US10046765B2
A method is provided to control an engine braking operation of a vehicle provided with a dual clutch transmission. The dual clutch transmission is adapted to be set into different gear-combinations, each including an active gear selection through which torque can be transmitted, and a passive gear selection through which no torque can be transmitted. In a pre-set number of gear-combinations, the first input shaft and the main shaft have a synchronised rotation. When an engine braking operation is performed when the transmission is set in one of the pre-set number of gear-combinations modifying said engine braking operation such that a damaging load upon said spigot bearing is reduced.
US10046762B2
An automotive vehicle includes a vehicle steering system, an actuator configured to control the steering system, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller is in communication with the actuator. The first controller is configured to communicate an actuator control signal based on a primary automated driving system control algorithm. The second controller is in communication with the actuator and with the first controller. The second controller is configured to, in response to a first predicted vehicle path based on the actuator control signal deviating from a desired route by a threshold distance, control the actuator to maintain a current actuator setting. The second controller is also configured to, in response to the first predicted vehicle path not deviating from the desired route by the threshold distance, control the actuator according to the actuator control signal.
US10046752B2
A control device for a hybrid vehicle carries out, when a vehicle travels in a downhill control section or a congestion control section, pre-charge/discharge control of changing a target state of charge (SOC) SOCcntr from a standard SOC SOCcntr-n to a specific SOC, and is within a permissible range, in a period in which the vehicle travels from a control start point (Ds) to at least a start point (Dk) of a subject downhill section or a subject congested section. Further, the control device is configured to inhibit, when return control is carried out while the pre-charge/discharge control is being carried out, the pre-charge/discharge control from a start time point (D5) of the return control to a time point (D9) at which the vehicle has passed through the control section. As a result, fuel efficiency can be improved when the return control is carried out during the pre-charge/discharge control.
US10046751B2
An electromotive vehicle includes: an electrical storage device; a rotary electric machine; a transmission device; an engine; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to, when decelerating force acts on the vehicle due to engine brake force of the engine and upshift control is executed in the transmission device and when an upper limit value of input electric power that is allowed at the time of charging the electrical storage device is smaller than a threshold, control the rotary electric machine such that torque of the rotary electric machine gradually increases by the time the upshift control completes, at which the decelerating force that acts on the vehicle becomes decelerating force reduced as a result of the upshift control.
US10046747B2
Braking systems and methods having above atmospheric pressure applied to the working hydraulic fluid of the braking system. In certain preferred arrangements, the braking system includes at least one source of pressure, which pressurizes a fluid. The pressurized fluid acts on respective pressure surfaces of the master plunger(s) and the slave piston(s) that are opposite the active or working surfaces of the master plunger(s) and the slave piston(s).
US10046740B2
A wiper control system includes: a multifunction switch detecting and transmitting an operation of a wiper provided on a vehicle; a body control module controlling a wiper relay through a data signal of the multifunction switch; and a wiper motor connected to the multifunction switch and the body control module and connected to the wiper to rotate the wiper according to rotation of a cam plate of the multifunction switch and detect a parking end of the body control module, thereby preventing the wiper from being positioned in a middle of a windshield glass.
US10046736B2
An anti-theft device of an operational vehicle, in which an operation of cancelling an anti-theft mode is simply and easily performed, is provided. The anti-theft device includes: a travel regulation unit (70) which maintains, when the anti-theft mode is set, the operational vehicle (1) in a state where the operational vehicle (1) cannot travel; and a wireless operation terminal (80) which wirelessly operates an operational device (20). When the wireless operation terminal (80) communicates with a controller (70), the wireless operation terminal (80) performs identification authentication, and when the identification authentication between the wireless operation terminal (80) and the controller (70) is successfully performed, the travel regulation unit (70) cancels the anti-theft mode. Since the wireless operation terminal (80) is only made to communicate with the controller (70), and thus the anti-theft mode is cancelled, the operation of cancelling the anti-theft mode is simply and easily performed.
US10046730B2
A support structure for absorbing forces in a vehicle includes a support element, which encloses a hollow space and includes a number of openings, which is delimited by one or more boundary faces. A receiving body for an assembly unit is inserted in one of the openings so that the receiving body at least partially projects into the hollow space. The receiving body includes a wall which at least in portions runs corresponding to the boundary faces and with which the receiving body makes contact with the boundary faces of the support element.
US10046728B2
The invention relates to an inflator (10), especially for a vehicle safety system, comprising a combustion chamber (20) containing a pyrotechnical solid propellant bed (21). In accordance with the invention, an igniting mixture (25) is located in the combustion chamber (20), wherein a filler element (30, 30′) is arranged to be movable between the igniting mixture (25) and the solid propellant bed (21) in the idle state of the inflator (10).
US10046725B2
An ignition lock for a motor vehicle includes a locking cylinder, which in the presence of a suitable key can be shifted along a path including a punctual directional change between a driving position and a stationary position. In the driving position the ignition lock allows operation of an engine of the motor vehicle. In the stationary position operation of the engine is blocked. An indicating device is controlled by a switch operable by the locking cylinder at the point of directional change.
US10046724B2
A push-bar assembly including a push-bar and a pair of push-bar supports. The push-bar supports are attached by a pair of upper brackets and a pair of lower brackets. The lower brackets include about which a mounting block attached to the push-bar supports pivot when the push-bar assembly is assembled to a vehicle. A clevis bracket and clevis pin are provided on lower bracket assemblies that secure a lower mounting block on the push-bar supports to a pair of lower bracket assemblies.
US10046713B2
A vehicle roof mount includes at least one datum feature. The datum feature is provided according to at least one datum. The at least one datum is determined according to a specified orientation of a sensor included in a sensor frame. The sensor frame is mateable to the roof mount.
US10046710B2
An article retainer assembly is provided. That article retainer assembly includes a housing. First and second retainers are carried on the housing. The first retainer includes a first set of opposed, flexible retaining flaps defining a first slit therebetween. The second retainer includes a second set of opposed, flexible retaining flaps defining a second slit therebetween.
US10046699B2
This invention relates in general to the field of safety devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for providing advanced warning and risk evasion when hazardous conditions exist. In one embodiment, a vicinity monitoring unit is provided for monitoring, for example, oncoming traffic near a construction zone. In some embodiments, the vicinity monitoring unit may be mounted onto a construction vehicle to monitor nearby traffic and send a warning signal if hazardous conditions exist. In some embodiments, personnel tracking units may be worn by construction workers and the personnel tracking units may be in communication with the vicinity monitoring unit. In some embodiments, a base station is provided for monitoring activities taking place in or near a construction site including monitoring the locations of various personnel and vehicles within the construction site.
US10046696B2
An apparatus for use in a car includes: an input configured to receive data from a sensor; a processor configured to perform a statistical analysis using the data to determine a control parameter for controlling an automatic control of the car; and an output for providing the control parameter for controlling the automatic control of the car.
US10046693B2
A vehicle lamp includes a light guiding portion configured to be provided in at least one section of a vehicle body panel of a vehicle, and a light source arranged to input light into the light guiding portion such that the light is guided inside the light guiding portion. The light guiding portion has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface is configured to face toward an inside of the vehicle and to serve as a light blocking surface to block the light. The outer surface is configured to face toward an outside of the vehicle and to serve as a light exiting surface from which the light is allowed to exit the light guiding portion. The vehicle body panel may be a vehicle rear panel having a resin molded portion, and the vehicle lamp may be provided integrally with the resin molded portion.
US10046684B2
A foldable head restraint apparatus for connecting to a seat of a vehicle. The foldable head restraint apparatus includes a pair of brackets for being connected to a cover. A pivot tube rotatably supports the brackets along a first axis. At least one seat connector is connected to the pivot tube for non-rotatably supporting the pivot tube relative to the seat of the vehicle. A pair of latches are each non-rotatably disposed about the pivot tube adjacent to each of the brackets. A pair of cams are each rotatably connected to one of the brackets and are rotatable between a latched position and an unlatched position. At least one release connector is connected to each of the cams and is moveable for providing the rotating movement of the cams in response to movement of the release connector to provide synchronized rotation of the cams.
US10046681B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat frame seat frame having a seat frame, a first and second extendable members disposed on a forward portion of the seat frame and operable between an extended position and a retracted position. Each of the first and second extendable members comprises a movable housing, a support base attached to the seat frame and slidably coupled to the movable housing, a trim cover stock partially disposed above an upper surface of the movable housing and having a first fixed upper edge and a second movable lower edge, and a linkage system operatively coupling the movable housing to the second movable lower edge of the trim cover stock to maintain tension on the trim cover stock as either of the first and second extendable members is operated between the extended and retracted positions.
US10046669B2
A vehicle has an electric or hybrid-electric traction drive supported by an ungrounded vehicle frame. The vehicle also has a current collector, which can be electrically connected to the traction drive and which can be brought in galvanic contact with a contact line of a grounded contact-line system to supply traction energy. The vehicle contains an electrical protection system for avoiding dangerous contact voltages on the vehicle frame or on a vehicle part connected to the vehicle frame in a conductive manner. The protection system has a first protection stage, a second protection stage, and a switching element, by which the protection system can be switched between the first and the second protection stages. The first protection stage provides greater safety from dangerous contact voltages than the second protection stage. Thus, a protection system can be provided which provides sufficient safety in all operating states of the vehicle.
US10046660B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are disclosed for wirelessly charging an electric vehicle. In one aspect, a method for transferring power via a magnetic field in a wireless power transfer system is provided. The method includes outputting an alternating electric current to a wireless power transmitter, generating, at the wireless power transmitter, the magnetic field in response to being driven with the alternating electrical current, receiving a value indicative of an electrical characteristic of the wireless power transmitter, and adjusting an operating characteristic of the wireless power transmitter to trigger a change in an electrical current in the receiver, the amount of adjustment selected to cause adjustment of an amount of reactive power in the wireless power transfer system based on changes in the receiver that automatically occur to maintain the output power substantially constant in response to the change in the electrical current in the receiver.
US10046656B2
A vehicle power supply system is provided. The system includes a main battery and an OBC having first and second input/output terminals, in which AC power input to the first input/output terminal is converted into DC power to be output to the second input/output terminal, and a magnitude of the DC power input to the second input/output terminal is converted and output to the first input/output terminal. Additionally, the system includes an LDC in which a DC voltage input from the main battery is converted into a low voltage to be supplied to an auxiliary battery or an electronic load and a switching unit is connected between the first input/output terminal and the LDC. A controller is then configured to adjust a powering direction of the OBC and an on/off state of the switching unit, based on whether the main battery is charged and whether the LDC fails.
US10046651B2
An energy management strategy for boats and ships is provided. The aforementioned strategy comprises a strategy for low-load conditions and a strategy for high-load conditions, specifically for the sailing conditions of boats and ships. The output and distribution of energy are dynamically adjusted in accordance with commands, tides, time, locations, weather, hydrologic conditions and other factors may impact the sailing, in order to optimize the energy efficiency of boats and ships.
US10046643B2
In order to enable satisfactory vehicle motion control to be carried out while wheels (10) are being braked, on a vehicle in which each of the wheels (10) is braked by a regenerative braking force by a motor (30) and a friction braking force by a friction brake mechanism (40), a brake ECU (53) acquires at least one parameter out of a steering angle, a steering velocity, a lateral acceleration of a vehicle body, a yaw rate of the vehicle body, a sprung vertical acceleration, and an unsprung vertical acceleration, and when a magnitude of the parameter is more than a threshold, decreases a ratio of the regenerative braking force out of a driver-requested braking force, and increases a ratio of the friction braking force.
US10046641B2
A vehicle carries an energy storage system that powers mobility of the vehicle. The vehicle further carries a direct current input coupling to be connected to a direct current (DC) electrical power source, a DC output coupling, an alternating current (AC) input coupling, an AC output coupling, and electronics carried by the vehicle to control both AC and DC voltage and power levels.
US10046638B2
An arrangement is provided for opening and closing an opening in a covering surface of an interior trim piece in a vehicle via an adjustable cover element. The cover element has two parallel, spaced-apart racks which extend in the adjusting direction of the cover element and each mesh with an associated toothed wheel. The toothed wheels are rotatably mounted on a frame element connected to the interior trim piece and are interlinked by a rotatingly driven shaft; at least one toothed wheel is connected to the shaft for conjoint rotation therewith. The cover element is adjustable relative to the frame element and thus to the opening as a result of a rotation of the toothed wheels that mesh with the racks. Preferably, the cover element slides under the covering surface of the interior trim piece, delimiting the opening, when the opening is opened.
US10046637B2
A personal device may include a display and a processor. The processor of the personal device may be programmed to send, to the display, a vehicle interior map overlaid with indications of in-vehicle components, create a group of the in-vehicle components responsive to receipt of a swipe gesture to the display selecting a subset of the indications, receive input from the display of a location on the map, and aim outputs of the in-vehicle components of the group based on the location.
US10046619B2
A dust sensor includes: a main body in which a dust inlet is formed and including an optical sensor and a lens for collecting light scattered by dust which enters into the main body through the dust inlet; a button unit protruding outwardly from the main body and having one end that is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the main body, wherein the button unit is selectively moved, by a pushing operation of a user, upward and downward with respect to an interior of the main body in which the lens is installed; and a cleaner installed on the one end of the button unit that is inserted into the main body, wherein the cleaner is repeatedly brought into contact with the lens by the upward and downward movement of the button unit.
US10046617B2
A traction battery thermal management system is provided. The thermal management system includes a battery loop for regulating the traction battery temperature. A motor loop is provided for regulating a motor temperature. The thermal management system also includes a radiator. A radiator valve selectively controls fluid flow through the radiator. A battery valve selectively couples the battery loop and the motor loops. The battery loop, the motor loop are in fluid communication and arranged in parallel to be cooled by the radiator.
US10046616B2
An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a cooling duct provided with a cooling duct inlet at a first end of the cooling duct, and a cooling duct indoor outlet and a cooling duct outdoor outlet at a second end of the cooling duct, a heating duct provided with a heating duct inlet at a first end of the heating duct, and a heating duct indoor outlet and a heating duct outdoor outlet at a second end of the heating duct, and including a condenser disposed in the heating duct, an extension duct extending from both the cooling duct indoor outlet and the heating duct indoor outlet, and channeling air supplied from both the cooling duct indoor outlet and the heating duct indoor outlet to a passenger compartment, and a passage control door provided at an indoor outlet end portion of a partition wall.
US10046612B1
A receiver hitch includes a receiver with a rearward opening for receiving a forward end of a mount shank. The receiver has a side hole for receiving a hitch pin and a bottom hole for receiving a clamping bolt. The bottom hole is disposed forward of the side hole. When the mount shank is disposed in the receiver tube with the hitch pin inserted, tightening the clamping bolt urges a portion of the mount shank forward of the hitch pin upward into engagement with an upper interior surface of the receiver tube and also urges a portion of the mount shank rearward of the hitch pin into engagement with a lower interior surface of the receiver tube. in this configuration, movement of the mount shank within the receiver tube is reduced.
US10046605B2
A pneumatic tire has a belt layer between a carcass and a tread portion. The belt layer has first and second main working belts, and a reinforcement belt. A cord angle of the reinforcement belt is not smaller than 6 degrees and not larger than 9 degrees and width thereof is equal to or wider than 50% of a tire-section width and not wider than either narrower one of the first and second main working belts. In a state where the pneumatic tire is mounted on a predetermined rim and filled with a minute internal pressure with no load applied, an arc passing points on both maximum width positions and a point on a tire equatorial plane of the reinforcement belt, in meridian section, has a radius of curvature of not smaller than 2500 mm. A total thickness TCE and TSH satisfy a relationship of 1.05TSH≤TCE≤1.35TSH.
US10046604B2
Crown of a radial tire for a heavy civil engineering vehicle comprises a tread, a crown reinforcement radially inside of the tread, and a carcass reinforcement radially inside of the crown reinforcement. The crown reinforcement comprises, radially from the outside towards the inside, a protective reinforcement comprising two protective layers comprising elastic metal reinforcers which are parallel to one another within each layer and crossed from one layer to the next, forming respective angles A1 and A2 with the circumferential direction and a working reinforcement comprising two working layers comprising inelastic metal reinforcers, parallel to one another within each layer and crossed from one layer to the next, forming respective angles B1 and B2 with the circumferential direction. Angle B1 is at least equal to 50° and strictly less than 90° and angle B2 is non-zero and at most equal to 12°.
US10046600B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a specified rubber composition, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, wet-grip performance, and abrasion resistance while simultaneously having excellent durability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing: an oil-extended BR having a cis content of 95 mol % or more, a vinyl content of 1 mol % or less, and a weight average molecular weight of 530,000 or more; a SBR having a bound styrene content of 30-50% by mass and a weight average molecular weight of 700,000 or more; silica; and carbon black, the oil-extended BR being synthesized using a rare earth catalyst, the rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of rubber solids, 10-67% by mass of the BR component contained in the oil-extended BR and 10-50% by mass of the SBR.
US10046594B1
The decorative decal assembly (20) is configured to be secured within a recessed surface (26) of a weight plate (18) and includes an adhesive layer (36), a printable surface (44) of an adjacent ink protective printing layer (42), and one or more print decals (48) secured to the printable surface (44) and between an upper support surface (40) of the adhesive layer (36) and the ink protective layer (42). The recessed surface (26) defines a display area (56) surrounded on all sides by an expansion zone (58) extending between the display area (56) and the shoulders (30, 32) of the weight plate (18) that define the recessed surface (26) to permit limited expansion of perimeter edges (62A, 62B) of the decal assembly (20) into the expansion zone (58) without contacting the shoulders (30, 32) whenever the weight plate (18) experiences a bounce shock.
US10046591B2
A pamphlet with a plurality of pages with a placard attached to the fold line of the pamphlet at a plurality of connection points by, staples. The placard attached to the fold line can be pivoted about the fold line to a position perpendicular or parallel to the pamphlet.
US10046587B1
A greeting card having a unique die cut and scored line pattern and a container to be inserted into the binding area of the card. The greeting card and container includes a sheet like element having first, second, third and fourth scored lines forming the binding area, first, second, third, and fourth die cuts creating first and second tabs at the binding area for receiving the container.
US10046584B2
A thin substrate has a layered structure on one surface, and can also have a layered structure on the other. Each layered structure can include a part of at least one patterned layer that, if patterned by photolithography, would frequently result in damage to the substrate due to fragility. For example, the substrate could be a 3 mil (76.2 μm) or thinner polyimide film and one patterned layer could be a semiconductor material such as vanadium oxide, while another could be metal in electrical contact with semiconductor material. The layer part, however, can be patterned by a printing operation or can include a printed patterned artifact such as an uneven boundary or an alignment. The printing operation can be direct printing or printing of a mask for etching or liftoff or both. The layered structure can include an array of cells, each with layer parts on each substrate surface.
US10046581B2
A digital decorator machine for the decoration of products (P), including a support frame, at least one conveyor, for transporting the products (P) to be decorated along an advancement direction, at least one decoration element, associated with said support frame and positioned above said conveyor, said at least one decoration element including respective print heads provided with ejector nozzles for a fluid to be dispensed on the surface of the products (P) to be decorated, and a casing within which at least one support is housed that is integral with said heads. The support is movable, with respect to said casing, between an upper inactive position and a lower operating position, in which said heads are correctly spaced with respect to the surface of the products to be decorated (P).
US10046574B2
One embodiment of this invention is an elastic roller including: a roller shaft; and an elastic material member surrounding the roller shaft. The elastic material member may include: an inner layer elastic material member disposed on an outer periphery of the roller shaft, a coating layer disposed on an outer periphery of the inner layer elastic material member, a first side end part circumferential surface having a first side end part, and a second side end part circumferential surface having a second side end part. The coating layer is formed from a silicone resin having a hardness of 20 degrees or less based on a spring type hardness tester Asker C in accordance with SRIS 0101. The second side end part circumferential surface having an elastic roller diameter that gradually decreases towards the second side end part opposite to the first side end part.
US10046572B2
A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.
US10046567B2
A printer includes a print media transport to transport a print media through a print zone, the transport of the print media to produce airborne particles, and a particle diverter to divert the airborne particles away from the print zone from a vicinity of the print media transport.
US10046564B2
A print head module for delivering ink to a print head comprising a module venting system comprising a one-time vent built into the interior of the print head module in which, when an amount of ink comes in contact with the one-time vent, air is prevented from passing through the one-time vent. A system for delivering ink to a print head comprising a print head, a external reservoir of ink, and a print head module comprising a one-time vent built into the interior of the print head module and fluidly coupling the print head to the external reservoir of ink, in which, when an amount of ink comes in contact with the one-time vent within the print head module, air is prevented from passing through the one-time vent.
US10046563B2
A liquid jet head includes a partition separating adjacent grooves, a lower substrate fixing a lower portion of the partition, and an upper substrate installed on an upper end surface of the partition. The partition includes an electrode layer on a surface lower than the upper end surface, the electrode layer including an outer surface approximately perpendicular to the upper end surface, the outer surface continuing to the upper end surface through a first convex curved surface curving outward.
US10046561B2
An ink jet printer according to an aspect of the invention includes a heat platen that is capable of heating in a state of supporting recording sheets, a head that discharges ink onto the recording sheets from a nozzle plate in which nozzles are provided, a temperature sensor that acquires temperature information of the nozzle plate, a main scanning portion that performs a main scanning operation that relatively moves the head in a main scanning direction with respect to the recording sheets, a sub-scanning portion that performs a sub-scan operation that relatively moves the recording sheets in a sub-scanning direction, which intersects the main scanning direction, with respect to the head, and a determination portion that determines the necessity of a heating operation, in which the heat platen heats the nozzle plate, on the basis of the temperature information before printing.
US10046556B2
An image recording method includes a reaction liquid applying step; a first liquid composition applying step; an ink applying step of applying an ink containing a second water-soluble resin so as to at least partly overlap with an area where the first liquid composition is applied on an intermediate transfer member to form an intermediate image; and a step of transferring the intermediate image to a recording medium by bringing the intermediate image into contact with the recording medium to separate the intermediate image from the intermediate transfer member. The temperatures Tc, T1 of the intermediate image and intermediate transfer member from start of the contact to the separation are adjusted to be not less than the glass transition temperature Tgs of the second water-soluble resin. The temperatures Tr, T2 of the intermediate image and recording medium at the separation are adjusted to be less than Tgs.
US10046553B2
A method of screen printing positionally synchronizes a plurality of pallet assemblies on a first screen printing machine with a plurality of pallet assemblies on a second screen printing machine. A screen printed garment having a properly aligned first image received from the first screen printing machine is transferred on a portion of one of the pallet assemblies on the first screen printing machine to one of the plurality of pallet assemblies on the second printing machine. The properly aligned first image on the garment is in proper positional alignment with a screen printing head on the second screen printing machine such that a second image complimentary to the first image is printed on the garment in proper position on the garment relative to the first image without user intervention to positionally locate the first image relative to the screen printing head on the second machine.
US10046548B2
A method for fabricating a flexible device is provided. The method includes forming a sacrificial layer on a substrate; and forming a reflective layer to reflect a laser for subsequently de-bonding the sacrificial layer from the rigid substrate back to the sacrificial layer to reduce required de-bonding energy of the laser over at least a portion of the rigid substrate. Further, the method includes forming a flexible device over the reflective layer; and separating the substrate from the sacrificial layer by irradiating the sacrificial layer using the laser.
US10046547B2
A system and method are provided for implementing relatively low temperature joining processes, including displacement/vibration welding techniques and/or heat staking techniques, in a process of building up laminate layers to form and/or manufacture three-dimensional objects, parts and components in additive material (AM) manufacturing systems. A multi-stage 3D object forming scheme is described involving steps of laminate cutting (with lasers or other cutting devices); laminate transport between processing stations (including using one or more of conveyors, robotic pick and place devices and the like); laminate stacking, clamping and adhering through comparatively low temperature welding or other mechanical joining (including displacement/vibration welding or heat staking); and mechanical surface finishing (via CNC machining or other comparable process).
US10046543B2
The present invention provides a laminated film that can be easily used by general users and can prevent entry of foreign substances and air bubbles between the attached surfaces even when the film is manually attached in a typical room environment in which foreign substances such as dust are floating; and a film attachment method using such a laminated film. The laminated film includes in the following order: a surface protective film; a foreign-substance-removing adhesive layer; a foreign-substance-removing film; a substrate-attaching adhesive layer; and a functional film, the substrate-attaching adhesive layer exhibiting a higher bond strength with the functional film than with the foreign-substance-removing film.
US10046536B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a composite sheet includes a shock mitigating layer including an elastic member and a graphite layer accommodated in the elastic member, a first heat dissipation sheet configured to be attached to one surface of the shock mitigating layer, and a second heat dissipation sheet configured to be attached to another surface of the shock mitigating layer.
US10046533B2
In the method for retreading a vehicle tire casing, a fluid is injected into a casing between a tread and a tread backing in order to space them apart.
US10046525B2
A composite radius filler include a base portion and a tip portion. The base portion is formed of composite plies varying in overall width along an overall lengthwise direction and defining a variable cross-sectional shape of the base portion along the lengthwise direction. The base portion includes at least one transition zone having a transition start and a transition end along the lengthwise direction. The composite plies of the base portion are arranged in one or more stacks each stack having a predetermined fiber orientation angle sequence and a stack width that changes within the transition zone. The tip portion includes a plurality of composite plies formed into a generally triangular cross-sectional shape and stacked on top of the base portion.
US10046523B2
A calibration method of a delta 3D printer, wherein a vertical calibration mechanism is disposed on a vertical direction, a horizontal calibration mechanism is disposed on the horizontal direction and a printing-platform calibration mechanism is disposed under the printing-platform of the 3D printer. Before performing a new printing task, the 3D printer first controls three sliding components to move vertically and performs a calibration on the Z-Axis via the vertical calibration mechanism. Next, controls the nozzle to move horizontally and performs a calibration on X-Axis and the Y-Axis via the horizontal calibration mechanism. After the X-Axis, Y-Axis and Z-Axis are all calibrated, the 3D printer performs a tilt degree calibration on the printing-platform via the printing-platform calibration mechanism. Lastly, after performing all calibration operations, the 3D printer starts to execute the new printing task.
US10046514B2
A connection method, in addition to a functional part used in it and to a flame-retardant total system, connects a single- or multilayer functional part (10) to a third component (20). The functional part (10) has functional elements (14, 16) projecting on one side. The functional part (10) is formed at least partially from a material at least partially transparent to laser light. A blocking layer (18) is disposed to be at least partially opaque to laser light such that after passage of the laser light through the functional part (10), the laser light inside the blocking layer (18) generates heat by absorption for melting the functional part (10) and/or the third component (20) to connect them to one another.
US10046513B2
An object is to provide a spin welding component that has a simple configuration of a welding surface and provides enhanced welding strength. A spin welding component 1 includes a shaft portion 2 formed in an approximately columnar shape, a flange portion 3 extended outward from below the shaft portion 2 to be formed in a disk-like shape, and an opening 4 formed by opening part of a bottom face of the flange portion 3. A molten resin 9 as molten material is applied on the bottom face. High-speed rotation causes the molten resin 9 to be melted by the frictional heat, and part of the molten resin 9 enters the opening 4 to be welded.
US10046507B2
A device for gripping a hollow body includes a freely-rotating shaft and a mandrel that is integral with the shaft. The mandrel itself includes: an end fitting; a radiator that is mounted directly on the end fitting; a crosspiece inserted between the end fitting and the radiator; an expandable ring mounted between the end fitting and the crosspiece; an elastic element mounted between the end fitting and the expandable ring; an insert made of a material with high thermal conductivity, set in a housing made in the end fitting and emptying onto a free end face of the former, with the insert extending up to the point facing the radiator.
US10046505B2
A method and molding system for hydraulic blow molding of a container from a preform. The method precharges the molding medium within a fill head unit to a precharge pressure. During the injecting of the molding medium into the preform, the method further increases the pressure of the molding medium to a pressure greater than the precharge pressure.
US10046504B2
The Application describes a throttle and a method for controlling a fluid flow via a throttle . The throttle includes an inlet (618) in communication with a pressurized gas source, an outlet (610) including a selected output orifice (612), and an orifice sleeve (606) including a plurality of output orifices (612a, 612b, 612c, 612d) from which a selected output orifice (612) may be selected by rotating the orifice sleeve (606). The throttle may further include a piston (604) movable across a surface area of the selected output orifice (612), and a motor operable to move the piston (604) across the surface area of the selected output orifice (612).
US10046502B2
The present invention involves a fabrication of plastic-tube-screen-fill using plastic tubes. The plastic-tube-screen-fill consists of several plastic tubes suspended to between top and bottom ring-shaped hole perforated frames in the shape of a rectangular thin plate as a vertical string screen. The top and bottom ring-shaped hole perforated frames are in same configuration to be used in two ways and fabricated by assembling a cup-shaped hole perforated frame and tube-holder-frame. The tube-holder-frame is a male push-fit band connector with several short solid rods positioned and fixed on band for push-fitting into the cup-shaped holes on the cup-shaped hole perforated frame. The solid rod on tube-holder-frame has a male push-fit connector on its lower part to be push-fitted into one edge of tube. The tubes used in the present invention are spiral corrugated tubes. Fabrication and assembling method of perforated frames, tube-holder-frames, and spiral corrugated tubes are described in this invention.
US10046501B2
Techniques are provided for polymer extrusion. A polyolefin extrusion system may include an extrusion gear pump configured to receive a narrow molecular weight distribution polyolefin from a polyolefin manufacturing system. The polyolefin extrusion system may also include a motor of the extrusion gear pump configured to drive the extrusion gear pump, a pressure sensor configured to generate a pressure signal indicative of a suction pressure into the extrusion gear pump, an automation controller configured to generate an output signal based on the pressure signal, and a variable speed drive configured to control operation of the motor.
US10046499B2
The present invention relates, on the one hand, to a method for forming a plastic sheet material (1). On the other hand, the present invention relates to a device (5) which is adapted to carry out such a method.
US10046493B2
A thin multilayer container having favorable gas barrier properties is provided using a technique applicable to the molding of the thin multilayer container, by means of ensuring the gas barrier properties at a joint of ends of a film, when the container is molded with disposing the film having the gas barrier properties in a portion to be a container trunk portion.When molding the container with disposing in advance the film having the gas barrier properties in the portion to be the container trunk portion, while a container surface resin is fed from an injection molding nozzle into a container trunk forming portion of a mold, a gas barrier resin is fed into a position corresponding the joint of the label film as an intermediate layer between a portion of the container surface resin being spread along a core mold and a portion of the container surface resin being spread along a cavity mold.
