US10020129B2
A contact bridge arrangement for an electrical switch, such as a contactor or a relay, is disclosed. The contact bridge arrangement comprises a contact bridge having a contact bridge body, an actuating member on which the contact bridge is held that is movable with respect to the contact bridge along an actuating direction, the actuating member having a stop and a spring base, and a spring disposed between the spring base and the contact bridge body pressing the stop against the contact bridge.
US10020125B1
A class of materials is provided that has dielectric constants greater than 105. The super dielectric materials (SDM) can be generated readily from common, inexpensive materials. Various embodiments include a porous, electrically insulating material, such as high surface area powders of silica or titania, mixed with a liquid containing a high concentration of ionic species. In some embodiments, high surface area alumina powders, loaded to the incipient wetness point with a solution of boric acid dissolved in water, have dielectric constants greater than 4×108.
US10020124B2
A separator for electric double layer capacitor comprising a fiber sheet containing 10% by mass (relative to 100% by mass of fiber sheet) of polyvinyl alcohol fibers (fibers A) having a hot water-dissolving temperature of lower than 100° C. and higher than 85° C., the separator having a density within a range of 0.25 to 0.7 g/cm3, and a thickness within a range of not less than 5 μm and less than 40 μm.
US10020119B2
A capacitor structure is provided, which includes a positive electrode, a dielectric layer on the positive electrode, and an organic-inorganic composite layer on the dielectric layer. The capacitor structure also includes a negative electrode, and a conductive conjugated polymer electrolyte disposed between the organic-inorganic composite layer and the negative electrode.
US10020118B2
The present invention relates to a self-rechargeable hybrid battery and an electronic device including the same. Since the self-rechargeable hybrid battery includes a solar cell and a capacitor which is charged by current output from the solar cell, the charging efficiency of energy output from a solar cell may be increased in an eco-friendly manner, and the self-rechargeable hybrid battery includes electrodes having high transparency, electrical conductivity and interfacial capacitance, and thus may be applied to a transparent device.
US10020112B2
A coil component and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The coil component may include a body part containing a magnetic material, a coil part disposed in the body part, and an electrode part disposed on the body part. The coil part includes a support member, a coil disposed on a surface of the support member and having a terminal exposed to at least one outer surface of the body part, and a conductive via connected to the terminal of the coil and penetrating through at least one end portion of the support member to thereby be exposed to the at least one outer surface of the body part.
US10020108B2
This method for producing magnetic particles comprises a nitriding treatment step for applying a nitriding treatment to material particles each having a core-shell structure in which an aluminum oxide layer is formed on the surface of an iron microparticle, and nitriding the iron microparticles while maintaining the core-shell structure.
US10020106B2
A reactor includes a reactor body and a heat sink. The reactor body includes coil wire wound around a core. The heat sink is fixed to the reactor body through a heat transfer sheet. The heat sink includes a restricting wall for the heat transfer sheet such that expansion of the heat transfer sheet in a first direction is restricted more than expansion of the heat transfer sheet in a second direction. The first direction is an extending direction of the coil wire on a surface of the reactor body, which abuts on the heat transfer sheet. The second direction is an axis direction of the coil wire.
US10020105B2
The present disclosure includes: a laminate in which a plurality of sheets are laminated; two or more noise filters provided spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other in the laminate and respectively provided with a plurality of coil patterns; an external electrode provided outside the laminate and connected to the two or more noise filters; and a connection electrode provided outside the laminate being spaced apart from the external electrode to connect the two or more coil patterns.
US10020097B2
A method of manufacturing an R-T-B rare earth sintered magnet includes a process of disposing and sintering a compact of a first alloy powder and an alloy material of a second alloy in a chamber of a sintering furnace. The first alloy consists of R which represents a rare earth element, T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe, a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga, B, Cu, and inevitable impurities. The first alloy contains 11 at % to 17 at % of R, 4.5 at % to 6 at % of B, 0 at % to 1.6 at % of M, and T as the balance, and Dy content in all of the rare earth elements is 0 at % to 29 at %. The second alloy consists of R which represents a rare earth element, T which represents a transition metal essentially containing Fe, a metal element M which represents Al and/or Ga, B, Cu, and inevitable impurities. The second alloy contains 11 at % to 20 at % of R, 4.5 at % to 6 at % of B, and 0 at % to 1.6 at % of M, and T as the balance, and Dy content in all of the rare earth elements is 0 at % to 29 at %.
US10020095B1
A coaxial cable includes a conductor, an insulation layer provided around the conductor, a shield layer provided around the insulation layer, and a sheath provided around the shield layer. The insulation layer includes a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and a third insulation layer that are arranged in this order from a conductor side. The first insulation layer includes a non-solid extruded layer. The second layer includes a foamed layer not adhering to the first insulation layer. The third insulation layer includes a non-foamed layer adhering to the second insulation layer.
US10020083B1
A supported radiation protective garment is presented that can be worn by a medical provider under a standard surgical gown during procedures that involve the use of radiation. When used by the provider, the protective garment is lifted by vertical support members which can be extended downward and retracted upward. Rolling or sliding means at the lower end of the vertical support members allow the provider to move unhindered while wearing the radiation protective garment. The provider has access to a control mechanism that allows the shifting between retracted and extended positions of the vertical support members without breaking sterility. An alternative embodiment presents an upper apron portion of the protective garment, which can be manually connected by an assistant to a lower rolling base portion. The invention allows the provider to wear a heavy protective garment, offering significantly better radiation protection than standard ‘lead aprons’, while not being burdened by the weight of the garment. Further, the invention allows to maintain sterility at all times, and gives two or more providers, each wearing this protective garment, the option to work and move in close spatial proximity to each other.
US10020081B2
A pulsed sonar-based wireless rod position indication system that utilizes nuclear radiation and high temperature tolerant hardware. The pulsed sonar-based rod position indication system can precisely locate the rod position by measuring the time of flight of a transmitted signal and by using the phase and amplitude information of the same transmitted signal. Primary and secondary antenna probes located in the interior of the control rod drive rod travel housing and full hardware redundancy provide for improved accuracy. The time of flight, phase and amplitude raw signals are inputted to a wireless data transmitter capable of sending the raw signals to a receiver antenna located elsewhere inside a containment for further processing.
US10020070B2
Provided herein are a semiconductor memory device and a method of operating the same. The semiconductor memory device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a peripheral circuit configured to control the memory cell array, the peripheral circuit including a first region disposed under the memory cell array and a second region; and a fall sensing unit configured to sense whether a failure has occurred in the first or the second regions.
US10020067B2
An integrated circuit includes a one-time programmable (OTP) memory having a plurality of pages and address translation circuitry. A first line of each page is configured to store error policy bits. When a first bit of the first line has a first value, the page is configured to store data with error correction code (ECC) bits, and when the first bit has a second value, at least a portion of the page is configured to store data with redundancy. The address translation circuitry is configured to, in response to receiving an access address, use the first line of an accessed page of the plurality of pages accessed by the access address to determine a physical address in the accessed page which corresponds to the access address.
US10020064B2
A circuit includes a current generating circuit and a sense amplifier. The current generating circuit includes a first current mirror that generates a first current having a first current value less than a value of a first cell current through a first reference cell, and based on a ratio of the first cell current to the first current. A second current mirror generates a second current having a second current value less than a value of a second cell current through a second reference cell, and based on a ratio of the second cell current to the second current. The current generating circuit generates a reference current having a reference current value based on the first and second current values. The sense amplifier receives a third current having a third current value and generates a voltage output based on the reference and third current values.
US10020058B2
Methods for operating a memory, and memory configured to perform similar methods, include programming a first series string of memory cells of a first group of memory cells such that pairs of complementary memory cells have complementary states to provide a first minterm, the first minterm comprising a plurality of first variables wherein each variable is enabled responsive to a state of its respective memory cell, and programming a second series string of memory cells of a second group of memory cells such that pairs of complementary memory cells have complementary states to provide a second minterm, the second minterm comprising the first minterm that is enabled responsive to the state of its respective memory cell, the second minterm further comprising a plurality of second variables that are each enabled responsive to the state of their respective memory cell.
US10020050B2
Provided is a local bit line-sharing memory device, including a plurality of memory cells that share a local bit line pair; a pre-charging unit that is connected to a write bit line pair and pre-charges the local bit line pair; and a data reading unit that reads data when bit line voltage pre-charged in a memory cell selected from the memory cells is discharged.
US10020049B1
The present invention provides a six transistor static random-access memory (6T-SRAM) cell, the 6T-SRAM cell includes a first inverter comprising a first pull-up transistor and a first pull-down transistor, and a first storage node, a second inverter comprising a second pull-up transistor, a second pull-down transistor, and a second storage node, wherein the first storage node is coupled to gates of the second pull-up transistor and the second pull-down transistor, a switch transistor configured to couple the second storage node to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor, and an access transistor coupled to gates of the first pull-up transistor and the first pull-down transistor.
US10020043B2
A volatile memory array using vertical thyristors is disclosed together with methods of operating the array to read data from and write data to the array.
US10020038B1
Apparatuses for controlling defective bit lines in a semiconductor device are described. An example apparatus includes: a first region including a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of word lines and a plurality of memory cells, each memory cell is coupled to an associated bit line and an associated word line; a second region including a plurality of sense amplifiers, each sense amplifier includes a sense node and a column selection switch coupled to the sense node; a third region including a plurality of bleeder circuits, and disposed between the first and second regions; and a plurality of column selection lines. Each bit line from the first region to the second region is coupled to the sense node of an associated one of the plurality of sense amplifiers, and each column selection line from the column selection switch is coupled to an associated bleeder circuit.
US10020032B2
A two pin communication interface bus and control circuits are used with circuit boards, integrated circuits, or embedded cores within integrated circuits. One pin carries data bi-directionally and address and instruction information from a controller to a selected port. The other pin carries a clock signal from the controller to a target port or ports in or on the desired circuit or circuits. The bus may be used for serial access to circuits where the availability of pins on ICs or terminals on cores is minimal. The bus is used for communication, such as serial communication related to the functional operation of an IC or core design, or serial communication related to test, emulation, debug, and/or trace operations of an IC or core design.
US10020028B2
A microcomputer provided on a rectangular semiconductor board has memory interface circuits. The memory interface circuits are separately disposed in such positions as to extend along the peripheries of the semiconductor board on both sides from one corner as a reference position. In this case, limitations to size reduction imposed on the semiconductor board can be reduced compared with a semiconductor board having memory interface circuits only on one side. Respective partial circuits on each of the separated memory interface circuits have equal data units associated with data and data strobe signals. Thus, the microcomputer has simplified line design on a mother board and on a module board.
US10020027B2
According to one embodiment, a disk device includes a disk-shaped recording medium, a head which processes data on the recording medium, and a housing accommodating the recording medium and the head. The housing includes a base with a side wall, and a cover having a welded portion welded to the side wall by laser welding. The welded portion includes a first welded portion welded to a first region of the side wall and having weld beads with a first shape, and a second welded portion welded to a second region of the side wall and having welded beads with a second shape different from the first shape.
US10020018B2
A decoder that decodes DSD (Direct Stream Digital) data including: a memory storing the DSD data; a processor; a DMA (Direct Memory Access) controller configured to read the DSD data from the memory one word at a time according to a command from the processor; a parallel/serial converter configured to output a plurality of bits contained in a word read by the DMA controller in a bit stream format; and a silent pattern generator configured to selectively output a plurality of silent patterns in a time division manner during a silence period, wherein each of the plurality of silent patterns has a mark rate of 50% and is a string of bits having different values.
US10020015B2
In various embodiments, a magnetic medium may be provided. The magnetic medium may include a substrate. The substrate may include a servo layer over the substrate. The servo layer may include a cap layer having a first coercivity. The servo layer may also include a granular layer having a second coercivity greater than the first coercivity. The servo layer may also include an intervening layer between the cap layer and the granular layer.
US10020014B2
An apparatus-implemented method according to one embodiment includes passing a magnetic recording tape over a plurality of modules having write transducers, and causing the write transducers to write predefined patterns of magnetic bars on the magnetic recording tape. Associated pairs of the write transducers are aligned along an intended direction of tape travel thereacross. Planes of deposition of write gaps of the write transducers in each associated pair are oriented at an angle of greater than 4 degrees relative to each other. A timing of writing of each write transducer is controlled such that resulting patterns of magnetic bars written by each associated pair are offset from one another in the intended direction of tape travel.
US10020011B2
Devices that include a near field transducer (NFT); an amorphous gas barrier layer positioned on at least a portion of the NFT; and a wear resistance layer positioned on at least a portion of the gas barrier layer.
US10020003B2
A voice signal processing apparatus and a voice signal processing method are provided. A loudness of an input voice signal is detected to obtain a reference loudness. Reference loudness gains corresponding to frequency bands are calculated according to the reference loudness and wide dynamic range compression curves corresponding to the frequency bands. Loudnesses of filter signals of the frequency bands are adjusted according to the reference loudness gains of the frequency bands.
US10020000B2
An embodiment of this disclosure provides an audio receiver. The audio receiver includes a memory configured to store an audio signal and processing circuitry coupled to the memory. The processing circuitry is configured to receive the audio signal. The audio signal comprises a plurality of ambisonic components. The processing circuitry is also configured to separate the audio signal into a plurality of independent ambisonic subcomponents such that each of the independent ambisonic subcomponents is from a different source. The processing circuitry is also configured to decode each of the independent ambisonic subcomponents. The processing circuitry is also configured to combine each of the decoded independent ambisonic subcomponents into speaker signals.
US10019991B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for speech recognition and automatic translation operated in a PC or a mobile device. The apparatus for speech recognition according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays a screen for selecting a domain as a unit for a speech recognition region previously sorted for speech recognition to a user; a user input unit that receives a selection of a domain from the user; and a communication unit that transmits the user selection information for the domain. According to the present invention, the apparatus for speech recognition using an intuitive and simple user interface is provided to a user to enable the user to easily select/correct a designation domain of a speech recognition system and improve accuracy and performance of speech recognition and automatic translation by the designated system for speech recognition.
US10019976B1
An electronic percussion includes: a plate-shaped head constituting a struck surface beaten by a player; a frame formed into an annular frame shape surrounding an outer edge of the head, the frame holding the head via the outer edge; and a hitting sensor configured to detect at least one of a vibration and a pressure generated by hitting of the head to output an electrical signal. The frame includes: a first holding groove formed into a groove shape at an inner surface of the frame, the outer edge of the head being engaged with the first holding groove such that the head is held; and a second holding groove formed into a groove shape at a position adjacent to and along the first holding groove such that the second holding groove communicates with the first holding groove, the second holding groove having a depth deeper than a depth of the first holding groove.
US10019971B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates driving a display in a computer system. During operation, the system receives an input video stream from a graphics source, wherein the input video stream comprises a sequence of video frames. Next, the system directs the input video stream through a set of two or more memory buffers including a front buffer and a back buffer to produce an output video stream, which is used to drive the display. While directing the input video stream through the set of memory buffers, the system writes a video frame from the input video stream into the back buffer, and concurrently drives the output video stream from a preceding video frame in the front buffer. When the writing of the video frame completes, the system switches buffers so that the back buffer becomes the front buffer, which drives the output video stream, and the front buffer becomes either a spare buffer or the back buffer, which receives a subsequent frame from the input video stream.
US10019962B2
A user interface includes a virtual object having an appearance in context with a real environment of a user using a see-through, near-eye augmented reality display device system. A virtual type of object and at least one real world object are selected based on compatibility criteria for forming a physical connection like attachment, supporting or integration of the virtual object with the at least one real object. Other appearance characteristics, e.g. color, size or shape, of the virtual object are selected for satisfying compatibility criteria with the selected at least one real object. Additionally, a virtual object type and appearance characteristics of the virtual object may be selected based on a social context of the user, a personal context of the user or both.
US10019945B2
A method of manufacturing a display unit in which the method includes: forming a transistor on a substrate, in which a first direction to be scanned by an ion implantation apparatus intersects with a second direction to be scanned by an Excimer Laser Anneal apparatus; and forming a display element.
US10019941B2
A method and system for compensation for luminance degradation in electro-luminance devices is provided. The system includes a pixel circuit having a light emitting device, a storage capacitor, a plurality of transistors, and control signal lines to operate the pixel circuit. The storage capacitor is connected or disconnected to the transistor and a signal line(s) when programming and driving the pixel circuit.
US10019931B2
An electronic paper display apparatus including an electronic paper display panel to display an image page, a display driver coupled to the electronic paper display panel, and a data processor coupled to the display driver. The display driver drives the electronic paper display panel to display a plurality of image frames according to image data, so as to display the image page. The data processor converts a first look-up table into a second look-up table and merges a current frame and a previous frame into a combined frame. The data processor generates the image data according to the combined frame and the second look-up table and outputs the image data. The image frames include the current frame and the previous frame. A driving method of the electronic paper display apparatus is also provided.
US10019911B2
The present invention provides a computer-assisted method and a computer system for teaching a student to play a musical instrument having a keyboard, in particular a piano, which requires and allows the student to listen to a piece of music, before playing the music by analyzing and imitating what is heard and reading the notation of the music. The method and the system of the present invention enable the process of learning piano to become a fun and enjoyable game.
US10019902B2
Two or more quiet vehicles traveling together sense each other and communicate to each other the condition of the respective drivers of the vehicles and announce their presence to pedestrians and other motorists using noise sounds. The characteristics of the emitted sounds are selected according to a level of threat presented by the quiet vehicles.
US10019896B2
Methods and systems for determining information relating to the operation of traffic control signals
Data indicative of the durations of multiple instances of different phases of a traffic control signal in a given time period is determined. The data is used to obtain data indicative of a distribution of the durations of each phase. The distribution data is used to obtain data indicative of a probability of the traffic control signal having a given phase at one or more future time. The probability data may be used to provide an expected waiting time when arriving at the signal at a future time and/or a speed recommendation for a vehicle approaching the signal.
US10019895B2
A method and system for detecting frequent lane changes of moving vehicles are disclosed. A method for detecting frequent lane changes of moving vehicles including extracting the Z axis angular velocity values, and storing those Z axis angular velocities, from the Z axis angular velocity of which numerical product is negative, analyzing the Z axis angular velocities stored in the specific time period, and judging the number of the Z axis angular velocities with the numeral number 0. It is determined whether the vehicle has made frequent lane changes or not in its moving process, so that an active monitoring for vehicle travelling statuses is implemented, thereby normalizing driving behaviors, and reducing traffic accidents.
US10019891B1
A method for distinguishing between an alarm condition and a nuisance condition in a smoke detector. The smoke detector comprises an illuminator and a light sensor. The method includes measuring a voltage signal in response to an electromagnetic signal emitted by the illuminator, and comparing the voltage signal to an alarm threshold. A rate of change of the voltage signal is determined in response to the comparison of the voltage signal and the alarm threshold. A first frequency component of a first portion of the voltage signal and a second frequency component of a second portion of the voltage signal is determined. The first frequency component and the second frequency component are compared to distinguish between the alarm condition and the nuisance condition. An indication of the alarm condition and the nuisance condition is respectively generated upon an identification of the alarm condition and the nuisance condition.
US10019890B2
A sensor management device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying position screen information indicating positions of sensors; and a detection unit configured to detect a sensor, wherein when a position of the sensor detected by the detection unit is not included in the position screen information, the display control unit further performs control of displaying identification information of the sensor detected by the detection unit.
US10019886B2
A sticker for attaching to at least one part of a machine having at least one rotating component that is to be monitored is provided. The sticker includes a vibration status indicator arranged to indicate when a vibration of the machine having the at least one rotating component exceeds a predetermined level. Also, a condition monitoring system for monitoring the condition of a machine having at least one rotating component is provided. The monitoring system provides at least one such sticker and a device that is arranged to collect information from the at least one sticker.
US10019884B2
A safety care system is for use with a supporting device that is provided with a surface for a person to lie thereon. The safety care system includes a safety control device. The safety control device includes a breathable lining and a control module. The breathable lining is used to cover the surface for the person to lie thereon. The control module receives a signal that is associated with the person, and separates the breathable lining and the surface in response to receipt of the signal.
US10019883B2
The disclosure provides a method, electronic device, and computer-readable storage medium for monitoring breathing activity. The method includes the following steps. A time series of incoming frames of a monitored subject is received and each incoming frame is spitted into multiple blocks, where each block of the time series of incoming frames with a same position forms a time series of incoming blocks. A motion vector of each block is computed and projected onto multiple non-parallel axes to be assigned a sign. The projected motion vectors of each time series of incoming blocks with respect to each axis are respectively merged into a corresponding 1D waveform and converted into a frequency domain, and an observe area is located accordingly. A breathing frequency of the monitored subject corresponding to the observe area is determined and whether or not the monitored subject is breathing abnormally is thereby determined.
US10019881B2
A personnel tracking and monitoring system and method comprises sets of monitoring devices each including: an electronic device having a unique identifier, a locating device, wireless communication devices communicating via a plurality of protocols, and an imaging device and a biologic monitor device communicating image and biologic data to the electronic device. The unique identifier, the location data and time data are associated with image data and with biologic data and are transmitted wirelessly via portable relay devices to one or more monitoring stations which store same in a database. Data stored in the data base is compared with predetermined criteria and if any predetermined criteria is exceeded, an indication thereof is communicated to the monitoring stations and/or to the electronic device to which such indication relates.
US10019875B1
A haptic actuator comprising a base and a haptic transducer at least partially suspended by the base. The haptic transducer comprises a substrate and a smart material operably connected to the substrate. The smart material has resonance in response to an electrical signal having a determined frequency, and the resonance causes the haptic transducer to vibrate and deliver a haptic effect.
US10019874B1
Games of chance are disclosed. In a general embodiment, collections of objects used in the game are defined. The values of objects of the collection are ranked according to a predefined hierarchy. A first object collection is assigned to a Player party. The Dealer accepts a wager from the Player on certain outcomes of random selections of a subset of the collection of objects corresponding to high value objects. A random selection of a subset of objects is made. The subset is compared to predefined high value objects. If there is no matching relationship between the subset and the high value objects, the wager is retained by the Dealer. If there is a matching relationship but not reaching a threshold level of matching, the Dealer pays funds to the Player. If the matching exceeds a threshold level, the Player may accept the payout or wager further.
US10019873B2
A game machine is provided with a center unit which holds a lottery to select at least one option from a plurality of options by a relative movement between a roulette ring having a plurality of pockets corresponding respectively to the plurality of options and a ball and a center monitor which makes predetermined effects to a lottery in the center unit. The game machine controls the center monitor so as to make the effects when a temporal condition which is a lapse of a predetermined time after the lottery is started and a positional condition under which a JP pocket corresponding to a specific option among the plurality of options and the ball are in a predetermined positional relationship are satisfied.
US10019870B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention operate a randomized initial condition hybrid game including a gambling game providing a game of chance and an entertainment game providing a game of skill, where the autonomous agent hybrid game utilizes a randomized initial condition module constructed to: communicate an initial condition random value request that triggers a random number generator of gambling game to generate at least one initial condition random value; communicate at least one initial condition that triggers generation of an initial condition within an entertainment game gameplay session, where: the initial condition setting is based upon at least one initial condition random value; at least one payout parameter is determined upon the generation of an initial condition; and communicate a gambling event occurrence detected from the entertainment game that triggers a wager made using at least one payout parameter to produce a wager payout.
US10019869B2
The present invention involves methods and devices for controlling many aspects of a player's gaming experience, including game themes presented, game denomination, pay models, content and promotions. Some implementations of the invention provide a casino operator the necessary tools to create subsets of customers, often referred to herein as “communities,” and to control the gaming experiences of players in these communities. In some such implementations, communities may be created and/or modified according to various criteria, some of which may be weighted more heavily than others. Specific marketing messages, promotions, etc., may be provided to attract and retain players having similar characteristics and preferences.
US10019864B2
A merchandise dispensing system for storing and dispensing food products, consumables, and beverages may include a plurality of modules, such as a food module, a consumables module, a beverage module, and one or more container modules. The modules may be positioned adjacent each other or connected to each other to form a merchandise dispensing system.
US10019863B2
A magnetic sensor device includes: a magnet; yokes arranged on the magnet; and a magnetoresistance effect element to which is applied a leakage magnetic field emitted from the yokes to an exterior thereof. A detection region of the magnetoresistance effect element is at the side opposite to the magnet. The magnetoresistance effect element detects a change of a bias magnetic field of the magnetoresistance effect element that occurs when the object to be detected including the hard magnetic material passes through the detection region. The magnetic sensor device can accurately detect an object to be detected using a hard magnetic material.
US10019860B1
Features are disclosed for accurately authenticating a delivery agent for unattended delivery of an item. The systems and methods described confirm the location of the delivery agent and proximity to the delivery location using short range wireless communications between a monitoring device at the delivery location and a communication device associated with the delivery agent. Access may also be conditioned on user specified “do not disturb” rules indicating when remote access is authorized. The authentication may be dynamically assessed such as based on a type of item being delivered.
US10019850B2
Some embodiments provide a mapping application that receives input to adjust an amount of tilt from which to view a 3D map for a viewing mode in which the 3D map is specified to be textured with camera captured images (CCIs) of the real world. The mapping application also adjusts a set of heights for a set of road path indicators in the 3D map based on the adjusted amount of tilt. Each road path indicator indicates a path of a road in the 3D map. The mapping application further displays the 3D map with the adjusted amount of tilt and the set of road path indicators at the adjusted set of heights in the 3D map.
US10019843B2
A method and a system for controlling a near eye display using a virtual navigation space are provided herein. The system may include: a wearable near eye display; a sensor having a field of view, attached to the wearable near eye display and configured to capture a scene; a transmitter attached to the wearable near eye display said transmitter is configured to transmit a structured light pattern onto a navigation space, wherein the sensor is configured to capture reflections of the specified pattern coming from the navigation space; and a computer processor configured to analyze said reflections and control a visual indicator presented to a user over the wearable near eye display. The method implements the aforementioned logic without being limited to the architecture.
US10019838B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of three-dimensional imaging, and provides a human body three-dimensional imaging method and system, and a method for simultaneously calibrating multiple control base stations. According to the present invention, provided that the effective view fields of the various distributed sensors are subjected to no spatial overlap, the structural parameters and the global matching parameters of all the sensors are calibrated; a corresponding point search method utilizing phase shift in combination with the random structured light reduces image collection time for acquiring single view point depth data; by using the concept of time reuse, the overall data collection time is shortened, and meanwhile the design of distributed computation enhances the computing capability of the entire system; automatic matching of the depth data of different sensors is implemented according to the calibrated global matching parameters of the different sensors.
US10019835B1
The invention is a system and method of compressing terrain data to be used to render a three-dimensional map representation of the terrain data. In general, the invention operates by first selecting the boundaries of the terrain data and to be compressed and dividing the terrain data into regular geometric areas. Next, a type of free-edged, planar geometric surface is defined which is used to approximate the terrain data for each regular geometric area. The approximations are checked to determine if they fall within user selected tolerances. If the approximation for a specific regular geometric area is within the user specified tolerances, the data is saved for that specific regular geometric area. If the approximation for a specific regular geometric area falls outside the user specified tolerances, the regular geometric area is divided and a free-edged, planar geometric surface approximation is made for each of the divided areas. This process is recursively repeated until all of the regular geometric areas are approximated by free-edged, planar surfaces. Finally, the compressed terrain data is used to render a three-dimensional map.
US10019828B2
An image generating apparatus, including a memory storing avatar data representing a motion of an avatar in a virtual space and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to obtain sensor information that represents a motion of a person in a real space acquired from at least one sensor, determine a first value that indicates an impression of the person based on the obtained sensor information, determine a type of the motion based on the obtained sensor information, select at least one candidate data set corresponding to the type of the motion from the memory, determine a second value that indicates impression of the avatar for each of the selected at least one data set, select a representative data set based on the determined first value and the determined second value, and generate an avatar image based on the representative data set.
US10019825B2
Apparatus, systems, media and/or methods may involve animating avatars. User facial motion data may be extracted that corresponds to one or more user facial gestures observed by an image capture device when a user emulates a source object. An avatar animation may be provided based on the user facial motion data. Also, script data may be provided to the user and/or the user facial motion data may be extracted when the user utilizes the script data. Moreover, audio may be captured and/or converted to a predetermined tone. Source facial motion data may be extracted and/or an avatar animation may be provided based on the source facial motion data. A degree of match may be determined between the user facial motion data of a plurality of users and the source facial motion data. The user may select an avatar as a user avatar and/or a source object avatar.
US10019819B2
A system, method, and apparatus for displaying a fused reconstructed image with a multidimensional image are disclosed. An example imaging system receives a selection corresponding to a portion of a displayed multidimensional visualization of a surgical site. At the selected portion of the multidimensional visualization, the imaging system displays a portion of a reconstructed image which corresponds to the selected multidimensional visualization such that the displayed portion of the reconstructed image is fused with the displayed multidimensional visualization.
US10019817B2
Example-based edge-aware directional texture painting techniques are described. Inputs are received that define a target direction field and a plurality of edges as part of a target shape mask. A texture is synthesized from a source image by the computing device to be applied to the set of pixels of the target mask using a source shape mask and a source direction field. The source shape mask defines a plurality of edges of the source mask such that the synthesized texture applied to the plurality of edges of the target shape mask correspond to respective ones of the plurality of edges of the source shape mask. The source direction field is taken from the source image such that the synthesized texture applied to the target direction field corresponds to the source direction field. The pixels in the user interface are painted by the computing device using the synthesized texture.
US10019809B2
An underwater camera system includes a projector operable to project a pattern of electromagnetic radiation toward a target object. The electromagnetic radiation includes at least three different wavelengths. A sensor directed toward the target object receives reflected electromagnetic radiation from the target object and stores corresponding image data received from the sensor. One or more processors process the image data to compute a refractive normal according to a wavelength dispersion represented by differences in the image data, and to compute an interface distance corresponding to a distance from a center point of the sensor to a first refractive interface nearest the sensor according to the refractive normal. The processors generate a 3D representation of the target object by back projecting each pixel of the image data at the first, second, and third wavelengths in order to determine an object point location according to the refractive normal and interface distance.
US10019803B2
This disclosure provides a retail environment robotic system including a vertically oriented/scanning LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) unit mounted to a mobile base which travels along the aisles of a retail environment such as a store. According to an exemplary embodiment, the LIDAR unit vertically scans product display units along the aisles to generate a depth map associated with detected objects which is further processed to detect missing products, product/shelving tags, shelves, etc.
US10019800B2
The success of the positioning of devices for deployment inside an aneurysm, for example, is reliant on processes, which take place within an intervention procedure. For example, the position, orientation, or trajectory of the intervention device can affect the final position of a device for deployment deployed on the intervention device. Therefore, it is useful to predict the deployment position of a device for deployment based on a current localization of only the intervention device within an object of interest.
