US10311456B2
Provided herein are systems and methods relating to prediction in a context of first and second client devices related to a provider facility (a drive-through that sells comestible goods, e.g.) wherein the first client device is aboard a first vehicle and predictive data relating to the first client device is improved by retaining data relating to the second client device (having visited the provider facility on a prior same-type day, e.g.).
US10311452B2
The disclosure describes systems and methods of ranking user interest in physical entities based on the attention given to those entities as determined by an analysis of communications from devices over multiple communication channels. The attention ranking systems allow any “Who, What, When, Where” entity to be defined and ranked based, at least in part, on information obtained from communications between users and user proxy devices. An entity rank is generated for entity known to the system in which the entity rank is derived from the information in communications that are indicative of user actions related to the entity. The entity ranks are then used to modify the display of information or data associated with the entities. The system may also generate a personal rank for each entity based on the relation of the entity to a specified user.
US10311451B2
With reference to FIG. 1, we provide a system for monitoring pedestrians, the system including: a data capture system including a data capture device; a computer system communicatively coupled to the data capture system and configured to receive data from the image capture system representative of a portion of a pedestrian, said portion including at least a foot or item of footwear of the pedestrian; wherein the computer system is operable to count pedestrian footfall and/or to determine a demographic property of the pedestrian based on the data representative of the foot or item of footwear of the pedestrian.
US10311441B2
A mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device includes an image including a transactional image layer and a master image layer. The mobile device can be used to conduct transactions.
US10311440B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods for increasing the security of financial transaction devices and other places of value. Increased security is provided by analysis of a plurality of sensor and other inputs, and formulation of context-sensitive response plan involving the most probably effective response agents.
US10311438B2
A method and apparatus involve: providing a plurality of products that are each associated with a respective radio frequency identification tag; using radio frequency identification technology to automatically identify specific products in a group of products collected by a shopper; and evaluating whether or not to obtain payment from the shopper based on the radio frequency identification of products in the group. Based on the result of the evaluation, either payment is obtained from the shopper on the basis of the radio frequency identification of products in the group, or else the products in the group are audited, and then payment is obtained on the basis of the products identified by the audit.
US10311436B2
Back-up credentials data is stored for a user. A communication channel is established with a mobile device. A cryptogram is received from the mobile device, such that the cryptogram is relayed by the mobile device from an authentication device that interacted with the mobile device. The authentication device is associated with the user. The cryptogram is verified. In response to the verification of the cryptogram, the stored back-up credentials data is made accessible to the mobile device.
US10311432B1
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with intelligent authentication. According to one embodiment, a system includes a transaction logic configured to receive transaction metadata associated with an attempted transaction. The transaction logic is also configured to identify a user attempting the attempted transaction. The system further includes an activity logic configured to access an activity log associated with the user. The activity log includes values corresponding to previous transactions made by the user and any additional information provided by 3rd party feeds. The activity logic is also configured to compare transaction metadata to the values. The system also includes an authentication logic configured to select an authentication level for the transaction based, at least in part, on the comparison.
US10311425B2
A method, system and computer program product for integrating a mobile payment application with other mobile applications while preventing security exposures. A set of application programming interfaces of mobile applications that may possibly be utilized by a pass created by a mobile payment application is generated in response to receiving an indication that the pass was created. A “pass,” as used herein, refers to a form of mobile payment, such as a gift card. A selection of these application programming interfaces may then be received to interact with the created pass. In this manner, the existing mobile applications are seamlessly integrated with the features of passes. Furthermore, a virtual container is created for the created pass and the selected application programming interfaces to interface with the created pass. By creating such a container, the data to be exposed to the application layer can be controlled.
US10311424B2
An indicia encoding system is disclosed herein that encodes integrated information on products and/or services selected for purchase and payment information for purchasing the selected products and/or services, in accordance with a variety of embodiments involving various methods, devices and systems. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include entering purchase order information via one or more input/output components. The purchase order may include an indication for one or more products and/or one or more services. The method may also include entering payment information, including information on a method of payment, via one or more input/output components. The method may also include generating a machine-readable indicia that encodes both the purchase order information and the payment information, with the payment information in an encrypted form; and displaying the machine-readable indicia on a screen.