US10046485B2
The invention relates to a method for producing leaf springs from a fiber composite material, for which a plurality of layers of fibers soaked or impregnated with synthetic resin in order to build up a not yet hardened unfinished leaf. The unfinished leaf spring is arranged in a compression mold, and the unfinished leaf spring is hardened under the influence of a predetermined pressing force and temperature curve over time to give a finished leaf spring. In order to reduce production costs, according to the invention a plurality of unfinished leaf springs are arranged vertically one above the other in the compression mold and the unfinished leaf springs are simultaneously hardened in the compression mold to give leaf springs.
US10046482B2
A method of fabricating a turbine engine blade out of composite material including fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the method including using multilayer weaving to make a first fiber that has a first portion forming a blade root preform and extended by a second portion, the second portion forming a tenon preform; using multilayer weaving to make a second fiber preform, the second preform including a first portion made up of two skins defining between them an internal housing, the first portion forming an airfoil preform, and a second portion extending from an outside surface of the skins, the second portion forming a platform preform; assembling the first preform with the second preform in the non-consolidated state by engaging the second portion of the first preform in the internal housing; and co-densifying the first and second preforms as assembled together in this way to obtain a turbine engine blade.
US10046470B2
A pipe cutter for cutting a pipe includes a cutting head assembly having a first carriage and a second carriage spaced apart to define a cutting area. The first carriage supports a cutting mechanism, and the second carriage is configured to support a pipe within the cutting area. The carriages have a locked state and an unlocked state such that when the carriages are in the unlocked state, the carriages are movable relative to each other and biased into the cutting area. The pipe cutter also includes a drive assembly configured to rotate the cutting head assembly and a locking mechanism configured for changing the carriages from the unlocked state to the locked state and for holding the carriages in the locked state. The locking mechanism includes an actuation member rotatably coupled to the first carriage.
US10046469B2
A shaving apparatus provided with at least one cutting unit including external and internal cutting members drivable relative to each other. The internal cutting member includes at least one cutting element with a cutting edge movable along a cutting path while being driven in a driving direction. The external cutting member includes at least one hair-entry aperture bounded by at least first and second wall portions of the external cutting member, at least the first wall portion having a cutting edge for cooperation with the internal cutting member cutting edge. An edge portion of the second wall portion facing a plane along the cutting path, in a cross section taken substantially perpendicularly to the plane along the cutting path, touches a virtual circle in at least two contact points on the virtual circle.
US10046467B2
Provided is a pair of scissors, which can cut an object efficiently with lighter force, and makes it easy to cut a cardboard and the like since the pin joint does not hinder the cutting. The pair of scissors comprises: a first handle portion operated by a thumb; a second handle portion operated by other fingers; a first blade portion which connects to the first handle portion; and a second blade portion which connects to the second handle portion; first and second protruding portions which protrude the first blade portion and the second blade portion to the second handle portion side from a position where the first blade portion and the second blade portion intersect each other; and a pin joint that rotatably joins both of the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion to each other.
US10046457B2
A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method including receiving notifications from a plurality of agents, the notifications being associated with the plurality of agents sensing aspects of an environment; determining, based at least in part on the received notifications from the plurality of agents, a situational model of the environment from the notifications; determining a status of the environment based on the situational model; and reporting the status of the environment to at least one of the plurality of agents.
US10046453B1
Armrest heat shield and handheld device systems and methods are shown and described. In one embodiment, the armrest heat shield includes a guard and a clamp. In another embodiment, a handheld device includes an elongated shaft, a gas powered motor, a cutting assembly, and an armrest heat shield aligned sustainably parallel on the shaft above the motor.
US10046450B2
A knob assembly for a power tool comprising: a knob having a slot and knob recess, the slot and knob recess intersecting each other at an intersection within the knob; a latch slideably mounted within the slot; a peg located within the knob recess; wherein the peg and latch engage with each other via the intersection in order for the peg to retain the latch within the slot and for the latch to retain peg within the knob recess.
US10046443B2
A ratchet structure for a screwdriver, comprising a ratchet body and a toothed shaft having a segment of a toothed outer surface, wherein a ratchet speed multiplier mechanism which is fitted with the ratchet body and allows the toothed shaft to have a multiplied speed is also sleeved outside the toothed shaft. The ratchet structure has a reasonable structure and the screwdriver exhibits good braking effect, so that the toothed shaft can be rotated at a 5× speed. In this way, the speed for screwing a screw is greatly increased and it is more manpower-saving.
US10046440B1
A sanding and smoothing apparatus for pool cue shafts comprises an elongate resilient main body having generally concentrically disposed resilient radially-inner and radially-outer C-shaped members. The apparatus is sized for mating engagement with the tapered shaft of a pool cue received in close fitting conforming relation with the inner surface of the radially-inner C-shaped member. The inner surface of the radially-inner C-shaped member is provided with a suitable abrasive sanding material, which may comprise a sanding sheet or an abrasive coating.
US10046433B2
An improved handle arrangement is provided for a power tool, such as a sander. The sander may include: a housing; a primary handle extending in a rearward direction away from an upper rear portion of the housing; a secondary handle positioned at an upper front portion of the housing, where the secondary handle is formed as a knob protruding in a forward direction which is opposite the rearward direction; a platen coupled to a lower portion of the housing; and a motor assembly disposed within the housing. A groove may be formed into an exterior surface of the housing along an intermediate portion of the housing, such that the intermediate portion extends between the primary handle and the secondary handle and the groove extends from a top surface of the housing towards a lower portion portion of the housing along opposing side surfaces of the housing.
US10046430B2
The end face grinding method includes a structure rotating step of rotating a honeycomb structure based on a rotation axis in a direction orthogonal to the end face of the honeycomb structure, a grinding wheel reverse rotating step of using a grinding wheel disposed so that a grinding surface faces the end face and rotating the grinding wheel in a reverse rotating direction to a rotating direction of the honeycomb structure based on a rotation axis in the direction orthogonal to the end face; and a dry type grinding step of bringing the grinding wheel rotating in the reverse direction close to the rotating honeycomb structure to perform the dry type grinding of the end face.
US10046425B2
A method for assembling a module for a motor vehicle engine in which the components, such as e.g. cams, sensor wheels etc., which are to be attached to the support shaft, are positioned, prior to insertion of the support shaft, merely at those axial positions that do not correspond to the axial positions occupied by these components on the fully constructed camshaft.
US10046420B2
Disclosed is a semi-amorphous, ductile brazing foil with a composition consisting essentially of NibalFeaCrbPcSidBeMof with approximately 30 atomic percent ≤a≤approximately 70 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ≤b≤approximately 20 atomic percent; approximately 9 atomic percent ≤c≤approximately 16 atomic percent; approximately 0 atomic percent ≤d≤approximately 4 atomic percent; e≤approximately 2 atomic percent; f≤approximately 5 atomic percent; and the balance being Ni and other impurities; where c+d+e
US10046411B2
A welding system includes power conversion circuitry configured to convert input power to weld power and a first housing surface. The first housing surface includes a first mating geometry configured to mate with a first complementary geometry of a first modular surface of a first modular component of the welding system.
US10046409B2
A method of making an electrical connection includes soldering using channels in a receptacle to direct hot air (or another hot gas) to effect soldering where the electrical connection is to be made. The connection may be made between device electrical contacts of an electrical device, and other contacts, such as receptacle contacts of the receptacle. The connection may be a blind connection, one in which the connected ends of the contacts are hidden or unable to be directly physically accessed, when the connection is made. The electrical connection may be made between device contacts of an electrical device that is inserted into the receptacle, and receptacle electrical contacts that are part of the receptacle. The channels for directing the hot gas to where the soldering occurs may be parts of the receptacle, for example being produced during additive manufacture of the receptacle.
US10046402B2
A rotary cutting tool (10) comprises a shank (12) formed of a first material of a first hardness. The shank (12) has a first end (12a), and a plurality of elements (14) are provided at the first end (12a) of the shank (12). The elements (14) are formed of a second material of a second hardness greater than that of the first hardness. The elements (14) provide a platform to be able to create a plurality of cutting edges or teeth (18, 20a). A method of forming such a rotary cutting tool is also provided.
US10046401B2
A guide for a hole saw for making a new larger hole in a work piece with an existing hole, the guide comprising a base sized to span the existing hole, the base comprising a central aperture, a plurality of discrete first contact surfaces for abutting an interior cylindrical wall of the existing hole, and a plurality of discrete second contact surfaces for abutting an exterior surface of the work piece surrounding the existing hole; the plurality of discrete second contact surfaces being substantially co-planar and being substantially perpendicular to the plurality of discrete first contact surfaces; a shaft having a first end sized to be received in an arbor of the hole saw and a second end to be slidably and rotatably received through the central aperture of the base; and the base biased to be located at or near the second end of the shaft.
US10046399B2
A hydraulic fluid actuated lathe tool mounting expander assembly incorporating a block having a base, an inner end, an outer end, a compression end, and a compression face; a first cylindrical void extending into the block, the first cylindrical void having a floor and opening at the block's compression face; a second cylindrical void extending into the block, the second cylindrical void having a floor and opening at the block's outer end; first and second pistons respectively slidably mounted within the first and second cylindrical voids; a conduit extending between the first and second cylindrical voids, the conduit being adapted for conveying the hydraulic fluid from the second cylindrical void to the first cylindrical void; and a jack screw actuator connected operatively to the block for driving the second piston against the hydraulic fluid for upwardly driving the first piston.
US10046377B2
A method and an end effector for installing an element over a member associated with an object. An end effector may be attached to the object. The element may be loaded onto an element installer by an element loader of the end effector. The element may be installed onto the member associated with the object by the element installer.
US10046375B2
In some aspects of the invention, tool components for processing of plate-like workpieces, the tool component include an end face adjoined by a tool region provided for regrinding, the tool region being configured to undergo regrinding as a result of wear; and at least one identification mark located on the tool component to indicate the amount of shortening of the tool region as a result of regrinding.
US10046373B2
There is provided a titanium cast product for hot rolling composed of commercially pure titanium, the titanium cast product including: a microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure on an outermost layer of a surface layer to be rolled; and an inside microstructural refinement layer having acicular microstructure provided in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer. Cast solidification microstructure is present more inward than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer has finer microstructure than the inside microstructural refinement layer. The microstructural refinement layer is present in a range of a depth of 1 mm or more and less than 6 mm from the surface. The inside microstructural refinement layer is present in an inside of the microstructural refinement layer in a range of a depth of 3 mm or more and 20 mm or less from the surface.
US10046368B2
A device and a method for processing parent parts and for sorting waste parts thereby separated. For this purpose, an optical detection unit is provided, which is configured to detect at least one geometric feature G of each waste part and to generate a control signal S corresponding to the at least one detected geometric feature G. The control signal S is transmitted to a sorting unit. The fed waste part is sorted depending on the received control signal S. It is thus possible to assign the separated waste parts to a specific parent part. This in turn enables an assignment and determination of the material of which the waste part consists, which specifically corresponds to the material of which the parent part consists. This enables the waste parts to be separated into different categories.
US10046367B2
Systems, methods and computer readable media for material separation and conveying using tuned waves are disclosed.
US10046360B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum electrode using a solution process and an aluminum electrode manufactured thereby. The manufacturing method includes the steps of: manufacturing an aluminum precursor solution for the solution processing using AlH3 as a basic material before forming aluminum; coating the aluminum precursor solution on a substrate through the solution process and drying the aluminum precursor solution; and forming a low work function aluminum electrode through a low-temperature baking process at the temperature of at most 150° C. The method for manufacturing the aluminum electrode according to the present invention improves a thermal defect of the electrode due to a high-temperature baking process, prevents excessive loss of raw materials, and can manufacture aluminum electrodes of various sizes with area ranging from small to large at relatively low costs and by a simple process under atmospheric pressure.
US10046351B2
A pump system for pumping a fluid includes a motor housing, a motor, a rod, a positive displacement pump, a position sensor, and a controller. The motor is located within the motor housing. The rod is connected to and driven by the motor and the positive displacement pump for moving a fluid is driven by the rod. The position sensor produces a rod position signal that is a function of a position of the rod, and the controller produces a drive signal for driving the motor as a function of the rod position signal.
US10046349B2
A pump dispenser includes a housing, a piston structure, a spring, a trigger and a valve. The housing has a front cylinder part and a rear inverted-L-shaped grip part that are integrally formed, a nozzle base that is attached to the housing and that has a front nozzle part mounted thereon. The piston structure is configured of a hollow-shaped piston and a hollow-shaped piston shaft and that slides inside the cylinder part. The spring presses the piston structure upward. The trigger is positioned above the housing, has a front tip rotatably mounted on the housing, and has a mid part where a tip of the hollow-shaped piston shaft abuts. The valve rod is disposed at a center part of the cylinder part.
US10046346B2
A dispenser includes a housing, a cartridge, and a pump assembly. The housing has a first liquid disposed therein, and the cartridge has a second liquid disposed therein. The pump assembly includes a tube. The first liquid is drawn from the housing into the tube through a first inlet in the tube when the pump assembly is actuated, and the second liquid is drawn from the cartridge into the tube through a second inlet in the tube when the pump assembly is actuated. The first and second liquids are combined within the tube to form a mixture.
US10046341B2
A shower system includes a top sprayer with at least two water types and a hand shower. The top sprayer is disposed with an inlet waterway to connect to the water source and first diversion waterways corresponding to the water types one by one; wherein the top sprayer is further disposed with a second diversion waterway, the hand shower is connected to the second diversion waterway by an external flexible pipe; the top sprayer is disposed with a switch mechanism, the switch mechanism is cooperated to the inlet waterway, the first diversion waterways and the second diversion waterway to switch the waterways, thus switching any diversion waterway to connect to the inlet waterway.
US10046335B2
A centrifuge including a lid section of a sample container, the lid section having a rotating shaft for swinging, and a swing-type rotor, and the centrifuge conducts centrifugation operation in a state where the sample container is seated in a bucket housing section by making the sample container in which the rotating shaft is mounted to a rotating shaft engagement groove of the rotor swing due to the rotation of the rotor. The rotating shaft comprises a plurality of members connected by a connection section and is configured so as to be bendable at the connection section by a centrifugal load accompanying the rotation of the rotor.
US10046332B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing high quality recycled aggregate by using concrete debris as raw material including: crushing a raw material including concrete debris; classifying the crushed raw material into small diameter components and large diameter components; supplying the components to a mill with a volume ratio of the large diameter components relative to the small diameter components equal or greater and rubbing the components with each other at the mill, the mill not including a milling medium; reprocessing the components in the mill at least once or more; and collecting the reprocessed components as recycled aggregate.
US10046325B2
A method and device for warming biological samples utilizes a heater and an outer chamber fabricated from a thermal regulating material. The outer chamber includes an outer surface and an inner surface with the heater being in operative contact with at least a portion of the outer surface of the outer chamber. A biological sample receiving region defined by the inner surface of the outer chamber is included, the biological receiving region being configured to operatively accept a biological sample and, alternatively including a liquid that has a freezing point near to or below that of the biological sample, and, wherein one or more of the inner surface and the liquid is in close and intimate contact with the biological sample. The thermal regulating material may obtain and maintain a substantially constant predetermined temperature when heat is imparted to the outer chamber by the heater.
US10046320B2
A kit comprises a container having an open end; a pipette for transferring the material to and from the container with an open tip for drawing and the biological material; a cap configured to seal the open end of the container and to allow the pipette tip to enter the container through the cap. The cap and the pipette have cooperating stop portions for preventing the pipette from advancing into the container upon engagement of the stop portions. The pipette, the cap and the container are mutually configured such that upon engagement of the cooperating stop portions, the tip stops above a first predetermined level but below a second predetermined level in the container; the first predetermined level being a level for a first substance; the second predetermined level being a level for solution second substance, and the first level being lower than the second level.
US10046315B2
A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a unique transition metal tungstate material. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline transition metal molybdotungstate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
US10046314B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition. The catalyst includes a nitrogen-containing compound of a main group element and a related support and an additive. The present invention is a novel catalytic material, which exhibits good catalytic activity in ammonia synthesis and ammonia decomposition reactions.
US10046311B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a silver-based epoxidation catalyst. In certain embodiments, a method is provided for modulating the reactivity of the silver-based epoxidation catalyst, comprising the catalyst being post-treated with at least two different salt solutions. In some embodiments, the treatment results in the deposition of one or more metals onto the surface of the catalyst. In further embodiments, method is also provided of using the silver catalyst to generate an epoxide from an olefin.
US10046309B2
A catalyst support comprising samarium, zirconium and aluminum is disclosed. The catalyst support may have a general formula of Sm2xZrxAl2xO4, in which x is a molar ratio that may be between 0.3 and 0.6.
US10046301B2
An appliance for producing a personal care product. The appliance includes a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of a personal care product. The appliance also includes a cartridge, wherein the cartridge holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product. The appliance further includes an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber.
US10046295B2
A method for scale-up of a micro reactor process from lab to production scale comprises using a wall material for a lab reactor having thermal conductivity ≤3 W/m·K, and using a wall material for a production reactor having thermal conductivity ≥5 W/m·K. Desirably, flow velocity is kept constant, and the height of the production-scale process channel is determined by: H G = 2 × ( A + B λ W + 1 C × ( D h ) ( b - 1 ) ) - 1 h = H G 0 wherein A B and C are constants; HG is the overall volumetric heat transfer coefficient, Dh is the hydraulic diameter, λW is the thermal conductivity of the wall, b is the empirically determined power to which the Reynolds number is raised in the equation for the Nusselt criteria (Nu=a·RebPrc) for the type of flow used, and h is the height of the channel, all in the production-scale process; and HG0 is the overall volumetric heat transfer coefficient in the lab-scale process.
US10046290B2
The present disclosure relates to a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube heat exchanger, and to a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube reactor and a shell-and-multi-triple concentric-tube heat exchanger which provide a new type of reactor and heat exchanger, thereby maximizing catalyst performance and improving performance of the reactor by optimizing heat exchange efficiency and a heat flow, uniformly distributing a reactant, and increasing a flow rate of the reactant, and accordingly making the reactor and the heat exchanger compact.
US10046273B1
Systems and methods for the use of highly reactive hydrated lime (HRH) in circulating dry scrubbers (CDS) to remove sulfur dioxide (SO2) from the flue gas.
US10046272B2
Processes and systems for producing potassium sulfate as a byproduct of a desulfurization process. Sulfur dioxide is absorbed from a flue gas using an ammonia-containing solution to produce an ammonium sulfate solution that contains dissolved ammonium sulfate. At least a first portion of the ammonium sulfate solution is heated before dissolving potassium chloride therein to form a slurry that contains potassium sulfate crystals and an ammonium chloride solution. The slurry is then cooled to precipitate additional potassium sulfate crystals, after which the potassium sulfate crystals are removed to yield a residual ammonium chloride solution that contains dissolved ammonium chloride and residual dissolved potassium sulfate. Ammonia is then absorbed into the residual ammonium chloride solution to further precipitate potassium sulfate crystals, which are removed to yield a residual ammonium chloride solution that is substantially free of dissolved potassium sulfate.
US10046265B2
The present invention refers to an oxygen separation system (10), comprising a support (12) for accommodating a plurality of autonomous oxygen separation units (14), wherein the support (12) comprises a plurality of fastening positions having fastening means for receiving an oxygen separation unit (14); and a plurality of autonomous oxygen separation units (14) being attached to said support (12), each oxygen separation unit (14) comprising at least one oxygen separation device (28) with an oxygen separation sorbent (30) being capable of separating oxygen from an oxygen comprising gas by sorbing at least one component of the oxygen comprising gas apart from oxygen, and a gas conveying device (44) for guiding a flow of oxygen comprising gas through the oxygen separation device (28). Such an oxygen separation system (10) may have significant improvements against the systems of the prior art, particularly referring to space, weight, energy consumption, variability, flexibility and maintenance behavior. The invention further relates to a method of generating a flow of oxygen enriched gas.
US10046240B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving a message in response to detection of a token by a presence reader; transmitting a request to access an account associated with an external network in response to receiving the message; establishing access to the account in response to authentication of the request by a server in the external network; and debiting value from a funding source associated with the account after establishing access to the account.
US10046238B2
Methods and systems for providing gaming services are provided. One system includes a operating system for executing a first game logic that is configured to define a game environment in response to game commands for a first user as well as for executing a second instance of game logic for the game environment for the game. The system also includes virtual drivers associated with the operating system, a non-virtual driver associated with a hardware graphics processing unit (GPU), and a shared memory. The GPU is configured to render a first video stream for the first game logic and a second video stream for the second game logic. One or more dynamic encoding pipelines (DEPs) are used for encoding video frames of the second video stream for transmission to a client device of the second user. The gaming system also includes an I/O device for communicating the first video stream to a display of the first user and for communicating the second video stream to the client device.
US10046219B2
This invention relates in general to target games and methods for animating a target game and playing an animated target game. In the present invention, a game with an animated component comprises a target structure having a first target surface and a second target surface. In some embodiments, the first target surface is separated from the second target surface by a joint. An animation mechanism is provided for moveably connecting the first target surface to the second target surface at the joint.
US10046209B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a multi-layered solid core and multi-layered cover are provided.
US10046205B1
Golf ball comprising: a subassembly; a moisture barrier film layer having a continuous and substantially uniform thermoformed thickness of less than 0.020 inches and consisting of first and second heat-induced pre-form film half shells having first and second inner surfaces that are sized, shaped and contoured to receive and conformally and adhesively mate onto and about the subassembly such that the moisture barrier film layer has a normalized Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (“‘nMVTR”) of less than 4.0 g/(m2·day); and at least one outer layer disposed about an outer surface of the moisture barrier film layer that has an nMVTR greater than the nMVTR of the moisture barrier film layer. Alternatively, the thermoformed thickness is from about 0.003 inches to less than 0.020 inches; or 0.0035 inches to 0.010 inches; or from about 0.01 inches to less than 0.020 inches; or from greater than about 0.0035 inches to 0.005 inches.
US10046204B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball showing an increased spin rate on approach shots under a wet condition while maintaining a spin rate on approach shots under a dry condition. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the paint film has a multi-layered construction composed of two or more layers, and a difference (Mout−Min) between a 10% elastic modulus (Mout) of an outermost layer of the paint film and a 10% elastic modulus (Min) of an innermost layer of the paint film is 25 kgf/cm2 or more.
US10046202B2
A motorized exercise apparatus for use with a power source comprising an exercise apparatus having a power supply configured to be connected to the power source. An electronically commutated motor is configured to drive the exercise apparatus. A controller is configured to connect a power supply to the motor to selectively energize the motor to drive the exercise apparatus and including an emergency stop feature. The controller selectively actuates the motor and disables activation of the motor when the emergency stop feature is actuated. An additional motor driven by the apparatus is configured to cause a dynamic braking action to slow the apparatus when the power source is disabled or when the emergency feature is actuated.
US10046197B2
An exercise device featuring a pair of knee joints, each pivotally and respectively coupled to a pair of calf linkages, each of the pair of calf linkages having a foot pedal at an opposite lower end that supports low impact user-defined natural exercise gait patterns. The knee joints are supported and directed to travel by linkage and/or carriage systems that operate substantially below a user hip area, and direct the knee joints in a variety of travel paths, ranging from a constant arc, to a linear pathway, to a variety of irregular arc shaped paths, to pathways that may change during use. A secondary system coupled to the linkage and/or carriage systems provides lift and dampening forces to influence a responsiveness of the foot pedals via bending and straightening of the calf linkages about the respective knee joint, yet does not restrict back and forth travel of the respective knee joint.
US10046190B2
A horizontal sidewall fire protection sprinkler includes a sprinkler body, a sealing assembly, a sleeve body, a yoke, a load screw, levers, a soldered link, a slide plate, a deflector support member, a deflector, and a spring. When ambient temperature in an occupancy reaches a predetermined temperature, the soldered link fails, the levers release, and the yoke and the load screw are forced away from the sprinkler body. The spring forces the slide plate and the deflector support member away from an inner wall of the sprinkler body toward an opening at an outer end of the sleeve body, and the deflector support member and the deflector protrude from the outer end of the sleeve body. The sealing assembly is released from a sealed state, and the fire protection sprinkler outputs fluid from a fluid supply to the occupancy.
US10046179B2
The invention provides for a medical instrument (200) comprising a magnetic resonance imaging system (202) and a high intensity focused ultrasound system (202) with an adjustable focus (238). Execution of instructions causes a processor to control (100) medical instrument to sonicate the multiple sonication points while repeatedly acquire the thermal magnetic resonance imaging data. Multiple thermal maps are reconstructed using the thermal magnetic resonance imaging data and a heating center of mass is calculated for each. By comparing each of the heating center of masses to the sonication points a spatially dependent targeting correction (266) is determined. The spatially dependent targeting correction is then used to offset the adjustable focus.
US10046178B2
A method and apparatus to automatically control the timing of an image acquisition by an imaging system in developing a correlation model of movement of a target within a patient.
US10046177B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may receive a plurality of training data and determine one or more predictive models based on the training data. The one or more predictive models may be determined based on at least one of a conditional probability density associated with a selected output characteristic given one or more selected input variables or a joint probability density. Embodiments of the present disclosure may also receive patient specific testing data. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure may predict a probability density associated with a characteristic output based on the one or more predictive models and the patient specific testing data. Moreover, embodiments of the present disclosure may generate a new treatment plan based on the prediction and may use the new treatment plan to validate a previous treatment plan.
US10046176B2
A system for radiotherapy includes an accelerator of an electron beam, an imaging apparatus, a control unit and a radiation dose sensor connected to the control unit equipped with a program configured to execute the steps: setting a first intensity of the electron beam, according to a predefined image of a target zone, the intensity to be emitted in a first radiation; operating said accelerator to emit the first radiation being a fraction of the first intensity; detecting a real intensity during the first radiation by the radiation dose sensor; acquiring an image of the zone; calculating an intermediate intensity according to the image acquired in the step and according to the real intensity; and comparing the first intensity with the intermediate intensity to calculate a final beam intensity for a subsequent second radiation.
US10046154B2
Some embodiments relate to a luer connector comprising a housing having a hollow bore therethrough, a first end, and a second end, a male luer tip supported by the housing configured to rotate with respect to the housing, the luer tip having a first open end and a passageway through the luer tip in fluid communication with the first open end, and a substantially rigid internal member extending into the passageway of the luer tip toward the first open end of the luer tip. In some embodiments, at least one of the luer tip and the internal member can be axially moveable between a first closed position and a second open position relative to the other of the luer tip and the internal member. Further, the luer tip and the internal member can cooperate such that rotation of the luer tip in a first direction relative to the housing increases an axial displacement between the first open end of the luer tip and an end portion of the internal member.
US10046153B2
A connector includes in a main body, first to third ports each having a flow channel allowing inflow or outflow of an infusion solution, an internal flow channel configured to communicate between flow channels of the first port and the second port, and a through hole connected to an internal flow channel. In the internal flow channel, an upstream side wall surface is provided which guides infusion solution flowing into the internal flow channel from the first port to the through hole, and reduces the cross-sectional area of the flow channel for the infusion solution near the through hole relative to the cross-sectional area of the flow channel of the first port in order to increase a flow rate of the infusion solution.
US10046152B2
An operation tool for a fluid injector includes a selective movement mechanism which moves the fluid injector between a first protruding position and a second protruding position in a housing of an outer cylinder. When the fluid injector is at the first protruding position, microneedles of a multi-microneedle device are protruded out to a first distance from the first open end. When the fluid injector is at the second protruding position to discharge a fluid via the microneedles, the microneedles are protruded out to a second distance from the first open end, which is shorter than the first distance. The selective movement mechanism includes a rotational-linear movement conversion mechanism which moves the fluid injector between the first and second protruding positions along a longitudinal center line of the outer cylinder based on a direction and an amount of rotation of the outer cylinder relative to the fluid injector.
US10046128B2
An apparatus for treating sleep disordered breathing may include: a flow generator to deliver a supply of air at positive pressure to a patient; a user interface, the user interface comprising: a display configured to display a plurality of screens; and a set of controls; and a controller in communication with the user interface and configured to control operation of the flow generator, wherein the flow generator is configured to couple with at least one accessory device and during a first mode of operation of the flow generator the controller determines a first screen of the plurality of screens to display on the display based on the at least one accessory device, the first screen of the plurality of screens being configured to enable adjustment of one or more parameters related to the operation of the at least one accessory device or the flow generator using the set of controls.
US10046122B2
An insufflation system configured to supply a predetermined gas into a body cavity of a subject includes: an automatic air supply conduit line configured to automatically supply a gas into the body cavity to maintain a predetermined pressure in the body cavity; a manual air supply conduit line configured to supply a gas into the body cavity by a manual operation; a function selection button provided in an endoscope; and a control unit configured to cause, in accordance with an operation of the function selection button, an air supply conduit line selected by an operation of the function selection button to be in a communication state, and cause a non-selected air supply conduit line to be in a disconnection state.
US10046119B2
System and methods are described herein for generating an injection guide, which include receiving one or more digital images of a body region of an individual, the body region including one or more physical registration landmarks, generating at least one digital representation of the body region using the one or more digital images, the at least one digital representation including one or more digital registration landmarks corresponding to the one or more physical registration landmarks on the body region, adding one or more digitally registered injection sites to the at least one digital representation of the body region in an injection-treatment pattern, the one or more digitally registered injection sites registered relative to the one or more digital registration landmarks, and generating one or more output signals having information for controlling one or more controllable light-emitting elements to illuminate a location on a surface of the body region of the individual corresponding in location to at least one of the one or more digitally registered injection sites.
US10046115B2
An automatic injector includes a housing having a guide, a drive control mechanism, a transmission assembly, a motor, and an energy source. The housing may further include a cartridge cover. A drive control mechanism includes a drive screw, a cartridge carrier, a plunger carrier, and one or more control transfer instruments, such as a puck or cylinder. The drive screw interfaces and connects with the plunger carrier. The automatic injector is configured to accept a variety of syringes as cartridges for drug delivery. The cartridges may be ejected from the injector and safely disposed after use, making the injector a reusable automatic injector. The reusable automatic injector may further include one or more sensors, such as a cartridge sensor and a patient sensor. The novel incorporation of the drive control mechanisms into the automatic injectors of the present invention enables a single motor and transmission assembly to drive the function of multiple components, which may include the steps of: preparation and alignment of a cartridge for injection, removal of a safety cap or needle shield, needle injection, drug dose delivery, and syringe and/or needle retraction. Methods of manufacture and methods of use are also disclosed.
