US10118442B2
A method for manufacturing a rear axle includes: a brake flange press-fitting step of press-fitting a brake flange to an outer peripheral surface of a rear axle housing; a brake flange welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the brake flange; an axle end press-fitting step of press-fitting an axle end to an inner peripheral surface of an end portion of the rear axle housing; and an axle end welding step of welding the rear axle housing and the axle end.
US10118440B1
A caster has a yoke portion and wheel forks pivotally connected to the yoke portion at a pivot connection. The pivot connection defines a pivot axis. A wheel is rotatably connected to the wheel fork at a wheel axis. A brake lever is operatively connected to the pivot connection to pivot about the pivot axis. The brake lever moves a brake pad between an engaged position and a disengaged position as the brake lever is pivoted about the pivot axis. In the engaged position, brake pad is pressed against the wheel with a cam operatively connected to the brake lever, and wherein the disengaged position, the cam cooperates with the brake pad in a manner such that the brake pad releases from the wheel.
US10118432B2
An apparatus for selectively bracing and squaring opposite covers of a notebook includes a portion associated with an inner surface of one notebook cover and a connector associated with an inner surface of an opposite cover. When the connector and unfolded brace are attached to one another, the notebook is held in a generally square configuration wherein the opposing covers are disposed generally parallel to one another.
US10118431B2
A ring binder mechanism for holding loose-leaf pages includes a housing and a plurality of rings for holding the loose-leaf pages. Each ring has a first ring member and a second ring member. The first ring member is movable relative to the housing and the second ring member between a closed position and an opened position. In the closed position, the first and second ring members form a substantially continuous, closed loop for allowing loose-leaf pages retained by the rings to be moved along the rings from one ring member to the other. In the opened position, the first and second ring members form a discontinuous, open loop for adding or removing loose-leaf pages. The first and second ring members are generally mirror images of each other. Each of the ring members has a length and at least two different radii of curvature along the length of the rings.
US10118430B2
A tie article that includes an attachment portion and a bib portion, where the bib portion includes at least one arm segment and at least one closure device (e.g., a retention wire, tin tie, clasp tie, and the like), where the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a first surface and a polymeric film adhered to the first surface of the printed sheet such that the closure device(s) is disposed between the first surface of the printed sheet and the polymeric film at the attachment portion. Multiple tie articles may be manufactured with an in-line process.
US10118429B2
A book is provided which comprises front and back covers (12,14) and a plurality of pages (16) bound between the covers. A plurality of the pages (16) each have an aperture (18) and the resulting plurality of apertures cooperate with the back cover (14) to define a recess (22) extending through the pages. The book further comprises a container (24) attached to the back cover (14) so as to be located in the recess (22). The book may have multiple recesses and associated containers.
US10118427B2
The present invention relates to thermal recording materials comprising (in order): a support (base) layer; one or more “undercoat” layers; a thermal layer (thermosensitive coloring layer); and one or more “protective” layers, wherein the thermal recording material contains an aminocarboxylic and/or phosphorus-based chelating agent. The thermal (thermosensitive) recording materials of the invention show enhanced plasticizer resistance and/or preprint uniformity.
US10118417B2
A print data generating device generates print data printable by a printing device including a feeding unit which feeds continuous forms paper in a scanning direction, a line head which performs print processing on the continuous forms paper fed in the scanning direction, a cutting unit downstream of the line head in the scanning direction that cuts the continuous forms paper, and a direction change execution which executes direction change processing of changing the direction in which the print image is printed by 180 degrees. The print direction of a print image is changed in such a way that an image arrangement area on the print image of the print data, and a print area where the print processing is carried out by the print head in a paper feed acceleration/deceleration zone at the time of cutting the print tape, do not overlap with each other.
US10118416B2
A printer includes an acquisition device that acquires printing data and identification information that identifies at least one of a user who sent the printing data and a device that generated the printing data, a first cutting device that cuts a printing medium that has been printed on, and a processor. When the acquisition device acquires first printing data and first identification information of the first printing data and then acquires second printing data and second identification information of the second printing data, the processor determines, in accordance with the first identification information and the second identification information, whether to use the first cutting device to separate one or more first printed materials created on the printing medium in accordance with the first printing data from one or more second printed materials created on the printing medium in accordance with the second printing data.
US10118408B2
Provided is a liquid discharging apparatus which includes a discharge portion which can discharge liquid, a medium support portion which can support a medium onto which the liquid is discharged, and a heating portion which can heat the medium supported by the medium support portion. The medium support portion includes a first member which can support the medium and a second member which supports the first member. Thermal diffusivity of the first member is larger than that of the second member and thermal conductivity of the second member is smaller than that of the first member.
US10118405B2
An electric cross-talk, ECT, effect of laser-diode array is measured by capturing a first image of a first laser spot of a first laser diode with a second laser diode being turned off (10) and a second image of a second laser spot of the first laser diode while switching on the second laser diode (20). A spot-energy ratio is determined (30) by processing the images, and an ECT-coupling coefficient on the first laser diode is calculated (40) by switching the second laser diode. Compensating for the ECT effect includes determining a signal for predicting the ECT effect on the first laser diode by switching the second laser diode, and generating a driving signal based on a desired current profile and the ECT-prediction signal.
US10118393B2
In various embodiments, printing is performed in a print mode with a higher ink flow rate per unit time period in a case where a time period from a time when an ink sucking operation is performed is longer, and printing is performed in a print mode with a lower ink flow rate per unit time period in a case where the time period is shorter.
US10118390B2
An inkjet print head including a plurality of single jet elements. Each of the single jet elements includes an aperture configured to eject ink during a jetting event, and a channel for receiving ink, the channeling including a recirculation portion configured to receive ink during a non-jetting event. The print head also includes a first manifold structured to supply ink to the channel, and a second manifold structured to receive ink from the recirculation portion of the channel. The ink flows from the inlet portion to the second outlet portion during non-jetting through the second outlet portion.
US10118387B2
A printhead includes an address line, data lines, a fire pulse line, and a plurality of primitives, each primitive corresponding to a different data line and including a plurality of activation devices, each activation device corresponding to a different address of a set of addresses. A buffer receives data packets, each data packet including address data representative of an address of the set of addresses and print data for each primitive corresponding to the address. For each data packet, the buffer directs the address data to address logic and places the print data on the respective data line, and the address logic encodes the address represented by the address data onto the address line. For each primitive, the activation device corresponding to the address on the address bus activates a corresponding primitive function based on the corresponding print data when a fire pulse is present on the fire pulse line.
US10118384B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive circuit board on which a drive circuit which outputs a driving signal obtained by amplifying the original driving signal is mounted; an actuator substrate which includes an ejecting unit including a piezoelectric element which is driven by the driving signal, and ejects liquid when the piezoelectric element is driven; and a head unit a head unit on which a relay board which relays the driving signal to the piezoelectric element from the drive circuit board, the actuator substrate, the relay board, and the drive circuit board are mounted, and which is mounted on a carriage which reciprocates in an X direction as a main scanning direction. A mounting face of the drive circuit board is attached to the relay board so as to be placed in a direction which goes along the X direction in the main scanning direction of the carriage.
US10118376B2
A method for producing a three-dimensional overall structure (18) by a structuring device (10a, 10b), which has a predefined principal direction (16) of the structure entry in a writing region (20). The overall structure (18) is defined by sequential definition of a plurality of partial structures (22) that complement one another overall to form the overall structure (18). The partial structures (22) are delimited in each case within enveloping interfaces (36). In this case, the partial structures (22) are chosen in such a way that the enveloping interfaces (36) extend obliquely with respect to the principal direction (16) of the structure entry.
US10118367B2
A thermal conducting sheet having a high adhesion between layers even if the thermal conducting sheet has a multilayer structure is provided. The thermal conducting sheet including a low-hardness layer and a reinforcing layer laminated on one side or both sides of the low-hardness layer. The reinforcing layer having a hardness greater than a hardness of the low-hardness layer. The low-hardness layer comprises: acrylic polymer, silicon carbide, aluminum hydroxide, magnesium hydroxide, and plasticizer.
US10118356B2
Building the carcass structure of tyres for vehicle wheels includes associating, at each end edge of a carcass ply, at least one respective annular reinforcement structure formed by depositing along a circumferential direction a plurality of reinforcement elements having a first length. Such elements are cut to size from a reinforced continuous band-like element fed to a cutting group arranged at a first operative position adapted to allow a barycentric grip of the reinforcement elements. The cutting group can translate along a feeding direction of the band-like element to a second operative position for cutting to size a plurality of second reinforcement elements having a second length different from the first length. The second operative position is defined on the basis of the second length, so as to have a barycentric grip of the second reinforcement elements too.
US10118353B2
A method of making an upwardly open container having a base wall, an upright perimeter wall, and an upright internal wall between one part of the perimeter wall and another part of the perimeter wall, the perimeter wall and the internal wall forming first and second compartments within the container, wherein the method comprises injecting a molten water-soluble polymer into a mold cavity between cooperating male and female mold parts; wherein there are independently movable first and second male parts separated by a gap in which the internal wall is formed, and wherein the first and second male parts correspond to the first and second compartments of the container to be formed.
US10118347B2
A tool for laying up composite material to form a workpiece having a target contour is disclosed. The tool includes a support structure including an elongated member having a longitudinal axis, and support plates connected to the elongated member and spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis. The elongated member includes a metallic material. The tool also includes a non-metallic backing structure connected to the support plates, the non-metallic backing structure comprising a working surface that includes a backing contour complementary to the target contour.
US10118338B2
An additive manufacturing system utilizing an oxygen-permeable membrane to facilitate low-volume printing and high-speed resin change in a stereolithography-based 3D printer. The membrane is used to constrain the fluid surface at the focal plane of the stereolithography printer and a carrier fluid is used to hold the fluid against the membrane. The small amount of resin is quickly switched using integrated microfluidic channels.
US10118333B2
A film application apparatus includes a first base configured to couple a film material and a second base rotatably coupled to the first base. The first base defines an opening and two through holes on opposite side of the first base, the through holes communicate with the opening. The second base defines a receiving chamber and the receiving chamber is configured for accommodating a work piece. The film application apparatus further includes a pressing component inserted through the first base, the pressing component penetrating through the opening from the two through holes for pressing the film material against to a face of the work piece.
US10118324B2
A magnetic-inductive flowmeter with a measuring tube, a magnetic field generator and a measuring electrode in which its measuring electrodes are improved is achieved by the measuring electrode being formed of an outer electrode sheath of an electrically non-conductive plastic and of an inner electrode core of electrically conductive plastic, and by a method for producing the measuring electrode.
US10118307B2
A chain saw has a fluid pump. The fluid pump has a pump rod, a pump core assembly defining a pumping channel, and a pump body. The pump core assembly has an inner pump core and an outer pump core. The pumping channel is formed at least by a first hole defined in the inner pump core and a second hole defined in the outer pump core and the first hole is in communication with the inlet and the outlet. The pump rod is arranged to do a straight reciprocating motion in the pumping channel along a first axis so as to force fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet by passing through the first hole.
US10118305B2
A tool for use in cutting a tie wrap that is bound about at least one wire is provided. The tool includes a housing having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side and the second side are coupled together to define a cavity. The housing further includes a groove formed in the first side and in the second side, wherein the groove is in flow communication with the cavity. A blade is coupled to the first side and positioned with the cavity, wherein the blade includes a cutting surface partially extending into the groove. The tool also includes a spacer coupled to the housing and configured to maintain the wire a distance away from the cutting surface when the housing is applied to the tie wrap.
US10118302B2
Provided is a ceramic cutting tool including a blade body containing zirconium oxide as a primary component, the blade body containing particles containing any one of aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, or silicon nitride as a primary component.
US10118297B2
Systems and methods are provided for placing non-destructive marks onto a part via an end effector of a robot. One embodiment is a system comprising an end effector of a robot. The end effector includes an extendable punch that places targets onto a part, and supports that hold a strip of reflective adhesive tape between the punch and the part. Extending the punch cuts out a target from the strip and applies an adhesive side of the target to the part, and retracting the punch leaves a reflective side of the target visible on the part.
US10118295B2
A manual feed apparatus of a robot comprises an interference calculation apparatus configured to calculate an operable range in which the robot can operate without causing interference. The interference calculation apparatus includes an operation range setting part configured to judge a position at which the robot can operate without interfering with a peripheral object and set the operable range. The operation range setting part calculates the operable range during a period when the robot is stopped. The interference calculation apparatus calculates an operation allowable range in a direction in which the robot operates based on the operable range. The robot control apparatus executes control for reducing a speed of the robot when the operation allowable range is smaller than a predetermined judgement value.
US10118292B2
A system and method is disclosed for configuring a group of mobile field devices using a configuration device (an HMI) is provided. In particular, the HMI is programmed to configure identically programmed field devices that are arbitrarily arranged in an application-dependent formation by defining and providing configuration parameters to the devices via wired and/or wireless communication. In particular, the HMI assigns a unique identifier to respective robots as a function of the position of the robot within the formation or the layout of the environment. Accordingly each robot can be efficiently configured by the HMI to operate independently yet as a coordinated member of the group and without requiring the robots to be placed in specific positions during the initial deployment. This obviates the need for constant independent control commands for each robot by a central controller or providing a customized control program to each robot during deployment.
US10118285B2
The present invention relates to a cap of the type used for being attached to shafts or handles (1) of implements, such as cleaning implements, and coupleable to different types of handles (1), thereby preventing the need to have different sized and shaped caps, basically comprising an elongated and hollow tubular body, an upper end (2), an open lower end (3) for at least partially housing therein the free end of the handle (1) of an implement, a magnet (4) for attaching it to a hanging surface (9) and progressive adjustment means for adjusting it to the outer contour of said handle (1).
US10118281B2
In an impact driver including an impact mechanism for percussive driving of an output drive shaft on which is provided a tool receptacle for receiving an inserted tool, the tool receptacle is embodied as a clamping chuck, a permanent connection being embodied between the clamping chuck and the output drive shaft in order to prevent at least tool-free detachment of the clamping chuck from the output drive shaft.
US10118280B2
The invention relates to a tool (15) for installing fasteners, said tool comprising: a sheath containing a cylindrical housing (18) with a polygonal base, a roller cage (19) accommodated within said cylindrical housing, said cage comprising: a cylindrical support (33) with a substantially circular base, capable of pivoting within the cylindrical housing. rollers (34) disposed on the perimeter of the support, each roller being able to rotate with respect to said support, a compressing spring (36) exerting a radial force on the rollers in the direction of the main axis, the tool further comprising a restoring member (37) tending to bring the rollers of the cage to face the edges (27) of the cylindrical housing of the sheath.
US10118273B2
A polishing head of a CMP apparatus includes a polishing pad, an air bag brought into contact with a rear surface of a wafer on the polishing pad and configured to press a front surface of the wafer against the polishing pad, and a top ring surrounding the air bag and the wafer. A portion of the air bag brought into contact with a peripheral portion of the wafer is thicker in film thickness than a portion of the air bag brought into contact with a central portion of the wafer. The polishing head is capable of applying even pressure to press down the wafer evenly throughout the entire wafer plane to improve the evenness of polishing.
US10118271B2
Device for blocking a spectacle lens blank that has a finished surface and a machining surface, situated opposite the finished surface, for machining in a machining device. The device includes a receiving component having a convex, planar or concave receiving surface for blocking the finished surface of the spectacle lens blank, wherein the receiving component has an essentially flat counter-surface that is arranged opposite the receiving surface, and wherein the normal of the counter-surface is inclined by 1° to 10° counter to the normal at the middle point of the receiving surface.
US10118267B2
Provided is a machine tool with a machine rack constructed of structural parts and components mounted thereon, the components including functional components. The functional components generate heat during the operation of the machine tool which is input into the structural parts and/or the components by heat transport. The machine tool may also include a flow channel system disposed on the structural parts and/or the components of the machine tool in which a tempering medium is circulated such that the heat generated by the functional components is distributed in the machine rack and/or the components as a result of the passage of the tempering medium.
US10118256B2
Using a transmission fiber for transmitting laser beams of multiple wavelengths oscillated by a DDL module, and a laser processing machine for cutting a sheet metal with a processing head that condenses the laser beams of multiple wavelengths and irradiates them onto the sheet metal, a mild steel plate or an aluminum plate is cut, and by cutting a mild steel plate with a thickness greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 5 mm, a surface roughness (Ra) of a cut surface of the cut mild steel plate is less than or equal to 0.4 μm, and when an aluminum plate with a thickness greater than or equal to 1 mm and less than or equal to 5 mm is cut, a surface roughness (Ra) of a cut surface of the cut aluminum plate is less than or equal to 2.5 μm.
US10118237B2
In an end mill, a peripheral cutting edge portion has a peripheral cutting edge formed in a spiral shape around an axis, a peripheral rake face formed on the front side of the peripheral cutting edge in the rotating direction and bordering thereon and a peripheral flank formed on the rear side of the peripheral cutting edge in the rotating direction and bordering thereon. The peripheral flank has a first peripheral flank formed in a position on the mill body tip side to have a first clearance angle and a second peripheral flank formed in a position on the mill body end side of the first peripheral flank and neighboring the first peripheral flank to have a second clearance angle. An average width value of the first peripheral flank in the rotating direction is greater than an average width value of the second peripheral flank in the rotating direction.
US10118228B2
A cutting insert includes a leading cutting edge having a rake angle in the range of 20° to 35° in a central region in a width direction; and a rake face having a breaker groove formed in the central region in the width direction and land portions formed in both end regions in the width direction. The land portions have a rake angle smaller than the rake angle in the central region in the width direction. The breaker groove includes opposing side faces separated from each other by a distance that decreases with increasing distance from the leading cutting edge and four shoulder portions of the same height that are formed on the opposing side faces at positions above the land portions, two of the shoulder portions being closer to the leading cutting edge and to outer sides in the width direction than the other two shoulder portions are.
US10118223B2
Methods of fabricating bodies of earth-boring tools include mechanically injecting a powder mixture into a mold cavity, pressurizing the powder mixture within the mold cavity to form a green body, and sintering the green body to a desired final density to form at least a portion of a body of an earth-boring tool. For example, a green bit body may be injection molded, and the green bit body may be sintered to form at least a portion of a bit body of an earth-boring rotary drill bit. Intermediate structures formed during fabrication of an earth-boring tool include green bodies having a plurality of hard particles, a plurality of matrix particles comprising a metal matrix material, and an organic material that includes a long chain fatty acid derivative. Structures formed using the methods of fabrication are also disclosed.
US10118205B2
A system uses microwave energy to remove support material from a three-dimensional printed object with reduced risk of damage to the object. The system includes a microwave source, a three port device, a susceptor, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The controller operates the microwave source to direct microwave energy into a first port of the three port device, which emits the microwave at a second port of the three port device to irradiate the three-dimensional object and melt the support material. Reflected microwave increases as the amount of support material contacting the object is reduced and enters the second port of the three port device, which directs the reflected energy to the susceptor coupled to a third port of the three port device. The controller monitors the signal generated by the temperature sensor and deactivates the microwave source in response to a predetermined condition being reached.
US10118204B2
A cleaning apparatus includes: a cleaning chamber that accommodates an object to be cleaned; a drying chamber connected to the cleaning chamber; a connecting member connecting a first opening provided in the cleaning chamber and a second opening provided in the drying chamber; a valve element positioned inside the cleaning chamber and facing the first opening; a valve seat facing the valve element; and an actuator that drives the valve element.
US10118200B2
Systems and methods for sorting an electronic device undergoing a final test operation in accordance with a test program, into one of a plurality of bins. In one embodiment, an evaluator defines the binning of the electronic device while the device is still socketed, and the defined binning may or may not concur with the binning assigned by the test program.
US10118197B2
A deflector for a mobile material separating machine includes a deflector body hingedly attached to a trommel screen frame and a conveyor movable with respect to the trommel screen frame. The conveyor has a stowed position and an operating position. The deflector system also includes an automatic linkage pivotably attached to the deflector body and to the conveyor. The linkage moves and guides the deflector body when the conveyor moves between the stowed position and the operating position.
US10118191B2
A film forming apparatus includes a mist spray head for spraying a raw material. The mist spray head includes a raw material spray nozzle and a raw material ejection part for ejecting an atomized raw material, and the raw material spray nozzle includes a cavity and a raw material discharge part which is drilled in a side surface of the cavity, being away from a bottom surface of the cavity, and is connected to the raw material ejection part.
US10118181B2
A method for drive control of a vertical roller mill having a grinding table rotatable about a vertical axis includes driving the grinding table with a drive train comprising an electric motor and a gearbox with a rotation speed; monitoring a profile of a measured value derived from vibration-relevant measured values to detect a predefined pattern in the profile; and when the predefined pattern is detected, automatically increasing or reducing the rotation speed of the grinding table by a predefined adjustment value. A corresponding drive system operating according to the method is also disclosed.
US10118178B2
The invention relates to a hammer, in particular for comminuting devices, including a rotor and/or at least one shaft to and/or on which the hammer can be fixed. Said hammer consists of a lower body provided with a through hole which is provided to connect the hammer to the rotor and/or the shaft, and at least one cutting body which can be detachably/rigidly connected to the lower body. The cutting body of the invention includes at least two parts.
US10118172B2
A fluid analysis cartridge includes a reference well including a macromolecular coloring reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a thickness of the reference well, and a test well including a test reagent having an optical characteristic that varies according to a concentration of a component of a fluid sample that reacts with the test reagent and a thickness of the test well.
US10118171B2
An ion-exchange composition suitable for use in ion exchange chromatography, comprising neutral vinyl polymer support particles irreversibly bound to a dispersant having ionizable sites which are un-ionized at a neutral pH and which are ionized under highly acidic or highly basic conditions, and fine layering particles functionalized with ion-exchanging sites on the surfaces thereof. A portion of the ionizable sites are ionized and bound electrostatically to a portion of the fine layering particles ion-exchanging sites, producing a support particle-dispersant-fine layering particle complex.
US10118170B1
A lighting apparatus that includes at least one light source and at least one transparent or translucent lens, and at least one anti-bacterial composite film. The anti-bacterial composite film that includes photocatalytic particles and nano silver particles is formed on at least a part of the outer surface of the lens. With this anti-bacterial composite film, the lighting apparatus retains its germicidal function when the light source is turned off. Moreover, at least 95% of the spectral power distribution (SPD) of the light source comes from the visible light wavelength range (>400 nm). Artificial light sources such as LED can also be used with the anti-bacterial lighting apparatus.
US10118163B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a method of producing hierarchical mesoporous zeolite beta. The method comprises providing a parent zeolite beta with a silicon to aluminum molar ratio of 5 to 50. The method further comprises, mixing the parent zeolite beta with an aqueous metal hydroxide solution and heating the parent zeolite beta and aqueous metal hydroxide mixture to a temperatures greater than or equal to 100° C. to produce the hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolites having and average pore size greater than 8 nm. In embodiments, the hierarchical mesoporous beta zeolites are produced without a templating agent or pore-directing agent.
US10118157B2
A preparation method of an iron-cobalt fenton-like catalyst includes steps of: adopting FeCl2.4H2O and CoCl2.6H2O as reaction precursors, KBH4 as a reaction reducing agent, and polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) as a surface protecting agent; preparing with a liquid phase reduction method; and after aging, suction filtration, washing, and vacuum drying, obtaining a product of the iron-cobalt fenton-like catalyst. The iron-cobalt fenton-like catalyst has a fast reaction, a relatively high treatment efficiency and a relatively wide adaptability. Moreover, an application of the iron-cobalt fenton-like catalyst in an industrial wastewater treatment is provided.
US10118155B2
A method of transferring a single metal atom from a first location to a second location on the surface of a metal oxide is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a material having a first metal atom deposited on a first oxygen atom vacancy of the metal oxide and transferring the first metal atom of the metal on the first oxygen atom vacancy to a second location on the metal oxide by applying a voltage to the first metal atom. The second location can be a second metal atom on a second oxygen atom vacancy of the metal oxide, where the first and second metal atoms form a first metal atom-second metal atom species, or a metal atom of the metal oxide, where the first metal atom and the metal atom of the metal oxide forms a first metal atom-metal atom of the metal oxide species.
US10118151B2
The invention discloses a composite with an adsorption-visible light catalytic degradation synergistic effect and a preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes the specific steps that firstly, a bismuth oxyiodide/bismuth oxychloride composite nano-particle loaded activated carbon fiber composite ACF@BiOIxCl1-x is synthesized; then, the fiber surface is grafted with polyethyleneimine, and the end composite PEI-g-ACF@BiOIxCl1-x is obtained. The composite can rapidly adsorb pollutants in water, and meanwhile the pollutants are efficiently degraded with a photocatalyst loaded on the surface of the composite; besides, the purpose of recycling and reusing the photocatalyst is achieved, the comprehensive treatment capability of the composite is improved, the service life of the composite is prolonged, and the use cost is lowered.
US10118145B2
A method of reacting phosgene with a second compound containing one or more of hydroxyl, thil, amino and/or formamide groups, wherein phosgene has a GHS hazard identification of GHS06 and is obtainable from the reaction of carbon monoxide and chlorine and wherein the second compound is capable of a chemical reaction with phosgene is provided.
US10118143B2
The invention relates to an orifice chamber designed to expand a gas, in particular intended for a fluid catalytic cracking unit, said orifice chamber comprising the following elements: a chamber having an axis (X), an inlet duct that opens into the chamber, an outlet duct located on the opposite side from the inlet duct following said axis (X), and a plurality of internal plates positioned crosswise to the axis (X) inside the chamber at a distance from one another along the axis (X), each internal plate being provided with a plurality of through-orifices, characterized in that at least the plurality of internal plates is made of a ceramic material.
US10118142B2
A processing plate assembly for mounting to a homogenizer and for holding tubes containing samples to be homogenized. The processing plate assembly includes a mounting structure and one or plural tube holders. The mounting structure removably or permanently mounts to the homogenizer and can be provided by for example a flat plate-like mounting structure. The tube holders are attached to the mounting structure and hold the tubes in generally tangential use positions with a centroid of each tube positioned along a longitudinal axis of the tube and axially offset from a radius line of the processing plate that is perpendicular to the tube axis. In this way, the homogenizer imparts sinusoidal swashing forces on the tubes that urge the tubes forward into securement in their tube holders and that produces improved homogenization in the tubes.
US10118135B2
The present invention provides a virus hybrid separation film and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of improving selective permeability using nano-pores of a virus. The separation film according to the present invention comprises: a porous support layer; and an active layer, disposed on the porous support layer, for having a target material selectively permeate thereinto, wherein the active layer comprises: a plurality of virus assemblies having pores; and an impermeable supporter. The impermeable supporter is positioned between the plurality of virus assemblies and supports the virus assemblies.
US10118132B2
An inspection apparatus of an electrolyte membrane is provided. The apparatus includes a lower supporter having a gas line through which gas flows or a concave portion that stores the gas. An upper supporter is disposed at an upper side of the lower supporter, and includes an opening. A membrane-electrode assembly is disposed between the lower supporter and the upper supporter. An upper cover covers an upper portion of the opening, and is formed with a plurality of partitions. An exhaust port is formed at the upper supporter to exhaust deionized water.
US10118130B2
A two-dimensional membrane layered structure may include a support substrate layer having a plurality of substrate passages configured to allow fluid to flow therethrough, a two-dimensional membrane layer disposed on an upper surface of the support substrate layer, and a plurality of flow passages disposed between the support substrate layer and the two-dimensional membrane layer. The two-dimensional membrane layer may have a plurality of pores configured to allow fluid to flow therethrough. The plurality of pores may comprise a first portion of pores that overlap with the plurality of substrate passages and a second portion of pores that do not overlap with the plurality of substrate passages. The plurality of flow passages may be configured to allow fluid to flow through the second portion of pores to the plurality of substrate passages.
US10118120B2
The present disclosure relates to filter assemblies. The features described and characterized are typically applied in gas (for example, air) cleaner assemblies. A typical use is in air cleaner assemblies for vehicles or other equipment. The techniques described relate, at least in part, to provision of assemblies with preferred configurations for convenient servicing and operation, while ensuring a proper cartridge is appropriately positioned, oriented and secured for use. Many of the techniques relate to arrangements in which features at opposite ends of a housing and/or cartridge are eccentrically positioned as described.
US10118115B2
Some embodiments provide a centripetal air or gas cleaning apparatus for removing particulates from air or gas. The apparatus comprises an inlet, housing, impeller, a clean air outlet, and a particulate outlet. The housing has an inner conical surface. The impeller's rotation creates negative pressure towards the inlet that intakes particulate-pervaded air or gas into the housing. The rotation also induces an accelerating force that throws the particulate-pervaded air or gas against the outer walls of the housing. Here, the particulates separate from the air or gas, penetrate a high-pressure zone, and are ejected through the particulate outlet located in the high-pressure zone. The air or gas, having less inertia, deflects away from the high-pressure zone where it is then subjected to a centripetal force that drives the air or gas towards the center of the housing behind the impeller where it is ejected through the clean air outlet.
US10118114B2
A spin-on fluid filter with improved attachment and sealing with the filter head. The filter has a gasket positioned at the end of threads used to connect the filter to a filter head. The described design protects the gasket from excessive engine heat, cut or tear damage during installation, and the roll out effect of installation torque. In addition, the described attachment provides gasket protection and uniform compression of the gasket. The gasket can be any type that provides a seal which keeps external threads on the filter and the filter head dry.
US10118113B2
A portable drinking water filter system, such as a pitcher, having a sleeve and a floatable body including a filter opening configured to receive a water filter, the floatable body having a seal extending outward from an outer surface of the floatable body. The floatable body is disposed in a sleeve cavity such that a body seal engages the sidewall and restricts water from passing between the floatable body and the sidewall. The seal is configured to create friction with the sidewall, wherein the friction created when the floatable body rises in the sleeve is different than when the floatable body lowers in the sleeve. The friction created when the floatable body rises in the sleeve is greater than when the floatable body lowers in the sleeve, allowing the floatable body to auto-retract toward a cavity base without burping.
