US10052705B2
Disclosed herein is a method that includes picking up a plate with a nozzle, the plate including at least one opening to allow air to flow therethrough. The method includes picking up a die with the nozzle such that the plate is located between the nozzle and the die. The method includes placing the die and the plate onto a device, substrate or another die such that the plate is located on top of the die. The method includes heating the device, substrate or another die and the die in a heat chamber while the plate remains on top of the die to permanently attach the die to the device, substrate or another die. Further disclosed herein is an assembly system configured to perform a method that utilizes the plate and die combination for attaching the die to a device, substrate or another die by heating.
US10052704B2
A rotary table device of an electric discharge machine is provided with a face plate on which a workpiece is placed, a power unit that generates a driving force for rotating the face plate, and a speed reducer connected to the power unit and configured to reduce the rotational speed of the power unit. The respective centers of rotation of the power unit and the speed reducer are disposed on one and the same axis, and a rotation detector for detecting a rotational position of the face plate is disposed in a space defined by an outer peripheral portion of the speed reducer and an inner wall of a housing of the rotary table device.
US10052699B2
A cutting tool based on an embodiment of the present invention is provided with a cylindrical main body section which is made of a cobalt-containing cemented carbide alloy and is rotatable about the central axis thereof, a cutting edge which is provided at at least one of the tip and the periphery of the main body section, a chip discharge groove which extends from the cutting edge toward the rear end of the main body section, and a coating layer which is made of diamond and covers the cutting edge, wherein the cobalt content of the surface of the main body section at the part coated with the coating layer is less than the cobalt content of the surface of the main body section at parts other than the part coated with the coating layer.
US10052694B2
A toolholder includes a pocket assembly having a nest section and a clamp section. An inverted nest is mounted in the nest section and includes an insert-receiving pocket for accommodating a cutting insert mounted therein. A clamping wedge is mounted in the clamp section in such a way that the cutting insert engages the clamping wedge. The inverted nest includes one or more coolant grooves that cooperate with the cutting insert for directing super critical carbon dioxide to a cutting tool/workpiece interface.
US10052692B2
Disclosed is a one pot process for the synthesis of ultra-small uniform-sized (1-3 nm) transition metal nanoparticles with shape tunability. These nanoparticles have uses in various fields, including catalysis and fuel cells.
US10052687B2
A metal casting installation comprises a ladle comprising an inner nozzle in fluid communication with the through-opening of a top gate plate. The installation contains a ladle shroud coupling assembly comprising a support frame comprising a bottom gate plate and a passage. The support frame is slidingly coupled to a planar bottom surface of a top gate plate of the inner nozzle of the ladle, such that the opening of the bottom gate plate can be brought in or out of registry with the through-opening of the top gate plate. A drawer frame can be can be moved through the passage of the support frame. The bore of a specifically designed ladle shroud capable of being reversibly coupled to latches can be brought into or out of registry with the opening of the bottom gate plate.
US10052682B2
The present invention relates to a multi-stage method for producing one or multiple molded bodies, the method comprising the following steps: a) constructing one or multiple molded bodies in layers by repeatedly applying particulate material by the 3D printing method; b. a presolidification step for achieving a presolidification of the molded body; c. an unpacking step, wherein the unsolidified particulate material is separated from the presolidified molded body; d. a final solidification step, in which the molded body receives its final strength due to the action of thermal energy. The invention also relates to a device which may be used for this method.
US10052681B2
To provide an apparatus for reclaiming foundry sand that has a fluidized bed that prevents slits from being clogged. The apparatus comprises a tank (3) for reclaiming the foundry sand, a tank (4) for fluidization, an upper portion of which in an upstream side is connected to a bottom of the tank for reclaiming the foundry sand, the tank for fluidization transporting the reclaimed foundry sand and fine powder that drop from the tank for reclaiming the foundry sand, a dust hood (5), and a lower portion of which communicates with an upper portion of the tank for fluidization in a downstream side, the dust hood collecting the fine powder in the tank for fluidization, wherein a fluidized bed (6) in the tank for fluidization has a plurality of inverted V-shaped covering members (13) and a plurality of V-shaped flooring members (14), wherein the inverted V-shaped covering members and the V-shaped flooring members are horizontally and alternately provided so that the inverted V-shaped covering members are at any point above a vertically corresponding point of the V-shaped flooring members, and wherein gaps between end portions of the inverted V-shaped covering members and end portions of the V-shaped flooring members are formed as inclined slits (15) for supplying air.
US10052679B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a horseshoe, wherein the following steps are carried out: a) at least partially viewing the hoof (16) to be shod in order to determine the required measurements for producing a shoe that fits the hoof, b) processing the measurements in order to deduce a provisional shape of the horseshoe, c) recording definitive parameters of the horseshoe, and d) producing the horseshoe on the basis of the definitive parameters. Before step b), the potential existence of at least one area of inflammation and/or at least one area of reduced blood circulation of the foot of the horse, of which the hoof is to receive the shoe, is determined by an infrared detector (17), and in step b), the existence of at least one such area is taken into account in order to determine the provisional shape and/or the structure of the horseshoe.
US10052672B1
The copper pipe bending tool is a cylindrical tool that is inserted into the open end of a copper pipe or copper tubing and which provides a grasping point and leverage over the end of the piping. Using the copper pipe bending tool makes it easier to move or bend the piping to align it with a specific fitting where it needs to connect. The tool may provide an interface area for copper pipes of several different standard sizes. The tool may also provide a texture grasping area to help prevent the user's hand from slipping off of the tool while in use.
US10052671B2
A method for producing a torsional profile from a tubular hollow profile, the torsional profile being provided, over its entire length, with spaced-apart walls, is provided. The method includes placing the tubular hollow profile into a first deformation die, positioning the ends of the tubular hollow profile in the first deformation die by means of in each case one tapering first mandrel which extends into a torsional region, positioning the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the first deformation die, deforming the tubular hollow profile over its longitudinal extent in the torsional region by means of a first punch, with a reduction in the tube cross-sectional area in the torsional region, and removing the first punch and the first mandrels.
US10052670B2
An apparatus for bending metal beams and methods of using the same are provided herein.
US10052664B2
A mask-cleaning apparatus includes a frame, a wet cleaning mechanism supported on the frame, and a dry cleaning mechanism supported on the frame and located after the wet cleaning mechanism in a direction of feeding a clean-room wiper. The wet cleaning mechanism wipes a mask before the dry cleaning mechanism wipes the mask. Each of the wet and dry cleaning mechanisms includes a wiping module that includes a vertical plate, a feeder reel, a retriever reel, direction-changing rollers and a pushing roller. The wiping module of the wet cleaning mechanism includes a sprayer mechanism adapted for spraying cleaning liquid onto a portion of the clean-room wiper on the pushing roller.
US10052656B2
A device for applying a liquid coating material to a portion of a fastening element projecting from a surface of a first component fastened to a second component by the fastening element. A bristle arrangement comprising a carrier structure defining an interior space and a first opening. The carrier structure comprises an annular portion extending from the first opening and extending around an entire circumference of the interior space. The bristle arrangement comprises bristles secured to the carrier structure and extending from the carrier structure into the interior space. A casing comprises an interior chamber, a second opening wherein objects are insertable from outside the casing through the openings into the interior space, and at least one through-hole providing access to the plurality of bristles and allowing introduction of a liquid coating material into the interior chamber and to the bristles. A method is disclosed for applying liquid coating material.
US10052655B2
An exterior panel for a kitchen appliance includes a metallic substrate having a predetermined surface pattern on at least one side of the metallic substrate, wherein the metallic substrate is formed to include a predetermined contour. A coating layer is an organic paint coating composition on the at least one side of the metallic substrate, the coating layer including a predetermined color and a fingerprint resistive surface, wherein the coating layer is at least partially translucent such that the predetermined surface pattern is visible with the naked eye through the coating layer, and wherein the predetermined surface pattern is modified by the coating layer to reflect the combination of the predetermined surface pattern and the predetermined color of the coating layer.
US10052653B2
A dispensing apparatus is suitable for the reception of a collapsible cartridge including a dispensable medium. The cartridge and the sleeve can be arranged with respect to one another such that the sleeve can support a cartridge wall of the cartridge in at least one section thereof during dispensing of the medium. A length of the sleeve can be changed substantially parallel to a dispensing direction.
US10052652B2
A capsule for mixing and dispensing a dental material which has a body forming a cavity. The cavity is closed by a liquid container. The body and the liquid container in combination form a mixing chamber containing a first component of the dental material. The liquid container has a cup-shaped cartridge formed by a cartridge front wall and a cartridge side wall and having a rear opening. A plug is movably joined within the cartridge through the rear opening for extruding a liquid second component of the dental material. The cartridge further has a channel extending through the cartridge side wall for releasing the second component into the mixing chamber. The body side wall inwardly has a recess being dimensioned for establishing a fluid communication between the channel and the cavity in an activated position, where the activated position corresponds to a second axial position of a two different axial positions of the of the cartridge and the body relative to each other. Further the first axial position corresponds to an inactivated position in which the channel is offset from the recess. A first cover film seals the joint between the cartridge and the plug, and the channel is openably sealed by a second cover film at least in the inactivated position. The capsule helps facilitating the preparation of a dental material.
US10052643B2
Device for containing fluid substance, including a bag having at least one flexible side wall, a substantially rigid neck delimiting an opening giving access to an internal cavity of the bag, shaped to at least partially accommodate a pumping member for pumping the fluid substance, and provided with a connector for connection to an external container. The bag is made from multilayer material, and the neck is made from a material different from bag material and includes a cup-shaped element having a bottom wall with at least one opening, and a side wall on the outer surface of which the upper edge of the bag is hermetically connected. The device includes a valve element for moving from an opening position, wherein the valve element makes the bag internal cavity accessible, and a closing position, wherein the valve element inhibits access to the internal cavity.
US10052640B2
The present disclosure relates to a centrifugal separator (1), which comprises a rotatable drum (5) having a wall (50), an annular chamber (7), defined along the longitudinal axis (49) of the rotatable drum (5) and bordering the wall (50), an annular screw feeder (90) accommodated rotatably in the annular chamber (7) for moving a mixture of substances in the liquid phase and in the solid phase longitudinally through the annular chamber (7), and separation nets (100) arranged in the wall (50) of the rotatable drum (5). The separation nets (100) have meshes for filtering the solid phase from the liquid phase by rotation of the drum (5). The separation nets (100) are movable relative to the wall (50).
US10052629B2
A hand-held molecular diagnostic test device includes a housing, an amplification (or PCR) module, and a detection module. The amplification module is configured to receive an input sample, and defines a reaction volume. The amplification module includes a heater such that the amplification module can perform a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the input sample. The detection module is configured to receive an output from the amplification module and a reagent formulated to produce a signal that indicates a presence of a target amplicon within the input sample. The amplification module and the detection module are integrated within the housing.
US10052621B2
A formic acid decomposition catalyst system includes metal-ligand complexes having formula 1: wherein M is a transition metal; R1, R2 are independently C1-6 alkyl groups; o is 1, 2, 3, or 4; R3 are independently hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl groups, OR14, NO2, or halogen; R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, are independently hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl groups; R14 is a C1-6 alkyl group; and X− is a negatively charge counter ion.
US10052619B2
A new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-95 is disclosed. In general, SSZ-95 is synthesized from a reaction mixture suitable for synthesizing MTT-type molecular sieves and maintaining the mixture under crystallization conditions sufficient to form product. The product molecular sieve is subjected to a pre-calcination step, and ion-exchange to remove extra-framework cations, and a post-calcination step. The molecular sieve has a MTT-type framework and a H-D exchangeable acid site density of 0 to 50% relative to molecular sieve SSZ-32.
US10052609B2
A tower packing element, a tower packing, a packing tower, and a mixer comprising the tower packing element are provided. The tower packing element are manufactured by a deformed plate and comprises a plurality of strip assemblies arranged along a longitudinal direction of the tower packing element and a connecting plate portion connected between adjacent strip assemblies. Each of the strip assemblies defines a central passage therein, and the central passage is extended in a lateral direction of the tower packing element. The connecting plate portion is extended along the lateral direction of the tower packing element. The adjacent strip assemblies and the connecting plate portion connected therebetween define a side passage parallel to the central passage.
US10052601B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for continuously producing dry water from silica and water and from silica, sodium bicarbonate, and water.
US10052599B2
An apparatus and process are provided for mixing of liquid, powder, and other ingredients using a mixing chain agitator. The mixing chain agitator is comprised of a plurality of links where each link comprises crossbars to create divisions for liquids, powders, and other ingredients to pass through during the mixing action. The plurality of links may be interlinked according to the embodiments disclosed.
US10052588B2
A control apparatus that includes a measured NOx purification ratio calculation unit calculating a measured NOx purification ratio of a reduction catalyst based on outputs of NOx sensors and provided upstream and downstream of the reduction catalyst reducing nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas, an estimated NOx purification ratio calculation unit calculating an estimated NOx purification ratio of the reduction catalyst based on a temperature of the reduction catalyst, a flow rate of the exhaust gas, and an absorption amount of the reducing agent by the reduction catalyst, and a reducing agent concentration estimation unit estimating a concentration of the reducing agent injected from a reducing agent injection valve based on the measured NOx purification ratio and the estimated NOx purification ratio.
US10052586B2
A processing apparatus equipped with a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, which is characterized in that corrugated plate-like glass fiber papers having a functional catalyst supported thereon and flat plate-like glass fiber papers having the same functional catalyst supported thereon are alternately laminated without being bonded to each other, to form a catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure, and this catalyst-supporting honeycomb structure is packed in a casing.
US10052585B2
Systems and processes for reducing carbon capture emissions are described. The process involves introducing a radical species into a decarbonized combustion gas. The radical species react with residual amines or unwanted compounds in the decarbonized combustion gas, thus reducing the concentration of residual amines or unwanted compounds in the exhaust gas. The system includes a carbon capture absorber with non-thermal plasma generator configured to provide radical species reducing the concentration of residual amines or unwanted compounds in the exhaust combustion gas.
US10052583B2
A method for treating sulfur contaminants is provided. The method comprises introducing a methylmorpholine-N-oxide solution to a vessel, wherein the vessel comprises a water layer and a gas layer, wherein the water layer and the gas layer comprise the hydrogen sulfide; introducing methylmorpholine-N-oxide into the water layer; and treating the water layer by allowing the methylmorpholine-N-oxide to react with the hydrogen sulfide.
US10052582B1
A super high permeance and high selectivity dual layer rubbery polymeric membrane comprising a thin selective layer of a fumed silica reinforced, cross-linked polyorganosiloxane on top of a porous glassy polymer support membrane and a thin selective layer of a chemically cross-linked polyorganosiloxane rubbery polymer on top of the thin selective layer of a fumed silica reinforced, cross-linked polyorganosiloxane, and a porous glassy polymer support membrane that is formed from a glassy polymer and the processes of making these membranes and using these membranes in separating mixtures of two or more gases or liquids.
US10052578B2
A housing for use in a fuel system component comprises a body defining an interior and having an inlet leading into the interior and an outlet leading from the interior, wherein at least one of the inlet and the outlet is defined by a port through a wall of the body and a fitting defining a passage open to the port, the fitting have a portion extending from the port that is not circular in cross-section. The body includes a cap with the fitting extending axially from the cap. In cross-section, the fitting has a major dimension oriented generally circumferentially and a minor dimension that is smaller than the major dimension and generally oriented radially relative to the axis of the housing. Optionally, the fitting may be integrally formed with the cap.
US10052576B2
Filter assemblies comprising filter cartridges having a first coupling member including at least one lug having an outer diameter, and a support comprising a second coupling member having at least one channel for receiving the lug, the channel having corresponding channel walls, a terminal section including a closed end and a horizontal axis, and an angled section having an open end, the terminal section including a lug retaining section having a cross-sectional area less than the outer diameter of the lug, methods of coupling the cartridges to the supports, and methods of using the filter assemblies, are disclosed.
US10052570B2
A settling basin insert for controlling fluid flow into a settling basin has a first and second side wall in opposition, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls, defining a sump extending from head to end. Fluid apertures extend through the top surface to permit fluid to communicate with the sump and an access aperture in the top surface permits a vacuum hose to pass into the sump. The first side wall is taller than the second side wall, and the first and second side walls each define a guide wall extending above the top surface. The second side wall is configured to be adjacent the settling basin. The first and second side walls direct inflowing fluid along the settling basin insert and through the fluid apertures in the top surface, decelerating the fluid for settling of sediment in the settling basin insert.
US10052569B2
A de-aerator for removing dissolved gasses from water in a water heating system and a water heating system comprising such a de-aerator are disclosed. The de-aerator includes a vessel defining a chamber for receiving water which has been heated by a primary water heater, an inlet through which water can be supplied into the chamber and an outlet through which the water can exit the chamber; and a vent through which gas can exit the chamber. A diameter of the chamber decreases in a direction from the inlet towards the outlet. The chamber side wall being curved and having a non-constant radius of curvature, the radius of curvature being smaller near the outlet than near the inlet, so that water supplied into the chamber is accelerated as it flows from the inlet towards the outlet, to thereby promote de-aeration of the water. De-aeration gasses exit the chamber through the vent.
US10052568B2
Contemplated gas-liquid separators and especially subsea gas-liquid separators have a main pipe with a plurality of descending branch pipes that are fluidly coupled to the main pipe and each other such as to allow disengagement of the gas into the main pipe while liquid and sand descend into the lower ends of the branch pipes. Sand accumulation in the lower ends of the branch pipes is preferably prevented by lateral serial flow of liquid and sand from one branch pipe to the next and use of a flush liquid that is drawn from one or more branch pipes.
US10052565B2
A treater combination unit wherein the functions of a heater treater and one or more of a sales gas heater, instrument gas heater/dryer, two-phase separator, and a free water knockout are incorporated into a single unit are included in a single, self-contained and optionally portable unit. In one embodiment, an instrument gas dryer can also optionally be incorporated into the combination unit. In an alternative embodiment, the instrument gas dryer is added to the unit as a retrofit.
US10052564B2
A gyrating disc is disclosed having a circular and flat shape with an edge extending perpendicularly around its circumference. The gyrating disc has a weight on the interior or exterior of the edge, or between the center and the edge. When the gyrating disc is launched in a clockwise or counterclockwise manner, the disc achieves a gyrating flight, moving on its horizontal plane and stable at the vertical axis established in the center of the disc.
US10052561B2
A method includes steps of admitting a first player and a second player to play an on-line video game implemented in a virtual environment, establishing a definition of proximity for any two objects or avatars in the virtual environment, tracking location in the video game for each player avatar or object controlled by a player, noting an event each time the two players are in proximity, as defined by the proximity definition, recording time period that the two players are in proximity for each event, and issuing to one or both players a Friend suggestion for the other player, based on proximity events and time in proximity.
US10052560B2
Systems and methods for processing recommendations of online games to friends of social network are described. A method for processing recommendations includes identifying a gaming session of a user on an online game provider network, accessing a use profile of the user for the online games of the online game provider network, and accessing a social graph of the user to identify friends of the user and respective friend profiles from the social network. The method further includes producing a recommendation of an online game. The recommendation includes an identification of a target friend of the user and is being provided by examination of the use profile of the user and friend profiles in the social graph. The method includes providing the recommendation to the user. The recommendation also includes an offer incentive to the user to share the recommendation with the target friend.
US10052555B2
Disclosed herein is an information processing device for accessing a file included in game data, the game data having a correspondence file associating a hash value of full path information of the file with information for identifying a recording location of the file. The information processing device includes: a receiving section receiving a readout request including the full path information of the file from a game; a deriving section deriving the hash value of the full path information; an obtaining section referring to the correspondence file, and obtaining the information for identifying the recording location of the file using the hash value; and a file access section accessing the file on a basis of the obtained information.
US10052552B2
A system for associating virtual activity of a user in a virtual space and a real-world activity of a user in a physical environment are presented herein. User activities and/or experiences within the physical environment and/or the virtual environment may be created (e.g., new experiences/personalizations being presented to the user), changed, accelerated, and/or otherwise managed such that each one enhances the other and/or enriches the overall experiences of the users over time.
US10052547B2
Shoulder pads for a player playing a contact sport, such as hockey, lacrosse or football, are provided. The shoulder pads comprise a front member, a back member, left and right shoulder arches, left and right shoulder protectors, and an adjustment system allowing the player to adjust a fit of the shoulder pads. The adjustment system may allow the player to adjust various components of the shoulder pads, including the front member, the back member, and the left and right shoulder protectors, in various directions.
US10052543B1
A sports mat system incorporating a reversible thermochromic leuco dye includes an impact pad portion having a reversible thermochromic leuco dye incorporated into it in order to provide a temporary visual indication of the path of a sports apparatus swing. The impact portion changes color with a temperature change due to frictional contact between the pad and the equipment being swung, in order to visually illustrate the swing path of the club along with the club head/face orientation during impact. In another implementation, a racquet is provided incorporating a reversible thermochromic leuco dye into a portion of racquet strings to temporarily visually illustrate the contact area between the racquet face and a ball being struck, in order to provide the user with feedback relating to characteristics of their swing.
US10052538B2
An improved golf club grip 10a, 10b, 10c with a well-defined and pronounced reminder rib 20a, 20b, 20c includes in one embodiment of the present disclosure a groove 32 positioned in the exterior surface 34 on each side of or surrounding a ridge 24a that extends lengthwise inside the body 14a of the grip 10a. When the golf grip 10a is installed on a golf club shaft 12, the groove 32 facilitates the flexing of the grip material for forming the reminder rib 20a. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the grip 10b, 10c is provided with a raised portion 36 of a selected material in a select region on the grip 10b, 10c. When the golf grip 10b, 10c is installed on a golf club shaft 12, the raised portion 36 becomes the reminder rib 20b, 20c.
US10052536B1
A freestanding putter with a T-shaped head and rounded clubface is disclosed. The rounded clubface prevents a ball from bouncing or skidding when struck by the putter. The freestanding nature of the putter enables a golfer to repeatedly step away from the putter for a view of the ball to the cup and return to the putter to adjust the direction in which the putter is aiming. Once the golfer is ready to attempt a putt, he or she can address the putter and ball without losing the previously established aim of the putter. Accordingly, the putter enables the golfer to aim and subsequently strike a golf ball with greater accuracy and consistency.
US10052532B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, a plurality of ports on the bottom portion and a plurality of inner support portions in the hollow body portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10052531B2
An aerodynamic golf club head having a crown section that imparts beneficial aerodynamic properties due in part to the location of a crown apex and the curvature of the crown section.
US10052523B2
Provided is a swimming assistance apparatus with an ICT function. The swimming assistance apparatus includes: a body part made of a material which floats on water or having a hollow tube which floats on water; a fitting hole formed in the body part and defined to penetrate through the body part to surround a part of a user's body; a cut part defined on at least one side of a wall of the fitting hole; and a sensor unit for measuring at least one of the user's posture information, work rate information and bio-information, so that the user's body floats on water by buoyancy of the body part when the user swims in a state where a part of the user's body is inserted into the fitting hole.
US10052509B2
The present invention relates to a system as well as a method for extinguishing fire in an enclosed room (6) in which the enclosed room (6) is flooded with extinguishing gas at least until an extinguishing gas concentration capable of providing an extinguishing effect (a) is set in the flood zone. In order to achieve the realizing of a maximum extinguishing gas concentration (b) as quickly as possible without the flooding of the room (6) thereby posing a danger to people, it is inventively provided for the flooding of the enclosed room (6) to be divided into a pre-flooding phase and a main flooding phase subsequent thereto. The pre-flooding phase corresponds to an interval of time between the time (t1) the alarming starts to warn people of impending danger and a predefined time (t2). The main flooding phase corresponds to an interval of time between the predefined time (t2) and the time (t4) at which a maximum extinguishing gas concentration (b) is reached. The enclosed room (6) is flooded such that during the entire pre-flooding phase, the concentration of extinguishing gas in the enclosed room (6) does not exceed a predefined or predefinable value for the extinguishing gas employed which is below the critical NOAEL value.
US10052508B2
A container includes a fire-retarding material, a substantially airtight cavity, and a reinforcement material. The substantially airtight cavity is formed by the fire-retarding material and is sized to hold at least one item. The reinforcement material is connected with the fire-retarding material.
US10052498B2
The present invention relates to a particle therapy apparatus used for radiation therapy. More particularly, this invention relates to a gantry for delivering particle beams which comprises means to analyze the incoming beam. Means are integrated into the gantry to limit the momentum spread of the beam and/or the emittance of the beam.
US10052495B2
A method of treating cardiac arrhythmia in a heart, including (i) determining that cardiac tissue is viable but with reduced innervation; and (ii) ablating the tissue to reduce a prevalence of arrhythmia in said heart. Optionally, the determining comprises detecting portions of heart wall which lack electrical activity. Optionally, at least some tissue which is viable but lacks nervous control is ablated, for example, to reduce or avoid arrhythmia.
US10052484B2
Devices and methods for improving the coupling between the soft palate and the genioglossus. This may be accomplished, for example, but shortening or stiffening the palatoglossal arch. Improved coupling between the soft palate and the genioglossus may be beneficial to a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as a stand-alone procedure, or in combination procedures and devices that cause anterior displacement of the tongue such as hypoglossal nerve stimulation, genioglossus advancement surgery, mandibular advancement surgery, mandibular advancement (oral) appliances, etc.
US10052480B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computing devices for fitting bilateral hearing prostheses. An example method includes sending a signal to a first hearing prosthesis and a second hearing prosthesis. The signal causes the first hearing prosthesis to deliver a first stimulus to a body part in a left auditory pathway of a user. The signal also causes the second hearing prosthesis to deliver a second stimulus to a body part in a right auditory pathway of the user. The first stimulus and the second stimulus cause the user to perceive a sound and are delivered simultaneously. The method also includes receiving an indication of a perception of the sound by the user. The method further includes determining an adjustment to at least one of the first stimulus or the second stimulus based on the perception of the sound by the user.
US10052478B2
The present invention consists of an implantable device with at least one package that houses electronics that receives input data or signals, and optionally, power, from an external system through at least one coil attached to the at least one package, processes the input data and delivers electrical pulses to neural tissue through at least one array of multiple electrodes that is/are attached to the at least one package. The invention, or components thereof, is/are intended to be installed in the head, or on or in the cranium, or on the dura, or on or in the brain.
US10052477B2
Provided is a perineal probe for asymmetric treatments extending primarily along a longitudinal axis and including: a main rod extending primarily along the longitudinal axis; a plurality of electrodes, the perpendicular projection of which along said longitudinal axis is substantially in the same position, and reciprocally spaced in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and connected to the main rod by means of deformable arms, and sensing means to detect the deformation of the arms.
US10052473B2
A fluid connector includes first and second fluid connector elements with respective first and second base portions. The first and second fluid connector elements each include a pair of extension portions extending from the respective first and second base portions. First and second face seal elements are respectively carried by the first and second base portions and are contained within the pair of extension portions of the associated fluid connector element. A locking coupling allows the first and second fluid connector elements to be coupled together with the face seal elements in facing and sealing engagement, and then rotated relative to one another and locked together to form a fluid tight joint between the face seal elements and a fluid flow path through the first and second face seal elements and the first and second fluid connector elements.
US10052472B2
In some embodiments, a device for coupling a fluid source to a medical device includes a housing. The housing includes a proximal portion and a distal portion and defines a passageway therebetween. The proximal portion is configured to be coupled to the fluid source and the distal portion is configured to be coupled to the medical device such that the medical device is in fluidic communication with the fluid source via the passageway. A deformable member is disposed on the distal portion and is configured to deform to removably couple the housing to the medical device. In some embodiments, the deformable member is configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with the medical device. In some embodiments, the distal portion includes a sealing member configured to form a substantially fluid-tight seal with the medical device.
US10052462B2
An apparatus for dilating an upper esophageal sphincter. The apparatus includes an elongated expandable member having a cross-section shaped to support a natural shape of an upper esophageal sphincter. A catheter extends from the elongated inflatable member.
US10052461B2
This disclosure relates to medical devices and related methods. In some embodiments, the methods include applying a material to the balloon and then removing the material from one or more regions of the balloon.
US10052443B2
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of nebulizers for aerosol generation and methods of using same for treating diseases and disorders.
US10052440B2
A surgical device that provides a suction force against a patient's body. The device includes a handle and a suction head pivotally attached to the handle. The suction head includes an open-ended suction chamber having a rim positioned to engage the patient's skin. An actuator on the handle operates a pump to draw a negative pressure in the suction chamber, causing the rim to seal against the patient's skin via the suction force. Once the suction force is initiated, the user may lift the handle away from the patient's body to lift tissue. The lifted tissue provides a site for insertion of a trocar or Veress needle for a laparoscopic procedure in some embodiments. A gimbal disposed between the handle and the suction head provides at least two degrees of freedom such that the handle can be rotated and pivoted to optimize the direction of applied lifting force.
US10052439B2
Various embodiments relate to a resetting mechanism for resetting a screw spindle of a drug delivery device including a driving element including two opposite driving pillars, connected to a sidewall and disposed in a chamber, a limiting element, movably engaged with the driving element, and two opposite clamping elements, movably disposed on two sides of the screw spindle, each of the clamping elements including a sliding base wherein the sliding base has a guide rail and a recess and a clamping jaw, connected to the sliding base and disposed in the chamber, wherein the opposite driving pillars slide in the guide rails along with the movement of the driving element, when the driving element moves toward the limiting element, the driving pillars drive the two clamping elements to move toward the screw spindle to make the two clamping jaws clamp the screw spindle and when the driving element moves away from the limiting element, the driving pillars drive the two clamping elements to move away from the screw spindle to make the two clamping jaws release the screw spindle.
US10052433B2
An intravenous (IV) fluid monitoring system includes a sensing element, a user locator device, a location server, and an analytics server. The sensing element senses weight of an IV bag and transmits weight data and a first ID signal corresponding to the IV bag. The user locator device transmits a second ID signal corresponding to a user. The location server stores and periodically updates sets of ID data and locations of a set of users and a plurality of IV bags. The analytics server stores and periodically updates a set of weight data of the plurality of IV bags. The analytics server implements a machine learning algorithm to determine a threshold weight and a threshold rate of flow of the IV fluid in the IV bag and transmits a notification signal to a user who is nearest to the IV bag that needs attention.
