US10102837B1
An electronic piano including a plurality of keys and a sound source device (sound emission section) that emits a sound by pressing down the key, is provided with a resonance circuit that stereo-inputs a sound source from the sound source device corresponding to the each key, a plurality of resonance circuit groups that execute a stereo mix process with the plurality of resonance circuits being made one group, and delay circuits that provide a time difference to each stereo output from the each resonance circuit group, and outputs of the respective delay circuits are synthesized to obtain a stereo output.
US10102828B2
There is provided a multimedia computing apparatus for processing and displaying video data with overlay graphic data, said multimedia computing apparatus comprising a compression unit arranged to compress graphic overlay data prior to storage of said compressed overlay graphic data in a compressed display buffer, and a control unit arranged to determine when to compress the overlay graphic data dependent upon a refresh parameter of the overlay graphic data. There is also provided a method of adaptively compressing graphics data in a multimedia computing system comprising dynamically controlling compression of graphic overlay data in a display buffer dependent upon a refresh parameter of the graphic overlay data.
US10102825B2
Provided are a method and a program for image processing to output intended information from image data of an arbitrary frame, directly utilizing an image displayed in imaging software such as a browser used in a computer or the like. The method for processing an image within a display screen includes the steps of: setting one or more arbitrary set areas on a display screen; sequentially transferring pieces of image data for the set areas to a memory; performing intended determination by data processing to the pieces of image data in the memory; and externally outputting a result of the determination. The result of the determination may be output as information based on software, as an electric signal to one of a serial port and a parallel port, or to a network, in a form of one of e-mail, information data, and image data. Further, a name may be individually assigned to each of the one or more areas on the display screen, and different image data processing may be performed to the plurality of set areas.
US10102815B2
An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The image frames may be displayed with positive and negative polarities to help reduce charge accumulation effects. A charge accumulation tracker may analyze the image frames to determine when there is a risk of excess charge accumulation. The charge accumulation tracker may analyze information on gray levels, frame duration, and frame polarity. The charge accumulation tracker may compute a charge accumulation metric for entire image frames or may process subregions of each frame separately. When subregions are processed separately, each subregion may be individually monitored for a risk of excess charge accumulation.
US10102805B2
A driving circuit for a full-color OLED pixel and a driving method of the driving circuit. The full-color OLED pixel comprises at least two color thin film layers stacked (Color1, Color2, Color3) and insulating layers (Ins1, Ins2) arranged between any two adjacent thin film layers. The driving circuit comprises at least two driving sub-circuits, the at least two driving sub-circuits share a data line (DATA) and a light-emitting control terminal (EM), and each of the driving sub-circuits is connected to a scanning control terminal corresponding thereto (SCAN1, SCAN2, SCAN3) and is configured to drive the color thin film layer corresponding thereto. The at least two driving sub-circuits read data signals on the data line in sequence under the control of the respective scanning control terminals, and drive the respective color thin film layers to emit light concurrently under the control of the light-emitting control terminal. Full-color display of the full-color OLED pixel is achieved by reading in sequence corresponding data signals for the at least two color thin film layers stacked and controlling the at least two color thin film layers to emit light concurrently.
US10102802B2
An organic light-emitting display device including a display panel, a power supply, a selective driver and a gamma change driver is disclosed. The display panel includes sub-pixels. The power supply is configured to output a drive voltage for driving the sub-pixels. The selective driver is configured to generate a control signal to enable selective drive between first and second driving schemes for a drive transistor in each sub-pixel, wherein the first and second schemes employ saturation and linear regions of the drive voltage curve respectively. The gamma change driver is configured to change a gamma based on the driving scheme selected by the selective driver.
US10102798B2
The disclosure provides a detection circuit, a detection method and a drive system. The detection circuit comprises a switching unit, a reset unit and a comparison unit. The switching unit is used for switching the operations of the reset unit and the comparison unit. The reset unit is used for resetting the acquisition unit before the acquisition unit begins acquisition. The comparison unit is used for comparing a signal acquired by the acquisition unit with a standard signal to obtain a characterization quantity of the to-be-detected voltage.
US10102790B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device including: a substrate having a rounded corner; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate; and a light blocking member disposed on a corner of the substrate and overlapping at least part of a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, the first pixel disposed at the rounded corner, wherein the first pixel is configured to generate a lower luminance, the lower luminance referring to a luminance lower than a normal luminance.
US10102787B2
Disclosed is an image signal processing apparatus with a function to display an image signal and a luminance waveform representing a relationship between a luminance level and a position in the image signal. The apparatus displays the image signal such that a predetermined color is applied to an area whose luminance level falls within a preset luminance level range. On the other hand, the luminance waveform of the image signal is displayed such that a color corresponding to the predetermined color is applied to an area corresponding to the luminance level range.
US10102784B2
The present invention provides a K value detection method of an OLED drive thin film transistor. The method sets the data signal to provide two different data voltages to make the drive thin film transistor form two different gate-source voltages, and then the currents flowing through the drive thin film transistor under the two different gate-source voltages are detected by the external detection process circuit, and the central process unit calculates and obtains the threshold voltage of the OLED drive thin film transistor according to the two gate-source voltages, the two current data and the formula based on the current formula for the driving thin film transistor. The present invention can accurately acquires the K value of the drive thin film transistor of each pixel in the OLED display element to improve the K value compensation result of the OLED drive thin film transistor for promoting the OLED display quality.
US10102773B2
An aviation performance evaluation methodology that can be implemented in various ways depending on the applications of interest. Baseline standards for expected performance are stored in one or more databases. One database may contain performance parameters and another database may contain baseline standards such as expert gaze data. Real-time actual performance data is acquired using an eye tracker system comprising at least one video camera, at least one infrared light source, and a computer system which receives image data from the video camera(s). More specifically, the actual and expected performance data are input to a computer system that is programmed to analyze the actual performance based on a comparison of the actual and expected performance data. Based on the results of the comparative analysis, context-adjusted inferences can be made regarding performance, adopted strategies, gaze scan quality, alertness or distraction, situational awareness, and workload.
US10102771B2
A method and a device for learning a language and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes following steps. An input voice from a voice receiver is transformed into an input sentence according to a grammar rule. Whether the input sentence is the same as a learning sentence displayed on a display is determined. If the input sentence is different from the learning sentence, an ancillary information containing at least one error word in the input sentence that is different from the learning sentence is generated.
US10102766B2
A portable information processing apparatus, comprising: an execution part which executes an application of a test; an input part which inputs answer data of an examinee of the test; a storage part which stores the answer data in association with identification information of the examinee; and a sending part which sends the identification information and the answer data stored in the storage part to a server during the test or after completion of the test.
US10102760B1
This disclosure is directed to a system includes a receiver configured to receive audio data from a vehicle. In some examples, the system includes processing circuitry configured to determine an expected maneuver for the vehicle based on the audio data. In some examples, the processing circuitry is further configured to determine whether to output an alert based on the expected maneuver determined from the audio data.
US10102756B2
Systems and methods of an in-cockpit flight trajectory modification system for an aircraft are provided. A receiver is capable of receiving flight-related hazard information. A traffic aware planner (TAP) module is operably connected to the receiver to receive the flight-related hazard information. A user interface device is operably connected to the TAP module on board the aircraft to provide trajectory information associated with the aircraft and to receive user input corresponding to a request for a revised trajectory. A TAP application is capable of calculating one or more revised trajectories for the aircraft based at least on active trajectory information of the aircraft and the flight-related hazard information. The user interface device may be configured to display information related to the one or more revised trajectories, including a graphic display of the active trajectory and at least one revised trajectory in a visualization panel of the user interface device.
US10102750B2
An object path prediction method, apparatus, and program and an automatic operation system that can secure safety even in situations that can actually occur are provided. For this purpose, a computer having a storage unit that stores the position of an object and the internal state including the speed of the object reads the position and internal state of the object from the storage unit, generates trajectories in a space-time consisting of time and space from changes of the positions that can be taken by the object with the passage of time based on the read position and internal state of the object, and predicts probabilistically paths of the object by using the generated trajectories.
US10102749B1
The present disclosure relates to a locating system and method for use generally by vehicle dealerships to locate vehicle keys that have been misplaced or lost. The system includes a key or key fob having a built-in communication device. When the key is lost, the communication device of the missing key fob is configured to sync-up to a nearby transceiver located in any one of several possible vehicles in a parking lot. Each vehicle would include a location device, such as one with GPS tracking capability, which is connected to a central processor. Once the key fob is synced with a target vehicle, the location of the target vehicle and therefore, the associated key fob, is transmitted back to the central processor. The location of the vehicle is subsequently transmitted to a to a mobile communication device capable of displaying the location of the vehicle and key fob.
US10102744B2
A computing system for predictive traffic management using virtual lanes. In an embodiment, the system dynamically monitors and collects traffic conditions in real time, performs analytics on the collected traffic data, utilizes a neural network or other self-learning computer to assist in predictive traffic modeling, and interfaces with a public transfer system to provide an allocation/reallocation of lanes available for traffic use to optimize traffic flow and/or control traffic signals, and can provide vehicles (human driver or driverless/self-driving) with real time optimal route guidance, including use of alternate routes and a holographic image that shows and may also provide audio indications of lane allocation.
US10102743B2
A system that receives and analyzes a connected vehicle's safety feature activation and the location of activation on a road to determine if a hazard condition exist and providing an alert on a subscriber's vehicle or wireless device. Weather information for the location of the activation, highway engineering information for the location of the activation and other connected vehicles' safety feature activation at the location are also considered in the determination if the hazardous condition exists on the road. The hazardous condition alert can also be sent to the highway transportation department so that the hazardous condition can be mitigated.
US10102742B2
A control device may be configured to control one or more electrical loads in a load control system. The control device may be a wall-mounted device such as dimmer switch, a remote control device, or a retrofit remote control device. The control device may include a gesture-based user interface for applying advanced control over the one or more electrical loads. The types of control may include absolute and relative control, intensity and color control, preset, zone, or operational mode selection, etc. Feedback may be provided on the control device regarding a status of the one or more electrical loads or the control device.
US10102737B2
A method of identifying incidents using mobile devices can include receiving a communication from each of a plurality of mobile devices. Each communication can specify information about a detected sound. Spatial and temporal information can be identified from each communication as well as an indication of a sound signature matching the detected sound. The communications can be compared with a policy specifying spatial and temporal requirements relating to the sound signature indicated by the communications. A notification can be selectively sent according to the comparison.
US10102731B1
Multiple drowning alert methods monitor a three-dimensional space to determine if a person is drowning or an unattended child is present within the three-dimensional space and initiate alarms, notifications, and safety devices.
US10102726B2
A method and system for avoiding haptic effects conflict is presented. A haptic enabled device configured to generate haptic effects associated with a first signature is used by a user. The system detects an additional source of haptic effects and determines a second signature associated with the haptic effects produced by the source. The system determines a preferred set of haptic configurations and modifies either the first or second signature based on the preferred set of haptic configurations to achieve a minimal conflict between the first and second signatures.
US10102725B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for converting a control track designed for use with a number and/or type of haptic output devices to be used with other numbers and/or types of haptic output devices. For example, a computing device may convert the control track into another control track that can be applied to other types and/or numbers of haptic output devices. The converted control track may be compatible for use with a smartphone or other system that includes a different number and/or type of haptic feedback devices than the system for which the haptic track was originally designed. In this manner, the user of the smartphone or other system may experience haptic feedback using a device that is different from another haptic feedback system for which the control track was originally designed for use. The conversion may occur locally at the smartphone or other system and/or remotely at another device.
US10102722B2
A wearable haptics-enabled apparatus comprises a wearable article comprising an actuator and an input device. A controller is electrically connected to the actuator and the input device. The controller is configured to selectively transmit operation and haptic drive signals to the actuator, and to generate the haptic drive signal upon receiving an input signal from the input device. The haptic drive signal embodies a message. A method of delivering haptic feedback through a wearable article comprises: selectively generating a non-haptic drive signal and applying the non-haptic drive signal to an actuator; and selectively generating a haptic drive signal and applying the haptic drive signal to the actuator.
US10102720B2
A vehicle alarming method includes measuring a pressure value of a vehicle through a pressure sensor, detecting whether a paired terminal corresponding to the vehicle is within a preset distance range when the pressure value of the vehicle is reduced to a preset pressure range, and performing alarming when the paired terminal is not detected.
US10102718B2
In one embodiment, a payment processor has a processor which configured to controls checkout processing. The checkout processing includes payment processing of a product. An electronic tag is attached to the product, and stores tag data. The processor executes data-change processing to write readout-completed data in an electronic tag identified by the tag data stored in the memory after the payment processing of the product. The readout-completed data shows that the tag reader has read the electronic tag.
US10102708B2
A gaming machine comprising a processor to execute a game displaying a matrix of symbol containing elements having a plurality of rows and a plurality columns; at least one column comprising a portion of a simulated rotatable reel of a plurality of said symbol containing elements; said simulated rotatable reel comprising sections of symbol containing elements displaying a plurality of symbols; said simulated rotatable reel including at least one section in which a consecutive run of two or more of said elements is populated by a first identical symbol so that, said first identical symbol being used for a first play of said game, a second identical symbol being randomly selected, the first identical symbol being replaced by the second identical symbol in said consecutive run of two or more of said elements, said second identical symbol being used for a second play of said game.
US10102705B2
An article dispensing apparatus capable of dispensing repeatedly the lowest-positioned article from a stack of articles while keeping the second lowest-positioned article in a stable situation is provided. A retainer for retaining the stack of articles is formed in a storing space of a storing section. In a dispensing section for dispensing the lowest-positioned article from the stack through the dispensing opening, a pusher includes an article placement portion on which the remainder of the articles is placed after the lowest-positioned article is dispensed from the stack. During the dispensing operation, the remainder of the articles is received temporarily on the article placement portion of the pusher in such a way that a lowest-positioned article of the remainder (i.e., the second lowest-positioned article in the stack) keeps its ordinary attitude in the storing space.
US10102690B2
An engine diagnostic system includes an engine and a control system having a controller operatively connected to the engine. A monitoring system has a measurement device operatively connected to the engine. A diagnostic system is operatively connected to the engine. A communication system is configured to send and receive data from a remote location. The diagnostic system is configured to implement a non-starting engine diagnostic procedure, at least a portion of which is performed while the engine is cranking, and to transmit data generated during the engine diagnostic procedure to the remote location through the communication system.
US10102684B2
An object of the present invention is to interpolate a discontinuous zone by use of an appropriate interpolated route in terms of fee-charging. An on-board device includes a map information storage unit storing map information in which a road is divided into a plurality of line segments in a pseudo manner and each of the divided line segments is made to correspond to unique identification information and the positional information, and an interpolated route information storage unit storing interpolated route information in which a combination of two discontinuous line segments and a line segment constituting an interpolated route for connecting the former line segments are uniquely defined, in which a moving route creation unit uses the interpolated route information to interpolate the discontinuous zone in a case where two line segments consecutively specified by a link specifying unit are discontinuous on the map information.
US10102679B2
A method for improving the placement of virtual content in augmented reality is disclosed. A reference image of the object to be augmented is analyzed for feature density information. The placement of content is based on the at least one location adjacent to where features are concentrated. Accordingly, the chance of the content interfering with an important part of the object is lowered, and object recognition and/or tracking ability is maintained because there are sufficient features nearby the content to enable object recognition and/or tracking.
US10102677B2
A drawing processing program executed in a computer apparatus causes the computer apparatus to function as: a virtual box setter that sets plural rectangular parallelepiped virtual boxes in a predetermined region having a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a virtual space; an object placer that places an object having the same shape and size as those of each virtual box in at least a part of the plural virtual boxes; an influence degree setter that sets, before a straight line that extends from a light source intersects the placed object, a baseline influence degree which is a baseline with respect to a first virtual box that can be intersected and sets an influence degree of a second virtual box based on the baseline influence degree; and a drawing processor that executes a drawing process in the virtual space based on the set influence degree.
US10102668B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for rendering at variable sampling rates. Vertex coordinates for 3D primitive are received from a shader execution unit, and an arithmetic operation is performed on the vertex coordinates by fixed operation circuitry to produce modified vertex coordinates in homogeneous coordinate space. The modified vertex coordinates are transformed from homogeneous coordinate space into screen-space to produce screen-space vertex coordinates of a transformed 3D primitive and the transformed 3D primitive is rasterized in screen-space using the screen-space vertex coordinates to produce an image for display.
US10102666B2
A method includes determining, at a first time, a representation of a first head rotation of a head mounted display (HMD) using a first inertial sensor sample stream and rendering, at an application processor, a texture based on the first head rotation. The method further includes determining, at a second time subsequent to the first time, a representation of a second head rotation of the HMD using a second inertial sensor sample stream having a higher sampling rate than the first inertial sensor sample stream, and generating, at a compositor, a rotated representation of the texture based on a difference between the first head rotation and the second head rotation.
US10102664B1
A system and method uses a two-dimensional graphics library to generate an image representation that can be used by a three-dimensional graphics library to render the image.
US10102651B2
According to an embodiment, a device includes first and second generators, a detector, and a corrector. The first generator is configured to generate a first image based on data corresponding to photons with a first energy from among data that is obtained based on an energy of radiation that has passed through a subject. The second generator is configured to generate a second image based on data corresponding to photons with a second energy. The detector is configured to detect, in the second image, a second block having a similar pattern of pixel values to a first block included in the second image. The corrector is configured to correct pixel values of a third block in the first image corresponding to the first block based on new pixel values of the third block that are calculated by using pixel values included in a fourth block in the first image.
US10102644B2
A method of estimating an orientation of a camera relative to a surface includes providing a first image and a subsequent second image captured by the camera; selecting a first point from the first image and a second point from the second image, where the first and second points represent the same object; defining a first optical flow vector connecting the first point and the second point; carrying out a first estimation step comprising estimating two components of the normal vector in the camera coordinate system by using the first optical flow vector and restricting parameter space to only the two components of the normal vector, wherein a linear equation system derived from a homography matrix that represents a projective transformation between the first image and the second image is provided and the two components of the normal vector in the camera coordinate system are estimated by solving the linear equation system; and determining the orientation of the camera relative to the surface using the results of the first estimation step.
US10102641B2
Methods for extracting a shape feature of an object and security inspection methods and apparatuses. Use is made of CT's capability of obtaining a 3D structure. The shape of an object in an inspected luggage is used as a feature of a suspicious object in combination with a material property of the object. For example, a false alarm rate in detection of suspicious explosives may be reduced.
US10102637B2
Motion is detected within a defined proximity of a vehicle or fixed location equipped with a recording system by correlating frame-to-frame changes in the video streams of two or more cameras with converging views.
US10102631B2
A distance in a scanning direction between a first set of edges which face each other and exhibit an opposite change between light and dark is measured by an image measuring machine, and a bias correction value is calculated based on a difference between a measured value and a true value. Using the bias correction value, detection point correction values, which are correction values in various directions of edge detection points detected by a scan of a measured object using the image measuring machine, are calculated; a correction amount used in correction of the edge detection points is specified based on the detection point correction value in each direction; and the edge detection points are corrected using the correction amount.
US10102630B2
A system is provided for tagging an object in a video having a plurality of frames. The system includes a memory storing a segmentation hierarchy of a first frame of the plurality of frames and having a plurality of elements, a display, and a processor configured to display the first frame including the plurality of elements on the display, receive a first input selecting a first element of the plurality of elements displayed on the display, select a first region of the first frame based on the first input, display the first region of the first frame on the display, receive a second input from the user altering the first region of the first frame displayed on the display, and alter the first region by selecting a second region of the first frame based on the second input from the user and the segmentation hierarchy.
US10102622B2
A processing apparatus obtains a contour of a region of interest of a target object and a reference point on the contour from an image of the target object, calculates a distance and an azimuth at an arbitrary position on the contour from the reference point, and generates normalization transformation information for transforming a shape of the region of interest of the target object to a predetermined reference shape based on the distance and the azimuth.
US10102619B1
An inspection method includes the following steps: identifying a plurality of patterns within an image; and comparing the plurality of patterns with each other for measurement values thereof. The above-mentioned inspection method uses the pattern within the image as a basis for comparison; therefore, measurement values of the plurality of pixels constructing the pattern can be processed with statistical methods and then compared, and the false rate caused by variation of a few pixels is decreased significantly. An inspection system implementing the above-mentioned method is also disclosed.
US10102617B2
A method and system for recycling utility meters that include a plurality of meter dials. At the end of life, utility meters are received at a processing facility and the meter cover is removed and recycled. The meter body is placed on a meter conveyor. While on the conveyor, a digital image is taken of the meter face which includes the plurality of meter dials. A control unit receives the digital image and automatically determines a final meter reading for the meter and determines the meter serial number. An operator is presented with the digital image and can modify either the serial number or the final meter reading. Once confirmed, the digital image, serial number and final meter reading are stored in a historical database and the meter body is recycled.
US10102613B2
Encoding and decoding using frequency-domain denoising are provided. Encoding and decoding using frequency-domain denoising may include identifying a current source block from a current source frame from a source video stream, generating a prediction block for the current source block, generating a source transform block by transforming the current source block into the frequency domain, generating a prediction transform block by transforming the prediction block into the frequency domain, generating a denoised transform block based on the source transform block and the prediction transform block, generating a denoised block by inverse transforming the denoised transform block, generating a residual block based on a difference between the denoised block and the prediction block, generating an encoded block by encoding the residual block, and outputting or storing the encoded block.
US10102611B1
System and method for synchronizing display of panoramic videos is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of synchronizing display of panoramic video frames is discloses that includes transmitting a first panoramic image, displaying one or more first perspective frames based on the first panoramic image, determining an alignment parameter in response to a selected orientation of the first panoramic image, wherein the selected orientation has an associated one of the one or more first perspective frames, transmitting a second panoramic image, and displaying one or more second perspective frames based on the second panoramic image, wherein displaying the one or more second perspective frames includes displaying an initial one of the one or more second perspective frames having an orientation based on the alignment parameter.
US10102609B1
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus comprises a processor to compute depth values for one or more 4×4 blocks of pixels using 16 source interpolators and 8 destination interpolators on an incoming fragment of pixel data if the destination is in min/max format, and a memory to store a depth test result performed on the one or more 4×4 blocks of pixels. Otherwise the processor is to compute depth values for one or more 8×4 blocks of pixels using 16 source interpolators and 16 destination interpolators if the destination is in plane format.
US10102605B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for graphics library virtualization for virtualized graphics processing are disclosed. An application is executed on a virtual compute instance with a virtual GPU attached over a network. The virtual compute instance is implemented using a physical compute instance, and the virtual GPU is implemented using a physical GPU. The virtual compute instance comprises a first graphics library and an intermediate driver configured to translate calls from the first graphics library to a second graphics library. One or more calls by the application to the first graphics library are translated, using the intermediate driver, to one or more equivalent calls to the second graphics library. The one or more equivalent calls are executed on the virtual GPU using a driver associated with the second graphics library, and output is generated based (at least in part) on execution of the one or more equivalent calls.
US10102592B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing a native selling platform. In example embodiments, an operating system of a device is configured to share information with other devices and services using native functionalities of the operating system. An indication to share an image of an item is received. A sharing user interface is presented that includes a plurality of services with which the image of the item is sharable. A selection of a publication system from the plurality of services is received. In response, a listing user interface is presented that includes fields for input of parameters used to generate a listing for the item in the image. Parameters and an indication to list the item are received and are shared with the publication system to cause the publication system to create the listing for the item.
US10102579B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to ensuring that a selected value, selected, for example, via interaction with a graphic user interface, of a dynamically changing parameter, such as a price, is used when generating an electronic data transaction request message in a data transaction processing system, such as an electronic trading system. The data transaction processing system being a system in which data items, such as financial contracts, e.g. futures contracts, are transacted or otherwise traded by a hardware matching processor that attempts to match electronic data transaction request messages with electronic data transaction request messages counter thereto for the same one of the data items based on multiple transaction parameters. A selected value is temporarily buffered allowing the represented value to update wherein a subsequently generated transaction may be based on the buffered value rather than an updated value.
US10102571B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for tracking obligations incurred between individuals. The method may include receiving a request from a first party, where the request includes an expense incurred by the first party for the benefit of a second party. The method may also include providing a notice of the request to the second party and receiving an acceptance from the second party to assume an obligation associated with the expense. The method may further include associating the obligation with the second party and associating a benefit with the first party. The obligation and/or benefit may be substantially equal in value to the expense. The method may additionally include interfacing with a social network service to provide the social network service with information about the obligation and/or the benefit.
US10102562B1
Systems, apparatus, methods, and non-transitory media for providing multiple items for purchase to consumers are discussed herein. Some embodiments may include a system including circuitry configured to initiate an add-to-order session timer subsequent to the primary purchase of a first item using transaction data of the consumer. The add-to-order session timer may indicate a period of time in which one or more additional items may selected for purchase using the same transaction data as the primary purchase. In some embodiments, the system may be further configured to provide incentives to the consumer for selecting an additional item prior to expiration of the add-to-order session timer.
US10102561B2
In some cases, a delivery service system may include a handheld electronic device for use with a delivery service (e.g., a grocery delivery service). When operating in a voice input mode, the handheld electronic device may record and store audio data in memory. The stored audio data may be communicated from the handheld electronic device (e.g., via a Wi-Fi connection) to the delivery service for speech processing. When operating in a scanner input mode, the handheld electronic device may record and store item identifier information (e.g., barcode data) in memory. The stored data may be communicated to the delivery service for item identification processing. In some cases, a user interface associated with the delivery service may allow the user to review and confirm an order prior to submission of the order for delivery.
US10102559B1
A recommendation system increases the diversity of item recommendations provided to a target user by using item similarity data to reorder a recommendation set of items complementary to a source item. In one embodiment, the complementary items in the recommendation set are ranked based on a relevance score that represents a degree of relevance to the source item. The ranked recommendation set is then reordered based on overlap scores that represent degrees of similarity between particular items so that adjacent items and/or groups of items have less than a threshold degree of similarity. The overlap scores may be generated based on an automated comparison of user item viewing behavior, item attributes, item content, or based on another measure of item similarity.
US10102553B2
A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.
US10102552B2
A system and process for coordinating streaming content or messages is provided. A network-connected server maintains a database containing media content-related data, such as the text of a message, accompanying media, time of airing, payment and related comments. A user can view these feeds or streams of these consciousness messages by downloading a mobile application or browsing to a website. The application can also be used to create, schedule and pay for a media content message.
US10102551B2
Methods and systems for providing coupons to a customer are provided. The method may include a computer server associated with a store receiving, from a customer, an image of a receipt from a competing store. The server may identify a product on the receipt which was purchased by the customer at the competing store and a purchase price. The server may compare the product with a corresponding product sold by the store to determine if the product was purchased by the customer at the competing store for a lower price than a price at which the corresponding product is sold at the store. The server may prepare a coupon for the customer to offer the customer a discount for shopping at the store if the product was purchased by the customer at the competing store for a lower price and transmit the coupon to the customer.
US10102540B2
A method and device for enforcing advertisement viewing in the device are provided. When there is a play request for contents, it is determined whether there is a common Rights Object (RO) linked with an RO of the requested contents. When there is a common RO, information about consumption of advertisements on a plurality of contents is obtained from the common RO. At least one advertisement linked with the requested contents is played on the basis of the obtained information.
US10102535B2
A system for brand management using social networks comprising an application server, social network crawler software modules, third party service integration software modules, an analytics server, a report generator, a search engine, a behavioral analysis engine, a recommendation engine, and a database. A user registers and provides data pertaining to a brand. Upon retrieving content from a plurality of social networks pertaining to the brand, the analytics server module analyzes the content to a content value specific to the brand among members of the social networks. The behavioral analysis engine obtains content elements generated by a first member a social network and analyzes the first member's behavior to compute an audience value of the first member. The report generator prepares reports specific to the brand, the reports comprising at least indicia of content value, indicia of audience value, and recommendations for improving member engagement with the brand.
US10102532B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for tracking and verifying the authenticity of items. Public and private unique identifiers are generated for an item, and an identifier label is printed and affixed to the item. The public identifier is visible, but the private identifier is not visible unless a tamper-evident action is performed. Events involving scans of the public identifier are recorded. The private identifier is scanned by a client, and in response, authenticity information for the item is sent to the client. The authenticity information is determined based at least in part on the events relative to the public identifier.
US10102522B2
A smartcard communicating simultaneously with a smart phone and a point of sale, thereby allowing the smartcard to act as a bridge between the point of sale and the smart phone. The smart card is typically powered by the point of sale and typically communicates with the smart phone using BLUETOOTH Low Energy (BLE).
US10102521B2
A method, system, and computer readable medium for managing a financial transaction of a user at a merchant, including authenticating the user via a device of the user while the user is at the merchant; transmitting activation information for activating an account number of the user from the user device to a financial institution for processing financial transactions, while the user is authenticated; submitting a payment request including the account number to the financial institution from the merchant, while the account number is activated; and de-activating the account number after the payment request is processed by the financial institution. The financial institution only accepts and processes payment requests received from merchants while the account number is activated, and the financial institution declines payment requests while the account number is de-activated.
US10102515B2
A method for data integration in a unified platform includes a processing server that is configured to store account profiles for unified transaction and membership accounts, receive authentication requests from multiple entities, receive a transaction message for a payment transaction from another entity, identify an account profile associated with the authentication requests and payment transaction, process the payment transaction, perform authentication for each of the authentication requests, and electronically transmit results of the transaction processing and authentication to the appropriate entities, such that the processing server provides for a unified platform where data is integrated and used at a plurality of different merchants for a plurality of different services for consumer and merchant convenience.
US10102510B2
A method and system of conducting a cryptocurrency payment via a mobile device, using a contactless token to store and protect a user's secret key. A cryptocurrency wallet encrypted with the secret key is received by the mobile device from the token. A cryptocurrency payment instruction is received by the mobile device, prompting for a user credential to approve the instruction. In response the mobile device sends to the token a message comprising the encrypted wallet together with the payment instruction and the user credential. Using the secret key, the token then decrypts the cryptocurrency wallet from the encrypted wallet and creates a payment transaction by digitally signing the payment instruction, and transmitting the payment transaction to a cryptocurrency network or exchange. Confirmation of the transaction requires either a PIN, biometric or fingerprint on the mobile device, or authentication via button press, PIN or fingerprint on the token.
US10102504B2
Managing instant messages may include receiving instant messages created by or on behalf of one or more message sources for delivery to an intended recipient. From among the received instant messages, qualifying instant messages may be identified that satisfy a capture rule, and two or more of the qualifying instant messages may be captured. The intended recipient may be informed of the captured instant messages unobtrusively, and also may be enabled to manage the captured instant messages.