US10019795B2
A radiography apparatus includes a radiation source, a radiation detector, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to obtain an X-ray image of an object, obtain a focal spot size of a radiation source used to generate the obtained X-ray image, and estimate a magnification of the obtained X-ray image. The processing circuitry is also configured to obtain, using a look-up table and the obtained focal spot size, a deconvolution kernel. The processing circuitry is also configured to generate a corrected X-ray image by performing a deconvolution operation on the obtained X-ray image using the obtained deconvolution kernel and the estimated magnification.
US10019790B2
First imaging device collects first image data, whereas second imaging device collects second image data of a storage portion. An image processing module identifies a rim of a container in either the first image data or the second image data. The image processing module then overlays an outline of the rim in an image presented on a display to an operator of a transferring vehicle. The image processing module further identifies the fill level of material in a receiving vehicle container and overlays this information in the image presented on the display.
US10019786B2
An image-processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a brightness characteristic value from input image data; a generating unit configured to generate information regarding a high-brightness area that is an image area of the input image data having a brightness greater than or equal to a first threshold value, based on the brightness characteristic value; and a processing unit configured to perform, on the input image data, unevenness reduction processing of reducing unevenness in at least one of brightness and color, wherein the processing unit performs, on the input image data, the unevenness reduction processing of reducing the unevenness more strongly in a case where the high-brightness area is bigger, based on the information.
US10019779B2
Features are disclosed for an interface for browsing images of items having different scales and lengths such as clothing. The interface may present two portions of a subject, each portion selected from different data stores of images. The interface may provide a unified view of the portions. For example, a first portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a golf shirt and long pants. A second portion may be taken from an image of the subject wearing a long sleeved shirt and shorts. The first portion may show only the golf shirt and the second portion may show only the shorts thereby providing a depiction of what the subject would look like wearing the shirt shown in the first image with the shorts shown in the second image.
US10019769B1
Methods and systems for providing location fencing within a controlled environment are disclosed herein. A location fencing server determines a location of a first inmate based on a first beacon device, and determines a location of a second inmate based on a second beacon device. Further, the location fencing server determines a proximity status based on the location of the first inmate and the location of the second inmate. Additionally, the location fencing server determines that the first inmate and the second inmate are in violation of a proximity policy based on the proximity status. In some embodiments, the location fencing server sends a notification to an employee device based on the violation of a proximity policy.
US10019767B2
A method for locating real estate having desired attributes includes storing, in a profile database, at least one client profile, the client profile including a client identifier associated with a client and at least two preferences of the client, storing, in a neighborhood database, at least one neighborhood defined by at least one neighborhood attribute other than zip code, receiving, by a receiving unit, one or more properties not currently for sale within the at least one neighborhood, weighting, by a processing unit, the at least two preferences, generating, by the processing unit, a list of one or more properties not currently for sale within the at least one neighborhood having the at least two preferences, and transmitting, by a transmitting unit, the list of one or more properties to the client.
US10019765B2
A social networking system (SNS) may determine the integrity of a social application. In particular, the SNS can receive communications and tags associated with different subsets of the communications from the social application. Thereafter, the SNS can distribute the communications, and monitor for user interactions performed on the communications. Subsequently, feedback indicating the integrity of the social application can be provided. The feedback can be based on the user interactions performed on the communications. The feedback can also be provided according to the tags. In particular, a set of feedback information can be provided for each tag, where the set is based on the user interactions performed on the subset of communications associated with the tag. By providing feedback in this manner, A-B testing can be performed. In one embodiment, the operating state for the social application can be determined based on the integrity of the SNS.
US10019759B2
A method for providing a real-time probability includes generating a model based on time-series historical data for a financial instrument, the model built from technical indicators of the financial instrument based on extracted components of the time-series historical data and goal values for the financial instrument, applying a transform to the model, the transform generating a quantile vector associated with the financial instrument based on quantile values derived from the model for the financial instrument, compiling a composite index of quantile vectors, each of the quantile vectors corresponding to a plurality of samples having time-series historical data similar to the financial instrument, the composite index including a single sequential range of vector values, and generating a probability for the financial instrument to reach the goal values by determining an average number of quantile vectors of the composite index matching the quantile vector of the financial instrument.
US10019758B2
Systems and methods for providing a customizable spreadsheet application interface for an electronic trading system or market data source. A customizable spreadsheet application using the application interface according to the invention may be executed or stored either at the client or at a server. In either case, a user is preferably provided with an spreadsheet interface that allows the user to implement a real time electronic trading model. The trading model may preferably be used to trade in the electronic trading system without additional user intervention.
US10019753B2
A system and method for interactive, computer-assisted object presentation in which object information is displayed in one more arrays, The object information is displayed in a two dimensional array wherein displayed object information can be selected by a user. In response to the selection, additional information may be displayed about an object corresponding to the selected information such as a link to permit a user to buy the object.
US10019749B2
An enhanced shopping system for facilitating grocery shopping and in-store advertising is disclosed. The system utilizes uniquely changes (1) the way grocery retail industry captures and retains customers, (2) how customers organize their shopping efforts in grocery stores, (3) the approach to advertising and reaching customers, and (4) the information available to retailers and merchandisers related to customer (a) shopping patterns, (b) responses to merchandising and advertising, and (c) specific impact of discounting/coupons.
US10019737B2
An image processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processor is programmed to process two or more media formats stored in the memory, each media format is made up of a digital image layer that includes non-transparent pixels and may include transparent pixels. The processor is programmed to: set the non-transparent pixels in each of the digital image layer of the two or more media formats to a contrast state, set pixels stored in an off-screen data buffer of the memory to pixels corresponding to a predetermined color scheme, apply an image function to each media format that is drawn to the off-screen data buffer so as to allow the plurality of overlapping media formats to be displayed on the display screen as see through.
US10019734B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest.
US10019732B2
A system and method are directed towards providing non-requested content to a mobile terminal based on characteristics of, and tracked usage of the mobile terminal to request content through an online portal service, which provides access to content in multiple subject areas. A mobile user profile is created from the characteristics and patterns of the tracked usage. The tracked usage information includes the time, location, frequency at which the content was requested. Based on the mobile user profile information, content related to previously requested content is provided to the mobile terminal upon a trigger that is related to the requested content. The trigger event may include the mobile terminal returning to a location from which certain content was previously requested. The non-requested content may further be based on a related general user profile that indicates usage of an alternate electronic device to access content through the portal.
US10019729B2
Methods and systems are described for providing programmatic testing of users to determine user attention for advertisements. In one embodiment, a system includes an advertising campaign framework having a testing platform, one or more application programming interfaces (APIs), and software components. A storage medium stores instructions of the testing platform, one or more APIs, and software components. Processing logic is configured to execute the instructions to receive a function call from an ad test software or an ad campaign software of an advertising entity, to provide a set of functionality for programmatically creating one or more tests to be displayed within an initiated software application of a user during an ad campaign to determine user attention during the one or more tests, and to generate a response that is sent to the ad test software or the ad campaign software of the advertising entity.
US10019727B2
A server system comprising one or more processors and memory receives, from a client device, one or more messages for use in a message campaign, where the one or more messages include a plurality of annotations indicating human-identified features in the one or more messages. The server system initiates delivery of the message campaign to a plurality of users and receives campaign-feedback data that is indicative of user interaction, during the message campaign, that corresponds the features identified by the one or more annotations. After receiving the campaign-feedback data, the server system receives, from a requestor, a request for analysis of the features during the message campaign. In response, the server system obtains a campaign report that provides information on one or more correlations between the features and user interaction with the features during the message campaign and provides the campaign report to the requestor.
US10019724B2
A mobile device with a display, processor(s), and memory: displays promotional offers; detects a user input selecting one of the promotional offers; and initiates performance of a transaction with an automatic retail machine to purchase a product stocked by the automatic retail machine. The mobile device also: receives a transaction completion notification from the payment module indicating that the product corresponding to the selected promotional offer was vended by the automatic retail machine; and, in response to receiving the transaction completion notification, provides a prompt to the user of the mobile device to obtain a product code for the vended product to validate the promotional offer. The mobile device further: obtains the product code for the vended product; transmits the product code to the server; and, in response: receives promotion validation information from the server; and displays the promotion validation information indicating whether the respective promotion offer was validated.
US10019723B2
A system includes one or more memory devices storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to perform steps of a method. The system may enable a first user to select a redeemable commerce object to be placed within a web page. The system may create the web page that includes a representation of the redeemable commerce object. A second user may be enabled to view the web page and select the redeemable commerce object in order to redeem it. The system may facilitate the transfer of value from to the second user upon redeeming the redeemable commerce object.
US10019719B2
A system for authorizing a reward card transaction includes an account server configured to receive an authorization request for a transaction performed using the reward card. The system also is configured to compare the amount of the transaction to an available balance in a bank account linked to the reward card and authorize the transaction based on the comparison. The system further is configured to transmit an authorization for the transaction. A system updating a credit limit on a reward card includes an updating module configured to receive amounts of authorized reward card transactions and amounts of authorized bank account transactions. The system also is configured to update a credit limit on a reward card based on the reward card transaction amounts and/or the bank account transaction amounts.
US10019701B2
An email payment gateway may be configured to send emails to customers, including a plurality of mailto hyperlinks. Each mailto hyperlink may be in the form of a graphical user interface button associated with one or more products. Each button generates a return email message when the button is selected. The generated email message may include one or more parameters related to the one or more products associated with the button, such as an identifier of the product, vendor or particular campaign with which the product is associated. The generated email message may then be transmitted to the email payment gateway. The email payment gateway may receive the message and, based on the parameters in the received message, process payment to complete the customer's purchase of the selected product.
US10019699B2
Methods for operating a portable electronic device to conduct mobile payment transactions are provided. The electronic device may include near field communications circuitry having a transmitter, a receiver, and a field detector for detecting a field from a merchant terminal. The receiver is typically idle. The receiver may be activated when the field detector detects that the electronic device is within the field of the merchant terminal. The transmitter may then be used to perform link establishment and data transfer. If the payment transaction fails for any reason, one or more hardware settings on the electronic device may be adjusted to help increase the chance of a successful transaction in a subsequent payment attempt. Another transaction may be attempted when the user moves the device out of the field and back into the field or may be performed automatically as long as the device is still within the field.
US10019697B2
A method is disclosed for offering transaction account consumers with payment term options to pay a minimum amount due early, defer payment into the following payment cycle, and pay a standard amount when due. When generating a periodic billing statement, the invention determines a consumer's eligibility to elect early payment, deferred payment, and regular payment. When a consumer is eligible for early payment, a received payment is compared to a discount rate tier, then a discount amount is calculated and credited to the consumer's account. When the consumer is eligible for deferred payment, the system calculates a new current minimum payment due by multiplying the current non-deferred balance by a predetermined percentage amount and adding the result to the deferred balance. When the consumer is not eligible for deferred payment, the system calculates a new current minimum due by summing the current non-deferred balance with the deferred balance.
US10019684B2
A centralized workflow management system is described that provides for the ability to manage workflows existing throughout a large enterprise regardless of the format of the workflow platform/system providing the workflows. The system and other embodiments provide for workflow extensibility, such that changes to existing workflows and/or addition of new workflows result in automatic adaption to all downstream and upstream workflows that are affected by the change or addition.
US10019680B2
A computing device including a processor and memory may receive input from a user to define one or more sequence types, each sequence type based on a time frame. A distributed computing system may receive interaction data on a plurality of computing nodes and describing an interaction event between a customer and an agent. The one or more computing nodes may associate the received interaction event with the customer's identifier in a customer history table, wherein the customer history table stores historical interaction events for the customer. Further, the computing nodes may assign the received interaction event to a sequence, based on the defined one or more sequence types.
US10019676B2
A system and method to batch and collate construction notices, legal notices, and other documents by recipient, such that multiple notices can be sent in a single mailing, and to allow for these document batches to accumulate over time until the approaching of a deadline for the document's delivery.
US10019663B1
Devices and methods of disrupting data transfer between an RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) and an RFID data storage device (30, 30′) to be protected, are provided. An example of an embodiment of an RFID signal disruptor device includes a container (41, 141) and an RFID signal disruptor circuit (151, 161, 161′, 171, 171′, 271, 271′) configured to substantially disrupt the signal provided by the RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) when the RFID signal disruptor device is positioned to protect the RFID data storage device (30, 30′). The RFID signal disruptor device can also include an interrogation indicator (63, 296) configured to indicate to a user of the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) that an unauthorized RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) is attempting to interrogate the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) when the RFID signal disruptor device is positioned in close proximity to the RFID data storage device (30, 30′) to provide protection thereto and when the RFID interrogation device (50, 50′) is producing the interrogation signal.
US10019654B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for recognizing object sub-types in images. One of the methods includes receiving training data; selecting training data for an image; determining whether to randomly permute a value of a property of the selected image; providing, to a deep neural network, the particular training data or the randomly permuted particular training data; receiving, from the deep neural network, output data indicating a predicted label for an object sub-type for an object depicted in the selected image, and a confidence score that represents a likelihood that the object has the object sub-type; updating one or more weights in the deep neural network using an expected output value, the predicted label, and the confidence score; and providing the deep neural network to a mobile device for use detecting whether one or more images depict objects having the particular object sub-type.
US10019650B1
A device that includes a node engine configured to emulate a first node, a second node, and a third node. The first node is configured to receive a first correlithm object, fetch a second correlithm object based on the first correlithm object, and output the second correlithm object to the second node and the third node. Each correlithm object is a point in an n-dimensional space represented by a binary string. The second node is configured to receive the second correlithm object, fetch a third correlithm object based on the second correlithm object, and output the third correlithm object to the third node. The third node is configured to receive the second correlithm object, receive the third correlithm object, fetch a fourth correlithm object based on the second correlithm object and the third correlithm object, and output the fourth correlithm object.
US10019645B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an image processing apparatus and method, and electronic equipment. The apparatus includes: a decomposing unit configured to decompose luminance of an input image into an illumination component and a reflectance component; a compressing unit configured to compress the illumination component; an extending unit configured to extend the reflectance component; a combining unit configured to combine the compressed illumination component and the extended reflectance component, to obtain combined luminance; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust the combined luminance. By compressing the illumination component of an input image and extending the reflectance component, a contrast of the image may be efficiently enhanced and an image of a high dynamic range may be obtained, whereby a display effect of the image may be improved.
US10019644B2
Technologies for multi-channel feature detection include a computing device to determine a filter response of each image channel of a multi-channel image for one or more image filters. The computing device determines a local differentiating color vector based on the filter responses, applies the filter responses to the local differentiating color vector to generate an adapted response, and determines a total response of the multi-channel image based on the adapted response.
US10019643B2
A region-setting unit sets, in an image, a region based on one reference point designated by a user in the image or a predetermined region as an extraction region. An edge extraction unit extracts an edge of the subject based on an image of the extraction region. When a plurality of edges are extracted, a display control unit causes a line indicating the plurality of extracted edges to be displayed on a display unit together with the image. An edge selection unit selects a reference edge from among the plurality of extracted edges based on an instruction from the user. A three-dimensional coordinate calculation unit calculates three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to points in the image. A reference line calculation unit calculates a reference line on a space based on the three-dimensional coordinates corresponding to points constituting the reference edge.
US10019640B2
An intelligent automatic license plate recognition (IALPR) system implements technical solutions that improve the accuracy of automatic license plate recognition. The IALPR analyzes an image of a vehicle proximate to a toll collection point using optical character recognition (OCR), and determines candidate license plate identifications based, at least in part, on the corresponding OCR confidence level. The IALPR can also perform fingerprinting for candidate license plate images and matching analysis with a knowledge base, resulting in additional confidence levels. The IALPR can also perform behavioral analysis on the candidate license plate identifications, including trip context analysis, historical behavioral analysis, or other analytics. The IALPR can generate an overall confidence level for the candidate license plate identifications responsive to the OCR and vehicle fingerprint confidence levels and the behavioral analysis. This enhanced analysis helps the IALPR reduce the number of incorrect license plate identifications and reduce the need for human review.
US10019634B2
An embodiment of an Eye Tracking Wearable Computer apparatus includes a first portable unit for data gathering and communicating feedback and a second portable unit for processing the at least gathered data from the first unit. The first portable unit includes an eyeglass frame, at least one first optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one scene image corresponding to a field of view of a user, at least one second optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one eye image corresponding to at least a portion of at least one eye of the user, at least one microphone to allow the user to communicate via voice, at least one speaker to allow the user to receive feedback via voice, at least one visible light source to allow the user to receive feedback via light signals, at least one motion sensor to monitor the head movements of the user, and at least one first processor to at least receive data from the data gathering units in the first portable unit and at least manage the communication with the second portable unit. The second portable unit is in communication with the first portable unit and includes at least one second processor configured for receiving the at least data from the first processor and decoding a pre-defined command from the user and executing at least one command in response to the received command. At least one of the processors will determine a direction within the field of view to which the at least one eye is directed based upon the at least a history of one eye image, and generates a command or a subset of the at least one scene image based on the determined direction. At least one of the processors will provide a feedback to the user to acknowledge the user command received. In one embodiment, the Wearable Computer will function as a driver assistant and in another embodiment as a cameraman.
US10019632B2
In a surveillance system including a remote sensor apparatus and a portable receiver, a method is provided for collecting and processing data related to a surrounding environment of the remote sensor apparatus including image data for a scene external to the housing of the apparatus. The method includes receiving, at the processing unit, raw image data simultaneously from a plurality of image sensors as the raw image data is being captured by the plurality of image sensors. One or more light sources are placed around a wide-angle lens fitted to each of the image sensor. Infrared or near-infrared light emanating from the plurality of light sources is used in a dark environment. The method also includes processing, at the processing unit, the simultaneously received raw image data to generate pre-processed image data. The method further includes transmitting the pre-processed image data to the portable receiver using the wireless transceiver.
US10019630B1
Provided are devices and methods for rating video scenes from a sporting event. In one example, the method includes receiving data of a plurality of rated sports scenes, normalizing the data of the plurality of rated sports scenes into a plurality of data points, and forming at least two rating groups of data points in dimensional space, normalizing an unrated sports scene into a data point, determining a rating for the unrated scene by comparing the data point of the unrated scene to the at least two rating groups of data points, and outputting information about the determination to a display of a user device. According to various embodiments, the device and method may learn from a few plays manually rated by a coach and apply the coach's learned philosophy automatically to a plurality of unrated plays.
US10019627B2
New authentication features are proposed that are visible, can be authenticated with a mobile equipment and yet are challenging to counterfeit. In a possible embodiment, the surface of the authentication feature may have three-dimensional characteristics, which can be recognized by a handheld camera, such as a smartphone camera, while it cannot be easily reproduced by a simple scan and print procedure. In a further possible embodiment, at least two different viewpoints of the authentication feature may be acquired using a smartphone camera and the resulting images may be analyzed using the smartphone processor to identify the three-dimensional characteristics of the authentication feature. The manufacturing of the feature may be performed at a low cost by embossing the three dimensional structure on a surface. The authentication feature may be carried by a self-adhesive label or directly embedded on the product packaging.
US10019626B2
The invention relates to a method for authenticating an optically variable security element (1), in particular a diffractive security element, with the steps: a) capturing an image sequence with at least one individual image of the security element (1) by means of a sensor (31), in particular a hand-held device (3), preferably a smartphone, tablet or a PDA; b) checking whether at least one predetermined item of optical information is present in at least one individual image of the image sequence.
US10019622B2
The subject matter described herein relates to face alignment via shape regression. A method, computer storage medium, and system are provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving an image including a face; and performing shape regression to estimate a facial shape in the image. For each stage in the shape regression, a local feature is extracted from a local region around each facial landmark in the image independently; and a joint projection is performed based on local features of multiple facial landmarks to predict a facial shape increment. Then, a facial shape of a current stage is generated based on the predicted facial shape increment and a facial shape of a previous stage.
US10019620B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method to image a probe array is described that includes focusing on a plurality of fiducials on a surface of an array. The method utilizes obtaining the best z position of the fiducials and using a surface fitting algorithm to produce a surface fit profile. One or more surface non-flatness parameters can be adjusted to improve the flatness image of the array surface to be imaged.
US10019611B2
The present invention relates to a communication method, device, and system. The communication method include using low-frequency alternating magnetic field signals to control a communication distance between a first radio frequency (RF) device and second RF device. The communication device receives and uses a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal transmitted from a second RF device to control the communication distance to the second RF device. The communication system includes a first RF device and a second RF device. The first RF device generates and transmits a first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives a second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal, and the second RF device generates and transmits the second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal and receives the first low-frequency alternating magnetic field signal. The first RF device and the second RF device control the communication distance using the first and second low-frequency alternating magnetic field signals.
US10019600B2
An information processing apparatus includes an update unit configured to update firmware of the information processing apparatus, a determination unit configured to determine whether use of a particular function that is provided by the information processing apparatus is restricted due to the firmware being updated by the update unit, and a display unit configured to provide a warning display if the determination unit determines that the use of the particular function is restricted.
US10019598B2
When an application is launched, a framework scanning module scans a plurality of frameworks linked against by the application to generate a list of available services. When the application makes a request of a particular service, a service verification module compares the requested service to the list of available services and if the requested service is found in the list of available services, sends a signal to the application, the signal allowing access to the requested service for the application. Otherwise, access to the requested service is denied.
US10019596B2
A client receives sensitive data to be tokenized. The client queries a token table with a portion of the sensitive data to determine if the token table includes a token mapped to the value of the portion of the sensitive data. If the mapping table does not include a token mapped to the value of the portion of the sensitive data, a candidate token is generated. The client queries a central token management system to determine if the candidate token collides with a token generated by or stored at another client. In some embodiments, the candidate token includes a value from a unique set of values assigned by the central token management system to the client, guaranteeing that the candidate token does not cause a collision. The client then tokenizes the sensitive data with the candidate token and stores the candidate token in the token table.
US10019593B1
A digital targeting system is configured to access data to determine users that satisfy content factors, such as pre-validation criteria, based on user information stored in a database having restrictions on sharing of user data, such as government regulations on sharing of the user information. The digital targeting system may then generate a pre-validated user ID list indicating those users that match the content factors. Users on the pre-validated user ID list may then be matched to users in other databases, such as a digital ID database, to identify digital IDs for the users that are usable by a digital display entity.
US10019589B1
Techniques include: receiving a search query; identifying content responsive to the search query; identifying one or more members of a social networking service that have an association with identified content; and outputting, to a computing device, data corresponding to the one or more members, where data corresponding to the one or more members is for generating display areas, and where the display areas are for obtaining information about corresponding members and for display along with search results.
US10019586B1
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficult. In addition, the present invention provides an efficient means for the production of labels and verification of authenticity, whereby a recording apparatus which includes a recording medium, having anisotrophic optical domains, along with a means for transferring a portion of the recording medium to a carrier, wherein a bulk portion of the recording medium has macroscopically detectable anisotrophic optical properties and the detecting apparatus thereon.
US10019585B2
An encryption recommendation method and an encryption recommendation device are provided. The method includes: scanning user operations on an application in a terminal, and obtaining a frequency of usage of each application; obtaining a set of frequently-used applications from the applications based on the frequency of usage of the each application; and determining, based on privacy weights of the set of frequently-used applications, at least one recommended application to be encrypted from the set of frequently-used applications.
US10019580B2
A computing device may perform integrity checks on a closed operating system defining a preconfigured user portion and a preconfigured system portion using an integrity checking module. The integrity checking module may access parameters associated with an object stored on the system portion of the operating system. Files on the system portion may be accessed by submitting a query that comprises a file name, a file directory, and at least one parameter to the system portion of the operating system. The integrity checking module may provide an indication of a potential compromise to the integrity of the computing device based on the integrity check. The integrity check may be performed periodically and/or aperiodically. Updated integrity values may be compared against previously determined integrity values to update the integrity check. The integrity checking module may perform the integrity check using a signature function or hashing function to generate the integrity values.
US10019577B2
Systems and methods for hardware hardened advanced threat protection are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) may include a processor; and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) coupled to the processor, the BIOS having BIOS instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: launch an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) gateway module; and determine, using the EFI gateway module, whether the BIOS instructions include malware.
US10019576B1
A security control system is provided that works as an extra layer of defense as a way to prevent an “attack” that is initiated by modifying either the “jump” or the “return” addresses or both. The principal behind the security control system is to “monitor” the addresses to which the processors would jump, interrupt or return, and identify when these addresses are modified in a manner that does not comply with the normal execution of the processor. In order to do that the security control system uses existing structures in multi-core processors and even anticipates the creation of additional structures to expedite and improve such control.
US10019575B1
Evaluating a potentially malicious sample using a copy-on-write overlay is disclosed. A first virtual machine instance is initialized as a copy-on-write overlay associated with an original virtual machine image. The first virtual machine image is started and a first sample is executed. A second virtual machine instance is initialized as a copy-on-write overlay associated with a second original virtual machine image. The second virtual machine image is started and a second sample is executed. The first and second samples are executed at an overlapping time.
US10019573B2
Detecting executable machine instructions in a data stream is accomplished by accessing a plurality of values representing data contained within a memory of a computer system and performing pre-processing on the plurality of values to produce a candidate data subset. The pre-processing may include determining whether the plurality of values meets (a) a randomness condition, (b) a length condition, and/or (c) a string ratio condition. The candidate data subset is inspected for computer instructions, characteristics of the computer instructions are determined, and a predetermined action is taken based on the characteristics of the computer instructions.
US10019567B1
A method and apparatus for encoding security codes are provided. In the method and apparatus a first code, which may be an erroneous code, is compared to a set of codes to identify a code portion. The code portion may be identified as contributing to inducing erroneous entry of the first code. The likelihood associated with issuing a second code including the code portion may be updated to negatively bias issuing the second code.
US10019565B2
A method and apparatus for reading unique identifiers of an integrated circuit. The unique identifiers may be physically unclonable functions (PUFs), formed by high energy ions implanted into semiconductor material of the integrated circuit. The method may include electrically or optically stimulating each of the PUFs and sensing with an optical sensor optical characteristics of resulting light emitted from the PUFs. Then the method may include comparing values associated with the optical characteristics of the PUFs with groups of stored values in a circuit database. Each of the groups of stored values may be associated with optical characteristics of PUFs of a known authentic circuit. The method may then include the controller providing verification of authenticity of the integrated circuit when each of the values associated with the optical characteristics of the PUFs match the stored values of at least one of the groups in the circuit database.
US10019562B2
In embodiments of an electronic device having a biometric authentication system and grip detection sensor, an authentication circuit is coupled to the biometric authentication sensor and grip detection sensor. The biometric authentication sensor is configured to receive a biometric input sample. The grip detection sensor is configured to identify an orientation of a hand of a user relative to the biometric authentication sensor. The authentication circuit determines a priority of multiple biometric templates based on the orientation and authenticates the biometric input sample based on the priority of the multiple biometric templates.
US10019560B2
Provided is a password-authenticating device in which a password is not perceived from the hand movements of an operator during entry of a password. The password-authenticating device according to the present disclosure executes a login process by comparing an entered password candidate with a registered password. The password-authenticating device includes a comparison unit, and an authenticating unit. The comparison unit receives entry of the password candidate together with a number of times of dummy input, and when the entered password candidate matches the registered password, receives re-entry of the password candidate. After re-entry of the password candidate reaches the number of times of dummy input, the authenticating unit executes the login process regardless of whether or not the re-entered password candidate matches the registered password.
US10019559B2
A method, a system and a device are provided for aggregating data to provide a display in a user interface. The method includes populating data records in data storage of a data management system; authenticating a user; retrieving a list from the data records and displaying the list for the authenticated user; selecting an item from the list through the user interface; receiving an item authentication token associating with the authenticated user; retrieving the plurality of attributes for the item authentication token and a progress status of the object history record; and in response to receiving a user selection, providing a text input field on the display for receiving a user's text inquiry; determining a numerical figure for the authenticated user; and aggregating data for displaying the plurality of attributes, displaying the progress status and determining the numerical figure for the authenticated user.
US10019553B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for virtually integrated care delivery. In one implementation, a provider controller is disposed in a virtual care command center and has a provider care delivery interface. Patient controllers and provider user devices are in communication with the provider controller over a network and are each associated with a patient room and have a patient care delivery interface. The provider controller obtains real-time video from the patient controllers for presentation using the provider care delivery interface. The real-time video is captured using the patient care delivery interfaces and provides real-time surveillance of the patient rooms in the virtual care command center. A communication manager device is deployed in the network and configured to route communications among the controllers and user devices and routes a round coordination communication from the provider controller to a subset of the provider user devices associated with providers for a patient.
US10019549B2
A method of designing a common preform for providing a plurality of preforms for turbine engine outlet guide vanes of different geometrical profiles and made out of composite material, the method including 3D geometrical modeling of the geometrical profiles of the different outlet guide vane preforms, flattening out each of the geometrical profiles of the different outlet guide vane preforms, superposing the geometrical profiles of the different flattened outlet guide vane preforms, and converging towards a single geometrical profile for an outlet guide vane preform common to all of the outlet guide vane preforms while guaranteeing identical positioning for the top and bottom regions of non-interlinking for all of the outlet guide vane preforms.
US10019548B2
A method, of generating a modified layout based on an original layout, includes: determining a first set of width bias values of an i-th set of layout patterns which compensate for subtractive process effects, the original layout having N sets of layout patterns corresponding to N masks; determining a second set of width bias values of the i-th set of layout patterns of the original layout which compensate for additive process effects; generating the modified layout based on the first and second sets of width bias values of the i-th set of layout patterns, the order index i of the i-th mask corresponding to an order of the i-th mask being applied during a fabrication process; and fabricating, based on the modified layout, at least one of a semiconductor mask or at least one component in a layer of an inchoate semiconductor integrated circuit.
US10019546B1
A system-on-a-chip (SoC) includes a master module and a first adapter module. The master module includes an upstream interface and a downstream interface. The upstream interface is coupled to a host unit for receiving a write burst or a read burst therefrom. The master module is configured to convert the write burst or the read burst into a series of access requests to the downstream interface. The first adapter module includes an input interface, an output interface, and an endpoint interface, and an address Base Address Register (BAR). The input interface is coupled to the downstream interface of the master module. The output interface is coupled to a second adapter module or to a termination module. The endpoint interface is coupled to a first functional unit or to a third adapter module. The first adapter module is configured to detect a respective access request corresponding to the address BAR.
US10019542B2
A computer-implemented method for scoring an example with causal information includes a computer system receiving an indication of a goal and applying a predictive model to the example to yield an output score with respect to the goal. The computer system produces causal score for each feature-value pair in the example, each causal score indicating of a relative extent to which the feature-value pair is responsible for influencing the output score. Then, the computer system presents the output score and the causal score for each feature-value pair in the example.
US10019540B2
A method is disclosed that includes performing a first simulation by applying first variations to identify at least one sample of an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the IC comprises at least one device; translating individual variables of split devices implementing the at least one device, to an equivalent variable for the split devices; and performing a second simulation, by applying at least a portion of second variations, with the equivalent variable for the split devices, to obtain a simulation result serving as a basis of modifying the layout for fabrication of the IC.