US10052431B2
A sound manipulation system is provided. The sound manipulation system includes a flow chamber arranged and disposed to receive a fluid containing a particulate and provide in-line sound wave manipulation of at least a portion of the particulate from the fluid, and a transducer positioned to facilitate the in-line sound wave manipulation within the flow chamber. The flow chamber includes at least a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being self-aligned and secured to the second portion.
US10052429B2
Methods and devices for treating a lung are disclosed. The method may include deploying a catheter into a blood vessel directing blood towards a portion of the lung, and discharging a media into the blood vessel through the catheter, the media may be configured to at least partially block the flow of blood within the portion of the lung.
US10052427B2
A filter apparatus, a method for the manufacture of the filter apparatus, the use of the filter apparatus in medical, chemical and/or biotechnological applications, and an apparatus for use in the manufacture of the filter apparatus. The filter apparatus has a cylindrical housing and a plurality of hollow fibers. The hollow fibers are combined to form a bundle in the housing and are embedded and held in each case at the end sides in a molding compound. The filtrate space is filled with particles of a chemically or physically active substance.
US10052414B2
The invention relates to means and methods for the disinfection of an insertion channel to prevent in particular catheter sepsis, which significantly reduces the carry-over of germs even out of deeper skin layers by means of medical instruments, such as catheters, to be introduced into non-natural openings and also permits the decontamination of perioperatively contaminated medical instruments. The disinfection of the insertion channel is achieved by means of a method for the perioperative coating of a medical instrument to be inserted into an invasively produced bodily opening before use, comprising the application of a preferably viscous or foam-like composition containing at least one anti-infective compound, preferably a gel having octenidine, by means of an applicator, such that when said gel is used, the composition is also specifically effective in the first millimeters of the insertion channel. Furthermore, an immediate disinfecting action is provided over the entire coated surface.
US10052413B2
A medical device, such as a dilatation balloon, including plasticized nylon, and plasticized nylon.
US10052409B2
A prosthetic valve comprising a plurality of ribbons comprising an extracellular matrix (ECM) composition, the proximal ends of the plurality of ribbons being positioned circumferentially and proximate each other, the distal ends of the plurality of ribbons also being positioned proximate each other, wherein a conical shaped valve member is formed.
US10052400B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a neutralized matrix of non-antigenic collagenous material comprising the steps of: —a) preparing an acidic solution of non-antigenic collagenous material, —b) pouring the solution of a) into a mold in order to form a layer, —c) lyophilizing the layer of b) in order to obtain an acidic matrix of non-antigenic collagenous material, d) sterilizing the acidic matrix obtained in c) with ethylene oxide in order to obtain a neutralized matrix of non-antigenic collagenous material. The invention also relates to the matrices obtained and to surgical implants comprising such matrices.
US10052393B2
The invention relates to a multifunctional nanomaterial comprising a nanorod comprising 1) a noble metal, wherein the nanorod exhibits surface plasmon resonance absorption in the near-infrared spectrum; 2) an up-conversion phosphor that absorbs infrared light and emits visible luminescence; and optionally 3) a biomolecule targeting moiety. The invention further relates to methods of detecting and treating cancer using the multifunctional nanomaterials of the invention.
US10052392B2
Provided are polyethylene glycol drug conjugates of general formula (I), (II) or (III) and pharmaceutical compositions and a use thereof. The conjugates are formed by combining low molecular weight polyethylene glycol with 2-4 drug molecules. The conjugates can interact with receptor dimers or polymers, thereby improving the in vivo distribution of the drug, changing the oil and water distribution coefficient, enhancing the pharmacological activity, reducing the blood-brain barrier permeability of the drug, and improving the bioavailability of the drug.
US10052390B2
The present invention relates to an immunostimulatory nanocomplex. The immunostimulatory nanocomplex comprises polyglutamic acid (PGA), a first positively charged substance, a second positively charged substance and a dengue viral protein for holding the dengue viral protein inside. The immunostimulatory nanocomplex is characterized by having a nonuniformally and positively charge distribution along a radial direction thereof. The nonuniformally and positively charge distribution comprises a first electrically charged portion having substantially electrical neutrality, a second electrically charged portion surrounding the first electrically charged portion, and a third electrically charged portion surrounding the second electrically charged portion. The third electrically charged portion has a third volume charge density more than a second volume charge density of the second electrically charged portion, thereby enhancing CD8(+) T-cell response and higher antibody titer after administrating an organism with the immunostimulatory nanocomplex.
US10052385B2
Methods of treatment using bendamustine formulations designed for small volume intravenous administration are disclosed. The methods conveniently allow shorter administration time without the active ingredient coming out of solution as compared to presently available formulations.
US10052384B2
The present invention relates to compositions that contain iodine intended primarily for tissue antisepsis, particularly skin antisepsis.
US10052368B2
The present invention relates to polyethylene glycol (PEG) modified protein drugs, and a PEGylated tissue kallikrein, a preparation method and use thereof are disclosed. The tissue kallikrein has a sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 1 or SEQ ID No. 2, and the tissue kallikrein may be natural or recombinant. The PEG has a molecular weight of 20 to 40 kDa, and is conjugated to the N-terminal primary amino of the tissue kallikrein. In addition to the advantages of significantly extended half-life, significantly reduced immunogenicity and stable and uniform structure, the biological activity of the PEGylated KLK1 provided in the present invention is improved to a higher extent, which is more significant in the treatment of cerebral apoplexy and diabetic nephropathy in particular.
US10052367B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for treating disease and disorders associated with pathological calcification or pathological ossification by modulating the level or activity of NPP1 or a mutant thereof, or a mutant NPP4 modified to exhibit ATP hydrolase activity similar to the hydrolase activity of NPP1.
US10052358B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diabetes or dementia, comprising centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) extracts as an active ingredient. It has been identified from animal tests that the centipede grass extracts, fractions thereof, and active fractions separated from the said fractions effectively regulate blood glucose levels, and inhibit the activity of amyloid-β(Aβ) which is involved in the formation of amyloid plaques that might cause dementia. Thus, the extracts, the fractions thereof, and the active fractions separated from the said fractions can be effectively used in a composition for preventing and treating diabetes or dementia, in a functional food for preventing or improving diabetes or dementia, and in a pharmaceutical composition or health food for blood glucose regulation.
US10052354B2
It is to provide a composition derived from lactic acid bacteria having an anti-allergic effect (an effect of suppressing allergic symptoms such as hay fever) synergistically, and a food product, pet food, etc. containing the composition. It is to prepare a composition having an anti-allergic action, containing Lactobacillus crispatus KT-11 strain, KT-23 strain, or KT-25 strain bacterial cells and viable bacteria, dead bacteria, or a processed product of bacterial cells of other lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus, genus Bifidobacterium, genus Leuconostoc, genus Enterococcus, genus Pediococcus, etc. at a biomass-converted ratio of 99:1 to 50:50, preferably 99:1 to 75:25.
US10052349B2
The present invention relates to new plasma or new platelet-rich plasma preparations, new cell dissociation methods, new cell associations or compositions, a method of preparation thereof, a use thereof, devices for the preparation thereof and preparations containing such a platelet-rich plasma preparation and cell associations or compositions. Specifically, the invention provides plasma or platelet-rich plasma alone or in cell composition preparations for use in tissue regeneration and bone regeneration and pain reduction.
US10052345B2
Assays, methods and kits for predicting a subject's (e.g., human) risk of primary glomerulopathy, secondary glomerulopathy or recurrence (e.g., post-transplant recurrence) of any glomerular disease include examining cells for the presence or absence of cytoskeletal disruptions or rearrangements and examining cells for modulation of expression and/or activity of markers such as SMPDL-3b. Assays for predicting if a diabetic subject will develop kidney disease or a patient with FSGS will develop recurrent disease after transplant also include examining cells for the presence or absence of cytoskeletal disruptions or rearrangements and examining cells for modulation of expression and/or activity of markers such as SMPDL-3b. Also described herein are compositions and methods for treating and preventing the afore-mentioned disorders.
US10052343B1
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a phosphorothioate oligonucleotide and at least one fatty acid and/or at least one emulsifying agent, wherein said composition is sterile and wherein said composition comprises at least one agent comprising a thiol group and at least one phosphate compound, preferably said composition is an ophthalmic composition. The present invention also relates to a method for obtaining the same and to the therapeutic use thereof.
US10052339B2
This invention relates to compositions containing combinations of a balanced phosphatidylcholine composition and one or more cannabinoids, a natural or synthetic derivative thereof, or a salt thereof, and kits containing such combinations and methods of using such combinations to treat subjects suffering from an imbalance of fatty acids and related diseases or disorders. This invention also relates to the synergistic effect of such combination therapies in humans.
US10052332B2
The disclosure relates to Prostaglandin receptor EP2 antagonists, derivatives, compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing conditions and diseases in which EP2 receptor activation has a physiological role, such as but not limited to, brain injury, inflammatory diseases, neuroinflamation after a seizure, pain, endometriosis, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, skin inflammation, vascular inflammation, colitis, and neurological disorders by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof.
US10052323B2
Provided herein are compositions of 7-(6-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)pyridin-3-yl)-1-((trans)-4-methoxycyclohexyl)-3,4-dihydropyrazino[2,3-b]pyrazin-2(1H)-one, solid forms, isotopologues and metabolites thereof, and methods of their use for the treatment of a disease, disorder, or condition.
US10052297B2
The invention relates to the use of L-serine as a drug for preventing and/or treating an inflammatory response of the skin caused by the overexpression and/or the overactivation of PAR2 receptors.
US10052286B2
Controlled release and taste masking compositions containing one or more active principles inglobated in a three-component matrix structure, i.e. a structure formed by successive amphiphilic, lipophilic or inert matrices and finally inglobated or dispersed in hydrophilic matrices. The use of a plurality of systems for the control of the dissolution of the active ingredient modulates the dissolution rate of the active ingredient in aqueous and/or biological fluids, thereby controlling the release kinetics in the gastrointestinal tract.
US10052285B2
Cryogranulation systems with improved dispenser assemblies are provided for use in manufacturing frozen pellets of pharmaceutical substances in a fluid medium. Methods of cryogranulating the pharmaceutical substance in the fluid medium are also provided. In particular embodiments, the dispenser assembly is used with suspensions or slurries of pharmaceutical compositions including biodegradable substances, such as proteins, peptides, and nucleic acids. In certain embodiments, the pharmaceutical substance can be adsorbed to any pharmaceutically acceptable carrier particles suitable for making pharmaceutical powders. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutical carrier can be, for example, diketopiperazine-based microparticles. The dispenser assembly improves the physical characteristics of the cryopellets formed and minimizes product loss during processing.
US10052283B2
Disclosed is a composition for forming an injectable hydrogel. The composition includes 1% by weight or less of a graphene-based material and 5% by weight or more of a triblock copolymer. The triblock copolymer may be a copolymer represented by Formula 1: wherein n is an integer from 8 to 540, m is an integer from 16 to 70, and R is H or a vinylcarbonyl group (CH2═CHCO—). When R in Formula 1 is a vinylcarbonyl group, the triblock copolymer may be crosslinked through the vinylcarbonyl group to form a nanogel. The composition can be prepared by a simple mixing process. In addition, the composition is substantially free from in vitro and in vivo stability problems encountered with conventional hydrogel compositions. Furthermore, the composition has high biocompatibility as well as excellent mechanical properties such as high storage modulus.
US10052280B2
The present disclosure is drawn to a method of treating a patient in need of treatment, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment for stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, myocardial infarction, shock, organ ischemia, ventricular arrhythmias, ischemic injury, or hypoxia/ischemia; administering a bolus of glyburide to the patient; and administering a continuous infusion of glyburide to the patient at from about 15 μg/hr and about 300 μg/hr, wherein the continuous infusion glyburide is administered for a period of time more than about 20 hours.
US10052272B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising isosorbide monooleate, a first surfactant selected from the group consisting of an alkyl glycoside having a weight average of the number of C-atoms in the alkyl chain of more than 11, cocoamidopropyl betaine and mixtures thereof, a second surfactant which is an alkyl glycoside having a weight average of the number of C-atoms in the alkyl chain of less than 11 and water. Furthermore it relates to a process for making this composition and to a cosmetic formulation, comprising this composition.
US10052269B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and methods for its use that is configured to be used to treat various skin conditions. The apparatus includes a water-permeable absorbent material and a plant material comprising a water-soluble skin-active ingredient. The plant material is enclosed within the water-permeable absorbent material, and the water-permeable absorbent material is configured to absorb water and allow the absorbed water to contact the plant material so as to release the active ingredient from the plant material. The active ingredient is then absorbed by the absorbent material, which is then topically applied to skin in need of skin treatment.
US10052259B2
A system includes a needle hub having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the needle hub has a connection portion configured to receive a first container. The system further includes a cannula received by the needle hub with the cannula having a proximal end and a distal end and a cannula seal having a resilient sleeve enclosing at least a portion of the cannula. The system also includes a vial adapter configured to be attached to a second container with the vial adapter having a vial seal that is configured to engage the cannula seal. The cannula seal has a first position where the cannula seal encloses the distal end of the cannula and a second position where the cannula seal is retracted to expose the distal end of the cannula.
US10052257B2
An electrical apparatus includes a battery, a circuit adapted to generate a periodic signal, and a wireless radio transceiver. The electrical apparatus further includes a control circuit adapted to set a characteristic of the periodic signal. The characteristic is received by an input of the wireless radio transceiver. The electrical apparatus further includes a first electrically conductive electrode adapted to electrically contact and puncture a first portion of a surface when the periodic signal is injected below the first portion of the surface. The periodic signal is coupled to the first electrically conductive electrode.
US10052256B2
A vibration ring includes a vibration module and a latex ring. The vibration module is provided with at least a battery, a circuit board and a vibration motor that are connected electrically in a spherical shell, along with a switch that is exposed out of the shell. The latex ring includes an annular wearing part that is processed with latex, and a spherical vibration part that encloses the shell of the vibration module. The spherical vibration part and the enclosed vibration module act onto a female's clitoris without pressing on other parts of the body, so as to increase the comfortableness in wearing the vibration ring and form a better exciting effect in vibration.
US10052254B2
Apparatus and method using two couplings connecting a wheelchair to a walker for safely assisting a patient regaining their ability to walk. Physical therapists use the walker to train patients on walking to build strength, endurance, and balance. The couplings provide a fixed gap between the wheelchair and walker and keeps the wheelchair close to the patient. The patient can easily sit in the wheelchair, and the presence of the wheelchair minimizes the risk of falling, allows the patient to rest when fatigued, provides a sense of security, and eliminates a need for an assistance to push the wheelchair behind the patient.
US10052250B2
A helmet (10) for non-invasive ventilation of patients comprising: a container body (20) in which there can be housed the head of a patient, provided with at least one optically transparent portion and with an open end to which a first rigid ring (21) is fixed; an elastically yieldable collar (30) which can be sealingly coupled to the neck of the patient and fixed to a second rigid ring (31) can be sealingly removably associated to said first rigid ring (21), whose distinguishing characteristic consists in comprising a bayonet-like coupling means adapted to removably couple the first and the second rigid ring with respect to each other (21,31).
US10052245B2
A folding wheelchair, including a back frame a seat frame a lower frame, two rear wheel assemblies, two front wheel assemblies and an armrest; the armrest and the seat frame are hingedly connected to the back frame from top to bottom in a sequence; the two front wheel assemblies is connected to the lower frame; a sliding guide rail is provided between one end of the seat frame and each rear wheel assembly, and is provided with a sliding block thereon in a sliding fit manner; the sliding block is hingedly connected to a lower end of the back frame and the lower frame or the lower end of the back frame is hingedly connected to the sliding block and the lower frame; or the lower frame is hingedly connected to the lower end of the back frame and the sliding block The folding wheelchair is safe and reliable touse, and can be folded smoothly and quickly; in addition, the folded wheelchair has a small size, and is convenient to lean, against a wall, occupies a small space in a vehicle trunk or under a bed, and is convenient to use when going out.
US10052240B2
A disposable diaper for pets, having: a rear-side waist area; a stomach-side waist area; a crotch area; an inside surface; an outside surface; an absorbent core; an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein; an attachment section provided in the stomach-side waist area and having a prescribed length; a hook section provided in the attachment section; and an attachment area provided on the outside surface of the rear-side waist area and which receives the hook section of the attachment section. The attachment area comprises a non-woven first attachment area arranged on the outside surface of a diaper main body section in an area not having the absorbent core arranged therein, in at least the rear-side waist area.
US10052229B2
A system and method for treating ophthalmic target tissue, including a light source for generating a beam of light, a beam delivery system that includes a scanner for generating patterns, and a controller for controlling the light source and delivery system to create a dosimetry pattern of the light beam on the ophthalmic target tissue. One or more dosage parameters of the light beam vary within the dosimetry pattern, to create varying exposures on the target tissue. A visualization device observes lesions formed on the ophthalmic target tissue by the dosimetry pattern. The controller selects dosage parameters for the treatment beam based upon the lesions resulting from the dosimetry pattern, either automatically or in response to user input, so that a desired clinical effect is achieved by selecting the character of the lesions as determined by the dosimetry pattern lesions.
US10052226B2
Dry eye treatment apparatus and methods are described herein which generally comprise a patch or strip affixed to the skin of the upper and/or lower eyelids to deliver heat or other forms of energy, pressure, drugs, moisture, etc. (alone or in combination) to the one or more meibomian glands contained within the underlying skin. The treatment strip or strips include one or more strips configured to adhere to an underlying region of skin in proximity to one or both eyes of a subject such that the one or more strips allow for the subject to blink naturally without restriction from the one or more patches. Moreover, the one or more strips may be configured to emit energy to the underlying region of skin and where the one or more strips are shaped to follow a location of one or more meibomiam glands contained within the underlying region of skin.
US10052221B2
An orthopedic device includes a first panel defining opposed first and second sides. A second panel has a first end secured to the first side of the first panel along a seam between upper and lower corners of the seam, and a second end defining at least one flap securable to the second side of the first panel at a location site. A first strap has a first end secured to the first side of the first panel and extends from an upper portion of the seam including the upper corner of the seam and overlies at least a portion of the second panel. A dynamic force strap helically extends between upper and lower portions of the orthopedic device and connects to the first panel.
US10052213B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US10052206B2
A method of generating a patient specific prosthetic implant is described, which includes: generating a three dimensional electronic representation of a human anatomical feature of a unique patient; identifying one or more representative surface curvature features on the three dimensional electronic representation; and associating the three dimensional electronic representation with a virtual implant template of the human anatomical feature selected from a database of virtual implant templates, and comparing fit of the identified representative surface curvature features of the three dimensional electronic representation with corresponding surface curvature features of the virtual implant template. The virtual implant template is selected to have the most similar corresponding surface curvature features.
US10052205B2
Devices for treating mitral valve regurgitation, including a distal expandable anchor, a proximal expandable anchor, and a fixed length connecting member extending from the proximal expandable anchor to the distal expandable anchor, where at least one of the proximal and distal anchors includes first and second arm segments that extend from one end of the device toward the connecting member and the other anchor when in a collapsed delivery configuration, and where the at least one of the proximal and distal anchors that comprises the first and second arm segments has an expanded configuration in which the first and second arm segments extend radially outwardly such that the first and second arm segments extend away from one another toward the connector, and meet one another at a location axially spaced from the end of the device.
US10052201B2
An implantable valved stent for a patient's heart is formed by a stent supporting a cloth structure. The valved stent includes an upper mounting portion and a lower valved portion. The upper mounting portion has an upper side and a lower side supporting a plurality of hooks extending downwardly from the lower side whereby the implantable valved stent is mounted to the heart when heart tissue is captured between the hooks and the lower side. The lower valved portion extends downwardly from the upper mounting portion and includes a check valve that allows downward flow of the blood and checks upward flow of blood.
US10052186B2
A prosthetic implant includes an anterior surface, configured for at least partial contact with an underside of a patient's facial soft tissue. A posterior surface is oppositely placed to the anterior surface. The posterior surface is configured for at least partial contact with a patient's facial bony tissue when the anterior surface is in at least partial contact with the patient's facial soft tissue. An implant body is defined by the anterior and posterior surfaces and extends transversely therebetween. A selected portion of the posterior surface has a texture that mechanically differs from a texture of a majority of the anterior surface.
US10052183B2
A dental post has fibre-reinforced material with substantially uniformly directed fibers and mountable in a tooth root canal for fixing a dental prosthetic structure on a tooth stump and a method for its fabrication.For improving the light conduction properties within the post, at least a fraction of the fibers conduct light, and includes post a tapered portion extending toward its second end. Some of the fibers extend from the first end of said post to the circumferential surface of the tapered portion.According to a fabrication method of the post a composite structure of uniform cross-section with substantially uniformly directed light conducting fibers in a pultrusion process. At least a portion of the circumferential surface of the composite structure is shaped to provide a tapered portion extending toward the second end of said composite structure.
US10052182B2
The invention relates to a method for generating a digital model (6) of a dental replacement part, formed by a dental prosthesis and a prosthesis base having a rear protection plate, and for producing a dental replacement part of this type, wherein, in a digital model (1) of a jawbone to be provided and a digital dental prosthesis model (2) positioned therein, an interface (3) is automatically and/or manually marked in the region of the dental prosthesis model (2), a rear protection plate model (4) is formed by the interface (3), an abutting surface (1′) of the digital jawbone model (1) and a region of a surface (2′) of the dental prosthesis model (2) joining the surface (1′) and the interface (3), a revised dental prosthesis model (5) is formed from the digital dental prosthesis model (2) by adopting the interface (3) as a surface, and the digital model (6) of the dental replacement part is created from the rear protection plate model (4) and the revised dental prosthesis model (5).
US10052158B2
Embodiments include a system for determining cardiovascular information for a patient. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of the patient's heart, and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the patient's heart based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to create a physics-based model relating to a blood flow characteristic of the patient's heart and determine a fractional flow reserve within the patient's heart based on the three-dimensional model and the physics-based model.
US10052156B2
A first tomographic image of a three-dimensional image is displayed on a display screen, and a cursor to be operated by a user is also displayed in the displayed first tomographic image, and at least one second tomographic image intersecting the first tomographic image at a three-dimensional position in the three-dimensional image corresponding to a two-dimensional position pointed by the cursor in the first tomographic image is also displayed. A user input by a button operation giving an instruction to move the cursor is received. The cursor is moved to a two-dimensional position in one of the at least one second tomographic image corresponding to the three-dimensional position in the three-dimensional image corresponding to the two-dimensional position pointed by the cursor in the first tomographic image.
US10052152B2
A magnetically-guided catheter includes a tip positioning magnet in the distal electrode assembly configured to interact with externally applied magnetic fields for magnetically-guided movement. A magnetically-guided mapping catheter includes an electrically-conductive capsule in the form of a casing that includes a distal ablation surface and isolates the positioning magnet from bio-fluids to prevent corrosion. An open irrigation ablation catheter includes an isolated manifold that isolates the positioning magnet from contact with irrigation fluid to prevent corrosion.
US10052137B2
A spinal stabilization system may be formed in a patient. In some embodiments, a minimally invasive procedure may be used to form a spinal stabilization system in a patient Bone fastener assemblies may be coupled to vertebrae Each bone fastener assembly may include a bone fastener and a collar. The collar may be rotated and/or angulated relative to the bone fastener. Detachable members may be coupled to the collar to allow for formation of the spinal stabilization system through a small skin incision. The detachable members may allow for alignment of the collars to facilitate insertion of an elongated member in the collars. An elongated member may be positioned in the collars and a closure member may be used to secure the elongated member to the collars.
US10052136B2
Spinal fixation system connectors comprising spring cage elements. In some embodiments, an engagement member, such as a bone screw, may be configured to be coupled with and received within a connector body. A spring cage structure may also be configured to be coupled with the connector body. The spring cage structure may comprise a spring configured to be positioned in a relaxed configuration and a flexed configuration, such that the spring defines an opening having a first size in the relaxed configuration and a second, larger size in the flexed configuration to allow the opening to receive and engage a head of the engagement member within the connector body.
US10052113B2
A device (1) for aligning a guide wire with a bone, comprising: an attachment means (2) reversibly attachable to a bone; an alignment means (31) connected to the attachment means, the alignment means being moveable so as to locate a portion of the bone for insertion of the guide wire. A method for aligning a guide wire with a bone.
US10052110B2
The present invention refers to a device for the resection of bones (1) for preparing the attachment of an endoprosthesis to the joints which consists of at least two joint elements cooperating with each other, comprising at least one tool guide (3, 4, 5, 7, 14) and at least one support (6, 9, 10, 15, 21) suitable for orienting the at least one tool guide (3, 4, 5, 7, 14), wherein, either in the immediate vicinity of the joint and/or across joints, the at least one support (15, 21) enables the at least one tool guide (3, 4, 5, 7, 14) to be oriented and positioned on a further joint element, or enables the at least one tool guide (3, 4, 5, 7, 14) to be oriented and positioned at the same joint element distally to the area to be treated and/or outside the surgical area. The at least one tool guide (3, 4, 5, 7, 14) and the at least one support are preferably immovably connected to each other so as to manufacture an individual single-use template. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing such a device or template, an endoprosthesis suited for this purpose, a method for manufacturing such an endoprosthesis, and a surgical set consisting of said parts.
US10052100B2
A surgical instrument disclosed herein comprises an elongate channel, a staple cartridge operably supported in the elongate channel, and an anvil movably supported relative to the elongate channel. The instrument further comprises a tissue cutting implement movable relative to the elongate channel, a drive shaft operably interfacing with the tissue cutting implement for transmitting motion to the tissue cutting implement, and an electric motor comprising a rotatable output operably engaged with the drive shaft. The instrument further comprises, one, a controller configured to control the electric motor and, two, a sensor configured to detect resistive forces experienced by the tissue cutting implement as the tissue cutting implement is driven through tissue clamped between the staple cartridge and the anvil, wherein the sensor is in signal communication with the controller.
US10052096B2
An embodiment includes a cardiovascular surgical apparatus comprising: a sleeve including a distal sleeve end, a proximal sleeve end, and a sleeve long axis extending from the distal sleeve end to the proximal sleeve end; a post including a distal post end and a proximal post end; a first projection member, coupled to the distal sleeve end, including a first projection member main body and a first projection member retention body; a second projection member coupled to the proximal sleeve end; wherein (a) the post telescopes distally from within the sleeve and away from the distal sleeve end; (b) at least one of the first and second projection members rotates at least 45 degrees with respect to another of the first and second projection members; and (c) the first projection member retention body includes a long axis generally parallel to the sleeve long axis. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10052092B2
A suture anchor loading system for loading a suture anchor on a suture. The suture anchor loading system includes a first portion and a second portion defining a suture anchor receptacle therebetween. A superstructure is configured to retain the first and the second portions together. The suture anchor can be loaded onto the suture when the suture anchor is seated within the suture anchor receptacle.
US10052090B2
A medical assembly includes a cannula and a sealing cap releasably coupled to the cannula. The cap includes a body and a sealing member integrally molded with the body to form a fluid-tight seal between the cap and cannula. The cap includes a member defining an opening for passage of a medical instrument therethrough in a fluid-tight manner. The member includes a first portion surrounding the opening and being thickened to limit tearing of the first portion, and a second portion surrounding the first portion being tapered down in thickness toward the first portion to increase flexibility of the member. The assembly includes a shaft receivable in a lumen defined by an inner surface of the cannula. The shaft includes a protrusion and the inner surface further defines a protrusion receiving formation.
US10052088B2
A system and method are disclosed for deploying an elongated unit in a body cavity, for introducing an interchangeable tool to a slender shaft having a distal end. The system comprising: an elongated unit comprising a longitudinal axis and a distal portion arranged to protrude through a first port into the body cavity. At least one maneuvering unit connected to the elongated unit for maneuvering the distal portion of the elongated unit in a 3D coordinate system to a determined depth and orientation in the body cavity. The at least one maneuvering unit is arranged to selectively deploy the distal portion of the elongated unit at the determined depth and orientation at a distance with respect to the distal end of the slender shaft and selectively align the longitudinal axis thereof with a longitudinal axis of the slender shaft. The elongated unit and/or the slender shaft is arranged advanceable relative each other, such that once the distal portion of the elongated unit is deployed the distal portion of the elongated unit reaches and/or captures the distal end of the slender shaft.
US10052081B2
An enhanced stethoscope device and method for operating the enhanced stethoscope are provided. The enhanced stethoscope device generally operates by providing stethoscope sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and other sensors to obtain a series of measurements about a subject. The series of measurements may be correlated, such as by machine learning, to extract clinically relevant information. Also described are systems and methods for ultrasonic beamsteering by interference of an audio signal with an ultrasonic signal.
US10052076B2
A radiological imaging apparatus (10) acquires a radiological brain image of a subject after administration of a radio tracer binding to a target substance indicative of a clinical pathology. In one embodiment, the clinical pathology is amyloid deposits in the brain at a level correlative with Alzheimer's disease and the target substance is amyloid deposits. A processor (C) tests for the clinical pathology by: performing non-rigid registration of the brain image with a positive template (32P) indicative of having the clinical pathology and with a negative template (32N) indicative of not having the clinical pathology; generating positive and negative result metrics (36P, 36N) quantifying closeness of the registration with the positive and negative template respectively; and generating a test result (54) based on the positive result metric and the negative result metric. An independent test result is generated by quantifying a second mode of an intensity histogram for the brain image.
US10052072B2
A data output device capable of simply performing both of recognition of an entire image at an important point in time regarding medical care and recognition of a detailed change in time series data at the point in time is provided.A data display screen includes first and second display areas. In the first display area, time-series data indicating a state transition of a patient or content related to medical care performed on the patient is displayed in a graph. First indicators can be assigned to the graph. Second indicators are displayed at corresponding positions in the second display area that temporally correspond to designated positions in the first display area to which the first indicators are assigned. A second time axis in the second display area has a time scale which is longer than that of a first time axis in the first display area.
US10052060B2
A method includes a obtaining an image of a center of a pelvis of a patient captured by an imaging device and analyzing the image of the pelvis center to determine whether or not the pelvis center is aligned with the imaging device using a computing device. When the pelvis center is not aligned with the imaging device, the method includes determining one or more alignment instructions for aligning the pelvis center with the imaging device by the computing device and transmitting the analyzed image of the pelvis center and the one or more pelvis alignment instructions to a user device in communication with the computing device. The user device executes a graphical user interface for displaying the analyzed image and one or more pelvis alignment instructions.