US10102497B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for enabling mobile device-based item acquisition and tracking. One exemplary method performed on a mobile device comprises entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in a first area and in proximity to the tag, presenting information associated with the tag, and adding the information to a list. The method further comprises detecting a second tag in a second area, and sending the list to a second device. A second exemplary method performed by a processing terminal comprises receiving the list from a mobile device, entering a wireless scan mode, detecting a signal from a tag associated with an item in proximity to the tag, determining whether the item associated with the detected tag is present on the received list, and enabling the mobile device to complete a transaction to purchase the item. User interfaces are also provided for presenting information related to the above methods and receiving inputs from users to accomplish one or more related methods.
US10102474B2
The present invention provides a system comprising multiple core circuits. Each core circuit comprises multiple electronic axons for receiving event packets, multiple electronic neurons for generating event packets, and a fanout crossbar including multiple electronic synapse devices for interconnecting the neurons with the axons. The system further comprises a routing system for routing event packets between the core circuits. The routing system virtually connects each neuron with one or more programmable target axons for the neuron by routing each event packet generated by the neuron to the target axons. Each target axon for each neuron of each core circuit is an axon located on the same core circuit as, or a different core circuit than, the neuron.
US10102472B2
A wireless identification system and method used for identifying medical vials having a metallic crimp includes an RFID tag having a first antenna element located at the crimp so as to be capacitively coupled to the crimp to increase the effective surface area of the RFID antenna, and a second antenna element mounted to the side of the vial between the ends of the labeling mounted on the vial so as to not mask any visually readable information of the labeling. Dielectric adhesive is used in one embodiment to couple the antenna element to the crimp. The invention is particularly useful for small vials. A manufacturing method in which the wireless tag is an integral part of the container is disclosed.
US10102470B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrical circuit board. It includes the provision of a sheet of electrically conductive material and a layer of adhesive material. In order to have a color appear in spaces cut or etched into the sheet of electrically conductive material, the adhesive material includes a coloring agent. The invention also relates to an electrical circuit board for a smart card, which circuit board is manufactured using this method, and a smart card including such an electrical circuit board.
US10102468B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an intermediate device comprising an electronic module, said intermediate device being used to receive at least one film or portion of a film or covering layer, said device comprising: a supporting body; at least one area for the interconnection of an electric circuit, borne by the supporting body; and an electronic module connected to said interconnection area by an anisotropic connection material, said material being compressed between said area and the module. The method comprises the implementation of a means for maintaining the compressed state of said anisotropic material and/or a means for isolating said material from the outside of the supporting body.
US10102462B2
An optically variable device uses a data storage layer with a nano-optical bit system to store data. The optically variable device encodes the data using spectral signatures (such as colors) as variables. In some embodiments, the optically variable device uses angle multiplexing to store machine-readable data and an image. The optically variable device can be used as a secure data storage medium for a large volume of data. The storage capacity can be increased by increasing the number of color variables and by introducing additional variables such as intensity and polarization.
US10102461B2
A theft deterrent product may be provided. The theft deterrent product may comprise a jacket and a core under the jacket. In addition, the theft deterrent product may include an identification tape under the jacket. The identification tape may comprise a plurality of indicia located periodically and longitudinally on the identification tape. The plurality of indicia may respectively correspond to a plurality of unique codes.
US10102455B2
An information processing system includes a server configured to distribute content items and an information processing apparatus. The server including a storing unit configured to store, for each of state information identifying a state of the information processing apparatus, one or more the content items associated with the state information. The information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire the content items associated with the state information from the server; and a display control unit configured to perform control of displaying the content items associated with the state information indicating a current state of the information processing apparatus.
US10102452B2
The present embodiments relate generally to ultrasound imaging methods, systems, and apparatus that identify an imaged needle in an ultrasound image. The embodiments involve performing edge detection on the ultrasound image to generate an edge-detected data set corresponding to the ultrasound image; performing a straight line detection operation on the edge-detected data set to detect one or more straight lines; based on the one or more straight lines detected in the edge-detected data set, identifying a region of interest (ROI) on the ultrasound image; transforming the ROI of the ultrasound image from a spatial domain to an analysis domain, to generate a transformed ROI; analyzing the transformed ROI to determine whether the transformed ROI, in the analysis domain, corresponds to a needle signature; and if the transformed ROI corresponds to the needle signature, identifying the detected one or more straight lines as the imaged needle.
US10102448B2
An image recognition (IR) computing device is provided herein, the IR computing device configured to receive a search request from a user computing device instructing the IR computing device to conduct a search for a subject clothing item pictured in a subject image, the search request including the subject image. The IR computing device is further configured to analyze the subject image and compare a plurality of vendor images to the subject image. The IR computing device may employ an object recognition component to analyze and compare the images. The IR computing device is further configured to generate a list of potential matches to the subject image, transmit the list of potential matches to the user computing device for display to a user within a clothing match app, and receive an indication from the user computing device of whether the search was successful or unsuccessful.
US10102447B1
Systems, devices, and methods are presented for segmenting an image of a video stream with a client device by accessing a set of images within a video stream, identifying an object of interest within one or more images of the set of images, and detecting a region of interest within the one or more images. The systems, devices, and method identify a first set of median pixels in a first portion of the object of interest and a second set of median pixels in a second portion of the object of interest. The systems, devices, and methods determine a polyline approximating the first and second sets of median pixels and generate a model for the polyline.
US10102445B2
Systems and methods are provided for selecting feature points within an image. A plurality of candidate feature points are identified in the image. A plurality of feature points are selected for each of the plurality of candidate feature points, a plurality of sets of representative pixels. For each set of representative pixels, a representative value is determined as one of a maximum chromaticity value and a minimum chromaticity value from the set of representative pixels. A score is determined for each candidate feature point from the representative values for the plurality of sets of representative pixels associated with the candidate feature point. The feature points are selected according to the determined scores for the plurality of candidate feature points.
US10102442B2
An image processing device comprises a trail extraction section that extracts a region where pixel values continuously become a given value or more, within image data made up of a plurality of pixel values, as a trail, a trail determination section that determines movement state of the trail that has been extracted by the trail extraction section, and a trail detection section that detects type of the trail based on movement state that has been determined by the trail determination section.
US10102441B2
A method for automatic segmentation of intra-cochlear anatomy in post-implantation CT image of bilateral cochlear implant recipients includes coarsely segmenting a labyrinth with a labyrinth surface chosen from a library of inner ear anatomy shapes; creating a target specific ASM for each of the labyrinth and the SOIs using a set of inner ear anatomy surfaces selected from the library of inner ear anatomy shapes such that the set of inner ear anatomy surfaces has the smallest dissimilarity quantity with the coarsely localized labyrinth surface in the post-implantation CT image; refining the coarsely segmented labyrinth surface by performing an ASM-based segmentation of the labyrinth using the target-specific ASM of the labyrinth to obtain a segmented labyrinth; and fitting the points of the target-specific ASM of the SOIs to their corresponding points on the segmented labyrinth to segment the SOIs in the post-implantation CT image.
US10102438B2
An information display device includes an attention object recognition unit that recognizes a plurality of attention objects, a traveling state recognition unit that recognizes a vehicle speed of a vehicle, a HUD that displays attention display, an attention depth calculation unit that calculates TTC and calculates attention depths for the attention objects on the basis of the TTC, a display information generation unit that determines a first attention object having the largest attention depth among the plurality of attention objects and generates first display information regarding first attention display for highlighting the first attention object and second display information regarding second attention display which is a line surrounding the first attention object and second attention objects other than the first attention object among the plurality of attention objects, and a display control unit that displays the first attention display and the second attention display on the HUD.
US10102437B2
A vehicle exterior environment recognition apparatus includes a computer configured to serve as a target region setting unit, an edge counter, and a wheel determiner. The target region setting unit sets, as one or more target regions, one or more predetermined ranges of a screen. The edge counter provides setting of a plurality of divided sections, by dividing each of the one or more target regions with borderlines radiated from a center of each of the one or more target regions, and counts the number of predetermined slant edges and the total number of blocks in each of the plurality of divided sections. The wheel determiner determines wheel-likeliness of each of the one or more target regions, based on a rate of the number of the slant edges to the total number of blocks in each of the plurality of divided sections.
US10102431B2
Methods and system are provided for monitoring a queue. A method includes receiving by sensors a non-visual identifier at predefined locations of a queue. Further, the method includes capturing by image capture devices images of an object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations of the queue. Further, the method includes visually tracking another object in the queue based on transformations of a predefined feature extracted from the images of the object possessing the non-visual identifier at the predefined locations.
US10102429B2
The present teachings provide an autonomous mobile robot that includes a drive configured to maneuver the robot over a ground surface within an operating environment; a camera mounted on the robot having a field of view including the floor adjacent the mobile robot in the drive direction of the mobile robot; a frame buffer that stores image frames obtained by the camera while the mobile robot is driving; and a memory device configured to store a learned data set of a plurality of descriptors corresponding to pixel patches in image frames corresponding to portions of the operating environment and determined by mobile robot sensor events.
US10102422B2
An electronic device based on optical object recognition and a method of controlling the electronic device. The method of operating an optical object recognition-based an electronic device includes: executing an optical recognition function; recognizing an object outside the electronic device, via and optical sensor; searching for an Internet of Things (IoT) target device related to the recognized object; recommending an IoT action related to the recognized object; automatically preparing for and executing the IoT action; and performing voice feedback regarding the IoT action and the IoT target device.
US10102411B2
A hybrid capacitive and optical fingerprint sensor system includes: capacitive sensor electrodes; an optical image sensor having a plurality of image sensor pixels; light conditioning elements, configured to condition light from a sensing region of the hybrid capacitive and optical fingerprint sensor for detection by the optical image sensor; and a processing system having one or more controllers, configured to operate the capacitive sensor electrodes in a low-power mode of operation for the hybrid capacitive and optical fingerprint sensor, and to operate the optical image sensor to acquire an image from the sensing region of the hybrid capacitive and optical fingerprint sensor.
US10102406B2
A UHF radiofrequency identification (RFID) system comprising a UHF RFID reader and at least one UHF RFID antenna for enabling communication of the UHF RFID reader with UHF RFID tags affixed on articles within a cabinet having electrically conductive walls and at least one door, the UHF RFID antennas being positioned within the cabinet and the UHF RFID system further comprises at least one conductive surface (e.g., a brewer, brasseur, or cross-connector) enclosed in a compartment positioned within the cabinet and comprising a conductive surface set in movement by a motor.
US10102401B2
A vending machine user interface can include a first controller operatively connected to an input device capable of receiving payment or account information. The first controller can, with another device, via a second controller, or otherwise, allow secure communication of data from the input device. The first controller, in this regard, can control the communication between the input device and the other device to protect the input device from unwarranted communication from the other device. The first controller can establish a secure channel with the other device using encrypted communications. The first controller, second controller, etc. can be connected to independent printed circuit boards (PCB). Activation of sensors connected to the PCBs can cause the first and/or second controllers to erase data necessary to ascertain/decode communications from the input device, such as encryption/decryption information, or may otherwise decommission the input device or a portion thereof.
US10102397B2
Provided in the present disclosure are an information transmitting method, an information receiving method, an information transmitting device, and an information receiving device. The information transmitting method comprises: selecting a target transmission mode from transmission modes for a to-be-transmitted short message in response to receiving a selection command; when the target transmission mode is a disappear-after-reading transmission mode, prompting a user whether or not to back up the to-be-transmitted short message to a server; and, when a command for backing up the to-be-transmitted short message to the server is received, adding a backup tag to the to-be-transmitted short message and backing up the to-be-transmitted short message added with the backup tag to the server; when a transmission command is received, transmitting the to-be-transmitted short message added with the backup tag to an information receiving device.
US10102388B2
A content management system for collecting files from one or more submitters in a collection folder. A collector, who generates the collection folder, can invite one or more submitters to submit one or more files to the collection folder in response to a public file request. The one or more submitters have limited rights to the collection folder. The limited rights can include uploading rights and prohibiting a submitter from viewing files that other submitters associated with the collection folder submitted. Thus, the collection folder is able to store files from the one or more submitters, but prevent them from viewing other's submissions.
US10102372B2
Provided herein are systems and methods for behavior profiling of targets to determine malware presence. The method includes, in various embodiments, applying a domain specific language to a target; observing a set of temporal sequences and events of the target; determining the presence of markers within the set of temporal sequences and events indicative of malware; and identifying the target as being associated with malware based on the markers. In some embodiments, a malware detection system is provided for creating a behavioral sandbox environment where a target is inspected for malware. The behavioral sandbox environment can include forensic collectors. Each of the collectors may be configured to apply a domain specific language to a target; observe a set of temporal sequences and events of the target; determine the presence of markers within the set of temporal sequences and events indicative of malware; and detect malware presence based on the markers.
US10102366B2
A method for user passcode authentication. The method includes accessing a user information database with predefined user input option parameters and generating a random arrangement of input options from the predefined user input option parameters. The method includes manifesting the random arrangement of input options on an interactive display interface and receiving a selection of the interactive display interface input options. The method also includes comparing the received selection of interactive display interface options to the predefined user input option parameters.
US10102364B2
A method and system for verifying both identification and presence of a related user is provided. The system includes an identification tag containing data associated with a single user, a reader for reading said data from the identification tag, communicating data received from the identification tag to the server, and a server configured for receiving the data sent by the reader, accessing a user record that corresponds to the user, determining whether the data it received is verified against data in the user record, and if said data is verified, then generating a URL and transmitting said URL to the reader over the communications network, wherein said URL includes a verification message.
US10102363B2
A computer-implemented method and system for verifying the identity of a user in an identity authentication and biometric verification system which includes collecting information from the user regarding the user's identity, which is then electronically authenticated. Upon authentication, personal information regarding the verified identity of the user is retrieved from a source database which is used to verify the identity of the user, via user interaction. Upon successful verification and authentication, biometric data regarding the user is electronically collected.
US10102361B2
An apparatus for implementing touch key and fingerprint identification includes a fingerprint identification sensor arranged below a cover glass of a terminal device and a capacitive touch sensor arranged below the fingerprint identification sensor. The fingerprint identification sensor is configured to collect fingerprint information applied on the cover glass. The capacitive touch sensor is configured to collect a capacitance generated on the cover glass.
US10102352B2
A trusted content usage monitor for monitoring content usage is provided. A unique identifier generation unit generates a unique identifier indicative of content being rendered and a packet generator generates a trusted packet comprising the unique identifier. The trusted packet is trust signed by the trusted content usage monitor, so that it can be trusted by its recipient. The trusted content usage monitor has at least one mode of operation in which content rendering cannot be decoupled from operation of the unique identifier generation unit, so that generated packets can be trusted as truly indicative of content usage.
US10102348B2
An image-based diagnostic system may include graphical user interfaces that include image icons. Users may select image icon(s) and/or other icon(s) related to an analysis of expert images, such as medical images. Analytical reports may be generated based on the selection(s). In some implementations, the image icons may be correlated to reference information and references may be retrieved based on image icon(s).
US10102347B2
The invention relates to a system for producing a representation of an object in image data, based on a template coupled to a model of the object, the system comprising a model unit for adapting the model to the object in the image data, and a template unit for adapting the template to the adapted model on the basis of the coupling between the template and the model. The template defines a representation of the object which is simpler to interpret than the model. Because the template of the invention is coupled to the model, the position, orientation and/or shape of the template is determined by the model adapted to the object in the image data. Hence, the template is adapted to the image data. The adapted template is capable of representing the object and its individual characteristics.
US10102346B2
A playing method for a screen baseball system includes (a) registering a personal rank, (b) transmitting pitching information section, (c) displaying a pitching motion on a screen if a batter at an offense side presses a pitching pedal, and starting a pitching action according to the selected pitch type, (d) detecting a batting action of the batter and transmitting batting detection data to the game management unit, (e) receiving the batting detection data, converting the batting detection data into a trajectory of a batted ball, performing a simulation along the trajectory of the batted ball, and displaying an image on the screen, (f) photographing a batting image of the batter and transmitting the batting image to the game management unit, (g) receiving and transmitting batting image data and the displayed simulation information, and (h) storing the batting image and game information data.
US10102344B2
A system and technique are enclosed for determining the effectiveness of a blood glucose therapy treatment. Examples of this technique include analyzing sufficiency of blood glucose data collected from a patient with a computing device, analyzing hypoglycemic risk based on the blood glucose data with the computing device, analyzing glycemic control for the blood glucose data with the computing device, analyzing glycemic variability of the blood glucose data with the computing device, and outputting results from said analyzing the sufficiency, said analyzing the hypoglycemic risk, said analyzing the glycemic control, and said analyzing the glycemic variability with the computing device.
US10102341B2
A method and system for modeling behavior and pain-related state of an individual, the method comprising: receiving a log of use dataset associated with communication behavior of the individual during a time period; receiving a supplementary dataset characterizing activity of the individual during the time period; receiving a survey dataset including responses, to at least one of a set of symptom-assessment surveys, associated with a set of time points of the time period; generating a predictive analysis of a pain-related state of the individual associated with at least a portion of the time period, from at least one of the log of use dataset, the supplementary dataset, and the survey dataset; and generating an alert upon detection that a set of parameters from the predictive analysis of the pain-related state satisfy a threshold condition.
US10102337B2
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and kits for quantitating one or more specific nucleic acids within a plurality of nucleic acids. In some embodiments, a sequencing library is constructed from enriched probe extension products specific for the specific nucleic acids and sequenced. In some embodiments, the resulting reads are used for removing duplicate reads. In some embodiments, counting of verified probes is used to quantitate or determine the number of specific nucleic acid molecules in the starting nucleic acid sample.
US10102332B1
The disclosure includes a system, method and tangible memory operable to automatically modify the parameters of a subsystem of a vehicle design such that a given hard constraint about the input-output behavior of the subsystem is guaranteed to hold for all situations where a vehicle built based on the vehicle design is being used in a manner consistent with its intended use. The subsystem may be a software program or a physical component.
US10102327B2
An integrated circuit system-on-chip (SOC) includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of components made up of transistors formed in the substrate, and a plurality of interconnection lines providing electrical connectivity among the components. Use of a channel-less design eliminates interconnection channels on the top surface of the chip. Instead, interconnection lines are abutted to one another in a top layer of metallization, thus preserving 5-10% of chip real estate. Clock buffers that are typically positioned along interconnection channels between components are instead located within regions of the substrate that contain the components. Design rules for channel-less integrated circuits permit feed-through interconnections and exclude multi-fanout interconnections.
US10102324B2
A method for reuse of extracted layout-dependent effects for circuit design using circuit stencils includes receiving a schematic of an integrated circuit including a circuit segment. A circuit stencil corresponding to the circuit segment is instantiated in a schematic of a second integrated circuit. The circuit stencil includes layout-dependent effects information for the circuit segment extracted from a layout of the first integrated circuit. Simulation is performed on the schematic of the second integrated circuit using the layout-dependent effects information for the circuit segment. A layout of at least a portion of the second integrated circuit corresponding to the circuit segment is generated responsive to performing the simulation.
US10102318B2
Roughly described, a system for simulating a temporal process in a body includes a meshing module to impose a grid of nodes on the body, the grid having a uniform node spacing which is less than the quantum separation distance in silicon. A system of node equations is provided, including at least one node equation for each of a plurality of nodes of the grid. The node equations describe behavior of at least one physical quantity at that node through each time step of the process. An iterating module iterates through the time steps to determine values for physical quantities of the body at the end of the simulation period. Preferably one particle of the body is assigned to each node of the grid. For moving boundary processes, boundary movement can be represented simply by changing the particle type assigned to various nodes of the grid as the boundary advances.
US10102314B2
In an optimal operation pattern selection method, a plurality of selectable motors is selected and an optimal operation pattern from among the motor operation pattern defined by positioning time to rotate a motor output shaft of the motor to rotate a load by a positioning angle and stop time to stop the motor output shaft is suggested. The optimal operation pattern selection method includes a comprehensive determination step of calculating a comprehensive determination result according to an adaptable item, and storing the comprehensive determination result linked to each of the motors; and a list display step of displaying a list of the motors to enable to receive selection of one of the motors, together with the comprehensive determination result stored in the comprehensive determination step.
US10102301B2
A proxy server receives from a client device a request to perform an action on an identified resource that is hosted at an origin server for a domain. The proxy server receives the request as a result of a DNS request for the domain resolving to the proxy server. The origin server is one of multiple origin servers that belong to different domains that resolve to the proxy server and are owned by different entities. The proxy server and the origin servers are owned by different entities. The proxy server analyzes the request to determine whether a visitor belonging to that request poses a threat. If the proxy server determines that the visitor poses a threat, the proxy server blocks the request and transmits a block page to the client device that indicates that the request has been blocked.
US10102297B2
A system and method for providing at least one of a geographically relevant item or a temporally relevant item are provided. A geographical location or temporal information of a device that is configured to access items associated with an electronic messaging account is determined. First items associated with the electronic messaging account are filtered to obtain an item relevant to the determined geographical location or temporal information. Second items associated with the electronic messaging account are filtered to obtain one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item. The relevant item and one or more items contextually relevant to the relevant item are provided for display, wherein the display is differentiated from other items of the electronic messaging account.
US10102296B2
A method, system and computer program product for assisting a user to meet with other users with complementary attributes. Attributes (e.g., likes, dislikes) of a user, such as a user of a mobile device, are received to populate a profile of the user. The user attributes of profiles of actively participating users that are located in a geographic area are analyzed with respect to the attributes of the user to identify other users with complementary profiles. Those users with complementary profiles as the user are clustered to form a “cluster” at a designated waypoint. Directions are then provided to the user to reach the designated waypoint to meet the other users of the same cluster. In this manner, the user is able to meet other users in the physical world with complementary interests and experiences at a designated waypoint.
US10102294B2
A method and apparatus are provided for automatically generating and processing first and second concept vector sets extracted, respectively, from a first set of concept sequences and from a second, temporally separated, concept sequences by performing a natural language processing (NLP) analysis of the first concept vector set and second concept vector set to detect changes in the corpus over time by identifying changes for one or more concepts included in the first and/or second set of concept sequences.
US10102289B2
An approach is provided to analyze posts included threads of an online forum. The analyzing identifies a main topic related to a parent post of the thread. Child posts of the thread are selected with the parent post being a parent to each of the child posts. Child topics are identified for each of the child posts. A relevance of each of the child posts is determined by comparing the identified main topic to each of the identified child topics. Child posts are selected based on the relevance of the child posts. Parent post data is ingested into a corpus utilized by a question answering (QA) system. Data from the selected child posts is also ingested into the corpus.
US10102286B2
In an embodiment, a computer-implemented method collects metrics on a network element. The method includes receiving, on the network element, a specification of the objects on the network element to monitor. The network element queries an object data structure representing management information of the network element to identify instances of each of the specified objects. For respective instances identified, the network element queries the object data structure for metric values associated with the respective instance. Finally, data representing the instance and the associated metric value is transmitted from the network element to a network information server over a network.
US10102284B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for transmedia video bookmarks, the method comprising receiving a first place marker and a second place marker for a segment of video media, extracting metadata from the video media between the first and second place markers, normalizing the extracted metadata, storing the normalized metadata, first place marker, and second place marker as a video bookmark, and retrieving the media represented by the video bookmark upon request from a user. Systems can aggregate video bookmarks from multiple sources and refine the first place marker and second place marker based on the aggregated video bookmarks. Metadata can be extracted by analyzing text or audio annotations. Metadata can be normalized by generating a video thumbnail representing the video media between the first place marker and the second place marker. Multiple video bookmarks may be searchable by metadata or by the video thumbnail visually.
US10102277B2
A method for identifying a desired document is provided to include calculating a Prior probability score for each document of a candidate list including a portion of documents of an embedding space, the Prior probability score indicating a preliminary probability, for each document of the candidate list, that the document is the desired document, and identifying an initial (i=0) collection of N0>1 candidate documents from the candidate list in dependence on the calculated Prior probability scores, the initial collection of candidate documents having fewer documents than the candidate list. The method further includes, for each i'th iteration in a plurality of iterations, beginning with a first iteration (i=1) and in response to user selection of an i'th selected document from the (i−1)'th collection of candidate documents, identifying an i'th collection of Ni>1 candidate documents from the candidate list in dependence on Posterior probability scores.
US10102276B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for resolving textual numerical queries using natural language processing techniques are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes determining (i) each variable with a stated numerical value in a textual query and (ii) each variable without a stated numerical value in the query by performing semantic analysis on the query; normalizing each of the stated numerical values corresponding to one or more of the determined variables by automatically converting each of the stated numerical values corresponding to the determined variables to a pre-determined canonical form; mapping (i) all of the determined variables and (ii) the normalized values corresponding to the determined variables to a pre-defined dependency formulae graph; and generating a solution to the query by computing a numerical value for each of the determined variables without a stated numerical value by implementing a graphical model inference mechanism against the graph subsequent to said mapping.
US10102274B2
A corpus of texts relating to a domain of knowledge may be searched by determining noun-pair proximity scores measuring associations between pairs of nouns that appear in the corpus and that are semantically related to the domain of knowledge. When a search term is received, the noun-pair proximity scores may be used (at least in part) to identify one or more related nouns that are strongly associated with the search term within the corpus. One or more texts may be selected from the corpus, texts in which the search term and the related nouns appear near each other in one or more places. The selected texts may be categorized and/or clustered based on the related nouns before being returned for presentation as SearchResults.
US10102269B2
A computing device for executing a client application for analytics data access is provided. The computing device includes a processor that is a functional component of the computing device and is configured to execute software instructions to provide at least one client application function. A parsing component is configured to receive at least one data object of the client application and parse the at least one data object to provide an intermediate description of a query. At least one translator component is configured to receive the intermediate description of the query and generate a query string in a target query language. The computing device is configured to transmit the query string in the target query language to a data source for execution of the query.
US10102264B2
The distributed computing backup and recovery (DCBR) system and method provide backup and recovery for distributed computing models (e.g., NoSQL). The DCBR system extends the protections from server node-level failure and introduces persistence in time so that the evolving data set may be stored and recovered to a past point in time. The DCBR system, instead of performing backup and recovery for an entire dataset, may be configured to apply to a subset of data. Instead of keeping or recovering snapshots of the entire dataset which requires the entire cluster, the DCBR system identifies the particular nodes and/or archive files where the dataset resides so that backup or recovery may be done with a much smaller number of nodes.
US10102261B2
A processing platform integrates ETL (extract, transform, and load), real time stream processing, and “big data” data stores into a high performance analytic system that runs in a public or private cloud. The platform performs real time pre-storage enrichment of data records to form a single comprehensive record usable for analytics, searching and alerting. The platform further supports sharing of components and plug-ins and performs automatic scaling of resources based on real time resource monitoring and analysis.
US10102254B2
A mechanism is provided, in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory configured to implement a question and answer system (QA), for providing confidence rankings based on temporal semantics. Responsive to receiving an input question, a set of candidate answers is identified from a knowledge domain based on a correlation between an identified one or more predicates and an identified one or more arguments to the knowledge domain. A confidence score is associated with each of the candidate answers and each confidence score associated with each candidate answer is refined based on a set of temporal characteristics identified in the input question. A set of temporally refined candidate answers is then provided to the user.
US10102249B2
A system is provided that carries out object traversal in a product lifecycle management system. The system may process a received set of traversal rules in a determined precedence order for a received list of input objects to recursively acquire from a data store a list of child objects related to the input objects based on the traversal rules. The traversal rules may be processed in the precedence order determined based at least in part on a number of parent types in a hierarchical arrangement that specifies relationships between object types for a source type of object specified by each respective traversal rule. For each respective traversal rule, a set based query may be carried out on the data store to determine child objects for the input objects having one of a type or a parent type corresponding to the source type associated with the respective traversal rule.
US10102246B2
Techniques are disclosed for using natural language processing techniques to define, manipulate, and interact with consumer segmentations. In such embodiments a content consumption analytics engine can be configured to receive and process a natural language segmentation query. The query may comprise, for example, a command that defines a new segmentation, a command that manipulates existing segmentations, or a command that solicits information relating to existing consumer segmentations. The query is parsed to identify individual grammatical tokens which are then correlated with specific segment token types through the use of a token repository. A custom thesaurus is used to identify synonymous terms for grammatical tokens which may not exist in the token repository. User feedback enables the custom thesaurus to learn additional synonyms for future use. Once the grammatical tokens are mapped onto the identified segment token types, a formal segment definition can be constructed based on a segment definition structure.
US10102244B2
A computer system for identifying user managed software modules includes program instructions for: receiving a request for a directed load of a software module into memory, wherein the request includes an address; storing the software module at the address in the received request; adding a name and an address range of the stored software module to a data structure identifying software modules that have been loaded into memory via directed loads; receiving a query that includes an input module name or an input address range; and responsive to determining that the input module name or input address range of the received query is not stored in one or more data structures identifying one or more software modules that have been loaded into memory without directed loads, searching the data structure identifying software modules that have been loaded into memory via directed loads for the respective query.
US10102243B2
A relationship amongst multiple relationships between database tables can be specified independent of a query. More specifically, a function (USERELATIONSHIP) can be introduced to the DAX language (Data Analysis Expressions), which provides a way to author formulas that are not evaluated immediately, but that can be evaluated dynamically and concurrently in many different contexts. The function enables a single relationship to be specified in the calculation formula away from the query. This provides a mechanism within the formula that specifies specific relationship(s) that are to be followed when the dynamic expression is evaluated.
US10102218B2
A file system allows a different checksum algorithm to be used for different extents of a file system object independently of other extents of the file system object. The checksum algorithm can be a selectable attribute of an extent or range of extents of a file system object, such that some extents of a file system object can use a first checksum algorithm, while other extents of the file system object can use a second checksum algorithm. An extent of the file system object also may have no associated checksum algorithm. The file system stores, for each extent of a file system object, data indicating a checksum for the extent and an indication of any checksum algorithm used for the extent.
US10102217B2
Disclosed are a specify unit that specifies a data candidate dividing position dividing a first partial binary data, based on a characteristic of predetermined data that is included in the binary data; a registration unit that registers information representing specified candidate dividing position to a dividing position information in a storage medium; and a judge unit validity of the candidate dividing position based on the dividing position information in the storage medium that includes at least information representing a data dividing position of another one of the plurality of partial binary data.
US10102202B2
A conversion management (CM) computing device is provided. The CM computing device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor is causes the CM computing device to receive, from an app developer device, a plurality of input locale identifiers and an input text string, convert the input text string into at an input text token, compare the input locale identifiers and the input text token to a localization table that includes a plurality of entries. Each entry includes a stored text token, a stored locale identifier, and a translated text string. The processor further causes the CM computing device to identify a matching entry included within the localization table for the input locale identifiers. The matching entry includes a stored locale identifier matching one of the input locale identifiers, a stored text token matching the text token, and an associated translated text string.