US10046112B2
An infusion system for being operatively connected to a fluid delivery line and to an infusion container includes a pump, a plurality of different types of sensors connected to the pump or the fluid delivery line, at least one processor, and a memory. The plurality of different types of sensors are configured to indicate whether air is in the fluid delivery line. The memory includes programming code for execution by the at least one processor. The programming code is configured to, based on measurements taken by the plurality of different types of sensors, determine: whether there is air in the fluid delivery line; whether there is a partial occlusion or a total occlusion in the fluid delivery line; or a percentage of the air present in the fluid delivery line or the probability of the air being in the fluid delivery line.
US10046109B2
A drug delivery device (50) is provided comprising a drug reservoir (10) and a piston (11). The drug reservoir (10) is provided for comprising a drug and comprises a flexible wall (22) and a dispensing hole (15) for dispensing the drug into an environment of the drug de delivery device (50). The piston (11) is provide for pressing against the flexible wall (22) to compress the drug reservoir (10) for pushing an amount of the drug through the dispensing hole (15). An adhesion interface (51) between a surface of the piston (11) and the flexible wall (22) prevents sliding between the surface of the piston (11) and the flexible wall (22).
US10046104B2
A peristaltic pump includes a mounting concave section 8a on which a peristaltically-actuated tube connected to an arterial blood circuit is mountable; a roller which compresses the peristaltically-actuated tube mounted on the mounting concave section in a radial direction and causes the peristaltically-actuated tube to be peristaltically actuated in a longitudinal direction such that a liquid therein is flowable in the arterial blood circuit; a load sensor that is able to detect displacement of the peristaltically-actuated tube 1a mounted on the mounting concave section in the radial direction; and blockage detecting means that is able to detect a blockage of the arterial blood circuit based on the displacement detected by the load sensor.
US10046102B2
A tubular medical fluid flow set comprises a pressure sensing chamber connected in flow-through relation to fluid flow tubing of the set. The pressure sensing chamber defines a movable, flexible, impermeable diaphragm dividing the chamber into two separate compartments. The fluid flow tubing communicates with one of the compartments and is isolated from the other of the compartments. A port is carried on the chamber, the port having a seal therein, and communicating with the other of the compartments. Thus, the other of the compartments is hermetically sealed until the port is opened for connection with a pressure measuring device, to keep the flexible diaphragm in a desired, initial position prior to opening of the seal.
US10046099B2
A system and method for determining a concentration of total chlorine in dialysis water are provided. The system comprises a main unit housing an iodide/water sample chamber and a reducing agent chamber. An electrode pair bridges the two chambers and generates tri-iodide proportional to the amount of total chlorine in the dialysis water. The electrode pair detects the amount of tri-iodide generated in proportion to the amount of active chloride in the dialysis water. The system is suitable for use in connection with, or for incorporation into, a water purification system for generating dialysis fluid, and may include a display that alerts the user to stop or prevent a hemodialysis treatment if the total chlorine level exceeds a predetermined level.
US10046094B1
The invention pertains to methods of treating alloys, particularly, biodegradable alloys containing Mg, Zn or Fe. The alloys can be treated with at least one of the following procedures: mechanical polishing, anodization, and polymer coating. Advantageously, methods provided herein enhance the anti-thrombogenicity of the alloy surface. Such materials can be used for preparing biomedical devices, such as endovascular implants, vascular implants, drug-eluting stents, orthopedic prostheses, or implantable chips. Methods of treating a subject by implanting the biomedical devices into the subject are also provided.
US10046073B2
Provided herein are portable ultraviolet (UV) devices, systems, and methods of use and manufacturing same. Methods of use include methods for UV disinfection and sterilization, more specifically, methods for UV disinfection and sterilization of a container, a room, a space or a defined environment. The portable UV devices, systems and methods are particularly useful for the UV disinfection and sterilization of a container, a room, a space or defined environment used in the food, beverage and dairy industry and in the process of fermentation for an alcoholic beverage. Provided are also portable UV devices, systems, and methods for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present in a container, a room, a space or a defined environment, preferably for inhibiting the growth of one or more species of microorganisms present on an interior surface of a container, a room, a space or a defined environment.
US10046066B2
Provided herein is chitosan-derivative nanoparticle comprising chitosan functionalized with a cationic amino acid and a hydrophilic polyol; and methods of making and using same, e.g., for gene delivery in vivo.
US10046062B2
A retractor assembly comprising a spool configured to wind and unwind the webbing, a lock base, and an energy absorbing member having a first end operatively connected to the locking base and a second end operatively connected to the spool. The energy absorbing member provides a progressive level of load resistance upon relative rotation between the spool and the locking base.
US10046060B2
The invention provides methods of delivering pharmacologic agents linked to an internalization peptide, in which an inflammatory response inducible by the internalization peptide is inhibited by co-administration of an anti-inflammatory or by linking the internalization peptide to biotin or similar molecule. Such methods are premised in part on the results described in the examples whereby administration of a pharmacological agent linked to tat at high dosages is closely followed by an inflammatory response, which includes mast cell degranulation, histamine release and the typical sequelae of histamine release, such as redness, heat, swelling, and hypotension.
US10046056B2
Several embodiments of the present disclosure relate to glycotargeting therapeutics that are useful in the treatment of transplant rejection, autoimmune disease, food allergy, and immune response against a therapeutic agent. In several embodiments, the compositions are configured to target the liver and deliver antigens to which tolerance is desired. Methods and uses of the compositions for induction of immune tolerance are also disclosed herein.
US10046053B2
The invention relates to compositions comprising (i) biocompatible hydrogel and (ii) one or more therapeutic agents contained within said hydrogel; wherein the hydrogel is cross-linked utilizing a cross-linker comprising a peptide sequence that is capable of being degraded by an enzyme; the therapeutic agent being effective as a treatment of a condition related to the presence of the enzyme.
US10046046B2
The invention relates to amino sphingoglycolipid analogues and peptide derivatives thereof, compositions comprising these compounds and methods of treating or preventing diseases or conditions using such compounds, especially diseases or conditions relating to cancer, infection, atopic disorders, autoimmune disease or diabetes.
US10046042B2
The present invention provides a meningococcal conjugate vaccine for groups A, C, Y and W135, which is a tetravalent conjugate vaccine comprising polysaccharide-protein conjugates obtained by respectively conjugating a capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitides groups A, C, Y and W135 to a outer membrane vesicle protein selected from a group consisting of Neisseria meningitides group B serotypes 4 and 15 outer membrane vesicle proteins. The meningococcal conjugate vaccine provided by the present invention may effectively avoid the risk of affecting the immune response to vaccines resulting from immune tolerance and competition between antigenic sites existing in multivalent conjugate vaccines prepared from a single carrier protein; the meningococcal conjugate vaccine provided by the present invention may avoid the safety risk of allergic reactions, toxicity reversion and the like which exist in conjugate vaccines prepared by using TT and DT as carrier proteins; and the meningococcal conjugate vaccine provided by the present invention may enhance immunity to Neisseria meningitides group A and provide a bactericidal antibody having relatively extensive protective effect against Neisseria meningitides group B. Meanwhile, the present invention provides a complete production process of a meningococcal conjugate vaccine for groups A, C, Y and W135, which is applicable to large-scale production. Studies have demonstrated that the present vaccine has good immunogenicity, reliable safety and stable immunity persistence.
US10046035B2
This invention provides, in part, various compositions and methods for protecting the gastrointestinal microbiome from antibiotic disruption.
US10046029B2
The present invention relates to a combination of at least two different substances, one of which activates the STAT1-signalling cascade and the other of which activates the TNFR1/CD95-signalling cascade in order to induce permanent growth arrest—i.e. senescence—in pre-malignant or malignant tumors or tumor cells. This induction of permanent growth arrest does not depend on cytotoxicity and does not primarily attempt to kill tumor cells, although this may occur. The induction serves to treat and/or prevent tumors by permanent growth arrest. The combination is used for therapeutic or preventative senescence induction in tumors, in which the STAT1- and TNFR1/CD95-signalling cascade can be activated and in which p16lnk4a is present. The invention transfers tumor cells and, contrary to many other therapies, the tumor stem cells, into permanent growth arrest.
US10046019B2
The present invention relates to inventive novel industrialized method for preparing purified extract containing more abundant active ingredients such as catalpol derivatives from the extract of Pseudolysimachion rotundum var subintegrum than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art and the therapeutics or functional health food comprising the purified extract for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic or asthmatic disease. The purified extract showed more potent anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy and anti-asthma activity than that prepared by the conventional preparation method disclosed in the prior art through various in vivo tests such as inhibition test on the reproduction of eosinophil, the release of immunoglobulin and inflammatory chemokines in plasma and bronchoalveolar fluid as well as the suppression of airway hyperresponsiveness and goblet cell hyperplasia in a OVA-sensitized/challenged mouse model.
US10046015B2
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US10046011B2
The present invention provides methods or kits with inflammatory cytokines to pretreat 1-ISCs to augment their immune modulatory effect, in prevention and treatment of various diseases such as multiple sclerosis, arthritis, lupus, sepsis, hepatitis, cirrhosis, Parkinson's disease, chronic infections, and GvHD. The present invention relates to novel methods for enhancing the immunosuppressive or the immune stimulatory activities of mesenchymal stem cells (JvfSCs).
US10046009B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a PLP-dependent enzyme and optionally its cofactor, pyridoxal phosphate (PLP), and/or a phosphate or non-phosphate precursor of PLP, its use as a drug, its production method and a therapeutic treatment method related to it. The pharmaceutical composition comprises erythrocytes and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, the erythrocytes encapsulating the PLP-dependent enzyme. The PLP-dependent enzyme may be methioninase, tyrosine phenol-lyase, tyrosine aminotransferase or cystathionine beta-synthase.
US10046004B2
The present disclosure relates to treatment of a pulmonary disease. The methods and kits provided herein facilitate relieving the symptoms resulting from the pulmonary disease (e.g., asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), etc.).
US10045998B2
Combinations of (3β)-17-(pyridin-3-yl)androsta-5,16-dien-3-yl acetate (Abiraterone acetate) with acidic substances such as citric acid, ascorbic acid, methyl-4-hydroxy benzoate, saccharin, vanillic acid, adipic acid, maleic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid are useful as pharmaceutical preparations and show improved properties such as aqueous solubility and dissolution kinetics, especially in the form of cocrystals or their combination with a suitable acid.
US10045994B2
The present invention relates to the use of compounds of a cannabinoid nature for inhibiting viability with increasing doses of myeloma cell lines. Furthermore, said compounds have been shown not to affect CD34+ cells (normal hematopoietic progenitors) in terms of viability and proliferation. For this reason, the invention paves the way for the use of compounds of a cannabinoid nature as a promising therapy against multiple myeloma and related diseases.
US10045989B2
The disclosure relates to quinazoline derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to inhibitors of NADPH-oxidases (Nox enzymes) and/or myeloperoxidase.
US10045988B2
The present invention is directed to spirocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), particularly isoform 1 (TPH1), that are useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with peripheral serotonin including, for example, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, pulmonary, inflammatory, metabolic, and low bone mass diseases, as well as serotonin syndrome, and cancer.
US10045985B2
The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as BTK inhibitors.
US10045973B2
The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising an acid labile proton pump inhibitor and a buffering agent and to use of such compositions in treating nocturnal acid breakthrough.
US10045967B2
The present invention relates to novel liquid compositions and formulations containing a thioureylene compound, a polysaccharide and a liquid vehicle. The compositions and formulations of the invention are useful for dealing with diseases and conditions associated with abnormally high thyroid hormone levels in mammals, such as humans and cats.
US10045951B2
The invention relates compositions and methods for treating pathological lung conditions using whole-grain flaxseed or flaxseed lignans. Specifically, the invention relates to the dietary use of flaxseed lignans.
US10045949B2
The present invention relates to the administration of compositions comprising polyethylene glycol, for improving the general gastrointestinal health of an animal increasing growth performance and treating osteopenia, osteoporosis and other bone disorders.
US10045945B2
Delivery systems and their methods of formation are generally provided. The delivery system can protect a delivery molecule (e.g., DNA/RNA) and deliver it into a cell via serum. In one embodiment, the method can include binding a delivery molecule with polyethylenimine such that an end of the delivery molecule is exposed; capping the end of the delivery molecule with a first biocompatible polymer to form a core; and encapsulating the core with a second biocompatible polymer. The resulting delivery system can include a delivery molecule bonded with polyethylenimine such that an end of the delivery molecule is exposed; a first biocompatible polymer electrostatically bonded to the end of the delivery molecule to form a core; and a second biocompatible polymer encapsulating the core.
US10045942B2
Provided are porous metal oxide particles, in which 50% mean particle size by volume is equal to or larger than 50 nm and equal to or smaller than 300 nm, ratio of 90% mean particle size by volume to 50% mean particle size by volume (D90/D50) is equal to or lower than 2.0, the particles have mesopores having a pore size determined by BJH method of equal to or larger than 5 nm and equal to or smaller than 30 nm, and the structure of the pores is a three-dimensional cubic phase structure.
US10045940B2
This invention relates to compositions (e.g., otic compositions) comprising an antibiotic (generally a quinolone or naphthyridinone), corticosteroid, and organic acid (generally a fatty acid). This invention also relates to treatment methods using such a composition, uses of such a composition to make medicaments, and therapeutic kits comprising such a composition.
US10045938B2
The present invention recognizes that medical devices, such as but not limited to contact lenses, can be made having a coating made at least in part using printing technologies to provide drug storage and drug release structures. The coating preferably includes at least one drug reservoir layer and a least one barrier layer, and can include structures, such as but not limited to capillary structures, which alone or in combination modulate the release of the drug from the coating. One aspect of the present invention is a medical device that incorporates a drug in at least one coating. A second aspect of the present invention is a method of making a medical device that incorporates a drug in at least one coating. A third aspect of the present invention is a method of using a medical device of the present invention to treat or prevent a disease, disorder or condition.
US10045937B2
A therapeutic agent delivery system includes a therapeutic agent delivery platform and a therapeutic guest agent. The therapeutic agent delivery platform is capable of being implanted in a tissue being treated. The platform includes a substrate and at least one host molecule coupled to the substrate. The therapeutic guest agent is capable of reversibly coupling with the host molecule when administered to the tissue being treated. The reversible coupling is defined by the binding affinity between the host molecule and the therapeutic guest agent. The therapeutic guest agent is delivered at a rate determined by the affinity release rate between the host molecule and the therapeutic guest agent. The degradation rate of the therapeutic guest agent may be slower than the affinity release rate between the host molecule and the therapeutic guest agent.
US10045932B2
Cosmetic compositions including, based on their total weight, a) 10 to 90% by weight of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture with a melting point between 38° C. and 58° C., b) 1.0 to 45% by weight of a silicate from the group of phyllosilicate and aluminosilicate, c) 0.01 to 7.0% by weight of a hydrophobized metal oxide powder, d) 0.01 to 3.0% by weight of at least one white pigment, e) 3.0 to 15% by weight of wax, f) 0.5 to 15% by weight of an emulsifier, and g) less than 3.0% by weight of water the use thereof for the temporary shaping of keratinic fibers, and a method using these compositions.
US10045930B2
The present invention relates to decorative cosmetic compositions comprising special polyurethanes or aqueous dispersions thereof and constituents providing decorative effects.
US10045928B2
A non-aqueous nail polish consisting of: (a) a film-forming resin selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate polymers and copolymers, vinyl alcohol polymers and copolymers, vinyl chloride polymers and copolymers, no greater than 5% by weight, based upon the weight of the polish, cellulosic polymers, and combinations thereof; (b) one or more organic solvents; and (c) optionally, an additive selected from the group consisting of plasticizers, adhesion promoters, suspending agents, pigments, effects pigments, colorants, optical brighteners, leveling agents, therapeutic agents, and combinations thereof. When applied to a bare nail surface and dried, the polish forms a film that may be peeled off the nail surface without use of a polish remover.
US10045926B2
The present invention relates to a composition containing a chemokine, particularly, an interferon-inducible T-cell alpha chemoattractant (ITACT) which can decrease the gene expression of a factor related to melanin pigment production in melanocytes, thereby exhibiting a skin whitening effect.
US10045925B2
Provided are compositions, comprising a neolignan, ectoin, and a molecule of Formula I: wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently H, methyl, ethyl, propyl, or isopropyl; wherein X is S or O. In some cases, the molecule of Formula I is ergothioneine (EGT). In some cases, the at least one neolignan is honokiol or a derivative thereof. Honokiol may be provided in the form of magnolia bark extract. Methods of making and using these compositions are also provided.
US10045917B2
A composition in form of an oil-in-water emulsion comprises a) a dispersed hydrophobic phase comprising at least one hydrophobic UV-screening agent and optionally at least one oil, said oil being selected from the group consisting of silicone oils, hydrocarbonated oils, and any mixture thereof; b) a continuous aqueous phase comprising from 0.1% to 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one C1-C4 alcohol with at least one hydroxyl group, linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated; and c) at least one hydrophobic particle selected from the group consisting of hydrophobic silicas, hydrophobic cellulose, starch, talc, silicone resin powders, hollow hemispherical silicone particles, polyamide powders, hydrophobic pigments, and any mixture thereof; d) at least one gellan gum or a derivative thereof, and e) at least one hydrophilic UV-screening agent.
US10045905B1
A walking aid accessory that is an aesthetic glider for a walker and a method of manufacturing.
US10045902B1
A method of securing a patient onto an operating table when the patient is in a position such as the Trendelenburg position and apparatus therefor including a kit. A viscoelastic pad is used to support and hold a patient on a medical procedure table during a medical procedure performed while the table, and thus the patient lying thereon, is in an inclined position, such as the Trendelenburg position. The viscoelastic pad has characteristics which promote a minimization of pressure forces on the patient's body, as well as promote a secure cushioning and holding of the patient in a desired position on the table, in order to minimize injury to the patient.
US10045897B2
A dynamic support apparatus. The dynamic support apparatus includes a cushion, at least one actuator wherein the at least one actuator defines an interior volume and wherein the interior volume may be configured to be at least partially filled with a fluid, and a support disposed in the interior volume wherein the support configured to support an occupant when the interior volume is not filled with the fluid such that the support is sufficient to support the occupant.
US10045887B2
A method is described for making an elasticized absorbent article having a waist opening and a pair of leg openings. First, multiple distributions of elastics are applied on a moving material sheet to form a moving web of an elastic composite. Then, each of a core section and a second material sheet is periodically applied onto the moving web to define a finished web of discrete elastic composite bodies. In subsequent steps, discrete absorbent pants articles are shaped from the finished web.
US10045882B2
A surgical instrument has a surgical tool that has a proximal end and a distal end, and an optical sensor that has at least a portion attached to the surgical tool. The surgical tool has a portion that is suitable to provide a reference portion of the surgical tool, and the optical sensor has an end fixed relative to the reference portion of the surgical tool such that the reference portion of the surgical tool can be detected along with tissue that is proximate or in contact with the distal end of the surgical tool while in use.
US10045875B2
“Vest to Provide Decompression and Traction for Spine and Method of Use” consists of (1) a thoracic top belt (2) a waist bottom belt, each belt having provision of independent tightening (3) an elastic band connecting both belts, thus making a single vest and ((4) a turn buckle mounted in the back of wearer parallel to sine.)The turn buckle integrally but detachably positioned against the top belt and bottom belt provides upward lifting force to the thorax via the top belt and the downward force to the lumbar via the bottom belt, providing the decompression and traction to the spine.
US10045873B2
A knee traction apparatus may include an upper frame provided to be worn on a thigh region and including an upper fraction member disposed in an end of the upper frame, and a lower frame provided to be worn on a lower leg region and including a lower traction member that is disposed in an end of the lower frame and is to rotate in mesh with the upper traction member. The upper traction member and the lower traction member may be in contact with each other in front of a knee joint.
US10045846B2
The present disclosure concerns embodiments of implantable prosthetic devices, and in particular, implantable prosthetic valves, and methods for making such devices. In one aspect, a prosthetic device includes encapsulating layers that extend over a fabric layer and secure the fabric layer to another component of the device. In particular embodiments, the prosthetic device comprises a prosthetic heart valve, and can be configured to be implanted in any of the native heart valves. In addition, the prosthetic heart valve can be, for example, a transcatheter heart valve, a surgical heart valve, or a minimally-invasive heart valve.
US10045841B2
Apparatus and methods for making dental prostheses including a matrix housing that has a plurality of interconnected walls, one of which defines an aperture. The matrix housing houses a dental model of a set of teeth, a wax model of a clasp, and a matrix that defines a sprue. The aperture provides access to the sprue. The matrix housing may be used with a cartridge for containing thermoplastic resin and a resin discharging device. The discharging device includes a body defining a through hole, a cartridge mount attached to the body, a ratchet push rod inserted through the through hole and including a plurality of teeth, a trigger pivotably attached to the body, and a drive tooth connected to the trigger and the body. The drive tooth cooperates with the teeth of the push rod to control the pressure asserted by the push rod to the cartridge.
US10045835B2
Tooth attachments are provided comprising one or more convex surfaces for engagement by a surface of an orthodontic appliance. Polymeric shell appliances are provided in which the polymeric shell appliances are configured to provide one or more activation forces to facilitate tooth movement. The polymeric shell appliances may comprise one or more tooth receiving cavities. The polymeric shell appliances may further comprise an engagement portion with a surface configured to engage a convex attachment surface in order to apply a tooth moving force.
US10045820B2
A dermatological treatment and analysis system includes a handheld treatment device having a handheld body, a treatment radiation source that delivers a dermatological treatment to the skin, and skin sensor(s) configured to generate signals indicative of one or more skin properties. A wireless transmitter is integrated in the handheld treatment device or in a docking/charging station that receives the handheld treatment device. The wireless transmitter is configured to receive skin-related data comprising the signals from the at least one skin sensor and/or information derived from such signals, and to wirelessly transmit the received skin-related data for analysis of the skin-related data by a remote data analysis system, which may analyze the received skin-related data to generate skin analysis data, and communicate the skin analysis data as feedback to the user of the handheld treatment device, e.g., via a website or application hosted on an internet-connected device of the user.
US10045806B2
Device for the mixing of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement and for storing a monomer liquid and a cement powder as starting components of the bone cement, comprising a cartridge having an internal space closed on one side by a mobile dispensing plunger; a monomer container for a monomer liquid and/or a connector for attachment of a monomer container which can be opened in the device so that the monomer liquid flows from the monomer container into the device; and a connecting conduit through which the monomer liquid can be guided into the internal space of the cartridge; having a pumping plunger that can be shifted axially in the hollow cylinder arranged in the hollow cylinder, which can be used to push monomer liquid from the hollow cylinder through the connecting conduit into the internal space of the cartridge by actuating the pumping plunger.
US10045804B2
An anchoring device and method for attaching an object to a bone comprises an anchoring member having proximal and distal ends, with the proximal end being adapted to hold the object to the bone while the distal end is in the bone, and a locking member having proximal and distal ends, with the proximal end adapted to secure the anchoring member into the bone and oppose its pull-out or loosening by stopping its backing or preventing its unscrewing while the distal end is in the bone. Also provided are first and second fasteners, with the first fastener adapted to fit to the proximal end of the anchoring member, and the second fastener adapted to fit to the proximal end of the locking member. The end of the second fastener can have an angle that matches an angle of the locking member.
US10045801B2
The present disclosure discloses a bone stabilization device (also referred to as a bone tape), which includes a composite flexible construct including a rigidifiable biocompatible sheet structure having first and second opposed surfaces. A biocompatible cement is located on the first surface. In use the composite flexible construct is applied to a bone with the cement contacted directly to the bone. The cement is made of a material that, once adhered to the bone, is curable to mechanically and/or ionically bond to the sheet structure and to chemically bond to the bone to achieve a permanent bond. The bone tape allows simultaneous alignment and stabilization of multiple articulated fragments for successful 3D reconstruction of shattered bones. Initial flexibility and translucency provided by the bone tape can facilitate the temporary stabilization and alignment adjustment of multiple fragments, prior to permanent rigid bonding.
US10045776B2
A modular surgical instrument and method for using the same. The method can comprise attaching a surgical instrument attachment to a surgical instrument handle to form a surgical instrument, and powering a master processor in the surgical instrument attachment. The method can also comprise identifying a slave processor in the surgical instrument handle, wherein the slave processor is configured to control a motor in the surgical instrument handle, and affecting operation of the motor based on at least one command from the master processor.
US10045767B2
An iris retractor made of two slender elements operatively coupled via a joining mechanism, wherein each slender element has an iris grabbing hook located at its distal end; and a handle located at the proximal end of the slender element, wherein the joining mechanism is configured to endow the iris retractor with at least two configurations: a retracted configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein the length of each slender element is between 4 mm to 14 mm.
US10045766B2
Several unique intracardiac pressure vents, placement catheters, methods of placement and methods of treating heart failure are presented. The intracardiac pressure vents presented allow sufficient flow from the left atrium to the right atrium to relieve elevated left atrial pressure and resulting patient symptoms but also limit the amount of flow from the right atrium to the left atrium to minimize the potential for thrombus or other embolic material from entering the arterial circulation.
US10045761B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for tissue dissection and testing are disclosed herein. A method for tissue dissection and testing may comprise inserting a tissue dissecting wand (TD) through an incision in a patient's body. The TD may comprise a tip having a plurality of protrusions with lysing segments positioned between the protrusions to dissect and/or modify tissue. The TD may also comprise a sensor dock positioned on top of the TD that is configured to allow tissue and/or body fluid contact to a sensor. After separating tissue using the lysing segment(s) to access a target region, the sensor may be activated and moved around within the target region to assess tissues.
US10045759B2
A test chamber for epicutaneous patch test units is provided. The test chamber is formed of a multilayer material including at least one absorbent layer and at least one barrier layer. The test chamber is adapted to contain a liquid or petrolatum-based allergen. The absorbent layer absorbs the liquid or petrolatum-based allergen, while the barrier layer prevents the allergen from migrating out of the test chamber.
US10045757B2
An integrated therapeutic and imaging device that uses at least two balloons to provide a guarded zone that can be evacuated and replaced with a fluid that is sufficiently clear to permit optical coherence tomography (or even high resolution ultrasound) imaging that would otherwise be of poor quality or impossible. Methods of making and operating the imaging device to obtain clear, high quality images, as well as treating a patient's tissue with the device within a living body in association with obtaining an image of the patient's tissue, are included.
US10045745B2
The present invention provides a radiation blocking unit including: an attachment member that is attachable between sources and an object table surface to which radiation from a radiation source and visible light from a visible light source are emitted, the sources including the radiation source and the visible light source; a radiation blocking portion, disposed on the attachment member, that transmits the illuminated visible light to an overlapping incidence region on the object table surface in which an incidence region of the radiation and an incidence region of the visible light overlap, and that blocks the irradiated radiation outside the overlapping incidence region; and a visible light blocking portion, disposed on the attachment member, that transmits the irradiated radiation to the overlapping incidence region, and blocks the illuminated visible light outside the overlapping incidence region.
US10045744B2
The presently described method is directed to determining a way of positioning a patient before execution of a medical procedure involving irradiating the patient with ionizing treatment radiation based on comparing medical images of the patient with a pre-acquired medical image. The planning computed tomography is searched for an image of the reference structure in order to determine the position of the patient relative to a patient support device. A retroreflective marker device, having a known and advantageously fixed position relative to the base plate, is detected by a navigation system operatively coupled to a motor of the support device. Based on the detected position of the marker device, the motor of the support device is activated to drive the patient into a desired position relative to beam direction along which the treatment radiation is to be issued towards the patient to execute the medical procedure.
US10045739B2
Method and apparatus for receiving a first signal from a first working electrode of a glucose sensor positioned at a first predetermined position under the skin layer, receiving a second signal from a second working electrode of the glucose sensor positioned at a second predetermined position under the skin layer, the second signal received substantially contemporaneous to receiving the first signal, detecting a dropout in the signal level associated with one of the first or second signals, comparing the first signal and the second signal to determine a variation between the first and second signals, and confirming one of the first or second signals as a valid glucose sensor signal output when the determined variation between the first and the second signals is less than a predetermined threshold level are provided.
US10045737B2
In order to enable collection of data from a head-mounted inward-facing camera, a clip-on device is attached to eyeglasses. The clip-on device optionally weighs less than 40 g and includes: (i) a body that may be attached and detached, multiple times, from a pair of eyeglasses in order to secure and release the clip-on device from the eyeglasses, (ii) an inward-facing camera fixed to the body, and (iii) a wireless communication module fixed to the body.
US10045728B2
Methods and systems for identifying blobs, for example kidney glomeruli, are disclosed. A raw image may be smoothed via a difference of Gaussians filter, and a Hessian analysis may be conducted on the smoothed image to mark glomeruli candidates. Exemplary candidate features are identified, such as average intensity AT, likelihood of blobness RT, and flatness ST. A clustering algorithm may be utilized to post prune the glomeruli candidates.
US10045723B2
Devices are provided for measurement of an analyte concentration, e.g., glucose in a host. The device can include a sensor configured to generate a signal associated with a concentration of an analyte; and a sensing membrane located over the sensor. The sensing membrane comprises a diffusion resistance domain configured to control a flux of the analyte therethrough. The diffusion resistance domain comprises one or more zwitterionic compounds and a base polymer comprising both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions.
US10045722B2
An optical device is used to monitor an implant embedded in the tissue of a mammal (e.g., under the skin). The implant receives excitation light from the optical device and emits light that is detected by the optical device, including an analyte-dependent optical signal. Scatter and absorption properties of tissue change over time due to changes in hydration, blood perfusion and oxygenation. The optical device has an arrangement of light sources, filters and detectors to transmit excitation light within excitation wavelength ranges and to measure emitted light within detection wavelengths. Changes in scattering and absorption of light in the tissue, such as diffuse reflectance, are monitored. The light sources, filters and detectors may also be used to monitor autofluorescence in the tissue to correct autofluorescence background.
US10045718B2
A wearable sensor vehicle with a bio-input sensor and a processor. When the vehicle is worn, the sensor is arranged so as to sense bio-input from the user. The sensor senses bio-input, the processor compares the bio-input to a standard, and if the standard is met the processor indicates a response. The user may be uniquely identified from the bio-input. One or more systems on or communicating with the vehicle may be controlled transparently, without requiring direct action by the user. Control actions may include security identification of the user, logging in to accounts or programs, setting preferences, etc. The sensor collects bio-input substantially without instruction or dedicated action from the user; the processor compares bio-input against the standard substantially without instruction or dedicated action from the user; and the processor generates and/or implements a response based on the bio-input substantially without instruction or dedicated action from the user.