US10052059B2
Systems and methods are provided for performing a medical procedure within a patient's body that involves a thoracic duct including an ostium communicating with the patient's venous system. A distal end of a catheter is introduced through the patient's venous system into a body lumen adjacent the ostium of the thoracic duct. An expandable member on the distal end of the tubular member may be expanded adjacent the ostium, e.g., within the body lumen or the thoracic duct itself, and used to isolate the thoracic duct from the body lumen, whereupon a medical procedure may be performed via the thoracic duct. For example, lymphatic fluid may be removed from the thoracic duct through a lumen of the tubular member and/or one or more agents may be introduced into the thoracic duct through the tubular member.
US10052053B2
The present invention is directed to the parenteral procurement of bodily-fluid samples. The present invention is also directed to systems and methods for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from dermally-residing microbes. In some embodiments, a bodily-fluid withdrawing system is used to withdraw bodily fluid from a patient for incubation in culture media in one or more sample vessels. Prior to withdrawing bodily fluid into the one or more sample vessels for incubation, an initial volume of withdrawn bodily fluid is placed in one or more pre-sample reservoirs and is not used for the incubation in culture media.
US10052043B2
According to at least one aspect, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one electrode to sense an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal of a patient and a controller coupled to the at least one electrode. The controller may be configured to generate a first ECG template based on a first ECG signal of the patient, generate a second ECG template based on a second ECG signal of the patient, and determine whether the patient is experiencing a cardiac event based on the ECG signal of the patient and an identified one of the first ECG template and the second ECG template.
US10052042B2
A system for providing a standard electrocardiogram (ECG) signal for a human body using contactless ECG sensors for outputting to exiting medical equipment or for storage or viewing on a remote device. The system comprises a digital processing module (DPM) adapted to connect to an array of contactless ECG sensors provided in a fabric or the like. A selection mechanism is embedded into the DPM which allows the DPM to identify body parts using the ECG signals of the different ECG sensors and select for each body part the best sensor lead. The DPM may then produce the standard ECG signal using the selected ECG signals for the different body parts detected. The system is adapted to continuously re-examine the selection to ensure that the best leads are selected for a given body part following a movement of the body part, thereby, allowing for continuous and un-interrupted ECG monitoring of the patient.
US10052041B2
The invention provides a system for measuring stroke volume (SV), cardiac output (CO), and cardiac power (CP) from a patient that features: 1) an impedance sensor connected to at least two body-worn electrodes and including an impedance circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure an impedance signal (e.g. a TBEV waveform); 2) an ECG sensor connected to at least two chest-worn electrodes and including an ECG circuit that processes analog signals from the electrodes to measure and ECG signal; 3) an optical sensor connected to a body-worn optical probe and including an optical circuit that processes signals from the probe to measure at least one optical signal (e.g. a PPG waveform) from the patient; 4) a processing system, typically worn on the patient's wrist and connected through a wired interface to the optical sensor, and through either a wired or wireless interface to the TBEV and ECG sensors. The processing system analyzes the ECG, TBEV and optical signals to determine SV, and further analyzes SV and HR determined from an ECG sensor to determine CO.
US10052040B2
A photobiological measurement apparatus 1 may include a second received light quantity information calculation unit 33 for calculating measurement data relating to cerebral activity, a data display controller for displaying the measurement data for a specified area of a subject's brain, is characterized: is being provided with a reference light-receiving probe 14, which is disposed at a position separated by a first setting distance r1 from the light-transmitting prober 12 that is shorter than a second setting distance r2, and a first received light quantity information calculating unit 32, which calculates skin blood flow data relating to the skin blood flow using first received light quantity information ΔA1 from the light transmitting probe 12 to the reference light-receiving probe 14, and in displaying the skin blood flow data at a specified position of the subject's scalp by indicating the measurement position on the subject's scalp and displaying the skin blood data.
US10052039B2
A light detection unit includes a light emitter that emits light toward an object of interest, a light receiver that receives light from the object of interest, and a light blocking member that performs light blocking at least above the light receiver. The light blocking member includes a first surface that is provided between the light emitter and the light receiver and prevents direct light from the light emitter from entering the light receiver and a second surface and a third surface that are provided along a direction that intersects the first surface and prevent light from entering the light receiver. Further, the first surface is made of a first material, and the second surface and the third surface are made of a second material different from the first material.
US10052033B2
A magnetic resonance method and system are provided for providing improved 3D imaging of blood vessels and the like, which provides suppression of both blood and fat signals and is insensitive to subject motion, thereby facilitating improved visualization of vessel walls. The image data pulse sequence includes a plurality of pulse series, where each series includes a dark-blood sequence, a fat-suppression sequence, and a data readout sequence. Each data readout sequence samples a particular radial direction within each partition (Kz value) that passes through the Kz axis, and different radial orientations are sampled in subsequent series to provide a stack-of-stars sampling scheme.
US10052025B2
A sensor for measuring a concentration of a respiratory gas component is disclosed herein. The sensor comprises at least one radiation source configured to emit radiation and at least one radiation sensing detector configured to receive radiation and provide a signal indicative of the concentration of the gas component. The sensor further comprises an electronics board configured to receive and process the signal to determine the concentration, and an energy storage device configured to supply energy to the radiation source. The electronics board is configured to choose from among at least two different modes, one being an operation mode allowing sufficient energy supply to the radiation source, and another being a rest mode allowing reduced energy supply compared to the operation mode to limit radiation for saving energy within the breathing cycle. A gas analyzer and method for measuring a concentration of a respiratory gas component are also provided.
US10052022B2
In one embodiment, a system and method for providing dynamic gain over non-noise electrocardiographic data with the aid of a digital computer are provided. A time series of a plurality of voltage values that comprises a digital representation of a raw electrocardiography (“ECG”) signal recorded by an ambulatory monitor recorder is obtained. One or more segments of the ECG signal is marked as noise, each of the segments including a plurality of the values, based on a difference between a maximum one and a minimum one of the values within that segment. Further segments not marked as noise are analyzed, each of the segments comprising a plurality of the values. A gain factor for all of the values in the analyzed further segments is determined based on the analysis.
US10052018B2
A method, a controller, and a non-transitory medium for controlling an optical-image pickup apparatus. Receiving quality data representative of quality of wavefront data. Comparing the quality data to a threshold. Performing normal adaptive optics feedback if the wavefront data is of sufficient quality. Performing an initial adjustment if the wavefront data is not of sufficient quality. The initial adjustment comprising sending control information to modify the optical path in which light is radiated onto a subject. After the initial adjustment, receiving new quality data that is based on new wavefront data after the optical path has been modified. Performing the normal adaptive optics feedback if the quality information indicates that the wavefront data is of sufficient quality. Re-performing the initial adjustment if the new quality information indicates that the wavefront data is not of sufficient quality.
US10052014B2
A balloon endoscope including an endoscope body having a selectably pressurizable interior volume, which generally fills the interior of the endoscope body and a selectably inflatable balloon located on an outer surface of the endoscope body and defining a balloon volume which communicates with the interior volume for selectable inflation of the balloon by selectable pressurization of the interior volume.
US10051995B2
The present invention provides a device for cooking food that has a cooking cavity defined by a front wall, a back wall that opposes the front wall, two opposing side walls, a ceiling, and a floor that opposes the ceiling; a substrate for supporting a food item, the substrate substantially enclosed by the cavity; a first plenum spanning between the two opposing side walls, said plenum comprising a first segment proximal to the back wall, a second segment proximal to the ceiling, and at least one third segment that joins the first segment and the second segment; a second plenum positioned proximal to but medially displaced from the first plenum; a flame heating element located between the first plenum and the second plenum; and at least one air movement device located proximal to a region in which the front wall and ceiling intersect.
US10051993B2
A method for monitoring the safe use of a cooker uses a monitoring device in which set values for safety limits based on temperature and humidity or gas content measurements are set for sounding an alarm or cutting off the electricity or gas supply to the cooker. The temperature and humidity and/or gas content are measured above the cooker. The set safety limit values for the temperature and the humidity and/or gas content and/or their rates of change are set and the presence of the user is monitored on the basis of the use of the cooker and/or by a sensor which detects the presence of a person and/or by direct control feedback given by the user. The monitoring device is taught user-specific safety limit values automatically and intuitively on the basis of the use of the cooker, and are automatically changed or adjusted on the basis of the teaching.
US10051989B2
A roasted plant extraction apparatus is provided which is capable of selectively reducing excessive bitterness in an extract liquid obtained by water extraction from a roasted plant raw material while preserving desirable flavor ingredients and body. A beverage extraction apparatus includes a granule containing part containing granules for extraction of a beverage, first pouring device for pouring an extraction solvent into the granule containing part from a first direction, and collecting device for collecting a coffee extract liquid extracted by device of the extraction solvent at the side of layers of the coffee granules corresponding to the first direction. The granule containing part is provided with a detachable restraining member for placing the granules for extraction of a beverage in a substantially sealed state.
US10051987B2
Tea and coffee brewing apparatus includes a container for receiving a brewed beverage and a filter receptacle for receiving contents to be brewed. Guides are disposed on the filter receptacle for lowering the filter receptacle wholly inside the container for storage mode and also raising the filter receptacle above the container for brew mode. Supports disposed on the guides hold the filter receptacle up and above the container so that a beverage may be drip brewed into the container.
US10051984B2
The assembly and release apparatus and method utilizes a C-shaped clip defining a channel and a smaller slot extending along the channel, both open at at least one end, attachable to a first location on a garment. A pin of the apparatus is slidably receivable in the channel through the open end to assemble the C-shaped clip and the pin together. The pin has a tab or strip that extends through the slot, for attaching the pin to a second location on the garment. The apparatus includes at least one detent element associated with one of the C-shaped clip and the pin, cooperatively engageable with the other of the C-shaped clip and the pin for retaining the pin in the channel, and releasable in a predetermined manner to allow slidably removing the pin from the channel through the open end, to provide a quiet and rapid manner of operation.
US10051983B2
A cereal bowl according to the present invention includes a basin that may be attached to a base. A partition extends from a sloped floor of the basin to divide the basin into a front interior space and back interior space which can be used to separate a liquid from solid material. The cereal bowl is particularly useful for separating dry breakfast cereal from milk so that the dry breakfast cereal does not absorb milk and become soggy.
US10051981B2
A picture frame is constructed using a system and method wherein a pair of cooperating profile extrusion lengths are cut to size to form a frame to accommodate a piece of artwork. A continuous spacer is provided to be locatable between a cover sheet and backing sheet. The profile lengths are fastened together at the edges of the frame, thereby compressing the spacer between the cover sheet and backing sheet. As such an isolated volume is created that can be evacuated of oxygen for preservation of the artwork.
US10051980B2
A mounting system for securely mounting a component, comprising: a mounting platform having a support surface with plurality of mounting holes extending therethrough; a mounting device for securing the component to the mounting platform, the mounting device comprising: a mounting plate with a planar surface facing in a first direction and a stud extending in a second direction away from the first direction, the stud being configured to be inserted through the mounting holes; an adhesive secured to the planar surface and having an engagement surface for adhering to a surface of the component; a fastening device for releasably engaging a portion of the stud inserted through one of the mounting holes to releasably secure the mounting device to the mounting plate.
US10051978B2
An adapter for attaching a slatwall accessory to a pegboard comprises a first region with an elongated aperture being sized and shaped to receive an offset portion of the slatwall accessory therethrough, two hooks disposed on one edge of the first region and being configured to attach the adapter to the pegboard, a second region extending from the first region in a vertical direction and being offset therefrom in a direction away from the pegboard, during use of the adapter, and a flange terminating the second region and being configured to abut a surface of the pegboard during use of the adapter. The flange can be replaced with a third region to receive another flange of the slatwall accessory and a fourth region to detachably attach a bottom of the adapter to the pegboard. The adapter can be configured as a rail to attach a plurality of the slatwall accessories.
US10051942B2
A container for carrying cosmetic product comprises a central container with first and second openings, the first opening configured to accept a first vial and the second opening configured to accept a second vial wherein the first opening and the second opening are substantially the same size, and wherein the first vial and the second vial are substantially the same size; and two caps, each cap having an open end and a closed end, the cap designed to accept a cap insert into the open end, wherein the cap insert comprises a rod, wherein the rod is configured to accept an applicator tip, and wherein the rod is configured to be inserted into the vial when the cap is placed over the first opening or the second opening of the central container.
US10051940B2
An application dispenser for at least one component, in particular for an adjustable dosing and/or mixing dispenser, includes a rotation element, in particular a ball for applying the at least one component, and a pump configured to load the at least one component with pressure and feed the at least one component under pressure onto the rotation element.
US10051938B1
A nail file manufacturing method including: dissolving powder particles in a prepared BC solution; mixing liquefied powder obtained from the powder particles dissolving step with an epoxy resin; applying a mixture obtained from the epoxy resin and powder mixing step to upper and lower surfaces of a plate by a rolling method; first firing the plate obtained from the application step by heating the plate at 150° C. for 10 to 15 seconds; spreading abrasives in a range from 150 mesh to 320 mesh to each of the upper and lower surfaces of the plate obtained from the first firing step; second firing the plate obtained from the abrasives spreading step at a temperature range of 190° C. to 200° C. for 12 minutes; and coating the upper and lower surfaces of the plate obtained from the second firing step with a thin epoxy resin.
US10051928B2
A wrist-worn device clasp that secures a strap of the wrist-worn device. A first mechanical part of the wrist worn device interlocks with a second mechanical part by motion in a first plane in order to resist motion perpendicular to said first plane. The first mechanical part also inhibits a first securing part and a second securing part being separated by tension along the strap substantially perpendicular to the first plane when the first mechanical part and second mechanical part are engaged with each other. The first securing part and the second securing part inhibit separation of the first mechanical part and the second mechanical part by motion parallel to the first plane when they are engaged with each other by motion perpendicular to the first plane.
US10051907B2
Headwear apparel comprising a draw cord and a locking means. The draw cord slides through a channel that defines an opening in the bottom portion of the apparel. The draw cord may be positioned by the user to cinch the channel to adjust tension of the opening to conform to the user's head. The locking means engages the draw cord to hold the position of the draw cord relative to the channel and thus retain the desired tension of the channel around the user's head. The headwear may comprise water-repellant material to repel water from the user's head for use in inclement weather or in personal bathing. In some embodiments, an inner liner material may be included for added comfort of the user. In some embodiments, a stylized hat structure may be added to the top of the headwear.
US10051906B1
A head covering, such as hats, visors, bandanas, etc., which includes a perspiration removal system.
US10051905B2
Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes determining a fabric's response to a laser, capturing an initial image of a wear pattern on a garment, and processing the initial image to obtain a working image in grayscale. The working image is further processed to obtain a difference image by comparing each pixel relative to a dark reference. The difference image is converted to a laser values image by using the previously determined fabric response to the laser.
US10051893B2
Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes; more particularly, to electronic cigarettes and chargers. In various embodiments, the e-cigarette includes a power supply portion comprising a power supply, an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion comprising a liquid reservoir and an atomizer, the atomizer operable when connected to the power supply to atomize liquid stored in the liquid reservoir, and control electronics, where the control electronics are configured to execute a set of computer readable instructions to place the electronic smoking device in an operation mode, a communication mode, and a charge mode. Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a charger for an electronic smoking device. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to a system comprising an electronic smoking device and a charger. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to a method for charging an electronic smoking device.
US10051892B2
The present invention pertains to an aerosol transferring adapter for an aerosol generating device, comprising a liquid storage component and a mouthpiece. The liquid storage component comprises a liquid reservoir for holding a liquid used to generate an aerosol, an airflow channel leading through the liquid reservoir, and a connector fitting arranged around the airflow channel. The mouthpiece comprises at least two mouthpiece compartments being fluidly separated from each other and each leading from at least one mouthpiece inlet to at least one mouthpiece outlet, and a mouthpiece fitting arranged around the mouthpiece inlet and configured to be alignably connected to the connector fitting of the liquid storage component.
US10051881B2
A method for producing instant noodles dried by a high-temperature hot air stream, wherein the noodles have a moreish taste and texture similar to fried noodles and yet have a low caloric value. The method for producing instant noodles dried by a high-temperature hot air stream comprises: step (a) producing a noodle band from a noodle dough prepared by adding an edible oil to a noodle dough material containing a raw material flour, and then producing raw noodle strands from the noodle band, step (b) adhering an edible oil to the raw noodle strands, and then steaming the raw noodle strands to produce steamed noodles, step (c) forming a noodle block by packing a predetermined amount of the steamed noodles into a retainer, and step (d) swelling and drying the noodle block by blowing a hot air stream at a temperature of 120° C. to 160° C. onto the noodle block from above and below the retainer at a stream speed of 30 m/s to 70 m/s for a period of 3 to 15 minutes.
US10051856B2
A tracking system comprises: a data receiver arranged to: i) receive work data indicative of at least a location of an infestation or other item of interest from a data provider, and ii) receive property data indicative of an address or location from a client device; a module arranged to: i) update an existing record in a database according to the received work data upon determining the record corresponds to the location based on a geographical matching process, ii) create a new record in the database according to the received work data upon determining that no record corresponding to the location exists based on a geographical matching process, and iii) retrieve a record from the database corresponding to the location upon determining the record corresponds to the address based on a geographical matching process; and a data transmitter arranged to transmit the retrieved record to the client device for output.
US10051850B1
An improved electrofishing apparatus incorporates a system for generating the power transfer for a targeted fish species, a method for monitoring the power output of the electrofishing apparatus; a system to adjust the voltage, current, and frequency settings of the pulsator in the electrofisher in response to conductivity and temperature measurements.
US10051849B2
A bait rigging system is used to mount a bait fish onto a fishing line. The system includes a tubular body and a line-securing clamp. The tubular body can be inserted into the mouth of a bait fish in order to guide the fishing line through the bait fish. The line-securing clamp is mounted into the tubular body and is used to lock the tubular body onto the fishing line. The system also includes a weight adjustment arm and a weight. The weight is connected to the weight adjustment arm and causes the bait fish sink. The weight adjustment arm is connected to the tubular body and may be rotated to compensate for different sized bait fish. An arm spike is connected to the weight adjustment arm and is used to secure the weight adjustment arm to the bait fish by piercing the mouth of the bait fish.
US10051844B2
A submersible raft device that is primarily used for aquaculture farming. The raft device has a raft surface, a buoyance support structure, and a submersion control system. The buoyance support structure and the submersion control system allow the raft to be submerged to a desired depth beneath the ocean surface. When used for certain kinds of aquaculture farming, such as mussel farming, submerging the raft below the surface protects the raft, as well as the mussels growing on ropes suspended from the raft, from damage in times of hazardous sea conditions.
US10051841B2
A retractable pet leash assembly includes a housing, a spool, a leash and a braking assembly. The spool is disposed inside the housing and biased by a spring and includes braking notches. The leash is wound about the spool. The braking assembly includes a pawl, a pawl spring and an operating member. The pawl selectively engages the braking notches, the pawl spring biases the pawl towards engagement with the spool. The operating member moves the pawl between first and second positions to move the pawl into and out of the path of the braking notches. The operating member has a pawl non-engaged position in which the pawl is in the first position, a first pawl engaged position in which the pawl is in the second position, and a second pawl engaged position in which the operating member is retained while the pawl is in the second position.
US10051833B2
The milking machine and method of cleaning the same comprises more than one teat cup with a teat cup liner and a discharge, a pulsator with a control device, and a cleaning device to clean the teat cup by supplying cleaning liquid in the teat cup, wherein the control device is configured to adjust per teat cup, during the cleaning, the flow of the cleaning liquid through the teat cup liner and the discharge by pulsation of the teat cup liner. The teat cup liner itself acts as a valve during the cleaning. This has the advantage that a separate cleaning valve in the milk line is not required, which results in a simpler and more reliable construction.
US10051830B1
One embodiment relates to seed and plants of inbred pepper line PPL1503. Another embodiment relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of inbred pepper line PPL1503, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves, with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype, or with vegetatively propagating said plant. Another embodiment further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. Further embodiments relate to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10051828B1
A novel maize variety designated X13K495 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13K495 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13K495 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13K495, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13K495. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13K495.
US10051818B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PKPS94 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PKPS94, cells from soybean variety 5PKPS94, plants of soybean 5PKPS94, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PKPS94. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PKPS94 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PKPS94, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PKPS94, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PKPS94. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PKPS94 are further provided.
US10051812B1
A novel maize variety designated X08K237 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08K237 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08K237 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08K237, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08K237. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08K237.
US10051811B1
A novel maize variety designated X03K064 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X03K064 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03K064 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03K064, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03K064. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03K064.
US10051797B2
A sweeping machine for working ground surfaces, in particular lawns comprises a machine frame adapted to be moved in the traveling direction, at least one wheel axle with at least one wheel, said wheel axle being supported in the machine frame transversely to the traveling direction, said wheel axle supporting the machine frame parallel to the ground surface, a least one sweeping element adapted to be driven for rotation about a sweeping element axis, said sweeping element axis extending substantially parallel to the ground surface, and said sweeping element is in contact with the ground surface when in an operating position. The sweeping machine of the invention provides that the sweeping element axis of the at least one sweeping element is adapted to be moved from a first operating position, assumed when travelling straight, to a second operating position, assumed when driving a curve, in which second position the sweeping element axis is in a position pivoted towards the inner side of the curve.
US10051795B2
The invention discloses a stagger stacked flowerpot, which is characterized in that: the stagger stacked flowerpot is comprised of a flowerpot body, in which a soil baffle is provided to divide the flowerpot body into a plant and compost space and a water storage space; the soil baffle is provided with a water groove, which effectively separates the irrigated water from the soil. The invention has the advantages as simple structure, preferable rigidity, security, stability, reliability, convenient plantation, low construction and maintenance cost, fast irrigation and easy control thereof, and water-soil separation, and is suitable for building masonry walls, commercial spaces, residences and so on.
US10051791B2
A harvester cleaning shoe louver includes a head portion about which the louver is to pivot, a tail blade extending from the head portion and fin blades. The fin blades extend from a rear face of the tail blade at spaced locations along the tail blade.
US10051787B2
A harvesting head yield monitor comprises two sensing elements (328, 330) respectively disposed in two adjacent row unit covers (114). A driver circuit (400) drives one of these sensing elements (328) to produce a high radio frequency signal. The other sensing element (330) receives the signal. A signal conditioning circuit (402) receives the signal from the other sensing element. A controller (404) coupled to the signal conditioning circuit converts the received signal into a signal that indicates the crop yield of the row unit that is disposed underneath the two adjacent row unit covers.
US10051785B2
A lawn care device may include an engine to selectively power the lawn care device, a frame supporting the engine of the lawn care device, and an ignition interface having a processor therein to enable selective powering of the lawn care device based at least in part on operation of the ignition interface. The ignition interface may include a switch monitoring assembly configured to enable the processor to monitor status of a plurality of switches associated with respective components of the lawn care device. The switch monitoring assembly may be further configured to enable the processor to monitor opposing statuses (330, 332 or 324, 326) of at least one of the switches.
US10051784B2
A sectional control apparatus and method prompts the operator of an implement when the implement, or portion thereof, is traversing over land that has already been seeded and/or disturbed. The apparatus includes a GPS or GNSS receiver that communicates with a GPS or GNSS system and a controller that maps movement of the implement so that real-time positional data for the implement can be compared to the movement map. When the position of the implement, or portion thereof, is detected as moving over previously seeded and/or disturbed land, the controller activates an alert mechanism in the operator cab of the implement to notify the operator that sectional control, i.e., shutting down metering of product or raising the tool bar, needs to be implemented.
US10051775B2
A latching arrangement for an agricultural implement having components which may be retracted or folded from an extended operational position to a stowed position better suited to transport and/or storage including a first remotely operable actuating mechanism for moving a component between the stowed and extended positions, a lever having a component engaging hook near one end and a fulcrum fixed to the implement, and a second remotely operable actuating mechanism for selectively engaging the hook and component only when the component is in the stowed position. The second actuating mechanism is operable independently of, and from the same location as, the first actuating mechanism. The second actuating mechanism comprises a hydraulic cylinder fixed to the implement and having a piston rod coupled to the lever near a lever end opposite the hook.
US10058019B2
A bonding apparatus includes: a backup unit including a light-transmissive transmission member having a support surface which supports at least a bonding region of a light-transmissive board from below; a pressure-bonding unit which presses an electronic component placed on the bonding region via a photo-curable adhesive agent; and a light irradiation unit which irradiates the supporting surface with light which promotes hardening of the adhesive agent. The electronic component is bonded to the board by pressing the electronic component mounted on a top surface of the adhesive agent in a state in which light from the light irradiation unit is incident upon the adhesive agent through the supporting surface. The bonding apparatus further includes a light distribution measuring unit which measures a distribution of light from the light irradiation portion in the supporting surface.
US10058016B2
A compensation coil placed at least partially underneath a magnetic field sensor package in an electronic system provides attenuation of electromagnetic interference (EMI). In an embodiment, the compensation coil attenuates EMI in a frequency band which overlaps with an operating frequency band of the magnetic field sensor. This allows the magnetic field sensor to make accurate magnetic field measurements in the presence of system level alternating current (AC) EMI. In an embodiment, a system comprises: a magnetic field sensor; a compensation coil placed at least partially underneath the magnetic field sensor; and a reverse current generator coupled to the compensation coil and to a power supply that is coupled to an electromagnetic interference (EMI) source, the reverse current generator operable to generate a reverse current in the compensation coil to generate a counter magnetic field for compensating the EMI.
US10058014B1
An apparatus suitable for EMC shielding applications comprises a first component comprising an electrically conductive first surface, and a gasket member comprising an electrically conductive exterior surface. The exterior surface is configured to couple with an electrically conductive second surface of a second component. The apparatus further comprises an adhesive layer disposed between the first component and the gasket member. The adhesive layer comprises an arrangement of conductive fibers, the conductive fibers extending along respective long axes between the first surface and the exterior surface.
US10058007B2
A water-cooling radiator unit and a water-cooling module using same are disclosed. The water-cooling radiator unit includes a main body divided into a first section, a second section and a transit zone, which are fluidly communicable with one another. The first section has a first flow passage system and an inlet formed thereon, the second section has a second flow passage system and an outlet formed thereon. The main body is internally filled with a cooling fluid, and the transit zone has a pump mounted therein. The water-cooling radiator unit can be fluidly connected to a water block via two tubes to form a water-cooling module. The pump drives the cooling fluid to circulate in the main body and between the water-cooling radiator unit and the water block, enabling the water-cooling module to provide upgraded heat-dissipation performance while the water block has a reduced volume.
US10057999B2
An electronic device having two or more opposing sides is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a display module, a window on the display module, and a frame at least partly surrounding the display module. The frame comprises, at two or more opposing sides of the electronic device, a side portion and an upper portion extending a determined distance from the side portion towards the opposing side of the electronic device and ending at an inner edge defining an opening having a width smaller than the width of the display module. The display module has an active area and an inactive area. The display module is disposed within the frame so that at least a part of the inactive area is disposed below and covered by the upper portion, at least a part of the active area being visible through the opening. The window is disposed in the opening.
US10057995B2
An electronic device includes a resin layer, a conductive layer buried in the resin layer, an electronic part buried in the resin layer, and a wiring layer arranged on the resin layer, the wiring layer including wiring and an opening, the wiring being connected electrically to the conductive layer and the electronic part, the opening communicating with the conductive layer.
US10057992B2
A method for producing a ceramic circuit substrate comprising the steps of forming brazing regions each comprising brazing material powder and an organic binder on a ceramic substrate; setting metal plates on the ceramic substrate via the brazing regions, and heating the ceramic substrate, the brazing regions and the metal plates to bond the metal plates to the ceramic substrate via brazing layers made of the brazing material, thereby forming a bonded body; and cleaning the bonded body with a hypochlorite-containing agent.
US10057990B2
According to one embodiment, a flexible printed circuit has a first circuit substrate and a second circuit substrate extending over the first circuit substrate. The first circuit substrate has a connector area. The second circuit substrate has an opening and an adhesive layer. The opening allows the connector area to be exposed. The opening has an opening edge which has a predetermined shape and defines the opening. The second circuit substrate has in the opening a depressed portion depressed deeper than the opening edge. Among various constituents of the second circuit substrate, at least the adhesive layer is depressed from the opening edge at the depressed portion.
US10057987B2
A printed circuit board provides lateral notches for receiving wire conductors in a lateral direction to be joined with printed circuit board traces by solder or an insulation displacement connector eliminating the need for laborious sequential insertion of conductors through printed circuit board holes.
US10057981B2
A stretchable circuit board has stretchability as well as flexibility of the flexible substrate and retains mechanical and electrical properties even under larger deformation such as bending, twisting, etc. The liquid metal pattern can exhibit stretchability almost the same as that of the polymer substrate due to the liquid metal being fully wetted on the substrate with metal patterns based on the wetting behavior of the liquid metal. Therefore, the stretchable circuit board can achieve both mechanical and electrical properties even under physical deformation such as bending, stretching and twisting. It is demonstrated that the stretchable circuit board can be effectively applied to wearable tactile interfaces, stretchable solar cell arrays, stretchable displays, and wearable electronic devices.
US10057972B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generation system may include a laser system and a controller. The laser system may irradiate the first target with a first pulse laser beam to disperse the first target and produce a mist target, and irradiate the mist target with a second pulse laser beam. The controller may measure a mist diameter of the mist target and control, based on the mist diameter, at least one of time to emit the second pulse laser beam and energy of a first pulse laser beam to be used to irradiate the second target.
US10057970B2
There is provided an ESD protection device capable of lowering a discharge starting voltage. An ESD protection device 1 includes a ceramic multilayer substrate 2, a first discharge electrode 4 and a second discharge electrode 5 arranged at a height position of the ceramic multilayer substrate, an end 4a of the first discharge electrode 4 and an end 5a of the second discharge electrode 5 facing each other, in which each of the first discharge electrode 4 and the second discharge electrode 5 contains a metal and a shrinkage suppression material having a lower rate of shrinkage than that of the metal at a temperature at which firing for the production of the ceramic multilayer substrate 2 is performed.
