Patents Assigned to Solutions
  • Patent number: 10559616
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus and an electronic device that are configured to enhance the accuracy in the detection of polarization information. The solid-state imaging apparatus has a pixel array block on which pixels each including a photoelectric conversion device are arranged; a polarizer, including a conductive light-shielding material, that covers a photosensitive surface of the above-mentioned photoelectric conversion device of at least part of the above-mentioned pixels; a light-shielding film, including a conductive light-shielding material, that is arranged between the above-mentioned adjacent pixels on the photosensitive surface side of the above-mentioned photoelectric conversion device; and a wiring layer arranged on a side opposite to the photosensitive surface of the above-mentioned photoelectric conversion device, in which the above-mentioned polarizer is connected to a wiring of the above-mentioned wiring layer via the above-mentioned light-shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Yusuke Uesaka
  • Patent number: 10559183
    Abstract: An activity amount calculation system includes a plurality of detection units and an activity amount calculation device. The plurality of detection units detect a resident and output detection signals when the resident passes through doorways of a plurality of rooms. The calculation device includes a calculation unit and a summation unit. Upon detection of the resident by the detection units, the calculation unit calculates an activity amount of the resident based on relationships between detection units and reference activity amounts. The summation unit repeatedly calculates a total activity amount of the resident in a predetermined period by summing activity amounts calculated by the calculation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd., National University Corporation Kanazawa University
    Inventors: Kazuo Ishida, Mayumi Kato, Kazuyo Kitaoka, Miho Shogenji
  • Patent number: 10557392
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an emission control system that includes an emission control device having a plurality of passages to facilitate emission control of an exhaust gas from a vehicle engine. A controller determines a resonant frequency of a coil and generates a control signal to control induction heating of the emission control device based on the resonant frequency of the coil. An alternating current (AC) source responds to the control signal by selectively generating a power signal to the coil to facilitate the induction heating of the emission control device via the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Technology Emission Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Crawford, John Douglas
  • Patent number: 10556058
    Abstract: A clip for holding a flexible elongated medical device. In embodiments, the clip has a hinge; first and second jaws movable with respect to each other about the hinge from a closed position to an open position, each of the jaws having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first jaw being disposed against the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the closed position and away from the contact surface of the second jaw when the clip is in the open position; and flexible material disposed on at least one of the jaws, the flexible material comprising the contact surface. The invention also includes methods of holding a flexible elongated medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Cath Lab Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Anobel Tamrazi, Patricia Judge Tamrazi
  • Patent number: 10559628
    Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel formed, upon forming a structure where a photoelectric conversion layer is laminated on a wiring layer constituting a pixel circuit, by forming at least the photoelectric conversion layer and a wiring layer bonding layer on a different substrate from a semiconductor substrate in which the wiring layer is formed, and by bonding the wiring layer bonding film of the different substrate and the wiring layer of the semiconductor substrate together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Shunsuke Maruyama
  • Patent number: 10557634
    Abstract: A method for operating a premix burner for gaseous fuels having a multi-stage pilot gas system whose diffusion fuel is injected into a flame chamber of the premix burner as at least two partial streams with different orientations, and a premix burner for carrying out the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE
    Inventors: Eric Norster, Holger Huitenga, Reiner Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 10558158
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an image forming section, a heater, a calculation section, storage, and a determination section. The image forming section ejects ink onto a sheet in which first to M-th regions are defined (M is an integer of at least 2). The heater includes first to M-th heat sources and heats an n-th region of the sheet using an n-th heat source (n is an integer of at least 1 and no greater than M). The calculation section calculates an ink ejection rate of ink to be ejected onto the n-th region. The storage stores therein heating information indicating whether it is necessary to heat the n-th region. The determination section determines whether or not to cause the n-th heat source to generate heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Takeshi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ueda, Hiroatsu Tamai, Takatoshi Nishimura, Noriaki Ozawa, Toyotsune Inoue, Susumu Hiroshima
  • Patent number: 10558157
    Abstract: The postprocessing device includes: a stapling unit for stapling a sheet bundle with a staple; a discharge tray to which a bound sheet bundle bound with the staple is to be discharged; a moving member movable in both a direction of approaching the discharge tray and a direction of going away from the discharge tray; and a control section for, when the bound sheet bundle has been discharged, driving the moving member to execute a process of making the moving member hit against the bound sheet bundle or against the discharge tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Jun Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10557649
    Abstract: A magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly includes a magneto-caloric cylinder with a plurality of magneto-caloric stages. Each of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages has a respective Currie temperature. The magneto-caloric cylinder has a length along an axial direction. The plurality of magneto-caloric stages is distributed along the length of the magneto-caloric cylinder. A plurality of thermal stages also has a length along the axial direction. The length of the plurality of thermal stages is less than the length of the magneto-caloric cylinder. The magneto-caloric cylinder is received within the plurality of thermal stages such that the magneto-caloric cylinder is movable along the axial direction relative to the plurality of thermal stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Goodman Schroeder
  • Patent number: 10560062
    Abstract: Driving circuitry is described that includes multiple programmable bias voltages useful for biasing radio-frequency components such as PIN diodes and gallium-nitride devices. Programmable voltages as high as 30 volts and as low as ?20 volts are generated. The drive circuitry can operate from a single, low-voltage power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Foley, Michelle Dowling, Chi Mo
  • Patent number: 10556206
    Abstract: Methods and systems for the separation of isotopes from an aqueous stream are described as can be utilized in one embodiment to remove and recover tritium from contaminated water. Methods include counter-current flow of an aqueous stream on either side of a separation membrane. The separation membrane includes an isotope selective layer (e.g., graphene) and an ion conductive supporting layer (e.g., NafionĀ®). An electronic driving force encourages passage of isotopes selectively across the membrane to enrich the flow in the isotopes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Xin Xiao, Henry T. Sessions, Lucas M. Angelette, Paul R. Beaumont, David W. Babineau