US10045714B2
The present disclosure relates to various methods for determining a neuromuscular blockade status and systems suitable for performing such methods. The present disclosure further relates to electro-stimulation electrodes for stimulating a muscle of a patient, optionally in the context of at least some of the mentioned methods. The present disclosure still further relates to hybrid air-signal connectors for use in an electro-stimulation cuff which can be used in the context of at least some of the cited methods. The present disclosure also relates to electro-stimulation circuits comprising an electrode portion and a track portion suitable for pressure cuffs for electro-stimulation, and to pressure cuffs configured to be arranged around a limb of a patient and comprising an active electro-stimulation electrode and a passive electro-stimulation electrode. These electro-stimulation circuits and pressure cuffs may also be used in the context of at least some of the mentioned methods.
US10045711B2
Systems and methods are provided for processing a set of multiple serially acquired magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) free induction decay (FID) frames from a multi-frame MRS acquisition series from a region of interest (ROI) in a subject, and for providing a post-processed MRS spectrum. Processing parameters are dynamically varied while measuring results to determine the optimal post-processed results. Spectral regions opposite water from chemical regions of interest are evaluated and used in at least one processing operation. Frequency shift error is estimated via spectral correlation between free induction decay (FID) frames and a reference spectrum. Multiple groups of FID frames within the acquired set are identified to different phases corresponding with a phase step cycle of the acquisition. Baseline correction is also performed via rank order filter (ROF) estimate and a polynomial fit. Sections of the ROF may be excluded from the polynomial fit, such as for example sections determined to be associated with relevant spectral peaks.
US10045709B2
A system and method for facilitating a cardiac rhythm disorder diagnosis with the aid of a digital computer are provided. Cutaneous action potentials of a patient are recorded as electrocardiogram (ECG) data over a set time period. A set of R-wave peaks is identified within the ECG data and an R-R interval plot is constructed. A difference between recording times of successive pairs of the R-wave peaks in the set is determined. A heart rate associated with each difference is also determined. The pairs of the R-wave peaks and associated heart rate are plotted as the R-R interval plot. A diagnosis of cardiac disorder is facilitated based on patterns of the plotted pairs of the R-wave peaks and the associated heart rates in the R-R interval plot.
US10045708B2
A wearable device configured to acquire and process electrocardiographic measurements, detect lead inversion and correct the acquired measurements for lead inversion is provided. In one example, the wearable device can detect lead inversion by first assessing whether the P-wave of a given electrocardiographic measurement has a negative amplitude, and if the P-wave is found to be negative, the device can determine if the magnitude of the R-wave is smaller than the maximum of the magnitudes of the S-wave and the Q-wave. In another example, the device can be put through an enrollment procedure in which electrocardiographic measurements are taken with the device being worn at known locations on the body. Once the enrollment procedure is completed, when the device is being used, any electrocardiographic results obtained can be compared against the measurements taken during the enrollment phase, and the location of the device on the body can be determined.
US10045707B2
Cardiac catheterization is performed with a catheter having a basket-shaped assembly at its distal end. A plurality of spline electrodes are disposed on the splines of the assembly. The assembly is configurable in an expanded arrangement wherein the splines bow radially outwardly and in a collapsed arrangement, wherein the splines are arranged generally along the longitudinal axis of the catheter body. A far-field electrode is disposed in the interior of the assembly. An intracardiac electrogram and a far-field electrogram are obtained with at least one of the spline electrodes and the far-field electrode, respectively. The far-field component is removed from the intracardiac electrogram using the far-field electrogram.
US10045696B2
Fluorescent markers used to identify a tissue may be imaged in a bright environment by synchronizing the imaging process with rapidly switched ambient lighting so that imaging occurs in phase with a switching off of the ambient lighting. In this way, valuable fluorescent imaging may be performed in an environment that appears to be brightly illuminated, for example in the area of a surgical suite.
US10045695B2
The invention relates to a dental imaging apparatus which includes an x-ray imaging means and at least one color camera for photographing the face of a patient positioned at the imaging station of the apparatus, which at least one color camera is arranged to image the patient's face positioned at the patient support station from different directions, and means arranged into functional connection with said at least one color camera for creating a virtual three-dimensional texture model of the patient's face.
US10045694B2
A flexible, integrated, urine-based diagnostic device designed such that one or more diagnostic channels are integrated into the body of the device. Each diagnostic channel is designed to contain an immunoassay to detect the presence of a selected analyte so that the device can return a visible readout indicating the presence of the analyte. The flexibility of the device aids the user in the sample collection process.
US10045676B2
A method of scheduling a robotic device enables the device to run autonomously based on previously loaded scheduling information. The method consists of a communication device, such as a hand-held remote device, that can directly control the robotic device, or load scheduling information into the robotic device such that it will carry out a defined task at the desired time without the need for further external control. The communication device can also be configured to load a scheduling application program into an existing robotic device, such that the robotic device can receive and implement scheduling information from a user.
US10045672B2
A cleaning arrangement for a rotatable cleaning member of a vacuum cleaner nozzle, the cleaning arrangement being configured and adapted to at least loosen debris entangled to the rotatable cleaning member and comprising a cleaning element configured to selectively engage and disengage the rotatable cleaning member in the course of operating a cleaning process.
US10045664B2
A blade assembly is provided that includes a base portion that is removably coupleable to a blender base and an aperture extending through the base portion. The blade assembly further includes a drive shaft rotatably coupled to the base portion, the drive shaft extending through the aperture and rotatable about a rotational axis. The blade assembly further includes one or more blades fixedly coupled to the drive shaft and a coupling member for removably coupling a container to the blade assembly. The blade assembly further includes a guard member extending from the base portion such that the guard member circumscribes the one or more blades about the rotational axis. Further, the guard member circumscribes a portion of the container about the rotational axis when the container is removably coupled to the coupling member.
US10045661B2
A device for composing a series of satays, comprising a series of separate holders (8), wherein each holder is provided with a series of recesses, a horizontal frame (4) and a vertical frame (5), wherein the horizontal frame is suitable for horizontally moving the holders up to the vertical frame, wherein the vertical frame is suitable for separately moving each holder vertically upwards, wherein the holders are kept in a horizontal position. The present invention also relates to a method for composing a series of satays.
US10045656B2
A beverage preparation system is provided comprising a beverage preparation machine, a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients, and a coded insert. The beverage preparation machine comprises a brew head for receiving the cartridge. The cartridge comprises a primary code configured to provide operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a beverage from the cartridge. The coded insert is separate from the cartridge and insertable along with the cartridge into the brew head. The coded insert comprises a secondary code configured to provide alternative operating instructions to the beverage preparation machine for delivering a modified beverage from the cartridge.
US10045644B2
A cover device (2) for a drink container comprises a basic assembly (9) which is provided with a drink opening (32), and a valve arrangement (20) for blocking or unblocking a passage to the drink opening (32) from a drink container side of the cover device (2). The valve arrangement (20) comprises a valve element (26) having two portions (27, 28) which are connected to each other through an area of the valve element (26) at a position where the valve element (26) is hingably associated with the basic assembly (9), the valve element (26) has a slit (42), and at least one of the valve element (26) and the connecting member (37) is shaped in such a way that the tighter the valve element (26) is pushed onto the connecting member (37), the more firmly the slit (42) is closed.
US10045643B2
A pillow includes a foam body having top and bottom faces, opposed first and second sides, and opposed left and right ends. A first raised ridge is adjacent to and extends parallel with the first side, projecting to a first height relative to the bottom face. A second raised ridge is adjacent to and extending parallel with the second side, projecting to a second height relative to the bottom face, the second height being different from the first height. There is a trough in the first face between the first and second ridges. First and second elongate passages are disposed in and extending parallel to the first raised ridges, respectively. First and second elongate elements can be disposed in the first and second elongate passages. A second body, of a different material than the first body, disposed in the trough. A cover substantially encloses the first and second bodies.
US10045631B2
A cushion, mattress or mattress section for a convertible furniture article defines a plurality of apertures, such as slits or slots or recesses, extending into or through the cushion or mattress section that are cut in a direction at an angle to the first length of the mattress section. The cushion or mattress section expands from its first length to a second length that is longer than the first length upon applying a stretching force to the cushion or mattress section and thereby positioning the mattress section into the open or sleeping configuration. Expansion is due to resilience of the material forming the mattress or mattress section in combination with opening of the apertures. The sleeping surface of the mattress or mattress section may remain substantially planar in both the open (sleeping) position and closed (seating) position.
US10045627B2
A worksurface assembly includes a support having a first mounting portion defining a first pivot axis and a second mounting portion defining a second pivot axis, with the second mounting portion spaced above the first mounting portion. The first and second pivot axes are spaced apart. A pivot member is pivotally coupled to the second mounting portion and is pivotable relative to the support about the second pivot axis. A worksurface is rotatably coupled to the pivot member about a third pivot axis, which is spaced apart from the second pivot axis. The worksurface overlies the second and third pivot axes in all positions. The worksurface may be associated with a body support assembly. Methods of using and assembling the worksurface assembly are also provided.
US10045625B2
A recliner footrest extension system includes a base-member, and an extension-member. The base-member includes a top-panel, a bottom-panel, and a side-panel in one embodiment. The top-panel, the bottom-panel, and the side-panel are structured and arranged to affix to a recliner footrest by sliding upon the recliner footrest and held upon the footrest by friction. The extension-member is affixed to the base-member by a hinge, with the extension member arranged to support at least one foot of a user when the recliner footrest extension system is in an extended condition.
US10045623B2
An occupant-support base includes a stationary seat pan and a pad coupled to the seat pan. The pad is coupled to the seat pan and configured to provide comfort to an occupant resting on the occupant-support base and provide a pleasing aesthetic to the occupant.
US10045621B1
The eternal chair will function as an aid for young and old as a lift chair. The eternal chair is the first recliner/lift chair with no mechanism and a removable seat cushion. Each function of the eternal chair is controlled separately. The eternal chair could be used for obesity and or have the capability to fit the needs of those who are suffering from back injury or medical recovery.
US10045618B2
A hot plate includes a base plate having an underside. A coating has at least two metallic layers and at least two dielectric layers and is formed on the underside of the base plate in such a way that a reflectivity of the hot plate is lower than 15% in a wavelength range between 380 nm and 780 nm.
US10045606B2
A tethering attachment assembly is provided for attachment to an apparatus to facilitate connection of a lanyard to the apparatus. The tethering attachment assembly includes a pair of posts and a coil element including metallic material that substantially resiliently retains its state with application of force up to a limit, and is permanently plastically deformable upon application of force exceeding the limit. The coil element has two ends attached to the elongated posts and adapted to form a substantially U-shaped hook when the elongated posts are attached to the apparatus. A sleeve is tubularly disposed around the coil element to substantially cover the coil element.
US10045602B2
The present disclosure relates to a cosmetic applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup, or a care product on skin, lips or on keratinous fibers. The cosmetic applicator comprises an application member assembly at a distal end of a rod and a handle at a proximal end of a rod. The application member assembly comprises an elongated casing with a hollow cavity, a multiplicity of application elements projecting from an outer surface of the casing, a non-resilient member disposed within the hollow cavity and extending along a length of the casing; wherein the non-resilient member comprises at least two progressively tightening and locking features in a locking region at its proximal end portion. The locking region is defined over a sufficient length of the non-resilient member which permits to attain different locking positions for the casing at the proximal end portion and thus varied lengths of the elongated casings can be used along with the same non-resilient member.
US10045600B2
A quick release container includes a base having a well to hold a product and a neck including latches each having a latch protrusion and a flexible portion. The quick release container includes a lid assembly having an inner lid portion and an outer lid portion movable relative to each other. One or more first lid protrusions prevent movement of the outer lid portion. The lid assembly includes a biasing element to apply a biasing force to the outer lid portion. The lid assembly includes a collar that moves between the outer lid portion and the base. The collar has one or more collar protrusions each configured to engage the flexible portions of the one or more latches and cause the one or more latch protrusions to disengage from the one or more first lid protrusions and facilitate movement of the outer lid portion relative to the inner lid portion.
US10045598B2
The contact lens case structure includes a main body, a number of elastic members, a number of carrier members, a number of cover members, and a number of hollowed-out pressing members. The main body has a number of accommodation spaces. Each elastic member is housed in an accommodation space. A contact lens is placed on a carrier member which in turn is placed on an elastic member. Each pressing member is housed inside a cover member. Each accommodation space is filled with solution. Each cover member is joined to an accommodation space. Each pressing member presses a top side of a carrier member, which in turn compresses an elastic member so that the contact lens is immersed in the solution. The contact lens is held between the pressing member and the carrier member with enhanced cleaning and sterilization effect and is prevented from deformation.
US10045590B2
The present disclosures concerns embodiments of a footwear insole that can be used with various types of footwear, including, without limitation, shoes (including open and closed toe shoes), boots, sandals, etc. The insole includes an upper fabric layer that comes in contact with the foot and a cushioning base layer that contacts the footbed of the footwear. The base layer desirably is formed from a self-adhering material that can be applied to in liquid form to the fabric and bonds directly to the fibers of the fabric when cured, so as to eliminate the need for a separate intermediate adhesive layer for securing the fabric to the base layer. The base layer is also configured to substantially prevent shrinkage of the insole when subjected to multiple wash and dry cycles.
US10045584B2
An insole constructed of paper provides a periodic somatosensory stimulation to the sole of the foot thought to provide therapeutic benefit with respect to medical conditions related to the functioning of the nervous system. A corrugated upper paper layer may contact the skin directly and absorb and disperse perspiration. Low cost allows a kit to be provided of insoles each providing a different stimulation pattern for rotation over the week.
US10045573B2
One variation of a method for fabricating a garment includes: applying a first mask to a first side of a fabric substrate coated with a conductive material; applying a second mask—mirrored image of the first mask—to a second side of the fabric substrate opposite the first side; applying an etchant to the fabric substrate to remove conductive material outside of the first mask; arranging a conductive interface pad of a component carrier over an electrode defined by remaining conductive material on the fabric substrate, the component carrier including a flexible substrate and a rigid electrical component mounted to the flexible substrate, the conductive interface pad extending from a terminal of the rigid electrical component across a region of the flexible substrate; mechanically fastening the component carrier to the fabric substrate to form a garment insert including an electrical circuit; and incorporating the garment insert into the garment.
US10045572B2
In one embodiment, a weighted exercise garment includes multiple parts. The garment is weighted with weights being distributed about the garment in a predetermined manner.
US10045567B2
Vaporizer devices and apparatuses are provided. In some implementations, a cartridge comprises a storage compartment holding a vaporizable material, a wick in contact with the vaporizable material, a heating element in contact with the wick, a first plate positioned proximate to a first side of the cartridge and coupled to the heating element, and a second plate positioned proximate to a second side of the cartridge and coupled to the heating element, the first side opposite the second side. The heating element is configured to heat the vaporizable material to generate an aerosol comprising particles having diameters of an average size of about one micron or less. The first plate and the second plate define a volume therebetween, and at least a portion of the heating element is positioned within the volume.
US10045565B2
A portable, personal storage and carrying case for an e-liquid e-cigarette PV in which the case includes: an electrical power source for re-charging a rechargeable battery in the PV; a user-replaceable reservoir for holding e-liquid; and an electrical or electronic pump adapted to transfer e-liquid from the reservoir to a chamber in the PV, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir includes a unique identification chip.
US10045556B2
A dried noodle having a porosity in a cross-sectional area of the noodle of from 0.1 to 15%, a unit porosity in the cross-sectional area of the noodle of from 0.01 to 1%, a gelatinization degree of 30 to 75% and a porous structure, the dried noodle being produced by a process including (a) preparing a noodle dough comprising a main raw material, water and a powder oil, which is entirely derived from an oil, in an amount of more than 0.5% by weight and less than 6% by weight with respect to a total weight of the main raw material, (b) forming a raw noodle body from the noodle dough, and (c) subjecting the raw noodle body to an airflow at a temperature of 90 to 150° C. to evaporate the water, thereby foaming, drying and gelatinizing the raw noodle body, wherein the entire process does not include steaming.
US10045553B2
A minimally processed ready-to-eat legume/grain product is provided containing a significant amount of prebiotic fiber and a probiotic source or is consumed with a probiotic source for the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory chronic conditions such as inflammatory, autoimmune chronic conditions such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), digestive disorders such chronic constipation, gastric acid reflux, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, some type of cancer, malabsorptive disorders, eczema as well mental health disorders such as anxiety disorder. The present invention is suitable for men and woman of all ages.
US10045552B2
Described herein are products comprising a xylose (e.g., D-xylose or L-xylose and another sweetener such as glucose). Exemplary products include the following: ice cream, ice milk, sorbet, sherbet, gelatin candies, baby food, animal food, e.g., dog, cat, canine, or equine food, seasonings, sauces, cosmetics, dietary supplements, lip stick, lip gloss, face and body preparations, pharmaceuticals, such as flu and cold preparations, nutraceuticals, surgical preparations, procedure preparations, imaging preparations, e.g., CT scan imaging preparations, pain relievers, nasal spray, cheese, vegetables, mayonnaise, mustard, salad dressings, nuts and nut mixes, cookies, pastries, fruit flavored snacks, pancakes, waffles, hot cocoa mix, caramel, shampoo, dental floss, donuts, egg noodles, lollypops, frozen pops, soda pop, chips, potato chips, tortilla chips, corn chips, sports drinks, rice cakes, oatmeals, teas, cereals, rice mixtures, flavored water, alcohol, alcohol mixers, soaps, energy drinks, coffee, coffee flavored drinks, coffee products, cake mixes, chili, chip dip, chip sauces, fibers, such as cellulosic and lignocellulosic fibers and fiber supplements, meats, e.g., deli meats, drink mixes, pasta, meals ready to eat, coconut water, candies, e.g., hard and soft candies, chocolate, candy bars, sports bars and energy bars. In embodiments, the xylose containing product is made using a method described herein. For example, the xylose is produced from a biomass described herein.
US10045549B2
A system and method for the continuous production of brown butter involves concentrating butter while retaining solids non-fat in the butter, and continuously transferring and heating the concentrated butter to cause the solids non-fat in the butter to react in a maillard reaction to form a brown butter product. The system may use one or more of a heating vessel, an evaporator and a reaction vessel to form the brown butter in the continuous process. A brown butter product derived from butter includes reacted solids non-fat particulates from a maillard reaction suspended by nascent fat crystals nucleated about the reacted solids non-fat particulates and by large fat crystal structures joined to the nascent fat crystals.
US10045544B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing food products by means of extrusion, comprising the processing steps of: i) providing a food dough; ii) providing a viscous coating agent; iii) extruding a strand of food dough and extruding a coating layer at least partially enclosing the strand; iv) treating the at least partially coated strand with a liquid strengthening agent during at least two strengthening steps such that the coating layer of the strand is strengthened; to a device for performing this method and to the obtained food strand.
US10045542B2
Novel, environmentally safe compositions for the control of pests and methods of using these compositions are disclosed. The compositions may comprise one or more high terpene (50% by weight or more) based oils, such as but not limited to citrus oil, surfactants and other ingredients disclosed herein. Preferably, the one or more high terpene (50% by weight or more) based oils, such as but not limited to citrus oil, is cold pressed orange oil.
US10045536B2
Described are antimicrobial polymer products made from mixtures of antimicrobial organometallic additives dispersed throughout a polymer host matrix.
US10045532B2
The present invention relates to methods for enhancing the herbicidal activity of 2-((3-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenoxy)pyridin-2-yl)oxy)acetic acid, methyl 2-((3-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenoxy)pyridin-2-yl)oxy)acetate, and ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate and to methods for controlling volunteer glyphosate-resistant corn comprising applying synergistic mixtures of 2-((3-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenoxy)pyridin-2-yl)oxy)acetic acid, methyl 2-((3-(2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrimidin-1(6H)-yl)phenoxy)pyridin-2-yl)oxy)acetate, ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate, or a combination thereof and glyphosate, or a salt thereof, to an area where volunteer glyphosate-resistant corn is growing.
US10045525B2
An active non-lethal infrasound system for denying all bird species access to critical areas, particularly in areas around aircraft and other high value systems. The system comprises a plurality of infrasound generators broadcasting continuous infrasonic signals to create a bird-free infrasound active zone within the perimeters of the protected critical area and an infrasound-free dead zones for birds being denied access to the critical areas. Further, an active infrasonic barrier is assembled within an exclusion area surrounding the bird-free infrasound active zone to dampen all low frequency sound waves emanating from the critical area and its perimeters. Wherever the situation allows, a wildlife sanctuary is preferably established further from the exclusion area to attract and protect birds, enforced by broadcasting infrasound signals that simulate natural sounds that attract species typical of the geographic location.
US10045521B2
A mosquitocidal light bulb having a seat and lighting elements; the seat is connected with a mouth of a light bulb; the seat is provided with a connecting seat; a circuit board electrically connected with the seat is provided inside the connecting seat; the circuit board includes a lighting control circuit board and a mosquito killing control circuit board; the light elements are connected to the connecting seat and electrically connected with the lighting control circuit board; a mosquitocidal device is connected with the connecting seat and electrically connected with the mosquito killing control circuit board. The mosquitocidal light bulb provided can replace an existing ordinary light bulb and uses existing wire arrangements. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the existing wire arrangements and switch controls to provide both mosquito killing function and lighting function.
US10045517B2
An attachment tube for a top guide has a central axis extending in a longitudinal direction, a first insertion opening provided at one end in the longitudinal direction, a rectangular second insertion opening provided at the opposite end in the longitudinal direction, and an inclined surface provided at the opposite end. A tip portion of a fishing rod is inserted to the first insertion opening. An insertion leg of a frame supporting a guide ring is inserted to the second insertion opening. A rectangle center of the second insertion opening is spaced upward apart from the central axis. The inclined surface adjoins the second insertion opening and is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the central axis.
US10045514B2
Multi-purpose adapter for mounting the feline activity devices is a utility device serving as an intermediary between the household surfaces and various accessory devices for cats. This device makes possible the convenient and fast installation of the cat scratchers, nests, rungs and other feline devices on almost any kind of a surface. This is achieved, on the one hand, by offering the large selection of mounting clips. On the another hand, the unified device-coupling option consisting of a simple pair of the pan-head screws makes it really easy to attach the feline devices to the adapter in unified way. This all allows a wide range of standard feline entertainment and active devices to be installed in such places and on such surfaces and objects, where it would be impossible without this invention.
US10045509B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-514 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including resistance to downy mildew (Bremia lactucae) races Bl:1 to Bl:26, Bl:28, Bl:32, and Ca-I to Ca-VIII, and resistance to currant-lettuce aphid (Nasonovia ribisnigri) biotype Nr:0, as well as having a reduced wound-induced surface discoloration, leaves with a solid main vein and narrow base leaves. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-514 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-514 RZ.
US10045503B2
Provided are sunflowers, parts thereof, cultures of, and seeds that are capable of producing sunflower oil that is low in saturated fat as well as associated methods.
US10045500B2
A glyphosate-tolerant annual soybean (Glycine max) variety, in one example known as soybean variety ‘210342’, seed used to produce the soybean, and methods of using the soybean plant and the seed are provided. Weed control in areas planted with the disclosed soybeans can be achieved by direct application of glyphosate herbicides.
US10045488B2
Disclosed is an articulated harvesting combine of a forward power processing unit (PPU) having a forward set of wheel assemblies and a rear grain cart connected by an articulating joint assembly. Bonus sieves assemblies are located in the outer rear of the PPU for accepting grain from concaves and grates assemblies located forward of the bonus sieves assemblies. The bonus sieves assemblies accept tailings from the concaves and grates assemblies for additional separation of grain from material other than grain (MOG). New and separate airflow is provided for the bonus sieves. The bonus sieves tailings are returned to the bonus sieves for rethreshing, optionally after being particulated and air separation performed.
US10045483B2
A narrow row head unit may include a back plate secured to a left gearbox and a right gearbox, which gearboxes may be positioned adjacent one another. Each gearbox may provide rotational power to a pair of stalk rolls and a drive sprocket for a gathering chain. A right mounting tab may be secured to the back plate and the right gearbox, and a left mounting tab may be secured to the back plate and left gearbox. A right plate and leg may extend outward from the back plate adjacent the right mounting tab and a left plate and leg may extend outward from the back plate adjacent the left mounting tab. A narrow row head unit positioned left-of-center on a header may have the gathering chain positioned substantially over the right plate, and right-of-center substantially over the left plate.
US10045482B2
A crop residue spreader has a plurality of deflector elements arranged in a first group and a second group, a planar spreader frame element having a bottom surface to which the first and second group of deflector elements are displaceably mounted, the planar spreader frame element comprising a guide slot extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, a first cover plate that is displaceably mounted to a top surface of the planar spreader frame element; a second cover plate that is displaceably mounted to the top surface of the planar spreader frame element and whereby a relative displacement of the first and second cover plates away from each other causes a part of the guide slot to be uncovered and a third cover plate is configured to cover, at least partly, the uncovered part of the guide slot.
US10045481B2
A lawnmower discharge device for discharging grass clippings in various directions. The lawnmower discharge device includes a planar baseplate that can be removably secured to a discharge port of a lawnmower. The baseplate includes an opening to provide access for grass clippings to move therethrough. The device further includes a curved, tubular discharge chute rotatably secured to the baseplate, wherein the discharge chute is positioned over the opening of the baseplate in order to allow grass clippings to move therethrough. The lawnmower discharge device further includes a rotating mechanism disposed between the baseplate and the discharge chute in order to allow the chute to rotate relative to the fixed baseplate. In this way, the lawnmower discharge device can be removably secured to a lawnmower and rotated thereon in order to prevent grass clippings from spraying onto flowerbeds, patios, sidewalks, and the like.
US10045477B2
A seed firming assembly is mounted to a planter by a bracket attached to a seed tube guard between a pair of opener disks. The bracket has first and second sides that define a cavity therebetween for receiving a seed tube. A first mounting structure in front of the cavity secures the bracket to the seed tube guard. A second mounting structure behind the cavity attaches a seed firmer to the bracket with a pivot connection that allows rotation of the seed firmer relative to the bracket about a generally horizontal transverse axis. A stopper bushing limits an extent of forward pivoting of the seed firmer relative to the bracket, and an adjustable tensioner mechanism limits an extent of rearward pivoting. The seed firmer has an upper portion comprising a leaf spring, and a lower portion comprising a material that has a higher abrasion resistance than the upper portion.
US10045472B2
A cylindrical turf treatment rotor adapted to be driven in rotation about a horizontal axis, and provided with wear-resistant teeth extending along one or more helical tracks on the rotor, the teeth being individually attached to the rotor so as to be capable of individual removal for replacement or refurbishing or for reconfiguring the rotor.
US10045471B2
A soil working apparatus comprises a farm implement including: a first structure moveable above a soil surface along a travel direction; and a plurality of housings, each supporting at least one rotary hoe for forming a furrow in the soil along the travel direction. The housing has a mounting structure for pivotally mounting to the first structure, a radially extending support member having a rotary hoe at the distal end thereof. The rotary hoe mounting structure has a pivot member extending in a plane at right angles to the shaft and the rotary hoe is pivotally mounted to the pivot member for limited composite angular movement relative to a vertical plane and the direction of travel. The rotary hoe may have a star shape including: a central hub, a plurality of spaced apart, radially extending prongs extending from the hub in a common plane, and the prongs each being independently mounted to the hub but interlocked with each other when mounted on the hub.
US10051770B2
A system including at least one inspection machine and an NG board discharge machine which moves an NG board to a checking position visible to a worker. The system acquires positional information of a circuit board during conveyance, and stores the NG board by associating a work result for the NG board with the positional information. In this manner, the positional information of the NG board is acquired. Based on the positional information, it is determined whether or not the circuit board conveyed to the NG board discharge machine is the NG board. When the circuit board conveyed to the NG board discharge machine is the NG board, a checking-purpose working machine discharges the NG board to the checking position.
US10051762B2
Temperature equalization apparatus jetting fluid for thermal conduction used in electrical equipment
The present invention discloses an external thermal conduction interface structure of electrical equipment wherein a fluid jetting device is utilized to jet a thermal conductive fluid for exchanging heat with the external thermal conduction interface structure of electrical equipment via the thermal energy of the jetted thermal conductive fluid, the heat exchange means includes the external thermal conduction interface structure of electrical equipment having relative high temperature being cooled by a fluid have relative lower temperature, and external thermal conduction interface structure of electrical equipment having relative lower temperature being heated by a fluid having relative higher temperature.
US10051757B1
An electronic package module includes a packaging box, multiple terminals, and a coil unit. The packaging box includes a mounting wall including a base surface, multiple protruding blocks disposed on the mounting wall, and multiple gaps each being located between adjacent two of the protruding blocks. The terminals are mounted to the mounting wall, and each have a welding section received in a corresponding one of the gaps and having a welding surface and a guiding surface bent from the welding surface. The coil unit includes multiple wires each having a connecting section connected to the welding surface and an extending section bent from the connecting section and abutting against the guiding surface.
US10051756B2
A surround for an electrical box has a sheet of flexible, weatherproof material having a skirt portion, and a flange extending at least outward relative to the skirt portion, the flange defining an opening within the skirt portion sized to provide access to an inner cavity of the electrical box.
US10051755B2
A waterproof structure for an electronic component housing unit provided with a connection unit on the upper side in the vertical direction of a vehicle, to which the terminal of an electric wire is connected, includes a top cover. The top cover is provided with a bottom opening portion opening to the lower end and covers the electronic component housing unit from the upper side in the vertical direction of the vehicle while forming a space between the top side of the electronic component housing unit in the vertical direction of the vehicle and the top cover, in which the terminal of the electric wire connected to the connection unit is housed. The electric wire led out from the terminal connected to the connection unit is led out from the bottom opening portion of the top cover.
US10051751B2
A display device with a support member selectively converted between a support stand for supporting the display device for viewing, and a carrying handle for conveniently carrying the display device. A mounting apparatus may be mounted on a rear side of a display device that has a support member selectively convertable to be a support stand for supporting the display device for viewing, or a carrying handle for conveniently carrying the display device. The support member has an internal swivel assembly that guides the support member along a fixed path between a support stand mode and a carrying handle mode.
US10051749B2
A display device including a display panel; a module cover at a rear of the display panel; a rigid bar coupled with a coupling portion on a rear surface of the module cover, the rigid bar elongated along a side of the display panel; and a back cover at a rear of the module cover and covering the rigid bar. Further, the rigid bar includes a fastening plate spaced apart from the coupling portion of the module cover; a lateral plate bent toward the module cover from the fastening plate; and at least one first receiving portion formed on the lateral plate. In addition, the back cover includes an outer surface facing a rear of the back cover; an inner surface facing the module cover; and at least one first latch protruding from the inner surface and configured to be accommodated in the first receiving portion of the rigid bar.
