal to perform processes comprising: a storage processing of storing workflow information including device identification information and action identification information; a specifying processing of specifying the image processing apparatus, as a designated device; an information reception processing of receiving connection information from the designated device through the first communication interface; an extraction processing of extracting the workflow information coinciding with a first condition, among the workflow information; and an execution instruction processing of transmitting execution instruction information to the designated device through the second communication interface by using the connection information, wherein the execution instruction information is to instruct execution of the action identified by the action identification information.
US10187218B2
This disclosure provides systems and methods for processing packets. A system can include first computing device, a second computing device, and a first packet forwarding device. Each of the first computing device and the second computing device can be communicatively coupled to a respective port of the first packet forwarding device. Each port of the first packet forwarding device can be assigned a unique MAC address. For a first packet received from the first computing device, the first packet forwarding device can be configured to determine that a destination MAC address of the first packet matches the MAC address assigned to the port on which the first packet was received, and to forward the first packet to the second computing device, responsive to the determination. For a second packet received from the second computing device, the first packet forwarding device can be configured to forward the second packet via the port whose MAC address matches a source MAC address of the second packet.
US10187212B2
The present invention relates to a communication arrangement configured to allow wired communication between an electronic host device and an electrical slave device, such as between a smart phone and a smart card during an enrollment process. The invention also relates to a method for providing instructions to a user of a smart card during an enrollment process.
US10187206B2
A module with an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) can include a received eUICC profile and a set of cryptographic algorithms. The received eUICC profile can include an initial shared secret key for authentication with a wireless network. The module can receive a key K network token and send a key K module token to the wireless network. The module can use the key K network token, a derived module private key, and a key derivation function to derive a secret shared network key K that supports communication with the wireless network. The wireless network can use the received key K module token, a network private key, and the key derivation function in order to derive the same secret shared network key K derived by the module. The module and the wireless network can subsequently use the mutually derived key K to communicate using traditional wireless network standards.
US10187204B2
A communications device for generating a key for use as a shared secret in communications with another communications device is provided. Each of the communications devices comprises a sensor array for measuring a spatially-varying magnetic field originating from a first spatially-varying density of metallic particles comprised in a first battery, when subjected to an excitation magnetic field, and processing means operative to acquire a set of values from the sensor array, which set of values represents the spatially-varying magnetic field, and to derive the key from the set of values. The excitation magnetic field is generated by a magnetic-field generator comprised in one of the communications devices. Thereby, the two communications devices may, when in proximity, generate identical keys by probing the spatially-varying density of metallic particles comprised in the first battery.
US10187202B2
Methods, systems, and computer programs for performing key agreement operations in a communication system are described. In some aspects, a wireless network operator receives a mobile device identifier and accesses a secret key associated with the mobile device. A message authentication code function is evaluated based on the secret key to produce an output value. A session key and a challenge value are obtained based on the output value. In some aspects, a mobile device accesses a secret key in response to receiving the challenge value from the wireless network operator. A message authentication code function is evaluated based on the secret key to produce an output value. A response value and a session key are obtained based on the output value. The response value is transmitted to the wireless network operator.
US10187199B2
An encryption system stores encrypted values for aggregation is provided. The encryption system accesses an input set with input values. For each distinct value in the input set of input values, the encryption system generates an output set with an encrypted output value corresponding to each input value. The encryption system sets the encrypted output value for a corresponding input value to an encryption of an indicator of a match when the corresponding input value is the same as that distinct value. Otherwise, the encryption sets the encrypted output value for the corresponding input value to an encryption of an indicator of no match. The encrypted output values can then be aggregated to generate an encrypted aggregation based on input values that match, and the encrypted aggregation can be decrypted to generated a decrypted aggregation based on the input values that match.
US10187196B2
A method and a device for providing a global clock in a system, the terminals in the system are channel connected to each other via paths, each terminal is communicatively connected to a clock source ultimately via a signal recording unit, respectively, the clock source sends a calibration signal to the network, the signal recording unit records the current transmitting time T (0) of the calibration signal, each terminal will receive the calibration signal sequentially due to different distances from the clock source and will return the signal, the backward signals are returned to the signal recording unit along the network sequentially, and the signal recording unit records the time T (n) of each backward signal sequentially, in this way, the signal recording unit can then measure the delay between each terminal and the clock source signal, which can be used as a correction parameter to ensure that all terminals are in exactly the same time reference, in addition, in this way, there is no need to control the length of the clock cables from each terminal to the clock source, and no special consideration is required for clock routing, and difficulties in system assembly, calibration, maintenance and expansion brought by large amounts of cable are avoided.
US10187189B2
Aspects provide a way for RS in different sub-bands within the same OFDM symbol to have different RS placement designs, e.g., different dependence/independence on cell ID. A base station apparatus transmits a first RS in a first resource set using a first RS placement, wherein the first resource set comprises a first subband of an OFDM symbol. The apparatus also transmits a second RS in a second resource set using a second RS placement, wherein the second resource set comprises a second subband of the OFDM symbol. A UE apparatus identifies a first resource set comprising a first subband in a plurality of subbands of an OFDM symbol transmitted by base station, determines whether a RS tone location utilized with the first subband is dependent upon an identifier of the base station, and receives the RS based on a result of the determining.
US10187188B2
A method and apparatus include scanning one or more frequencies within a predetermined spectrum space designated for use by the communication network. Synchronization signals are detected on a first frequency of the scanned one or more frequencies, and a first identity value is determined from the detected synchronization signals. The method further includes receiving a first reference signal based on the determined first identity value, and receiving a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel is then decoded based on the received first reference signal, and identifying from the decoded broadcast channel a second identity value. A second reference signal is then received, based upon the first identity value and the second identity value.
US10187187B2
A wireless device receives a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) subframe parameter. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) triggering an SRS transmission and indicating uplink resources in one or more subframes. The wireless device determines a position of a subframe in the one or more subframes based, at least in part, on the aperiodic SRS subframe parameter. The wireless device transmits the SRS in the subframe.
US10187184B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting multiplexed HARQ feedbacks in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring with a plurality of cells, wherein at least two cells of the plurality of cells are configured with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resources, respectively; generating a Hybrid-ARQ (HARQ) feedback by multiplexing the HARQ feedbacks of all of the plurality of cells configured for the UE; selecting a cell among the at least two cells with the PUCCH resources; and transmitting the generated HARQ feedback on the selected cell.
US10187180B2
There is disclosed a method for operating a wireless device, the wireless device being Device-to-Device (D2D) enabled. The method comprises determining feedback on one or more than one communication channel comprising at least one channel of D2D communication and sending different reports on the feedback to different targets.
US10187166B2
The present invention is directed to a method of controlling a communications link and apparatus configured to perform this method. This invention is particularly related to but in no way limited to MIMO (multiple inputs multiple outputs) wireless communications systems. The method comprises the steps of determining at the receiver the quality of the communications link and based on this, selecting a group of transmission parameters and an element from this group. These selections are then communicated to the transmitter. The transmission parameter may be the transmission configuration such as the modulation and coding scheme. The invention minimizes the required feedback signalling from the receiver to the transmitter by exploiting temporal correlation of the parameter being controlled, while allowing rapid selection of the parameter.
US10187159B2
The present invention provides an optical source comprising a laser, a first optical power splitter, phase changing equipment, polarisation state setting equipment, a polarisation beam coupler and an output. The laser is configured to generate an optical signal. The first optical power splitter is configured to split the optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal. The phase changing equipment is configured to change the phase of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first phase and the second optical signal has a second phase different from the first phase by a preselected phase difference. The polarisation state setting equipment is configured to set the polarisation state of at least one of the first optical signal and the second optical signal such that the first optical signal has a first state of polarisation and the second optical signal has a second state of polarisation substantially orthogonal from the first state of polarisation. The polarisation beam coupler is configured to combine the first optical signal and the second optical signal into a composite optical signal comprising both the first optical signal and the second optical signal having said orthogonal states of polarisation. The output is arranged to output at least a portion of the composite optical signal.
US10187158B2
Provided is an optical communication system capable of suppressing the deterioration of an intensity waveform of an optical intensity modulated signal subjected to transformation using SSB modulation and improving a bit error ratio and a receiver sensitivity of the optical intensity modulated signal. The optical communication system includes: an optical transmitter section including: a single-side band modulation circuit configured to subject a double-side band modulated signal to generate a single-side band modulated signal; a correction circuit configured to correct an intensity of the single-side band modulated signal so that the intensity of the single-side band modulated signal becomes closer to an intensity of the double-side band modulated signal; and an optical IQ modulator configured to output an optical modulated signal; and an optical receiver section configured to receive the optical modulated signal to directly detect an intensity component of the optical modulated signal.
US10187155B2
An optical transceiver is provided with an optical front end for receiving signal light comprising an optical sub-channel, and for providing an electrical signal based on the signal light; a light source optically coupled to the optical front end for providing local oscillator light thereto for mixing with the signal light; an electro-optical modulator coupled to the light source for receiving output light therefrom and for modulating the output light with digital information to obtain modulated light; and a signal processor operably coupled to the optical front end. The signal processor is configured for processing the electrical signal to obtain a frequency offset of the sub-channel; and adjusting an optical frequency of the modulated light based on the frequency offset. When applied to a multiple-access environment, this may allow access nodes to generate optical sub-channels in the uplink direction using the downlink optical signal as an optical frequency reference.
US10187149B2
Per-port performance optimization may be provided. First, performance data may be received corresponding to each of a plurality of ports. Then it may be determined that performance of at least one of the plurality of ports can be improved based on the received performance data corresponding to the least one of the plurality of ports. Next, in response to determining that the performance of the at least one of the plurality of ports can be improved, at least one of a plurality of components may be adjusted corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of ports to improve performance of the least one of the plurality of ports.
US10187140B2
A communication system is described. The system includes: at least one gateway able to provide broadband connectivity, a set of ground terminals, and a set of aerial platforms, where at least one aerial platform is able to communicate with at least one gateway using radio frequencies, each aerial platform is able to communicate with ground terminals using radio frequencies, and each aerial platform is able to communicate with each other aerial platform using radio frequencies. An automated method for determining a beam direction for communication among UAVs includes: dividing a space around the UAV into multiple sub-regions, and, iteratively: selecting a sub-region from among the multiple sub-regions; pointing a signal toward the sub-region; and determining whether a signal is received from another UAV, until all sub-regions from among the multiple sub-regions have been selected.
US10187129B2
Disclosed are a channel state feedback information determination method, a terminal, a base station and a communication system. The method includes that: a channel state is measured to form a measurement result; when a Rank Indicator (RI) is 2, a precoding matrix is formed according to the measurement result and a precoding codebook matrix model W; and channel state feedback information is formed according to the precoding matrix. The disclosure further discloses a computer storage medium.
US10187128B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally pertains a system and method for wireless inter-networking between a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and a local area network (WLAN) employing one or more extended range wireless inter-networking devices. Aspects of the present disclosure more specifically are directed toward a high powered wireless interconnect device that includes high efficiency circuitry to make it possible to implement in a portable or in-vehicle form factor, which may provide reasonable battery life, size, weight, and thermal dissipation.
US10187125B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems of a hybrid node are disclosed. One embodiment of the hybrid node includes a first sector and a second sector. The first sector is operative to transmit a signal through a predetermined transmission channel at each of a first plurality of transmit beam forming settings. The second sector is operative to receive the signal through the predetermined channel at a second plurality of receive beam forming settings for each of more than one of the first plurality of transmit beam forming settings. Further, the node is operative to measure a received signal quality of the received signal at each of the second plurality of receive beam forming settings of the second plurality of antenna elements, for each of the more than one of the first plurality of transmit beam forming settings of the first plurality of antenna elements.
US10187120B1
A tunable microwave network and its application in a radio transceiver transmit signal cancellation network is described. The tunable microwave network realizes a large set of reflection coefficients over a predefined area in the complex reflection coefficient plane for the purpose of reflecting a variable cancellation signal which, when properly configured, results in the substantial attenuation of transmit reflection and transmit leakage signal at the radio transceiver receiver input. A relevant building block of the proposed tunable microwave network is a shunt tunable capacitive element coupled to another shunt tunable capacitive element through a phase shifting element with phase shift greater than 30 degrees divided by a quantity substantially similar to the total number of said tunable capacitive elements and less than 60 degrees at a predefined frequency.
US10187114B2
Provided are a method, device and system for isolating services, a Distributed Point Unit (DPU), a network adapter. The method includes that: a physical division manner, used for service isolation, of a twisted pair connected between a DPU on an access network side and a network adapter on a user side is determined, wherein the physical division manner includes at least one of: a time division manner, a frequency division manner and a line space division manner; and isolation processing is performed, according to the determined physical division manner, on a Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) and a reverse power supply service executed on the DPU by user-side equipment, which are transmitted on the twisted pair. By such a method, the problem that the POTS and the reverse power supply service executed on the DPU by the user-side equipment, which are transmitted on the twisted pair, may not coexist in the related art is solved, and the effect of improving a user experience is further achieved.
US10187108B2
The present invention relates to a low loss antenna switch. The antenna switch comprises a plurality of switch module and a plurality of transmitting/receiving terminals, wherein one end of each switch module is connected to an antenna unit and the other end of each switch module is connected to each transmitting and receiving end respectively. Further, each switch module comprises a plurality of switch units in series, wherein the width of at least one switch unit is smaller than other switch units of each switch module. Thus, the parasitic capacitance of the off-stage switch modules can be reduced, and VSWR (Voltage Standing Wave Ratio) of the antenna switch also can be improved.
US10187107B1
An electrochromic (EC) switch is disclosed and claimed. The EC switch includes an EC region and an electrolyte region separated by a dielectric region on a ground plane. A microstrip configured to transmit an RF signal is adjacent to and in electrical contact with the EC region. A conductive pad is adjacent to the electrolyte region and a bias line couples the microstrip to the electrolyte region. Voltages applied between the ground plane and the conductive pad and between the conductive pad and the bias line switch the microstrip. The EC switch may be incorporated within a wide variety of RF devices, for example, attenuators, phase shifters and antennas.
US10187105B2
A portable product lanyard includes a base. The base includes a first main body and a second main body movably connected with the first main body. The second main body includes a fixing portion, a supporting portion, a driving portion, a moving portion and a resetting portion. The supporting portion tightly fixes to the fixing portion, the driving portion is supported by the supporting portion, the moving portion is movably received in the fixing portion. The driving portion drives the moving portion move relative to the fixing portion so as to the second main body assembled or unassembled to the first main body. The resetting portion mounts with the fixing portion so as to drive the driving portion and the moving portion reset. The configuration of the portable product lanyard may greatly improve user's enjoying convenience to tie or untie the portable product from the lanyard.
US10187101B2
A regenerative differential receiver includes, for example, a transformer arranged to receive a modulated differential signal. A first detector is arranged to source a first output current for indicating a first power level in response to falling voltage of a first line of the modulated differential signal. A second detector is arranged to sink a second output current for indicating a second power level in response to rising voltage of a first line of the modulated differential signal. A cross-coupled latch is arranged to latch a state in response to the first and second power levels. The cross-coupled latch provides, for example, weak non-linear regeneration for increasing receiver gain and maximum operating frequencies.
US10187097B2
The present technology relates to a notch filter capable of easily obtaining a desired frequency characteristic. In an N-path filter unit, any one of a plurality of N capacitors is selected as a signal path through which a signal passes, so that the capacitor serving as the signal path is temporally switched. A plurality of N-path filter units is cascade-connected and a capacitor is inserted to a connection point between the N-path filter units. The present technology may be applied to the notch filter which eliminates a blocker and the like, for example.
US10187095B2
A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor chip. The semiconductor chip includes: a switching-type DC-DC converter; a pad for receiving a high frequency signal from an antenna; a balun connected to the pad and configured with a coil to output a differential signal based on the high frequency signal; an internal circuit driven by an output voltage of the DC-DC converter to process the differential signal output from the balun; and a ground voltage line that couples the internal circuit to a ground voltage source. The ground voltage line includes a first partial ground voltage line, and a second partial ground voltage line arranged to face the first partial ground voltage line with the balun interposed therebetween.
US10187088B2
An apparatus or method for minimizing the total accessing cost, such as minimizing repair bandwidth, delay or the number of hops including the steps of minimizing the number of nodes to be engaged for the recovery process using a polynomial-time solution that determines the optimal number of participating nodes and the optimal set of nodes to be engaged for recovering lost data, where in a distributed database storage system, for example a dynamic system, where the accessing cost or even the number of available nodes are subject to change results in different values for the optimal number of participating nodes. An MDS code is included which can be reused when the number of participating nodes varies without having to change the entire code structure and the content of the nodes.
US10187078B2
A data converter includes multiple subunits to convert an input such as a radio frequency (RF) signal. The subunits are selected to sample the input in an order that varies over time. Two or more subunits are enabled at the same time. The selected subunits are configured to convert the input from an analog signal to a digital signal or vice versa.
US10187076B2
A broadband linear processing system includes a pre-processing module and a set of M linear processors coupled to the pre-processing module, M being an integer greater than 1. The pre-processing module includes a wavefront multiplexer having M input ports and M output ports. The wavefront multiplexer receives M input signals at the M input ports, performs a wavefront multiplexing transform on the M input signals and outputs M narrowband signal streams at the M output ports. The wavefront multiplexing transform has an inverse. Each of the M linear processors receives and processes a corresponding one of the M narrowband signal streams, and outputs a corresponding one of M processed narrowband signal streams.
US10187073B2
An atomic oscillator includes a base, an atomic cell unit that is disposed on the base, a lid that constitutes an internal space accommodating the atomic cell unit together with the base, and a getter material that is disposed on the base with a gap with respect to the base in the internal space.
US10187071B2
A PLL including a VCO with a variable capacitance (such as an LC VCO) including a switched capacitor bank and a varactor, the PLL providing lock range extension over temperature using dynamic capacitor bank switching to dynamically adjust varactor set point based on junction temperature. The varactor is responsive to the Vctrl control voltage to adjust a capacitance of the variable capacitance to control the phase of the PLL signal. Compensation circuitry dynamically adjusts varactor set point by dynamically switching the capacitor bank based in a junction temperature associated with the PLL circuitry, thereby extending PLL lock range over temperature.