US10118111B2
An apparatus for removing a gas in an immersion ultrasonic process is provided. The apparatus, in the form of an immersion ultrasonic transducer holder apparatus, has a body with a first end, a second end, a plurality of sides, and a hollow interior cavity portion. A holder portion with an exterior end and an interior end is formed through the first end, and holds one or more immersion ultrasonic transducers. A sloped inner face having a base end with a knife-edged perimeter is adjacent the interior end of the holder portion. The sloped inner face has an upward sloped surface extending from the base end to an evacuation end. One or more evacuation ports are formed through the first end, and adjacent the evacuation end. When the apparatus is used in the immersion ultrasonic process, the knife-edged perimeter, sloped inner face, and evacuation ports facilitate removal of the gas.
US10118106B2
An interactive toy system comprising an outer body, a one or more buttons, an integrated circuit, a battery, a speaker, and a microphone. Said integrated circuit comprising a one or more processors, and a memory. Said memory of said integrated circuit configured to store a one or more outgoing messages comprising a first outgoing message. Said interactive toy is configured to playback said first outgoing message after said first input. Said one or more outgoing messages are associated with a grant flag comprising a true or false value. Said interactive toy is configured to set a wishing mode flag to match said grant flag from said first outgoing message. Said interactive toy is configured to record and store a one or more incoming messages, comprising a first incoming message, after said wishing mode is set to true.
US10118099B2
A system and method are provided for transparently styling non-player characters (“NPCs”) in multiplayer video games such that it is difficult to distinguish between human players and computer-controlled NPCs. NPCs may be styled to resemble human players in terms of both player profile attributes and gameplay actions such that players may not recognize NPCs as non-human, computer-controlled players. Additionally, or alternatively, NPCs and/or human players may be presented with a limited set of profile attributes that may reduce or eliminate the ability to distinguish between human players and NPCs, one or more profile attributes may be “anonymized,” and/or the ability to view player profiles of human players and/or NPCs may be disabled altogether. In certain gameplay sessions including real and/or practice gameplay sessions, human players may be prompted to select from among a predetermined set of playable characters having predefined profile attributes.
US10118095B2
One embodiment of the invention sets forth a method that includes receiving a request from a client device to launch an application program for execution on a server device, where the application program is configured to operate in a full-screen display mode, and, in response, creating an execution environment for the application program that disables the full-screen display mode. Within the execution environment, the application program is configured to generate the rendered image data for display on the client device. With the disclosed approach, application programs that are configured to execute on an application server computer system in a full-screen display mode can be executed through an execution environment that includes a shim layer configured to disable the full-screen display mode and transmit the render image data to a client device for display.
US10118091B2
A gaming apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, and a controller. The display displays an image thereon. The touch panel is provided so as to cover a display screen of the display and outputs a position signal corresponding to a point touched by a player. The controller receives the position signal from the touch panel and changes the image in accordance with the number of position signals simultaneously received.
US10118085B2
The illuminants arrangement includes a plurality of LED-based light sources that are encased in a water-tight manner by way of one or more encasings, wherein the light sources are, at least in a group-wise manner, operationally interconnected by way of electrical connection leads. The connection leads include voltage supply leads. The illuminants arrangement as a protection of the one or more encasings and the light sources from mechanical damage includes at least one protective overlay for being placed onto the one or more encasings, so that light emitted by the light sources can be emitted through the at least one protective overlay. The illuminants arrangement can include a heating device. Each of the light sources can be suitable for emitting light of a variable color, wherein the color of each of the light sources can be individually selected by way of a control unit.
US10118083B2
A portable snow sports equipment locker is disclosed. The portable snow sports equipment locker features a varying depth and tapered shape. A pair of doors allows access to the interior of the portable snow sports equipment locker. Optional wheels assist in transport of the portable storage locker. Various interior pockets and straps organize equipment. A lock holds skis and/or snowboards in place. An optional boot bag offers separate storage for boots and provides an additional mechanism for holding skis and/or snowboards in place. A telescoping embodiment allows portable snow sports equipment locker to assume either a collapsed or extended configuration. The size of the disclosed portable snow sports equipment locker offers ample room for skis/snowboards, and related equipment while remaining within the size limits for conventional freight charges. The rigid construction provides protection for stored equipment, while also allowing convenient storage and access options.
US10118082B2
A protective sports glove is provided with a padding arrangement having improved flexibility for the user of the protective glove. The glove includes: a palm portion that cooperates with a dorsal portion to receive a metacarpus part of a hand. A plurality of finger portions are formed at a joint along a top edge of the dorsal portion distal from a wrist. A backside pad is attached to the dorsal portion, such that the upper edge of the pad aligns with and extends along at least a portion of the joint but is detached from the dorsal portion. A plurality of padded segments are disposed along a length of each of said finger portions. The one padded segment is attached to the respective finger portion at opposing side edges thereof and detached along an edge adjacent to the joint with the dorsal portion.
US10118080B2
Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for training a player to hit a ball at a target using a virtual or augmented reality display device, an exemplary method including detecting a position of a real ball, determining a trajectory for a virtual ball, the trajectory intersecting with the detected position of the real ball, displaying, by the virtual or augmented reality display device, a virtual pitch of the virtual ball along the trajectory intersecting with the detected position of the real ball, displaying, by the virtual or augmented reality display device, a target towards which the player should hit the real ball, determining whether the real ball is hit at the target, and providing an indication of whether the real ball is hit at the target.
US10118077B2
The portable golf club cleaning brush utilizes at least three releasable components; first, a compression clip carrying case that attaches to a belt or garment, with two sides, a front, a back, and bottom panels leaving the top of the case open. Second, the compact cleaning brush with a round easy grip handle all made of durable plastic. The brush pad has equally spaced rows of plastic bristles and equally spaced rows of soft metal bristles placed side by side on the same brush pad surface. The golf club cleaning brush is stored in the compression clip carrying case by sliding in from the top with the handle extending outside the case through a slot in the front panel of the case. Third, a disk magnet is centered and recessed from the outer surface of the round handle for the placement and securing a metal ball marker.
US10118068B2
Exercise machine with load rolling simulation substitutes training in the open air in which a load is rolled or pushed. The exercise machine comprises a continuous moving track (2) of adjustable incline. Above the housing (1) and in front of the continuous moving track (2) is mounted a wheel (4) with paddles (5). The paddles (5) on the outer circumference of the wheel (4) are performed in the shape of teeth, ribs, panels or bars. The wheel (4) is connected by a transmission (20) with the track (2). The track (2) is connected with the brake system (32) for change of resistance to motion of the track (2), and thereby also to turning of the wheel (4). The control panel (6) with display contains commands for adjusting and monitoring the inclination of the track (2) and the resistance to turning of the wheel (4) and for monitoring the velocity and travelled distance of the moving track (2), as well as the duration of the training on the continuous track (2). The exercise machine is used in at least three ways of exercising, it has exceptional ergonomic characteristics, and enables safe training.
US10118058B2
A method of fire suppression may include injecting a reactive agent into a reaction zone to produce a catalytically active species for fire suppression and conveying the catalytically active species to a fire to catalytically interfere with flame chemistry of the fire. Fire in a fuel tank may be suppressed by injecting the reactive agent into a convective flow of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer in a fuel tank, the reactive agent reacting in the fuel tank to release a species which catalytically interferes with flame chemistry to suppress fire in the fuel tank. Fire at an airplane crash may be suppressed by releasing the reactive agent from the container at the crash site to produce an active species to catalytically interfere with a fire at the crash site.
US10118035B2
A wearable device for suppressing appetite or hunger in a patient includes a microprocessor, electrical stimulator and at least one electrode configured to deliver electrical stimulation to the epidermis, through a range of 0.1 mm to 10 mm or a range of 0.1 mm to 20 mm of the dermis, of a T2 frontal thoracic dermatome to a T12 frontal thoracic dermatome or meridian of the patient and/or front or back, C5-T1 dermatome across the hand and/or arm, and/or the upper chest regions. The device includes a pad, in which the electrode is disposed, for secure placement of the device on a skin surface of a patient. The device is adapted to provide electrical stimulation as per stimulation protocols and to communicate wirelessly with a companion control device configured to monitor and record appetite patterns of the patient. The control device is also configured to monitor, record, and modify stimulation parameters of the stimulation protocols.
US10118034B2
A method for producing cardiomyocyte cells including implanting a substrate within a heart such that a first portion of the substrate is in physical contact with an endocardium and a second portion of the substrate is not in contact with the endocardium, maintaining the first portion of the substrate in contact with the endocardium for a time at least sufficient to form trabecular fibers extending between the endocardium and the second portion of the substrate, cutting away the trabecular fibers from the endocardium, cutting away the trabecular fibers from the substrate, and removing the trabecular fibers from the heart, wherein the trabecular fibers include cardiomyocyte cells.
US10118030B2
A neural probe system having a single guide tube that is inserted into neural tissue and from which a number of neural probes can be deployed is described. Each probe is deployable into tissue along a desired trajectory. This is done by supporting the electrode array on a spring tape-type carrier that maintains axial stiffness once the neural probe has deployed out a channel in the guide tube. That way, a target neural tissue is bounded by an increased number of neural probes while minimizing trauma to surrounding body tissue.
US10118029B2
A system and method for implanting and stabilizing spinal cord stimulators in an epidural space of the spinal column of a patient to prevent or limit axial movement of the stimulators once implanted in the epidural space. The system includes a drill assembly, a guide wire assembly, and a guide wire receiver. The drill assembly includes a cannula, a drill for creating access points in the patient's spinal column for implanting the stimulators, and an incremental drill adjuster for drilling into the patient's lamina a pre-set, discrete distance. The guide wire assembly includes a hollowed guide wire sleeve, a guide wire housed within the sleeve, and a magnet disposed on a proximal end of the guide wire assembly. The guide wire receiver includes a scoop for receiving and catching the magnet to assist in feeding the stimulators through the epidural space.
US10118024B2
An insufflation pump includes a pump body having a first end and a second end. The pump body includes a syringe mechanism at the first end and an actuation mechanism at the second end. The syringe mechanism includes a plunger. The plunger of the syringe mechanism and the actuation mechanism are linked by a toggle assembly facilitating transfer of power from the actuation mechanism to the syringe mechanism.
US10118018B2
A urinary catheter deployment cassette or system includes a catheter pack, a urinary catheter, and an introducer aid. The catheter pack defines an interior compartment having a rotatable spindle at least partially positioned therein. The urinary catheter is at least partially received within the interior compartment of the catheter pack and associated with the spindle. The catheter pack includes a deformable or pierceable cover that the spindle engagement member of the introducer aid is pressed to rotate the spindle and deploy the catheter from the catheter pack. In another embodiment, a catheter pack includes an associated drainage adaptor for draining fluid from the catheter pack or a urinary catheter positioned within the catheter pack. In another embodiment, a cassette includes a rotatable drum with a two-piece catheter wrapped around it and a joining tube that places the pieces of the catheter in fluid communication.
US10118015B2
A catheter apparatus includes an elongated body having a distal portion including a distal end, a plurality of flexible segments, and at least one intermediate segment that is less flexible than the flexible segments. Adjacent flexible segments are spaced from each other longitudinally by the at least one intermediate segment. Each of the flexible segments include a sidewall having at least one elongated gap extending at least partially therethrough and forming interlocking members. The at least one intermediate segment is shorter than the flexible segments.
US10118007B2
The present invention relates to a catheter for ventilating a patient, with a ventilation channel for alternately delivering and removing air and/or oxygen to and from the patient's airways, the catheter having a maximum external diameter of at most 6 mm, preferably 2 to 5 mm, and the ventilation channel having an open end, and a connector end for connection to a gas flow reversing element. According to the invention, the catheter is provided with means or elements for measuring the pressure outside the ventilation channel near the open end. The catheter preferably has a pressure measurement channel, with an open measurement end near the open end of the ventilation channel, and a measurement connector piece for connecting a pressure display device. Of particular advantage is a catheter with an expansion body (cuff) that is fluidically connected to a supply channel through which the expansion body can be increased or reduced in size by means of a fluid. The jet ventilation catheter according to the invention permits a novel ventilation principle that can be regarded as a bridge between classical jet ventilation and conventional controlled ventilation and that opens up possibilities for new and improved interventions in the airways.
US10117997B2
A dispensing mechanism for administering a dosage of a medicament includes dosage setting means (7) for setting the dosage of a medicament to be administered; expelling means (15) for expelling a medicament from a medicament container; and coupling means (21) operatively coupled with the dosage setting means (7) and the expelling means (15), wherein the coupling means (21) is arranged to convert displacement of the dosage setting means (7) into a displacement of the expelling means (15) in a first direction, wherein the expelling means (15) includes a ratchet means (18a, 18b), and wherein the mechanism includes a first and a second independently moveable resisting pawl (14a, 14b) means facing a common side of the ratchet means (18), the first and the second resisting pawl means (14a, 14b) being configured to engage with the ratchet means (18a, 18b) and resist displacement of the expelling means (15) in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
US10117990B2
A microfluidic intravital window includes an intravital imaging window adapted for implantation adjacent target tissue of a live animal, and a microfluidic fluid source and delivery system physically integrated into the window for controlled delivery of fluids to target tissue via the window. The microfluidic fluid source and delivery system is self-contained and completely located within the intravital imaging window, and includes at least one preloaded fluid reservoir, at least one fluid port in fluidic communication with both the at least one preloaded fluid reservoir and the target tissue, and at least one light activated fluid flow control device situated between the at least one preloaded fluid reservoir and at least one fluid port, to facilitate simultaneous in vivo viewing and remotely controlled fluid delivery to the target tissue.
US10117987B2
In the removal of white blood cells from blood, the efficiency of white blood cell removal by a filter is improved. Centrifugal force is applied to blood placed in a blood bag by centrifugal separation to form a plurality of separation layers having a concentration gradient of white blood cells. The separation layers are passed through a filter in ascending order of white blood cell concentration to remove the white blood cells from the separation layers. The separation layers from which the white blood cells have been removed are received in a first blood component bag.
US10117985B2
A method that includes pumping medical fluid out of or drawing medical fluid into a chamber of a medical fluid cassette, calculating a theoretical volume of fluid pumped out of or drawn into the chamber, and multiplying the theoretical volume of fluid pumped out of or drawn into the chamber by a correction factor to determine a corrected volume of fluid pumped out of or drawn into the chamber.
US10117983B2
A ventricular assist device is disclosed. The ventricular assist device may include a centrifugal pump and a controller. The controller may be configured to cause the centrifugal pump to operate at a first speed above a predetermined flow rate. The controller may also be configured to cause the centrifugal pump to operate at a second speed below the predetermined flow rate, wherein the predetermined flowrate is indicative of a crossover point between systole and diastole phases of a person's cardiac cycle.
US10117981B2
A magnetic impeller for a blood pump such as a magnetically driven, rotary ventricular assist device for pumping blood of a patient, the impeller comprising a magnetic alloy including platinum, cobalt, and boron.
US10117974B2
A method for preparing and resulting articles of manufacture comprising a substrate having a surface, a bulk beneath the surface, and a grafted polymer layer on the substrate surface, the substrate surface and the grafted polymer layer, in combination, constituting a modified surface having a fibrinogen adsorption of less than about 125 ng/cm2 in a fibrinogen binding assay in which the modified surface is incubated for 60 minutes at 37° C. in 70 μg/mL fibrinogen derived from human plasma containing 1.4 μg/mL I-125 radiolabeled fibrinogen.
US10117965B1
An intraocular lens material disclosed in the present description includes an aromatic ring-containing acrylate structural unit, an alkoxyalkyl methacrylate structural unit including an alkoxy group having 4 or less carbon atoms, a hydrophilic structural unit based on a hydrophilic monomer, and a cross-linking structural unit based on a cross-linkable monomer.
US10117959B2
In the present invention, a device, system and associated method is provided, as a compact, automated and self-contained data logger with capability of withstanding conditions used in sterilizing reusable medical device equipment/components. The device includes one or more sensors to automatically sense and store information on the parameters of various autoclave cycle(s) for the component associated with the tracking device and their respective timestamps of each autoclave cycle(s). This information is stored in a data record on the tracking device for the individual component. The data record can be used as evidence of valid sterilization cycles for the component and can also provide information for the host system and/or the user of the status for the component, including the last time the component was sterilized, the time between sterilization cycles, the time for replacement of the component, and too warn if the device was returned to service without proper sterilization.
US10117958B2
An apparatus for destroying pathogens includes a platform and an LED matrix panel. The platform has a portion configured to permit passage of ultraviolet light therethrough. The LED matrix panel is disposed below the portion of the platform and includes a grid and a plurality of discreetly-controlled, ultraviolet light LEDs (UV LEDs). The grid defines a plurality of cells. Each UV LED is associated with one cell such that the cells direct the ultraviolet light emitted by the UV LEDs upwardly through the portion of the platform to sanitize an object supported on the portion of the platform.
US10117951B2
SAE-CD compositions are provided, along with methods of making and using the same. The SAE-CD compositions comprise a sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin having an absorption of less than 0.5 A.U. due to a drug-degrading agent, as determined by UV/vis spectrophotometry at a wavelength of 245 nm to 270 nm for an aqueous solution containing 300 mg of the SAE-CD composition per mL of solution in a cell having a 1 cm path length.
US10117948B2
Disclosed are chemical transformations for the conjugation of unprotected peptide biomolecules. The disclosed chemical transformations relate to methods of selective cysteine and selenocysteine functionalization of unprotected peptide and protein molecules. The processes feature several significant advantages over existing methods of peptide modification, including specificity towards selenocysteine over other nucleophiles (e.g., amines, hydroxyls), excellent functional group tolerance, and mild reaction conditions. Also disclosed are syntheses of arylated cysteine and arylated selenocysteine peptide compounds.
US10117946B2
The present invention relates to hydrogels comprising a first peptide with a covalently linked bioactive agent and optionally a second peptide. The present invention further relates to uses of the hydrogel for delivery of the bioactive agent or as an implant. The present invention further relates to drug delivery devices, implant, pharmaceutical or cosmetic compositions comprising the hydrogel. The present invention further relates to methods of local treatment of diseases and to methods for preparing the first peptide and the hydrogels.
US10117942B2
Embodiments of photoactivatable, lipid-based nanoparticles are disclosed, as well as methods of making and using the nanoparticles. Pharmaceutical compositions including the nanoparticles also are disclosed. The lipid-based nanoparticles include a vesicle wall surrounding a cavity, wherein the vesicle wall includes (i) a lipid bilayer comprising 1,2-bis(tricosa-10,12-diynoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DC8,9PC), dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), and (ii) 2-[1-hexyloxyethyl]-2-devinyl pyropheophorbide-a (HPPH) within the lipid bilayer. The nanoparticles may further include an agent within the cavity.
US10117939B2
The present application provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising as the active medicinal ingredient nebivolol, a nebivolol analog or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof and a wetting agent. The invention also relates to methods of preparing and using said compositions.
US10117927B2
The present invention relates to a medium composition for production of botulinum toxin and, more particularly, to a medium composition for culture of Clostridium sp. capable of producing botulinum toxin. The medium composition of the present invention comprises a casein hydrolysate and at least one plant-derived peptone selected from the group consisting of a garden pea hydrolysate, a cotton seed hydrolysate and a wheat gluten hydrolysate. When the medium according to the present invention, which contains plant-derived peptones, casein hydrolysates and minerals, is used for culture of Clostridium botulinum, the growth rate of the bacterium in the medium is higher than that in each of the medium that is in current use and the medium comprising plant-derived peptones alone. In addition, when the medium of the present invention is used, a high concentration of botulinum toxin can be produced by culturing the bacterium in a safe manner.
US10117924B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods of use comprising a chimeric dengue virus E glycoprotein comprising a dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone, which comprises amino acid substitutions that introduce a dengue virus E glycoprotein domain I and domain II hinge region from a dengue virus serotype that is different from the dengue virus serotype of the dengue virus E glycoprotein backbone.
US10117923B2
Provided herein is a recombinant rod-shaped viral particle comprising a fusion protein comprising a coat protein for a rod-shaped plant virus and a epitope from a human and/or human pathogen, where the epitope is disposed on the outer surface of the viral particle. In certain cases, the amino acid sequence of the coat protein is at least 40% identical to the amino acid sequence of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) coat protein.
US10117921B2
The instant invention provides various formulations comprising combinations of immunostimulating oligonucleotides, polycationic carriers, sterols, saponins, quaternary amines, TLR-3 agonists, glycolipids, and MPL-A or analogs thereof in oil emulsions, use thereof in preparations of immunogenic compositions and vaccines, and use thereof in the treatment of animals.
US10117916B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10117904B2
Disclosed herein are methods of inactivating and/or decolonizing bacteria on a surface. The present invention also discloses methods for treatment of epithelial conditions caused or aggravated by bacteria, such as acne vulgaris, in a subject in need thereof. The present invention additionally discloses inventive compounds and compositions that exhibit anti-bacterial and/or anti-inflammatory effects.
US10117893B2
The use of gaseous oxygen for the production of a therapeutic gas for inhalation by a patient who has been identified as a person with a mitochondrial disorder or a coenzyme Q10 deficiency, for the treatment of mitochondrial disorders or Q10 deficiencies is disclosed.For the first time a non-invasive method is disclosed, upon what the body's own level of Q10 can be raised significantly without further interventions.
US10117884B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods of making and using a dietary supplement manufactured from one or more natural polysaccharides previously incubated with a probiotic bacteria in a bioreactor system, wherein the bacteria process the polysaccharides and the resulting processed polysaccharide are provided in the nutritional supplement.
US10117883B2
This invention relates to compositions containing combinations of a balanced phosphatidylcholine composition and one or more cannabinoids, a natural or synthetic derivative thereof, or a salt thereof, and kits containing such combinations and methods of using such combinations to treat subjects suffering from an imbalance of fatty acids and related diseases or disorders. This invention also relates to the synergistic effect of such combination therapies in humans.
US10117878B2
An effective anti-nematode methodology entails contacting nematodes with a biologically effective amount of at least one compound according to formula I: where Q, Q′, R1, R2, and n are defined herein, or with a stereoisomer, solvate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such compound.
US10117876B2
The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound represented by formula (1): or N-[3-((4aS,5R,7aS)-2-amino-5-methyl-4a,5,7,7a-tetrahydro-4H-furo[3,4-d] [1,3]thiazin-7a-yl)-4-fluorophenyl]-5-difluoromethylpyrazine-2-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the foregoing, and a salt of a compound having a C12-22 saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group.
US10117875B2
The present invention relates to a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the symbols are as defined in the specification; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same; and a method for treating or preventing autoimmunity disease using the same.
US10117872B2
A tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) for use in a method for the treatment of cancer in a patient, wherein the method comprises subjecting the patient to reduced caloric intake, i.e a daily caloric intake reduced by 10-100%, including starvation, for a period of 24-190 hours and administering the tyrosine kinase inhibitorto the patient during such period; the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is preferably selected among Lapatinib, Crizotinib, Gefitinib, Erlotinib, Afatinib and Regorafenib.
US10117867B2
Use of particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline compounds as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them for the treatment of one or more disorders involving the 5-HT2A, SERT and/or dopamine D2 pathways are disclosed. In addition, the compounds may be combined with other therapeutic agents for the treatment of one or more sleep disorders, depression, psychosis, dyskinesias, and/or Parkinson's disease or any combinations.
US10117865B2
Compounds of formula (I) are provided which are useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions modulated at least in part by CCR6:
US10117863B2
Methods and compositions for enhancing female sexual arousal and treating female sexual dysfunction utilize L-arginine or equivalents and/or derivatives thereof, and an agent that enhances the activity of the L-arginine or equivalent thereof. These enhancing agents include niacin and/or nicotinamide. Niacin and/or nicotinamide, in combination with L-arginine or its equivalent allow a desired amount of nitric oxide to be delivered or generated at the female genitals in order to increase vasodilation and blood flow to the area to enhance sexual arousal and/or pleasure and to treat sexual dysfunction.
US10117860B2
Compounds of formula (I), defined herein, are both phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme inhibitors and muscarinic M3 receptor antagonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease of the respiratory tract.
US10117852B2
Methods and compositions for treating a subject hosting a non-ACTH-secreting pancreatic tumor are disclosed. The methods include administering to the subject a chemotherapeutic agent and a glucocorticoid receptor modulator (GRM), preferably a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM), to reduce the tumor load in the subject. The GRM may be a nonsteroidal GRM, and may be a nonsteroidal SGRM. The non-ACTH-secreting pancreatic tumor may be an exocrine pancreatic tumor.The nonsteroidal SGRM may be a nonsteroidal compound comprising: a fused azadecalin structure; a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin structure; or an octahydro fused azadecalin structure. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chemotherapeutic agent and a GRM are disclosed. The GRM in such pharmaceutical compositions may be a nonsteroidal GRM, and may be a SGRM, such as a nonsteroidal SGRM. The nonsteroidal SGRM may comprise: a fused azadecalin structure; a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin structure; or an octahydro fused azadecalin structure.
US10117851B2
The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improving sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like. The compositions disclosed herein are further useful for treating platelet aggregation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, thrombosis, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or symptoms thereof, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorders, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, diabetic-related disorders and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like.
US10117850B2
This invention provides novel compounds and the novel compounds for use as a medicine, more in particular for the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, more specifically certain neurological disorders, such as disorders collectively known as tauopathies, and disorders characterized by cytotoxic α-synuclein amyloidogenesis. The present invention also relates to the use of said novel compounds for the manufacture of medicaments useful for treating such neurodegenerative disorders. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions including said novel compounds and to methods for the preparation of said novel compounds.
US10117848B2
The present invention includes surprisingly water-soluble salts of a phenylalkylamine compound that are potent antagonists of L-type calcium channels. Aqueous solutions including salts of the instant invention are formulated for nasal administration and provide a novel therapeutic platform for the treatment of stable angina, migraine, and cardiac arrhythmia, such as paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia.
US10117833B2
Provided is a method for producing a liposome having safety and stability. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for producing a liposome, including a step of mixing an oil phase with at least one lipid dissolved in an organic solvent and a water phase and stirring an aqueous solution containing the lipids, and a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the aqueous solution containing the liposomes obtained in the stirring step, in which the organic solvent is a mixed solvent of a water-soluble organic solvent and an ester-based organic solvent.
US10117824B2
Novel gradient copolymers including at least two different and specifically selected monomers, and cosmetic or skin-care compositions including same. The invention also relates to a cosmetic method for make-up or the care of keratin materials, in particular the skin of the body or of the face, the nails, the hair and/or the eyelashes, comprising the application of a cosmetic composition as defined above on said materials.
US10117823B2
Non-toxic consumable compositions and formulations having chelator and base are disclosed with synergistic effects on microbial metabolism and/or growth and/or pathogenic effectors and their use to promote and maintain health in mammals. The non-toxic consumable compositions have more than one chelator and/or more than one base. Methods for selecting said chelator and base composition and methods for detecting conditions in which selected compositions may be used are also disclosed. The synergistic compositions and methods can be used for maintaining health, promoting health and treating diseases.
US10117819B2
The present invention is directed to a rinse-off conditioner composition for hair frizz reduction comprising from about 0.2% to about 20% of a moisture control material or mixture of moisture control materials wherein the moisture control material is selected from one or more of the following: wherein R′ is —COOY, sulfonic acid, or C═CH—COOY, Y is hydrogen or a metal ion, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 is hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, methoxy, ethoxy, hydroxyl, halogen, sulfate, sulfonate, nitro, or —CH═CH—COOR, and wherein the moisture control material is an acidic material and further wherein the moisture control material has a % Protein binding higher than 20 and Molecular Volume lower than 500 and Partition coefficient octanol to water (log P) lower than 3 and hydrogen binding higher than 10 and pKa lower than 5.0; and at least about a 4% fizz reduction vs. a control composition without the moisture control material.
US10117815B2
A process for the preparation of a particle, wherein the particle comprises: (a) a core comprising a hydrophobic benefit agent; (b) an outer crosslinked shell, which comprises a crosslinked, hydrophobically modified polyvinyl alcohol, which comprises a crosslinking agent comprising a first dextran aldehyde having a molecular weight of from 2,000 to 2,000,000 Da; and (c) an inner polyamide shell, wherein the shell comprises a polyamide, and wherein the polyamide comprises an aromatic group; wherein the outer crosslinked shell is formed prior to the formation of the inner polyamide shell.
US10117799B2
The invention provides a lifting device (1) for transfer of a paraplegic between seated positions. A post (3) extends from a wheeled base (2) and movably supports a head (5) for upwards and downwards movement. A lifting arm arrangement (7) is pivotably secured to the head (5). The head (5) is also rotatable about the post (3) and the base (2) movable between an expanded stabilizing condition and a retracted condition. The latter condition allows the lifting device (1) to fit through a standard width doorway. Movement of the base (2) between these conditions is effected by pivoting of the lifting arm arrangement (7) into and out of a lateral supporting position. The base (2) preferably includes five legs (4) extending substantially radially from the post (3) with two of the legs (4) foldable towards adjacent legs (4).
US10117794B2
A power ambulance cot having a cot control system operably connected to a cot actuation system to control independent raising and lowering of front and back legs thereof, and which detects a presence of a signal requesting a change in elevation of a support frame thereof and causes the cot actuation system to raising or the lowering of the front and/or back legs automatically upon detecting a condition during loading/unloading a patient from an emergency vehicle or transporting the patient up or down an esculator and methods thereafter are disclosed.
US10117792B2
An absorbent article includes a chassis having a substantially rectangular shape a first portion, a second portion and a crotch portion extending between the first and second portion, a portion of the chassis being configured to absorb fluids. The absorbent article includes a first securement portion operatively coupled to the first portion of the chassis. The absorbent article includes a second securement portion operatively coupled to the second portion of the chassis and configured to releasably attach to the first securement portion. The chassis is configured to include one of a first chassis length or a second chassis length. When the chassis includes the first length, the chassis includes a first width and the first securement portion includes a second width, and when the chassis includes the second length, the chassis includes the first width and the first securement portion includes a third width, greater than the second width.
US10117785B2
A breast milk absorbing system includes a nursing garment being that may be worn by a nursing female. The nursing garment has a pouch. An absorbing unit is provided. The absorbing unit is removably positioned within the pouch. The absorbing may absorb breast milk from the nursing female. Thus, the nursing garment is inhibited from becoming wet with the breast milk. The absorbing unit extends across an entire width of the pouch. Thus, the absorbing unit remains aligned with the nursing female's breasts.