US10051742B2
A power module and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, and the power module includes a carrier substrate, an interconnection layer, a first chip, a second chip, a ceramic bonding substrate, a top interconnection layer and a lead frame. The interconnection layer is disposed on the carrier substrate. The first chip and the second chip are disposed on the interconnection layer, and electrically connected to the interconnection layer. The ceramic bonding substrate is disposed on the interconnection layer, and is disposed in between the first chip and the second chip so as to separate the first chip from the second chip. The top interconnection layer is disposed on the ceramic bonding substrate, covers the first chip and the second chip, and is electrically connected to the first chip and the second chip. The lead frame is disposed on the top interconnection layer and electrically connected to the top interconnection layer.
US10051740B2
A wiring substrate includes a first substrate including a first conductive circuit layer, a second substrate including a second conductive circuit layer, and a substrate fixing structure fixing the first substrate and the second substrate to each other such that the first substrate and the second substrate are superposed on each other. The first conductive layer in the first substrate includes a first counter electrode, the second conductive layer in the second substrate includes a second counter electrode, and the first and second substrates have a hollow space formed such that the first and second counter electrodes are positioned to oppose each other across the hollow space and that the first and second substrates have a dividing plane intersecting the hollow space and dividing the first and second substrates.
US10051736B2
A printed wiring board includes a conductor layer including a conductor circuit, a resin insulating layer formed on the conductor layer and having a via opening reaching to the conductor circuit of the conductor layer, and a via conductor formed in the via opening of the resin insulating layer such that the via conductor is connecting to the conductor circuit of the conductor layer. The conductor circuit of the conductor layer has a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion integrally formed such that the first conductor portion is connected to the via opening of the resin insulating layer, that the second conductor portion is surrounding the first conductor portion and that the first conductor portion has a thickness which is greater than a thickness of the second conductor portion.
US10051731B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: 1) forming a crystalline transparent conducting layer on a substrate; 2) forming an amorphous transparent conducting layer on the crystalline transparent conducting layer; 3) forming at least one pattern open region so as to expose a part of the crystalline transparent conducting layer by patterning the amorphous transparent conducting layer; and 4) forming a metal layer in the at least one pattern open region.
US10051730B2
In a method for manufacturing a multilayer substrate, conductive patterns to define mounting electrodes are formed on a principal surface of a first base layer, and conductive patterns are formed on principal surfaces of other base layers. The base layers are stacked such that the principal surface of the first base layer is the outermost surface. The stacked base layers are laminated by pressing an elastic body to the side of the first base layer to form a multilayer body. In the multilayer body, the conductive patterns are arranged such that the proportion of the conductive patterns in regions overlapping the conductive patterns on the first base layer as viewed in the stacking direction is lower than that in a region surrounding the regions overlapping the conductive patterns.
US10051727B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a conductive structure body that comprises a darkening pattern layer having AlOxNy, and a method for manufacturing the same. The conductive structure body according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention may prevent reflection by a conductive pattern layer without affecting conductivity of the conductive pattern layer, and improve a concealing property of the conductive pattern layer by improving absorbance. Accordingly, a display panel having improved visibility may be developed by using the conductive structure body according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
US10051725B2
This circuit board includes a plate body made of a dielectric body and having a front surface and a back surface, a differential signal line formed on the front surface, the differential signal line being made of a pair of signal lines, and a ground conductor formed on the back surface. The signal lines include: terminals formed at a distance from the ground conductor, in an end portion at a prescribed distance from one end of the back surface; connection pads connected to the terminals and provided on the end portion of the front surface so as to be opposed to the terminals; transmission line units extending from the connections pads; and a widened portion provided in a position on the transmission line units corresponding to a space between the terminal and the ground conductor, the widened portion having a line width greater than that of the transmission line units.
US10051724B1
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to an apparatus that provides structural support and an electrical ground for components of an electronic device. Specifically, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semi-rigid member having at least one screw boss. An electronic component is coupled to the semi-rigid member. In embodiments, the electronic component is coupled to the semi-rigid member using the at least one screw boss. As a separate component, the semi-rigid member is configured to provide an electrical ground for the electronic component and also provides structural support for the electronic component.
US10051708B2
An intelligent lighting apparatus includes a control unit on a base, a first color LED and a second color LED coupled with the control unit, a wireless transmission module coupled to the control unit, and a control APP disposed in a portable device. The control APP includes a time set for setting time of turning on or turning off at least first color or second color light emitting diode.
US10051704B2
An LED dimmer can be connected between a basic LED driver and an LED arrangement. The dimmer is able at least to receive a constant current from a constant current LED driver, and it then uses a boost converter to provide voltage boosting dependent on a required dimming level.
US10051703B2
An LED lighting system having at least one LED circuit and at least two circuits or drivers capable of receiving an AC voltage at a first frequency and having an output capable of driving the at least one LED circuit, wherein the output of each circuit or driver capable of driving the at least one LED circuit is provided to the at least one LED circuit through a circuit or sensor capable of permitting only a single output from the at least two circuits or drivers be provided to the at least one LED circuit.
US10051696B2
Provided is a switching power supply device having a very small switching loss, which includes a rectifier circuit for rectifying a commercial AC voltage, a full-bridge circuit having first to fourth switching element, a transformer having a single primary coil and an N number of secondary coils, an N number of rectifying and smoothing circuits, an output detecting circuit for detecting at least one of voltage and current output from each rectifying and smoothing circuit, and a control circuit. Each rectifying and smoothing circuit includes a rectifying unit, a secondary switching element for controlling an output of the rectified voltage, and a smoothing unit for smoothing the rectified voltage, and the control circuit turns on each secondary switching element during a predetermined time.
US10051695B2
A lamp control device includes a converter configured to provide an output voltage and an internal voltage; a lamp including an LED module which has a plurality of LED channels, and configured to emit light in correspondence to the output voltage of the converter; and a controller configured to operate by using the internal voltage of the converter, control the output voltage of the converter to be retained at a level equal to or higher than a predetermined level, by using feedback voltages of the plurality of LED channels, and control channel currents of the plurality of LED channels to be regulated in correspondence to memory values which are set in advance.
US10051693B2
An apparatus for heating a semiconductor wafer includes: a microwave source; an applicator cavity; and, a fixture for supporting a wafer in the cavity. The fixture includes a dielectric mechanical support for the wafer and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned parallel to and concentric with the wafer at some distance from the wafer, to adjust the microwave power distribution to compensate for edge effects. A closed-loop feedback system adjusts the distance based on wafer edge and center temperatures. A method for heating a semiconductor wafer includes: a. placing the wafer in a microwave cavity; b. supporting the wafer on a fixture comprising a dielectric wafer support and a grounded metallic ring movably positioned at some distance from the wafer; c. introducing microwave power into the cavity to heat the wafer; and d. adjusting the distance between wafer and ring to modify the power distribution near the wafer edge.
US10051691B2
A cooktop for a fixed or mobile cooking appliance, including a base plate, at least a part, or all, of a peripheral outer edge of a window being in the plane of a peripheral outer edge of the base plate, at least one end plate which is made of different material than that of a seal and is disposed above or on the seal, at least a part of an outer surface of the seal which is located between an outer surface of the base plate and an outer surface of the window being covered by the end plate.
US10051683B1
A wireless access point controls wireless channels in a wireless repeater chain. The wireless access point exchanges wireless user data with User Equipment (UEs) over the wireless repeater chain. The wireless access point monitors average UE data throughput through the wireless repeater chain, variance in the average UE throughput, and an amount of Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) connections through the wireless repeater chain. The wireless access point disables wireless channels when the average UE data throughput falls below a data threshold and the amount of GBR connections exceeds a connection threshold. The wireless access point selects wireless channels to disable based on the variance in the average UE throughput. The wireless access point transfers instructions to selected wireless repeaters to disable the selected wireless channels.
US10051682B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for scheduling radio resource control connections between a wireless device and a network element of a network in advance. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may provide an indication of one or more types of upcoming data traffic to the network element. The network element may schedule one or more radio resource control connections for the wireless device based at least in part on the indication of one or more types of upcoming data traffic. The network element may provide an indication of the scheduled radio resource control connection(s) to the wireless device. The wireless device and the network may establish the scheduled radio resource control connection at the scheduled time.
US10051681B2
A selection server device may receive a first registration request and determine that a user device is associated with a non-local call service control function (CSCF) server device and that the user device is located outside of a service area associated with the non-local CSCF server; output a non-preferred server indication to the non-local CSCF server device to cause the non-local CSCF server device to be disassociated with the user device; receive a second registration request from the user device; determine that the user device is not associated with any CSCF server; and output the second registration request to a local CSCF server device, associated with a service area in which the user device is located, to cause the local CSCF server device to register the user device with the local CSCF server device.
US10051673B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a Wi-Fi display (WFD) service initiation method comprising the steps of: in a method for a first apparatus that supports WFD initiating a WFD service, the first apparatus transmitting a WFD discovery frame to a second apparatus; and the first apparatus transmitting a real-time streaming protocol (RTSP) M1 message, wherein the first apparatus transmits one of a provision discovery request or a session initiation request to the second apparatus before transmitting the M1 message if there is an internet protocol (IP) connection established between the first apparatus and the second apparatus when transmitting the WFD discovery frame.
US10051668B2
Provided are a communication method in a carrier aggregation system in which a plurality of cells are aggregated, and an apparatus utilizing such a communication method. The plurality of cells can be cells using mutually different frame structures. The communication method receives an uplink grant from a first downlink subframe of a first cell, and transmits a PUSCH from a first uplink subframe of a second cell on the basis of the uplink grant. The uplink grant comprises an uplink DAI, and, with GU being the time interval between the first downlink subframe and the first uplink subframe, the UL DAI indicates the number of downlink subframes, from among the plurality of downlink subframes of the second cell connected so as to transmit an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) from the first uplink subframe, for which the time interval to the first uplink subframe is equal to or greater than the GU.
US10051666B2
An embodiment includes peer-to-peer (P2P) pairing protocols that mutually authenticate both end points and do not rely upon a backend server or a central certificate provisioning server. An embodiment provides a persistent control path for sending inter-peer control information (e.g., synchronization messages). Another inter-peer path includes an “on-demand” data path enabled when a unit determines content is ready for sharing. After the content is shared, the data path may be deconstructed, which saves resources on both sides and makes the framework more scalable. Also, embodiments include graphical user avatars to whereby a first peer shares content with a second peer by dragging content over the avatar.
US10051665B2
A method and apparatus for performing a random access procedure in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) determines whether transmission of a first random access (RA) preamble to a first node and transmission of a second RA preamble to a second node overlap each other at a specific time duration. If it is determined that the transmission of the first RA preamble and the transmission of the second RA preamble overlap each other, the UE determines whether both the transmission of the first RA preamble and the transmission of the second RA preamble are available at the specific time duration based on an uplink power. If not available, the UE transmits the first RA preamble only at the specific time duration.
US10051661B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4G system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for performing communication using an unlicensed band includes reserving a channel of the unlicensed band using a control frame supporting WLAN by a WLAN module, when reserving the channel of the unlicensed band succeeds, determining whether the channel of the unlicensed band is used by a mobile communication module, and transmitting data supporting the unlicensed band through the reserved channel of the unlicensed band.
US10051660B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and devices are described for wireless communication. From a plurality of physical carriers associated with a clear channel assessment (CCA) performed by a device, one of the physical carriers for which the CCA was successful may be identified. A virtual carrier associated with a wireless data transmission by the device may be mapped to the identified one of the physical carriers.
US10051650B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. A method may include maintaining a plurality of conflict entries, each conflict entry indicating a first frequency range associated with interference by a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second frequency range associated with interference by a second RAT. Each conflict entry may indicate a first frequency range of component carriers of a RAT operating in carrier aggregation mode. Active coexistence conflicts may be identified between the first and second RATs based in part on the conflict entries and current radio conditions. The method may also include selecting one of the active coexistence conflicts for conflict mitigation. In some examples, a subset of the conflict entries are organized into an intermodulation group. The method may also include determining a conflict priority for each conflict entry associated with an active coexistence conflict. In some examples, conflict priorities may be aggregated.
US10051642B2
A mobile communication system capable of easily notifying the interference-related information and avoiding interference in a situation in which a macro cell and local nodes are deployed to coexist. In the system, a macro cell (eNB) notifies, via user equipments (UEs) present in a coverage, HeNBs present in the coverage of the interference-related information related to the interference to a physical resource to be used, for example, a high interference indication (HII) and an overload indicator (OI).
US10051637B2
The present invention addresses a method, apparatus and computer program product for managing control channel usage in Carrier Aggregation, which implement defining a time reuse factor for a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource on a Primary Cell for enabling time multiplexing the subframes of the resource, and assigning a Physical Uplink Control Channel resource element to a requesting User Equipment by using colliding resources in different subframes, wherein the time reuse factor is variably set based on at least one of the number of requesting User Equipments and the individual traffic needs of the requesting User Equipment.
US10051636B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to the reduction in a probability of collision for grant-less transmissions from internet of everything (IOE) devices while not increasing search complexity at a base station are disclosed. An IOE device randomly selects a first access resource from a common pool, that the base station searches, to initiate a transmission. If a metric associated with the data transmission is predicted to exceed a threshold, the IOE device also randomly selects a second access resource from a collision reduction pool that the base station does not search. The IOE device notifies the base station, in the data transmission, to switch to the second access resource after a fixed period to the selected second access resource that is included in the data transmission. After the specified period, the base station and the IOE device switch to the second access resource and complete the data transmission.
US10051633B2
A method including: using first information and second information to determine a code book size, said first information including information for at least one first subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one first subframe is prior to subframe n and second information for at least one second subframe of at least one cell for which feedback information is to be provided, said at least one second subframe being after said subframe n; and using said code book size for providing feedback information.
US10051631B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). An operation method of an apparatus may include generating an initial detection result based on signals received through a plurality of carriers from a transmission device; determining a first detection area in the initial detection result based on a channel gain; generating a plurality of first symbol groups by inserting available symbols into the first detection area of the initial detection result; and generating a first detection result based on a first symbol group with the maximum likelihood among the plurality of first symbol groups.
US10051629B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a network element of a distributed antenna system, a reference signal, a control channel and a first modulated signal at a first carrier frequency, the first modulated signal including first communications data provided by a base station and directed to a mobile communication device. The instructions in the control channel direct the network element of the distributed antenna system to convert the first modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the first modulated signal in a first spectral segment. The reference signal is received at an out of band frequency relative to the control channel. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10051625B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for communication in a wireless local area network (LAN) system supporting a multi-bandwidth in which a communication apparatus supporting a multi-bandwidth includes generating a base frame based on at least one of a first bandwidth having the lowest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) among predetermined bandwidths and a second bandwidth that is two times greater than the first bandwidth, configuring a duplication mode frame based on the base frame, and transmitting the duplication mode frame through a plurality of bands.
US10051616B2
A system and method for decoding an intended transmission includes a user device that receives a downlink transmission containing a user signal intended for the user device and one or more interfering user signals directed to one or more other user devices. The user device obtains power stacking information that includes a power level for each of the user signals contained in the received downlink transmission. A channel is estimated using pilot signals in the downlink transmission. Each interfering user signal contained in the downlink transmission is demodulated and decoded using the power stacking information. The user device removes all interfering user signals from the received downlink transmission to obtain the user signal intended for the user device.
US10051607B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field and provide a data processing method, an apparatus and a system, which can improve generality of a network concurrent function on an intelligent terminal. The data processing method includes: accessing a wireless local area network; establishing a first access point name APN, where the first APN is different from a default APN of the intelligent terminal, and the first APN is used to implement data service access to a cellular network when the wireless local area network is accessed; accessing the cellular network by using the first APN; and performing, in the wireless local area network and the cellular network accessed by using the first APN, transmission of a data service of the intelligent terminal. The data processing method, the apparatus and the system provided in the embodiments of the present invention are used to process data.
US10051597B2
Techniques are provided to perform location verification of a radio access point device such as femtocell. The radio access point device is configured to receive signals from global positioning system (GPS) satellite transmitters to produce GPS location data representing a GPS location of the radio access point device. The radio access point device is also configured to receive wireless signals at one or more specified channels and to generate radio environment data representing characteristics of received wireless signals. A comparison is made between the GPS location data and reference GPS location data for an expected location of the radio access point device. When the GPS location data substantially matches the reference GPS location data, operations of the radio access point device are enabled and the radio environment data is stored to be used as reference radio environment data for purposes of subsequent location verification of the radio access point device.
US10051589B2
A communication method of a first device over a first radio communication link of a first communication network and a second device over a second radio communication link of a second communication network, includes a step of suspending, during a suspension time interval, transmission of a first signal by the first device over the first radio communication link; and a step of receiving, with the second device, a second signal over the second radio communication link during the suspension time interval.
US10051588B2
A method of mitigating inter-BSS interference via synchronized inter-BSS operation is proposed. By aligning the transmission of UL and DL transmission in two overlapping OBSSs, the inter-BSS STA-to-STA and inter-BSS AP-to-AP types of interference can be eliminated. Furthermore, based on the BSS overlapping geometry and the STA location, different interference mitigation schemes can be applied to mitigate inter-BSS AP-to-STA and inter-BSS STA-to-AP types of interference.
US10051587B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for maintaining, by a cloud controller, data representing a topology of a network of nodes; receiving, at the cloud controller from the first group of nodes, one or more requests to connect to the network; selecting, by the cloud controller, a first node in the first group of nodes that sent the request; and generating, by the cloud controller, instructions configured to cause the first node to communicate a timestamp of the first node to each neighboring node of the first node and to cause each neighboring node to communicate the timestamp of the first node to each other neighboring nodes of the neighboring node; and sending the instructions to the first node, thereby synchronizing the nodes in the network to the timestamp of the first node.
US10051571B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for conservation of battery life with a shared network connection. In the context of a method, a connection is caused to be established with a local network. The local network includes a modem which is in connection with a network. The method also causes at least one mobile device to be disconnected from the network following the connection to the local network. While the at least one mobile device is disconnected from the network, the method receives a signal indicating that a connection should be established with the network. In response to the signal, the method causes the connection with the local network to be terminated and causes the connection to be established with the network.
US10051569B2
This technology provides a sustainable enterprise framework for associated gateways in a network to leverage group level decisions and redistribute allocated energy budget among the associated gateways. The enterprise framework is configured to allocate Gateway Hourly Budget (GHB) as hourly spending limit to the associated gateways, autonomously electing gateway leader from the associated gateways, predicting hourly energy requirement for the associated gateways, calculating energy difference parameter between the allocated GHB and predicted hourly energy requirement, transmitting the hourly energy difference parameter to the autonomously elected gateway leader. The leader further re-computes GHB for the associated gateways for the forthcoming hour and redistributes energy budget by ordering the one or more associated gateways to reset the hourly spending limit with the recomputed GHB, thereby enabling optimal utilization of energy and maximum runtime to the appliances connected to the network.
US10051565B2
Techniques for performing radio link measurements while a wireless device is operating in an extended DRX mode are disclosed. An example method, implemented by a wireless device in a wireless communication network, comprises waking up (510) in advance of a scheduled DRX on-time, and outside of any other scheduled DRX on-time, for at least one measurement interval, performing (520) radio link measurements during the at least one measurement interval, and determining (530) whether the wireless device is in an in-synch or out-of-synch status. In some embodiments, the in-synch or out-of-synch status and/or a radio-link failure are selectively reported to upper layers of the mobile terminal's protocol stack, e.g., to an RRC layer.
US10051563B2
Disclosed are an adaptive power controllable WIFI adjusting method and device, wherein the method includes the following steps that are suitable for a WIFI mobile terminal to execute: determining a WIFI adjustment object as well as an adjustment target value by detecting a current WIFI application environment and/or communication status; obtaining a current value of the WIFI adjustment object by detecting the WIFI adjustment object; comparing the adjustment target value with the current value, and coupling back a comparison result; performing an initial adjustment and a fine adjustment on the WIFI adjustment object according to the coupled-back comparison result, and making a value of the adjustment object obtained after the adjustments consistent with the adjustment target value through precise adjustment, calibration, and correction.
US10051560B2
Provided is a network access method and the method includes the follows. Information of a target user identification card inserted into a mobile terminal is detected so as to determine whether the target user identification card is a new card inserted into the mobile phone for the first time. If the target user identification card is the new card, on the basis of the type of the target user identification card, all network types supported by the target user identification card is determined, and network identities of PLMNs of all network types are determined and added to an equivalent home public land mobile network (EHPLMN) list. When the mobile terminal arrives at a new visited place and starts a network search, if a target PLMN that matches at least one network identity in the EHPLMN list is searched, a communication connection between the mobile terminal and the target PLMN is established.
US10051547B2
A system and method for maintaining signal-to-noise ratio when a user terminal switches beams includes a user terminal that generates beam-pointing information. The beam-pointing information is used either to alter the time at which the user terminal switches communications from a first beam to a second beam transmitted from a satellite or to adjust the attitude of the satellite, thereby correcting any error in pointing angle of the beams transmitted from the satellite to the user terminal.
US10051541B2
In a communication network (100) comprising a plurality of wireless devices (120), a method determines whether to change one or more communication channels over which the wireless devices (120) communicate. The method includes receiving a plurality of configuration parameters for the communication network (100); receiving information related to one or more communication channel's availability for communications by one or more of the wireless devices (120); and determining whether to change one or more communication channels over which the wireless devices (120) communicate by executing a communication channel change determination algorithm using the configuration parameters and the received information related to one or more communication channel's availability for communications by one or more of the wireless devices (120).
US10051540B2
A method and terminal are disclosed for cell reselection. In the disclosure, the terminal obtains a dedicated priority list and a valid time of the dedicates priority list for cell reselection from a first communication system, such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, when the terminal is in a cell of the fists communication system. In case that the the terminal camps on a cell of a second communication system, such as a non-LTE system (for example, a UMTS system), and before the valid time expire, the terminal performs cell reselection using the dedicated priority list.
US10051537B2
A communication apparatus, in a case where a partner apparatus is not in the communicable state in a second mode of a first wireless communication method, specifies a predetermined memory area of the partner apparatus and transmits, to the partner apparatus using a first mode of the first wireless communication method, a communication parameter used for communication between the communication apparatus and the partner apparatus in a second wireless communication method.
US10051529B2
Disclosed are a method, device and system for switching under a bearer separation scenario, which solve the problem that there are no specific implementation solutions when a UE switches among macro eNBs or processing solutions of data transmission during the switching process, aiming at the bearer separation scenario in the existing protocol. The method of the embodiments of the present application comprises: after a source macro eNB determines that there is a need for performing a switching process of a UE, sending a switching request to each spare target macro eNB, the switching request carrying information for indicating that the UE is in a bearer-separated state and information about the local node where the UE is currently located, and/or the bearer information about the UE which is currently on the local node; and selecting a target macro eNB to switch to for the UE from the spare target macro eNBs which return switching request responses, sending the switching commands carried in the switching request responses returned from the switch target macro eNB to the UE, stopping sending data to the UE and stopping receiving data sent from the UE.
US10051528B2
A communication apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system including a terminal, a first base station forming a first cell, and a second base station forming a second cell adjacent to the first cell. The communication apparatus includes: a communication status acquisition unit that acquires a communication status in the second base station; and a control unit that eliminates cell identifier duplication between a cell identifier of the second cell and a cell identifier of another cell based on the number of times that the second base station has received, from the terminal, a first message requesting for re-establishment of an RRC connection.
US10051527B2
System and method embodiments are provided for evolved packet core cluster and session handling. In an embodiment, a method in a network component for cluster and session handling includes receiving, by a MC-C in a first resource pool in a cluster of resources, an attach request from a SORC for a PDN connection for a UE, the MC-C and the first resource pool selected by the SORC according to a UE address, a resource load, and an operator policy; configuring session control and gateway resources for a session for the UE; negotiating with a follower site to determine state information for a bearer context of the UE; synchronizing the state information with follower sites when a state is agreed upon by at least some of the follower sites; and forming an availability group according to a set of servers that hold replicated state information for the UE.
US10051525B1
A method and system are disclosed for a base station to manage air interface communications with a user equipment device (UE) served by the base station. The base station will determine whether the served UE is a relay-UE that provides wireless backhaul connectivity for a relay base station and whether the relay base station serves at least a threshold extent of delay-sensitive communication traffic. Based on a determination that the served UE is a relay-UE and that the relay base station serves at least the threshold extent of delay-sensitive communication traffic, the base station will responsively cause the relay-UE to be served by the base station on a particular carrier frequency, in an effort to reduce a total delay resulting from the wireless relay arrangement.
US10051516B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that may ensure equal medium access between a first wireless device associated with a load based equipment (LBE) protocol and a number of second wireless devices associated with an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA). The first wireless device may determine a level of contention associated with gaining access to a wireless medium, select a contention window size based, at least in part, on the determined level of contention, and select, for a medium access contention operation, a random back-off number from a range of numbers defined by the selected contention window size.
US10051510B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a front-haul communications system for enabling communication service continuity in a wireless distribution system (WDS) network. A WDS network includes a front-haul communications system and a plurality of remote WDSs. In this regard, a front-haul link control circuit is provided in the front-haul communications system to detect failed front-haul communication link(s). In response to detecting the failed front-haul communication link(s), the front-haul link control circuit reroutes a disrupted communication service(s) to operational front-haul communication link(s) based on bandwidth capacity requirements of the disrupted communication service(s) and unused bandwidth capacity of the operational front-haul communication link(s). By detecting the failed front-haul communication link(s) and rerouting the disrupted communication service(s) communicated on the failed front-haul communication link(s), it is possible to enable communication service continuity in the WDS network, thus enhancing efficiency and performance of the WDS network.
US10051506B1
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems, methods, and processing nodes for traffic management in wireless networks based on performing correlations between radio network attributes and wireless device attributes, and generating updated network parameters based on the correlation. Correlations between radio network attributes and wireless device attributes can yield commonalities or patterns based on a frequency band, a site, or a market. Based on the commonalities or patterns, network parameters such as cell reselection priority, allocation of resources, maximum traffic per frequency band, etc. can be calculated and deployed to various network elements such as control nodes, access nodes, wireless devices, etc. The deployment results in an optimal traffic distribution across each frequency band, such that the available spectrum is utilized efficiently and per-user throughput is maximized for all users of the wireless network.
US10051503B2
The present disclosure provides a method, a system and a device for reporting movement information. The method includes steps of determining, by the UE, that the UE is being or has been switched from an idle state into a connection state; and reporting, by the UE, movement information of the UE to a network-side device.
US10051502B2
Provided are methods for handling reports on lost connections in a terminal device which is capable of being in communication connection with a plurality of network access nodes, wherein the terminal device generates, after having lost connection to a first network access node, a report on the loss of connection. The terminal device stores the report when the terminal device is reconnected to a third network access node comprising one of a different access technology, a different network, and a different network operator than the first network access node to which the terminal device was connected before the loss of connection. The terminal device also sends, upon or after reconnecting with one of the first and a second network access node, sending the report to one of the first and second network access nodes.
US10051500B2
Provided are a communication method and system enabling convergence of 5G communication and Internet of Things (IoT) technology to achieve higher data rates for beyond 4G communication systems.In addition, provided is a user equipment and method thereof for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) by a user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system. The method includes: receiving a first PHR configuration information for a first base station; receiving a second PHR configuration information for a second base station; generating, when the UE has dual connectivity to the first base station and the second base station, a dual connectivity PHR containing PHR information for the first base station and second base station based on a dual connectivity PHR format; and sending the dual connectivity PHR. There is further provided a base station and operation method therefor that enable the user equipment to have dual connectivity.
US10051499B1
Systems, devices, methods, computer-readable media, techniques, and methodologies are disclosed for optimizing radio frequency configuration of a user device for better power management and faster time to first fix. The radio frequency configuration of user devices may be optimized based on user input analysis, machine learning, or crowd sourcing methodologies.
US10051498B2
The present invention relates to methods, a user equipment and a radio base station in a communication network, in which a downlink out-of-coverage is detected based on measurements done on a common channel or on the combination of common and dedicated channels. The out-of-coverage is then reported to the network, either using resources proactively assigned to the user equipment, or by transmitting a predetermined pattern of signature sequences assigned to the user equipment.
US10051490B2
A determination apparatus for determining communication availability in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) scheme communication system, the determination apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a wireless signal including an OFDM symbol in which a pilot signal is inserted at a constant interval in a frequency axis direction, an obtaining unit configured to obtain a discrete sample signal by sampling the wireless signal, a correlation value calculation unit configured to calculate a correlation value of the discrete sample signal for a time shift amount that is defined in advance according to the constant interval, and a determination unit configured to determine the communication availability in the communication system based on at least a result of determination whether the correlation value for the time shift amount has a peak or not.
US10051483B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for receiving a request to steer wireless signals generated by a plurality of dielectric antennas, and adjusting, by the controller, a plurality of adjustable delays coupled to a transceiver to adjust an orientation of wireless signals received or generated by the plurality of dielectric antennas, each of the plurality of dielectric antennas comprising a feed point coupled to a different one of the plurality of adjustable delays, the transceiver facilitating reception or transmission of electromagnetic waves propagating via a different one of the feed points of the plurality of dielectric antennas along corresponding dielectric feedlines without an electrical return path. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10051473B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for securely performing connection release and network redirection in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first cell. The wireless device may receive a RRC connection release message from the first cell. The RRC connection release message may include an indication to redirect the wireless device to a second cell. The RRC connection with the first cell may be released. It may be determined whether security has been established with the first cell when the indication to redirect the wireless device to the second cell is received. A new serving cell may be selected based at least in part on whether security has been established with the first cell when the indication to redirect the wireless device to the second cell is received.
US10051472B2
A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch panel and an input detection part, a display part, a determination part, and an execution part. The input detection part is configured to detect inputs to the touch panel. The display part is configured to display an object corresponding to a lock state in which predetermined processing based on inputs detected by the input detection part is not executed. The determination part is configured to determine whether or not a predetermined input to the object is detected by the input detection part. The execution part is configured to release the lock state and execute predetermined processing if the determination part determines that a predetermined input to the object is detected.
US10051467B2
Embodiments related to a restricted-use authentication code are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of generating a representation of a restricted-use authentication code for detection by another computing device to authenticate the other computing device to a remote service. The method includes receiving authentication information, the authentication information comprising a restricted-use authentication code and generating a representation of the authentication information. The method further includes presenting the representation of the authentication information to a sensor system of the other computing device for authentication.