US10187070B2
Electronic devices, local oscillator circuits, and methods for operating local oscillators are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a local oscillator circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor individually having a base, a collector, and an emitter and a transformer having a first transformer inductor magnetically coupled to a second transformer inductor. The first transformer inductor couples the collector of the first transistor to the base of the second transistor. The second transformer inductor couples the collector of the second transistor to the base of the first transistor.
US10187067B2
An apparatus and method for determining an angle ψ an estimate of a true angle θ from a resolver excitation signal Vex(t)=A sin(ωt) and modulated resolver output signals Vs(t,θ)=A×sin(θ)×sin(ωt) and VC(t,θ)=A×cos(θ)×sin(ωt), where ω is an angular frequency and t is time, is provided. The apparatus may include a converter comprising a closed loop phase-locked loop (PLL) system configured to produce an angle ψ and two digital signals BitØ(θ) and Bit1(θ) for estimating the true angle θ using Vex(t), Vs(t,θ) and VC(t,θ) signals.
US10187066B2
An electronic device includes a drive section, a detection signal output section adapted to generate a first analog signal having a value varying in accordance with a physical quantity, and a control section adapted to generate a second analog signal controlled based on the first analog signal, and adapted to control a drive state of the drive section, at least the detection signal output section and the control section are provided to a substrate, and a first digital signal obtained by digitalizing the first analog signal and a second digital signal obtained by digitalizing the second analog signal can be output from the substrate.
US10187062B1
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device that is not equipped with an operating state notification terminal for providing notification of the operating state of the memory device includes a data bus comprising a plurality of signal lines and a controller configured to adjust an impedance of a signal line when the memory device is in a busy state and cannot receive signals transmitted thereto so as to provide notification of the operating state of the memory device during ZQ calibration.
US10187061B1
An apparatus and method for operating a level shifter circuit that receives an input signal of interderminate voltage level is disclosed. The level shifter circuit may receive the input signal from a circuit block coupled to a first power supply signal, and generate an output signal using a second power supply signal, different than the first power supply signal. The level shifter circuit may clamp a storage node included in the level shifter circuit, and isolated at least one circuit path included in the level shifter circuit in response to a determination that an isolation signal has been enabled.
US10187056B2
A direct current (DC) circuit breaker for power transmission or distribution system includes a current sensor for sensing current of a system, a controller, a physical switch, and multiple switch modules. The multiple switch modules are electrically coupled to the current sensor and the physical switch in series. Each switch module includes multiple base elements electrically coupled in parallel. Each base element includes a first silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) and a second SiC MOSFET electrically coupled in an opposite series connection mode. The first and second SiC MOSFETs are configured in a synchronous rectification mode by channel reverse conduction control. The controller controls the multiple switch modules to connect current in the system, and break current of the multiple switch modules according to sensed current signals from the current sensor.
US10187055B2
An output discharge circuit for a load switch may include a capacitor coupled between a power rail of the output discharge circuit and a ground lead, and a diode coupled between a power input of the output discharge circuit and the power rail. The output discharge circuit may charge the capacitor via a current path formed by the diode while power is being supplied to the load switch. When the power supply to the output discharge circuit is turned off, the diode may prevent the capacitor from discharging through the current path, and the stored charge on the capacitor may be used to power the output discharge switch for a period of time after the power supply has been turned off. In this way, the output discharge circuit may continue to discharge the output of the load switch even when power is no longer being supplied to the load switch.
US10187054B2
A switch having a first terminal, a second terminal and a control terminal. The switch includes a normally-on device with a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The first terminal of the normally-on device is the first terminal of the switch. The control terminal of the normally-on device is coupled to the second terminal of the switch. A normally-off device includes a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal. The control terminal of the normally-off device is coupled to the control terminal of the switch. The second terminal of the normally off-device is the second terminal of the switch. The first terminal of the normally-off device is coupled to the second terminal of the normally-on device. A clamp circuit is coupled across the normally-off device. The clamp circuit is coupled to clamp a voltage of the first terminal of the normally-off device to a threshold.
US10187045B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to dual-edge triggered (DET) clock gater circuitry. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first series of DET clock gater circuits configured, when the DET clock gater circuits are not gating an input clock signal, to provide an output clock signal to sequential circuitry. In some embodiments, ones of the DET clock gater circuits are controlled by respective control signals and are configured to maintain a mode indicator indicating whether or not the DET clock gater circuit is inverting the polarity of its input clock when generating an output clock. In some embodiments, the apparatus also includes a first adjustable delay circuit configured to adjust delay imposed on the output clock signal from the first series of DET clock gater circuits based on the number of DET clock gater circuits in the series that are in a particular mode.
US10187044B1
A bistable cell includes a pair of inverters and multiple pairs of cross-coupled tristate buffers. Each pair of tristate buffers can be individually selected to implement an entropy harvesting state for the bistable cell. Each of the tristate buffers generally has lower strength than the inverters but the inverter-to-buffer strength ratio can be configured through selective use of one or more of the tristate buffer pairs. The resulting entropy harvesting state behavior can be varied based on the inverter-to-buffer strength ratio in terms of greater randomness of the output bits or decreased power consumption.
US10187034B2
An improved electroacoustic transducer with an improved mode profile is provided. The transducer comprises a velocity profile with a periodic structure and an edge structure flanking the periodic structure. The velocity profile also allows to suppress the SH wave mode.
US10187026B2
A transimpedance amplifier circuit includes a feedback control loop that generates a compensation current at an input of a transimpedance amplifier. The feedback control loop includes a differential integrator with an integration capacitor. A time constant associated with charging the integration capacitor is variable as a function of a pre-charge control signal. During a pre-charge phase, the pre-charge control signal is set to a first value so as to set the time constant associated with charging the integration capacitor to a first time constant value. During an operation phase, the pre-charge control signal is set to a second value so as to increase the time constant associated with charging the integration capacitor to a second time constant value greater than the first time constant value for the pre-charge phase.
US10187025B1
A predictive brownout prevention system may be configured to prevent brownout of an audio output signal. Particularly, the brownout prevention system may be configured to receive information indicative of an amplitude of the audio input signal, receive information indicative of a condition of the power supply, determine from the information indicative of an amplitude of the audio input signal and the information indicative of the condition of the power supply whether a brownout condition exists, and responsive to determining the brownout condition exists, generate the selectable attenuation signal to reduce an amplitude of the audio output signal such that the signal path attenuates the audio input signal or a derivative thereof in order to prevent brownout prior to propagation to the audio output of a portion of the audio input signal having the brownout condition.
US10187024B2
An amplifier includes an amplifying stage, a cascoded circuit, an input feed-forward circuit and an output stage. The amplifying stage is arranged receiving a differential input pair to generate an amplified differential input pair. The input feed-forward circuit is coupled to the cascoded circuit, and is arranged for feeding the differential input pair forward to the cascoded circuit. The output stage is coupled to the amplifying stage and the cascoded circuit, and is arranged for generating a differential output pair according to the amplified differential input pair and an output of the cascoded circuit.
US10187007B2
A photovoltaic panel wire cover assembly, used with a PV panel having a perimeter trim piece, includes clips, an elongate wire cover and fastener structure. Each clip includes a proximal end and long and short legs, the long leg parallel with and joined to the short leg at the clip proximal end. A gap between the long and short legs is sized for receipt of the trim piece. The wire cover includes a wire-covering housing defining a housing interior and having first and second opposite sides and a first flange extending from the first opposite side and positioned against the long leg. The fastener structure engages the short leg and the first flange to bias the first flange and the long leg therewith towards the short leg. The wire cover can be fastened to the trim piece through the clips without penetrating the PV panel.
US10187006B2
A photovoltaic (PV) mounting system having a base portion that is substantially planar and having a first roof-facing side and an opposite module-facing side. The base portion has a lip that circumscribes the perimeter of the base portion and curves inward on the module-facing side. A clamp having a spring base is partially installed in the base portion and has a pair of clamping flanges extending upwardly from the base portion. A support beam comprising a pair of ledges adapted to mate with the clamping flanges of the clamp and a bottom portion that is supported by the spring base. A PV module coupling device is mechanically coupled to the support beam and configured for coupling to the frames of at least two photovoltaic modules.
US10187000B2
A system or method for a VSD with an active converter including a controller, an inductor, an active converter, a DC link, and an inverter. The active converter is controlled to receive an input AC voltage and output a boosted DC voltage to a DC link, up to 850 VDC, the active converter using only low voltage semiconductor switches to provide the 850 VDC DC link voltage. The controller is configured to operate with a reactive input current magnitude equal to zero at a predetermined system load, and at system loads less than the predetermined system load, to introduce a reactive input current that results in a converter voltage having a magnitude less than the input voltage, wherein the vector sum of the input voltage and an inductor voltage is equal to the converter voltage.
US10186993B2
A motor control system includes a motor driving circuit and a motor. The motor driving circuit includes a control module, a PWM signal detecting module, a transient state detecting module and a driving module. The PWM signal detecting module is electrically connected to the control module to receive a PWM signal and to convert the PWM signal into a first digital PWM control signal. The transient state detecting module provides a second digital PWM control signal to the control module according to the first digital PWM control signal at a first time point and the first digital PWM control signal at a second time point. The driving module receives at least one driving signal from the control module. The control module determines whether to turn off a low side switch of the driving module according to the second digital PWM control signal.
US10186984B1
An inverter control device is disclosed. The device is configured: for determining a fundamental-wave magnitude of a phase-voltage corresponding to a modified voltage; for performing a proportional-integral (PI) operation of an error between the fundamental-wave magnitude of the phase-voltage and a magnitude of a reference voltage, and for outputting a compensation voltage; configured for adding the compensation voltage to the reference voltage to obtain an output; and for over-modulating the output and for outputting the over-modulated output as the modified voltage.
US10186970B2
An AC capable power amplifier arrangement is realized that includes a buck converter with a power inductor, two buck switches, and alternately a buck-boost converter using four switches, each driving an output polarity steering set of four switches. The polarity steering switches convey the converter output current to output terminals that connect to a load with a capacitor connected in parallel. A differential receiver is connected to the output terminals to provide negative feedback. A mixer receives an input voltage signal, an output of the differential receiver, and output from a triangle wave generator. A set of two comparators for buck amplifier conversion, or four comparators for buck-boost amplifier conversion, each receives an output of the mixer. Each of the comparators produces a respective output for driving the converter switches through simple steering logic interfaces between the comparators, the converter components and a polarity steering output stage.
US10186956B2
A power supply generates power factor corrected power from AC power having one or more phases and different levels of output voltages. The power supply includes a power factor correction circuit that charges a capacitor through at least one inductor. Each inductor of the at least one inductor is independently connected to the capacitor to charge the capacitor with rectified power.
US10186954B1
A voltage converter and a control circuit thereof are provided. The control circuit includes a voltage status comparator and a control signal generator. The voltage status comparator receives an input voltage and an output voltage, and provides a base voltage. The voltage status comparator compares voltage values of the output voltage and the input voltage or compares voltage values of the output voltage and the base voltage according to a voltage status of the input voltage, and generates a comparison result. The voltage status comparator generates a bias voltage according to the comparison result. The control signal generator generates a control signal according to the bias voltage and transmits the control signal to a control terminal of a driving switch, where the driving switch is turned on or cut off according to the control signal.
US10186949B1
A DC-to-DC power converter device has a common magnetic core structure that serves the functions of both transformer device and output inductor by integrating each into the common core. The transformer device has primary and secondary windings integrated into a first leg structure of the magnetic core, and the output inductor device has an output inductor winding integrated into a second leg structure of the magnetic core, the inductor winding structure for delivering output current to a load when a periodically switched input voltage is applied across the primary winding structure. The winding polarities of the transformer secondary winding structure and of the output inductor winding structure provide oppositely oriented polarities of electromotive force (EMF) to substantially reduce an output current ripple to an output load when delivering power through the transformer, through the output inductor and into the output load. A third leg structure of the common magnetic core allows magnetic flux passing through the transformer leg structure to partially magnetically couple to flux passing through the inductor leg structure, thereby allowing adjustment of the output voltage at which output current ripple is minimized.
US10186948B2
According to an implementation, a resonant converter for burst mode control includes an oscillator configured to control switching operations of at least one power switch, and a burst mode controller configured to control a burst mode by determining a start of a burst pulse of the burst mode using a first internal signal and determining an end of the burst pulse of the burst mode using a second internal signal. The burst mode controller is configured to stop the switching operations during the burst pulse.
US10186935B2
In an inverter-integrated electric compressor, a sub-board (26) divided from a main board is mounted with a communication circuit (25) and is connected to a communication harness (24) via a connector (34). Further, the sub-board (26) is configured to be connected to the main board via a connection connector (35) and to be fixed on the side of a housing (2) at three or more portions by fixing screws (32), and is configured such that the connector (34) and the connection connector (35) are respectively arranged close to the fixing screws (32), such that a communication line (39) connected to a noise suppression component (41) connected to a frame ground of the sub-board (26) is arranged between the connector (34) and the connection connector (35), and such that a power source line (40) connected to noise suppression components (42, 43) connected to the frame ground is arranged along a triangular line passing through the vicinity of the fixing screw (32) provided at a portion other than the portions of the fixing screws (32) provided close to the connector (34) and the connection connector (35). The frame ground of the sub-board (26) is grounded on the side of the housing (2) via the fixing screws (32).
US10186916B2
The rotary machine includes a rotor rotatably provided and a resin-molded stator. The stator includes a stator core, a coil, and a mold portion. A tooth portion in the stator core includes first and second facing portions. The first facing portion includes a first facing surface where an air gap with the rotor becomes a first distance. The second facing portion is integrated with the first facing portion in the circumferential direction centered at the rotation axis of the rotor, and includes a second facing surface where the air gap becomes a second distance wider than the first distance. The second facing portion includes a groove portion on the second facing surface. The mold portion includes a first mold portion. The first mold portion covers the second facing portion, is provided at the groove portion, and includes a third facing surface where the air gap becomes the first distance.
US10186913B2
An example method for transmitting wireless power is provided, the method including: transmitting a first plurality of power transmission waves such that each of the transmission waves interferes constructively with other power transmission waves in the first plurality of power transmission waves to form controlled constructive interference at a first location having a receiver. The method also includes transmitting a second plurality of power transmission waves such that each of the second plurality of power tranmission waves interferes destructively with other power transmission waves in the second plurality of power transmission waves to form controlled destructive interference at a second location without any receiver. The method further includes receiving a communication signal from the receiver, and adjusting a phase or a gain and phase of at least one power transmission wave in each of the first plurality and the second plurality of power transmission waves based upon the communication signal.
US10186911B2
An exemplary method of receiving wireless power from a wireless power transmitter includes, at a wireless power receiver having a controller, an antenna, a rectifier coupled with the antenna, and a boost converter coupled with the rectifier: (i) rectifying, by the rectifier, energy from wireless power transmission waves received by the antenna into a first voltage, (ii) increasing, by the boost converter, the first voltage to a second voltage based on instructions from the controller, and (iii) controlling, by the controller, an amount of increase in voltage from the first voltage to the second voltage based on a comparison.
US10186907B2
A wireless power transmitting/receiving device includes a power transmitting/receiving element, a plurality of switches, a current sensor and a controller. Each of the plurality of switches has a control terminal and a conduction terminal, with the conduction terminal being coupled to the power transmitting/receiving element. The current sensor senses a current through the power transmitting/receiving element, and the controller is configured to control the plurality of switches based on the sensed current.
US10186900B2
In an example, a method of controlling power distribution in a powered furniture system including a first article of powered furniture having a first controller and a first number of power outlets and a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets and a second controller can include determining a first total number of power outlets in the system, wherein the first total number of power outlets includes at least the first number of power outlets of the first article of powered furniture. The method can include controlling application of power to the first number of power outlets associated with the first article of powered furniture using the determined first total number of power outlets in the system, and transmitting the first total number of power outlets to a second controller of a second article of powered furniture having a second number of power outlets.
US10186893B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and devices using an improved wireless communications component that allows for real time or near-real time data sampling reporting between devices using modified wireless communications protocols (e.g., Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi), and real time or near-real time behavior adjustments by a first device based on the data samples received from a second device. Embodiments disclosed herein comprise devices, such as receivers and transmitters, having communications components that may communicate data samples, such as power values, in real time or near-real time, thereby allowing a first device (e.g., transmitter) to adjust in real time or near-real time operational behavior of the first device's hardware or software (e.g., adjust power waves) based upon the data samples (e.g., power values) received from a second device (e.g., receiver).
US10186887B2
Rechargeable batteries, charging methods and systems for fast charging of the battery under all environmental temperatures and without causing battery degradation are disclosed. A charging control system for charging a rechargeable battery can include an ohmically modulated battery, a temperature sensor configured to monitor a temperature of the battery: a switch that can electrically engage the battery to a source of electrical current through either a low-resistance terminal or a high-resistance terminal of the battery: and a controller electrically connected to the temperature sensor and the switch and that can receive input from the temperature sensor and is programmed to determine whether to electrically engage the battery to the source of electrical current through either the low-resistance terminal or the high-resistance terminal through the switch based on input from the temperature sensor.
US10186866B2
A method and system of power factor optimization and total harmonic distortion are provided under the premise of efficient power management and distribution on an electrical grid. The method and system include a novel optimization technique based on a novel current profiling methodology enabling real-time power management with power factor correction as a function of the optimization. The optimization can be performed under dynamic current constraints. When deployed on an electrical grid, the method and system can provide a new technique for power management targeting an efficiency of the electrical grid. The method and system can thus provide for reduced costs of energy production and reduced carbon emissions into the atmosphere.
US10186859B2
In one example, a circuit includes a switching unit including a first node, a second node, a control node, and a body. The switching unit is configured to selectively couple the first node of the switching unit to the second node of the switching unit in response to receiving a control signal at a control input of the switching unit. The circuit further includes a reverse current protection unit configured to reduce a current flow from the second node of the switching unit to the first node of the switching unit. The reverse current protection unit selectively couples the first node of the switching unit and the body of the switching unit and selectively couples the second node of the switching unit to the body of the switching unit.