US10117784B2
A therapeutic compression garment, including: a body portion; and a spine portion, wherein the bands extending from either the body portion and/or spine portion attach the body and spine portions together when the body and spine portions are wrapped around a body limb, and wherein the spine portion is releasably attached onto the body portion such that the spine portion is positionable at different locations on the body portion.
US10117782B2
The present invention relates to a negative pressure wound closure system and methods for using such a system. Preferred embodiments of the invention facilitate closure of the wound by preferentially contracting to provide for movement of the tissue.
US10117754B2
A joint spacer for therapeutically maintains separation of bones of a joint. A frame defines a longitudinal axis extending between distal and proximal ends. A carriage is slideably retained within the frame and has at least one ramped surface and a threaded portion. An actuator screw is threadably engaged with the threaded portion, and bears against said frame to cause the carriage to slideably move within the frame when the actuator screw is rotated. A first endplate engages a bone of the joint, and has at least one ramped surface that is mateable with the ramped surface of the carriage.
US10117752B2
A method for stabilizing a cervical spine segment includes implanting a respective uncinate joint stabilizer into each uncinate joint of the cervical spine segment to stabilize the uncinate joints and thereby stabilize the cervical spine segment, wherein each uncinate joint stabilizer has threads and the step of implanting includes threading each uncinate joint stabilizer into the respective uncinate joint along an anterior-to-posterior direction using the threads.
US10117747B2
A temporo-mandibular joint prosthesis comprising: a first part for attaching to a temporal bone; a second part for attaching to a mandible bone; and a mechanism linking the first part and the second part. The mechanism defines a range of motion of the first part relative to the second part for when the first and second parts are attached to a temporal bone and a mandible bone, respectively. The mechanism includes a rotary joint providing a rotational range of motion of the first part relative to the second part; and a first slider joint providing a first translational range of motion of the first part relative to the second part.
US10117746B2
Disclosed herein is an orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having modulus of elasticity similar to that of said bone. In one embodiment, further disclosed herein is a method of treating injuries or diseases affecting bones or muscles comprising providing an orthopedic implant device, wherein the orthopedic implant device comprising a porous structure, approximating the shape of a bone, and having a modulus of elasticity similar to that of bone, and using the orthopedic implant device to treat injuries and diseases affecting bones and muscles in a mammal. In another embodiment, disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an orthopedic implant device using an additive manufacturing (AM) method.
US10117745B2
A connector for coupling a distal sheath to an inner shaft of a medical delivery device includes a wedge defining a lumen for accepting the inner shaft of the medical delivery device and a cylindrical ring sized to mate with the wedge. The wedge may be welded or otherwise fixed to the inner shaft. The wedge and the ring are configured to be pressed together and lock a portion of the distal sheath therebetween.
US10117744B2
A valve prosthesis can be configured to be deployed within a native heart valve and prevent axial flow of fluid around an exterior of the prosthesis. The prosthesis can include an expandable frame configured to radially expand and contract for deployment within the native heart valve, a flap assembly positioned around an exterior of the expandable frame, a proximal end of the flap assembly being positioned at or proximate a proximal end of the expandable frame. In some embodiments, the flap assembly can extend outward from the frame and have an expanded configuration configured to create a barrier to fluid flow exterior to the frame when deployed within the native heart valve.
US10117743B2
A prosthetic heart valve (300) for replacing a native heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent (306) extending in a length direction between a proximal end (302) and a distal end (304), the stent (306) including a plurality of struts (320) defining a plurality of cells (330), the plurality of cells (330) forming an aortic section (310), an annulus section (314) and a subannular section (316) of the stent (306). A valve assembly is disposed within the annulus section (314) of the stent (306), the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets. In an expanded condition of the stent, each of the plurality of cells of the subannular section (316) has a width greater than its length, and each of the plurality of cells of the annulus section (314) has a length greater than its width.
US10117722B2
A medical device identification system includes a medical device including an identifier and a sensor device configured to read the identifier of the medical device. The system further includes an output device configured to provide feedback related to the medical device and a monitoring system communicably coupled to the sensor device and the output device. The monitoring system is configured to identify the medical device based on the identifier of the medical device read by the sensor device and transmit feedback to the output device specific to the medical device.
US10117706B2
An apparatus for operating on tissue includes an elongate shaft extending distally from a body and an end effector at a distal end of the elongate shaft. The end effector includes a first jaw that is selectively pivotable toward and away from a second jaw to capture tissue and a firing beam. The firing beam is configured to advance relative to the first and second jaws to sever captured tissue and retract relative to the first and second jaws after the captured tissue has been severed. The apparatus further includes a debris removal element in communication with the firing beam. The debris removal element is configured to engage at least a portion of the firing beam at least during retraction of the firing beam relative to the first and second jaws to thereby remove at least some debris from the firing beam.
US10117694B2
A bone screw for pelvic bone fixation, the bone screw comprising an elongate body having a first end which is threaded for engaging at least one bone in the pelvic region, a second end comprising a screw head, and at least one opening across the length of the elongate body for adjustably receiving a fastening means to limit movement of the bone screw away from the engaged bone in use, wherein the at least one opening is shaped such that the position of the fastening means relative to the elongate body of the bone screw can be adjusted. A system for bone fixation in the pelvic region includes the bone screw and the fastening means.
US10117684B2
A method and device for inserting screws into a patient, such that when the device is removed the device does not stick to the screw. The device, being a push-off driver, may have a handle, an inner driver, and a threaded driver sleeve having a button mechanism and a plurality of spheres, and an inner sleeve. The method includes the steps of assembling a push-off driver attaching a bone screw to the push-off driver inserting the bone screw and detaching the bone screw from the driver by unthreading the threaded driver sleeve from the polyaxial screw which causes the spheres in the recess of the inner driver to back up against the start of the recess and causing the threaded driver sleeve to “push-off” the polyaxial screw from the inner driver.
US10117680B2
The invention relates to an osteosynthesis device having a bone screw (12), which has a threaded shaft (24) and a ball head (26), and having a fork head (14), which has a groove (32) and two legs (34), the ball head (26) being pivotably supported in the fork head (14), and having a pressure piece (16), which is seated on the ball head (26), the pressure piece (16) being braced on the fork head (14) and having two lateral fins (48) extending in the axial direction (30) of the fork head (14) and away from the threaded shaft (24); it is proposed that the pressure piece (16) is supported in the fork head (14) with prestressing in the axial direction (30) and thus in the direction toward the ball head (26) in that at least one of the fins (48) is slit transversely to the axial direction (30) of the fork head (14), so that a slit (50) forms a spring tongue (52), and the pressure piece (16) is thereby resiliently embodied and is braced via the spring tongue (52) on the fork head (14), and that a protrusion (70) protrudes in the axial direction (30) into the slit (50); and that the protrusion (70), for limiting deformation or deflection of the spring tongue (52), forms a stop (72), acting in the axial direction (30), for the spring tongue (52).
US10117675B2
A surgical system including a surgical instrument and a protection device is included. The surgical system includes a surgical instrument having an extension assembly releasably coupled thereto. The extension assembly includes a trocar member disposed within a distal end of the extension assembly and the trocar member includes an engagement feature defined in an outer surface thereof. The protection device is releasably coupled to the engagement feature of the trocar member, thereby providing a barrier adjacent a tip of the trocar member. A method of sterilizing a surgical instrument is also provided.
US10117674B2
Cannula anchor assemblies are disclosed which consist of a threaded cannula and a cannula anchor. The cannula anchor system allows for secure anchoring into the body wall, and proper cannula height adjustment prior to and during surgery. Sutures through the body wall may be secured to the cannula anchor either directly through the cannula anchor, or around suture posts attached therein. The cannula anchor also prevents excessive plunge of a trocar into the patient. The cannula anchor is generally configured with internal threads that mate with a threaded cannula.
US10117673B2
The present disclosure provides a pressure-depending clutching device for locating and safely positioning a needle in a body cavity. The device is capable of automatically engaging and disengaging the needle from a driving force. The device has a body with an interior space, a pressure-sensing element and a force-receiving element. The pressure-sensing element, the force-receiving element, and the complementary force-sending element form a driving force engaging mechanism for coupling the force-applying structure to the needle during operation. Before the needle reaches the target body cavity, the pressure in the needle causes the clutching device to assume an “engaged” state. When the needle reaches the body cavity, the change in pressure causes the clutching device to assume a “disengaged” state, thereby, automatically positioning the needle in the cavity to avoid overshooting. Also provided are needle-and-syringe assemblies incorporating the disclosed clutching devices, methods for manufacturing the disclosed clutching devices.
US10117657B2
Apparatus and methods for preparing a bone socket, such as the glenoid of the scapula, to receive a prosthetic component. The apparatus is an orthopedic instrument (reamer) used for the preparation of bone surface for the insertion of an implant. The reamer includes an elongate shaft, a connecting system (for example, a quick connect system), and a cutting head having a specific configuration, i.e., in the shape of a Nautilus shell having a logarithmic spiral. The cutting head is provided with a plurality of spokes that have different radii or lengths (that confer a non-constant non-uniform radius to the overall cutting head).
US10117654B2
The present disclosure relates to an electromechanical surgical system and methods for use thereof including a surgical instrument having a controller, and an end effector selectively and removably connectable to the surgical instrument, wherein the controller enters an emergency retraction mode when at least one input element of the surgical system is incapable of providing control signals to the controller to operate a motor, wherein the emergency retraction mode activates the motor to withdraw a drive assembly from any advanced position thereof.
US10117651B2
A surgical device is provided that includes a jaw portion, having a first jaw in opposed correspondence with a second jaw, the second jaw including a surgical member. The surgical device may include a shaft portion coupled to a proximal end of the jaw portion and at least one motor configured to rotate the jaw portion relative to the shaft portion, to move the jaw portion relative to the shaft portion, move the first jaw relative to the second jaw and move the surgical member within the second jaw. The surgical member may be prevented from moving within the second jaw unless the first jaw is in a closed position relative to the second jaw. Advantageously, the surgical member may include one or both a cutting element or a stapling element, disposed within one of the jaws.
US10117643B2
With the Quantified Self movement becoming prevalent, more people are looking to incorporate technology to acquire data regarding aspects of a person's daily life in terms of inputs (e.g. food consumed, quality of surrounding air), states (e.g. blood oxygen levels, body temperature), and/or performance. This self-monitoring concept combines wearable sensors with computing devices to produce an output to improve daily functioning. Disclosed is a device that senses and measures the created cavity temperature (CCT) within an artificial cavity in the wearer's body. This current device provides a wearable thermometer that measures temperature for a convenient, comfortable method of continuously tracking the wearer's temperature.
US10117640B2
A method is described for acquiring 3D quantitative ultrasound elastography volumes. A 2D ultrasound transducer scans a volume of tissue through which shear waves are created using an external vibration source, the synchronized measurement of tissue motion within the plane of the ultrasound transducer with the measurement of the transducer location in space, the reconstruction of tissue displacements and/or tissue velocities in time and space over a volume from this synchronized measurement, and the computation of one or several mechanical properties of tissue from this volumetric measurement of displacements. The tissue motion in the plane of the transducer may be measured at a high effective frame rate in the axial direction of the transducer, or in the axial and lateral directions of the transducer. The tissue displacements and/or tissue velocities over the measured volume may be interpolated over a regular grid in order to facilitate computation of mechanical properties.
US10117632B2
A portable medical imaging system includes a movable station, a detector panel, an X-ray beam transmitter, and a controller. The movable station includes a c-arm having a first end and a second end that are movable along an arc relative to the movable station. The detector panel is attached to the first end of the movable c-arm. The X-ray beam transmitter faces the detector panel and is attached to the second end of the c-arm. The X-ray beam transmitter contains a collimator that forms a window through which an X-ray beam is transmitted toward the detector panel. The collimator is configured to move the widow in a lateral direction across a direction of the arc. The controller is configured to control movement of the window by the collimator to steer the X-ray beam laterally across the detector panel.
US10117631B2
An image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit and an image processing unit. The acquiring unit acquires a radiographic image acquired by irradiating a radiation on an object and a scattered-ray component contained in the radiographic image, wherein the scattered-ray component originates from a scattered ray which is a radiation scattered in the object. The image processing unit performs an image process on the radiographic image in accordance with an instruction, wherein the image processing unit performs an image process based on a radiographic image acquired by the acquiring unit and a scattered-ray component acquired by the acquiring unit in a case where an instruction to perform the image process is received again.
US10117625B2
The present invention, in one form, is a method for deriving respiratory gated PET image reconstruction from raw PET data. In reconstructing the respiratory gated images in accordance with the present invention, respiratory motion information derived from individual voxel signal fluctuations, is used in combination to create usable respiratory phase information. Employing this method allows the respiratory gated PET images to be reconstructed from PET data with out the use of external hardware, and in a fully automated manner.
US10117624B2
An apparatus for performing electrical impedance detection and ultrasound scanning of body tissue, the apparatus including: an electrode array for performing electrical impedance detection by applying a first electrical signal to the body tissue, receiving an electrical response signal characteristic of the body tissue, and providing a first output signal representative of the electrical response signal; and an ultrasound transducer for performing ultrasound scanning by applying a first ultrasound signal to the body tissue, receiving an ultrasound response signal characteristic of the body tissue, and providing a second output signal representative of the ultrasound response signal, wherein the ultrasound transducer is mounted so as to be moveable during performance of the ultrasound scanning.
US10117615B1
A disposable test cartridge and method for a point-of-care analyzer includes a cartridge body having a plurality of chambers where each of the plurality of chambers has an opening at a top of the cartridge body, a cartridge cover connected to the cartridge body where the cartridge cover has a capillary-receiving aperture, a capillary wiper disposed within the capillary-receiving aperture where the capillary-receiving aperture is aligned with one of the plurality of chambers of the cartridge body, and a capillary element removably insertable into the cartridge cover where the capillary element has a capillary tube that extends into the capillary-receiving aperture and through the capillary wiper where a tip portion of the capillary tube extends into the cartridge body.
US10117612B2
A detecting device for detecting physiological parameters of a biological tissue includes a light source, at least one light detector, a package, an outer cover, and an optical microstructure. The light source is configured to emit a first beam and a second beam. The package is disposed on the light source and the light detector and is located on the transmission paths of the first and second beams. The outer cover covers the light source, the light detector and the package, and includes a top surface. The optical microstructure is located in the transmission paths of the first and second beams, and is arranged in parallel with the top surface of the outer cover. The optical microstructure includes at least one set of circles of different radii, and is made of a diffractive optical element, a holographic optical element, a computer-generated holographic element, a fresnel lens or a lens grating.
US10117592B2
Methods and apparatuses, including devices and systems, for remote and detection and/or diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In particular, described herein are handheld devices having an electrode configuration capable of recording three orthogonal ECG lead signals in an orientation-specific manner, and transmitting these signals to a processor. The processor may be remote or local, and it may automatically or semi-automatically detect AMI, atrial fibrillation or other heart disorders based on the analyses of the deviation of the recorded 3 cardiac signals with respect to previously stored baseline recordings.
US10117589B2
A vehicle seat includes sheet-shaped sensors configured to detect electric signals associated with the biopotential of a seated passenger, the vehicle seat being configured to remove noise caused due to static electricity to stably measure a bioelectric signal (e.g., heart rate) of the passenger. A seat back includes the sheet-shaped sensors. A cushion pad placed on a seat back frame is covered with a trim cover. Vertically-extending conductive fabric in a belt shape is disposed on an outer surface of the trim cover. The portion where the conductive fabric is disposed has a three-layer structure of the conductive fabric, a skin, and a wadding. A free end of the conductive fabric drawn into the seat back is provided with a J-hook hooked onto a lower frame bridging portion, thus part of the conductive fabric and the lower frame bridging portion contact each other to be electrically conductive with each other.
US10117584B2
A sensor assembly has a flexible body, and a plurality of fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) sensor inserted into the body, the FBG sensor includes an optical fiber extending in a length direction of the body and a plurality of lattices disposed in the optical fiber, a variation of a wavelength spectrum of light, caused by a variation of an interval of the plurality of lattices, is detected, and at least one of force information applied to the body and temperature information of the body is extracted together with refraction information of the body.
US10117582B2
Apparatus and methods for hyperspectral imaging analysis that assists in real and near-real time assessment of biological tissue condition, viability, and type, and monitoring the above overtime. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful in surgery, clinical procedures, tissue assessment, diagnostic procedures, health monitoring, and medical evaluations, especially in the detection and treatment of cancer.
US10117578B2
A luminescent ophthalmic device for administering therapeutic materials, the device having at least one luminescent marker disposed in proximity to a therapeutic agent applicator so as facilitate placement in a treatment position when viewed using transcorneal or transpupillary viewing methods.
US10117574B2
A portable wavefront aberrometer is disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable wavefront aberrometer comprises a light source, a housing having first and second apertures formed therethrough, and a plurality of optical components disposed within the housing. The plurality of optical components are arranged to direct light generated by the light source to the first aperture via a first optical channel; direct light received into the housing through the second aperture to the first aperture via a second optical channel; and direct light received into the housing through the first aperture to a light detector via a third optical channel.
US10117562B2
An implement washing apparatus is disclosed. A portable, rigid housing defines at least a first basin and a second basin. The first basin has an open top and closed side walls and bottom for containing liquid to soak the implement. The second basin has side walls that include a plurality of bristles in an arrangement directed generally inwardly to a center of the second basin to scrub the implement.
US10117560B2
A condition warning system for an apparatus such as a pot and pan washing machine, a control system and control methods for a pot and pan washing machine are provided. The condition warning system includes a control system that monitors operational, safety or compliance parameters of an apparatus, and a light that illuminates a location below (or above) an operator's direct line of sight, and which is outside of the operator's direct line of sight. The control system and control methods include a punitive wash action lockout, an extended wash cycle time, and a deep clean wash cycle.
US10117555B2
A vacuum cleaning apparatus comprises: a head; a handle for holding; and a cleaning element, for upward cleaning, wherein the cleaning element is removably attachable.
US10117552B2
A portable suction nozzle for removing layers of fat, oil and grease (FOG), scum, sludge and the like from the surface or bottom of tanks used in water and sewage treatment plants, septic systems and the like. The device can be used by an operator working in such environments, as well as honey wagon operators, oil spill response teams and the like. The device can be held in place by a holster arrangement mounted to a tank to be cleaned.
US10117549B2
A dispensing device includes a container retaining a dispensable material, which prevents the material from breaking prior to being dispensed or over-dispensing material by including a mechanism to slow the dispensation of the material, and also aids in breaking the material subsequent to the material exiting the container. The container has a faceplate with at least three members forming a substantially triangular aperture through which the dispensable material is fed. The three members include a pair of opposing flanges forming the triangular aperture therebetween. The pair of opposing flanges further form a substantially linear slot therebetween and contiguous with the triangular aperture, with the dispensable material further fed through the slot. Each of the pair of opposing flanges has a curved surface forming a side of the triangular aperture.
US10117542B2
A coffee maker with continuously adjustable water flow rate, continuously adjustable feedback-controlled water temperature, and low thermal mass allows baristas to experiment with and digitally program and/or record different flow-rate and temperature profiles (brewing profiles) over the course of brewing a cup or batch of coffee. Brewing profiles may be recorded on one machine and reproduced (played back) on another machine, allowing reproducibility of subtle flavor variations in brewed coffee.
US10117521B2
A sofa with an upholstered arm panel has an arm frame with a layered composition comprising an underlayment material layer, a fiber material layer positioned on top of and contacting the underlayment material layer, and a covering upholstery material layer positioned on top of and contacting the fiber material layer. The underlayment material layer is comprised a planar sheet of Ethylene-vinyl acetate closed cell foam. The EVA foam extends forwardly on the arm frame to create a forward extending lip. The use of EVA foam reduces the number of structural and cushioning materials, fasteners, and labor currently required in arm panel construction.
US10117512B1
A music lyre includes a saddle assembly having a shape approximately matching an outer profile shape of a top portion of an instrument, the saddle assembly including an opposing pair of lips, wherein a lip of the pair of lips is disposed on each side of the saddle assembly, a pair of straps connected to the saddle assembly, wherein a strap of the pair of straps is disposed on the each side of the saddle assembly, and wherein each strap of the pair of straps is configured to be wrapped underneath a bottom portion of the instrument and connected to a corresponding lip of the pair of lips disposed on an opposite side of the saddle assembly to secure the saddle assembly to the instrument; and a holder assembly connected to the saddle assembly, wherein the holder assembly is configured to retain at least one sheet of copy.
US10117511B2
The present disclosure relates to modular and reconfigurable architectural assemblies such as modular walls and modular furniture, including modular and reconfigurable desk systems, with features and components that provide wire management functionality. A modular desk system includes a horizontal work surface and a lower vertical section extending vertically downward and/or upward from the work surface. At least a portion of the lower vertical section houses one or more resource trays having power and data receptacles for user wires to plug into. An access component such as a cover encloses the resource tray to provide a functional and aesthetically pleasing assembly while allowing management and organization of user wires and/or supply wires.
US10117509B1
A table assembly may include a tabletop member having a lateral sidewall and a longitudinal sidewall. A cover may be pivotally connected to the tabletop member about a cover pivot. The cover may be configured to move from a closed position to a display position and may include a cover cavity having an interior wall. An adjustable length arm may include a first arm portion and a second arm portion. The first arm portion may be pivotally connected to the lateral sidewall of the tabletop member. The second arm portion may be pivotally connected to the interior wall of the cover. The cover may be configured to receive the tabletop member in the cover cavity when the cover is in the closed position. The cover pivot may be located nearer the longitudinal sidewall of the tabletop member than the first arm end portion.
US10117508B2
A fastenable device includes a housing having a base portion, a head portion opposite to the base portion, and a body portion between the base portion and the head portion. The base portion has a first fastener in the form of a full ring integral to the housing and defining a through-hole. The head portion has a second fastener in the form of an open ring integral to the housing and defining a snappable recess. The device includes a frequency generator housed in the housing and electrically connected to an electrode pair disposed on the housing, for applying a voltage with at least two different frequencies between the electrodes.
US10117499B1
An automatically filling fogless shower mirror includes a mirror assembly having a mirror which thermally conductively contacts a water reservoir within the mirror assembly that communicates at the upper end thereof with a water-fill aperture. A tubular automatic water-filling adapter installable between a water supply pipe and a shower head has protruding from the adapter a flexible water supply tube which diverts a small portion of water flowing through the adapter into an inlet opening of the tube, which is discharged from an outlet opening in a distal end of the tube which is removably inserted into the water-fill aperture. Heating of the mirror by warm water in the reservoir prevents fogging caused by condensation of water vapor. Water cooled by warming the mirror trickles from a small drain hole in the reservoir and is continuously replenished by warm water supplied by the automatic water-filling adapter.
US10117494B1
A nail lamp for curing UV-curable nail gel uses light emitting diodes (LEDs) that emit ultraviolet light and are relatively lower power. The nail lamp is powered from an exterior power source, such as a wall socket, or by a rechargeable battery pack. A battery compartment of the nail lamp holds the battery pack, which is removable without disassembling the nail lamp. The nail lamp is easily transportable to different locations and can be used even when a wall socket is unavailable. A curing time of the nail lamp is user-selectable. The nail lamp can also include detection sensors to detect a person's hand or foot in a treatment chamber and automatically turn on or off the LEDs.
US10117491B2
A hand held appliance, such as a hairdryer, includes at least one fluid inlet for admitting fluid into the appliance, at least one fluid outlet for emitting fluid from the appliance, at least one fluid flow path extending through the appliance, a heater, and a fluid chamber at least partially defined by an external wall of the appliance, the chamber being configured to provide a thermally insulating barrier between the heater and the external wall. The fluid flow path comprises two parallel sections.
US10117489B2
A kit for illuminating the hair of a user, comprises: at least one light emitting diode emitting light at a wavelength, an optical fiber (26) coupled to the or each light emitting diode, a fastening element (22) to fasten the or each light emitting diode and/or the optical fiber to the hair of a user, The kit comprises a fluorescent material (30), the optical fiber (26) being configured to transmit the light emitted by the or each light emitting diode to the fluorescent material (30), the fluorescent material (30) being excited at the wavelength of the or each light emitting diode.
US10117488B2
The present disclosure relates to hair styling apparatuses and related methods. The hair styling apparatus includes a heated barrel defining a stationary hair styling surface, a rotating member configured to rotate around the stationary hair styling surface, and a burn prevention cover. The rotating member includes a tab fixedly extending along a longitudinal length of the stationary hair styling surface over less than an entire longitudinal length of the hair styling surface to gather and wind a user's hair around the stationary hair styling surface without clamping onto the wound hair.
US10117485B2
A receptacle providing secure protection for its contents and comprising a housing with an opening, and a cover member pivotably attached to the housing to move between a closed position and an opened position. In the closed position, a locking mechanism may lock the housing and cover into engagement. In the open position, convenient access is provided to the interior of the housing and the contents. The cover member may be equipped with a retaining member for wrapping wires or cables in an organized fashion.
US10117481B2
A method for forming a double-sided loop strap includes: receiving a continuous longitudinal strip of loop material including a strip-form base bearing a field of upstanding loops on a fastening side of the strip bounded by opposite longitudinal edges, folding each of the longitudinal edges away from the fastening side, such that the base overlaps itself, and securing the folded edges in place by permanently bonding together overlapped areas of the base to form the double-sided loop strap.
US10117470B2
A medical gown includes tie straps detachably connected to sleeves of the gown. The straps are detachable by tugging on them once the gown is donned. The tie members are extendable, upon being detached, around the left and right sides to a back of the medical gown for tying together to form a closure around a waist of a wearer. The tie members may be sufficiently long to extend back around for tying in the front of the gown. A section of each of the left and right tie straps may be folded over lengthwise, a portion of the folded section of each tie member being detachably connected to the sleeves. Once the wearer detaches the folded tie members, the tie members may be unfolded and elongated as needed for adjustably sizing the closure securing the medical gown on the wearer.
US10117462B2
The disclosure relates to a personal electronic vaporizer configured to receive a selected oven assembly and heat the medium therein in accordance with a heating profile associate with the selected oven assembly. The personal electronic vaporizer may define a pathway entirely surrounded by a material. The material is preferably an inert material such as glass or a material otherwise desirable to channel the vapors emitted by the heated medium to the user. The user may swap or select a different oven assembly associated with a different heating profile. The first oven assembly is thereafter removed from the personal electronic vaporizer and replaced with the newly selected oven assembly. The personal electronic vaporizer may automatically recognize the particular selected oven assembly and heat the substance therein according to a predefined heating profile associate with the oven assembly.
US10117456B2
A smoking article includes a smokable material and a filter downstream of the smokable material. The filter includes activated carbon material having a BET of between 1000 and 2000 m2/g and exhibiting less particle breakthrough than granulated coconut shell derived activated carbon currently used for filters of smoking articles.
US10117454B2
Provided herein is a tobacco recovery machine that automatically removes and separates a tobacco rod from formed cigarettes and slits the tipping paper surrounding the tobacco rod. The tobacco recovery machine includes a hopper that receives cigarettes. A feed mechanism individually feeds the cigarettes from the hopper and through a chopping mechanism that removes the filter rod from each cigarette leaving the cylindrical tobacco rod wrapped in the tipping paper. The tobacco recovery machine next feeds the tobacco rod of the cigarette through a slitting mechanism that slits the tipping paper wrapping surrounding the tobacco. The slitting mechanism axially slits the tipping paper along the tobacco rod such that the tobacco product can separate from the tipping paper.
US10117444B2
A process for infusing a consumable substance is described. The process includes the steps of placing a desired amount of an infusion material into a chamber at atmospheric pressure, placing a desired amount of consumable substance into said chamber, sealing said chamber from the surrounding atmosphere, and applying at least one reduced pressure cycle within said chamber. Methods for separating the infusion material from the consumable substance after completion of the infusion process are also described. In addition, devices for infusing liquids or consumable substances, and/or brewing beverages are described.
US10117441B2
A fish processing device and method of use, the device including: a channel; a sensor located within or adjacent to the channel; a barrier, the barrier to assist in preventing a fish passing through the channel; and a control system, wherein the control system controls the barrier in response to an output of the sensor. The method including the steps of: detecting that a fish is incorrectly orientated in a channel; and controlling a barrier to assist in preventing the fish from passing through the channel.
US10117438B2
A system for processing a suspended beef carcass as the carcass is moved along a defined path. A robotic arm is carried on a moveable table and has mounted thereon a servo motor-driven band saw capable of effecting a splitting operation on the beef carcass. The band saw is counterbalanced by a mass having a weight less than the weight of the band saw, and the robotic arm has a maximum load-carrying capacity less than the weight of the band saw. A torque monitor for the servo motor detects breaks in the band saw or breaks in the support for the band saw. A vision-based sensor system detects location of a tail bone on the beef carcass and identifies an age-indicating indicia. The system includes a controller in communication with the carcass rail, the carcass processing device and motor, and the vision-based sensor system.
US10117432B2
The use of a one or more Isoflavonoid compound Signals which may be with an agriculturally acceptable carrier, applied prior to planting, up to 365 days or more, either directly to the seed or transplant of a non-legume crop or a legume crop, or applied to the soil that will be planted either to a non-legume crop or a legume crop, for the purpose of increasing yield and/or improving seed germination and/or improving carrier seed emergence and/or improving modulation and/or increasing crop stand density and/or improving plant vigour and/or improving plant growth, and/or increasing biomass, and/or earlier fruiting, all including in circumstances of seeding and plant transplanting.
US10117430B2
The invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) or a salt thereof for combating animal pests, where the symbols and indices are defined in the specification.
US10117425B2
A trolling diver has a release arm which is hingedly connected to a plate. Mounted to the plate is a catch assembly. The catch assembly secures the release arm in a loose manner, between a first panel and a second panel, until triggered by a fish bite. A thru-hole of the release arm receives a first and second retaining member. The retaining members are loosely positioned into the thru-hole, allowing for the plate to realistically flop about within the catch assembly. The release arm is released from the catch assembly when a lure is triggered by a fish strike, resulting in the release arm rotating away from the catch assembly. The outboard lure attachment hole increases leverage and decreases the requisite force to trigger the release arm. Once released, the entire diver pulls thru the water with very little friction, allowing for easy retrieval of a hooked fish.