US10102196B2
A method is provided for cutting and pasting text at a computing device. A user selects an area of text on a display of the computing device. The computing device expands the selected area of text to form an expanded area of text to make sure that no text that the user wanted to select is inadvertently omitted. The computing device associates a data label with a portion of the expanded area of text, and the computing device stores the data label and the associated portion of the expanded area of text, preferably within the clipboard of the computing device. When a user enters input text on the computing device, the computing device parses the input text to determine if a data label stored in the clipboard matches the input text. If there is a match, the computing device displays stored text associated with that data label within a popup window, for example. If a user chooses one of the items in the popup window, the data label is replaced by the portion of text that was chosen and matches the data label.
US10102194B2
Described herein is a method of web browser enabled annotation sharing comprising receiving information associated with the annotation, creating an anchored annotation based upon the received information associated with the annotation; and storing the anchored annotation. Further described herein is a method of retrieving an anchored annotation comprising receiving a request for an anchored annotation associated with particular content, retrieving anchored annotations associated with the particular content, filtering the retrieved anchored annotations; and, providing the filtered retrieved anchored annotations (e.g., to user(s) viewing the same content).
US10102193B2
Information extraction and annotation systems and methods for use in annotating and determining annotation instances are provided herein. Exemplary methods include receiving annotated documents, the annotated documents comprising annotated fields, analyzing the annotated documents to determine contextual information for each of the annotated fields, determining discriminative sequences using the contextual information, generating a proposed rule or a feature set using the discriminative sequences and annotated fields, and providing the proposed rule or the feature set to a document annotator.
US10102192B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for enhancing an email application to automatically analyze an email thread and generate a compact content summary. The content summary is based on relative content contributions provided by the constituent email messages in the email thread. The content summary may be presented in a special window without disturbing or modifying the email thread or its constituent email messages. The distinctive content summary disclosed herein comprises certain sentences that are automatically gleaned from the email thread, analyzed relative to other sentences, and presented in a chronological sequence so that the user can quickly determine what the email thread is about and/or the current status of the conversation. The content summary is based on email weights, word weights, and intersecting sentence pairs.
US10102186B2
A system for providing a graphical interface to a user includes a server platform and an operating system and application software running thereon. The system includes a client device capable of running a standard web browser that accesses the software application on the server platform for displaying information to the user in a display area on the client device. The web browser displays the information without requiring additional software to be installed, downloaded or run on the client device, and without requiring a scripting language to be enabled in the web browser on the client. The application software facilitates user manipulation of unstructured data in the display area for detailed inspection, and facilitates the user selectively causing to display annotations within the display area. The application software facilitates the user inserting annotations within the display area, thereby causing an action to occur in this system or an external system.
US10102185B2
A device including a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor is provided. The memory stores instructions causing the processor, after execution of the instructions by the processor, to: display a reference page number with each displayed page of a digital document having reference page numbers, the digital document corresponding to a reference document having page numbers that correspond to the reference page numbers; and display a fractional page number with each displayed page of the digital document, each fractional page number corresponding to a portion of a page of the reference document.
US10102184B1
When a browsing computer navigates to a network document, such as a web page, the corresponding server also downloads computer readable formatting information necessary for the operating system of the browsing computer to render correctly any characters within the network document even if the fonts associated with those characters do not exist on the browsing computer prior to encountering the network document. An exposure module is also downloaded to the browsing computer. The exposure module is loaded onto the browsing computer, which in turn either permanently installs or temporarily exposes the operating system of the browsing computer to the computer readable font formatting information associated with the network document. As a result, the operating system of the browsing computer is able to display or otherwise process the network document correctly and consistently regardless of the computer readable fonts installed on the browsing computer.
US10102181B2
Interpolation logic described herein provides a good approximation to a bicubic interpolation, which is generally smoother than bilinear interpolation, without performing all the calculations normally needed for a bicubic interpolation. This allows an approximation of smooth bicubic interpolation to be performed on devices (e.g. mobile devices) which have limited processing resources. At each of a set of predetermined interpolation positions within an array of data points, a set of predetermined weights represent a bicubic interpolation which can be applied to the data points. For a plurality of the predetermined interpolation positions which surround the sampling position, the corresponding sets of predetermined weights and the data points are used to determine a plurality of surrounding interpolated values which represent results of performing the bicubic interpolation at the surrounding predetermined interpolation positions. A linear interpolation is then performed on the surrounding interpolated values to determine an interpolated value at the sampling position.
US10102169B2
The present disclosure provides a method and system for dynamically migrating a port in a PCIe switch. The PCIe switch comprises emulated P2P bridges stored in a memory and a processor to load the emulated P2P bridge address range values from the memory to a routing table. The processor can configure the routing table so that the P2P bridges can be remapped to various physical ports of the switch. Therefore, a device connected to a physical port may be migrated from one host to another, via the operations of the processor.
US10102166B2
The present invention realizes a functional safety of a multiprocessor system without tightly coupling processor elements. When causing a plurality of processor elements to execute the same data processing and realizing a functional safety of the processor element, there is adopted a bus interface unit that performs control of performing safety measure processing when the non-coincidence of access requests issued from the processor elements has been fixed, and of starting access processing responding the access request when these access requests coincide with one another.
US10102162B2
Processing an adaptive interrupt includes selectively setting an input/output (I/O) device in a computing system to an adaptive masking mode when at least one factor value of the at least one I/O device regarding a workload of the computing system exceeds a first threshold condition. Processing the adaptive interrupt further includes performing an interrupt masking process, where an interrupts generated by an I/O device set to the adaptive masking mode are prevented from being output when a time interval between I/O submission events of the I/O device is less than a first threshold value. The adaptive interrupt may be processed by an adaptive interrupt processing module (AIPM). The AIPM may be included in various portions of the computing system, including the I/O device and a host connected to the I/O device.
US10102161B2
A microcomputer includes: a central processing unit (CPU); a data transfer apparatus (DTC); and a storage apparatus (RAM). The data transfer apparatus includes a plurality of register files each including a mode register storing the transfer mode information, an address register to which the address information is transferred, and a status register (SR) representing information that specifies the transfer information set. The data transfer apparatus checks the information of the status register, to determine whether to use the transfer information set held in the register files or to read the transfer information set from the storage apparatus and to rewrite a prescribed one of the register files. The data transfer apparatus performs data transfer based on the transfer information set stored in one of the register files.
US10102157B2
A technique includes amplifying data signals from a memory bus interface. The amplified data signals are sampled, and the amplifier is selectively disabled in response to the absence of a predetermined operation occurring over the memory bus. In some embodiments of the invention, the amplification may be selectively enabled in response to the beginning of the predetermined operation over the memory bus.
US10102153B2
An information handling system and method performs Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) interception and pre-processing of data associated with block input/output (I/O) commands targeting encrypted storage devices. A UEFI interceptor block (IB) I/O driver intercepts each block I/O command targeting block addresses on a storage device and identifies whether any of the target block addresses is encrypted. In response to identifying an encrypted block address among the target block addresses, the UEFI IB I/O driver forwards data associated with the encrypted block address to an encryption-decryption module to perform one of an encryption and a decryption of the data. Final handling of the block I/O command is performed using a block I/O driver chained to the UEFI IB I/O driver. Data associated with I/O commands targeting encrypted block addresses is first processed by the encryption-decryption module before final handling of the I/O command is performed by the block I/O driver.
US10102152B2
A method includes generating a set of virtual-machine-specific (VMS) encryption keys for a dedicated virtual machine, storing the set of VMS encryption keys in a protected memory, storing a first look-up table in the protected memory, and replacing an encryption key stored in a crypto unit with at least one VMS encryption key of the set of VMS encryption keys in an operation mode where the dedicated virtual machine is executed by a processor. The protected memory is selectively excluded from access by operating systems executable on a computer system. The look-up table being accessible only by firmware of the computer system.
US10102151B2
A method includes generating a set of virtual-machine-specific (VMS) encryption keys for a dedicated virtual machine, storing the set of VMS encryption keys in a protected memory, storing a first look-up table in the protected memory, and replacing an encryption key stored in a crypto unit with at least one VMS encryption key of the set of VMS encryption keys in an operation mode where the dedicated virtual machine is executed by a processor. The protected memory is selectively excluded from access by operating systems executable on a computer system. The look-up table being accessible only by firmware of the computer system.
US10102140B2
A cache memory includes cache lines to store information. The stored information is associated with physical addresses that include first, second, and third distinct portions. The cache lines are indexed by the second portions of respective physical addresses associated with the stored information. The cache memory also includes one or more tables, each of which includes respective table entries that are indexed by the first portions of the respective physical addresses. The respective table entries in each of the one or more tables are to store indications of the second portions of respective physical addresses associated with the stored information.
US10102129B2
A processor includes a processing core, a L1 cache comprising a first processing core and a first L1 cache comprising a first L1 cache data entry of a plurality of L1 cache data entries to store data. The processor also includes an L2 cache comprising a first L2 cache data entry of a plurality of L2 cache data entries. The first L2 cache data entry corresponds to the first L1 cache data entry and each of the plurality of L2 cache data entries are associated with a corresponding presence bit (pbit) of a plurality of pbits. Each of the plurality of pbits indicates a status of a corresponding one of the plurality of L2 cache data entries. The processor also includes a cache controller, which in response to a first request among a plurality of requests to access the data at the first L1 cache data entry, determines that a copy of the data is stored in the first L2 cache data entry; and retrieves the copy of the data from the L2 cache data entry in view of the status of the pbit.
US10102128B2
Managing access to a cache memory includes dividing said cache memory into multiple of cache areas, each cache area having multiple entries; and providing at least one separate lock attribute for each cache area such that only a processor thread having possession of the lock attribute corresponding to a particular cache area can update that cache area.
US10102116B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for receiving a memory allocation request; comparing a memory size corresponding to the memory allocation request to a memory size threshold; allocating a memory page that has a size larger than the memory size threshold, the memory page having a page entry in a page management data structure; and allocating a portion of the memory page, the portion of the memory page corresponding to a sub-page of the memory page.
US10102112B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for generating test strategy for a software application. The test strategy generation system receives a plurality of parameters from internal and external data sources and determines one or more behavioral patterns for the plurality of parameters of the external data sources. The test strategy generation system calculates a score for the plurality of parameters of external and internal data sources based on a corresponding weightage value and one or more behavioral patterns and compares an aggregate score with corresponding threshold weightage value for the plurality of parameters. The test strategy generation system generates test strategy parameters based on the comparison and filters a set of test cases for the plurality of parameters from the plurality of test cases based on the test strategy parameters.
US10102111B2
Techniques are provided for automated resiliency testing. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises analyzing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, an annotated state transition graph of a user interface of a microservices-based application, wherein the annotated state transition graph has edges annotated with application program interface call subgraphs. The computer-implemented method also comprises generating, by the system, an ordered list of the application program interface call subgraphs based on the analyzing.
US10102107B2
A source code migration tool comprising a memory, a receiver, a resolved source code file generation engine, and a verification engine. The memory is configured to store source code for an application, a plurality of configuration files comprising one or more parameter values defining one or more parameters, and metadata corresponding to the application. The receiver is configured to receive notice that the application has migrated from a lower environment and the resolved source code file generation engine is configured to generate a resolved source code file based on the source code of the application. The verification engine is configured to perform one or more checks on the resolved source code file and determine whether the resolved source code file passes or fails each performed check. The checks comprise one or more of a parameter check, a metadata check, a connectivity check, a credentials check, and an access check.
US10102101B1
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for determining a system performance indicator representative of the overall operation of a network system are disclosed. According to one example, a method includes obtaining, from a plurality of infrastructure elements included in a network system, performance metric data associated with a plurality of application processes being executed by the plurality of infrastructure elements. The method further includes consolidating analogous portions of the performance metric data into a plurality of performance metric data groups irrespective of the plurality of infrastructure elements and utilizing the plurality of performance metric data groups to determine a system performance indicator (SPI) value that represents an overall performance level of the network system.
US10102100B2
Performing an automated interaction with a computer software application by identifying, among a plurality of regions of an interface of a computer software application, a region for which a region-level measure exists of user interaction that occurred within the region of the interface, determining if the region-level measure meets or exceeds a predefined minimum level of user interaction, and performing an automated interaction with an element at least partly found within the region if the region-level measure meets or exceeds the predefined minimum level of user interaction.
US10102096B2
Data is collected during the operation of a vehicle and used to produce a ranking of a driver's efficiency performance, and that ranking is shared on a hosted website, such that the drivers can compare their performance metrics to their peers. Fleet operators can use these performance metrics as incentives, by linking driver pay with efficiency performance. Individual fleet operators can host their own website, where driver rankings in that fleet can be compared, or the website can be hosted by a third party, and multiple fleet operators participate. The third party can offset their costs for operating the website by charging participating fleet operators a fee, and/or by advertising revenue. In some embodiments, all driver efficiency performance data is displayed in an anonymous format, so that individual drivers cannot be identified unless the driver shares their user ID.
US10102087B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting and managing suspect subscriber bindings
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for managing suspect subscriber bindings. In some examples, a method is performed by a Diameter signaling router (DSR) for a telecommunications network. The method includes binding a subscriber to a first policy and charging rules function (PCRF) server selected from a plurality of PCRF servers for the telecommunications network. The method includes determining that one or more messages destined to the first PCRF server have failed according to one or more user-configurable rules defining failure. The method includes tearing down the binding between the subscriber and the first PCRF server.
US10102083B1
Embodiments are described for improved management of backed up data from a client device to a storage device. The storage device may be coupled to a backup server across a network. A backup of data from an application on a client device to a storage device may fail while the backup is in progress. Systems and methods described herein can detect and remove incomplete backups. Systems and methods described herein can also scan for, and delete, save sets of a backups within a specified time interval. Systems and methods described herein can update metadata that describes existing backup data so that existing backups may be used with an updated or changed application software.
US10102075B2
A storage layer of a non-volatile storage device may be configured to provide key-value storage services. Key conflicts may be resolved by modifying the logical interface of data stored on the non-volatile storage device. Resolving a key conflict may comprise identifying an alternative key and implementing one or more range move operations configured to bind the stored data to the alternative key. The move operations may be implemented without relocating the data on the non-volatile storage device.
US10102072B2
A method for calculating a plurality (M) of redundancy blocks for multiple (N) data blocks of a plurality (D) of words each, the method comprises: receiving the number (M) of redundancy blocks by a calculator that comprises multiple (R) calculation units; configuring the calculator according to M and R; concurrently calculating, if M equals R, by the multiple (R) calculation units of the calculator, R sets of parity vectors, each set includes a plurality (D) of parity vectors; and calculating the plurality (M) of the redundancy blocks based on the R sets of parity vectors.
US10102053B2
Systems and methods for predicting and displaying site safety metrics are provided. Some methods can include assigning respective risk index values to each of a plurality of devices, storing the respective risk index values in a memory device, identifying respective faults of each the plurality of devices in fault, retrieving, from the memory device, the respective risk index values of each of the plurality of devices in fault, prioritizing the respective faults of each of the plurality of devices in fault based on the respective risk index values of the plurality of devices in fault, and transmitting a notification message indicative of the prioritized respective faults.
US10102051B2
An error mechanism provides stored error information to assist in determining the cause of failure of a storage device such as a hard disk drive. The error mechanism gathers information surrounding an error event from various software and hardware components in the system. An event command is sent to the storage device that includes the gathered information. The storage device stores the gathered information from the event command in a log on the storage device. After the storage device is removed from the system the error information in the log can be used to determine the cause of the failure. The event command may be standardized into an existing industry communication protocol or be vendor specific.
US10102047B2
Techniques and a system are provided for managing resources used by user-provided programs. The system includes an application programming interface (API) that allows user-provided programs to access memory resources managed by functions provided by the API. The system stores memory-usage records made during memory allocations. Memory-usage records may be used to identify memory resources, analyze memory usage, and provide other features.
US10102046B2
Techniques and a system are provided for managing resources used by user-provided programs. The system includes an application programming interface (API) that allows user-provided programs to access memory resources managed by functions provided by the API. The system stores memory-usage records made during memory allocations. Memory-usage records may be used to identify memory resources, analyze memory usage, and provide other features.
US10102040B2
Systems and methods are described for adjusting a number of concurrent code executions allowed to be performed for a given user on an on-demand code execution environment or other distributed code execution environments. Such environments utilize pre-initialized virtual machine instances to enable execution of user-specified code in a rapid manner, without delays typically caused by initialization of the virtual machine instances. However, to improve utilization of computing resources, such environments may temporarily restrict the number of concurrent code executions performed on behalf of the given user to a number less than the maximum number of concurrent code executions allowed for the given user. Such environments may adjust the temporary restriction on the number of concurrent code executions based on the number of incoming code execution requests associated with the given user.
US10102034B2
A method and device for clearing an application process, and a mobile terminal are provided. The method for clearing an application process includes: clearing the application process; obtaining a restart interval of the application process; and clearing the application process continuously according to the restart interval, until the restart interval is greater than a predetermined time.
US10102031B2
Systems and methods relate to managing shared resources in a multithreaded processor comprising two or more processing threads. Danger levels for the two or more threads are determined, wherein the danger level of a thread is based on a potential failure of the thread to meet a deadline due to unavailability of a shared resource. Priority levels associated with the two or more threads are also determined, wherein the priority level is higher for a thread whose failure to meet a deadline is unacceptable and the priority level is lower for a thread whose failure to meet a deadline is acceptable. The two or more threads are scheduled based at least on the determined danger levels for the two or more threads and priority levels associated with the two or more threads.
US10102019B2
A device may receive information that identifies a set of rules for analyzing network traffic associated with a cloud computing environment. The device may receive network traffic information associated with the cloud computing environment. The network traffic information may be associated with network traffic transmitted to or transmitted from the cloud computing environment. The device may analyze the network traffic information using the set of rules, and may identify an action to be performed based on analyzing the network traffic information using the set of rules. The device may identify a layer of the cloud computing environment, at which to perform the action, based on analyzing the network traffic information using the set of rules. The device may cause the action to be performed to modify a configuration associated with the layer of the cloud computing environment.
US10102011B2
A computing device supports distributed application execution by sending a code module to different remote devices that have different device-specific support for a platform-independent device function, and sending, to at least two of the different remote devices, a platform-independent message indicating an event has occurred in order to trigger each of the at least two of the different remote devices to autonomously select a device-specific function from a plurality of device-specific functions, and execute the different device-specific support for the platform-independent device function. Each of the at least two of the different remote devices comprises an output interface and triggering each of the at least two of the different remote devices to execute the different device-specific support comprises triggering each of the at least two of the different remote devices to use their output interface for outputting differently from each other.
US10102008B2
A managed boot process system includes a management device coupled to a networking device through a network. The networking device includes a storage system with an assured boot image, a plurality of runtime images, and a plurality of session data, and a memory system having boot instructions. A processing system in the networking device stores the plurality of session details in the storage system during a management session with the management device and prior to a reboot. The processing system then performs a reboot and executes the boot instructions to load the assured boot image. The networking device then uses the session details to restart the management session without reauthorization subsequent to loading the assured boot image and prior to loading a runtime image. The networking device then provides a graphical user interface over the network to the management device and uses it to receive a management instruction for execution.
US10102002B2
Embodiments include issuing dynamic issue masks for processor hang prevention. Aspects include storing an instruction in an issue queue for execution by an execution unit, the instruction including a default issue mask. Aspects further include determining whether the instruction in the issue queue is likely to be rescinded by the execution unit. Based on determining that the instruction is not likely to be rescinded by the execution unit, aspects include issuing the instruction to the execution unit with the default issue mask. Based on determining that the instruction is likely to be rescinded by the execution unit, aspects include issuing the instruction to the execution unit with a likely to be rescinded issue mask.
US10101977B2
A method and system for a command processor for efficient processing of a program multi-processor core system with a CPU and GPU. The multi-core system includes a general purpose CPU executing commands in a CPU programming language and a graphic processing unit (GPU) executing commands in a GPU programming language. A command processor is coupled to the CPU and CPU. The command processor sequences jobs from a program for processing by the CPU or the GPU. The command processor creates commands from the jobs in a state free command format. The command processor generates a sequence of commands for execution by either the CPU or the GPU in the command format. A compiler running a meta language converts program data for the commands into a first format readable by the CPU programming language and a second format readable by the GPU programming language.
US10101970B2
Hardware logic is described which is arranged to efficiently perform modulo calculation with respect to a constant value b. The hardware logic comprises a series of addition units (each comprising a plurality of binary adders). A first stage addition unit in the series groups bits from an input number into a number of strings, multiplies each string by a corresponding coefficient using adders and left-shifting and adds the resulting strings together to generate an intermediate value which, in most examples, has a smaller range of possible values than the input number. The series of addition units also includes a second stage addition unit and/or a final stage addition unit. A second stage addition unit uses similar methods to generate an updated intermediate value in a pre-defined terminating range. A final stage addition unit generates a final result from the final intermediate result output by an immediately previous addition unit in the series.
US10101969B1
A system includes an integrated circuit configured to receive a multiplicand number, a multiplier number, and a modulus at one or more data inputs. The multiplicand number is partitioned into a plurality of multiplicand words. Each multiplicand word has a multiplicand word width. The multiplier number is partitioned into a plurality of multiplier words. Each multiplier word has a multiplier word width different from the multiplicand word width. A plurality of outer loop iterations of an outer loop is performed to iterate through the plurality of the multiplicand words. Each outer loop iteration of the outer loop includes a plurality of inner loop iterations of an inner loop performed to iterate through the plurality of the multiplier words. A Montgomery product of the multiplicand number and the multiplier number with respect to the modulus is determined.
US10101963B2
Some examples comprise a memory device including a memory region accessible by a receiving processing unit and a plurality of sending processing units, the memory region including a set of memory buffers identified by a set of buffer identifiers; a first FIFO buffer for communicating a first buffer identifier from the receiving processing unit to any of the sending processing units, the first buffer identifier corresponding to a memory buffer available for use by the any one sending processing unit in sending data to the receiving processing unit; and a second FIFO buffer for communicating a second buffer identifier to the receiving processing unit from any of the sending processing units, the second buffer identifier corresponding to a memory buffer containing data being sent to the receiving unit.
US10101961B2
An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: detecting a first physiological parameter of a user; obtaining a change in the first physiological parameter of the user based on the first physiological parameter of the user; controlling, based on the change in the first physiological parameter of the user, an image outputting unit to output the adjusted image information; determining an audio adjustment parameter for an audio outputting unit based on the change in the first physiological parameter; and adjusting output power of the audio outputting unit based on the audio adjustment parameter, and controlling the audio outputting unit to output audio information at the adjusted output power, so that the outputted audio information coincides with the outputted adjusted image information.
US10101960B2
A system for playing media content items operates to provide smooth transitions between the media content items to continuously support a user's repetitive motion activity. The system can generate crossfade data containing information for transitions between media content items. The mix-in and mix-out points for the transitions are calculated to eliminate one or more portions of media content items that have lower musical energy than a majority portion of the items, and to maintain substantially consistent and/or stable musical energy (e.g., audio power or sound power) throughout the media content items including transitions therebetween.
US10101955B2
Resources may be managed in a topology for audio/video streaming. The topology includes audio/video sources and sinks and intervening branch devices. Messages between these sources, sinks, and branch devices may be used for resource management.
US10101950B2
An image forming apparatus and an information processing apparatus, and control methods thereof, store information of jobs that have been input, and display, in a display unit, a list of the stored jobs in an order in which the jobs are to be executed. Then, in the displayed job list, a job is moved in the list in response to a user operation for changing an execution order of the jobs, and a condition of the job that will occur after the job is moved is displayed while the job is being moved.
US10101949B2
In one embodiment, a method includes creating a cartridge memory (CM) database accessible via a storage cloud, the CM database storing information corresponding to a plurality of data storage cartridges that are configured to store data that is accessible by one or more data storage drives located in one or more data storage libraries. The method also includes storing information corresponding to each of the plurality of data storage cartridges to separate entries in the CM database, the information being selected from a group including: a history of read errors for each data storage cartridge that occurred during reading of the data storage cartridge, which data storage drive was used for writing data to each data storage cartridge, and a temperature and humidity within each data storage library, within each data storage cartridge, and within a data storage drive at a time when a data storage cartridge was written.
US10101946B2
A method of reading data from a first memory device includes generating a first read command based on a first request which requests to generate the first read command for first data stored in a first address region of the first memory device, generating a second read command for second data stored in a second address region of the first memory device, generating a third read command based on a second request which requests to generate the third read command for third data stored in a third address region of the first memory device, executing the first read command and the third read command to read the first data and the third data, respectively, from the first memory device, and after the executing the first read command and the third read command, executing the second read command to read the second data from the first memory device.
US10101935B2
A memory module includes one or more memory devices, a memory interface to a host computer, and a memory overprovisioning logic. The memory overprovisioning logic is configured to monitor memory usage of the one or more memory devices and provide a compression and/or deduplication ratio of the memory module to a kernel driver module of the host computer. The kernel driver module of the host computer is configured to update a virtual memory capacity of the memory module based on the compression and/or deduplication ratio.
US10101933B2
According to one embodiment, a controller determines a write operation, when a write request to a memory, a write address and data are received, by comparing an amount of use of a write buffer and a threshold for determining a change of a write operation to the memory. The memory is capable of overwriting first data to second data at an identical physical address of the memory. By the determined write operation, the received data is written to the received write address of the memory.
US10101930B2
A method for memory-efficient backup of a logical-to-physical (LtoP) table in a storage device having a processor, a volatile memory, and a non-volatile memory, includes retrieving and subsequently processing, by the processor, a plurality of flushed zone segments stored in a first block stripe of the non-volatile memory in an order opposite to an order of storage of the plurality of flushed zone segments in the first block stripe in the non-volatile memory, wherein the processing of the plurality of flushed zone segments includes identifying a retrieved flushed zone segment of the plurality of flushed zone segments differing from all previously retrieved plurality of flushed zone segments, and writing the identified retrieved flushed zone segment of the plurality of flushed zone segments to a second block stripe of the non-volatile memory.
US10101918B2
Systems and methods for generating hint information associated with a host command are disclosed. In one implementation, a processor of a host system determines whether the host system has initiated a procedure that will send a command to a non-volatile memory system. The processor analyzes at least one of metadata or payload data associated with the command to determine whether the processor is able to generate hint information associated with the at least one of metadata or payload data. The processor generates hint information based on the analysis of the at least one of metadata or payload data, sends the hint information to the non-volatile memory system, and sends the command to the non-volatile memory system.
US10101915B2
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage inter-virtual disk relations in a modularized virtualization topology using virtual hard disks. An example method includes, in response to a request to access a first virtual hard disk in a virtual computing environment, determining, with a machine, whether an inter-virtual hard disk rule associated with a second virtual hard disk is invoked and whether a condition of the inter-virtual hard disk rule is satisfied. The example method also includes identifying, with the machine, a response action if the inter-virtual hard disk rule is invoked and the condition is satisfied, and executing the response action with the machine.
US10101913B2
Systems and methods for migrating stored backup data between magnetic disks (e.g., from an existing magnetic disk to another disk), such as a new or different magnetic disk in a magnetic storage library, without interrupting or otherwise affecting secondary copy operations (e.g., operations currently writing data to the storage library) utilizing the magnetic storage library, are described. In some embodiments, the systems and methods mark one or more mount paths as full when a running secondary copy operation associated with the mount path has completed a job (regardless of the actual current capacity or intended use of the mount path), and migrate each of the one or more data volumes to a second magnetic disk of the magnetic library when the mount path associated with the data volume is marked as full.
US10101912B2
According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for an automatic memory cloud is provided. The method may include detecting a trigger event. The method may include activating the automatic memory cloud based on detecting the trigger event. The method may include determining if new data is found on a primary device connected to the activated automatic memory cloud, wherein the new data has a data type and a data size. The method may include selecting a destination device from a plurality of secondary devices connected to the activated automatic memory cloud based on determining that the new data is found on the primary device, whereby the selected destination device has an available storage exceeding the data size and a usage type matches the data type associated with the new data. The method may include sending an instruction to transfer the new data from the primary device to the destination device.
US10101911B2
An integrated controller for implementing a quality of service when storing input/output data across an array is provided. The integrated controller receives the input/output data from at least one of a file system and an upper layer application. The input/output data can be associated with a quality of service classification. The integrated controller also splits the input/output data into data chunks and determines whether the quality of service classification indicates a first priority or a second priority for each of the data chunks. Then, if the quality of service classification indicates the first priority, the integrated controller proceeds to place the data chunks across a first partition of a disk of the array.
US10101901B2
The present disclosure provides a method for deleting an email from a terminal device running Android system. The method includes: acquiring sliding trace information of a touch point; acquiring, if a sliding operation of the touch point meets a pre-determined condition, initial coordinates of the control in a first layout file of an email interface where the touch point is located, target coordinates of a deletion button in a second layout file, and a preset interface shift threshold; shifting, according to the interface shift threshold, the initial coordinates of the control in a preset direction, and shifting, according to the interface shift threshold and a width value of the deletion button, the deletion button in a preset direction to the target coordinates of the deletion button; and deleting the email when a touch point is detected in a deletion button region of the email interface.
US10101894B2
The present disclosure discloses an information input method, device and electronic apparatus and belongs to the technical field of touch control. The method includes displaying a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information; receiving a control signal corresponding to the slider; causing the slider to change a position on the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal; and, taking the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes. The present disclosure solves the problem of relatively low input efficiency in the existing information input method.
US10101889B2
The technology disclosed relates to a platform for ultra-fast, ad-hoc data exploration and faceted navigation on integrated, heterogeneous data sets. The disclosed method of declarative specification of visualization queries, display formats and bindings represents queries, widgets and bindings combined on a dashboard in real time, with flexible display options for analyzing data and conveying analysis results.
US10101883B2
Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for providing cross-domain communication via a user interface provided in a web browser. One or more servers of a database system receive an indication of a first event message sent from a second user interface component to a first user interface component of the user interface, the first event message comprising a request to perform a first operation. The one or more servers identify a first one or more trusted data network domains for a first application displayed in the first user interface component. The one or more servers determine that the first one or more trusted data network domains comprise a second data network domain for a third party application displayed in the second user interface component. The one or more servers determine that the first operation is a safe operation and perform the first operation.