US10057969B2
The present disclosure relates to a starting device for a CDM lamp, comprising: a full-bridge inverter, which at least provides an output as a starting power source to initiate the CDM lamp to work normally; a driving circuit for driving the full-bridge inverter; a single-chip microcomputer, which is connected to the driving circuit; an ignition determining module, one end of which is connected to the full-bridge inverter to sense whether the output of the full-bridge inverter has powered on the CDM lamp, so as to determine whether ignition of the CDM lamp succeeds and then output a result of the determining to the single-chip microcomputer via the other end. The present disclosure provides a novel starting device for a CDM lamp, which facilitates determining whether starting of the CDM lamp succeeds and also facilitates enhancement of successful rate of starting the CDM lamp subsequently.
US10057966B2
Techniques are described for a lighting system in which light sources are controllable using signals sent over a wireless mesh network. During a commissioning process, a user interface (UI) may present a representation of nodes (e.g., light sources, sensors, controllers, etc.) that are broadcasting a wireless advertising signal. In response to a selection of a particular node, a wireless message may be sent to instruct the selected node to provide a visual indication of its presence, such as a flashing light. The visual indication may enable a user to discern the physical location of the node, such that each node may be added to the mesh network and, in some instances, to a group of nodes. The UI may also enable the definition of scenes, where each scene describes the brightness level or other operating characteristics of particular light source(s) and/or group(s) of light sources when the scene is active.
US10057956B1
A lighting control device is provided that controls luminaires in respective rooms via respective controllers. The lighting control device includes: a storage unit that stores association information in which names (e.g., room names) are associated with SSIDs of the controllers; a communication unit that connects to and transmits and receives information to and from one of the controllers; a display unit that displays names included in the association information in a manner to be selectable; a receiving unit that receives an input from a user including a selection input of a name selected from the names displayed; and a processing unit that, when the receiving unit receives the selection input of the name, executes a predetermined process relating to wireless connection with one of the controllers using the SSID associated in the association information with the name specified by the selection input.
US10057950B2
The invention relates to a ballast (101) for lighting means, comprising an actively switched power factor correction stage (102), which is implemented in a Totem Pole boost topology, comprising a control circuit (103), which issues control signals for driving switches of the PFC stage (102), wherein the control circuit (103) is on a floating potential and galvanically isolated from a ground potential of the ballast (101).
US10057949B2
A signal transmitting device includes an input unit, an output unit, and a step-down circuit. The input unit is configured to receive an input voltage. The output unit is configured to output an output voltage. The step-down circuit is configured to controllably adjust the output voltage by stepping down the input voltage. The step-down circuit includes first and second capacitors, a switch circuit, an inductor, first and second diodes, and a control circuit. The switch circuit includes a series circuit of first and second switches. The control circuit is configured to control the first and second switches to change a voltage value of the output voltage in order to transmit transmission data from the output unit.
US10057946B2
An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product, a user interface configured to display information associated with processes employed for cooking, first and second energy sources, and a cooking controller. The first energy source provides primary heating and the second energy source provides secondary heating for the food product. The cooking controller executes instructions associated with a cooking program directing application of energy to the food product via the first or second energy sources. The cooking controller includes processing circuitry configured to monitor energy added to the food product via the first energy source in accordance with the cooking program, receive an indication of a change to a cooking parameter associated with a second energy source, and determine a modification to the cooking program by employing a modification algorithm based on the cooking parameter change.
US10057940B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling in-device coexistence interference (IDC) in a wireless communication system are provided. The present invention comprises transmitting IDC indication information including an unusable frequency band that is a frequency band in which performing communication is difficult because of IDC interference to a Base Station (BS), receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection reconfiguration including IDC Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration reconfiguring DRX relating the unusable frequency band based on the IDC indication information from the BS and performing autonomously denial of Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) transmission in the unusable frequency band by reconfiguring DRX based on the IDC DRX configuration.
US10057937B2
Methods and apparatuses for controlling communication with a communication device connected to a plurality of access points are described. Predefined inactivity in communications between a first access point and the communication device may be determined at the first access point. An indication of predefined inactivity in communications between the communication device and a second access point may be provided by the second access point. Connectivity state of the communication device is only changed when said predefined inactivity in communications between the first access point and the communication device has been determined and said indication has been provided.
US10057931B2
A method for performing out of band diagnostics and maintenance of lighting system elements. An out of band connection is established via a wireless out of band channel with one of the lighting system elements and the mobile device. The wireless out of band channel is separate and distinct from a wireless lighting operations channel of a wireless lighting control network connecting the lighting system elements.
US10057923B2
Various communication systems may benefit from identification of and communication of coverage shortfall. For example, certain communication systems that employ machine type communication devices may benefit from having such shortfall communicated from the devices to a base station. For example, a method can include determining an amount of coverage shortfall of a device. The method can also include transmitting an indication of the amount of coverage shortfall.
US10057917B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose an uplink scheduling method and a control node and relate to the communications field and can complete uplink transmission through scheduling of a device of a first cell when a device of a second cell cannot receive uplink scheduling information of a UE. The method of the present invention includes: sending configuration information to the user equipment UE, so that the UE monitors a first control channel of a first cell according to the configuration information, where the configuration information includes channel configuration information of the first control channel of the first cell, the first control channel includes an E-DCH Absolute Grant Channel E-AGCH, and the first cell is a non-serving cell of the UE. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to an enhanced scheduling process of an uplink channel.
US10057915B2
Method and systems for adaptive scheduling of packets in a wireless broadband network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving the packets from applications. The method further comprises analyzing the packets to obtain one or more packet parameters. The method further comprises determining a Dynamic-Packet-Level-Priority (DPLP) value for each of the packets based on the one or more packet parameters. The method further comprises placing each of the packets in priority queues based on the DPLP value. The method further comprises scheduling the packets present in the priority queues based on scheduling parameters and the DPLP value. The method further comprises performing dynamic configuration adaptation for the packet parameters, scheduling parameters and the DPLP value.
US10057907B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, evolved NodeB (EnBs), User Equipment (UE), and chip sets for all of the same, in cellular communication systems are described. One method for a UE includes receiving a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS) transmitted by an eNB according to a pattern in a time-frequency resource grid determined based on the transmission scheme of the eNB, measuring the state of the transmission channel using the CSI-RS, generating channel state information based on the measuring, and transmitting the channel state information as feedback. The UE receives a downlink signal including data and a Cell-specific Reference Signal (CRS) from the eNB and estimates the transmission channel using the CRS and then acquires the data using the estimated channel.
US10057904B2
A radio resource control suspend operation and a radio resource control resume operation. The terminal (702, 1300) and the communication network (110) stores respective radio resource control information related to a configured connected state of the terminal (702, 1300). The method comprises performing an admission control process during the radio resource control resume operation, where the admission control process comprises a procedure for examining whether the connected state is to be resumed according to the stored radio resource configuration information or if a radio resource reconfiguration procedure is to be performed for resuming the connected state.
US10057898B2
Methods and systems for multiplexing downlink and uplink data on widely spaced frequencies are disclosed. The method of multiplexing downlink and uplink data packets for providing wireless broadband link between a base station and a plurality of client devices includes transmitting a first data packet by the base station to a first client device at a downlink frequency during a first time interval. The method includes receiving a second data packet by the base station from a second client device at an uplink frequency during a second time interval, wherein the base station concurrently transmits at least a portion of the first data packet to the first client device and receives at least a portion of the second data packet from the second client device, and wherein there is a wide separation between the downlink frequency and the uplink frequency.
US10057893B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for facilitating interaction of sounding reference signals (SRS) with uplink channels, while supporting coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission/reception operations. One method generally includes receiving, from one or more nodes participating in the CoMP operations with a user equipment (UE), signaling indicating at least one of cell-specific SRS configurations or formats for uplink channels, and determining based, at least in part upon the signaling, whether at least one last symbol of a subframe is available for transmitting one or more of the uplink channels from the UE.
US10057888B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit includes at least one processor that receives a high speed physical downlink shared channel, and in response, transmits at least one random access channel preamble followed by ACK/NACK and channel quality indicator (CQI) information. The at least one random access channel preamble is selected from a set of random access preambles reserved for the ACK/NACK and CQI information.
US10057875B2
Example implementations relate to location-based network device operation. For example, a non-transitory machine-readable medium is described that stores instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to provide network permissions to a network device joining a network; responsive to acceptance of the network permissions, propagate a location policy to the network device; and modify an operating mode of the network device based on the determined location and the location policy.
US10057874B2
A communication apparatus connectable to a wireless base station, the apparatus comprises a first obtaining unit configured to obtain a moving speed of the communication apparatus; a second obtaining unit configured to obtain a moving speed of the wireless base station; and a control unit configured to control connection to the wireless base station based on the moving speed of the communication apparatus and the moving speed of the wireless base station.
US10057867B2
A method (100, 200) in a synchronization control unit is disclosed. The method enables synchronization of a plurality of distributed devices with a network and comprises the steps of receiving a wireless synchronization signal from a network node over a wireless channel (104, 204) and processing the received synchronization signal (108, 208). The method further comprises transmitting the processed synchronization signal to the plurality of distributed devices over a local connection which is different to the wireless channel over which the wireless synchronization channel is received (120, 220). Also disclosed are a synchronization control unit (300, 400) and a computer program product.
US10057865B2
Provided are a synchronization signal transmission state reporting method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: evaluating an event related to the synchronization signal transmission state by the terminal; and when the event is satisfied, transmitting a report for the synchronization signal transmission state.
US10057856B2
A wake-up control method and apparatus, and a terminal device. The method includes determining, by a wake-up control apparatus, whether a network connection of a terminal device is in a connected state; and if the wake-up control apparatus determines that the network connection is not in the connected state, stopping, by the wake-up control apparatus, wake-up of the terminal device by N application wake-up timers, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 1. The wake-up control apparatus shields some application wake-up timers, so that the shielded application wake-up timers do not wake up the terminal device, thereby reducing electricity consumption and power consumption of the terminal device.
US10057851B2
A wireless communication method and device are provided. The wireless communication method includes the steps of activating a power-saving mechanism by user equipment (UE) to stop monitoring a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) when a network does not enable a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) mechanism to configure the UE to switch to a DRX mode or when the network disables the DRX mechanism.
US10057847B2
Methods and related radio base stations (RBS) for handling data traffic are disclosed. The RBS is connected to a remote node via a wireless channel and to a centralized unit via a first channel. The traffic between the remote node and the centralized unit may be carried on the wireless or the first channel. The RBS receives information about quality and capacity of the wireless channel and information on quantity and priority of upstream data traffic waiting to be transferred from the remote node to the centralized unit. Based on the information, the RBS determines that at least part of the upstream data traffic from the remote node should be carried on the wireless channel.
US10057846B2
Generally discussed herein are devices and methods for station and master station association. A device can include a memory to store instructions and channel condition data, and processing circuitry coupled to execute the instructions and configure the processing circuitry to decode first information provided in a first transmission from a first access point (AP), the first information indicating channel conditions of an entire bandwidth of the first AP including a primary channel and one or more secondary channels of the first AP, decode second information provided a second transmission from a second AP, the second information indicating channel conditions of an entire bandwidth of the second AP including a primary channel and one or more secondary channels of the second AP, and determine which of the first and second APs to associate with based on the first and second decoded information.
US10057845B2
The present invention enables a processing to be executed by the closest information processing apparatuses selected by a portable terminal without exclusive use of the information processing apparatus by the portable terminal. The control system comprises a distance detecting unit which detects a printer at the shortest distance from a portable POS terminal based on the intensity of radio waves emitted from the plurality of printers and received by the portable POS terminal by using the BLE and a processing execution control unit which instructs the detected printer to execute the processing by using the wireless LAN. Even while the portable POS terminal transmits printing data to the printer by using the wireless LAN, the other portable POS terminals are allowed to use the BLE to receive the radio waves from the plurality of printers including the particular printer, thereby detecting the closest printer.
US10057833B2
A system and method to allow call traffic localization within a mobile switching center server pool (MSS pool) or between MSS pools, provides a trunk group identifier mapped to an originating media gateway. An originating mobile switching center server (MSC server) initiates a call session with a terminating MSC server by sending a session initiation protocol (SIP) message that includes a trunk group identifier mapped to an originating media gateway identity. The terminating MSC server examines the mapping received in the SIP message, and uses the trunk group identifier to select a terminating media gateway for call routing to realize call traffic localization.
US10057828B2
Methods and apparatuses for communicating in a wireless network include a signal processor for combining a plurality of signals transmitted by respective eNBs by processing the signals as multipath instances of a single signal. Embodiments include utilizing multi-point transmissions; multiple transmission time intervals; and transmission time interval bundling/repetition. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10057820B2
A control channel transmission method and a piece of equipment, where the method includes configuring, by a communications system, at least two control channels for a user equipment, where at least one of the control channels is a cell-specific control channel and at least one of the control channels is a user equipment-specific control channel; using, by the communications system, the cell-specific control channel and/or user equipment-specific control channel to send information about control over the user equipment. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a communications system configures at least two control channels for a user equipment (UE). The communications system may use, in a process of reconfiguring a control channel, another control channel to send information about control over the UE to ensure that communication is not interrupted during cell handover of the UE.
US10057814B2
A device may include a receiver configured to receive messages about first transmission rates provided by cooperation devices configured for device-to-device (D2D) communications in a radio communication system supporting the D2D communications; a determiner configured to determine second transmission rates for the device to suggest to the cooperation devices based on the first transmission rates; and/or a transmitter configured to transmit messages about the second transmission rates to the cooperation devices. The determiner may be further configured to change the second transmission rates until the first transmission rates converge. The determiner may be further configured to determine a final transmission rate suggested to the cooperation devices based on the converged first transmission rates.
US10057811B2
Application data traffic transmitted and received by wireless devices in a network may be mapped to channels based on traffic type and channel metrics. The traffic type may be classified by modality such as by voice, video, application sharing, instant messaging, emergency call, or any other application modality. The channels may be associated with characteristics that include, for example, a frequency band or channel metrics. The traffic types may be prioritized relative to one another and each may be associated with a hierarchical frequency band prioritization or a channel prioritization based on other channel metrics. A list of traffic types or modalities may be mapped to a list of available channels in a network by mapping channel characteristics to modalities based on modality traffic type prioritization, frequency band prioritization or channel metric prioritization. The mapping may then be utilized to control channel assignment for devices operating in the network.
US10057808B2
The present disclosure provides methods, devices and computer program products for non-uniform quantization of parameters relating to parametric spatial coding of audio signals. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for reconstructing an audio object in an audio decoding system taking the non-uniformly quantized parameters into account. According to the disclosure, such an approach renders it possible to reduce bit consumption without substantially reducing the quality of the reconstructed audio object.
US10057803B2
In some examples, a non-transitory computer-readable medium may contain instructions executable by a processing resource to collect Wi-Fi data points. The Wi-Fi data points may correspond to a plurality of users of an enterprise for a particular number of days. In some examples, the Wi-Fi data points may indicate a time period during each of the particular number of days when each of the plurality of users was connected to a Wi-Fi network. Instructions may further be executable to determine that a subset of the Wi-Fi data points represent outliers and remove the subset of Wi-Fi data points to create a data set. The data set may comprise non-outlier Wi-Fi data points. Instructions may further be executable to determine a Wi-Fi Adoption Index (WAI) for each of the plurality of users based on the data set.
US10057802B2
The present disclosure relates to coverage monitoring and in particular it relates to determining radio coverage using correlated radio condition measurements and position estimates, for example for small cell deployment in a building. The disclosure relates to methods for coverage determination as well as to corresponding devices and computer programs. According to some aspects, the disclosure proposes a method, performed in a node 10, 110 of determining radio coverage of at least one small cell base station in a wireless communications network. The method comprises the steps of obtaining radio condition measurements, wherein a respective first time value is associated to each radio condition measurement. The method further comprises obtaining position estimates defining the position of a wireless device performing the radio condition measurements, wherein a respective second time value is associated to each position estimate and determining radio coverage by correlating each radio condition measurement to one of the obtained position estimates using the first and second time values.
US10057800B2
A mobile communication device including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a service network. The controller operates in a connected mode with a connection to the service network, and determines whether there is no active data traffic in a first period of time when operating in the connected mode. In response to there being no active data traffic in the first period of time, the controller performs a local release of the connection or sends a measurement report to trigger the service network to release the connection.
US10057799B2
The present invention provides a channel measurement method, a channel measurement apparatus, user equipment. A wireless communications system includes a channel measurement apparatus and at least two user equipments. The method includes: sending, by the channel measurement apparatus, an antenna domain training sequence to the at least two user equipments; receiving, by the channel measurement apparatus, channel response measurement sequences sent by the at least two user equipments, where the channel response measurement sequences are sequences that are obtained after the antenna domain training sequence passes through channels and that are received by the at least two user equipments; and performing, by the channel measurement apparatus, joint processing on the received channel response measurement sequences of the at least two user equipments to obtain downlink channel state information CSIT.
US10057795B2
A radio frequency (RF) receive circuit is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the RF receive circuit includes a mixer configured to receive an RF input signal to down-convert the RF input signal into a base-band or intermediate frequency (IF) band, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a signal processing chain coupled between the mixer and the ADC. The signal processing chain includes at least two circuit nodes. The RF receive circuit further includes an oscillator circuit that is configured to generate a test signal. The oscillator circuit is coupled to the signal processing chain and is configured to selectively feed the oscillator signal into one of the at least two circuit nodes.
US10057791B2
A method and associated systems for improving robustness of a cellular network. A topology of the cellular network is represented as an undirected graph that represents base stations as nodes and represents communication paths between base stations as edges. Each node is associated with a “synergistic” version of a Shapley value proportional to an amount of network disturbance that would occur if that value's corresponding base station should fail. The synergistic nature of the synergistic Shapley values allows them to account for scenarios in which multiple base stations fail at the same time. A synergistic Shapley value of a particular node is derived as a function of how many of the shortest paths between nodes of the graph lengthen when the node's corresponding base station fails. Base stations and nodes associated with higher synergistic Shapley values are deemed to be “censorious” and in need of reconfiguration.
US10057789B2
A wireless communications device is controlled in accordance with motion thereof. If the device is determined to be in motion, such as in a vehicle, use of the device is restricted. Discrimination between vehicular motion and ambulatory motion is provided. While in motion, use of the device can be allowed under specific exception conditions. Exception conditions include the device being used by a passenger of a vehicle, a 911 call, or a call to a designated number. The ability to control the device in accordance with motion thereof can be remotely activated and deactivated, thus allowing, for example, parental control of a device belong to a child.
US10057783B2
A network for providing air-to-ground (ATG) wireless communication in various cells may include an in-flight aircraft including an antenna assembly, a plurality of ATG base stations, a plurality of terrestrial base stations. Each of the ATG base stations defines a corresponding radiation pattern, and the ATG base stations are spaced apart from each other to define at least partially overlapping coverage areas to communicate with the antenna assembly in an ATG communication layer defined between a first altitude and a second altitude. The terrestrial base stations are configured to communicate primarily in a ground communication layer below the first altitude. The terrestrial base stations and the ATG base stations are each configured to communicate using the same radio frequency (RF) spectrum in the ground communication layer and ATG communication layer, respectively.
US10057777B2
Embodiments provide a system, apparatus, or non-transitory computer readable medium to provide a slicing architecture for wireless communications systems.
US10057768B1
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer system, and a computer program product for routing an image file from an imaging device to a storage device via a near-field communication network. The present invention may include receiving a device search signal from the storage device. The present invention may include sending a search signal response to the storage device. The present invention may include receiving an encrypted password from the storage device. The present invention may include decrypting the received encrypted password. The present invention may include setting the imaging device to an exclusive external storage mode. The present invention may include generating an image file using a sensor. The present invention may include encrypting the image file using the decrypted password. The present invention may include sending the encrypted image file to the storage device for storage.
US10057767B2
Apparatus and methods to support location specific control to allow and/or disallow access to services through untrusted wireless networks by a wireless communication device are disclosed. One or more network elements obtain a location of the wireless communication device and selectively allow and/or disallow access to one or more cellular network services and/or one or more access point names (APNs) based on the location of the wireless communication device when connecting through an untrusted wireless network.
US10057762B2
A method and device for acquiring information of a relay router are provided. The method includes: sending a first broadcasting message to a relay router in a broadcasting monitoring mode; receiving a second broadcasting message from the relay router when the first broadcasting message satisfies a predefined condition, the second broadcasting message containing address information of the relay router; and when the second broadcasting message satisfies the predefined condition, acquiring the address information of the relay router from the second broadcasting message.
US10057751B2
An operating method of an electronic device and the electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting that a first accessory is located within a predetermined distance from the electronic device; determining whether address information stored in the first accessory corresponds to address information stored in the electronic device; and transmitting, to the first accessory, in response to a determination that the address information stored in the first accessory does not correspond to the address information stored in the electronic device, the address information stored in the electronic device.
US10057750B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for asserting support for telematics capabilities in a vehicle emergency call system. In some aspects, a method for wireless communication in the vehicle emergency call system may include transmitting a set of telematics capabilities from a first endpoint in the vehicle emergency call system to a second endpoint in the vehicle emergency call system over a communication session signaling protocol.
US10057749B1
A computing system such as an alert originator may provide an interface through which a user (e.g., an employee of a public safety agency) may input a definition of a target area for distribution of a prospective alert. Upon receiving a target-area definition, the computing system may then request and receive a definition of an actual area in which the prospective alert would be distributed—which is composed of the coverage areas in which each participating wireless carrier networks would distribute the prospective alert. In turn, the computing system may present the user with a depiction of the actual distribution area for the prospective alert (e.g., an overlay of a geospatial shape on a map graphic), which enables the user to assess the actual distribution area and decide whether to refine the target geographic area for an alert before that alert is distributed.
US10057741B2
A contextual deep linking server receives a request associated with a valid contextual deep link from a client device, the contextual deep link associated with link data indicating a particular configuration of an application. The server also receives, after determining that the client device has stored a previously generated fingerprint, stored contextual information for the client device identified by a locally stored fingerprint that matches the previously generated fingerprint. The server then generates, after determining that the client device does not have the previously generated fingerprint, a unique fingerprint of the client device based on a plurality of characteristics of the client device and determining contextual information of the request based on a characteristic of the client device. The server also transmits a response to the client device that is selected based on the contextual information of the client device such that the response is operable on the client device.
US10057740B2
A method for processing a resource for use in a client computer, includes: sending, to a server, a request for processing the resource based on a user instruction, the request for processing the resource including an identification (ID) of the resource and a processing manner of the resource; receiving, from the server, a storage address of the resource and a first instruction, the first instruction including an ID of an interface of a mobile terminal application, and being configured to instruct a mobile terminal to call the interface of the mobile terminal application to process the resource; and downloading the resource from the storage address of the resource, and sending the downloaded resource and the first instruction to the mobile terminal, to enable the mobile terminal to call the interface of the mobile terminal application to process the resource.
US10057732B2
A system for alterting heathcare practitioners (20) includes a plurality of receiving devices (10), and a sending station (30). Each of the plurality of receiving device is associated with a corresponding healthcare practitioner. The receiving device (10) includes a user alerting device (120), a receiver (110), and circuitry (160). The user alerting device (120) alerts the practitioner to a received message with one of a plurality of types of alerts. The receiver (110) receives the incoming messages. The circuitry (160) causes the user alerting device to alert the practitioner to an incoming message with one of the plurality of types of alerts. The sending station (30) sends the messages carrying healthcare information of one of a plurality of preselected types of healthcare significants to a selected one or more of the receiving devices, each message corresponding to a selected one of the types of alerts, such that the receiving device alerts the practitioner to receiving the message with the selected type of alerts.
US10057726B2
Some examples include determining an upcoming event involving an electronic device, such as the device being out of communication with a network, the device running out of local storage space, or the like. The device may determine, based at least in part on an event category of the upcoming event and/or other considerations, first pieces of user data stored at a network storage to download to the device prior to the event. Further, the device may determine second pieces of user data to delete from a local storage of the device to make space available in the local storage for the first pieces of user data that are recommended to be downloaded for the event. In some cases, the device may present, in one or more GUIs, a ranked list of user data recommended for download, and another ranked list of user data recommended for deletion.
US10057717B2
A method performed under control of a mobile device may include receiving at least one probe response from at least one access point; determining whether a number of the at least one Wi-Fi access point satisfies a predetermined condition; adjusting a signal transmission power of a probe request, when the determining indicates that the number of the at least one Wi-Fi access point does not satisfy the predetermined condition; and transmitting the probe request with the adjusted signal transmission power.
US10057713B1
A system for and a method of providing enhanced services by using machine-based wireless communications of portable computing devices (PCDs) are described. More specifically, a system for and a method of efficiently and effectively projecting, in a controlled fashion, a user's profile to a service provider's PCD in anticipation of an expected interaction between the user and the service provider. The user's profile may comprise content related to identification, current physical location, personal preferences, etc. The system and method may emphasize proactively controlled projection of private/personal information, proactively controlled use of PCD resources, and proactively controlled use of communication network resources.
US10057705B2
Audio processing method is described to continuously process an audio signal while changing between audio modes so that the listener does not experience a discontinuous sound during the transition. The first audio signal can be combined with the second audio signal to produce a smooth, continuous output signal that changes to only having the second audio signal over a time period. A global gain can be reduced during the transition from the first audio mode to a subsequent audio mode. Differences in the parameters from the first mode to the second mode can be determined and the parameters that differ are stepped from an initial value to a subsequent value over a transition time to produce a smooth audio signal.
US10057694B2
A hearing device includes: a processing unit configured to compensate for hearing loss of a user of the hearing device; a memory unit; and an interface; wherein the hearing device is configured to operate according to one or more security settings of the hearing device, the one or more security settings of the hearing device being stored in the memory unit; and wherein the processing unit is configured to obtain one or more new security settings via the interface, the one or more new security settings comprising a new first hearing device key identifier indicative of a hearing device key, verify the one or more new security settings, and updating the hearing device based on the one or more new security settings if the one or more new security settings are verified.
US10057691B2
Some embodiments of the present invention disclose a miniature sounder. The miniature sounder includes a frame, and a vibration system and a magnetic system that are fixedly connected to the frame; the magnetic system includes a lower clamping board, a primary magnet that disposed on the lower clamping board, a cushion that disposed on the lower clamping board and surrounding the primary magnet and a secondary magnet that disposed on the cushion and surrounding the primary magnet, the cushion being disposed between the secondary magnet and the lower clamping board; and the vibration system includes a voice diaphragm, a voice coil that disposed below the voice diaphragm and causing the voice diaphragm to vibrate and generate a sound and a vibration diaphragm elastically supporting the voice coil, the vibration diaphragm comprising a corrugated rim portion, a fixing portion and a connecting portion.
US10057686B2
A loudspeaker includes a bottom plate, an internal magnet, an internal plate, an external magnetic part, a frame, a diaphragm, and a voice coil. The internal plate includes a cutout portion so that the internal plate is smaller than the internal magnet when viewed from the top surface of the internal plate. Between the voice coil and the internal plate, there are a holding portion holding magnetic fluid and a void part having a void. The magnetic fluid is held in part of the cutout portion.
US10057679B2
A wearable device for detecting a user state is disclosed. The wearable device includes one or more of an accelerometer for measuring an acceleration of a user, a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field associated with the user's change of orientation, and a gyroscope. The wearable device also includes one or more microphones for receiving audio. The wearable device may determine whether the orientation of the wearable device has changed and may designate or re-designate microphones as primary or secondary microphones.
US10057678B2
The present invention aims to provide a microspeaker with enhanced low frequency characteristics, by arranging an adsorbent for adsorbing the air in a resonance space and defining a virtual back volume by the air adsorption of the adsorbent. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microspeaker enclosure with an air adsorbent, including a microspeaker, an enclosure with the microspeaker provided therein, the enclosure defining a resonance space, and an air adsorbent applied to the resonance space of the enclosure, wherein an air adsorption mole ratio per unit volume of the air adsorbent based on a change in the unit pressure is 40.6 mol/m3·atm.
US10057677B2
An electroacoustic transducer includes a driver, a diaphragm 13 driven to vibrate by the driver and emitting sound, a baffle 22 holding the driver and the diaphragm 13, first openings 25 extending through the baffle 22, an acoustic resistor 23 disposed on the back side of the baffle 22, and second openings 26 extending from the front side to the back side of the acoustic resistor 23. The baffle 22 is provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13. The first openings 25 are provided in the baffle 22. The second openings 26 are each disposed above one of the first openings 25 in the acoustic resistor 23. The electroacoustic transducer exhibits an excellent frequency response even if a sufficient volume of a space is not provided on the back side of the diaphragm 13.
US10057675B2
An in-ear earphone includes a body shaped to fit in the wearer's ear, a nozzle extending from the body towards the ear canal of the wearer's ear, the nozzle including an acoustic passage to conduct sound waves to the ear canal of the wearer, an ear canal sealing structure extending from the nozzle, and a sensor coupled to the nozzle. The sealing structure includes a thin sheet of material forming a hollow shape surrounding the nozzle and sensor, and the body, nozzle, sealing structure, and sensor are arranged such that when the earphone is located in the wearer's ear, the sensor faces the tragus of the ear, and the sealing structure simultaneously forms an acoustic seal to the entrance to the ear canal and provides optical coupling between the sensor and the tragus with minimal air gaps between the sensor, the sealing structure, and the tragus.
US10057672B2
One example discloses an optical communication interface for a handheld device: wherein the handheld device, has an external surface; wherein the external surface includes an interior facing side and an exterior facing side; a first optical receiver, on the interior facing side of the handheld device, having an optical input and an electrical output; wherein the electrical output is coupled to circuitry; and wherein the optical input is configured to be optically coupled to a second optical transmitter on the exterior facing side of the handheld device.
US10057671B2
To enable light to be easily visually recognized, the light indicating an operation state. A tubular microphone case, a light source that is accommodated in a position close to a first end of the microphone case and emits light in a direction of the first end, a light source mounting board on which the light source is placed, a light guide member including a protrusion and having an optically transmissive property, and a holding member that maintains a position of the light source and a position of the light guide member, and is fixed to the microphone case together with the light source mounting board are included, and the holding member includes a hole capable of accepting the protrusion.
US10057670B2
An apparatus and method wherein the apparatus comprises: a covering portion configured to cover at least part of an electronic device; and an audio transducer; and a flexible portion comprising at least one conductive trace wherein the flexible portion is configured to connect the audio transducer to the covering portion and the at least one conductive trace is configured to electrically connect the audio transducer to circuitry within the electronic device.