  • Patent number: 10558356
    Abstract: A display control device includes a display, a touch panel, and a display controller. The display displays one or more items of list information. The touch panel is attached to the display. The display controller controls the display based on an operation performed on the touch panel. The display controller determines whether or not a swipe operation has been detected. The swipe operation is a swipe that is performed on the touch panel when the display displays at least one item of list information. Upon determining that the swipe operation has been detected, the display controller controls the display to change a size of a display area of the at least one item of list information being displayed by the display and change the number of items of list information being displayed by the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nakaizawa
  • Patent number: 10557229
    Abstract: A dryer appliance and a method of operating the same to detect blockages are provided. The dryer appliance includes an exhaust conduit that defines a flow restriction and is in fluid communication with a drying chamber. A differential pressure sensor is operably coupled to the exhaust conduit at the flow restriction and a controller is configured for using a measured pressure differential to obtain an air flow rate and determine whether a blockage is present in the exhaust conduit, e.g., by comparing the measured flow rate to a baseline, zero-blockage flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiquan Yu, Jeffrey Alan Kern
  • Patent number: 10558156
    Abstract: A base toner amount is determined without taking edge effect into account, and corresponds to a pixel value of image data for which gradation correction has not been performed. For the base toner amount, a first spatial filter process is performed corresponding to a laser profile of the exposure device. A second spatial filter process is performed for the base toner amount before or after the first spatial filter process and thereby an edge emphasis amount is determined corresponding to the edge effect. A limiter processing unit limits the edge emphasis amount to an uppermost value or less, and the uppermost value corresponds to the base toner amount after the first spatial filter process. A toner counter counts as a toner consumption amount a sum of the base toner amount after the first spatial filter process and the edge emphasis amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Mutsuo, Hiroki Tanaka, Takayuki Mashimo
  • Patent number: 10560403
    Abstract: Various aspects relate to using structured messages within systems that implement instant messaging function in a distributed computing environment. In particular, structured information may be encoded and embedded in unstructured instant messages and communicated among one or more computer systems, networks, applications or other entities. In one aspect, instant messaging may be leveraged as middleware for application integration. Other aspects relate to using structured message information to perform functions in a distributed instant messaging system. For example, structured message information may be used to control the display of instant message information to a user, or may be used to control how the instant message information is distributed, processed, or otherwise handled by a receiving system, application or process. Other aspects relate to an interface for displaying information relating to a number of instant messaging conversations to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Pivot Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Bryan, Nikita Ivanov, Daniel Judson, Yu Sang Kwan, David Levine, Andrew Nanopoulos, Furqan Nazeeri, Brandon Schory, Nader Shwayhat
  • Patent number: 10557135
    Abstract: Provided herein is a new class of nucleic acid tagging molecules which are essentially free of homopolymer stretches. The tagging molecules can tag a plurality of individual target molecules for detection with a high degree of accuracy. The tagging molecules can be used to tag at least 105 or 106 individual target molecules. The tagged individual target molecules can be subjected to high throughput sequence analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Bergmann, Bruno Frey, Dieter Heindl
  • Patent number: 10558601
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a receptacle, a first port, a second port, and a switch circuit. The receptacle includes pins. The pins of the receptacle are connectable to pins of a plug respectively. Each of the first and second ports communicates with the receptacle. The switch circuit switches a signal flow between the receptacle, and the first port and second port when the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The switch circuit communicates a first signal between the first port and one of a pair of first and second pins of the receptacle and a pair of third and fourth pins of the receptacle, and communicates a second signal between the second port and the other of the pair of the first and second pins and the pair of the third and fourth pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Toshiba Client Solutions CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Senuma
  • Patent number: 10559814
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material and a binder. The negative electrode active material contains monoclinic titanium dioxide or Li4+aTi5O12 (here, ?0.5?a?3). The binder includes polyvinylidene fluoride with a molecular weight of 400,000 to 1,000,000. The negative electrode satisfies a formula (I) below. The nonaqueous electrolyte contains at least one of difluorophosphate and monofluorophosphate. 0.1?(P2/P1)?0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Asuna Hagiwara, Hidesato Saruwatari, Dai Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 10556434
    Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink ejection surface, a washing liquid storage portion, a washing liquid nozzle, a mesh sheet, and a sponge member. The washing liquid storage portion includes a supply surface adjacent to the ink ejection surface. The washing liquid nozzle includes a communicating hole that is communicated from a supply port formed in the supply surface to an inside of the washing liquid storage portion, and forms a concave meniscus by a surface of the washing liquid in the communicating hole. The mesh sheet is provided in close contact with an opposite rear surface of the supply surface, and has an opening that is smaller in size than an inner diameter of the communicating hole. The sponge member is provided in a compressed state in the inside of the washing liquid storage portion, presses the mesh sheet toward the opposite rear surface of the supply surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Masanobu Maeshima, Noriaki Furukawa, Takashi Somete
  • Patent number: 10558349
    Abstract: An improvement to a graphical user interface disposed within a display includes a functional scrollbar, a magnifier disposed on the functional scrollbar to enhance the view of the functional scrollbar, and a filter for selecting attributes of data within a data file. The functional scrollbar includes two parts, one that has a plurality of portions indicative of content of the data file shown on the display and one that has a plurality of portions indicative of content of the data file not shown on the display. The two parts of the scrollbar include portions indicative of content within the data file that matches the filter selection. A system for generating a functional scrollbar is also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Medidata Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Noble, Jay Chen, Kelly Kaplan