US10101862B2
A method for measuring a capacitance value of a capacitive sensor uses an integration process. For the integration process, the sensor is connected to an integration capacitor having a known capacitance value greater than the capacitance value of the sensor and a voltage UCI of the integration capacitor is measured by an A/D converter after a number IZ of executed integration cycles of the integration process. The method includes carrying out the integration process until the number IZ of executed integration cycles has reached the number N of integration cycles to be executed, adding a voltage value UCI (N) of the integration capacitor, which is determined by the A/D converter, to the total voltage value Utotal, increasing the number N, and repeating until the number N exceeds a predetermined value. The final total voltage value Utotal is indicative of the capacitance value of the capacitive sensor.
US10101856B2
An optical touch apparatus configured to sense a touch operation of a touch object is provided. The optical touch apparatus includes a touch operation surface, a plurality of optical sensors and a touch controller. The touch operation surface includes a plurality of reference points. The touch object performs the touch operation on the touch operation surface. The optical sensors are disposed on a side of the touch operation surface and configured to obtain a plurality of images from different angles. The touch controller is electrically connected to the optical sensors and configured to determine a plurality of orientation points according to the images obtained by the optical sensors. The touch controller compares the orientation points to the reference points and determines a touch position of the touch object on the touch operation surface according to a comparison result. Furthermore, a method for determining a touch position is also provided.
US10101852B2
An organic light emitting display device is provided. The organic light emitting display device includes a conductive pattern of which impedance varies due to damage or heat generation of a panel and senses the damage or heat generation of the panel by using the conductive pattern.
US10101825B2
An earphone plug able to be utilized as a touch stylus comprises a column base, a conductive portion, a conductive tip, and a conductive core. A grip ring connects to the column base. The conductive core and conductive wires are received in the earphone plug. The conductive core connects to the conductive tip. The wires connect with the conductive core and the grip ring. When a user holds the conductive tip and makes the earphone plug contact a capacitive touch panel, a current from user's body in the position where the earphone plug makes contact changes the capacitive touch panel to record a touch.
US10101820B2
A system, method and program product for processing user interests. A system is provided that includes: a gesture management system that receives gesture data from a collection device for an inputted interest of a user; a pattern detection system that receives and analyzes behavior data associated with the inputted interest; an interest affinity scoring system that calculates an affinity score for the inputted interest based on the gesture data and an analysis of the behavior data; a dynamic classification system that assigns a dynamically generated tag to the inputted interest based on an inputted context associated with the inputted interest; and a user interest database that stores structured interest information for the user, including a unique record for the inputted interest that includes the affinity score and dynamically generated tag.
US10101816B2
Methods and systems are described for improved techniques for consuming and interacting with media content. Specifically, a media guidance application may present a holographic structure using a holographic interface. Moreover, the media guidance application may monitor the user and/or area about the holographic interface for user interactions that may cause the media guidance application to alter the holographic structure based on a user interaction. The media guidance application may also after altering the holographic structure, generate for display a media asset associated with the holographic structure.
US10101814B2
A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.
US10101812B2
A haptic device and a display having the same are disclosed. The haptic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include a first moving bar coupled to a first lateral surface of a touch sensor and a first actuator coupled to the first moving bar and configured to repeatedly move the first moving bar minutely in a direction of the first lateral surface.
US10101807B2
A distance adaptive holographic displaying method and device based on eyeball tracking are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a human face of a user and acquiring positions of eyes of the user, wherein the positions of the eyes of the user comprise a distance between the eyes and a displaying screen; adjusting the size of an object in a holographic scene along a z-axis direction in the holographic three-dimensional display according to the distance, and displaying the object in the displaying screen; adjusting an emergent direction of the light emitted by the displaying screen to the direction of the left eye and the right eye of the eyes so that the different individual holographic three-dimensional images of the left eye and the right eye are imaged into the left eye and the right eye respectively; and tracking the change of the positions of the eyes, and repeating the aforesaid steps to dynamically adjust viewpoints and the displayed content. The present disclosure can adapt to different groups of people at different distances and conform to the visual principle of human beings, thereby improving user experiences.
US10101806B2
A television set is connected to a sensor and a height adjusting apparatus. The sensor detects location information of a user, a watching mode of the user, a visual angle of the user and a neck deviation angle of the user, by using the sensor when the television set is turned on. The television set calculates a proper height for the user under different watching modes, according to the location information of the user, the watching mode of the user, and the visual angle and the neck deviation angle of the user. The television set further controls the height adjusting apparatus to adjust the visual height of the television set according to the calculated proper height of the television. A method for automatically adjusting the visual height of the television set is also provided.
US10101792B2
Embodiments of a capacitive sensor configuration for proximity detection by a playback device are provided. A example playback device includes a capacitive proximity sensor and a radio frequency (RF) antenna. While a grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor is decoupled from a grounding plane of the RF antenna, the playback device determines that the playback device will be rendering audio, and responsively causes the grounding plane of the capacitive proximity sensor to be coupled to the grounding plane of the RF antenna while the playback device is rendering audio.
US10101781B2
In a system and a method for controlling temperatures of a computer, an infrared induction module and a temperature-detecting module are applied to obtain position information and temperature information of a device module, and the position information and the temperature information are further analyzed and judged by a baseboard management controller to carry out different control means for the device module under different operation status and temperature conditions. Through the system and the method, the device module can be kept in operating under an operation temperature less than a predetermined temperature, so as to ensure the normal operation of the device module and to further promote the efficiency of test, maintenance and repair.
US10101775B2
An automatic display adjustment system for a vehicle may include a controller coupled to a display and at least one motor for adjusting the display. The controller may be configured to detect a seat-back angle of a seat occupied by an occupant and determine a display angle based on the detected seat-back angle. The controller may be further configured to generate a control signal to actuate at least one motor for adjusting the display according to the determined display angle.
US10101773B2
A method of covering a device includes splitting a sheet of non-woven material between a cosmetic surface of the non-woven material and a non-cosmetic surface of the non-woven material. This produces two sheets—a cosmetic sheet of the non-woven material including the cosmetic surface and a first split surface opposite the cosmetic surface, and a non-cosmetic sheet of the non-woven material including the non-cosmetic surface and a second split surface opposite the non-cosmetic surface. The method further includes applying an at least partially transparent coating to the non-cosmetic surface of the non-cosmetic sheet. The first split surface of the cosmetic sheet is affixed to a first portion of the device, and the second split surface of the non-cosmetic sheet is affixed to a second portion of the device.
US10101768B2
A digital book includes a casing adapted to fold open and shut like a book and having a folding axis, a main part, and a secondary part together forming a book back part. A display unit consists of at least two parts arranged such that when the casing is folded out, the main part and the secondary part are each presented with at least one screen each, like pages of a book. A control unit has means for receiving, storing, processing, and reproducing information, and an operating unit has operating elements for using the digital book as a device for receiving/processing/reproducing information. A supply unit has a receiving opening and a guide and supply pin, by means of each the digital book can be plugged in when the casing is folded shut, for inputting and outputting information, for supplying energy, and for storing the digital book.
US10101767B2
An awning includes an electronic display panel frame that has a front end and a rear end. The rear end is pivotally attached to a fixed surface at a pivot location. The awning includes at least one lift mechanism that is pivotally connected to the electronic display panel frame and to a fixed mount surface. The at least one left mechanism selectively pivots the electronic display panel frame about the pivot location between a raised position and a lowered position. When in the raised position, the front end of the electronic display panel frame is positioned at a greater distance from a ground surface than the front end of the electronic display panel frame when positioned in the lowered position.
US10101759B2
Provided are an electronic circuit, a linear regulating circuit, and a DC-DC converting circuit. An embodiment of the inventive concept includes a linear regulating circuit unit for generating, by comparing output voltages and corresponding reference voltages, a transient signal indicating that at least one of the output voltages is in a transient state, or a steady signal indicating that each of the output voltages is in a steady state, and for controlling the output voltages on the basis of the steady signal and the transient signal, an energy storing unit for storing energy used to generate the output voltages, a ground switch unit for controlling connection between the energy storing unit and a ground terminal, an input switch unit for controlling connection between at least one input terminal and the energy storing unit, and an output switch unit for controlling connection between output loads and the energy storing unit.
US10101758B2
The present invention relates to a linear regulator with real-time frequency compensation function, which belongs to the technical field of analog integrated circuits. The part of frequency compensation of the present invention includes the dual-frequency compensation networks and compensation transfer switcher, and the pulse delay circuit. The dual-frequency compensation networks and compensation transfer switcher provide the corresponding frequency compensation for linear regulator under two different capacitive loads. The pulse delay circuit generates a set of signals which have a delay related to the switch-pulse signals to control the access of the compensation transfer switcher and capacitive load. The advantages of the present invention are that the circuit structure is simple, without complex feedback control circuits, the excessive power dissipation is extremely low, and it is applied to such special use of linear regulator with switched capacitive load that it can option the loop frequency compensation in real-time to ensure the linear regulator has the optimal stability and load transient response.
US10101757B2
An intelligent control method and an intelligent control device are adapted to be used in a heat-dissipating system. The intelligent control device includes at least a set of sensors and a micro-controller. The intelligent control method includes steps of obtaining a set of first state parameters and a set of second state parameters by sensing the heat-dissipating system at a first time point and a second time point, respectively; analyzing the set of first state parameters and the set of second state parameters to acquire an optimized heat-dissipating strategy, to generate at least a set of first control parameters; and adjusting a heat-dissipating action of the heat-dissipating system according to the set of first control parameters.
US10101754B2
An application for a flow control system includes a pressure vessel, positioned within the interior of a container which is fluidly interfaced to a downstream drainage system. The pressure vessel has at least one opening through its lower surface, through which it is slideably engaged over the exterior of a closed conduit which is in fluid communication with an upstream reservoir. There is no need for a seal between the pressure vessel and the closed conduit such that the interior of the pressure vessel is in fluid communication with the interior of the container. Additional openings, from the interior of the pressure vessel may also be provided. A means to restrain the pressure vessel from significant lateral movement is provided. As the fluid pressure rises in the pressure vessel in response to an increase in the fluid level in the upstream reservoir, the openings through the pressure vessel rise to prescribed level and the release rate of fluid into the downstream drainage system is maintained at a prescribed rate or range of rates as the fluid level continues to rise.
US10101744B2
A navigation system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes at least one processor programmed to receive, from one or more sensors, outputs indicative of a motion of the vehicle. The at least one processor is also programmed to determine an actual trajectory of the vehicle based on the outputs from the one or more sensors; receive, from a camera, at least one environmental image associated with the vehicle; and analyze the at least one environmental image to determine information associated with at least one navigational constraint. The at least one processor is further programmed to determine a target trajectory, including the actual trajectory of the vehicle and one or more modifications to the actual trajectory based on the determined information associated with the at least one navigational constraint; and transmit the target trajectory from the vehicle to a server.
US10101739B2
A multi-body self-propelled device can include a drive body and a coupled head. The drive body can include a spherical housing, an internal drive system within the spherical housing to propel the multi-body self-propelled device, and a magnet holder coupled to the internal drive system to hold a first set of magnetic elements. The drive body can further include a first power source within the spherical housing to power the internal drive system and a first inductive interface. The coupled head can include second set of magnetic elements to establish a magnetic interaction with the first set of magnetic elements through the spherical housing. The coupled head can also include a second power source, and a second inductive interface. The multi-body self-propelled device can transfer power between the coupled head and the drive body via the first and the second inductive interfaces.
US10101737B2
A remote operation system includes: a remote operation apparatus; and a vehicle, which is an operation target of the remote operation apparatus, wherein both of the remote operation apparatus and the vehicle are capable of communicate with each other. The remote operation apparatus is provided with: an imager configured to successively photograph an operator of the remote operation apparatus; a generator configured to generate operator information, which is information about the operator and which includes images of the operator outputted from the imager; and a controller configured to generate control information, which is information for remotely operating the vehicle, and to transmit the control information and the operator information to the vehicle. The vehicle is provided with: a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle on the basis of the transmitted control information; and a displayer configured to display images based on the transmitted operator information.
US10101731B2
Systems and methods for low level central plant optimization are provided. A controller for the central plant uses binary optimization to determine one or more feasible on/off configurations for equipment of the central plant that satisfy operating constraints and meet a thermal energy load setpoint. The controller determines optimum operating setpoints for each feasible on/off configuration and generates operating parameters including at least one of the feasible on/off configurations and the optimum operating setpoints. The operating parameters optimize an amount of energy consumed by the central plant equipment. The controller outputs the generated operating parameters via a communications interface for use in controlling the central plant equipment.
US10101730B2
An optimization system for a central plant includes a processing circuit configured to receive load prediction data indicating building energy loads and utility rate data indicating a price of one or more resources consumed by equipment of the central plant to serve the building energy loads. The optimization system includes a high level optimization module configured to generate an objective function that expresses a total monetary cost of operating the central plant over the optimization period as a function of the utility rate data and an amount of the one or more resources consumed by multiple groups of the central plant equipment. The optimization system includes a load change penalty module configured to modify the objective function to account for a load change penalty resulting from a change in an amount of the building energy loads assigned to one or more of the groups of central plant equipment.
US10101728B2
In a region determination device and method, when an island contour of a slice model crosses a scanning line in a first direction, the value of an internal level n is increased by a predetermined value. When the island contour crosses the scanning line in a second direction different the first direction, the value of the internal level n is decreased by the predetermined value. When a hole contour of the slice model crosses the scanning line in the second direction, the value of the internal level n is assigned to a temporary retain variable m and “0” is substituted for the internal level n. When the hole contour crosses the scanning line in the first direction, the value of the temporary retain variable m is assigned back to the internal level n. A region corresponding to a value of the internal level n, set as above, that is not 0 is determined to be a printing region, and a region corresponding to the value of the internal level n that is 0 is determined to be a non-printing region.
US10101721B2
A method determines an optimized production schedule of a production line including a hybrid multi-cluster tool formed by a plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools interconnected with each other. The method includes determining time for individual operations of a robotic arm and a processing module in the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools; determining robot waiting time of the single-arm tools and dual-arm tools based on the time for individual operations and different connection relationships of the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools; determining whether the optimized production schedule exists using the determined waiting time, wherein the optimized production schedule only exists if the hybrid multi-cluster tool is process-dominant where the robot activity time of the plurality of single-arm tools and dual-arm tools is substantially shorter than processing time at the processing module; and determining the optimized production schedule if the optimized production schedule exists.
US10101716B2
Described are systems and methods for autonomously operating network devices by revising the operational status of the network devices in response to conditions or physical quantities sensed by one or more sensors.
US10101708B2
An electronic timepiece includes a power generator that generates electric energy, a power storage that stores the electric energy, a capacity detector that detects remaining capacity of the power storage, an operation unit, an operation detector that detects a measurement display operation for instructing the operation unit to display a measurement time, and a capacity display operation for instructing the operation unit to display the remaining capacity, an indicating hand that is used in displaying the measurement time and the remaining capacity, a drive unit that drives the indicating hand, and displays the remaining capacity after moving the indicating hand so as to indicate a preset reference position.
US10101706B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a developing cartridge, a drum cartridge, an electrical contact, a frame to which the developing cartridge attached to the drum cartridge is attachable, and first and second guide portions. The developing cartridge includes a storage medium having an electrical contact surface, and a holder including: a first outer surface holding the electrical contact surface, a second outer surface, and a resilient member connected to the both outer surfaces. The drum cartridge includes a holder support portion. The frame allows the developing cartridge to move from a first position to a second position, and then to a third position during insertion of the developing cartridge into the frame. The first guide portion guides the first outer surface, and the second guide portion guides the holder support portion to allow the electrical contact surface to contact the electrical contact during insertion of the developing cartridge into the frame.
US10101702B2
A separating claw unit includes: a separating claw provided beside and against a surface of an image carrier on which a toner image to be transferred to a recording paper sheet in a nip area between the image carrier and a transfer section is to be formed, the separating claw being configured to separate the recording paper sheet having passed through the nip area off the surface of the image carrier in a direction away from the surface of the image carrier; and a cushion guide provided next to the separating claw to extend beyond the separating claw in the direction away from the surface of the image carrier, held elastically and displaceably away from the surface of the image carrier, and configured to come into contact with the recording paper sheet to guide the recording paper sheet downstream in a direction of conveyance of the recording paper sheet.
US10101701B1
A method and system for controlling and adjusting marker timing for a marking system comprises receiving data from a plurality of sensors in a marking system, evaluating a performance of each of the sensors in the marking system determining a marker timing offset for the marking system according to the performance of the sensor, updating marker timing of the marking system according to the marker timing offset, and marking media with the marking system according to the marker timing.
US10101692B2
There is provided a guide incorporated in a fixing device including a belt configured to circularly move in a moving direction. The guide includes: a guide portion elongated in a longitudinal direction orthogonal to the moving direction; a first gate mark; and a second gate mark arranged spaced apart from the first gate mark in the longitudinal direction. The guide portion includes a resin and a plurality of elongated-shaped fillers dispersed in the resin. The guide portion has a guide surface configured to guide movement of the belt in the moving direction, a peripheral surface of the belt being configured to contact the guide surface.
US10101688B2
A gear unit includes a bearing configured to rotatably support a developer bearing member for developing an electrostatic image, a developing gear configured to include an engaging portion that engages with a shaft of the developer bearing member, at least one drive transmission gear configured to be engaged with the developing gear in such a manner that drive force is transmitted between the gears, and a cover member configured to be attached to the bearing so as to sandwich the developing gear between the bearing and the cover member, wherein the cover member supports the developing gear until the developing gear is engaged with the developer bearing member.
US10101685B2
A developing cartridge, comprising: a housing; a developing roller; a drive mechanism configured to transmit a driving force to the developing roller; and a restriction part configured to restrict movement of the housing when the restriction part engages with an external member, wherein the housing comprises: a first side wall; and a second side wall spaced from the first side wall in a first direction, wherein the drive mechanism is disposed to the second side wall, wherein: the restriction part is disposed to the first side wall; and the restriction part comprises projecting parts spaced from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US10101677B2
An inspection apparatus (for example a scatterometer) comprises: a substrate support for supporting a substrate and an optical system. An illumination system illuminates a target (T) with radiation. A positioning system (518) moves one or both of the optical system and the substrate support so as to position an individual target (T) relative to the optical system so that the imaging optics can use a portion of the diffracted radiation to form an image of the target structure on an image sensor (23). A liquid lens (722) is controlled (902) by feed-forward control to maintain said image stationary against vibration and/or scanning movement between the optical system and the target structure. In a second aspect, a liquid lens (1324, 1363) to correct chromatic aberration during measurements made at different wavelengths. This may improve focusing of the illumination on the target (T), and/or focusing of an image on the image sensor (23).
US10101668B2
An objective having a plurality of optical elements arranged to image a pattern from an object field to an image field at an image-side numerical aperture NA>0.8 with electromagnetic radiation from a wavelength band around a wavelength λ includes a number N of dioptric optical elements, each dioptric optical element i made from a transparent material having a normalized optical dispersion Δni=ni(λ0)−ni(λ0+1 pm) for a wavelength variation of 1 pm from a wavelength λ0. The objective satisfies the relation ∑ i = 1 N Δ n i ( s i - d i ) λ 0 NA 4 ≤ A for any ray of an axial ray bundle originating from a field point on an optical axis in the object field, where si is a geometrical path length of a ray in an ith dioptric optical element having axial thickness di and the sum extends on all dioptric optical elements of the objective. Where A=0.2 or below, spherochromatism is sufficiently corrected.
US10101658B2
A resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid, the resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in a developing solution under action of acid and an acid generator (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the base component (A) including a resin component having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) shown below, and the acid generator component (B) containing a compound having a cation moiety having an electron withdrawing group (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; Ya represents a carbon atom; Xa represents an atomic group required to form an alicyclic hydrocarbon group with Ya; and Ra01 represents an aromatic hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent).
US10101657B2
A resist composition contains: a resin having an acid-labile group, a resin having a structural unit represented by formula (I), an acid generator, and a solvent; wherein Ri41 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Ri42 represents a C1 to C10 hydrocarbon group that may be substituted with a hydroxy group, a C2 to C7 acyl group or a hydrogen atom, Ri43 in each occurrence independently represents a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a C1 to C6 alkoxy group, “p” represents an integer of 0 to 4, Z represents a divalent C3 to C20 hydrocarbon group having a group represented by formula (Ia), and a methylene group contained in the hydrocarbon group may be replaced by an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or a carbonyl group, *—[(CH2)w—O]r— (Ia): wherein “w” and “r” each independently represents an integer of 1 to 10, and * represent a bonding position.
US10101656B2
An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes an alkali-soluble resin (A) and a compound (B) exemplified below, the compound (B) has a specific structure within a molecule.
US10101652B2
Disclosed herein an exposure apparatus capable of implementing a microfabrication onto a work with a higher throughput and a lower cost. The exposure apparatus generates interfering light by crossing two or more branched light beams branched from output light from a coherent light source at a predetermined interfering angle, and exposes the substrate by repeating an irradiation onto the substrate with the interfering light and a conveyance of the substrate. At this moment, the exposure apparatus shapes in interfering light irradiation region on the substrate onto which the interfering light is irradiated into a predetermined shape. Then, the exposure apparatus disposes a plurality of the interfering light irradiation regions in successive shots to be located adjacent to each other on the substrate in a direction of conveying the substrate without the interfering light irradiation regions being overlapped when exposing the substrate while conveying the substrate in a stepwise manner.
US10101646B2
A semiconductor device of the invention is a semiconductor device that controls a transistor that controls an electric current that flows through a light emitting element, the transistor including a gate that is connected to one end of a capacitor. The semiconductor device includes: a first terminal that is connected to the gate of the transistor and the one end of the capacitor; a second terminal that is connected to the other end of the capacitor; a first driving circuit that outputs a first control signal to the first terminal; and a second driving circuit that, in order to control the transistor in an on-state or an off-state, activates or deactivates a second control signal, and outputs the second control signal to the second terminal, the second control signal having a potential lower than a potential of the first control signal.
US10101645B2
A wavelength conversion element includes a base material and a phosphor layer that contains a phosphor emitting fluorescence upon incidence of excitation light and is provided on the base material, in which the phosphor layer includes a first surface on which excitation light (blue light) is incident and a second surface facing the base material, and a plurality of regions with different absorption coefficients of the excitation light between the first surface and the second surface.
US10101635B2
To provide a blade drive device capable of suppressing variations in movement speed of blades at the time of continuous operation and shortening the operation interval of blades. A blade drive device 10 includes a bed plate 11 having an opening 12, a blade receiving plate 15 arranged so as to face the bed plate 11, a plurality of blades 31b to 34b provided between the bed plate 11 and the blade receiving plate 15, which are expanded in a state where the opening 12 is closed and are housed while overlapping one another in a state where the opening 12 is opened and a regulating member 80 having an abutting surface 82 on which side edge portions 31b1 to 34b1 of the blades 31b to 34b abut when the blades are housed. The abutting surface 82 is an inclined surface 83 inclined to the bed plate 11 side as it goes from the bed plate 11 side to the blade receiving plate 15 side.
US10101628B2
Power consumption of a display device is reduced. The display quality of the display device is improved. A high-quality image is displayed regardless of a usage environment. A light-weight and non-breakable display device is provided. In the display device, a first display panel and a second display panel are bonded to each other with an adhesive layer. The first display panel includes first pixels that include reflective liquid crystal elements. The second display panel includes second pixels that include light-emitting elements. The first display panel includes a first resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The second display panel includes a second resin layer positioned closest to the adhesive layer. The thickness of each of the first resin layer and the second resin layer is 0.1 μm or more and 3 μm or less.
US10101627B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) device capable of preventing impurities from permeating into a channel area of a switching element, the LCD device including: a gate electrode above a substrate; a semiconductor layer which overlaps the gate electrode; a drain electrode and a source electrode which overlap the semiconductor layer; an ohmic contact layer between the semiconductor layer and the drain electrode and between the semiconductor layer and the source electrode; a pixel electrode which is connected to one of the drain electrode and the source electrode; and a gate insulating layer between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer, the gate insulating layer comprising fluorine. A concentration of the fluorine is decreasing, as the fluorine of the gate insulating layer being more adjacent to the substrate.
US10101626B2
An array substrate, a display panel, a display device, and a method for fabricating an array substrate are provided. The array substrate comprises gate lines and data lines on a substrate plate which are insulated from each other and intersect to define sub-pixel units, and the data lines comprise a first data line and a second data line which are arranged side by side between two neighboring columns of sub-pixel units. Between two of the sub-pixel units which are neighbors in a column direction, at least a portion of the first data line is arranged in a layer different from the neighboring second data line. At least a part of the first data line is arranged in a layer different from that of the neighboring second data line, to overcome the problem of short circuit between dual data lines.
US10101625B2
The display device includes a first substrate provided with a driver circuit region that is located outside and adjacent to a pixel region and includes at least one second transistor which supplies a signal to the first transistor in each of the pixels in the pixel region, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first interlayer insulating film including an inorganic insulating material over the first transistor and the second transistor, a second interlayer insulating film including an organic insulating material over the first interlayer insulating film, and a third interlayer insulating film including an inorganic insulating material over the second interlayer insulating film. The third interlayer insulating film is provided in part of an upper region of the pixel region, and has an edge portion on an inner side than the driver circuit region.
US10101616B2
A pixel matrix includes pixel units. The pixel units are arranged in a repeating pattern, in which each of the pixel units includes transparent pixels, reflective pixels, and switch components. Each of the transparent pixels includes a transparent electrode and a transparent color resist layer disposed on the transparent electrode. Each of the reflective pixels includes a reflective electrode. The switch components are connected to the transparent electrodes of the transparent pixels and the reflective electrodes of the reflective pixels respectively for driving the transparent pixels and the reflective pixels individually.
US10101615B2
An array substrate includes: a base substrate; a sub-pixel region on the base substrate in which a first electrode and a second electrode are disposed; and a first insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode for insulating the first electrode and the second electrode. One of the first electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode and the other is a pixel electrode. A surface of at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a curved surface. The array substrate is intended to provide a liquid crystal panel and a display device with high light transmittance in sub-pixel regions. A manufacturing method of an array substrate is further disclosed.
US10101614B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a sealant which adheres the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and an alignment film. The liquid crystal display device includes a drive circuit in one of the first substrate and the second substrate, a first electrode in the other of the first substrate and the second substrate, a first conductive material inside the sealant, and a first connection which is on a seal area to project toward the second substrate and is conductive, wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the drive circuit through the first connection and the first conductive material.
US10101608B2
The present invention provides a manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, in which a layer of photoresist layer of a negative photoresist resin material is first formed on the color filter film layer; then, back side exposure is conducted on the photoresist layer from the underside of the backing plate so that a part of the photoresist layer that is adjacent to the backing plate gets cured for subsequently forming a planarization layer; afterwards, a mask is used to conduct front side exposure on the photoresist layer from the backing plate to form post spacers; and finally, the photoresist layer that has been subjected to exposure twice is subjected to development to remove a portion of the photoresist layer that has not been cured so as to form, simultaneously, a planarization layer and post spacers located on the planarization layer. This, when compared to an existing manufacturing method of a color filter substrate, can greatly simplify operation flow and thus greatly reduce investment on manufacturing line facility and lower down manufacturing costs of products and potential risks of unexpected problems occurring in the manufacturing process and shortening product manufacturing cycle.
US10101600B2
An example laser system includes a laser source to transmit a source light generated based on optical feedback provided by a laser cavity. The laser system further includes a beam-splitter to split the source light into a reference light and a split source light. The laser system further includes a modulator to modulate the split source light's frequency. The modulated light may be transmitted towards and reflected from a target. The modulator and beam-splitter may receive, frequency-modulate, and pass the reflected light to the laser cavity. The laser cavity amplifies the reflected light and transmits the amplified light toward the beam-splitter, such that the amplified light follows a same path as the reference light. The laser system further includes a detector to receive the reference light and amplified light, and detect a beating frequency as an indication of presence of the reflected light. Related methods and devices are also disclosed.
US10101591B2
A collimator having an overall bowl shape. The collimator is rotationally symmetrical about an optical axis of the collimator, and has an output wall, an input recess opposite the output wall, the input recess being defined by an internal side wall and an internal upper wall which interrupts the internal side wall in such a way as to define an intersection region, the internal side wall and the internal upper wall being designed to allow an incident light ray to enter the collimator peripherally and centrally, respectively, and a peripheral reflective wall joining the output wall to the internal side wall, the surface of the internal side wall being designed in such a way that a straight line, which is tangential to the internal side wall and joins the intersection region, passes through the focal point of the collimator.
US10101579B2
A lens cover for an optical instrument has a first flexible cover panel having a sleeve thereon forming a substantially closed loop, and a second flexible cover panel having a sleeve thereon forming a substantially closed loop. A drawstring has its first end secured to the first flexible cover panel, with the portion of the drawstring adjacent the first end extending through the sleeve on the first flexible cover; and its second end secured to the second flexible cover panel, with the portion of the drawstring adjacent the second end extending through the sleeve on the second flexible cover.
US10101573B1
This patent application discloses the use of specialized optical filters or similarly functional devices to improve the utility of Night Vision Devices (NVD) by placing these specialized filters in the internal optics train of the eyepiece such that the undesirable illumination of the user's face is reduced while at the same time maintaining the peripheral vision of the user and concomitantly reducing the dark adaptation time of the user when transitioning from the NVD to the unaided eye.
US10101572B2
An imaging system including a tunable acoustic gradient (TAG) lens is associated with a user interface including a live display of an extended depth of field (EDOF) image. The TAG lens is utilized to produce a raw EDOF image, which may include defocus blur (e.g., resulting in part from the periodically modulated optical power variation of the TAG lens). The live EDOF image is repetitively updated in the user interface based on a translation state signal at a current time (e.g., indicating a speed of translation of the workpiece across a field of view of the imaging system, etc.) In response to a current state of the translation state signal, a corresponding type of live EDOF image of the workpiece is displayed in the user interface corresponding to an EDOF image data set that is based on a corresponding level of image processing to remove defocus blur.
US10101571B2
A perfusion assessment multi-modality optical medical device comprising ⋅ a white light image sensor (320) and optical system configured to image a body area of interest (130, 340), a coherent light source (330) for illuminating said body area of interest with wavelength of 760-810 nm, an optical coherence imaging (OCI) image sensor (310) detecting the fluctuations of the backscattered light (302) near the illumination wavelength from at least part of said illuminated body area of interest (340), a fluorescence image sensor (315) to detect the fluorescence signal at higher wavelength than the illumination wavelength from at least part of said illuminated body area of interest (340), a screen (115, 210) to show the results from the modalities, all previous items being included in a single movable unit (200) which furthermore comprises a processing unit (105, 110) to calculate perfusion map from the OCI image sensor (310) using LDI or LSI algorithms, wherein said white light image sensor (320), said OCI image sensor (310) and said fluorescence image sensor (315), at least partially, use a common optical path (610).