US10019530B2
A method used to authenticate an item using an identification tag is provided. At the time of manufacture, the tags are created with various hardware attributes (HA), including a unique identifier (UID); and encoded with a signature of a message that includes a URL, and optionally a serial number associated with a product to which the tag is to be attached. The URL embeds various data such as one or more of the HAs, a serial number, etc., which can be used to verify the authenticity of the tag when verifying the signature. When a tag is read, the message including the URL is recovered and the signature is verified by the processor of the reader. This can be done to ensure that the URL in the message is one designated by the signer. The data in the signature can then be used to verify the authenticity of the tag and/or to detect tampering. The results of the verification can also be displayed to a user, e.g., using an available display on the electronic device including or otherwise acting as the tag reader.
US10019525B1
A method, computer system, and computer program product for generating a multi-document summary is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a query statement, one or more documents, one or more summary constraints, and quality goals. The embodiment may include identifying one or more keywords within the query statement. The embodiment may include performing a sentence selection from the one or more documents based on the one or more identified keywords. The embodiment may include generating a plurality of candidate summaries of the one or more documents based on the performed sentence selection, the goals, and a cross entropy method. The embodiment may include calculating a quality score for each of the plurality of generated candidate summaries using a plurality of quality features. The embodiment may include selecting a candidate summary from the plurality of generated candidate summaries with the highest calculated quality score that also satisfies a quality score threshold.
US10019524B2
Techniques for hosting data or connecting to hosted data are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a first computing device in a first region of control can receive a data set from a second computing device in a second region of control via a communication network. The first computing device can then analyze the received data set to determine structural information, such as one or more structural features associated with the received data set. The determined structural information can then be transmitted to the second computing device. In response to the transmission, the first computing device can receive input from the second computing device regarding a query capability to enforce over the received data set.
US10019523B2
Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating search results. A data access module accesses search results data indicative of a plurality items and that is indicative of ranking values of the plurality of items. A controller module generates page data based on the search results data. The controller module selects a first item from the plurality of items. A diversification module accesses a first rule of the page data. The diversification module determines a deviance value and a reordering-cost value of a second item from the plurality of items. The controller module can select, based at least on a first combination of the deviance and the reordering-cost values of the second item, the second item for placement ahead of the first item on the page data.
US10019521B2
Systems and methods for improving search results using assessment based routing are provided. In example embodiments, social network data for members in an organization and members outside the organization is accessed. An internal member and external member may share one or more attributes, such as working on the same project or within the same company. An electronic assessment can be sent to the internal member to generate assessment data about the external member. The assessment data can be included in an electronic message sent to the external member. Interaction data from the electronic message can be received when the external member opens and interacts with the electronic message.
US10019519B2
Disclosed are methods and systems to utilize entities from global collections in software applications. An example method comprises providing an application to receive a search request for entities within a global collection, displaying retrieved records, receiving user input including a selected entity, and copying data from a selected entity into a non-global collection of data. Another method comprises displaying a pictorial graphic depicting a business card, and synchronizing the graphical elements with a global entity record. Examples of systems generally comprise a data storage, a server, a first application configured to receive first user input and insert user input into a global collection of entities, a second application configured to display data associated with at least one entity record from a global collection of entity records, receive second user input, and copy data associated with a selected global entity record to a non-global collection of entities.
US10019518B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that relate to ranking functions for multiple different domains. By way of example but not limitation, ranking functions for multiple different domains may be trained based on inter-domain loss, and such ranking functions may be used to rank search results from multiple different domains so that they may be blended without normalizing relevancy scores.
US10019511B2
In one example embodiment, a server may divide documents into a plurality of morphological segments, parse, from the plurality of morphological segments, a plurality of named biological entities, tag the plurality of named biological entities and the plurality of morphological segments, generate a database that includes the tagged named biological entities and the tagged morphological segments, receive a first search term including one or more of the tagged named biological entities or one or more of the tagged morphological segments, search the database for at least one result phrase that includes at least one occurrence of the first search term, receive an input to retrieve a second search term including at least one morphological segment from one of the result phrases, store the second search term as a mining search term, and mine for the one or more documents based on the mining search term.
US10019506B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for identifying objects in images. One of the methods includes obtaining data identifying a plurality of object categories; obtaining relationship data for the plurality of object categories; determining a plurality of valid assignments from the relationship data; obtaining, for an image, a respective raw image score for each of the object categories, wherein the raw image score for each of the object categories represents an estimate of a likelihood that the image includes an image of an object that belongs to the object category; and generating a respective final score for each of the object categories from the raw image scores using the valid assignments, wherein the final score for each of the object categories represents the likelihood that the image includes an image of an object that belongs to the object category.
US10019490B1
A device may receive a plurality of data objects from a plurality of sources; identify text data, image data, and location data of the plurality of data objects; identify relevant data objects, of the plurality of data objects, based on the text data, and/or based on the image data, based on the location data, and/or based on comparing the text data, the image data, and the location data to a predefined element that identifies values relevant to a particular group or subject area; assign scores to the relevant data objects based on the text data, the image data, and the location data; aggregate the scores, as one or more aggregated scores, with regard to one or more users associated with the relevant data objects; and/or perform one or more actions based on the one or more aggregated scores associated with the one or more users.
US10019473B2
An approach, referred to herein as parallelized-external-table access, generates rows from a single external table in parallel for a given query. Under parallelized-external-table access, an execution plan generated for the query includes multiple work granules that generate rows for a single external table from a data source. Such work granules are referred to herein as external work granules. Each external work granule of the execution plan may be assigned to a slave process, which executes the external work granule in parallel with another slave process executing another external work granule. External tables are accessible on a cluster of data nodes in a distributed data access system (e.g. Hadoop Distributed File System) connected to a DBMS.
US10019469B1
A catalog of services defines which storage-related services are applied to each service level of storage where storage capacity is managed and allocated in terms of chunks of capacity at different service levels. Each service level is defined based on one or more of tiered storage policy settings, drive size, drive speed, drive count, RAID protection, engine fractions, bandwidth and availability and characterized by one or more performance capabilities. Examples of services in the catalog include but are not limited to mobility, availability, continuity, and recovery services. Any combination of services, or no services at all, can be associated with a given service level of storage. Services may be performed at different performance levels. Further, services may be provided on-demand and billed on a usage basis.
US10019459B1
A distributed storage system called StorFS that performs distributed data deduplication is described. In an exemplary embodiment, a storage controller server determines if there is duplicative data in a distributed storage system. In this embodiment, the storage controller server determines if an entity is duplicated in the distributed storage system in line with an incoming input/output operation. The storage controller server determines if the entity is duplicated in the distributed storage system by receiving the entity and looking up the entity in a data deduplication table. If the entity exists in the data deduplication table, the storage controller server updates the metadata for the entity to point to the duplicate entity.
US10019450B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for converting MLOAD and TPUMP operations. In some embodiments, a system is configured to: receive an input production parameter, wherein the input production parameter is associated with a load utility and defines a library of parameters, wherein the library of parameters defines a first syntax; convert the first syntax of the library of parameters to a second syntax, wherein the second syntax is associated with the load utility; validate the second syntax of the library of parameters; and write an output parameter to a memory location based on positive validation of the second syntax of the library of parameters.
US10019445B2
Methods and apparatus are provided providing users with the ability to create and produce multimedia devices. In one aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to easily and seamlessly create slideshows using multiple forms of graphic elements instead of just still pictures. In another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with the capability to create and modify the DVD menu that is required for DVDs to function properly on conventional DVD players. In still another aspect of the present invention, users are provided with an intuitive graphic interface that simply and clearly explains the trade offs the user must make in deciding which mode to record the DVD.
US10019440B2
Methods and apparatus for 3D sketching may provide an interface for creating 3D drawings from 2D and 3D input, and for creating 3D curve networks. The technique may provide tools for 2D sketching that enable 2D sketching in 3D space, and for creating a network of intersecting 3D curves. The technique may provide user interface elements and techniques that facilitate the curve drawing tasks. For 2D sketching, the technique may provide methods for interpreting imprecise user 2D strokes as continuous, high-quality 3D curves. The technique may provide the ability to edit existing 3D curves using sketched 2D strokes. The technique may enable sketching of 3D curves by rotating a drawing plane and/or by creating drawing surfaces on which curves may be added. The technique may provide user interface elements for converting curves in 3D space into a curve network.
US10019435B2
An example method includes displaying, at a presence-sensitive device, a virtual keyboard, receiving an indication of input entered at a presence-sensitive device indicating a plurality of characters, determining a sequence of at least three character strings in the plurality such that the sequence does not include any space characters, modifying the characters by inserting at least two space characters to demarcate the at least three character strings, and determining at least two suggested character strings based on first, second, and third character strings of the sequence. The method further includes outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at a text-suggestion area of the GUI, the at least two suggested character strings, receiving a selection that indicates a selected character string of the at least two suggested character strings, and outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at the text-entry area of the GUI, the selected character string.
US10019433B2
The disclosure is generally directed to a method and computing device for maintaining dependencies among multiple reference elements (e.g., formulas of a table or spreadsheet). In various embodiments, prior to a reevaluation operation carried out on the reference elements, a computing device receives an input of a reference element via a user interface (e.g., receives a user's input of a formula), assigns the reference element to a group based on the dependency between the reference element and one or more other reference elements, and assigns the reference element to a location within a dependency graph to which the other reference elements are assigned. In response to an event that requires at least one of the reference elements to be reevaluated, the computing device reevaluates each group of reference elements in sequence a group at a time.
US10019430B2
The invention comprises a system and method for storing consumers' data and automatically filling out forms by sending this information to merchants, allowing users to complete forms and exchange information much faster than could be done by hand. The invention includes an online repository of personal information, and a method to provide easily accessible, secure, sharable data. The invention includes a central repository for forms data, through which merchants can build their own applications, interact with other users, and avoid the inconvenience of filling out forms. The invention will only release the data, to a merchant, that is needed to complete a specific form. A user can send and receive form-related data during different transactions. Consumers will create and maintain a web-based Online Profile (OP) with data that merchants can access, after authentication, via a device with web access. The invention reduces identity theft, via a record of all a consumer's transactions.
US10019429B2
Methods and apparatus are described herein for identifying tasks in messages. In various implementations, natural language processing may be performed on a received message to generate an annotated message. The annotated message may be analyzed pursuant to a grammar. A portion of the message may be classified as a user task entry based on the analysis of the annotated message.
US10019426B2
An annotation retrieval module may be configured to retrieve annotations added to sample data, the annotations having been added according to an annotation rule. An analysis tool may be configured to create a logical schema and a configuration file from the retrieved annotations, according to the annotation rule. The logic schema may represent a tree structure containing one or more data elements corresponding to the sample data, and the configuration file may define one or more operations for adding DFDL annotations into the logic schema. A DFDL schema generator may be configured to generate a DFDL schema for the sample data according to the logic schema and the configuration file.
US10019423B2
A method of creating an electronic document in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes displaying an electronic document screen, sensing a hover-in event of an input unit when the electronic document screen is displayed, enlarging a size of the electronic document screen in response to the hover-in event of the input unit, creating the electronic document according to a user input on the enlarged electronic document screen, sensing a hover-out event of the input unit when the enlarged electronic document is displayed, and reducing a size of the enlarged electronic document screen in response to the hover-out event of the input unit.
US10019416B2
An example method involves (i) accessing first data defining multiple portions of a content item, wherein at least a plurality of the portions represent text; (ii) selecting, from the plurality of portions representing text, a subset of the portions representing text, wherein the selecting is based on each portion of the selected subset having a particular characteristic; (iii) based on the text represented by the portions of the selected subset, generating second data that represents a concatenation of the text represented by the portions of the selected subset; and (iv) providing output based on the generated second data.
US10019411B2
Techniques for estimated compound probability distribution are described. An apparatus may comprise a configuration component, perturbation component, sample generation controller, an aggregation component, a distribution fitting component, and statistics generation component. The configuration component may be operative to receive a compound model specification and candidate distribution definition. The perturbation component may be operative to generate a plurality of models from the compound model specification. The sample generation controller may be operative to initiate the generation of a plurality of compound model samples from each of the plurality of models. The distribution fitting component may generate parameter values for the candidate distribution definition based on the compound model samples. The statistics generation component may generate approximated aggregate statistics. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10019409B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for extending the remote direct memory access (RDMA) operations for accessing data from storage class memory (SCM). The method includes receiving an RDMA request in a first semantic, to a memory in a second semantic. The RDMA request in the first semantic is encoded, by encoding a type of the RDMA request into a memory area identifier, which includes an 8-bit key used to define additional storage semantics for the RDMA operation.
US10019400B2
An apparatus is described herein. The apparatus includes a Universal Serial Bus (USB) component and a controller interface. The controller interface is to allocate register space for interfacing with the USB component and the USB component is virtualized into multiple instantiations. The apparatus also includes a secure environment, and the secure environment further virtualizes the multiple instantiations such that the multiple instantiations are owned by the secure environment.
US10019393B2
Interruption facility for adjunct processor queues. In response to a queue transitioning from a no replies pending state to a reply pending state, an interruption is initiated. This interruption signals to a processor that a reply to a request is waiting on the queue. In order for the queue to take advantage of the interruption capability, it is enabled for interruptions.
US10019383B2
Disclosed technology includes access to rotatable-key-encrypted content in a multi-tier disk partition system, with a first-tier-track, and initializing a second-tier-track accessible using the same block designator. A stack of bit vectors, stored in SSD memory, represents tier-tracks and a bit flag indicates whether a respective tier-track holds currently-active data or another bit vector needs to be consulted for access to a predecessor of the tier-track. Copying forward of data from the first-tier-track to the second-tier-track, as-scheduled or in response to an authorized write access to the second-tier-track includes, prior to completion, responding to an access request by providing data from the second-tier-track that has been copied forward and following mappings associated with the flag sets to provide data from the first-tier-track. First-tier-tracks are encrypted using a first encryption key; and a second encryption key is applied to encrypt data in the second-tier-tracks during the copying forward and write access.
US10019379B2
Example devices are disclosed. For example, a device may include a processor, a plurality of translation lookaside buffers, a plurality of switches, and a memory management unit. Each of the translation lookaside buffers may be assigned to a different process of the processor, each of the plurality of switches may include a register for storing a different process identifier, and each of the plurality of switches may be associated with a different one of the translation lookaside buffer buffers. The memory management unit may be for receiving a virtual memory address and a process identifier from the processor and forwarding the process identifier to the plurality of switches. Each of the plurality of switches may be for connecting the memory management unit to a translation associated with the switch when there is a match between the process identifier and the different process identifier stored by the register of the switch.
US10019377B2
The described embodiments include a computing device with two or more types of processors and a memory that is shared between the two or more types of processors. The computing device performs operations for handling cache coherency between the two or more types of processors. During operation, the computing device sets a cache coherency indicator in metadata in a page table entry in a page table, the page table entry information about a page of data that is stored in the memory. The computing device then uses the cache coherency indicator to determine operations to be performed when accessing data in the page of data in the memory. For example, the computing device can use the coherency indicator to determine whether a coherency operation is to be performed when a processor of a given type accesses data in the page of data in the memory.
US10019370B2
A computer cache memory organization called Probabilistic Set Associative Cache (PAC) has the hardware complexity and latency of a direct-mapped cache but functions as a set-associative cache for a fraction of the time, thus yielding better than direct mapped cache hit rates. The organization is considered a (1+P)-way set associative cache, where the chosen parameter called Override Probability P determines the average associativity, for example, for P=0.1, effectively it operates as if a 1.1-way set associative cache.
US10019369B2
Apparatuses and methods for a cache memory are described. In an example method, a transaction history associated with a cache block is referenced, and requested information is read from memory. Additional information is read from memory based on the transaction history, wherein the requested information and the additional information are read together from memory. The requested information is cached in a segment of a cache line of the cache block and the additional information in cached another segment of the cache line. In another example, the transaction history is also updated to reflect the caching of the requested information and the additional information. In another example, read masks associated with the cache tag are referenced for the transaction history, the read masks identifying segments of a cache line previously accessed.
US10019365B2
Enhanced adaptive profiling of ranges of values in a stream of events includes identifying a set of contiguous ranges of the values and corresponding access frequencies in the stream of events. The enhanced adaptive profiling uses a merge threshold value and a split threshold value. The set of contiguous ranges spans an entire range space of the values. Periodic traversal of the set of contiguous ranges of values and corresponding access frequencies identifies a target set of ranges of the values having corresponding access frequencies above a predetermined threshold access frequency. The target set of ranges of values has a total number of ranges less than or equal to a predetermined number of ranges. The target ranges of values span at least some of the entire range space of values. A first operation uses the target set of ranges of values.
US10019362B1
An example method for using a plurality of SSDs as a caching medium in a data storage system can include splitting the SSDs into a plurality of cache regions, maintaining a first cache region of the SSDs as a read cache and maintaining a second cache region of the SSDs as a write cache. Additionally, read data can be stored by striping the read data across the SSDs in the first cache region, and dirty write data can be stored by mirroring the dirty write data across the SSDs in the second cache region. The computer-implemented method can also include dynamically adjusting a size of at least one of the first and second cache regions of the SSDs based on an input/output (“I/O”) load of the data storage system.
US10019360B2
Apparatus and methods implementing a hardware predictor for reducing performance inversions caused by intra-core data transfer during inter-core data transfer optimization for network function virtualizations (NFVs) and other producer-consumer workloads. An apparatus embodiment includes a plurality of hardware processor cores each including a first cache, a second cache shared by the plurality of hardware processor cores, and a predictor circuit to track the number of inter-core versus intra-core accesses to a plurality of monitored cache lines in the first cache and control enablement of a cache line demotion instruction, such as a cache line LLC allocation (CLLA) instruction, based upon the tracked accesses. An execution of the cache line demotion instruction by one of the plurality of hardware processor cores causes a plurality of unmonitored cache lines in the first cache to be moved to the second cache, such as from L1 or L2 caches to a shared L3 or last level cache (LLC).
US10019355B2
A flash memory storage management method includes: providing a flash memory module including single-level-cell (SLC) blocks and at least one multiple-level-cell block such as MLC block, TLC block, or QLC block; classifying data to be programmed into groups of data; respectively executing SLC programming and RAID-like error code encoding to generate corresponding parity check codes, to program the groups of data and corresponding parity check codes to the SLC blocks; when completing program of the SLC blocks, performing an internal copy to program the at least one multiple-level-cell block by sequentially reading and writing the groups of data and corresponding parity check codes from the SLC blocks to the multiple-level-cell block according to a storage order of the SLC blocks.
US10019333B2
The subject matter described herein relates to methods, systems, and computer readable media for emulating network devices with different clocks. One method includes steps occurring in a network equipment test device. The steps include generating or obtaining timing information. The steps further include obtaining clock modification information. The steps further include emulating a plurality of different clocks using the timing information and the clock modification information. The method further includes emulating at least one network device that transmits test packets to a device under test using the different clocks.
US10019331B2
Disclosed herein are innovations in memory management and data recovery for systems that operate using storage class memory (SCM), such as non-volatile RAM (NVRAM). The disclosed innovations have particular application to production database systems, where reducing database downtime in the event of a system crash is highly desirable. Embodiments of the disclosed technology can address a variety of problems that exist during a system crash. For example, embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to address the loss of the physical memory mapping and/or the loss of the CPU cache that typically occurs in the event of a system crash. Furthermore, embodiments of the disclosed technology can be used to prevent data inconsistency and/or memory leak problems that may arise in the event of a system crash.
US10019330B2
An example method is described to provide fault tolerance in a virtualized computing environment with a first fault domain and a second fault domain. The method may comprise determining whether a primary virtualized computing instance and a secondary virtualized computing instance are both in the first fault domain. The secondary virtualized computing instance may be configured as a backup for the primary virtualized computing instance and supported by a first host. The method may further comprise: in response to determination that the primary virtualized computing instance and secondary virtualized computing instance are both in the first fault domain, selecting, from the second fault domain, a second host based on a resource availability of the second host; and migrating the secondary virtualized computing instance from the first host to the second host, thereby migrating the secondary virtualized computing instance from the first fault domain to the second fault domain.
US10019323B1
A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method starts with determining a first container of a storage system is invalid. The method continues with the storage system setting a data recovery state for the first container to be en-queue, which indicates that data of at least one of the data segments needs to be recovered from the first container, and executing a process to recover any container having an en-queue data recovery state, and for each of the containers, to recover any valid data segment from the corresponding container. The process includes scanning the data segments of the first container to find valid data segments, moving or replicating the valid data segments to a second container, and setting the data recovery state for the first container to be complete once all the valid data segments are moved or replicated to the second container.
US10019319B2
An electronic device able to re-initialize following a failed initialization has a processor, a first storage device, and a second storage device. The processor receives storage information stored at the first storage device and sets a plurality of storage parameters of the first storage device, according to the storage information, and re-initializing the first storage device based on the storage parameters. When the initialization fails, the processor adjusts the storage parameters of the first storage device and re-initializes the first storage device based on the adjusted storage parameters.
US10019315B2
A control device for a storage apparatus including a first storage device, a second storage device, and a third storage device, the control device includes a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to store, in the third storage device, first parity data generated based on first data stored in the first storage device and second data stored in the second storage device, store, in the first storage device, third data as update data of the first data, execute reading the first data and the third data from the first storage device and reading the first parity data from the third storage device when garbage collection for the first storage device is performed, and execute generating second parity data based on the read first data, the read third data, and the read first parity data.
US10019313B2
An apparatus for reading a flash memory includes a read controller operable to read the flash memory to yield read patterns, a likelihood generator operable to map the read patterns to likelihood values, a decoder operable to decode the likelihood values, a data state storage operable to retrieve the likelihood values for which decoding failed, and a selective dampening controller operable to select at least one dampening candidate from among the likelihood values for which decoding failed, to dampen the likelihood values of the at least one dampening candidate to yield dampened likelihood values, and to provide the dampened likelihood values to the decoder for decoding.
US10019310B2
Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to store data in a first semiconductor memory unit and to store error correction information in a second semiconductor memory unit to recover the data. The error correction information has a value equal to at least the value of the data store in the first memory unit.
US10019304B2
An input string, which includes exception data payload, is received at the API exception that resides in the upper management layer. The API exception is dedicated to receiving the exception data payloads. The API exception validates the input string. The API exception transmits the exception data payload to a lower management layer without the lower management layer knowing where the exception data payload was transmitted from.
US10019297B2
Systems and methods for implementing bulk handling in asynchronous processing are described. For example, an exemplary system includes a processor and a memory to execute instructions at the system; a broker to enqueue received messages; a push connection from the broker to a thread, in which the broker is to push an initial message to the thread for processing; a pull connection from the thread to the broker, in which the thread is to request one or more additional messages for bulk processing with the initial message from the broker; a query interface to issue a database query from the thread to a data store, the database query specifying the initial message and the one or more additional messages as a set of messages to obtain a lock for the set of messages; and a message processing engine to handle the set of messages in bulk based on whether the lock for the set of messages is obtained.
US10019294B2
Techniques are provided for efficiently distributing graph data to multiple processor threads located on a server node. The server node receives graph data to be processed by the server node of a graph processing system. The received graph data is a portion of a larger graph to be processed by the graph processing system. In response to receiving graph data the server node compiles a list of vertices and attributes of each vertex from the graph data received. The server node then creates task chunks of work based upon the compiled list of vertices and their corresponding attribute data. The server node then distributes the task chunks to a plurality of threads available on the server node.
US10019288B2
A hypervisor hosted by a computing system performs a method to allocate a contiguous physical memory space to a device. A given region of physical memory is marked as migratable. From an operating system (OS) kernel, the hypervisor receives a request for memory allocation to the device, the request indicating a first set of available virtualized pages in a virtualized memory. In response to the request, the hypervisor identifies a set of contiguous frames in the given region to be allocated to the device. The set of contiguous frames are mapped to a second set of virtualized pages. The hypervisor disables the mapping for the first set of available virtualized pages and the second set of virtualized pages. Then one or more occupied frames in the set of contiguous frames are migrated out of the given region to allow for allocation of the set of contiguous frames to the device.
US10019283B2
A processing device includes a first memory that includes a context buffer. The processing device also includes a processor core to execute threads based on context information stored in registers of the processor core and a memory controller to selectively move a subset of the context information between the context buffer and the registers based on one or more latencies of the threads.
US10019280B2
Technologies for dynamically managing data bus bandwidth usage of virtual machines include a network device that includes a data bus, one or more processors coupled to the data bus, and one or more throttled devices coupled to the data bus. Each throttled device is configured to use no more than an amount of bus bandwidth associated with at least one throttle value assigned to the corresponding throttled device. The network device is to assign functions to virtual machines, determine throttle values for each of the throttled devices utilized by the virtual machines to perform their assigned functions, and perform the assigned functions subject to the determined throttle values. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10019262B2
A processor comprises a plurality of vector registers, and an execution unit, operatively coupled to the plurality of vector registers, the execution unit comprising a logic circuit implementing a load instruction for loading, into two or more vector registers, two or more data items associated with a data structure stored in a memory, wherein each one of the two or more vector registers is to store a data item associated with a certain position number within the data structure.
US10019253B2
Systems and methods are provided for updating hot-pluggable devices of an information handling system using dynamic EFI System Resource Table (ESRT) entries to implement an ESRT entry update procedure for hot-pluggable devices. Extended configuration space (e.g., such as PCIe Extended Config Space) of a hot-pluggable device may be utilized to store firmware update version information such as firmware version details, which is used in the OS space to update the ESRT table, and the system OS may read and apply the updated firmware version information and apply the firmware update immediately without additional OS reboots.
US10019252B1
Systems and methods for deploying and managing virtual machine clusters. A method commences upon launching, on a subject processor instance that is running a first operating system, an installation hypervisor that forms a RAM disk comprising an installation boot image and respective one or more scripts. A bootable portion of the RAM disk is exposed to a virtual machine so as to serve as a virtual boot device that comprises the installation boot image and its one or more scripts. Next, a physical boot device is exposed to the virtual machine so as to initiate a boot operation that causes the virtual machine to boot. A subsequent boot operation is initiated to cause transfer of instruction execution to a low-level I/O subsystem entry point such that the target boot image is booted.
US10019251B1
A security software packaging and deployment system is provided. The system may provide a platform for communication between ClickOnce and a Microsoft Excel™ spreadsheet via a computer-readable language. The system may also include a three-tiered security module. A first tier may delete the combination application upon receipt of an unauthorized attempt to access the combination application. A second tier may terminate the combination application if a predetermined file is unavailable. A third tier may encode a password of the spreadsheet in a mathematical formula; and store the decrypt key in a non-descriptive variable name. The system may include an administration module. The administration module may enable an administrative user to emulate a non-administrative user and log into the combination application as one of a plurality of roles.
US10019243B2
The subject disclosure relates to a method and system for packaging a post-processed definition of a programming module. Contents of a constraint-based and/or order-independent execution model are received, in which the contents include a declarative source code. The contents are stored into an extensible storage abstraction such that the source code is stored in a declarative format. Metadata describing attributes of the contents stored in the extensible storage abstraction is also defined. A file is then created, which includes the extensible storage abstraction and the metadata.
US10019238B2
An entity modeling system integrated with a low-code application development platform may have a web/mobile-based user interface that can run in a browser environment on user devices ranging from desktop computers to smart phones. Users such as a subject matter expert may access an entity model designer tool of the system to model an entity. Responsive to user interaction with an entity composition function, the system may access a data store over a network and generate a view including a collection of entity building block(s) retrieved from the data store. Responsive to the user selecting a first entity building block from the collection to add to the entity, the system may automatically extend the entity to include settings of the first entity building block. The settings may include at least one of a property, permission, action, behavior, or resource to the entity.
US10019235B2
Random number generators include a thermal optical source and detector configured to produce random numbers based on quantum-optical intensity fluctuations. An optical flux is detected, and signals proportional to optical intensity and a delayed optical intensity are combined. The combined signals can be electrical signals or optical signals, and the optical source is selected so as to have low coherence over a predetermined range of delay times. Balanced optical detectors can be used to reduce common mode noise, and in some examples, the optical flux is directed to only one of a pair of balanced detectors.
US10019226B2
Embodiments are directed towards real time display of event records with an indication of previously provided extraction rules. A plurality of extraction rules may be provided to the system, such as automatically generated and/or user created extraction rules. These extraction rules may include regular expressions. A plurality of event records may be displayed to the user, such that text in a field defined by an extraction rule is emphasized in the display of the event record. The same emphasis may be provided for text in overlapping fields, or the emphasis may be somewhat different for different fields. The user interface may enable a user to select a portion of text of an event record, such as by rolling-over or clicking on an emphasized part of the event record. By selecting the portion of the event record, the interface may display each extraction rule associated with the selected portion.
US10019225B1
An example embodiment may involve determining that a client device (such as a smartphone, tablet, or in-automobile audio device) is in an automobile and that the client device has access to a playlist of audio content. Possibly based on the client device being in the automobile and having access to the playlist of audio content, the client device may request a stream of the audio content. As a consequence of making the request, the client device may receive the stream of the audio content and begin audible playout of the audio content.
US10019223B2
A soft decision audio decoding system for preserving audio continuity in a digital wireless audio receiver is provided that deduces the likelihood of errors in a received digital signal, based on generated hard bits and soft bits. The soft bits may be utilized by a soft audio decoder to determine whether the digital signal should be decoded or muted. The soft bits may be generated based on the detected point and a detected noise power, or by using a soft-output Viterbi algorithm. The value of the soft bits may indicate confidence in the strength of the hard bit generation. The soft decision audio decoding system may infer errors and decode perceptually acceptable audio without requiring error detection, as in conventional systems, as well as have low latency and improved granularity.
US10019218B2
A portable computing device includes a user interface system including at least a first display and a second display, a memory storing a series of images, a user input device configured to receive an input from a user corresponding to changing a power state of the portable computing device, and a processing circuit coupled to the user interface system, the memory, and the user input device. The processing circuit is configured to receive the input from the user corresponding to changing the power state, determine based on the received input if the input satisfies a trigger condition, and in response to determining that the trigger condition is satisfied, display the series of images on the first display and the second display such that at least one image is displayed on the first display and the second display during a display sequence.
US10019216B2
An information processing terminal includes a plurality of displays, each displaying an application screen, and control means. The control means determines a display on which a new application is to be started from the plurality of displays on the basis of the amount of the resources consumed by the information processing terminal.
US10019215B2
A signal controlling method adapted for updating a display screen of a panel is disclosed. The signal controlling method includes the following steps: updating the display screen with first image data; determining whether second image data is received; when the second image data is not received, selectively generating an internal signal, using the internal signal to enable a shift register and returning to the step of updating the display screen with the first image data; and when an initiating signal and the second image data are received, enabling a plurality of shift register units of the shift register so that a plurality of scan signal lines of the panel are sequentially enabled and updating the display screen with the second image data.
US10019212B2
A printing apparatus that is capable of reducing downtime caused by software update. A printing apparatus downloads update software for updating software installed therein, and updates the installed software using the downloaded update software. The update software is downloaded by background processing. It is determined whether or not predetermined processing is being performed when the update software is decompressed. When it is determined that the predetermined processing is not being performed, the downloaded update software is decompressed by background processing, and the installed software is updated using the decompressed update software.