US10311409B1
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed that detect and interpret the meaning of visual and/or audio indicators of devices, and provide information, solutions to potential malfunctions, and/or automatic ordering of consumable products to users. For example, sequences of visual indicators (such as LEDs) and/or audio indicators (such as speakers that output beeps) generated by home electronics and other devices may be monitored using an image capture component (such as a camera) or audio capture component (such as a microphone), and the sequences may be interpreted to provide users with information of what is wrong with a device, how to fix a device, purchase a new device, offer repair services, etc. The systems and methods may also provide users with notifications relating to such indicators when the user is away from home.
US10311408B2
An electronic mail wrong transmission determination apparatus includes: a feature information creation unit which creates feature information related to contents of an electronic mail that is a transmission object; an accumulation unit which accumulates feature information related to contents of a transmitted electronic mail and a destination of the transmitted electronic mail in association with each other; a destination candidate selection unit which selects destination candidates that are similar in appearance to a destination of the electronic mail that is the transmission object, from destinations of transmitted electronic mails; a similarity model creation unit which creates a similarity model for each destination accumulated in the accumulation unit based on the feature information accumulated in the accumulation unit in association with the destination and based on the feature information accumulated in the accumulation unit in association with other destinations that differ from the destination; wherein the similarity model serves as a criterion of determination as to whether or not feature information related to contents of an arbitrary electronic mail belongs to a certain feature information region in the word space, which is defined according to the contents of the electronic mails transmitted to the destination so far; and a reliability calculation unit which calculates respective reliabilities of a destination and destination candidates of the electronic mail that is the transmission object, based on feature information related to contents of the electronic mail that is the transmission object, based on the similarity model related to the destination of the electronic mail that is the transmission object, and based on the similarity models related to the destination candidates.
US10311400B2
A robot for providing intelligent service within a facility includes a locomotion platform, an upper sensor for detecting objects within an upper field of view of the robot, a lower sensor for detecting objects within a lower field of view of the robot, a display and a robot computer in communication with the locomotion platform, the upper sensor and the lower sensor. The robot computer is configured to inventory products within the commercial facility and provide inventory discrepancy data to a user at a computing station.
US10311392B2
Techniques to provide and deploy a business process are disclosed. A business process source filed stored in a memory is received. The business process source file, as stored in memory, is provided as an input to an in-memory compiler. A business process class file stored in the memory is received as output from the in-memory compiler. The business process class file, as stored in memory, is provided to a business process engine class loader.
US10311384B2
Methods and systems are provided for automatically generating a dynamic taskline. Initially, sources are accessed to retrieve contextual information associated with a user. From this contextual information, a user task is detected that comprises subtasks. Subtasks are identified, where the subtasks are associated with the user task. The subtasks are ranked based, in part, on the contextual information associated with the user. A taskline is automatically generated based on the ranking of the subtasks. The taskline is dynamically modified based on a particular point in time or updated contextual information associated with the user, to constantly provide the user with relevant and useful information.
US10311378B2
A depth detection apparatus is described which has a memory storing raw time-of-flight sensor data received from a time-of-flight sensor. The depth detection apparatus also has a trained machine learning component having been trained using training data pairs. A training data pair comprises at least one simulated raw time-of-flight sensor data value and a corresponding simulated ground truth depth value. The trained machine learning component is configured to compute in a single stage, for an item of the stored raw time-of-flight sensor data, a depth value of a surface depicted by the item, by pushing the item through the trained machine learning component.
US10311375B2
An analog implementation is proposed of an adaptive signal processing model of a kind requiring a plurality of randomly-set variables. In particular, following a digital to analog conversion of a digital input signal, analog processing is used to transform the data input to the model into data which is subsequently processed by an adaptively-created layer of the model. In the analog processing, multiplication operations involving the randomly-set variables are performed by analog circuitry in which the randomly-set variables are the consequence of inherent tolerances in electrical components. This eliminates the need for the randomly-set variables to be implemented in some other way, for example as random variables stored in memory.
US10311374B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein associate forms with categories based on form features for non-text field characteristics or field-specific text characteristics of the forms. One embodiment provides a method for facilitating searching for a form by associating forms with categories based on form features. The method involves automatically associating, by a processor of a computing device, forms with respective categories based on form features for non-text field characteristics or field-specific text characteristics of the forms and storing the forms and the respective categories associated with the forms at an electronic form search server. Search results are provided from the electronic form search server based on input identifying a search category and a form is identified as a search result based on the form being associated with the search category.
