53rd week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 87 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200413441 | TRANSMISSION OF (E)PDCCH WITHIN PARTIAL SUBFRAME IN LICENSED ASSISTED ACCESS (LAA) - Techniques for transmission of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (EPDCCH) within a partial subframe of a license assisted access (LAA) burst are discussed. One example apparatus comprises a processor configured to generate a LAA burst; generate one or more downlink control channel messages that comprise at least one of PDCCH messages or EPDCCH messages; generate a physical layer encoding of the LAA burst comprising a first partial subframe, wherein the first partial subframe comprises a physical layer encoding of the one or more downlink control channel messages; and output the first partial subframe comprising the physical layer encoding of the one or more control channel messages to transmitter circuitry for subsequent transmission via an unlicensed carrier. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413442 | PROTOCOLS FOR SIDELINK ASSISTED DOWNLINK BROADCAST - A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a downlink communication from a network over a first interface transmitted to one or more WTRUs in a group of WTRUs. The WTRU may determine an access class of the WTRU based on a packet loss percentage of the downlink communication. The access class may be associated with a contention window for accessing a second interface. The WTRU may transmit packet loss information to the one or more WTRUs over the second interface in the contention window. The WTRU may receive packet loss feedback from the one or more WTRUs over the second interface. The WTRU may determine that the access class of the WTRU is a highest class of the one or more WTRUs. The WTRU may transmit a single groupcast negative acknowledgement (gNACK) to the network on behalf of the one or more WTRUs over the first interface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413443 | CARRIER SET DETERMINATION METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a carrier set, a storage medium and an electronic device. The method includes following steps: a first carrier set corresponding to a predetermined logical channel group for a UE performing a sidelink transmission is determined, where the predetermined logical channel group includes one or more logical channels, and the logical channels in the predetermined logical channel group correspond to a same destination ID. The problem of lacking the method of determining a complete carrier set when the UE performs a sidelink transmission in the related art is solved, and a purpose of determining a carrier set required by the UE for determining the sidelink transmission is achieved. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413444 | CHANNEL ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL RANDOM ACCESS CHANNEL TRANSMISSION, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein includes a channel access method and apparatus for physical random access channel (PRACH) transmission, and a program, which can improve system performance. The method may include determining, by a terminal device, a target channel access type, where the target channel access type is a channel access type used by the terminal device to transmit a PRACH on an unlicensed carrier, and determining, by the terminal device according to the target channel access type, whether a target time domain resource is available, where the target time domain resource is a time domain resource used by the terminal device to send the PRACH. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413445 | SECONDARY CHANNEL SPATIAL REUSE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A data unit (e.g., a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)) is detected at a first wireless device of a basic service set (BSS). The data unit was sent on a channel from a second wireless device of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). The data unit is wide-bandwidth, occupying both a primary channel and a secondary channel of the wireless network. The first and second wireless devices are within a same spatial reuse group (SRG). The first wireless device stores the channel bandwidth of the data unit and a receive duration time of the data unit. During the receive duration time of the data unit, a SRG OBSS power density threshold is applied on the secondary channels that are within the channel bandwidth of the data unit, instead of applying a non-SRG OBSS power density threshold on those secondary channels. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413446 | SECONDARY CHANNEL SPATIAL REUSE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK - A data unit (e.g., a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)) is detected at a first wireless device of a basic service set (BSS). The data unit was sent on a channel from a second wireless device of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). The data unit is wide-bandwidth, occupying both a primary channel and a secondary channel of the wireless network. The first and second wireless devices are within a same spatial reuse group (SRG). The first wireless device stores the channel bandwidth of the data unit and a receive duration time of the data unit. During the receive duration time of the data unit, a SRG OBSS power density threshold is applied on the secondary channels that are within the channel bandwidth of the data unit, instead of applying a non-SRG OBSS power density threshold on those secondary channels. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413447 | SIGNALING IN A HIGH EFFICIENCY WIRELESS NETWORK - A wireless device generating a High-Efficiency (HE) PHY Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) for transmission sets a Packet Extension Disambiguity bit of an HE Signal-A (HE-SIG-A) field of the HE PPDU based on respective durations of a packet extension of the HE PPDU and a signal extension of the HE PPDU. The wireless device may determine whether a relationship | 2020-12-31 |
20200413448 | Method for mitigating interference in a communications apparatus and a communications apparatus utilizing the same - A communications apparatus includes a plurality of communications circuits and a coexistence management circuit. Each communications circuit is configured to provide wireless communications services in compliance with a protocol. The coexistence management circuit is configured to manage radio activities of the communications circuits. In response to a detection result of at least two radio activities to occur in a subsequent packet time, the coexistence management circuit is configured to determine whether an interference signal related to said at least two radio activities falls in a predetermined frequency band, and when the interference signal falls in the predetermined frequency band, the coexistence management circuit is configured to adjust a transmission power or an execution time of one of said at least two radio activities. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413449 | LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK BEAM ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES - Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a base station or a user equipment, may identify an energy detection threshold for a sensing beam associated with a channel access procedure, such as a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure. The wireless device may also identify a set of transmit power parameters for one or more transmit beams. The wireless device may determine a degree of overlap between a beam shape of one or more transmit beams and a beam shape (e.g., a coverage area) of the sensing beam. The wireless device may adjust the set of transmit power parameters, the energy detection threshold, or a combination thereof based on the degree of overlap. The wireless device may perform the channel access procedure based on the determining, the adjusting, or both. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413450 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOM ACCESS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. A method of a terminal is provided that includes receiving, from a source base station, configuration information for a handover to a target base station, the configuration information including information on at least one of a first type random access procedure and a second type random access procedure, identifying a type of random access procedure based on the configuration information, and performing a random access procedure to the target base station based on the identified type. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413451 | RANDOM ACCESS IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK - Systems, methods, and devices for random access to a communications network by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). In some implementations, the WTRU receives random access response (RAR) configuration information. The WTRU determines a time offset for a RAR window, based on a minimum round trip time (RTT) between the WTRU and a non-terrestrial network device. The WTRU determines a length of the RAR window. the WTRU monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from the non-terrestrial network device during the RAR window based on the time offset and the length of the RAR window. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413452 | RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE(S) FOR RADIO SYSTEM - A method for performing a system information (SI) request is provided. The method includes initiating a random access (RA) procedure for the SI request; transmitting, to a base station (BS), an RA preamble on a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource during the RA procedure; receiving, from the BS, a Random Access Response (RAR) including a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) during the RA procedure, the MAC PDU including a first MAC subheader; and considering the RAR reception successful in a case that the first MAC subheader includes a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) corresponding to the RA preamble. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413453 | DELAY REDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - This application discloses a delay reduction method and apparatus, applied to a random access process. The method includes: sending, by a terminal device, a message 1 to a network device, where the message 1 is a random access preamble; receiving, by the terminal device, a message 2 sent by the network device; and sending, by the terminal device, a message 3 to the network device, where a time gap between receiving the message 2 and sending the message 3 is set by the terminal based on a timing advance (TA) value. In an embodiment, the TA value is related to a message 1 format of the terminal device and a cell radius or subcarrier spacing supported by the message 1. In this solution, a TA value is reduced, and random access efficiency is improved. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413454 | EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided herein is design of early data transmission in wireless communication system. An apparatus for a user equipment (UE) includes a processor configured to: encode a physical random access channel (PRACH) sequence from a plurality of PRACH sequence for transmission via a PRACH to perform a random access procedure, wherein indication of support of early data transmission (EDT) that is transmitted during the random access procedure is based on at least one of the plurality of PRACH sequences, higher layer signaling, PRACH resources, PRACH formats, and a payload from the UE; and send the PRACH sequence to a radio frequency (RF) interface; and the RF interface to receive the PRACH sequence from the processor. Design of random access response (RAR) is also disclosed herein. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413455 | METHODS FOR TRIGGERING A BASE STATION TO TRANSMIT A MAC MESSAGE - The examples described herein provide for a Secondary Base Station (SeNB) Change procedure in a system configured to provide Dual Connectivity, where the SeNB Change procedure does not include the RACH procedure. As part of the SeNB Change procedure, a UE device generates a request that the Target Secondary base station (Target SeNB) is to send a Media Access Control (MAC) message to the UE device. In some examples, the request can be configured to specify a particular MAC Control Element that the Target SeNB should send in response to receiving the request. Upon receipt of the request, the Target SeNB transmits the requested MAC message to the UE device, along with TA information, if required. The UE device determines when the SeNB Change procedure has been completed, based at least partially on when the requested MAC message is received from the Target SeNB. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413456 | METHOD FOR PAIRING AND CONNECTING SECONDARY EARPHONE WITH SOUND SOURCE DEVICE - The present application provides a method for establishing a connection between a primary earphone, a secondary earphone and a sound source device, the method comprises the following steps: connecting the primary earphone to the sound source device according to a pairing data, wherein the pairing data contains a communication information of the primary earphone; synchronizing and storing the pairing data from the primary earphone to the secondary earphone; and if the primary earphone is connectable for the sound source device, connecting the primary earphone to the sound source device according to the pairing data; if the primary earphone is not connectable for the sound source device, connecting the secondary earphone to the sound source device according to the pairing data which is synchronized from the primary earphone. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413457 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RRC MESSAGE IN RELAY NODE, AND DEVICE FOR SAME - Provided are a connection control method and device based on integrated access and backhaul (IAB) using 5G NR wireless communication technology. The method of a relay node for processing an RRC message may include: setting a donor base station with a signaling radio bearer or a higher layer protocol connection; receiving an RRC message transmitted from a terminal; and transmitting the RRC message to the donor base station or another relay node using the signaling radio bearer or a higher layer protocol. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413458 | Micro-Navigation For A Vehicle - A system and method for micro-navigation of a mobile object ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200413459 | OVERSHOOT ANALYSIS BASED ON USER EQUIPMENT METRICS - User equipment (UE) can include a network analyzer to capture network metrics to monitor conditions of cell coverage and coverage overlap. In some instances, the UE is served by a neighboring cell located further away instead of the nearest cell due to coverage overlap. The UE can capture data representing network metrics and can report such data to a network device to further aggregate the data and to generate reports. The network device can use the aggregated data to perform overshooting analysis, which may include determining transmission power of neighboring cells that overlap with coverage of a target cell. The aggregated data may be used to determine an overshoot index for a cell. A cell with high overshoot index may be designated an overshooter cell. The parameters of an overshooter cell may be modified to reduce interference between cells. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413460 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CGI READING IN NR SYSTEM - Aspects of the disclosure can provide a method and an apparatus for Cell Global Identifier (CGI) reading in a New Radio (NR) system. The method can include receiving a request over a serving cell to report Cell Global Identifier (CGI) information of a target cell to a network node, and decoding system information to acquire the CGI information of the target cell by using Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) and Remaining Minimum System Information (RMSI) occasions in Discontinuous Reception (DRX) off duration of the serving cell, using at least one autonomous gap in data reception and transmission of the serving cell, or using at least one specific gap to interrupt data reception and transmission in DRX on durations of the serving cell. Subsequently, the CGI information of the target cell can be transmitted to the network node. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413461 | UNASSIGNED SLOTS ANNOUNCEMENT IN TDD SP CHANNEL ACCESS WLAN NETWORKS - A wireless communication apparatus, system or method utilizing directional data transmission over a communication (e.g., mmW) band, and broadcasting time and directional allocations in each direction. Stations transmit beacons containing time, directional allocations and unallocated slots in their direction of transmission. Stations comparing beam identifications with received allocation to determine if the allocation is in the direction of reception. Stations performing receiver beamforming with a station from which a beacon was received in order to determine if the station can access the direction (channel) in its intended direction. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413462 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING BLUETOOTH COMMUNICATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device according to various embodiments may comprise a communication module and a processor, wherein: the communication module is configured to transmit a data packet, received from the processor, to an external electronic device connected to the electronic device, receive, from the external electronic device, a response packet corresponding to the data packet, acquire a received signal strength indication (RSSI) of the response packet, and transmit, to the processor, a first packet including information on the RSSI when the response packet is received; and the processor is configured to identify the RSSI of the response packet by using the first packet received from the communication module. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413463 | BASE STATION APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - The present invention includes: a receiver configured to receive a DCI format used for scheduling a PDSCH, and a higher layer parameter including a parameter subframeAssignment-r15; and a transmitter configured to transmit a HARQ-ACK corresponding to the PDSCH, wherein in a case that a duplex mode of a primary cell is an FDD, whether the number of bits in a HARQ process number field in the DCI format is three bits or four bits is determined, based on whether or not an EN-DC is configured, whether or not the higher layer parameter including the parameter subframeAssignment-r15 is configured, and whether or not the DCI format is mapped to a USS given by a C-RNTI. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413464 | USER PLANE RELOCATION TECHNIQUES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Techniques for modification of data sessions may allow changing of user plane functions (UPFs) that serve a data session. A UE may identify a user plane of a first data session is to be relocated from a first UPF, and may initiate a second data session with a second UPF using an identification associated with the first data session. In some cases, the first data session may be modified to be served by the second UPF rather than the first UPF. A network entity, such as a session management function (SMF) may determine that a user plane of a first data session of a UE is to be relocated away from a first UPF, and may perform a user plane relocation of the first data session via establishing a second data session at a second UPF or via modifying the first data session to be served by a second UPF. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413465 | SINGLE-RADIO MULTI-CHANNEL MEDIUM ACCESS - This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to single-radio multi-channel medium access. A device may detect that a primary channel is occupied by a transmission of a first packet by a neighboring station device in an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). The device may detect that a secondary channel is idle. The device may select the secondary channel for packet transmission while the primary channel is occupied by the first packet. The device may cause to send a second packet to a first station device using the secondary channel. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413466 | Communication Method and Communications Apparatus - A communication method and a communications apparatus include sending, by a terminal device, a request message to a first core network element using a first access technology, where the request message requests to newly add or update a service flow, receiving, by the terminal device using the first access technology or a second access technology, a response message from the first core network element, and transmitting, by the terminal device, the service flow based on the response message using the second access technology or both the first access technology and the second access technology. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413467 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE (User Equipment) in RRC_CONNECTED to detect configuration failure. In one embodiment, the method includes the first UE transmitting a first PC5 RRC (Radio Resource Control) message to a second UE, wherein the first PC5 RRC message includes an AS (Access Stratum)-layer configuration for a unicast link established with the second UE. The method also includes the first UE transmitting a fourth RRC message to a network node if a configuration failure of the AS-layer configuration is detected, wherein the fourth RRC message indicates the configuration failure occurs. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413468 | Improvements on Detection and Handling of Failure on User Plane Path - The present disclosure proposes a method of an end-point of a user plane path between an access network and a core network in a telecommunication network, comprising: detecting whether a failure exists on the user plane path or not; and notifying a node in the core network of the failure in order for the node to handle the failure, upon detecting the failure. With this method, the failure can be handled timely, thus minimizing the service interruption. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413469 | CELL GROUPING FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT - In accordance with an embodiment, a method may include determining, by a user equipment, a beam management group comprising one or more serving cells. The method may further include detecting, by the user equipment, a beam failure on at least one serving cell of the beam management group. The method may further include transmitting, by the user equipment, a beam failure recovery request to the at least one serving cell of the beam management group. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413470 | RLF PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An RLF processing method and apparatus are provided. The method comprises: a first node receives a first message sent by a terminal, wherein the first message is used for indicating that RLF occurs on a second node side; the first node sends the first message to the second node, so that the second node determines a third node to be switched to and sends a second message to the first node, wherein the second message is used for indicating, to the first node, the switching to the third node; the first node initiates a switching preparation process to the third node and receives a third message sent by the third node, wherein the third message carries a switching command; the first node sends a fourth message to the second node, and sends the switching command to the terminal, so as to trigger the terminal to perform a switching process. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413471 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, BASE STATION, MOBILE STATION, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A base station includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to transmit, when a state transition of a mobile station is performed, a first control signal to the mobile station, and perform control to simultaneously transmit the first control signal and a second control signal different from the first control signal to the mobile station when a first state transition, which causes a state of the mobile station to transfer from a first state to a second state, is performed, and then a second state transition, which causes the state of the mobile station to transfer from the second state to a third state, is performed. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413472 | EVOLVED NODE-B (ENB), RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (RAN) CENTRAL UNIT (RCU) AND METHODS FOR RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL (RRC) - Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB), radio access network (RAN) central unit (RCU) and methods for radio resource control (RRC) are generally described herein. A RAN distributed unit (RDU) at an eNB may communicate with an RCU of a cloud RAN to cooperatively perform RRC functionality for the eNB | 2020-12-31 |
20200413473 | Prohibiting Failure Indications for Secondary Cell Group Failure - A UE operating in a network that supports dual connectivity operation is configured to minimize the transmission of unnecessary UE failure indications. The UE detects secondary cell group (SCG) failure for the UE, in response to detecting one of a plurality of SCG failure-triggering events. The UE sends a UE failure indication message, in response to the detecting SCG failure, and refrains from sending further UE failure indication messages in response to SCG failure-triggering events, until the sending of further UE failure indication messages is reenabled. In some cases, the UE sets a state of the UE to a UE prohibit state to prohibit sending further UE failure indication messages while in the UE prohibit state. In other cases, the UE starts a prohibit timer to prohibit sending further UE failure indication messages during the prohibit timer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413474 | IMPLEMENTATION METHOD, DEVICE, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION FOR DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION - A method for implementing discontinuous reception includes: when UE is switched from a DRX off stage in an idle state to a DRX on stage, listening indication information sent by a base station is received; and when it is determined based on the listening indication information that it is not needed to continue listening control information in the DRX on stage, the UE is controlled to switch from the DRX on stage to the DRX off stage. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413475 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION IN NEW RADIO - A method for discontinuous reception (DRX) is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a user equipment (UE), a DRX configuration to configure a DRX Inactivity Timer (drx-InactivityTimer), from a base station (BS), receiving, by the UE, an indication of a new transmission over a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), from the BS, and starting or restarting, by the UE, the DRX Inactivity Timer in a first symbol after an end of receiving the first PDCCH. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413476 | UE ASSISTED FAST TRANSITION BETWEEN RRC STATES - UEs may want to switch to the RRC idle state or to the RRC inactive state sooner than the expiration of the timer or without having to wait for the network to release the RRC connection. Allowing the UE to increase the rate at which it transitions to RRC idle state or RRC inactive state may allow the UE to reduce power consumption, as well as reduce signaling resources. The apparatus determines a preference between a transition to an RRC inactive state or to an RRC idle state when an RRC connection is released. The apparatus sends, to a base station, an RRC state preference indication of the preference for transitioning upon release of the RRC connection from the RRC connected state to one of the RRC inactive state or to the RRC idle state. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413477 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUSPENDING RRC CONNECTION, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM - A method and device for suspending an RRC connection are provided. The method comprises: the first node sends a first notification message to a second node, and negotiates with the second node about whether the RRC connection is required to be suspended, wherein the first notification message is used for notifying the second node that the first node determines that the RRC connection is required to be suspended; if a result of the negotiation between the first node and the second node is that the RRC connection is required to be suspended, the first node sends a first suspension command to a terminal device, the first suspension command being used for triggering the terminal device to suspend the RRC connection and enter an RRC inactive state. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413478 | CELL PROCESSING METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE - A cell processing method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The cell processing method includes: sending MAC CE signaling to a terminal device, wherein the MAC CE signaling is used to activate an SCell; activating a downlink SP RS based on the MAC CE signaling; sending the downlink SP RS to the terminal device according to a transmission time of the downlink SP RS, wherein the downlink SP RS is used by the terminal device to activate the SCell. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS BY PRIORITIZING RLC ENTITIES IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for transmitting signals by a transmission end in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method includes the steps of: configuring one Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, at least one first RLC entity related to the one PDCP entity and at least one second RLC entity related to the one PDCP entity; determining whether a service data unit (SDU) to be transmitted is a special SDU or not; if the SDU is the special SDU, transmitting the SDU to the at least one first RLC entity; and if the SDU is not the special SDU, transmitting the SDU to the at least one second RLC entity. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413480 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSION OF SAME IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A user equipment and a method for controlling transmission of same in a wireless communication system are provided. The user equipment is configured to implement an access stratum (AS) layer. The method includes receiving, from an upper layer to the AS layer, a first indication and a second indication for a packet, wherein the first indication is configured to indicate whether to perform a packet data control protocol (PDCP) duplication, and the second indication is configured to indicate whether to use a release 15 feature and controlling the AS layer not to perform the PDCP duplication and controlling the AS layer not to use the release 15 feature when the first indication indicates to perform the PDCP duplication and the second indication indicates not to use the release 15 feature. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413481 | LOCATION BASED APPLICATION MIGRATION FOR ENHANCING LIGHTWEIGHT IOT DEVICE APPLICATIONS - One example method includes receiving input concerning a mobile IoT device, and the input includes information about a location of the mobile IoT device, information about whether the mobile IoT device is moving, and, when the mobile IoT device is moving, information about the range, speed, and bearing of the mobile IoT device. Next, the method includes generating a predicted location of the mobile IoT device based on the inputs received, using the predicted location of the mobile IoT device and a map of nodes in an environment where the mobile IoT device is located to make a migration decision concerning an application used by the mobile IoT device, and migrating the application from a present location to a node expected to be accessible by the mobile IoT device when the mobile IoT device reaches the predicted location, and the node and present location are physically separated by a distance. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413482 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A communication apparatus transmits or receives an Extremely High Throughput (EHT) single-user (SU) physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU), an EHT extended range (ER) SU PPDU, or an EHT multi-user (MU) PPDU. The transmitted or received EHT PPDU includes an EHT signal field (EHT-SIG) which includes a field indicating information regarding semi-orthogonal multiple access (SOMA). | 2020-12-31 |
20200413483 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A wireless communication terminal is provided, including: an acquiring unit for acquiring first information on a radio wave intensity between a first communication apparatus that relays communications between a wireless communication terminal and a second communication apparatus (or a first communication apparatus that is mounted on an automobile that relays communications between a wireless communication terminal and a second communication apparatus) and the wireless communication terminal, and second information on a radio wave intensity between the first communication apparatus and the second communication apparatus; and a display-controlling unit for controlling such that the first information and the second information are caused to be displayed on a display unit. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413484 | Data Capacity Sharing Server, Method And System For Sharing Data Capacity Donated By Terminal - The present invention relates to a server, a method and a system for allowing a user terminal to receive and use a data capacity shared by a donor terminal, and provide a reward that is as much as the data capacity shared by the donor terminal and provide, to the user terminal, charging information corresponding to the use of data, thereby enabling a fair and meaningful compensation system. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413485 | CHANNEL ACCESS SHARING DURING A RANDOM ACCESS PROCEDURE FOR NR-UNLICENSED NETWORKS - An apparatus for use in a UE includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory. To configure the UE for a 4-step random access procedure with a gNB in a 5G-NR network, the processing circuitry is to encode a first message for transmission to the gNB using a PRACH, the first message including a random access preamble. A second message received from the gNB in response to the first message is decoded. The second message includes a MAC RAR with an uplink (UL) grant and an indication of an LBT procedure type or a channel access and CP extension. An LBT procedure based on the LBT procedure type or the channel access and CP extension provided in the indication is performed. Data is encoded for transmission to the gNB based on successful completion of the LBT procedure, the transmission using a PUSCH, and a UL resource indicated by the UL grant. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413486 | Signal Processing Method and Related Device - A signal processing method and a related device, where the signal processing method may be applicable to the field of signal transmission between a baseband processing apparatus and a radio frequency apparatus of an access network device. The baseband processing apparatus obtains at least two first downlink digital baseband signals, multiplexes the at least two first downlink digital baseband signals into one second downlink digital baseband signal, and after converting the second downlink digital baseband signal into a first downlink analog baseband signal, sends the first downlink analog baseband signal to the radio frequency apparatus. The radio frequency apparatus demultiplexes the first downlink analog baseband signal, and generates, based on at least two second downlink analog baseband signals obtained by demultiplexing, a downlink radio frequency signal to be sent to a terminal device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413487 | WIRELESS BASE STATION, WIRELESS APPARATUS, WIRELESS CONTROL APPARATUS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - A wireless base station for communicating with a wireless terminal includes: a wireless apparatus configured to perform a first part of signal processing, the first part of signal processing including wireless signal processing among signal processing of the wireless base station; a wireless control apparatus configured to perform a second part of signal processing, the second part of signal processing being different from the first part of signal processing, the signal processing of wireless terminal user data split between the wireless apparatus and the wireless control apparatus of the wireless base station, the wireless apparatus and the wireless control apparatus of the base station connected via a transmission path, and the second part of signal processing of the wireless terminal user data in a unit of packet data convergence protocol packet data unit (PDCP PDU). | 2020-12-31 |