US10101566B2
Camera methods and apparatus using optical chain modules which alter the direction of received light
Methods and apparatus for capturing or generating images using multiple optical chains operating in parallel are described. Pixel values captured by individual optical chains corresponding to the same scene area are combined to provide an image with at least some of the benefits which would have been provided by capturing an image of the scene using a larger lens than that of the individual lenses of the optical chain modules. By using multiple optical chains in parallel at least some benefits normally obtained from using a large lens can be obtained without the need for a large lens. Furthermore in at least some embodiments, a wide dynamic range can be supported through the use of multiple sensors with the overall supported dynamic range being potentially larger than that of the individual sensors. Some lens and/or optical chain configurations are designed for use in small handheld devices, e.g., cell phones.
US10101565B2
An imaging lens includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive first lens group, a stop, a positive second lens group, and a positive third lens group. The first lens group includes, consecutively in order from the most object side thereof, a negative lens and a positive lens. The second lens group is of a three lens configuration and includes a positive lens and a negative lens. The third lens group includes, consecutively in order from the most object side thereof, a negative lens and a positive lens. The imaging lens satisfies Conditional Formula (1): 0
US10101551B2
A multi-core/single-core conversion module is disclosed. The multi-core/single-core conversion module includes a housing including a first end, a second end and a lateral wall defining an inner space between the first end and the second end, a first adapter attached to the first end of the housing, two or more second adapters attached to the second end of the housing, a multi-core optical connector inserted into the first adapter from the inner space of the housing, a plurality of single-core optical connectors respectively inserted into the second adapters from the inner space of the housing, and a plurality of optical fibers connecting the multi-core optical connector to the plurality of single-core optical connectors with each other. The second adapters are arranged on the second end across a plurality of tiers. An opening can be formed by a part of the lateral wall being detached.
US10101548B2
Optical connector assemblies for device-to-device optical connections are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical connector assembly includes a housing having a mating surface, an optical coupling body, a first contact pin, and a second contact pin. The optical coupling body includes an optical coupling face such that the optical coupling face is exposed at the mating surface of the housing. The optical connector assembly further includes a plurality of GRIN lenses disposed within the optical coupling body, wherein each GRIN lens has a coupling surface positioned at the optical coupling face of the optical coupling body. The first and second contact pins extend from the mating surface of the housing such that they are positioned on opposite sides of the optical coupling body. Optical connector assemblies incorporating a total-internal-reflection surface are also disclosed.
US10101547B2
This fixing structure for an optical fiber comprises a groove provided to a fiber-fixing base along the axial direction of an optical fiber to be fixed. The groove opens upward. The optical fiber is arranged within the groove along the groove. The optical fiber is fixed to the inner surface of the groove using an adhesive. The inner-side surfaces of the groove that face each other serve as fixing surfaces for the optical fiber. In other words, the optical fiber is fixed to the fixing surfaces that are the inner-side surfaces of the groove and that face each other using the adhesive. A space in which the fiber-fixing base and the adhesive are not bonded is formed in the vertical direction of the optical fiber. In other words, a space is provided in a vertical direction that is substantially perpendicular to the fixing direction in which the optical fiber is fixed.
US10101542B2
In managed connectivity systems, media reading interfaces at adapter blocks read information from storage devices attached to plug connectors. Media reading interfaces include one or more contact members. The contact members of certain types of media reading interfaces are held together by a base body to be handled as a unit. Certain types of media reading interfaces have support contacts that increase the beam length of the contact members. Certain types of media reading interfaces rock within the adapter block.
US10101532B1
A waveguide-based polarization splitter-rotator (PSR) includes a converter with tapered rib-structure configured to convert TM0/TE0 polarization mode of an input light to a TE1/TE0 mode, a splitter coupled to the first plane for splitting the input light evenly to a first wave at a first port and a second wave at a second port. Furthermore, the PSR includes a phase shifter having a first arm coupled to first port and a second arm coupled to the second port. The first arm guides the first wave to a third port with no phase shift while the second arm adds 90 or 270 degrees to the second wave. The PSR also includes a 2×2 MMI coupler for coupling the first wave and the second wave to output a first output light in TE0 mode exclusively from TM0 mode and a second output light in TE0 mode exclusively from TE0 mode.
US10101531B2
A polarization mode converter includes a rectangular waveguide, a first tapered waveguide, and a second tapered waveguide. A height of the rectangular waveguide is a first height (H1). A side of the first tapered waveguide is coupled to the rectangular waveguide. A width of the first tapered waveguide changes gradually. A height of the first tapered waveguide is a second height (H2), and H2 is less than H1. The second tapered waveguide is detached from the rectangular waveguide and the first tapered waveguide. A width of the second tapered waveguide changes gradually. A height of the second tapered waveguide is H1. The first tapered waveguide is located between the rectangular waveguide and the second tapered waveguide.
US10101530B2
An intersecting splitter configured so that the branching ratio of each optical splitter differs in accordance with the difference in the number of intersections in each branched waveguide. The branching ratios (totaling 100%) of the optical splitters are adjusted so that the branching ratios on the high side as to the number of intersections is high in comparison with the branching ratios on the low side as to the number of intersections, and it is thereby possible to level the total loss.
US10101525B2
A light guide apparatus that can redirect light impinging on the apparatus over a wide range of incident angles and can concentrate light without using a tracking system and methods for fabrication.
US10101514B2
Provided is a laminate comprising a thermoplastic resin substrate and a polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate, being used to form a polarizing film of the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer treated with a post-process comprising at least a dyeing step of dyeing the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer with a dichroic material, the post-process being performed after the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer formed on the thermoplastic resin substrate is stretched together with the thermoplastic resin substrate, wherein the polyvinyl alcohol based resin layer comprises a polyvinyl alcohol based resin and a halide.
US10101511B2
A polarizer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a resin film having a thickness of 13 μm or less and containing iodine. The resin film has formed therein a low-concentration portion having a content of the iodine lower than that of another portion.
US10101502B2
An optical product (spectacle lens) according to the present invention includes a base having a convex surface and a concave surface, and an optical multilayer film formed on at least the concave surface of the base. The optical multilayer film has, in total, six layers in which a first layer is closest to the base, and a layer formed of zirconium dioxide and a layer formed of silicon dioxide are alternately layered such that the first layer is the layer formed of zirconium dioxide. A physical film thickness of a fourth layer formed of silicon dioxide is greater than or equal to 10 nm and not greater than 22 nm. A sum of physical film thicknesses of the first layer formed of zirconium dioxide and a second layer formed of silicon dioxide is greater than or equal to 35 nm and not greater than 45 nm.
US10101500B2
A composition is provided for manufacturing contact lenses including a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently C1-C4 alkyl groups, R4 is C1-C6 alkyl group, R5 is a residue obtained by removing NCO group from an aliphatic or aromatic diisocyanate, R6 and R7 are independently alkylene groups, and n is an integer of about 4-80, m is an integer of about 3-40; a crosslinking agent or a siloxane macromer represented by the following formula (II), wherein p is an integer of 4-80 and q is an integer of 3-40: and an initiator.
US10101496B2
A system and method of injection well identification using tracer particles is disclosed. A collector-reader for analyzing magnetic particles in a fluid that is moving with respect to the collector-reader includes an array of magnets whose magnetization direction is varied so as to create regions of high magnetic field gradient in the fluid, a stopper configured to concentrate spatially the particles attracted to the array, and a reader including a source configured to excite the particles concentrated by the stopper and a detector configured to capture a particle excitation signature emitted by the magnetic particles. A method for observing a subterranean reservoir penetrated by a production well and two or more injection wells is also disclosed.
US10101494B2
A tool having an energy source and a surface roughness measurement device is provided. A baseline measurement of surface roughness of a sample is made. The sample is then exposed to energy from the energy source, causing the temperature of the sample to increase. A second measurement of surface roughness of the sample is made. The change in surface roughness of the sample is determined. Formation properties such as the total organic carbon in the sample is inferred based on the determined change in surface roughness of the sample. The tool may be disposed in a wellbore and may use packers to isolate a portion of the wellbore, or it may use a hydraulic seal on an extendible member to isolate a sample portion of the wellbore wall. The energy source may be a laser that produces radiation that selectively heats a particular component of the sample constituent material.
US10101483B2
Systems and methods for evaluating a cement installation are provided. In one example, the cement may be evaluated using a casing arrival measurement sensor that measures casing arrival signals resulting from firing a signal from a cement bond logging acoustic source. External signals (e.g., signals other than the casing arrival signals) may be attenuated by firing an attenuation firing signal.
US10101481B2
According to one example, a floodable sensor station is coupled to an optical cable. The optical cable may be floodable. The floodable sensor station may connect floodable optical cables as part of a permanent reservoir monitoring system. The floodable optical cable may house a plurality of floodable optical fiber conduits. The floodable sensor station may be pressure-balanced with its surrounding environment in high-pressure marine depths of 1500 meters or more.
US10101470B2
A detector array for an imaging system includes an array of scintillator crystals (12), wherein each crystal includes a plurality of sides and is laser etched on at least one crystal side to scatter light, and an array of photodetectors (18) optically coupled to array of scintillator crystals. The side of the crystal (12) is laser etched with a distinct pattern defined by a user using a computer aided design program. The detector (6) is part of a nuclear scanner (4) which includes a reconstruction processor (8) that reconstructs output signals from the photodetectors (18) into an image and a user interface (10) that displays the reconstructed image.
US10101468B2
An emission tomography device includes emission detectors for detecting a gamma ray incident from a patient body as a pulse signal, and a data collecting device for collecting information in which the gamma ray is detected in an emission detector. The data collecting device includes a timing circuit for outputting timing information corresponding to the timing of occurrence of an event in which a gamma ray is detected as a pulse signal in an emission detector, a simultaneous count circuit for identifying timing information in a true simultaneous count by comparing a plurality of timing information sent from a plurality of timing circuits, and a pulse calculating portion calculating a gamma ray detection location and a gamma ray energy from an intensity value of a pulse signal corresponding to the timing information identified by the simultaneous count circuit as a true simultaneous count.
US10101464B2
Disclosed is a method of calculating a geospatial position by a mobile device by monitoring with the mobile device a first control channel from a first cell of a cellular communications system; monitoring with the mobile device a second control channel from a second cell of the cellular communications system at the same time as the first cellular control channel; receiving with the mobile device a first correction value sent over the first control channel; receiving with the mobile device a second correction value sent over the second control channel; receiving with the mobile device a signal from a global navigation satellite system; calculating with the mobile device the geospatial position based upon the signal from the global navigation satellite system and at least one of the first correction value and the second correction value.
US10101461B2
The present invention relates to a radio frequency circuit structure for implementing a function of converting a satellite signal of a global navigation satellite system into a baseband signal. The radio frequency circuit structure comprises a channel dividing function module, a plurality of frequency converting function modules, a plurality of local oscillator signal modules, and a plurality of analog-to-digital convertor modules. The channel dividing function module is used for dividing a satellite signal of the global navigation satellite system received by an antenna into satellite signals in a plurality of channels. Each of the frequency converting function modules is used for performing frequency conversion on the satellite signals in the corresponding channels to form near zero-frequency signals. Each of the local oscillator signal module is used for generating a local oscillator signal and outputting the local oscillator signal to the frequency converting function module. By using the radio frequency circuit structure for implementing a function of converting a satellite signal of a global navigation satellite system into a baseband signal, frequency conversion and follow-up signal processing can be performed on the satellite signals in each frequency band separately, the signal quality insured, a sufficient signal to noise ratio is provided for a baseband processing circuit, thereby providing a wider application range.
US10101460B2
A pet-locating device adapted for embedding under the skin of an animal that includes: a micro global positioning transmitter; a rechargeable battery, where the rechargeable battery supplies power to the global positioning transmitter; a voltage regulator, where the voltage regulator controls the power supply to the global positioning transmitter; and a power generator, where the power generator charges the rechargeable battery. The power generator uses mechanical motion as the mechanism to generate power.
US10101448B2
An on-board radar apparatus includes a transmitter/receiver that transmits a radar signal to a detection range for every frame and receives one or more reflected signals which are the radar signal reflected by one or more objects; a detector that detects, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, a position of a reflection point closest to the on-board radar apparatus as a boundary candidate position, which serves as a boundary with a region where no object exists within the detection range, among one or more reflection points detected on the basis of the one or more reflected signals; a calculator that calculates movement amount concerning an amount of movement of the on-board radar apparatus; an estimator that generates, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, an estimated boundary position by converting the boundary candidate position detected in a past frame into a boundary position in a current frame on the basis of the movement amount; and a smoother that performs, for every frame in each direction within the detection range, smoothing processing by using the boundary candidate position in the current frame and the estimated boundary position to calculate a boundary position with the region where no object exists within the detection range and outputs the calculated the boundary position to a driving support apparatus.
US10101446B2
An object detection device includes first information generation circuitry second information generation circuitry, region calculation circuitry, measured value interpolation circuitry, and object determination circuitry. The measured value interpolation circuitry which, in operation, calculates a first interpolated measured value of the first target object region using the second measured value of the second target object region or calculates a second interpolated measured value of the second target object region using the first measured value of the first target object region. The object determination circuitry which, in operation, determines the target object using a combination of the first measured value and the first interpolated measured value or a combination of the second measured value and the second interpolated measured value.
US10101445B2
A system for signal processing is provided that obviates the use of prior-knowledge, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery, in time compressed signal processing (i.e. it can be knowledge unaided). The knowledge-unaided power centroid (PCKU) is found by evaluating a covariance matrix RSCM for its moments mi. Because RSCM uses a sample signal, rather than SAR data, the power centroid PCKU may be found without needing SAR data.
US10101442B2
A distance measuring apparatus includes: a light-transmitting unit that transmits signal light from a light source toward a target object; a light-receiving unit that has a light-receiving element and receives the signal light from the target object on an optical axis different from that of the light-transmitting unit; a distance measuring unit that measures a distance to the target object based on propagation time from light transmission to light reception of the signal light; and a compensating unit that, while either optical path of an optical path from the light-transmitting unit to the light-receiving unit or an optical path from the target object to the light-receiving element is fixed, compensates an optical path of the signal light by displacing the other optical path at the light-transmitting unit or the light-receiving unit.
US10101440B2
There are provided correlation process units 5-1 (5-2, . . . , and 5-N) for performing a cross-correlation process between replicas of a plurality of mutually orthogonal transmission signals and reception signals of receiving antenna elements 3-1 (3-2, . . . , and 3-N) and outputting a plurality of signals after the cross-correlation process, and a weighting unit 6 for weighting the plurality of signals after the cross-correlation process outputted from the correlation process units 5-1 to 5-N in accordance with the arrangement of transmitting antennas 2-1 to 2-3 and the receiving antenna elements 3-1 to 3-N and an antenna directivity pattern, and a signal combination unit 10 combines the plurality of signals after the cross-correlation process that are weighted by the weighting unit 6.
US10101437B2
A real-time radar surveillance system comprises at least one land-based non-coherent radar sensor apparatus adapted for detecting maneuvering targets and targets of small or low radar cross-section. The radar sensor apparatus includes a marine radar device, a digitizer connected to the marine radar device for receiving therefrom samples of radar video echo signals, and computer programmed to implement a software-configurable radar processor generating target data including detection data and track data, the computer being connectable to a computer network including a database. The processor is figured to transmit at least a portion of the target data over the network to the database, the database being accessible via the network by at least one user application that receives target data from the database, the user application providing a user interface for at least one user of the system.
US10101411B2
A circuit removing static electricity from a connected electronic device includes a detecting device, an amplifier, a switch device, and a control device. The detecting device detects a change of a magnetic flux surrounding the electronic device, and generates an analog electronic signal accordingly. The amplifier connects to the detecting device and amplifies the analog electronic signal. The control device connects to the amplifier, filters an amplified analog electronic signal, and generates a control signal. The switch device connected to the control device as well as the electronic device conducts the static electricity to earth in response to the control signal.
US10101400B2
A method and system for controlling breakdown diagnosis are provided. The method includes sensing voltage values of respective batteries applied to a master and a slave via communication between the master and the slave. Additionally, a breakdown diagnosis logic is halted when the sensed battery voltage of the slave is less than a predetermined reference.
US10101395B2
A circuit for diagnostic testing includes a current source coupled to a power source and configured to provide wetting current along a path to a load control switch, a current sensor connected in series with the current source along the path, the current sensor being configured to generate a current sensor signal indicative of a current level along the path, a voltage measurement unit having an input terminal coupled to a node along the path through which the wetting current flows to reach the load control switch, the voltage measurement unit being configured to detect a state of the load control switch based on a voltage at the node, and a controller coupled to the current sensor and the voltage measurement unit, the controller being configured to determine a wetting current diagnostic condition in accordance with the current level and the detected state.
US10101394B2
The disclosure relates to a method for determining the aging of an electronic interrupter element which is configured to open and close a power circuit. The method according to the disclosure comprises the following steps: a) initializing an aging counter NWear, b) determining the amount I of a current which flows through the electronic interrupter element upon opening the power circuit, c) determining a current-dependent aging value Nwear (I) from the amount I of the current, d) refreshing the aging counter NWear using the current-dependent aging value Nwear (I). The disclosure further relates to a computer program and to an apparatus for determining the aging of an electronic interrupter element and to a battery management system which are in particular configured to carry out the method.
US10101380B2
A device for determining an electrical wire bundle, in which, when the electrical wire bundle includes even one test electrical wire which conducts electricity to a terminal device, the electrical wire bundle is given an A-rating indicating an electrical wire bundle to be used for a test; when the electrical wire bundle includes at least one electrical wire which conducts electricity to the terminal device but is not the test electrical wire, the electrical wire bundle is given a B-rating indicating that the electrical wire bundle is not allowed to be disconnected; and when the electrical wire bundle includes only electrical wires that do not conduct electricity to the terminal device, the electrical wire bundle is given a C-rating indicating an electrical wire bundle not to be used for the test.
US10101378B2
An apparatus and a method for detecting a dielectric breakdown in an eco-friendly vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a measurer that is configured to measure resistance values of insulation resistors disposed across a high voltage battery and a controller that is configured to measure a voltage applied to the insulation resistor using the measurer and analyze a pattern of the measured voltage to detect a dielectric breakdown portion.
US10101375B2
The separated particle charge multivariate analysis instrument includes a transparent sealed container and, inside the transparent sealed container, an axial fan, a tube carrier plate, a rail board, double screw shafts, a biaxial motor, parallel electrode plates and so on. The separated particle charge multivariate analysis instrument of the present invention measures out the charge amount of the particle after leaving the particle bed by simulating a controllable environmental factor in the transparent sealed container on the basis of the inner tube, the outer tube, the electrometer and the charge amount of the particle entering into the inner tube at the measurement site, and analyzes effects of environmental factors, particle physical parameters and geometric parameters to the charge by adjusting environmental variables in the transparent sealed container.
US10101372B2
The method and device for analyzing position are disclosed. By analyzing sensing information with at least one zero-crossing, each position can be analyzed. The number of analyzed positions may be different from the number of zero-crossings. When the number of analyzed positions is different from the number of zero-crossing, the number of analyzed positions is more than one.
US10101371B2
Embodiments of synchronous detection circuits and methods are provided for extracting magnitude and phase information from a waveform. One embodiment of a synchronous detection circuit includes a driver circuit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a controller. The driver circuit is configured to supply an input waveform at an input frequency to a load. The ADC is coupled to receive an output waveform from the load, and configured for generating four digital samples, each spaced 90° apart, for every period of the output waveform. The controller is configured for setting an oversampling rate (OSR) of the ADC, so that the ADC generates an integer number, M, of sub-samples for each digital sample generated by the ADC, where the integer number, M, of sub-samples is inversely proportional to the input frequency of the input waveform. The controller is further configured to use the digital samples generated by the ADC to extract magnitude and phase information from the output waveform.
US10101370B2
A method of detecting whether a receiver coil is near a transmit coil in a wireless power transfer system (WPTS), the method involving: applying a pseudo-random signal to the transmit coil; while the pseudo-random signal is being applied to the transmit coil, recording one or more signals produced within the WPTS in response to the applied pseudo-random signal; by using the one or more recorded signals, generating a dynamic system model for some aspect of the WPTS; and using the generated dynamic system model in combination with stored training data to determine whether an object having characteristics distinguishing the object as a receiver coil is near the transmit coil.
US10101353B2
A liquid sample loader for an analytical instrument includes a sample holder with a sample well for holding a liquid sample and a sample passageway extending upwardly at an inclined angle from a bottom portion of the well, a pump positioned upstream from the sample holder and an upstream passageway coupled between the sample and the pump. A controller controls the pump to push the sample in the sample well downstream through the sample passageway toward the measuring instrument.
US10101343B2
Described herein are antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that are specific for folate receptor alpha, related polynucleotides, expression vectors, and cells that express the described antibodies. Also provided are methods of using the described antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, and related kits. Provided herein are also methods for diagnosing cancers, such as breast cancer, thyroid cancer, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer, fallopian tube cancer, ovarian cancer, or lung cancer, using the described antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof. The methods involve determining the amount of folate receptor alpha in a sample derived from a subject and comparing this level with the level of folate receptor alpha in a control sample or reference sample.
US10101342B2
An improved qualitative or semi-quantitative diagnostic test for measuring low levels of any analyte, such as hCG, in a biological sample, such as urine. The test comprises a test device containing reagents for the detection of the monitored analyte and an electronic reader that measures color development at a detection area of the device. The color development is converted to an electronic or digital signal. Improvements were made to the electronic reader to optimize the coverage of the detection area on the test strip. This improves the detection sensitivity and consistency of the test result while maintaining its reliability and accuracy.
US10101329B2
This invention also relates to recombinant vectors expressing one or more of the human CMV (HCMV) glycoproteins US2, US3, US6 and US11 or corresponding functional rhesus CMV (RhCMV) homologues Rh182, Rh184, Rh185 or Rh189, methods of making them, uses for them, expression products from them, and uses for the expression products. This invention also relates to recombinant cytomegalovirus vectors vectors lacking one or more of the glycoproteins, methods of making them, uses for them, expression products from them, and uses for the expression products.
US10101326B2
The invention refers to a method for determining a marker in a small volume of a sample of a bodily fluid, the method comprising the steps of: providing a flow test element having a plurality of functional zones (3, 4, 5, 6, 7), the plurality of functional zones (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) being at least partially fluidly connected and comprising an application zone (3) and a testing zone (5) fluidly connected to the application zone (3) and configured for determination of a marker in a bodily fluid and/or a constituent of the bodily fluid, applying a small volume of a liquid sample to the sample application zone (3) of the flow test element, determining a correct test performance, wherein the step of determining correct test performance comprises the steps of measuring at least one optical parameter for one or more functional zones (3; 4; 5; 6; 7), comparing the at least one optical parameter measured to at least one predefined optical parameter assigned to the one or more functional zones (3; 4; 5; 6; 7), and, if the correct test performance is determined, determining the marker in the liquid sample by reading the testing zone (5). Also, a method for determining a correct test performance for a flow test element is provided.
US10101325B2
An assay method for the detection of potential for CVD or propensity to CVD in a human or non-human animal subject, said method comprising assessing the concentration of calprotectin in a calprotectin-containing sample taken from said subject.
US10101324B2
A method for noncompetitive detection of a small analyte using nanopeptamers, and devices useful for performing the methods. Nanopeptamers include a self-associating oligomeric protein that is attached to peptides that bind to an immune complex between the target analyte and a capture antibody. The noncompetitive methods allow for the direct detection of small analytes with increased sensitivity over competitive methods directed to the same target analyte, and provide a positive readout which is useful for rapid tests and on-site detection of small analytes such as such as pesticides, persistent organic pollutants, explosives, toxins, medicinal and abused drugs, and hormones.
US10101322B2
Methods comprising the use of photoactivated chemical bleaching for detecting multiple targets in a biological sample are provided. The methods include the steps of providing a biological sample containing multiple targets, binding at least one probe to one or more target present in the sample, and observing a signal from the probe. The method further includes the steps of contacting the sample comprising the bound probe with a cationic or zwitterionic borate compound and irradiating the sample, thereby initiating a photoreaction that substantially inactivates the probe by photoactivated chemical bleaching. The method further includes the steps of binding at least one probe to one or more target present in the sample, and observing a signal from the probe. The process of binding, observing and bleaching may be iteratively repeated.
US10101315B2
Chemical functionalization of solid-state nanopores and nanopore arrays and applications thereof. Nanopores are extremely sensitive single-molecule sensors. Recently, electron beams have been used to fabricate synthetic nanopores in thin solid-state membranes with sub-nanometer resolution. A new class of chemically modified nanopore sensors are provided with two approaches for monolayer coating of nanopores by: (1) self-assembly from solution, in which nanopores −10 nm diameter can be reproductibly coated, and (2) self-assembly under voltage-driven electrolyte flow, in which 5 nm nanopores may be coated. Applications of chemically modified nanopore are provided including: the detection of biopolymers such as DNA and RNA; immobilizing enzymes or other proteins for detection or for generating chemical gradients; and localized pH sensing.
US10101314B2
When machining a workpiece by a machine tool by cutting, a cutting fluid is sprayed to a workpiece machining region. Above a surface of the cutting fluid in a cutting fluid tank, an odor sensor for detecting the odor emitted by the cutting fluid is disposed in the space defined the surface of the cutting fluid in the cutting fluid tank and a cover. Based on the odor detected by the odor sensor, deterioration of the cutting fluid is determined.
US10101306B2
Provided are two-dimensional chromatography systems and methods for separating and/or analyzing complex mixtures of organic compounds. In particularly, a two-dimensional reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)-supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) system is described including a trapping column at the interface which collects the analytes eluted from the first dimension chromatography while letting the RPLC mobile phase pass through. The peaks of interest from the RPLC dimension column are effectively focused as sharp concentration pulses on the trapping column, which is subsequently injected onto the second dimension SFC column. The system can be used for simultaneous achiral and chiral analysis of pharmaceutical compounds. The first dimension RPLC separation provides the achiral purity result, and the second dimension SFC separation provides the chiral purity result (enantiomeric excess).
US10101304B2
Disclosed is a calibration method and system for non-destructive testing and inspection (NDT/NDI). The method and system involve establishment of a reference database by conducting FMC acquisition on a first calibration block having standardly known indications with a first series of depths and under a laboratory standard calibration condition. Then phased-array operation is conducted on a second calibration block, which is substantially the same as the first block, having indications with a series of corresponding user measured depths and under a second calibration condition as close to the laboratory condition as possible. The calibration is then made with the gain compensation calculated based on the response signals from the indications of the second block, the first series of gain data from the reference database, and the user measured depths for the corresponding indications under the second calibration condition.
US10101301B2
A rotating magnetic field probe includes three (or more) windings that work in both transmit and receive mode, to form an eddy current detection transceiver. In a transmit mode, the windings are driven with a drive signal (e.g., an alternating current) having similar or the same magnitude at each winding, but differing in phase from one another. In a receive mode, the terminal voltages of the windings is measured and summed to determine the location of a defect.
US10101300B2
A device for inspecting a surface of an electrically conductive part, the device having a plurality of eddy current probes arranged on a convex surface of the device together with an applicator for applying the probes against the surface to be inspected into which the device is inserted, wherein the probes are fastened on flexible strips extending beside one another in a longitudinal direction of the device, the applicator including a deformable material, that, on being compressed along the longitudinal direction, gives rise to expansion transversely to the longitudinal direction, the expansion deforming the strips so as to apply the probes against the surface.
US10101299B2
Methods for quantitatively determining a binding kinetic parameter of a molecular binding interaction are provided. Aspects of embodiments of the methods include: producing a magnetic sensor device including a magnetic sensor in contact with an assay mixture including a magnetically labeled molecule to produce a detectable molecular binding interaction; obtaining a real-time signal from the magnetic sensor; and quantitatively determining a binding kinetics parameter of the molecular binding interaction from the real-time signal. Also provided are systems and kits configured for use in the methods.
US10101296B2
Molds for casting and retaining electrophoresis gel strips are provided, along with methods, kits, and systems for performing electrophoresis, electroelution, and/or electroblotting using these molds.
US10101293B2
Aspects of a biosensor platform system and method are described. In one embodiment, the biosensor platform system includes a fluidic system and tunneling biosensor interface coupled to the fluidic system. The tunneling biosensor interface may include a transducing electrode array having at least one dielectric thin film deposited on an electrode array. The biosensor platform system may further include processing logic operatively coupled to the transducing electrode array. In operation, the application of an electromagnetic field at an interface between an electrode and an electrolyte in the system, for example, may result in the transfer of charge across the interface. The transfer of charge is, in turn, characterized by electromagnetic field-mediated tunneling of electrons that may be assisted by exchange of energy with thermal vibrations at the interface. By analysis of the transfer of charge, the identify of various analytes, for example, or other compositions.
US10101288B2
A system and method for measuring the permittivity and/or the impedance of a material are based on transmitting a first RF signal to a transponder coupled to the material. The transponder is equipped with a resonant antenna coupled to the material such that the response of the antenna is affected by the material. The signal strength of a second RF signal transmitted by the transponder in response to the first RF signal, and received by an interrogator, is measured. The interrogator can calculate both the real part and the imaginary part of the complex impedance of the material from multiple measurements of the signal strength of the second RF signal taken at a plurality of frequencies of the first RF signal.
US10101284B2
Provided are a three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus, a three-dimensional CT image reconstruction method, and a program, which are capable of reducing an operating time. A three-dimensional X-ray CT apparatus includes: a CT imaging portion for continuously and relatively rotating a measurement system with respect to a subject to perform a CT imaging measurement for taking data on a plurality of transmission images for reconstructing a three-dimensional CT image of the subject; and an image reconstruction portion for reconstructing the three-dimensional CT image based on the data on the plurality of transmission images taken by the CT imaging portion and displaying the three-dimensional CT image. During a period in which the CT imaging measurement is being performed, the image reconstruction portion reconstructs the three-dimensional CT image based on already-taken data on transmission images and displays the three-dimensional CT image before the CT imaging measurement is completed.
US10101275B2
The present invention provides a plasma spectrochemical analysis method that can be carried out easily and achieves high analytical sensitivity, and includes: a step of concentrating an analyte in a sample in the vicinity of at least one of a pair of electrodes by applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes in the presence of the sample; and a step of generating plasma by applying a voltage to the pair of electrodes and detecting light emitted from the analyte excited by the plasma.