US10019207B2
An information processing apparatus capable of operating an application. The apparatus includes a generation unit configured to generate a control job for occupying communication with a peripheral device, wherein the control job is stored in a job queue, and is different from a print job that is stored in the job queue due to require print processing and a deletion unit configured to delete the control job stored in the job queue. If a status of the control job stored in the job queue is processing, communication with the peripheral device via a communication unit is occupied by an application that has created the control job, and, after communication for the application is completed, the deletion unit deletes the control job stored in the job queue.
US10019205B2
A distributed computing system for managing solutions for print device support requests includes a solution data store and a solution processing system. The system receives a support request via the user interface that includes input data and search terms that pertain to an issue with a print device. The system uses the input data and the search terms to generate a search query, and queries the solution data store using the search query to identify a list of possible solutions for the support request. The system receives a selection of the possible solutions. For each selection, the system generates a session record for the support request, correlates the possible solution associated with the selection with the input data and search terms, generates factors based on the correlation, and uses the generated factors to update fields of a solution index in the data store for the possible solution.
US10019203B1
Machine implemented methods and systems for writing data at a storage device are provided. A write command from an initiator adapter is received at a target adapter interfacing with a target controller for writing data to the storage device; where the write command includes information regarding a virtual logical unit number (LUN) for writing data in response to the write command. The target controller uses an indicator to notify the target adapter to process the write command and provides information regarding a designated LUN for the storage device where data is to be written at the storage device in response to the write command. Thereafter, the target adapter sends a response to the initiator adapter that it is ready to receive data and issues a write command for the storage device at the same time.
US10019199B2
There are provided a controller coupled to a semiconductor memory device and an operating method thereof. A controller having improved operation speed includes a command generation unit for generating commands to be performed by a semiconductor memory device, a command queue for storing the commands and providing at least one command among the stored commands to the semiconductor memory device, and a command removal unit for, if the semiconductor memory device fails in the performance of the at least one command output from the main command queue, removing the at least one command and related commands of the at least one command from the command queue.
US10019198B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing sequential writes portions of an addressable unit memory dies to store data. A write to a first portion of an addressable unit is received and the write is written to the first portion of the addressable unit. A next write is received to a next portion of the addressable unit following a previous write to a previous portion of the addressable unit. The next write is written to the next portion of the addressable unit sequentially following the previous portion in response to the next write being sequential with respect to the previous write. Data other than the next write is written to the addressable unit following the previous portion in response to the next write not being sequential with respect to the previous write.
US10019196B2
A method in a storage device includes receiving from a host storage commands for execution in a non-volatile memory of the storage device. At least a subset of the storage commands are to be executed in accordance with an order-of-arrival in which the storage commands in the subset are received. The received storage commands are executed in the non-volatile memory in accordance with internal scheduling criteria of the storage device, which permit deviations from the order-of-arrival, but such that execution of the storage commands in the subset reflects the order-of-arrival to the host.
US10019186B2
The present invention provides a data storage device including a flash memory and a controller. The flash memory has a plurality of single-level-cell units and a plurality of triple-level cell units. The controller performs a first predetermined number of read processes on a second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units to program data stored in the second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units into a specific triple-level cell unit of the triple-level cell units and determines whether any of the second predetermined number of specific single-level-cell units has not been read successfully by any of the read processes when the specific triple-level cell unit cannot be read successfully.
US10019176B2
An example method involves receiving, at a first memory node, data to be written at a memory location in the first memory node. The data is received from a device. At the first memory node, old data is read from the memory location, without sending the old data to the device. The data is written to the memory location. The data and the old data are sent from the first memory node to a second memory node to store parity information in the second memory node without the device determining the parity information. The parity information is based on the data stored in the first memory node.
US10019174B2
A storage device may be configured to determine a delay associated with execution of a read operation responsive to a read command for data stored at the storage device. The storage device may send a notification that indicates the delay, that includes data that indicates a duration of the delay, or both. In response to receiving the notification, an access device may be configured to generate a second read command for redundant associated with data stored at the storage device.
US10019170B2
In an example, a method of operating a memory device to latch data for output from the memory device may include generating a first clock edge of a first clock signal in response to a first clock edge of a second clock signal, generating a second, opposite, clock edge of the first clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the first clock signal in response to a second, opposite, clock edge of the second clock signal immediately following the first clock edge of the second clock signal, and latching the data in response to the second clock edge of the first clock signal for output from the memory device.
US10019167B2
A system and a method are disclosed for providing for non-uniform memory access (NUMA) resource assignment and re-evaluation. In one example, the method includes receiving, by a processing device, a request to launch a first process in a system having a plurality of Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) nodes, determining, by the processing device, a resource requirement of the first process, determining, based on resources available on the plurality of NUMA nodes, a preferred NUMA node of the plurality of NUMA nodes to execute the first process, the preferred NUMA node being determined by the processing device without user input, and binding, by the processing device, the first process to the preferred NUMA node.
US10019166B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a memory-efficient mechanism for identifying memory blocks with a low wear count. More particularly, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for identifying a memory block whose wear count is within the bottom p % of all wear counts associated with memory blocks in a storage system. If a memory controller always performs the garbage collection operation on a memory block whose wear count is within the bottom p % of all wear counts, then the memory controller is expected to utilize the remaining memory blocks (e.g., memory blocks whose wear count is within the upper (100-p) % of all wear counts) efficiently and level the wear count of at least the remaining memory blocks.
US10019156B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal having a single display unit consisting of a main region and an extended region, and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a single display unit comprising a main region and an extended region formed to be extended in at least one direction of the main region, and a controller configured to control any content in a different mode based on a region to which a predetermined type of touch is applied among the main region and the extended region in a state that screen information associated with the any content is displayed on the display unit.
US10019151B2
A method and apparatus for managing a touch-screen device is provided herein. During operation UI elements are arranged and re-arrange dynamically and based on user's current contact locations on the touch screen. Preferably, the contact positions correspond to a user's finger positions so that the UI elements are automatically placed where a person's fingers make contact with the touch screen. Because the UI elements on the touch screen always “look for” the user's fingers, instead of the user looking for them, it becomes much easier and more time-efficient for a user to find a particular UI element.
US10019146B2
The described technology is directed towards scrollable user interface containers, and allows mixing snap items and smooth items in the same container. Snap point ranges that correspond to container snap items are specified, such as by pixel values or per container item to be rendered. When because of a scroll operation a snap item of the container overlaps a boundary of a viewing port (e.g., if rendered), the scroll position is adjusted based upon a snap point range limit to snap the snap item for rendering based upon the viewing port boundary.
US10019143B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining a principal image from a collection of images presented in a perspective view. A perspective view of images may be interactive and/or images may simultaneously increase or decrease in size in response to user interaction. Methods and/or techniques may be used to determine a principal image from a set of images based on a direction, speed, and/or velocity of movement or user interaction. A principal image in the perspective view may be the largest currently presented image and/or may be presented at the forefront to the user. Furthermore, an animation and/or video may be presented to the user following a determination of a principal image and/or after a configurable period of time without subsequent user interaction, which may further highlight or bring attention to a particular item to the user.
US10019132B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing device; a display portion capable of detecting a touch of an input object; a storage storing preset-setting groups; a preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller displays icons corresponding to the preset-setting groups; and an image-processing-device controller for controlling the image processing device. When at least two icons are displayed on the display portion such that one icon is displayed in a selected state manner, and a specific icon is displayed in a non-selected state manner, and when the specific icon is touched, the preset-setting-group-selection-screen display controller moves the specific icon located on a second area to a first area and moves the one icon located on the first area to the second area in a direction in which the specific icon is moved, and displays the specific icon in the selected state manner and display the one icon in the non-selected state manner.
US10019130B2
Systems and methods for digitally drawing on virtual 3D object surfaces using a 3D display system. A 3D drawing mode may be enabled and a display screen of the system may correspond to a zero parallax plane of a 3D scene that may present a plurality of surfaces at non-zero parallax planes. User input may be received at a location on the display screen, and in response, a surface may be specified, rendered, and displayed at the zero parallax plane. Further, additional user input on the display screen may be received specifying drawing motion across the rendered and displayed surface. The drawing motion may start at the location and continue across a boundary between the surface and another contiguous surface. Accordingly, in response to the drawing motion crossing the boundary, the contiguous surface may be rendered and displayed at the zero parallax plane along with results of the drawing motion.
US10019115B2
By forming an infrared light emitting surface 21 on the front side of a display 11, irradiating the infrared light emitting surface 21 with infrared light, forming a reproduced image R2 of the infrared light emitting surface 21 at a position of a reproduced image R1, and photographing, through an infrared camera 26 provided at the back of the reproduced image R1, reflected light from the reproduced image R2 of the infrared light emitting surface 21 in the case where an indicating means such as a finger indicates the reproduced image R1, a position of the indicating means in contact with the reproduced image R1 becomes detected. An extremely hygienic method and apparatus for contactlessly detecting an indicated position on a reproduced image with which an input without touching a display is enabled can thereby be provided.
US10019108B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to detect at least one touch event; and a processor configured to determine whether to recognize the at least one touch event as a touch input according to a distance between a location of the at least one touch event and an edge of the touch screen.
US10019098B2
A touch-sensitive sensor element is mounted movably such that it is movable in a direction of operation of a manual operation. The touch-sensitive sensor element is mechanically coupled to a force sensor element.
US10019096B1
A force-sensitive touch sensor detects location and force of touches applied to the sensor. Movement of an object touching the force-sensitive touch sensor correlates to movement of a pointer on a display device. Varying levels of force applied to the force-sensitive touch sensor are interpreted as different commands. Objects displayed on the display device can be manipulated by a combination of gestures across a surface of the force-sensitive touch sensor and changes in force applied to the force-sensitive touch sensor.
US10019094B2
The present application discloses a display panel having a first display substrate and a second display substrate facing the first display substrate, the display panel includes a floating electrode layer including a plurality of floating electrodes on the first display substrate; the floating electrode layer being spaced apart from the second display substrate by a distance; a driving electrode layer including a plurality of driving electrodes on the second display substrate; and a sensor electrode layer including a plurality of sensor electrodes on the second display substrate; each of the plurality of floating electrodes corresponding to a pair of driving electrode and sensor electrode. The floating electrode layer, the driving electrode layer, and the sensor electrode layer are configured so that at least one of the plurality of floating electrodes is movable relative to at least one of a corresponding driving electrode and a corresponding sensor electrode in response to a pressure from a touch, resulting in a detectable capacitance change between the corresponding driving electrode and the corresponding sensor electrode.
US10019087B2
A touch input method includes reading an (N−1)th piece of display information from a memory, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2; acquiring an Nth piece of coordinate information in an Nth coordinate acquiring period, where the coordinate information is used to indicate location information, of a user touch, sensed by a touch component, and the coordinate acquiring period is less than a refresh period of a display component; generating, using the (N−1)th piece of display information and the Nth piece of coordinate information, an Nth piece of display information corresponding to the Nth coordinate acquiring period, and storing the Nth piece of display information in the memory; and when the display component is refreshed, displaying, using the display component, latest display information stored in the memory.
US10019083B2
Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a sensor substrate and a cover substrate stuck to each other. The sensor substrate includes a sensor electrode, and plural signal wirings electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extending along a periphery of the sensor electrode. The cover substrate includes one or plural conductive layers extending along the periphery of the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings within an area not facing the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings.
US10019078B2
A device, a method, and a system recognize a motion using a gripped object. The motion recognition device may estimate a state of a wrist of a user according to a writing action using the gripped object and may estimate a joint motion of a body part related to the wrist according to the writing action. The device may then estimate a state of the gripped object according to the state of the wrist and the joint motion. Additionally, the motion recognition device may control an external device by using a control signal generated by continuously tracking the state of the object.
US10019077B2
When a touch sensor is approached or touched by a capacitive pen in a small area, the corresponding approach or touch signal might be slightly less than the threshold originally used for normal detection. By comparing the sum of the corresponding approach or touch signal and some adjacent signals with the threshold, the approach or touch of a small-area object that otherwise would not be detected by the original method can be determined. The capacitive pen can be made of bonded conductive fibers.
US10019068B2
A method for controlling a home device is provided. More specifically, a method of utilizing a user interface, a method of utilizing a voice, and a method of utilizing a gesture such as a wrist snap utilizing a wearable device is provided.
US10019067B2
A method and an apparatus for performing gesture-based communication service are provided, in which a first device detects a first motion, and when the first motion corresponds to a first gesture that belongs to a gesture group, receives information about a second motion from a second device. The first device may perform an event that corresponds to a combination of the first and second gestures, when the received information corresponds to the second gesture that belongs to the gesture group.
US10019063B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving, from an accelerometer, angle information of a device. A calibration position is measured based upon the angle information of the device when the device is at rest. A current position is constantly measured based upon the angle information of the device. A current pressure is calculated based upon the current position and the calibration position. The current pressure can be used to augment an audio signal and/or used to augment an audio instruction.
US10019055B2
A distance between a user and a user interface is detected to permit modification of the user interface to accommodate the user being located some distance from the user interface. A sensor detects a distance of the user from the user interface. The detected distance can be used to modify a display or presentation provided by the user interface so that the user can more easily interact with the user interface at a distance. The scope of user interaction with the user interface can also be made contingent upon the distance between a user and the user interface. Further, context modulation with user distance can result in an automatic change in the class of information displayed. The changes to the user interface output can be configured in accordance with a profile that may include priority for user interface items as well as customization for an environment or particular user.
US10019053B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for enabling telematics in a vehicle. A telematics system for enabling telematics in a vehicle including multiple user interface elements that operate one or more telematics devices. The multiple user interface elements include a respective user interface element. The telematics system includes one or more sensors configured to provide driver control information and passenger presence information and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is connected to the one or more sensors. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain the passenger presence information and the driver control information. The electronic control unit is configured to enable the respective user interface element during operation of the vehicle based on the driver control information and the passenger presence information.
US10019045B2
A ventilation device (1) is proposed, in particular designed to ventilate a circuit board (2), preferably in or for a computer, wherein the ventilation device (1) is designed to produce a first cooling air stream (5) from a first fan (12) and to produce a second cooling air stream (7) from a second fan (13), wherein the first cooling air stream (5) and the second cooling air stream (7) flow through on different sides of an air stream boundary plane (L), preferably parallel to the air stream boundary plane (L), through a common ventilation plane (BL) perpendicular to the air stream boundary plane (L), wherein the directions of flow from the first fan (12) and the second fan (13) are crosswise to the air stream boundary plane (L), wherein the ventilation device (1) preferably is designed to be mountable such that the air stream boundary plane (L) coincides with a central plane of the circuit board.
US10019043B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a hard disk drive system with improved isolation from operational vibration. More particularly, embodiments disclosed herein provide a hard disk drive system with a vibration isolation frame and flexible connection without deviation from standard form factor. The standard form factor is the form factor of the hard disk drive with the base plate, but without the isolation frame. The hard disk drive with the isolation frame has the same form factor as the hard disk drive without the isolation frame, but with the base plate. Examples of form factors that may be utilized include the form factors for 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch hard disk drives. It is to be understood that 3.5 inch and 2.5 inch form factors are simply examples. Other size form factors are contemplated as well.
US10019034B2
A docking platform formed for detachable attachment to a largest-surface-area surface of a mobile electronic device. Such a docking platform may comprise a docking accessory connection system having one or more docking connectors, and optionally two or more electrical contacts therein, the contacts electrically connected to an electronics assembly within the docking platform and constructed and arranged to allow electrical connection to detachable docking accessories. The docking accessory connection system is operable to form detachable attachments to multiple independent docking accessories simultaneously. The docking platform may assist in providing interoperability between connected/linked docking accessories. One type of accessory forms an assembly with an expandable accordion attached to the docking platform.
US10019032B2
A mobile terminal disclosed herein includes a main body having front and side surfaces, a window provided on a top of the main body and curved from the front surface toward the side surfaces to define at least a part of the side surfaces, a touch sensor provided on a rear surface of the window and curved along a shape of the window, a frame provided on a rear surface of the display and having a shape corresponding to the display for support, supporting members supporting ends of the window, the touch sensor and the display and partially defining the side surfaces of the terminal, and a rear case covering a rear surface of the main body, wherein the touch sensor and display are formed longer along side surfaces of the window, and the window contacts parts of the supporting members, externally exposed to define the side surfaces of the terminal.
US10019024B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus to improve the stability of power distribution systems. The methods and apparatus include using edge processing to decrease the detection and reaction times associated with disturbances within the power distribution system. The edge processor can compare sampled phasor data with center of inertia data associated with the power distribution system.
US10019019B2
A process control system for controlling an industrial process includes a cloud-computing dependent (C2D) radar level gauge or ultrasonic flow meter (C2D sensor device) including a sensor, transducer, communications unit, with limited hardware/software incapable of calculating an accurate level calculation or high accuracy gas flow rate. A bus couples the sensed data from the C2D sensor device to an IP communications unit that outputs IP protocol data. The cloud computing system is coupled by an IP network to receive the IP protocol data and includes a processor executing advanced data processing algorithms which provides a second part of the C2D sensor device including processing the IP data to generate a remote computational result including the accurate level calculation/high accuracy gas flow rate. The cloud computing system feeds back the remote computational result to a process controller coupled to an actuator that controls processing equipment for automatically tuning the industrial process.
US10019018B2
Various strip tilling systems and methods are disclosed. In some embodiments, the strip tilling system includes: at least one strip tilling unit having a support frame and a tilling member mounted to the support frame; a positioning system; map data relating to a field to be tilled, said map data including data identifying areas of compacted ground in the field; and a control system for adjusting the position of the tilling member with respect to the support frame, wherein said control system is arranged to receive signals from the control system, to access the map data, and to automatically adjust the position of the tilling member with respect to the support frame when the control system determines that the tilling member is located at an area of compacted ground.
US10019015B2
A method for performing tasks on items located in a space using a robot, the items being located proximate fiducial markers, each fiducial marker having a fiducial identification. The method includes receiving an order to perform a task on at least one item and determining the fiducial identification associated with the at least one item. The method also includes obtaining, using the fiducial identification of the at least one item, a set of coordinates representing a position of the fiducial marker with the determined fiducial identification, in a coordinate system defined by the space. The method further includes navigating the robot to the coordinates of the fiducial marker associated with said determined fiducial identification.
US10019010B2
Efficient towed implement guidance to a desired path is achieved by guiding a towing vehicle toward a path on the opposite side of a desired path, then guiding the vehicle back to the desired path. Efficient forward implement guidance to a desired path is achieved by guiding a pushing vehicle along a tractrix. A vehicle leaves a straight line along a tractrix to keep a rear implement on the line as long as possible.
US10019006B2
A planning module for a water surface vehicle can determine a vehicle trajectory that avoids one or more moving obstacles, such as civilian marine vessels, by performing a lattice-based heuristic search of a state space for the surface vehicle and selecting control action primitives from a predetermined set of control action primitives based on the search. The planning module can separate a travel space into a plurality of regions and can independently scale the control action primitives in each region based on the moving obstacles therein. The heuristic search includes evaluating a cost function at each state of the state space. The cost function can be based on at least predicted movement of the obstacles responsive to respective maneuvers performed by the surface vehicle at each node of the search.
US10019002B2
Many different types of systems are utilized or tasks are performed in a marine environment. The present invention provides various configurations of unmanned vehicles, or drones, that can be operated and/or controlled for such systems or tasks. One or more unmanned vehicles can be integrated with a dedicated marine electronic device of a marine vessel for autonomous control and operation. Additionally or alternatively, the unmanned vehicle can be manually remote operated during use in the marine environment. Such unmanned vehicles can be utilized in many different marine environment systems or tasks, including, for example, navigation, sonar, radar, search and rescue, video streaming, alert functionality, among many others. However, as contemplated by the present invention, the marine environment provides many unique challenges that may be accounted for with operation and control of an unmanned vehicle.
US10018990B2
In a numerical controller including a DNC operation unit, an automatic operation execution unit includes a buffering completion checking result holding unit for checking whether a portion of a machining program to be buffered includes a buffering point, an execution checking result holding unit for checking whether a portion of the machining program to be executed includes a buffering point, a comparison unit for comparing the buffering completion checking result holding unit with the execution checking result holding unit, and an execution unit for performing any one of continuation, suspension, and resumption of the automatic operation based on a result of the comparison.
US10018982B2
This invention relates to a transponder key testing device and to a method of testing a transponder key. The transponder key may be used with any article using transponder key technology, typically a motor vehicle. The transponder key testing device has a first memory (30) in which is stored data relating to an article signal emitted by each one of a number of articles (10) and a second memory (32) in which is stored data relating to a response signal emitted by each one of a number of transponder keys (20). The testing device has a receiver (24) adapted to receive the article signal and the response signal. The testing device compares the article signal with data in the first memory, compares the response signal with data in the second memory, and determines whether or not the transponder key (20) is compatible with the article (10). There is also provided a method of testing a transponder key for compatibility with a particular article.
US10018978B2
An electronic operator interface based controller and device automatic downloads are provided. An electronic operator interface can determine if control logic or content used by an industrial controller has been updated, changed, or otherwise modified. If the content has been modified, then the electronic operator interface can automatically obtain the content and store a back-up copy in memory. Additionally or alternatively, the electronic operator interface can periodically update a backup copy of the content. Furthermore, the electronic operator interface can determine if the controller has lost its content, and restore the content from the most recent version saved in memory.
US10018976B2
Resolution maps for size segments to which the size range of the measurement sample extends are retrieved. A high resolution region is extracted from the retrieved size segment resolution maps. After extracting the high resolution regions, the resolution maps are overlaid, the region where the high resolution regions overlap is taken as a high resolution overlap region, and the composition of a point within that high resolution overlap region is determined as the composition of a separation medium appropriate for separation of the measurement sample. The separation media A, B and C are mixed so as to achieve the determined composition, thereby preparing a mixed separation medium to be used for separation of the measurement sample.
US10018972B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an apparatus including: a controller communicatively coupled to a power generation system and configured to shift the power generation system between a first operating mode and a second operating mode, the second operating mode being different from the first operating mode; and a economic optimization engine in communication with the controller, wherein the economic optimization engine calculates: an economic benefit for shifting the power generation system from the first operating mode to the second operating mode based on at least one of a power generation demand, a power generation cost, and an operating condition of the power generation system; and a billing rate per unit of time of operation in the second operating mode based on at least one of the economic benefit, an operating difference between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, and a predetermined cost differential.
US10018971B2
A controller for controlling a micromechanical actuator having a setpoint input for receiving a setpoint signal, an actual-value input for receiving an actual-value signal, a setpoint filter to attenuate a first predefined frequency or a first predefined frequency band in the received setpoint signal to generate a filtered setpoint signal, a differentiator to generate a time derivative of the received actual-value signal; a controller core to generate a manipulated variable signal based on a system deviation between the filtered setpoint signal and the actual-value signal; a phase rotation element to modify the phase of the difference between the manipulated variable signal and the derivative of the actual-value signal for a second frequency or in a predefined second frequency band to generate a modified manipulated variable signal; and a first manipulated variable filter to suppress a predefined third frequency in the modified manipulated variable signal.
US10018970B2
A time-to-digital system and associated frequency synthesizer are provided. The time-to-digital system receives a reference clock and a variable clock. The time-to-digital system includes a supplement circuit and a time-to-digital converter (TDC). The supplement circuit generates a delayed reference clock signal and at least one pulse of a variable clock ahead of a transition of the delayed reference clock signal. The delayed reference clock signal is generated according to a delay control signal and the reference clock signal. The delay control signal is determined in response to transitions of the variable clock, and frequency of the variable clock is significantly higher than frequency of the reference clock signal. Being coupled to the supplement circuit, the TDC receives the delayed reference clock signal and the at least one pulse of the variable clock and accordingly produces a TDC signal.
US10018963B2
A control system for a rotating element of a timepiece including a control element for actuating the rotating element and a transmission device between the control element and the rotating element. In the control system a gearing device includes a hybrid gearing device including a first element, which is movable around a first rotation axis and including a drive runner made from elastomeric material, and a second element, which is movable around a second rotation axis and including a rolling tooth system. The drive runner cooperates with the rolling tooth system by friction.
US10018961B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a rotatable photosensitive member; and a cartridge detachably mounted in the main assembly, the cartridge including a rotatable developer carrying sleeve for carrying a developer to be supplied to the photosensitive member and a developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer to be supplied to the sleeve, wherein with respect to a mounting direction of the cartridge, the developer accommodating portion is disposed downstream of a rotation axis of the sleeve, and a developing portion where a surface of the sleeve is in contact with or closest to the photosensitive member is disposed downstream of the rotation axis of the sleeve or at the same position as the rotation axis of the sleeve.
US10018959B2
An image forming apparatus includes a mounting unit configured to mount a cartridge including a developing member by moving the cartridge in the insertion direction, and a pressing member having a first pressing portion configured to press the cartridge mounted on the mounting unit to separate the developing member from a photosensitive member. The pressing member has a second pressing portion configured to press the cartridge mounted on the mounting unit to bring the developing member into contact with the photosensitive member, and the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion integrally moves with the movement of the pressing member. The image forming apparatus also includes an elastic member configured to press the pressing member so that the second pressing portion presses the cartridge.
US10018958B2
A misattachment prevention device for an image forming unit includes multiple developer containing parts that contain individual color developers, and process parts each of which is capable to be engaged with any of the developer containing parts, and forms the image forming unit for an individual color by having one of the developer containing parts engaged, wherein (c) each of the process parts is provided with an intermediate locking member guide part in a place opposing the one of the developer containing parts, and (d) the intermediate locking member guide part is provided with an intermediate locking member that is locked with a locking part formed on the one of the individual developer containing parts, protruded from the intermediate locking member guide part to a side of an apparatus main body, and locked with a locked part formed on the apparatus main body.
US10018956B2
A cleaning blade has an elastic body formed of a urethane elastomer, and a treated surface layer formed at least at a portion which comes into contact with a contact target of the elastic body. The treated surface layer is formed through impregnating a surface portion of the elastic body with a surface treatment liquid containing a bifunctional isocyanate compound, at least one polyol, and an organic solvent; or a surface treatment liquid containing an isocyanate group-containing compound having an isocyanate group at an end thereof, which compound is a reaction product of the bifunctional isocyanate compound with the at least one polyol, and an organic solvent, and curing the surface treatment liquid. The difference between the nitrogen concentration at the surface and the nitrogen concentration in the elastic body at a depth of 0.5 mm from the surface of the treated surface layer is 0.02 to 0.15 mass %.
US10018954B1
An image forming apparatus having a plurality of functional units includes a power failure detection circuit configured to detect a power failure of an external power supply for the image forming apparatus, a rechargeable battery unit, and a control unit. The control unit switches the power supply source of the image forming apparatus from the external power supply to the rechargeable battery unit, and selects one or more of the functional units to power through the rechargeable battery unit based on a remaining capacity of the rechargeable battery unit, when the power failure of the external power supply is detected.
US10018953B2
A controller calculates a first time period T1 and a second time period T2. The first time period T1 is defined as a time period required for conveying the end portion of the sheet, which is conveyed in a first conveyance direction E, disposed on the upstream side in the first conveyance direction E up to a reversal position A3. The second time period T2 is defined as a time period required for conveying an end portion of the reversed sheet disposed on an upstream side in a second conveyance direction R from the reversal position A3 to a branching point A1.
US10018946B2
A fixing device includes a roller, a pressing member pressed against the roller, such that when a sheet having an unfixed image is passed thorough a nip formed between the roller and the pressing member, the unfixed image is fixed on the sheet, a first heater configured to heat the roller, a second heater configured to heat the pressing member, and a controller configured to control the second heater, such that a time-averaged heat generation by the second heater when an image of a decolorable material is fixed is greater than a time-averaged heat generation by the second heater when an image of a non-decolorable material is fixed.
US10018942B2
A developing device has a developer container, a first stirring member, and a first stirring chamber. The developer container stores toner. The first stirring member conveys toner while stirring it. The first stirring chamber is in the developer container. The first stirring member is in the first stirring chamber. In a top surface of the first stirring member is a toner supply port through which toner is supplied from outside by action of gravity. The first stirring member has, on the downstream side of the toner supply port in the toner conveying direction, a reduced conveying power portion exerting reduced conveying power to toner. The first stirring chamber has a developer stagnation portion at a position facing the reduced conveying power portion. The inner surface of the developer stagnation portion has a smaller surface roughness than the inner surface of the stirring chamber except for the developer stagnation portion.
US10018937B2
A support material for printing a support structure with an electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system, the support material including a composition having a charge control agent and a thermoplastic copolymer having aromatic groups, (meth)acrylate-based ester groups, carboxylic acid groups, and anhydride groups, with a high anhydride conversion. The composition is provided in a powder form having a controlled particle size, and the support material is configured for use in the electrophotography-based additive manufacturing system having a layer transfusion assembly for printing the support structure in a layer-by-layer manner, and is at least partially soluble in an aqueous solution.
US10018927B2
Electroconductive member for electrophotography, process cartridge and electrophotographic apparatus
An electroconductive member of the present invention includes an electroconductive support layer and a surface layer formed on the circumference of the electroconductive support layer and having a network structure containing an electroconductive fiber, and the electroconductive fiber has ion conductivity, and has an arithmetic mean value of top 10% fiber diameters of 0.2 μm or more and 15.0 μm or less. The surface layer always satisfies specific conditions.
US10018921B2
An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a fluid handling system configured to confine immersion liquid to a localized space between a final element of a projection system and a substrate and/or table and a gas supplying device configured to supply gas with a solubility in immersion liquid of greater than 5×10−3 mol/kg at 20° C. and 1 atm total pressure to an area adjacent the space.
US10018919B2
A lithography system includes an illumination source including two illumination poles separated along a first direction and symmetrically distributed around an optical axis, a pattern mask to receive illumination from the illumination source, and a set of projection optics to generate an image corresponding to the pattern mask onto a sample. The pattern mask includes a metrology target pattern mask and device pattern mask elements. The device pattern mask elements are distributed along the first direction with a device separation distance. The metrology target pattern mask includes a set of metrology target pattern mask elements having a diffraction pattern corresponding to that of the device pattern mask elements. A metrology target generated on the sample associated with the metrology target pattern mask is characterizable along a second direction and has printing characteristics corresponding to those of device pattern elements generated on the sample associated with the device pattern mask elements.
US10018912B2
A photosensitive resin composition includes a positive photosensitive resin having a photosensitive moiety that cleaves upon exposure to light, and a wavelength conversion material dispersed in the photosensitive resin. The photosensitive resin and the wavelength conversion material meet (i) to (iv): (i) The photosensitive moiety and the cleavage product of the photosensitive resin do not neutralize the wavelength conversion material; (ii) The photosensitive moiety and the cleavage product do not induce hydrolysis of the wavelength conversion material; (iii) The HOMOs of the photosensitive moiety and the cleavage product are lower than the LUMO of the wavelength conversion material; and (iv) The LUMOs of the photosensitive moiety and the cleavage product are higher than the HOMO of the wavelength conversion material. (Any combination of a chemically amplified photosensitive resin with an acidic photosensitive moiety or cleavage product and an acidic wavelength conversion material is excluded.)