US10186858B2
A device (10) for a current limiter is described, the device (10) comprising: at least one coil assembly (12) adapted to carry a current, the coil assembly (12) comprising: a first coil (14), comprising a first superconducting element, adapted to carry a first portion of said current, and a second coil (16), comprising a second superconducting element, adapted to carry a second portion of said current, wherein said first and second coils (14, 16) are arranged such that, when said first and second superconducting elements are each in a superconducting state and said coil assembly (12) carries said current, a magnetic field generated by said first portion of said current in said first coil (14) is substantially cancelled by a magnetic field generated by said second portion of said current in said second coil (16); and wherein said device is adapted such that, in use, the first superconducting element carries a higher proportion of said current than the second superconducting element. The device may be used in a superconducting fault current limiter to provide a low inductance during normal operation and a rapid and even quench under fault current conditions.
US10186855B2
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a fault detection system are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment is a fault detection system comprising a protected device including a DC bus structured to receive AC power and provide AC power; a DC bus sensor structured to measure an electrical characteristic of the DC bus; at least one input sensor structured to measure an electrical characteristic of the AC power received by the protected device; at least one output sensor structured to measure the electrical characteristic of the AC power provided by the protected device; and a monitoring device configured to receive measurements from the DC bus sensor, at least one input sensor, at least one output sensor and determine the existence of a fault condition which originates within the protected device using the measurements of the DC bus sensor, at least one input sensor, and at least one output sensor.
US10186841B1
A gallium and nitrogen containing laser diode device. The device has a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate material comprising a surface region. The surface region is configured on either a non-polar crystal orientation or a semi-polar crystal orientation. The device has a recessed region formed within a second region of the substrate material, the second region being between a first region and a third region. The recessed region is configured to block a plurality of defects from migrating from the first region to the third region. The device has an epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region formed overlying the third region. The epitaxially formed gallium and nitrogen containing region is substantially free from defects migrating from the first region and an active region formed overlying the third region.
US10186827B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, for amplifying pulsed laser radiation in an EUV laser driver are provided. An example EUV laser driver includes a beam source configured to produce the pulsed laser radiation with at least one laser frequency, an amplifier arrangement with at least one optical amplifier for amplifying the pulsed laser radiation, the at least one optical amplifier having a frequency-dependent gain with a maximum gain at a maximum frequency, at least one frequency shifter configured to produce a frequency shift for the laser frequency of the pulsed laser radiation relative to the maximum frequency, and a controller configured to set the frequency shift such that a gain of the at least one optical amplifier for the pulsed laser radiation is reduced to less than a percentage, e.g., 90%, 70%, or 50%, of the maximum gain.
US10186824B2
A conductive member production method is performed with use of a die that includes a first die and a second die. The first die includes a protruding portion having a recession-shaped depression formed in a leading end surface, the depression including a molding surface that is inclined so as to gradually extend toward the leading end surface side while extending laterally from the depression. The second die includes a recessed portion into which the protruding portion can be inserted. The method includes a heating step of heating a weld portion formation region that is a portion, with respect to an extending direction, of a conductive member constituted by multiple metal strands, and a pressing step in which the heated weld portion formation region is sandwiched between and pressed by the protruding portion of the first die and the recessed portion of the second die.
US10186823B2
According to one aspect, an apparatus includes an expansion element, an expandable element, and a frame. The expandable element is configured to have an expanded state and an unexpanded state, wherein the expandable element is arranged to be inserted between a mated pair of printed circuit boards (PCBs) while in the unexpanded state. The expansion element is arranged to cause the expandable element to expand to the expanded state. When the expandable element is in the expanded state, the expandable element causes the pair of PCBs to demate. The frame is arranged to facilitate an insertion of the expandable element between the mated pair of PCBs. In one embodiment, the expandable element is an inflatable element and the expansion element is an inflator element that includes an air supply.
US10186816B2
A bracket and associated components provides a means to securely install one or more connectors within a dropped ceiling. The bracket can be mounted to a drop wire or threaded rod within a ceiling space, thereby suspending the bracket and associated connectors within the ceiling space. One or more connectors coupled to a cable can be directly installed on the bracket via port windows cut into the bracket. Alternatively, a surface mount box containing connectors can be mounted on the bracket to yield a protected, strain-resistant connector installation within the ceiling space. The bracket and associated components can be made of plenum-rated materials, making the mounting solution suitable for installations within plenum spaces.
US10186809B1
A connector assembly suppresses electromagnetic interference (EMI) generated by electronic circuitry on a printed circuit board (PCB). The connector assembly includes a plurality of conductive through-holes on the PCB, a connector, and a magnetic collar. The plurality of conductive through-holes are electrically connected to the electronic circuitry on the PCB. The connector has a plurality of terminal pins extending from a connector surface. The plurality of terminal pins and conductive through-holes may be aligned. The terminal pins are positioned through the conductive through-holes to electrically connect the terminals pins to the electronic circuitry. The magnetic collar surrounds the connector. The magnetic collar may also abut the PCB. The magnetic collar suppresses EMI on voltages propagating through the connector.
US10186807B2
A connector includes a first-housing, a second-housing, a shroud, and a stacked-gear. The stacked-gear is moveably mounted to the first-housing. The stacked-gear engages a first-gear-rack on the second-housing and a second-gear-rack on the shroud. The second-housing is mated with the first-housing when the shroud is moved along a mating-axis of the connector. The stacked-gear engages at least two teeth on the first-gear-rack and on the second-gear-rack when the second-housing is mated with the first-housing. A rotation of the stacked-gear is greater than ninety degrees when the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position. The stacked-gear initially engages a first-side of a first-tooth of the first-gear-rack when the first-housing receives the second-housing. A uniform mating-force is maintained as the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position. A mechanical advantage to produce the mating-force is increased as the shroud is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position.
US10186806B2
Provided is an electrical connector that allows a contact and a member that is to be connected to the contact to be brought into contact with each other in a more uniform manner, realizes more reliable insulation from a board, and achieve a reduction in height.A partner connection member 4 that is displaced in an insertion direction D1 is inserted into a fitting portion 25 of a housing 6 of an electrical connector 3. A contact 5 is fitted into the fitting portion 25 by being displaced relative to the housing 6 in a direction that is parallel with the insertion direction D1. The contact 5 includes: a first contact portion 11 that is configured to be brought into contact with a conducting portion 2c of a circuit board 2; a second contact portion 12 that is configured to be brought into contact with a conducting portion 4b of the partner connection member 4; and a connecting portion 13 that connects the first contact portion 11 and the second contact portion 12 to each other. The housing 6 is an integrally formed part. A first insulating portion 27 of the housing 6 is located between a straight portion 14b of the connecting portion 13 and an edge portion 2g of the circuit board 2 in a thickness direction Z1.
US10186805B2
An electrical connector system includes mating pin and socket connectors each designed for improving the mechanical locking capabilities of the electrical connector system. A first connector includes a pin contact having a head portion with grooves formed thereon, and a second connector includes a cavity dimensioned for receiving the pin contact. A pair of channels are formed along an interior wall of the contact-receiving cavity, with a coiled spring seated within each of the channels. When the connectors are mated, one or both of the coiled springs engages one of the grooves of the head portion of the pin contact to latch the first and second connectors together in a locked configuration. The connector system may further include a removable collar that allows the pin to advance further into the contact-receiving cavity to urge the coiled springs into secondary grooves for facilitating decoupling of the connectors.
US10186803B1
A connector assembly includes a first-connector and a second-connector. The first-connector has a locking-lug. The second-connector has a cantilevered latch configured to slideably engage the locking-lug. The cantilevered latch includes a pair of parallel latch-arms. The pair of parallel latch-arms terminate at a first cross-beam that spans the pair of parallel latch-arms. The cantilevered latch further includes a second cross-beam parallel to the first cross-beam. The second cross-beam is configured to releasably lock the locking-lug when the first-connector is mated with the second-connector. The pair of parallel latch-arms includes a rib extending beyond a bottom-surface of each individual latch-arm. The locking-lug deflects the pair of parallel latch-arms toward an outer-surface of the second-connector when first-connector is moved from an unmated-position to a mated-position, whereby the rib contacts the outer-surface and limits a deflection of the pair of parallel latch-arms.
US10186802B1
A connecting device with high-density contacts includes a plug connector and a socket connector. The plug connector has a first insulated housing and a plurality of first terminals. The first insulated housing has a post portion. The first terminals are disposed on the post portion. The socket connector has a second insulated housing and a plurality of second terminals. The second insulated housing has a barrel portion formed with an accommodating space. The second terminals are disposed on the barrel portion. The post portion of the plug connector is inserted into the accommodating space. The plug connector and the socket connector are rotatable relative to each other. First contacting portions of the first terminals are clipped between two contacting portions of the second terminal, so that the first terminals are conductively contacted with the second terminals. Thus, the present disclosure provides signal contacts with high-density and high-reliability.
US10186800B2
A wire cover (30) to be mounted on a rear surface of a connector body (C) that is connected to ends of wires (W). The wire cover (30) is configured to hold the wires (W) while bending the wires (W) in a predetermined direction. The wire cover (30) includes a wire fixing portion (38) provided on a rear part to project in the predetermined direction and a protruding portion (41) provided to protrude from the wire fixing portion (38) in a direction substantially perpendicular to a connecting direction of the connector body (C) and a mating connector (50).
US10186798B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for use in connecting and disconnecting cable connectors to and from communication ports. In some embodiments, a connector assembly has a ganging member, a plunger member, and a key. The ganging member can retain a plurality of cable connectors, and be used to simultaneously connect/disconnect groups of cable connectors. The plunger member can have a plurality of elongated plungers usable to simultaneously unlock or lock the cable connectors.
US10186793B2
A light cap electrical connection structure includes a driving board, a light cap body and a first electrode pin. The light cap body is a shell structure. One end of the first electrode pin is fixed on the light cap body and further including a socket. The socket is set on the driving board and includes a connection base and a first electrode. The first electrode is set on the connecting base and has a fixed end and a connecting end. The connecting end of the first electrode is an elastic structure. The other end of the first electrode pin is inserted into the light cap body and becomes an electrical connection in elastic contact with the connecting end of the first electrode. The light cap electrical connection structure has advantages of a simple structure and being easy to automate.
US10186789B1
A universal cable system includes a cable, which may include a keyed profile and an optional, integrated pull cable for low-voltage applications in residential and commercial structures, both old and new construction, which may further includes a connector, which does not require individual splicing of the wires from the cable. The connector may be self-crimping or crimped with a tool. During installation of the connector onto the cable, conductors in the connector may be simultaneously spliced to the wires of the cable during crimping.
US10186788B2
A conductive fastener assembly, system, and method are described. The fastener assembly includes a nut having a counterbore formed therein. The counterbore is formed to maintain a sufficient gap between the nut and the protruding end of a fastener sleeve. The nut with the counterbore improves the conductive fastener system such that the need for a solid copper grid and a cap seal is reduced or eliminated.
US10186783B2
A Vivaldi antenna having an upper conductor and a lower conductor. A signal connector feed is attached to a rear end of the conductors while each conductor includes a curved flare section extending forwardly for the reception or transmission of the signal. Each conductor includes elliptical loading section or sections disposed around its flare section to enhance performance of the antenna by improving the front to back ratio as well as other factors for the antenna.
US10186782B2
First and second radiation elements are arranged on a first face in a Z axis direction. A third radiation element is formed on a second face to be interposed between the first and second radiation elements. A fourth radiation element is formed on the second face to be interposed between the first and second radiation elements. A micro strip line connects the first radiation element and the second radiation element and is formed on the first face to extend in the Z axis direction. A first element connection part is formed on the second face to overlap with the micro strip line in a Y axis direction, and to have a width wider than that of the micro strip line. A feeding unit connects a coaxial cable supplying power from the outside to the micro strip line and the fourth radiation element.
US10186776B2
A method of forming an electronic field emission rectifier involves depositing a first metal layer, a dielectric, and a second metal layer on a substrate in that order. The dielectric layer and the second metal layer are patterned. Patterning the dielectric and second metal layers involves depositing a nanostructuring layer on the second metal layer. The nanostructuring layer self-assembles into removable regions embedded within a matrix. When the removable regions are removed, a pattern is formed in the matrix.
US10186769B1
An electronic device may be provided with control signal generation circuitry that generates a differential pair of control signals, power supply circuitry that generates a bias voltage, and an antenna having a tuning circuit. First switching circuitry may be coupled to the power supply circuitry and the control signal generation circuitry. Second switching circuitry may be coupled to the tuning circuit. A pair of control lines may be coupled between the first and second switching circuitry. In a first switching mode, the power supply circuitry may transmit the bias voltage to the tuning circuit over one of the control lines. The bias voltage may charge storage circuitry coupled to the tuning circuit. In a second switching mode, the control signal generation circuitry may transmit the differential pair of control signals to the tuning circuit. The tuning circuit may be powered by the storage circuitry in the second switching mode.
US10186762B2
The disclosure refers to a roof antenna module and to a method for operating the roof antenna module, wherein a communication control unit couples at least one transceiver with at least one bus connection and communication messages are transmitted between the at least one transceiver and the at least one bus connection. This approach prevents undesired manipulation of the motor vehicle from the outside. This approach uses a filter device of the communication control unit, that forwards a control instruction to the at least one bus connection only if the control instruction fulfills a predetermined safety criterion.
US10186752B2
An antenna structure includes a metallic member including a front frame and a side frame. The side frame defines a slot. The front frame defines a second gap and a third gap communicating with the slot and extending across the front frame. A portion of the front frame between the second gap and the third gap forms a first radiating section. Current enters the first radiating section from the first feed portion, flows through the first radiating section and towards the second gap to generate radiation signals in a first frequency band, flows through the first radiating section and towards the third gap to generate radiation signals in a second frequency band, and flows through the first radiating section and towards the second gap and the third gap to generate radiation signals in a third frequency band. A wireless communication device using the antenna structure is provided.
US10186749B1
A near field communication (NFC) device is described. The NFC device includes an NFC back end. The NFC back end includes an application processor and a first transceiver. The NFC device also includes an NFC head end that is physically separated from the NFC back end. The NFC head end includes an antenna, a contactless front end, and a second transceiver.
US10186748B2
An improved mobile radio antenna suited to radio-frequency connections has a base module that comprises a plurality of mounting sections that each contain an internally threaded hole. An attachment module has mounting sections with through-holes made therein. Spacers are used between the base module and the attachment module. An undercut is provided in the through-hole in the attachment module such that the diameter of the through-hole merges into the undercut with a greater diameter in the plug-in direction, or is provided in a second electrically conductive spacer that is positioned on the attachment module on the side that is opposite the first spacer, the second spacer having a spacer hole with an undercut that broadens in the plug-in direction.
US10186744B2
The microstrip Fano resonator switch is a microstrip circuit having a varactor diode electrically connected between identical quarter-wavelength open stubs formed from two elongate planar strip elements disposed on a substrate having a permittivity of approximately 2.94 and a thickness of approximately 0.76 mm, the circuit forming a Fano resonator switch that provides approximately 50 dB of isolation.
US10186737B2
A vehicle traction battery assembly may include a traction battery and a battery tray. The traction battery is for powering a portion of an electrified vehicle. The battery tray is for supporting the traction battery and defines a coolant channel for distributing coolant in a first direction and a second direction. Battery cells of the traction battery are arranged with the battery tray such that the first direction and the second direction are oriented perpendicular relative to a longitudinal face of one of the battery cells. A plate may be secured to the battery tray without mechanical fasteners to retain coolant within the coolant channel. The plate may be made of aluminum and the battery tray may be die cast aluminum. An inlet channel may extend from an inlet to the coolant channel and may be disposed between a pair of openings defined by the battery tray.
US10186730B2
An electrolyte for a secondary battery, the electrolyte including: an organic solvent; and a lithium ion conductive solid electrolyte represented by the formula LiaPbSc wherein 3
US10186723B2
A method for controlling a pressure drop across the anode side or the cathode side of a fuel cell stack by controlling the intrusion of a cell separator into the flow channels in a feeder region of the stack so as to create a larger pressure volume on a pressure bias side of the stack. The method controls the flow rates of one or both of the cathode and anode reactant gases so as to cause the cell separators in an inlet feeder region and/or an outlet feeder region to move relative to the anode side and the cathode side so as to change a flow volume in the inlet feeder region and/or the outlet feeder region to control the pressure drop.
US10186721B2
There is provided a fuel cell system. The fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell configured to generate electric power using a reactive gas; a compressor configured to compress the reactive gas and feed the compressed reactive gas to the fuel cell; a flow rate measurement unit configured to measure a flow rate of the reactive gas; a pressure measurement unit configured to measure a pressure of the compressed reactive gas; a power value acquirer configured to acquire a value of electric power consumed by the compressor; and a determiner configured to perform determination with regard to an abnormality of the fuel cell system and to provide an output indicating that an abnormality occurs. When the value of electric power corresponding to a value indicating the flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit exceeds a first set value, the determiner provides an output indicating that an abnormality occurs in the compressor in a case of (a1) where a value of the pressure measured by the pressure measurement unit corresponding to the value indicating the flow rate measured by the flow rate measurement unit is within a set range. The determiner is also configured to provide an output indicating that an abnormality occurs on a downstream side of the compressor in a case of (a2) where the value of the pressure corresponding to the value indicating the flow rate is out of the set range. This configuration allows for discrimination between an abnormality occurring in the compressor and an abnormality occurring on the downstream side of the compressor.
US10186714B2
Methods of recycling batteries are provided, in which reaction conditions and elements are designed to maximize manganese recovery while minimizing zinc and potassium impurities in the recovered manganese. Methods of treating waste solution created by washing the manganese, so as to remove zinc from the waste solution, are also provided. Batteries prepared via such methods are also provided.
US10186712B2
Provided is a catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction, including an alloy in which two metals are mixed, in which the corresponding alloy is an alloy of iridium (Ir); and silicon (Si), phosphorus (P), germanium (Ge), or arsenic (As). The corresponding catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction may have excellent price competitiveness while exhibiting a catalytic activity which is equal to or similar to that of an existing Pt catalyst. Accordingly, when the catalyst is used, the amount of platinum catalyst having low price competitiveness may be reduced, so that a production unit cost of a system to which the corresponding catalyst is applied may be lowered.