US10101273B2
This invention generally relates to optical devices that can collect and detect signal emissions effectively while allowing the excitation light path and the sample flow path to coexist non-obstructively in a compact format. The device has various embodiments, such as an embodiment including a plurality of reporters disposed on a sensing surface, wherein each one of the plurality of reporters is configured to react with a least one target analyte, a hyperspectral detection module configured to capture hyperspectral image data corresponding to the plurality of reporters, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the hyperspectral image data from the hyperspectral detection module and generate a temporal spectral signature corresponding to each one of the plurality of reporters from the received hyperspectral image data.
US10101272B2
A sample detection plate according to the present disclosure includes a first substrate having a first surface, and a sample container that is provided on the first surface of the first substrate to contain a sample that absorbs electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength. The first substrate includes a first material that emits autofluorescence in response to the electromagnetic waves having the predetermined wavelength.
US10101270B2
To provide an SO3 analysis device and analysis method capable of accurately and rapidly measuring the concentration of SO3 in exhaust gas without pre-processing. The present invention is provided with a light source (11) for radiating laser light (2) to exhaust gas (1) including SO3, CO2, and H2O, a photodetector (13) for receiving the laser light (2) radiated to the exhaust gas (1), a light source control unit (14a) of a control device (14) for controlling the wavelength of the laser light (2) radiated by the light source (11) so as to be 4.060 μm to 4.192 μm, and a concentration calculation unit (14b) of the control device (14) for calculating the SO3 concentration by infrared spectroscopy on the basis of the output from the photodetector (13) and a reference signal from the light source control unit (14a).
US10101269B2
A method includes decomposing a training set to obtain a principal component matrix having a plurality of principal component vectors. The method also includes variably rejecting portions of a sample spectrum vector that do not correspond to a selected one of the plurality of principal component vectors by incrementally providing a coefficient indicative of the weighting of the selected principal component vector for selected sub-regions. A corrected spectrum vector can be obtained by excluding certain sub-regions of the sample spectrum vector and corresponding principal component vector, multiplying the sample spectrum vector with the principal component matrix for non-excluded sub-regions, providing a predicted interference vector, and subtracting the predicted interference vector from the sample spectrum vector.
US10101268B2
A method of measuring a spectral response of a biological sample (1), comprises the steps generation of probe light having a primary spectrum, irradiation of the sample (1) with the probe light, including an interaction of the probe light and the sample (1), and spectrally resolved detection of the probe light having a modified spectrum, which deviates from the primary spectrum as a result of the interaction of the probe light and the sample (1), said modified spectrum being characteristic of the spectral response of the sample (1), wherein the probe light comprises probe light pulses (2) being generated with a fs laser source device (10). Furthermore, a spectroscopic measuring apparatus is described, which is configured for measuring a spectral response of a biological sample (1).
US10101267B2
A gas detection device comprising a light emitting source including a first plurality of quantum dots of substantially discrete size and made of a semiconductor material a gas cell to contain the gas to be detected and a light detector.
US10101265B1
Ellipsometers and polarimeters or the like to investigate analyte containing fluids applied to a substrate-stage having a multiplicity of nano-structures that project non-normal to a surface thereof, including dynamics of interaction therewith, to the end of evaluating and presenting at least partial Jones or Mueller Matricies corresponding to a multiplicity of locations over an imaged area.
US10101264B2
This invention is a multiple reflection type cell that makes it possible to reduce a dead space resulting from a position adjusting mechanism and to adjust the light to a desired optical path length without complicating a structure. The multiple reflection type cell comprises a cell body where a cell chamber is formed, two or more reflecting members that are mounted on the cell body and whose reflecting surfaces locate in the cell chamber, and a position adjusting mechanism that adjusts a position of the reflecting member relative to the cell body. The cell body has a mounting part that communicates the cell chamber and the outside and on which the reflecting members are mounted. A seal member that seals a gap between the cell chamber and the outside of the cell body is arranged between the reflecting member mounted on the mounting part and the cell body so that the gap between the cell chamber and the outsider of the cell body is sealed by the seal member.
US10101260B2
A flow cytometer includes a flow nozzle, a light source, an optics system, and a sensor analyzer. The flow nozzle provides a fluid along a flow path. The light source generates a light beam that illuminates the fluid. The optics system collects light rays that are radiated from the light beam by the fluid and passes or blocks the light rays based at least in part on the radiation angles associated with the light rays.
US10101255B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for the measurement of the compressibility of reservoir fluid. A piezoelectric material is coupled to a wall of a fluid chamber. Compressibility is derived from measured pressure changes to the fluid resulting from volumetric changes to the fluid chamber imposed by the mechanical strain of the piezoelectric material resulting from an applied electric field.
US10101254B2
A detecting apparatus includes: a lifting mechanism section that is provided with a lifting portion for lifting honeycomb structures and a shelf plate; an actual load value measuring section that measures an actual load value; a total load value calculating section that adds up the plurality of measured actual load value; a total load value determining section that compares a standard total weight value of the honeycomb structures and the shelf plate to the total load value and determines whether to satisfy a total load value determining condition; an actual load value determining section that compares the actual load value to the specified load value and determines whether to satisfy an actual load value determining condition; and a shelf-plate crack determining section that determines that the shelf plate is cracked when the total load value determining condition or the actual load value determining condition is not satisfied.
US10101241B2
A kit including a plurality of modules which can be integrated in a bearing installation space is disclosed. The modules include a plurality of supply management modules for supplying bearing components, a plurality of functional modules for measuring bearing state variables and/or for triggering and/or activating specified events under specified conditions, and a plurality of infrastructure modules for implementing communication tasks and/or for saving and processing specified and/or recorded data. A bearing arrangement having a bearing and a plurality of modules which can be connected to a common connection medium is also disclosed, wherein the modules are components of the kit.
US10101238B2
A ventilation and leak detection system for use in an enclosure includes a ventilation duct extending at least partially through an interior chamber defined in the enclosure. The ventilation duct includes at least one inlet end positioned within a lower portion of the interior chamber and an outlet end. The at least one inlet end includes at least one opening defined therein and sized to enable air and fuel within the enclosure to be drawn into the ventilation duct to ventilate the enclosure. The system further includes a detection unit coupled in flow communication with the ventilation duct proximate to the outlet end for detecting fuel entrained within flow drawn into the ventilation duct.
US10101228B2
A position indicator includes a capacitor having a capacitance that changes in correspondence to a force applied to one end part of a housing. The capacitor is configured by a pressure detecting chip that includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode with a predetermined distance defined therebetween to have capacitance Cv formed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The capacitance Cv changes when the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode to thereby change a relationship (e.g., the distance) between the two electrodes. A pressure transmitting member having predetermined elasticity is disposed on the first electrode such that the force applied to the one end part of the housing is transmitted to the first electrode of the semiconductor element via the pressure transmitting member.
US10101226B2
A pressure sensor includes a single-mode optical fiber and a fiber Bragg grating coupled to the single model fiber. The sensor detects a wavelength shift of a reflection spectrum of the Bragg grating for input light signals to the single mode fiber at different polarization states. A pressure measurement is obtained by determining at least a pair of mutually orthogonal polarization states for the input light at which the wavelength shift of a reflection spectrum of the Bragg grating is a maximum.
US10101225B2
Provided is a pressure sensor that includes a detection film that is arranged on a silicon substrate, detects a pressure applied to a surface thereof, and generates a protrusion deformation in response to the pressure. The pressure sensor also includes an optical transmitter and an optical detector that are arranged on the silicon substrate on opposite sides of the detection film and are located at a plane parallel to a plane comprising the detection film. The pressure sensor also includes a pressure calculation module that is connected to the optical detector and is used for acquiring light intensity data and calculating a pressure value according to the light intensity data. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the pressure sensor.
US10101224B2
A force detector and method for using the same includes a lens. A cantilever is below the movable lens. A laser above the movable lens emits a beam of light through the movable lens, such that light reflects from the lens and the cantilever. A camera is configured to capture images produced by the light reflected from the lens and the light reflected from the cantilever. A processor is configured to determine a force between the movable lens and the cantilever based on a change in phase of the interference rings.
US10101220B2
A displacement detection sensor has a plate member and piezoelectric sensors with a piezoelectric film of PLLA. The piezoelectric sensors are mounted on the face of the plate member on the opposite side of the operation surface thereof. Tensile stresses are generated in the entire face of the plate member at pressing the operation surface. The piezoelectric sensor is mounted so that the direction of macro tensile stress in the plate member in the region in which the piezoelectric sensor is mounted and molecular orientation direction of the piezoelectric film intersect each other at an angle of 45°. The piezoelectric sensor is mounted so that the direction of macro tensile stress in the plate member in the region in which the piezoelectric sensor is mounted and molecular orientation direction of the piezoelectric film intersect each other at an angle of approximately 45°.
US10101216B2
A passage is provided in a water heater and mounted against the outer surface of the water tank side wall to removably mount thermistors secured to a support at distinct locations along the tank side wall to provide temperature value signal representative of the water temperature in the tank adjacent the thermistors. The passage may be formed by a metal tube held next to the side wall of the tank or a U-shaped channel held against the outer surface of the tank wall with the through thereof facing the tank side wall outer surface. The thermistors are mounted spaced-apart on a support inserted in the passage. The method is also described.
US10101211B2
The present system provides a sensor clip system that can be clipped to luminaires of a plurality of shapes and sizes and method of using the sensor clip. Some of the sensors are upward looking (into the luminaire) while others are downward looking (away from the luminaire); and thus face in substantially opposite directions. The sensor clip is adjustable in one, two or three dimensions to be able to easily fit with different sized and shaped luminaires, such that the upward looking sensors may face the incoming light and downward looking sensors face away from the light. The sensor clip system may also provide attenuation of the luminous intensity of the emitted light coming out of the luminaires and extends the longevity and usability of the embedded sensor.
US10101207B2
A method is provided of obtaining a vapor phase spectrum of a compound. The method comprises providing an isolated condensed phase sample of the compound, vaporizing the sample and supplying the vapor to an absorption cell of a spectrometer. A rate at which vapor enters the absorption cell is determined and a steady state concentration of vapor in the absorption cell is established. The spectrum of the vapor is then measured.
US10101205B2
A spectroscopic camera includes a wavelength variable interference filter, and an image sensor that receives light which is transmitted through the wavelength variable interference filter. Measurement is implemented a plurality of times by causing measurement light to be incident to the wavelength variable interference filter and changing the wavelength of light that is transmitted by the wavelength variable interference filter. Reflectance based on the intensity of light when a first pixel of the image sensor receives light of a target wavelength, is predicted in the respective plurality of repetitions of measurement on the basis of a light reception central wavelength of light that the first pixel receives, and reflectance that is calculated on the basis of the intensity of light that is received by the first pixel.
US10101200B2
The invention relates to an optical sensor having a light transmitter for transmitting transmitted light into a detection zone, having a first and a second light receiver which are configured for receiving received light from the detection zone which is reflected in a reflective or diffuse manner and for generating received signals from the received light, and having an evaluation unit for generating a detection signal from the received signals. The light receivers are arranged such that each light receiver receives a portion of the received light. Each light receiver has an effective reception surface, with the effective reception surface of the second light receiver being smaller than the effective reception surface of the first light receiver such that the ratio between the received signal generated by the first light receiver and the received signal generated by the second light receiver depends on the sensing distance of the detected object.
US10101194B2
A sensor system for identifying a transient sensor failure in an industrial system and for recovering from an erroneous estimation of an expected mass flow rate resulting from the transient sensor failure. The sensor system includes one or more sensors for measuring at least one fluid property of the industrial system. The sensor system includes an enhanced flow soft sensing (EFSS) computing device configured to determine an estimated mass flow rate. The EFSS computing device is also configured to generate expected measurements to be received from one or more sensors. If an error value is not within predetermined parameters, the transient sensor failure is detected. The EFSS computing device is further configured to identify a resurgence of the sensor from the transient sensor failure. An erroneous expected mass flow rate then converges toward a correct expected mass flow rate.
US10101189B2
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a tank, a sensor, a controller, and a handrail. The tank is coupled to the chassis and configured to store a liquid. The sensor is associated with the tank and configured to provide sensor data relating to a level of the liquid in the tank. The controller is in communication with the sensor and configured to monitor the level of the liquid in the tank based on the sensor data. The handrail is coupled to the chassis, and the handrail includes a housing and a light source coupled to the housing and in communication with controller. The controller is configured to selectively illuminate the light source based on the level of liquid in the tank.
US10101188B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for fluid blob tracking. One of the methods includes identifying, by a computer system, a connected fluid phase region in a flow simulation. The method includes tracking, by the computer system, the connected fluid phase region over a first timeframe and a second timeframe. The method also includes determining, by the computer system, movement of the connected fluid phase region from the first timeframe to the second timeframe based on the tracking.
US10101180B2
The embodiments described herein include systems with a variable reluctance sensor (VRS) interface and methods of their operation. Embodiments of VRS interfaces include a clearing signal generator configured to generate a clearing signal corresponding with the timing of a noise event. The clearing signal may be configured to clear a post-processing circuit.
US10101171B2
Generating a refueling plan for a vehicle on a route including the steps of monitoring fuel consumption of the vehicle and an amount of fuel remaining within the vehicle. When a fuel level within the vehicle falls below a threshold, determining a number of miles remaining on the route and fuel mileage of the vehicle and generating a list of fuel stations which are within driving range of the vehicle based on the vehicle's fuel mileage. The list may also include fuel stations which are outside the driving range of the vehicle which have a service for delivery of fuel to a point within the driving range of the vehicle and at least a price of the fuel and brand of the fuel at each of the fuel stations. The list of fuel stations is provided to a user of the vehicle for selecting a fuel station for refueling.
US10101169B2
Some embodiments provide a program that receives from several data providers route data and graphical representation of route data (e.g., transit systems, schedules, stops, etc.) for different localities. The program also stores this data on a set of servers for later retrieval and transmission to commute applications operating in different localities. The program further retrieves from external vendors location data of transit vehicles that traverse routes based on the route data and schedule data. The location data is for transmitting to commute applications.
US10101159B2
A micro-electro-mechanical device detects angular velocity, for example relating to a three axis gyroscope. The three axis gyroscope includes a two axis gyroscope structure and a one axis gyroscope structure. The gyroscope further includes a lever spring system coupling a linear drive mode oscillation of the two axis gyroscope structure and a linear drive mode oscillation of the one axis gyroscope structure into one combined primary motion. The lever spring system causes the one and two axis gyroscope structures to have equal drive mode oscillation amplitudes. A symmetrical arrangement of the lever spring system causes any reactive forces created in the lever spring system to cancel each other.
US10101156B2
A method for determining a spatial parameter for an object displayed on a device includes determining a first pixel coordinate corresponding to a first point of an image of the object and a second pixel coordinate corresponding to a second point of an image of the object displayed on the device, determining an image distance between the first pixel coordinate and the second pixel coordinate, and determining a spatial parameter for the object based on a distance between an imaging element of the device and the object, and a focal length of a lens of the imaging element for photographing the object. According to the technical solution of the present disclosure, the real size of the photographed object can be quantized based on the image, without having to illustrating the real size of the photographed object in contrast with a reference object placed in the image, thereby improving the user experience.
US10101148B2
An OCT apparatus includes: a light source unit that includes first and second wavelength sweeping light sources which sequentially emit light with first and second spectrum bandwidths; an SS-OCT optical system that splits the light into measurement light and reference light to receive interference signal light; a second detector that is a deviation detector detecting a phase deviation and a wavelength deviation and detects a signal including pieces of FPN; a calculation processor connecting first and second spectrum interference signals and processes the connected spectrum interference signals to acquire an OCT image and that obtains the phase deviation and the wavelength deviation; and a correction unit that corrects the phase deviation and the wavelength deviation and corrects the phase deviation and the wavelength deviation obtained by the calculation processor.
US10101139B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to enhancing insensitive munitions performance. Some embodiments of the invention employ an outgassing pad having unique geometrical configurations and positioning. Other embodiments rely on using thermally-releasable components to foster billet expulsion. Additional embodiments combine both aspects into an entire cook-off mitigation system.
US10101136B2
The present invention provides a polymeric ammunition cartridge comprising: a three piece primer insert; a substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body extending about the three piece primer insert, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body comprises: a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element at a first end of the substantially cylindrical polymeric middle body opposite a substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end connected by a powder chamber, wherein the substantially cylindrical polymeric coupling end extends over the substantially cylindrical coupling element and covers an circumferential surface of the primer flash hole aperture; and a substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end upper portion comprising a bullet-end coupling element connected to the substantially cylindrical polymeric bullet-end coupling element opposite a projectile aperture adapted to engage a bullet.
US10101132B2
A barricade component comprises an endless perimeter wall defining a geometric shape in a front-to-back plane. At least two circumferentially spaced-apart connecting lugs are also provided on the perimeter wall which interconnect like or similar barricade components and these extend in an axial top-to-bottom direction. A reinforcement cage is within the perimeter wall and the lugs, and at least one elongate truss extends in a circumferential direction and an axial direction within the wall from one said lug to the other said lug. A method of interconnecting a plurality of said barricade components, and a method of forming such a barricade component are also provided.
US10101126B2
An improved mounting device for enabling a user to quickly and securely attach and detach an accessory (e.g., a scope, light, bayonet, etc.) to a Magpul MLOK rail of a firearm. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device comprises an upper portion, a lower portion, and at least one locking mechanism to enable a user to quickly removably attach the improved mounting device to an MLOK rail on a firearm. In a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device also comprises a side wedge and side wedge spring.
US10101125B2
A system and method having a first device mounted on a first gimbal mount; a first visual feedback associated with the first gimbal; a second device mounted on a second gimbal mount physically displaced relative to the first gimbal mount; a second visual feedback mechanism associated with the second device. The orientation of the first device differs from the orientation of the second device by a dynamic correction amount. A correction controller having input that when acted upon by a user causes movement of the second device independently of movement of the first device to alter the correction amount to a revised correction amount such that subsequent movement of the first device causes motion in the second device that is at least partially dependent upon the revised correction amount.
US10101124B2
A device adapted for zeroing of a projectile device having a first scope, the device including a second scope; and an adaptor for securing the second scope to the projectile device. Further disclosed is a method for zeroing a projectile device having a first scope and a second scope, the method including: adjusting the aim of the projectile device by aiming a reticle of the second scope at the center of a bullseye at a target plane disposed at a distance; firing a first shot of the projectile device to create a first point of impact at the target plane; and aiming a reticle of the first scope at the center of the point of impact, wherein a subsequent shot fired from the projectile device is configured to impact a second point of impact aimed at with the reticle of the first scope at the target plane.
US10101122B2
A scope turret including a dial assembly that is configured to adjust point of aim optics of a scope is disclosed. The turret may include an adjustable stop assembly that prevents the dial assembly from rotating in one direction. The adjustable stop assembly may include a traveler, a nut assembly, and a bolt. The adjustable stop assembly may be internally-adjustable or externally-adjustable. The dial assembly may include an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism may include a button that is slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position of the engagement mechanism. The turret may further include a locking mechanism that selectively prevents the dial assembly from rotating in any direction.
US10101113B2
Provided is a bullet supply port opening-closing device in a simulation gun which includes a communication member that causes the nozzle to retract in response to an operation of a movable portion of the piston cylinder mechanism and transmits the movable portion to the nozzle in order to open a bullet supply port in front of the nozzle. The communication member is a plurality of divided parts on the movable portion side and the nozzle side. A nozzle side part and a movable portion side part are configured to be engaged with and disengaged from each other by an engagement mechanism such that they retract so as to open the bullet supply port for a certain time, and the movable portion side part advances so as to be integrated with the nozzle side part.
US10101110B2
A pistol grip bipod for a gun may include a bipod assembly that can be attached to a pistol grip of a gun. The bipod assembly may include a housing, a chassis, a port side leg including a port side foot, a starboard side leg including a starboard foot. The bipod assembly further may include first and second operable states such that in the first operational state, the port side foot and the starboard side foot are secured in the housing below the pistol grip, and such that in the second operable configuration the port side foot and the starboard side foot are unlatched from the housing and the port side foot and the starboard side foot are positioned in front of the housing. The pistol grip bipod may be deployed by an operator's dominant hand which remains secured to the pistol grip.
US10101109B2
A conversion unit for converting an AR-15 style military assault rifle to a submachine gun includes a central assembly having a magazine well and rear barrel mount. The magazine well can be inserted downwardly into the lower receiver of the assault rifle and accommodates magazines for shorter cartridges. The conversion unit also includes a forearm and barrel assembly and an upper receiver with a stabilizing rail. A pressure equalizing gas operating system eliminates the need for a buttstock with recoil spring. An operating rod extends forward from the upper receiver and into the forearm enclosure. The operating rod is attached to the bolt of the submachine gun and engaged with a reciprocating gas cylinder that surrounds the barrel.
US10101102B2
A magazine well unit and a method are disclosed. The magazine well unit may have an upper portion having a firearm interface; a lower portion; a proximal portion; and a distal portion. The distal portion may have a magazine well to removably receive a box magazine. The magazine well may have at least one fore stop and at least one aft stop, the at least one fore stop and the at least one aft stop shaped to prevent the box magazine from passing beyond the upper portion of the magazine well unit. At least one of the fore stop or the aft stop may have an upper portion region having a surface for engaging the firearm.
US10101096B2
Provided is heat exchanger in which a rib of a core plate has a shape that is recessed from a flat surface of a flat body portion, and the rib is provided with: a rib bottom part including a bottom line that is recessed from and parallel to the flat surface of the flat body portion; and a rib inclination part that is positioned between the rib bottom part and a flat part. The rib is positioned so that the rib inclination part overlaps, in the tube stacking direction, the edge of the tube in the tube width direction.
US10101091B2
A heat exchanger including a first heat exchanger disposed on upstream side of a heat exchange fluid and a second heat exchanger disposed on downstream side of the heat exchange fluid, which are connected in series in a flow path of a heat medium, wherein the heat medium flows from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger so as to be parallel to the flow of the heat exchange fluid when the heat exchanger serves as an evaporator, the heat medium flows from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger so as to be opposed to the flow of the heat exchange fluid when the heat exchanger serves as a condenser, and a sum of flow path volume of first heat-transfer tubes of the first heat exchanger is smaller than a sum of flow path volume of second heat-transfer tubes of the second heat exchanger.
US10101083B2
A process for removing light components from an ethylene stream may include providing a dried ethylene stream containing ethylene, ethane, CO, CO2, H2, CH4, and C3+ hydrocarbons. The process may include sending the dried ethylene stream to a stripper to produce an overhead stream containing ethylene, CO, H2 and CH4, and a bottom stream containing ethylene, ethane, CO2, and C3+ hydrocarbons. The gaseous phase on top of the stripper may be condensed in a heat exchanger cooled by a refrigerant stream to get a first gaseous phase and a first liquid phase. The first gaseous phase may be condensed in a heat exchanger cooled by liquid ethane or liquid ethylene to get a second gaseous phase containing ethylene CO, H2 and CH4 and a second liquid phase. The first and second liquid phases may be the reflux of the stripper.
US10101080B2
A refrigeration apparatus includes a dispenser for dispensing water or ice into a receiver vessel. The dispenser includes a dispense command input for receiving a dispense command from a user and a code reader for interpreting an identification code associated with the receiver vessel. At least one controller is operatively connected to the dispense command input to receive the dispense command, and to the code reader to receive a vessel identification based on the interpreted identification code. The at least one controller controls the dispensing. A memory is configured to store the vessel identification in association with a usage parameter for the vessel. The at least one controller determines whether water/ice has been previously dispensed into the receiver vessel. When the at least one controller has determined that water/ice has not been previously dispensed into the receiver vessel, the at least one controller causes the usage parameter to be stored in the memory, in association with the vessel identification, based on the dispense command received from the user.
US10101073B2
A drug refrigerator capable of temperature control with a small fluctuation range in interior temperature is provided. This is the drug refrigerator in which cold air in a cooling chamber partitioned by a vertical partition plate in the back of an interior is circulated into the interior by a fan. A cold air inlet is formed above the center of the vertical partition plate. At right and left positions lower than a cooler in the cooling chamber, forward-facing cold air outlets are provided. A downward-facing cold air outlet for blowing out cold air toward a bottom part of the interior is provided at a position lower than the forward-facing cold air outlets. The circulation amount of cold air blown out through the forward-facing cold air outlet is made larger than the circulation amount of cold air blown out through the downward-facing cold air outlet.
US10101057B2
Disclosed a heating unit for a portable fuel heater for heating ambient air. In one exemplary embodiment, the heating unit comprises: a first side wall defining an inner space, said inner space forming a combustion chamber; a second side wall arranged outside around said first side wall, said first side wall and said second side wall defining a first annular gap therebetween, said first annular gap forming a cooling chamber adapted to be crossed by a cooling air flow to subtract heat from the first side wall and transfer it to an external environment to be heated; wherein said first side wall forms a first plurality of bosses adapted to promote a thermal exchange of said first side wall with the combustion chamber and with the cooling chamber.
US10101052B2
In some aspects, the subject technology relates to an “Eco-mode” on a thermostat. A button or other user interface element may be configured to activate and/or deactivate) the eco-mode on the thermostat. Upon selection of the eco-mode option, various energy-saving programs can be implemented on the thermostat. The energy-saving programs can be configured to adjust a temperature setting of the thermostat or to provide notifications to a user associated with the thermostat that implement various approaches for reducing energy consumption of a heating, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system associated with the thermostat. The eco-mode button can provide users/consumers with a convenient way to save energy, without requiring the user to think of comfort tradeoffs that may need to take place.
US10101051B2
The present invention is directed to system and process for notification of contagion risk and mitigation of the risk thereof. The system comprises a meteorological history repository having meteorological data and a processor configured with an instruction set. The instruction set includes retrieving meteorological data for a selected region for a selected time window, calculating contagion risk based on the meteorological data and from at least one of a transmission risk or a susceptibility risk, calculating the transmission risk as a function of dew point change and calculating susceptibility risk as a function of relative humidity. The system generates a contagion risk indicator based thereon.Embodiments of the system for mitigating the risk of spread of contagions and include a controller configured to select a lower humidity bound as a function of contagion infectivity and an upper humidity bound as a function of contagion viability or mold/fungus growth rate. The controller receives humidity data for the sealed area and issues control signals to a humidification unit in response to the received humidity data and according to the selected lower humidity bound and the upper humidity bound.
US10101050B2
A thermostat management server may include one or more processors and one or more memory devices comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising receiving information that characterizes energy usage associated with the plurality of thermostats, receiving parameters characterizing proposed future demand-response events, selecting a combination of thermostats from the plurality of thermostats for which the energy usage can be reduced, simulating a demand response event based on the parameters and using different weather conditions for the combination of the plurality of thermostats, generating statistical probabilities of meeting a plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the different weather conditions, selecting a capacity reduction level from the plurality of capacity reduction levels based on the statistical probabilities, and sending the capacity reduction level to the utility provider computer system.
US10101049B2
A method for determining parameters for one or more air-cooling mechanisms for a computer system. A current operating temperature of a system component within a particular system is determined. A maximum operating temperature of the system component is obtained. A difference value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature is computed. A parameter of an air-cooling mechanism of an environment, which includes the system component, is selected and modified based on the difference value between the maximum operating temperature and the current operating temperature.
US10101048B2
A supervisory controller for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems is described herein. One device includes a data management module configured to receive a zone demand signal from a local controller of a zone of an HVAC system and receive a number of additional signals from a number of sensors, and a parameter identification module configured to determine, based on the zone demand signal, whether the zone is in a comfort state by loading a best model structure from a number of models and identifying parameters of the best model structure based on data received from the data management module.
US10101042B2
Disclosed herein is an air conditioner that is designed to include a first space in which an evaporator is disposed and a second space in which a condenser is disposed and which is divided from the first space. An outdoor unit and an indoor unit are integrally formed, and thus it is easy to move the air conditioner. A structure and disposition of a heat exchanger are improved, and thus heat exchange efficiency is improved. Operations of a cooling mode and a dehumidifying mode are possible.
US10101037B2
Energy recovery devices, systems and methods, and energy recovery control systems and methods for efficient extraction and reuse of waste heat from exhaust fumes generated from cooking appliances.
US10101035B1
In various embodiments, a method of decoding and executing a custom coding program based on feedback includes using a heating apparatus to execute a first phase of a plurality of heating phases, the first phase having an associated prescribed time to perform the first phase, and receiving at least one sensor reading associated with the first phase. If the at least one sensor reading indicates that the first phase is complete, proceeding to a next phase of the plurality of heating phases. If the at least one sensor reading indicates that the first phase is incomplete, instructing the heating apparatus to extend the prescribed time to perform the first phase.
US10101033B2
An engine includes an elongated pulse detonation combustor tube having an arcuate combustion path over a majority of an entire length of the combustor tube, and an elongated portion of the combustor tube being oriented transverse to a central axis of the engine.
US10101028B2
A novel inline pilot assembly and method of flame detection for use with combustion applications for oil or gas processing is provided wherein the pilot assembly includes a pilot novel assembly with a unique placement of fuel and induction holes to improve flame stability, promote flame anchoring near the diffuser, and discourage the pilot flame front from migrating forward away from the diffuser.
US10101027B2
Briefly, apparatus and methods for detecting and terminating production of undesirable gases, such as carbon monoxide (“CO”), at a potential source, such as a household appliance. The apparatus and methods may determine a threshold level of the gas. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus may determine whether to provide power to a power supply input of a controller of a potential gas producing device based on the detected level of gas, where providing power to the power supply input of the controller of the potential gas producing device enables the controller of the potential gas producing device to provide power to the potential gas producing device. In another embodiment, when gas concentrations about a potential source are above a maximum threshold, the system communicates with a fuel supply valve of the potential source to cause the valve thereof to interrupt the supply of fuel to the potential source.
US10101026B2
An evaporator arrangement for an evaporator burner for a mobile heating device is provided, having: an evaporator body support into which a fuel supply line for supplying a liquid fuel opens, and an evaporator body for distributing and evaporating the liquid fuel. The evaporator body comprises at least one layer of a metal woven fabric of interwoven metal wires.
US10101011B2
A light unit (10) comprising a housing (12) securable to a mounting surface such that a lower end thereof is adjacent the lower surface of the mounting surface. A light module (13) is mounted within the housing (12) having a first lighting emitting surface provided on a lower end surface (40) of the light module (13) and a second lighting emitting surface provided on a side surface (44). The light module (13) is mounted for movement relative to the housing (12) such that the light module (13) is movable between a retracted position in which the first lighting emitting surface is exposed and the second lighting emitting surface is covered by the housing (12), and an extended position in which the second lighting emitting surface is exposed.