US10311372B1
Systems and methods for managing content delivery functionalities based on machine learning models are provided. In one aspect, content requests are routed in accordance with clusters of historical content requests to optimize cache performance. In another aspect, content delivery strategies for responding to content requests are determined based on a model trained on data related to historical content requests. The model may also be used to determine above-the-fold configurations for rendering responses to content requests. In some embodiments, portions of the model can be executed on client computing devices.
US10311371B1
Systems and methods for managing content delivery functionalities based on machine learning models are provided. In one aspect, content requests are routed in accordance with clusters of historical content requests to optimize cache performance. In another aspect, content delivery strategies for responding to content requests are determined based on a model trained on data related to historical content requests. The model may also be used to determine above-the-fold configurations for rendering responses to content requests. In some embodiments, portions of the model can be executed on client computing devices.
US10311370B2
A technique relates to reducing qubits required on a quantum computer. A Fermionic system is characterized in terms of a Hamiltonian. The Fermionic system includes Fermions and Fermionic modes with a total number of 2M Fermionic modes. The Hamiltonian has a parity symmetry encoded by spin up and spin down parity operators. Fermionic modes are sorted such that the first half of 2M modes corresponds to spin up and the second half of 2M modes corresponds to spin down. The Hamiltonian and the parity operators are transformed utilizing a Fermion to qubit mapping that transforms parity operators to a first single qubit Pauli operator on a qubit M and a second single qubit Pauli operator on a qubit 2M. The qubit M having been operated on by the first single qubit Pauli operator and the qubit 2M having been operated on by the second single qubit Pauli operator are removed.
US10311366B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for automatically generating combinations of styling values for application to a digital design. Each of the generated styling value combinations includes styling values selected from one or more probabilistically distributed sets of styling values. One or more embodiments described herein utilize a scoring system to ensure that, when applied to the digital design, the styling values included in the probabilistically distributed sets of styling values will make the digital design look professional and aesthetically pleasing.
US10311365B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for recommending a context to a user of a social network service, based on detecting an interaction with some item of web content. With some embodiments, after detecting an interaction with a web document, a topic to which the web document is related is determined. A context, such as an online or offline forum, known to be associated with the topic is then identified. Finally, the identified context is presented to the user as a recommendation for a content source that is likely to be of interest to the user.
US10311361B1
A technology for propagating themes is provided. In one example, a method may include identifying media having a content feature contained in a presentation of the media. The method may include extracting the content feature of the media as a continuous variable and discretizing the continuous variable into a bucket representing a discrete value. A theme label may be applied to the media and may be propagated to other media with continuous variables discretized into the subset of buckets.
US10311359B2
In one implementation, a method for detecting a configuration of wireless sensors within a vicinity includes a method of assessing wireless sensors in the vicinity of an application computing system. The application computing system is operated in a listen mode to receive and record wireless transmissions produced by one or more wireless sensors producing wireless transmissions in the vicinity of the application computing system. The recorded wireless transmissions are evaluated using a rule set that embodies normal operating characteristics of various types of wireless sensors in an operating environment to generate a conclusion regarding at least one attribute of at least one wireless sensor that produced the recorded wireless transmissions. The generated conclusion can be used so that the at least one wireless sensor is utilized in the application computing system.
US10311357B2
A thermodynamic RAM technology stack, two or more memristors or pairs of memristors comprising AHaH (Anti-Hebbian and Hebbian) computing components, and one or more AHaH nodes composed of such memristor pairs that form at least a portion of the thermodynamic RAM technology stack. The levels of the thermodynamic-RAM technology stack include the memristor, a Knowm synapse, an AHaH node, a kT-RAM, kT-RAM instruction set, a sparse spike encoding, a kT-RAM emulator, and a SENSE Server.