US10186694B2
A power storage module is provided with: a pair of end plates for clamping a plurality of secondary cells arranged in parallel in one direction; first and second cover members fixed to one end plate of the pair of end plates, the first and second cover members being arranged facing the top surface of an enclosure, an electrode terminal being provided on the top surface; through-holes formed in the first and second cover members, the through-holes extending in the one direction; and engaging protrusions provided to first cell holders, the engaging protrusions protruding in the direction in which the first and second cover members are arranged, and being engaged with the first and second cover members, with the engaging protrusions passed through the through-holes.
US10186693B2
A flat secondary battery has a laminate-type power generation element in which two or more plate-like electrodes are laminated via each of separators; and a pair of rectangular exterior members when viewed from a lamination direction of the two or more electrodes, the rectangular exterior members sealing the laminate-type power generation element and an electrolyte solution. At least one exterior member of the pair of the rectangular exterior members comprises: an abutting part including an abutting surface that abuts against an uppermost layer electrode of the two or more electrodes; a sealing part at which the rectangular exterior members overlap each other at an outer circumferential position of the rectangular exterior members; and an extending part that extends from the abutting part to the sealing part, and the flat secondary battery satisfies: 1.03 ≤ L b 2 + d 2 ≤ 1.22
US10186691B2
There is provided a battery including a substantially cylindrically shaped winding electrode having a hollow portion in the center, and a sheath material having flexibility which sheathes the winding electrode, wherein a width of the hollow portion is 2.5 mm or less.
US10186689B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an organic light-emitting display (OLED) panel and a manufacturing method for the OLED panel, which comprises providing a substrate comprising a first electrode layer which comprises a plurality of first electrodes spaced apart from each other, forming an insulating layer on the substrate, etching off the insulating layer over the first electrodes by a photolithography process to form a pattern of sub-pixel depositing areas and forming organic light-emitting layers for desired colors within the sub-pixel depositing areas, and forming a second electrode layer on the insulating layer and the organic light-emitting layers. Embodiments of the invention can exactly prepare the organic light-emitting layers to improve yield.
US10186687B2
A substrate (100) is a light-transmitting substrate. A light-transmitting first electrode (110) is formed over the substrate (100). An insulating layer (150) is formed over the substrate (100) and the first electrode (110) and includes an opening (152) overlapping the first electrode (110). An organic layer (120) is located within at least the opening (152). A light-transmitting second electrode (130) is formed over the organic layer (120). An intermediate layer (200) is formed in at least a portion of a region of a lateral side of the first electrode (110) overlapping the first electrode (110). A refractive index of the intermediate layer (200) is between a refractive index of the substrate (100) and a refractive index of the first electrode (110).
US10186683B2
A flexible OLED display panel includes: a flexible substrate; an OLED device disposed on the flexible substrate; a first encapsulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate and covering the OLED device; a bank layer disposed on the flexible substrate and surrounding a periphery of the first encapsulation layer, the bank layer including a plurality of noncontinuous bank units that are disposed in a chain form; and a second encapsulation layer disposed on the flexible substrate and covering the first encapsulation layer and the bank layer.
US10186680B2
An organic light emitting display device includes a pixel electrode, an auxiliary electrode, a pixel defining layer, a spacer, a light emitting layer, and an opposite electrode. The pixel electrode and auxiliary electrode on a same layer and are separated and electrically isolated from each other. The pixel defining layer is on the pixel and auxiliary electrodes and exposes at least portions of the pixel and auxiliary electrodes. The spacer corresponds to portions of the auxiliary electrode and pixel defining layer and exposes at least a portion of the auxiliary electrode. The light emitting layer is on the pixel electrode. The opposite electrode is on the light emitting layer and the spacer and is in contact with the auxiliary electrode.
US10186679B2
An organic light-emitting apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes depositing a mixed layer and a buffer layer as an electron transport layer on the emission layer by making a single round-trip of the source unit that includes the first through third ejectors in a scanning direction of the substrate, wherein the mixed layer includes a mixture of the first and second semiconductor materials and the buffer layer includes a single layer including the third semiconductor material.
US10186678B2
The present disclosure discloses an OLED component, comprising: a substrate, a bottom electrode arranged on the substrate, a top electrode opposite to the bottom electrode, and the top electrode spaced apart from the bottom electrode; an organic electroluminescence element arranged between the bottom electrode and the top electrode; at least one buffer element disposed between the top electrode and the organic electroluminescence element, and/or between the bottom electrode and the organic electroluminescence element, wherein the buffer element is configured to enhance carrier balance and, electrons transport performance and holes transport performance. The present disclosure enhances the luminous efficiency by the way of disposing the buffer element which is configured to enhance carrier balance, a electrons transport performance and holes transport performance between the top electrode and the organic electroluminescence element, and/or between the bottom electrode and the organic electroluminescence element.
US10186674B2
A thin-film device includes a resin film which includes a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, a first inorganic layer on the first surface, a thin-film element on the first inorganic layer, and a second inorganic layer on the second surface, wherein a film density of the second inorganic layer is greater than a film density of the first inorganic layer.
US10186665B2
An organic electroluminescence device includes an anode, a cathode and an emitting layer, in which the emitting layer includes a first compound and a second compound and each of the first compound and the second compound is a compound emitting thermally activated delayed fluorescence.
US10186648B2
A display device includes: a display substrate including: a pixel area provided in plurality separated from each other, and a plurality of through holes separated from each other; a light-emitting diode provided in plurality arranged on the display substrate in the pixel areas thereof; and a wiring line provided in plurality on the display substrate, the wiring line including a first wiring line and a second wiring line which are each electrically connected to the light-emitting diode.
US10186647B2
A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device comprises: a semiconductor system comprising a light-emitting semiconductor stack; an electrode comprising a surface next to the semiconductor system; a contact material in the semiconductor system and in the electrode, wherein the contact material has a largest intensity at a first depth position in the electrode, and the contact material is selected from the group consisting of Be, Se, Sn, Zn, and combinations thereof; and a base material different from the base material and in the electrode.
US10186643B2
A light-emitting module provided in an embodiment comprises: a circuit board; a light-emitting diode arranged on the circuit board; an optical lens arranged on the light-emitting diode; a reflective sheet arranged between the optical lens and the circuit board; and an adhesive layer arranged between the reflective sheet and the circuit board, wherein the optical lens comprises: an incident surface having a recessed part on the light-emitting diode; a reflective surface for reflecting light incident on the incident surface; and a light-emitting surface arranged on the outer circumference thereof, wherein the reflective sheet includes an open area in which the light-emitting diode is arranged and the open area has a width wider than the width of the light-emitting diode and narrower than the width of the incident surface of the optical lens.
US10186640B2
Provided in one embodiment is a light emitting diode comprising: a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer on top of the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer on top of the active layer; a first electrode arranged on a portion of the first conductive semiconductor layer; an insulating layer, which is arranged on a portion of the first electrode, the first conductive semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second conductive semiconductor layer, and which has a DBR structure; and a second electrode arranged on the second conductive semiconductor layer, wherein the first electrode comes into contact with the insulating layer via a first surface and is exposed to the insulating layer via a second surface opposite the first surface.
US10186635B2
A method of forming a vertical III-nitride based light emitting diode structure 5 and a vertical III-nitride based light emitting diode structure can be provided. The method comprises forming a III-nitride based light emitting structure on a silicon-oninsulator (SOI) substrate; forming a metal-based electrode structure on the III-nitride based light emitting structure; and removing the SOI substrate by a layer transfer process such that the metal-based electrode structure functions as a metal-based 10 substrate of the light emitting structure.
US10186631B2
Squared-off semiconductor coatings for quantum dots (QDs) and the resulting quantum dot materials are described. In an example, a semiconductor structure includes a quantum dot structure having an outermost surface. A crystalline semiconductor coating is disposed on and completely surrounds the outermost surface of the quantum dot structure. The crystalline semiconductor coating has a geometry with squared-off ends.
US10186628B2
A plant and system for the automatic horizontal assembly of photovoltaic panels with front-back-contact solar cells of crystalline silicon, of the type called H-type, the contacting being carried out at a temperature lower than 150° C. also with the pre-fixing of conductive elements onto the encapsulating layer. The plant and system solve the main problems of the conventional stringing systems and provides high production capacity with a precise positioning of the components. The plant is made up of single workstations of the modular type which are arranged sequentially in a linear series, individually equipped according to the specific working process, being adjacent and laterally open to be crossed by the conveying line of the trays containing the panels being worked. After the automatic assembly in the plant, the panels are ready to be rolled in conventional furnaces.
US10186627B2
The electric conductor connecting member of this invention comprises a metal foil having a roughened surface on at least one main side, and an adhesive layer formed on the roughened surface of the metal foil.
US10186612B2
A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a doped isolation barrier disposed in the semiconductor substrate and defining a core device area within the doped isolation barrier, an isolation contact region disposed in the semiconductor substrate outside of the core device area and to which a voltage is applied during operation, and a depleted well region disposed in the semiconductor substrate outside of the core device area. The depleted well region electrically couples the isolation contact region and the doped isolation barrier such that the doped isolation barrier is biased at a voltage level lower than the voltage applied to the isolation contact region.
US10186604B2
To improve the electrical characteristics of a semiconductor device including an oxide semiconductor, and to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device with a small variation in electrical characteristics. The semiconductor device includes a first insulating film, a first barrier film over the first insulating film, a second insulating film over the first barrier film, and a first transistor including a first oxide semiconductor film over the second insulating film. The amount of hydrogen molecules released from the first insulating film at a given temperature higher than or equal to 400° C., which is measured by thermal desorption spectroscopy, is less than or equal to 130% of the amount of released hydrogen molecules at 300° C. The second insulating film includes a region containing oxygen at a higher proportion than oxygen in the stoichiometric composition.
US10186593B2
A gate stack structure for a MOS varactor includes a substrate including a channel region, a high-k dielectric layer on the channel region of the substrate, a P-type work function adjustment layer on the high-k dielectric layer, an N-type work function adjustment layer on the P-type work function adjustment layer, and a metal gate on the N-type work function adjustment layer. The P-type work function adjustment layer includes a first portion and a second portion laterally adjacent to each other, the first portion having a thickness greater than a thickness of the second portion. The gate stack structure in the MOS varactor can increase the tuning range of the MOS varactor.
US10186582B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe multi-layer graphene assemblies including a layer of fluorinated graphene, dies and systems containing such structures, as well as methods of fabrication. The fluorinated graphene provides an insulating interface to other graphene layers while maintaining the desirable characteristics of the nonfluorinated graphene layers. The assemblies provide new options for utilizing graphene in integrated circuit devices and interfacing graphene with other materials. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10186576B2
Isolator structures for an integrated circuit with reduced effective parasitic capacitance. Disclosed embodiments include methods of forming an integrated circuit including an isolator structure. The isolator structure includes parallel conductive elements forming a capacitor or inductive transformer, overlying a semiconductor structure including a well region of a first conductivity type formed within an tank region of a second conductivity type. The tank region is surrounded by doped regions and a buried doped layer of the first conductivity type, forming a plurality of diodes in series to the substrate. The junction capacitances of the series diodes have the effect of reducing the parasitic capacitance apparent at the isolator
US10186564B2
The subject invention provides a capacitor-drive electroluminescent display, which includes a display substrate, row and column electrodes that are deposited on the substrate, and the light-emitting pixel that is electrically connected to (and in between) the row and column electrodes, wherein the light-emitting pixel includes a light-emitting device, a drive capacitor, and a charging switch; wherein, the light-emitting device and the drive capacitor is electrically connected in parallel, which is then electrically connected to the charging switch; wherein, the row or column electrode has a light-emitting windows for installation of the electroluminescent devices. Meanwhile, the subject invention also provides a method for producing the capacitor-drive electroluminescent display.
US10186563B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate and including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first pixel electrode coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes, a rough portion on the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode on the rough portion and having a rough pattern, an intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode including an organic emission layer (EML), and an opposing electrode on the intermediate layer.
US10186559B2
An object of the invention is to provide an organic electroluminescence module having light-emitting units capable of keeping power consumption low and to provide an information device having such a module. The organic electroluminescence module of the invention includes a plurality of light-emitting units that are electrically connected to one another and each have a light-emitting region corresponding to a design to be displayed by light emission.
US10186557B2
An OLED display device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a vaporization mask are disclosed. Five sub-pixels (101) in a pixel unit (10) of the display device includes at least one red, at least one green and at least one blue sub-pixel. Four of the five sub-pixels (101) are distributed at four corners and have the same shape and size, the other one is surrounded by the four sub-pixels (101), and the four sub-pixels (101) and the one sub-pixel (101) are of different colors. Any one sub-pixel (101) at a corner of the pixel unit (10) forms a regular pattern with one sub-pixel at a corner in each of other three adjacent pixel units (10), and in the regular pattern, all of the sub-pixels are of a same color and each occupies ¼ of the pattern. The display device can reduce the difficulty of manufacturing vaporization openings of a mask and increase the display resolution.
US10186545B2
An image sensor may include visible light detectors and a near-infrared light detector. The near-infrared light detector may contain a material highly sensitive to near-infrared rays, and thus the size of the near-infrared light detector may be reduced.
US10186544B2
An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate and a photoelectric conversion device on the semiconductor substrate and including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a light absorption layer, and a common electrode. The plurality of pixel electrodes may include a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. The photoelectric conversion device may include a first photoelectric conversion region defined in an overlapping region with the first pixel electrode, the light absorption layer, and the common electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion region defined in an overlapping region with the second pixel electrode, the light absorption layer, and the common electrode. Sensitivity of the first photoelectric conversion region may be higher than sensitivity of the second photoelectric conversion region. An electronic device may include the image sensor.
US10186543B2
An image sensor may include a main photodiode formed in a substrate, a first inter-layer dielectric layer formed over a lower surface of the substrate, and phase difference detectors formed over the first inter-layer dielectric layer. The phase difference detectors include a left phase difference detector that is vertically overlapping and aligned with a left side region of the main photodiode, and a right phase difference detector that is vertically overlapping and aligned with a right side region of the main photodiode.
US10186539B2
An image sensor assembly having a sensor window positioned in front of an image sensor, having structure and/or characteristics to prevent the formation of condensation on the sensor window. Structure to prevent the formation of condensation includes thin films which can have anti-condensation, anti-reflective, electrically conductive, and/or thermally conductive properties. The sensor window can further have a textured surface to displace water so as to avoid condensation formation on the window surface. The sensor window, and in some embodiments a frame, can be maintained at an elevated temperature proximate to the image sensor during operation to prevent the formation of condensation.
US10186537B2
An pixel unit includes a photoelectric conversion element, a transfer transistor having a transfer gate abutting on the photoelectric conversion element, and a floating diffusion region on which the transfer gate abuts, wherein the transfer gate includes a first gate portion having a first gate width in a gate width direction, the first gate portion abutting on the floating diffusion region and extending away from the floating diffusion region in a gate length direction, and a second gate portion having a second gate width narrower than the first gate width in the gate width direction, the second gate portion extending continuously from the first gate portion in the gate length direction, and wherein a width of the second gate portion gradually decreases from the first gate width to the second gate width toward a direction away from the first gate portion.
US10186525B2
The present invention provides a circuit board having excellent productivity, particularly a circuit board having excellent productivity with respect to a semiconductor layer and source layer forming step, a display device, and a process for producing a circuit board. The circuit board of the present invention is a circuit board including an oxide semiconductor layer and an electrode connected to the oxide semiconductor layer, wherein the electrode is formed by essentially laminating a layer made of a metal other than copper and a layer containing copper.
US10186524B2
Methods for eliminating the distance between a BULEX and SOI and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include providing a silicon layer on a BOX layer on a silicon substrate; forming two active areas in the silicon layer, separated by a space; forming first and second polysilicon gates over one active area, a third polysilicon gate over the space, and fourth and fifth polysilicon gates over the other active area, the second and fourth gates abutting edges of the space; forming spacers at opposite sides of each gate; removing the second, third, and fourth gates and the corresponding spacers; removing the silicon layer and BOX layer in the space, forming a trench and exposing the silicon substrate; forming second spacers on sidewalls of the trench; forming raised source/drain regions on each active area; and forming a p-well contact on the silicon substrate between the second spacers.
US10186519B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a stack structure including gate electrodes vertically stacked on a substrate and a vertical channel part penetrating the gate electrodes, a bit line connected to the vertical channel part, and a plurality of conductive lines connected to the gate electrodes on the stack structure. The conductive lines form a plurality of stacked layers and include first conductive lines and second conductive lines. The number of the first conductive lines disposed at a first level from the substrate is different from the number of the second conductive lines disposed at a second level from the substrate. The first level is different from the second level.
US10186518B2
Performance and reliability of a semiconductor device are improved. An insulating film is formed such that a control gate electrode, a memory gate electrode, and a gate electrode are embedded, and then tops of the control gate electrode, the memory gate electrode, and the gate electrode are exposed by first polishing. Subsequently, a trench is formed by removing the gate electrode and filled with a metal film, and second polishing is performed to form a gate electrode including the metal film. The insulating film is an O3-TEOS film having a high gap filling characteristic, and thus reduces formation of a seam in the insulating film. Furthermore, the O3-TEOS film is subjected to heat treatment in an oxidizing atmosphere before the first polishing, thereby dishing of the insulating film is reduced during the second polishing.
US10186516B2
A one time programmable (OTP) memory device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device including the same, which lower a programming voltage to enhance programming efficiency, increase reliability of peripheral input/output (I/O) elements used for a design of the OTP memory device, and simplify the design, are provided. The OTP memory device includes a transistor including one of a first gate structure including a high-k dielectric layer, a rare earth element (RE) supply layer, and a second metal layer, a second gate structure including the high-k dielectric layer, a first metal layer, and the second metal layer, and a third gate structure including the high-k dielectric layer and the second metal layer.
US10186512B2
[Object] The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, image capturing device, and electronic device, capable of setting a reference voltage applied to a vertical transfer line to be substantially the same as a reset voltage of a floating diffusion portion. [Solution] A reference voltage generation circuit configured to generate the reference voltage includes the same circuit as a reset transistor, an amplification transistor, and a selection transistor in a pixel circuit, and applies it to the vertical transfer line immediately before transferring an optical signal and a reset signal. This allows the same reference voltage as that immediately after applying the reset signal to the floating diffusion to be applied to the vertical transfer line. The present technology is applicable to CMOS image sensors.