US10117416B2
A vehicle for displacing feed includes a frame with wheels having a plurality of elongate tread portions and grooves, a motor for moving the vehicle in a moving direction, and a material displacer to displace the material, when the vehicle moves in the moving direction, over the floor towards a first side with respect to said moving direction. At least a majority of the tread portions is arranged such that they extend, when in contact with the floor, in a direction that makes a sharp angle with the forward direction opposite said first side. Thus, diagonal tread portions are predominantly directed to one side to counteract a reaction force of the feed being displaced sidewardly by the vehicle.
US10117415B2
A mountable feed bucket having a receptacle and being suitable for securing to a fence rail. The receptacle includes one or more brackets forming a vacuous area for receiving the fence rail. Further, a method of mounting a feed bucket on a fence rail including the steps of providing a mountable feed bucket having a receptacle with a bracket for securing the mountable feed bucket to the fence rail; securing the mountable feed bucket to the fence by positioning the bracket about a fence rail so that the rail is within a vacuous area between the back receptacle wall and a portion of the bracket; inserting a pin through an aperture of the bracket a distance so that the pin rests securely upon the fence rail; and securing the pin through the aperture and against the fence rail.
US10117408B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064491. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064491. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064491 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064491 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117401B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064488. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064488. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064488 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064488 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10117397B1
A novel maize variety designated X13H149 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13H149 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H149 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H149, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H149. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H149.
US10117394B1
The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated X12421. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety X12421, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety X12421 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety X12421.
US10117391B2
Apparatuses and methods for delivering pollen for the directed pollination of plants are provided herein. One example embodiment comprises a rigid tube having a first end, a second end, and a channel defined therebetween, wherein the rigid tube is configured to receive the tassel of the maize plant proximate the first end and to interact with the ear shoot of the maize plant proximate the second end, and wherein the channel defines a path between the tassel and the ear shoot so as to enable transfer of pollen from the tassel to the ear shoot. In another example embodiment, the rigid tube may be telescoping such that the overall length of the rigid tube may be adjustable. In another example embodiment, the apparatus may include a fan configured to propel air onto the tassel to aid in the transfer of pollen through the channel to the ear shoot. The apparatuses and methods are applicable for directed cross-pollination between different plants of the same species and plants of different species.
US10117387B2
A brush clearing assembly includes a mounting unit that may be coupled to a tractor. A hooking unit may be coupled to the tractor thereby facilitating the tractor to draw the hooking unit. The hooking unit is movably coupled to the mounting unit. The hooking unit may engage a trunk of a bush when the tractor backs toward the bush. The hooking unit slides laterally in the mounting unit when the hooking unit engages the trunk of the bush. Thus, the hooking unit slides along the trunk of the bush until the hooking unit passes beyond the trunk of the bush. The hooking unit removes the bush when the tractor drives forwardly from the bush.
US10117380B1
A cutting blade for use in a lawnmower or other cutting device has a contoured leading edge profile that forms a series of protrusions and contoured notches. Each contoured notch has a surface that is smooth and contoured such that air is funneled through the contoured notch by the adjacent protrusions, thereby causing the air to form vortices at the surface of the blade. The formation of the vortices helps the airflow to adhere to the blade surface rather than separate from it, thereby creating a more laminar streamlined flow that merges with air flowing over the opposite side of the blade at the trailing edge. By preventing the airflow from separating from the blade surface over a substantial portion of the blade, turbulence is significantly reduced. Thus, noise generated by the blade is significantly reduced as well. In addition, the blade experiences less drag, and the performance of the blade and lawnmower is generally increased.
US10117378B2
Disclosed herein is a method for fertigation comprising: (a) providing an acidic mixture of water and a fertilizer dissolving agent; (b) contacting the acidic mixture with a fertilizer composition in fertigation equipment to dissolve the fertilizer composition and to form a fertigation composition; and (c) contacting the fertigation composition with soil. Also disclosed are a fertigation composition and a fertilizer system.
US10117373B2
A tine harrow has a plurality of harrow tines mounted on and downwardly depending from a harrow frame. The tines are configured to be moveable between a lowered position and a raised position, and at least one tine lowerable or raiseable to a different relative position in relation to a surface of a field than others of the tines. The ability to lower and raise individual tines or rows of tines to different positions in relation to a surface of a field provides more effective response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions. The positions to which individual tines or rows of tines are lowered or raised may be selectively set to further enhance effectiveness of the response of the tine harrow to changing land conditions.
US10123470B2
An electronic component mounting system includes: a printing apparatus; a plurality of electronic component mounting apparatuses; and a mounting information storage unit which stores mounting information. The mounting information includes execution mode information in which one of a first mounting mode and a second mounting mode is set for each of electronic component mounting apparatuses. In the first mounting mode, the electronic component is placed at a mounting position corrected on the basis of a recognition result of a first recognition mark formed on a board. In the second mounting mode, the electronic component is placed at a mounting position corrected on the basis of a recognition result of a second recognition mark formed by paste printed on the board. The electronic components are mounted on the board according to mounting modes set for each of the electronic component mounting apparatuses by referring to the mounting information.
US10123463B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for efficiently cooling computing devices having heat-generating electronic components, such as, for example, independently operable servers, immersed in a dielectric liquid coolant in a tank.
US10123459B2
A thermal module includes a heat dissipation unit having a receiving space, a first radiating fin assembly and a second radiating fin assembly. The first and second radiating fin assembles are assembled and disposed in the receiving space. At least one protrusion section protrudes from one side of the first radiating fin assembly. The protrusion section is formed with a first slope and a second slope. The second radiating fin assembly is assembled with the first radiating fin assembly. At least one notch is formed on one side of the second radiating fin assembly corresponding to the protrusion section. The notch is formed with a third slope and a fourth slope. The third slope is in contact with the first slope. A gap is defined between the fourth and second slopes. An open space is defined between the first and second radiating fin assemblies in communication with the gap.
US10123455B2
Arrangement for cooling, with liquid, one or more electrical devices or structural units of an electrical device that is/are in at least one installation enclosure. A main channeling includes two channels, for distributing the liquid to the electrical devices to be cooled or to the structural units of the electrical devices, a liquid container, which is connected to one of the main channels directly and to the other main channel via a suction channel a pump and a heat exchanger, and also a shut-off valve. The liquid container is disposed below the electrical devices to be cooled or their structural elements, and the amount of liquid to be contained in the arrangement is configured to be such the ends of both the suction channel and the return channel that are inside the liquid container are always situated below the liquid surface.
US10123454B2
Provided is a cooling system capable of improving the cooling performance of an electronic device and being simple and efficient. The cooling system has a cooling tank, and the cooling tank contains in its open space a second cooling liquid having a boiling point T2. An electronic device mounting a processor as a heating element on a board is stored within the open space of the cooling tank and is immersed in the second cooling liquid. A boiling cooling device is a cooling device thermally connected to the processor and encloses a first cooling liquid having a boiling point T1 (provided T1=T2 or T1
US10123450B2
Some embodiments include a high voltage direct current (HVDC) power generator system for information technology (IT) racks. The HVDC power generator system can include a three-phase alternating current (AC) transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings. A plurality of three-phase bridge rectifier circuits can be electrically coupled respectively to the plurality of secondary windings. The HVDC power generator system can include output terminals for powering its load. A first string of bridge rectifier circuits can be in series with each other and a first inductor. A second string of bridge rectifier circuits can be in series with each other and a second inductor. The first and second strings can be electrically coupled in parallel to the output terminals.
US10123444B2
A fiber panel system includes a chassis and at least blades configured to mount to the chassis. Each blade is moveable relative to the chassis between a retracted (closed) position and at least one extended position. Cable slack is managed at the front and/or rear of each chassis to facilitate movement of the blades without pulling or bending the cables beyond a maximum bend limit. Each blade may be locked into one or more positions relative to the chassis.
US10123429B2
A method for mounting components on a printed circuit board comprising the following steps: Arranging a first component on a first surface of the printed circuit board and a second component on a second surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the first component occupies a laterally overlapping position with the second component; and applying a first force to the first component for mounting it on the printed circuit board and/or applying a second force to the second component for mounting it on the printed circuit board. Further, a printed circuit board is suggested.
US10123421B2
In an embodiment, with a capacitor mounting structure 200, series-connected first multilayer capacitor 211 and second multilayer capacitor 212 are placed in such a way that signals flow through them in the opposite directions, respectively. In addition, the series-connected first multilayer capacitor 211 and second multilayer capacitor 212 are placed in such a way that their respective internal electrode layers 211c, 212c face each other. The capacitor mounting structure can prevent the overall ESL value from increasing even when multilayer capacitors are connected in series.
US10123412B2
A thermosetting polymer formulation includes: 40 to 90 volume percent of a thermosetting polymer system; 10 to 40 volume percent, preferably 20 to 35 volume percent, preferably 20 to 30 volume percent, of a plurality of hexagonal boron nitride platelets having a mean particle diameter of 5 to 20 micrometers, preferably 8 to 15 micrometers, and a D10 particle diameter of 3 to 7 micrometers, preferably 3 to 5 micrometers, and a D90 particle diameter of 20 to 30 micrometers, preferably 25 to 30 micrometers; a total of 0.01 to 10 volume percent of a coupling agent, an impact modifier, a curing agent, a defoamer, a colorant, a thickening agent, a release agent, an accelerator, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, wherein the volume percentages are based on the total volume of the formulation.
US10123408B2
A circuit board includes a substrate and a conductive trace. An electronic element is electrically coupled with the conductive trace. A pair of holes pass through the substrate and are disposed respectively at two opposite sides of the conductive trace and adjacent to the conductive trace. A current-measuring device may be adapted for passing through the holes and surrounding the conductive trace.
US10123407B2
A structure of transmission line includes a first transmission line, a second transmission line and an interlayer via. The first transmission line includes a first line segment, a second segment and a first signal via. The second transmission line includes a third line segment, a fourth segment and a second signal via. Both of the first line segment and the third line segment are disposed in a first signal transmission layer and extend along a first direction. Both of the second line segment and the fourth line segment are disposed in a second signal transmission layer and extend along a second direction. The first signal via is connected to the first line segment and the second line segment. The second signal via is connected to the third line segment and the fourth line segment. The interlayer via is adjacent to the first line segment or the second line segment.
US10123406B1
Cyclotron includes an acceleration chamber, a vacuum system, an ion source system, and a control system that is configured to determine at least one operating parameter as a particle beam is directed along a beam path of the cyclotron. The control system is configured to decrease a supply of the charged particles for the particle beam based on the at least one operating parameter. The particle beam continues after decreasing the supply of the charged particles. The control system is also configured to increase the supply of the charged particles for the particle beam after a predetermined time period or in response to determining that an amount of gas molecules has reduced based on the at least one operating parameter.
US10123400B2
A wall-mountable remote control device may be installed in place of an existing light switch and may be configured to transmit wireless signals to an electrical load device, such as a screw-in light-emitting diode (LED) lamp, to provide control of the electrical load device. The remote control device may comprise an air-gap switch adapted to be electrically coupled in series between a power source and the controllable light source, but may not comprise a bidirectional semiconductor switch for controlling the amount of power delivered to the electrical load device using a phase-control dimming technique. The remote control device may have a low-profile enclosure that is smaller than an enclosure of a standard dimmer switch, and thus may be easier to install in an electrical wallbox. The remote control device may comprise two parts including an air-gap switch device and a wireless communication device mounted to the air-gap switch device.
US10123399B2
A luminaire includes a body case and a lighting device mounted on the body case. The lighting device includes: a power generator which generates electric power upon being pressed when the lighting device having a light source is mounted onto the body case; a wireless module which performs wireless communication; and a controller connected to the power generator. When the lighting device is mounted onto the body case, the controller transmits identification information by which the lighting device is identified, via the wireless module using the electric power generated by the power generator.
US10123387B2
The present invention discloses a lighting string device, lighting string location identifying system, and lighting string location identifying method thereof. The aforementioned lighting string device includes a lighting string controller and a plurality of lighting units. Each one of the plurality of lighting units includes a lighting portion and a controlling chip. The driving end of the controlling chip is connected to the lighting portion, and the controlling end and power end of the controlling chip is connected to the lighting string controller through the power line. When the controlling chip acquired controlling command information transmitted by the lighting string controller through the power line, the controlling chip compares the controlling command information and the address code, and determines whether to drive the lighting portion or not according to the comparison result.
US10123375B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of determining one or more link adaptation parameters. For example, an apparatus may be configured to process a first message from a wireless station, the first message including location information corresponding to a location of the wireless station, and an Access Point (AP) identifier to identify an AP; to query a Location-Based Link Status (LB-LS) database (DB) for radio link information corresponding to the AP and to the location; to determine, based on the radio link information, one or more link adaptation parameters corresponding to a wireless link between the AP and the wireless station at the location; and to send to the wireless station a second message comprising the one or more link adaptation parameters.
US10123374B2
A device may receive a request to establish a packet data network (PDN) session for a user device. The device may provide a first instruction to establish the PDN session for the user device with a temporary default bearer based on receiving the request. The temporary default bearer may be maintained for less than a duration of the PDN session. The device may receive an indication to release the temporary default bearer after providing the first instruction to establish the PDN session. The device may provide a second instruction to release the temporary default bearer and maintain one or more signaling sessions associated with the PDN session based on receiving the indication to release the temporary default bearer. The one or more signaling sessions, associated with the PDN session, may be maintained after the temporary default bearer has been released.
US10123364B2
Measures, including methods, systems and computer-readable storage mediums, for use in processing notifications relating to telecommunication sessions. A cluster of servers is operable to receive incoming notifications where each server can process any given notification and update a store holding records based on previous notifications. The cluster may include a timer function to allow records to be closed when no relevant notifications are received after a timeout interval.
US10123358B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to managing dynamic priority-based spectrum access are provided. A first wireless communication device transmits dynamic priority information for accessing a shared spectrum in a transmission opportunity (TXOP). The shared spectrum is shared by a plurality of network operating entities. The first wireless communication device is associated with a first network operating entity of a plurality of network operating entities. The dynamic priority information indicates an access priority of the first network operating entity among the plurality of network operating entities in the TXOP. The first wireless communication device communicates with a second wireless communication device associated with the first network operating entity in the TXOP based on the dynamic priority information.
US10123352B2
When contending for access to a radio channel (for example CSMA/CA in Wi-Fi), an apparatus selects a first clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold that is higher than a minimum; determines to temporarily use a second CCA threshold that is lower than the first CCA threshold; and based on this determination it selects the second CCA threshold for a specified time period. In one embodiment this determination is based on the apparatus' use of a spectrum relative to a threshold usage level which may be calculated as a number of successful transmissions by the apparatus on the spectrum over a predefined time period; and/or as a deferring time experienced by the apparatus with respect to the spectrum over a predefined time period. In an embodiment the specified time period comprises a backoff time, and the determination to temporarily use the second CCA threshold is triggered by a periodic timer.
US10123346B1
Backhaul data may be communicated between an access node and a relay wireless device, wherein the relay wireless device serves as backhaul for a plurality of end-user wireless devices and a set of the plurality of the end-user wireless devices comprise a quality of service metric that meets a quality of service criteria. Wireless resources may be scheduled for the relay wireless device using semi-persistent scheduling such that wireless resources are pre-allocated for the relay wireless device based on a periodicity. And data may be transmitted according to the semi-persistent scheduling from the access node to the relay wireless device based on the periodicity, wherein data for the set of end-user wireless devices that is received at the access node between transmissions for the semi-persistent scheduling is queued such that it is transmitted to the relay wireless device at a next transmission for the semi-persistent scheduling.
US10123345B2
A wireless terminal that supports operation on a first wireless technology and operation on a second wireless technology performs a first set of measurements on a received signal on first operating frequency of the first wireless technology, wherein the first set of measurements are performed during time periods that overlap time periods during which the wireless terminal transmits signals of the second wireless technology. The terminal also performs interference avoidance to avoid interference from transmissions of signals of the second wireless technology to reception of signals of the first wireless technology if the first set of measurements indicates interference due to transmission of signals of the second wireless technology by the wireless terminal.
US10123341B2
A method is provided for transmitting data in a wireless local area network. A transmitter generates an encoded data unit by performing a channel coding to transmission data to be included in a data field of a physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The transmitter generates at least one spatial block by re-arranging the encoded data unit, and divides each spatial block of at least one spatial block into two frequency segments. A bandwidth of each frequency segment is half of a bandwidth of the each spatial block. The transmitter interleaves the two frequency segments to generate a first interleaved segment and a second interleaved segment, respectively, and generates first and second mapped sequences by respectively mapping the first and second interleaved segments into a signal constellation. The transmitter performs an Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform (IDFT) on the first and second mapped sequences to generate and transmit a transmission signal.
US10123336B2
A resource allocation optimization method is provided for a Simultaneous Information and Energy Transfer (SIET) system. A baseband signal transmitted by a transmitting terminal of the system contain an information signal and an energy signals. The optimization method comprises a step P1 of determining a system pre-allocated parameter set, and solving steps for the step P1. The multicarrier broadband SIET optimization method disclosed is automatically configurable and feasible, giving consideration to both wireless energy supply and information transmission. The energy signal and the information signal are simultaneously and independently transmitted to the receiving terminal, therefore providing the energy required by the receiving terminal operating in a working mode. The method described can be widely applied into a variety of information and energy simultaneous transformation systems.
US10123332B2
An apparatus and method for allocating transmission resources to MTC-type terminals and transmitting data in mobile telecommunication systems in dependence upon the capability of the RF receiver equipment of those terminals. Where a virtual carrier is established to carry data for a given MTC-type device, the position of the center frequency for that virtual carrier is assigned on the basis of both the capability of the RF receiver equipment of that terminal and the degree of traffic congestion on the frequency band at which the virtual carrier has been established.
US10123330B2
A method for operating an access point (AP) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method comprises identifying a bandwidth of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access physical protocol data unit (OFDMA PPDU) by at least one of a primary channel or at least one secondary channel, and nulling a plurality of tones of OFDMA PPDU for the at least one secondary channel sensed busy. The method further comprises transmitting, to a station (STA), a bandwidth signaling sub-field in high efficiency signal-A (HE-SIG-A) field included in a high efficiency multi-user PPDU (HE MU PPDU) indicating availability of at least one content channel, wherein the at least one content channel of high efficiency signal-B (HE-SIG-B) field on the downlink signal including a primary channel and one or more secondary channels that comprise a plurality of OFDMA PPDUs.
US10123325B2
A method executable in a network node, capable of managing transmission of data transmitted over a unicast channel in a communication network from a plurality of M2M devices located in a broadcast service area is provided. Upon receiving a request to transmit collected data over the communication network via a unicast channel from a M2M device located in the first broadcast service area, the network node determines when to allow transmission of the collected data for M2M devices located in the first broadcast service area, on the basis of the network load of the communication network. The result is transmitted to the M2M devices located in the first broadcast service area, instructing at least one of these M2M devices when to transmit collected data over the unicast channel.
US10123315B2
A method and apparatus of a UE are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes the UE receiving a superposed signal from a BS. The method also includes the UE receiving a signaling from the BS and getting information from the signaling about a first standard modulation scheme for demodulation and a specific indication of how to retrieve at least one transport block from the demodulation output. In addition, the method includes the UE demodulating the superposed signal received from the BS according to the first standard modulation scheme, retrieving at least one transport block from the demodulation output according to the specific indication, and ignoring other portion(s) of the demodulation output.
US10123311B1
A method and system for controlling TTI bundling in a wireless communication system that includes a base station configured to serve UEs over an air interface, where each UE has a maximum transmit power for air interface transmission, where the UEs include a first class of UEs and a second class of UEs, and where the maximum transmit power of the UEs of the second class is higher than the maximum transmit power of the UEs of the first class. The base station detects a capacity constraint on the air interface, such a threshold high air interface load, and the base station responds by operating in a mode in which the base station differentially controls application of TTI bundling as between the first class of UEs and the second class of UEs, based on the second class of UEs having higher maximum transmit power than the first class of UEs.
US10123310B2
Methods, devices, and systems for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for the transmission of information in a wireless communication system comprises receiving a downlink message, wherein the downlink message includes a first control channel element; determining a first index using the location of the first control channel element; determining a second index; determining a first orthogonal resource using the first index; determining a second orthogonal resource using the second index; spreading an uplink message using the first orthogonal resource to form a first spread signal; spreading the uplink message using a second orthogonal resource to form a second spread signal; transmitting the first spread signal using a first antenna; and transmitting the second spread signal using a second antenna.
US10123309B2
An example apparatus for discovery and acquisition of a control channel using guard bands is provided and includes a processor; and a memory in communication with the memory. The processor configured is to determine that a whitespace map is unavailable for communication between a first device and a second device; determine that a guard band is to be used for a control channel between the first device and the second device; send a first message to the second device including an indication to the second device that the second device is use a guard band to maintain communication with the first device; and send a second message to the second device including control channel tuning information associated with the guard band.
US10123308B2
The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising a first primary station and a second primary station, wherein the first primary station serves a first cell including at least one first secondary station communicating with the first primary station and wherein the second primary station serves a second cell including at least one second secondary station communicating with the second primary station,the method comprising the steps of (a) the first primary station and the second primary station transmitting payloads in a synchronous manner on at least one set of resources, (b) the first and the second primary stations transmitting control data on the at least one set of resources respectively to the first secondary station and to the second secondary station, wherein the method further comprises (c) at least the first primary station rendering the transmission of control data to the first secondary station orthogonal to the transmission of control data from the second primary station.
US10123307B2
There is provided a terminal device that transmits a signal to a base station apparatus through uplink, the terminal device including: a transmission unit that transmits to the base station apparatus a first MAC control element which includes a first buffer size field indicating an amount of first data available for transmission within a first buffer for the uplink and a second MAC control element which includes a second buffer size field indicating an amount of second data available for transmission within a second buffer for a first link that is used for communication between the terminal device and a different terminal device, in which, in a case where a first parameter is not configured, a value that is used in the first buffer size field is indicated with a first table, in which, in the case where the first parameter is configured, the value that is used in the first buffer size field is indicated with a second table, and in which a value that is used in the second buffer size field is indicated at all times with the first table.
US10123299B2
Techniques to manage client location detection are described. In one embodiment an apparatus may comprise a location-based services support component and a client management component. The location-based services support component may be operative to determine that a network service is scheduled for a location update from a mobile device, determine a location accuracy based on the network service, and update the network service with a received location of the mobile device. The client management component may be operative to transmit a location request to the mobile device, the location request specifying the location accuracy determined based on the network service and receive a response to the location request from the mobile device, the response comprising the location of the mobile device conforming to the specified location accuracy. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10123295B2
Method, device, computer program product, and apparatus to enable mobile device position optimization and reporting are described. Signals provided by a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTS) are received to determine a BTS-based position of the mobile device. A reference position of the mobile device is determined. A range measurement with respect to a target BTS is determined. In one aspect, one or more unreliable BTSs may be detected and reported based on a positioning measurement quality, a range measurement quality, or combinations thereof. In one aspect, the positioning measurement quality is determined based on a difference between the reference position of the mobile device and the BTS-based position of the mobile device. In one aspect, the range measurement quality is determined based on a difference between a measured range/distance and a reference/expected range/distance.
US10123289B2
Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a radio communication system and an apparatus using the method. The method detects a synchronization signal transmitted by a first network node and transmits a report for the detected synchronization signal to a second network node.
US10123287B2
A transceiver station includes a first board and a second board. The first board includes an anchor cell L2 scheduler configured to schedule at least one of uplink and downlink transmissions for a multi-carrier user on only a first of the plurality of carriers. The second board includes a secondary cell L2 scheduler configured to schedule at least one of uplink and downlink transmissions for the multi-carrier user on only a second of the plurality of carriers, the second board being separate from, but interconnected with the first board.
US10123286B2
An outphasing power management circuit for radio frequency (RF) beamforming is disclosed. The outphasing power management circuit includes a first outphasing amplifier branch consisting of a plurality of first power amplifiers and a second outphasing amplifier branch consisting of a plurality of second power amplifiers. A controller operates the first outphasing amplifier branch and the second outphasing amplifier branch as a pair of outphasing power amplifiers. The first outphasing amplifier branch generates a plurality of first output signals, and the second outphasing amplifier branch generates a plurality of second output signals. The first output signals and the second output signals are transmitted in an RF beam without being combined. As such, it is possible to support RF beamforming with a reduced number of power amplifiers and/or direct current (DC) to DC converters, thus helping to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
US10123284B2
There is provided a terminal apparatus configured to: receive information indicating subframes of first and second subframe sets by using a higher layer signaling. The terminal apparatus is configured to, in a case that a power headroom for a predetermined subframe is calculated: calculate the power headroom by using a third parameter related to transmission power control for transmission in a physical uplink control channel and a first parameter related to transmission power control for transmission in a physical uplink shared channel in the predetermined subframe in a case that the predetermined subframe belongs to the first subframe set; and calculate the power headroom by using the third parameter and a second parameter related to transmission power control in a physical uplink shared channel in the predetermined subframe in a case that the predetermined subframe belongs to the second subframe set. Thus, it is possible to efficiently perform a process related to a transmission power.
US10123274B2
A multi-channel low power communication method and apparatus are provided. The multi-channel low power communication method may include transmitting request to send (RTS) to a receiver through a plurality of communication channels, receiving clear to send (CTS) from the receiver in response to the RTS, and transmitting a data packet through part or entire of at least one communication channel having received the CTS among the plurality of communication channels, wherein at least one of the RTS and the CTS comprises a multi-channel power save information field related to multi-channel power save.
US10123254B2
A system and a method that employs Extended Access Barring (EAB) when a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device performs an attempt to access an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system are provided. When User Equipment (UE) supporting MTC, an MTC device, performs an attempt to access a network, the system and method determines whether it can access the network and performs the access procedure. The system and method can control the operations of UE that performs an attempt to access a network, thereby preventing excessive access.
US10123252B2
A system and a method that employs Extended Access Barring (EAB) when a Machine Type Communication (MTC) device performs an attempt to access an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system are provided. When User Equipment (UE) supporting MTC, an MTC device, performs an attempt to access a network, the system and method determines whether it can access the network and performs the access procedure. The system and method can control the operations of UE that performs an attempt to access a network, thereby preventing excessive access.
US10123248B1
A wireless access point to dynamically controls power amplifiers. The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges media communications using a plurality of frequency bands. The wireless access point monitors an internal temperature in an enclosure and determines that the internal temperature is above a temperature threshold. The wireless access point monitors traffic loading on each of the plurality of frequency bands exchanging media communications and selects a frequency band with a low traffic level. The wireless access point redirects the media communications to a frequency band having a higher traffic loading level and disables a power amplifier associated with the selected frequency band having the low traffic loading level.
US10123244B2
A mobile terminal assists in the updating of a neighbor cell list associated with a first cell of a wireless telecommunications network. The list comprises elements that identify other cells that have a neighbor cell relationship with the first cell. The mobile terminal comprises a radio transceiver; and a controller coupled to the radio transceiver.
US10123242B2
There is provided a method including receiving, at a secondary cell, mapping information from a primary cell and using the mapping information to associate a connection request with a user equipment associated with the secondary cell.
US10123240B2
An apparatus including at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to receive and process a communication connection reestablishment request from a communication element communicating in a multi-connectivity mode, to decide, in case a communication connection with the communication element is established, whether or not the multi-connectivity mode of the communication element is kept, and to cause a transmission of an indication towards a source communication network control element of the communication element, wherein the indication reflects the decision whether or not the multi-connectivity mode of the communication element is kept.
US10123238B2
A method for delivering information on a serving mobile switching center server for an user equipment between a first communication network and a second communication network. The method includes a step of requesting an attachment of the user equipment to the second communication network by signaling between the user equipment and a network node of the second communication network, the signaling including at least part of information on the mobile switching center server serving the user equipment in the first communication network. Additionally, an user equipment and a network node implementing the aspects of the method are described.
US10123235B2
Detection of an unbalanced network load and redistribution of network traffic to balance the network load is provided herein. Load balancing across different radios in the same sector of a cell site can be facilitated through detection of the unbalance network load and changes to one or more parameters can be made to rebalance the network load. After radios within a sector are more evenly balanced, network load balancing across sectors can be facilitated. The balancing can be performed to improve system performance, reduce a dropped call rate, as well as to achieve other benefits that can provide an improved user experience as compared to systems that do not attempt to balance the network load.
US10123234B2
Disclosed is a broadcast signal transmitting apparatus, a broadcast signal receiving apparatus, and a broadcast signal transceiving method in a broadcast signal transceiving apparatus. The broadcast signal transmitting method comprises the following steps: compressing the headers of data packets of an IP stream identified by IP address information, wherein the compressed data packets include a first packet, the header of which contains static field information, a second packet, the header of which contains dynamic field information, and a third packet, the header of which contains the compressed static field information and/or the compressed dynamic field information; signaling IP-PLP mapping information for mapping the IP stream and a component PLP for transmitting the IP stream, the IP stream compression information, and the header information of the first packet to L2 signaling information; and transmitting the header information of the second and third packets via the component PLP, and transmitting the L2 signaling information via a common PLP.
US10123233B2
A base station apparatus and a communication system, witch are capable of optimizing a radio transmission path between a mobile station and a base station according to a communication speed of a backhaul link, are provided. The base station apparatus capable of communicating with a mobile station via a radio transmission path comprises information acquisition means of acquiring information on a communication speed of a backhaul link, and parameter adjustment means of adjusting communication parameters of the radio transmission path so that a communication speed of the radio transmission path becomes equal to or lower than the communication speed of the backhaul link, based on the information on communication speed of the backhaul link and a channel bandwidth of the radio transmission path.
US10123231B2
Technology for transmitting physical broadcast channel (PBCH) contents is disclosed. An evolved node B (eNB) may configure one or more repetitions of PBCH content for transmission, to a user equipment (UE), from a cell at a selected time interval. The eNB may select a scrambling code for the one or more repetitions of PBCH content transmitted from the cell. The eNB may apply the scrambling code to one or more repetitions of PBCH content.