US10051463B2
A method performed by a subscriber data storage node of a visiting communication network for handling a signalling request in a communication system comprising a home communication network and the visiting communication network. The signalling request originates from a communication device subscribing to the home communication network and having a home subscriber identification, ID, for communication in the home communication network. The communication device is registered to the visiting communication network with a local subscriber ID different from the home subscriber ID, the local subscriber ID being associated with the home subscriber ID. The method comprises receiving the signalling request originating from the communication device, the signalling request being associated with the local subscriber ID and identifying that the local subscriber ID is associated with the home subscriber ID. The method further comprises requesting a subscriber data from a subscriber data storage node of the home communication network, the request comprising the home subscriber ID, and receiving the subscriber data from the subscriber data storage node of the home communication network.
US10051457B2
A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area.
US10051448B2
A wireless communication device includes a communication module configured to transmit data to another wireless communication device using a short range wireless communication protocol, and a controller configured to make the communication module transmit data to the other wireless communication device at predetermined intervals, when the data to be transmitted to the other wireless communication device is generated, in a connection state with the other wireless communication device using the short range wireless communication protocol. The controller performs a process for changing the predetermined interval in accordance with presence or absence of the generation of the data to be transmitted.
US10051447B2
A method, computer-readable medium, and apparatus for broadcasting a wireless emergency alert message are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor receiving a request to broadcast a wireless emergency alert message, determining an anticipated increase in a network usage in response to broadcasting the wireless emergency alert message, determining that a capacity of the network will not be exceeded with the anticipated increase in the network usage, and broadcasting the wireless alert message in an alert area. In one example, the request comprises a type of alert, the alert area, and a message content. In one example, the wireless emergency alert message that is broadcast includes the message content in a format that deviates from a default format when it is determined that the capacity of the network will not be exceeded with the anticipated increase in the network usage.
US10051439B2
Various communication systems may benefit from network assisted automatic clustering. For example, wireless communication systems may benefit from such clustering that enables victim to victim communication after the network becomes unavailable, for example due to a disaster. A method can include forming, by an element of a network, a cluster group for a plurality of user equipment in a location. The method can also include communicating, by the element, information comprising a cluster group identifier to a user equipment of the plurality of the user equipment. The cluster group can be configured to operate only when the network fails to operate.
US10051438B2
Processing a message is disclosed. For each field group applicable to a message from one or more unique field groups of one or more fields identified using one or more content matchers, a compiled message corresponding to the field group applicable to the message is generated. It is determined whether one or more of the compiled messages matches one or more of the one or more content matchers.
US10051437B1
A receiver including a plurality of correlators to receive a satellite signal having a line of sight (LOS) component and a multipath (MP) component and generate correlator results corresponding to the received satellite signal. The receiver includes a peak search module to identify frequency peaks in the received satellite signal based on the correlator results, a peak selection module to identify the LOS component of the received satellite signal based on the identified frequency peaks and at least one of a code phase error module to generate a code phase error corresponding to the identified LOS component and a carrier frequency error module to generate a carrier frequency error corresponding to the identified LOS component. The plurality of correlators are further to generate the correlator results based on at least one of the code phase error and the carrier frequency error.
US10051435B2
A system for identifying location of a mobile electronic device relative to an object. The system includes an electronic control unit configured to calculate location of the mobile electronic device, the electronic control unit including a first transceiver connected to a first antenna that receives signals from the mobile electronic device used by the electronic control unit to identify location of the mobile electronic device. One or more antenna modules are in communication with the electronic control unit. Each one of the antenna modules includes a second transceiver connected to at least two secondary antennas that receive signals from the mobile electronic device used by the electronic control unit to identify location of the mobile electronic device.
US10051429B2
Systems, devices, and methods for checkpoint-based location monitoring via a mobile device are described herein. One device includes instructions stored thereon executable by a processor to receive, via a mobile device associated with a user in a facility having a plurality of wireless beacons therein, an indication of a first checkpoint corresponding to a first location in the facility and a first time period in which the user is allowed to reach the first checkpoint, provide to the user, via the mobile device, the indication of the first checkpoint and the first time period allowed to reach the first checkpoint, determine that the mobile device reached the first checkpoint based on a communication between the mobile device and a wireless beacon associated with the first checkpoint, receive, via the mobile device subsequent to the determination, an indication of a second checkpoint corresponding to a second location in the facility and a second time period in which the user is allowed to reach the second checkpoint, and provide to the user, via the mobile device, the indication of the second checkpoint and the second time period in which the user is allowed to reach the second checkpoint.
US10051428B2
A system may be configured to allow for storage of location information regarding a set of user devices. The location information may be updated relatively frequently, and without introducing additional traffic into a wireless telecommunications network associated with the user devices. The location information may be made available to internal devices associated with the wireless telecommunications network and/or to external third party devices (such as banks, payment card processors, or advertisers) with user consent. Since the information is obtained and stored prior to requests, the location information may be provided, in response to requests, relatively quickly.
US10051427B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to providing location-based health alerts based on biological indicators. In some aspects, a server may receive information that identifies a location associated with a mobile device. The server may determine a venue associated with the location. The server may identify health information associated with the venue. The health information may be based on data previously received in association with the venue. The server may provide a health alert based on the health information.
US10051415B1
The present disclosure involves systems, software, and computer implemented methods for augmenting ping timing for mobile devices based on contextual analysis of a current data exchange based on historical data exchange data. One example system includes operations such as receiving information related to a current data exchange associated with a particular user profile. The current data exchange can be associated with a particular location, and each user profile can be associated with at least one data exchange pattern, where the data exchange pattern identifies a locational and a data exchange history of the user profile. The current data exchange is compared to a data exchange pattern of the particular user profile. If the current data exchange does not correspond, a request for the user's current location is transmitted to an associated user device. If the current data exchange does correspond, the current data exchange is associated with the particular location.
US10051413B2
A method to operate a controller for exchanging information corresponding to a public safety incident is provided. In operation, the controller transmits a request to communication networks to send location information for portable communication devices operating in a region of interest. The controller, based on the location information received from the communication networks for the portable communication devices, selects a subset of portable communication devices. The controller assigns each device in the subset to a trusted group of devices or a non-trusted group of devices based on the respective subscriber profile and operating characteristics of the portable communication devices. The controller then establishes a connection with high priority portable communication devices in the trusted group via a public safety communication network to exchange information corresponding to the incident.
US10051409B2
A localization approach based on cable length detection. In one aspect, a method performed by a positioning system for determining the location of a mobile communication device (MCD) is provided. In some embodiments, the method includes the positioning system determining a cable length value representative of the length of the cable connecting a base station to a radio head serving the MCD. The positioning system then determines a location of the MCD based on the determined cable length.
US10051407B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf of a wireless dockee device. In an example embodiment, a wireless docking system may automatically provide only those peripherals to user's attention, which are in direct relation to user's activity and are meaningful to the user at each point in time. The set of offered peripherals may depend on the application, for example, video playing or web browsing, running in user's dockee device, such as a smartphone. An example embodiment may automatically take into account known user preferences/habits, location, etc. The selection of peripherals offered may automatically provide the best technical performance, for example, best quality display for a video. An example embodiment also enables the docking solution to allocate optimum peripheral resources on a dynamic usage basis for each user.
US10051401B2
An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory, the memory comprising machine-readable instructions, that when executed cause the apparatus to: store in a non-volatile memory multiple sets of predetermined spatial audio processing parameters for differently moving sound sources; provide in a man machine interface an option for a user to select one of the stored multiple sets of predetermined spatial audio processing parameters for differently moving sound sources; and in response to the user selecting one of the stored multiple sets of predetermined spatial audio processing parameters for differently moving sound sources, the apparatus is further caused to use the selected one of the stored multiple sets of predetermined spatial audio processing parameters to spatially process audio from one or more sound sources.
US10051396B2
A method and apparatus are provided that are configured to initiate a sound capture event within an apparatus and to receive at least two audio signals during the sound capture event. The at least two audio signals are provided by at least two microphones associated with the apparatus. The method and apparatus are also configured to determine at least one microphone operational parameter based on the received at least two audio signals; and to control the sound capture event such that at least one of the at least two audio signals is processed based on the at least one microphone operational parameter.
US10051394B2
A loudspeaker diaphragm state estimation method includes: adjusting a weight value of a diaphragm displacement model by adaptive filtering until an error between an estimated value of a driving voltage of a loudspeaker and a measured value of the driving voltage is less than a predetermined threshold; estimating a diaphragm relative displacement of the loudspeaker according to the diaphragm displacement model corresponding to a final determined weight value; determining a diaphragm relative speed at a next moment based on an input current, a product value of a vector determined by an estimated value of a diaphragm relative speed and an estimated value of a diaphragm relative displacement, and a weight value vector obtained at a present moment; and determining an estimated value of the driving voltage using the estimated value of the diaphragm relative speed, the input current, and a DC impedance of the loudspeaker at the present moment.
US10051393B2
An automated process for equalizing an audio system and an apparatus for implementing the process. An audio system includes a microphone unit, for receiving the sound waves radiated from a plurality of speakers, acoustic measuring circuitry, for calculating frequency response measurements; a memory, for storing characteristic data of the loudspeaker units and further for storing the frequency response measurements; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating an equalization pattern responsive to the digital data and responsive to the characteristic data of the plurality of loudspeaker units. Also described is an automated equalizing system including a acoustic measuring circuitry including a microphone for measuring frequency response at a plurality of locations; a memory, for storing the frequency responses at the plurality of locations; and equalization calculation circuitry, for calculating, from the frequency responses, an optimized equalization pattern.
US10051390B2
A hearing aid comprising a microphone, a receiver, hearing aid electronics coupled to the microphone and the receiver, and conductive traces overlaying an insulator, the conductive traces configured to interconnect the hearing aid electronics and to follow non-planar contours of the insulator. Examples are provided wherein the insulator includes a hearing aid housing.
US10051362B2
A loudspeaker device is provided, including a first speaker module, a second speaker module, and a third speaker module. The first speaker module includes first, second, third, fourth, and fifth speaker units facing different directions. The second speaker module includes a sixth speaker unit, and the third speaker module includes a seventh speaker unit. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh speaker units are arranged along a central axis of the loudspeaker device, and the output sound frequencies of the first, second, and third speaker units are less than those of the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh speaker units.
US10051350B2
A system for routing signals in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes one or more local Digital Access Units (DAUs) located at a local location and one or more remote DAUs located at one or more remote locations. Each of the one or more local DAUs includes an optical port coupled to an upstream unit. The upstream unit includes at least one of a repeater, a baseband unit, a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), or a DAU. The one or more remote DAUs are coupled to the one or more local DAUs via one or more optical cables. A distance between the local location and each of the one or more remote locations is greater than two kilometers.
US10051349B2
Sensor based system and method for premises safety and operational profiling based on drift analysis
A system includes plural sensor devices installed at a premises and a server computer coupled to a network and in communication with a gateway, which receives a risk profile for a physical premises, collect sensor information from the plural sensor devices and receives data feeds relevant to a location of the physical premises and execute one or more learning models to continually analyze the collected sensor information and data feeds to produce operational decisions based on the sensor information and data feeds to predict changes to risk profiles based on the continual analysis of sensor information and which determines responses to new risk profiles that are produced. The system also includes an engine for monitoring the sensor devices to recognize occurrences of events, and ask, through an interface to a human for additional information to confirm an occurrence of one or more of the events.
US10051348B2
Devices, methods, and systems for power metering are described herein. One device includes a first integrated circuit configured to collect metering information, a second integrated circuit configured to communicate the collected metering information to a user interface of the power metering device, and a third integrated circuit configured to configure the first integrated circuit and store parameters for the second integrated circuit, wherein each of the first, second, and third integrated circuits include a single communication port configured to communicate with the other respective communication ports.
US10051343B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for embedding information in a video feed. An embodiment operates by analyzing a video frame from a video feed to detect features of a playing field in the video frame and generate a camera projection matrix based on a model of the playing field and the detected features. Converting positional information associated with players shown in the video feed using the camera projection matrix. Mapping the positional information associated with the players to a display.
US10051339B2
A method for generating a stream from first and second data streams received, the data streams comprising frames, each frame containing a synchronization packet, a signaling packet giving information on the structure of the data stream and packets referred to as baseband frames. The method comprises the steps of aligning the two data streams received by putting in phase the synchronization packets or the signaling packets of the frames of each data stream, identifying, in one of the data streams received, baseband packets identifying packets of a first type, and inserting, in each frame of the first stream received, baseband packets of the frame of the second stream the synchronization packet of which is aligned with the synchronization packet of the frame of the first stream.
US10051323B2
A set-top-box is provided for receiving broadcast media content and processing said content for presentation on a display. A processor of the STB is configured to receive, from between a router circuit and a modem circuit, data packets sent over a local network. The data packets are sent to or from a local internet connected user device via the router as part of the local network. The processor is further configured to analyze the received data packets to determine whether they contain undesired content and, if so, to control the display to present an indicator containing at least one property of the detected undesired content. Because the STB is coupled to a display that tends to be the main display in a household, the indicator is more likely to be seen and acted on by a responsible party, thus parents will be more easily able to monitor the activity of their children when they use user devices to access the internet over a home network.
US10051319B2
A transmission method in the present disclosure includes; obtaining an image and image signal characteristics information indicating one of an opto-electrical transfer function (OETF) or an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) as image signal characteristics of the image; and transmitting a signal including the image and the image signal characteristics information. According to the transmission method in the present disclosure, a receiving device that received a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a standard dynamic range (SDR) image transmitted through broadcasting or the like can display these images appropriately.
US10051314B2
A method, system, and executable instructions are provided that receive a request to change a television tuner from a first channel to a second channel, the first channel providing first programming and the second channel providing second programming, wherein the first and second programming are different and changing from the first channel to the second channel causes a delay in providing, by the television tuner, the second programming, determine, based on metadata associated with the second channel and/or second programming, an image associated with the second programming, and, during the delay, display, on a screen of the television, the image.
US10051311B2
An electronic device for sending a message is described. The electronic device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The electronic device determines whether to include a common decoding unit CPB removal delay parameter in a picture timing Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message. The electronic device also generates either a common decoding unit CPB removal delay parameter or a separate decoding unit CPB removal delay parameter for each decoding unit in the access unit. The electronic device also sends the picture timing SEI message with the common decoding unit CPB removal delay parameter or the decoding unit CPB removal delay parameters.
US10051308B2
A communication medium with fewer limitations on the directivity or available communication range, such as an IP network, is used to perform a remote control operation.Since two-way communication can be carried out between a remote controller and a device to be operated, it is possible to provide more reliable communication by means of a delivery confirmation, to handle a GUI-based complex command scheme, and to provide large-volume data transmission, such as moving-image streaming, using relatively broad bands. A television receiver to be operated by the remote controller distributes moving-image data, such as a child view, to an IP remote controller through an IP network so that the data can be viewed on the IP remote controller.
US10051307B2
According to the technical solution of an embodiment of the present invention, since content information is transmitted synchronously with the program scene, within the broadcast stream of data, media data, for example, advertisements, which may be of interest to the user, can be analyzed by selecting scenes at a granular level from the broadcast information. In one regard, the selected scene is being played currently, enhancing the relevance of the real-time analysis. In another regard, selecting a reduced granularity avoids statistical information overshadowing individual information. In this way, the accuracy of selecting media data with respect to a current user is improved.
US10051302B2
Methods and apparatus for determining and selecting digital coding and/or decoding technology, delivery bitrates, and resolution parameters for programming and data delivery over, e.g., a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises an HFC cable or satellite network that includes a server process interfacing with a plurality of customer premises equipment (CPE), and/or associated client devices, each having different display resolution, bitrate, and/or decoding capabilities profiles. The server determines the one or more capabilities possessed by the CPE or client device, and evaluates one or more program or content choices for possible delivery to that CPE or device based on its profile. The selection process may also take into consideration network and/or CPE operational considerations, such as conservation of downstream bandwidth, CPE uprating capability, client device power consumption, and the like.
US10051295B2
Disclosed is a method of associating, at a secondary device, secondary media content with primary media content being output at a primary device. The method includes receiving, at the secondary device, first information based upon the primary content being output at the primary device, wherein the first information includes at least one of an audio and a visual signal, determining at the secondary device second information corresponding to the first information, receiving at the secondary device one or more portions of secondary media content that have been made available by a third device, determining at the secondary device whether one or more of the portions of the secondary media content match one or more portions of the second information, and taking at least one further action upon determining that there is a match.
US10051290B2
Multi-threaded implementations of deblock filtering improve encoding and/or decoding efficiency. For example, a video encoder or decoder partitions a video picture into multiple segments. The encoder/decoder selects between multiple different patterns for splitting operations of deblock filtering into multiple passes. The encoder/decoder organizes the deblock filtering as multiple tasks, where a given task includes the operations of one of the passes for one of the segments. The encoder/decoder then performs the tasks with multiple threads. The performance of the tasks is constrained by task dependencies which, in general, are based at least in part on which lines of the picture are in the respective segments and which deblock filtering operations are in the respective passes. The task dependencies can include a cross-pass, cross-segment dependency between a given pass of a given segment and an adjacent pass of an adjacent segment.
US10051288B2
Methods of data encoding using trees formed with logic gates are described which lead to spatial compression of image data. Data encoding is achieved using a five-level wavelet transform, such as the Haar or the 2/10 transform. A dual transform engine is used, the first and engine being used for the first part of the first-level transform, the second part of the first-level transform and the subsequent-level transforms being performed by the second transform engine within a time interval which is less than or equal to the time taken by the first transform engine to effect the part-transform. Each bit plane of the resulting coefficients is then encoded by forming a tree structure from the bits and OR logical combinations thereof. Redundant data are removed from the resulting tree structure, and further data can be removed by using a predetermined compression profile. The resulting blocks of compressed data are of variable length and are packaged with sync words and index words for transmission so that the location and identity of the transformed data blocks can be determined from the received signal.
US10051286B2
Devices and methods for generating a three-dimensional video stream starting from a sequence of video images. The sequence includes a first view (V0), at least one second view (V1) of a scene, and a depth map (D0) of said first view (V0), or a disparity map of said at least one second view (V1) with respect to the first view (V0). At least one occlusion image (O1) including the occluded pixels of said second view (V1) is obtained by starting from said depth map (D0) or from said disparity map. A compacted occlusion image (OC1)is generated by spatially repositioning said occluded pixels of said at least one occlusion image (O1), so as to move said pixels closer to one another. The three-dimensional video stream may include said first view (V0), said depth map (D0) or said disparity map, and said at least one compacted occlusion image (OC1).
US10051285B2
Methods and modules for spatial decorrelation and recorrelation are described. A block of data values can be spatially decorrelated in two dimensions efficiently by processing rows of the data values in a particular order such that if the results of spatially decorrelating a first row will be used for column-wise spatial decorrelation of a second row then the data values of the first row are processed in an earlier iteration to that in which the data values of the second row are processed. This allows for highly parallelised processing of the block of data values. Spatial recorrelation can be performed as an inverse process to the spatial decorrelation.
US10051278B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for inter-layer encoding and a method and apparatus for inter-layer decoding video using residual prediction. The inter-layer video decoding method includes: obtaining a decoded first layer image from a first layer bitstream; determining, based on residual prediction information obtained from a second layer bitstream, whether to perform residual prediction performed on a second layer block by referring to a first layer block corresponding to the second layer block within the first layer image; in response to determining not to perform the residual prediction, obtaining luminance compensation information from the second layer bitstream and determining whether to perform luminance compensation based on the luminance compensation information; and in response to determining to perform the luminance compensation, performing the luminance compensation on the second layer block.
US10051275B2
In a general aspect, a method of encoding video content can include manipulating bits of a first view and a second view of a three-dimensional, (3D) video frame to occupy a first slice of the video frame and a second slice of the video frame, respectively. A boundary can be formed between the first and second slices. The method can also include encoding the bits of each of the first slice and the second slice separately from each other to form a first independently compressed video slice and a second independently compressed video slice. The method can further include multiplexing the first and second independently compressed video slices to form a transport stream. The transport stream can be operable to be processed to render at least one of two-dimensional (2D) video and 3D video.
US10051274B2
An image processing apparatus that calculates information according to a motion of a frame of a moving image based on a motion vector detected in the frame decides the representative motion vector of each of a plurality of regions in the frame based on the detected motion vector, and calculates the information according to the motion of the frame based on, out of the motion vectors in each of the plurality of regions, a motion vector whose difference from the representative motion vector of each region is smaller than a predetermined value.
US10051263B2
The multi-aperture camera system includes a first aperture receiving an RGB optical signal, a second aperture distinguished from the first aperture and receiving an optical signal of which a wavelength is different from that of the RGB optical signal, an image sensor, a plurality of frame buffers, wherein the first and second images are respectively stored in the frame buffers, and a scan line-based processor unit (SPU) processing the first and second images using a scan line processing technique to determine a depth at at least one pixel of the first and second images. The first aperture and the second aperture are formed on a single optical system so as to be offset in a horizontal direction of the image sensor and thus have center positions deviated from each other.
US10051262B2
The present invention relates to a control circuit of a high-definition naked-eye portable stereoscopic video player and a stereoscopic video conversion method which enables the user to watch a stereoscopic video without wearing the stereoscopic glasses, wherein the control circuit includes a power supply. An HD video CH1 and an HD video CH2 are connected to the signal input terminal of a respective HDMI decoder through a respective HDMI plug interface, the signal output terminal of the HDMI decoder is connected to the signal input terminal of an FPGA programmable logic device. A DDR2 memory, a SRAM Static Random Access Memory, and a FLASH memory bi-directionally exchange data with the FPGA programmable logic device.
US10051259B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are described related to real-time automatic conversion of 2-dimensional images or video to 3-dimensional stereo images or video.
US10051258B2
An image processing device, method and computer program product cooperate to make adjustments in detection area for image adjustment processing to when displacement adjustments have been made to a first or second imaging area. A detection area setting device sets a first detection area within a first imaging area and sets a second detection area in a second imaging area after a displacement adjustment is applied to at least one of the first imaging area and the second imaging area. The first detection area is an area used in image adjustment processing.
US10051249B2
The laser projection display device includes: a photo-sensor for detecting the quantity of laser light generated by the laser light source; and an image processing unit for processing a drive signal on the basis of the quantity of light of the detected laser light and supplying the processed drive signal to a driving unit for the laser light source. Right after the dimming, the image processing unit supplies the drive signal to the driving unit for the laser light source on the basis of the quantity of light of the detected laser light within a second execution cycle shorter than a first execution cycle which is the execution cycle used during the normal operation.
US10051236B2
A content sharing system for sharing content among attendees comprising a communication network, a first content sharing configuration including at least a first large common display screen having at least a first display surface, a first processor and a first interface, a second content sharing configuration including at least a second large common display screen having at least a second display surface, a second processor and a second interface, wherein the first and second processors are linked via the network and programmed to present substantially identical content on the at least a first display surface and the at least a second display surface as the first and second interfaces are used to alter content on the first and second display surfaces.
US10051235B2
A computing device receives session description protocol (SDP) information including network parameters, from a plurality of client devices participating in an audio-video conference hosted by a primary conference host. The computing device selects a secondary conference host from the plurality of client devices. In response to receiving the SDP information from the plurality of client devices, the computing device sends a reply, including network parameter information identifying the secondary conference host, to the plurality of client devices of the audio-video conference. The computing device determines a failure of the primary conference host, wherein the failure is based, at least in part, on a violation of a threshold limit of a transmission rate of the primary conference host, and in response to determining the failure, the computing device sends information to activate the secondary conference host as the audio-video conference host, to the plurality of client devices.
US10051233B2
A conversion method for converting luminance of a video, including a luminance value in a first luminance range, to be displayed on a display apparatus includes: acquiring a first luminance signal indicating a code value obtained by quantization of the luminance value of the video; and converting the code value indicated by the acquired first luminance signal into a second luminance value determined based on a luminance range of the display apparatus, the second luminance value being compatible with a second luminance range with a maximum value smaller than a maximum value of the first luminance range and larger than 100 nit. This provides the conversion method capable of achieving further improvement.
US10051231B2
A sensor senses when a portable, handheld data capture device has been dropped from a user's hand and is in free fall in a venue. A control system automatically saves data captured in a handheld mode of operation in response to the sensing of the free fall of the portable device.
US10051227B1
A channel change detection feature is incorporated into future ATSC 1.0 receivers, future ATSC 3.0 receivers, and through a modification, to legacy ATSC 1.0 receivers that can detect new Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) signaling. A TV or other digital video receiver occasionally performs an automatic channel programming scan. If it detects that a channel has disappeared, then the receiver re-scans the spectrum to update the channel map. If any changes in the channel map occurs, an indication is implied that some ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 stations have been shuffled.
US10051226B2
A transmitter according to the present invention includes a decoder that decodes a video signal received from outside and acquires identification information including a format concerning 2D or 3D of video from a layer corresponding to each frame of the video signal and a backend processor that performs spatial or temporal scaling of video data by the video data based on the identification information and, when the format of the video is switched, switches parameters for the scaling adjusting to switching timing.
US10051210B2
Various techniques are provided for binning (e.g., clustering or grouping) two or more infrared sensors of a focal plane array (FPA) to permit configuration of the FPA to various dimensions and/or pixel sizes. For example, according to one or more embodiments, switchable interconnects may be implemented within the FPA, wherein the switchable interconnects comprise a plurality of switches adapted to selectively connect or disconnect infrared sensors of the FPA to/from column lines, row lines, and between each other. The switchable interconnects may also comprise another set of switches adapted to selectively connect adjacent column lines together. By selectively opening and closing appropriate switches of the switchable interconnects, two or more neighboring infrared sensors may be binned together to form a binned detector. Advantageously, the binned detector, along with the array and associated circuitry, may provide increased sensitivity, reduced power consumption, and/or increased frame rate.
US10051208B2
An optical system for an image acquisition device comprises a filter comprising a central aperture arranged to transmit both visible and selected near infra-red (NIR) wavelengths and a peripheral aperture arranged to block visible wavelengths and to transmit the NIR wavelengths. An image sensor comprises an array of pixels including pixels sensitive to visible wavelengths and corresponding pixels sensitive to the NIR wavelengths. A lens assembly is axially located between the filter and the image sensor and comprises a plurality of lens elements. The lens elements are arranged to simultaneously focus NIR light received from a given object through central and peripheral apertures of the filter and visible light received from the object through the central aperture onto the sensor surface.
US10051207B1
A method to generate a contact list may include receiving an identifier of a first communication device at a captioning system. The first communication device may be configured to provide first audio data to a second communication device. The second communication device may be configured to receive first text data of the first audio data from the captioning system. The method may further include receiving and storing contact data from each of multiple communication devices at the captioning system. The method may further include selecting the contact data from the multiple communication devices that include the identifier of the first communication device as selected contact data and generating a contact list based on the selected contact data. The method may also include sending the contact list to the first communication device to provide the contact list as contacts for presentation on an electronic display of the first communication device.
US10051201B1
Embodiments are disclosed of an apparatus including a first digital camera with an image sensor optically coupled to a first lens, the first lens having a first magnification and a second digital camera including an image sensor optically coupled to a second lens. The second lens the second lens has a magnification that is greater than the magnification of the first lens and the second lens is a non-rectilinear lens having a magnification gradient in which magnification is highest at the center of the second lens and lowest at the edges. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10051198B2
A method and an apparatus for capturing an image are disclosed. In this embodiment, after an exposure brightness adjustment multiple group is determined, the exposure brightness adjustment multiple group is adjusted according to a current exposure proportion. In this way, exposure brightness adjustment multiple groups that are used for capturing images are also different.
US10051194B2
An information communication method is provided for obtaining information from a subject using a terminal device that includes an image sensor having a plurality of exposure lines. The method includes setting an exposure time of the image sensor so that a bright line corresponding to each of the plurality of exposure lines appears according to a change in luminance of the subject. The method also includes obtaining a bright line image including a plurality of bright lines by capturing the subject that changes in luminance, and obtaining identification information of the subject by demodulating data specified by a pattern of the plurality of bright lines included in the obtained bright line image. The method further includes sending the identification information to a server, obtaining place information indicating a location of the subject from the server, and displaying a location of the terminal device on a map.
US10051178B2
An imaging method for capturing images using a sensor mounted on an unmanned aircraft comprises: acquiring a range of motion of the sensor relative to the aircraft; acquiring a specification of a linear path along the ground; acquiring parameter values relating to aircraft maneuverability; using the acquired information determining a procedure; performing, by the aircraft, the procedure and simultaneously capturing, by the sensor, a set of images. The procedure comprises the aircraft moving with respect to the path and the sensor moving with respect to the aircraft such that at some time each point along the path is coincident with a footprint of the sensor. Also, each point along the path is present within at least one of the captured images.
US10051171B2
The present disclosure provides a method of operating a wearable life logging device (2) comprising a data processing unit (9), a camera unit (7), and at least one motion sensor (4, 5). The method comprises selectively operating the device in a take photo state (200), wherein a photo is captured by means of the camera unit (7), and selectively operating the device in a sleep state (300), wherein the camera unit (7) is in a low power mode. The method further comprises causing the device to transition (120, 330, 430) to the take photo state (200) in response to a signal from the motion sensor (4, 5).
US10051170B2
Systems and methods for bullet-time photography are disclosed. According to certain embodiments, a method for bullet-time photography may include arranging a plurality of cameras around a subject of the bullet-time photography. The method may also include projecting a light beam from each of the plurality of cameras to the subject. The method may further include aligning an imaging direction of each of the plurality of cameras according to a direction of the respective light beam. The method may further include triggering the plurality of cameras to capture images of the subject.
US10051163B2
An articulating digital endoscope or borescope which can be bent up to 180 degrees and has a small bending radius, simple structure, and can be operated with one hand. The front end of the bending part is connected to a digital camera, the rear end of the bending part is connected to the main body and the handle of the endoscope. The bending part comprises the upper and lower connecting segments, a number of joint plates and in-between discs connected in sequence. There are concave and convex structures on both sides of the joint plates so that the joint plates can fit to each other and be rotated. A mechanical shutter release cable is used to connect the bending part, the endoscope main body and the handle. When the shutter button is pressed, the inner spring of the shutter pushes forward to bend the bending part.