US10186509B2
A power transistor assembly and method of operating the assembly are provided. The power transistor assembly includes integrated transient voltage suppression on a single semiconductor substrate and includes a transistor formed of a wide band gap material, the transistor including a gate terminal, a source terminal, and a drain terminal, the transistor further including a predetermined maximum allowable gate voltage value, and a transient voltage suppression (TVS) device formed of a wide band gap material, the TVS device formed with the transistor as a single semiconductor device, the TVS device electrically coupled to the transistor between at least one of the gate and source terminals and the drain and source terminals, the TVS device including a breakdown voltage limitation selected to be greater than the predetermined maximum allowable gate voltage value.
US10186498B2
A semiconductor package includes a leadframe having a first island and second island each having an upper surface corresponding with an upper surface of the leadframe. One or more tie bars couple the first island with the second island. At least one tie bar has a protrusion extending from the upper surface of the leadframe and configured to substantially prevent a flow of a solder between the first and second islands. A first die couples with the leadframe at the first island and a second die couples with the leadframe at the second island. At least one of the tie bars has a recess at a lower surface of the leadframe. The leadframe includes a slit between the first and second island.
US10186486B2
A wiring board includes conductor layers, core layers including a first core layer and a second core layer formed such that each of the first and second core layers includes a core material, an intermediate insulating layer formed between the first core layer and second core layer such that the intermediate insulating layer does not contain a core material, and an electronic component positioned between the first core layer and second core layer such that the electronic component is embedded in the intermediate insulating layer. At least one of the first and second core layers has a multilayer structure including a resin layer and an adhesive layer laminated on the resin layer such that the resin layer includes the core material and that the adhesive layer does not contain a core material, and the conductor layers include a conductor layer laminated on the adhesive layer of the multilayer structure.
US10186470B2
A heat sink for cooling at least one power semiconductor module, and that includes a basin for containing a cooling liquid. The basin has a contact rim for receiving the base plate and that includes a surface that is sloped inwards to the basin.
US10186465B2
Embodiments of the invention include package substrates that include microchannels and methods of making such package substrates. In an embodiment, the package substrate may include a first package layer. In some embodiments, a bottom channel wall may be formed over the first package layer. Embodiments may also include a channel sidewall that is formed in contact with the bottom channel wall. An organic dielectric layer may be formed over the first package layer. However, embodiments include a package substrate where the dielectric layer is not present within a perimeter of the channel sidewall. Additionally, a top channel wall may be supported by the channel sidewall. According to an embodiment, the top channel wall, the channel sidewall, and the bottom channel wall define a microchannel.
US10186455B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor interconnect structure may include forming a low-k dielectric layer over a substrate and forming an opening in the low-k dielectric layer, where the opening exposes a portion of the substrate. The method may also include filling the opening with a copper alloy and forming a copper-containing layer over the copper alloy and the low-k dielectric layer. An etch rate of the copper-containing layer may be greater than an etch rate of the copper alloy. The method may additionally include patterning the copper-containing layer to form interconnect features over the low-k dielectric layer and the copper alloy.
US10186444B2
A gas flow is described to reduce condensation with a substrate processing chuck. In one example, a workpiece holder in the chamber having a puck to carry the workpiece for fabrication processes, a top plate thermally coupled to the puck, a cooling plate fastened to and thermally coupled to the top plate, the cooling plate having a cooling channel to carry a heat transfer fluid to transfer heat from the cooling plate, a base plate fastened to the cooling plate opposite the puck, and a dry gas inlet of the base plate to supply a dry gas under pressure to a space between the base plate and the cooling plate to drive ambient air from between the base plate and the cooling plate.
US10186435B2
A substrate processing system includes a chemical liquid preparation unit preparing a chemical liquid to be supplied to a substrate and a processing unit which supplies the chemical liquid, prepared by the chemical liquid preparation unit, to the substrate. The chemical liquid preparation unit supplies an oxygen-containing gas, containing oxygen gas, to a TMAH-containing chemical liquid, containing TMAH (tetramethylammonium hydroxide), to make the oxygen-containing gas dissolve in the TMAH-containing chemical liquid.
US10186434B2
A nozzle for use in an etching apparatus and an etching apparatus including the nozzle are provided. The nozzle includes: a hollowed main body having a connector at one end thereof and a main-body outlet at the other end thereof, a main-body connection part being provided at an outer wall of the main body, said one end of the main body being connected with a pipe via the connector and a nozzle sleeve including a nozzle-sleeve connection part and a nozzle-sleeve outlet, the nozzle sleeve being connected to an outer side of said the other end of the main body having the main-body outlet through the nozzle-sleeve connection part and the main-body connection part and the nozzle sleeve is movable relative to the main body in an outflow direction of the main body.
US10186433B2
Particles can be suppressed from adhering to a substrate. A substrate processing apparatus includes a carry-in/out chamber, a transfer chamber, and a delivery chamber. In the carry-in/out chamber, the substrate is carried in and out with respect to a carrier, and in the transfer chamber, a transfer path for the substrate toward a substrate processing chamber, where a predetermined process is performed on the substrate, is formed. Further, the delivery chamber is arranged between the carry-in/out chamber and the transfer chamber. Moreover, an internal pressure of the delivery chamber is higher than an internal pressure of the carry-in/out chamber and an internal pressure of the transfer chamber.
US10186426B2
Methods are provided for integrating atomic layer etch and atomic layer deposition by performing both processes in the same chamber or reactor. Methods involve sequentially alternating between atomic layer etch and atomic layer deposition processes to prevent feature degradation during etch, improve selectivity, and encapsulate sensitive layers of a semiconductor substrate.
US10186424B2
Compositions for forming thin, silicon-containing antireflective coatings and methods of using these compositions in the manufacture of electronic devices are provided. Silicon-containing antireflective coatings formed from these compositions can be easily removed during processing without the need for a separate removal step.
US10186420B2
Methods for depositing silicon-containing thin films on a substrate in a reaction space are provided. The methods can include at least one plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) cycle including one or more deposition cycles including contacting the substrate with a silicon precursor and a second reactant that does not include oxygen. In some embodiments the methods a deposition cycle can also including contacting the substrate with a carbon precursor.
US10186412B2
A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to enable collision induced dissociation inside linear ion traps/guides or 3D ion traps based on digital waveform manipulation. In particular, using the device's digitally produced trapping waveforms to trap, isolate and energize the ions of interest creates a simplified and versatile ion trap/guide that is capable tandem mass spectrometry and high sensitivity. Coupling the digitally operated ion trap/guides to a TOF creates a Q-TOF instrument that outperforms any commercial system in terms of sensitivity and capabilities.
US10186411B2
A method for analyzing ions according to their mass-to-charge ratio and mass spectrometer for performing the method, comprising directing a collimated ion beam along an ion path from an ion source to an ion detector, causing a portion of the ion beam to contact one or more surfaces prior to reaching the ion detector, wherein the method comprises providing a coating on and/or heating the one or more surfaces to reduce variation in their surface patch potentials. The method is applicable to multi-reflection time-of-flight (MR TOF) mass spectrometry.
US10186409B2
Devices, systems, and methods for ion trapping with integrated electromagnets are described herein. One device includes a plurality of electrodes configured to trap an ion above a surface of the device, a medial coil and a plurality of peripheral coils, each positioned at a respective radial angle associated with the medial coil, wherein the medial coil is configured to generate a first magnetic field having a first orientation, and wherein the peripheral coils are configured to generate a second magnetic field having a second orientation that opposes the first orientation.
US10186408B2
The invention relates to a low-cost spring steel plate as the sample support on a dimensionally stable and precisely shaped substructure, machined from an aluminum alloy, for example, and using a pattern of embedded magnets so that said plate is removable and that a body is created overall which is suitable for use in robots, for example by giving it the dimensions of a conventional microtitration plate. The planarity of the surface onto which the (organic) samples are applied is provided within the near region by the spring steel plate itself and in the far region over the whole spring steel plate by the substructure. The spring steel plate may be designed for single use in order to satisfy IVD diagnostic regulations also, for example. It can be equipped with identification codes, sample site markings and pre-coatings for different types of analytical tasks, such as MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric analysis.
US10186405B2
The invention relates to a photocathode including an input window (210) suitable for receiving a flow of incident photons, and an active layer (230), the active layer consisting of a plurality of elementary layers (2301, 2302) made of semiconductor materials having decreasing forbidden bandwidths in the direction of the flow of incident photons. The surface of the photocathode opposite the input window is structured so that each elementary layer of the active layer has its own photoelectric emission surface (2401, 2402). By choosing the semiconductor materials of the elementary layers, it is possible to obtain an image which has high sensitivity in both the visible spectrum and the near infrared.
US10186385B2
The present invention provides an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor comprising high energy density, low degradation of electrostatic capacitance and resistance with passage of time even using under high voltage, i.e., excellent long-term reliability. The electrode for the electric double layer capacitor comprises polarizing electrode materials containing porous carbon particles, an auxiliary conducting agent, tungsten oxide powders, and binders; conductive adhesive containing a conductive material and a poly-N-vinylacetamide (PNVA)-based binder; and a sheet current collector.
US10186381B2
A composite electronic component includes an electronic element and a resistance element in a height direction. The electronic element includes an electronic element body, and first and second external electrodes separated from each other in a length direction. The resistance element includes a base portion, a resistor disposed on an upper surface of the base portion, a protective film and first and second upper surface conductors. The first and second upper surface conductors are separated from each other in the length direction and the resistor is between the first and second upper surface conductors. The protective film covers the resistor. Dimensions in the height direction from the upper surface of the base portion to exposed surfaces of a pair of end portions in the length direction of the protective film are smaller than a dimension in the height direction from the upper surface of the base portion to an exposed surface of the protective film in the center portion.
US10186380B2
A capacitor component includes a body, a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the body, connection electrodes extended in a thickness direction of the body and electrically connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, upper electrodes disposed on an upper surface of the body and electrically connected to the connection electrodes, and lower electrodes disposed on a lower surface of the body and electrically connected to the connection electrodes A thickness of the upper electrodes is different from that of the lower electrodes, and an area of contact between the upper electrodes and the body is different from an area of contact between the lower electrodes and the body.
US10186377B2
A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a capacitor body and first to fourth outer connectors. The capacitor body includes dielectric layers and conductor layers, first and second principal surfaces facing each other in a height direction, first and second side surfaces facing each other in a length direction, and third and fourth side surfaces facing each other in a width direction. The first to fourth outer connectors cover portions of the first to fourth side surfaces, respectively. In a case where L0, W0, and H0 are maximum external dimensions of the multilayer ceramic capacitor in the length direction, the width direction, and the height direction, respectively, L0, W0, and H0 satisfy a condition of about 2.67≤L0/H0 and a condition of about 1/1.72≤L0/W0≤about 1.72.
US10186376B2
Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes: a drum core including a first flange portion, a second flange portion and a winding core portion positioned between the first and second flange portions; a plurality of coated conductive wires forming a first winding layer wound around the winding core portion and a second winding layer wound around the winding core portion with an intervention of the first winding layer; and a resin coating layer covering the coated conductive wires. A maximum space between the coated conductive wires in the first winding layer is narrower than a diameter of the coated conductive wires.
US10186372B2
A resonator connector for a wireless power transfer system includes: one or more conducting materials to carry electricity between two or more electromagnetic resonators; a first plug coupled with the one or more conducting materials; a second plug coupled with the one or more conducting materials; and an impedance module coupled with the one or more conducting materials, the impedance module including an impedance matching network; wherein the impedance module is configurable to adjust electrical properties of the one or more conducting materials, using the impedance matching network, when the resonator connector electrically couples together the two or more electromagnetic resonators of the wireless power transfer system including at least three electromagnetic resonators, so as to improve power transfer efficiency among the at least three electromagnetic resonators of the wireless power transfer system, the at least three electromagnetic resonators including the two or more electromagnetic resonators.
US10186367B2
An electronic component includes a body having a bottom surface provided as a mounting surface, a top surface opposing the bottom surface, first and second side surfaces opposing each other in a width direction, and third and fourth end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction, a conductor part disposed therein, first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other on the bottom surface of the body and connected to the conductor part, and a first insulating coating layer on the top surface of the body and a second insulating coating layer on the bottom surface of the body.
US10186357B2
An R-T-B based sintered magnet including a main phase composed of an R2T14B (wherein, R is at least one selected from the group consisting of Y, Ce, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd; and T is one or more transition metal elements with Fe as necessity) structure, wherein the R-T-B based sintered magnet has a grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co, and the cross-section area ratio of the grain boundary phase containing Ce, Fe and Co in a unit cross-section area is 1.0% or more and 5.0% or less.
US10186356B2
A flexible sheet of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) material formed of a polymer resin and a conductive filler, the sheet of PTC material having a thickness in a range of 10 μm to 100 μm. A method for forming the flexible sheet of positive temperature coefficient material may include preparing a PTC ink from a polymer resin, a conductive filler, and a solvent, applying the PTC ink to a substrate, pulling a blade over the PTC ink to create a uniformly thick layer of the PTC ink on the substrate, and allowing the PTC ink to dry so that the solvent evaporates and leaves a solid layer of PTC material on the substrate.
US10186354B2
A mounting structure includes a PCB on which first and second conductive patterns are formed, and a shunt resistor mounted on one surface of a substrate via a conductive bonding material. Each of the first and second conductive patterns includes: a first/second lead-out portion and a first/second pull-out portion which is pulled out to the outside of a region of the shunt resistor from the first/second lead-out portion. A resistance value of the shunt resistor is detected between the first pull-out portion and the second pull-out portion. A bonding material flow-out preventing resist is disposed at a portion of a surface of at least one of the first lead-out portion and the second lead-out portion, and a fillet of the bonding material terminates at a position corresponding to a position where the bonding material flow-out preventing resist is disposed.
US10186340B2
A CT detector includes a base substrate, a photodiode array having a plurality of pixels, and the photodiode array is attached to the base substrate. A scintillator array is coupled to the photodiode array and includes a plurality of pixels that correspond with those of the photodiode. An anti-scatter grid (ASG) includes a base sheet, a top sheet, and a plurality of anti-scatter plates attached to the base sheet and the top sheet. The plurality of anti-scatter plates includes a first set of plates having a first thickness and a first length, and a second set of two plates each having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness and a second length that is greater than the first length, the two plates positioned respectively at bookend positions of the base sheet and top sheet.
US10186338B2
The invention relates to a radioisotope generator (1) comprising an eluent reservoir (2) and a chromatographic column (3) connected to one another by a first eluent duct (4), characterized in that it comprises a second duct (7) and a valve (8) connected said second duct (7) to the first eluent duct and the first eluent duct, said valve (8) having a first position where the second duct (7) communicates with the first eluent duct (4) and a second position where the second duct (7) communicates with the first eluent duct (4), said second duct (7) having a bypass segment (9) for a predetermined eluent volume.
US10186336B2
A system for encapsulating and storing disused radiological sources in sealed capsules is provided, the system having a basket to removably position capsules relative to each other, the capsules containing the radiological sources; a containment vessel for receiving the basket; and a cask reversibly encapsulating or otherwise housing the containment vessel. Also provided is a method for packaging, transporting and storing disused radiological sources, the method having the steps of transporting sealed capsules containing radiological sources from water pools to baskets; placing the basket in a containment vessel and sealing the vessel with helium backfill; placing the vessel in a cask and reversibly capping the cask; surrounding the cask with personnel a shield and crumple zones to create a construct; and transporting and storing the construct until its final disposal at a geological repository or a deep borehole, all without repackaging of the disused radiological sealed capsules.
US10186331B2
An example embodiment provides a method, including: transmitting, to a rotatable tag affixed to a moveable object and after the rotatable tag wakes from a sleep mode, a request for presence information from at least one receiver, wherein the presence information comprises a request to determine if the rotatable tag is within a perimeter with respect to the at least one receiver; the rotatable tag comprising a tag having more than one indicator associated with a use state of the moveable object and the rotatable tag providing a visual signal representing a current use state of the moveable object; receiving, at the at least one receiver from the rotatable tag, identification information associated with the moveable object, wherein the identification information comprises information identifying the moveable object and the requested presence information; and receiving, from the rotatable tag, information identifying the current use state at the at least one receiver.
US10186329B1
A baggage system includes a plurality of RFID tags affixed to baggage items, a data collection engine, client devices and backend devices. The backend devices include trained machine learning models, business logic, and attributes of a plurality of events. A plurality of data collection engines and baggage terminal systems send attributes of new events to the backend devices. The backend devices can track the baggage items and predict particular outcomes of new events based upon the attributes of the new events utilizing the trained machine learning models.
US10186321B2
A nonvolatile semiconductor memory device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a memory cell array and a control circuit. The control circuit executes a first reading operation and a second reading operation. The first reading operation is an operation of reading a threshold voltage set in the selected memory cell by setting a voltage between a control gate electrode and source of the selected memory cell to a first value. The second reading operation is an operation of reading a threshold voltage set in the selected memory cell by setting a voltage between the control gate electrode and source of the selected memory cell to a second value lower than the first value. When executing the second reading operation, the control circuit keeps a voltage of the control gate electrode of the selected memory cell to 0 or a positive value.
US10186319B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a memory block, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of select gate lines, a plurality of word lines, and a controller. The memory block includes a plurality of memory strings, each memory string including a selection transistor and a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of bit lines are arranged in the first direction and connected to the respective memory strings. The plurality of select gate lines are arranged in the second direction and connected to gates of the respective selection transistors of the memory strings. The plurality of word lines are arranged in the third direction and connected to gates of the respective memory cells of the memory strings. The controller is configured to perform an erase operation in a unit of the memory block, and perform a sequence of erase verify operations.
US10186318B1
A sense amplifier of a resistive memory is controlled by a bit line and a reference line. A voltage sense amplifier has a bit-line input node and a reference input node. A margin enhanced pre-amplifier includes a bit-line two-terminal switching element, a bit-line capacitor, a bit-line three-terminal switching element, a reference two-terminal switching element, a reference capacitor and a reference three-terminal switching element. A read voltage difference between the voltage level of the bit line and the reference line is generated. The bit-line two-terminal switching element, the bit-line three-terminal switching element, the reference two-terminal switching element and the reference three-terminal switching element are synchronizedly switched so as to generate a margin enhanced difference between the voltage level of the bit-line input node and the voltage level of the reference input node. The margin enhanced difference is equal to or greater than three times the read voltage difference.