US10018897B2
A projector suspension device comprising a base fixed to a wall, a support member extending from the base and supporting the projector, and an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a tilt and position of the projector, the adjustment mechanism including a first member that slides with respect to the support member in a first direction perpendicular to the wall and adjusts the position of the projector in the first direction, a second member fixed to the first member, a third member connected to the second member, a fourth member connected to the third member and that rotates with respect to the third member about an axis parallel to the wall and perpendicular to the first direction, and a turning member that adjusts a rotation of the fourth member about the axis by rotation of the turning member, wherein a rotating pivot of the turning member is perpendicular to the base.
US10018886B1
A liquid crystal display device in which smear error is suppressed and transmittance is uniform is provided. In a liquid crystal display device which includes a plurality of pixels and uses comb-teeth-shaped transparent conductive films 110 as common wirings, the common wirings include mesh-shaped common metal wirings 101v and 101h extending in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction and the comb-teeth-shaped transparent conductive films 110 are connected between adjacent pixels.
US10018883B2
The invention concerns a transparent thin liquid crystal alignment film (1) including liquid crystals (2) within a polymerised liquid crystal composition, the film (1) comprising a first main surface (1a), a second main surface (1b) and a bulk (1c) comprised between said opposed two main surfaces (1a, 1b), for which: ⋅ in the vicinity of the first main surface (1a), the liquid crystals (2a) are aligned along a main first direction, ⋅ in the vicinity of the second main surface (1b), the liquid crystals (2b) are aligned along a main second direction, different from the first direction, and in between, the bulk (1c) comprises liquid crystals (2c) maintained in an isotropic orientation. The invention concerns also a process of manufacturing such a liquid crystal alignment film (1) and a polarization-independent spatial phase modulator including such a liquid crystal alignment film (1).
US10018873B2
The present invention provides a display substrate, a display panel and a display device. Said display substrate comprises multiple kinds of light-emitting units, each of which is made of an up-conversion material, and is used for emitting light with a corresponding color when a light irradiates on it. The display substrate above can reduce cost, display a wider color gamut and a higher color saturation, and can achieve higher light utilization efficiency, thereby can reduce power consumption, and furthermore, can reduce or avoid light leakage.
US10018871B1
A display apparatus includes a backlight unit which generates light and provides the light to a display panel which displays an image with the light, a first polarizer disposed on the backlight unit, a third polarizer disposed on the first polarizer, a second polarizer disposed between the first polarizer and the third polarizer, a light transmittance layer which blocks or transmits the light therethrough to display the image, disposed between the first polarizer and the second polarizer, and a color conversion layer disposed between the second polarizer and the third polarizer, and including a color conversion material which converts a color of light transmitted through the light transmittance layer and the second polarizer. A polarizing axis of the third polarizer is different from a polarizing axis of the second polarizer.
US10018870B2
A curved display panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a curved display device are disclosed. The curved display panel includes a first substrate, an oppositely arranged second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates. The first substrate is an array substrate, and includes a first light shielding layer in a light non-transmission region. The second substrate comprises color resists of at least three different colors, and the second substrate is arranged closer to a back light source than the first substrate. After assembling, the first and second substrates have an arc-shaped cross section in an extending direction of a side of the second substrate, the arc-shaped cross section has a bending direction opposite to an incident direction of light from the back light source, and the first and second substrates have a same bending direction.
US10018865B2
An array substrate and a liquid crystal display apparatus are disclosed. The array substrate includes a substrate and a first electrode formed on the substrate. The array substrate includes a first side and a second side that is opposite to the first side. The first electrode includes multiple pixels and each pixel includes multiple slits. A slit width of at least one slit close to the second side and an inter-slit distance between the at least one slit and another slit adjacent to the at least one slit are greater than a slit width of a first slit close to the first side and an inter-slit distance between the first slit and another slit adjacent to the first slit, respectively. The liquid crystal display apparatus has uniform grayscale in different positions from the first side close to the backlight source to the second side opposite to the first side.
US10018864B2
A liquid crystal display device is provided. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first substrate and including a channel area upon which a source electrode and a drain electrode are spaced apart from each other while facing each other; an organic layer disposed on the channel and including an opening that exposes at least a part of the channel area; and a common electrode disposed on the organic layer and including a first opening that extends across the channel area.
US10018857B2
An electro-optic modulator comprising at least one nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal; first and second conductors operatively connected to the nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal adapted to be connected to a voltage source to modulate light passing there through; whereby light is modulated by passing through the nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal. A method for modulating light comprising providing at least one at least one nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal; providing first and second conductors operatively connected to the nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal adapted to be connected to a voltage source to modulate light passing there through; providing an interrogating light beam striking at least one nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal; modulating light passing through the nanodisordered potassium tantalate niobate crystal; and receiving a modulated light beam.
US10018850B2
The present disclosure provides an integrated optical component array and method of making an integrated optical component array useful for projection devices or other optical devices. The integrated optical component array can be a PBS array fabricated such that the individual PBS cubes having several elements can be assembled in a massively parallel manner and then singulated as individual optical components, and can result in a large reduction in manufacturing cost.
US10018842B2
At least one imaging unit for emitting an image in the form of a beam path and at least one mirror module for deflecting the beam path which is emitted by the imaging unit are included in a head-up display for a motor vehicle. The mirror module includes at least two different mirrors which are movable into the beam path, and a respective curvature of the mirrors is matched to respective vehicle-specific windshield variants. The head-up display may be arranged in the motor vehicle by selecting one of the mirrors whose curvature is matched to the windshield variant, embodied in a vehicle-specific manner, and arranging the selected mirror in a region through which the beam path extends in the case of an activated imaging unit.
US10018836B2
The invention relates to a geodetic instrument, in particular a geodetic telescope, for example for a theodolite, or geodetic overview, photogrammetry or axial camera, comprising an imaging optical system which defines an optical axis and comprises an observation beam path for imaging a target object by an eyepiece and/or on a camera sensor, for registering and/or providing an image of the sighted target object. According to the invention, the imaging optical system comprises at least two diffractive optical elements in the observation beam path.
US10018834B2
A method and apparatus for performing foci array scanning using at least one adjustable or tilting medium is disclosed. The medium can be controllably tilted in order to translate a beam of electromagnetic radiation perpendicularly to its propagation, and upon exiting the medium, will propagate in the original, incoming direction. This allows the apparatus that emits the radiation, such as a laser, to remain stationary and still scan a 2D array. Additionally, the reflected fluorescence light undergoes the opposite shift to “reverse” the scanning shift and bring the beamlets back in line with a lenselet array. So the collection fibers can remain static and collect light from different spots on the sample from during the scan.
US10018832B2
Provided is a MEMS optical scanner that stably performs a scan with light by rotary moving a mirror centering on a V-axis in coincidence with a resonant frequency that enables ramp wave driving while securing shock resistance. The MEMS optical scanner includes a first substrate, a driving portion that drives the mirror by a piezoelectric film in a first axial direction where the piezoelectric film is installed on the first substrate, a frame that supports a driving portion, a second substrate, a support portion that supports the first substrate, a frame portion spaced from and surrounding the support portion, and an axis portion that supports the support portion and the frame portion along a second axial direction. It also includes a rigidity giving portion fixed to the second substrate at both ends thereof along the second axial direction and that drives the support portion in the second axial direction.
US10018829B1
A liquid for an electrowetting element includes a plurality of solid particles dispersed in a liquid vehicle. Each of the plurality of solid particles comprises, respectively, a solid core with a coating comprising silicon dioxide.
US10018826B2
A microscope system includes: a stage for placing a sample and movable in a direction; a position detecting unit that detects the stage position; an imaging unit that captures an image of the sample; an image generating unit that combines the acquired image based on the detected position; a position searching unit that searches for the position of an image on the generated combined image as the stage position; a switching detecting unit that detects switching of an optical member; and a control unit that corrects, when switching is detected, the stage position based on a difference between the stage position detected by the position detecting unit and the stage position searched by the position searching unit so that the stage position detected by the position detecting unit coincides with the stage position searched by the position searching unit.
US10018825B2
A microscope monitoring device includes a pedestal, a flat light source, a microscope set, an image sensor, a motion stage and a controlling circuit board. The motion stage carries the microscope set and the image sensor and moves them according to a driving signal. Responding to a trigger signal, the image sensor senses the light passing through one or more culture tank on the multiple-well plate and the microscope set so as to generate an image signal. The controlling circuit board outputs the trigger signal and the driving signal to obtain an image of cells in the multiple-well plate. A microscope monitoring system including a server and the aforementioned microscope monitoring device is also provided.
US10018824B2
Methods and systems for temporal compressive sensing are disclosed, where within each of one or more sensor array data acquisition periods, one or more sensor array measurement datasets comprising distinct linear combinations of time slice data are acquired, and where mathematical reconstruction allows for calculation of accurate representations of the individual time slice datasets.
US10018822B2
By using a PPD as a detector, photon count loss is reduced to the utmost, and the incident light-intensity range in which light can be detected is widened. Provided is a laser microscope apparatus including an objective lens that collects return light from a specimen; a collimator lens that converts the return light collected by the objective lens into a substantially collimated beam, a PPD including a plurality of pixels that detect the return light converted to a substantially collimated beam by the collimator lens; and a controller that makes the beam diameter of the return light incident on the PPD substantially equal to an effective detection area of the PPD, formed by the plurality of pixels.
US10018814B2
A first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power, a front-side lens group (GX), an intermediate lens group (GM) having positive refractive power, and a rear-side lens group (GR) are arranged in order from an object side. The front-side lens group (GX) is composed of one or more lens groups and has a negative lens group At least part of the intermediate lens group (GM) is a focusing lens group (GF). The rear-side lens group (GR) is composed of one or more lens groups. Upon zooming, the first lens group (G1) is moved with respect to an image surface, a distance between the first lens group (G1) and the front-side lens group (GX) is changed, a distance between the front-side lens group (GX) and the intermediate lens group (GM) is changed, and a distance between the intermediate lens group (GM) and the rear-side lens group (GR) is changed.
US10018807B2
An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.
US10018787B1
A wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing (WDM) assembly is provided that is also capable of performing bidirectional communications. The WDM assembly comprises a WDM module and an adapter for use with the WDM module. The adapter has first and second receptacles in front and back ends thereof, respectively, that are configured to mate with a multi-fiber (MF) connector and with the WDM module, respectively. The MF connector holds ends of M optical fibers and the WDM module has M lenses. The WDM module holds ends of N optical fibers, where N is equal to or greater than 2M. When the MF connector and the WDM module are mated with the first and second receptacles, respectively, the ends of the M optical fibers held in the MF connector are in optical alignment with M lenses, respectively, disposed in the WDM module.
US10018783B2
A method for producing a fiberoptic fan-out includes creating a splice joint between a first fiberoptic cable and two or more second fiberoptic cables, such that at the splice joint, each of a plurality of first optical fibers in the first fiberoptic cable is spliced to a respective second optical fiber in one of the second fiberoptic cables. A tube slides over the cables to a position at which the splice joint is contained inside the tube. While the splice joint is contained inside the tube, the tube is filled with a fixative so as to fix the splice joint in the position.
US10018771B2
A display device with a display panel, and backlight unit including a first light guide plate (LGP) having first and second optical materials, a second LGP disposed between the first LGP and the display panel, light sources configured to provide light to the first LGP and the second LGP, and a diffuser plate in a lower portion of the second LGP. The first LGP configured such that light from a light source is guided by the second optical material and emitted towards the display panel through the first optical material; the second LGP configured to emit light towards the display panel using the diffuser plate. A controller controls the light sources to provide light to the first LGP if a three-dimensional (3D) image is displayed on the display panel, and to the second LGP if a two-dimensional (2D) image is displayed on the display panel.
US10018763B2
A transparent display device is provided herein, which comprises a display module and a backlight module. The display module includes a liquid crystal display panel, polarizers and an optical film. The backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate, wherein the light guide plate includes a first light incident plane, a second light incident plane and a light emitting plane. The first light incident plane is disposed opposite to a light emitting plane of the light source. A plurality of caves are disposed on the second light incident plane to enhance the environmental light. The present invention raises an incident amount of the environmental light.
US10018762B2
A multilayer optical film has a packet of microlayers that selectively reflect light by constructive or destructive interference to provide a first reflective characteristic. At least some of the microlayers are birefringent. A stabilizing layer attaches to and covers the microlayer packet proximate an outer exposed surface of the film. Heating element(s) can physically contact the film to deliver heat to the packet through the stabilizing layer by thermal conduction, at altered region(s) of the film, such that the first reflective characteristic changes to an altered reflective characteristic in the altered region(s) to pattern the film. The stabilizing layer provides sufficient heat conduction to allow heat from the heating elements to change (e.g. reduce) the birefringence of the birefringent microlayers disposed near the outer exposed surface in the altered region(s), while providing sufficient mechanical support to avoid substantial layer distortion of the microlayers near the outer exposed surface in the altered region(s).
US10018760B2
The present application relates to an optical film, a complex polarizing plate, and a liquid crystal display. The present application is directed to providing the optical film or complex polarizing plate, and the liquid crystal display including the same which may be effectively applied to optical compensation of various liquid crystal displays, in particular, so-called in plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal displays.
US10018754B2
Provided is a sheet-form transparent molding for use for a transparent screen, satisfying both visibilities of a projected light and a transmitted light by anisotropically scattering and reflecting the projected light emitted from a light source. A sheet-form transparent molding according to the present invention comprises a transparent light scattering layer comprising a resin and bright flake-form microparticles.
US10018744B2
Systems and methods for detecting foreign object debris around a wireless power transfer system include a plurality of detectors, each detector featuring one or more loops of conducting material, and a controller configured to measure at least one of a voltage and a current in each detector and to determine, based on the measurements, whether foreign object debris is present around the wireless power transfer system, where at least some of the plurality of detectors include a first number of loops of the conducting material, and at least some of the plurality of detectors include a second number of loops of the conducting material larger than the first number.
US10018743B2
Seismic source modules are combined into seismic source strings that are grouped into seismic source arrays. The seismic source array includes a plurality of seismic source strings arranged in parallel and towed behind a seismic source vessel. Each seismic source string includes a plurality of seismic source modules coupled in series along the seismic source string. Each seismic source module includes a protective cage, at least one seismic source disposed within the protective cage and decoupled from the protective cage and a pair of couplers in communication with the protective cage. The seismic source string also includes a plurality of tethers attached to couplers between adjacent pairs of seismic source modules in the series of seismic source modules.
US10018732B2
A portable terminal includes a GPS unit configured to receive a GPS signal, a GPS processing section configured to detect GPS accuracy at an interval and detect the position of a vehicle on the basis of the GPS signal received by the GPS unit, and an information processing section configured to detect entrance timing, which is timing when the GPS accuracy is detected when the vehicle is located at an entrance point of a multi-storey parking structure, on the basis of transition of the GPS accuracy detected by the GPS processing section at the interval.
US10018726B2
Methods and systems for performing three dimensional LIDAR measurements with a highly integrated LIDAR measurement device are described herein. In one aspect, the illumination source, detector, and illumination drive are integrated onto a single printed circuit board. In addition, in some embodiments, the associated control and signal conditioning electronics are also integrated onto the common printed circuit board. Furthermore, in some embodiments, the illumination drive and the illumination source are integrated onto a common Gallium Nitride substrate that is independently packaged and attached to the printed circuit board. In another aspect, the illumination light emitted from the illumination source and the return light directed toward the detector share a common optical path within the integrated LIDAR measurement device. In some embodiments, the return light is separated from the illumination light by a beam splitter. In some other embodiments, the optical design avoids losses associated with a beam splitter.
US10018725B2
A LIDAR imaging system (90) includes: an illumination source block (100) having at least one illumination source (110) for emitting at least one polarized illumination beam (20) of first polarization with wavelengths in a first wave length range (21); an optical engine core (200) having a first polarized beam splitter panel (210); a quarter wave retarder panel (230) configured between the external image object (900) and the optical engine core (200); and a first imaging block (300) having a plurality of first illumination detectors (310). The imaging system is more compact and ensures optical alignment between the radiation sources and the detectors. Moreover, the polarized illumination beams and the retarded reflection beams do not interfere with each other though transiting along the same axis, thus improving the imaging quality of the imaging system.
US10018721B2
A ruggedized packaging assembly for a linearly extending crane component measurement device includes an outer sleeve, an inner member slidably disposed in the outer sleeve, a target coupled to at least one of the outer sleeve and the inner sleeve, and a non-contact measurement instrument. Either the outer sleeve or the inner member is coupled to a linearly extending component, and the other part is coupled to a component from which a distance is being measured.
US10018709B2
A target detection system and a method of performing radar target detection are described. The system includes a radar system to obtain radar echoes from a target with multiple point reflectors. The system also includes a processor to obtain a cluster of multi-dimensional point spread function from the radar echoes, each multi-dimensional point spread function being associated with a reflection from one of the multiple point reflectors, and also to perform object detection based on three or more dimensions of each of the multi-dimensional point spread functions of the cluster.
US10018708B2
A measuring device for measuring a measurement signal of a device under test comprises a processing unit and a display unit. The processing unit comprises a detection unit configured to automatically determine at least one parameter characterizing the measurement signal. The processing unit further comprises a reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct an ideal measurement signal on the basis of the at least one parameter characterizing the measurement signal. The display unit is configured to display the measurement signal or a signal derived from the measurement signal and the reconstructed ideal measurement signal.
US10018707B2
A novel methodology for automatically linearizing a harmonic radar transmitter—termed Feed-Forward Filter Reflection (FFFR)—is disclosed. The method combines the reflected second harmonic from a filter with the signal passing directly through the filter. The second harmonic from these two paths are combined with equal and opposite amplitudes to reduce the second harmonic beyond filtering alone. This methodology has been experimentally verified at transmit frequencies between 800 and 1000 MHz. Implemented properly, the technique provides greater than 100 dB rejection between 1.6 and 2.0 GHz. Although the tuning has been automated, further optimization is possible. Automated tuning is demonstrated over 400 MHz of bandwidth with a minimum cancellation of 110 dB. One application for the harmonic cancellation is to create a linear radar transmitter for the remote detection of non-linear targets.
US10018693B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing a rigid, shaped, non-planar radiofrequency coil including: a) placing a number of coil elements selected from one and a desired plurality of coil elements on to a flexible substrate to make a coil; b) laying the coil flat and covering it with foam; c) and subsequently applying the foam covered coil to a first mechanical former capable of holding the coil rigid in a desired configuration.
US10018690B2
The present invention provides a phantom (200) for use in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (110) with a set of resonating volumes (206) positioned in a base body (202), whereby the base body (202) has a spherical or ellipsoid shape in accordance with a volume of interest (203) of the MR imaging system (110), and the resonating volumes (206) are located at a circumference of the base body (202). The phantom is used in a method for evaluating the magnetic field of a main magnet (114) of a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system (110), comprising the steps of positioning the phantom (200) within the main magnet (114), performing a 3D spectroscopic MR measurement of the phantom (200) using the MR imaging system (110), thereby measuring resonances of the resonating volumes (206), assigning the measured resonances to the resonating volumes (206), and evaluating the magnetic field of the main magnet (114) from the MR measurement of the phantom (200) based on the measured resonances of the resonating volumes (206). Accordingly, the MR imaging system itself is directly used for determining the magnetic field of its main magnet. Accordingly, the MR imaging system itself can be used as measurement equipment, instead of a separate NMR magnetometer, which is required for conventional determination of the magnetic field.
US10018682B2
The invention relates to a battery management system for a battery having a plurality of battery cells connected in series, comprising a battery control unit, a plurality of low-voltage measuring devices, by means of which the voltage of one or more battery cells can be measured, and comprising one or more high-voltage measuring devices for a voltage across a plurality or all the battery cells, and/or at least one current measuring device, by means of which a current from or through the battery can be measured, and/or at least one a measuring module comprising a high-voltage measuring device, and a current measuring device, characterized by a signal transmission device, by way of which signals from low-voltage measuring devices and from at least one of the high-voltage measuring devices and/or the current measuring device and/or the measuring module can be transmitted to the battery control unit.
US10018675B1
A programmable integrated circuit may implement a safety function in a first region and a non-safety function in a second region of the programmable integrated circuit. The safety function may require that periodic tests verify the integrity of the programmable integrated circuit during safety test intervals. For this purpose, the programmable integrated circuit may halt the operation of the safety function, partially reconfigure the first region by loading a test function, and execute the test function, while the non-safety function in the second region continues to operate. In the event that the test function executed successfully without finding any defects, the programmable integrated circuit may partially reconfigure the first region by re-loading the safety function. Additional tests may be performed if the test function detected problems with the integrity of the programmable integrated circuit.
US10018670B2
Disclosed is a probe card for testing a wireless module on an integrated circuit die contained on a wafer. The probe card includes a connector and a plurality of probes. The connector connects the probe card to test equipment. The plurality of probes connects the probe card to a wafer containing a plurality of integrated circuit dies. The probe card additionally includes an antenna configured to transmit a wireless test signal to be received by at least one of the integrated circuit dies, and/or to receive a wireless signal transmitted by at least one of the integrated circuit dies.
US10018656B2
A device, an arrangement, and a method for measuring a current intensity in a primary conductor through which current flows are disclosed. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a magnetic field-generating element configured to generate a reference magnetic field; and a magnetic field angle-sensitive element configured to measure an orientation of a total magnetic field, the total magnetic field is produced by overlapping of the primary magnetic field and the reference magnetic field in space, wherein the primary magnetic field and the reference magnetic field are not parallel to one another at a location of the magnetic field angle-sensitive element, and wherein the current intensity of the current flowing through the primary conductor is determinable from the orientation of the total magnetic field in space.
US10018655B2
The invention relates to a circuit arrangement having a switching device (1) which is designed to provide a first voltage (UE) and a first electrical current (IE) in a power path and to provide a second voltage (US) and a second electrical current (IS) in a measuring path for the duration of a switching period, wherein the first electrical current corresponds to the second electrical current; having a current measuring apparatus (2) which is arranged in the measuring path and is designed to provide an output signal (UM) which corresponds to the first electrical current; and having a control circuit (3, 4) which is designed to activate the current measuring apparatus for the duration of a measuring period and to deactivate the current measuring apparatus again after the measuring period expires.
US10018653B2
An electrical Kelvin contact assembly for testing IC testing apparatus that uses an assembly design that reduces the tolerance to a near negligible range. The assembly does not use any screws, dowel pins, adhesives or welding to fasten the electrical contacts to the housing. The design of the assembly uses rows of contacts with specially designed protrusions that sit snugly in openings located on three plate-like layers. These layers contain the contacts in the horizontal plane by securing the protrusions in the opening, as well as in the vertical plane by means of a sandwich between three separate layers. A second contact is slid into back slits formed by the three layers.
US10018638B2
The present invention relates to the field of immunology and hyperproliferative diseases. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of detecting and monitoring therapeutic antibody:antigen complex, soluble antigen and soluble therapeutic antibody, wherein a patient has undergone at least one course of immunotherapy. Yet further, levels of therapeutic antibody:antigen complexes, soluble antigens or soluble therapeutic antibodies may be measured and used to stage or monitor a hyperproliferative disease.
US10018636B2
The invention provides methods, kits and reagents for diagnosing fibromyalgia (FM) in an individual by determining whether the levels of one or more cytokines in the individual are altered, as compared to control levels. The altered level(s) or patterns of expression of the cytokines measured in the affected individual compared to the level from the control is predictive/indicative of FM in the individual.
US10018634B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising chimeric polypeptides that bind to free ubiquitin proteins or free ubiquitin-like proteins with high affinity, as well as chimeric polypeptides that bind to both free and conjugated ubiquitin proteins or free and conjugated ubiquitin-like proteins, and methods of using the chimeric polypeptides to determine the amount of free or total ubiquitin or free or total ubiquitin-like proteins in various types of samples.
US10018633B2
Disclosed are methods and compositions for the detection of one or more different types of cellular biomarkers in a biological sample, and in particular, methods and compositions for the rapid, one-step, highly-cell specific detection of circulating tumor cells from minute quantities of mammalian biological fluids, including, for example, from a single drop of human blood. In certain embodiments, distinctly-labeled, multi-aptamer detection reagents are provided for detecting and quantitating selected cancer cells in clinical samples such as patient specimens and/or tissues. Aptamer-based imaging methodologies are also provided for use in a variety of diagnostic assay protocols.
US10018632B2
Methods and systems for selectively capturing analytes, such as cells, e.g., circulating tumor cells (CTCs), from fluid samples are disclosed. The methods include contacting the sample with an analyte binding moiety that selectively binds to the analytes; optionally separating first components of the sample including a majority of the analytes bound to the binding moieties from second components of the sample using size-based separation, e.g., in a microfluidic channel; adding to the first components of the sample a plurality of binding agents under conditions that enable a plurality of the binding agents to be linked to the analyte binding moieties to form multivalent tagging agents bound to the analyte; passing the first components of the sample past a surface to which is attached a plurality of capture agents that selectively bind to the binding agents; and capturing the analytes by providing conditions that enable the multivalent tagging agents bound to the analytes to bind to one or more of the capture agents.
US10018630B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide: a cancer stem cell isolated using a cell marker; a substantively homogeneous cancer stem cell population including said cancer stem cell; and a method of preparing said cancer stem cell population. Another objective of the present invention is to provide: a method for separating cancer stem cells with a high proliferative potential and those with a low proliferative potential; a method for inducing cancer stem cells to have a different proliferative potential; and cancer stem cells separated or induced by these separation or induction methods. A further objective of the present invention is to provide: a method of screening for pharmaceuticals using said cancer stem cell or cancer stem cell population; a method for detecting the presence of said cancer stem cell or cancer stem cell population and for identifying or quantifying the same. The present inventors discovered that highly pure colon cancer stem cells (CSC) can be obtained in a large quantity, and identified two types of states of colon CSCs distinguishable through Lgr5 expression.
US10018617B2
Described herein are fluorescent compounds and methods and comprising these compounds. The compounds disclosed herein are carbopyronine reagents that fluoresce in the red portion of the UV/VIS spectrum and provide bright fluorescence intensity, uniform cell staining, and good retention within live cells as well as low toxicity toward cells.
US10018614B2
In some embodiments, alerts are sent to appropriate parties if an insulated container is not properly packed out to insure the approximate safe temperature of the materials. In other embodiments, a countdown timer is used to keep track of the time that the biologic has been in transit, and ensure that the amount of time does not exceed the known shelf life of the biologic. In still other embodiments, the payload container is equipped with its own sensors, such as temperature sensors, and communications devices, such as a close range communication device, capable of transmitting information regarding a range of parameters, including, but not limited to, temperature, humidity, location and time, from the payload container to an end user. In other embodiments, shielding and/or radiation sensors are included in insulated shipping or storage containers, or payload containers, to shield and monitor the radiation exposure of the payload.
US10018608B2
A system to authenticate and identify items is described herein. An example apparatus includes an illuminating source to illuminate a sample with a first emission of light having a peak wavelength at a first wavelength and a second emission of light having a peak wavelength at a second wavelength, a photo element to detect a first optical response emitted by the sample after the first emission of light and to detect a second optical response emitted by the sample after the second emission of light, and an identifier to identify the sample based on the first optical response and the second optical response.
US10018607B2
A sensing system for detecting a substance in a dialysate. The system includes a hydrophobic barrier capable of allowing the substance in the dialysate to equilibrate through the barrier to a gas. The system also includes a detector capable of detecting the gas and an interface disposed between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector and configured to allow transport of the gas between the hydrophobic barrier and the detector following a concentration gradient of the gas along the interface.
US10018606B2
In order to provide a device for detection of a partial pressure of a measurement gas contained in a surrounding gas, comprising a measurement space with at least one inlet opening to admit surrounding gas into the measurement space and at least one outlet opening to discharge surrounding gas from the measurement space, a quantity that characterizes the partial pressure of the measurement gas in the measurement gas sensor sensitive to the measurement gas to measure a quantity that characterizes the partial pressure of the measurement gas in the measurement space, as well as readout device to read out the measurement gas sensor as well as a method for its operation, which permit metrological detection of the partial pressure of a measurement gas contained in a surrounding gas with improved chronological and spatial resolution, it is proposed that means to determine a response characteristic of device be provided.
US10018602B2
A number of analytes are divided into groups based on at least either the elution position determined by silica gel column chromatography under the same condition or the partition ratio in a hexane-acetonitrile partition method. To each group, a compound obtained by labeling one of the compounds in the group by deuterium and/or carbon is assigned as the surrogate. After those surrogates are added as internal standard substances to a standard sample for the creation of calibration curves, a GC/MS analysis for the sample is performed and a calibration curve is created for each analyte. In the measurement of an unknown sample, the same set of surrogates are added to the sample and the GC/MS analysis is performed. A quantitative determination processor determines the quantity of each analyte by comparing a peak area ratio calculated from the analysis result with a calibration curve read from the database.
US10018599B2
The present inventions provide a capacitive transducer that can reduce film damage on a substrate surface on a vibration film side due to a difference in thermal expansion coefficient between a through wiring and a substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The capacitive transducer consists of a plurality of cells with each cell comprising a first electrode and a vibration film on a first surface side of a substrate having a through wiring that penetrates the substrate from a first surface to a second surface of the substrate, the vibration film including a second electrode that is formed with a gap from the first electrode. A holding member that holds a leading end of the through wiring is provided on the first surface side of the substrate.
US10018587B2
The present invention provides a method for determining whether or not a capillary filled with an electrophoretic medium is suitably used for electrophoresis before electrophoresis is performed using the analytes. The method comprises (a) applying an alternating-current voltage between a first electrode which is in contact with a first electrolyte solution in which one end of the capillary is immersed and a second electrode which is in contact with a second electrolyte solution in which the other end of the capillary is immersed to measure an electric conductivity of the electrophoresis medium with which an inside of the capillary is filled; and (b) determining that the capillary filled with the electrophoresis medium fails to be used suitably for the electrophoresis, when the electric conductivity is more than 4.2 mS/cm.
US10018582B2
A device for monitoring an formation below the ground G containing a fluid such as CO2 or methane comprising a measuring cell arranged in a cavity, can an F analyzer disposed on the surface and a sealed connection connecting measuring cell to the analyzer. The measuring cell comprises two chambers that can sealingly communicate with one another. The first chamber comprises a plurality of orifices allowing passage of the fluid into first chamber, at least two inner electrodes and fluid circulator. The second chamber is impervious to the fluid. Applications include monitoring of geological storages sites for gas such as CO2.