US10051160B2
A scrolling system for scrolling a printed roll of media includes a mechanical scrolling apparatus and a user interface device. The mechanical scrolling apparatus includes a first winder for placing the printed roll and from which first winder the printed roll is unwindable, and a second winder for winding up the printed roll unwound from the first winder. At least one winder of the first and second winder is drivable by a motor. An unwound area is a piece of the printed roll that is unwound from the first winder and not yet wound up on the second winder. The user interface device is configured to receive a selection of a part of a digital representation of images printed on the roll. Upon receiving a selection of the part of the digital representation of the images printed on the roll by means of the user interface device, the motor is activated in order to scroll the printed roll by means of the two winders until a piece of the printed roll arrives in the unwound area, which piece of the printed roll corresponds to the selected part of the digital representation. A method to be applied by the scrolling system is also disclosed.
US10051153B1
A halftone comprises a first halftone screen and a second halftone screen. The first halftone screen comprises a first plurality of amplitude modulated dots arranged according to a first plurality of rows, the first plurality of rows being orientated according to a first direction and comprising a first dot spacing. The second halftone screen comprises a second plurality of amplitude modulated dots arranged according to a second plurality of rows, the second plurality of row being orientated in a second direction and comprising a second dot spacing. The first direction and the second direction define an angle of 45 degrees or less and a ratio of the second dot spacing to the first dot spacing is less than one.
US10051146B2
A secured document with a security architecture having a plurality of security elements for authentication, wherein at least one security element is printed indicia that is magnetizable and not visible within a visible spectrum. Verifiable document security systems including a validation center that performs a verification cycle to verify transaction data between an issuer and a recipient and generates a security architecture having a plurality of security elements for printing on a document, wherein the verification cycle is performed before and after printing a document with the security elements; and a printer with an ink suite communicatively coupled to the validation center and configured to print the security architecture on the document.
US10051128B2
An apparatus for rerouting electronic communication is disclosed. A method and computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a process and a memory that stores code executable by the processor to detect that a primary user is occupied, intercept an electronic communication directed to a portable communication device of the primary user, detect that a portable communication device of a trusted user on a list of one more trusted users is in proximity to the primary user, and reroute the electronic communication to the portable communication device of the trusted user, where the trusted user is determined to be in proximity with the primary user.
US10051127B1
A method, system and computer program product for utilizing a caller wait time. When the caller's estimated wait time exceeds a threshold amount of time, an interactive voice response (IVR) system retrieves information (e.g., caller's previous purchases) about the caller. The IVR system then initiates a dialog with the caller to determine their experience with a product or service by prompting the caller with questions derived from the retrieved information. After recording the responses by the caller to the questions, the IVR system generates social media content based on the caller's responses. The IVR system then converts the text of the generated social media content to an audible version, which is provided to the caller to approve the posting of the social media content. The social media content is posted on a social media stream in response to the caller approving the posting of the social media content.
US10051126B1
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.
US10051124B1
Techniques for behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for pairing in a contact center including ordering one or more contacts, ordering one or more agents, comparing a first difference in ordering between a first contact and a first agent in a first pair with a second difference in ordering between a second contact and a second agent in a second pair, and selecting the first pair or the second pair for connection based on the comparing, wherein the first contact and the second contact are different or the first agent and the second agent are different.
US10051123B2
Embodiments of the invention involve providing automated assistance to an agent operating an agent terminal. A database stores an automated assistance session comprising communications between at least one client terminal and at least one agent terminal during a communication session. The automated assistance session is restored in response to a connection being reestablished with the client terminal after the client terminal disconnects during the communication session. A client communication is received from the client terminal, and a plurality of statements is determined based on the client communication and the communications of the automated assistance session stored in the database. The statements are configured to be manually selected by an agent or automatically selected by an automated agent. The automated agent is engaged for automatically selecting one of the statements in response to a predetermined condition.
US10051121B2
A method for identifying communicators as wanted or unwanted based on messages from such communicators comprising receiving, by the data processing system, an inbound message from a communicator, comparing, by the data processing system, the inbound message to fingerprints stored in a database accessible to the data processing system, determining, by the data processing system, at least one match to the fingerprints, determining, by the data processing system, an identity of the communicator by determining whether and how likely the communicator is wanted or unwanted based on the at least one match to the fingerprints, and configuring, by the data processing system, handling of calls from the communicator based on the identity.
US10051118B1
Personal information, such as professional information normally associated with a business card may be identified and appended to a messaging sequence to provide automated user profile updates. One example embodiment may transmitting an initiation message from a service provider to a user device to initiate a communication session, transmitting a request message to the user device to accept contact information associated with the service provider, receiving a confirmation message responsive to the request message, transmitting the contact information responsive to receiving confirmation of the request, and automatically initiating a contact information update on the user device.
US10051111B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for separating sensitive data from mobile devices for theft prevention. According to one aspect, a system includes a data security platform and a mobile device platform. The mobile device platform can detect that the data security platform is connected. The mobile device platform can determine whether the data security platform is part of an authenticated pair with the mobile device platform. In response to determining that the data security platform is part of an authenticated pair with the mobile device platform, the mobile device platform can access at least a portion of sensitive data that is stored in a memory component of the data security platform. If the data security platform is disconnected from the mobile device platform, the mobile device platform cannot function or can provide limited functionality, such as a function to communication with a 9-1-1 service.
US10051095B2
A low Z linear vibrator is described well suited for use in small form factor portable devices such as a smartphone. The low Z vibrator can be configured to include a beam structure that can be attached to a vibratory mass and a low profile actuator. The low profile actuator can cause the vibratory mass to oscillate in a well-defined and predictable manner.
US10051077B2
A system and method for caching data in wireless application protocol (WAP) enabled services caches static data and facilitates dynamic creation of user-specific information to provide a customized output. The mobile cache generates the user-specific information in WML in real-time from cached information according to user-specified preferences. A change trigger triggers information delivery after a predetermined amount of cached information changes. The system may also include an image converter to ensure that image objects can be viewed easily on WAP-enabled devices having small display screens and a document converter to dynamically compose information from selected data based on XML-based content tagging.
US10051076B2
A method of enabling extended range communication between a first low power digital radio device and a second low power digital radio device via an intermediate access point; which intermediate access point has a low power digital radio interface and an other communications interface and forms part of a communication network; wherein the intermediate access point is adapted to perform a proxy function for the second low power digital radio device, thereby to enable the first low power digital radio device to send and receive data to the second low power digital radio device via the intermediate access point.
US10051055B2
Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing and sharing a file. A set of access privileges is configured within a cloud collaboration site to define a sharing configuration to allow sharing of the file between a group of computing devices comprising a first computing device and one or more second computing devices. A sync client automatically creates a sync folder on the first computing device that is used for storing files added to the sync folder. When a file is updated at the first computing device and added to the sync folder, the updated file is automatically synchronized at the cloud collaboration site so that the updates are accessible by the one or more second computing devices. The updated file is automatically pushed from the cloud collaboration site to the one or more second computing devices to share the updated file in accordance with the sharing configuration.
US10051054B2
Systems and methods for supporting efficient virtualization in a lossless interconnection network. An exemplary method can provide, one or more switches, including at least a leaf switch, a plurality of host channel adapters, wherein each of the host channel adapters comprise at least one virtual function, at least one virtual switch, and at least one physical function, a plurality of hypervisors, and a plurality of virtual machines, wherein each of the plurality of virtual machines are associated with at least one virtual function. The method can arrange the plurality of host channel adapters with one or more of a virtual switch with prepopulated local identifiers (LIDs) architecture or a virtual switch with dynamic LID assignment architecture. The method can assign each virtual switch with a LID. The method can calculate one or more linear forwarding tables based at least upon the LIDs assigned to each of the virtual switches.
US10051051B2
Online community based peer-to-peer media streaming systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary method includes a service providing system accessing data associated with a hosted online community comprising a plurality of members, providing a peer-to-peer media streaming event to a group of the members of the online community based on the data associated with the online community, and providing an incentive to the group of the members for participation in the peer-to-peer media streaming event. Corresponding systems and methods are also disclosed.
US10051037B2
A method for providing access to dynamically provisioned resources and on-demand courses includes receiving, by an instantiation engine executing on a first computing device, from a second computing device associated with a user, an indication that the user has purchased access to the course at a scheduled time. A type of computing resource is identified for use during the course at the scheduled time. A service provider computing device is selected from a plurality of service provider computing devices, based upon an ability to provide access to the identified type of computing resource at the scheduled time. Before the scheduled time, the instantiation engine instructs the selected service provider computing device to provision a computing resource of the identified type. The method includes transmitting, to the second computing device, an instruction to establish a connection to the provisioned computing resource at the scheduled time.
US10051028B1
A computer program product for scheduling downloads based on metadata in a client-server topology. A server receives from a client application a request for scheduling a download of a file, wherein the request for scheduling the download of the file comprises a requirement of a time period for downloading the file. The server fetches information from one or more metadata sources. The server determines an optimal time for downloading the file, based on the requirement of the time period and information from one or more metadata sources. The server sends a response with the optimal time and information for downloading the file. The server receives from the client a request for downloading the file at the optimal time. The server serves, at the optimal time, the file to the client application.
US10051026B2
Disclosed is a real-time transcode transfer method based on HTTP under DLNA, including: matching playing capability information with media item resource information, and according to the matching result, acquiring data of multimedia content from a digital media server. Also disclosed is a real-time transcode transfer system based on the HTTP under the DLNA. The present document can be used to realize the real-time transcoding of multimedia content and the real-time rebroadcasting of live stream based on the HTTP under the DLNA.
US10051014B2
Measures for use in processing data in a telecommunications network. A request message is received in relation to establishment of a communication session involving a given subscriber. Subscriber configuration data is received in relation to the establishment. The subscriber configuration data includes a set of one or more trigger points at which one or more application services should be invoked in relation to communication sessions for the given subscriber. At least one trigger point from the set of trigger points is encoded into an identifier for the communication session within the request message. The request message including the identifier for the communication session in which the at least one trigger point has been encoded is transmitted.
US10051001B1
Techniques for an efficient and secure store for credentials enforcement using a firewall are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for an efficient and secure store for credentials enforcement using a firewall includes receiving a space-efficient and secure data structure, such as bloom filter, from an agent executed on an authentication server, in which the bloom filter is generated by the agent based on a transformation of a plurality of user credentials extracted from the authentication server and/or intercepted at the authentication server; storing the bloom filter on the network device (e.g., in a cache on the network device); and monitoring network traffic at the network device to perform credentials enforcement using the bloom filter.
US10051000B2
A system and method is provided for securing network traffic across a plurality of connections to a computing device without requiring each connection to have its own security association. The system can include an IPsec encoder configured to obtain a datagram and encode a datagram, wherein the IPsec encoder includes a security association that is associated with a computing entity, a packet analyzer configured to associate metadata with the encoded datagram, and a gateway to transmit the encoded datagram using one of the plurality of connections to the computing device.
US10050993B2
In an example, there is disclosed a security architecture for enhanced, non-invasive whitelisting of executable objects. When an executable object tries to perform an action, a security engine seamlessly intercepts the action and determines whether the action is whitelisted, blacklisted, or graylisted, assigning the action a corresponding security score. Whitelisted actions may be allowed, blacklisted actions may be disallowed, and graylisted actions may require additional verification from a user. Because the score is assigned to the combination of the executable object and the action, false positives may be avoided, such as those that may occur when an executable object is prefetched but has not yet tried to perform any useful work.
US10050988B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for a database associating a plurality of device vulnerabilities to which computing devices can be subject with a plurality of remediation techniques that collectively remediate the plurality of device vulnerabilities. Each of the device vulnerabilities is associated with at least one remediation technique. Each remediation technique associated with a particular device vulnerability remediates that particular vulnerability. Further, each remediation technique has a remediation type are selected from the type group consisting of patch, policy setting, and configuration option. Still yet, a first one of the device vulnerabilities is associated with at least two alternative remediation techniques.
US10050985B2
Disclosed is an approach to detect insider threats, by tracking unusual access activity for a specific user or computer with regard to accessing key assets over time. In this way, malicious activity and the different preparation phases of attacks can be identified.
US10050978B2
Various embodiments of the invention increase security of a network of interoperable devices. In certain embodiments, this is accomplished by a security module that uses a user-definable security policy that sets forth one or more tests for validating input data or commands received from an IoT device. A validator receives the command via a command controller and performs a security analysis of the command according to the security policy. Responsive to the security analysis, the validator generates a validation signal in order to authorize or reject further processing of the command.
US10050977B2
A method of authenticating or controlling a software application on an end user device. The method includes, at the end user device, downloading software application data from a remote server, the data including application code, a cryptographically derived signature obtained using said application code, and an identity of an application developer. The identity is then used as a look-up key to obtain or authenticate a public key of the application data, and to obtain one or more associated installation and/or operation conditions. The cryptographically derived signature is authenticated using said application code and said public key, and, in the event that authentication is successful, authentication of the application code is performed and/or installation and/or operation of the application controlled using said conditions.
US10050962B2
Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer program products are provided for determining a user's authentication requirements/credentials for function requiring authentication based on determining a location along an authentication continuum. The location along the authentication continuum defines the degree of authentication/credentials required to access the function and is determined based on a current state of the user and/or function attributes. The more or less that is known about the current state of the user the more or less likely the user is the user that is attempting to access the function and, thus, the authentication requirements required to access the function can be adjusted according (increased or decreased).
US10050960B1
A method of adding a user account to an unassociated device may include detecting, by an associated device that is associated with a user account, an audio signal broadcast by an unassociated device that is not associated with the user account, where the audio signal includes a token. The method may include sending the token to a computing device associated with a service provider of the user account, receiving, by the associated device, a command, determining that the received command is an authorization command, and in response to determining that the received command is an authorization command, sending one or more authorization instructions to the computing device. The one or more authorization instructions may instruct the computing device to send one or more credentials associated with the user.
US10050940B2
A connection control system includes a management server outside firewall, supporting connection of communications between a control target device inside firewall and a cloud server outside firewall, and a relay device communicating with the control target device inside firewall. A processor included in the management server registers association information associating the cloud server and the relay device with the control target device, establishes an always-on session with the relay device, and upon reception of a connection request, transmits to the relay device via the always-on session a connection instruction to relay communications with the cloud server associated with the control target device by the association information. A processor included in the relay device, upon reception of the connection instruction, establishes a first communication session with the cloud server, establishes a second communication session with the control target device, and relays communications between the cloud server and the control target device.
US10050937B1
In general, techniques are described for reducing impact of network attacks in access networks. A network device including an interface in a forwarding plane of the network device, and a policer configured in a packet forwarding engine of the forwarding plane may be configured to perform the techniques. The interface may receive a packet from a subscriber access device positioned at an edge of sub-network of an access network. The packet may include trusted information inserted by an intermediate network device positioned between the network device and the subscriber access device. The policer may determine, based on the trusted information, whether the packet is associated with the network attack. Based on the determination of whether the packet is associated with the network attack, the policer may forward the packet for subsequent protocol-specific processing.
US10050936B2
A security device for processing network flows is described, including: one or more packet processors configured to receive incoming data packets associated with network flows where a packet processor is assigned as an owner of network flows and each packet processor processes data packets associated with flows for which it is the assigned owner; and a packet processing manager configured to assign ownership of network flows to the packet processors where the packet processing manager includes a global flow table containing global flow table entries mapping network flows to packet processor ownership assignments and a predict flow table containing predict flow entries mapping predicted network flows to packet processor ownership assignments. A predict flow entry includes a predict key and associated packet processor ownership assignment. The predict key includes multiple data fields identifying a predicted network flow where one or more of the data fields have a wildcard value.
US10050933B2
A system allowing computers to be un-connected to the internet or networks generally while still allowing computers to share data on networks. By creating a one-way secure data link from a primary computer not connected to a network to a intermediate buffer computer which is network connected, the primary computer can distribute data via the buffer computer over the network without the risks associated with a direct connection to the internet or other networks.
US10050931B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for releasing an Internet Protocol (IP) address by a Packet Data Network (PDN) GateWay (PGW) in a mobile communication system. The PGW allocates, to a User Equipment (UE), an Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address and an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address to activate a PDN connection. If the UE releases the IPv4 address: the PGW identifies whether a PDN type associated with the PDN connection is an IPv4/v6, which indicates that the UE is allocated both the IPv4 address and the IPv6 address; the PGW transmits, to a Serving GateWay (SGW), a Binding Revocation message including information indicating release of the IPv4 address with the PDN connection remaining if the PDN type is the IPv4/v6; and the PGW receives, from the SGW, a Binding Revocation acknowledge message to acknowledge release of the IPv4 address.
US10050929B2
In a connection setting information managing system which is configured to set connection setting information using a setting tool, wherein the connection setting information allows a network device connected to an IP network to perform a communication over the IP network, the system includes: a connection setting information storage unit configured to store the connection setting information therein, wherein the connection setting information comprises a tag name that is assigned to and is unique to the network device. The setting tool sets the connection setting information to the network device, based on the tag name that is unique to the network device.
US10050922B2
A mail processing server includes a storage unit and a computation unit. The storage unit stores operation log data recording operations that a plurality of users performed on received email messages. Upon detection of a target email message addressed to a plurality of destination users, the computation unit produces priority data that describes priorities of individual destination users specified in the target email message, based on the operation log data in the storage unit.
US10050913B2
Disclosed are a method for sending and receiving emails using international multilingual mailbox. The method includes: 1) setting a field 1 in a header of an email in an international multilingual mailbox, and recording a substitute English email address corresponding to the international multilingual mailbox; setting a field 2 in the header to describe the email's sender's email address in English; 2) before a sending an email generated by a terminal that supports international multilingual mailbox, checking whether the receiving terminal of the email supports international multilingual mailbox; if not, sending the email according to the English email address in the field 1; and if yes, directly sending the email; and 3) extracting the field 2 from the header of the email by the receiving terminal, determining the corresponding language, and sending a prompt in English or the predetermined language to the email recipient. The present method resolves the deficiency in the transition mechanism of the international email systems, and helps people more conveniently communicate with each other using multilingual email addresses.
US10050908B2
Techniques are provided for synchronizing, in a distributed Fiber Channel fabric or a distributed FCoE fabric in which FC frames are encapsulated in Ethernet frames, a controlling FCoE forwarder (cFCF) with the FCoE data-plane forwarder (FDF). The operation includes entering a recovery mode at the FDF. The FDF is modified based on a route distribution message provided by the cFCF which includes fabric-provided MAC addresses (FPMAs). The FDF notifies the cFCF of differences between the FPMAs supplied by the route distribution message with the FPMAs known by the FDF. The FDF leaves the recovery mode and sends an acknowledgement to the cFCF.
US10050907B2
Serial communication between a baseboard management controller and a host server may be reprogrammed for Ethernet communications. A PCIe high-speed bus, for example, may be reprogrammed as an Ethernet controller. Network addresses may then be shared for Ethernet communications between the baseboard management controller and a motherboard of the host server. Ethernet communications thus allow software applications operating in the host server to access resources associated with the baseboard management controller without relying on the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) specification, which may be incompatible with some protocols and/or services.
US10050904B2
VLSI layouts of generalized multi-stage and pyramid networks for broadcast, unicast and multicast connections are presented using only horizontal and vertical links with spacial locality exploitation. The VLSI layouts employ shuffle exchange links where outlet links of cross links from switches in a stage in one sub-integrated circuit block are connected to inlet links of switches in the succeeding stage in another sub-integrated circuit block so that said cross links are either vertical links or horizontal and vice versa. Furthermore the shuffle exchange links are employed between different sub-integrated circuit blocks so that spacially nearer sub-integrated circuit blocks are connected with shorter links compared to the shuffle exchange links between spacially farther sub-integrated circuit blocks. In one embodiment the sub-integrated circuit blocks are arranged in a hypercube arrangement in a two-dimensional plane. The VLSI layouts exploit the benefits of significantly lower cross points, lower signal latency, lower power and full connectivity with significantly fast compilation.The VLSI layouts with spacial locality exploitation presented are applicable to generalized multi-stage and pyramid networks, generalized folded multi-stage and pyramid networks, generalized butterfly fat tree and pyramid networks, generalized multi-link multi-stage and pyramid networks, generalized folded multi-link multi-stage and pyramid networks, generalized multi-link butterfly fat tree and pyramid networks, generalized hypercube networks, and generalized cube connected cycles networks for speedup of s≥1. The embodiments of VLSI layouts are useful in wide target applications such as FPGAs, CPLDs, pSoCs, ASIC placement and route tools, networking applications, parallel & distributed computing, and reconfigurable computing.
US10050895B2
Provided is a terminal device capable of recognizing communication traffic in a mobile network for each piece of application software. Communication control means 91 controls packet transfer means for transmitting a packet. Instruction information imparting means 92 imparts instruction information representing an instruction for the communication control means 91 to the communication control means 91. The communication control means 91 acquires statistical information including communication traffic for each flow from the packet transfer means and retains the statistical information along with information on application software which is a flow transmission source and information on an access network used for communication. The instruction information imparting means 92 acquires statistical information of each access network from the communication control means 91 for each piece of application software.
US10050873B2
A first device may receive network traffic including a first label. The first label may be an inclusive multicast label associated with a second device. The second device may be a designated forwarder for an Ethernet segment. The first device may determine a second label based on receiving the network traffic including the first label. The second label may be used to route the network traffic to a customer edge device, via a third device, rather than the second device. The third device may be a non-designated forwarder for the Ethernet segment. The first device may provide the network traffic, including the second label, to the third device to permit the third device to provide, via the Ethernet segment, the network traffic to the customer edge device based on the second label when a failure occurs in association with the second device.
US10050869B2
A network system that facilitates financial transactions. A software defined network may operate to provide a variety of trading related services to a variety of customers with a low latency. Core or processor affinity for routing processes may improve speeds of routing. Data capture through a shared memory space may allow for a variety of analytics without introducing unacceptable delay.
US10050868B2
Network management technology as disclosed herein generates and dynamically updates an intuitive, interactive visualization of a computer network in live operation. The network management technology interprets human user interactions, such as gestures, conversational natural language dialog, and combinations of gestures and natural language dialog, as network directives. The technology can implement the network directives to, for example, facilitate analysis of network activity or to respond to network security events.
US10050867B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems for transmitting broadcast data at a communication gateway. When the communication gateway receives a broadcast packet from a host or node, the communication gateway determines whether the broadcast packet satisfies at least one condition. If the broadcast packet satisfies the at least one condition, it is determined whether or not to modify a time to live (TTL) value. The TTL value of the broadcast packet is modified if it is determined to modify the TTL value. The broadcast packet is then forwarded to the destination address of the broadcast packet based on the TTL value. The destination address is reachable through an interconnected network.
US10050866B2
A method for searching the top-K simple shortest paths between a specified source node and a specified target node in a graph, with graph data partitioned and distributed across a plurality of computing servers, the method including a parallel path search initialized from either one or both of the source and target nodes and traversing the graph by building likely path sequences for a match. Each computing server determines and forwards a path sequence as discovery progresses until the top-K paths are discovered.
US10050864B2
An operation method of a switch apparatus includes: obtaining configuration information of communication nodes connected to the switch apparatus; identifying ports connected to end nodes among the communication nodes based on the configuration information; identifying link statuses of the ports; and when the link statuses of the ports are a DOWN state during a predetermined period of time, changing an operation mode of the switch apparatus from a normal mode to a low-power mode.
US10050863B2
A network communication system, a software-defined network controller and a routing method thereof are provided. The routing method is adapted to the software-defined network controller. The routing method includes the following steps: determining a first root switch corresponding to at least one first service cluster according to service chaining information, wherein each of the at least one first service cluster includes at least one service node for providing a first service; determining first routing path information for routing a packet flow from a first target switch to the first root switch; and configuring first group entry information for the first root switch according to cluster information of the at least one first service cluster, wherein the first group entry information is for performing a first routing path selection of the packet flow corresponding to the first service by the first root switch.
US10050858B2
Techniques are disclosed for selectively re-homing data processing tasks based on data complexity and candidate system performance characteristics. A server system obtains performance capabilities of a target system such that the server can decide whether to send program code and data to the target system for execution, based in part on the complexity of the data and code used in performing the request. In cases where a client system sending a request is capable of executing code and where other constraints are satisfied, e.g., bandwidth, throughput, and data volume, then the server can decide to re-home both the data and the program code to the client for execution.
US10050854B1
A method of performing bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) by a hardware forwarding element that includes a set of ingress pipelines and a set of egress pipelines. Each ingress pipeline includes a packet generator. A packet generator in a first pipeline periodically generates a pair of packets to monitor the health of a particular egress link. The pair includes a BFD transmit packet and a BFD dummy transmit packet. The method forwards each dummy BFD transmit packet to a first egress pipeline and increments a counter at the first egress pipeline. Each BFD packet is transmitted through the particular egress link to a network node. BFD packets received from the network node are forwarded to the first egress pipeline and the value of the counter is rest. The method marks the particular egress link as failed when the value of the counter exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10050851B2
Visualizing conditions of information technology environment includes creating a visual with an initial unit set and an interactive section, each unit in the initial unit set depicting at least two types of information about at least one current condition in the information technology environment and changing the visual in response to commands from the interactive section to reveal data about the information technology environment.
US10050849B1
Systems and methods of automatically detecting styles of properties of DOM elements of an information resource are disclosed. A data processing system including one or more processors can identify an information resource for which to automatically detect styles of properties used to style primary content of the information resource, identify at least one DOM container that contains at least a portion of the primary content, determine, for each of one or more DOM elements included in the DOM container, styles of properties corresponding to a respective DOM element, store, in a memory, the determined styles of properties corresponding to the respective DOM elements included in the DOM container and use the stored styles of properties to modify third-party content to be inserted within the information resource.
US10050848B2
An exemplary method includes providing an application that includes client-side code and server-side code, instrumenting the client-side code and the server-side code to generate timestamps, distributing the instrumented client-side code and the instrumented server-side code and monitoring timestamps generated during execution of the application. In such a method, where timestamps generated by the client-side code and timestamps generated by the server-side code occur along a common timeline, a developer can monitor performance of the distributed application. Other exemplary methods, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
US10050835B2
Management of devices on a wireless network is described. An assistant device can determine that a device is missing configuration settings to access resources within a connected environment. Characteristics of that device can be determined and configuration settings to a selection of the resources can be provided based on the characteristics.
US10050827B2
A method and apparatus for monitoring connectivity in a network at a bearer path layer are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request to monitor a user endpoint, identifies an internet protocol address of the user endpoint, an internet protocol address of each transport network element between the user endpoint and a bearer trace server, a bearer path identification of each bearer used by the user endpoint, a quality of service associated with each bearer used by the user endpoint, and a tunnel identification of each bearer used by the user endpoint; and performs a fault isolation and performance monitoring at a bearer path layer, wherein the fault isolation identifies a particular segment where a fault is detected at the bearer path layer.
US10050824B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes a discovery module, a high-availability management module, and a controlling module. The discovery module determines local switch-specific information associated with a switch based on a discovery response packet. The high-availability management module determines remote switch-specific information about the same switch with respect to a remote computing system. The controlling module determines whether the computing system is to manage the switch based on a metric derived from the local and remote switch-specific information.
US10050822B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a system for sharing an application, and an application service platform. The method comprises: an application service platform, according to an application-sharing request sent from a source client, generates an application-sharing link containing an identifier of the source client, and returns the application-sharing link to the source client; the source client shares the sharing link with the target client; the application service platform, after receiving the connection request to the sharing link sent by the target client, generates an application installation package carrying the identifier of the source client, and returns the application installation package to the target client; the target client installs the application according to the installation package; an application service platform, after receiving an application login request sent by the target client, builds a friend-relationship between a user of the source client and a user of the target client according to the identifier of the source client carried in the application login request. The present invention, by means of application sharing, is able to facilitate establishment of a friend-relationship, enhances application interaction, and improves user experience.
US10050816B2
A user equipment, apparatus, and method are provided for wireless communication with at least one base station. The user equipment includes a transceiver configured to communicate with the at least one base station by transmitting radio frequency signals to the at least one base station and by receiving radio frequency signals from the at least one base station. The user equipment also includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to identify an occupied signal bandwidth of the radio frequency signals. The processing circuitry is also configured to identify a spectral mask for the occupied signal bandwidth. The processing circuitry is also configured to identify an unused available spectrum between the occupied signal bandwidth and the spectral mask. The processing circuitry is also configured to modulate a spectral mask filling (SMF) signal in the unused available spectrum, the SMF signal configured to reduce the peak-to-average power ratio of the radio frequency signals.
US10050808B2
The present disclosure describes traffic forwarding in a network where a virtual local area network (VLAN) exists in multiple network sites that are geographically dispersed and connected via virtual links. A first edge device (ED) at a first site receives, from a second ED at a second site, information identifying a VLAN of the second ED through a virtual link. The VLAN identified in the information is an active VLAN of the second ED. An association between (i) the VLAN of the second ED and (ii) the virtual link through which the information is received from the second ED is recorded. When forwarding traffic to the VLAN of the second ED, it is determined the virtual link associated with the VLAN of the second ED is determined based on the recorded association and the traffic is forwarded via the determined virtual link.
US10050802B2
A method for providing wireless access to one or more wireless devices using an automation system control panel is described. In one embodiment, a communication link is established between an automation system control panel and one or more automation components. Settings are applied to configure the automation system control panel for use as a wireless access point providing two-way communication with one or more electronic devices. Applying settings includes receiving input directly at a graphical user interface of the automation system control panel, the graphical user interface further providing access to control the one or more automation components. The automation system control panel is wirelessly connected to one or more electronic devices via a wireless access point interface using the settings applied at the graphical user interface.
US10050798B2
The present invention relates to a cryptographic block identification apparatus which, in order to analyze encryption logic used by malware to conceal communication, identifies a cryptographic block where encryption logic is stored within a program of the malware. The cryptographic block identification apparatus includes a block candidate extraction part and a cryptographic block identification part. The block candidate extraction part analyzes an execution trace in which an execution step of malware is recorded, calculates an evaluation value representing cipher likeliness of the execution step based on whether or not an operation type that characterizes cipher likeliness of the execution step is included in the execution step, and extracts an execution step where the evaluation value exceeds a threshold L, as a block candidate which is a candidate of a cryptographic block. The cryptographic block identification part identifies a region of the execution trace in which the block candidates are consecutive beyond a threshold M, as a cryptographic block.
US10050797B2
A debugging system may display snapshot information that may be collected in response to an event identified while an application executes. The debugging system may allow a user to browse the various data elements in the snapshot, and may allow the user to modify a snapshot configuration by including or excluding various data elements within the snapshot data. The user interface may have a mechanism for including or excluding data elements that may be presented during browsing, as well as options to change the events that may trigger a snapshot. The updated snapshot configuration may be saved for future execution when the event conditions are satisfied.