US10057665B2
Methods and systems for bias control in an optical switch fabric include monitoring optical power at outputs of a plurality of switch elements in an N×N switch fabric that has N inputs, N outputs, and M≥2 stages. A bias control of a first of the plurality of switch elements is adjusted. It is determined whether the optical power at the outputs of the first switch element after bias control adjustment conform more closely to a predetermined criterion relative to the monitored optical power at the outputs of the first switch element prior to adjustment. The adjusting and determining steps are repeated for each of the remainder of the plurality of switch elements.
US10057655B2
Systems and methods for rewinding a video to a point before the video was first viewed. Video transmitted by a media source is cached by a remote server. Upon a trick-play request for the video, the server generates a rewind, stream that includes the video that was transmitted by the media source before the user started to view the video. Upon receiving the rewind stream, the user's equipment may cache the rewind stream in a rewind buffer and rewind or play from the rewind buffer. The server may also generate and transmit a forward stream of the video that the media source has not yet transmitted. The user's equipment may cache the forward stream in a forward buffer. To perform trick-play operations with the video, the user's equipment may migrate the playback of the video to the rewind and forward buffers and rewind or fast-forward the video from the buffers.
US10057647B1
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for determining which of two multimedia devices to use when launching an Internet multimedia application. A user may interact directly with a first device and select an application from the first device. The first device will determine whether the selected application is present on a second device and whether the capabilities of the second device make it a better choice for launching the selected application. If the first device is chosen, multimedia data is transmitted from the first device though the second device to a display. If the second device is chosen, the first device sends a command to the second device to launch the selected application and multimedia data is sent from the second device to a display.
US10057640B2
A system and method is disclosed for migrating media content between different devices based on user location. A display screen is configured to detect a presence of a user at the display screen. In response to the detecting the user, media content being provided for the user at a different display screen remote from the first display screen is determined. The determined media content is then provided for broadcast at the display screen starting at a content location associated with the different display screen.
US10057638B2
Disclosed are methods and systems involving location-based disambiguation of media channel identification, in a scenario where a fingerprint of media content being rendered by a media presentation device matches multiple reference fingerprints corresponding respectively with multiple different media channels. Upon detecting such a multi-match situation, a server or other entity will use a location of the media presentation device as a basis to disambiguate between the matching reference fingerprints and thus to determine the channel on which the media content being rendered by the media presentation device is arriving.
US10057635B2
The present disclosure relates to a content supply device, a content supply method, a program, a terminal device and a content supply system that are configured to be capable of realizing rapid zapping between channels in DASH. The content supply device of the present disclosure supplies a plurality of items of streaming data with differing attributes, which is content with identical detail, to the same channel, and is provided with a supply portion that divides the streaming data into minimum units when the reception of streaming data is switched according to a timing that is made uniform with other channels, and supplies the streaming data to a reception side through a network, and a metafile generation portion that generates metafiles for the reception side to receive the streaming data that is supplied in the minimum units, which show that the streaming data is for zapping. The present disclosure can be applied to a system that performs streaming distribution of content.
US10057634B2
In a video delivery environment where a channel change in an audio/video receiver starts with a burst delivery of an audio/video stream to the receiver, characteristics of the audio/video stream are determined such as audio-video drift and burst characteristics in terms of duration of excess data delivery. At least one of these characteristics determines an offset to add to an initialization of a decoder clock, so that moving images are shown as early as possible after receipt of the channel change command, to be joined by lip synchronized audio before burst end.
US10057633B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving an ultra high-definition broadcasting signal for expressing high-quality color in a digital broadcasting system. An apparatus for receiving an ultra high-definition broadcasting signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a receiving unit for receiving an ultra high-definition broadcasting signal which includes ultra high-definition broadcasting contents and display information metadata representing display environment information suitable for the ultra high-definition broadcasting contents; a decoder for decoding the received ultra high-definition broadcasting contents and the display information metadata; a controlling unit for adjusting the display environment of the receiving apparatus to a display environment suitable for the ultra high-definition broadcasting contents using the display information metadata; and a reproducing unit for reproducing the ultra high-definition broadcasting contents.
US10057632B2
An operation method of a portable device, an operation method of a content reproducing device, the portable device, and the content reproducing device are provided. The portable device includes a display, a communication interface configured to receive, from a content reproducing device, a signal comprising information about content being reproduced by the content reproducing device and signal intensity information of the signal; and a controller configured to determine a degree of proximity between the portable device and the content reproducing device based on the signal intensity information, and control the display to display a user interface (UI) for inquiring about whether to start continuously reproducing the content by the portable device in response to the degree of proximity satisfying a predefined condition.
US10057631B2
Browsing and displaying content over multiple devices, including: displaying a graphical user interface program on a second device; associating the second device with a main device; receiving transactions performed by a user on the second device with the graphical user interface; sending at least one command to the main device after the transactions performed by the user on the second device with the graphical user interface are received by the second device; and executing the at least one command on the main device. Keywords include visual BIVL interface and IPTV client without GUI.
US10057626B2
Television broadcast standards are continuously improved and new standards are introduced, often with increased resolution. Many users keep their television set that cannot take advantage of the improvements. However, in a case where a higher resolution video signal is available, additional services can be provided to the users of standard resolution television sets. A method for displaying a video comprises steps of enabling a user to define (71) first view settings, applying (72) the first view settings to a first view of a first video scene, determining (73) a first camera corresponding to the first view, storing (74) the first view settings, after a scene change towards a new scene detecting (76) that the new scene corresponds to the first view, and automatically applying (78) the first view settings for displaying the new scene.
US10057610B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable storage media for allocating content elements addressed for a content opportunity in a transport stream within a household-addressable media network. A content opportunity may include an advertising slot in a programming stream. The content elements may include advertising content configured to be run during the advertising slot. The advertising slot may be transmitted in a programming stream providing television programming and the advertising content may be provided in a commercial feed. The media network may be configured to transmit various content formats, such as high definition (HD), standard definition (SD), and variations thereof. Systems may be configured to allocate the highest profile corresponding content elements if there is sufficient resources available. If sufficient resources are not available, the system may allocate lower profile versions of the content elements.
US10057599B2
A method for performing image processing control and an associated apparatus are provided, where method may include the steps of: performing image coding on image information of at least one frame to generate encoded data of the at least one frame, wherein in the encoded data, a specific frame of the at least one frame includes a plurality of tiles, and each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a plurality of superblocks; and generating a bitstream carrying the encoded data of the at least one frame, wherein at least a partition type and a transform size of each superblock within a specific tile of the plurality of tiles are derivable from information corresponding to the specific tile within the encoded data, having no need to derive the partition type and the transform size from information corresponding to another tile of the plurality of tiles within the encoded data.
US10057594B2
In enhancement layer (EL) coding, the temporal candidate(s) may be derived the merge mode and the non-merge mode. Selection of the reference index of a current prediction unit (PU) and of the reference list of a co-located PU may be considered jointly when constructing the temporal candidate of EL for the merge mode. The selection^) may be made such that a motion vector (MV) scaling operation may be avoided. A selected motion vector prediction candidate may be added to a merging candidate list in a position before that of a spatial motion vector prediction candidate. A selected motion vector prediction candidate may be added to the merging candidate list in place of a spatial motion vector prediction candidate.
US10057590B2
A hybrid video encoding method and system using a software engine and a hardware engine. The software engine receives coding unit data associated with a current picture, and performs a first part of the video encoding operation by executing instructions. The first part of the video encoding operation generates an inter predictor and control information corresponding to the coding unit data of the current picture. The first part of the video encoding operation stores the inter predictor into an off-chip memory. The hardware engine performs a second part of the video encoding operation according to the control information. The second part of the video encoding operation receives the inter predictor, and subtracts the inter predictor from the coding unit data to generate a residual signal. The second part of the video encoding operation then transforms and quantizes the residual signal to generate transformed and quantized residual signal, and encodes the transformed and quantized residual signal to generate an encoded video bitstream.
US10057586B2
Depth based block partitioning in high efficiency video coding is provided by partitioning a video image block into different partitions using a binary segmentation mask. A determination is made whether to filter pixels at a boundary between the partitions. A particular pixel is not filtered in response to each adjacent pixel in vertical and horizontal planes in relation to the particular pixel having a same value. The particular pixel is filtered in response to any adjacent pixel in the vertical and horizontal planes in relation to the particular pixel having a different value than any other adjacent pixel in the vertical and horizontal planes in relation to the particular pixel. Pixels are filtered pursuant to a filtering process in response to a filtering determination.
US10057582B2
A method is provided to determine buffer parameter settings for a plurality of layers in a transport stream. Each layer includes a respective transport stream buffer parameter setting. Then, the method provides respective transport stream buffer parameter settings to individual transport stream buffers for respective layers in the plurality of layers. Then, the method buffers the respective layers in the individual transport stream buffers according to the respective transport stream buffer parameter settings. After buffering, the method combines the respective layers to form a combined bit stream.
US10057580B2
A general entropy coding method for source symbols is disclosed. This method determines a prefix part and any suffix part for the current symbol. The method divides prefix of the source symbol into at least two parts by comparing a test value related to the prefix part against a threshold. If the test value is greater than or equal to the threshold, the method derives a first binary string by binarizing a first prefix part related to the prefix part using a first variable length code. If the test value related to the prefix part is less than the threshold, the method derives a second binary string by binarizing a second prefix part related to the prefix part using a second variable length code or a first fixed-length code. The method then encodes at least one of the first binary string and the second binary string using a CABAC mode.
US10057563B2
Embodiments provide an image pick-up apparatus including an optical unit configured to output optical information acquired from a lens having a fixed focal distance, an image sensor unit configured to convert the optical information into electrical signals and including a plurality of phase difference detection pixels, an image information processing unit configured to generate interest image information by processing the electrical signals converted by the image sensor unit, a memory unit configured to store depth values matched with reference image information, a calculation unit configured to extract the depth value matched with the reference image information corresponding to the interest image information, and an image information output unit configured to output the depth value extracted by the calculation unit and, thus, depth information may be easily acquired using only one image pick-up apparatus.
US10057558B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a memory, and a processor. The processor is connected to the memory to acquire display information including an object and, when an amount of depth or pop-out of the object to be displayed in space using the display information including the object exceeds an amount of depth or pop-out set displayable to a first display device capable of stereoscopic display at a time of stereoscopically displaying the display information on the first display device, to display the exceeding area in a display form different from a display form included in the display information.
US10057556B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for optimizing a projector for projection of content. In one embodiment the method includes receiving by a processing element a plurality of test images corresponding to test patterns projected by the projector on a projection surface, where each of the test patterns include at least two points, comparing by the processing element the plurality of test images to assess one or more projector characteristics related to a distance between the two points, generating by the processing element a projector model representing the one or more projector characteristics, and utilizing the model to determine a projection path of the projector for the content.
US10057554B2
A projection control device comprises a projection control unit, an image acquisition unit, and a corresponding determination unit. The projection control unit outputs a synthesis pattern light to a screen. The synthesis pattern light comprises plurality of pattern light including light area of different wave range from each other. The image acquisition unit acquires a captured image includes the synthesis pattern light which has been outputted to the screen, wherein the captured image is captured by an image capture unit. The corresponding determination unit determines a relationship between projection pixels of the projector and pixels of the captured image of the image capture unit, on the basis of the synthesis pattern light on the captured image.
US10057552B2
The cooling device of the present disclosure has a thermally conductive base that is thermally connected to a heat-generating section, a heat pipe section embedded in the base, and a fin section that has a plurality of fins and is connected to the base in a way that the fin section covers the heat pipe section.
US10057551B2
Audio and video home theater ceiling projector system that optionally replaces any type of home theater video projector with the advantage of ten audio channels; the system simplifies in one main unit and two peripheral devices a cinema audio and video projection, it also allows the user to install, use, and distribute a complicated system of this type in a very simple way and to change the loudspeaker driver layout just by rotating the main unit installed at the electrical outlet box of the lamp, the invention is equipped with a bridged wall switch which allows controlling the main unit lights without interrupting its operation and the system receives the audio and video signal via wireless to decode all audio channels to emit sounds and effects in different directions to immerse the listener in a three-dimensional sound during a video playing.
US10057548B2
The present disclosure relates to a smart closure unit for a writing apparatus. The closure unit comprises a diaphragm film, a camera and a control unit. The diaphragm film comes in contact with writing nib of the writing apparatus when the writing apparatus is closed by the closure unit. The camera captures an image of the diaphragm film when the writing nib of the writing apparatus is in contact with the diaphragm film. The control unit compares the captured image received from the camera with one or more predefined images, wherein each of the predefined images is associated with an ink intensity value. The ink intensity value indicates percentage of ink present in the writing apparatus. The control unit further detects the ink intensity value corresponding to the matched predefined image. Furthermore, a user interface in the closure unit displays one or more information related to the writing apparatus.
US10057535B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to the delivery of media content over a network. Specifically, aspects are directed to identification and/or extraction of a selected data such as a video clip from content and providing identifying information to a user to retrieve, view, and/or share the selected video clip. Aspects described herein provide the ability to identify a starting point and stopping point of a video clip on a media gateway device and generate a URL that can be used and/or shared in order to access the selected video clip. The URL may identify a stored media clip, or may contain information from which a video clip can be recreated.
US10057534B2
A hybrid modular appliance or electronic device allows a user to plug a number of snap-together component modules of different types into a base device, so that the resulting assembly performs a custom-designed functionality. With no attached component modules, the base device functions as a standalone consumer or office appliance. At least one component module has its functionality not supporting the functionality of the base device, thereby allowing the resulting assembly a hybrid device. Examples of the hybrid modular devices include a TV-Wi-Fi-router, and a TV-storage-DVR-Wi-Fi-router. A hybrid modular device can serve as a videoconference device, a music jukebox, or a home theater unit.
US10057531B2
A system and method for driving a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel array unit including unit pixels. Each unit pixel includes a photoelectric converter, column signal lines and a number of analog-digital converting units. The unit pixels are selectively controlled in units of rows. Analog signals output from the unit pixels in a row selected by the selective control though the column signal lines are converted to digital signals via the analog-digital converting units. The digital signals are added among a number of unit pixels via the analog-digital converting units. The added digital signals from the analog-digital converting units are read. Each unit pixel in the pixel array unit is selectively controlled in units of arbitrary rows, the analog-distal converting units being operable to performing the converting in a (a) normal-frame-rate mode and a (b) high-frame-rate mode in response to control signals.
US10057522B2
A method for removing a sunspot of an image sensor, an apparatus for removing a sunspot of an image sensor and an image sensor are provided. The method includes: obtaining reset sampling signal values of pixel units in a pixel array of the image sensor; for each of the reset sampling signal values, determining whether the reset sampling signal value is less than a predetermined sampling signal threshold, and generating a comparing signal when the reset sampling signal value is less than the predetermined sampling signal threshold; generating location information of the pixel unit corresponding to the reset sampling signal value according to the comparing signal; and replacing the reset sampling signal value corresponding to the location information with a maximum brightness value.
US10057517B2
An analog-digital converting device includes a comparison block generating at least one first comparison signal by comparing pixel signals with each other, and for generating second comparison signals by comparing each of the plurality of pixel signals with a ramp signal through a single ramping operation; a feedback control unit determining a data conversion sequence according to the at least one first comparison signal received from the comparison block, and outputting a control signal according to the determined data conversion sequence; a selection block selecting two of the plurality of the pixel signals or at least one of the plurality of the pixel signals and the ramp signal to be applied to the comparison block according to the control signal received from the feedback control unit; and a data conversion unit performing a data conversion on the plurality of pixel signals based on the second comparison signal.
US10057516B2
The present disclosure illustrates an image sensor. The image sensor includes an image sensing array and a voltage supply array. The image sensing array and the voltage supply array are coupled to an analog-to-digital converter array. The image sensing array captures image data. The image sensing array supports one of a rolling shutter mechanism and a global shutter mechanism according to setting. The voltage supply array includes a plurality of voltage supply circuits to supply dummy voltage. During an auto-zero period, the voltage supply array provides the dummy voltage to the analog-to-digital converter array. Pluralities of comparators of the analog-to-digital converter array execute an auto-zero function based on the dummy voltage. After finishing the auto-zero function, the image sensing array outputs the image data to the analog-to-digital converter array. The analog-to-digital converter array makes the image data be digital.
US10057513B2
A flash thermography device for generating an infrared image of a turbine component located inside a turbine. The device includes a flash enclosure having an aperture. A flash source is located in the aperture wherein the flash source generates a light pulse that heats the turbine component. The device also includes an infrared sensor for detecting thermal energy radiated by the turbine component wherein the radiated thermal energy is transmitted through the aperture to the infrared sensor to enable generation of an infrared image of the turbine component.
US10057509B2
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for an imaging system having a plurality of sensors associated with input optics. In one example, an imaging system includes input optics configured to receive incident radiation along an input optical axis and a first optical sensor and a second optical sensor, each configured to detect the incident radiation. The imaging system further includes a rotating member positioned between the first and second optical sensors and configured to rotate about the input optical axis and a reflector coupled to the rotating member configured to be selectively positionable by the rotating member to a first orientation, in which the reflector directs the incident radiation along a first secondary axis to the first optical sensor, and to a second orientation, in which the reflector directs the incident radiation along a second secondary axis toward the second optical sensor.
US10057507B2
The present invention is related to an image sensor and to a method for operating such sensor. The sensor of the invention comprises a pair of butted sensor tiles, each sensor tile comprising a pixel array comprising a plurality of rows and columns of photosensitive pixels.By constructing first row groups using at least one imaginary row, a different center-to-center distance exists between the different row groups than that which is obtained in prior art devices. More in particular, the construction according to the present invention allows the center positions of the rows to lie on a regular grid thereby lowering the geometrical distortion of the resulting image.
US10057495B2
In a display device including a camera section and a monitor, imaging range information indicating an imaging range for the imaging device is acquired. Subsequently, a display target area corresponding to the imaging range indicated by the imaging range information is set in an image captured by the camera section. Then, a partial image in the display target area in the image captured by the camera section is displayed on the monitor. As a result, live view display can be achieved without causing the imaging device to capture a photographic subject at a predetermined frame rate and transmit the captured image.
US10057494B2
A distance measurement device includes a detection unit, an optical path forming unit, a common reduction unit that reduces influence of variation of an optical axis of an image formation optical system, and reduces variation of an optical axis of the directional light, an auxiliary reduction unit that auxiliarily reduces at least one of influence of variation of the optical axis of the image formation optical system or variation of the optical axis of the directional light, and a control unit that, in a case of operating the common reduction unit and the auxiliary reduction unit at the same time, controls the common reduction unit and the auxiliary reduction unit to reduce variation of an irradiation position of the directional light in a subject image received as light by a light receiving section.
US10057489B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a plurality of cameras with one camera functioning as a master camera and other cameras functioning as slave cameras. During a forward driving maneuver of the vehicle, a forward viewing camera functions as the master camera and at least a driver-side sideward viewing camera and a passenger-side sideward viewing camera function as slave cameras. During a reversing maneuver of the vehicle, a rearward viewing camera functions as the master camera and at least the driver-side sideward viewing camera and the passenger-side sideward viewing camera function as slave cameras. The vision system is operable to synthesize a composite image derived from image data captured by at least the master camera and the driver-side sideward viewing camera and the passenger-side sideward viewing camera. Operating parameters of the master camera are used at least by the driver-side sideward viewing camera and the passenger-side sideward viewing camera.
US10057481B2
Several methods for operating a built-in digital camera of a portable, handheld electronic device are described. In one embodiment, the device receives a user selection (e.g., tap, tap and hold, gesture) of a region displayed on the display screen (e.g., touch sensitive screen). A touch to focus mode may then be initiated in response to the user selection and exposure and focus parameters determined and adjusted. Then, an automatic scene detection mechanism can determine whether a scene has changed. If the scene has changed, then the touch to focus mode ends and a default automatic focus mode initiates. This mode sets a new exposure metering area and focus area prior to determining and adjusting exposure and focus parameters, respectively.
US10057480B2
An electronic apparatus comprises a detection unit configured to detect a touch operation on a touch sensitive surface, an operation unit that is located at a position different from a position of the touch sensitive surface, and a control unit configured to, when neither the touch operation nor an operation on the operation unit has been performed for a first period, perform control to switch to a lock state without hiding display on a display unit, the lock state restricting execution of a function corresponding to the touch operation, and upon accepting the operation on the operation unit during the lock state, perform control to switch to a state in which the function corresponding to the touch operation is executed by releasing the lock state, and to execute a function corresponding to the operation on the operation unit.
US10057477B2
An imaging device includes an imaging unit configured to generate plural pieces of image data, a storing unit, a first communication control unit configured to sequentially transmit a newest one of the plural pieces of image data and identification information for identifying the newest one of the plural pieces of image data to plural communication devices and receive the identification information received by an operated communication device and elapsed time information from the operated communication device, and an image selection unit configured to select reproduction priority candidate image data, which is obtainable and reproducible by the operated communication device, from among the plural pieces of image data stored in the storing unit based on the elapsed time information and the identification information received.
US10057476B2
An image capture apparatus is provided with an image capture unit and a communication unit, and is configured to: perform automatic transmission for automatically transmitting an image photographed with the image capture unit to an external device through the communication unit; switch and control a first functional mode for enabling a photography function, and a second functional mode for disabling the photography function and enabling a communication function in relation to image transmission; in a case in which an image is photographed in the first functional mode, record the photographed image as a transmission target image that is targeted for the automatic transmission; and even if the transmission target image is recorded, control the communication unit not to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device during the first functional mode, and control the communication unit to start automatic transmission of the transmission target image to the external device during the second functional mode.
US10057475B2
A motorized high mast pole inspection device that is self-powered and autonomous with respect to the internal lever of a high mast pole. The inspection device provides a means for mechanically climbing a vertical, cylindrical, tubular high mast light pole. Video monitoring and recording equipment may be deployed on the device for inspecting high mast light poles.
US10057467B2
A camera module for a vehicle according to the present invention includes a first Printed Circuit Board (PCB) configured to have an image sensor mounted on its surface; a second PCB configured to supply a power source to the first PCB; an outer shield installed to surround the side of the first and the second PCBs and to shield the first and the second PCBs from electromagnetic interference (EMI); and a plurality of support units disposed at positions where the supports units interfere with the first and the second PCBs of the outer shield and configured to support the first and the second PCBs.
US10057463B2
Disclosed are a mobile terminal having an image capturing function, and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body; a sensing unit configured to sense a motion of the body; a camera formed to be relatively-rotatable with respect to the body, based on the sensed motion; a display unit configured to output an image input through the camera; and a controller configured to relatively-rotate the camera with respect to the body in a moving direction of the body when a motion of the body is sensed, such that an image of a place corresponding to a predicted moving path of the body based on the motion of the body is output, wherein an image input through the relatively-rotated camera is output to the display unit.
US10057449B2
Provided is a document analysis system including an image processing apparatus and an analysis server. The image processing apparatus is configured to extract text data from image data obtained by scanning a document, and sequentially send divided pieces of the extracted text data to the analysis server until a candidate storage location for the image data is received from the analysis server. The analysis server is configured to perform analysis based on the sent divided pieces of the text data, and return the candidate storage location to the image processing apparatus upon determination of the candidate storage location.
US10057447B2
A content processing apparatus includes a content processing device, a controller and an apparatus memory storing therein a program including an analysis module, a first obtaining module and a second obtaining module. The analysis module causes the apparatus to perform an extraction processing, a first determination processing, a first obtaining processing, a second obtaining processing, a second determination processing, a display processing, a reception processing and an operation instruction processing. The first obtaining module causes the content processing apparatus to perform a transmission processing, a reception processing and a first transfer processing. The second obtaining module causes the content processing apparatus to perform an obtaining processing and a second transfer processing.
US10057436B2
Provided is a device management system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that is provided in the office room, includes a storage unit storing information on the plural situation grasping devices, and forms an image on a recording material.
US10057404B2
Techniques for mobile device personalization are described. In an embodiment, user credentials for an online service are received at a mobile device kiosk. The user credentials may be authenticated and, upon authentication, user data associated with the user credentials may be transferred to a mobile device of the mobile device kiosk. The user data may be transferred between the mobile device kiosk and a wireless transmitter embedded on a printed circuit board (PCB) of the mobile device. Further, the user data may be transferred to the mobile device without powering on the mobile device. Once the data transfer is complete, the mobile device may be provided to a user.
US10057402B2
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a communication session between a first user and one or more second users. The method also includes determining a social context of the communication session, and determining based at least in part on the social context a set of symbols for communication by the first user in the communication session with the second users. The method further includes providing for display to the first user a set of keys corresponding to the set of symbols. The keys indicate symbols for input by the first user in the communication session.
US10057401B2
An electronic device comprising: a memory; a communication unit for exchanging communications with a wearable device and an external device; and at least one processor that is operatively coupled to the memory, configured to: detect an event that is associated with a connection with the external device; identify a function that is associated with the external device in response to the event; and transmit to the wearable device an instruction for executing the function, wherein the instruction is transmitted via the communications unit.
US10057398B2
Disclosed is a three-way call detection system and method for use with a telephone management system. Specifically, a three-way call detection system and method for detecting continuous noise indicative of an attempt to mask a three-way call attempt. The continuous noise detection system and method may be stand alone or used in conjunction with any existing three-way call detection system and method.
US10057395B1
Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a case for use with a mobile electronic device. The case includes a body that is detachably secured to the mobile electronic device. An electrical bus is disposed within the body. A connector is disposed on the body. The connector is communicably coupled to the mobile electronic device. The case further includes a memory configured to store a file received from the mobile electronic device through the connector, a processor configured to generate a signal based on the file stored in the memory, and an output port. The output port is configured to transmit the signal generated by the processor to an external device, wherein the external device is communicably coupled to the output port. The connector, the memory, the processor and the output port are communicably coupled to the electrical bus.
US10057383B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for compressing data and for estimating sparsity of datasets to aid in compressing data. A device receives a plurality of samples of the sensor data from the sensor and determine a plurality of bits, in which each bit has a substantially equal probability of being determined as a 0 bit or of being determined as a 1 bit. The device estimates a sparsity value of the sensor data based at least in part on the sequence of bits. The device compresses the received samples of the sensor data based at least in part on the determined sparsity value to provide compressed data and transmits the compressed data via the transmitter to a receiver. Sparse data other than sensor data may also be compressed based at least in part on an estimated sparsity value.
US10057382B2
A gateway device has a CPU, a power source, a digital memory, physical communication ports and wireless communication circuitry receiving data from data-gathering devices, an interface to a wide-area network, dedicated hardware pipelines managing the data received, and coded instructions executing on the CPU from a non-transitory medium. The CPU connects physically or wirelessly to one of the data-gathering devices, obtains characterization information for a protocol generic to the data-gathering device, selects code stored in the digital memory, and programs firmware in a dedicated pipeline to receive data from the data-gathering device in the generic protocol.
US10057381B2
A user terminal includes an inputter which receives a user command, a display, a communicator configured to communicate with an external server, and a controller configured to create a first rule in which the user terminal performs a first action when a first condition is met in another first user terminal, control the communicator to transmit the created first rule to the external server, and perform the first action according to an event command when the event command to perform the first action is received from the external server upon the first condition being met in the first user terminal.
US10057376B2
An RDP server may query a web client to determine one or more capabilities of the web client. The RDP server may receive a packet from the web client that indicates the one or more capabilities of the web client. The RDP server may identify one or more applications running on a remote machine to be accessed by the web client. The RDP server may provide one or more virtual channels between the RDP server and the web client. The one or more virtual channels may each be associated with an identified application running on the remote machine and a capability of the web client. The virtual channels may be provided to facilitate the generation of an interface for viewing and interacting with content of the remote machine at the web client.
US10057373B1
A datacenter has more computing power than a personal computer. The personal computer sends a request to perform an operation on a data set to the datacenter. The datacenter evaluates various inputs to determine if, despite the datacenter's computing power, the personal computer is likely to complete the operation faster. Based on the determination, the datacenter may perform the operation, send the data set to the personal computer for the personal computer to process, or start a competitive computation. As a result, a user interface can be more responsive. Machine learning processes can be used to improve predictions.
US10057369B2
A request for content is sent via a client device. The client device negotiates with a server content provider regarding the layout of the content using a dynamically configurable content layout profile describing layout preferences for content. When the content is received from the server content provider, the content is displayed according to the dynamically configurable content layout profile. The server may format the content in accordance with the profile and send the formatted content to the client device via a network. A user of the device may modify the profile dynamically to specify a different layout and receive reformatted content.
US10057368B1
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for caching are disclosed. These include incrementally reading a cache by, receiving a request from a client to retrieve an object from a cache; comparing a size of the requested object to a threshold retrieval size; transmitting a response including an incremental lookup indicator to the client when the size is greater than the threshold retrieval size; receiving one or more follow-on requests including the incremental lookup indicator from the client; responsive to each of the follow-on requests, retrieving a portion of the requested object from the cache; and transmitting the retrieved portion to the client. Corresponding incremental insertion of data items into the cache are also disclosed.
US10057364B2
A method for remotely running an application program. A client acquires an application program from a server, runs the application program on the client, and detects whether the application program triggers an application programming interface (API) invocation request. If the application program triggers the API invocation request, the client determines that the client or the server executes API invocation according to a preset invocation policy. A device resource of the client can be used to execute a part of the API invocation, which enhances efficiency in remote running of the application program and improves user experience. In addition, the latest data obtained according to a result of application program running can be saved onto the server, which ensures data access security.
US10057361B2
Method and device of sharing photos includes: receiving, from a mobile device, a first location of a first photo, a second location of a second photo, and a current location of the mobile device; sending, to the mobile device, a plurality of points of interest selected in accordance with their proximity to the first location, the second location, and the current location, respectively; receiving a first check-in location for the first photo and a second check-in location for the second photo selected from the plurality of points of interest; determining a granularity level at which an encompassing location comprises the first check-in location corresponding to the first photo and the second check-in location corresponding to the second photo; determining the encompassing location; and causing the encompassing location to be shared among users of the social network platform in association with the first photo and the second photo.
US10057356B2
A method and a system of managing a policy managed system that includes a policy managed element. The method restricts the policy managed element so that internal configurations and actions of the policy managed element do not violate any policy rules generated external to the policy managed element. The method also prevents the policy managed element from generating policy that exit the policy managed element. The method, at a policy executive element (PEE) located remote from the policy managed element, restricts internal configurations and actions of the PEE so that the PEE does not violate any policy rules generated external to the PEE. The PEE includes a policy generation point (PGP) that the method allows to generate new policy rules that do not violate any existing policy and provides the new policy rules to the policy managed element.