US10101003B2
A luminous system comprising one or more illumination sources, a multilayer structure, and one or more diffuse reflection layers being optically decoupled from the multilayer structure, wherein the emission and the reflection of the luminous system produce a first observed visible color when the one or more illumination sources are powered and a second observed visible color when the one or more illumination sources are non-powered is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of creating the inventive luminous system.
US10100998B2
In one aspect, apparatus are described herein. In some implementations, an apparatus comprises a housing disposed in or on an exterior surface of a vehicle, a light emitting diode disposed in the housing, and an electrically conductive layer disposed over the light emitting diode and in an optical path of the light emitting diode. Further, the electrically conductive layer and the housing together form a Faraday cage surrounding the light emitting diode. Additionally, in some cases, the electrically conductive layer has an optical transparency of at least 70% in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
US10100992B2
An object is to provide a daylighting sheet which efficiently performs daylighting and in which, when the daylighting sheet is applied to a window of a building or the like, it is possible to see an outdoor side.The daylighting sheet includes a translucent base material layer; and a light deflection layer that is formed on the base material layer, and the light deflection layer includes: light transmission portions that are aligned along one surface of the base material layer so as to be able to transmit light, each of the light transmission portions including a portion that is convex upwards; and light deflection portions that are formed between the light transmission portions and filled with a material whose refractive index is lower than that of the light transmission portions.
US10100991B2
Various embodiments of electric candles are described having multiple flame elements, each of which generate a flickering flame effect, and collectively simulate a candle having multiple flames. The candles include a housing that encloses various lighting devices and circuitry that can control one or more aspects of the lighting devices. The enclosure can also house one or more drive mechanisms that help to effect movement of the flame elements.
US10100990B1
An artificial LED candle includes a flame element with an upper section with a flame silhouette outlook, at least one first LED light source used for illuminating a center part of the upper section of the flame element, and at least one second LED light source used for illuminating one or two side parts of the upper section of the flame element. The center part of the upper section is illuminated by both the first and the second LED light sources, while the two side parts of the upper section is illuminated only by the second LED light source. Therefore, a center part is brighter than the two side parts of the upper section of the flame element, just like a real burning candle flame. Color simulation and light shadow presented on the flame element is more realistic, a simulate effect is improved.
US10100988B2
A linear light fixture with gap filler elements. The fixture comprises two primary structural components: a base and a light engine, which may be removably attached. The base comprises a body with end panels at both ends and is mountable to an external structure. The light engine comprises the light sources, an elongated lens, and any other optical elements that tailor the outgoing light to a particular profile. External reflectors are included to further shape the output beam. The reflectors may be shaped to define louvers which direct some of the emitted light in a direction opposite the primary emission direction, e.g., as uplight. The fixtures may be connected in a serial arrangement using a joiner.
US10100978B2
Grease distribution systems for lubricating a plurality of fracking valves on a wellhead include a distribution manifold configured for mounting on or adjacent to the wellhead, stand mount, mobile skid, grease skid or trailer. The distribution manifold includes a plurality of manifold valves configured for coupling in fluid communication with the fracking valves, respectively, on the wellhead. A grease pump is disposed in fluid communication with the distribution manifold. Methods of lubricating fracking valves on a wellhead are also disclosed.
US10100964B1
A repair pipe and method for repairing a standard sized PVC pipe having a hole or other pipe damage so the PVC pipe can be used to transfer fluid. The repair pipe has a tubular body that is selected with a length to extend across a cutout section of the PVC pipe and an inside diameter only slightly larger than the outside diameter of the PVC pipe to provide a small gap between the two pipes. The method comprises the steps of sliding the repair pipe over one end of the PVC pipe to provide an exposed area at the end of the PVC pipe, placing adhesive on the exposed area and on the exposed area of the opposite end of the PVC pipe and then sliding the repair pipe across the cutout section to position the repair pipe over the glued areas of the PVC pipe.
US10100960B2
Provided is a pipe connector having high resistance to pullout force and having high durability. The outer diameter of a nipple (20) is substantially uniform when viewed in the lengthwise direction. The end part of a hose (24) is placed over the nipple (20). A spring (32) is wound around the outer circumference of the hose (24) such that no gap occurs between adjacent wires. The shaft part of a connector main body (14) supports the nipple (20). A fastening nut (26) has an internally threaded part (28) which meshes with an externally threaded part (16) provided on the connector main body (14), and encloses the end part of the hose (24) together with the connector main body (14). The spring (32) is compressed by tightening the threaded part of the fastening nut (26). The end part of the tightly wound spring (32) rotates and the outer diameter thereof is reduced, thereby generating high fastening force. Thereafter the fastened state is maintained by frictional force.
US10100954B2
A coupling arrangement that includes a gasket seal and a housing having a first lateral side for receiving a first pipe segment and a second lateral side for receiving a second pipe segment, the second lateral side being spaced from the first lateral side to define a medial axis of the housing. An inner surface of the housing defines a cavity for engaging and housing a gasket seal disposed about the first and second pipe segments. The gasket seal includes a peripheral surface and inner surface which can include features than engage both the housing and the pipe segments to form a fluid tight pipe joint assembly.
US10100952B2
A mechanical restraint member for retaining the relative position of a first conduit in a piping system relative to a second conduit in the piping system. The mechanical restraint member has a flexible substrate having a first outer side, a second inner side and first and second axially spaced apart ends, and a first bonding agent provided on at least a portion of the second inner side.
US10100940B2
One-way valve devices can be used within fluid systems. For example, this document provides one-way valves that can be installed within a lumen of a tube, a fitting, and other types of tubular members. In some embodiments, the one-way valve includes a unitary frame and a ball member that is loosely constrained within the confines of the frame.
US10100929B2
The present invention provides a piston ring having excellent abrasion resistance to an aluminum alloy cylinder or cylinder liner formed of a mating material and is therefore capable of decreasing abrasion of the mating material. An exemplary piston ring has a hard carbon coating formed on an outer peripheral surface, and the hard carbon coating contains 0.5 atom % or more to less than 5 atom % of tungsten (W).
US10100908B2
The assembly of a shaft member and a shaft end adapter which are manufactured separately can be accomplished with a high precision in coaxiality and straightness at a high efficiency. A tubular portion is formed with a circumferentially continuous portion at least in a part thereof adjoining a free end thereof, and a slit extends axially through a wall of the tubular portion in exclusion of the circumferentially continuous portion. A fastening bolt configured to close the slit is mounted on the tubular portion.
US10100906B2
The invention relates to a spindle drive for an adjusting element of a vehicle comprising a drive motor with a spindle-spindle nut gear arranged downstream for producing a drive force along a geometric spindle axis, wherein two connectors for transferring the drive force are provided, wherein an internal housing connected to the one connector and an external housing connected to the other connector are provided, and wherein during the motorized adjustment, the internal housing runs in a telescopic manner. It is proposed that at least one of the two housings, is designed to be at least in two parts and is provided via a first axial housing portion of a first housing part made of a first material and via a second axial housing portion of a second housing part made of a second material.
US10100903B2
A transmission may include a first input shaft continuously receiving torque from a power source; a second input shaft selectively receiving torque from the power source through a clutch; a first countershaft and a second countershaft connected with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, respectively, by a transfer gear pair; coupling devices transmitting torque to the first countershaft and the second countershaft from the first input shaft and the second input shaft by selecting the transfer gear pairs; a one-way clutch disposed on the first countershaft to allow torque provided to the first input shaft to be transmitted only to the first countershaft from the first input shaft; and a shifting mechanism including a plurality of shift gear pairs having different gear ratios on the first countershaft, the second countershaft, and the output shaft.
US10100897B2
A vibration-damping electromagnetic actuator including: a stator; a movable member displaceable relative to the stator, and being disposed within or about it; a coil member with a coil generating a magnetic field through energization, which is disposed at one of the stator and the movable member; an armature displaceable relative to the coil member by an effect of the magnetic field generated by the coil, which is disposed at the other one of the stator and the movable member; a tubular guide sleeve disposed between the stator and the movable member so that the movable member is slidable along the guide sleeve; and an elastic support body fixed to the guide sleeve being clamped by the stator at a portion of the elastic support body apart from the guide sleeve so that the guide sleeve is elastically supported by the stator.
US10100888B2
A bicycle disc brake rotor is provided. The bicycle disc brake rotor includes a friction disc having a center axis and including a first braking surface and a second braking surface. The bicycle disc brake rotor also includes a mounting adapter attached to a bicycle wheel and coupled to the friction disc through a coupling structure, wherein the coupling structure includes a first mating surface pair comprising a first adapter surface and a first disc surface, and a second mating surface pair comprising a second adapter surface and a second disc surface.
US10100881B2
The invention provides a clutch seal which can enhance a durability of a membrane portion which is a constituting part of a seal and is constructed by a rubber-like elastic body, and can inhibit a working fluid from standing in a concave surface of the membrane portion. The clutch seal of the invention is an annular seal interposed between a clutch plate in a dry clutch and a piston pressing the clutch plate, has a middle ring fixed to the piston between an outer ring and an inner ring which are fixed to a clutch housing, and has membrane portions constructed by a rubber-like elastic body respectively between the outer ring and the middle ring and between the inner ring and the middle ring, wherein the middle ring is arranged at an intermediate position of a stroke in an initial shape of the membrane portion.
US10100875B2
A bearing includes an inner raceway and an outer raceway extending about a rotational axis. The outer raceway is spaced radially from the inner raceway such that an annular cavity is defined between the inner raceway and the outer raceway. The bearing also includes a plurality of first rollers disposed in the annular cavity. Each first roller of the plurality of first rollers includes a first end, a second end spaced axially from the first end, and a first surface extending between the first end and the second end. A first profile drop extends between the first end and the first surface. A second profile drop extends between the second end and the first surface. The second profile drop differs from the first profile drop. The bearing further includes a plurality of second rollers disposed in the annular cavity and spaced axially from the plurality of first rollers.
US10100870B2
A transmission includes a first shaft and a second shaft. The first shaft is made of a first metal material. The first shaft has a hollow structure. The second shaft is made of a second metal material different from the first metal material. The second shaft is fitted into the hollow structure of the first shaft at an axial overlap section. The first shaft and the second shaft are coaxially connected at the axial overlap section with friction stir welding.
US10100866B2
A weld stud including a shank that has a reduced diameter portion, and a larger diameter portion. A weld base is defined on the reduced diameter portion and a flange is positioned on the larger diameter portion. A bore wall extends axially through a face of the flange and into the larger diameter portion. The bore wall has a threaded portion that has a threaded diameter for receiving a fastener. A base diameter of the weld base is smaller than a larger diameter of the larger diameter portion and substantially equal to, or smaller than the threaded diameter. The threaded portion is axially spaced from the face of the flange by a first unthreaded portion, which defines a first unthreaded diameter that is larger than the threaded diameter. These features limit the loads transmitted to the fastener, thus allowing the weld stud to withstand shock loads to prevent fastener failures.
US10100863B2
An external thermal heat-stake arrangement includes a polymeric base member having a collared heat-stake having an inner diameter and a second member disposed within the inner diameter of the collared heat-stake. The collared heat-stake is operatively configured to be deformed by a heated element to retain at least a portion of a peripheral edge of the second member to the polymeric base member.
US10100861B2
A beam clamp for securing strut to a beam includes a clamp body having a first strut engagement portion configured for engaging a first attachment structure of a strut, and a second strut engagement portion separate from the first strut engagement portion and configured for engaging a second attachment structure of a strut.
US10100856B2
Mounting element (3) for fastening a tensioning frame part of a tensioning frame on flat or uneven surfaces. The mounting element (3) has a frame-like fastening section (5), which can be clipped onto the tensioning frame part of the tensioning frame on a first side and has a plurality of support parts (6) variable in length on a second side.
US10100843B2
A center body support for a gas turbine engine includes an outer annular wall. An aft flange extends radially outward from the outer annular wall. A brace interconnects the aft flange to a forward portion of the outer annular wall. The aft flange, brace and forward portion of the outer annual wall provide a unitary, one-piece structure.
US10100842B2
A cover of a centrifugal compressor intended to be rigidly connected to a turbomachine housing, which includes a plurality of ports, is provided. The cover further includes a fastening device for fastening the cover to the housing. A portion of the fastening device is located upstream relative to the ports and can be accessed by a fastening tool through at least one of the ports of the cover. A turbomachine uses this cover to form a sealed space, in particular with a view to collecting air.
US10100835B2
A fluid extraction system is presented. The fluid extraction system includes a direct current (DC) bus and a plurality of fluid extraction sub-systems configured to be electrically coupled to the DC-bus. At least one fluid extraction sub-system includes an electric machine configured to aid in the extraction of a fluid from a well. The electric machine includes a plurality of phase windings and a rotor. The at least one fluid extraction sub-system further includes a control sub-system to control a rotational speed of the rotor by selectively controlling a supply of a phase current to the plurality of phase windings such that the rotational speed of the rotor of the electric machine is different from rotational speed of a rotor of another electric machine in at least one of other fluid extraction sub-systems. Related method for controlling rotational speeds of electric machines is also presented.
US10100833B2
A scroll compressor includes a compression mechanism having fixed and movable scrolls defining a compression chamber, an introduction mechanism, and an auxiliary introduction mechanism. The introduction mechanism supplies fluid from the compression chamber to a back-pressure chamber supply throughout a first period. The auxiliary introduction mechanism has an auxiliary introduction passage and a check valve. The auxiliary introduction mechanism supplies fluid from the compression chamber to a back-pressure chamber supply throughout a second period. The second period includes a time point prior to the first period.
US10100832B2
A scroll compressor is provided that may include a casing; an electric motor drive having a stator fixed within the casing, and a rotor rotatably provided within the stator; a rotational shaft coupled to the rotor to rotate along with the rotor; a compression device disposed at a lower portion of the electric motor drive to receive a rotational force from the rotational shaft and compress a refrigerant; and an oil storage space located within the casing. A plurality of oil discharge paths to allow oil accumulated at an upper portion thereof to be discharged to the oil storage space may be formed on an outer circumferential surface of the compression device to be separated from each other, and an overall cross-sectional area of the plurality of oil discharge paths may be about 2 to about 12% of an inner diameter cross-sectional area of the casing brought into contact with or separated from an outer circumferential surface of the compression device in the compression device.
US10100831B2
A liquid pump includes a pump assembly attached to a motor. The pump assembly includes an inlet chamber and pump chamber. The pump chamber accommodates a drive gear driven by an output shaft of the motor and driven gear meshed with the drive gear. An inner cover is disposed within the pump chamber. An outer cover overlies the inner cover with an elastic member disposed there between. The outer cover exerts a force to the inner cover through the elastic member and holds the inner cover in sliding contact with an axial end of the drive and driven gears. An outlet chamber formed between the inner cover and the outer cover is in fluid communication with and the pump chamber.
US10100830B2
A membrane-based piston pump (400) is used for pumping a liquid product. The pump is provided with a device (426) for maintaining a pre-defined hydraulic fluid volume in the pump. The device includes an axle element (440) and a bushing element (432). A method for pumping a liquid product in a pump may use the membrane-based piston pump. A homogenizer may include the membrane-based piston pump.
US10100829B2
A dump valve assembly is disclosed. The dump valve assembly has a seat plug, a spring, a standing valve, and a ball. The seat plug is anchored to the standing valve and has two prongs that engage two corresponding slots within the standing valve. By pressing downwardly upon the seat plug, the spring is compressed and the prongs slide downwardly until they engage the ball. By ceasing the downward pressure on the seat plug, the spring relaxes and expands, thereby lifting the ball off of the standing valve in order to open the standing valve for pump drainage.
US10100828B2
Systems and methods for analyzing an infusion pump are provided. One infusion pump analyzer includes a fluid flow path configured to be coupled to an infusion pump to be tested and a pair of fluid chambers. The infusion pump analyzer further includes dual linear piston pumps coupled with the pair of fluid chambers and the fluid flow path to control the flow of fluid therethrough, and a valve coupled with the pair of fluid chambers and configured to rotate to selectively fill and drain the pair of fluid chambers.
US10100822B2
A pump includes a main chamber and a pair of valves on opposite ends of the main chamber. The respective valves each contain a freely movable member to selectively open and close each respective valve, wherein the freely movable member is formed from at least some of the same material used to form a chamber portion of the respective valves. A force applicator is coupled relative to the main chamber to alternately induce a suction action and an expulsion action.
US10100820B2
A cryopump includes an adsorption cryopanel including a front surface configured to receive incidence of a non-condensable gas and a back surface having an adsorption region of the non-condensable gas, and a reflection cryopanel including a reflection surface of the non-condensable gas facing the back surface. The adsorption cryopanel may have a multitude of through holes penetrating from the front surface to the back surface. The adsorption cryopanel has a passage probability of the non-condensable gas selected from a range of 10% to 70%.
US10100819B2
The present subject matter provides a linear compressor. The linear compressor includes a coupling that extends between an inner back iron assembly and a piston. The coupling includes a shaft and a ball seat mounted to the shaft at an end portion of the shaft. A ball is positioned on the ball seat at a seating surface of the ball seat. A ball shoe is positioned opposite the ball seat about the ball, and the ball is positioned on the seating surface of the ball shoe. A spring urges the ball shoe against the ball.
US10100815B2
Frequency analysis units are configured to perform a frequency analysis of vibrations detected by vibration sensors, respectively. A natural frequency detection unit is configured to detect a natural frequency of a wind turbine in accordance with a direction of a nacelle, based on results of the frequency analysis. A change ratio calculation unit calculates a decrease ratio in the natural frequency detected by the natural frequency detection unit. An abnormality detection unit determines that an abnormality is present in the wind turbine if the decrease ratio in the natural frequency calculated by the change ratio calculation unit exceeds a threshold value.
US10100814B1
An energy harvesting wind sensor is provided for an awning assembly. The device is self-powering in that energy is converted from wind to electrical in order to power the sensor and a transmitter which signals a receiver to retract the awning assembly if a preselected threshold is met or exceeded. Since the system converts wind energy to electrical energy, wiring is not needed to extend along the moving or rotating parts of the awning assembly.
US10100807B2
A method of manufacturing a core for a composite material sandwich panel, the method comprising the steps of: providing a sheet of balsawood with opposite major surfaces, with vessels and axial parenchyma cells of the balsawood extending between the opposite major surfaces in a thickness direction of the sheet; coating a layer of a curable resin composition onto respective opposite major surfaces of the sheet of balsawood; and curing the curable resin composition, wherein the resin composition is applied and cured so that the coating layer of cured resin composition unevenly fills or only partly fills outermost ends of at least some of the vessels in the balsawood and thereby provides, at least in the vicinity of at least some of the vessels, a non-planar outer surface of the coating layer of the cured resin composition over the opposite major surfaces.
US10100802B2
A centrifugal turbine having a single impeller having two separate halves which face away from each other, at least one impeller half having an outlet tube which rotates with the impeller, the impeller halves held together by pins with blades floating on the pins, the blades not being connected to the impeller halves; a housing having three components, one housing component containing the two impeller halves comprising an inlet, and two outer housing components having an outlet.
US10100801B2
An auxiliary heating system comprising interconnected piping which forms a closed fluid flow circuit for permitting a passage of coolant therein, and having formed chamber openings along a length thereof to receive at least one heating element which projects into the closed fluid flow circuit to be in direct contact with, and heat, the coolant. A pump is provided for circulating the coolant, along with a flow switch for monitoring flow of the coolant through the closed fluid flow circuit, wherein if the flow has ceased through the closed fluid flow circuit, the flow switch instructs the system to deactivate the heating elements.
US10100799B2
A process for managing the re-start of an internal combustion engine in a Start and Stop system using an electric motor managed by an electric motor control unit (EMU), a first step of direct evaluation of the rotation regime of the crankshaft being provided by an internal combustion engine control unit (ECU) through a sensor put on the crankshaft: if the rotation regime is above a threshold corresponding to the sensor accuracy loss, in case of re-opening of the throttle valve said control unit of the combustion engine (ECU) continues to provide fuel and ignition; otherwise a crankshaft positioning step is provided by the electric motor control unit (EMU) comprising: a forward crankshaft rotation by a predetermined forward rotation angle; a detection of a possible piston stall state followed, in negative case, by an additional forward crankshaft rotation until reaching a maximum predetermined forward rotation angle; an inverse crankshaft rotation by a predetermined angle; and a detection of a possible piston stall state followed, in negative case, by an additional inverse crankshaft rotation until reaching a maximum predetermined inverse rotation angle.
US10100793B2
Intake sound reduction device for internal combustion engine includes an elastic member formed into substantially cylindrical shape and having an open base end, a top end sealed by an end surface wall and a bellows circumferential wall; a base plate retaining base end of elastic member; and a communication pipe whose one end is connected to base plate so that a volume chamber formed inside elastic member communicates with an intake passage of the engine. Intake sound reduction device has first resonance system formed by expansion and contraction in axial direction of elastic member and second resonance system formed by film-vibration of end surface wall. When either one of resonance frequencies of the first and second resonance systems is primary resonance frequency and the other is secondary resonance frequency, the primary resonance frequency is set to 30˜200 Hz and the secondary resonance frequency is set to 50˜300 Hz.
US10100790B1
Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing an air filter for a vehicle. In one example, a method may include actuating a motor to flow air through the air filter during engine off, and indicating air filter replacement based on an air pressure measurement while actuating the motor.
US10100775B2
A fuel injection valve is caused to inject fuel in a latter half of a compression stroke in such a manner that a fuel concentration immediately before start of combustion is higher in a middle portion of a combustion chamber than in an outer peripheral portion thereof in a low load range where the engine load is lower than a predetermined set reference load. An intake valve driving device is controlled in such a manner that an intake valve closing timing in the low load range is advanced on a retard side with respect to an intake bottom dead center in a case where the engine speed is high, as compared with a case where the engine speed is low, and intake air within a cylinder is blown back toward an intake port at least in a range where the engine speed is low.
US10100764B2
A method and a control device for raising and/or lowering an exhaust gas temperature of a combustion engine having an exhaust gas aftertreatment device arranged in an exhaust line sets the exhaust gas temperature for the exhaust gas aftertreatment using an electric-motor mode and/or a generator mode of an electrified exhaust turbocharger.
US10100759B2
An exhaust gas recirculation control device controls an exhaust gas recirculation device that includes an exhaust gas recirculation passage adapted to circulate a portion of exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine from an exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of a turbo supercharger along an exhaust flow to an intake passage upstream of a compressor of the turbo supercharger along an intake flow and downstream of an air flow meter along the intake flow, and a recirculation control valve adapted to adjust an amount of exhaust gas circulated to the intake passage. Furthermore, the exhaust gas recirculation control device includes recirculation ratio setting means adapted to set a lower target recirculation ratio for a smaller intake air amount of the internal combustion engine.
US10100754B2
A system and method for dynamically varying an amount slippage of a Torque Converter Clutch (TCC) provided between an engine and a transmission of a vehicle in response to non-powertrain factors. By varying a slippage output signal, the amount of TCC slippage between the engine and the transmission can be adjusted. Small amounts of slippage, relative to large amounts of slippage, provide (a) improved vehicle fuel economy, but (b) induce more powertrain noise and vibration in the vehicle cabin. By dynamically adjusting the slippage, a tradeoff between improved fuel economy vs. a satisfying driver experience can be realized.
US10100752B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for controlling valve timing of a continuous variable valve duration engine. The method may include: classifying a plurality of control regions depending on an engine speed and an engine load; applying a maximum duration to an intake valve in a first control region; maintaining the maximum duration of the intake valve and controlling a valve overlap by using exhaust valve closing (EVC) timing in a second control region; advancing intake valve closing (IVC) timing in a third control region; controlling the IVC timing to be close to bottom dead center (BDC) in a fourth control region; controlling a throttle valve to be fully opened and generating a scavenging phenomenon in a fifth control region; and controlling the throttle valve to be fully opened and controlling the IVC timing to prevent knocking in a sixth control region.
US10100750B2
A propulsion control system for a vehicle includes a driver pedal, a driver pedal position sensor that outputs a driver pedal position signal that indicates a position of the driver pedal, a memory that stores a first pedal map, and a processor that generates a torque request based upon the driver pedal position signal and the first pedal map. The first pedal map correlates a value of the driver pedal position signal to the torque request for a propulsion system in the vehicle and a first portion of the first pedal map near a traction limit has a first slope that defines the rate of change of the torque request to be less than the rate of change of the pedal position.
US10100744B2
Example bleed air and engine starter systems are described herein that employ a shaft-driven compressor to start an aircraft engine and/or to supply pressurized air to one or more systems of an aircraft. An example compressor includes a housing and an impeller disposed within a cavity of the housing. The impeller is operatively coupled to a drive shaft. The compressor includes a first port in the housing to direct onto the impeller to rotate the impeller when the compressor is operating in a first mode. In the first mode, the impeller is to drive the drive shaft. The compressor also includes a second port in the housing oriented to provide air to the impeller when the impeller is operating in a second mode. In the second mode, the drive shaft is to rotate the impeller to draw the air from the first port and increase a pressure of the air.
US10100743B2
A device for igniting an aircraft engine, comprising at least two spark plugs, the device comprising a power supply, a first path for supplying a first spark plug with power and a second path for supplying a second spark plug with power, said paths being connected to the power supply by distribution means of the power supply which are controlled by a FADEC-type control system, wherein said distribution means comprise a first circuit that is configured to alternately supply said first path or said second path with power, and a second circuit for simultaneously supplying said first and second paths with power, the device being configured to use either the first circuit or the second circuit during start-up.
US10100742B2
A helicopter engine collector includes an external longitudinal wall and two closed end walls, a longitudinal symmetry axis inclined ascendingly, couplings configured to be connected to purge drains, and a connection connected to a gas ejection pipe and connected to the bottom end wall. The collector also includes, in its internal space, a chamber with its symmetry axis substantially parallel to the axis of the collector. The chamber includes a longitudinal wall and two transverse end walls. The chamber is connected to the purge coupling of the injection wheel via a radial connection emerging on its longitudinal wall, the symmetry axis of the chamber being inclined, with respect to the horizontal reference ground when the helicopter is in a ground position, by a reference angle such that this axis is situated parallel to the reference ground when the helicopter is in an acceleration phase. The collector prevents formation of fumes.
US10100741B2
A system is provided with a turbine combustor having a first diffusion fuel nozzle, wherein the first diffusion fuel nozzle has first and second passages that separately inject respective first and second flows into a chamber of the turbine combustor to produce a diffusion flame. The first flow includes a first fuel, and the second flow includes a first oxidant and a first diluent. The system includes a turbine driven by combustion products from the diffusion flame in the turbine combustor. The system also includes an exhaust gas compressor, wherein the exhaust gas compressor is configured to compress and route an exhaust gas from the turbine to the turbine combustor along an exhaust recirculation path.
US10100740B2
A plate/fin heat exchanger includes multiple stacked panels defining a curvature. Each of the panels has a first corrugated sheet defining a first set of passages and a second corrugated sheet defining a second set of passages. Each of the corrugated sheets includes multiple aligned corrugations, and the corrugations of the first corrugated sheet are not aligned with the corrugations of the second corrugated sheet. Each of the corrugations has a corrugation height defined as a length of said corrugation tangential to a curvature of the plate/fin heat exchanger, and wherein each of the first corrugated sheets includes axially aligned corrugations defining a wedge shaped radial cross section.
US10100738B2
A cooling system is provided. The cooling system may comprise a heat exchanger and a first conduit fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. An annular passage may be fluidly coupled to the first conduit. A tangential onboard injector (TOBI) may be fluidly coupled to the annular passage. A gas turbine engine is also provided and may comprise a compressor, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor, and a diffuser around the combustor and a turbine. A heat exchanger may have an inlet fluidly coupled to the diffuser. A second conduit may be fluidly coupled to an outlet of the heat exchanger. An annular passage may be fluidly coupled to the second conduit. A tangential onboard injector (TOBI) may be fluidly coupled to the annular passage.
US10100736B2
A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section in series flow with a turbine section. The compressor section includes one or more compressors and the turbine section includes one or more turbines, the compressor section and turbine section together defining a core air flowpath. A sump is positioned inward of the core air flowpath for containing and collecting lubrication oil. Additionally, a heat exchanger is positioned in direct thermal communication with the sump for removing heat from lubrication oil contained therein to reduce a size and/or amount of heat exchangers located radially outward of the core air flowpath.
US10100732B2
Systems and methods for de-icing a fan of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The systems and methods may include an electrical coil operatively associated with a first rotating surface of the fan; a magnet operatively associated with a second rotating surface of the fan, the second rotating surface rotating in a direction counter to the first rotating surface, the magnet and the electrical coil thereby producing electricity when the fan is in motion; and a heating element operatively associated with a surface on the fan, the heating element being powered by the electricity produced by the magnet and the electrical coil.
US10100725B2
A connecting rod for an internal combustion engine with variable compression with an eccentrical element adjustment device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, the connecting rod including a connecting rod body; and a connecting rod cover arranged at the connecting rod body, wherein the connecting rod body and the connecting rod cover envelop a crank bearing eye, wherein the eccentrical element adjustment device includes two cylinders with a respective piston that is displaceably supported in a respective cylinder bore hole and connected with a respective support rod, wherein a respective inlet is provided for supplying hydraulic fluid to each of the two cylinders, wherein a respective outlet is provided for draining the hydraulic fluid from each of the two cylinders, wherein the connecting rod body includes at least two connecting rod body grooves for connecting each respective inlet with a hydraulic fluid loop, wherein the at least two connecting rod body grooves are arranged so that a highly loaded portion of the connecting rod bearing eye is not provided with the at least two connecting rod body grooves.
US10100699B2
An emission control system for an engine is described herein. The emission control system includes a reductant injector extending into an exhaust conduit upstream of a catalyst, the reductant injector including a reductant passage receiving reductant from a reductant reservoir and a first exhaust gas inlet receiving exhaust gas from the exhaust conduit, a boundary of the first exhaust gas inlet at least partially delineated by an inlet wall extending into an interior exhaust passage from an outer housing surface, the interior exhaust passage adjacent to the reductant passage and receiving exhaust gas from the first exhaust gas inlet and fluidly separated from the reductant passage.
US10100689B2
A system and method are disclosed for desulfating an oxidation catalyst in an aftertreatment system of a multifuel internal combustion engine. The oxidation catalyst can be desulfated in response to one or more desulfation triggering events. The desulfation process includes providing hydrocarbons from one or all of the multiple fuel sources to an upstream oxidation catalyst. The hydrocarbons react with the exhaust gas within the upstream oxidation catalyst to deplete oxygen in the exhaust flow to thereby reduce the desulfation temperature of the oxidation catalyst while elevating a temperature of the exhaust gas to a desulfation temperature range.