US10050795B2
Non-transitory computer readable medium that may store instructions that once executed by a computer may cause a computer to receive or generate multiple security questions, receive multiple security answers that were provided by an entity in response to the multiple security questions, receive or generate redundant information and calculate the passphrase by applying an error correction process on the redundant information and the multiple security answers; wherein the error correction process is configured to correct up to a predefined number of erroneous security answers.
US10050790B2
A method for authorizing a transaction has the following steps: inputting transaction data on a first mobile device, transmitting the transaction data from the first device to a background system by means of a first over-the-air interface, transmitting in encrypted manner at least a password to a second mobile device through the intermediary of the first mobile device, and authorizing the transaction by inputting the password displayed on the second device on the first device.
US10050783B2
Provided is a quantum random pulse generator having enhanced security using a phenomenon in which a radioactive isotope naturally collapses. The quantum random pulse generator includes a photodiode detection unit which has a photodiode disposed at the center of the photodiode detection unit on a top surface, a radioactive isotope emission unit which emits alpha particles discharged when an atomic nucleus naturally collapses toward a photodiode, and a plate which is disposed on a top surface of the radioactive isotope emission unit and supports the radioactive isotope emission unit. The alpha particles discharged by the emission unit come into contact with the photodiode to generate a random pulse.
US10050781B2
Embodiments of the present application provide apparatus and methods for generating a shared key, including setting up a key negotiation connection, and determining an algorithm code by negotiating using the key negotiation connection. An algorithm corresponding to the algorithm code is retrieved from a pre-stored algorithm library, and a pre-stored seed key is calculated using the algorithm to obtain a shared key. Compared with traditional key generation methods, embodiments of the present invention avoid the problem of a high bit error rate that occurs in the traditional quantum key generation methods, especially quantum key generation methods. One exemplary method determines an algorithm code through negotiation, retrieves a pre-stored algorithm corresponding to the algorithm code, and generates a new shared key using a seed key.
US10050780B2
A data file is encrypted with a file-specific encryption key and sent to a remote data storage system. The file-specific encryption key is encrypted with a master key. The encrypted file-specific encryption key and the master key are both stored remotely from the encrypted file and they are stored remotely from one another.
US10050779B2
A key ceremony application creates bundles for custodians encrypted with their passphrases. Each bundle includes master key share. The master key shares are combined to store an operational master key. The operational master key is used for private key encryption during a checkout process. The operational private key is used for private key decryption for transaction signing in a payment process. The bundles further include TLS keys for authenticated requests to create an API key for a web application to communicate with a service and to unfreeze the system after it has been frozen by an administrator.
US10050776B2
Cryptographic circuitry masks sensitive data values. The masking includes extracting unique combinations of random mask values from one or more sets of random mask values. Each sensitive data value is masked using a respective unique combination. The unique combinations have a combination class greater than or equal to a determined integer corresponding to a protection-level against side-channel attacks, and a number of unique combinations greater than or equal to a number of the sensitive data values. A number of random mask values in the one or more sets of random mask values is based on the number of unique combinations and the class of the plurality of unique combinations.
US10050767B2
Embodiments are provided to enable effective cancellation or reduction of the self-interference (SI) introduced when applying full-duplex transmission to MIMO systems. A method embodiment includes forming, using a first component matrix of a precoding matrix generated in accordance with signal channel conditions, a plurality of beams for a plurality of transmit signals, and forming, using a second component matrix of the precoding matrix, a plurality of SI cancellation signals corresponding to the transmit signals. The first component matrix is arranged to maximize a sum-rate of transmissions in the transmit signals assuming zero SI in the network component. The second component matrix is arranged to maximize SI suppression in a plurality of receive signals in the network component. The beams are transmitted at a plurality of antennas, also used to receive the receive signals. The SI cancellation signals are added to the receive signals to detect corrected receive signals.
US10050760B2
A backend communications system can manage communications, using transmission control protocol (TCP), between a fleet of AVs in a given region and a backend system that manages transportation for the fleet of AVs. For each of the fleet of AVs, the backend communications system can select a designated one of a plurality of communication channels to transmit and receive transmission acknowledgments (ACKs). The backend communications system can transmit data packets to the fleet of AVs using any number of communication channels and receive ACKs from each of the fleet of AVs over the designated communication channel.
US10050746B2
A method for communicating in a wireless communications system includes receiving a first frame including a paging bitmap and a timing offset indicator, determining whether the station is permitted to transmit a packet according to the paging bitmap, and when the station is permitted to transmit the packet, determine a location of a network resource in accordance with a station identifier and the timing offset indicator, and transmitting, by the station, the packet in accordance with the location of the network resource.
US10050744B2
A receiver apparatus models and corrects the frequency-dependent and the frequency-independent mismatches between I and Q paths jointly by polynomial estimations. The receiver apparatus may sample digitized I and Q path signals. The sampled data point may be modeled in equations with real and imaginary components. The sampled discrete time-domain data may be converted to frequency-domain data. Multiple statistics values based on the frequency-domain data may be computed. Coefficients for the polynomial equations may be estimated based on the computed statistic values. The channel mismatches may be estimated from the polynomial equations and used to compensate the mismatch either on the I path or the Q path.
US10050743B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals thereof are disclosed. The apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals, the apparatus comprises an encoder to encode service data corresponding to a number of physical paths, a time interleaver to time interleave the encoded service data in each physical path, a frame builder to build at least one signal frame including the time interleaved service data, a modulator to modulate data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter to transmitting the broadcast signals having the modulated data.
US10050737B1
Pre-programming Layer-0 optical protection path restoration speeds is provided based on available path margin. Higher layer routers and switches can be made aware of the expected Layer-0 restoration time, and their switch time can be programmed accordingly. The proposed method can provide users an option to program a restoration speed for a specific photonic service on a per restoration path basis. The method can highlight which services will potentially be impacted by the selected restoration speed on that path. The user can proceed with the selected speed for restoring high priority layer-0 services even if that means the fast restoring event can potentially impact other low priority services already in-service on the restoration path.
US10050723B2
In particular embodiments, a method for transmitting authentication data using acoustical means, comprising: encoding, by a first device, information into an acoustic signal; emitting, by an audio output component of the first device, the acoustic signal; detecting, by an audio input component of a second device, the acoustic signal; and decoding, by the second device, the acoustic signal into one or more pieces of information.
US10050719B1
A first photon in single-photon state is created when one of two photons created by parametric down conversion of a pump light is detected at a first detector. The first photon is divided into two components by a polarization beam splitter, and the first component is sent to a sender while the second component is sent to a receiver, with information that one of the two photons is detected. The sender selects whether he measures the first component or not according to the signal that he wants to transmit to the receiver. The second component of the first photon and a probe light enter into the second nonlinear optical medium. The receiver detects the phase modulation of the probe light caused by the interaction with the second component using homodyne detection during a first span after he receives the information from the first detector.
US10050715B1
An optical communication system includes a data transmitter. The data transmitter includes at least one optical emission device to output light energy as an optical beam having an operating bandwidth; a beam dividing device arranged to divide the operating bandwidth of the optical beam into bandwidth portions of plural communication bands; an array of graphene switches to: spectrally segregate a bandwidth portion of at least one communication band into plural channels by adjusting at least one graphene switch, and modulate the bandwidth portion to selectively produce an optical output signal with wavelengths that correspond to one or more of the channels, wherein a presence and absence of energy within channels of the communication band will constitute an information packet for data communication. The system includes a focusing grating to receive and focus a first set of wavelengths of the optical output signal reflected by the array of graphene switches.
US10050711B2
A transport network (10) is configured to connect a plurality of remote radio units (3) with a plurality of digital units (5) in a radio access network. The transport network comprises an electronic cross-connect (31) common to the plurality of remote radio units and digital units, and a control unit (32) configured to control the electronic cross-connect. The transport network further comprises an optical link (40) between the electronic cross-connect and remote radio units. The electronic cross-connect is a multi-layer switch. The electronic cross-connect is configured to switch data flows between one or more of said plurality of digital units (5) and one or more of said plurality of remote radio units (3).
US10050710B2
Aspects of a method and system for feedback during optical communications are provided. In one embodiment, a system for optical communications comprises a digital-to-analog converter (DAC), a driver, and a transmit optical subsystem. The DAC is operable to receive a digital code of a plurality of digital codes and output an analog current signal having an analog current level of a plurality of analog current levels. The driver is operable to condition the analog current signal output from the digital-to-analog converter. The transmit optical subsystem is operable to generate an optical signal from the conditioned analog current signal. A digital modification of an input digital signal is dynamically controlled by a feedback path according to one or more characteristics of the optical signal. The one or more characteristics comprise a nonlinearity that may be temperature dependent.
US10050709B2
The present invention relates to the field of optical module, and provides a high-speed optical module for an optical fiber channel. The optical module can be used for 16G optical fiber channel, and comprises parts for emitting, receiving, clock data recovery and controlling. The optical module can be downward compatible with the application of 8G optical fiber channel and 4G optical fiber channel, support the diagnostic tests on optical circuit loopback and electrical circuit loopback, and provide stable receiving alarming. The optical module of the present invention, when serving as the interface between optical fiber channel systems and the interface between optical storage network storage devices, has the characteristics of miniaturization and low power consumption, and can improve port application density; the module supports hot swapping, which facilities the field debugging of the system, and can realize the replacing of the optical module without power down; and the module supports a digital diagnostic interface, and the network administrator can monitor the working state of the optical module by using the communication interface.
US10050698B2
Satellite communication methods and payloads are described. An imbalance in uplink and downlink availability may be mitigated through digitizing uplink spectrum, extracting guard band channels, and grouping the guard band channels to create a composite channel. The composite channel is converted to analog and RF up-converted, amplified, and multiplexed with other downlink analog channels before being transmitted to Earth. The guard bands may be from the same band of spectrum or different bands of spectrum, such as C band, Ka band, Ku band, etc. A satellite payload is described with dual output multiplexers having partially overlapping channels and a dual feed configuration. In one downlink implementation, unused regional band spectrum may be dynamically allocated to a spot beam. In one uplink implementation, regional band spectrum may be shared by a spot beam using spatial separation of the regional uplink location from the spot beam coverage area and digital cancellation techniques.
US10050687B2
A transmission method for simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at the same frequency includes performing precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changing the phase of at least one of the signals. In this method, the power ratio between a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time differs from the power ratio between a plurality of pilot signals transmitted from the plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time, whereby the accuracy of channel estimation by a reception device is improved.
US10050680B2
A method of signal processing, or corresponding apparatus, includes providing digital input signals representing beamforming data to be transmitted on respective antennas. One of the digital input signals is selected at a time among a plurality of times, to cycle through the digital input signals repeatedly and provide a multiplexed digital signal, which is converted to a multiplexed analog signal. The multiplexed analog signal is filtered to pass a predetermined frequency band and demultiplexed to provide analog output signals. One of the analog output signals is selected and provided to a corresponding antenna for transmission. Sharing a transmitter and DAC among multiple antennas results in reduced cost and power. Such cost and power reductions in turn enable larger antenna arrays than are available with prior art techniques, thereby promoting increased throughput and coverage.
US10050678B2
A radiofrequency transmission device (D′) includes: a transmission unit (10) for transmitting a voltage signal (S) in pulsed form; a radiofrequency antenna (A); filtering elements (30′); and a voltage source (Vcc), wherein the filtering elements (30′) include: “n” coils (B1, B2. . . Bn), electrically connected in series, of which (n−1) coils each have a natural resonance frequency such that: fRLi=i×fF each having an inductance (Li) such that, at the predetermined fundamental frequency: LTOT=L1+L2+ . . . Li+ . . . Ln=ZTOT=Z1+Z2+ . . . Zi+ . . . Zn and Li=Zi where fRLi Is the natural resonance frequency of the i-th coil i is a number varying from 2 to n, LTOT is the total inductance of the n coils, Li is the inductance of the i-th coil, ZTOT is the total impedance of the n coils, Zi is the impedance of the i-th coil, n is an integer greater than zero.
US10050677B1
Disclosed is an integrated circuit for a near-field radio, including an inductive-capacitive (LC) tank antenna circuit designed to operate at a predetermined carrier frequency, the tank LC tank antenna circuit including a variable capacitor and an antenna element, a transmitter configured to output a channel sounding signal (CSS) to the LC tank antenna circuit, a receiver to receive the CSS and a tank response from the LC tank antenna circuit, a tank response estimator to extract the tank response of the LC tank antenna circuit by removing the CSS from the received signal and determining an oscillation frequency of the LC tank antenna circuit, and a controller to adjust a reactance of the LC tank antenna circuit to resonate the LC tank antenna circuit and change the oscillation frequency to the predetermined carrier frequency.
US10050675B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission device that includes a first coupler that guides a first electromagnetic wave to a first junction to form a second electromagnetic wave that is guided to propagate along the outer surface of the transmission medium via one or more guided-wave modes. These mode(s) have an envelope that varies as a function of angular deviation and/or longitudinal displacement. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10050674B1
A system and method for controlling communications between members of a tractor-trailer along a power line extending between the members are provided. The system includes an input signal conditioning circuit including an amplifier and conditioning stage configured to convert an analog input signal from the power line to a digital input signal. The system further includes a controller configured to receive the digital input signal, identify a communication protocol for the analog input signal from among a plurality of communication protocols responsive to the digital input signal and decode the digital input signal using the communication protocol. The controller may also identify a communication protocol for an output signal on the power line from among the plurality of communication protocols and encode a digital communication using the communication protocol.
US10050672B2
A method is for processing an analog signal coming from a transmission channel. The analog signal may include a useful signal modulated on a sub-set of carriers. The method may include analog-to-digital converting of the analog signal into a digital signal, and synchronization processing the digital signal. The synchronizing may include determining, in a time domain, a limited number of coefficients of a predictive filter from an autoregressive model of the digital signal, and filtering the digital signal in the time domain by a digital finite impulse response filter with coefficients based upon the limited number of coefficients to provide a filtered digital signal. The method may include detecting of an indication allowing a location in the frame structure to be identified, using the filtered digital signal and a reference signal.
US10050667B2
A network connection device and a cable status detection method are provided. The network connection device is configured to connect and detect a connection cable. The network connection device includes an interface module, a physical layer transmission circuit and a cable status detection module. The interface module connects the connection cable. The physical layer transmission circuit sends signals to the connection cable or receives signals from the connection cable through the interface module. The cable status detection module receives a notification notifying that the physical layer transmission circuit is in a disable state, and detects the status of the connection cable and generates a detection result when the physical layer transmission circuit is in the disable state. In this way, the network connection device may transmit data signals though the connected connection cable and detect the status of the connection cable.
US10050662B2
A radio frequency switch circuit with improved harmonic suppression and low insertion loss has an antenna port and a plurality of signal ports. A plurality of transistor switch circuits, are connected to a respective one of the plurality of signal ports and to the antenna port. Each of the transistor switch circuits has a transistor, which in an off state, together with a harmonic suppression capacitor and a parallel inductor both connected thereto, define a tank circuit that suppresses RF signals applied to the corresponding transistor switch circuit from a different one of the transistor switch circuits. The harmonic suppression capacitor is tuned to distribute large signal voltage swings in the RF signal amongst parasitic diodes of the transistor.
US10050657B2
A method pairs a mobile communications device card with a mobile device responsive to an actuation of the mobile device. The mobile communications device card determines if the mobile device has Bearer Independent Protocol (BIP) capability responsive to a downloaded mobile device profile. An over-the-air inquiry to a network providing wireless services to the mobile device requests an approval of an association of the mobile communications device card with the mobile device if the mobile device has BIP capability. The mobile communications device card determines if the mobile device profile is associated with a same service provider that is identified by the mobile communications device card responsive to a determination the mobile device does not have BIP capability or responsive to determining that a first identifier associated with a mobile device and a second identifier associated with the mobile communications device card do not match. The mobile communications device card disables operation of a user interface associated with the mobile device responsive to a determination that the mobile device is not associated with the same service provider as the mobile communications device card.
US10050645B2
A technique includes jointly encrypting and error encoding plain text data. The joint encryption and error encoding includes processing plain text data in an encryption cipher comprising a plurality of successive rounds to generate cipher text data; and embedding error correction encoding in the encryption cipher to error correction encode the cipher text data.
US10050640B1
Data weighted averaging of a thermometric coded input signal is accomplished by controlling the operation of a crossbar switch matrix to generate a current cycle of a data weighted averaging output signal using a control signal generated in response to feedback of a previous cycle of the data weighted averaging output signal. The control signal specifies a bit location for a beginning logic transition of the data weighted averaging output signal in the current cycle based on detection of an ending logic transition of the data weighted averaging output signal in the previous cycle.
US10050626B2
Disclosed is a CMOS inverter, including a first selector, a second selector, and a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor, which respectively are coupled to the input end of the CMOS inverter through the gates, and all the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor and the fourth transistor are coupled to the output end of the CMOS inverter, and sources of the first, the third transistors are respectively and correspondingly coupled to a first output end and a second output end of the first selector, and sources of the second, the fourth transistors are respectively and correspondingly coupled to a first output end and a second output end of the second selector; both the first selector and the second selector receive a first control signal and a second control signal, and both are coupled to the input end.
US10050622B2
An operating device for an electronic household appliance contains a rotary control knob being mounted on a control panel such that a carrier of the rotary control knob can rotate about an axis of rotation relative to the control panel, an angle of rotation detection device for detecting an angle position of the carrier, and a control device that is connected to the angle of rotation detection device and evaluates a measurement signal generated by the angle of rotation detection device. The rotary control knob further contains an operating element that is attached in a non-rotatable manner to the carrier and embodied in an elastically deformable manner and the rotary control knob contains a sensor that is attached in a non-rotatable manner to the carrier and detects any deformation of the operating element. The control device is connected to the sensor and evaluates a measurement signal generated by the sensor.
US10050620B2
An apparatus that includes a first device connected to an inductor. The first device includes a first silicon carbide (SiC) junction gate field-effect transistor (JFET), a first SiC schottky barrier diode (SBD) connected to a gate and a drain of the first SiC JFET, and a first silicon (Si) transistor connected to transmit current to a source of the first SiC JFET. An inductor input terminal is connected to the drain of the first SiC JFET.
US10050619B1
Unique systems, methods, techniques and apparatuses of a gate driver are disclosed herein. One exemplary embodiment is a gate driver comprising a first and second DC rail, a first converter arm including a first and second semiconductor device, a second converter arm including a third and fourth semiconductor device, an inductor, and a controller. The controller is configured to open and close the primary switching device by operating the semiconductor devices so as to transmit power between the gate driver and a gate of a primary switching device. The controller is configured to transmit a gate signal to the primary switching device by closing the second semiconductor device, then opening the second semiconductor device and closing the fourth semiconductor device in response to the gate of the primary switching device receiving power with a voltage greater than or equal in magnitude to the voltage of the second DC rail.
US10050618B1
A signal management circuit includes a first input terminal to receive a first signal. A first logic portion is coupled to the first input terminal and configured to provide a first output signal. A second logic portion is coupled to receive a second signal and configured to provide a second output signal. The second signal is based on the first output signal and the first signal. An output terminal is coupled to provide a third output signal based on the first output signal and the second output signal.
US10050610B2
Clock distribution schemes with wide operating voltage ranges are disclosed. In one aspect, an operating voltage level or condition within a computing device is sensed. In a first voltage condition, delay elements are used within a clock tree to minimize clock skew. In a second voltage condition, one or more delay and/or clocked elements are bypassed to minimize clock skew at the second voltage condition. In addition to controlling clock skew, power may be conserved by depowering the bypassed elements. Controlling clock skew in this fashion improves operation of a computing device that includes the clock tree and may improve battery life.
US10050596B2
Various aspects of this disclosure describe setting an audio compressor threshold using averaged audio measurements. Examples include calculating one or more average values of amplitude values of an audio file, and setting a threshold used in the audio compressor based on the calculated thresholds. Samples of the audio file with amplitude values above the threshold are attenuated, while samples of the audio file with amplitude values below the threshold are not attenuated. The threshold can be set equal to a calculated average value, or from a function of one or more calculated average values. Different audio channels comprising the audio file can be processed to set a respective compressor threshold for each audio channel.
US10050595B2
A circuit can be used in a speaker system. The circuit includes an amplifier with an output configured to be coupled to a speaker. An offset comparator has an input coupled the output of the amplifier and is configured to provide an offset control signal. A digital circuit has a first input coupled to an output of the offset comparator, a second input configured to receive an amplifier control signal, a third input configured to receive a play control signal, and an output configured to provide a forced mute signal that can be used to control the amplifier.
US10050585B2
A crystal oscillator is started in a high power mode for a certain period of time to ensure starting oscillation with average grade crystals, then once the certain time period is over the oscillator switches into a low power mode and sustains oscillation with energy pulses triggered by and synchronized with the oscillator output frequency. These energy pulses may be generated on the positive, negative or both positive and negative edges of the clock output waveform.
US10050582B2
A self-charging terminal, which includes a terminal fixing block, a sloped conductive member and a sloped conductive member mounting member is disclosed. The self-charging terminal is adapted for a photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment for facilitating recharging of battery power. The sloped conductive member is fixed on the sloped conductive member mounting member and the sloped conductive member mounting member is fixed on the terminal fixing block. The self-charging terminal is detachably mounted on the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment and a shape of the sloped conductive member of the self-charging terminal is specifically matched with that of a telescopic charging member of photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment to facilitate wipe off an oxidization layer on the sloped conductive member, thereby prolonging service life of the self-charging terminal and extending repair cycle time. A photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment including the self-charging terminal mounted on a charging compartment thereof is also disclosed.
US10050578B2
A motor control system includes a DC-to-DC converter including a semiconductor switch and a reactor that cooperates with the switch to convert input-side DC bus voltage across first and second input-side DC buses into predetermined output-side DC bus voltage across first and second output-side DC buses and to output the output-side voltage, control circuitry that controls duty factor of the switch and determine, based on input-side detection value of the input-side voltage and output-side detection value of the output-side voltage, whether there is failure in the system when the factor is 100 percent and reactor-current detection value of reactor current through the reactor is approximately zero, a smoothing capacitor connected to the output-side buses and disposed between the output-side buses, and an inverter that is connected to the capacitor through the output-side buses, converts DC power from the output-side buses into AC power and supplies the power to a motor.
US10050577B2
Included are: a motor control device that has a switching element, that converts DC power supplied from a high-voltage power supply into three-phase AC power, and that supplies the three-phase AC power to a three-phase motor; a first control portion that controls the motor control device; an isolated-type CAN driver that is activated by using power supplied from a low-voltage power supply and that exchanges information with a vehicle ECU that is mounted in the vehicle and that is superordinate to a vehicle cooling-fan motor/inverter system; and an isolation portion that electrically isolates a low-voltage system to which power is supplied from the low-voltage power supply from a high-voltage system to which power is supplied from the high-voltage power supply. If a fault in the switching element is detected, the first control portion outputs fault information notifying that there is a fault in control of the three-phase motor to the vehicle ECU via the isolated-type CAN driver.
US10050575B2
A system includes an above-surface control unit and a subsea motor drive unit. The above-surface control unit includes a variable speed motor control circuit configured to generate at least one switch control signal and a first communications circuit configured to transmit the at least one switch control signal over a communications medium. The subsea motor drive unit includes a driver circuit configured to be coupled to an electric motor and comprising at least one semiconductor switch and a second communications circuit coupled to the first communications circuit via the communications medium and configured to recover the transmitted at least one switch control signal and to apply the recovered at least one switch control signal to the driver circuit.
US10050565B2
Provided are a piezoelectric energy harvester and a wireless switch including a piezoelectric energy harvester. The piezoelectric energy harvester uses energy generated in the piezoelectric energy harvester as driving power, thereby transmitting communications signals to an external lighting device using this driving power. Furthermore, the piezoelectric energy harvester generates power having different magnitudes depending on magnitudes of external force applied to a pressing member by a user or duration of the external force. A transmitting module of the wireless switch transmits signals that may adjust intensity of light to the external lighting device depending on the magnitudes of the generated power.
US10050558B2
An alternating current (AC) inverter includes a converter circuit configured to convert a direct current (DC) voltage to an AC voltage, and output terminals, the converter circuit being configured to output the AC voltage to the output terminals. The AC inverter further includes a signal terminal configured to receive a signal from outside of the AC inverter, and a control circuit configured to detect an abnormality related to the AC inverter, control the converter circuit to stop conversion of the DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to detection of the abnormality, and control the converter circuit to resume conversion of DC voltage to the AC voltage in response to reception of the signal on the signal terminal.
US10050554B2
A method and a device for controlling a Vienna-like three-level circuit are provided. The method includes: detecting an inductor current of an inductor connected to each operating high-frequency bridge arm in the Vienna-like three-level circuit during a positive half cycle of an AC input voltage; and in a case that a freewheeling switch transistor on the high-frequency bridge arm to which the inductor is connected is in an on state, and a main switch transistor is in an off state, controlling the freewheeling switch transistor to maintain in the on state and the main switch transistor to maintain in the off state if the detected inductor current does not reach a preset negative current, and controlling the freewheeling switch transistor to be turned off and the main switch transistor to be turned on if the detected inductor current reaches the preset negative current.
US10050546B1
An apparatus for controlling an LLC converter is provided. The apparatus includes a current controller that determines a first switching frequency control value of a switching element in the LLC converter to cause an output current detection value of the LLC converter to correspond to a predetermined output current command value. Additionally, a feedforward controller determines a second switching frequency control value for operating the switching element by applying a feedforward control value that corresponds to a ripple component included in an input voltage of the LLC converter to the first switching frequency control value.
US10050537B2
A resonant converter (100) includes at least two transistor switches (S1-S8), out of which at least two are connected in parallel, and out of which a number of available transistor switches (S1-S8) is available for performing a current switching of the resonant converter (100). A controlling module (101) is configured to determine whether an output power of the resonant converter (100) is below an output power threshold value. A switching module (102) is configured to employ a reduced number of transistor switches out of the number of available transistor switches (S1-S8), if the output power of the resonant converter (100) is below the output power threshold value. The reduced number is at least declined by one compared to the number of available transistor switches (S1-S8). The switching module (102) is configured to permute the employed reduced number of transistor switches over the available transistor switches (S1-S8).
US10050527B2
A sense resistor is placed in series with an output capacitor of a buck converter. The buck converter operates in a discontinuous mode such that there is a dead time in each switching cycle. A control circuit senses a voltage across the sense resistor and thereby generates a first signal ICS. The control circuit detects an offset voltage in ICS, where the offset voltage is the voltage of ICS during the dead time in a first switching cycle. The control circuit level shifts the entire ICS by the offset voltage, thereby generating a second signal ICLS. ICLS has the same waveform as the waveform of the inductor current. In a second cycle, ICLS is used to determine when to turn off the main switch and when the start of the dead time occurs. ICLS and the offset voltage are used together to determine when to turn the main switch on.
US10050525B2
Included are an output circuit, provided in a high side circuit, that selectively generates and outputs multiple kinds of pulse signal in accordance with the level of priority of a multiple of signals, a switch element, driven so as to be turned on and off by a pulse signal output from the output circuit, that is turned on and off to transmit the power supply voltage of the high side circuit to a low side circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, provided in the low side circuit, that converts the power supply voltage transmitted via the switch element into a pulse signal in the low side circuit, and a signal analysis circuit that analyzes the pulse signal obtained via the power conversion circuit and restores the multiple of signals.
US10050518B2
A power supply circuit may include a first power converter that may be configured to generate a first inner supply voltage having a first voltage level based on a first external supply voltage and to output the first inner supply voltage to a first node that is coupled to the first node, a second power converter that may be configured to generate a second inner supply voltage having the first voltage level based on a second external supply voltage and to output the second inner supply voltage to a second node that is coupled to the second node, a first diode that may include an anode coupled to the first node and a cathode coupled to the second node, and a second diode that may include an anode coupled to the second node and a cathode coupled to the first node.
US10050512B2
A power conversion apparatus includes a semiconductor module including a semiconductor device and a control circuit unit controlling the semiconductor module. The semiconductor module has main and subsidiary semiconductor devices connected in parallel. The control circuit unit performs control such that the subsidiary semiconductor device is turned on after the main semiconductor device is turned on, and the main semiconductor device is turned off after the subsidiary semiconductor device is turned off. The control circuit unit performs control such that, one of the turn-on and turn-off switching timings has a switching speed faster than that of the other of the switching timings. The semiconductor module is configured such that, at a high-speed switching timing, an induction current directed to turn off the subsidiary semiconductor device is generated in a control terminal of the subsidiary semiconductor device depending on temporal change of a main current flowing to the main semiconductor device.
US10050510B2
Cylindrical outer and inner rotors coaxially supported so as to be rotatable, and a cylindrical stator interposed between the rotors are provided, and rotational torque is transmitted between the outer rotor and the inner rotor by interaction between: a plurality of magnets uniformly arranged on the inner circumference of the outer rotor; a plurality of magnets uniformly arranged on the outer circumference of the inner rotor; and a plurality of magnetic bodies juxtaposed at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the stator. Rod-shaped magnetic bodies extending in the axial direction of the stator are used, and each magnetic body is placed in skew arrangement with a deviation amount in the circumferential direction corresponding to 1/12 to ¼ of the juxtaposition pitch in the circumferential direction between one axial end and the other axial end. Such arrangement can effectively reduce cogging torque, and realize stable power transmission under small torque fluctuation while ensuring high torque density.
US10050508B2
An armature has a plurality of armature cores arranged in a line in a first direction, coils wound on an area of the armature cores in a second direction, a carrier provided with a space in which to dispose the coils left in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction with respect to the armature cores, and at least one mounting member to fix the armature cores and the carrier. The armature cores are fixed to the mounting member by first bolts, and the carrier is fixed to the mounting member by second bolts. The at least one mounting member, the first bolts, and the second bolts are disposed in positions not overlapping the coils when viewed from the third direction.
US10050492B2
A power cooperation system among exerciser apparatuses includes at least two exercise apparatuses. The exercise apparatuses have a wireless communication channel therebetween, and each has a motion module, a power generation module, a power storage module and at least one power consuming module. At least one of the exercise apparatuses has a power transmitting module connected to the power generation module and/or the power storage module and being able to transmit an energy wave. The other exercise apparatus has a power receiving module connected to the power storage module for being able to receive the energy wave. Under this arrangement, the power cooperation system is configured to achieve power sharing among exercise apparatuses and ensure that every exercise apparatus has enough power to keep available, and using the excess power by the respective exercise apparatuses efficiently.