US10057352B2
Wireless communication systems and methods related to the discovery and selection of relay devices by internet of everything (IoE) devices are disclosed. For example, IoE devices with low pathloss to a base station can broadcast information during discovery frames that allow other IoE devices to discover them and select them as a relay, if appropriate. The discovery broadcast message from an IoE device can include information to allow a listening IoE device to select a suitable IoE device for relaying its data that satisfies latency parameters while minimizing the energy impact of relaying. Signaling structures are also provided to allow different IoE devices to select slots for broadcasting within the discovery frame in a distributed manner without disrupting existing periodic broadcasts. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10057350B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and device that assists with transferring data based on actual size of a data operation includes receiving a data operation from a client computing device. A type of the received data operation is determined and additional memory size associated with the determined type of the received data operation is identified. Next, a non-volatile log file is updated with the identified additional memory size and the determined type of the received data operation.
US10057346B1
A storage controller controls a plurality of storage media devices and a network interface passively monitors network traffic and automatically detects video data in at least a portion of the network traffic, where the storage controller stores the detected video data in the storage media devices. The storage media devices where such detected video data is stored may not be the intended destination of the video data.
US10057339B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for a resource allocation protocol. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a resource allocation engine to allocate physical resources to primary and redundant virtual infrastructures, wherein, when the resource allocation engine allocates virtual infrastructures, physical resources of redundant virtual infrastructures are shared across multiple primary virtual infrastructures.
US10057334B2
A data center network architecture and method for communicating data are provided. The nodes and communication links in the network are arranged according to N dimensions. Groups of four nodes are arranged initially in quad full mesh networks. In each dimension, each node has three connections to other nodes. In particular, in each dimension, the nodes can be arranged in quarters, where a node in one quarter is connected to a node in each of three other quarters. In each dimension, the maximum number of hops between a sending node and a destination node is N. Due to the dimensionality, the nodes and communication links can be easily classified into different service levels, and diagnosis of problems is facilitated.
US10057331B2
A distributed component software system that includes an analysis server that: (i) receives a set of messages, where each message is sent between components of a distributed component software system (DCSS), and where each message includes an identification of a respective source component, an identification of a respective target component and respective message content; (ii) for each message of the set of received messages, resolves the respective source component; (iii) for each message of the set of received messages, resolves the respective source component; (iv) determines a sequence of the plurality of messages; and (v) generates a human-understandable abstract corresponding to the set of received messages based upon the respective message sources, the respective message targets, the respective message content and the sequence of the set of received messages.
US10057326B2
Described herein are various principles for operating transfer protocols using adaptive flow control techniques. In accordance with some of these principles, a client may adaptively negotiate with a server regarding a window size to use when communicating datagrams using a connectionless content unit transfer protocol like the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP). In some implementations, a client may inform a server whether to increase or decrease a window size. In these implementations, the client may increase the window size upon determining that a previous window size has led to successful transfer of content without any loss of datagrams and the client may decrease the window size upon detecting a loss of a datagram. Because of the limited resources available in some environments in which these techniques may be used, in some implementations a window size may be increased by small amounts but may be decreased drastically upon detecting a loss.
US10057323B2
A first cluster of machines is configured as writer cluster application servers, where each machine of the first cluster is operative as both an application server and a database server with persistent storage of the database server disabled. A second cluster of machines is configured as database cluster servers, where each machine of the second cluster is operative as both an application server and a database server with the application server disabled. A third cluster of machines is configured as read cluster application servers, where each machine of the third cluster is operative as both an application server and a database server with persistent storage of the database server disabled. At least one application is executed on the read cluster application servers.
US10057307B2
The present invention proposes a technique for establishing peer-to-peer multimedia interactions and data exchanges via a discovery mechanism which relies on a model of (chained) programmable switchboards which may be implemented to enable a step-by-step discovery process until the endpoint of the communication chain is actually reached. The novelty of the proposed system and distinct contrast to known systems is that each endpoint can actually program if, how and when it wants to be reached for each individual user initiating contact, and to provide the information on how to be reached to its potential users initiating contact along its own model.
US10057301B2
One or more endpoints may be registered with a gateway at a premises. The gateway may include local physical interfaces for communicating with a first subset of the endpoints. The gateway may further include Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) proxy servers for communicating with a second subset of the endpoints. Incoming communications to the premises may be routed by the gateway to one or more of the endpoints via the local physical interfaces or the SIP proxy servers. One or more endpoints may initiate outgoing communications via the local physical interfaces or the SIP proxy servers.
US10057300B2
Systems and methods are described for managing access of a computing device to services over a mobile network where requests for managed or unmanaged services are translated to corresponding IP addresses sent to the computing device and corresponding requests sent to the translated IP addresses are permitted if the computing device has a valid data plan for using the mobile network, are denied if the computing device does not have a valid data plan and the request corresponds to the first address, and are permitted even if the computing device does not have a valid data plan if the request corresponds to the second address.
US10057295B2
A computer performs dynamic address isolation. The computer comprises an application associated with an application address, a network interface coupled to receive incoming data packets from and transmit outgoing data packets to an external network, a network address translation engine configured to translate between the application address and a public address, and a driver for automatically forwarding the outgoing data packets to the network address translation engine to translate the application address to the public address, and for automatically forwarding the incoming data packets to the network address translation engine to translate the public address to the application address. The computer may communicate with a firewall configured to handle both network-level security and application-level security.
US10057292B2
A method for operating a security gateway between data buses of a vehicle, in which a correlation between an identification information item (ID) of the message (N) and a processing rule (VR) is provided by a routing matrix (RM) for each message (N) arriving on a data bus, wherein, at least one processing rule (VR) allocated to an identification information item (ID) has a reference information item (POLICY) to a security rule (SR) stored in a memory unit, which rule is used for filtering the message (N) having this identification information item (ID) by an interpreter (IP). In an alternative solution, the reference information (POLICY) is omitted.
US10057290B2
For enhancing security in a complex network by a computer processor device, a processor collaborates with at least one additional processor device in a higher hierarchical order in the complex network. A Media Access Control (MAC) address of an offending network device is shared between the processor devices such that access of the offending network device to portions of the complex network under the supervisory control of the processor devices may be subsequently blocked.
US10057288B2
A method includes receiving, from a certificate requestor: a request for a public key certificate and a list of a plurality of distribution addresses. The request may include a public key for the certificate requestor. The plurality of distribution addresses may belong to a plurality of third parties. The method further includes verifying an identity of the certificate requestor, and, in response to verifying the identity of the certificate requestor, retrieving a public key from the request for the public key certificate. The method may also include, in response to verifying the identity of the certificate requestor, generating the public key certificate and signing the public key certificate. The public key certificate may include the public key. The method may also include transmitting the signed public key certificate to the certificate requestor and the plurality of distribution addresses.
US10057283B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for forecasting event volumes. One of the methods includes receiving activity data associated with events that occur in a computer network, transforming the received activity data into processed activity data, determining, for each of a series of distinct time periods, whether the distinct time period is associated with an anomalous level of event activity, and flagging the processed activity data with a designation of whether each of the series of distinct time periods is associated with the anomalous level of event activity. Based on the flagged activity data, prediction data is generated and provided that predicts a volume of events for a given future time period and a likelihood that the volume of events for the given future time period will be anomalous.
US10057274B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for profiling client systems may include (1) identifying one or more administrative categories used to categorize clients according to system profiles of the clients, (2) collecting attribute information that associates one or more client attributes with the administrative category, (3) generating, based at least in part on the association between the client attribute and the administrative category, an association scoring protocol that estimates an association strength between clients and the administrative category, (4) assigning, based on the association scoring protocol, an association score to one or more clients, (5) determining, based on the association score being above a threshold, that the client should be associated with the administrative category, and (6) initiating one or more customized administrative actions for the client, based at least in part by the association of the client with the administrative category. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10057269B1
In methods, systems, and computing devices configured to implement methods of authenticating a computing device, a first computing device and a second computing device may share a dynamically updated shared data set. The first computing device may select elements of the shared data set stored at the first computing device and may generate a rule set for extracting the selected elements from the shared data set. The first computing device may send the rule set to the second computing device, and may generate a first result using the selected elements. The second computing device may extract the selected elements from the shared data set using the rule set, may generate a second result, and may send the second result to the first computing device. The first computing device may determine whether the second computing device is authenticated based on whether the first result matches the second result.
US10057268B2
A container that manages access to protected resources using rules to intelligently manage them includes an environment having a set of software and configurations that are to be managed. A rule engine, which executes the rules, may be called reactively when software accesses protected resources. The engine uses a combination of embedded and configurable rules. It may be desirable to assign and manage rules per process, per resource (e.g. file, registry, etc.), and per user. Access rules may be altitude-specific access rules.
US10057267B1
Methods and apparatus that extend private network functionality to client devices that are not part of a provider network. A net device may provide private network control plane functionality to devices that are external to the provider network and connected to ports on the net device. The devices are assigned addresses within the address space of the private network. Packets sent from the devices through the net device are encapsulated by the net device and routed over the private network to their destinations. Packets sent to the devices are routed by the private network to the net device, decapsulated, and provided to the devices. Via the functionality provided by the net device, a client may configure and manage client devices as part of their client private network using the same services and APIs that are used to configure and manage their virtual resources on the client private network.
US10057265B2
Computerized apparatus useful within vehicles for causing provision of location-based services to users via a portable wireless computerized device. In one embodiment, the vehicle comprises a global positioning system (GPS) based receiver capable of providing location data to the computerized apparatus.
US10057258B2
A biometric identification device comprising a computer unit (3) arranged to execute an identification program and a registration program for storing in memory both biometric characteristics and also identifiers of people to be identified subsequently. The device comprises means for exchanging data with a distinct computer terminal (100) provided with a screen, and the registration program comprises a web server programmed to co-operate with a web browser of the terminal to set up a bidirectional communication channel and to send in real time to the web browser, via the communication channel, information about capture progress in order to enable the information to be displayed on the terminal in the form of a capture web page.
US10057245B2
A method may receive, over a network and at a host's media player that is logged in to a host's media account, a play request from a guest's device. The play request may include a request to play a guest's media item from the guest's media account and may be compliant with a first protocol. In response to receiving the play request, the method may initiate a guest mode on the host's media player, log out the host's media account, and securely store the host's credentials. The method may log in the guest's media account with fewer permissions than the host's permissions. The method may play the guest's media item and establish a connection between the host's media player and the guest's device in accordance with a second protocol. Upon completion of playback, the method may log out the guest's media account and log in the host's media account.
US10057241B2
Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a first sign-on option, which only allows users to use native authentication, to one set of members of the team. At the same time, the administrator may assign a second sign-on option, which only allows users to use third-party single-sign-on authentication, to another set of members of the same team.
US10057234B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing network security monitoring in a computer network. In an embodiment, network configuration data may be gathered and processed by a data collector from a plurality of network devices within the computer network. An agent residing on a client device within the computer network may collect network configuration data on the client device and provide the collected network configuration data to the data collector. The network configuration data may be provided to a data analyzer for analysis. A privileged authentication even may then be detected on the client device, and live collection of network metadata related to the detected privileged authentication event may be initiated on the client device upon detecting the privileged authentication event. The network metadata may be provided to the data analyzer for analysis.
US10057232B2
A first network device of a first communication network obtains a challenge, generates a first PFS parameter, obtains a first verification code for the first PFS parameter, and sends the challenge, the first PFS parameter and the first verification code to a communication device, which in turn receives the challenge, the first PFS parameter and the first verification code, forwards the challenge or a derivative thereof to an identity module, receives at least one result parameter as response from the identity module, determines, based on the result parameter, whether the first PFS parameter is authentic, and if the determination is positive generates and sends the second PFS parameter to the first network device, which in turn verifies the second PFS parameter.
US10057231B2
Proximity of a wearable processing device to a data processing apparatus is detected based on wireless signals received by the data processing apparatus from the wearable processing device. A user input operation is detected which comprises a physical interaction with the data processing apparatus. In response to detecting the user input operation, at least one detection parameter is calibrated for the proximity detection. This provides a convenient technique for calibrating the proximity detection which does not require complicated operations from the user.
US10057230B2
A client confirmation method and system for identifying data traffic transmitted over a network controlled by an operator, the data traffic being associated with at least one client, the client confirmation system comprising: a client confirmation application configured to identify at least one client address; an authenticator configured to authenticate the at least one client identified by the at least one client address by analyzing data usage information generated by the at least one client, wherein the data usage information is further known to the operator; and a traffic associator configured to associate data traffic transmitted over the network with the at least one client identified by the at least one client address.
US10057215B2
Generally, embodiments of the invention are directed to methods, computer readable medium, servers, and systems for deidentified access of data. The deidentified access is permitted with the use of an identifier that uniquely indicates an outcome, the coding of the identifier obscures unaided human interpretation of the outcome, and the identifier uniquely identifies data for remediating performance associated with future outcomes.
US10057207B2
The present invention generally relates to a system for, and method of, obtaining, from a first identifier in a first name space, a second identifier in a second name space. The disclosed technique involves obtaining the first identifier in the first name space from a source, applying a rule to the first identifier in the first name space, such that a second identifier in a second name space is obtained, and providing the second identifier, such that the source obtains the second identifier without resolving the first identifier using a domain name system (DNS).
US10057196B2
The present disclosure provides an instant messaging interaction method, system, server, and storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a client side, an answer character string corresponding to a particular question input by a user via a first account; sending, by the client side, the answer character string and corresponding user property information to a server; searching, by the server, the particular question and a target answer thereof according to the user property information, and matching and verifying, by the server, the answer character string with the target answer; and when the verification is successful, returning, by the server, a first notice to a client side for displaying, and scoring preset property of the first account based on a preset rule. The instant messaging interaction method, system, and server provided in the present disclosure stimulate the question-and-answer interaction between instant messaging users, which improves the effectiveness of the interaction.
US10057191B2
A novel design of a gateway that handles traffic in and out of a network by using a datapath pipeline is provided. The datapath pipeline includes multiple stages for performing various data-plane packet-processing operations at the edge of the network. The processing stages include centralized routing stages and distributed routing stages. The processing stages can include service-providing stages such as NAT and firewall. The gateway caches the result previous packet operations and reapplies the result to subsequent packets that meet certain criteria. For packets that do not have applicable or valid result from previous packet processing operations, the gateway datapath daemon executes the pipelined packet processing stages and records a set of data from each stage of the pipeline and synthesizes those data into a cache entry for subsequent packets.
US10057189B2
A virtual computing services deployment network provides a consistent user experience from a variety of locations via a connection fabric for accessing a virtual desktop. The connection fabric identifies a user profile defining the virtualized desktop resources required for a particular user. The connection fabric includes distributed data and processing in nodes distributed throughout a public access network accessible from a user access device. Each of the fabric nodes is operable to provide an identifier (such as an IP address) of a computing resource adapted to provide the user specific desktop. A user access device accesses a local fabric node in the connection fabric, and the fabric node determines a computing resource matching a user profile of expected computing resources. The fabric node associates the user access device with the computing resource and sends the user access device an identifier for directly accessing the computing resource.
US10057185B1
This document describes techniques for activating multiple interruptible resource instances on servers of a service provider environment. In an example embodiment, a system can activate multiple interruptible resource instances on behalf of a given customer based on a comparison of a bid cost value from the customer to the current, but variable cost value of the interruptible resource instances. The customer also can specify a value indicative of the number of interruptible resource instances to be activated on behalf of the customer based on the bid cost value.
US10057180B2
The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems that enable decomposing abstract service requests into resources rules, which may include receiving an abstract service request (e.g., a request specifying a functional requirement) via an exposed public interface, generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request, identifying relevant components in a telecommunications domain for enforcing the generated domain-specific resource rules, and send the domain-specific resource rules to the identified components (e.g., online charging server, policy management server, etc.) for enforcement. Generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request may include generating the rules consistent with the existing resource rules of the domain.
US10057178B2
A method of reducing the bandwidth usage of a network comprises intercepting traffic between a TCP server and a TCP client using TCP protocols that use client acknowledgements; identifying client acknowledgements from the TCP protocols; identifying the sequence number of a last received client acknowledgements from the intercepted traffic; identifying the sequence number of a last sent client acknowledgement from the intercepted traffic; calculating an unacknowledged byte value based on the difference between the last received client acknowledgement sequence number and the last sent client acknowledgement sequence number; comparing the calculated unacknowledged byte value with a predetermined threshold value, to determine whether the calculated unacknowledged byte value is at least as great as the predetermined threshold value; and transmitting the identified client acknowledgements into the network when the compared unacknowledged byte value is at least as great as the predetermined threshold value.
US10057171B2
A method and apparatus for determining congestion of vehicle communication control the vehicle communication, thereby reducing a degree of congestion. In detail, provided are an apparatus and method for controlling vehicle communication, the apparatus including: a reception unit for receiving data units transmitted by each of one or more of object terminals and one or more of pieces of congestion information of the object terminals; a congestion degree pre-determination unit for changing congestion information of a subject vehicle on the basis of the number of data units received during a predetermined period of time; a congestion determination unit for changing electric power control information on the basis of the congestion information of the subject vehicle or the congestion information of the object terminals; and an electric power control unit for controlling transmission electric power of a communication module on the basis of the electric power control information.
US10057166B2
A network verification method may include identifying a data plane including one or more forwarding tables for each switch of a plurality of switches in the data plane. The method may also include generating a forwarding behavior representation of the data plane to represent Boolean combinations of forwarding rules of the one or more forwarding tables of the data plane. Further, the method may include comparing the forwarding behavior representation of the data plane to one or more network properties to detect one or more errors in the data plane.
US10057165B2
Embodiments disclose a packet forwarding method and device. The method includes: obtaining, by a packet forwarding device, a feature character included in a packet to be forwarded. The feature character is obtained by parsing, according to a preset packet content parsing policy, other content included in the packet to be forwarded except a 5-tuple. The method includes determining, according to a correspondence between different feature characters and corresponding routing information, routing information corresponding to the obtained feature character, and sending, according to the determined routing information, the packet to be forwarded.
US10057161B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for a conferencing routing service for managing and routing collaboration participants. A collaboration conferencing routing server may provide configurability in routing a collaboration conference to a conference bridge based on any number of criteria and information about the requester and the communications network on which the conference occurs.
US10057159B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a route advertisement method, and controller, where the method is applied to a BGP-based routing network, a physical controller in the routing network is connected to multiple physical routers, and the method includes: receiving, by the physical controller, routing information reported by at least one physical router; obtaining a traffic path in which the at least one physical router is used as an egress router to transmit traffic to a destination router; generating a route for a physical router in the traffic path; and delivering the generated route to a corresponding physical router. In these embodiments, it is avoided that congestion occurs at an egress router, and a router that receives the traffic may generate a route for the router according to the traffic path so as to transmit the traffic to a next-hop router of the router without a need of recalculation.
US10057158B2
A Software Defined Network (SDN) includes a plurality of forwarding devices and a routing control device located separate from the forwarding devices. The routing control device, establishes paths to and from the network forwarding devices. Using such paths, forwarding devices send the routing control device information reflecting the topology if the network. Embodiments disclosed herein enable automatic discovery of the topology of the network and the paths to and from the routing control device.
US10057155B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining an automatic scanning action. The method comprises: in a set period, collecting access request messages sent from a selected send end to a selected network server and access response messages returned from the selected network server to the selected sending end; equally dividing the set period into at least two set sub-periods, successively counting the number of the access request messages in each set sub-periods and determining a request credible value of the selected sending end; counting the number of response success messages and the number of response failure messages in the collected access response messages, and determining a request credible value of the selected sending end; calculating a general accessed value of the selected send end in the set period according to the determined request credible value, the response credible value, first weight, and second weight; and comparing the general accessed value with a first set threshold, and determining whether is the selected sending end performs automatic scanning This solution is more applicable and more accurate than the prior art.
US10057150B2
A method and apparatus for managing network congestion for internet-of-things (IoT) devices is provided. An exemplary method includes sending out tracer messages to a plurality of cloud components. Response messages are monitored from the plurality of cloud components. Response messages received are stored in a storage system. The response messages are queried to determine conditions in the cloud. An alert message is created to report network conditions to an IoT device.
US10057137B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for highlighting a port of a network device in a network. The method includes receiving, by a processor, a selection of graphical element displayed at a graphical user interface. The network device is separate from the processor. The graphical element corresponds to a port of a network device in a network. The method further includes identifying, by the processor, the port and the network device at which the port is disposed, and transmitting an instruction to the network device to cause a specific signaling component associated with the port to have a different state from other signaling components associated with other ports of the network device in order to highlight the port at the network device to a user.
US10057135B2
Methods and systems for managing a computing network. At least a portion of the computing network is represented as a recursive architecture of elements representing bit transport, bit transformation and bit storage actions of the network. A respective set of one or more elements are associated with at least one system implementing functions of the portion of the computing network. The recursive architecture of elements is subsequently used to manage the at least one system implementing functions of the portion of the computing network.
US10057132B2
A network control apparatus is configured to detect connection relationships among a plurality of network switches in a communication network. The network control apparatus transmits a control signal to a first network switch, where the control signal commands the first network switch to transmit a first topology detection signal from a first plurality of ports provided for the first network switch. The network control apparatus receives, from a second network switch that has received the first topology detection signal, a response signal including topology information that has been detected by the second network switch from the first topology detection signal, and, based on the topology information included in the response signal, controls selection of a target port, via which to transmit a second topology detection signal, from among a second plurality of ports provided for the second network switch.
US10057130B2
A method for merging two sub-networks of an ad hoc network implementing the D2HCP routing protocol includes transmitting a first data set from the master node to the slave node, the first set including the identifiers of all the nodes of the sub-network containing the master node, the IP addresses of all the nodes of the sub-network containing the master node, each node identifier being associated with a single IP address, comparing each received IP address of the first set with the IP addresses of the routing table of the slave node in order to identify a list of duplicates corresponding to nodes of each sub-network having the same IP addresses.
US10057125B1
The present disclosure contemplates a variety of improved methods and systems for enabling users to set up and manage a variety of disparate IoT devices coupled to the framework and/or ambient operating system of an assistant device. The described solution includes a voice-driven assistant device setup process. An assistant device can determine the IoT devices in its physical environment and provide setup instructions to the user. The assistant device can further capture user responses and use the captured responses to connect to and manage/troubleshoot/control the IoT devices.
US10057123B1
A method is described that determines that a replacement node device has been connected to a mesh network, the replacement node device corresponding to an original node that has been removed from the mesh network. In response to determining that the replacement node device has been connected to the mesh network, network topology data is accessed that specifies one or more data routing configurations that are each associated with a node device included in the mesh network. From among the one or more data routing configurations specified by the network topology data, a particular data routing configuration is identified that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network. Data that specifies the particular data routing configuration that is associated with the original node device that has been removed from the mesh network is provided to the replacement node device.
US10057122B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for optimizing a system configuration are disclosed. In some examples, a method includes determining whether a system configuration for executing a workload using a distributed computer system is optimizable and in response to determining that the system configuration is optimizable, modifying the system configuration such that at least one storage resource for storing workload data is located at a server node that is executing the workload in the distributed computer system.
US10057120B2
In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a change in network topology and broadcasting a transient unconditional unpruning message to multiple nodes in the network. The message is configured to instruct each of the nodes receiving the message to start a phase timer in response to the broadcast message; unprune its operational ports; and, upon expiration of the phase timer, prune its ports in accordance with the results of a pruning protocol.
US10057113B2
Techniques for workload coordination are provided. An automated discovery service identifies resources with hardware and software specific dependencies for a workload. The dependencies are made generic and the workload and its configuration with the generic dependencies are packaged. At a target location, the packaged workload is presented and the generic dependencies automatically resolved with new hardware and software dependencies of the target location. The workload is then automatically populated in the target location.
US10057112B2
An electronic device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and storing computer readable program code that when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform operations including generating, at given time intervals, a plurality of topology graphs that correspond to a service chain that comprises a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs) and that is operating in a software defined network (SDN)/network function virtualization (NFV) computing environment, each of the plurality of topology graphs corresponding to a different one of the time intervals. Operations may include comparing a first one of the plurality of topology graphs that is received at a first time to a second one of the plurality of topology graphs that is received at a second time that is after the first time to determine if the service chain has a fault.
US10057109B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises identifying, by an orchestrator executed by a physical machine, a plurality of virtualized network functions required for implementation of a virtualized network service for a customer, each virtualized network function having a corresponding and distinct virtualized container specifying attributes for defining execution of the corresponding virtualized network function within one or more physical machines; and setting by the orchestrator an interdependency indicator within each virtualized container based on association with the virtualized network service, enabling identification of each of the virtualized network functions as interdependent for coordinated execution of the virtualized network service.
US10057103B2
In the present invention, an all digital, multi channel RF transmitter is utilized for a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device, MRI signal generation, modulation and amplification are employed entirely digitally in the proposed RF transmitter, which enables each transmit channel to be easily and individually reconfigured in both amplitude and phase. Individual channel control ensures a homogeneous magnetic field in the multi channel RF coil in MRI. Besides the homogeneous magnetic field generation, multi-frequency MRI signal generation is made easy by the present invention with very high frequency resolution. Multi-frequency enables faster image acquisition which reduces MRI operation time. Digital Weaver Single Side Band (SSB) modulation is also incorporated into the all digital transmitter to suppress unwanted bands of Double Side Band (DSB) MRI signals. The power amplifier in the MRI transmitter does not amplify the unwanted band so that SSB modulation leads to higher power efficiency.
US10057099B1
A radio transmitter includes a data source, and write stream circuitry coupled to the data source. When a write stream mode is enabled and when there is valid write stream data available from the data source, the write stream circuitry is configured to transmit one or more write stream data symbols to a receiver. When there is no valid write stream data available from the data source, one or more idle symbols are transmitted to the receiver. Each of the idle symbols is randomly selected from a set of at least two idle symbols.
US10057096B2
A transmitting apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure transmits a plurality of first transmission data and a plurality of second transmission data by using an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing) method. The transmitting apparatus includes frame configuring circuitry, which in operation, generates a frame including a first period in which a preamble is transmitted, a second period in which the plurality of first transmission data is multiplexed by a time division multiplexing method and is transmitted, and a third period in which the plurality of second transmission data is multiplexed by a frequency division multiplexing method and is transmitted; and transmitting circuitry that transmits the frame.
US10057095B2
A method for automatically detecting a packet mode in a wireless communication system supporting a multiple transmission mode includes: acquiring at least one of data rate information, packet length information and channel bandwidth information from a transmitted frame; and determining the packet mode on the basis of the phase rotation check result of a symbol transmitted after a signal field signal and at least one of the data rate information, the packet length information and the channel bandwidth information acquired from the transmitted frame.
US10057085B2
A method associated with a contactless phone. The method includes sending a balance inquiry response message to a mobile phone. The mobile phone includes a contactless element that is configured to communicate with a contactless reader in a point of sale terminal. The account balance inquiry response message provides an account balance for an account associated with the mobile phone. The mobile phone is operated by a consumer. The method also includes sending a transaction alert message to the mobile phone, where the transaction alert message informs the consumer that a transaction has occurred using the account. The method also includes sending an offer message to the mobile phone, where the offer message provides a benefit to the consumer if the consumer uses the mobile phone to conduct a predetermined transaction.
US10057082B2
Described are systems and methods for processing data streams, e.g., to implement event flow programs in a manner that facilitate the co-existence of multiple independent event flow programs in a multi-tenant deployment. In various embodiments, an input data stream is partitioned into multiple primitive data streams that can be processed independently from each other, and portions of two or more primitive data streams are routed and combined to form a complex data stream, facilitating complex processing tasks that take the two or more primitive data streams as input.
US10057080B2
Implementing multicast transmission over bonded broadband provides a communication network comprising a plurality of routers having the ability to route multicast streams: a multicast stream splitter receiving a multicast stream and arranged in operation to split the multicast stream into a plurality of multicast sub-streams and to transmit the plurality of multicast streams. The plurality of routers receive the multicast sub-streams and replicate them in dependence upon downstream routers subscribed to the sub-streams. One or more bonding routers serve a single customer serving a plurality of fixed or wireless broadband connections having a respective capacity. Each bonding router subscribes to one or more of the plurality of multicast sub-streams in dependence upon the respective capacity of the plurality of connections; wherein the one or more bonding routers serving a single customer aggregate the plurality of multicast sub-streams to form a single multicast stream for use by the customer.
US10057079B2
Techniques described herein provide wireless building automation. Embodiments include receiving, by a computing device, a feature setting command associated with a peripheral device from a controlling device. The computing device may identify a peripheral application corresponding to the feature setting command, and transform the feature setting command into a generic command. The computing device may translate the generic control protocol of the generic command to a peripheral control protocol associated with the peripheral application in response to a determination that the peripheral application is a non-native application. The computing device may execute the peripheral application based on the generic command in the peripheral control protocol to generate a command for performance of a certain task on the peripheral device.
US10057077B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a server for controlling smart devices based on a predefined scenario mode. The method include: acquiring a status parameter collected by at least one first smart device bound to a user account; determining, according to the status parameter, whether to trigger a predefined scenario mode, the predefined scenario mode representing an operation mode for controlling actions of at least one second smart device bound to the user account according to the status parameter collected by the at least one first smart device; and sending a control instruction to the at least one second smart device, if it is determined to trigger the predefined scenario mode.
US10057071B2
A component for connecting to a data bus wherein the component implements at least one cryptographic functionality. Also disclosed is a method for implementing a cryptographic functionality in such a component. The implementation of the cryptographic functionality is based on a specified selection of cryptographic functions, methods and protocols adapted to the performance of the component, wherein minimum lengths are defined for the respectively used cryptographic keys.
US10057068B2
A biometric signature system generates a digital signature for electronic documents using biometric information as a secret key. Registration commitment information is generated by performing expansion conversion on a predetermined secret key and embedding the resulting secret key in feature data of biometric information of a user, and a set with a corresponding public key. A pair of one-time secret and public keys is generated for digital signature feature data of the biometric information of the user, and a digital signature for a message is generated using the one-time secret key. A digital signature commitment is generated and a set of the one-time public key and the digital signature is output as the biometric digital signature. The digital signature is verified using the one-time public key. A differential secret key is calculated and a correspondence of the differential secret key, the one-time public key and the public key is verified.