US10123219B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes wirelessly communicating at a first device, with a second device, according to a first subframe structure; receiving a subframe truncation parameter from the second device; and terminating the first subframe structure based at least in part on the subframe truncation parameter. The first subframe structure includes a first periodic sequence of downlink transmission time intervals (TTIs) and uplink TTIs. A second method includes wirelessly communicating at a first device, with a second device, according to a parameterized self-contained subframe structure having an interlaced portion and a tail portion; and reducing a delay indicated by a nominal trigger-response delay parameter associated with a downlink TTI, to enable a response message corresponding to the downlink TTI to be transmitted during the tail portion and before termination of the subframe structure.
US10123217B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system that facilitates receiving a modulated signal in a spectral segment for communicating with a communication device, wherein the modulated signal conforms to a signaling protocol, generating a plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves conveys the modulated signal without modifying the signaling protocol, and transmitting the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves via a transmission medium, wherein the plurality of ultra-wideband electromagnetic waves is directed to another system. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10123208B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling access to the Internet. The method includes: determining whether a smart device is able to support a Low Density Parity Check Code (LDPC) coding-decoding scheme, broadcasting information about a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) to the smart device through a LDPC coding-decoding scheme if it is determined that the smart device is able to support the LDPC coding-decoding scheme, detecting whether the terminal tries to communicate with a router through a LDPC coding-decoding scheme when accessing a WLAN is requested if the smart device is not able to support the LDPC coding-decoding scheme, in response to detection that the terminal would communicate with a router through a LDPC coding-decoding scheme: establishing connection with the router, and notifying the router to broadcast information about the WLAN through a non-LDPC coding-decoding scheme.
US10123204B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a splitting method, a base station, and user equipment. The method in the present invention includes: sending, by a base station, an authentication indication to user equipment; acquiring, by the base station, an authentication status report indicating that the user equipment is admitted to the WLAN; and determining, by the base station according to the authentication status report, that the base station exchanges, with an access point of the WLAN, a first data stream of a data stream to be processed, where the data stream to be processed is a data stream that is to be sent by the base station to the user equipment or a data stream that is to be sent by the user equipment to the base station.
US10123200B2
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate according to Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)—direct communication with neighboring wireless stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. In a NAN system, multiple NAN devices may operate in conjunction in the form of a NAN cluster to facilitate communications processes, and may be further organized into “NAN data clusters” within NAN clusters. NAN data clusters may use a common base channel to convey communications among member NAN devices. Embodiments herein provide mechanism by which a base channel may be determined, modified, and/or distributed among NAN devices operating in a NAN data cluster.
US10123188B2
A holiday telephone system comprising: a smartphone; a holiday telephone in wireless communication with the smartphone; a holiday telephone app installed on the smartphone, where the app is configured to perform a method, the method comprising: creating a new message by inputting a message into the app via the smartphone; selecting an elf character to speak the message; scheduling the app to cause the holiday telephone to ring at predetermined date, and time; and playing the message as recited by the elf character when the telephone is answered. A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes a set of instructions stored thereon that when accessed by a processor enable the processor to perform a method of creating and scheduling a message to be delivered via a telephone, the method comprising: opening a messages page by default; determining whether the user selects to continue with messages; creating a new message if the user selects to continue with messages; determining whether the user selects to use most recently messaged child; choosing select elf, edit elf, or add new elf, if the user selects to use most recently messaged child; selecting an elf character, if the user chose select elf option; choosing enter message or quick message; entering message, if the user chose enter message option; choosing call now or schedule time for message; entering date and time for telephone message to be delivered to a telephone, if the user chose schedule time for message; displaying scheduled message; changing elf name, changing ringtone associated with elf, changing voice associated with elf, changing gender of elf, if the edit elf option was selected in the choosing select elf, edit elf, or add new elf query; returning to the selecting an elf character query; entering name of new elf; entering gender of new elf, selecting ringtone associated with new elf, selecting voice associated with new elf, if add new elf is selected at the choosing select elf, edit elf, or add new elf query.
US10123173B2
Methods and apparatus are described for safely and efficiently requesting transportation services through the user of mobile communications devices capable of geographic location determination. New customers may be efficiently serviced, and the requester and transportation provider locations may be viewed in real time on the mobile devices.
US10123171B2
Mobile localization of communications allows users to communicate anonymously with other users who share a location that is mobile. The systems and methods provided herein distinguish users who are co-mobile from users who are merely co-located to enable mobile conversations to travel with co-mobile users without a dedicated communications connection being established beforehand between the users. The conversations travel with the co-mobile users and are not tied to a physical location, allowing for localized and anonymous communications for user who are travelling together.
US10123167B2
A method of obtaining media content of an event, comprising: identifying a real-life event and, a time of said real-life event a geographic location of the real-life event; identifying a subset of a plurality of client terminals of users located in proximity to the geographic location of the real-life event at said time of said real-life event; sending a message to the subset of client terminals containing a request to acquire media content documenting the real-life event; and receiving at least one media content item documenting the real-life event from at least one client terminal of the subset of client terminals, the at least one media content item acquired by at least one user of the users using the at least one client terminal in response to the message.
US10123158B2
Disclosed is a method of recognizing a user of at least one mobile device by using an imaging device. The method comprises a first obtainment step of obtaining first positional information of the user of the at least one mobile device by using the imaging device; a second obtainment step of obtaining both second positional information and ID information of the at least one mobile device; a comparison step of comparing the first and second positional information so as to obtain a comparison result; and a determination step of determining, based on the comparison result, whether or not to let the ID information of the at least one mobile device be associated with the user of the at least one mobile device.
US10123146B2
A multi-channel decoder for generating a binaural signal from a downmix signal using upmix rule information on an energy-error introducing upmix rule for calculating a gain factor based on the upmix rule information and characteristics of head related transfer function based filters corresponding to upmix channels. The one or more gain factors are used by a filter processor for filtering the downmix signal so that an energy corrected binaural signal having a left binaural channel and a right binaural channel is obtained.
US10123144B2
The disclosure relates to an audio signal processing apparatus comprising a determiner being configured to determine a filter matrix C on the basis of an acoustic transfer function matrix H and a target acoustic transfer function matrix VH, wherein the acoustic transfer function matrix H comprises transfer functions of acoustic propagation paths between loudspeakers and a listener and the target acoustic transfer function matrix VH comprises target transfer functions of target acoustic propagation paths, wherein the target acoustic propagation paths are defined by a target arrangement of virtual loudspeaker positions relative to the listener, a filter being configured to filter the input audio signal on the basis of the filter matrix C to obtain filtered input audio signals, and a combiner being configured to combine the filtered input audio signals to obtain output audio signals.
US10123137B2
A wearable acoustic device with a microphone is provided. The wearable acoustic device includes a first housing forming a first acoustic emission path, a second housing combined with the first housing in a first direction that is substantially parallel to the first acoustic emission path, an acoustic component part arranged within the second housing and emitting sound through the first acoustic emission path, and at least one microphone arranged adjacent to the first acoustic emission path within the first housing.
US10123136B2
An assistive hearing device having a sound entrance aperture on a first side, the sound entrance aperture placed against a voice emitting speaker (or receiver) of the telephone, a sound egress aperture on a second side opposite the first side, and the sound egress aperture located within closer proximity to a hearing device relative to the sound entrance aperture and the speaker to facilitate transmission of sound from the speaker to the hearing device located nearby is provided. The assistive hearing device includes a hollow interior, which connects the sound entrance and sound egress apertures, and allows sound waves entering the sound entrance aperture to travel through the hollow interior and exit the sound egress aperture. The sound entrance aperture of the assistive hearing device surrounds the speaker of the mobile device to capture sound waves transmitted from the speaker. The transmitted sound waves enter the sound entrance aperture, traverse through the hollow interior of the assistive hearing device and exit the sound egress aperture, which is located within closer proximity to the hearing device microphone relative to the sound entrance aperture and to the telephone speaker.
US10123134B2
A binaural hearing assistance method and system comprising left and right hearing assistance devices and a user interface are provided. The left and right hearing assistance devices comprises a) at least two input units for providing a time-frequency representation of an input signal in a number of frequency bands and a number of time instances; and b) a multi-input unit noise reduction system comprising a multi-channel beamformer filtering unit operationally coupled to said at least two input units and configured to provide a beamformed signal. The binaural hearing assistance system is configured to allow a user to indicate a direction to or location of a target signal source relative to the user via said user interface.
US10123133B2
A listening device processes an electric input sound signal and provides an output stimulus perceivable to a wearer of the listening device as sound, the listening device comprising a signal processing unit for processing an information signal originating from the electric input sound signal and to provide a processed output signal forming the basis for generating said output stimulus. A perception unit establishes a perception measure indicative of the wearer's present ability to perceive said information signal. A signal interface communicates the perception measure to another person or device.
US10123121B2
The present disclosure relates to a speaker device and in particular to a speaker device having a water proof diaphragm, wherein the speaker device is designed to sustain a water pressure of 10 Atmospheres. The present disclosure further relates to an electronic device comprising the speaker device.
US10123117B1
Input impedance biasing may be improved with an ultra-high-input-impedance biasing circuit having low temperature variation. The impedance biasing circuit may include a first transistor coupled to a first power supply and a second transistor coupled to a second power supply. A gate of the first transistor may be coupled to a gate of the second transistor at an intermediate bias node. The first transistor and the second transistor may provide a selected DC impedance at the intermediate bias node. The impedance may be used to provide low-pass and or high-pass filtering of audio signals and/or noise.
US10123115B2
A device for removing crosstalk includes a jack to form an electrical connection with a plug, and an audio unit to provide a left audio channel and a right audio channel to the plug. The audio unit includes a crosstalk cancellation circuit. The crosstalk cancellation circuit estimates the crosstalk between the left audio channel and the right audio channel to obtain an estimated right-to-left crosstalk and an estimated left-to-right crosstalk, and to remove the crosstalk by subtracting the estimated right-to-left crosstalk and the estimated left-to-right crosstalk from digital signals in the left audio channel and the right audio channel, respectively.
US10123099B2
A method for synchronizing sensors. A ratio of a first data rate of the first sensor to the second data rate of the second sensor is 2n, where n is an element from the set of natural numbers. A central timer is started. A first countdown timer is generated based on the central timer and the first data rate, and a second countdown timer is generated based on the central timer and the second data rate. The first countdown timer and the second countdown timer are started periodically. The measurement by the first sensor begins at the latest when a first latency equals the value of the first countdown timer, and the measurement by the second sensor begins at the latest when the second latency equals the value of the second countdown timer.
US10123097B2
A computerized platform for monitoring the operation of an electric power distribution grid which includes in one form an accessory device operatively coupled with or comprised in an electronic protection relay of said electric power distribution grid, wherein said accessory device is configured to gather grid data and to transmit said grid data through the Internet; a publishing computerized unit capable of communicating with said accessory device through the Internet, said publishing computerized unit being configured to interact with said accessory device to acquire and store said grid data; an interface computerized unit capable of communicating with said accessory device and said publishing computerized unit through the Internet, said interface computerized unit being configured to provide interface services to manage the interaction of said accessory device with said publishing computerized unit.
US10123096B2
Systems and methods for maximizing the resonance frequency match between a reader and a controlled device interacting over a narrowband inductive link involve, in various embodiments, features of the controlled device, the reader, or both.
US10123090B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a video comprising audio data and image data, processing the audio data to identify a first concept in a speech captured in the audio data at a first point in time of the video, identifying a first supplemental image based on the first concept, wherein the first supplemental image visually conveys the concept, and responsive to receiving an indication to play the video, outputting the first supplemental image proximate to the first point in time of the video.
US10123085B2
A method of synchronizing streaming media between a plurality of UEs connected to a communications network, wherein the UEs are involved in a SIP-enabled voice session over said communications network. A timestamp is provided to each of the UEs. Each of the UEs then sends a request for streamed media to an IPTV service, receives streamed media from the IPTV service, and commences playout of the streamed media in dependence upon the timestamp.
US10123081B2
It is distinguished that, to achieve the purpose above, the game video recommendation service in this invention is provided through the following phases in presenting the service of recommending to a game user another user's' game video: (a) the phase where, based on the object information including 3D shape information of the characters, props and backgrounds constituting game videos, the script information is saved in the video server for form a video list for game play video rendering, which records data on the appearance and disappearance points of time of characters, props and backgrounds included in the above-mentioned object information as well as their movements according to time; (b) the phase where users' in-game failures are detected and sent by the above game device the server; (c) the phase where the video lists saved in the said server are searched and videos (failure videos) including the foresaid failure situations or success videos resolving such situations are extracted; (d) the phase where a message recommending the failure video or success video searched in the previous (c) process (recommendation message) is sent to the game device that has sent the corresponding failure situation; and (e) the phase where the recommendation message of the (d) process is displayed on the device.
US10123080B2
A method of presenting electronic media assets may include retrieving metadata for a plurality of electronic media assets over a computer network, determining if one or more media assets is a transactional media asset, adding the transactional media assets to a media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a subscription media asset, adding the subscription media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a live event media asset, adding the live event media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a current linear media asset, adding the current linear media assets to the media asset list, determining if one or more media assets is a future linear media asset adding the future linear media assets to the media asset list, and presenting the media title list to the consumer.
US10123079B2
A receiver for processing a broadcast signal in a hybrid broadcasting system combining a broadcast network and a broadband network, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a receiving unit for receiving a digital broadcast signal; a signal decoder for parsing FAC data or a common data unit included in the received broadcast signal and parsing network information from the FAC data or the common data; a service signaling channel processor for parsing a base data unit indicated by a base data unit identifier and parsing signaling data from the base data unit; and an audio/video processor for decoding broadcasting service using the signaling data.
US10123078B1
Systems and methods are described for selecting media content based on travel information. A set of media content items is maintained. Each media content items having a respective associated spoiler metadata item that lists a spoiler time value that corresponds to a time when a spoiler event occurs in a respective media content item. Travel information related to a planned trip is received from a user. A trip duration value is determined based on the received travel information. The trip duration value is compared to a spoiler time value of a spoiler metadata item associated with a media content item of the set of media content items. In response to determining that the spoiler time value exceeds the trip duration value, the media content item is provided for display during the planned trip.
US10123070B2
A computerized method for integrating media streams from a multiplicity of media systems over at least one network into a single media product at high media technical quality, the method comprising the steps of, at certain media systems from among the multiplicity thereof: a. Generating a low volume (LV) media stream representation from a high volume media stream, where the low volume stream's bit-rate is different from the high volume stream's bit-rate; b. streaming the low volume media stream to a content generation center via a data communication network; c. Maintaining high volume local data as a high volume media stream in a storage medium coupled to at least one of the media systems; and d. maintaining mapping information between the low volume stream and the high volume local data for enabling access to media portions in the high volume media stream storage, which correspond based on LV stream time.
US10123067B2
PVR functionality is enabled on a media player of a placeshifting system, which allows a user to record media programs from locations that are physically remote from a source of the media programs. The media player may receive program schedule information and present the program schedule information to the user. Based on user input, the media player identifies a media program and associated schedule information. When the media program is scheduled to play, the placeshifting device directs a media recording device to receive the media program and to store the program. The placeshifting device may digitize, transcode, and/or transrate the media program, if necessary, and transmit the media program to the remote device for playback.
US10123064B2
A content reproduction device includes: a communicator that requests a server for recommended content information, and receives from the server the recommended content information as a response to the request; a controller that is configured to select content based on the received recommended content information; and a display that outputs the selected content, wherein the recommended content information is information for selecting the content according to a viewing information.
US10123048B2
A method of adaptive loop filtering with implicit sample-based On/Off control for reconstructed video to improve the performance is disclosed. In one embodiment, each pixel of the video data associated with the reconstructed current image unit is classified into a first group and a second group. Adaptive Loop Filter (ALF) is then applied to these pixels belonging to the first group. For pixels in the second group, ALF is not applied. The image unit may correspond to one coding tree block (CTB) or one coding tree unit (CTU). Various classification means for classifying each pixel into a first group or a second group have also been disclosed. The adaptive loop filtering with implicit sample-based On/Off control may also be used as an additional mode in a system supporting block-based On/Off control.
US10123038B2
Techniques and tools for video coding/decoding with motion resolution switching and sub-block transform coding/decoding are described. For example, a video encoder adaptively switches the resolution of motion estimation and compensation between quarter-pixel and half-pixel resolutions; a corresponding video decoder adaptively switches the resolution of motion compensation between quarter-pixel and half-pixel resolutions. For sub-block transform sizes, for example, a video encoder adaptively switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 DCTs when encoding 8×8 prediction residual blocks; a corresponding video decoder switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 inverse DCTs during decoding.
US10123023B1
In a moving picture coding device that codes a moving picture using motion compensation prediction in units of blocks acquired by dividing each picture of the moving picture, a prediction mode determiner derives motion information of a coding target block. A motion compensation predictor changes the derived motion information for the coding target block having a size smaller than or equal to a certain size when the coding target block has the size smaller than or equal to the certain size. The motion compensation predictor constructs a prediction signal of the coding target block through the motion compensation prediction using the derived motion information when the coding target block has a size larger than the certain size or using the changed motion information when the coding target block has the size smaller than or equal to the certain size.
US10123022B2
In a picture encoding device and a picture decoding device, the access to a reference frame memory is suppressed. The picture encoding device is comprised of a first encoder for intra picture encoding, a second encoder for inter picture encoding, and an intermediate buffer. A local decoded picture generated by the first encoder is stored as a reference picture in the intermediate buffer, and the inter picture encoding by the second encoder is performed by referring to the local decoded picture in the intermediate buffer. A picture decoding device is comprised of a first decoder for intra picture decoding, a second decoder for inter picture decoding, and an intermediate buffer. A local decoded picture generated by the first decoder is stored as a reference picture in the intermediate buffer, and the inter picture decoding by the second decoder is performed by referring the local decoded picture in the intermediate buffer.
US10123009B2
Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US10123004B2
An image stabilization apparatus includes a fixed barrel, a movable barrel, a support member configured to movably support the movable barrel with respect to the fixed barrel, a drive unit configured to include a magnet and a coil, and drive the movable barrel, a control section configured to drive and control the drive unit, a position detection section configured to detect a position of the movable barrel, and a judgment section configured to detect, when the drive unit drives via the movable barrel so as to move to a predetermined target position, a deviation between the position of the movable barrel and the predetermined target position and judge whether or not the apparatus operates normally based on whether or not the deviation falls within a first allowable range.
US10122997B1
Described herein are a system and methods for generating 3D models using imaging data obtained from an array of camera devices. In embodiments, the system may determine a depth or range between an object and the array of camera device. Based on this depth information, the system may automatically identify appropriate framing information for that array of camera devices based on operational constraints. One or more properties of the camera devices in the array of camera devices may then be adjusted in order to obtain image information in accordance with the identified framing information. The object may then be rotated in accordance with the operational constraints and the process may be repeated until a full set of images has been obtained.
US10122994B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for reconstructing an object in three dimensions that is captured in a set of two-dimensional images. The object is reconstructed in three dimensions by computing depth values for edges of the object in the set of two-dimensional images. The set of two-dimensional images may be samples of a light field surrounding the object. The depth values may be computed by exploiting local gradient information in the set of two-dimensional images. After computing the depth values for the edges, depth values between the edges may be determined by identifying types of the edges (e.g., a texture edge, a silhouette edge, or other type of edge). Then, the depth values from the set of two-dimensional images may be aggregated in a three-dimensional space using a voting scheme, allowing the reconstruction of the object in three dimensions.
US10122992B2
A method for creating multiple viewpoint images for an image frame. The method includes receiving by a processing element a left eye image and a right eye image, wherein the left eye image and right eye image comprise a stereoscopic image pair. Once the images are received, the method includes determining by the processing element a first viewing location corresponding to the left eye image and a second viewing location corresponding to the right eye image and determining by the processing element a plurality of new viewpoint locations using the first viewing location and the second viewpoint location.
US10122989B2
A system includes a first scanner having an inflatable membrane configured to be inflated with a medium to conform an exterior surface of the inflatable membrane to an interior shape of a cavity. The medium attenuates, at first rate per unit length, light having a first optical wavelength, and attenuates, at a second rate per unit length, light having a second optical wavelength. An emitter is configured to generate light to illuminate the interior surface and a detector is configured to receive light from the interior surface. The scanner further includes a processor configured to generate a first electronic representation of the interior shape based on the light. A design computer is configured to modify the first electronic representation into a three-dimensional shape corresponding to at least a portion of the interior shape and a fabricator configured to fabricate, based at least on the modified first electronic representation, an earbud.
US10122987B2
A three dimensional system including additional 2 dimensional to three dimensional conversion.
US10122984B2
A pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) camera based video reproducing method and a PTZ camera based video reproducing apparatus are disclosed. The present disclosure in some embodiments provides PTZ camera based video reproducing method and apparatus that recognize, from a plurality of preset videos captured by a PTZ camera, the preset videos from the same imaged location, select the recognized preset videos, and reproduce the video images of choice.
US10122980B2
A color temperature of each of a first sensed image that is sensed by a first image sensing device and a second sensed image that is sensed by a second image sensing device different from the first image sensing device is acquired, a color temperature that is common between the first image sensing device and the second image sensing device is decided based on the acquired color temperatures, and color information in an image sensed by the first image sensing device and an image sensed by the second image sensing device is adjusted based on the decided color temperature.
US10122969B1
Techniques for video capture including determining a position of a subject in relation to multiple cameras; selecting a foreground camera from the cameras based on at least the determined position; obtaining an RGB image captured by the foreground camera; segmenting the RGB image to identify a foreground portion corresponding to the subject, with a total height of the foreground portion being a first percentage of a total height of the RGB image; generating a foreground image from the foreground portion; producing a composite image, including compositing the foreground image and a background image to produce a portion of the composite image, with a total height of the foreground image in the composite image being a second percentage of a total height of the composite image and the second percentage being substantially less than the first percentage; and causing the composite image to be displayed on a remote system.
US10122964B2
Either of a first person image capturing a person located in front of a first projection surface from a first projection surface side and a second person image capturing the person from an opposite side of the first projection surface with respect to the person is projected on a second projection surface of a remote place.
US10122963B2
A bidirectional transceiver includes a media transmitter, a media receiver, a network transmitter, and a network receiver. Each of these components includes an interface to a respective differential wire pair of a cable. By coupling a pair of such transceivers, a media stream and network connectivity can be sent over the cable in either or both directions. Using an opportunistic scheduling method, each media stream can contain audio, video, and control information in uncompressed form. Power can be transferred over the cable so that a media device containing one transceiver can be powered by a media device containing the other transceiver.
US10122961B2
Media content typically includes closed captioning information such as subtitled in domestic and foreign languages. Techniques and mechanisms provide that closed captioning information may be toggled on/off using menu options and preferences as well as automatically managed by intelligently monitoring the environment surrounding a device. Device sensors such as microphones and vibration monitors determine the noise level of an environment as well as the spectral characteristics of the noise to determine whether the noise profile would interfere with the video playback experience. A particular environmental noise profile could automatically trigger the display of closed captioning information or present an easy access, otherwise unavailable toggle to display closed captioning information associated with a video stream.
US10122953B2
An imaging module of the invention includes: a solid-state image sensing device including an imaging-device terminal; a connector having a first end face, a second end face located opposite to the first end face, and a side face orthogonal to the first end face, the connector including: a main body serving as an insulating member, an implanted conductor that is implanted in an inside of the main body, a first mounting terminal that is electrically connected to the imaging-device terminal and the implanted conductor and is provided on the first end face, a second mounting terminal that is provided on the side face and constitutes part of the implanted conductor, and a third mounting terminal that is provided on the second end face and constitutes part of the implanted conductor; and a signal cable electrically connected to the second mounting terminal.
US10122949B2
This camera unit (14) comprises a high-resolution rolling shutter camera (16) and one or several low-resolution global shutter cameras (18), for example monochromic spectral cameras. All the cameras are oriented in the same direction and are able to be triggered together to collect simultaneously a high-resolution image (I0) and at least one low-resolution image (I1-I4) of a same scene viewed by the drone. Image processing means (22) determine the distortions of the wobble type present in the high-resolution image and absent from the low-resolution images, and combine the high-resolution image (I0) and the low-resolution images (I1-I4) to deliver as an output a high-resolution image (I′0) corrected for these distortions.
US10122942B2
A method for capturing a picture includes: capturing a first picture; overlapping the first picture with a framed image for framing a second picture, and displaying an overlapped picture, where transparency of the first picture is different from transparency of the framed image; receiving a selecting signal to select a target reserved region of the first picture, or to select a region of the framed image as a target reserved region of the second picture; capturing the second picture; and combining the target reserved region of the first picture and the second picture into one picture, or combining the first picture and the target reserved region of the second picture into one picture.
US10122939B2
An image processing device processes image data and map data with regard to depth distribution of subjects. A decoding unit decodes encoded image data obtained by encoding image data of a subject image, and thereby generates decoded image data. Another decoding unit decodes encoded map data obtained by encoding map data and thereby generates decoded map data. A defocus map shaping unit acquires decoded image data and decoded map data, performs a shaping process of the decoded map data with reference to the decoded image data, and thereby generates shaped map data. A background blurring unit refers to the shaped map data and performs image processing of adding blur to a background of the decoded image.
US10122935B2
A method of controlling a mobile terminal includes the steps of injecting a laser signal to a direction at which a camera is facing, receiving a reflected laser signal corresponding to the injected laser signal returned in a manner of being reflected to a subject, calculating a distance from the subject using a difference between time of injecting the laser signal and time of receiving the reflected laser signal, calculating standard illuminance of a flash based on the distance from the subject, injecting light by controlling the flash according to the standard illuminance and storing a first image including the subject using a camera module. According to the method, since it is able to obtain an image of which a whole screen is maintained by a reasonable brightness, a subject and a background can be included in an image.
US10122932B2
An image pickup apparatus capable of performing a zooming function without increasing a thickness of the image pickup apparatus, and obtaining depth information at the same time by using lens elements having different diameters, is provided. The image pickup apparatus includes lens elements, and image pickup regions respectively disposed in correspondence to the lens elements. At least two of the lens elements have different diameters. At least two of the image pickup regions have different sizes. A smallest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a smallest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a largest diameter. A largest image pickup region among the image pickup regions having a largest size among sizes of the image pickup regions is disposed with respect to a lens element among the lens elements having a smallest diameter.
US10122931B2
An electronic device has multiple cameras and displays a digital viewfinder user interface for previewing visual information provided by the cameras. The multiple cameras may have different properties such as focal lengths. When a single digital viewfinder is provided, the user interface allows zooming over a zoom range that includes the respective zoom ranges of both cameras. The zoom setting to determine which camera provides visual information to the viewfinder and which camera is used to capture visual information. The user interface also allows the simultaneous display of content provided by different cameras at the same time. When two digital viewfinders are provided, the user interface allows zooming, freezing, and panning of one digital viewfinder independently of the other. The device allows storing of a composite images and/or videos using both digital viewfinders and corresponding cameras.
US10122929B2
Disclosed are a digital image processing device and a digital image controlling method. A digital image processing device comprises: a camera unit for capturing an object; a communication unit for receiving information of a first camera unit from a first terminal device having the first camera unit; a control unit for generating an augmented reality (AR) image on the basis of the received information of the first camera unit; and an output unit for outputting the generated AR image, wherein the control unit can detect the location of the first camera unit from the image of the first camera unit captured by means of the camera unit, generates in three dimensions a viewing angle AR image, of the first camera unit, indicating the range being captured by means of the first camera unit, and control the output unit so as to output the viewing angle AR image, of the first camera unit, generated on the basis of the detected location of the first camera unit.
US10122927B2
A method for use in an electronic device, comprising: acquiring an image frame from an image sensor; adjusting an output timing of the image frame based on a vertical synchronization signal of a display; and displaying the image frame on the display in accordance with the output timing.
US10122920B2
The present invention provides a new and useful paradigm in wide area imaging, in which wide area imaging is provided by a step/dwell/image capture process and system to capture images and produce from the captured images a wide area image. The image capture is by a sensor that has a predetermined image field and provides image capture at a predetermined frame capture rate, and by a motorized step and dwell sequence of the sensor, where image capture is during a dwell, and the step and dwell sequence of the sensor is synchronized with the image capture rate of the sensor.
US10122919B2
A hand-held digital camera has a touch-sensitive display screen (“touch screen”) for image preview and user control of the camera, and a user-selectable panorama mode. Upon entering panorama mode the camera superimposes upon the touch screen a horizontal rectangular bar whose width and/or height are user-adjustable by interaction with the touch screen to select a desired horizontal sweep angle. After the sweep angle is set the camera automatically captures successive horizontally overlapping images during a sweep of the device through the selected sweep angle. Subsequently the camera synthesizes a panoramic image from the successively captured images, the panoramic image having a width corresponding to the selected sweep angle.
US10122904B2
A camera controller is configured to control a camera through voice commands. The camera controller includes drain mechanisms that allow the camera controller to be used in environments in which the camera controller is exposed to fluids. The camera controller device comprises a housing body with an outer surface including a first opening and a second opening. A first channel extends from the first opening into the housing body and to a cavity in which a microphone is located, enabling audio signals entering the first opening to be captured by the microphone. A membrane is located between the first channel and the microphone to create a waterproof seal over the microphone. A second channel extends from the first channel to the second opening to create a drain such that fluid entering from the first opening can flow from the first channel through the second channel and out the second opening.
US10122902B2
An integrated image sensor and lens assembly comprises a lens barrel adhered to a lens holder or a lens barrel adhered to an image sensor assembly using an adhesive. The lens barrel and lens holder or the lens barrel and the image sensor assembly are bonded based on the sheer strength of the adhesive. Thus, adhesive expansion does not substantially affect the distance between the lens and the image sensor and therefore does not affect the focal plane of the assembly.
US10122898B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing; a camera module disposed in the housing and having a lens outstanding from a surface of the housing; and a protection unit connected to the housing, wherein when the camera module is in an off-state, a top surface of the protection unit is higher than a surface of the lens, when the camera module is in an on-state, the top surface of the protection unit is lower than the surface of the lens.
US10122897B2
A device for recording an image of an object field on a human or animal body from outside of the body including a shaft and an observation optical system, arranged at a distal end of the shaft, for recording the image of the object field, wherein the observation optical system is embodied as a stereo optical system including an electronic image recorder for recording a stereo image of the object field and wherein the device includes an optical unit, which includes the observation optical system and is rotatable about a first axis of rotation approximately parallel to a direction of view of the observation optical system.