US10186317B2
A phase change memory device includes two portions with local bitlines connected to memory cells. A reading stage is configured to read logic data stored by the first and second memory cells. A first main bitline extends between the reading stage and the first local bitlines and a first main switch is coupled between the first main bitline and reading stage and likewise for the second portion. Local switches are associated with respective ones of the local bitlines. A first reference signal generator is coupled to the reading stage. The phase change memory device is configured to operate in a first reading mode, in which the logic data stored by the first memory cell is read by the reading stage by comparison with the reference signal.
US10186307B2
This technology provides an electronic device. An electronic device in accordance with an implementation of this document includes semiconductor memory, and the semiconductor memory includes a contact plug; a first stack structure disposed over the contact plug and coupled to the contact plug, wherein the first stack structure includes a pinning layer controlling a magnetization of a pinned layer; and a second stack structure disposed over the first stack structure and coupled to the first stack structure, wherein the second stack structure includes a MTJ (Magnetic Tunnel Junction) structure which includes the pinned layer having a pinned magnetization direction, a free layer having a variable magnetization direction, and a tunnel barrier layer interposed between the pinned layer and the free layer, wherein a width of the first stack structure is larger than a width of the contact plug and a width of the second stack structure.
US10186303B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing logical operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry comprising a primary latch coupled to a sense line of the array. The sensing circuitry can be configured to perform a first operation phase of a logical operation by sensing a memory cell coupled to the sense line, perform a number of intermediate operation phases of the logical operation by sensing a respective number of different memory cells coupled to the sense line, and accumulate a result of the first operation phase and the number of intermediate operation phases in a secondary latch coupled to the primary latch without performing a sense line address access.
US10186293B2
The magnetic tape device includes a magnetic tape including a magnetic layer, in which an intensity ratio of a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (110) plane with respect to a peak intensity of a diffraction peak of a (114) plane of a hexagonal ferrite crystal structure obtained by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the magnetic layer by using an In-Plane method is 0.5 to 4.0, a vertical direction squareness ratio of the magnetic tape is 0.65 to 1.00, Ra measured regarding a surface of the magnetic layer is equal to or smaller than 2.0 nm, and a C—H derived C concentration calculated from a C—H peak area ratio of C1s spectra obtained by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis performed on the surface of the magnetic layer at a photoelectron take-off angle of 10 degrees is 45 to 65 atom %.
US10186292B1
A recording head has a waveguide core layer that delivers light from a light source to a region proximate a magnetic write pole. A near-field transducer is formed of a thin film of Rh or Ir deposited over the waveguide core layer. The near-field transducer includes an enlarged part with two straight edges facing a media-facing surface and at obtuse angles relative to the media-facing surface. A peg extends from the enlarged part towards the media-facing surface. The waveguide core layer has a terminating end with terminating edges that align with the two straight edges of the near-field transducer.
US10186283B2
A method of forming a peg of a NFT, the peg having a tapered portion, the method including depositing a layer of dielectric material; forming a three dimensional shape from at least a portion of the dielectric material the three dimensional shape having two side surfaces and two end surfaces; and depositing plasmonic material on at least one side surface of the three dimensional shape of dielectric material, wherein the plasmonic material deposited on the at least one side surface forms the tapered portion of the peg.
US10186274B2
A decoder for generating a frequency enhanced audio signal, includes: a feature extractor for extracting a feature from a core signal; a side information extractor for extracting a selection side information associated with the core signal; a parameter generator for generating a parametric representation for estimating a spectral range of the frequency enhanced audio signal not defined by the core signal, wherein the parameter generator is configured to provide a number of parametric representation alternatives in response to the feature, and wherein the parameter generator is configured to select one of the parametric representation alternatives as the parametric representation in response to the selection side information; and a signal estimator for estimating the frequency enhanced audio signal using the parametric representation selected.
US10186270B2
The technology described in this document can be embodied in a computer-implemented method that includes presenting a first user-interface that includes a user-selectable menu of multiple virtual personal assistant (VPA) service providers, and receiving a user-selection identifying a particular VPA service provider. The method also includes receiving a first signal representing input speech data, and processing the first signal to generate a first electronic file that includes at least a portion of the input speech data, the first electronic file being generated in accordance with a specification of the particular VPA service provider. The method further includes transmitting the first electronic file to one or more remote computing devices associated with the particular VPA service provider, receiving at least a second electronic file including a response to the input speech data, and causing an acoustic transducer to generate an acoustic output based on the second electronic file.
US10186263B2
Speech recognition of a stream of spoken utterances is initiated. Thereafter, a spoken utterance stop event to stop the speech recognition is detected, such as in in relation to the stream. The spoken utterance stop event is other than a pause or cessation in the stream of spoken utterances. In response to the spoken utterance stop event being detected, the speech recognition of the stream of spoken utterances is stopped, while the stream of spoken utterances continues. After stopping the speech recognition of the stream of spoken utterances has been stopped, an action is caused to be performed that corresponds to the spoken utterances from a beginning of the stream through and until the spoken utterance stop event.
US10186254B2
The present disclosure generally relates to context-based endpoint detection in user speech input. A method for identifying an endpoint of a spoken request by a user may include receiving user input of natural language speech including one or more words; identifying at least one context associated with the user input; generating a probability, based on the at least one context associated with the user input, that a location in the user input is an endpoint; determining whether the probability is greater than a threshold; and in accordance with a determination that the probability is greater than the threshold, identifying the location in the user input as the endpoint.
US10186245B2
A content control device includes: a plurality of controls to which a plurality of parameters for controlling properties of a content containing at least one of sound and video are respectively assigned, each of the plurality of controls outputting a first indicated value in accordance with an operation amount of the control; and a processor configured to previously create setting information used to determine respective values of the plurality of parameters in accordance with the second indicated value; determine the values of the plurality of parameters corresponding to the second indicated value respectively in accordance with the second indicated value and the setting information; and revise each of the values of the parameters to be determined in accordance with the first indicated value outputted for the control assigned to the parameter.
US10186241B2
A system for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument includes a linear exciter which may be configured as a brace for a sound board of the musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, a linear exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a calibration system for altering the signal sent to the exciter.
US10186240B2
A sound deflector for a wind instrument has a sound deflector plate and a device for the mounting thereof on the edge of a bell of the wind instrument. The device for mounting the deflector plate has an upper part and a lower part, which are respectively fastenable on the outer surface or the inner side of the bell edge. The upper and lower parts are connected to one another by means of a hinge. According to the invention, the lower part and upper part each have at least two nubs having rounded edges. When the upper and lower parts are brought together, the nubs of the upper part and lower parts are each arranged offset in relation to one another. The sound deflector enables fastening on instruments having bell edges of different shapes and curvatures or on music stands. The offset arrangement of the nubs on the mounting device enables a clamping fastening on a bell edge. The sound deflector according to the invention is therefore universally usable.
US10186237B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a computer's display system are described. In general, techniques are disclosed for retaining glyph-mask information for text associated with a region that may be arbitrarily moved across a screen. More particularly, techniques disclosed herein utilize an additional off-screen buffer referred to as the glyph-mask buffer. The glyph-mask buffer coincides with an existing side buffer in extent, but is used only to retain anti-aliased glyph information (i.e., glyph-masks). When the side buffer's content is updated, the effect of that update on the region's text may be reflected in an update to the glyph-mask buffer. At display time, the region corresponding to the side buffer, and the text therein, may be properly rendered at any screen location by combining the screen's target display area (background), the side buffer and the glyph-mask buffer.
US10186228B2
The present disclosure provides a driving circuit for an array substrate, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The driving circuit comprises a plurality of driving signal lines, which are insulated from each other and are used for driving a display region of the array substrate; and at least one driving circuit protection line insulated from the plurality of driving signal lines, wherein a voltage of the driving circuit protection line is smaller than that of each of the plurality of driving signal lines.
US10186222B2
A level shift circuit in a gate driver on array circuit and a display panel. The level shift circuit includes a timing controller and a level shift chip. The timing controller includes a starting signal pin. The level shift chip includes a storing module and an operational amplifying module. The storing module stores initialization values. The timing controller is connected to the level shift chip via the starting signal pin. The timing controller is configured to send a starting signal to the operational amplifying module via the starting signal pin. The operational amplifying module is configured to be triggered to generate a plurality of timing signals based on the starting signal according to the initialization values in the storing module, and send the plurality of timing signals to a display circuit of the display panel.
US10186215B2
A display device includes: a display panel having a display area with a plurality of pixel areas and a non-display area adjacent the display area, the display panel may include a substrate including at least one thin film transistor in each of the pixel areas and a display element connected to the thin film transistor; lighting circuits in the non-display area on the substrate to check lighting states of the display element; signal wires in the non-display area on the substrate to supply a signal to the lighting circuits; dummy circuits including a plurality of dummy capacitors, each of which include a first dummy capacitor electrode and a second dummy capacitor electrode, wherein the dummy circuits collect external static electricity coming through the signal wires before the external static electricity flows into the lighting circuits.
US10186213B2
A display panel includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and including first and second gate lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of data lines extends in a second direction that crosses the first direction and includes first and second data lines adjacent to each other. A plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a matrix configuration, each row of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent gate lines, from among the plurality of gate lines, each column of the matrix being disposed between two adjacent data lines, from among the plurality of data lines. The plurality of sub-pixels includes first column sub-pixels disposed on a first column of the matrix and connected to the first data line. Second column sub-pixels are disposed on a second column of the matrix and are connected to the second data line, the second column being adjacent to the first column. First row sub-pixels are disposed on a first row of the matrix and are alternately connected to the first and second gate lines in units of two sub-pixels.
US10186202B2
The present disclosure provides a power supply circuit, an array substrate, and a display device. The power supply circuit includes a plurality of power wires, each providing a voltage to a row of pixel units. The plurality of power wires include at least a first power wire and a second power wire, between which at least one logical AND circuit is disposed. The logical AND circuit electrically econnects the first power wire with the second power wire when high level voltages are output by the first power wire and the second power wire simultaneously. As a result, voltages at connection points of two rows of power wires approximate to each other, voltage differences among different rows of pixel units are reduced, and therefore the phenomenon of luminance nonuniformity in a display caused by different voltage drops of different rows of pixel units is improved.
US10186200B2
A display device may include rows of pixels that displays image data on a display. The display device also includes a circuit that performs a progressive scan across the rows of pixels to display the image data using a plurality of pixels. The circuit may then supply test data to at least one pixel of a plurality of pixels that corresponds to a first row of the rows of pixels during the progressive scan, determine one or more sensitivity properties associated with the at least one pixel based on the performance of the at least one pixel when the test data is provided to the at least one pixel, and resume the progressive scan at the at least one pixel to display the image data for the at least one pixel and a remaining portion of the plurality of pixels in the first row and remaining rows of pixels.
US10186196B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a display device, wherein the array substrate includes a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixel circuits disposed at intersections between the plurality of scanning signal lines and the plurality of data lines, a current source circuit connected to first ends of the plurality of data lines and configured to output a current to the pixel circuits through the plurality of data lines, and a constant current circuit connected to second ends of the plurality of data lines and configured to supply a current with a preset value flowing from the first ends to the second ends to the data lines. The display device includes the foregoing array substrate.
US10186188B2
A method and apparatus are described for providing simultaneous display views from a display of a portable electronic device at multiple angles. The display includes a first set of light-emitting diodes positioned in a display field and oriented to produce a first visual data depiction viewable at a first perspective angle. The display also includes a second set of light-emitting diodes co-positioned in the display field with the first set of light-emitting diodes, oriented to produce a second visual data depiction viewable at a second perspective angle, and oriented to make the second visual data depiction non-viewable from the first perspective angle. The second perspective angle is different than the first perspective angle and the second visual data depiction is different than the first visual data depiction.
US10186187B2
A display may have an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Display driver circuitry may load data into the pixels via data lines that extend along the columns. The display driver circuitry may include gate driver circuitry that supplies horizontal control signals to rows of the pixels. The horizontal control signals may include emission enable signals for controlling emission enable transistors and scan signals for controlling switching transistors. During an emission phase of operation for the display, the emission enable signal may be pulse-width modulated by the emission control gate driver circuits in the gate driver circuitry to control the output of the light-emitting diodes. The emission control gate driver circuits may be controlled using an emission start signal and a pair of two-phase clocks.
US10186184B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, and a data driver. The display panel includes subpixels for displaying images. The timing controller accumulates a count value when a same grayscale value repeats for one of the subpixels, determines a boundary portion of the image based on the accumulated count value, and generates a data signal to compensate the boundary portion. The data driver converts the data signal to a data voltage for the display panel.
US10186183B2
A display device, including a flexible display panel; and a first detector detecting deformation of the display panel, the display panel including a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels; and a driver including a circuit for writing data to the plurality of pixels, and the first detector being integrated into the driver.
US10186182B2
An adapter device for test, including: an adapter board having a voltage input terminal connected to an external power supply and an output terminal connected to a terminal to be tested; a voltage conversion circuit disposed on the adapter board and connected to the voltage input terminal and configured to convert the voltage of the external power supply received at the voltage input terminal into a test voltage to be supplied to the terminal to be tested; a feedback circuit connected to the voltage conversion circuit and configured to compare the test voltage with a reference voltage to provide feedback data; and a compensation circuit connected to the feedback circuit and the adapter board, and configured to generate a compensation voltage based on the feedback data and apply the compensation voltage to the adapter board to compensate for the test voltage.
US10186180B2
A display device includes a display panel including a first and a second non-display area, a main active area, and a sub active area, wherein the active areas each include a matrix of sub-pixels; a data driver in the first non-display area to provide image data to the matrices of sub-pixels; a main gate driver in the second non-display area to provide a corresponding gate signal to each sub-pixel in the main active area; a sub gate driver in the second non-display area to provide a corresponding gate signal to each sub-pixel in the sub active area; an auto-probe test pad in the non-display area for transmitting a first start signal received from an auto-probe signal generating device to one of the main gate driver and the sub gate driver while testing the display panel; and a signal transmission circuit connecting the main gate driver and the sub gate driver.
US10186178B2
Meta-material with individually-addressable elements is applied to a video projector screen to dynamically control light reflectance and grayscale. Example meta-material includes piezo electric elements, liquid crystal elements, and electrochromic elements. Methods of calibrating the screen with meta-material are disclosed. In one embodiment the screen is adjustable pixel by pixel. In another embodiment the screen is adjust by multi-pixel spans per line of meta-material. A camera may be used to provide feedback to the alignment system to make corrective adjustments to the screen.
US10186170B1
Systems and methods related to providing error correction in a text caption are disclosed. A method may comprise displaying a text caption including one or more blocks of text on each of a first device and a second device remote from the first device. The method may also include generating another block of text and replacing a block of text of the text caption with the other block of text. Furthermore, the method may include displaying the text caption on the second device having the block of text of the first text caption replaced by the other block of text.
US10186168B2
An assessment engine includes a definition of inquiry skills being assessed. Assessment models are used to infer skill demonstration as one or more students engage in inquiry within computerized simulations and/or microworlds. A pedagogical agent and/or help system provides real-time feedback to one or more students based on the assessment model outputs, and/or based on additional models that track one or more students developing proficiency across inquiry tasks over time. A pedagogical agent and/or help system for science inquiry tutoring responds in real-time on the basis of knowledge-engineered and data-mined assessment and/or tracking models.
US10186162B2
This invention is a computer-implemented system or method for creating and delivering content for kinesthetic learning comprising: lesson criteria; an action block; an instruction block; a first lesson block; a second lesson block having kinesthetic content; and a summary block. A real-time digital assessment form can be provided to the user for recording student performance in response to displaying the action block, instruction block, first lesson block, second lesson block and summary block to multiple students simultaneously. The filled real-time assessment form can be transmitted electronically to a parent, guardian or other caretaker of the student. A physical worksheet can be provided to the student having content consistent with the lesson criteria.
US10186155B2
One embodiment of the present invention is able to provide an interactive parking management (“IPM”) in accordance with information obtained from interior and exterior sensors, vehicle onboard computer (“VOC”), and cloud data. The process, in one embodiment, is capable of acknowledging a parking activity initiated by a vehicle traveling in a geographic location via a communications network. Upon providing parking information to the vehicle based on the data obtained from the current parking status, historical parking status, and big data for facilitating the parking activity, the movement of the vehicle is monitored in accordance with the current parking status. After recording a physical location where the vehicle is parked and parking duration, a parking invoice is generated in response to information relating to the recorded information such as physical location and parking duration.
US10186149B2
A driving assistance device includes a controller configured to perform presentation of driving assistance information regarding a signalized intersection to a driver of a vehicle by causing a display unit to display an assistance image. The controller is configured to, when a road distance up to a signalized intersection where the driver of the vehicle is scheduled to enter is less than a threshold distance, prohibit the presentation of the driving assistance information to the driver, the presentation being performed by displaying the assistance image including an image indicating information regarding a predicted light color of a traffic signal installed at the corresponding signalized intersection.
US10186147B2
In a wrong-way determination apparatus, a discriminating unit recognizes a mark contained in the shape of at least one sign candidate and, and discriminates between a front-side or backside of the at least one sign candidate based on the mark. A wrong-way determining unit determines whether a vehicle is travelling the wrong way based on a result of the front-side or backside discrimination.
US10186143B2
A method and system for alerting emergency responders. The method includes acquiring readings from one or more occupancy sensors of a building, determining an occupancy estimate based on the readings from the one or more occupancy sensors, storing the occupancy estimate in a server, determining whether an emergency event has occurred at the building based on one or more threat parameters received from one or more threat sensors. Further, the method includes outputting a notification to at least one external device of emergency responders and transmitting building information associated with the emergency event to the emergency responders when the emergency event has occurred. The building information includes the occupancy estimate.