US10057063B2
A decryption method includes receiving encrypted data, in which the encrypted data is encrypted according to an RSA public key; and performing a plurality of operations in sequence according to an RSA private key and the encrypted data to acquire a decrypted data. The operations include a plurality of decryption operations and at least one false operation. The decryption operations include at least one decryption multiplication operation and at least one decryption square calculation, and the at least one false operation includes at least one of at least one first false multiplication operation and at least one first false square calculation.
US10057055B2
A method in a User Equipment (UE) of an Evolved Packet System (EPS) establishes a security key (K_eNB) for protecting Radio Resource Control/User Plane (RRC/UP) traffic exchanged with a serving eNodeB. The method comprises sending aNon-Access Stratum (NAS) Service Request to a Mobility Management Entity (MME), the request indicating a NAS uplink sequence number (NAS_U_SEQ). The method further comprises receiving an indication of the NAS_U_SEQ of the NAS Service Request sent to the MME, back from the MME via the eNodeB. The method further comprises deriving the K_eNB from at least the received indication of the NAS_U_SEQ and from a stored Access Security Management Entity-key (K_ASME) shared with said MME.
US10057052B2
A streaming one time pad cipher using rotating ports for data encryption uses a One Time Pad (OTP) and an Exclusive Or (XOR) (or other cipher) with a public key channel to encrypt and decrypt OTP data. There is no method in cryptography to thwart the OTP/XOR method and it is proven impossible to crack. The method also rotates the ports of the channels periodically to increase communication obfuscation. Through pre-fetching and cache of OTP data, latency increases from encryption are kept to an absolute minimum as the XOR for encryption and decryption is done with a minimal number of instructions.
US10057047B2
Phase synthesis techniques (PST) useful in a wide variety of communication systems based on wireless, optical and wireline links, disclose methods and circuits for a programmable synthesis of a waveform from a referencing clock with phase resolution matching a single gate delay.
US10057042B2
The present invention includes: defining a transmission signal generated by the AP and a transmitter (TX) configured to transmit a signal to the AP and reception signals generated by the AP and receivers (RXs) configured to receive a signal from the AP, and canceling self-interference in consideration of a channel gain of the self-interference at the AP; defining a channel transmitted from the TX to the AP as uplink, defining a channel transmitted from the AP to the RX as downlink, and deriving a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) for a signal transmittable on the uplink and the downlink; selecting an RX capable of maximizing a capacity sum of transmit powers of the AP and the TX; and selecting optimum transmit powers of the AP and the TX for maximizing SINRs of transmission on the uplink and the downlink.
US10057030B2
The present disclosure discloses a method used in a UE for estimating a frequency offset between a CRS of a serving cell of the UE and a DM-RS of a data transmission to be decoded by the UE, using a set of quasi-co-located reference signals. The method comprises: comparing a number of Resource Blocks, RBs, for the data transmission to a first threshold; selecting one or more quasi-co-located reference signals from the set of quasi-co-located reference signals based on a result of the comparison; and estimating the frequency offset based on the selected one or more quasi-co-located reference signals. The present disclosure also relates to a UE for estimating a frequency offset between a CRS of a serving cell of the UE and a DM-RS of a data transmission to be decoded by the UE, using a set of quasi-co-located reference signals.
US10057014B2
In a system and method for streaming data, the system includes: instructions that: encode a data stream at a first bitrate; transmit a plurality of first data blocks to a receiver, each of the first data blocks including: a first source packet corresponding to the encoded data stream; and a first repair packet; and transmit a plurality of second data blocks to the receiver for a first predetermined period of time, each of the second data blocks including: a second source packet corresponding to the encoded data stream; a second repair packet; and a probing packet.
US10057013B2
A two-stage signaling concept for a datastream to be transmitted from a transmitter to a receiver is proposed. At the transmitter side, a plurality of frame headers are generated, each frame header including data transmission parameters for payload data. A super-frame header for a super-frame is generated. The super-frame includes a plurality of frames, each frame including one of the frame headers and payload data. The super-frame header indicates a set of super-frame-constant frame header transmission parameters for the frame headers of the plurality of frames of the super-frame. A receiver evaluates the super-frame header of to obtain the super-frame-constant frame header transmission parameters, which are then used to evaluate the plurality of frame headers PLH to retrieve the data transmission parameters. The proposed concept provides added flexibility, less signaling overhead, and/or an option of improved receiver performance at low SNR levels.
US10057012B2
An error correction circuit includes a first error correction circuit, a second error correction circuit and a controller. The first error correction circuit performs an error correction in a first correction scheme. The second error correction circuit performs an error correction in a second correction scheme. A correction performance of the second correction scheme is lower than a correction performance of the first correction scheme. The controller makes the first error correction circuit perform error correction of a received signal when a capacity of the received signal is smaller than or equal to a processing capacity of the first error correction circuit, and makes the first error correction circuit and the second error correction circuit perform error correction of the received signal when the capacity of the received signal is larger than the processing capacity of the first error correction circuit.
US10057006B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for transmitting a broadcast signal, an apparatus for receiving a broadcast signal, and a method for transmitting/receiving a broadcast signal using an apparatus for transmitting/receiving broadcast signal. A method for transmitting a broadcast signal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: generating a first PLP which includes an IP stream having at least one service component; signaling IP-PLP mapping information for linking the IP stream and the PLP in binary form and generating a second PLP which includes the signaled binary information; performing FEC-encoding and bit-interleaving on the first and second PLPs; generating a transmission frame including the first and second bit-interleaved PLPs; and modulating the transmission frame and transmitting a broadcast signal including the modulated transmission frame, wherein the IP-PLP mapping information includes IP information for identifying the IP stream and PLP information for identifying the PLP.
US10057004B2
A method of small cell discovery in a wireless network deployment using a Channel State Information Reference System (CSI-RS) is proposed. First, a wireless communication system allocates pairs of resource elements in each resource block of a subframe to a CSI-RS configuration. A first of two orthogonal cover codes is applied to the first CSI-RS. The CSI-RS is transmitted by a small cell to a user equipment (UE). The UE utilizes the CSI-RS to perform small cell discovery and measurement of the small cell.
US10056998B2
A switching control module can optimize time division duplexing operations of a distributed antenna system (“DAS”). The switching control module can include a measurement receiver and a processor. The measurement receiver can measure signal powers of downlink signals in a downlink path of the DAS. The processor can determine start times for downlink sub-frames transmitted via the downlink path based on downlink signal powers measured by the measurement receiver exceeding a threshold signal power. The processor can identify a clock setting that controls a timing of switching signals used for switching the DAS between an uplink mode and a downlink mode. The processor can statistically determine a switching time adjustment for the clock setting based on switching time differentials between the clock setting and the start times. The processor can update the clock setting based on the switching time adjustment.
US10056988B2
A directional coupler disclosed herein may include a main line provided on a substrate, the main line having a first end connected to an input port and a second end connected to an output port. The coupler may include a coupled line disposed on the substrate, the coupled line having a first end connected to a coupled port and a second end to an isolated port. The main line is electrically isolated from the coupled line. The coupled line includes multiple turns forming a winding, and a portion of the winding overlaps with the main line. The coupled line forms a plurality of windings inductively coupled with the main line. The main line and the coupled line are routed to propagate electric signals on both lines in a same direction, and enhance inductive coupling by mutual inductance.
US10056979B2
An optical transmission device as the first optical transmission device includes a light source to output light, an optical transmitter to transmit first information regarding a reception characteristic and power consumption of the first optical transmission device to a second transmission device, an optical receiver to receive second information regarding a reception characteristic and power consumption of the second optical transmission device, an optical branching circuit to branch the light output from the light source into transmission light for the optical transmitter and local light for coherent reception by the optical receiver, and vary power of the transmission light and power of the local light individually, and a processor to control a driving condition of the optical branching circuit, based on the first information and the second information, the power of the transmission light and the power of the local light varying in accordance with the driving condition.
US10056978B2
Techniques for managing a data communication network (DCN) are disclosed, in accordance with an embodiment, and provide planning, maintenance, and validation (e.g., auditing) functionality for the purpose of managing network elements across a plurality of stations/locations associated with an optical communication network. In accordance with an embodiment, a computing device includes a DCN configuration interface and engine. The DCN configuration interface enables modeling of a DCN based on a plurality of user-provided parameters and constraints. The DCN configuration interface may then generate settings files in accordance with the DCN model. The DCN configuration interface further allows previously-generated configuration files to be read in for the purpose of performing updates, adding new stations, new network elements, new equipment types, new equipment models, and so on. Therefore, the DCN configuration interface disclosed herein reduces or eliminates address conflicts and other misconfigurations during provisioning.
US10056975B2
A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed.
US10056971B2
An amplifier receives an optical signal including a number of labeled channels via a fiber. The amplifier determines a count of the labeled channels and a spectral distribution of the labeled channels. The amplifier adjusts a parameter of the amplifier based on the count of the labeled channels and the spectral distribution of the labeled channels. The amplifier amplifies the optical signal at an adjusted output gain resulting from adjusting the parameter of the amplifier.
US10056963B1
Systems and methods for providing temporary cell coverage using lighter than air reflectors. The system can include a balloon or airship (e.g., a blimp) with a reflective lower surface. A ground-based source antenna can be aimed at the balloon to bounce cellular, or other communications, signals off the balloon and then back to the ground. The system can provide additional wireless coverage and bandwidth in remote locations and/or areas of high demand. The coverage area of the system can be adjusted by changing the shape of the bottom surface of the balloon. The coverage area of the system can also be adjusted by changing the height of the balloon above the source antenna. A dedicated source antenna and balloon can also serve as a microwave backhaul antenna system for a temporary cell site, using a balloon with a reflective surface shaped to collimate the radio link in a desired direction.
US10056962B2
A method for reducing adjacent-channel interference includes: obtaining, by a receiver, a first analog signal from a radio frequency front-end of a transmitter, where the first analog signal is a signal transmitted by the transmitter to the outside, and the signal transmitted by the transmitter to the outside forms a self-interference signal at an antenna of the receiver; performing analog-to-digital conversion on the first analog signal so as to obtain a first digital signal; receiving, by the receiver, a second analog signal, where the second analog signal includes a wanted signal and the self-interference signal; performing analog-to-digital conversion on the second analog signal so as to obtain a second digital signal; and performing digital cancellation on the second digital signal and the first digital signal so as to obtain a wanted digital signal of the second digital signal.
US10056960B2
For example, a wireless station may be configured to modulate a plurality of data bit sequences into a plurality of data blocks in a frequency domain according to a dual carrier modulation, a data bit sequence of the plurality of data bit sequences to be modulated into first and second consecutive symbols in a data block of the plurality of data blocks; to map the plurality of data blocks to a plurality of spatial streams by mapping the first symbol to a first data subcarrier in a first sub-band of a signal band in a first spatial stream of the plurality of spatial streams, and mapping the second symbol to a second data subcarrier in a second sub-band of the signal band in a second spatial stream of the plurality of spatial streams; and to transmit a Multi-In-Multi-Out (MIMO) transmission based on the plurality of spatial streams.
US10056957B2
A method provides mixed analog/digital beamforming by a transmitter in a mobile communication system. The method includes converting a modulation symbol into a parallel symbol stream, performing digital beamforming on the parallel symbol stream, performing an IFFT operation on the digital-beamformed parallel symbol stream to generate a time-domain symbol, converting the IFFT-operated time-domain symbol into a serial time-domain symbol, inserting a CP into the serial time-domain symbol, performing a DAC operation on the CP-inserted symbol to generate an analog signal, and performing analog beamforming by multiplying the analog signal by the analog beamforming precoder optimized for the first subcarrier transmitted through at least one RF channel.
US10056955B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a resource allocation method and apparatus, and relate to the communications field. On the premise of existing DMRS pilot overheads, an orthogonal DMRS design method for up to 24 data streams is implemented by means of new port mapping. The solution includes: determining, according to network configuration information, that a quantity of demodulation reference signal DMRS layers of a base station is N; and if 8
US10056953B2
Methods and arrangements in a communication system are described for Multi User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) signaling via Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) antennas between a base station and one of a plurality of mobile terminals supporting both Single User and Multi User Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (SU-MIMO and MU-MIMO) signaling modes. Switching between the modes is supported in the system and the modes have partly shared signaling. SU-MIMO mode signaling which is redundant for MU-MIMO mode signaling is identified. Data bits of the identified redundant signaling is re-interpreted or re-defined to comprise signaling information associated with MU-MIMO mode. The signaling information associated with MU-MIMO mode is signaled to the mobile terminal using the reinterpreted redundant bits.
US10056950B2
In a 3D MIMO scenario with 16 antenna ports, antenna ports can be extended in different directions because of different configuration manners of the antenna ports. An apparatus and method where different antenna port counting manners are determined in different configurations are provided, so that in different configurations, a matrix whose dimension is 8 and a matrix whose dimension is 2 are determined in a precoding codebook, and a value of a PMI is fed back to indicate a precoding matrix.
US10056931B2
Apparatus and methods for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications, and in particular for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. The apparatus comprises two remote antennas positioned in a vehicle and communicatively coupled by digital connectivity and a coordinator communicatively coupled to the two remote antennas and operative to synchronize operation of the two remote antennas.
US10056929B2
An antenna subsystem receives an analog desired signal, noise, and interference via a communication channel. The desired signal includes modulated encoded digital information. A local oscillator (LO) modulation subsystem generates a modulated LO. The LO modulation subsystem generates a modulated LO to maximize the symbol signal-to-noise ratio of the decoded digital information based on a plurality of: the desired signal, the interference and the noise expected in the communication channel, the characteristics of the converter, and the ability of the DSP to remove the Modulated LO from the converted signal. A mixer mixes the received signal and the modulated LO. A converter converts the mixed signal from analog to digital. A digital signal processor (DSP) removes the modulated LO and desired signal modulation, and decodes the desired signal encoded digital information.
US10056915B2
A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuit includes a first DAC that produces a first analog output signal based upon a received multi-bit digital signal and upon a received clock. A second DAC that produces a second analog output signal based upon the received multi-bit digital signal and upon the received clock, wherein the first and second DACs are connected in parallel and process the same multi-bit digital signal. In one embodiment, the DACs produce differential signals. A low pass filter connected to receive the first and second analog outputs is configured to sum the first and second analog outputs and to filter the summed first and second analog outputs to produce an ingoing analog signal. An amplifier is connected to receive the ingoing analog signal to produce an amplified ingoing analog signal.
US10056914B2
A flash analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes comparators that convert an analog input signal to a digital output signal. Offsets of these comparators introduce noise and can hurt the performance of the ADC. Thus, these comparators are calibrated using calibration codes. Conventional calibration methods determine these calibration codes by removing the ADC from an input signal. Otherwise, it is difficult to distinguish the noise from the signal in the calibration measurement. In contrast, an embodiment can determine the calibration codes while the ADC converts the input signal to a digital signal. Such an embodiment can be achieved by a frequency-domain technique. In an embodiment employing a frequency-domain power meter, an input signal can be removed from the power measurement. This removal enables accurate measurement of in-band noise without having the measurement be corrupted by input signal power.
US10056910B2
To provide an oscillation circuit device capable of when detecting an input reference signal and making a transition from a self-running state to a PLL operation, suppressing a fluctuation in the frequency of an output signal CLK to thereby obtain a smoothly-synchronized and stable output signal CLK. There is provided an oscillation circuit device which is adapted to configure a negative feedback circuit by a V/I conversion element to which one end of a filter circuit is connected, and a buffer circuit in a self-running state, and has a configuration which enables a capacitance in the filter circuit to be charged rapidly in such a manner that an output signal CLK can be started from a frequency equal to that in the self-running state immediately after a transition to a PLL operation.
US10056902B2
A memory control component outputs a memory write command to a memory IC and also outputs write data to be received via data inputs of the memory IC. Prior to reception of the write data within the memory IC, the memory control component asserts a termination control signal that causes the memory IC to apply to the data inputs a first on-die termination impedance during reception of the write data followed by a second on-die termination impedance after the write data has been received. The memory control component deasserts the termination control signal to cause the memory IC to apply no termination impedance to the data inputs.
US10056890B2
A clock divider includes, in part, a pair of counters and a programmable delay line. A first one of the counters operates at a first frequency and is configured to count using a first integer portion of the divisor. The second counter operates at a second frequency smaller than the first frequency and is configured to count using a second integer portion of the divisor. The programmable delay line includes, in part, a chain of delay elements configured to generate a multitude of delays of the output of the second counter. A multiplexer selects one of the generated delays in accordance with the fractional portion of the divisor. The second counter increases its count only when the first counter reaches a terminal count. The first and second integer portions are loaded respectively into the first and second counters when the second counter reaches its terminal count.
US10056888B2
An RF phase offset detection system, which includes a first RF phase detector and a second RF phase detector, and measures a first phase offset between a first RF signal and a second RF signal, is disclosed. Each of the first RF signal and the second RF signal has a common RF frequency. The first RF phase detector detects and filters the first RF signal and the second RF signal to provide a first detection signal. The second RF phase detector receives and phase-shifts the second RF signal to provide a phase-shifted RF signal. The second RF phase detector further detects and filters the first RF signal and the phase-shifted RF signal to provide a second detection signal, such that a combination of the first detection signal and the second detection signal is representative of the first phase offset.
US10056884B2
The present invention discloses a CNFET double-edge pulse JKL flip-flop, comprising a double-edge pulse signal generator, 31 CNFET tubes, 6 NTI gate circuits having the same circuit structure, 6 PTI gate circuits having the same circuit structure as well as the 1st and 2nd two-value inverters having the same circuit structure; it features in correct logic functions as well as high-speed and low power consumption.
US10056881B2
A charge sharing filter includes a rotating capacitor, and a plurality of elementary filters, each elementary filter comprising: an elementary switch coupled between a first node of the respective elementary filter and a second node of the respective elementary filter; and a history capacitor coupled to the first node of the respective elementary filter, wherein the second nodes of the plurality of elementary filters are interconnected with the rotating capacitor in one interconnecting node.
US10056877B2
The invention provides a microelectromechanical resonator device comprising a support structure and a resonator manufactured on a (100) or (110) semiconductor wafer, wherein the resonator is suspended to the support structure and comprises at least one beam being doped to a doping concentration of 1.1*1020 cm−3 or more with an n-type doping agent and is being capable of resonating in a length-extensional, flexural resonance or torsional mode upon suitable actuation. In particular, the doping concentration and angle of the beam are chosen so as to simultaneously produce zero or close to zero second order TCF, and even more preferably zero or close to zero first and second order TCFs, for the resonator in said resonance mode, thus providing a temperature stable resonator.
US10056875B1
A radio frequency front end of a user equipment for reducing power consumption includes a receive chain having a first low noise amplifier stage, a transmit chain including a first power amplifier stage, a transmit bypass path, a receive bypass path and a time division duplex switch. The transmit bypass path is selectively coupled to a transmit signal path at a first intermediate point of the transmit chain, prior to the first power amplifier stage. The receive bypass path is selectively coupled to a receive signal path at a first intermediate point of the receive chain after the first low noise amplifier stage. The time division duplex switch is selectively coupled to an antenna, the transmit bypass path, the receive bypass path, the first power amplifier stage and the first low noise amplifier stage.
US10056870B1
An apparatus includes an input transformer, an amplifier and an output transformer. The input transformer may be on a substrate and configured to convert an input signal into a differential input signal. The input signal may be a radio-frequency signal. The amplifier may be on the substrate and configured to generate a differential output signal in response to the differential input signal. The amplifier may be a balanced and distributed amplifier. The output transformer may be on the substrate and configured to convert the differential output signal into an output signal. Each of the input transformer and the output transformer may be a three line coupled balun transformer with a variable bandpass bandwidth.
US10056865B2
A semiconductor circuit includes a differential amplifier having a first positive terminal, a second positive terminal, a first negative terminal, a second negative terminal, and an output terminal. The output voltage is at a level that corresponds to a voltage level obtained by subtracting a voltage of the first negative terminal and the second negative terminal from a voltage sum of the first positive terminal and the second positive terminal. A first diode has a first anode connected to one of the first positive or the first negative terminal. A second diode has a second anode connected to the other of the first negative and first positive terminal. A predetermined reference voltage is applied to the second positive terminal. And a voltage corresponding to the output voltage of the differential amplifier is fed back to the second negative terminal.
US10056833B2
A voltage driver includes a voltage input and a voltage regulation controller with an on/off input. The voltage regulation controller is configured to control a switching converter in a first mode and a second mode. The switching converter is configured to operate as an open pass switch in the first mode and configured to operate as a closed pass switch in the second mode. The switching converter includes an inductive load control switch.
US10056827B2
One example discloses a switching capacitive power converter, SCPC, including: an energy storage element; a voltage reference controller, and configured to output an adjusted reference voltage based on a received fixed reference voltage; and a charge pumping circuit configured to operate the SCPC at a charge pumping frequency and configured to charge the energy storage element at the charge pumping frequency if an absolute value of the power converter's output voltage is below an absolute value of the adjusted reference voltage; wherein if the charge pumping frequency is within a predetermined frequency exclusion range, the voltage reference controller is configured to set the adjusted reference voltage to a value such that the charge pumping frequency is no longer within the predetermined frequency exclusion range.
US10056816B2
Aspects of the invention provide methods and systems for moving a plurality of movable stages relative to a stator. The stator comprises a plurality of coils shaped to provide pluralities of coil trace groups where each coil trace group comprises a corresponding plurality of generally linearly elongated coil traces which extend across a stator tile. Each movable stage comprises a plurality of magnet arrays. Methods and apparatus are provided for moving the movable stages relative to the stator, where a magnet array from a first movable stage and a magnet array from a second movable stage both overlap a shared group of coil traces. For at least a portion of the time that the magnet arrays from the first and second movable stages overlap the shared group of coil traces, currents are controllably driven in the shared coil trace group based on the positions of both the first and second movable stages. The positions of the first and second movable stages may be ascertained by feedback.
US10056783B2
An energy harvesting circuit for use with a logic circuit includes an induction coil positioned near conductive elements of the logic circuit and configured to extract energy from the magnetic fields produced by transient currents associated with state changes within the logic circuit.
US10056777B2
A plurality of drivers for driving corresponding differential data output signals are arranged in series such that a first current discharged by a first one of the drivers is recycled through remaining ones of the drivers.
US10056773B2
A battery package including a power storage portion; and a control device, where the control device determines if a first temperature of the power storage portion is higher than a predetermined temperature, and if the first temperature is higher than the predetermined temperature, discharges the power storage portion at a first discharge rate.
US10056772B2
Disclosed herein is a wireless charging device including a heat radiation panel having a radiation plate and a radiation fin protruding from an upper surface of the radiation plate; a core section arranged in a region other than the protruding radiation fin, the core section being made of a material having high permeability; and a coil section arranged on the core section so as to come into contact with the protruding radiation fin.
US10056765B2
The present invention relates to an electrical energy storage apparatus having a plurality of electrical storage cells connected in series and to an inductive balun for balancing the storage cell voltages, wherein the balun has a balancer transformer having separate single coils for the storage cells and has a respective electric switch for each storage cell. Provision is made in accordance with the invention that the coils of the balancer transformer are connected to a pole of the respective storage cell via a respective at least one inductance and a switch connected to the named inductance, with the switch associated with one respective storage cell being connected via a diode to a pole of a storage cell respective arranged upstream or downstream.
US10056760B2
The subject of the invention is an installation (10) able to be electrically autonomous comprising elements to be powered (12, 20) from among which: —a building (12) comprising at least one room delimited by at least one wall and one roof, and —an electricity distribution terminal (20), situated outside the building and comprising means of connection for the connection to at least one external electrical apparatus, the installation comprising means for powering the elements comprising: —means for generating energy (16) on the basis of a natural source, —means for storing energy (56), —means of interconnection (58, 62, 64) of the means of storage and/or of the means of generation to the elements to be powered, the installation also comprising: —means of measurement (72) of at least one parameter relating to the energy stored in at least one part of the energy storage means, and —means of control (66, 68, 67) of the means of interconnection as a function of the values obtained by the measurement means, so that if the energy stored in the at least one part of the storage means is less than a threshold value, the electrical powering of at least one of the elements (20) other than the building is prohibited.
US10056755B2
A multi-source energy storage system, it includes a first energy storage system, a second energy storage system, and a second DC/DC converter and controller and a method for supplying power to an electrical load from multiple energy storage systems. The first energy storage system can be coupled to an electrical load. The second DC/DC converter and controller can be coupled between at least one of the following: a second energy storage system and a first energy storage system or electrical load. The controller settings control the first and second energy storage systems and the second DC/DC converter runs in both precharge mode and normal mode. In the precharge mode, the first energy storage system charges the second energy storage system via the second DC/DC converter. In normal mode, the second energy storage is coupled to the electrical load via the second DC/DC converter.
US10056748B2
A support is provided for mounting an electrical box in an opening formed in a block. The support includes a planar body configured to be coupled to a first side wall of the electrical box. The body includes at least one side edge. The support further includes a flange coupled to the first side edge of the body and extends substantially perpendicular to a plane of the body. The flange is configured to contact an outer surface of the block and to orient an outer edge of the electrical box relative to the block. The support further includes a retention member that is coupled to the body. The retention member has an end. At least a portion of the retention member is movable from a first configuration to a second configuration in which the portion of the retention member is positioned away from the body and contacts the block.
US10056743B2
Cable processing equipment for removing a screening film from a screened multi-core round cable includes four knives radially movable relative to the cable for cutting into the screening film. In that case, each knife is associated with a cable core of the round cable. The knives have concavely formed cutting edges and guide elements, which guide elements have guide sections in which the cable cores encased by the screening film are receivable. The knives protrude relative to the guide elements in the region of the guide sections by a projection length. The guide sections have a concave circularly cylindrical shape and form a concave abutment surface for the cable cores.
US10056740B2
TA gas cooler for a medium voltage switchgear assembly with a gas compartment, having a housing with a hollow body for accommodating the heated gas, which flows through the medium voltage switchgear assembly and is heated by at least one heat-generating current conductor, wherein the hollow body of the housing is divided at least partly in several parallel hollow bodies, which are shaped as fins.
US10056733B1
A wavelength locker integrated with a silicon photonics transmission system comprising a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate and an input via a power tap coupler to receive a fraction of a transmission signal with one or more frequencies from a primary output path of the silicon photonics transmission system. The wavelength locker further includes a splitter configured to split the input to a first signal in a first path and a second signal in a second path and a first delay-line-interferometer (DLI) coupled to the second path to receive the second signal and configured to generate an interference spectrum and output at least two sub-spectrums tunable to keep quadrature points of the sub-spectrums at respective one or more target frequencies. The wavelength locker is configured to generate an error signal fed back to the silicon photonics transmission system for locking the one or more frequencies at the one or more target frequencies.
US10056725B1
A wire harness adapter for use with an automotive throttle body wire harness system, the wire harness adapter including six wires spanning between a pair of wire terminals positioned in different ones of a pair of connectors, one male and one female. Viewed from the connector side where the pins are inserted to contact the wire terminal ends, the female connector includes a wire orientation whereby the wires proceed in F, D, E, C, B, and A order relative to a conventional A, B, C, D, E, and F order. The opposing male connector includes a wire orientation of A, B, C, D, E, and F. In this manner, the novel wire harness adapter can be plugged into the vehicle's original wire harness via one connector, and into a separate electronic component such as an electronic throttle body via the other connector to permit customization and personalization of vehicle performance characteristics.
US10056721B2
The present invention relates to a power supply connection structure device, a manufacturing method thereof and a circuit connection method. The device, which is used to connect an electrical appliance to a power supply, includes a live wire and neutral wire connection unit and a control unit, the control unit is switched between an activation state and an idle state, when the control unit is in the idle state, the live wire and neutral wire connection unit is not connected to the power supply; and when the control unit is in the activation state, the control unit connects the live wire and neutral wire connection unit to the power supply, thus, by using the control unit, the power supply connection structure device is safe to use, is waterproof and prevents from electric shock. The control unit may include a push member located in a ground wire plughole and operable to turn on two micro-switches, one for the live terminal, the other one for the neutral terminal.
US10056711B1
A dustproof socket capable of stabilizing a plug of the present invention comprising a socket body, wherein a mounting cover is fixed on the socket body, and an opening is formed in the mounting cover; the two ends of the inner side of the opening are respectively provided with a sliding groove, and a baffle plate is slidably mounted in each sliding groove; when the baffle plate retracts into the sliding groove, the opening is opened, and when the baffle plate stretches out from the sliding groove, the opening is closed; an elastic reset mechanism is connected between the baffle plate and the mounting cover; the elastic reset mechanism is used for forcing the baffle plate to keep in a state of stretching out from the sliding groove.
US10056709B2
A rubber plug assembly 40 disclosed by this specification is provided with a rubber plug 50 including a rubber plug body portion 51 for waterproofing the interior of a housing 20, leg portions 52 being provided around the rubber plug body portion 51, peripheral walls 54 of recesses (through holes 53) provided in the leg portions 52 being continuous without interruption, a cover 70 to be fixed to the housing 20 while covering the rubber plug 50, and a rubber plug holder 60 including rubber plug fixing portions 64 disposed on a side opposite to the cover 70 with respect to the leg portions 52, projections 66 to be fit into the recesses from the side opposite to the cover 70 being provided on the rubber plug fixing portions 64, the rubber plug holder 60 being fixed to the cover 70 with movements of the leg portions 52 along the cover 70 suppressed by locking the projections 66 to the peripheral walls 54 of the recesses.
US10056701B2
Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of multiband WiFi directional antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a base plate, a plurality of vertically polarized antenna element modules on the base plate, and a plurality of horizontally polarized antenna element modules on the base plate. Each antenna element module includes a radiating element and a ground plane/reflector. The antenna may be operable within at least a first WiFi frequency range and a second WiFi frequency range different than the first WiFi frequency range.
US10056700B2
Disclosed is a circular array antenna. The circular array antenna includes: an input/output unit receiving electromagnetic waves from a transmitter and distributing the received electromagnetic waves to the antenna; a primary feeder connected with the input/output unit and placed at the center of the circular array antenna; a plurality of secondary feeders radially connected to the primary feeder; a plurality of patch units connected to the respective secondary feeders to generate an electric field radially; and a plurality of length controllers formed at terminals of the respective secondary feeders in a direction to extend the lengths of the respective secondary feeders, of which the lengths are controllable.
