Solid state catholyte or electrolyte for battery using LiMPS(M=Si, Ge, and/or Sn)
Granted: January 14, 2020
Patent Number:
10535878
The present invention provides an energy storage device comprising a cathode region or other element. The device has a major active region comprising a plurality of first active regions spatially disposed within the cathode region. The major active region expands or contracts from a first volume to a second volume during a period of a charge and discharge. The device has a catholyte material spatially confined within a spatial region of the cathode region and spatially disposed within…
Charged particle radiation measuring method and charged particle radiation measuring device
Granted: January 14, 2020
Patent Number:
10533130
Provided are a charged particle radiation measuring method and a charged particle radiation measuring device using a scintillator comprising a phosphor in which the main component is a SiAlON phosphor.
Pixel for use with light having wide intensity range
Granted: January 7, 2020
Patent Number:
10531024
A light-sensing device includes a pixel array. Multiple pixels in the pixel array each includes pixel electronics. The pixel electronics include low light level electronics in communication with a light sensor and high light level electronics in communication with the same light sensor. The pixel electronics acquire data from the light sensor. During the data acquisition, the pixel electronics can transition between using the high light level electronics to acquire the data and using the…
Waveguide connector couplers and adapters
Granted: December 24, 2019
Patent Number:
10516198
A waveguide connector assembly for coupling a waveguide to a microwave device includes a male part and a female part. The male part includes a threaded external cylindrical surface defining a male center axis, a first end surface, and a second end surface opposed to the first end surface. The female part includes a first annular end surface, a second annular end surface opposed to the first annular surface, a threaded internal cylindrical surface configured to engage with the threaded…
Diamond machining tool
Granted: December 24, 2019
Patent Number:
10512974
In a general aspect, a machining tool includes a diamond crystal having a working section configured to machine a workpiece. The machining tool includes a body and a shank extending from the body. The shank defines a cylindrical slot outside the body. The machining tool includes an assembly carried by the shank. The assembly includes a cylindrical pin that resides in the cylindrical slot. The assembly also includes a diamond crystal secured to an end of the cylindrical pin. The diamond…
Fast polarization encoding using electrooptical phase modulator
Granted: December 17, 2019
Patent Number:
10511437
Quantum key distribution device includes a transmitter, including a light source, a first polarization controller, a phase modulator and an optical attenuator, all connected in series using a first optical fiber; a receiver, including a second polarization controller, a second phase modulator, a third polarization controller, a beamsplitter, and two single photon detectors, all connected in series using a second optical fiber; and a communication channel providing a light path from the…
Protective coatings for conversion material cathodes
Granted: December 17, 2019
Patent Number:
10511012
Battery systems using coated conversion materials as the active material in battery cathodes are provided herein. Protective coatings may be an oxide, phosphate, or fluoride, and may be lithiated. The coating may selectively isolate the conversion material from the electrolyte. Methods for fabricating batteries and battery systems with coated conversion material are also provided herein.
Imaging of electromagnetic fields
Granted: December 17, 2019
Patent Number:
10509065
In a general aspect, fields of electromagnetic radiation are imaged. In some aspects, an imaging method includes receiving electromagnetic radiation at a vapor-cell sensor. The method also includes passing beams of light through the vapor-cell sensor, one or more of the beams of light reflecting off a dielectric mirror of the vapor-cell sensor. The method additionally includes receiving at least one of the beams of light at an optical imaging system. The optical imaging system is…
Filter file system with inode number as primary database key
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10503692
Example apparatus and methods identify files that are so small or so large that they compromise the efficient operation of a file system that uses re-assignable one-to-one inodes and inode numbers. Small files are aggregated into collections of files and large files are subdivided into collections of smaller files. Information for locating multiple related files with fewer lookups is generated and stored in a folder. An inode having a new type of inode number is then created. The new…
Synchronization in a quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10505524
A quantum controller comprises a first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit. The first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit are operable to operate asynchronously during some time intervals of a quantum algorithm and synchronously during other time intervals of the quantum algorithm.