US10311349B1
A flexible card may include a dynamic magnetic stripe communications device having multiple layers, such as an electromagnetic generator, a magnet, and a shield. A shield may form a non-flexible layer within the stack and may bend, but the shield may not be able to stretch or compress. Flexible layers may surround and adhere to the shield such that when the card is flexed, the flexible layers may stretch and compress with the movement of the shield. The dynamic magnetic stripe communications device may include one or more coils. Each coil may contain a stepped material, such that a length of a lower layer of the stepped material is longer than a length of a middle layer of the stepped material, which is longer than a length of a top layer of the stepped material.
US10311339B2
A temporal difference model can be trained to receive at least a first state representation and a second state representation that respectively describe a state of an object at two different times and, in response, output a temporal difference representation that encodes changes in the object between the two different times. To train the model, the temporal difference model can be combined with a prediction model that, given the temporal difference representation and the first state representation, seeks to predict or otherwise reconstruct the second state representation. The temporal difference model can be trained on a loss value that represents a difference between the second state representation and the prediction of the second state representation. In such fashion, unlabeled data can be used to train the temporal difference model to provide a temporal difference representation. The present disclosure further provides example uses for such temporal difference models once trained.
US10311334B1
Systems, methods, and articles of manufacture to generate, by a neural network of a variational autoencoder, a latent vector for a first input image, generate, by the neural network of the variational autoencoder, a first reconstructed image by sampling the latent vector for the first input image, determine a reconstruction loss incurred in generating the first reconstructed image based at least in part on: (i) a difference of the first input image and the first reconstructed image, and (ii) a master model trained to detect a sensitive attribute in images, determine a total loss based at least in part on the reconstruction loss and a classification loss, and optimize a plurality of weights of the neural network of the variational autoencoder based on a backpropagation operation and the determined total loss, the optimized neural network trained to not consider the sensitive attribute in images.
US10311331B2
An image processing apparatus includes a feature value extractor and an image adjuster. The feature value extractor extracts feature values of a first specified image, which is an image of a region specified in advance in a first image. The image adjuster changes, in a case where the feature values of the first specified image are to be reflected in a second image, for each region of the second image, a degree to which the feature values of the first specified image are to be reflected, and adjusts an image quality of the second image.
US10311329B2
A method and system are provided. The method includes acquiring a first image by a first user. The method further includes performing, using a processor, a comparative analysis of the first image and at least one other image acquired within a threshold time by at least one other user. The method also includes establishing a real-time communication interface between the first user and the at least one other user in response to the comparative analysis.
US10311328B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of determining whether data exceeds a validity range of an operation, comprising dividing operation data indicative of a range of validity of the operation into a plurality of chunks, determining a partial convex hull for each of the plurality of chunks, determining a convex hull for the operation data based on the plurality of partial convex hulls, and determining whether the data exceeds the validity range of the operation data based on the convex hull.
US10311322B2
The present invention relates to a character information recognition method based on image processing. The method comprises: collecting images to obtain a target character image; then sequentially comparing the target character image with character template images in a character template library to find a maximum of a coincidence area of the character in the target character image with the character templates in the character template images; and when the coincidence area meets a preset condition, determining the target character to be recognized as the character in the corresponding character template image. The character templates are designed to include not only a coincidence-permitted region but also a coincidence-restricted region. The coincidence-restricted region is set, so that the direct comparing and matching of the character templates can be more accurately carried out, thereby improving the recognition speed.
US10311317B2
Provided is a method for generating teacher data for image recognition while reducing the number of images used as the basis. A captured image is obtained by imaging an object by an imaging device C arranged at a first designated position Pi. A basic image region Si is extracted from the captured image. The teacher data is generated as a result of coordinate transformation of the basic image region Si from one image coordinate system to a coordinate system of a captured image by the imaging device C on the assumption that the imaging device C is arranged at a second designated position Pj which is different from the first designated position Pi.
US10311312B2
A system and method for vehicle occlusion detection is disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: receiving training image data from a training image data collection system; obtaining ground truth data corresponding to the training image data; performing a training phase to train a plurality of classifiers, a first classifier being trained for processing static images of the training image data, a second classifier being trained for processing image sequences of the training image data; receiving image data from an image data collection system associated with an autonomous vehicle; and performing an operational phase including performing feature extraction on the image data, determining a presence of an extracted feature instance in multiple image frames of the image data by tracing the extracted feature instance back to a previous plurality of N frames relative to a current frame, applying the first trained classifier to the extracted feature instance if the extracted feature instance cannot be determined to be present in multiple image frames of the image data, and applying the second trained classifier to the extracted feature instance if the extracted feature instance can be determined to be present in multiple image frames of the image data.