US10122895B2
Methods for configuring and calibrating a printing system are described. Configuring a printing system involves obtaining data for determining a reference print element in the printing system. The reference print element is then used to determine calibration data for a given print element. The calibration data is applied for the given print element to generate a print output.
US10122892B2
In one embodiment, an image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium using a plurality of decolorable coloring materials having different decoloring conditions. Further, the image forming apparatus forms a mark relating to authority information indicating authority capable of decoloring one of the plurality of decolorable coloring materials for each of the decolorable coloring materials on the recording medium. Further, in another embodiment, a decoloring apparatus grasps the authority information, and decolors the image of the decolorable coloring material, in accordance with the grasped authority information.
US10122886B2
An image reading device has a motor, an optical sensor (a light emitting portion, a light receiving portion), a carriage, a motor, a moving portion for rotating a belt, a pulse generating gear provided with a plurality of light shielding teeth along its circumference, and a control portion. The light shielding teeth of the pulse generating gear pass through a gap between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion. First and second widths are set such that the movement amount of the pulse generating gear resulting from the motor rotating one step is equal to or larger than both the width of each of the light shielding teeth (first width) and the width of the interval between adjacent light shielding teeth (second width). The control portion recognizes when, during standby of the carriage, the level of an output signal changes.
US10122884B2
A cooperative image processing system including an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal apparatus capable of connecting to each other. The image processing apparatus includes a first processor to execute instructions to control the functions of a first screen data obtaining portion that obtains screen data for reproducing a first operation screen that allows operating the portable terminal apparatus, from the portable terminal apparatus. The image processing apparatus further includes a memory that stores a cooperation table that contains a list of operations that can be performed on the first operation screen and a plurality of next second operations to be displayed in a next second operation screen that allows operating the image processing apparatus, each of the next second operations corresponding to a respective one of the operations on the list of operations that can be performed on the first operation screen.
US10122879B2
An image processing device that communicates with a first server and a second server includes a main controller and a power controller. The main controller establishes a connection that enables communication with the first and second servers, establishes a periodic communication with the first and second servers to maintain the connection, manages a first time interval between the periodic communication with the first server, manages a second time interval between the periodic communication with the second server, and changes one or both of the first time interval and the second time interval. The power controller stops and starts power supply to the main controller.
US10122877B2
An image forming apparatus comprises a three-dimensional reader, a drawing data generator and a printer. The three-dimensional reading section includes an arrangement section, a sensor and a model data generator. The arrangement section is a position where a target object is arranged. The sensor acquires three-dimensional information relating to a three-dimensional shape of the object arranged on the arrangement section. The model data generator generates three-dimensional model data indicating the three-dimensional shape of the object on the basis of the three-dimensional information. The drawing data generator generates drawing data containing data of a two-dimensional drawing formed by projecting the object on a plane surface on the basis of the three-dimensional model data. The printer forms an image on a sheet on the basis of the drawing data.
US10122870B2
An information processing system includes an application information memory unit configured to store an identification information piece for identifying an application and a process information piece for executing a series of processes in combination with programs for each of the application executing the series of processes, which uses an electronic data, in collaboration with an external service while associating these; a service process unit configure to receive a request including the identification information piece and an electronic data information piece; and a logic process unit configured to read the process information piece corresponding to the identification information piece included in the request, and execute the series of processes using the electronic data of the electronic data information piece included in the received request and using at least one program from among the programs or any combination of the programs based on the read process information piece.
US10122846B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for inhibiting a function of a mobile device in a predetermined detection zone are disclosed. A method includes receiving, by a mobile device, a first communication signal when the mobile device is located within a predetermined field of transmission, determining that the first communication signal was transmitted by a first beacon of a plurality of beacons, and inhibiting at least one function of the mobile device upon determining that the first communication signal was transmitted by the first beacon.
US10122844B2
Disclosed is an information communication terminal having a configuration in which it is possible to prevent a wrong operation of the information communication terminal due to an unconscious operation of an input equipment during operating an audio output equipment. That is, the information communication terminal includes a controller. The controller operates a detection sensor that detects an object approaching during operating the audio output equipment. And the controller controls a status of being input into the input equipment based on a detected result of the detection sensor.
US10122838B2
There is disclosed a smartphone, tablet or other computing device comprising: (a) a touch sensitive display; (b) one or more processors; (c) computer memory; (d) one or more computer programs stored in the computer memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors and including instructions for detecting a swipe in from an edge of the display, and in response to the detected swipe causing a home screen to be displayed, the home screen listing running apps and user notifications, such as missed calls, irrespective of which screen the device was displaying immediately prior to the swipe in from the edge.
US10122827B2
Methods and apparatus for displaying dynamic status information on a plurality of devices and enabling interactions between these devices are described. In an embodiment, a trigger signal is sent to one or more computing devices to trigger the launch of an application client on the computing device. The trigger signal is generated on another device in response to a user interacting with the displayed status information. This other device may be an impoverished device which displays status information for an application but is not capable of running the application client. In various embodiments, the status information is displayed in the form of a GUI element called a tile and this status information may be pushed to the device by a proxy server. The trigger signal may be sent to multiple devices or in some embodiments, a computing device may be selected to receive the trigger signal.
US10122825B1
Methods and systems for providing a visual content gallery within a controlled environment are disclosed herein. A content gallery server receives a content submission from an inmate device within the controlled environment. Further, the content gallery server determines that the content submission does not include prohibited content based on comparing the content submission to a blacklist of prohibited information. When the content submission does not include prohibited content, the content gallery server adds the content submission to a network accessible content gallery corresponding to an inmate associated with the inmate device. Further, authorized friends and family of the inmate may view the content submission and provide comments on the content submission.
US10122820B2
A computer-implemented method in a content delivery network (CDN) includes, responsive to a request, determining a particular sequencer to handle the request, the particular sequencer includes a sequence of one or more handlers. The request is processed in accordance with the particular sequencer by invoking the one or more handlers.
US10122818B2
A method and system for generating a digital profile defined by digital behavior expressed by a device includes receiving digital behavior data and identifying information defined by a device in communication with a content server, generating a device profile for the device, associating the device with at least one device population, and generating a population profile defined by the device population. The device profiles and population profiles may be made accessible to users of a social network. Related contents, including identifying information, device behavior analysis, comparative ratings, service and diagnostic information, messages and alerts may be associated with a device profile or population profile and published to the social network. A population profile may define normal digital behavior of the population, such that the population profile may be compared with the device profile of a device, to determine whether the device operation is abnormal with respect to the population profile.
US10122816B2
Systems and methods for translating between an older version of HTTP and a newer version of HTTP are provided. According to an embodiment, a first request message, compliant with the newer version and directed to a server that supports the older version but does not support the newer version, is received by the proxy from a client that supports the newer version. A second request message, compliant with the older version, is created by the proxy by translating the first request message. The second request message is sent to the server by the proxy. A first response message, compliant with the older version and directed to the client, is received by the proxy from the server. A second response message, compliant with the newer version, is created by the proxy by translating the first response message. The second response message is sent to the client by the proxy.
US10122814B2
A method and apparatus for an adaptive Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) streaming service using metadata of content are provided. The metadata may include a minBufferTime attribute indicating a minimum amount of initially buffered media content. A terminal may receive content from a server before playback of the content, and may buffer the content by at least the minimum amount. The metadata may include a range attribute that designates a range of a target indicated by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). The terminal may receive bytes designated by the range attribute from the URL, and may play back the content using the received bytes.
US10122810B2
In one embodiment, one or more computing systems receive a request for a location prediction for a user from a service. The computing systems access one or more real-time location signals and one or more aggregated location signals. The aggregated location signals may comprise one or more previous location signals. The computing systems may then generate one or more location predictions from the one or more real-time location signals and the one or more aggregated location signals, and calculate a single location prediction for the user from the one or more location predictions. The computing systems may then send, in response to the request, the single location prediction for the user to the requesting service.
US10122809B2
A computerized system and method for tracking and reporting online activity across a plurality of clients and servers is disclosed that intercepts and logs secure and non-secure HTTP request and response pages, analyzes each of the received page records, associates each page record to an event type based on user-defined parameters, identifies and extracts user-defined attributes of each page record based on its event type, and reports on the occurrence of the event along with its associated attributes.
US10122806B1
An apparatus comprises an analytics platform having a plurality of distributed processing nodes. Data from a data source is received at a first one of the processing nodes. One or more analytics operations are performed on the data at the first processing node, and the data is updated at the first processing node based on results of the one or more analytics operations. The updated data is transmitted to another one of the processing nodes along a data path between the data source and a data destination. The performing, updating and transmitting are repeated for the other processing node and for one or more additional distributed processing nodes of the analytics platform along the data path. The analytics platform thereby performs distributed analytics processing on the data over multiple distributed processing nodes as the data moves through the data path from the data source to the data destination.
US10122789B1
A system for collecting and disseminating log information may comprise a log agent and a log service. A log agent may transmit a log stream to a log service using non-overlapping adjacent subsets of log entries. Each subset may be associated with a unique and monotonically increasing sequence number, which is not incremented until the subset is received and processed by a log service.
US10122786B2
A method of managing data transfer from a server to a portable electronic device via a network includes, by the portable electronic device, initiating data transfer to the portable electronic device, identifying a network connection type by the portable electronic device to the network; setting, by the portable electronic device, a filter size for data record transmission to the portable electronic device, the filter size set based on the network connection type, and requesting, by the portable electronic device, a quantity of data records from the server. The quantity of data records is a number of data records that is dependent on the filter size set based on the network connection type.
US10122785B2
Provided is a method and system for synchronizing a plurality of content directory service (CDS) devices in a home network environment. The method of synchronizing the plurality of CDS devices of a home network, which includes the plurality of CDS devices and a control point (CP), comprises (a) requesting a first CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices to start synchronization using the CP; (b) performing the synchronization with a second CDS device among the plurality of CDS devices using the first CDS device; (c) selecting a third CDS device from the plurality of CDS devices and requesting the third CDS device to start synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the CP; and (d) performing the synchronization with the first CDS device or the second CDS device using the third CDS device.
US10122783B2
In order to ingest data from an arbitrary source in a set of sources, a computer system accesses predefined configuration instructions. Then, the computer system generates a dynamic data-ingestion pipeline that is compatible with a Hadoop file system based on the predefined configuration instructions. This dynamic data-ingestion pipeline includes a modular arrangement of operators from a set of operators that includes: an extraction operator for extracting the data of interest from the source, a converter operator for transforming the data, and a quality-checker operator for checking the transformed data. Moreover, the computer system receives the data from the source. Next, the computer system processes the data using the dynamic data-ingestion pipeline as the data is received without storing the data in memory for the purpose of subsequent ingestion processing.
US10122781B2
Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product embodiments for selection of video segments for adaptive streaming. An embodiment operates by receiving one or more variant segments, the one or more variant segments including an old bitrate variant segment having an old bitrate and a new bitrate variant segment having a new bitrate for decoding, and playback. The embodiment farther operates by generating an old bitrate packetized elementary stream (PES) collection based on the old bitrate variant segment and a new bitrate PES collection based on the new bitrate variant segment and determining a first in-tolerance splicing location between the old bitrate PES collection and the new bitrate PES collection based on a maximum tolerance offset. The embodiment still further operates by splicing the old bitrate PES collection and the new bitrate PES collection based on the first in-tolerance splicing location.
US10122767B2
System and method for establish secure conference calls. In one example system, a central conference call server establishes point-to-point connections with accessory devices comprising a secure element and connected to corresponding participant devices. The conference call server includes an interface to a plurality of secure elements configured to perform scrambling and unscrambling of media signals communicated to and from the accessory devices. In another example, one of the participant devices operates as the central conference call server. In other examples, participant devices communicate on a conference call via point-to-point connections between all accessory devices connected to the participant devices. The accessory devices include secure elements for decryption and encryption of media signals communicated between the accessory devices.
US10122766B2
Technologies for providing policy-based secure containers for multiple enterprise applications include a client computing device and an enterprise policy server. The client computing device sends device attribute information and a request for access to an enterprise application to the enterprise policy server. The enterprise policy server determines a device trust level based on the device attribute information and a data sensitivity level based on the enterprise application, and sends a security policy to the client computing device based on the device trust level and the data sensitivity level. The client computing device references or creates a secure container for the security policy, adds the enterprise application to the secure container, and enforces the security policy while executing the enterprise application in the secure container. Multiple enterprise applications may be added to each secure container. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10122764B1
This disclosure describes techniques that facilitate granting an access privilege to a client device based on selectively authenticating biometric data. Particularly, a biometric authentication system may generate an authentication policy that authenticates a client identity via biometric authentication protocols. The authentication policy may be based on a security policy of the computing resource associated with the access privilege. The biometric authentication protocols may be based on a kinematic behavior, body chemistry, or physical features of the client. Each biometric authentication protocol may be assigned an authentication score that reflects a confidence that a biometric sample used to gain an access privilege does in fact correspond to the client. Further, an authentication policy may include a random selection of biometric authentication protocols that comply with a security policy of the computing resource. An authentication policy may be further based on a client disposition, environmental conditions of the client device, or both.
US10122762B2
A system and method for classifying security rules of a plurality of different security products into a security decision engine in a service. The method comprises receiving at least one security rule from at least one attack database of a security product of the plurality of different security products; normalizing each of the at least one security rule; generating a vector for each of the least one normalized security rule, wherein each vector is generated based on a set of terms indicative of a cyber-solution; mapping each of the generated vector to a security service, wherein the security service represents a cyber-solution category, wherein the mapping is performed using a classification model; and associating each of the respective security rule with the security service, when an evaluation threshold is met.
US10122755B2
Method and apparatus for detecting that an attacker has sent one or more messages to a receiver node
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for detecting that an attacker has sent one or more messages to a receiver node. The method comprises storing at least a portion of an nth message received by the receiver node from a sender node in a memory device; sending an integrity check message to the sender node comprising an indication of the value of n; receiving a reply message from the sender node including at least a portion of the nth message sent by the sender node to the receiver node; and comparing the at least a portion of the nth message sent by the sender node to the receiver node with the nth message received by the receiver node from the sender node stored in the memory device.
US10122754B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting data from a transmitter in a first communication network (21) to a receiver in a second, safety-critical application network (22) comprises an input buffer unit (31), an output buffer unit (32), a waiting unit (33) and a testing unit (34). The input buffer unit (31) provides the data that are to be transmitted. The waiting unit (33) detects an input time for the data that are to be transmitted, ascertains a dwell time for the data and stores the data that are to be transmitted and/or a check value for the data that are to be transmitted. The testing unit (34) is designed to test the data that are to be transmitted, following expiry of the dwell time, using a test pattern (41) that is up-to-date following expiry of the dwell time. The output buffer unit (32) is designed to provide the data for the receiver if the data have been deemed uncritical during the check. The test pattern preferably relates to a virus pattern.
US10122749B2
Systems and methods for software verification. In some embodiments, a first statement is identified, from a discovery query written in a query language, the first statement comprising a side-effect construct with at least a first parameter and a second parameter, wherein: the first parameter of the side-effect construct comprises at least one second statement specifying one or more actions to be performed; and the second parameter of the side-effect construct comprises at least one condition specified based on a syntactic pattern. Source code of a software application may be analyzed to determine whether the at least one condition is satisfied, wherein determining whether the at least one condition is satisfied comprises determining whether the source code comprises a program element that matches the syntactic pattern.
US10122743B2
A network sensor, inserted into a mirror port of a network switch or router, may be configured to monitor the network traffic originating from an embedded device. Metadata in the network traffic may be passively extracted by the network sensor and transmitted to a server in order to monitor and analyze the behavior of the embedded device. The server may employ machine learning to distinguish typical behavior of the embedded device from atypical behavior. Further, code may be injected into the firmware of the embedded device, and the code may be programmed to broadcast a performance beacon whenever certain firmware functions are executed. A collection of the performance beacons may be analyzed at the server to reconstruct an execution path of the embedded device, and machine learning may be applied to determine whether the execution path is typical or atypical.
US10122740B1
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and network security apparatus that monitors received network traffic to obtain signal data for signals associated with the network traffic in accordance with a stored configuration. A model and configuration update(s) are generated and the stored configuration is updated based on the configuration update(s). The model includes a threshold for at least one of the signals. A determination is made when there is an anomaly in the network traffic based on the application of the model to the signal data or a match of at least a portion of the signal data to an anomalous traffic pattern received from a centralized analytic server computing device. A mitigation action is initiated, when the determining indicates that there is an anomaly in the network traffic. Accordingly, this technology facilitates dynamic and adaptive network traffic analysis and anomaly detection including improvements thereto independent of human intervention.
US10122738B2
A botnet detection system and method are provided. The method includes the steps of: retrieving a network log file of a computer device; refining the network log file according to a device alive-time record of the computer device and a network white list to obtain a plurality of individual network log files, wherein each individual network log file records time information, a source IP address of the computer device, and an individual destination IP address; and analyzing a plurality of connection intervals of the source IP address connecting to the individual destination IP address in each individual network log file to determine whether the computer device exhibits connection behavior that indicates infection by a botnet malware.
US10122736B2
Systems and methods can support identifying radio transmissions associated with autonomous or remote-controlled vehicles. Radio frequency signals may be received using one or more sensors, wherein the sensors comprise radio receivers. Radio frequency fingerprints may be identified within one or more of the radio frequency signals, wherein the radio frequency fingerprints comprise radio signal characteristics or radio hardware identifiers. A stored radio frequency fingerprint may be determined as matching the received radio frequency fingerprint. A motion characteristic may be computed. The received radio frequency fingerprint may be associated with an autonomous or remote-controlled vehicle based upon the stored radio frequency fingerprint or the motion characteristic. Information regarding the identified autonomous or remote-controlled vehicle may be presenting to one or more operator interfaces.
US10122734B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for providing and using a secure email verification service. A processor can receive verification data and identify a user identifier associated with a sender identifier included in the verification data. The processor can generate a hash value of the user identifier, a global time indicator, and message-specific data; and send the hash value to the sender device. The processor can receive a verification package that comprises the hash value and a recipient device version of the verification data and generate a new hash value of the user identifier and the recipient device version of the verification data. The processor can compare the new hash value to the hash value to determine if the email message should be verified.
US10122733B2
Systems and methods are provided for authenticating a user of a computing device. An example system includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive an authentication request from a user of a computing device, determine a context of the authentication request, determine a physical location of the user, and perform, based on the context of the authentication request and the physical location of the user, an associate proximity detection. The associate proximity detection includes steps to identify an associate based on at least one of the context of the authentication request or the physical location of the user, determine a physical location of the identified known associate, and determine a proximity of the user to the identified known associate. The authentication request may be approved when the determined proximity is within a threshold.
US10122728B2
An authenticating device assigns an application identifier and an application secret value to a customer application, receives a first resource authorization request from a first instance of multiple replicated instances of a customer application, where the first instance is installed in a first machine, and receives a second resource authorization request from a second instance of the multiple replicated instances of the customer application, where the second instance is installed in a second machine. The authenticating device generates, responsive to the first resource authorization request, a first token using a first network address associated with the first machine, the application identifier and the application secret value, and returns, to the first instance of the customer application, the generated first token for use in requesting access to a resource server.
US10122725B2
Novel tools and techniques provide for implementing community wireless communications service. In some embodiments, a network gateway device might receive, from a user device via a customer gateway device, a first request for wireless access to a network. If it determines that the user device is unassociated with the customer associated with customer gateway, the network gateway might send a second request with an identifier of the user device to a WiFi server, which might generate and send a login user interface (“UI”) to the user device. The user might send a response including a unique identifier, which the WiFi server might include in an access request to an authentication server. If authenticated by the authentication server, the WiFi server might send a care-of address (“COA”) request to the network gateway, which assigns the COA to the user device and provides the user device with wireless access to the network.
US10122721B2
Methods and systems for controlling a network access control system that includes a server encrypting a first identifier that can be related to a registered user and communicating the encrypted first identifier to the mobile device. The lock device receives, from the mobile device, a first data set that includes at least the encrypted first identifier. The lock device may encrypt the first data set to generate a second data set and communicates the encrypted second data set to the mobile device. The server receives a third data set that includes at least the encrypted second data set and a second identifier that can also be related to the registered user. The server extracts from the communicated third data set the first and second identifiers, and the extracted first and second identifiers are compared to verify that the second identifier is indeed related to the first identifier.
US10122715B2
In one embodiment, a network element comprises one or more processors, and a memory module communicatively coupled to the processor. The memory module comprises logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to receive, via a first communication channel, a primary authentication request transmitted from a user from a first device, process the primary authentication request to determine whether the user is authorized to access one or more resources, in response to a determination that the user is authorized to access one or more resources, initiate, a secondary authentication request, and transmit the secondary authentication request from the network element to the user via a second communication channel, different from the first communication channel.
US10122712B2
A request from a party is received by a receiver from a remote system. The request from the party is received when the party attempts to obtain a service using the remote system. A selective determination is made to request, over a network, authentication of the party by a remote biometric system. A request is sent to the remote system for the party to provide a biometric sample responsive to determining to request authentication of the party. The service is provided contingent upon authentication of the party by the remote biometric system.
US10122704B2
When a portable terminal of a user receives an authentication prompt message pushed by an application server, an authentication prompt option corresponding to the authentication prompt message is output at the portable terminal. A portal authentication is initiated after the authentication prompt option is selected by the user. MAC address information of the portable terminal returned by a portal server is acquired after the portal authentication is initiated. A user name and password for the application client terminal to log into the application server terminal is used as a user name and password for portal authentication. The MAC address information of the portable terminal returned by the portal server is sent to the application server. The present disclosure facilitates the operation of using the portal authentication, prevents the user from forgetting to perform the portal authentication, and brings convenience to those who are not familiar with the portal authentication mechanism.
US10122702B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media support provisioning a computer application that is executed on an associated computing component through a primary computing component. Even though different passwords may be associated with a user for the primary and the associated computing components, one aspect is seamless single sign-on to a computer cluster that provides the external computer application so that any user or group membership changes at the primary computing component is transparent to the associated computing component. Users may be restricted service for the application at the edge nodes of the cluster and are then able to access data in directories corresponding to the user's group as configured at the primary computing component. A batch process may be initiated to issue a security token to one more users, thus enabling the user to obtain a service ticket and consequently service for the application.
US10122692B2
Cryptographically protected communications sessions are established using a distributed process. A server proxies handshake messages to another computer system that negotiates a cryptographically protected communications session with the client. When the client and other computer system complete negotiation of the session, the other computer system provides a set of session keys to the server. The server then uses the session keys to communicate with the client over the cryptographically protected communications session.
US10122688B2
This invention relates to a method in a communication system comprising a gateway and a server. The method comprises: sending a request for establishment of a communication tunnel from the gateway to the server; transmitting a secret from the server to the gateway in response to receiving the request in the server; establishing a communication tunnel by connecting a tunnel client in the gateway to a tunnel server in the server using the received secret; receiving data from a device connected to the gateway and transmitting at least a portion of the data to the tunnel server via the communication tunnel.
US10122687B2
Threat detection instrumentation is simplified by providing and updating labels for computing objects in a context-sensitive manner. This may include simple labeling schemes to distinguish between objects, e.g., trusted/untrusted processes or corporate/private data. This may also include more granular labeling schemes such as a three-tiered scheme that identifies a category (e.g., financial, e-mail, game), static threat detection attributes (e.g., signatures, hashes, API calls), and explicit identification (e.g., what a file or process calls itself). By tracking such data for various computing objects and correlating these labels to malware occurrences, rules can be written for distribution to endpoints to facilitate threat detection based on, e.g., interactions of labeled objects, changes to object labels, and so forth. In this manner, threat detection based on complex interactions of computing objects can be characterized in a platform independent manner and pre-processed on endpoints without requiring significant communications overhead with a remote threat management facility.
US10122684B1
An apparatus and method for monitoring the physical wiring plant of a computer local area network (LAN) in order to detect the presence of extraneous electronic circuitry placed onto that physical wiring which were not originally designed as part of the electronic circuitry of that LAN and reporting the presence of that additional electronic circuitry and taking action against that additional electronic circuitry based on user directive. The LAN asset being monitored could consist of a single device such as a computer, cell phone, credit card machine, network interface card, printer/scanner, server, router, modem, etc. or an entire network of many such devices.
US10122679B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, relay agent and system for acquiring an IP address in a network. According to the method, the relay agent configures multiple gateway IP addresses corresponding to a type of a client, adds the multiple gateway IP addresses to a DHCP Discover packet of the client, and sends the DHCP Discover packet to a DHCP server, so that the DHCP server allocates an IP address to the client, and sends a DHCP Offer packet to the client after determining that one gateway IP address in the multiple gateway IP addresses belongs to a same network segment as the allocated IP address, so that the DHCP server allocates the IP address to the client, thereby implementing that multiple IPs in different IP address segments are allocated to a same DHCP client type.
US10122678B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for providing a directory or database of IP endpoints associated with users of a telecommunications network. The IP endpoints directory may be accessed by users or other networks to determine or obtain destinations within the network or accessible through the network that are associated with users or participants of the network. Through the database, networks and users may determine one or more endpoints for communications intended for a particular user. The results from the IP endpoint database may be then utilized to route communications along one or more routes through the network based on the information stored in the database.
US10122662B2
Systems and methods are provided for electronically distributing messages over communication channels. In accordance with one implementation, a system is provided that comprises at least one database for storing instructions for operating an input field and transmitting messages over a plurality of different communication channels, and at least one processing system configured to execute the instructions, to perform a method. The method may include displaying to a user, over a network, an input field for entering messages and receiving from the user, over the network and by entry into the input field, a message, an identification of one or more recipients, and a selection of at least one communication channel. The method may also include determining whether an identifier is stored in relation to each recipient for the selected communication channel and electronically sending, to each recipient with a stored identifier, the message via the selected communication channel.
US10122660B2
Systems and methods for mobile communication platforms are described. In one embodiment, a method for distributing contextual information over a network to a first remote subscriber computer comprises receiving contextual information at a transmission server sent from a data source over a network, storing the remote subscriber's preferences relating to defined communication aspects, configuring the contextual information accordingly, and providing a configurable viewer application to the first remote subscriber for installation on the remote subscriber computer, the configurable viewer application including an interactive graphical user interface for viewing the configured contextual information. In a further aspect, the method includes sending a first encoded short URL for downloading the configurable application in a message to the first remote subscriber's computer.
US10122655B2
Provided are techniques for personalizing data system components and data sources as chatbots in a group chat session. A social media gateway interface with a chat adapter for a chat application is provided. One or more chatbots that each represent a corresponding component of a data system are created. The one or more chatbots and the chatbot adapter are used to manage each corresponding component of the data system.
US10122652B2
A method and system for bandwidth sharing to enable communication between users over the Internet. An Internet Service Provider (ISP) receives: a second key from a first user after the first user received the second key from a second user; and a directive to transfer W upload bandwidth from the first user to the second user for a time duration. The ISP previously provided a first key and a second key to the first user and second user in conjunction with the first user and second user having an upload bandwidth of U1 and U1 for transmitting data via the Internet, respectively. The first key and second key can identify the first user and second user, respectively. Responsive to receiving the second key from the first user, changing, by the ISP for the time duration: the second user's upload bandwidth to U2+W and the first user's upload bandwidth to U1−W.
US10122650B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing tenant management in a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a tenant manager component enables configuration and management of tenants that utilize services and resources within the cloud environment, including accessing information in a tenant store repository describing a plurality of tenants, and providing administrative isolation between the plurality of tenants. The tenant manager enables receiving administrative commands to configure or manage particular ones of the plurality of tenants, and applying the administrative commands to the particular tenants associated with the received administrative commands, for use in configuring or managing use by those tenants of the services and resources within the cloud environment.
US10122645B2
In one implementation, an input queue switch provides latency fairness across multiple input ports and multiple output ports. In one embodiment, each input port maintains a virtual output queue for each associate output port. The virtual output queues across multiple inputs are aggregated for each specific output port. The sum of the lengths of the virtual output queues is compared to a threshold, and based on the comparison, feedback may be generated to control the operation of the input port for subsequent packets. The feedback may instruct the input port to stop buffering or drop packets destined for the output port with the sum of the lengths of the virtual output queues associated to the specific output port that exceeds the threshold. In another embodiment, each packet has an arrival timestamp, and a virtual output queue having the oldest timestamp is selected first to dequeue.
US10122644B2
A convolutional interleaver included in a time interleaver, which performs convolutional interleaving includes: a first switch that switches a connection destination of an input of the convolutional interleaver to one end of one of a plurality of branches; a FIFO memories provided in some of the plurality of branches except one branch, wherein a number of FIFO memories is different among the plurality of branches; and a second switch that switches a connection destination of an output of the convolutional interleaver to another end of one of the plurality of branches. The first and second switches switch the connection destination when the plurality of cells as many as the codewords per frame have passed, by switching a corresponding branch of the connection destination sequentially and repeatedly among the plurality of branches.
US10122643B2
A method for the reorganization of messages in queuing systems is disclosed. The method comprising receiving a statement to reorganize one or more messages within an ordered data structure; translating the statement into a first set of instructions for identifying one or more messages on which to perform one or more operations, a second set of instructions for performing the one or more operations on the identified one or more messages, and a third set of instructions for storing, in a memory, the identified one or more messages after the one or more operations have been performed; executing the first set of instructions, the second set of instructions, and the third set of instructions on each message in the ordered data structure; and transmitting the operated upon messages.
US10122637B2
Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for advertising network layer reachability information specifying a quality of service for a network flow are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include advertising a first flow specification and a first quality of service for a first network flow to be received by a first network element, and constructing a packet filter for a second network flow based on a second flow specification and a second quality of service advertised by a second network element that is to receive the second network flow. Disclosed example methods also include adjusting, based on the packet filter, bits of an incoming packet determined to belong to the second network flow to determine an updated incoming packet, and assigning the updated incoming packet to a routing queue corresponding to the second quality of service to cause the updated incoming packet to be routed towards the second network element.
US10122635B2
A network controller including a virtual network setter that sets a virtual communication interface; a dummy packet generator that obtains communication progress information representing a communication progress state of communication of the second processing device with the connection destination device by causing the virtual communication interface to process a dummy packet that causes a receiver of the dummy packet to falsely recognize that the dummy packet is transmitted from the connection destination device; a reset packet generator that generates a reset packet containing the communication progress information; and a reset packet processor that removes, based on the reset packet, connection record information of the second processing device and the connection destination device, the connection record information being stored in the second processing device. This configuration prevents congestion when a processor is switched to another in a cluster system from occurring.