Selection attractive interfaces, systems and apparatuses including such interfaces, methods for making and using same
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10503359
Systems, interfaces, and methods for implementing the systems and interfaces includes selection attractive movement as the selection protocol, where a selection object is used to discriminate between selectable objects and attract a target object toward the selection objects, where the direction and speed of the motion controls, discriminates, attracts, and activates the selected objects.
Integrated device with external light source for probing detecting and analyzing molecules
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10502684
System and methods for analyzing single molecules and performing nucleic acid sequencing. An integrated device includes multiple pixels with sample wells configured to receive a sample, which when excited, emits radiation. The integrated device includes at least one waveguide configured to propagate excitation energy to the sample wells from a region of the integrated device configured to couple with an excitation energy source. A pixel may also include at least one element for directing…
Irradiation planning apparatus and irradiation plan correction method
Granted: December 10, 2019
Patent Number:
10500414
Provided is an irradiation planning apparatus including: a three-dimensional CT value data acquisition unit (36); a prescription data input processing unit (32) which acquires prescription data; a stopping power ratio conversion unit (37) and a nuclear reaction effective density conversion unit (38) which respectively generate first conversion data (41) and second conversion data (42) on the basis of three-dimensional CT value data; and a calculation unit (33) which calculates a dose…
Method for reliable and efficient filesystem metadata conversion
Granted: December 3, 2019
Patent Number:
10496612
A method for converting metadata in a hierarchical configuration within a filesystem from a first format to a second format includes reading metadata that is in the first format within the hierarchical configuration; writing all of the metadata that is in the first format into a flat file; scanning the metadata to compile a list of inode chunks; sorting the list of inode chunks based on the on disk location of the inode chunks; and writing all of the metadata from the flat file back into…
Sequential access storage and data de-duplication
Granted: December 3, 2019
Patent Number:
10496523
An example method includes determining a configuration of two or more partitions for a sequential access medium. At least one partition stores data de-duplication data structures while at least one other partition stores a repository of unique data blocks associated with the data structures. The method also includes controlling a data de-duplication computer to configure the sequential access medium according to the configuration. The method includes producing an output sequence for…
Heuristic journal reservations
Granted: November 26, 2019
Patent Number:
10489351
Example apparatus and methods reserve space in a journal using an observation based approach instead of a fixed sized approach or a worst case scenario approach. One example method receives a request to allocate space in a journal to support a file system transaction. The example method reserves an amount of space in the journal based on a pre-existing reservation size estimate. Unlike conventional systems, the estimate is not based on a worst-case scenario. The example method observes…
Data deduplication with adaptive erasure code redundancy
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10484016
Example apparatus and methods combine erasure coding with data deduplication to simultaneously reduce the overall redundancy in data while increasing the redundancy of unique data. In one embodiment, an efficient representation of a data set is produced by deduplication. The efficient representation reduces duplicate data in the data set. Redundancy is then added back into the data set using erasure coding. The redundancy that is added back in adds protection to the unique data…
Method and apparatus for clearing a well bore
Granted: November 19, 2019
Patent Number:
10480269
Methods and apparatuses are provided for clearing a wellbore using a means for milling and a means for suctioning within a wellbore. Obstructions such as ball frac seats, bridge plugs, or formation material can be milled within a wellbore. As a result, larger, unrestricted, diameters can be obtained within the liner/wellbore. The cleared wellbore can allow for various remedial tools to be run into the liner/wellbore. In addition, the milled particles can be suctioned/vacuumed up and can…
Garbage collection and defragmentation for solid state drives (SSD) and shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drives
Granted: November 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10474571
Example apparatus and methods provide improved reclamation, garbage collection (GC) and defragmentation (defrag) for data storage devices including solid state drives (SSD) or shingled magnetic recording (SMR) drives. An erasure code (EC) layer that facilitates logically or physically erasing data from the SSD or SMR as a comprehensive GC or defrag is added to the SSD or SMR. Erased data may be selectively recreated from the EC layer as needed. Pre-planned EC write zones may be…
Authentication of physical entities
Granted: November 12, 2019
Patent Number:
10475271
An authentication device (20) comprises one or more flakes of a substantially two-dimensional material (14). The one or more flakes of the substantially two-dimensional material (14) have an operative area configured to emit, by non-resonant photoluminescence, electromagnetic radiation with a property that varies with position in the operative area.