US10311310B2
A surround view system includes at least at least one camera pair formed by two cameras with overlapping fields of view adapted to generate camera images with an overlapping area. The system also includes and a processing unit configured to compute surround view images including overlapping areas with respect to each camera and to extract features from the computed surround view images resulting in binary images for each overlapping area. Priority in visualization is given to the camera image of the overlapping area generated by the camera of the respective camera pair where a calculated sum of binary values within the resulting binary image is highest.
US10311309B2
A method is described for interpreting a surrounding environment of a vehicle. The method includes a step of providing an image of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, a step of forming an item of relational information using a first position of a first object in the image and a second position of a second object in the image, the item of relational information representing a spatial relation between the first object and the second object in the surrounding environment of the vehicle, and a step of use of the item of relational information in order to interpret the surrounding environment of the vehicle.
US10311305B2
Systems and methods for creating a story board with forensic video analysis on a video repository are provided. Some methods can include storing a plurality of video data streams in a data repository, storing asynchronous streams of metadata of each of the plurality of video data streams in the data repository, identifying a first object captured by at least one of the plurality of video data streams, using the asynchronous streams of metadata to identify correlations or interactions between the first object and a plurality of other objects over time, and replicating a story of the first object.
US10311301B2
An image monitoring system includes: recording means for recording an image captured by a camera via a network; control means for controlling the system so as to display the present image captured by the camera or a past image recorded on the recording means on display means; and moving-object detecting means for detecting a moving object from the image captured by the camera; wherein the moving-object detecting means includes resolution conversion means for generating an image with a resolution lower than the resolution of the image captured by the camera, positional-information output means for detecting a moving object from the image generated by the resolution conversion means and outputting positional information on the detected moving object, and information merging means for merging the positional information of the moving object with the image captured by the camera on the basis of the positional information of the moving object output by the positional-information output means.
US10311299B2
Described embodiments include systems and methods for acquiring iris biometric data. An optical entrance of an optical medium may receive a ray incident on the optical entrance, the ray comprising biometric data. An interface of the optical medium with a second medium may receive the received ray at a first angle greater than a critical angle of the interface to enable total internal reflection of the received incident ray. A reflective coating, prism or other mechanism may be used in place of the interface to redirect the received ray or bend the optical path of the received ray. An optical exit of the optical medium may couple the reflected or redirected ray to a sensor for acquiring the biometric data. The ray may be incident on the optical entrance at a second angle relative to an axis of the sensor that is less than 90 degrees.
US10311298B2
Exemplary embodiments for a biometric camera system for a mobile device, comprise: a near infrared (NIR) light source on the mobile device that flashes a user of the mobile device with near infrared light during image capture; a biometric camera located on the mobile device offset from the NIR light source, the biometric camera comprising: an extended depth of field (EDOF) imaging lens; a bandpass filter located adjacent to the EDOF imaging lens to reject ambient light during image capture; and an imaging sensor located adjacent the bandpass filter that converts an optical image of an object into an electronic signal for image processing; and a processor configured to receive video images of an iris of a user from the image sensor, and attempt to match the video images of the iris with previously registered images stored in an iris database, wherein if a match is found, the user is authenticated.
US10311287B2
A face recognition system for recognizing face in two stages includes a processor and a camera. The camera captures a face image. The processor includes a image locating unit, an image recognition unit, a first feature extraction unit, a second feature extraction unit, and a comparison unit. The image locating unit locates a face in the face image. Facial landmarks are recognized by the image recognition unit and the first feature extraction unit extracts a deep-learning based facial feature. The second feature extraction unit extracts a hand-crafted facial feature. The comparison unit compares the deep-learning based facial feature and the hand-crafted facial feature with a predetermined facial samples library to output a result of facial comparison. A face recognition method is also provided.
US10311282B2
Region of interest detection in raw time of flight images is described. For example, a computing device receives at least one raw image captured for a single frame by a time of flight camera. The raw image depicts one or more objects in an environment of the time of flight camera (such as human hands, bodies or any other objects). The raw image is input to a trained region detector and in response one or more regions of interest in the raw image are received. A received region of interest comprises image elements of the raw image which are predicted to depict at least part of one of the objects. A depth computation logic computes depth from the one or more regions of interest of the raw image.