US10122633B2
A method for selecting an access network in a terminal of a mobile communication system according to one embodiment of the present specification comprises the steps of: if traffic is generated in the terminal, selecting an access network according to the characteristics of the generated traffic and network selection policy information; and transmitting and receiving the generated traffic via the selected access network. According to the embodiment, the present invention adjusts priorities of accesses given to users and applications in a wireless communication system including heterogenerous networks, thereby reducing processes for reselecting an access network of a user terminal, and reducing the cases of unnecessarily accessing a network having a low priority or requiring high costs for a long time. Therefore, the present invention can enhance user convenience and improve communication efficiency.
US10122627B2
Computer networking device obtains route information including route attributes specifying characteristics for each of a plurality of routes through a first network. A routing algorithm is applied to choose an optimal route to one of a plurality of peer computer networking devices comprising a second network which is an overlay upon the first network. The optimal route is chosen based on the type of data contained in the data packet and the plurality of route attributes associated with the routes. The routes traverse paths through the first computer network which include network nodes other than the peer networking devices.
US10122625B2
A novel method of handling network traffic for cable service flows in a distributed cable system is presented. Such a cable systems use remote distribution nodes in the fields to handle RF communications with cable modems in a distributed fashion. A packet engine is configured to assign a logical interface to each cable service flow in the cable system. Each logical interface in the packet engine is uniquely identifiable by a compound identifier that includes the identifier of the corresponding service flow and the identifier of the remote distribution node. Upon receiving upstream data packet from a particular cable service flow, the remote distribution node applies a set of tags or labels to the data packet identifying the data packet as being from the particular cable service flow. The remote distribution node then forwards the tagged packet toward the packet engine, where the tags/labels are used to direct the packet toward the corresponding logical interface of the particular cable service flow.
US10122624B2
One embodiment provides a system that facilitates efficient management of a forwarding information base (FIB). During operation, the system receives, by an intermediate node, a first interest which includes a name and a condition for removing a first entry from a FIB, wherein a name is a hierarchically structured variable length identifier that includes contiguous name components ordered from a most general level to a most specific level. In response to obtaining the first entry from the FIB based on the name for the first interest, the system adds to the first entry the condition included in the first interest as a lifetime value for the first entry. In response to determining that the lifetime value is satisfied, the system removes the first entry from the FIB, thereby facilitating the intermediate node to efficiently manage the FIB based on information provided by a content producing device.
US10122623B2
A preset flow table matching policy in a switching device is set, a flow table for processing data by a switching device that the data needs to pass through during forwarding and an action that needs to be executed in the flow table are generated according to the matching policy and capability information of the switching device, and the flow table is sent to the switching device that the data needs to pass through during forwarding such that the control device may generate, according to different flow table information of the switching device and with reference to different data forwarding policies, a corresponding flow table to be executed by the switching device, which manages switching devices of different types, and enables a switching device that has multiple flow tables to flexibly implement a data forwarding function in use of a preset policy.
US10122615B2
A switch (110R.3) uses a forwarding database (140F) to forward multicast packets. The switch participates in a multicast protocol (e.g. PIM) with other switches, and also uses a snooping database (e.g. for IGMP snooping) to learn about local group members, i.e. members for which the router serves as a local multicast router (e.g. the local members do not participate in the multicast protocol). When the switch learns of a local member of a multicast group, the switch updates the snooping database but may or may not install the snooping information in the forwarding database. Thus, the forwarding database is not necessarily provisioned for locally sourced data packets addressed to the group until receipt of a locally sourced data packet addressed to the group. If no such packets are received, the forwarding database is not provisioned for such packets, and therefore its size is reduced. Other features are also provided.
US10122604B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by an access network computing node, a network service provided by a service provider for one or more identified endpoint devices via a wide area network connection, the access network computing node within an access network providing connections for the one or more identified endpoint devices to access the network service via the wide area network connection; detecting an unavailability of the network service via the wide area network connection; and supplying, by the access network computing node, at least a substitute of the network service for the one or more identified endpoint devices in response to the detected unavailability of the network service via the wide area network connection.
US10122602B1
Techniques are described for performing infrastructure testing of a distributed system. Such testing may be performed by an infrastructure testing service that includes, for example, a manager component and multiple agent components each executing on one of multiple computing devices that are implementing the distributed system. The manager utilizes failure information to schedule failures to occur on target host devices. The manager determines if the distributed system is in a healthy state, and if so, provides failure information to the agent on a target host device. The agent then executes one or more commands on the target host device to cause the failure to occur, and monitors the distributed system and the target host device as they recover from the failure. The infrastructure testing service utilizes this monitored information to initiate other actions based on the recovery.
US10122600B1
A method includes receiving, by a monitoring control unit of a property, multiple sensor reports from sensors within the property, wherein each sensor report describes sensor data generated by a respective sensor monitoring the property, determining, by the monitoring control unit, that a reporting criteria is satisfied, aggregating, by the monitoring control unit, the multiple sensor reports into an aggregated sensor report message, and in response to determining that the reporting criteria is satisfied, providing the aggregated sensor report to a monitoring server.
US10122591B1
A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a whitelist that identifies one or more content providers that are accessible for free through a particular network service provider, wherein the particular network service provider also provides access to the other content providers for which a fee is charged, a debit against an account is taken, or a subscription with the particular network service provider is required, establishing a particular network connection with the particular network service provider, identifying a network configuration that indicates whether to restrict communication with content providers by the computing device to only communication that is free, receiving a request to communicate with a particular content provider using the particular network connection, determining, based on the network configuration, whether the particular content provider is included in the whitelist for the particular network service provider, and blocking, based on the determining, the request to communicate with the particular content provider.
US10122590B2
A network tracing engine is configured to trace and depict a topology (i.e., a network configuration) of a network using, for example, a network diagram. The network tracing engine preferably queries/telnets to interfaces of routers associated with one or more source-to-destination paths in a network concurrently and independently to ensure proper configuration of the routers and/or to generate a true depiction of a routing configuration without redundantly querying routers.
US10122589B2
In one embodiment, a device receives a network policy based upon, at least in part, a physical network, and configures a design of an industrial network overlay on the physical network based upon, at least in part, the network policy. The configuring, according to the techniques herein, may generally include: determining a number of virtual local area networks (VLANs) within the industrial network overlay; determining which devices of the physical network are on which VLAN; determining placement of at least one virtual firewall within the industrial network overlay; and determining at least one communication path for the industrial network overlay between at least two devices.
US10122588B2
Examples associated with ring network uplink designation are disclosed. One example includes detecting an operable connection between a member of a ring network and an external network. The operable connection may be detected by the member of the ring network. A signal is provided to a ring network management daemon. The signal may indicate the member of the ring network has the operable connection to the external network. A signal is received from the ring network management daemon. The signal may designate the ring network as an active uplink to the external network. The operable connection between the ring network and the external network is activated. Once activated, the operable connection may facilitate communication between members of the ring network and the external network.
US10122586B2
Adjacency detection systems and methods configured to detect physical interconnection between two devices in a network include communicating data with one or more controllers and data sources associated with the network; for a given port in the network to detect a corresponding port physically connected thereto, causing orchestration of changes in performance monitoring data for the given port over a period of time; and analyzing the data subsequent to the orchestration to detect the corresponding port. The systems and methods can operate over multiple network layers, with different vendor equipment, independent of network protocols, and in-service.
US10122584B2
A communication apparatus is provided with network interfaces. A control unit provides an application programming interface for an application that runs on the communication apparatus. A transmission unit transmits a search packet via the respective network interfaces in response to a request from the application. A reception unit receives a response packet in response to the search packet that the transmission unit transmits. A first determination unit determines whether the information showing a transmitting source of the response packet that the reception unit received is stored in a storage unit. The control unit stores the information showing the transmitting source of the response packet received into the storage unit and transfers the response packet received to the application, when the first determination unit determines that the information showing the transmitting source of the response packet received is not stored in the storage unit.
US10122581B2
Personalization data such as settings and/or state is migrated across devices including mobile phones. Device personalizations are pushed to a cloud service or other mechanism for backup and subsequent transmission to other devices. The personalization data can later be employed to configure one or more other devices in the same manner as a first device.
US10122573B1
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of managing network elements operating on a network. One example method may include transmitting a request to receive at least one activity parameter of a network element operating on the network and monitoring the at least one activity parameter of the network element. The method may include determining whether a usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold usage value and transmitting a corrective function message to the network element responsive to determining that the usage value of the at least one activity parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold value. The method may further include performing a corrective function to reduce the usage value of the at least one activity parameter.
US10122568B2
A receiver circuit includes a conversion circuit configured to down-convert a received radio-frequency signal to a baseband signal, an analog-to-digital converter configured to sample the baseband signal into a sampled signal, a Fast Fourier transform (FFT) circuit configured to perform an FFT on the sampled signal, and a digital compensation circuit configured to compensate for IQ distortion in a frequency domain.
US10122560B2
An OFDM transmitter comprising an input for acquiring or receiving a signal to be transmitted, an output for transmitting a PAPR reduced version of the signal, a processor and memory storing code for execution by the processor. The processor, when executing the code, is configure to determine a plurality of possible values of tone reservation, hereinafter referred to as TR, tones for use in TR based PAPR reduction and to perform a tree search over some or all of the possible values under a first constraint that the average power per TR tone does not exceed the average power per tone used for data transmission and a second constraint that selected values for the TR tones reduce PAPR.
US10122555B2
Cross-phase interference occurs in dual polarized or orthogonal polarized microwave links when independent local oscillators (LOs) are utilized in each outdoor unit (ODU) transceiver operating on the same frequency channel. If the cross-phase noise is not compensated the performance of the microwave link will be degraded. In order to reduce cross-phase noise two or more pilot symbols are utilized to enable cross-phase noise estimates to be determined at the receiver of the microwave link. The pilot symbols enable a cross-phase noise compensation factor to be determined for the signal from the one or more cross-phase noise estimates. The received signal can then be compensated using the estimated cross-phase noise compensation factor.
US10122550B2
Managing subscriptions over a network, where the network comprises intermediaries, clients, and service providers. Certain embodiments provide for receiving a subscription at a network intermediary, the subscription having management application data and application level header information, reviewing the application level header information of the received subscription, and redirecting the subscription over the network using the reviewed application level header information.
US10122545B2
The present invention relates to a powered device (331a, 331b, 531a) with two interfacing connections. The powered device (331a, 331b, 531a) comprises power switching units (350a, 350b, 550a1, 550a2) for forwarding the data signal as well the power received on the input to the output. Forwarding may be based on a detection of the powering state of the PD. In another embodiment, the Power-over-Ethernet input/output ports function bi-directionally, thereby allowing the user to daisy-chain devices in any direction. As power switching units, relays or solid-state power switches may be used.
US10122543B2
Methods and systems are provided for power management in communication devices, particularly based on cable connectivity. A communication device that comprise a communication port, comprising a first connector and a signal path communicatively coupled between device components and the connector, may be operable, such as via a power management component in the communication device, to determine whether an external cable is mated to the first connector and to transition the communication device to a sleep mode if it is determined that an external cable is not mated to the first connector.
US10122531B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a message generating unit that generates messages of N times (where N≥2) based on a multi-order multivariate polynomial set F=(f1, . . . , fm) defined on a ring K and a vector s that is an element of a set Kn, and calculates a first hash value based on the messages of N times, a message providing unit that provides a verifier with the first hash value, an interim information generating unit that generates third information of N times using first information randomly selected by the verifier and second information of N times, and generates a second hash value based on the third information of N times, an interim information providing unit that provides the verifier with the second hash value, and a response providing unit that provides the verifier with response information of N times.
US10122526B2
Technology for a phase detector is described. The phase detector can include a reference clock. The phase detector can include a feedback clock. The phase detector can include a first latch operable to set a first latch output depending on a lead-lag status between the reference clock and the feedback clock. The phase detector can include a second latch that loads the lead-lag status when the reference clock and the feedback clock produce clock signals in a high state. The phase detector can include a third latch that loads the lead-lag status from the second latch when the reference clock and the feedback clock produce clock signals in a low state.
US10122520B2
A microwave backhaul system having quadruple capacity. In one embodiment, an outdoor communication unit in a microwave backhaul system is provided, which includes a first and second dual channel processing modules that are each configured to process two transmission/reception channels. The outdoor communication unit also includes two transmitter modules that are each configured to upconvert two channels for transmission at vertical polarization and a horizontal polarization.
US10122511B2
Systems and methods for automatically configuring a distributed antenna system are provided. A configuration sub-system of the distributed antenna system can identify signal parameters for downlink signals received from one or more base stations via inputs of a unit in the distributed antenna system. The configuration sub-system can automatically determine a configuration plan for the distributed antenna system based on the automatically identified signal parameters. The configuration plan specifies how to combine subsets of the downlink signals for routing to remote antenna units of the distributed antenna system.
US10122505B2
A wireless communication system includes a first communication device which arranges a frequency signal into which a single carrier signal is converted by time-to-frequency conversion in subcarriers and wirelessly transmits a resultant signal and a second communication device which receives the signal wirelessly transmitted by the first communication device. The wireless communication system includes a selection unit which calculates, for each determined selection candidate as a combination of a predetermined segment size and information indicating predetermined average transmission power, a value indicating reception quality in the second communication device upon transmission by the first communication device by using an arrangement using the predetermined segment size, and the predetermined average transmission power, and which selects a selection candidate to be used upon transmission by the first communication device from among the selection candidates based on the calculated value indicating the reception quality. Therefore, an excellent transmission efficiency is obtained.
US10122503B2
An apparatus for coding a plurality of packets in a multi-antenna system, the apparatus including a processor configured to determine space-time codes of the plurality of packets sequentially from a subsequent packet to maximize an average throughput of the plurality of packets, and a transmitter configured to transmit the plurality of packets to an antenna, is provided.
US10122494B2
Systems and methods presented herein enhance WiFi communications in a RF band where conflicting LTE signaling exists. In one embodiment, a system includes a processor operable to detect the WiFi communications between a UE and a wireless access point of a WiFi network, to identify errors in the WiFi communications, and to determine a periodicity of the errors based on the LTE signaling structure. The system also includes an encoder communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to encode the WiFi communications with error correction, and to change the error correction based on the periodicity of the errors in the WiFi communications.
US10122490B2
A communication system includes a wireless interface including a transmitter, receiver, and a programmable device responsive to a communication signal to switch a communication mode in accordance with the communication signal. A module is coupled to the wireless interface and includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory includes a protocol sensor configured to identify a given protocol for received information and employ a corresponding software protocol for further communications.
US10122485B2
The present technology relates to a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a program capable of reducing the number of pins for transmitting and receiving data. The signal processing apparatus is provided with a signal transmission unit configured to perform classification for a signal to be transmitted and received between processing units that process an obtained signal, perform time division multiplexing for the signal classified into a group, and transmit the signal. The classification is performed depending on at least one feature of an update period, an update timing, and a tolerable transmission delay of the signal. Further, the signal belonging to the group is subjected to time division multiplexing in such a manner that the transmission is completed within the update period, the transmission is completed within a range of the tolerable delay, and the transmission is performed with a minimum number of pins. The present technology can be applied to a reception apparatus that receives and processes airwaves.
US10122484B1
Technologies for internal time synchronization in a compute device are disclosed. A timestamp value from an always running timer in the compute device may be broadcast using a serial broadcast wire to other components of the compute device, such as a network interface card. The network interface card may keep a local always running timer that mirrors the always running timer and synchronized to the always running timer by monitoring the serial broadcast wire. The network interface card may take a snapshot of both a system timer on the network interface card and the local always running timer. The network interface card may oversample the local always running timer in order to capture a more precise snapshot of the local always running timer.
US10122471B2
A coherent transceiver system includes a local oscillator (LO) light source to generate an LO optical signal. An adaptive fiber array is coupled to the LO light source to dephase the LO optical signal. A balanced detector is coupled to the adaptive fiber array to receive a dephased LO signal from the adaptive fiber array and an optical input signal and to generate a heterodyne signal. A controller receives the heterodyne signal and generates one or more control signals. The adaptive fiber array utilizes the control signals to dephase the LO optical signal.
US10122468B2
An optical relay apparatus includes a first signal converting unit that converts a received optical signal into an electric signal and demodulates and outputs the electric signal and modulates an input electric signal in a first modulation scheme, converts the electric signal into an optical signal, and transmits the optical signal and a second signal converting unit that modulates the electric signal output from the first signal converting unit in a second modulation scheme, converts the electric signal into an optical signal, and transmits the optical signal and converts a received optical signal into an electric signal, demodulates the electric signal, and outputs the electric signal as an electric signal input to the first signal converting unit.
US10122459B2
A data communication system comprises an optical transferring device, optical network units, and user processors. The optical transferring device splits a received optical signal into split optical signals. Each optical network unit transforms a respective split optical signal into M first electronic signals, M>1. Each user processor comprises an input mapping unit to map the respective M first electronic signals into N second electronic signals, N≥M; an equalization processor to equalize the N second electronic signals and generate a set of N equalized electronic signals; a wave-front demultiplexer to perform a wave-front demultiplexing transform on the N equalized electronic signals, and output N wave-front demultiplexed signals, each of the N wave-front demultiplexed signals being a unique linear combination of the N equalized electronic signals; and an output mapping unit to map the N wave-front demultiplexed signals into at least M third digital electronic data signals.
US10122454B2
A device uses gated retro-reflectors to transmit uplink data in a visible light communication (VLC) system. The gated retro-reflector includes a retro-reflector and a gating shutter between the retro-reflector and a VLC light source. A light sensor receives VLC data at regular intervals in which a light pulse received during one of the intervals represents a first downloaded symbol and absence of a light pulse during another one of the intervals represents a second downloaded symbol. A controller controls the gating shutter to send uplink data from the device responsive to each received VLC light pulse. The controller opens the gating shutter during the reception of a VLC light pulse to upload a first uploaded symbol and closes the gating shutter during the reception of a VLC light pulse to upload a second uploaded symbol.
US10122432B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of reporting beam measurement state information by a User Equipment (UE). The method may include: measuring beam state information by using a first reception chain and a second reception chain; controlling beam state information on the first reception chain to correspond to beam state information on the second reception chain; calculating state information on each beam based on the controlled beam state information on the first reception chain and beam state information on the second reception chain; and reporting state information on one or more beams.
US10122418B2
A coupling assistance device is provided with a base material having a first principal surface, and a planar antenna provided at the base material. Moreover, the first principal surface of the base material has a first region to which a coil antenna of a portable telephone terminal is to be adjacent, and a second region to which a coil antenna of an RFID tag-containing article is to be adjacent. The planar antenna is provided from the first region over to the second region of the base material, and is coupled to the antenna of the portable telephone terminal in the first region and to the antenna of the RFID tag-containing article in the second region.
US10122414B2
Spatially Enabled Communication technologies are disclosed. A proximity boundary can be defined by a communication range of one or more SRC devices configured to communicate using near field magnetic induction (NFMI) using at least two antennas to provide magnetic induction diversity. A data block can be securely communicated by interspersing the data between an short range communication (SRC) device for near field magnetic induction (NFMI) communication within the proximity boundary and a radio frequency (RF) radio for RF communication. Data received on the SRC device and the RF radio can be reassembled to form the data block.
US10122407B2
A system for radio scanning and signal generation including a direct digital synthesis (DDS) signal generator providing a signal within a first bandwidth; a frequency multiplier in signal communication with the DDS signal generator; the frequency multiplier adapted to convert the signal within the first bandwidth to a multiplied signal within a second bandwidth, wherein the second bandwidth encompasses a wider frequency range than the first bandwidth; a processor in communication with the DDS signal generator for programming the DDS signal generator to provide the signal within the first bandwidth; the processor further adapted to reprogram the DDS signal generator to alter the first bandwidth; a radio frequency (RF) port for transmitting the signal as a wideband signal.
US10122406B2
This disclosure provides techniques for managing antenna sharing on a multi-mode wireless device between coexisting cellular and WLAN modems operating on the same band. One of the modems can communicate a WLAN scanning parameter to another one of the modems, and the distribution of shared antennas between the cellular modem and the WLAN modem may be modified based at least in part on the communicated scanning parameter to accommodate a WLAN scan on channels in the shared band. The distribution of the shared antennas between the modems for the WLAN scan may additionally or alternatively be selected based at least in part on the source of a detected WLAN scanning trigger (e.g., whether the scan is triggered by an application of the wireless device or the WLAN modem of the wireless device).
US10122404B2
A radio frequency (RF) front end chip in a phased array antenna panel for transmitting a modulated circularly-polarized signal is disclosed. The RF front end chip includes an oscillator providing an angular speed modulation signal to a quadrature generation block, the quadrature generation block providing an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal based on the angular speed modulation signal, a first amplifier receiving the in-phase signal and a data signal, and providing a modulated horizontally-polarized signal, and a second amplifier receiving the quadrature signal and the data signal, and providing a modulated vertically-polarized signal, where a modulated circularly-polarized signal is generated based on the modulated horizontally-polarized signal and the modulated vertically-polarized signal. The angular speed modulation signal controls an angular speed of the modulated circularly-polarized signal. The data signal is encoded by the angular speed modulation signal.
US10122394B2
An attachment structure for an electronic component accommodation box including a vibration proof structure includes a damping structure between a vehicle body side attachment member and a casing in which at least one electronic component is mounted. The damping structure includes first sliding portions, second sliding portions, and damping members interposed between the first sliding portions and the second sliding portions. The damping members generate sliding resistance between each of the first sliding portions and each of the second sliding portions when the casing moves relative to the vehicle body side attachment member.
US10122391B2
Systems and method provided herein relate to reducing distortion of signals introduced by components on a phase path of a radio frequency system polar architecture. To reduce phase path distortion, a pre-distortion is introduced prior to a distortion caused by the components on the phase path. The pre-distortion in conjunction with the component distortion results in a transmission signal that forms its expected shape.
US10122384B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to a memory device. The memory device includes a first interleaving circuit that receives data words and generates a first error correction code based on the received data words. The memory device includes a second interleaving circuit that receives the data words and generates a second error correction code based on the received data words as a complement to the first error correction code. The second interleaving circuit interleaves data bits from multiple different data words and stores modified data words based on the multiple different data words.
US10122379B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for content-aware compression of data. An exemplary method comprises obtaining a plurality of floating point numbers each comprising a sign, an exponent at a given base and a significand; grouping a plurality of exponents of the plurality of floating point numbers using a transformation that provides a transformed exponent to reduce a number of distinct exponents in the plurality of floating point numbers to be encoded; and encoding the given floating point number by encoding the transformed exponent and the length of the given floating point number as a single class code. A substantially optimal number of output class codes that need to be encoded is optionally automatically selected. A linear prediction algorithm, such as a first derivative or a second derivative, is optionally applied to the floating point numbers to generate a prediction, wherein the first or second derivative is selected based on an analysis of the data to be compressed.
US10122373B2
An A/D converter includes: an input unit configured to receive an analog input signal, a preprocessing unit configured to convert the input signal into a digital preprocessing signal based on a dynamic range of the input signal and a first resolution corresponding to a predetermined first bit number, a first conversion unit configured to convert the preprocessing signal into a first output signal based on a second resolution corresponding to a second bit number smaller than the first bit number, and a second conversion unit configured to convert the preprocessing signal into a second output signal based on a third resolution corresponding to a third bit number which is smaller than the first bit number and is different from the second bit number.
US10122370B2
A switched capacitor circuit includes a first capacitor coupled in series with a second capacitor in a first mode of operation across differential output terminals of a circuit. The first capacitor and the second capacitor are coupled in an anti-parallel layout in a second mode of operation. The switched capacitor circuit also includes a third capacitor coupled on a first side to a common node of the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The third capacitor is further coupled on a second side to a current source control voltage in the first mode of operation, and coupled between a bias reference voltage and a common mode reference voltage in the second mode of operation.
US10122362B2
In some examples, a device includes level-shifter circuitry and biasing circuitry including at least four diodes, wherein each diode of the at least four diodes is electrically connected in series. The biasing circuitry further includes push-pull circuitry electrically connected to at least two diodes of the at least four diodes and configured to generate an intermediate voltage signal. The biasing circuitry is configured to deliver a high-side biasing signal to the level-shifter circuitry based on the intermediate voltage signal and a high-side voltage signal from the at least four diodes. The biasing circuitry is further configured to deliver a low-side biasing signal to the level-shifter circuitry based on the intermediate voltage signal and a low-side voltage signal from the at least four diodes.
US10122361B2
An electronic device includes a transmission interface, a driving circuit, a receiving circuit, a sampling circuit, a detecting circuit, a timing control circuit and a processing circuit. The transmission interface is for connecting to another electronic device via a connecting cable. The driving circuit outputs a backward signal via the transmission interface to the another electronic device. The receiving circuit receives a received signal including the backward signal and a forward signal from the transmission interface. The sampling circuit samples the received signal to obtain a plurality of sample results. The detecting circuit detects transitions of the sample results to obtain a plurality of detection results. The processing circuit generates a control signal according to the detection results, and adjusts a time point at which the driving circuit outputs the backward signal through the timing control circuit.
US10122360B2
When sampling an A/D-converted data of a voltage signal that a touch IC outputs at a fixed period, a microcomputer of a touch panel device monitors a variation in data values within a monitoring time, and changes a timing of sampling the data when a frequency of the variation exceeds an allowed value. Then, the timing is kept constant and the data is sampled when the frequency of the variation is within a range of the allowed value.
US10122356B2
A semiconductor switch includes a plurality of first terminals, a second terminal commonly provided for the plurality of first terminals, a plurality of first MIS switches provided between the plurality of the first terminals and the second terminal, respectively, configured to pass-through or cut-off a high frequency signal between the plurality of the first terminals and the second terminal, and formed on a SOI substrate, and a capacitor formed on the SOI substrate, connected between the second terminal and the plurality of the first MIS switches, and provided for the plurality of the first terminals commonly.
US10122355B2
The present invention provides a high-power adjustable high-frequency fractional order capacitor with an order greater than 1, and a control method thereof. The fractional-order capacitor comprises an alternating current input module, a coupling impedance, a high-frequency alternating current controlled voltage source, a controller and an alternating current input sampling module. The controller generates a corresponding control signal according to an input voltage signal and an input current signal which are acquired by the alternating current input sampling module, and controls an output voltage of the controlled power source, such that an input current and an input voltage satisfy a current-voltage relationship of the fractional-order capacitor. The obtained relationship between the input current and the input voltage is consistent with the definition of the fractional-order capacitor with the order greater than 1.
US10122354B2
A multi-channel clock distribution circuit and an electronic device includes a power source, a first switch, and at least two clock distribution sub-circuits; each clock distribution sub-circuit includes a second switch, a third switch, and a capacitor; a first end of the capacitor is connected to the power source by using the second switch and is connected to the first end of the first switch by using the third switch, a second end of the capacitor is grounded, and the first end of the capacitor is used as an output end of the clock distribution sub-circuits; and connection and disconnection of the first switch is controlled by a first clock signal, connection and disconnection of the second switch is controlled by a second clock signal, and connection and disconnection of the third switch is controlled by a third clock signal.
US10122350B2
One embodiment describes a Josephson transmission line (JTL) system. The system includes a plurality of JTL stages that are arranged in series. The system also includes a clock transformer comprising a primary inductor configured to propagate an AC clock signal and a secondary inductor arranged in a series loop with at least two of the plurality of JTL stages. The clock transformer can be configured to propagate a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse to set a respective one of the plurality of JTL stages in response to a first phase of the AC clock signal and to reset the respective one of the plurality of JTL stages in response to a second phase of the AC clock signal that is opposite the first phase.
US10122345B2
An electrical circuit assembly can include a semiconductor integrated circuit, such as fabricated including CMOS devices. A first lateral-mode resonator can be fabricated upon a surface of the semiconductor integrated circuit, such as including a deposited acoustic energy storage layer including a semiconductor material, a deposited piezoelectric layer acoustically coupled to the deposited acoustic energy storage layer, and a first conductive region electrically coupled to the deposited piezoelectric layer and electrically coupled to the semiconductor integrated circuit. The semiconductor integrated circuit can include one or more transistor structures, such as fabricated prior to fabrication of the lateral-mode resonator. Fabrication of the lateral-mode resonator can include low-temperature processing specified to avoid disrupting operational characteristics of the transistor structures.
US10122337B2
A programmable gain amplifier includes an active load module, a first differential pair, a second differential pair and a power source module. The first and second differential pairs are electrically connected to the active load module. The power source module is electrically connected to the first current source end of the first differential pair and the second current source end of the second differential pair. The power source module supplies a first current to the first differential pair through the first current source end. The power source module supplies a second current to the second differential pair through the second current source end. The power source module adjusts the potential of the first current, the potential of the second current, or both.
US10122318B2
A network-based motor control system-on-chip (SoC) and a motor control method. The network-based motor control system includes a network unit; a first processor for exchanging a first data with the network unit and processing a first task related to the first data; a motor; a motor control unit for controlling operation of the motor; a second processor for exchanging a second data related to the operation of the motor with the motor control unit and processing a second task related to the second data; and a data sharing unit for sharing processing results of the first task and the second task by the first processor and the second processor, in which the first task and the second task are concurrently processed.
US10122311B2
A mechatronic assembly for linearly driving a member includes a control unit and an actuator, the control unit including a control algorithm and a power bridge, the algorithm controlling the power bridge, the power bridge providing a bifilar electrical signal consisting of a torque signal and a direction signal, the actuator including an electric motor which does not have an N-phase multiphase brush, binary probes for detecting the position of the rotor of the motor, a device for transforming the rotational movement of the rotor into a linear movement of the control member, power switches capable of powering the N phases of the motor on the basis of the bifilar electrical signal, and the state of the power switches is controlled directly by a signal from the detection probes.
US10122308B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed herein for controlling a variable speed electrical generator. The method includes setting a threshold for a parameter of an output power of the generator set, operating an engine of the generator set at a first speed to provide the output power to a load, comparing the parameter of the output power to the threshold over a plurality of changes in a demand of the load, and determining whether to adjust a speed of the engine from the first speed to a second speed in response to the comparison of the parameter to the threshold.