US10018578B2
An X-ray analysis device includes an electron gun, an X-ray optical member, a first detection unit and a second detection unit, and a distance changing mechanism. The X-ray optical member guides characteristic X-rays emitted from a sample to at least any one of the first detection unit or the second detection unit. The first detection unit is formed such that energy resolution is given relative priority over counting efficiency in contrast to the second detection unit. The second detection unit is formed such that counting efficiency is given relative priority over energy resolution in contrast to the first detection unit. The distance changing mechanism changes the distance between each of the first detection unit and the second detection unit and the X-ray optical member in an axial direction of an optical axis of the X-ray optical member.
US10018574B2
An inspection system and method are presented for inspecting structures having a pattern formed by an array of elongated grooves having high aspect-ratio geometry, such as semiconductor wafers formed with vias. The inspection system comprises an imaging system and a control unit. The imaging system is configured and operable for imaging the structure with a dark-field imaging scheme and generating a dark-field image. The control unit comprises an analyzer module for analyzing pixels brightness in the dark-field image for identifying a defective groove, being a groove characterized by pixels brightness in the dark-field image lower than nominal brightness by a predetermined factor.
US10018568B2
The present invention relates to a device for monitoring a biofilm, which can monitor a formation state of the biofilm by using a biofilm shadow image. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the device for monitoring a biofilm can comprise: a water tank for storing water; a monitoring substrate arranged inside the water tank and surface-treated so as to accelerate the biofilm formation; a light-emitting module located at an upper portion of the monitoring substrate so as to emit light in a monitoring substrate direction; and an image sensor unit arranged below the monitoring substrate so as to capture a shadow image of the biofilm, which is formed on the monitoring substrate.
US10018565B2
A method that includes: illuminating a wafer with excitation light having a wavelength and intensity sufficient to induce photoluminescence in the wafer; filtering photoluminescence emitted from a portion of the wafer in response to the illumination; directing the filtered photoluminescence onto a detector to image the portion of the wafer on the detector with a spatial resolution of 1 μm×1 μm or smaller; and identifying one or more crystallographic defects in the wafer based on the detected filtered photoluminescence.
US10018561B2
A method of using a spectrometer to produce corrected diamond Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) spectral data includes acquiring, using the spectrometer, an initial set of ATR spectral data for a sample pressed into contact with a diamond ATR crystals; numerically matching, using the spectrometer, a pressure dependent diamond artifact reference spectrum to a corresponding pressure dependent diamond artifact in the initial set of ATR spectral data; and numerically subtracting out the numerically matched pressure dependent diamond artifact reference spectrum from the initial set of ATR spectral data to yield a corrected set of ATR spectral data for the sample for output by the spectrometer.
US10018550B2
Provided are a system and a method for analyzing a blood cell. The system includes a laser generator installed around a moving path, along which an analysis target blood cell moves, to generate a laser beam; a plurality of photodetectors configured to detect a laser beam generated as a result of refraction, reflection, transmission or fluorescence of the laser beam generated from the laser generator and incident upon the analysis target blood cell; and an optical fiber configured to focus the laser beam generated from the laser generator and to irradiate the focused laser beam to a measurement point existing on the moving path, wherein the optical fiber transfers a laser beam scattered through a blood cell to the photodetectors; and an analysis apparatus configured to analyze the analysis target blood cell by using the laser beam detected by the photodetectors.
US10018546B2
A method that is stored in tangible form and accessible by a data processing system for determination of xenon propellant remaining in a tank for a defined life condition. A heater controller establishes a first stable temperature of a propellant tank. A measurement is performed of a temperature and a pressure at the first stable temperature of the propellant tank. A second higher stable temperature is provided in the propellant tank. A measurement is performed of a temperature and a pressure at a second stable temperature. A computer processor computes a mass based on density and volume in accordance with measurements of temperature and pressure at the first stable temperature and the second stable temperature.
US10018540B2
A clearing agent and mounting solution for microscopy is disclosed comprising at least trichloroethanol and/or derivatives thereof, where the refractive index of the solution is greater than or equal to about 1.3810. Also disclosed are methods of preparing specimens for microscopy.
US10018537B2
A portable device for collecting particles and microorganisms is provided. The device includes a cyclone enclosure for centrifuging air, external air inlet for admitting air into the enclosure, and air outlet connected by a coupling to an air inlet filter of an individual motorized respiratory protection appliance.
US10018534B2
The present invention refers to articles for collecting samples from a surface, articles for microbiological analyses of said samples, and methods of use of said articles. The articles include sample collectors, sample housings with optional barrier layers, and sample-ready reagent strips comprising hydrophilic agents to grow and detect microorganisms. The disclosure includes methods to collect, detect, and quantify microorganisms in a surface sample.
US10018513B1
The Thermowell extension is an adaptor that works in concert with a Thermowell and an applicable instrument. The adaptor is a male to female coupling that is adapted to interface between an opening of the Thermowell and an existing plug of the Thermowell. The adaptor raises the actual location of the opening into which the existing plug of the Thermowell is affixed in order to accommodate an insulation layer provided over an applicable pipe or conduit. The instrument is still able to extend to the closed end of the Thermowell.
US10018512B2
A method for preventing chaffing between a linear detector cable and a protective outer sheath including the steps of preparing an elongated polymer tube having a predetermined length and outer diameter, wrapping heat resistant tape having a given width around a distal end portion of the tube to locally enlarge the outer diameter of the tube, and inserting a proximal end portion of the tube into an open end of a metallic protective sheath having a predetermined inner diameter that is slightly greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the tube, so that the heat resistant tape wrapped around the distal end portion of the tube abuts against the end of the sheath to acts as a stop surface.
US10018510B2
An apparatus configured to sense presence and motion in a monitored space is presented. The apparatus includes a dual-element assembly with a first thermal sensing element and a second thermal sensing element configured to produce a direct current output that is sustained at a level substantially proportional to an amount of thermal energy being received at the thermal sensing elements. A lens array (or equivalent optics) is coupled to the elements, having a plurality of lenses directing incident thermal energy from a plurality of optically-defined spatial zones onto the sensing elements. An electronic circuitry is configured to read a resulting signal of the dual-element assembly and an individual output signal of each the first thermal sensing element and the second thermal sensing element.
US10018508B2
A spectrometer for examining the spectrum of an optical emission source may include: an optical base body, a light entry aperture connected to the optical base body to couple light into the spectrometer, at least one dispersion element to receive the light as a beam of rays and generate a spectrum, and at least one detector for measuring the generated spectrum. A light path may run from the light entry aperture to the detector. A mirror group with at least two mirrors may be provided in a section of the light path between the light entry aperture and the at least one detector, in which the beam does not run parallel, which may compensate for temperature effects. In the mirror group, at least one mirror or the entire mirror group may be moveable relative to the optical base body and may be coupled to a temperature-controlled drive.
US10018505B2
A light receiver (10, 50) having a plurality of avalanche photo diode elements (10, 12a-c) which are biased with a bias voltage greater than a breakthrough voltage and are thus operated in a Geiger mode in order to trigger a Geiger current upon light reception, and having a signal detection circuit (50) for reading out the avalanche photo diode elements (10, 12a-c), wherein the signal detection circuit (50) comprises an active coupling element (52) having an input (54) connected to the avalanche photo diode elements (10, 12a-c) and an output (56), the active coupling element (52) mapping the Geiger current at the input (54) to a measuring current corresponding to the Geiger current in its course and level, wherein the input (54) forms a virtual short-circuit for the Geiger current with respect to a potential (ground, −UBE; Uconst−UBE), and the output (56) is decoupled from the input (54).
US10018502B2
A laser scanner includes: a light source; a scanning mirror that scans laser light emitted from the light source, toward a target object by oscillating about axis C; a photodetector that generates a photodetection signal upon receiving the laser light reflected from the target object; a controller that controls emission of the laser light by the light source, and that performs sampling on the photodetection signal; and a detector that detects an amount of displacement of the scanning mirror, and calculates a resonant frequency of the scanning mirror based on the amount of displacement detected. The controller determines a time at which the laser light is emitted from the light source and a time at which sampling is performed on the photodetection signal, based on the resonant frequency calculated.
US10018501B2
A measuring apparatus for contactlessly measuring vibration or displacement of a measurement target includes a light source configured to emit a continuous wave of light frequency-modulated to arrange a measurement site of the measurement target within a correlation peak, a divider configured to divide the continuous wave of light into first and second divided-waves of light, a light receiver configured to receive interfering light of the first divided-wave of light reflected by the measurement target and the second divided-wave of light, and a calculator configured to calculate the vibration or displacement of the measurement target using an electric signal output from the light receiver.
US10018494B2
A sensor having a transmission line acting as a probe and an electronic circuit measures liquid levels. The sensor circuit uses a periodic signal generator to produce a carrier wave, which stimulates the transmission line, through a complex network coupling element. The complex impedance network forms a voltage divider with the transmission line, wherein the output of the voltage divider, is demodulated with an AM demodulator, such as a thermally compensated peak detector. This demodulated signal is related to the dielectric constant, and thus the liquid level of the material surrounding the partially submerged transmission line probe. The liquid level and the demodulated signal may be offset, scaled and linearized with a microcontroller containing signal processing routines, linearizing equations, stored calibration constants and look up tables.
US10018492B2
Provided is a thermal flow meter through which a measurement with high accuracy and has a discharge function. In a thermal flow meter 300 of the invention, a part of a measurement target gas 30 flowing through the main passage 124 flows into a bypass passage. A drainage passage 3528 is provided in the bypass passage to communicate a bypass passage 4232 on the inlet port (between the inlet port 350 and the measurement surface 430 serving as the air flow sensing portion) and a bypass passage 4234 on the outlet port (between the measurement surface 430 serving as the air flow sensing portion and the outlet port 352). The drainage passage 3528 includes a through hole 3512. The through hole 3512 includes an inlet port 3542 which penetrates a wall surface 4212 forming the bypass passage 4232 on the inlet port and is opened in the bypass passage 4232 on the inlet port, and an outlet port 3544 which is opened in a rear surface 4213 of the wall surface. Water 3552 flowing into the bypass passage is guided to the through hole 3512, and guided to the bypass passage 4234 on the outlet port through the drainage passage 3528, and discharged to the main passage 124. Therefore, an influence of the water flowing into a measuring portion can be reduced, and the measurement accuracy can be improved.
US10018491B2
A vibrating sensor assembly (200) is provided. The vibrating sensor assembly (200) includes a one-piece conduit mount (205). The one-piece conduit mount (205) includes an inlet port (206), an outlet port (208), and a conduit support base (210) extending from the inlet port (206) to the outlet port (208). The vibrating sensor assembly (200) further includes a single fluid conduit (203) with two or more loops (204A, 204B) separated by a crossover section (213), which is coupled to the one-piece conduit mount (205).
US10018488B2
A sensor arrangement (10) includes a sensor (11) for a mechanical quantity or a thermal quantity, a processing circuit (12), which is connected at the input end to the sensor (11) and provides an output signal (SRF), which is processed for wireless transmission, and a cable (13), which is coupled to the processing circuit (12), to which the output signal (SRF) or a signal derived from the output signal (SRF) is supplied and which delivers a power supply to the processing circuit.
US10018487B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for initiating sealed sensor units in the field. A packaged sensor unit may include a sensor module, an activation mechanism and an internal battery, all situated in a sealed enclosure. In some cases, the sealed enclosure may be devoid of any externally accessible switches. A pre-defined triggering stimulus may be applied to the packaged sensor unit, and the pre-defined triggering stimulus may be detected via the activation mechanism. In response to the activation mechanism detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, the internal battery may be connected to the sensor module. Prior to detecting the pre-defined triggering stimulus, both the sensor module and the activation mechanism may draw no power from the internal battery of the packaged sensor unit. In some cases, the activation mechanism, once activated, irreversibly couples the power supply to the sensor module.
US10018485B2
A scale for an optically scanning position-measuring device includes a carrier and a reflective layer disposed on the carrier. A transparent spacer layer is disposed on the reflective layer. The spacer layer has a patterned, partially transparent layer thereon which defines a bright/dark pattern in which regions having the partially transparent layer appear dark and regions without the partially transparent layer appear bright. A sealing layer is disposed on the patterned, partially transparent layer. Products of refractive index and layer thickness are the same for the spacer layer and the sealing layer, or differ by an odd multiple.
US10018480B2
Systems and methods of providing geographic location data to a user are disclosed. For instance, data indicative of a request for location data associated with a geographic information system can be received. A set of location constraints can be determined based at least in part on a predefined probability scheme associated with one or more attributes associated with a plurality of points of interest associated with the geographic information system. A plurality of candidate points of interest can be identified from the plurality of points of interest, such that each candidate point of interest satisfies each constraint of the determined set of constraints. A point of interest can be selected for presentation to a user from the plurality of candidate points of interest. Data associated with the selected point of interest can be provided to a user device associated with the geographic information system.
US10018474B2
The navigation solution of a portable device may be enhanced using map information. Sensor data for the portable device may be used to derive navigation solutions at a plurality of epochs over a first period of time. Position information for the device may be estimated at a time subsequent to the first period of time using the navigation solutions. Map information for an area encompassing a current location of the portable device may also be obtained. Multiple hypotheses regarding possible positions of the portable device may be generated using the estimated position information and the map information. By managing and processing the hypotheses, estimated position information for at least one epoch during the first period of time may be updated. An enhanced navigation solution for the at least one epoch may be provided using the updated estimated position information.
US10018458B2
A method and a check fixture is presented. A part having a number of contiguous coupons is processed using an automated tool. Geometry of the number of contiguous coupons is inspected to produce inspection results. The part is validated using the inspection results.
US10018455B2
An apparatus is disclosed including a bore cleaning device configured to clean a bore of a firearm. The device includes a propellant providing a force to push the projectile down the bore of the firearm, a fibrous cup, a dense material within the fibrous cup, and a frame including a bore forward disk configured to press against a bottom surface of the fibrous cup. The dense material includes one of a dense granulated material and a dense, viscous paste. The dense material is configured to deform and press radially outwardly against the cup as the propellant provides propelling force to the dense material.
US10018454B2
A hunting arrow for tracking target animals is disclosed and described. The arrow can include a chamber. The arrow may also include a transmitter housing that is installable into the chamber. A pair of bores extending through the transmitter housing and chamber may be configured and adapted for receiving a pair of shear pins. The shear pins may secure the housing in the chamber. The transmitter housing may comprise an animal engagement member, such as a hook. The transmitter housing is ejected from the chamber when the arrow strikes a target animal and the hook stops the forward momentum of the transmitter housing with sufficient force to shear the shear pins, thereby ejecting and embedding the transmitter housing in the hide of the animal. The transmitter within the housing may broadcast the location of the animal to the hunter to enable easy tracking of the animal, if wounded.
US10018451B1
The invention relates to a dart head for a toy dart. The dart head comprises a body having an enlarged head portion integrally formed with a stem portion longitudinally extended from the head portion, wherein the head portion is hollow. The invention also relates to a toy dart comprising a dart body connectable with the dart head as described.
US10018445B2
Provided is a firearm, comprising a receiver; a barrel; an upper handguard, a lower handguard, an upper barrel clamp and a lower barrel clamp, configured to be affixed to the receiver, wherein the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp are configured to be fastened together, affixing the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp to the barrel at a back-end of barrel; and wherein the upper handguard and lower handguard slide onto and are configured to be affixed to the upper barrel clamp and the lower barrel clamp, thus affixing the upper handguard and the lower handguard to both the barrel and the receiver such that the upper and lower handguards attach to the barrel solely at the back-end of the barrel.
US10018435B2
A magazine loading assembly consists of telescoping segments that pull down a magazine spring plate, but leave the magazine follower in place, to release the spring pressure and allow for ease in loading.
US10018433B2
A linear locking barrel system for a firearm may include a frame, a slide movably mounted on the frame and defining a barrel channel, a barrel at least partially positioned in the barrel channel of the slide and being movable with respect to the frame and slide along a linear path, and a locking member configured to lock movement of the slide with the barrel for at least a portion of rearward recoil movement of the barrel. The locking member has an engaged condition in which the locking member locks the barrel and slide together and a disengaged condition in which the locking member releases the slide from the barrel during rearward recoil movement.
US10018432B2
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a cooling tube array of a heat exchanger, including a triangular truss beam supported to be movable in a first direction, which direction is perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the truss beam, a nozzle carriage movably held on the truss beam, the nozzle carriage being movable along the longitudinal direction of the truss beam, and a plurality of cleaning nozzles mounted to the nozzle carriage, the truss beam having two tubular top chords and one tubular bottom chord that is arranged centrally below the top chords, and bracings that connect the chords, and the nozzle carriage having at least one bottom chord roller that is arranged for traveling on the bottom side of the bottom chord; and a cleaning apparatus having a square truss beam.
US10018431B2
A nozzle block for a sootblower of the type for cleaning internal heat transfer surfaces of large scale coal fired combustion systems. For cleaning the internal surfaces, a cleaning medium is often used in the form of steam. Due to the cyclical operations and the process of condensation, condensate slugs of water can form in the sootblower fluid flow components. If these slugs are ejected against clean surfaces, undesirable erosion can occur. Several embodiments of nozzle blocks are described each having one or more ejection ports at their distal ends configured to maximize the ejection of condensates while minimizing their cross-sectional area which would diminish nozzle fluidic efficiency. Additional features enhance the ability of the nozzle block to separate and disperse condensate from the slots.
US10018426B2
Composite heat pipes, methods of assembling composite heat pipes, sandwich panels having one or more composite heat pipes, methods of assembling sandwich panels, radiator panels, methods of assembling radiator panels, spacecraft, and methods of assembling spacecraft are disclosed. Composite heat pipes include an elongate conductive casing and one or more fiber reinforced composite layers operatively coupled to one or more lateral sides of the elongate conductive casing. Sandwich panels include two spaced-apart face-sheets, a core positioned between the two spaced-apart face-sheets, and one or more composite heat pipes. Spacecraft include a body and two radiator panels operatively coupled to the body opposite each other.
US10018425B2
A system for heat exchange includes a first condenser that places a first working fluid vapor in proximity to a second working fluid liquid. The two working fluids have respective saturation temperatures that enable the second working fluid to absorb sufficient amounts of heat from the first working fluid vapor to vaporize, while the first working fluid vapor condenses back into a liquid. The second working fluid vapor exits the first condenser via a first conduit and enters a first heat exchanger which places the second working fluid vapor in proximity to a third working fluid. The relative saturation temperatures of the second and third working fluids enables the transfer of sufficient amounts of heat from the second working fluid vapor to cause the second working fluid vapor to condense back into liquid while at least a portion of the third working fluid liquid vaporizes into third working fluid vapor.
US10018419B2
A solids injection lance includes (a) a tube that defines a passageway for solid feed material to be injected through the tube and has an inlet for solid material at a rear end and an outlet for discharging solid material at a forward end of the tube and (b) a puncture detection system for detecting a puncture in the solids injection tube.
US10018399B2
A transport refrigeration system having one or more compressors forming part of a refrigeration circuit for cooling an interior compartment of a container or refrigerated trailer; and one or more fans powered by direct current (DC) power, the one or more fans being at least one of an evaporator fan, a condenser fan and a ventilation fan.
US10018391B2
An air conditioner includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit. The outdoor unit sometimes sets an evaporation temperature or a condensation temperature that is different from a value that any of the indoor units has requested from the outdoor unit. The indoor units have indoor-side controllers that perform capacity control that adjusts capacity based on a degree of superheating or a degree of supercooling, an air volume, or an evaporation temperature or a condensation temperature while calculating a requested capacity that is determined from a current room temperature and a set room temperature. The indoor-side controllers, when performing the capacity control, determine at least one of the air volume and a target value of the degree of superheating or the degree of supercooling based on the evaporation temperature or the condensation temperature that is set by the outdoor unit.
US10018386B2
A swirl space forming member that forms a swirl space in which a refrigerant flowing into a nozzle portion of an ejector swirls around an axis of the nozzle portion. In this way, even when the refrigerant flowing out of a first evaporator is a gas-phase refrigerant, pressure of the refrigerant on a swirling center axis side in the swirl space is reduced to be able to start condensation by swirling the refrigerant, and a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant in which a condensation nucleus is generated can flow into the nozzle portion. Thus, occurrence of a condensation delay in the refrigerant in the nozzle portion can be restricted.
US10018372B2
A communication rate between a cloud-based server and an HVAC controller located within a building may be controlled based on the amount of power available at the HVAC controller. The cloud-based server may notify a user if the amount of power available at the HVAC controller is determined to be low.
US10018371B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for incorporating manual changes to the setpoint for a thermostatic controller into long-term programming of the thermostatic controller. For example, one or more of the exemplary systems compares the actual setpoint at a given time for the thermostatic controller to an expected setpoint for the thermostatic controller in light of the scheduled programming. A determination is then made as to whether the actual setpoint and the expected setpoint are the same or different. Furthermore, a manual change to the actual setpoint for the thermostatic controller is compared to previously recorded setpoint data for the thermostatic controller. At least one rule is then applied for the interpretation of the manual change in light of the previously recorded setpoint data.
US10018362B1
A steam-based faux fireplace comprising a boiler configured to receive a fluid and generate steam, and a manifold configured to receive the steam from the boiler and emit the steam to generate a steam plume at an output. The manifold has a conduit configured to receive fluid from a reservoir and route the fluid about the manifold to heat the fluid before being routed to the boiler. The manifold is already heated due to the emitted steam. This configuration pre-heats the fluid before being presented to the boiler, allowing a smaller low power boiler to be used because the manifold acts as a fluid pre-heater. A very realistic faux flame with a significant length is generated from the low power boiler. In addition, the manifold includes a deflector configured to receive the impinging steam from the output, causing the steam to lose some energy and billow about the deflector and then illuminated to create a realistically looking flame.
US10018349B2
A demountable wall system that includes a base trim that receives an accent lighting assembly. The lower trim of the demountable wall system includes one or more lighting base trim sections that receive an accent lighting assembly. The accent lighting assembly includes an extruded diffuser formed from a transparent plastic material. The diffuser receives a light strip having a series of spaced LED lights each positioned to project light through a curved, projection wall of the diffuser. When the accent lighting assembly is mounted to the lighting base trim member, the accent lighting assembly projects light downward toward the floor and onto an angled face wall of the lighting base trim member. The lighting base trim member can selectively replace decorative base trim members of the demountable wall system.
US10018346B2
A lighting device comprising first and second groups of solid state light emitters, which emit light having peak wavelength in ranges of from 430 nm to 480 nm, and first and second groups of lumiphors which emit light having dominant wavelength in the range of from 555 nm to 585 nm. In some embodiments, if current is supplied to a power line, a combination of (1) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of emitters, and (2) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the first group of lumiphors would have a correlated color temperature which differs by at least 50 K from a correlated color temperature which would be emitted by a combination of (3) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the second group of emitters, and (4) light exiting the lighting device which was emitted by the second group of lumiphors.
US10018345B2
Various implementations of an LED kit include a housing and at least one LED unit. The LED unit is coupled to an outer surface of at least one wall of the housing. Inner surfaces of the housing walls define a channel that includes a first opening at one end of the housing and a second opening at the other end of the housing. A central axis of the channel is orthogonal to a light output direction of the LED unit. A heat sink structure extends from the inner surface of at least one of the walls, and at least one electrically powered cooling device (e.g., a fan) is disposed adjacent the first opening. The cooling device causes air to flow through the channel from the first opening to the second opening, or vice versa, along the central axis and across the heat sink structure orthogonally to the light output direction.
US10018339B2
A modular lighting system for providing light in various areas includes one or more canopies, a set of buses, a set of hangers for supporting the bars from canopies and, optionally other supports, a set of pendants with light emitting elements and a set of hangers for supporting the pendants from the bars. The bars include two segments with conductive rails disposed or imbedded in their inner surfaces. The hangers have one or two rods and bases shaped and sized for mounting on the bars with the rods contacting the conductive rails. The hangers and bars cooperate to allow the hangers to be placed anywhere along the bars. Pendants can be hanged on the bars singly, or in clusters. In this manner systems can be formed easily and quickly to achieve systems having various esthetic and utilitarian configurations.
US10018335B2
A stack unit is provided for a signal indicator lamp including a plurality of such stack units stacked in a stacking direction. The stack unit includes an outer member, an inner member provided in a first internal space of the outer member, a support portion provided on the outer member, a board held in a second internal space of the inner member, and a first connector and a second connector for external electrical connection. The support portion supports the inner member so that the inner member is rotatable relative to the outer member about a rotation axis extending in the stacking direction and immovable relative to the outer member in the stacking direction. The first connector is provided at one end of the board with respect to the stacking direction, and the second connector is provided at an other end of the board.
US10018331B2
A back plate assembly with variable curvatures is disclosed. It comprises a flexible back plate, a connecting component, and an adjustment mechanism, and the adjustment mechanism comprises a connecting shaft disposed on the back plate, and the connecting component connects to the connecting shaft and abuts to the back plate, and the adjustment mechanism adjusts the connecting component on the connecting shaft to modulate clamping force of the back plate received from the connecting component. The back plate assembly can adapt to the backlight units and the display devices with different curvatures based on the requirement of the bend degree. Many kind of the back plate assemblies do not need to be manufactured to fit the backlight unit and the display device having different curvatures.
US10018329B1
A plurality of framing blades; and a multiparameter theater light including a light source; and an optical component. Each of the plurality of framing blades configured to be placed in a path of the light source so that at least one surface of each of the plurality of framing blades reflects light rays from the light source. At least one surface of each of the plurality of framing blades may include a plurality of peaks and a plurality of troughs, alternating between a peak and a trough, and the distance between adjacent peaks varies; and wherein light rays incident on the at least one surface with the same angle of incidence with respect to a straight line defining a length of each of the plurality of framing blades, have a different angle of reflection with respect to the straight line, depending on where the light rays are incident on.
US10018322B2
A vehicular lamp includes a lamp body, a translucent outer cover, and a planar light source including a substrate and an organic EL light emitting layer formed on one side surface of the substrate. The planar light source has a bent portion in which the substrate having flexibility is bent at a predetermined position in a portion formed with the organic EL light emitting layer such that one end portion of the substrate is directed to one of a side of the outer cover and a side opposite to the outer cover, or the planar light source is provided such that at least part of an outer peripheral end of the organic EL light emitting layer emits light.
US10018321B2
An interior aircraft light unit includes at least one light source, in operation emitting light with a source side light intensity distribution, the source side light intensity distribution having a first intensity region and a second intensity region, with the first intensity region having a higher light intensity than the second intensity region, and a semi-transparent layer, disposed between the at least one light source and an outside of the interior aircraft light unit, for transforming the source side light intensity distribution into an adjusted light intensity distribution, wherein the semi-transparent layer has a transparency distribution having a lower degree of transparency in the first intensity region than in the second intensity region, such that the adjusted light intensity distribution is closer to an even light intensity distribution than the source side light intensity distribution.
US10018318B2
A lighting structure of a vehicular headlamp module includes a reflector, and a base is located under the reflector and has a lighting element. A shade is integrated at the base, and its central region has a shape of arc and protrudes toward the base. A top of a first reflection body has a reflective inclined plane, which is located at the front end of the base and in back of the shade, A second reflection body has a light-blocking inclined plane, which is located at the front end of the base and in front of the shade and located at the other side of the prominent point. A projection lens set is connected with the base. The light emitted from the lighting element is transmitted through, reflected to and refracted by the projection lens set to form a clear light-distributed pattern that prevents from glare.
US10018317B2
The invention relates to a lighting device (1) for a headlamp, in particular a motor-vehicle headlamp, comprising a plurality of light sources (100), a light-guiding device (10) with a plurality of light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13), and a downstream imaging optical element (200), wherein each light-guiding element (11, 12, 13) has a light infeed face and a light exit face, wherein the light-guiding elements (11, 12, 13) are arranged in at least one row, wherein the light-guiding elements of at least one row are configured as main beam light-guiding elements (11) and form a main beam row, wherein each main beam light-guiding element (11) comprises a lower light-guiding face (24), wherein the lower light-guiding face (24) has, at least in the region in which the light beams (52) are reflected, structures (25) at least in regions.
US10018315B2
A light source assembly for a headlamp of a vehicle includes a light source, a lens group, a light adjusting device, and a fluorescent layer. The light source emits light. The lens group increases an incident angle of the light from the light source while the light adjusting device, comprising three different types of crystal, can change an outgoing direction of light from the lens group, thereby adjusting an intensity of the light through different portions of the light adjusting device. The fluorescent layer is triggered by the light and different fluorescent layers can be compensated for by the light adjusting device to form a final emitted white light.
US10018314B2
A lighting device for vehicles with an elongated light guide comprising an end face for the coupling-in of light, into which a light beam radiated from a light source can be coupled-in. The lighting device further comprises elements for the coupling-out of light for the deflection of the coupled-in light beam in the direction of a front skin surface of the elongated light guide, on which the light beam can be coupled-out for the generation of a given light function, such that the front skin surface of the elongated light guide is connected to a rear skin surface by means of a curved dispersion surface. At least one light directing element is arranged between a row of light sources and the light guide so that the light of the light sources arranged in a row can be coupled into the rear skin surface or the curved dispersion surface of the light guide.
US10018303B1
Systems and methods are disclosed that may be configured for transferring a fluid. The fluid may be transferred from a fluid source by which the fluid is under a first differential pressure to a container via use of a pressurizer that can increase the pressurization of the fluid to a second differential pressure. A controller may be used to coordinate operations of various components to allow the pressure generated by the pressurizer to be used to augment the pressure generated by the first differential pressure. Additional embodiments may include use of a mobile fueling unit that may facilitate transfer of the fluid from the container to a vehicle.
US10018296B2
A connector for a fluid medium to be conditioned, wherein an internal pipe is provided for the fluid medium to be conditioned and at least one external pipe for a fluid conditioning medium. The internal pipe is encompassed by the external pipe and runs substantially parallel to the external pipe. At least one conducting channel is arranged between the internal pipe and the external pipe for the fluid conditioning medium or for the fluid medium to be conditioned. In one form the connector is made by injection molding.
US10018289B2
An elongate tape element, a flexible pipe body and method of producing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The tape element (508) has a cross-sectional profile comprising a body portion (510) for being positioned between collapse resistant tape windings (501) such that each body portion (510) lies at least partially in a gap (512) between adjacent collapse resistant tape windings (501); and at least one wing portion (516) extending from an end region of the body portion, the at least one wing portion configured to span the gap and respectively abut with a radially inner surface of an adjacent collapse resistant tape winding.
US10018281B2
A throttle valve is provided, including a throttle valve body, a valve plug, a hollow seal, a cover, a spring, and a bushing. A flow path is formed in the throttle valve body. The valve plug is disposed in the throttle valve body. The degree of opening of the flow path is modified by rotating the valve plug. The hollow seal is disposed in the throttle valve body. The hollow seal abuts the valve plug. The cover is connected to the throttle valve body. An outlet is formed on the cover, the cover comprises a cover flange, and the cover flange surrounds the outlet. The spring abuts the cover flange to apply an elastic force to the hollow seal for tightly contacting the hollow seal with the valve plug. The spring is telescoped on the bushing, and a first end of the bushing pushes the hollow seal.