US10056695B2
An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from conductive housing structures running along the edges of a device. The antenna may have a pair of switchable return paths that bridge a slot between the antenna resonating element and an antenna ground. An adjustable component and a feed may be coupled in parallel across the slot. The adjustable component may switch a capacitor into use or out of use and the return paths may be selectively opened and closed to compensate for antenna loading due to the presence of external objects near the electronic device.
US10056693B2
A metallic shaping plate located in the interior housing of a wireless device is disclosed. The metallic shaping plate may influence a radiation pattern being generated by a horizontal antenna array. The result may be an increase in the gain of the array.
US10056691B2
The present invention relates to an integrated circuit package comprising at least one substrate, each substrate including at least one layer, at least one semiconductor die, at least one terminal, and an antenna located in the integrated circuit package, but not on said at least one semiconductor die. The conducting pattern comprises a curve having at least five sections or segments, at least three of the sections or segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna, each of the five sections or segments forming a pair of angles with each adjacent segment or section, wherein the smaller angle of each of the four pairs of angles between sections or segments is less than 180° (i.e., no pair of sections or segments define a longer straight segment), wherein at least two of the angles are less than 115°, wherein at least two of the angles are not equal, and wherein the curve fits inside a rectangular area the longest edge of which is shorter than one-fifth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna.
US10056683B2
A dielectric resonator antenna array system includes a first array of a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas arranged in a first orientation and that forms a first beam, and a second array of a plurality of dielectric resonator antennas arranged in a second orientation, that is different from the first orientation, and that forms a second beam. Further, a dielectric resonator antenna array system includes a first array of a first type of plurality of dielectric resonator antennas arranged in a predetermined orientation and that forms a first beam, and a second array of a second type of plurality of dielectric resonator antennas arranged in the predetermined orientation and that forms a second beam.
US10056682B2
A multi-band antenna includes at least one structure useable at multiple frequency ranges. The structure includes at least two levels of detail, with one level of detail making up another level of detail. The levels of detail are composed of closed plane figures bounded by the same number of sides. An interconnection circuit links the multi-band antenna to an input/output connector and incorporates adaptation networks, filters or diplexers. Each of the closed plane figures is linked to at least one other closed plane figure to exchange electromagnetic power. For at least 75% of the closed plane figures, the region or area of contact, intersection, or interconnection between the closed plane figures is less than 50% of their perimeter or area. Not all of the closed plane figures have the same size, and the perimeter of the structure has a different number of sides than its constituent closed plane figures.
US10056672B2
Embodiments include package structures having integrated waveguides to enable high data rate communication between package components. For example, a package structure includes a package substrate having an integrated waveguide, and first and second integrated circuit chips mounted to the package substrate. The first integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a first transmission line to waveguide transition, and the second integrated circuit chip is coupled to the integrated waveguide using a second transmission line to waveguide transition. The first and second integrated circuit chips are configured to communicate by transmitting signals using the integrated waveguide within the package carrier.
US10056669B2
A transmission line includes a dielectric base body including stacked dielectric layers. A first signal conductor, a second signal conductor, and a ground conductor are included inside the dielectric base body. The first signal conductor includes a first end portion signal conductor and a second end portion signal conductor, which are two end portions in a transmitting direction, and a signal conductor that defines and functions as a main conductor portion. A signal conductor of the second signal conductor and the main conductor portion are provided on different dielectric layers. The signal conductor of the second signal conductor and the signal conductor of the first signal conductor are formed on the same dielectric layer. The ground conductor has an increased width and is located between the signal conductor of the second signal conductor and the main conductor portion in a stacking direction.
US10056666B2
A filter apparatus includes a first conductive signal line configured to form a first radio frequency resonator; a second conductive signal line configured to form a second radio frequency resonator; a cross-coupling element comprising a first electrode arranged to couple capacitively to the first conductive signal line, a second electrode arranged to couple capacitively to the second conductive signal line, and an electrically conductive signal line coupling the first electrode to the second electrode. The cross-coupling element is bendable with respect to the first conductive signal line and the second conductive signal line to adjust the capacitive coupling.
US10056665B2
A resonator assembly comprising a resonant member within a conductive resonator cavity is disclosed. The resonant member extends from a first inner surface of the resonator cavity towards an opposing second inner surface. A main portion of the resonant member has a substantially constant first cross sectional area. A cap portion of the resonant member extending from the main portion towards the opposing second inner surface has a progressively increasing cross sectional area increasing from the first cross sectional area adjacent to the main portion to a larger cap cross sectional area at an end of the resonant member, the larger cap cross sectional area being at least 1.i times as large as the first cross sectional area. The resonant member may also have a flared section at the other end giving the resonant member an hour glass type shape.
US10056664B2
A tunable bandpass filter to provide a constant absolute bandwidth across the entire tuning range. The filter comprises of a plurality of tunable resonators, each having an enclosure. A resonating structure extending upwardly from the bottom surface of the enclosure and a tuning screw with a flat head extending downwardly from the top surface of the enclosure, wherein the resonating structure and the flat head of the screw face each other and form a gap. The height of the tuning screw can be adjusted to change the gap between the resonating structure and the flat head. The adjustable gap of the present filter allows for tunable filter operation.
US10056661B2
Positioned above the actual pointer head of the pointer-shaped feed element, through which the centre axis or swivel axis passes, is an additional capacitor coupling device or coupling disc that is arranged at a distance from said pointer head and is electrically isolated therefrom. This additional coupling device or disc is separated from the electrically conductive pointer head by a disc-shaped insulator which is inserted therebetween.
US10056660B2
A flexible electronic circuit includes a shape memory material disposed within a flexible dielectric material.
US10056654B2
Disclosed are an electrochemical energy store and a method for connecting cells of an electrochemical energy store. According to the invention, the following steps are carried out: determination of a first set-point for an output voltage of the energy store; determination of a first probability (Pon) for connecting a first cell, the first probability (Pon) pre-determining the connection of the first cell to the electrochemical energy store; definition of a first condition limit value and a second condition limit value for all cells of the electrochemical energy store; calculation of a first condition value for the first cell, and independently of the first probability (Pon), non-connection of the first cell to the electrochemical energy store at a first time, if the condition value lies below the first condition limit value.
US10056650B2
A lead-acid battery disclosed in the present specification includes: a container storing an element formed of a plurality of electrodes and an electrolyte solution; and a lid member fixed to an upper portion of the container. The lid member includes: a middle lid having a lid plate configured to seal an opening of the container; a cylindrical exhaust sleeve formed in a plateau portion formed on the lid plate in a penetrating manner and configured to discharge a gas generated in the container therethrough; and a recessed portion disposed adjacently to the exhaust sleeve and formed on a lower surface of the plateau portion in an upwardly recessed manner. The exhaust sleeve has a communication hole which communicates with the inside of the recessed portion and the inside of the exhaust sleeve.
US10056647B2
An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive, where the additive includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1. A rechargeable lithium battery including the electrolyte includes a positive electrode including a positive active material, a negative electrode including a negative active material, and the electrolyte.
US10056645B2
An electrolyte including a block copolymer having a first domain and a second domain covalently linked to the first domain, an ionic liquid, an oligomer, an inorganic particle, and a lithium salt, wherein the first domain includes an ion conductive polymer block, and the second domain includes a non-conducting polymer block.
US10056637B2
A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of fuel cells arranged in a stack configuration extending along a z-axis, wherein each fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly interposed between a pair of bipolar plates, and each membrane electrode assembly has a total active area measured in an x-y plane that is generally perpendicular to the z-axis. Each bipolar plate includes a plurality of common passages extending generally parallel to the z-axis. The total active area of each membrane electrode assembly includes a plurality of base active areas arranged co-planar in the x-y plane along an x-axis.
US10056631B2
A non-catalytic hydrogen generation process is provided that supplies hydrogen to a hydrodesulfurization unit and a solid oxide fuel cell system combination, suitable for auxiliary power unit application. The non-catalytic nature of the process enables use of sulfur containing feedstock for generating hydrogen which is needed to process the sulfur containing feed to specifications suitable for the solid oxide fuel cell. Also, the non-catalytic nature of the process with fast dynamic characteristics is specifically applicable for startup and shutdown purposes that are typically needed for mobile applications.
US10056626B2
A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell supplying electric power to a motor driving the vehicle, a pump supplying oxygen to the fuel cell, an accelerator position detection unit detecting an accelerator depression amount of the vehicle, and a control unit calculating electric power required to be generated by the fuel cell and electric power required for driving of the pump based on the accelerator depression amount and controlling the pump based on the electric power required for the driving, in which the control unit calculates the electric power required for the driving such that a rate of increase in the electric power required for the driving exceeds a rate of increase in the electric power required to be generated when the calculated electric power required to be generated increases.
US10056622B2
Disclosed is a nanotubular intermetallic compound catalyst for a positive electrode of a lithium air battery and a method of preparing the same. In particular, a porous nanotubular intermetallic compound is simply prepared using electrospinning in which a dual nozzle is used, and, by using the same as a catalyst, a lithium air battery having enhanced discharge capacity, charge/discharge efficiency and lifespan is provided.
US10056612B2
This invention provides lithium manganate which has a high output and is excellent in high-temperature stability. This invention relates to lithium manganate particles which are produced by mixing a lithium compound, a manganese compound, a Y compound and an A compound and then calcining the resulting mixture, and have a composition represented by the following chemical formula 1 and an average secondary particle diameter (D50) of 1 to 15 μm, in which Y is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al and Mg; A is a sintering aid element having a melting point of not higher than 850° C.; x and y satisfy 0.03≤x≤0.15 and 0≤y≤0.20, respectively; z is in the range of 0 to 2.5 mol % based on Mn, wherein the lithium manganate particles have a sulfur content of not more than 100 ppm. Li1+xMn2-x-yYyO4zA (Chemical Formula 1)
US10056611B2
The present disclosure provides a method for testing a cycle life of a positive electrode active material for a secondary battery capable of predicting and assessing a cycle life of a positive electrode active material with high accuracy and excellent reliability in a short period of time using a simple method.
US10056604B2
The present disclosure refers to a cathode material composite having improved conductivity, and a cathode and electrochemical device having the cathode material composite. In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a conductive polymer is positioned on the surface of a shell present in the form of a tetragonal structure in the lithium manganese oxide, thereby enhancing electrical conductivity to be highly involved in reaction around 3V, and providing a conductive path to improve the capacity, life and rate characteristics of an electrochemical device.
US10056603B2
Provided is a method of preparing a heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterial. The method includes preparing a dispersion solution by dispersing a carbon nanomaterial in a solvent, forming first droplets by spraying the dispersion solution via an ultrasonic spray nozzle, and forming second droplets including a heteroatom-doped carbon nanomaterial by supplying a gas to the first droplets to dope the first droplets with an element included in the gas.
US10056591B2
A method for producing a functional film is provided. In the method, a film is sequentially transferred through processing devices including a film inspection device. At least one expander roll is used for film transfer from a processing device to the film inspection device next to the processing device.
US10056588B2
In order to enable a connection between measuring points of an electro-chemical device and a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device to be easily and rapidly established, there is proposed a conduit system for connecting a plurality of voltage tapping points and/or temperature measuring points of an electro-chemical device to a monitoring unit of the electro-chemical device which comprises a plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines and a stiffening structure in which and/or on which the plurality of voltage tapping lines and/or temperature measuring lines are arranged at least in sections thereof.
US10056587B2
An assembled battery includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells in the same direction, positive electrode-side bus bars respectively connected to positive electrode tabs of the unit cells, and negative electrode-side bus bars respectively connected to negative electrode tabs of the unit cells. A positive electrode-side bus bar connected to a positive electrode tab of a first unit cell of adjacent unit cells in the cell stack, and a negative electrode-side bus bar connected to a negative electrode tab of a second unit cell, are connected to each other on one of the surfaces of the cell stack.
US10056584B2
A waterproof battery case comprises: a case body including a base and a top cover, wherein adjacent surfaces thereof are correspondingly formed with a flange and a recess in which an elastic sealing member is mounted, the base is formed with an accommodation space allowing at least one battery to be accommodated, a stepped engaging hole and a through hole are formed between the outer wall of the base and the accommodation space; an electrode plate set, including at least one anode contact and at least one cathode contact accommodated in the accommodation space; and a waterproof structure, including an elastic waterproof plug allowing two wires to be integrally embedded therein, wherein a plug head at one end thereof is formed with a neck part having the circumference formed with at least one convex rib, the other end thereof is formed with an engaging sheet sleeved with the engaging hole.
US10056583B1
Devices and techniques for an e-textile power module are described. A battery housing and a battery housing seat are provided. The battery housing seat includes four concentric circles alternating between insulating and conducting materials, a first trace electrically connecting the first inner circle to e-textile wiring through the fabric, a second trace electrically connecting the third inner circle to the e-textile wiring through the fabric, and a magnet. The battery housing includes a conductive ring, an insulating layer with a lumen arranged to permit contact of a first battery terminal of a battery via the lumen and a second lumen of the conductive ring, and a conductive cap. The4 conductive cap is arranged to engage to the conductive ring to hold the battery against the insulating layer against the conductive ring and electrically connect to a second terminal of the battery when the battery is placed within the battery housing.
US10056580B2
A rechargeable battery includes an electrode assembly comprising electrodes having coated and uncoated regions, being located on opposite sides of a separator and spirally wound together with the separator; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; an insulating plate on the electrode assembly and having a protruding portion and internal terminal holes; and a cap plate sealing the case and having terminal holes, wherein each of the electrode terminals passes through a respective one of the internal terminal holes to protrude from that terminal hole.
US10056576B2
An organic light-emitting device and a method for producing an organic light-emitting device are disclosed. In an embodiment, the OLED includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, at least one first organic functional layer stack disposed on the first electrode, the first organic functional layer stack configured to emit radiation in a first wavelength range, a second electrode disposed on the first organic functional layer stack and a filter layer arranged in a beam path of the first organic functional layer stack, wherein the first wavelength range comprises a low-energy sub-range and a high-energy sub-range and wherein the filter layer comprises an absorption range containing the low-energy or the high-energy sub-range of the first wavelength range.
US10056575B2
A flexible display apparatus, an organic light emitting display apparatus, and a mother substrate for flexible display apparatus that have improved durability and image quality. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a display region that is defined on the flexible substrate and that comprises a pixel unit and a circuit unit, a pad unit that is formed adjacent to the display region, and a deformation prevention unit that is disposed around the display region, that is separated from the pad unit, and that comprises a material having a greater rigidity than that of the flexible substrate.
US10056572B2
The present specification relates to an organic light emitting device.
US10056569B2
Provided is a display apparatus which may reduce or minimize the occurrence of a defect due to an external shock while improving an expected lifespan thereof. The display apparatus includes a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, and being configured to be bent around a bending axis extending in a first direction, an inorganic insulating portion on the bending area, having a width along an edge of the substrate, and including a plurality of dams defining a plurality of grooves, and a first organic layer on the bending area, and partially overlapping the inorganic insulating portion to cover at least some of the dams.
US10056565B2
Iridium complexes comprising a tetradentate ligand and two monodentate ligands, devices containing the same and formulations containing the same are described. The iriium complexes can have a structure according to Formula (I) or Formula (II) or Formula (III) where the iridium complex includes: a tetradentate ligand coordinated to an iridium core by coordinating atoms XI, X2, X3 and X4; a first monodentate ligand coordinated to the iridium core by coordinating atom Y1; and a second monodentate ligand coordinated to the iridium core by coordinating atom Y2, wherein X1, X2, X3 and X4 are independently selected from the group consisting of an anionic coordinating atom and a neutral coordinating atom, wherein Y1 and Y2 are independently selected from the group consisting of an anionic coordinating atom and a neutral coordinating atom, and A is a linker.
US10056553B2
A quaternized tetrazine-based donor-acceptor (D-A) copolymer is disclosed.
US10056548B2
The invention concerns polymers, electroluminescence devices, compositions and their use.
US10056535B2
A light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting chip, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The light emitting chip includes a first and a second semiconductor layers. The first semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The second semiconductor layer is stacked on the first semiconductor layer and forms a light emitting junction with the first semiconductor layer. The first electrode connects to the first semiconductor layer and the second electrode connects to the second semiconductor layer. The light emitting device may further include a transparent layer that is disposed on the substrate and surrounds and contacts the lateral of the light emitting chip. A refraction index of the transparent layer is between a refraction index of the light emitting chip and that of a vacuum. The first electrode may penetrate the second semiconductor layer to connect to the first semiconductor.
US10056534B2
Disclosed is a method of coating a conductive substrate with an adhesive, wherein the amounts and positions of conductive and non-conductive adhesives for bonding a plurality of circuit elements to the conductive substrate are set, thus preventing the spread of the adhesive from causing defects, including a poor aesthetic appearance, low electrical conductivity, and short circuits.
US10056526B2
The light extraction efficiency of a deep ultraviolet LED is increased. The deep ultraviolet LED has a design wavelength λ, and includes, sequentially arranged from a side opposite to a substrate, a reflecting electrode layer, a metal layer, a p-GaN contact layer, a p-AlGaN layer that is transparent to light with the wavelength λ, one of a multi-quantum barrier layer or an electron blocking layer, a barrier layer, and a quantum well layer. A thickness of the p-AlGaN layer is less than or equal to 100 nm. A reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure having a plurality of voids is provided in a region in a thickness direction including at least an interface between the p-GaN contact layer and the p-AlGaN layer such that the reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure does not extend beyond the p-AlGaN layer in a direction of the substrate. Maximum light extraction efficiency is obtained when a distance from end faces of the voids in the direction of the substrate to the quantum well layer is greater than or equal to a total thickness of the barrier layer and the multi-quantum barrier layer (or the electron blocking layer) and less than or equal to 80 nm, and a depth h of each void is less than or equal to a total thickness of the p-AlGaN layer and the p-GaN contact layer. The reflecting photonic crystal periodic structure has a photonic band gap that opens for TE polarized components. A period a of the photonic crystal periodic structure satisfies a Bragg condition with respect to light with the design wavelength λ. An order m in a formula of the Bragg condition satisfies 1≤m≤5. Provided that a radius of each void is R, R/a with which the photonic band gap becomes maximum is satisfied.
US10056521B2
Provided are novel interconnect wire network assemblies and methods of fabricating thereof. An assembly may include conductive portions/individual wires that, in certain embodiments, are substantially parallel to each other. The assembly also includes two or more carrier films (i.e., the front side and back side films) attached to opposite sides of the wires. The films are typically attached along the wire ends. The films are made from electrically insulating materials and at least the front side film is substantially transparent. The front side film is used to attach the wires to a photovoltaic surface of one cell, while the back side film is used for attachment to a substrate surface of another cell. These attachments electrically interconnect the two cells in series. In certain embodiments, one or both carrier films extend beyond two end wires and form insulated portions that allow much closer arrangements of the cells in a module.
US10056512B2
Disclosed is a method of forming a chalcogen compound thin film suitable for use in a light-absorption layer of a solar cell. The method includes manufacturing a precursor liquid including an Sn precursor material and an S precursor material, applying the precursor liquid to form a precursor film, and heat-treating the precursor film. The Sn precursor material and the S precursor material are liquid materials. The present invention provides a method of forming a chalcogen compound thin film using a liquid precursor material without a sulfurization process, thereby forming a high-quality SnS thin film at low cost using a process which is suitable for mass production. Further, the light-absorption layer is formed using a process which is suitable for mass production, thus enabling the manufacture of a solar cell including the chalcogen compound thin film at low cost.
US10056510B2
A photovoltaic device includes a substrate having a plurality of hole shapes formed therein. The plurality of hole shapes each have a hole opening extending from a first surface and narrowing with depth into the substrate. The plurality of hole shapes form a hole pattern on the first surface, and the hole pattern includes flat areas separating the hole shapes on the first surface. A photovoltaic device stack is formed on the first surface and extends into the hole shapes. Methods are also provided.
US10056506B2
A solar cell can include a substrate and a semiconductor region disposed in or above the substrate. The solar cell can also include a conductive contact disposed on the semiconductor region with the conductive contact including a paste, a first metal, and a first conductive portion that includes a conductive alloy formed from the first metal at an interface of the substrate and the semiconductor region.
US10056498B2
A semiconductor device including a field effect transistor (FET) device includes a substrate and a channel structure formed of a two-dimensional (2D) material. An interfacial layer is formed on the channel structure. A gate stack including a gate electrode layer and a gate dielectric layer is formed over the interfacial layer. Source and drain contacts are formed over openings in the interfacial layer. The source and drain contacts have a side contact with the interfacial layer and a side contact and a surface contact with the channel structure.
US10056495B2
The purpose of the invention is to eliminate an abnormal current at an edge of a semiconductor layer in a thin film transistor. The invention is: A thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer comprising: a channel, a drain and a source are formed in the semiconductor layer, the channel has a channel length and a channel width, a LDD (Light Doped Drain) is formed between the channel and the drain or between the channel and the source, the LDD including a first LDD area, which is formed at a center of the LDD in the direction of the channel width, and a second LDD area, which is formed at an edge of the LDD in the direction of the channel width, wherein a width of the second LDD area in the channel length direction is bigger than a width of the first LDD area in the channel length direction.
US10056486B2
Methods to reduce a width of a channel region of Si fins and the resulting devices are disclosed. Embodiments include forming a Si fin in a Si layer; forming a channel region over the Si fin including a dummy gate with a spacer on each side; forming S/D regions at opposite ends of the Si fin; removing the dummy gate, forming a cavity; thinning sidewalls of the Si fin; and forming a high-k/metal gate in the cavity.
US10056484B2
Low temperature epitaxial silicon deposition for forming the top source or drain regions of VTFET structures. The methods generally include epitaxially growing a silicon layer with a dopant at a temperature less 500° C. on a first surface and an additional surface to form a single crystalline silicon on the first surface and a polysilicon or amorphous silicon on the additional surface. The epitaxially grown silicon layer is then exposed to an etchant include HCl and germane at a temperature less than 500° C. for a period of time effective to selectively remove the polysilicon/amorphous silicon on the additional surface and form a germanium diffused region on and in an outer surface of the single crystalline silicon formed on the first surface.
US10056480B2
A high-side device includes: a substrate, an epitaxial layer, a high voltage well, a body region, a gate, a source, a drain, and a buried region. A channel junction is formed between the body region and the high voltage well. The buried region is formed in the substrate and the epitaxial layer, and in a vertical direction, a part of the buried region is located in the substrate and another part of the buried region is located in the epitaxial layer. In the channel direction, an inner side boundary of the buried region is between the drain and the channel junction. An impurity concentration of a second conductive type of the buried region is sufficient to prevent the high voltage well between the channel junction and the drain from being completely depleted when the high-side power device operates in a conductive operation. A corresponding manufacturing method is also disclosed.
US10056478B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductive substrate. A donor-supply layer is over the semiconductive substrate. The donor-supply layer includes a top surface. A gate structure, a drain, and a source are over the donor-supply layer. A passivation layer covers conformally over the gate structure and the donor-supply layer. A gate electrode is over the gate structure. A field plate is disposed on the passivation layer between the gate electrode and the drain. The field plate includes a bottom edge. The gate electrode having a first edge in proximity to the field plate, the field plate comprising a second edge facing the first edge, a horizontal distance between the first edge and the second edge is in a range of from about 0.05 to about 0.5 micrometers.
US10056477B1
A nitride heterojunction bipolar transistor with one or more polarization-assisted alloy hole-doped short-period superlattice layers are described herein. The transistor may comprise a substrate, a sub-collector region coupled to the substrate, a collector region coupled to the sub-collector portion, a base portion region to the collector portion, and a short-period superlattice (SPSL) emitter region coupled to the base portion. The SPSL emitter includes a plurality of first emitter layers and a plurality of second emitter layers that are alternating layers that form the SPSL emitter. The first emitter layers have a lower bandgap than the second emitter layers, and the vertical transport through the SPSL emitter region occurs via quantum tunneling. Other embodiments are also described.
US10056470B2
A method for manufacturing a transistor is provided, the transistor including a gate disposed above an underlying layer of a semiconductor material, the gate including at least one first flank and at least one second flank, and a gate foot disposed under the gate in the underlying layer and protruding relative to a peripheral portion of the underlying layer, the peripheral portion surrounding the gate foot; and the method including forming a selectivity layer obtained from an original layer and disposed only above the peripheral portion of the underlying layer, and selective etching, with respect to the selectivity layer, of the material of the original layer so as to etch the gate foot.
US10056462B2
The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor layer having a surface, and an interlayer dielectric (ILD) defining a metal gate over the surface of the semiconductor layer. The metal gate includes a high-k dielectric layer, a capping layer, and a work function metal layer. A thickness of the capping layer sidewall distal to a corner of the capping layer, is substantially thinner than a thickness which is around center of the capping layer bottom. The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure. The method includes forming a metal gate recess, forming a high-k dielectric layer, forming a first capping layer, forming a second capping layer on the first capping layer, removing or thinning down the first capping layer sidewall, and removing the second capping layer.
US10056459B2
A semiconductor arrangement comprising a substrate having a first trench formed therein, a field plate layer arranged to extend within the first trench and coat the first trench, the field plate layer having a thickness such that it defines a second trench within the first trench, a barrier layer arranged to coat an internal surface of the second trench; and a trench fill material configured to substantially planarize the first and second trenches.
US10056449B2
Proton irradiation is performed a plurality of times from rear surface of an n-type semiconductor substrate, which is an n− drift layer, forming an n-type FS layer having lower resistance than the n-type semiconductor substrate in the rear surface of the n− drift layer. When the proton irradiation is performed a plurality of times, the next proton irradiation is performed to as to compensate for a reduction in mobility due to disorder which remains after the previous proton irradiation. In this case, the second or subsequent proton irradiation is performed at the position of the disorder which is formed by the previous proton irradiation. In this way, even after proton irradiation and a heat treatment, the disorder is reduced and it is possible to prevent deterioration of characteristics, such as increase in leakage current. It is possible to form an n-type FS layer including a high-concentration hydrogen-related donor layer.
US10056443B2
An electronic device may have a flexible portion that allows the device to be folded. The device may have a flexible display. The flexible display may have edge portions that are joined along a flexible middle portion. The flexible middle portion may overlap a bend axis and may be bent about the bend axis. Flexibility enhancement regions may be formed in a backing layer, polarizer layer, organic-light-emitting display layer, and other display layers to enhance flexibility for the middle portion. The device may have a display with a flexible tail that is bent about a bend axis. Metal trace on the flexible display may include metal trace strips that serve as power lines. Flexibility enhancement regions such as slot-shaped openings or other openings may be formed in the metal trace strips to enhance flexibility.
US10056439B2
An image capturing apparatus including a sensor, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and a collimator is provided. The OLED display panel is disposed on an image capturing side of the sensor. The collimator is disposed between the OLED display panel and the sensor. The collimator includes a plurality of collimating devices overlapped with each other. Each of the collimating devices includes a transparent substrate and a light absorbing layer disposed on the transparent substrate. The light absorbing layer includes a plurality of light passing openings, and the light passing openings expose sensing areas of the sensor.
US10056438B2
A stacked body including an organic film stacked on and in contact with an inorganic substrate, a wiring pattern, a first resin layer, a light-emitting element layer, and a second resin layer is prepared. The inorganic substrate is detached from the organic film. The stacked body from which the inorganic substrate is detached, an anisotropic conductive layer containing conductive particles having a diameter larger than the thickness of the organic film, and a wiring terminal of a flexible wiring board are disposed on top one another. The stacked body, the anisotropic conductive layer, and the flexible wiring board disposed are thermocompression bonded to cause the conductive particles to enter the organic film, and the wiring pattern and the wiring terminal are electrically connected by means of the conductive particles.
US10056428B2
A semiconductor wafer has a plurality of non-rectangular semiconductor die with an image sensor region. The non-rectangular semiconductor die has a circular, elliptical, and shape with non-linear side edges form factor. The semiconductor wafer is singulated with plasma etching to separate the non-rectangular semiconductor die. A curved surface is formed in the image sensor region of the non-rectangular semiconductor die. The non-rectangular form factor effectively removes a portion of the base substrate material in a peripheral region of the semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling in the curved surface of the image sensor region. A plurality of openings or perforations can be formed in a peripheral region of a rectangular or non-rectangular semiconductor die to reduce stress concentration areas and neutralize buckling. A second semiconductor die can be formed in an area of the semiconductor wafer between the non-rectangular semiconductor die.
US10056425B2
Disclosed herein is a method of making an apparatus suitable for detecting x-ray, the method comprising: attaching a chip comprising an X-ray absorption layer to a surface of a substrate, wherein the surface is electrically conductive; thinning the chip; forming an electrical contact in the chip; bonding an electronic layer to the chip such that the electrical contact of the chip is electrically connected to an electrical contact of the electronic layer.
US10056422B2
An apparatus is described that includes a first semiconductor chip having a first pixel array. The first pixel array has visible light sensitive pixels. The apparatus includes a second semiconductor chip having a second pixel array. The first semiconductor chip is stacked on the second semiconductor chip such that the second pixel array resides beneath the first pixel array. The second pixel array has IR light sensitive pixels for time-of-flight based depth detection.
US10056410B2
A method for manufacturing an array substrate, and an array substrate, a display panel and a display device are provided. The method may include: forming, on one side of a substrate, a gate electrode layer, a gate insulation layer and a semiconductor layer, wherein the gate electrode layer has a same pattern as the semiconductor layer; forming an etching stop layer on the semiconductor layer; forming a first, second hole and third through holes by patterning the etching stop layer; forming a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer on the etching stop layer, wherein the source electrode layer is electrically connected with the semiconductor layer via the first through hole, and the drain electrode layer is electrically connected with the semiconductor layer via the second through hole; forming an active layer by etching the semiconductor layer at the location corresponding to the third through hole.
US10056408B2
A method for fabricating a FinFET device includes forming a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate having a semiconductor layer overlaying a buried oxide (BOX) layer; etching the semiconductor layer to form a plurality of fin structures and a semiconductor layer gap in between the plurality of fin structures and the BOX layer; depositing a sacrificial gate over at least one gate region, wherein the gate region separates a source and a drain region; disposing offset spacers on vertical sidewalls of the sacrificial gate; removing the sacrificial gate; removing the semiconductor layer gap in the gate region to prevent merging of the plurality of fin structures in the gate regions; and fabricating a high-k dielectric metal gate structure overlaying the fin structures in the gate region.