US10122307B2
According to an aspect of the disclosure herein, a generator is provided herein. The generator includes a rotor that further includes a plurality of slots. The generator also includes a three-phase winding configured to produce a first magnetic field and an excitation winding. The excitation winding is a material filling in the plurality of slots and produces a second magnetic field. In turn, a rotation of the generator induces alternating voltage in the stator three-phase winding and the stator excitation winding excites the magnetic flux in the rotor.
US10122298B2
A semiconductor device includes a unipolar switching element having a drain terminal, a gate terminal, and a source terminal, wherein a serial connection body of a capacitor and a resistor is connected between the drain terminal and the gate terminal.
US10122294B2
An inverter phase leg has upper and lower gate drive circuits supplying gate drive signals to upper and lower transistors. Each gate drive circuit includes an active clamp for selectively deactivating the upper and lower transistors. The transistors are comprised of semiconductor devices, each having respective gate, source, and emitter terminals. Each emitter terminal is connected to a respective output electrode structured to enhance a common source inductance between the respective gate and emitter terminals. Each emitter terminal is further connected to a respective Kelvin emitter electrode substantially bypassing the respective output electrode. Each respective active clamp is connected between the respective gate terminal and Kelvin emitter electrode so that the active clamping function remains effective in the presence of the enhanced common source inductance.
US10122289B2
A converter includes: a terminal that receives code-modulated power into which first alternating-current power has been code-modulated with a modulation code; and a circuit that converts the code-modulated power with a conversion code to generate second alternating-current power. The conversion code is based on the modulation code. A frequency of the second alternating-current power is higher than a frequency of the first alternating-current power.
US10122288B2
A transformer includes a front stage circuit and a rear stage circuit. As a front stage circuit, a switch series unit, which is connected in parallel to a power supply, includes odd-numbered switches and even-numbered switches alternately turned ON. Mutual connection points of the respective switches and points at both ends of the switch series unit are regarded as m nodes in total. Capacitors are provided on at least one of a first electrical path combining odd nodes to lead them to a first output port, and a second electrical path combining even nodes to lead them to a second output port. The capacitors are present so as to correspond to at least (m−1) nodes. The rear stage circuit includes an element series unit, which is composed of a pair of semiconductor elements connected in series to each other for conducting operations of mutually opposite polarities, and necessary inductors.
US10122276B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes converting power by a power converter circuit having a plurality of converter cells coupled to a supply circuit. Converting the power includes a plurality of successive activation sequences and, in each activation sequence, activating at least some of the plurality of converter cells at an activation frequency. The activation frequency is dependent on at least one of an output power and an output current of the power converter circuit.
US10122271B2
A voltage conversion device can smoothly switch between a state of performing voltage control and a state of performing current control while maintaining the stability of operation of a voltage conversion unit. A control unit (10) of the voltage conversion device (1) selectively switches the control mode of the voltage conversion unit (3) to a current control mode or a voltage control mode and performs a control process of each control mode. In the voltage control mode, the control unit (10) determines a target current for voltage control according to a voltage deviation and performs the same feedback control process as the current control mode by using the target current to control the voltage conversion unit.
US10122266B1
In an embodiment, set forth by way of example and not limitation, an integrated circuit includes charge pump circuitry formed on an integrated circuit (IC) chip, a first protective circuit formed on the integrated circuit chip and coupling the first output node to a first IC port, a second protective circuit formed on the integrated circuit chip and coupling the second output node to a second IC port, and a third protective circuit formed on the integrated circuit chip and coupling the power input node to a power input IC port.
US10122265B1
An apparatus is provided which comprises: at least two switches in series between an input voltage node and a ground terminal; an inductor coupled between a mid-point of the at least two switches and an output terminal; a first circuitry to compare a current through the inductor with a threshold current, and to control one or both of the at least two switches, based at least in part on the comparison; and a second circuitry to randomly vary the threshold current over consecutive cycles of switching of the at least two switches.
US10122261B2
An MMC includes arms each configured with one unit converter or a plurality of cells connected in series. A control circuit of the cell transmits a voltage detected value of a DC capacitor to a control device and controls on/off of a switching element in accordance with a control signal received from the control device. When the voltage detected value of at least one cell exceeds a first threshold voltage, the control device transmits a gate block signal to the control circuit of each cell. The control circuit of each cell autonomously fixes the switching element of its own main circuit to an off state and short-circuits the output terminals of the main circuit, irrespective of the control signal, when its own voltage detected value exceeds a second threshold voltage higher than the first threshold voltage.
US10122252B2
A method for the start-up and/or the maintenance of a supply voltage for a driver circuit for a solid state light source is described. The driver circuit comprises a switched-mode power converter with a switch and a transformer. The switched-mode power converter converts an input voltage into an output voltage. The driver circuit has a controller which generates a gate control signal for putting the power converter switch into an on-state or an off-state. The driver circuit comprises a supply voltage capacitor to provide a voltage to the controller. A primary coil of the transformer is arranged in series with the power converter switch. A secondary coil arrangement of the transformer provides the output voltage. and is coupled to the supply voltage capacitor via a supply voltage transistor which is controlled such that the supply voltage provided by the supply voltage capacitor lies within a pre-determined voltage interval.
US10122249B2
The invention provides a system to generate alternate energy. More specifically, it provides for generation of electricity using the principle of buoyancy. The system consists of an outer container on which coils are configured and an internal container on which magnets are configured. The electricity is generated by the movement of magnets with respect to the coil. The movement of magnets is achieved by upward and downward motion of the internal container. The system encompassed by the present invention is cost effective and efficient since the installation cost, running cost and maintenance cost incurred therein is comparatively low. It does not require any fuel consumption for its working and is technically and scientifically very sound in its orientation.
US10122232B2
A rotary electric machine includes a stator including a stator winding and a rotor movable relative to the stator in a first direction and arranged to face the stator in a second direction, the rotor including plural pairs of rotor poles at a rotor core, each pair of the plural pairs of rotor poles including different polarities from each other, the stator including a fractional slot configuration where the number of slots per pole per phase is a non-integer, the stator winding being wound by a fractional slot winding, one of a stator core and the rotor core including a base portion and either a single position portion or plural position portions which is connected to the base portion in a third direction and which is displaced relative to the base portion in the first direction, the third direction being orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.
US10122228B2
A sleeve for retaining magnets around a rotor of an electrical machine. The sleeve is cylindrical and hollow, having axial length and having radial thickness between its inner surface and outer surface. The sleeve defines a plurality of axially spaced, circumferentially extending grooves. Each groove has radial depth which is less than the radial thickness of the sleeve.
US10122215B2
An apparatus for receiving wireless power is provided. The apparatus comprises a coupler configured to receive a first amount of wireless power via a wireless field generated by a wireless power transmitter. The apparatus comprises a sensor circuit configured to measure the first amount of wireless power. The apparatus comprises a controller configured to instruct a feedback circuit to provide an indication to a user based on a comparison of the first amount of wireless power measured by the sensor circuit to a power threshold.
US10122212B2
A power supply device may be capable of wirelessly transmitting power at a plurality of resonance frequencies. The power supply device may include: a power conversion unit converting input power into first power; and a wireless power supply unit varying a switching frequency for switching the first power and wirelessly transmitting the switched first power at at least one of a plurality of resonance frequencies.
US10122192B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for detecting a presence of an object. In one aspect an apparatus for detecting a presence of an object is provided. The apparatus includes a sense coil formed from a conductor having a predetermined shape configured to attenuate currents induced in the conductor by an external time-varying magnetic field. The sense coil has an electrical characteristic that varies as a function of the presence of the object. The apparatus comprises a detection circuit coupled to the sense coil and configured to detect the presence of the object in response to detecting a difference between a measured value of the electrical characteristic and a reference value for the electrical characteristic. The reference value for the electrical characteristic is substantially the same as the measured value of the electrical characteristic in the absence of the object over at least a portion of the sense coil.
US10122188B2
A battery pack includes a battery including at least one battery cell, a switching element including a charging switch and a discharging switch arranged on a high current path via which a charging current and a discharging current flow, a battery manager configured to monitor a voltage and a current of the battery, and to controlling charging and discharging of the battery based on the voltage of the battery, and a switch driver configured to output a second driving signal for driving the charging switch according to a control signal from the battery manager, wherein the battery manager is further configured to set a charging current limit based on a deterioration degree of the battery, and to control the charging switch by using the switch driver so that a magnitude of the charging current applied to the battery is equal to or less than the charging current limit.
US10122179B2
Features and advantages of certain embodiments include a plurality of power supplies that work together to deliver power to a target circuit. In one embodiment, a downstream power supply provides a fast current delivery in response to load current transients and generates a feedback signal to control an upstream power supply so that the upstream and downstream power supplies work together to meet the current and voltage requirements of a target circuit across a wide range of loading conditions.
US10122178B2
A modular power conversion system and power electronics enabling any power production device or entity to connect to any load or electrical grid including, but not limited to, electricity conversion between low level producer(s) such as a diesel or gas generator, Stirling engine, wind turbine or photovoltaic array, to a consumer such as a commercial or residential building, either directly or via the grid, is disclosed. The modular power conversion system including hardware and software power electronics designed as a modular power stage aggregating different power production entities, transmission systems, consumption and loads as well as energy storage is also disclosed.
US10122177B2
A power supply method carried out in a system that includes a fuel cell, a secondary battery, a motor, and an auxiliary for the fuel cell includes controlling an intermittent operation by which execution and stoppage of power generation by the fuel cell is switched intermittently to supply power to electric power loads including the motor and the auxiliary, determining whether or not an abnormality occurs in the secondary battery during the intermittent operation, instructing the motor to regenerate power on a condition that it is determined that an abnormality occurs in the secondary battery in the determination of whether or not the abnormality occurs, and supplying power, which is obtained by carrying out the regeneration, to the auxiliary.
US10122175B1
For voltage angle control, a control module generates a control signal for a grid. A canceling function generates an output voltage angle as a function of the control signal that regulates the grid. The output voltage signal includes an angular canceling function that cancels an angular control portion of a dynamic response of the grid such that the control signal controls the grid as a second-order quadrant-axis current.
US10122168B2
An apparatus and method for to incrementally reduce (e.g., de-rate) a power supply voltage output (VOUT) of a regulator to multiple subsystems in response to detecting high power conditions in a client device is described. In one instance, multiple low power client devices and a high power consumption client device are coupled to a power grid of the power management system with a power management integrated circuit (PMIC) supplying power to the power grid. The PMIC includes a buck-or-boost switching regulator including a load current adjustment device to de-rate the high power consumption device when a sum of the current consumed by the high power consumption device and the low power client devices is above a predetermined threshold.
US10122162B2
A method for detecting the operating condition of each phase of a three-phase capacitor bank in a power distribution system, including the steps of, if the RMS neutral current is above the bank status closed setting, comparing the phase angle of neutral current (IN) with respect to voltage on one of the phases (VA, VB or VC) and sending an alarm signal when the comparison of the phase angle of neutral current with respect to the phase voltage differs appreciably from the expected phase angles.
US10122160B2
A tap off box (22) for use with a busbar trunking system (24) comprising at least one conducting bar (26), the tap off box (22) comprising: an inlet contact (34); a movable sheath (36) for the inlet contact (34); and an electrical outlet (50) in electrical communication with the inlet contact (34), wherein, when the tap off box (22) is in a mounted position on the busbar trunking system (24), movement of the sheath (36) to a first position breaks an electrical connection between a conducting bar (26) and the electrical outlet (50).
US10122156B2
The present invention relates to a device for fixing a pipe and an electric wire that fastenedly blocks a fastening hole formed on a vehicle roof by means of a first connection member adapted to pass the pipe therethrough and a second connection member adapted to pass the electric wire therethrough, thus reducing the number of fastening holes formed on the vehicle roof and achieving easy assembling. According to the present invention, the device includes: a first connection member having a first through hole adapted to pass the pipe therethrough and a hollow portion formed on a given region thereof; and a second connection member having a second through hole adapted to pass the electric wire therethrough, wherein the second connection member has the corresponding shape to the hollow portion in such a manner as to be integrally formed with the first connection member, so that the first connection member and the second connection member block a fastening hole formed on a given region of a vehicle.
US10122151B2
An optical module includes a laser transmitter driver chip, a Distributed Bragg reflection (DBR) raster, a laser transmitter, a first resistor, a first capacitor, a second resistor, a second capacitor and a power source. The first resistor is connected between a power source and a differential signal output positive terminal of the laser transmitter; the first capacitor is connected between the differential signal output positive terminal and the a positive terminal of the laser transmitter; the second resistor is connected between the power source and a differential signal output negative terminal of the laser transmitter driver chip; the second capacitor is connected between the differential signal output negative terminal and a negative terminal of the laser transmitter; and the negative terminal of the laser transmitter and a negative terminal of the DBR raster are grounded.
US10122143B2
Disclosed is a pulsed laser system. The pulsed laser system comprises a laser oscillator, a first optical amplifier on a rear end of the laser oscillator, a first optical adjustor on a rear end of the first optical amplifier, and a second optical adjustor on a rear end of the first optical adjustor. The first optical adjustor comprises a saturable absorber, an adjusting compressor on a rear end of the saturable absorber, and a first plasma mirror on a rear end of the adjusting compressor.
US10122142B2
A substrate for an electric flat cable is disclosed that includes an inner limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the inner limb, at least one outer limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the outer limb, and a connecting web, which extends so as to adjoin the first portions of the inner and the at least one outer limb. The inner limb extends at least substantially parallel to the outer limb, in a first direction. The second portion of the outer limb surrounds the second portion of the inner limb, at least partially, such that at least a cart of the second portion of the outer limb is disposed in the first direction in respect of the second portion of the inner limb.
US10122128B1
A table cabinet having a reversible power socket includes a table cabinet main body. The table cabinet main body has a mounting opening. The reversible power socket is mounted to the mounting opening. The power socket includes a socket body, a power supply interface, a pop-up device, and a pop-up button. The pop-up device has a rotating shaft. The operation is convenient and practical. The power socket can be protected. In particular, it has a simple structure, and can be controlled easily, and has good reliability and low cost.
US10122121B2
A connector is configured to be removably engaged with and locked to an inlet. The connector comprises a locking member and a release member. The locking member is configured to impose a force on an inlet blade so as to lock the connector to the inlet when the connector is fully inserted into the inlet. The locking member comprises a compressible portion having an opening that is sufficiently large to allow the inlet blade to slide through under pressure but sufficiently small to form at least one contact point between the inlet blade and the compressible portion in its uncompressed state so as to impose the force on the inlet blade. The release member is configured to release the force imposed by the locking member on the inlet blade so as to disengage the connector from the inlet.
US10122120B2
A lever type connector includes a first housing having a hood part, a second housing fittable into the hood part, a lever swingably assembled to an outer circumference of the second housing in a manner that a swing motion of the lever allows the second housing to be fitted in the hood part and allows the lever to be accommodated in the hood part, and a backlash preventing part provided in the lever and formed so as to project toward an inner wall surface of the hood part. The backlash preventing part is in pressure contact with the inner wall surface of the hood part when the second housing is fitted into the hood part.
US10122114B1
This disclosure regards a self-keying system for an input/output (I/O) device. An I/O module mountable on a terminal base exchanges I/O signals with external devices via the terminal base. The I/O module comprises a key, and the terminal base comprises a locking assembly to allow insertion of only compatible I/O modules into the terminal base. The locking assembly comprises parallel slots containing a plurality of lock pins movable in the slots between a biased position and a second position. A blocking member is actuated by the key to block each of the lock pins in their respective position to key the base. A maintaining member maintains the blocking member in the keyed position. After keying, a non-compatible key would be rejected from the locking assembly due to the blocked lock pins. A reset to the unkeyed configuration may be accomplished without the use of tools by actuating the maintaining member.
US10122112B2
A connector which is provided with connector terminals which include a plurality of terminals that are configured to be in contact with a connection target and achieves reliable contact with the connection target while preventing the plurality of terminals from being in contact with each other when the plurality of terminals come into contact with the connection target and are displaced by the connection target is provided. A connector includes a housing and a connector terminal, and the connector terminal includes a front terminal including a contact portion that comes into contact with a plug connector inserted from an insertion port of the housing and an elastic arm that supports the contact portion in a displaceable manner; and a rear terminal including a contact portion that comes into contact with the plug connector subsequent to the contact portion of the front terminal and an elastic arm.
US10122111B1
An electrical connector is used to be electrically connected with a chip module having multiple contact pads. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, provided with multiple accommodating grooves. Multiple terminals are accommodated in the accommodating grooves respectively. Each terminal has a main body portion located in a corresponding accommodating groove. An extending arm is connected with one end of the main body portion, and is used to be electrically connected with one of the contact pads upward. At least one metal connecting portion is provided on the insulating body and located at one side of the extending arm. One end of the metal connecting portion has an insulating supporting portion. The insulating supporting portion is used to abut the chip module upward, and is not in contact with or not electrically connected with the contact pads.
US10122094B1
A wire terminating post formed from a conductive material includes a first end structured to interlock with a portion of an electrical component and a second end disposed opposite the first end. The second end includes a first aperture defined therethrough, the first aperture having a first diameter, and a second aperture defined therethrough, the second aperture have a second diameter less than the first diameter.
US10122093B2
A dipole array antenna includes a plurality of antenna units including a first radiator and a second radiator. The first radiator includes first and second arms extending toward a first direction, the second radiator includes third and fourth arms extending toward an opposite of the first direction. A first current route of the first radiator includes a first direct trace extending from the first transmission line toward at least a quarter of the first arm and the second arm, and a first meandering trace extending from the first direct trace to at most three quarters of the first arm and the second arm. A second current route of the second radiator includes a second direct trace and a second meandering trace with similar layout as the first current route of the first radiator.
US10122080B2
The invention provides a connection head (40) for using with a supply cable for supplying power to a device, which device is within a housing. A first end (41) of the connection head is for mounting outside the housing of the device. A second end (43) of the connection head is for mounting inside the housing of the device. A closed loop antenna has at least one coil and a pair of feed lines, wherein the feed lines extend from the first end (41) to the second end (43), and the at least one coil is located within the first end (41). The connection head of the supply cable provides protection for an antenna and enables the antenna to be mounted outside the housing.
US10122074B2
An antenna device comprises a dielectric substrate that has first and second surfaces; first and second antenna elements that are arranged on the first surface of the dielectric substrate; a ground conductor that is arranged on the second surface of the dielectric substrate; and an electromagnetic band gap structure that is arranged between the first and second antenna elements on the dielectric substrate. The electromagnetic band gap structure comprises: a plurality of patch conductors that are arranged on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and are electromagnetically coupled with the ground conductor; and at least one opening that is arranged in the ground conductor to expose the dielectric substrate, and causes the electromagnetic coupling between the plurality of patch conductors and the ground conductor to change.
US10122069B2
A mobile terminal device is provided in the present disclosure. The mobile terminal device includes a metal back cover with a groove, a printed circuit board with a groove opening corresponding to the groove, and an antenna module. The antenna module includes a radiator body and a groove adaptor member, at least part of the metal back cover serves as the radiator body of the antenna module. The groove adaptor member includes a groove adapting part and a supporting part for supporting the groove adapting part, the groove adapting part includes a main body, a first extending piece and a second extending piece. The main body is received in the groove opening and aligned with the groove; the first extending piece and the second extending piece respectively extend from two opposite edges of the main body and are connected to the printed circuit board.
US10122067B2
An antenna device is disclosed, including a control means and at least two transmission means in predeterminable positions and at least two receiving means in predeterminable positions. The control means is set up in such a way that it alternately individually excites the at least two transmission means in transmission, in such a way that each of the at least two receiving means receives a transmitted signal generated by each of the at least two transmission means. The control means is further set up to excite the at least two transmission means jointly in transmission at a predeterminable moment in such a way that each of the at least two receiving means receives a transmission signal generated by a single virtual transmission means.
US10122060B2
A high-frequency electronic component includes a multilayer body including a first input/output electrode, a second input/output electrode, and a third input/output electrode, and a first input/output path and a second input/output path. The first input/output path includes a first inductor and a first capacitor. The second input/output path includes a second inductor and the first capacitor. The first input/output electrode is located at a position deviated from a symmetric axis along a short-side direction of one main surface of the multilayer body. A distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the first inductor is larger than a distance from the first input/output electrode to a winding portion of the second inductor, and an inductance of the first inductor is larger than an inductance of the second inductor.
US10122054B2
Examples of battery pack systems that include polymers are a cooling system, a thermal management system, and a liquid leakage control system. The cooling system and the thermal management systems may include an upper critical solution temperature polymer or a lower critical solution temperature polymer. The liquid leakage control system includes a superabsorbent polymer.
US10122051B2
An electrochemical storage device including a state detector, has an electrochemical storage device, which has a wall that surrounds an electrochemical storage material. The state detector has at least one ultrasonic transmitter and at least one ultrasonic receiver, which are attached to the side of the wall facing away from the electrochemical storage material. The electrochemical storage material is subject to a volume change during operation of the storage device, and the electrochemical storage material is liquid during operation of the storage device and is in direct contact with the wall and the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are attached to the wall in such a way that the ultrasonic transmitter and the ultrasonic receiver are acoustically coupled to the wall.
US10122042B2
Methods, systems and battery modules are provided, which increase the cycling lifetime of fast charging lithium ion batteries. During the formation process, the charging currents are adjusted to optimize the cell formation, possibly according to the characteristics of the formation process itself, and discharge extents are partial and optimized as well, as is the overall structure of the formation process. During operation, voltage ranges are initially set to be narrow, and are broadened upon battery deterioration to maximize the overall lifetime. Current adjustments are applied in operation as well, with respect to the deteriorating capacity of the battery. Various formation and operation strategies are disclosed, as basis for specific optimizations.
US10122041B2
The invention relates to a stacking device and a method for stacking flat materials, e.g. electrodes having a separation film (1) interposed in a zigzag manner by means of a guiding device (8). The stacking device comprises a stacking table (11), a holder (4; 5) for immobilizing the stack, and grippers (6, 7) for picking the electrodes (2, 3) up and putting them down in a defined manner, said grippers having an excess pressure module (9) for the targeted shaping of a defined film pocket (17) in the separation film (1).
US10122040B2
At below freezing temperatures, ice blockages can be prevented in the reactant outlet manifolds of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell stacks by modifying the internal design of the manifolds. The reactant outlet manifold comprises a divider dividing the manifold into an upper duct section and a lower main flow section and the divider comprises a plurality of ports fluidly connecting the duct section to the main flow section. The reactant manifold also comprises at least one separating wall in the duct section which partially separates the ports from one another in the duct section.
US10122039B2
A method of producing a dispersion liquid of a gelatinous electrolyte includes a water content reduction process of concentrating an aqueous dispersion liquid of an electrolyte at a temperature of 50° C. or less and reducing a water content in a concentrate of the electrolyte to 5% by mass or less based on the total mass of the concentrate of the electrolyte, and an alcohol addition process of adding an alcohol to the concentrate of the electrolyte obtained in the water content reduction process to form the dispersion liquid of the gelatinous electrolyte.
US10122035B2
A fuel cell system, comprising: a fuel cell stack configured to include a plurality of cells; a number “n” of injectors arranged in parallel to supply an anode gas to the fuel cell stack, where the number “n” represents an integral number of not less than 2; a cell voltage meter configured to measure a voltage of at least one cell among the plurality of cells; a pressure gauge configured to measure a supply pressure that is a pressure of the anode gas supplied to the fuel cell stack; and a controller configured to respectively input control signals into the number “n” of injectors by using the voltage measured by the cell voltage meter and the supply pressure measured by the pressure gauge and to control a driving number that denotes a number of injectors to be driven among the number “n” of injectors, wherein when the measured voltage is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage value, the controller is configured to set a target value of the supply pressure and the driving number according to a required electric power, when the measured voltage is lower than the predetermined voltage value, the controller is configured to perform a first control that fixes the driving number to the number “n” while setting a target value for purging that is a higher value than the target value according to the required electric power to the target value of the supply pressure, and when the supply pressure reaches the target value for purging by the first control, the controller is configured to perform a second control that cancels fixation of the driving number while continuing setting the target value for purging to the target value of the supply pressure.
US10122031B2
A humidifier has a stack unit having a plurality of water-vapor-permeable membranes which are arranged parallel one above the other and spaced apart from one another. The membranes are enclosed at the edges at least in sections by an enclosing part, wherein the enclosing parts of membranes lying one above the other are directly connected to one another in a flow-tight manner.
US10122030B2
A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell including an electrolyte membrane, a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the fuel cell, and a controller. The controller is configured to cause the fuel cell to perform a wet operation to increase a water balance at a cathode of the fuel cell to a value higher than a water balance at the cathode during a normal operation of the fuel cell, when the temperature of the fuel cell measured by the sensor is maintained at a first threshold temperature or higher for a prescribed period of time or longer and then the temperature of the fuel cell decreases to below a second threshold temperature that is equal to or lower than the first threshold temperature.
US10122029B2
The present invention includes a fuel cell mounted on a vehicle to generate electric power using oxidation gas and fuel gas being supplied thereto; an oil temperature sensor configured to detect oil temperature of a compressor; and a controller configured to control driving of the compressor, and also control pressure of the oxidation gas and pressure of the fuel gas being supplied to the fuel cell. The controller performs a control of decreasing rotational speed of the compressor when the oil temperature has exceeded an oil temperature threshold, and further performs a control of balancing the pressure of the oxidation gas and the pressure of the fuel gas. Therefore, it becomes possible to stably operate the fuel cell.
US10122019B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing an anode active material particle having good lithium ion conducting property and good formability. The method for manufacturing an anode active material includes a first step of making a carbon particle with pores have contact with an ionic liquid having a lithium ion conducting property, and making the ionic liquid flow into the pores, and a second step of washing the carbon particle after the first step, while leaving the ion liquid inside the pores.
US10122014B2
The present invention provides a sodium secondary battery capable of reducing the amount of lithium used, and ensuring a larger discharge capacity maintenance rate when having repeated a charge and discharge, as compared with conventional techniques; and a mixed metal oxide usable as the positive electrode active material therefor. A mixed metal oxide of the present invention comprises Na and M1 wherein M1 represents three or more elements selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co and Ni with an Na:M1 molar ratio being a:1 wherein a is a value falling within the range of more than 0.5 and less than 1. Also, a mixed metal oxide of the present invention is represented by the following formula (1): NaaM1O2 (1) wherein M1 and a each have the same meaning as above. The positive electrode active material for secondary batteries of the present invention comprises the mixed metal oxide above.
US10122012B2
The present invention provides a positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries having excellent battery property.The positive electrode active material for lithium ion batteries is represented by composition formula: LixNi1−yMyO2+α, wherein M is Co as an essential component and at least one species selected from a group consisting of Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Ga, Ge, Al, Bi, Sn, Mg, Ca, B and Zr, 0.9≤x≤1.2, 0
US10122009B2
A co-extrusion print head capable of extruding at least two layers vertically in a single pass having a first inlet port connected to a first manifold, a first series of channels connected to the first inlet port arranged to receive a first fluid from the first inlet port, a second inlet port connected to one of either a second manifold or the first manifold, a second series of channels connected to the second inlet port arranged to receive a second fluid from the second inlet port, a merge portion of the print head connected to the first and second series of channels, the merge portion arranged to receive the first and second fluids, and an outlet port connected to the merge portion, the outlet port arranged to deposit the first and second fluids from the merge portion as a vertical stack on a substrate.
US10122008B2
The present invention provides an electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member having electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals, wherein both the electrode plate pair with multiple-sided electric conductive terminals and the section of the electric conductive terminal adjacent to the connected electrode plate extending from at least two sides thereof to the external for inputting/outputting electric energy are sealed covered by a packing material with insulation property to form a full-closed type electricity charging/discharging device with insulation package enclose member such as Lithium-ion Batteries, for instance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) Battery, Lithium Nickel Manganese Cobalt Oxide (NMW) Battery, and Lithium Polymer Battery, or a supercapacity, so the electrode plate pair is able to output or input electric energy to the exterior through an electric conductive interface formed by at least two-sided electric conductive terminal.
US10122007B2
A cover assembly for a battery module is configured to be coupled to battery cells that are arranged side-by-side in a stacked configuration. The cover assembly includes a housing, a plurality of bus bars, and an electrical cable. The bus bars are held by the housing and are configured to electrically connect to corresponding positive and negative cell terminals of the battery cells to electrically connect adjacent battery cells. The cable extends across the bus bars and is electrically connected to each of the bus bars to monitor voltages across the battery cells. The cable includes plural electrical conductors and a dielectric insulator that surrounds and electrically isolates the conductors. The conductors include exposed segments exposed through the dielectric insulator that are electrically connected to corresponding bus bars via a bonding layer applied between the exposed segment and the corresponding bus bar.
US10122000B2
A transport device for lithium batteries in an aircraft, in particular in a hold, includes a container and a lid, lithium batteries being arranged in the container and the lid closing the container during transport of the lithium batteries. A shutoff valve neutralizes electrolyte released by the lithium batteries within the container or conveys the electrolyte to the outside.
US10121991B2
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US10121989B2
A flexible display device includes a cover member having a bending area and a non-bending area. The non-bending area is disposed on opposite sides of the bending area. The bending area is bent or folded about a bending axis. A display panel is disposed under both the bending area and the non-bending area of the cover member. The display panel has a smaller area than that of the cover member. An auxiliary member is disposed alongside the display panel, and under the bending area of the cover member, such that a width of the cover member is substantially equal to a width of the display panel plus a width of the auxiliary member.
US10121987B2
An organic light emitting diode display including a first substrate; a first electrode on the first substrate; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; and a capping layer on the second electrode, wherein the capping layer includes at least one heterocyclic compound, the heterocyclic compound including a carbazole group and a heterocyclic group bonded with the carbazole group.
US10121983B2
A light-emitting device is provided. The light-emitting device includes a first electrode structure, a light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode structure, a second electrode structure disposed on the light-emitting layer, and a plurality of nano-particles disposed within the light-emitting layer. Each of the nano-particles includes a metal core and a dielectric shell that surrounds the metal core to generate plasmon resonance.