US10018279B2
A fluid control device (100) having a housing (10) with at least one first port (16) and at least one second port (18, 20), wherein a valve body (30) is enclosed in the housing (10), the valve body (30) providing a fluid path (60) having a first path portion (62) proximal to the first port (16) and an opposing second path portion (64) in a distance from the first port (16) and proximal to the at least one second port (18, 20), the fluid path (60) being switchable between at least a first position (80) and at least a second position (82) in relation to the at least one second port (18, 20) by rotating the valve body (30) around the first main axis (22) of the at least one first port (16).
US10018276B2
A trunnion-type ball valve including a seat retainer (14) attaching a ball seat(s) to at least one side of a ball (12) having a through hole (12a) provided in a body (11). The ball is turnably provided via a stem (13), and the ball seat is attached in a protrusion-prevented and free state in an attachment groove formed in the seat retainer. An excessive pressure due to an abnormal pressure rise in a cavity upon full close or upon full open is configured to be relieved into a flow channel via a communication part provided between an inner peripheral surface of the ball seat and the attachment groove by moving the seat retainer in a direction opposite to the ball by self-tension utilizing the pressure and pushing-out the ball seat to a ball-side by the excessive pressure flowed into a rear-surface side of the ball seat in the attachment groove.
US10018271B2
A transmission diagnostic system includes a pivotable member and an actuator. The actuator has a notch with a first side, a second side, and an opening between the two sides. The width of the opening is greater than a width of the pivotable member. The pivotable member is retained within the notch, and the actuator is configured to selectively pivot the pivotable member between an engaged position, corresponding to a PARK gear, and a disengaged position, corresponding to a gear other than PARK. The transmission diagnostic system also includes a biasing spring configured to exert a biasing torque on the pivotable member to bias the pivotable member toward the first side of the notch. The transmission diagnostic system further includes a controller configured to generate at least one diagnostic signal in response to the pivotable member not being in contact with the first side of the notch.
US10018270B2
An industrial vehicle includes a hydraulic mechanism, an operation lever, and a pump, a hydraulic control valve unit, a lever operation detector, an internal combustion engine controller, and a valve controller that controls the hydraulic control valve unit. When the lever operation detector detects the operation of the operation lever under a situation in which a speed of the internal combustion engine is less than or equal to a predetermined speed, the valve controller operates the hydraulic control valve unit to discharge the hydraulic oil without supplying the hydraulic oil to the hydraulic mechanism and instructs the internal combustion engine controller to increase the speed of the internal combustion engine, and subsequently operates the hydraulic control valve unit to supply the hydraulic mechanism with the hydraulic oil.
US10018267B2
A system and method for controlling a vehicle include a manual transmission operated by a controller in communication with shift actuators and programmed to, in response to each controller reset less than a threshold number of resets, control each shift actuator that was not moving at the time of the reset based on respective shift actuator positions stored prior to the reset, and to control the shift actuators to limit available gear ratios in response to the reset exceeding the threshold number of resets.
US10018265B2
A reservoir plate for dividing an inside of a transmission case into a differential chamber and a hydraulic oil storage chamber includes: a cylindrical portion covering a part of a differential gear; a flange portion radially extending from the cylindrical portion; and a differential ring surrounding portion extending from an outer circumferential edge of the flange portion so that a part of a differential ring gear is covered from above without interfering with a drive pinion gear. The cylindrical portion, the flange portion, and the differential ring surrounding portion are integrally formed with each other. A seal member is interposed between the transmission case and the outer circumferential edge of the flange portion at least in the range below the differential ring surrounding portion.
US10018262B2
A hydrokinetic torque coupling device features a casing (12) including an impeller shell (18), a casing shell (20), and an intermediate casing component (22) connecting the impeller and casing shells. The intermediate casing component (22) includes a casing wall portion and a piston engagement portion (26) extending inward from and being non-rotatable relative to the casing wall portion. The device further features an impeller (30) including the impeller shell (20). The turbine-piston (32) is coaxially aligned with and hydrodynamically drivable by the impeller (30), and includes a turbine-piston shell (35) having a turbine-piston flange (38) with an engagement surface that is movable axially toward and away from an engagement surface of the piston engagement portion to position the hydrokinetic torque coupling device respectively into and out of a lockup mode.
US10018245B2
A bumper for a pendulum that cannot inadvertently become loose is disclosed. The pendulum has at least one and preferably a pair of spaced apart, elongated bumpers. The elongated bumpers generally have an L-shape. The pendulum is comprised of two halves. L-shaped channels are formed in each pendulum half. The bumpers are fitted into channels of the same shape formed in the pendulum halves. When the two halves are fitted together, the L-shaped bumper is captured therebetween. Each pendulum half includes an elevated central area and a pair of recessed areas with each recessed area formed on one side of the elevated area. Side walls are formed at the intersections of the elevated area and the recessed areas. A base wall is formed along the lower edge of the elevated area. The bumper ends extend from the elevated area beyond the side walls and base wall.
US10018242B2
An example mount assembly includes a first chamber and a second chamber. The assembly also includes an inertia track having a central opening defining an axis. The inertia track defines a passage in fluid communication with the first chamber and the second chamber. The inertia track is moveable along the axis.
US10018236B2
An attachable high-manganese steel brake disk includes a first disk member including air vents disposed radially therein to be spaced apart from each other, and a pair of second disk members installed to be attached to two surfaces of the first disk member and having a braking surface in contact with a brake pad. Between the first disk member and the second disk members, at least the second disk members are provided as high manganese steel members.
US10018229B2
A universal joint shaft protection arrangement has a protection device (3) with at least one protection cone (11) and a projection pot (6). The protection pot (6) is attached to a stationary component. The protection cone (11) at least partially accommodates the protection pot in an axially overlapping manner. At least one driver (25, 25′) is retained at the outside on the protection cone (11). The at least one driver (25, 25′) radially engages a first recess (27, 27′) in the protection cone (11) and a second recess (28, 28′) in the protection pot (6) to support the protection cone (11) and the protection pot (6) in a circumferential direction against one another. The second recess (28, 28′) is formed as a slot in the protection pot (6).
US10018215B2
An installation tool fastener is particularly adapted for fastening a top plate to a roof support member and other structural connections and is particularly adapted for use with an installation tool. The installation tool fastener has a head with a maximum head diameter and a recess for coupling with a drive coupler. The shank of the head has an unthreaded portion and a uniform thread which has a major diameter approximately equal to the maximum diameter of the head. The head preferably has a slight taper. The thread preferably has a 7.5 thread per inch pitch and a thread angle from approximately 25° to 45°. In one embodiment for a 6 inch fastener, the thread length is approximately 5 inches and extends along the tapered distal tip.
US10018208B2
The invention comprises a clamp that is easily and quickly attached to planks such as those in a scaffold platform that is defined by plural planks laid side-by-side to define a platform in a scaffold structure. The clamp resides beneath the planks and is therefore not a trip-hazard for workers, and the clamp is readily adjustable to compress the planks to one another to stabilize the platform. The invention creates a stronger and more stable platform by eliminating the vertical deflection of each individual plank as well as any other relative movement. The inventive clamp features adjustable telescopic tubing which allows for the user to adjust the clamp to be utilized on a number of different scaffolding frame widths. Fine adjustments to the width of the clamp are made available through a threaded clamping nut that can only be adjusted using a ⅞th inch socket, which is a size typically carried by a scaffolding worker. A guard post apparatus may be attached to the clamps to allow for a safety railing.
US10018207B2
An arrangement for charging an accumulator with hydraulic fluid is provided. The accumulator is used in a hydraulic boom suspension system for a lift arm of a vehicle and the arrangement includes a first hydraulic pump arranged to supply hydraulic fluid to a hydraulic cylinder system of the lift arm, and a second hydraulic pump arranged to supply hydraulic fluid to a second hydraulic system. The second hydraulic pump is further arranged to supply hydraulic fluid for charging the accumulator.
US10018202B1
A fan control system includes a control module, a first fan module and a second fan module. The control module provides a first control signal to the first fan module to adjust the rotation state of the first fan module. The first fan module provides a second control signal to the second fan module based on the first control signal to adjust the second fan module. The first fan module includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The second fan module includes a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the first fan module is electrically connected to the control module to receive the first control signal. The second terminal of the first fan module is electrically connected to the first terminal of the second fan module. The second terminal of the second fan module is electrically connected to a reference voltage.
US10018194B2
A micro pump is formed on a substrate having a common inlet channel and a common outlet channel by a plurality of pumping elements, each pumping element having an inlet coupled to the common inlet channel and an outlet coupled to the common outlet channel, the inlet and outlet connected by a microfluidic channel, the microfluidic channel comprising a valvular conduit having low fluid flow resistance in a direction from the inlet to the outlet and high fluid flow resistance in a direction from the outlet to the inlet, and an actuating element arranged to cause fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel from the inlet to the outlet, wherein the actuating element is based on one or more of piezoelectric, thermal, electrostatic or electromagnetic transduction. A controller is coupled to actuate the actuating elements at mutually staggered relative timing so as to produce a substantially continuous steady flow.
US10018192B2
A membrane arrangement to be placed between a product chamber and a hydraulic oil chamber is provided. The membrane arrangement comprises a first membrane and a second membrane. Between the membranes in a membrane interior space a marker liquid is placed. By using a sensor it can be detected when product or hydraulic oil enters the membrane interior space, which in turn means that a rupture of any of the two membranes may be detected in a reliable and cost efficient way.
US10018189B1
A cable positioning and securement system for use in a wind turbine includes an inner ring member configured to non-rotationally engage one or more cables extending from the nacelle into the wind turbine tower. An outer ring member is disposed concentric to the inner ring member. A bearing device is configured between the inner ring member and the outer ring member. One or more fixing devices extend radially from the outer ring member and attach to the tower. The fixing devices position the outer ring member at a defined non-rotational position within the tower, and the inner ring and engaged cable are able to rotate freely within the outer ring member.
US10018175B2
A method of fabricating a thermoplastic composite tubular structure for use as a wind turbine blade is presented using a combination of induction heating with smart susceptors to consolidate a wrapped mandrel. The method can include overbraiding the mandrel with a continuous fiber thermoplastic composite material to form an overbraided mandrel that is then installed in a ceramic induction oven where the mandrel is pressurized internally to consolidate the thermoplastic overbraid during heating.
US10018172B2
A system, method and circuit for providing a boost voltage with a transient operation of a vehicular start-stop system are provided. The system includes a duty cycle or current monitor to detect a change in duty cycle or current based on the transient operation; a crank time-out detector to determine whether the change in duty cycle is over a predetermined threshold; and a reset generator to generate a reset of a boost circuit that generates the boost voltage after a predetermined delay.
US10018168B2
The disclosure relates to a fuel injector with a housing, a valve body, and an adjustment element. The body may have a central area, an end area, and a transition area, with a first outer diameter in the central area, and a second outer diameter in the end area smaller than the first diameter. The adjustment element may be in the transition area to align the fuel injector relative to the recess. In the transition area, an outer diameter of the valve body decreases in stepped fashion from the first diameter to the second diameter in a radially extending step. The adjustment element comprises a ring element through which the transition area extends with a radially extending upper surface which radially overlaps, contacts, and is coplanar to the step and a spherically shaped external surface in a cylinder head contact area.
US10018159B2
A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a canister capable of adsorbing fuel vapor produced in a fuel tank, a closing valve provided in a vapor passage connecting the canister and the fuel tank, a purge passage connecting the canister and an intake passage of an engine, and a control device. The closing valve may include a movable valve member movable along a linear path and an actuator coupled to the movable valve member. The control device may be coupled to the actuator and may be configured to control the actuator such that the position of the movable valve member along the linear path changes according to a deviation of an actual tank internal pressure of the fuel tank from a target tank internal pressure.
US10018143B2
Systems and methods for determining air-fuel error in an engine fueled via direct and port fuel injection. Errors associated with individual fuel injection systems are distinguished from a common error based on trends in the error correction coefficients of the individual fuel injection systems. Adaptive fuel multipliers for each injection system are updated to account for the common error.
US10018141B2
A control method for a vehicle injector includes an injection time determination step in which a controller determines whether it is necessary for multiple injectors to inject fuel according to a combustion cycle of a combustion chamber, an individual injection step in which the controller controls each of the multiple injectors to individually inject fuel at different times when the controller determines in the injection time determination step that it is necessary for the injectors to inject fuel, and a simultaneous injection step in which the controller controls each of the multiple injectors to simultaneously inject fuel after the multiple injectors individually inject fuel at different times in the individual injection step.
US10018130B2
Fuel injector wear compensation methodologies for use with internal combustion engines that alter the injection schedule over the life of the fuel injector(s) by using methods that conduct a primary injection of fuel in the engine (primary fuel event), per an injection schedule within an engine cycle; compare a measured engine parameter(s) to a reference value(s); and then alter the injection schedule applied to the engine, based on the comparing. Another method comprises: during injection events, inject a first fuel in a combustion chamber of the engine; measure an engine parameter(s) of the engine during operation; compare the engine parameter(s) to a reference value(s); add a post injection event of a second fuel during the injection events, based on the comparison. The methods can be applied with single or dual fuels.
US10018123B1
Methods and systems are provided for operating a split exhaust engine system that provides blowthrough air and exhaust gas recirculation to an intake passage via a first exhaust manifold and exhaust gas to an exhaust passage via a second exhaust manifold. In one example, all intake valves of an engine cylinder may be deactivated, in response to engine load below a threshold, while operating a first exhaust valve coupled to the first exhaust manifold and a second exhaust valve coupled to the second exhaust manifold at different timings. As a result, intake air may be routed from the intake passage, through an exhaust gas recirculation passage coupled between the intake passage and the first exhaust manifold, and into the engine cylinder via the first exhaust valve.
US10018118B2
A splitter for protecting parts of a gas turbine engine is provided. The splitter segregates the flow of hot and cold gases into the air bleed manifold around the high compressor section to reduce maximum temperatures and minimize the temperature gradients of engine parts, especially inner case flanges The splitter divides the air bleed manifold into an annular inner cavity and an outer cavity. The splitter directs relatively cold air from the high compressor bleed ducts into the inner cavity and relatively hot air from the aft hub into the outer cavity, away from the inner case flanges.
US10018113B2
A cleaning system and method use an ultrasound probe, a coupling mechanism, and a controller to clean equipment of a vehicle system. The ultrasound probe enters into an engine. The ultrasound probe emits ultrasound pulses and the coupling mechanism provides an ultrasound coupling medium between the ultrasound probe and one or more components of the engine. The controller drives the ultrasound probe to deliver the ultrasound pulse through the coupling medium to a surface of the one or more components of the engine. The ultrasound probe delivers the ultrasound pulse to remove deposits from the one or more components of the engine.
US10018112B2
An internal combustion engine; wherein at least two cylinders continuously communicate via the cylinder head; and wherein the connecting rod in one cylinder is offset from the connecting rod in the second cylinder by a first angle between 8 and 12 degrees as measured from the crankshaft, and a camshaft having a second offset of one-half of the first angle offset.
US10018103B2
A cooling water control apparatus is configured to control a cooling apparatus, wherein the cooling apparatus includes: a first pipe in which the cooling water passes through an engine; a second pipe in which the cooling water does not pass through the engine; a valve; and an exhaust heat recovery equipment, the cooling water control apparatus includes: a determining device for performing a determination operation to determine whether or not the valve has failure on the basis of difference between first water temperature and second water temperature; and a controlling device for controlling the cooling apparatus such that transferred heat amount in the exhaust heat recovery equipment decreases with increase of load of the engine or the transferred heat amount is maintained regardless of largeness of the load of the engine, when the determining device performs the determination operation.
US10018097B2
Methods and systems are provided for exhaust flow in an engine system including a split-exhaust manifold for expediting exhaust catalyst light-off and engine warm-up while reducing condensation in the engine system. In one example, a method may include, before exhaust catalyst light-off, flowing all or more exhaust gases, via a first exhaust valve and a first exhaust manifold, to an exhaust catalyst by passing a heat exchanger. Further, after light-off but before engine coolant warms up to a threshold temperature, all or more exhaust may be delivered to the heat exchanger, via a second exhaust valve and a second different manifold, prior to flowing to the exhaust catalyst; and exhaust gas recirculation may not be provided until the coolant reaches the threshold temperature to reduce condensation.
US10018093B2
A vehicular exhaust device is disclosed. The vehicular exhaust device includes an exhaust pipe, which is connected at one end to an exhaust manifold of a cylinder and at the other end to a catalytic converter. In particular, an intermediate portion of the exhaust pipe is in contact with the side surface of the catalytic converter so as to heat the catalytic converter by heat of the exhaust pipe.
US10018089B2
A diesel particulate filter system comprising: a temperature sensor on the inlet side of the diesel particulate filter; a temperature sensor on the outlet side of the diesel particulate filter; a pressure sensor on the inlet side of the diesel particulate filter; and a control module in communication with the temperature sensors and the pressure sensor, and the control module is loaded with a look-up table that correlates the amount of soot loaded in the diesel particulate filter to a change in pressure measured by the pressure sensor; wherein the control module Initiates a regeneration cycle when soot loading of the diesel particulate filter achieves a predetermined soot load.
US10018085B2
Methods for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point in an internal combustion engine are provided. In one method, a pressure in a crankcase of the internal combustion engine is adjusted so as to prevent lubricating oil constituents from being transported from the crankcase to a combustion chamber of a cylinder of the internal combustion engine due to a pressure ratio between the crankcase and the combustion chamber. In another method, an ignition point for a cylinder of the internal combustion engine is adjusted in a given operating range of the internal combustion engine in such a way that the adjusted ignition point brings about a knocking combustion in the cylinder. Internal combustion engines having a device for preventing a premature ignition of a cylinder charge in advance of a planned ignition point are also provided.
US10018081B2
A cylinder head and push rod tube configuration for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The cylinder head includes a first end comprising a recessed rocker arm cavity. The cylinder head also includes a second end opposite the first end and defining an upper end of a combustion chamber. The recessed rocker arm cavity has a lower surface with a pair of push rod tube bores therethrough. The second end of the cylinder head has a pair of push rod tubes positioned in the push rod tube bores between the recessed rocker arm cavity and the second end. An intake port and an exhaust port each extend through the cylinder head to the combustion chamber.
US10018079B2
A vehicle includes an engine having an exhaust system, and a heat pipe containing a phase change material. The heat pipe has a condenser region and an evaporative region in thermal contact with the exhaust system, and defines a vapor space and a liquid space separated by a wicking layer. The vehicle has an expander, a condenser, a pump, a first heater, and a second heater in sequential fluid communication in a thermodynamic cycle containing a working fluid. The first heater is in thermal contact with exhaust gases in the exhaust system. The second heater is in thermal contact with the condenser region of the heat pipe.
US10018075B2
Methods for positioning neighboring nozzles of a gas turbine engine are provided. A method includes assembling a first nozzle assembly. The first nozzle assembly includes a first nozzle and a first nozzle support structure. The method further includes assembling a second nozzle assembly. The second nozzle assembly includes a second nozzle and a second nozzle support structure. The method further includes adjusting the first nozzle assembly and the second nozzle assembly such that an engineering dimension between the first nozzle and the second nozzle is within a predetermined engineering tolerance, and joining the first nozzle support structure and the second nozzle support structure together.
US10018073B2
There is proposed a method for controlling a bistable shutoff vale for an aircraft engine, involving the steps of: emitting a closure signal on one of the control channels—emitting an open signal on the other control channel, the method being characterized in that—the amplitude of the close signal is designed to cause the vane to move into a first position constantly in a given period of time,—in the same period, the amplitude of the open signal fluctuates between a value designed to urge the valve toward a second position and a rest value, the actuating values of the two signals being adapted to one another in order to keep the vane immobile when the two signals received by the valve simultaneously adopt said actuation values.
US10018069B2
The present disclosure includes vane assemblies having a vane lever arm with an inclined profile. The inclined profile may engage with a complementary end of a vane shaft to locate, retain, and prevent rotation of the vane shaft and vane.
US10018068B2
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) for a turbomachine can include a BOAS body including a plurality of cooling holes defined in substantial conformance with a set of Cartesian coordinates as set forth in Table 1 herein, wherein the Cartesian coordinates are provided with respect to a point P which is at the center of an arc W and co-planer with a machined surface V. A blade outer air seal (BOAS) for a turbomachine can include a BOAS body including a plurality of cooling holes defined in substantial conformance with a set of Cartesian coordinates as set forth in Table 2 herein, wherein the Cartesian coordinates are provided with respect to a point P′ which is at the center of an arc W′ and co-planer with a machined surface V′.
US10018067B2
A clearance control apparatus for a gas turbine engine including an annular turbine case having opposed inner and outer surfaces; an annular manifold surrounding a portion of the turbine case, the manifold including: an inlet port in fluid communication with the manifold and the outer surface of the turbine case, and an exit port; and a bypass pipe having an upstream end coupled to the exit port, a downstream end coupled to a low-pressure sink, and a valve disposed between upstream and downstream ends, the valve selectively moveable between a first position which blocks flow between the upstream and downstream ends, and a second position which permits flow between the upstream and downstream ends.
US10018065B2
This disclosure describes a removable flow control device which may be used in a rotating flow supply system in a gas turbine to optimize coolant flow by improving flow dynamics, reducing leakage of coolant, and reducing pressure loss in the flow supply system. The flow control device may be coupled to a blade and rotor assembly and may include a flow modifier for directing flow through a junction at which cooling channels intersect and are in fluid communication. The device may direct, control, meter, channel, or otherwise modify the flow of coolant, and may be coupled to the blade and rotor assembly independently of other blade components so that coupling and decoupling the flow control device does not require modification or de-stacking of the rotor assembly.
US10018057B2
A technique for mounting a turbine retention device is provided. The technique comprises forming openings in a diffuser, aligning a mounting bracket with the openings, and installing fasteners through the openings and the mounting bracket. A turbine retention device mounted to a diffuser may is also provided. The turbine retention device may comprise a bullet, wings coupled to the bullet, mounting brackets coupled to the wings, and fasteners disposed through the mounting brackets and openings formed in the diffuser.
US10018055B2
A fan platform section may include a flow path portion with a plurality of composite plies. A first composite ply in the plurality of composite plies may include directional fibers. The directional fibers may be configured to prevent twisting of the flow path section in response to a centripetal load. The fan platform section may include a second composite ply in the plurality of composite plies. The second composite ply may include directional fibers. The directional fibers in the first composite ply may be orthogonal with respect to the directional fibers in the second composite ply.
US10018052B2
A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a hollow vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure has an inlet hole and an outlet hole that communicate fluid into and out of the hollow vascular structure. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure further has at least one resupply inlet hole between the inlet hole and the outlet hole to communicate additional fluid into the hollow vascular engineered lattice structure.
US10018046B2
A steam turbine 10 of an embodiment includes a turbine rotor 30, rotor blade cascades 41 having rotor blades 40, stationary blade cascades 53 having stationary blades 52, and a steam passage 60 formed on a turbine stage, among turbine stages, including the rotor blades each having a blade height equal to or more than a blade height at which a loss generated when a leakage steam flown between a diaphragm inner ring 51 and the turbine rotor 30 jets into a main steam and a benefit brought by increasing the blade height of each of the rotor blades 40 in accordance with an increase in a flow rate of the main steam by an amount of the leakage steam are cancelled, and leading the leakage steam from an upstream side to a downstream side of a rotor disk 31.
US10018038B2
A drilling type sidewall coring apparatus, comprising: a main body, a transmission device, a bit mounted on the transmission device, a rack accommodated in the main body, and a plurality of first hydraulic oil cylinders, the transmission device mounted on the rack in a rotatable manner, the first hydraulic oil cylinders mounted on the main body, pistons of the first hydraulic oil cylinders connected with the rack, the telescopic motion of the pistons of the first hydraulic oil cylinders driving the rack to perform radial motion in the main body so as to make the bit protrude or retract from the main body. The electric motor is mounted in the main body and connected with the right angel speed reducer by the soft shaft. The electric motor transmits power by the soft shaft and the right angle speed reducer to drive the bit to rotate, the transmission efficiency is higher.
US10018036B2
A system includes an optical fiber and an interrogator to provide source light to the optical fiber. The system also includes a receiver coupled to the optical fiber. The receiver includes at least one fiber optic coupler that receives backscattered light and that produces optical interferometry signals from the backscattered light. The receiver also includes photo-detectors that produce an electrical signal for each of said optical interferometry signals. The system also includes at least one digitizer that digitizes the electrical signals. The system also includes at least one processing unit that calculates I/Q data from the digitized electrical signals, corrects the I/Q data based on ellipse fitting, determines phase values based on the corrected I/Q data, and determines distributed sensing parameter values based on the phase values.
US10018032B2
Techniques and apparatus are provided for stress calculations for sucker rod pumping systems. A method is provided for determining stress along a sucker rod string disposed in a wellbore. The method generally includes receiving, at a processor, measured rod displacement and rod load data for the sucker rod string, wherein the sucker rod string comprises a plurality of sections; and calculating stress values at a plurality of finite difference nodes for at least one of the plurality of sections based, at least in part, on the measured rod displacement and rod load data.
US10018030B2
A method and system for monitoring operation of a motor may include initially determining a no load torque versus temperature characteristic of the motor over a range of operating temperatures. After a period of operation, a no load torque value and temperature of the motor may be determined. Motor temperature may be measured by a local thermistor or the like. Motor torque may be determined from measured motor current. The motor torque and temperature may then be compared to the initial torque versus temperature characteristic to determine a change in load of said motor due to break down of motor oil, worn bearings, or similar condition. In some embodiment, the method and system may be used with a downhole tool for drilling a well, such as a rotary steerable system.
US10018027B2
A natural gas processing system is mounted on a mobile platform that is transported to a natural gas source, such as a well. A liquid removal tank separates liquid contaminants from the gas. A particulate filter removes particulates from the gas. A membrane separates the natural gas into a retentate gas and a permeate gas. A gas compressor, powered by the natural gas, is selectively connected either upstream of the membrane or downstream of the membrane. For low pressure source gas, the upstream connection will compress the natural gas before entering the membrane. For high pressure source gas, the downstream connection will compress the natural gas after exiting the membrane. An electrical generator and an air compressor are provided. A process control is connected to all the valves in the system, all instruments, the gas compressor, the electrical generator, and the air compressor. The process control monitors and controls the natural gas processing system.
US10018026B2
Herewith are methods and embodiment of an apparatus for using geothermal heat for pyrolysis. In some embodiments, a pyrolysis reaction chamber is lowered into a well, where the pyrolysis reaction can be driven by geothermal heat. In some embodiments the reaction chamber is connected to second chamber to contain the gas reaction products produced by the pyrolysis reaction. In some embodiments, the reaction chamber and the gas collection chamber are separated by some distance in the well, and are connected by a long hose or conduit. A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.
US10018021B2
A system for removing fluids from a subterranean well. The system includes a housing comprising a hollow cylindrical body, the hollow cylindrical body having a first end and a second end; a pump for removing fluids from the subterranean well, the pump positioned within the hollow cylindrical body; and a battery-powered driver for driving the pump, the driver positioned within the hollow cylindrical body; and an apparatus for releasably securing and sealing the first end of the housing. A method for removing fluids from a subterranean well is also provided.
US10018016B2
A wireline deployed fluid blasting tool for removing obstructions from oil and gas wellbore tubing is disclosed. The tool has an inner tubular mandrel retaining a releasable outer sleeve creating an annular fluid passage in communication with fluid ejection ports. Resilient seals seal the annulus between the tool and the wellbore tubing allowing fluid pressure above the tool to advance the tool through the tubing. Fluid enters the annular fluid passage through fluid perforations in the outer sleeve to exit the fluid ejection ports to create a fluid blast to remove obstructions. The outer sleeve shifts along the inner mandrel by fluid pressure to open fluid inlet passages into the inner mandrel allowing fluid to enter and exit through the mandrel while bypassing the annular fluid passage and fluid ejection ports to facilitate pulling the tool from the tubing.
US10018013B2
A tool for forming a valve seat within a well that is capable of catching an obstruction will prevent flow of fluid downstream of the seat. The seat is formed by expanding a sleeve with a ring positioned around its periphery or as a subsequent step in the process. As the sleeve is expanded over the ring, the seat is formed. Once the seat is formed, an obstruction in the form of a ball or dart is dropped down to the seat. The sleeve acts as a stop for a secondary valve seat which catches the obstruction.
US10018008B2
On a wellhead, a well component, such as a casing head, has a bowl with a first shoulder and a groove defined therein. A hanger for supporting casing positions in the bowl, and a latch assembly on the hanger latches the hanger in the groove. The latch can have a traveling ring and a latch ring supported on the hanger's exterior surface. The traveling ring engages the first shoulder in the bowl and pushes the latch ring against a portion of the hanger, such as a second shoulder. The latch ring has a joint at a split in the latch ring, and the joint holds the latch ring in a compressed state about the exterior surface. When the latch ring moves with the engagement of the traveling ring against the hanger portion, the joint is disjointed, and the latch ring expands outward into the groove to latch the hanger in the bowl.
US10018004B2
According to one aspect of the disclosure, an intercept well for penetrating an existing tubular is drilled. A casing entry tool is provided in the intercept well and operated to form at least one aperture in the wall of the existing casing. The casing entry tool may be oriented toward the target tubular. In some embodiments, a generally concave notch may be positioned on the casing entry tool and adapted to engage with the convex outer surface of the target tubular. In some embodiments, a locking mechanism may retain the orientation of the casing entry tool within the intercept well.
US10018000B2
A latch assembly comprises a top latch portion, a spring, and a valve rod guide. The top latch portion has two prongs with the spring positioned therebetween. The valve rod guide has two corresponding notches to receive the two prongs. When the top latch portion is lowered toward the valve rod guide, the spring compresses against the northern end of the valve rod guide and the prongs engage the notches on the valve rod guide, thus firmly coupling the top latch portion to the valve rod guide. The latch assembly may also have a stabilizer, such as a collet adapter, coupled to a northern end of the top latch portion. The latch assembly may be used with a valve rod or a hollow valve rod.
US10017999B1
A downhole vibratory tool for placement in drillstrings is disclosed. The downhole vibratory tool creates vibrations in the drillstring while drilling. A rotary drive rotates in response to fluid flow through it, rotating a rotor having a lower end engaging an upper end of a mandrel. The mandrel is held in a main body such that it is rotationally locked with respect to the main body, but can move longitudinally within a restricted range. The lower end of the rotor and the upper end of the mandrel have interfacing surfaces. Rotation of the rotor and interaction of the interfacing surfaces creates a back-and-forth movement of the mandrel with respect to the rest of the tool, creating the desired vibratory motion.
US10017994B2
An apparatus for boring a wellbore, including a bit body having a first end, an inner cavity, and a second end. The first end is connected to a workstring that is configured to deliver a rotational force to the bit body. The inner cavity contains a profile having a first radial cam surface. The second end includes a working face containing a cutting member. The apparatus also includes a pilot bit rotatively connected within the inner cavity. A second radial cam surface is contained on a first end of the pilot bit. The first and second radial cam surfaces are operatively configured to deliver a hammering force. A second end of the pilot bit may include an engaging surface configured to engage a formation surrounding the wellbore. The bit body rotates relative to the pilot bit.