US10100663B2
An actuation arrangement for effecting actuation of pivotable vane, for example, variable inlet guide vane in gas turbine engine. The actuation arrangement includes an actuator having a support plate and pivotable plate. The pivotable plate is fixedly connected to pivotable vane and pivotable plate and pivotable vane are pivotable about a pivot axis. The actuator further includes at least one actuation element having a length extending from support plate to proximal a transverse edge portion of pivotable plate substantially perpendicular to pivot axis. The or each actuation element is fixedly connected to each of the support and pivotable plates and formed of a material that changes dimension upon application of external energy. Thus, upon application of external energy, for example, heat, a change in length of the or each actuation element occurs such that change in length effects pivoting of pivotable plate and pivotable vane about the pivot axis.
US10100661B2
The invention concerns a method for operating a gas turbine arrangement, wherein the gas turbine arrangement can be actively connected to a grid system and includes a separation of compressor and turbine shaft to operate both components individually as unit. A first unit can include at least one turbine and at least one generator and a second unit can include at least one compressor and least one motor. Various switches are situated along power lines and are actively connected to a frequency converter and/or the grid system, wherein the compressed air duct operating downstream of the compressor includes a flap.
US10100659B2
A component of a turbine is disclosed. The component includes an carrier segment having a rail, an frame segment including a hanger having a flange supported on the rail of the carrier segment, and an inner surface having a section of a track for a turbine blade defined therein. The component also includes a retainer segment secured to the carrier segment such that the hanger is secured between the retainer segment and the carrier segment.
US10100656B2
A coated seal slot system for turbomachinery includes a first turbine component comprising a first groove having at least one first coating attached to at least a portion of the first groove of the first turbine component, a second turbine component comprising a second groove having at least one second coating attached to at least a portion of the second groove of the second turbine component. The first and the second turbine components are disposable adjacent to each other with the first groove having the first coating and the second groove having the second coating together forming a coated seal slot extending across a gap between the first turbine component and the second turbine component. A seal is disposable in the coated seal slot and extendable across the gap between the first and the second turbine components and engageable with the first coating and the second coating to inhibit leakage of gas through the gap.
US10100636B2
Levels of kerogen and bitumen are computed in a sample of rock from DRIFTS measurements on the sample. The DRIFTS spectrum of a rock sample is measured, resulting in an estimate of bitumen and kerogen. Bitumen is then washed from the rock and DRIFTS is re-measured, resulting in an estimate of kerogen. Bitumen quantity is calculated by subtracting the washed sampled results from first DRIFTS measurements.
US10100635B2
A system for downhole telemetry is provided herein. The system employs a series of communications nodes spaced along a tubular body in a wellbore. Each communications node is associated with a sensor that senses data indicative of a formation condition or a wellbore parameter along a subsurface formation. The data is stored in memory until a logging tool is run into the wellbore. The data is transmitted from the respective communications nodes to a receiver in the logging tool. The data is then transferred to the surface. A method of transmitting data in a wellbore is also provided herein. The method uses a logging tool to harvest data in a wellbore from a plurality of sensor communications nodes.
US10100626B2
A method and system for inducing secondary orthogonal fractures in an underground formation by introducing a proppant carrying fluid into a hydraulic fracture in an underground formation at high pressure is provided. The pressure of the proppant carrying fluid is lowered at a rate allowing the fluid to exit the formation while the proppant remains in place within the fractures. The pressure of the fluid is then rapidly reduced, creating fractures orthogonal to the surface of existing fractures by pushing remained proppant against hydraulic fractures walls. The orthogonal fractures can be opened with high pressure fluid and propped. In this way, the portion of the formation in fluid flow communication with the wellbore is increased.
US10100621B2
The present invention relates to a downhole expandable tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable tubular having an axial extension, wherein the downhole expandable tubular is made of metal and is machined from one metal tubular blank, providing the downhole expandable tubular with at least one circumferential projection. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier, to a downhole completion comprising a downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention, to a downhole completion comprising a well tubular structure and an annular barrier according to the present invention and to a manufacturing method for the manufacture of the downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention.
US10100612B2
A smart dart has a central bore and a collapsible annular protrusion extending radially outward from the dart body. The dart is deployed in a run-in configuration and actuated to a landing configuration to stop on a target seat identified by a control mechanism based on a seat count. The dart also includes a latch tool at a nose section and the central bore and the inner bore of the latch tool are aligned axially. A valve is installed in the central bore and a valve actuator closes the valve to seal the central bore for pressure isolating the wellbore downhole from the wellbore uphole the valve when the dart lands on the target seat.
US10100611B2
A subsurface safety valve is operable to close a fluid flow path by virtue of an axially movable flow sleeve. The valve includes a recockable actuator and a latch mechanism so that the valve can be moved to a closed position without overcoming the pressure head and frictional forces currently encountered in conventional safety valves. The latch mechanism includes one or more micro pistons.
US10100607B2
A valve includes an outer piston, an inner piston telescopically disposed in the outer piston. A cavity separates at least a portion of the inner piston and the outer piston. The valve also includes a seal disposed in the cavity and that forms an upper pressure chamber and a lower pressure chamber. A first flow space connects the lower pressure chamber with a first flow path and a second flow space connects the upper pressure chamber with a second flow path. A biasing member engages the inner and outer piston.
US10100606B2
A downhole tool includes a housing having a screen. An inner tubular member is positioned radially-inward from the housing such that an annulus is formed therebetween, and a first opening is formed radially-through the inner tubular member. A valve is positioned within the annulus. A flow control device is positioned within the annulus. A degradable member is configured to at least partially degrade in response to contact with a fluid. The valve is configured to actuate from a first position to a second position in response to the degradable member at least partially degrading. This changes a proportion of the fluid that flows through the flow control device after entering through the screen.
US10100601B2
A downhole assembly includes an isolation tool disposable downhole of a perforation gun. The isolation tool includes a tubular body having a seat, and an occluding device supported on the tubular body in an unseated position, and movable to a seated position on the seat in response to at least one of a firing operation of the perforation gun and a selected fluid velocity through the isolation tool. Fluid communication through the isolation tool is allowed in uphole and downhole directions in the unseated position of the occluding device, and blocked in the downhole direction in the seated position of the occluding device.
US10100598B2
The present invention relates to a downhole expandable metal tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable metal tubular having an outer tubular face and a longitudinal extension and comprising a first circumferential edge and a second circumferential edge provided on the outer tubular face and having a distance along the longitudinal extension, and a circumferential sealing element being arranged between the circumferential edges, wherein the downhole expandable metal tubular further comprises: a circumferential resilient element having an outer face part facing away from the outer tubular face and having an extension along the longitudinal extension, the extension of the circumferential resilient element being smaller than the distance, a space arranged adjacent to the circumferential resilient element in the longitudinal extension, and a first portion of the circumferential sealing element at least partly overlapping the outer face part of the circumferential resilient element, the circumferential resilient element arranged between the portion of the circumferential sealing element and the outer tubular face. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier, to a downhole completion system and to a sealing method.
US10100595B2
A tubing or casing hanger seal assembly is disclosed including an actuation sleeve to be mounted on a tubing hanger, a shoulder member to be mounted on the tubing hanger, and a seal assembly disposed between the actuation sleeve and the shoulder member. The seal assembly includes a first set or pair of seals engaged at a tapered interface, and a second set or pair of seals engaged at a tapered interface. Radial sectional areas can differ between seals of the seal pairs. Further, the first set of seals can be coupled to the second set of seals such that the first and second sets of seals are energized by the same setting motion of the actuation sleeve.
US10100593B2
A power tong unit having a gear train in which one or more of the gears in the gear train have removable and replacement roller tooth elements, in lieu of conventional gear teeth. In one embodiment, the ring gear and pinion gears have roller tooth elements, and idler gears disposed between the ring gear and pinion gears, have a semi-circular tooth root profile to mesh with the roller element gear teeth. The ring gear of the power tong unit may also have a removable section. A means for removing the removable section from the ring gear, and moving it to a position in which a tubular can be inserted into a central opening in the ring gear, may include a hydraulic cylinder, a clamping mechanism, and a cam surface to generate rotation of the removable section once lifted out of engagement with the ring gear.
US10100591B2
A coiled tubing injector apparatus for inserting and/or removing coiled tubing from a well head comprising a first injector column and a second injector column forming a central pathway within a frame. The first and second injector columns each comprise an inner and outer band, the outer band containing a plurality of rolling elements for engaging the coiled tubing and the inner band creating drive force to energize the outer band. The inner band further comprises a wear plate designed to sustain the majority of wear for less costly maintenance and repair of injection heads.
US10100590B2
A tubular gripping assembly includes a power tong housing configured to actuate between an open position and a closed position. An inflatable bladder apparatus is coupled to an inner surface of the power tong housing and configured to grip a tubular member when the power tong housing is in the closed position and the inflatable bladder apparatus is inflated. A latch mechanism, operative in response to a remote control signal provided through a mechanized docking and undocking fluid connector, is configured to secure the power tong housing in the closed position and to allow the power tong housing to actuate to the open position.
US10100587B2
The present invention provides a device, namely a hydraulic-mechanical pipe connector that allows a simple, user friendly way to attach pipe and tools to one another whether this is a single connection to a bottom hole assembly or a splice connection joining two pipe ends together, thereby eliminating the need for tools such as wrenches and tongs and removing the need and difficulty of requiring pipe rotation to make up the connection. It also provides a simple, safe and efficient manner to affix a tool, sub assembly, bottom hole assembly or similar oil tools to the end of a pipe that has no thread attachment, without the need for the hand tools and wrenches. More importantly, the present invention provides a device that can splice multiple pipe or coil sizes together using the hydraulic actuation technique.
US10100585B2
A pipe mat for use with a tubing tray for receiving, organizing and storing drill pipe tripped out of a drill string on a drilling rig has a plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart support rails to form a plurality of drain channels disposed between adjacent pair of support rails. A plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart nub rails is disposed on the plurality of support rails. The nub rails are substantially orthogonal to the support rails, thereby forming a lattice structure having openings disposed between the nub rails that are in communication with the drain channels. A plurality of spaced-apart pipe nubs extend upwardly from the nub rails, which hold a drill pipe in place when an end of the drill pipe is placed onto one of the pipe nubs. A method for collecting fluids draining from drill pipe uses the pipe mat with the tubing tray.
US10100578B2
A down-the-hole drill hammer for optimizing air consumption. The down-the-hole drill hammer includes a housing, a backhead connected to the housing, and a pressure control check valve assembly mounted within the housing. The pressure control check valve assembly includes a first check valve and a second check valve. The first check valve controls a flow of working fluid through the backhead. The second check valve is mounted to the first check valve and controls a flow of working fluid through the first check valve.
US10100576B1
The undergrate stairway access assembly is a portable stairway designed to provide safe access to different levels through temporary openings in supporting surfaces such as floors and sidewalks. Specifically, the undergrate stairway access assembly is an assembly comprising an integrated guardrail and step structure that allows a worker to safely traverse between different levels through openings in the supporting surface while preventing workers from inadvertently falling through these openings. The undergrate stairway access assembly is ideal for providing protection for projects that require the removal of grated surface protections such as sidewalk grates, sewage grates or undercarriage bays. The undergrate stairway access assembly comprises one or more step structures and a guardrail structure.
US10100568B2
An electromechanical strut for moving a closure member between open and closed positions relative to a vehicle body includes a housing having an inner surface bounding a cavity extending along a central axis between opposite first and second ends. A power screw is disposed in the cavity in operable communication with a motor, with a gear assembly operably connecting the motor to the power screw. An extensible member has an outer cover tube received in the housing cavity and a drive mechanism for converting rotary motion of the power screw into linear motion of the extensible member. An annular gap extends between the inner surface of the housing and an outer surface of the outer cover tube. An annular bushing is disposed within the annular gap to minimize laterally play between the housing and the outer cover tube.
US10100561B2
Vehicular door handle with electrically deployable latch connection and overload compensating device
A handle assembly including a path of transmission of a force for releasing a latch through the handle assembly that can be broken under extreme loading conditions.
US10100559B2
A vehicle door lock device includes: an actuating lever linked to an electric motor, rotatable in a rotation regulating range, rotating in one direction toward a closing position on one end side of the rotation regulating range, thereby holding, in a complete-closing state, a door having been in a half-closed state, and rotating in the other direction toward a release position on the other end side, thereby releasing the holding of the door in the complete-closing state; a first neutrality detecting switch generating a first neutrality detection signal having logic switched at a first neutral position; and a second neutrality detecting switch generating a second neutrality detection signal having logics switched at a second neutral position and a release start position which are a boundary position of the neutral region on the closing position side, and a boundary position of the neutral region on the release position side, respectively.
US10100549B1
Tents and canopies are ubiquitous for outdoor recreation and gatherings. Tents and canopies are poorly lit, especially during night time. Camping lights such as lanterns are ineffective for lighting the entire space of a tent or canopy. To address these issues, a lighting apparatus can improve the quality of lighting inside a tent or a canopy by lighting a tent using a plurality of flexible strips having lighting elements thereon and providing a housing enclosing a lighting controller circuit for controlling the lighting elements. The flexible strips are electrically coupled to the lighting controller and extends away from the lighting controller. The housing can be hung inside, near the top center point of the tent or canopy to illuminate not only the area inside the tent or canopy, but also the tent or canopy itself. The lighting apparatus has a unique physical design suited for tents, canopies, and automobiles.
US10100548B2
A base angle attachment assembly includes a connector for coupling to a base and a pole supported by the base. The connector has a first connecting member and a second connecting member extending generally perpendicularly with respect to the first connecting member. The first connecting member of the connector defines an aperture for receiving a fastener configured to couple the connector with the base. The second connecting member of the connector defines apertures for receiving fasteners configured to couple the connector with the pole. The base angle attachment assembly also includes a containment assembly configured for insertion into an interior cavity of the pole for receiving and aligning the fasteners with the apertures defined in the second connecting member of the connector.
US10100532B2
Floor element of the type which, at least at two opposite edges, comprises coupling means enabling two of such floor elements to cooperate with each other at the respective edges, wherein the floor element comprises at least two components, as well as entity-forming means, which, starting from the aforementioned components, can form an entity including the components, wherein said components can adopt at least two mutual positions, whether or not by means of the disruption of the entity formed by said entity-forming means.
US10100520B2
The panel unit includes a first panel, a second panel facing the first panel with a space provided therebetween the first panel and the second panel, a partition separating the space from a surrounding space, and a switching mechanism. The switching mechanism is located in the space for allowing a change in thermal conductivity between the first panel and the second panel. The switching mechanism includes at least one connector which is thermally conductive, and is switchable between a first state in which the at least one connector is out of contact with the first panel or the second panel and a second state in which the at least one connector is in contact with both the first panel and the second panel.
US10100511B2
A dowel supporting device that includes a substantially hollow tube having a top end and a bottom end. An opening may be formed at the top end and a base may be formed at the bottom end. The base of the dowel supporting device may be fastened to a concrete deck. Concrete may be poured into the concrete deck. When dowels are ready to be used, the dowels may be inserted and secured to the dowel supporting device. A cap or thin sealed covering may be placed at the top end of the hollow tube to prevent infiltration of concrete into the tube during a concrete pour. The cap or thin sealed covering may include a raised portion of material which aids in locating the hollow tube after a concrete slab cures around it. A dowel tube extender may be provided which extends a hollow tube to accommodate different concrete slab thicknesses.
US10100507B1
Cables and associated apparatus for clearing obstructions in pipes or other cavities are disclosed. In one implementation a device for clearing obstructions includes an elongate resilient central core member, an elongate coil spring surrounding the core member; and an elongate spacer positioned between the central core member and the coil spring.
US10100502B2
A fill valve assembly (9, 109) for connection with a flushing syphon or other flushing valve. The assembly (9, 109) includes a float operated equilibrium valve (90, 190) and a branch element (92, 192) fluidly connected upstream the equilibrium valve (90, 190) and including an outlet (98) for providing fluid flow to one or more fluid pressure driven actuators (6).
US10100500B2
According to an example, a system for managing a fluid condition in a pipe includes a controller to receive temperatures of the pipe detected by the temperature sensor over a period of time. The controller may determine, based upon the temperatures of the pipe over the period of time, a temperature profile of the pipe and may determine that the temperature profile of the pipe indicates that a freezing onset event has occurred. The freezing onset event may include a transition from a drop in temperature to an increase in temperature, in which the temperature during the transition is below a freezing point temperature of a fluid contained in the pipe. The controller may further trigger at least one of an alarm and an activation of a first freezing prevention device in response to the determination that the freezing onset event has occurred.
US10100490B1
A machine pushed trencher assembly includes a first plate that is triangularly shaped. A pair of second plates is coupled singly to and extends transversely from opposing sides of the first plate. The second plates are coupled to define a cutting edge. A fourth plate that is coupled to a base of the first plate is configured to couple to a front end of a machine. A second bar is coupled to the fourth plate and extends angularly above the second plates. A third bar is pivotally coupled to the second bar. An actuator is coupled to the second and third bars. At least one wheel is rotationally coupled to the third bar. The machine compels the cutting edge through a substrate to prepare a trench. The actuator positions the wheel so that it rolls on a surface of the substrate to control a depth of the trench.
US10100475B1
An apparatus for the collection of animal feces utilizing two oppositely disposed arms which are used to sweep and collect feces and allow a user to more easily collect feces into a standard sized collection bag without touching the feces or feeling the texture of the feces through a bag. The apparatus further has either a sweeper or a dust pan at a distal location of the arms to perform the function of collecting the feces when the apparatus arms are squeezed together. During non use, the animal defecation collection apparatus has a collapsible sweeper blade and collapsible dust pan blade that fold and allow the apparatus to be more compact when stored. Further, there is a locking mechanism to allow the arms to be retained together to be more compact during storage.
US10100473B1
The modular traffic director is a temporary traffic indicator that is adapted to direct traffic through construction zones. The modular traffic director is a signaling device that is designed for visibility and that is designed with a plurality of conspicuous cylinders that project perpendicularly from the ground such that the modular traffic director is readily visible to traffic. The modular traffic director is stackable. The modular traffic director comprises a base and a plurality of conspicuous cylinders.
US10100472B2
A movable boarding bridge includes: an inner tunnel; an outer tunnel disposed on an outer surface of the inner tunnel so as to slide on the inner tunnel; a roller arranged on the external surface of the inner tunnel; and a rainwater gutter-type rail arranged on the internal surface of the outer tunnel, and configured to guide the roller such that the roller moves along the rail and to allow inflowing rainwater from the outside to flow therethrough, wherein the rainwater gutter-type rail may be configured such that the rainwater gutter is not seen from the inner tunnel through which passengers pass.
US10100465B2
Integrated methods and systems for recycling waste material including waste paper are provided, the methods including treating the waste material in the pressure vessel at an elevated processing temperature and an elevated processing pressure to form a treated waste material including a substantially re-pulped waste paper; discharging the treated waste material from the pressure vessel; and thereafter separating and diluting the treated waste material to dilute a portion including the substantially re-pulped waste paper to from about 1% to about 20% by weight solids. The recovered paper pulp fraction and substantially fiber-free recoverable/recyclable plastics and metals may be further separated and used as feedstock in a variety of subsequent processes.
US10100462B2
There is provided a high-tensile synthetic fiber rope having a low percentage elongation, the rope dramatically improving the strength utilization rate of the tensile strength of the synthetic fibers, and ensuring the percentage elongation approximately the same as the percentage elongation of the synthetic fibers used in the rope. The synthetic fiber rope includes a plurality of strands twisted or braided together, each of the strands including: a tubular woven fabric woven with warp and weft yarns made of synthetic fibers; and a core material disposed in the tubular woven fabric, the core material being constituted by a plurality of parallel-bundled yarns made of the synthetic fibers in the tubular woven fabric.
US10100458B2
A storage and drying container for storing and drying outerwear, sports clothing or equipment is provided. The unit comprises an enclosure having a back wall, a front wall, a top wall, and two side walls defining the internal storage portion of the container. The container may also include shelf members for supporting the outerwear, sports clothing or equipment. The shelf members may optionally include holes for allowing for air circulation throughout the container in order to facilitate the drying of the outerwear, sports clothing or equipment placed in the chamber. Further the design of the drying container is such that sports equipment may remain in a bag, such as a hockey bag, thereby allowing for easy storage and drying prior to the next use. The container may be provided with a heating element and drying fan to encourage airflow to facilitate drying and temperature uniformity throughout the container.
US10100448B2
The needle module for mounting in receptacles of a needle board of a needling machine comprises a plurality of module segments. Each module segment comprises a segment head and at least one needle, and the segment head is equipped with the at least one needle. The needle module also comprises a guide element extending in a longitudinal direction of the needle module. In an adjustment state of the needle module, the module segments are connected to the guide element, and at least one module segment is movable along the guide element.
US10100439B2
Processes and systems to fabricate high throughput, low cost tubular polysilicon feed rods, which can be used as direct feedstock to grow a crystalline silicon material, are disclosed. In an example, a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process includes depositing polysilicon on a tubular electrode to form a tubular polysilicon feed rod. The tubular polysilicon feed rod may be melted in a float zone process to grow the single-crystalline silicon material.
US10100430B2
A method for growing a silicon single crystal by a Czochralski method, includes: conducting preliminary examination of growth conditions under which crystal collapse does not occur, the preliminary examination being based on a correlation between presence or absence of the crystal collapse in the silicon single crystal and a position at which an internal stress in the crystal when the silicon single crystal is grown will exceed a prescribed threshold, the position being away from a crystal growth interface; and growing the silicon single crystal in accordance with the growth conditions under which the crystal collapse does not occur, the growth conditions being determined from the preliminary examination. The method can grow a silicon single crystal while crystal collapse is effectively prevented.
US10100419B2
The invention relates to a method for fabricating nanowires and a method for fabricating an electrode of an electrochemical device. The nanowire fabrication method according to the invention comprises: a) a step of depositing, on one of the faces of the matrix comprising hole openings, at least one porous layer, having a porosity equal to or higher than 26% by volume, of nanoparticles of a conductive material having their smallest dimension at least equal to the diameter of the holes in the matrix, the nanoparticles being in electrical contact with one another, b) growing the nanowires in the holes of the matrix, and c) removing the matrix. The invention has an application in the field of electrochemical devices in particular.
US10100408B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a faceplate for improving film uniformity. A semiconductor processing apparatus includes a pedestal, an edge ring and a faceplate having distinct regions with differing hole densities. The faceplate has an inner region and an outer region which surrounds the inner region. The inner region has a greater density of holes formed therethrough when compared to the outer region. The inner region is sized to correspond with a substrate being processed while the outer region is sized to correspond with the edge ring.
US10100405B2
A coated cutting insert for a chipforming material removal operation wherein the coated insert has a substrate and a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme includes a CVD transition coating layer. The coating scheme further includes a CVD multi-layered coating scheme having a plurality of coating sets. Each one of the coating sets has an aluminum oxide coating layer and a nitrogen-containing coating layer.
US10100402B2
An apparatus and method for graphene film synthesis. The apparatus includes a quasi enclosed substrate holder which includes one open side, a cap disposed over the one open side of the quasi enclosed substrate holder, and a substrate for graphene film synthesis located inside the quasi enclosed substrate holder. The method includes placing a substrate for graphene film synthesis inside of a quasi enclosed substrate holder and generating a graphene film on the substrate via chemical vapor deposition, wherein the quasi enclosed substrate holder includes one open side and a cap disposed over the open side of the quasi enclosed substrate holder.
US10100397B2
A vapor deposition unit (1) includes: a vapor deposition mask (10); a limiting plate unit (20) having limiting plates (22); and a vapor deposition source (30). The vapor deposition source (30) includes: a plurality of first openings (31) for injection of vapor deposition particles; and at least one second opening (32) for pressure release, wherein each of the first openings (31) is provided in a corresponding one of limiting plate openings (23) between the limiting plates (22) in a plan view, and the at least one second opening (32) is provided in such a position as not to face the limiting plate openings (23) in a plan view.
US10100388B2
Compositions are provided that exhibit an austenitic nickel microstructure. The compositions comprise Ni, Cr, Mo and at least one element selected from the group consisting of Al, Si, and Ti. Feedstock having the composition may be in the form of a cored wire or wires, a solid wire or wires, or a powder.
US10100381B2
A hot-pressing steel sheet has excellent oxidation resistance to be capable of suppressing the formation of scales and ZnO during hot pressing as well as is excellent in cold pressing properties. A process of manufacturing a hot pressed member uses the steel sheet. The hot-pressing steel sheet includes a coating layer containing 10 to 25 mass % of Ni and a balance of Zn and inevitable impurities and having a mass per unit area of 10 to 90 g/m2, and a lubricating layer containing a solid lubricant, in the order named on the surface of a steel sheet.
US10100379B2
A system and method for the fluidized direct reduction of iron ore concentrate powder. A two-phase fluidized bed is used for the direct reduction of iron ore concentrate powder. Each phase of the fluidized bed is formed by a bubbling bed and a circulating bed. Use of serial-connection processing involving gas and of high-gas-velocity processing of the circulating bed increase the gas utilization rate and the reduction efficiency of single-phase reduction. Once reduced gases are subjected to preheating, each gas is sent into an initial reduction phase and a final reduction phase so as to implement reduction of minerals. Use of mixed-connection processing involving gas appropriately reduces processing pressure. Hot flue gas produced by combustion in a gas heater is sent to a mineral pre-heating system that is used for pre-heating iron ore concentrate powder.
US10100365B2
The invention disclosed herein is based on the identification of novel mutations in the JAK2 gene and JAK2 protein. The invention provides compositions and methods useful for diagnosing hematopoietic diseases including, for example, myeloproliferative diseases. The invention also provides compositions and methods useful for determining a prognosis of an individual diagnosed as having a hematopoietic disease.
US10100362B2
Compositions and methods for the identification of agents useful for the treatment of neurological disorders, including schizophrenia, are provided.
US10100357B2
In one implementation, a method is described. The method includes determining an operational characteristic of sensors of a sensor array. The method further includes selecting a group of sensors in the array based on the operational characteristic of sensors in the group. The method further includes enabling readout of the sensors in the selected group. The method further includes receiving output signals from the enabled sensors, the output signals indicating chemical reactions occurring proximate to the sensors of the sensor array.
US10100355B2
Embodiments provided herein relate to methods and compositions for obtaining nucleic acid sequence information. Some embodiments provided herein include methods and compositions for preparing nucleic acid libraries. In some embodiments, such nucleic acid libraries are useful for targeted nucleic acid sequencing.
US10100349B2
Methods and compositions for determining the presence of a polymorphism at a target nucleotide position in a plurality of target nucleic acid sequences is provided.
US10100345B2
Disclosed are novel strains of protists belonging to the Aurantiochytrium genus that allow the high yield production of lipids and carotenoids, in particular docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and canthaxanthin and/or astaxanthin, in mixotrophic mode, in particular, using variable and/or discontinuous provision of light, in particular in the form of flashes.
US10100339B2
The present disclosure provides methods of gaseous substrate fermentation comprising: adding gaseous substrate into an aqueous medium in a bioreactor. The methods of the present disclosure comprise: measuring cell density; adjusting input of gaseous substrate to increase cell density; changing hydrogen uptake.
US10100335B2
The invention relates to recombinant cells and their use in in the production of branched medium-chain alcohols such as 4-methyl-1-pentanol.
US10100333B2
The present disclosure provides engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds and nucleoprotein complexes comprising such engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds and nucleic acid binding proteins. Nucleic acid sequences encoding the engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds, as well as expression cassettes, vectors and cells comprising such polynucleotide sequences, are described. A variety of methods for making and using the engineered polynucleotide sequences that form scaffolds are also disclosed.
US10100332B2
This application discloses the compositions comprising biologically active synthetic nanoparticle constructs and methods of use thereof to modify gene expression including transcriptional activation and transcriptional repression.
US10100326B2
Provided are isolated polypeptides comprising the amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:68, 51-66, 69-100, 379-656, 707-715, 720-723, 742-754, 764-771 or 772 with the proviso that the amino acid sequence is not as set forth by SEQ ID NO: 765 or 771, isolated polynucleotides comprising the nucleic acid sequence at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NOs:18, 1-16, 19-50, 101-378, 657-672, 674-706, 716-719, 724-741 and 755-763 with the proviso that the nucleic acid sequence is not as set forth by SEQ ID NO:756 or 762, and isolated polynucleotides selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs:779-792 and methods of using same for increasing oil content, yield, growth rate, biomass, vigor, abiotic stress tolerance and/or nitrogen use efficiency of a plant.
US10100325B2
Methods of genetically modifying soybean plants to alter the fatty acid properties of the oil are described.
US10100319B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for regulating intracellular osmolarity in cells, e.g., in cultured cells, including in cultured cells in bioreactors. The invention provides nucleic acids comprising at least one osmo-responsive transcriptional regulatory element (OR-TRE), and cells, vectors, products of manufacture, artificial organs or implants and the like containing an osmo-responsive transcriptional regulatory element (OR-TRE).
US10100316B2
Materials and methods are provided for producing and using aptamers useful as oncology therapeutics capable of binding to PDGF, PDGF isoforms, PDGF receptor, VEGF, and VEGF receptor or any combination thereof with great affinity and specificity. The compositions of the present invention are particularly useful in solid tumor therapy and can be used alone or in combination with known cytotoxic agents for the treatment of solid tumors. Also disclosed are aptamers having one or more CpG motifs embedded therein or appended thereto.
US10100309B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing allergic diseases or conditions by inhibiting one or more components of the steroidogenic pathway.
US10100306B2
This application provides and discloses anti-parasitic, anti-pest or insecticidal nucleic acid molecules and their calmodulin target genes for the control of arthropod parasites and pests. This application further provides methods and compositions for the control and treatment of parasites and pests in Apis mellifera (honey bee) hives.
US10100300B2
A simple and low cost method of producing sealed arrays of laterally ordered nanochannels interconnected to microchannels of tunable size, over large surface areas, is disclosed. The method incorporates DNA combing and subsequent imprinting. Associated micro and macroscale inlets and outlets can be formed in the same process or manufactured later in low cost, non-cleanroom techniques. The techniques embrace two procedures, generating DNA nanostrands and translating these strands into nanoscale constructs via imprinting. Devices incorporating the novel arrays have a first microchannel, a second microchannel and a nanochannel that is substantially linear and which defines an axis. The nanochannel is connected at its open ends to the microchannels, which are aligned along the axis. Methods for precise dose delivery of agents into cells employing the devices in nanoelectroporation methods are also disclosed.