US10311279B2
A fingerprint sensor device and an operation method thereof are provided. The fingerprint sensor device includes a driving electrode, a driving circuit, a fingerprint sensing plate, a reading circuit and a determination circuit. The driving circuit applies a driving signal to an object through the driving electrode. The fingerprint sensing plate has sensing electrodes configured to sense the object. The reading circuit reads the driving signal through the fingerprint sensing plate. During a period between a rising edge time point and its adjacent falling edge time point of the driving signal, the reading circuit respectively samples the driving signal in at least two different phases to obtain at least two sampling results and outputs a difference value of the at least two sampling results. The determination circuit checks the difference value to determine whether the object to be sensed is a real finger or a fake finger.
US10311278B2
A method for encrypting an application and a related terminal may be provided. The method may include the follows. A pressure force of a touch operation performed on an icon of a target application is detected. First fingerprint information is obtained when the pressure force is greater than a preset pressure value. The target application is encrypted with the first fingerprint information.
US10311275B2
Sensing sensitivity of a fingerprint sensor may be enhanced by grouping driving electrodes and driving groups. A processor of the fingerprint sensor may calculate mutual capacitance at each node on a touchpad from gross mutual capacitances in areas including a plurality of channels.
US10311274B2
Reader for optical indicia presented under two or more imaging conditions within a single frame time
The present invention embraces an optical indicia reader, e.g., barcode scanner, that captures images of optical indicia under multiple imaging conditions within the span of a single frame. The reader includes an image sensor having selectively-addressable pixels that can be divided into groups having regions of interest (ROIs) within the reader field of view. Each pixel group is shuttered separately to obtain independent partial frame images under separate imaging conditions.
US10311270B2
A method for filtering scanned objects displayed on a reader is provided. The reader may scan one or more transponders, and obtain, from a database, an image for each scanned transponder. Each transponder may be associated with an object (e.g., an item of retail inventory). The obtained image for each object may be presented on an interface, and a selection of an object category may be received using the obtained images. A determination may be made as to which objects are associated with the selected object category. A display screen may display data associated with only the objects associated with the selected object category.
US10311265B2
A universal mounting ring has an arcuate or curved upper portion and a plurality of downwardly depending tabs. The universal mounting ring is configured to interface with an electrical enclosure, such as conventional electrical junction boxes to permit a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader to be secured within the enclosure and mate with a wide variety of enclosure cover assemblies manufactured by third parties. The downwardly depending mounting tabs are provided with multiple mounting positions such that the reader may be securely mounted at a plurality of positions relative to a cover assembly.
US10311263B2
The present invention relates to an automatic vending machine, which includes a smart shelf and a server back-end management system, wherein a door body is arranged on the smart shelf, a main control board is arranged on the smart shelf, the main control board is respectively electrically connected with an electric inserting lock, an antenna array, and an Alipay two-dimensional code input terminal; the main control board is interconnected with the server back-end management system through the Internet, the server back-end management system is accessed to Zhima credit system through the Internet; the door body forms an opening and closing connection with the smart shelf through the electric inserting lock; the main control board and the antenna array are connected through a multi-channel read head controller and a signal amplification motherboard. It is convenient to use.
US10311260B2
The present disclosure facilitates the establishment of near field communication with a mobile terminal while also preventing malfunctions and an increase in burden of maintenance. A display apparatus (10) includes: at least one antenna (140) for carrying out near field communication with a mobile terminal (20), the at least one antenna being provided so as to positionally overlap with a display section (160). In a case where the mobile terminal comes into proximity to the display section, the display section is caused to display a guide for bringing the mobile terminal in proximity to at least one of the at least one antenna.
US10311258B2
An electronic shelf label system comprising a plurality of electronic shelf labels is provided. A central computing system transmits data transmissions to the plurality of electronic shelf labels at a first power level. A candidate electronic shelf label from the plurality of electronic shelf labels periodically activate from a sleep mode to identify whether there is an existing master electronic shelf label from the plurality of electronic shelf labels. The candidate electronic shelf label becomes a new master electronic shelf label based on a set of specified conditions to transmit programming instructions received from the central computing system to one or more electronic shelf labels.