US10017974B2
A leading end assembly for a movable partition may include a frame, an exterior skin coupled to the frame for covering a leading surface and two opposing side surfaces of the frame, the exterior skin including a leading member forming at least a portion of a leading surface of the leading end assembly and at least two side members, each side member being formed separately from the leading member and forming at least a portion of a lateral side portion of the leading end assembly. Movable partitions may include leading end assemblies and leading end assemblies may be formed by related methods.
US10017972B1
A goose neck hinge assembly for a motor vehicle includes a base portion extending from a panel attachment portion to a hinge portion, the base portion having a substantially rectangular cross section. The goose neck hinge assembly further includes a mounting bracket mounted to the motor vehicle and rotatably connected to the hinge portion of the base portion. The base portion has a first structural element includes a first material with a first material thickness and a second structural element includes a second material with a second material thickness. The first material thickness is different than the second material thickness. The first structural element forms a substantially U-shaped portion of the substantially rectangular cross section and defines a longitudinal gap, and the second structural element is disposed over the longitudinal gap.
US10017963B2
An intelligent door lock system is provided with a push notification. A sensor is configured to be coupled to a drive shaft of a lock. The position sensing device senses position of the drive shaft to assist in locking and unlocking a lock of a lock. An engine with a memory is coupled to the positioning sensing device. The engine and an energy source are coupled to the circuit. A push notification is provided to a dwelling user when a lock of the intelligent door lock system is manually opened.
US10017959B2
The present invention is directed to a lock arrangement where a cylinder type lock with a skirt can be correctly positioned and orientated in a door latch by the use of complementary profiles that enable insertion in only one position and thereby provide ease of use and confirmation that the lock has been correctly inserted and locked.
US10017957B1
Provided is a method for manufacturing a door lever made of a stainless steel material having excellent corrosion resistance, not made of a metal material used typically to manufacture the door lever, so that even if it is exposed, during long-term use, to a coast area where large amounts of moisture and salt are collected in the air, it can be used without any corrosion.
US10017953B2
Disclosed herein is a refuge comprising a roof; at least four wall members each fixedly attached to the roof, wherein the refuge has a width of 60 inches or less, and wherein each wall member comprises a ballistic material; a door disposed in a first wall member, wherein the door has a width of at least 18 inches; a power system disposed within the enclosure, the power system comprising a primary power source and a secondary power source; and an armored air purification system configured to provide purified air to the enclosure.
US10017939B2
A construction for effectively thermally insulating and sealing of a safing slot between a floor of a building and an exterior wall construction is disclosed. The exterior wall construction includes a curtain wall configuration defined by an interior wall glass surface including one or more aluminum framing members, where the vision glass extends to the finished floor level below. The thermally insulating and sealing system includes an offset leg framing element for receiving the insulating elements and positioned in the zero spandrel area of a glass curtain wall construction including only vision glass to maintain thermally insulating and sealing of the safing slot during exposure to fire and heat in order to maintain a complete seal extending across the safing slot.
US10017938B2
The invention concerns a reinforced concrete element comprising an at least partially open-cell foamed, sound-absorbing material which is partially exposed on a surface of the concrete element. The surface on which the foamed material is exposed consists only partially of the foamed material and the reinforcement is partially surrounded by the foamed material. The invention further concerns a method of producing the concrete element and the use thereof as an acoustic ceiling in a building.
US10017937B2
According to one embodiment, a flood vent panel includes a plurality of insulation pieces coupled together to form at least a portion of the flood vent panel. The flood vent panel further includes one or more insulation piece connectors coupled to the plurality of insulation pieces, and configured to couple the plurality of insulation pieces together. The flood vent panel is configured to be coupled, at least indirectly, to a structure, so as to at least partially block a fluid passageway through an opening in the structure. The one or more insulation piece connectors are further configured to uncouple one or more of the plurality of insulation pieces from the panel when at least a predetermined amount of pressure is applied to a portion of the flood vent panel by one or more of a fluid or an object carried by the fluid.
US10017933B1
An elongate linear drain for a shower includes an elongate, channel-shaped drain body, an elongate, channel-shaped extension that is connectable to either end of the drain body, elongate inserts that are nested within the drain body and the extension, and end walls that cap the ends of the drain body and the ends of the extension. Mounting members are formed along an outboard side of each sidewall of the drain body and the extensions and the mounting members are engaged by float sticks to facilitate the sloping of the floor that leads to the linear drain. Height adjustment screws formed in the respective bottom walls of the drain body and extensions enable height adjustment of the inserts. This enables the tile that overlies the shower floor to be flush with the tile that overlies the insert.
US10017931B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to multi-port valves for use in controlling the direction of fluids and mixed media, and find particular use in connection with toilet systems, such as vacuum toilet systems.
US10017928B1
A dual-flow flapper valve assembly is presented having a flapper and a stopper that extends through an opening in a central portion of the flapper. In some embodiments of the present invention, a guide assembly extends downwardly from a bottom of the flapper and the stopper having a shaft that is received and extends through the flapper and the guide assembly, such that a top end of the shaft extends above the flapper and a bottom end extends below the guide assembly. In some arrangements of the present invention, the shaft has a plug adjacent the top end of the shaft and a stop at the bottom end.
US10017922B2
A hydrant device includes a faucet body, a rotation shaft, an upper rotation cap, a check valve, a switch valve, a lower fixed cap, and a water intake seat. The faucet body is provided with a rotary knob connected with the rotation shaft which is connected with the upper rotation cap. A first elastic member is biased between the rotation shaft and the upper rotation cap. A second elastic member is biased between the upper rotation cap and the check valve. The check valve is provided with a stop face. The switch valve is combined with the upper rotation cap. The water intake seat is mounted on the faucet body. Thus, the stop face forms an anti-reverse state to seal the switch valve, thereby preventing water from being gathered in the switch valve.
US10017912B2
A method for automatically controlling the operation of a lift assembly of a work vehicle may generally include receiving an input associated with moving loader arms and/or an implement of the lift assembly to a pre-defined position and monitoring a position of the loader arms and/or the implement relative to the pre-defined position. In addition, while a reference point associated with the loader arms and/or the implement is located outside an outer threshold boundary associated with the pre-defined position, the method may include transmitting a first command signal(s) to move the loader arms and/or the implement towards the pre-defined position. Moreover, when the reference point is moved within the outer threshold boundary, the method may include transmitting a second command signal(s) in order to ramp down a movement velocity of the loader arms and/or the implement as the loader arms and/or the implement is moved closer to the pre-defined position.
US10017909B2
A method of elevating the deck area of a marine platform (e.g., oil and gas well drilling or production platform) utilizes a specially configured sleeve support to support the platform legs so that they can be cut. Once cut, rams or jacks elevate the platform above the cuts. The sleeve support is then connected (e.g., welded) to the platform leg and becomes part of the structural support for the platform. In one embodiment, two sleeves are employed. In another embodiment, the jacks or rams elevate in two stages including a first stage wherein one sleeve elevates and the other sleeve does not elevate and a second stage wherein both sleeves elevate together.
US10017905B2
A screed assembly for an asphalt paving machine includes a lower screed plate, an upper screed plate and a heating element that is in contact with the lower screed plate. The screed assembly also includes a compression bolt assembly having a primary bolt, a compression bolt and a compression spring. The primary bolt has a through hole, and the compression bolt is adapted to be inserted through the hole of the primary bolt. The compression spring is adapted to be placed over the lower end of the primary bolt, so that the compression bolt assembly may cooperate with the upper screed plate to apply a compression force to the heating element on the lower screed plate.
US10017903B2
An industrial mat that has a support core configured and arranged to support other components of the mat; and upper and lower layers that provide upper and lower surfaces of the mat and that protect the support core. The support core includes a frame of longitudinal side members, end members and cross members each of which is made of steel or a thermosetting plastic material. The frame can include wood, plastic or elastomeric internal members or materials to fill internal open areas of the frame, with the upper and lower layers and the sides and ends of the frame retaining the internal members or materials therein. The mat preferably includes lifting elements of D-shaped rings, O-shaped rings, chains, or cables attached to the upper or lower layer or the support core to provide certified overhead lifting of the mat for installation and reclamation thereof.
US10017887B2
A water entanglement system having a first rotatable surface comprises a first water jet which may be configured to water-entangle a preform in situ. The water-entanglement system may comprise a second rotatable surface disposed proximate the first rotatable surface. The second rotatable surface may comprise a second water jet configured to water-entangle the preform in situ. The first rotatable surface may be oriented substantially parallel to the second rotatable surface.
US10017882B2
A yarn producing apparatus produces CNT (carbon nanotube) yarn from CNT fibers while causing the CNT fibers to run. The yarn producing apparatus includes a wind driving mechanism that causes a winding shaft provided with a winding tube to rotate about a winding centerline of the winding shaft to wind the CNT yarn onto the winding tube, a twist driving mechanism that causes a guide to rotate around the winding tube and guide the CNT yarn to the winding tube, to twist the CNT fibers and produce the CNT yarn while causing the CNT fibers, CNT yarn, or both to swirl, and a traverse driving mechanism that causes the guide to reciprocate relative to the winding tube along the winding centerline of the winding shaft to cause the CNT yarn to traverse the winding tube.
US10017879B2
Methods and compositions for generating mixtures of product molecules from an initial chemical array are provided. In the subject methods, a chemical array of surface immobilized first moieties is subjected to cleavage conditions such that a composition of solution phase first moieties is produced. The resultant composition of solution phase first moieties is then contacted with one or more reactants to produce a mixture of product molecules that are different from the first moieties. Also provided are the arrays employed in the subject methods and kits for practicing the subject methods.
US10017863B2
A method and composition for enhancing corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and contact resistance of a substrate comprising a copper or copper alloy surface. The composition comprises a phosphorus oxide compound selected from the group consisting of a phosphonic acid, a phosphonate salt, a phosphonate ester, a phosphoric acid, a phosphate salt, a phosphate ester, and mixtures thereof; a nitrogen-containing organic compound selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amine, tertiary amine, and aromatic heterocycle comprising nitrogen; and an alcohol.
US10017859B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a polymer article. The polymer article includes a polymer matrix and a metal compound dispersed in the polymer matrix. The metal compound is a compound represented by formula (I): AxCuy(PO4)2 (I). In formula (I), A represents at least one element selected from Group IIA of the periodic table of elements, x/y=0.1 to 20, x+y=3.
US10017842B2
An essentially Fe-free alloy consists essentially of, in terms of weight percent: 4 to 11 Co, 6.5 to 7.5 Cr, 0 to 0.15 Al, 0.5 to 0.85 Mn, 11 to 20 Mo, 1 to 3.5 Ta, 0.05 to 9 W, 0.03 to 0.08 C, 0 to 0.001 B, 0.0005 to 0.005 N, balance Ni, the alloy being characterized by, at 850° C., a yield strength of at least 25 Ksi, a tensile strength of at least 45 Ksi, a creep rupture life at 12 Ksi of at least 10 hours, and a corrosion rate, expressed in weight loss [g/(cm2sec)]10−11 during a 1000 hour immersion in liquid FLiNaK at 850° C., in the range of 5 to 20.
US10017838B2
A method of extracting lithium from a lithium bearing solution and specifically, economically extracting lithium from a lithium bearing solution comprising the steps of: adding a nucleus particle to a lithium bearing solution; and precipitating the dissolved lithium in the lithium bearing solution as lithium phosphate by adding a phosphorous supplying material to the lithium bearing solution including the nucleus particle is provided.
US10017837B2
This application provides a metallurgical extraction technique, comprising: a) re-pulping a feed filter cake to make a filter cake slurry; b) grinding the filter cake slurry; c) leaching the ground filter cake slurry in a hot alkaline cyanide solution to provide dissolved platinum group metals; d) liquid-solid separating of the dissolved platinum group metals; and e) recovering the dissolved platinum group metals by cementing the dissolved platinum group metals with a precipitating metal comprising an aluminum or a zinc; wherein the feed filter cake has the platinum group metals at a total amount from 0.1 to 1.5 wt % and a halide anion content from zero to less than 4 wt %. This application provides a process for platinum group metal recovery, comprising: converting a catalyst which was in contact with a water reactive ionic liquid catalyst into a non-water reactive filter cake and extracting the platinum group metals.
US10017829B2
Various methods and compositions are provided for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and/or Brown Stem Rot. In certain embodiments, the method comprises detecting at least one marker locus that is associated with resistance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and/or Brown Stem Rot. In other embodiments, the method further comprises detecting at least one marker profile or haplotype associated with resistance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and/or Brown Stem Rot. In further embodiments, the method comprises crossing a selected soybean plant with a second soybean plant. Further provided are markers, primers, probes and kits useful for identifying and/or selecting soybean plants or soybean germplasm with improved resistance to Frogeye Leaf Spot and/or Brown Stem Rot.
US10017823B2
Provided herein is an analytical method for determining whether a hepatocellular carcinoma patient has susceptibility or resistance to sorafenib treatment by analyzing the mRNA expression of FGFR1, optionally along with the mRNA expressions of other biomarkers (i.e., VEGFR2, PDGFRβ, c-KIT, c-RAF, EGFR, and/or mTOR) to select a patient having susceptibility to sorafenib treatment and a patient having resistance to sorafenib treatment before employing molecular targeted therapy with sorafenib.
US10017814B2
The present disclosure provides method and systems for improving nanopore-based analysis of polymers. The disclosure provides methods for selectively modifying one or more monomeric subunit(s) of a kind a pre-analyte polymer that results polymer analyte with a modified subunit. The polymer analyte produces a detectable signal in a nanopore-based system. The detectable signal, and/or its deviation from a reference signal, indicates the location of the modified subunit in the polymer analyte and, thus, permits the identification of the subunit at that location in the original pre-analyte polymer.
US10017812B2
The present disclosure provides methods for determining the ploidy status of a chromosome in a gestating fetus from genotypic data measured from a mixed sample of DNA comprising DNA from both the mother of the fetus and from the fetus, and optionally from genotypic data from the mother and father. The ploidy state is determined by using a joint distribution model to create a plurality of expected allele distributions for different possible fetal ploidy states given the parental genotypic data, and comparing the expected allelic distributions to the pattern of measured allelic distributions measured in the mixed sample, and choosing the ploidy state whose expected allelic distribution pattern most closely matches the observed allelic distribution pattern. The mixed sample of DNA may be preferentially enriched at a plurality of polymorphic loci in a way that minimizes the allelic bias, for example using massively multiplexed targeted PCR.
US10017809B2
Methods and compositions for the amplification of nucleic acids are disclosed. Amplification methods provided herein may be performed under isothermal conditions. Methods and compositions may include reagents such as restriction enzymes, polymerases, ligases, primers, and polynucleotide adaptors.
US10017801B2
Methods of processing paper feedstocks are provided, as well as intermediates and products made using such methods. Certain types of paper feedstocks, in particular highly pigmented papers, and/or highly loaded papers such as paper that has been color printed, e.g., magazines, and high basis weight coated papers, e.g., magazine stock, are utilized to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials.
US10017798B2
The present invention discloses an E. coli engineering bacteria producing 1,5pentanediamine through a whole cell catalysis and its application. The engineering bacteria according to the present invention, is Escherichia coli (E. coli) strain B or its derivative strains with the overexpression of a lysine decarboxylase gene and a proper expression of a lysinecadaverine antiporter gene cadB. The engineering bacteria according to the present invention is the engineering bacteria producing 1,5pentanediamine through the whole cell catalysis constructed from Escherichia coli B derivative strains, which has an overexpression of a lysine decarboxylase gene cadA and a proper expression of the lysinecadaverine antiporter gene cadB; The present invention further discloses a method of producing a 1,5pentanediamine catalyzed by the engineering bacteria, the yield and production intensity of 1,5pentanediamine in biobased production could be significantly improved through the method, hence it could be applied to mass production and convenient for extending applications.
US10017796B2
The invention relates to genetically modified organisms with enhanced production of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids.
US10017795B2
Methods and systems for simultaneously enhancing the production of both methane and volatile fatty acids in an anaerobic digestion bioreactor are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include: providing a stream of organic feedstock; providing a plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors, each of the plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors connected in series; step-feeding predetermined percentages of the stream of organic feedstock to two or more of the plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors; feeding effluent from each of the plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors to a subsequent one of the plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors; and anaerobically digesting at least one of the stream of organic feedstock and the effluent from each of the plurality of anaerobic digester bioreactors to develop a final effluent stream including methane and volatile fatty acids. The volatile fatty acids are then microbially converted to lipids in an aerobic bioreactor.
US10017791B2
A transformant constructed by introducing a gene which encodes an enzyme having chorismate-pyruvate lyase activity into a coryneform bacterium as a host is capable of efficiently producing 4-hydroxybenzoic acid or a salt thereof from a sugar. When the transformant is cultured under aerobic conditions where the transformant does not grow, 4-hydroxybenzoic acid or a salt thereof can be produced in a particularly efficient manner.
US10017789B2
According to an embodiment, there is provided herein a system and method wherein knowledge of the syngas fermentation is combined with standard instrumentation to provide a stable control of gas supply to automatically poise the fermentation to provide both high conversion of CO and H2, and high selectivity for production of ethanol. The control is based on an automatic feedback loop that corrects for operational imbalance and maintains a stable continuous fermentation required for commercial operation. In a further embodiment, feed of syngas to ethanol fermentation can be optimally controlled using the pH of the broth as the input variable for flow control of the gas. This concept will automatically maintain the correct supply of syngas to the fermentation, and provide stable operation at optimal rates.
US10017785B2
An integration-defective retroviral vector transfer cassette lacking a functional polypurine tract (PPT) is provided. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids that include a heterologous nucleotide sequence, one or two retroviral long terminal repeats (LTRs), a packaging signal, a rev responsive element, and a eukaryotic promoter, wherein the nucleic acid lacks a functional PPT; vectors that include the disclosed isolated nucleic acids; recombinant retroviral particles and mRNAs thereof; retroviral vector kits; and methods for producing integration-defective vector particles, achieving gene expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest, and inserting a nucleotide sequence of interest into a host cell genome in a site-specific or non-specific manner.
US10017784B2
The present inventors successfully introduced genes into stem cells of airway epithelial tissues using simian immunodeficiency virus vectors pseudotyped with F and HN, which are envelope glycoproteins of Sendai virus. Gene transfer into airway epithelial tissue stem cells using a vector of the present invention is useful for gene therapy of genetic respiratory diseases such as cystic fibrosis. Furthermore, it is possible to select respiratory organs such as the lungs as production tissues for providing proteins that are deficient due to genetic diseases.
US10017777B2
Transgenic oilseeds having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of null segregant oilseeds are described. Novel DGAT genes are used to achieve the increase in seed storage lipids.
US10017776B2
The present invention relates to genetic constructs, which can be used in the preparation of transgenic plants. The constructs can have the ability of reducing nitrate concentration in the plant, in particular the plant's leaves. The invention extends to plant cells transformed with such constructs, and to the transgenic plants themselves. The invention also relates to methods of producing transgenic plants, and to methods of reducing nitrate content in plants. The invention also relates to harvested plant leaves, for example tobacco leaves, that have been transformed with the genetic constructs, and to various tobacco articles, such as smoking articles, comprising such harvested plant leaves.
US10017766B2
The invention relates to si RNA molecules and their use in methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the expression of the FLAP gene. The invention also relates to the use of said si RNAs molecules in the treatment and/or prevention of an eye condition characterized by increased expression and/or activity of FLAP gene, preferably said eye condition is conjunctivitis and/or an ocular allergy such as seasonal allergic conjunctivitis, perennial allergic conjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis, and giant papillary conjunctivitis.
US10017765B2
The disclosure provides methods of treating polyglutamine diseases, e.g., spinocerebellar ataxia Type 6, in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an IRES inhibitor in an amount effective for treating the SCA6 in the subject. Also provided herein are the IRES inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US10017763B2
Morpholino oligomers containing modified intersubunit linkages and/or terminal groups are provided for use within dsRNA molecules. The oligomers are oligonucleotide analogs containing predetermined sequences of base-pairing moieties. Also provided are such oligomers conjugated to peptide transporter moieties, where the transporters are preferably composed of arginine subunits, or arginine dimers, alternating with neutral amino acid subunits.
US10017758B1
The invention relates to methods and compositions useful for detection of protein-protein interactions between cell surface proteins.
US10017753B2
The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also provides nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US10017738B2
The present invention is directed to purified preparations of dermal mesenchymal stem cells that are characterized by the cell surface expression of the ABCB5 P-glycoprotein. The cells may be used for any purpose that mesenchymal stem cells from other course are used. For instance they may be administered to treat an organ transplant recipient to improve allograft survival or as a treatment to patients with autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
US10017737B2
A method of obtaining a neural multipotent, unipotent or somatic cell, comprising: i) providing a cell of a first type which is not a neural multipotent, unipotent or somatic cell; ii) introducing into the cell of a first type an agent capable of remodeling the chromatin and/or DNA of the cell, wherein the agent capable of remodeling the chromatin and/or DNA is a histone acetylator, an inhibitor of histone deacetylation, a DNA demethylator, and/or a chemical inhibitor of DNA methylation; iii) increasing directly or indirectly the endogenous expression of at least one neural multipotent or unipotent gene regulator in the cell of a first type, to a level at which the gene regulator is capable of driving transformation of the cell of a first type into the neural multipotent, unipotent or somatic cell, wherein the gene regulator is Msi1, Ngn2, Sox2, Ascl1, Zic1 or a combination thereof; and iv) placing or maintaining the cell in a neural cell culture medium and maintaining intracellular levels of the reprogramming agent for a sufficient period of time to allow a neural multipotent, unipotent or somatic cell to be obtained.
US10017736B2
A method of inhibiting phosphorylation of the tau protein and/or a TLR4-mediated immune response is disclosed. The method contemplates administering to cells in recognized need thereof such as cells of the central nervous system an effective amount of a of a compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that binds to a pentapeptide of filamin A (FLNA) of SEQ ID NO: 1, and contains at least four of the six pharmacophores of FIGS. 35-40.
US10017723B2
The present invention provides for passive VOC recovery in the fermentation process that does not affect or minimally affects the conditions within the fermentor vessel and does not affect or minimally affects the conditions within the headspace of the fermentor vessel itself while using the production of CO2 emitted during the fermenting process as the source of driving energy to move a portion of the gaseous/vaporous material in the headspace of the fermentor through an appropriately sized conduit to a chilled surface condensing device to condense the VOCs (principally ethanol) for recovery and to exhaust the CO2 to the atmosphere or to recover the CO2 for other uses. The conduit from the headspace of the fermentor to the condenser is sized to provide a flow restriction in a selected range such that the headspace equilibria are not affected while allowing a portion of the gaseous/vaporous material in the headspace to move through the conduit in response to the generation of the CO2 during the fermentation process.
US10017721B2
The invention relates to a method of using an automatic dishwashing detergent composition that is formulated to provide effective cleaning at low temperatures.
US10017710B2
A method of fractionating a mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) containing composition by loading the composition onto an adsorbing support, separating a fraction which is enriched in MELs from the support using supercritical carbon dioxide, and optionally separating one or more further fractions enriched in MELs from the support using supercritical carbon dioxide and an optional co-solvent. The MELs can be obtained at high concentration by using only “green” solvents.
US10017705B2
This invention relates to a process involving hydrocracking and dewaxing of a feedstream in which a converted fraction can correspond to a majority of the product from the reaction system, while an unconverted fraction can exhibit improved properties. In this hydrocracking process, it can be advantageous for the yield of unconverted fraction for gasoline fuel application to be controlled to maintain desirable cold flow properties for the unconverted fraction. Catalysts and conditions can be chosen to assist in attaining, or to optimize, desirable product yields and/or properties.
US10017704B2
An integrated hydrotreating and steam pyrolysis system for the direct processing of a crude oil is provided to produce olefinic and aromatic petrochemicals. Crude oil and hydrogen are charged to a hydroprocessing zone operating under conditions effective to produce a hydroprocessed effluent reduced having a reduced content of contaminants, an increased paraffinicity, reduced Bureau of Mines Correlation Index, and an increased American Petroleum Institute gravity. Hydroprocessed effluent is thermally cracked in the presence of steam to produce a mixed product stream, which is separated. Hydrogen from the mixed product stream is purified and recycled to the hydroprocessing zone, and olefins and aromatics are recovered from the separated mixed product stream.
US10017703B2
A multi-stage hydrotreating process obtains ultra-low sulfur diesel boiling range hydrocarbon having less than 10 ppm sulfur with elimination of external hot high pressure separator and avoids the formation of recombinant mercaptans by removing excess hydrogen sulfide formed during hydroprocessing reaction. The process includes mixing a diesel boiling range hydrocarbon feedstock with hydrogen and sending to the first predominantly liquid phase hydroprocessing reaction stage. Effluent from the first hydroprocessing reaction stage is sent to first separator zone of open and empty space in the upper part of the second hydroprocessing reaction stage to flash off the dissolved reaction products hydrogen sulfide and ammonia. Liquid part of the effluent of first hydroprocessing reaction stage is passed to the second predominantly liquid phase hydroprocessing reaction stage. The process is repeated until the liquid product sulfur level of less than 10 ppm is attained and the liquid product is sent to further processing.
US10017701B2
Rich natural gas is first compressed, then ambient air cooled and separated into lean natural gas, NGL and water. Hydrate formation during decompression of the lean gas is precluded by either heating the lean natural gas or mixing the lean natural gas with methanol or other additive before depressurization. Similarly, hydrate formation in the NGL is also precluded by either heating the NGL or mixing the NGL with methanol or other additive before depressurization. The NGL is conditioned for storage and transport in common propane tanks by a stabilizer or two-phase separator. The lean natural gas can be used for internal combustion, liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas or liquid fuel processing.
US10017699B2
A method for processing a froth treatment tailings separated from a bitumen froth produced in a process for recovering bitumen from oil sand ore, includes subjecting the froth treatment tailings to a first solvent extraction process to produce a first extract including bitumen, and a first raffinate, subjecting the first raffinate to a separation process to produce a fine mineral material fraction including fine solid mineral material having a particle size less than 44 microns and a coarse mineral material fraction including a coarse mineral material having a particle size equal to or greater than 44 microns, subjecting the coarse mineral material fraction to a froth flotation process to produce a heavy mineral concentrate and a coarse mineral material tailings, and subjecting the heavy mineral concentrate to a second solvent extraction process to produce a second extract including bitumen and a second raffinate including a debitumenized heavy mineral concentrate.
US10017697B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a thermosetting composition with a photo-alignment property, including a copolymer containing a photo-alignment constitutional unit represented by the following formula (1) and a thermal cross-linking constitutional unit. In the formula (1), X represents a photo-alignment group causing a photo-isomerization reaction or a photo-dimerization reaction, L1 represents a single bond, —O—, —S—, —COO—, —COS—, —CO—, —OCO—, —OCO(CH2)nCOO—, —OCOCH2CH2OCH2CH2COO—, —OCOC6H4O—, —OCOC6H10O—, —COO(CH2)nO—, —COOC6H4O—, —COOC6H10O—, —O(CH2)nO—, —OC6H4O—, —OC6H10O—, or —(CH2)nO—, n represents 1 to 4, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and k represents 1 to 5.
US10017689B2
Crush-resistant proppant particulates comprising proppant particulates at least partially coated with a polymeric material and inorganic particles, wherein the polymeric material comprises an organic polymeric material, or an inorganic polymeric material, or a combination thereof, wherein the organic polymeric material is selected from the group consisting of an organosilane, an organophosphonate, a polycarboxylic compound, a triazine, a resin comprising a silane coupling agent, and any combination thereof, wherein the inorganic polymeric material is aluminosilicate compound, and wherein the inorganic particle is between about 1 nm to about 10 μm in diameter and selected from the group consisting of alumina, boron carbide, boron nitride, silicate, glass, silicon carbide, silica, quartz, copper oxide, a microfiber, a nanofiber, core-shell, graphene, sodium silicate, sodium metasilicate, and any combination thereof.
US10017687B2
The present invention provides a method of preparing a proppant material by heating a reaction mixture comprising a plurality of oxides in a reactive atmosphere to a temperature above the melting point of the reaction mixture to form a melt, and then allowing the melt to solidify in a mold in the form of spherical particles. The present invention also provides a method of preparing a proppant material by heating a reaction mixture comprising a plurality of oxides and one or more additives in a reactive atmosphere to a temperature below the melting point of the reaction mixture to form a powder including one or more reaction products, and then processing the powder to form spherical particles. The present invention also provides a proppant material including spherical particles characterized by a specific gravity of about 1.0 to 3.0 and a crush strength of at least about 10,000 psi.
US10017674B2
An adhesive composition for adhesively bonding floor coverings to a variety of substrates. The composition includes 0.2 to 10 weight percent of a plurality of irregularly shaped spacer particles of size 0.5 mm to 10 mm; 10 to 50 weight percent of a moisture curable polymer system; and 40 to 90 weight percent of additives for modifying physical properties of the composition. The adhesive has a composition such that, when cured, results in an elastomeric film of uniform thickness that exhibits controlled moisture vapor transmission and sound abatement properties. A floor structure and a method for constructing the floor structure using the adhesive composition are also provided.
US10017667B2
Provided is an article, particularly culinary, comprising a cast iron support having two opposite sides. The article comprises a vitreous coating in the form of at least a continuous layer of a sol-gel material comprising a matrix formed from at least a metal polyalkoxylate and at least a reactive or unreactive silicone oil, the layer of sol-gel material being deposited directly on one at least of the sides of said support, and the side provided with a vitreous coating has a surface roughness Ra ranging between 3 and 15 μm with a peak count per centimeter RPc ranging between 50 and 200. A method for manufacturing such an article is also provided.
US10017660B2
There is provided a resin composition that exhibits excellent heat resistance, heat conductivity, and water absorption. The resin composition comprises a cyanate ester resin (A) represented by formula (I), an epoxy resin (B), and an inorganic filler (C), the content of the inorganic filler (C) being 301 to 700 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight in total of the cyanate ester resin (A) and the epoxy resin (B) wherein Rs each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and n is an integer of 1 to 50.
US10017657B2
The present invention provides a binder composition comprising a first binder comprising by dry weight based on total dry weight of the first binder, from 5% to 98% of polymer particles, from 0.3% to 10% of a first polysaccharide, from 0.01% to 5% of a crosslinker, from 0.3% to 6% of a water-soluble metal cation, and from 0.05% to 3% of a cationic polyelectrolyte. The binder composition may further comprise a second binder comprising by dry weight based on total dry weight of the second binder, from 0.3% to 20% of the first polysaccharide, from 0.5% to 20% of a second polysaccharide. And in that case, the wet weight ratio of the first binder to the second binder is from 1:20 to 20:1. The present invention further provides a paint formulation comprising the binder composition.