20200413488 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING PRECODING AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a RFIC to convert data transmitted from the a communication processor into a RF signal and output the RF signal, and an antenna configured to receive the RF signal and radiate an electromagnetic field, the communication processor is configured to receive, from a BS, a reference signal for identifying a state of a downlink channel between the electronic device and the BS through the antenna and the RFIC, based on the reference signal and association information between the downlink channel and an uplink channel and between the electronic device and the BS, identify the uplink channel, based on the identified uplink channel, identify a precoder for the uplink channel, based on the identified precoder, precode uplink data and a DMRS, and transmit a signal based on the precoded data to the BS using at least some of the RFIC and the antenna. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413489 | NEMA EDGE GATEWAY - A NEMA edge gateway is provided, which can be connected to a mobile communication network and can be used with a NEMA Luminaire of an existing streetlight to receive electrical energy from circuitry of the streetlight. The NEMA edge gateway can provide networking and power for a serial device and an IP device respectively, making both of them operate smoothly and able to be networked, and thereby expanding IoT applications. This is also to resolve difficulty in finding locations for placing gateways in order to greatly increase the number of gateways built in urban areas and fulfill increasing local communication service requirements. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413490 | ENTERPRISE CONTENT GATEWAY - The disclosure relates to content delivery systems such as gateways for use in locations where the services of many end user devices are provided by a common management entity, such as hospitality, dormitory, healthcare, or other enterprise settings. The disclosure includes methods of initializing a gateway configuration and operating a gateway by ingesting content from a variety of signals (satellite, broadcast, cable, and IP), processing the content to have additional desired features, and reassembling content in various forms for delivery to individual end user devices. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413491 | WIRELESS BACKBONE AND STRUCTURED WIRELESS - Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein can be operable to provide a 6 GHz backhaul within a premise. Adapters may facilitate a conversion of communications between one or more local area networks and one or more wide area networks. A 6 GHz backhaul may be used by one or more access points to support various wireless services having unique or differing operational and bandwidth requirements. A 6 GHz backhaul may be used to pass communications between an adapter and a network interface device and/or between the adapter and one or more access points. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413492 | System and Method for Heating an Electrical Bus in an Electrical Cabinet for Cold Startup and Condensation/Frost Control - A method for heating an electrical bus in an electrical cabinet containing at least one current conversion device includes determining a temperature inside of the electrical cabinet. The method also includes determining a temperature outside of the electrical cabinet. Further, the method includes applying heat to the electrical bus via conduction when the temperature outside of the electrical cabinet is below a predetermined temperature threshold or a difference between the temperature inside of the electrical cabinet and the temperature outside of the electrical cabinet is less than a desired temperature difference. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413493 | SUBSTRATE HEATING DEVICE - A substrate heating device is provided. The substrate heating device includes a vacuum chamber and a heater. The vacuum chamber receives a substrate. The heater includes a body, a heating wire, and a terminal part. The body penetrates through a wall of the vacuum chamber such that a portion of the body is in a vacuum atmosphere of the vacuum chamber. The heating wire is provided inside the body and partly disposed inside the vacuum chamber. The terminal part is connected to the heating wire and is disposed outside the vacuum chamber. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413494 | FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS - A fluid control apparatus includes: a metal plate; a heater configured to heat the metal plate; a first joint block and a second joint block provided on an installation surface of the metal plate, extending in a predetermined direction, and formed with a flow passage therein; a first pipe extending along the predetermined direction between the first joint block and the second joint block; a heat transfer cover provided on the installation surface of the metal plate; and a first fluid control device mounted to the first joint block and the second joint block so as to straddle over the first pipe. The heat transfer cover has a rectangular cross-sectional shape, extends along the predetermined direction, and includes a first cover member and a second cover member mounted around an outer circumference of the first pipe in contact with each other. The first cover member covers a part in a cross section of the first pipe and has a first abutment surface abutting on the installation surface of the metal plate. The second cover member covers another part in a cross section of the first pipe and has a second abutment surface abutting on the first fluid control device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413495 | HEATING ASSEMBLY FOR AN AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM - An aerosol-generating smoking device, is provided, including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, the heater including an electrically resistive heating element and a heater substrate, the electrically resistive heating element including a first portion formed from a first material and a second portion formed from a second material different than the first material, configured such that, when an electrical current is passed through the electrically resistive heating element, the first portion is heated to a higher temperature than the second portion as a result of the electrical current. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413496 | Self-Regulating Heater Cable With Buffer Layer - Embodiments of the invention provide self-regulating heater cables utilizing substantially solid polymeric buffer layers surrounding the heating elements having improved heat transfer efficiency as well as improved reliability and endurance. The assembly includes first and second power supply wires configured to carry electrical power and separated by a solid spacer, a substantially solid electrically-insulating buffer layer in thermal contact with the heating element, and a cable jacket including a polymeric outer surface and an inner metallic sheath surrounding the buffer layer and in thermal contact with the buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a polymeric material having a thermal conductivity greater than air at standard temperature and pressure and surrounds the heating element, power supply wires, and spacer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413497 | ELECTRICAL HEATING CABLE - An electrical heating cable with a first power supply conductor, a second power supply conductor, and a third power supply conductor. Each of the first, second and third power supply conductors extend along a length of the cable. The electrical heating cable also includes an electrically conductive heating element body, wherein the first, second and third power supply conductors are electrically coupled to each other via the electrically conductive heating element body. The second power supply conductor is provided with a layer of electrically insulating material which covers only a part of a surface of the second power supply conductor. The layer is provided between the surface of the second power supply conductor and the electrically conductive heating element body. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413498 | INDUCTION HEATING COOKING DEVICE - An induction heating cooking device includes a cooking table having an auxiliary slit; an induction coil for generating a magnetic field so as to inductively heat a cooking container placed on the cooking table; multiple light sources disposed at the outside of the induction coil; and a main slit through which light emitted from the light sources passes. The induction heating cooking device forms a virtual flame image on the cooking container, thereby enabling the heating state of the induction heating cooking device to be intuitively checked. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413499 | DEDICATED BIAS SUPPLY FOR RADIO COMMUNICATIONS IN LIGHT DRIVERS - A power supply system for driving a light source includes a transformer including a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings including an output bias winding, a control bias winding, and an RF bias winding, the output bias winding being electrically coupled to and configured to supply electrical power to the light source, a control circuit electrically coupled to and configured to receive electrical power from the control bias winding; and an RF communication circuit electrically coupled to and configured to receive electrical power from the RF bias winding. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413500 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ADAPTIVE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An automotive headlight is disclosed including: an optical unit including a plurality of optical elements, each optical element having a different central direction; a segmented light-emitting diode (LED) chip including a plurality of LEDs that are separated by trenches formed on the segmented LED chip and arranged in a plurality of sections, each section being aligned with a different respective optical element, and each section including at least one first LED and at least one second LED; and a controller configured to: apply a forward bias to each of the first LEDs, apply a reverse bias to each of the second LEDs, and change a brightness of the first LEDs in any section based on a signal generated by the second LED in that section. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413501 | DYNAMIC FILTERING FOR SMOOTH DIMMING OF LIGHTS - According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer, the method including receiving a current sample value of a plurality of sample values corresponding to dimmer levels, determining a dynamic weight based on the current sample value, filtering the plurality of sample values based on the dynamic weight to generate a plurality of filtered values, and generating a control signal based on the filtered values for transmission to the power supply. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413502 | MOVEMENT-BASED DYNAMIC FILTERING FOR SMOOTH DIMMING OF LIGHTS - A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer includes receiving a current sample value of a plurality of sample values corresponding to dimmer levels, determining whether there is a change in the dimmer levels, determining a dynamic weight of the current sample value based on the determining whether there is a change in the dimmer levels, filtering the plurality of sample values based on the dynamic weight to generate a plurality of filtered values, and generating a control signal based on the filtered values for transmission to the power supply. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413503 | Solid-State Lighting With Commands And Controls - A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire controller comprising a transceiver circuit, a power converter circuit, and a control circuit is adopted to convert remote control signals into a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal and a controllable DC voltage to operate an external LED luminaire by turning it on and off and controlling its luminous intensity. The LED luminaire controller further comprises a remote controller. When the remote control signals are initiated by the remote controller with phase-shift keying (PSK) signals transmitted, the transceiver circuit can demodulate such PSK signals and subsequently send the PWM signal, the controllable DC voltage, and a metering command to the control circuit to request responses accordingly. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413504 | Dimmer System - Various embodiments may include a dimmer system for controlling the power consumption of a load that can be connected with parallel-connected galvanically isolated dimming channels. The dimmer system may include a plurality of dimming channels, each dimming channel including a sensor for monitoring a temperature of associated switch elements; and a control unit for each dimming channel, the control units configured to shift a respective dimming edge based at least in part on the temperature to distribute power dissipation of the connected load substantially equally across the plurality of dimming channels. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413505 | ENHANCING CONTRAST OF LED LIGHTING - A light-transmitting subsystem can include an LED light source including a first to LED light to emit a first wavelength of light with a first center-emission wavelength and a second LED light to emit a second wavelength of light with a second center-emission wavelength that is offset from the first center-emission wavelength. The system can include a first reference oscillator to receive a reference signal from a remote or broadcasting source, and can also include a synchronous modulation and power system to convert the reference signal from a synchronous relative high frequency signal to a synchronous relative low frequency signal and provide synchronized power pulses to the first LED light and the second LED light in synchronous correlation with the synchronous relative low frequency signal to generate a stream of modulated light-signal pulses which includes a first modulated wavelength of light and a second modulated wavelength of light. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413506 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND CHROMATICITY VARIATION CORRECTION METHOD - A light emitting apparatus includes a plurality of full-color LED units. Constant current values of the constant current elements are set such that the plurality of full-color LED units come closer to a same chromaticity as compared with a case in which all the constant current elements of all the full-color LED units have a same constant current value. As a result in at least one of the plurality of full-color LED units, at least one of the plurality of constant current elements is set to a constant current value different from that of the other constant current elements. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413507 | LED LIGHT MEASUREMENT - An LED light unit comprises an LED assembly and a light sensor to measure light emitted by the LED assembly and having a measurement range; a current source to drive the LED assembly at an LED current | 2020-12-31 |
20200413508 | Method And Device For Controlling Backlight, And Display Device - The disclosure discloses a method and device for controlling backlight of a screen of a display device, and a display device. The method includes: generating backlight control information and caching the backlight control information, by a main controller, in response to an instruction for awakening the display device; starting, by the main controller, a backlight controller, to initialize the backlight controller; and outputting, by the main controller, the backlight control information to the backlight controller, in response to completion of initialization of the backlight controller, to cause the backlight controller to control the backlight of the screen of the display device according to the backlight control information. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413509 | HIGH PERFORMANCE DIMMING BASED ON DIMMER SLEW-RATE - A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer, the method including receiving a plurality of pulse-width-modulated (PWM) pulses corresponding to one or more dimmer levels of the dimmer, generating a first sample value and a second sample value of a plurality of sample values corresponding to duty cycles of the plurality of PWM pulses, determining a rate of change of the one or more dimmer levels based on the first and second sample values, comparing the rate of change with a threshold value to identify a mode of operation of the power supply, and generating a control signal for transmission to the power supply based on the identified mode of operation | 2020-12-31 |
20200413510 | MULTI-INPUT POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a power supply in a multi-input power supply system includes retrieving a prior input state flag from a memory of the multi-input power supply system, determining a first dimmer input of the multi-input power supply system based on the prior input state flag, determining whether the first dimmer input is currently valid, and in response to determining that the first dimmer input is not valid, determining whether a second dimmer input of the multi-input power supply system is currently valid, and in response to determining that the second dimmer input is valid, controlling the power supply based on a second input signal received through the second dimmer input. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413511 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INVALID PULSE REJECTION - A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer includes receiving a current pulse-width-modulated (PWM) pulse of a plurality of PWM pulses corresponding to a dimmer level, calculating a current duty cycle of the current PWM pulse, comparing the current duty cycle with a window of validity to determine whether the current duty cycle is within the window of validity, and in response to determining that the current duty cycle is not within the window of validity, determining whether a count of out-of-range PWM pulses having duty cycles not within the window of validity is greater than a threshold, and in response to determining that the count of out-of-range PWM pulses is greater than the threshold generating a sample value corresponding to the current duty cycle for transmission to the power supply. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413512 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-SLOPE CONTROL OF LIGHTING INTENSITY - A method of controlling a power supply electrically coupled to a dimmer and a light source includes receiving a plurality of sample values corresponding to dimmer levels, comparing a sample value of the plurality of sample values with one or more inflection points, the one or more inflection points being associated with a plurality of slew-rates, identifying a particular slew-rate among the plurality of slew-rates based on the comparison, and generating a control signal based on the particular slew-rate for transmission to the power supply. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413513 | ACTIVE GAIN CONTROL FOR POWER FACTOR CORRECTION - An active gain control circuit includes a voltage divider having a variable resistance configured to attenuate a rectified input line voltage to produce a reference signal, a filter circuit configured to extract a DC-level reference voltage from the reference signal, and an operational amplifier configured to receive the DC-level reference voltage and a comparison voltage, and to generate a gate control signal based on a difference between the comparison voltage and the DC-level reference voltage, wherein a resistance of the voltage divider is controlled by the gate control signal. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413514 | DIM-TO-WARM LED CIRCUIT - Various embodiments include apparatuses and methods enabling a dim-to-warm circuit operation of an LED multi-colored array. In one example, an apparatus includes a hybrid driving-circuit coupled to the LED array and to a single control-device to receive an indication of a luminous flux desired from the LED array. A color temperature for the LED array is determined based on the desired luminous flux of the LED array. In various embodiments, the hybrid driving-circuit includes an analog current-division circuit to produce current for at least two LED current-driving sources and a multiplexer array coupled between the analog current-division circuit and the LED to provide periodically, for a predetermined amount of time, current from at least one of the at least two LED current-driving sources to at least two colors of the LED array. Other apparatuses and methods are described. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413515 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A VEHICLE COMBINED LIGHTING DEVICE - A vehicle lighting device, in particular of a vehicle combined lighting device, including at least two controllable light modules with point light sources with automotive certification, which are connected to a power source and to a control unit. Each light module includes a driver to which point light sources of the light module are connected, wherein the drivers are connected by their data input via a common data-conducting path of the lighting device to a common control unit and are further connected by their electrical terminals to a two-wire common power distribution system from the source of electrical energy, wherein each point light source is connected to the power output of its driver and to a negative pole of the source of electrical energy or to a grounding pole. A light module for a vehicle lighting device, in particular for a vehicle combined lighting device. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413516 | DISPLAY COMPRISING A LIGHT SENSOR - The invention relates to a display ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200413517 | HARD AND SOFT LIGHT MODULE WITH AMBIENT LIGHT SENSING - The disclosed technology relates to a hard and soft light module having a housing with a first surface that accommodates a lens. A first plurality of LEDs are disposed along a periphery of the first surface, the first plurality of LEDs are configured to generate light in a first direction toward an edge of the lens. A second plurality of LEDs are disposed proximate to the first surface, the second plurality of LEDs are configured to generate light in a second direction through the lens. The first plurality of LEDs are configured to generate a soft light and the second plurality of LEDs are configured to generate a hard light. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413518 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT LEVELS TO SAVE ENERGY - An occupancy sensor with integral light level sensors is configured to turn off or disable peripheral circuits and go into a periodic deep sleep mode to reduce phantom loading. Peripheral circuits include occupancy sensor circuits and relay drive circuits, but may include other circuits such as communication circuits. The sensor may be configured to periodically wake itself up, check ambient light conditions to see if lighting is below the set threshold. If it is not, the sensor goes back to sleep. If it is, then the sensor can power up the occupancy sensor circuit to see if the space is occupied; if not, it can go back to sleep. If the space is occupied, it can turn on other peripheral circuits necessary to control the load. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413519 | VEHICLE LIGHTING SYSTEM - Upper lamps each having an upward-convex semicircular shape, and lower lamps each having a downward-convex semicircular shape are placed on left and right sides in a lower part of a front face of a vehicle. In conjunction, the upper lamps and respective lower lamps constitute annular lamps. The upper lamps and respective lower lamps can be illuminated independently of each other. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413520 | RESUMING A DYNAMIC LIGHT EFFECT IN DEPENDENCE ON AN EFFECT TYPE AND/OR USER PREFERENCE - An electronic device is configured to control one or more light sources, to render a dynamic light effect, control the one or more light sources to pause the dynamic light effect at a first moment ( | 2020-12-31 |
20200413521 | Lighting System for an Environment and a Control Module for Use Therein - Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a lighting system that includes a line control module and light modules. The line control module can be configured to interrupt power to the light modules according to one or more power interruption schemes to control an operation of the light modules. The line control module can have user interface circuitry including a rotary encoder with a shaft and a push button, a preview circuit, and indicator light emitting diodes. A user can interact with the lighting system via the user interface circuitry, which can be configured to provide visual feedback of various settings of the lighting system. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413522 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOMMISSIONING A LIGHTING NODE USING WIRELESS SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS - Methods and apparatus for assigning a role to a new lighting node in a lighting system based on a received signal strength indicator (“RSSI”) fingerprint of the new lighting node. For example, methods and apparatus described herein are directed to determining RSSI fingerprints for each lighting node in a lighting system, matching one of the RSSI fingerprints to the RSSI fingerprint of a new lighting node, and assigning a role to the new 5 lighting node. The assigned role is the same role as previously assigned to the matching lighting node. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413523 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a light source apparatus including semiconductor light sources and a current detection resistor connected in series, a power source circuit that allows current to flow thereto, a current detection circuit that detects current flowing to the current detection resistor and outputs a current detection signal, a control circuit that controls the power source circuit such that a voltage of the current detection signal approaches a target value, a bypass circuit connected in parallel to the semiconductor light sources, and including a clamp element having a clamp voltage higher than a maximum voltage during operation of the semiconductor light sources and a bypass resistor connected in series to the clamp element, and allowing current to flow when an open fault occurs in the semiconductor light sources, and detection circuits that respectively detect an open fault in the semiconductor light sources based on an end-to-end voltage of the bypass resistors. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413524 | ELECTRIC NEUTRALIZER, ELECTRONIC SCALE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRIC NEUTRALIZER, AND NEUTRALIZATION METHOD - Provided are a static eliminator capable of performing quick static elimination while having a good ion balance, an electronic balance including the static eliminator, and a static eliminating method of the static eliminator. A static eliminator is provided which is configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object by ions generated by applying high voltages to static eliminating needles, and has a high-speed static eliminating mode configured to eliminate static from a static eliminating object at a high speed, and a relaxation static eliminating mode to be executed by a voltage application method different from that of the high-speed static eliminating mode and configured to regulate ion balances of the static eliminating object and the area around of the static eliminating object. With this configuration, a static eliminator capable of quickly eliminating static from a specimen while having a good ion balance can be provided. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413525 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL IMAGING - Systems and methods for medical imaging. The method may include acquiring a tube voltage switching waveform for a radiation source of a medical device. The method may include determining a tube current switching period based on the tube voltage switching waveform. The method may include determining a sampling period correlated with the tube current switching period. The method may include acquiring projection data according to the sampling period. The method may further include reconstructing an image based on the acquired projection data. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413526 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD - An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography method includes causing a first metallic droplet to move along a shroud and through an aperture of the shroud at a first velocity, and adjusting an open area of the aperture of the shroud. After adjusting the open area of the aperture of the shroud, a second metallic droplet is caused to move along the shroud and through the aperture of the shroud at a second velocity, in which the second velocity is different from the first velocity. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413527 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD - A flexible circuit board including at least two electrical conducting layers, at least two non-electrical conducting layers, and at least one adhesion layer is provided. The non-electrical conducting layers are disposed between the electrical conducting layers. The non-electrical conducting layers are adhered together via the adhesion layer. A sum of thickness of the non-electrical conducting layers is greater than 4 mil, and there is no electrical conducting layer sandwiched between the at least two non-electrical conducting layers. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413528 | MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE PLATE WITH A SHIELDING REGIOIN - Provided is a memory device. The memory device includes a module board on which one or more semiconductor devices are disposed and a conductive plate mounted on a first side of the module board. The conductive plate includes a shielding region and a non-shielding region. A pad is disposed in the shielding region of the conductive plate. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413529 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board with anti-EMI proofing for each component on the board includes a first outer wiring layer, electronic components mounted on the first outer wiring layer, and at least one electromagnetic shielding unit. Each electromagnetic shielding unit has a shielding layer and conductive posts formed on the shielding layer, the shielding layer and conductive posts defining a receiving space to house and shield one of the electronic components. An adhesive layer formed on the first outer wiring layer bonds each electromagnetic shielding unit to the first outer wiring layer. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413530 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device comprises: a printed circuit board formed with both sides in a plate shape including a first surface and a second surface and including at least one conductive layer between the first surface and the second surface; an array of conductive plates formed parallel to the first surface on or in the printed circuit board; a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the array of conductive plates, coupled to the first surface, and capable of transmitting or receiving frequencies between 3 GHz and 300 GHz; and a conductive shielding structure mounted on the first surface of the printed circuit board and electrically connected to the at least one conductive layer when covering the wireless communication circuit, wherein the conductive shielding structure may include: a third surface facing the first surface when seen from the top of the first surface; and an electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) structure formed on the third surface. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413531 | SPARK GAP ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE (ESD) PROTECTION FOR MEMORY CARDS - To protect memory cards, such as SD type cards, and similar devices from Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), the input pads of the device include points along their edges that are aligned with correspond points on a conductive frame structure mounted adjacent the input pad to form a spark gap. The input pads are connected to a memory controller or other ASIC over signal lines that include a diode located between the input pad and the ASIC and a resistance located between the input pad and the diode. The resistance and diode are selected such that an ESD event at an input pad triggers a discharge across the spark gap before it is transmitted on to the ASIC, while also allowing a high data rate for signals along the signal line. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413532 | VIRTUAL SILK SCREEN FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - Methods and devices that identify a silkscreen data file associated with a physical printed circuit board and use an image of the physical printed circuit board to display a virtual silkscreen over the image of the physical printed circuit board. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413533 | Untethered, Stretchable, and Wearable Electronic Devices and Methods to Produce the Same - An efficient fabrication technique, including an optional design step, used to create highly customizable wearable electronics through rapid laser machining and adhesion-controlled soft materials assembly is disclosed herein. Well-aligned, multi-layered materials can be created from 2D and 3D elements that stretch and bend while seamlessly integrating with rigid components such as microchip integrated circuits (IC), discrete electrical components, and interconnects. The design step can be used to create a 3D device that conforms to different-shaped body parts. These techniques are applied using commercially available materials. These materials and methods enable custom wearable electronics while offering versatility in design and functionality for a variety of bio-monitoring applications. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413534 | INSULATED CIRCUIT BOARD - Provided is an insulated circuit board including a ceramic substrate, a circuit layer, and a metal layer that is bonded to the other surface of the ceramic substrate, the circuit layer and the metal layer are made of copper or a copper alloy, the circuit layer is formed of a plurality of punched sheets bonded to the ceramic substrate at an interval, the thickness of the circuit layer is 0.4 mm or more and 2.0 mm or less, when the bonding area of the circuit layer is represented by S | 2020-12-31 |
20200413535 | LAMINATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A laminate comprising a substrate; an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of both surfaces of the substrate so as to be in direct contact with the substrate; and a plating layer formed on a surface of the adhesive layer opposite to the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a plating catalyst containing a precious metal, and a silane coupling agent. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413536 | POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITE, PREPREG AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD FOR ELIMINATING SKEW AND FIBER WEAVE EFFECT - The present disclosure provides a polymer matrix composite, and a laminate, a prepreg and a printed circuit board using the same. The polymer matrix composite includes a polymeric resin and a non-woven inorganic material having a dielectric constant of from about 1.5 to about 4.8 and a dissipation factor at 10 GHz below 0.003. The printed circuit board uses the laminate including the polymer matrix as a core layer which is sandwiched between at least two outer layers. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413537 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED WIRING BOARD - A printed wiring board includes an insulator having a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and including a through-hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, and a metal plated layer formed on the first surface and the second surface of the insulator, and on an inner peripheral surface of the through-hole, wherein an inside diameter of the through-hole gradually decreases from the first surface toward the second surface of the insulator, an average diameter of the through-hole at the first surface of the insulator is 20 μm or greater and 35 μm or less, the average diameter of the through-hole at the second surface of the insulator is 3 μm or greater and 15 μm or less, and an average thickness of the metal plated layer formed on the first surface and the second surface of the insulator is 8 μm or greater and 12 μm or less. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413538 | CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR IN-MOLDED ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLY - An electronic assembly and a method of forming an electronic assembly. The electronic assembly including a printed circuit board including a first face, a flexible printed circuit connected to the first face of the printed circuit board, a filler component arranged over a first portion of the first face of the printed circuit board, a housing defining a cavity, wherein the filler component is arranged in the cavity, a channel guide extending from the housing, wherein the flexible printed circuit sits in the channel guide, and a substrate positioned adjacent to a second face of the printed circuit board, wherein the second face opposes the first face. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413539 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprising: a substrate having a curved surface, a printed circuit board, and plural flexible wiring substrates, each of two of the plural flexible substrates has a terminal portion that is connected to the curved surface, the printed circuit board has a cutout between the two flexible wiring substrates. | 2020-12-31 |
20200413540 | FLEX BOARD SPACER - A spacer for providing support to a flex board including a spacer body having, a first portion including multiple surfaces on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side, a second portion including multiple surfaces on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side, wherein the second portion is connected to the first irregular portion by a bridge having a single surface on a first side thereof and multiple surfaces on a second side opposite the first side and a set of orifices each for receiving a fastener therein, wherein at least one of the orifices is located on the first side of the first portion and at least one of the orifices is located on the first side of the second portion. | 2020-12-31 |