US10186141B2
A system, device, and method for communicating distress signals through a plumbing control system is provided. The system includes a plumbing controller configured to operate at least one plumbing appliance, at least one distress indicator in communication with the plumbing controller, and at least one distress sensor in communication with the plumbing controller. Activation of the at least one distress sensor causes activation of the at least one distress indicator.
US10186139B2
This disclosure describes methods and apparatus to promote sustainable usage of smartphones such as preventing phone loss, preventing overheating and overcharging, and decreasing packaging waste. A method and apparatus to prevent phone loss is disclosed. Radio frequency beacons (or tags) attached to the owner transmit signals to the smartphone. The distance of the owner from the smartphone is estimated based on the quality of the received radio frequency signals in the smartphone. The system alerts user whenever the distance gets farther than a preset value. A method and apparatus to prevent overcharging of the battery is also disclosed. A plugging mechanism is presented that will be automatically detached from the smart phone when the battery is fully charged. Moreover, an alerting system is disclosed that alerts the user to stop using the device when the internal temperature of the device gets hotter than a preset threshold.
US10186126B2
The present invention discloses a multi-port strap device having multiple pads that can combine a connection to an RFID antenna and a sensing function, such as an open or closed circuit state, into the same structure.
US10186123B2
Systems, methods, and manufactures for a surveillance system are provided. The surveillance system includes sensors having at least one non-overlapping field of view. The surveillance system is operable to track a target in an environment using the sensors. The surveillance system is also operable to extract information from images of the target provided by the sensors. The surveillance system is further operable to determine probabilistic confidences corresponding to the information extracted from images of the target. The confidences include at least one confidence corresponding to at least one primitive event. Additionally, the surveillance system is operable to determine grounded formulae by instantiating predefined rules using the confidences. Further, the surveillance system is operable to infer a complex event corresponding to the target using the grounded formulae. Moreover, the surveillance system is operable to provide an output describing the complex event.
US10186121B2
A shrink wrap film for wrapping about a fire hydrant includes a plurality of film layers, a processor embedded between two film layers, a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive and transmit wireless communication signals, an audio/visual interface element coupled to the processor and configured to be activated in response to the transceiver receiving a wireless activation signal, and wherein at least one of the plurality of film layers incorporates visual advertising content.
US10186110B2
In one embodiment, a system, apparatus, and method for social gaming includes at least one gaming machine configured to play a game of chance and produce game information and a social gaming server configured to: communicate with the at least one gaming machine; establish a remote gaming session between the gaming machine and at least one user device; distribute at least a portion of the game information to the at least one user device; and providing a social award to user of the at least one user device.
US10186101B2
A method, device and system for controlling opening of A-B doors are disclosed, which are applicable to a host of a system with A-B doors, the system with A-B doors comprising a first access control for controlling entry through the door A, a second access control for controlling entry through the door B and an electronic authorization conversion device. The method comprises: receiving a first verification request for an object to be verified sent by the first access control (S201); determining whether the object to be verified has authorization to pass through the door A (S202); if it does, sending an opening command for opening the door A to the first access control (S203); receiving, after the door A has been opened, an electronic authorization conversion request for the object to be verified sent by the electronic authorization conversion device, converting the authorization of the object to be verified to authorization to pass through the door B, determining a first validity time period for passing through the door B, and storing the first validity time period (S204); receiving a second verification request for the object to be verified sent by the second access control (S205); retrieving the stored first validity time period (S206); determining whether the door B can be opened (S207); if it does, sending an opening command for opening the door B to the second access control (S208), thus improving the security of A-B doors.
US10186099B2
A lock system including an electronic lock and a wireless device having a location determining utility configured to determine a location of the wireless device. The electronic lock and the wireless device communicate wirelessly with one another and send commands to and from one another to perform a specific task when the wireless device is within a specified range of the electronic lock. The location of the wireless device and a speed of the wireless device may be used to calculate an estimated arrival of the wireless device at the electronic lock, and the specific task may be performed substantially at the estimated arrival.
US10186093B2
A machine includes a frame, a suspension system mounted to the frame and including a strut, and a hauling condition monitoring system supported by the frame. The hauling condition monitoring system includes a pressure sensor arranged with the strut, a geolocation unit, a computer-readable medium bearing a hauling condition monitoring program, a controller, and an interface device. The controller is in operable communication with the pressure sensor and the geolocation unit to receive their signals and configured to execute the hauling condition monitoring program. The interface device is in operable communication with the controller and configured to display the hauling condition monitoring program's graphical user interface. The hauling condition monitoring program is configured to monitor the strut pressure signal for a hazard event that occurs when a dynamic change in the strut pressure exceeds a threshold amount and track the location of the machine when the hazard event occurred.
US10186091B2
A wheel hub safety device is for a vehicle having a hub and a wheel. The hub having a plurality of opposing equiradially disposed wheel bolts. The wheel having a plurality of opposing equiradially disposed holes spaced for mating engagement with the wheel bolts on the hub. The wheel is configured for attachment to the hub through use of a plurality of lug nuts. The wheel hub safety device has a housing and a plurality of lug nut rotation detectors. The housing is for housing the plurality of lug nut rotation detectors, at least one sensor and a transmitter.
US10186089B2
An information display includes a display screen on a vehicle. The display screen is configured to display visual information based on a vehicle mode in which the vehicle is operating. The display screen can display instructions to connect to a communications interface of the vehicle. The vehicle operates in a vehicle mode based on occurrence of one or more events associated with the vehicle.
US10186088B2
The methods, systems, techniques, and components described herein allow interactions with virtual objects in a virtual environment, such as a Virtual Reality (VR) environment or Augmented Reality (AR) environment, to be modeled accurately. More particularly, the methods, systems, techniques, and components described herein allow interactive virtual frames to be created for virtual objects in a virtual environment. The virtual frames may be built using line primitives that form frame boundaries based on shape boundaries of virtual objects enclosed by the virtual frame. An area of interactivity defined by the virtual frame may allow users to interact with the virtual object in the virtual environment.
US10186087B2
Techniques for occluding augmented reality objects are described in various implementations. In one example implementation, a method may include receiving an image captured by an image capture device and identifying a foreground object depicted in the image. The foreground object may be free of fiducial markers and may be positioned between the image capture device and a background depicted in the image. The method may also include generating an augmented reality image depicting an augmented reality object at least partially occluded by the foreground object such that, when the augmented reality image is displayed, the augmented reality object appears to be positioned behind the foreground object.
US10186077B2
Systems and methods for creating a thickness grid for determining reserve estimates for a reservoir by performing a fast sweep thickness extraction on a sealed triangulated mesh to create the thickness grid.
US10186070B2
Systems and methods of geometry processing, for rasterization and ray tracing processes provide for pre-processing of source geometry, such as by tessellating or other procedural modification of source geometry, to produce final geometry on which a rendering will be based. An acceleration structure (or portion thereof) for use during ray tracing is defined based on the final geometry. Only coarse-grained elements of the acceleration structure may be produced or retained, and a fine-grained structure within a particular coarse-grained element may be produced in response to a collection of rays being ready for traversal within the coarse-grained element. Final geometry can be recreated in response to demand from a rasterization engine, and from ray intersection units that require such geometry for intersection testing with primitives. Geometry at different resolutions can be generated to respond to demands from different rendering components.
US10186064B2
A system and method for a system and method for implementing an image collage editing software tool implemented in a networked computing environment. Collage is a feature area within an online image editing service that allows users to create a composite image from multiple images. This composite image, generally known as a ‘collage’, can be created with a variety of predefined designs/patterns, as well as user specified number of columns and/or user specified number of rows. Users are allowed a wide array of flexibility on the design of their collage, as a result of the unique user-interface design of the collage feature. The collage area is an in-browser, web-based solution for creating any composite image from multiple images.
US10186058B2
Various techniques for visualizing cross-pivoted tables are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes determining if a first dimension and a second dimension of a cross-pivoted table contain non-numerical values, the cross-pivoted table having a plurality of data points each dependent upon a first value in the first dimension and a second value in the second dimension. In response to determining that the first dimension and the second dimension contain non-numerical first and second values, the non-numerical first and second values can be converted to corresponding numerical first and second values. The method can then include plotting, on a display, a visual representation of the plurality of data points of the cross-pivoted table using the numerical first and second numerical values as first and second axis, respectively.
US10186057B2
In a data input device according to one aspect of the present invention, a position detection unit detects a first position based on a position of one part of a body of a user represented in a video captured by an image capturing device and a second position based on a position of another part of the body. A drawing input detection unit establishes, based on the first position, an input detection region in which a drawing input is detected, and detects, based on whether or not the second position is included in the input detection region, the drawing input. A position-of-interest detection unit detects a position-of-interest corresponding to the second position on an image display plane. An image forming unit forms an image indicating a position-of-interest in a case that the drawing input detection unit detects the drawing input.
US10186056B2
A system and method for estimating vascular flow using CT imaging include a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program comprising instructions, which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to acquire a first set of data comprising anatomical information of an imaging subject, the anatomical information comprises information of at least one vessel. The instructions further cause the computer to process the anatomical information to generate an image volume comprising the at least one vessel, generate hemodynamic information based on the image volume, and acquire a second set of data of the imaging subject. The computer is also caused to generate an image comprising the hemodynamic information in combination with a visualization based on the second set of data.
US10186055B2
A DRR image generation method and a DRR image generation apparatus provide the equivalent image-quality to the X-ray radiograph and includes an image processing element 80, a calculation point setting element 81 that sets a ray connecting an X-ray tube relative to the geometrical arrangement of the X-ray radiography system reconstructed on a computer and each pixel of the X-ray CT data, and in addition, sets a plurality of calculation points on the ray; a CT value correction element 82 that compensates the CT value of each calculation point set by the calculation point setting element 81 based on the cumulative CT value from the X-ray tube to the calculation point; a CT value cumulation element 83 that cumulates the CT value of the calculation point located on the ray using the CT value of each calculation point after corrected by the CT value correction element 82; and a DRR image generation element 84 that that generates the DRR image based on the CT value cumulated by the CT value cumulation element 83.
US10186052B1
An image decoder includes a processor and a memory. The memory includes instructions configured to cause the processor to perform operations. The operations receive an encoded image, perform a first decoding of the encoded image to generate a first decoded image, store the first decoded image in the memory, process the first decoded image for displaying, perform a second decoding of the first decoded image and generate a second decoded image, and process the second decoded image for displaying.
US10186047B2
An apparatus for generating a depth map includes a communication interface configured to receive video; a processor configured to generate depth map of the video according to a predetermined instruction; and a memory configured to store the instruction, wherein the instruction comprises instructions configured to perform: receiving an input to set a start point and an end point; providing a reference figure corresponding to the start point and the end point; and generating a depth map corresponding to the reference figure.
US10186045B2
A method of recognizing motion of an object may include periodically obtaining depth data of a first resolution and two-dimensional data of a second resolution with respect to a scene using an image capturing device, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; determining a motion tracking region by recognizing a target object in the scene based on the depth data, such that the motion tracking region corresponds to a portion of a frame and the portion includes the target object; periodically obtaining tracking region data of the second resolution corresponding to the motion tracking region; and/or analyzing the motion of the target object based on the tracking region data.
US10186039B2
An apparatus for recognizing a position of an obstacle in a vehicle obtains image data and ultrasonic sensor data through a camera and an ultrasonic sensor, detects linear edges perpendicular to a ground surface in the image data, detects a discontinuous position at which the ultrasonic sensor data are not continuous, detects intersection points of the linear edges detected in continuous images from the image data when the discontinuous position coincides with a camera position, and estimates the intersection points to be the position of the obstacle.
US10186033B2
Disclosed is a medical image processing device for generating an image in which a difference in color between an abnormal part where a gastric mucosa is atrophied, and a normal part is enhanced.A B/G ratio is determined from B and G image signals, and a G/R ratio is determined from the G and R image signals. In a feature space formed from the B/G ratio and the G/R ratio, first processing is performed for moving the coordinates of a second range to a reference range including the origin in a state where the coordinates of first and third ranges are maintained. In order to make the first range and the third range distant from each other, second processing is performed for moving the first and third ranges. A first special image is generated based on the B/G ratio and the G/R ratio after the first and second processing.
US10186031B2
A shape similarity metric can be provided that indicates how similar two or more shapes are. A difference between a union of the shapes and an intersection of the shapes can be used to determine the similarity metric. The shape similarity metric can provide an average distance between the shapes. Different processes for determining shapes can be evaluated for accuracy based on the shape similarity metric. New or alternative shape-determining processes can be compared for accuracy against other shape-determining processes including reference shape-determining processes. Shape similarity metrics can be determined for two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional shapes.
US10186026B2
Methods and systems for detecting defects on a specimen are provided. One system includes a generative model. The generative model includes a non-linear network configured for mapping blocks of pixels of an input feature map volume into labels. The labels are indicative of one or more defect-related characteristics of the blocks. The system inputs a single test image into the generative model, which determines features of blocks of pixels in the single test image and determines labels for the blocks based on the mapping. The system detects defects on the specimen based on the determined labels.
US10186023B2
Systems and methods are provided for merging multiple images to produce a single fused image having desirable image characteristics derived from the multiple images. For example, the system may determine image characteristics for first and second images. The image characteristics may be related to contrast, exposure, color saturation, and the like. Based on the image characteristics, the system may generate a combined luma weight map. The system may decompose the first and second images and the combined luma weight map. In an example, the first image, the second image, and the combined luma weight map may be represented as scale-space representations having multiple scales or levels. The system may merge the decomposed representations of the first and second images and the combined luma weight map to form a decomposed representation of the fused image. The system may generate the actual fused image from the decomposed representation of the fused image.
US10186019B2
An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes an inclination detection unit configured to generate a first signal regarding inclination of the device. The information processing device also includes a display processing unit configured to, based on the first signal, generate a second signal to initiate a change in orientation of a display of content, and generate a third signal to cancel the change in orientation in response to receipt of a CANCEL command after initiation of the change.
US10186016B2
An image processing device for generating a single image based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of imaging devices having different pointing directions from each other includes a memory and a controller. The memory is configured to store information containing at least the pointing directions and fields of view of the plurality of imaging devices. The controller is configured to operate as follows: to acquire or generate, from the plurality of images, first image data and second image data whose imaging ranges do not overlap; to apply image processing to the first image data and the second image data in such a manner that the first image data and the second image data have angular ranges larger than the fields of view in at least one direction; and to generate a single piece of multi-directional image data containing the image-processed first image data and second image data.
US10186011B2
One embodiment provides for a compute apparatus to perform machine learning operations, the compute apparatus comprising a decode unit to decode a single instruction into a decoded instruction, the decoded instruction to cause the compute apparatus to perform a complex machine learning compute operation.
US10186009B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a display of an electronic device and a device thereof to adjust a load of the electronic device by adjusting a resolution of the display. An operation method of the electronic device comprises: detecting, by a load detector, an amount of load on the electronic device; analyzing, by a monitoring unit, the detected amount of load and generating a graphic control signal; changing, by a graphic processing unit, a resolution of the electronic device; and displaying, by a display, data reflecting the changed resolution.
US10186007B2
An example system for adaptive scheduling of task assignment among heterogeneous processor cores may include any number of CPUs, a graphics processing unit (GPU) and memory configured to store a pool of work items to be shared by the CPUs and GPU. The system may also include a GPU proxy profiling module associated with one of the CPU s to profile execution of a first portion of the work items on the GPU. The system may further include profiling modules, each associated with one of the CPUs, to profile execution of a second portion of the work items on each of the CPUs. The measured profiling information from the CPU profiling modules and the GPU proxy profiling module is used to calculate a distribution ratio for execution of a remaining portion of the work items between the CPUs and the GPU.
US10186005B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a facility utilization measurement apparatus. The facility utilization measurement apparatus sets a plurality of determination areas for determining whether a user stays, on an image which is obtained by capturing the inside of the facility. The facility utilization measurement apparatus generates stay information regarding whether the user stays for each determination area based on a change status of the image in the determination area. The facility utilization measurement apparatus generates use information regarding utilization for each determination area based on the stay information, generates display information for displaying the use information, and outputs the generated display information.
US10185996B2
Provided are a method and a system for predicting stock fluctuation prediction. A system for predicting stock fluctuation according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a data collector and a preprocessor collecting news and KOSPI data and extracting words from the collected news through stopword removal and morphologic analysis, a sentiment dictionary constructor selecting sentiment words and calculating sentiment values of the sentiment words to construct a sentiment dictionary of a stock domain required for stock prediction, and a stock fluctuation prediction model constructor predicting fluctuation of a closing price of a next day to a closing price of a current day by combining a prediction model using the constructed sentiment dictionary and an ARIMA prediction model using the KOSPI data.
US10185992B2
A system and method are provided to analyze synthetic and real markets that offer interchangeable tradeable objects to find market opportunities that a trader may capitalize on. A synthetic market is an electronic market created out of real markets by a computer terminal or gateway. A real market is an electronic market that is offered by an electronic exchange. If a desirable market opportunity is found, the preferred embodiments can take action such as by sending orders to either one of the markets, or by sending orders to both markets. An advantage of the preferred embodiments, among many others, is that they can make “invisible” trading opportunities more readily apparent.
US10185987B2
In embodiments of identifying the end of an on-line cart session, an analytics application captures user click inputs on pages of a Web site, where the user click inputs include adding one or more items for purchase to an on-line cart associated with the Web site. The analytics application then utilizes a predictive model, as well as user and session features of the on-line cart session, to predict whether a previous user click input is the last user click input associated with the on-line cart session, indicating an end of the session. A notification can then be provided that the on-line cart session has ended based on the prediction of the last user click input associated with the on-line cart session. The analytics application or the marketer can then retarget a user associated with the on-line cart session, such as with a message pertaining to the on-line cart session.
US10185982B1
The present disclosure provides computer-implemented systems and processes for determining and analyzing a user review status for a first item purchased or otherwise selected by a user; automatically and periodically monitoring review statutes for various alternative items, which may include competing, substitute, or replacement items relative to the first item; and generating an item recommendation based at least in part on a determination of which alternative items may be more positively rated than the first item. When a determination is made that an alternative item may be earning more positive feedback than the first item of interest, the system notifies the user that a possibly better item is available. Candidate alternative items may be identified based on the user's browsing history, groups of related items, or other sources. Candidate items may be weighted based on various attributes of the reviews, including average rating, number of ratings, number of reviews, and type.
US10185978B2
A method for controlling a charge transfer of an electric vehicle using an electric vehicle charging station, a mobile device, and a cloud server is disclosed. The method includes: transmitting, from the electric vehicle charging station, a message regarding an electric vehicle to the mobile device; relaying, from the mobile device, the message regarding the electric vehicle to the cloud server, wherein the message relayed from the mobile device includes identification information and credit account information; authorizing a charging control signal using the identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device; receiving the charging control signal from the cloud server via the mobile device over a single networked link at the electric vehicle charging station, wherein the charging control signal is configured to adjust a parameter used to draw electric power from the electric vehicle charging station; and adjusting the charge transfer based on the adjusted parameter.
US10185977B2
A method for managing the charging of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for a charge transfer for an electric vehicle over a network link between an electric vehicle charging station and a cloud server. The network link has a mobile device disposed between the electrical vehicle charging station and the cloud server for facilitating communication between the charging station and the cloud server. The method further including authorizing the charge transfer request received at the cloud server using identification information and credit account information received from the mobile device; and sending, from the cloud server, a response enabling the charge transfer from the electric vehicle charging station to the electric vehicle.
US10185973B2
A method for inferring venue visits using semantic information includes receiving sensor data from sensors. An indication of a location is received that is associated with a user and determined based on the sensor data. A set of candidate venues associated with the location is determined based on the indication of the location. Sets of semantic information associated with the set of candidate venues are determined based on the sensor data. Candidate venues of the set are ranked by confidence that a given candidate venue corresponds to a visited venue of a venue visit based on the set of semantic information associated with the given candidate venue and additional semantic information associated with the user. A highest ranked candidate venue is selected as the visited venue and an indication is provided to a service causing content to be presented to the user based on the selected visited venue.
US10185967B2
Systems and methods for near-field communications with a mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for near-field communication may comprise: detecting, by a source device located at a point-of-sale, the proximity of a receiving device; encoding purchase data on an audio signal with one or more ultrasonic frequencies; and transmitting the encoded purchase data to the receiving device, wherein the encoded purchase data is transmitted using a speaker of the source device.
US10185959B2
A funding source is provided by each of a plurality of users for setting up an electronic shared payment pool. A policy governing rights or obligations of each of the users is set up. The includes: for each user, a respective threshold for enabling funds to be pulled automatically from the funding source of said user. The electronic shared payment pool is created based on the respective funding sources and the policy. A detection is made that a user is requesting to use the electronic shared payment pool to pay for a prospective transaction. In response to the detection, funds are pulled from the funding sources into the electronic shared payment pool. The funds are pulled automatically without requiring an approval from each of the users as long as the pulled amount is below the threshold for that user. The prospective transaction is facilitated using the electronic shared payment pool.
US10185958B2
A method of processing a transaction between a customer and a merchant includes receiving from a mobile device of the customer or from another device of the customer an indication of consent to perform a cardless payment transaction with the merchant, receiving from the mobile device an indication that the customer is within a predetermined distance of the merchant, after receiving both the indication of consent and the indication that the customer is within the predetermined distance, sending to a computer system of the merchant an indication of the presence of the customer and personal identifying information for the customer, receiving data indicating a transaction between the customer and the merchant, and submitting the transaction to a financial service for authorization.
US10185957B2
A card reader configured to read a smart card can be detachably connected to a mobile computing device. When the card reader is attached to the mobile device, an application installed on the mobile computing device permits the mobile device to communicate with the card reader in order to process transactions.Security measures can be used on the mobile device to prevent theft of a PIN during software PIN entry of a payment transaction. The mobile device can prevent the keypad or other input interface from displaying feedback. The mobile device can also prevent passcodes from being stolen by displaying media encoded with digital rights management (DRM) and by managing the media and user inputs at a secure server.A mobile device can securely communicate with a card reader for a payment transaction using asymmetric or symmetric encryption.
US10185948B2
A mobile device having a position determination device and a mobile application configured, in response to the location of the mobile device determined by the position determination device, to: predict a transaction based at least in part on the location of the mobile device; select, based at least in part on the location of the mobile device, a first account for the transaction from a plurality of accounts identified by the identification information; and provide, via the user interface, an alert identifying the first account, before a user of the mobile device begins to make the transaction. The prediction can be made based on a location pattern relative to the location of a transaction terminal and/or the detection of short-range wireless signals of the transaction terminal.
US10185943B2
The present disclosure deals with an apparatus and method associated with a self-depositing of items. In exemplary embodiments, an item may be self-deposited using a self-deposit apparatus. In exemplary embodiments, self-deposit apparatus may include an optical reader, first scale, image capturing device, a bin and a second scale. The first scale may be coupled with the optical reader and image capturing device. The item may be placed on self-deposit apparatus and the weight and image may be captured. The self-deposit apparatus may extract the dimensions of the item from the captured image. The self-deposit apparatus may verify the item intended for the self-deposit is associated item identified by the identifier by matching the weight, dimension and image to a stored item weight, dimensions and image.
US10185938B2
A method and system for managing payment card transaction instructions at a point of interaction (POI) device. The method includes storing one or more payment card transaction instructions received from an entity responsible for a plurality of payment cards usable with the POI device wherein the payment card transaction instructions are associated with at least one of a brand and a product of the entity. The method further includes receiving, from a merchant, a payment card identifier before or during a payment card transaction, the payment card identifier including a plurality of fields. The method also includes communicating to the central store at least a portion of one or more of the plurality of fields and transmitting the one or more payment card transaction instructions to the POI device, from the central store, that correspond to the one or more payment card transaction instructions associated with the payment card identifier.
US10185927B1
Techniques are provided herein for utilizing an inventory engine to optimize the selection of a set of items to be stored as inventory at a storage location. A candidate set of items may be identified based at least in part on a selection model. In accordance with at least one embodiment, the selection model may be based at least in part on a capacity of the storage location and a threshold time duration by which purchased items of the set of items are to be transported from the storage location to a purchaser. A plurality of probability values corresponding to the candidate set of items may be determined. An optimal set of items may be determined based at least in part on the candidate set of items and the plurality of probability values.
US10185926B2
A system for component based aggregation of medication orders may include a processor and memory. The processor may receive display a queue that lists medication orders to be prepared by a healthcare professional, the medication orders indicating component medications that will be used to prepare the ordered medications. The processor may receive a selection of a first medication order listed in the queue, where the first medication order indicates a first component medication. The processor may determine a second medication order listed in the queue that indicates the first component medication. The processor may reorder the displayed queue such that the second medication order is listed adjacent to the first medication order. The processor may notify the healthcare professional of the second medication order, such as by displaying an indication of the second medication order separately from the queue.
US10185925B2
A method, apparatus and program product for generating a business rule model. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for generating a business rule model, comprising: extracting from source code of an application system a business flow executed by the source code, the business flow comprising a plurality of business procedures that are executed in an order; analyzing parts in the source code that are associated with various business procedures among the plurality of business procedures, building rule metadata describing business rules followed by various business procedures; and generating a business rule model followed by the business flow on the basis of the order and the rule metadata. In one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for generating a business rule model. Accordingly, a business rule model may be automatically generated from source code of an application system without manual manipulation.
US10185923B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for facilitating filtering values in a closed menu for integrated data capture are provided. Integrated data capture workflows are initiated from within an electronic medical record (EMR). Time ranges associated with data from the EMR are received. Data is gathered from the EMR to make available to case report forms. Values associated with the data are presented in closed menu for the time ranges. Selections of the values are received. Case report forms are populated with the selected values.
US10185922B2
A method and system for managing a recycling entity is included. The method includes obtaining entity data associated with at least one entity. The at least one entity is operable to recycle a quantifiable measure of recyclable material. The method also includes obtaining resource data associated with resources associated with carrying out recycling, applying the entity data and the resource data to a model for determining an allocation of the resources so as to form at least one record, and generating, as a function of the at least one record, reports for allocating the resources.
US10185920B2
A method and system may provide automated passenger seat assignment procedures for an airline. A server device may determine passengers for a departing flight who are eligible to receive seat assignment notifications. When an eligible passenger is next in a standby or upgrade queue, the server device may transmit an electronic communication such as an email, short message service (SMS) message, push notification, etc., to the passenger's network-enabled device. The electronic communication may indicate that a seat assignment is available and may provide instructions for accepting or declining the available seat assignment. If the user accepts, for example, by transmitting an electronic reply message to the server device accepting the available seat assignment, the server device may transmit an electronic boarding pass to the user corresponding to the available seat assignment.
US10185917B2
Decision systems and processes implementing digital personas are presented. A digital persona is a digital representation of an entity in accordance with a specific set of rules, preferences, or priorities with respect to a defined situation or opportunity. A digital persona may interact with a universe, which can be a set of conditions and information that an artificial intelligence engine implementing the digital personas can perceive. The digital personas can learn, via the artificial intelligence engine, from actions of a user, events in the universe, other personas, or a multitude of other factors. In some examples discussed, the artificial intelligence engine may include a persona artificial intelligence engine and an evolutionary artificial intelligence engine.
US10185899B2
An apparatus and method to adjust item recommendations are disclosed herein. A first image attribute of a query image is compared to a second image attribute of each of a plurality of inventory images of a plurality of inventory items to identify the inventory items similar to the query image. Item recommendations comprising the identified inventory items in a first listing order are provided for display at a remote device. A second listing order of the identified inventory items is determined based on a user preference for a particular one of the identified inventory items. At least the second listing order is provided to the remote device for re-display of the item recommendations in accordance with the second listing order.
US10185897B2
In the event that a moving body (e.g. a person, a car, etc.) is outfitted with a video camera or with a camera-equipped device (e.g. a tablet or a mobile phone), the system described in one aspect is able to understand the motion of the moving by analyzing the video frame sequence captured by the camera. This means that the system can categorize the motion of the body-carrying camera to one of several types (e.g., is this a person walking? is this a person running? etc.), understand the nature of the moving body holding the camera-equipped device (e.g. Is this a car?, Is this a person? etc.) and even to identify the moving body (which car?, which person? etc.).
US10185895B1
An image including a visual capture of a scene may be accessed. The image may be processed through a convolutional neural network. The convolutional neural network may generate a set of two-dimensional feature maps based on the image. The set of two-dimensional feature maps may be processed through a contextual long short-term memory unit. The contextual long short-term memory unit may generate a set of two-dimensional outputs based on the set of two-dimensional feature maps. A set of attention-masks for the image may be generated based on the set of two-dimensional outputs and the set of two-dimensional feature maps. The set of attention-masks may define dimensional portions of the image. The scene may be classified based on the two-dimensional outputs.
US10185892B1
Diagnostics may be performed on imaging devices such as digital cameras that are provided in large numbers, or mounted in arrays or networks, by providing imaging data captured from such devices to a machine learning system or classifier that has been trained to recognize anomalies based on imaging data. The machine learning system or classifier may be trained using a training set of imaging data previously captured by one or more imaging devices that has been labeled with regard to whether such imaging devices encountered any anomalies when the imaging data was captured, and if so, which anomalies were encountered. Additionally, a perceptual score which represents the quality of a given image or imaging data may be calculated and used to rank or define the image or imaging data in terms of quality, or determine whether the image or imaging data is suitable for its intended purpose.
US10185882B2
Systems and associated methodology are presented for Arabic handwriting synthesis including accessing character shape images of an alphabet, determining a connection point location between two or more character shapes based on a calculated right edge position and a calculated left edge position of the character shape images, extracting character features that describe language attributes and width attributes of characters of the character shape images, the language attributes including character Kashida attributes, and generating images of cursive text based on the character Kashida attribues and the width attribues.
US10185877B2
Processes, systems, and devices for occlusion detection for video-based object tracking (VBOT) are described herein. Embodiments process video frames to compute histogram data and depth level data for the object to detect a subset of video frames for occlusion events and generate output data that identifies each video frame of the subset of video frames for the occlusion events. Threshold measurement values are used to attempt to reduce or eliminate false positives to increase processing efficiency.
US10185872B2
An optimal recognition for handwritten input based on receiving a touch input from a user may be selected by applying both a delayed stroke recognizer as well as an overlapping recognizer to the handwritten input. A score may be generated for both the delayed stroke recognition as well as the overlapping recognition and the recognition corresponding to the highest score may be presented as the overall recognition.
US10185869B2
A computer-implemented (including method implemented using laptop, desktop, mobile, and wearable devices) method for image filtering. The method includes analyzing each image to generate a content vector for the image; applying an interest operator to the content vector, the interest operator being based on a plurality of pictures with desirable characteristics, thereby obtaining an interest index for the image; comparing the interest index for the image to an interest threshold; and taking one or more actions or abstaining from one or more actions based on a result of the step of comparing. Also, related systems and articles of manufacture.
US10185861B2
A display panel and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes: an array substrate; a plurality of organic light emitting units disposed on the array substrate; at least one fingerprint identification unit located in a display region at a side close to the array substrate of the organic light emitting units. The fingerprint identification unit performs fingerprint identification according to light rays reflected on the fingerprint identification unit by a touch body. Each organic light emitting unit includes a red organic light emitting unit, a green organic light emitting unit and a blue organic light emitting unit. In a fingerprint identification phase, the red/green organic light emitting unit emits light to be a light source for the fingerprint identification unit. Compared with the blue organic light emitting unit, the red/green organic light emitting unit has a smaller transparent area towards a side opposite to a display side.
US10185856B1
Methods and systems for rendering virtual displays using cryptographic symbols are disclosed. In one aspect, a display device is disclosed that includes a processor and data storage including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations. The operations include emitting infrared light toward a cryptographic symbol associated with a surface, receiving a reflection of the emitted natural or man-made sunlight from the cryptographic symbol, and, based on the reflection, decrypting the cryptographic symbol to determine a unique identifier. The operations further include, based on the identifier, generating a first virtual display, and rendering the first virtual display on an image of the surface, through a heads up display, or projected onto the surface.
US10185852B2
A wireless tag reading device includes a chamber in which an article having a wireless tag attached thereto can be stored. A first antenna is provided for outputting a signal for reading information from the wireless tag attached to the article stored in the chamber. A second antenna is also provided for outputting the signal for reading information from the wireless tag. A first moving mechanism is configured to change a distance between the wireless tag and the first antenna during a reading process for reading information from the wireless tag in the chamber.
US10185848B2
For emphasizing equipment based on an equipment tag, a processor receives a given equipment reference code for a given equipment instance. The processor further identifies one or more equipment tags in the image. Each equipment tag corresponds to a unique equipment reference code. The processor identifies a given equipment tag corresponding to the given equipment reference code in the image. In addition, the processor emphasizes the given equipment instance in the image presented on the display.
US10185843B2
Methods and systems for activating a display security application and initiating a privacy measure on a computing device are provided. A user opens and turns on an application on the computing device, which monitors the security of the screen. The security feature recognizes when an unauthorized user is within viewing range of the display of the computing device. The user is prompted to initiate a privacy measure or ignore the unauthorized user. If the user initiates the privacy measure, the unauthorized user is prevented from seeing the content on the display. The user may terminate the privacy measure when the unauthorized user is no longer within viewing range of the display.
US10185840B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for interactive assistant modules to safely access and provide restricted content in group contexts. In various implementations, a dialog between a first individual and an interactive assistant module may be determined to be sensorially perceivable by at least a second individual. Restricted content that is to be automatically incorporated into the dialog by the interactive assistant module may be identified. In various implementations, access to the restricted content may be controlled by the first individual. In various implementations, the restricted content may be conditionally incorporated into the dialog in response to a determination that the second individual is authorized to perceive the restricted content.
US10185828B2
Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to securely load Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) images (e.g., UEFI Applications, UEFI Drivers, UEFI firmware volumes, etc.) onto an information handling system from an authenticated (e.g., OEM authenticated) hardware image source device or “IO store” (e.g., such as USB device, network file system device, PCIe device, network storage, shared storage, dynamic RAM disk, etc.) based on a UEFI virtual device path that is mapped to an authenticated hardware device path that is established for the authenticated hardware image source device.
US10185826B1
Client devices detect malware based on a ruleset received from a security server. To evaluate a current ruleset, an administrative client device initiates a ruleset evaluation of the malware detection ruleset. A security server partitions stored malware samples into a group of evaluation lists based on an evaluation policy. The security server then creates scanning nodes on an evaluation server according to the evaluation policy. The scanning nodes scan the malware samples of the evaluation lists using the rulesets and associate each malware sample with a rule of the ruleset based on the detections, if any. The security server analyzes the associations and optimizes the ruleset and stored malware samples. The security server sends the optimized ruleset to client devices such that they more efficiently detect malware samples.
US10185824B2
A system detects a covert timing channel on a combinational structure or a memory structure. The system identifies the events behind conflicts, and constructs an event train based on those events. For combinational structures, the system detects recurrent burst patterns in the event train. The system determines that a covert timing channel exists on the combinational structure if a recurrent burst pattern is detected. For memory structures, the system detects oscillatory patterns in the event train. The system determines that a covert timing channel exists on the memory structure if an oscillatory pattern is detected.
US10185823B1
Technologies are described herein for examining memory data of execution environments to identify potential anomalies. An execution environment is identified as having a potential anomaly. The memory data associated with the execution environment is identified as having a potential anomaly. Checksums may be generated for the identified memory and for memory associated with other execution environments. Execution environments may be identified as having potential anomalies based, at least in part, on a commonality of the memory data of the execution environment that is identified as a having a potential anomaly with the memory data of another execution environment. Different actions may be performed on the execution environments that are identified as having a potential anomaly.
US10185820B2
The present invention provides a method for authenticating distributed peripherals on a computer network using an array of physically unclonable functions (PUF). As each PUF is unique, each PUF is able to generate a plurality of challenge response pairs that are unique to that PUF. The integrated circuits of the PUF comprise a plurality of cells, where a parameter (such as a voltage) of each cell may be measured (possibly averaged over many readings). The plurality of cells in the PUF may be arranged in a one, two or more dimensional matrix. A protocol based on an addressable PUF generator (APG) allows the protection of a network having distributed peripherals such as Internet of things (IoT), smart phones, lap top and desk top computers, or ID cards. This protection does not require the storage of a database of passwords, or secret keys, and thereby is immune to traditional database hacking attacks.