US10311252B2
Technologies for managed code execution include a computing device having a processor with protection key support. The computing device sets a protection key register of the processor with permissions to disallow data access to any protection domain of the computing device and then executes a domain switch routine to switch to a managed applet. The managed applet is included in an applet protection domain, the domain switch routine is included in a switch protection domain, and a managed runtime environment is included in a normal protection domain. The domain switch routine sets the protection key register with permissions to disallow access to any protection domain other than the applet protection domain and then executes the managed applet. Other managed applets may be each be included in separate applet domains. Each managed applet may be a thread executed within a common process address space. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10311238B2
Methods and systems are disclosed including dividing a sensitive geographic region into three or more work regions; selecting geo-referenced aerial images for each particular work region such that at least a portion of the particular work region is depicted; transmitting, without information indicative of the geographic location depicted, a first of the images for a first of the work regions to an operator user device; receiving, from the device, at least one image coordinate selected within the first image by the operator, wherein the image coordinate is a relative coordinate based on a unique pixel location within the image raster content of the first image; and transmitting, without information indicative of the geographic location depicted, a second of the images for a second of the work regions to the operator user device, wherein the first and second work regions are not geographically contiguous.
US10311236B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing secure system memory training are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a boot media, a security processor with a first memory, a system memory, and one or more main processors coupled to the system memory. The security processor is configured to retrieve first data from the boot media and store and authenticate the first data in the first memory. The first data includes a first set of instructions which are executable to retrieve, from the boot media, a configuration block with system memory training parameters. The security processor also executes a second set of instructions to initialize and train the system memory using the training parameters. After training the system memory, the security processor retrieves, authenticates, and stores boot code in the system memory and releases the one or more main processors from reset to execute the boot code.
US10311229B1
In a virtualization environment, a guest process may protect itself from potential timing side-channel attacks by other guest processes on the same host machine by taking steps to obscure accesses to alternative critical code paths (e.g., alternative paths within cryptographic functions whose selection at runtime is dependent on secret data) that have been designated as potential targets of such attacks. This may include interleaving instructions from multiple alternative code paths so that they land in the same cache lines (e.g., so that all code paths pass through the same set of cache lines). The different code paths may be allocated the same or different numbers of bytes per cache line, and unused allocated locations may be filled with NOPs. Chunks of code for a given code path that fall on different cache lines may be linked using local jumps. Some code chunks may span the boundaries between two cache lines.
US10311228B2
A data processing system can use a method of fine-grained address space layout randomization to mitigate the system's vulnerability to return oriented programming security exploits. The randomization can occur at the sub-segment level by randomizing clumps of virtual memory pages. The randomized virtual memory can be presented to processes executing on the system. The mapping between memory spaces can be obfuscated using several obfuscation techniques to prevent the reverse engineering of the shuffled virtual memory mapping.
US10311225B2
A method for determining the authenticity of a trackable item is provided. The method includes maintaining a database including first scan history data associated with a given integrated circuit associated with a given item. Second scan history data associated with the given integrated circuit is received. An authenticity of the given item is determined based on a comparison of the first scan history data to the second scan history data.
US10311224B1
A digital seal of a current configuration of a rack can be generated to authenticate that rack components within the rack remain unchanged during transport. At a manufacturing site, an agent can be executed so as to capture a plurality of device identifiers, which indicate what hardware or software components are present in the rack. A digital seal representing a current configuration of the rack can be generated using the device identifiers and stored at a secure location within the rack. When the rack is transported from one location to another, the digital seal of the rack travels with the rack. At a data center, the rack can be re-tested and a new measurement can be captured. The stored digital seal can be compared to the new measurement to ensure that the rack components have not been compromised during shipping.
US10311221B2
A method and system for authenticating a user to access a computer system. The method comprises communicating security information to the computer system, and providing the computer system with an implicit input. The method further comprises determining whether the security information and implicit input match corresponding information associated with the user. The method further comprises granting the user access to the computer system in the event of a satisfactory match. When authenticating the user, the method and system consider the possibility of the user being legitimate but subject to duress or force by a computer hacker.
US10311217B2
A compiler automatically modularizes identified functions or portions of source code, thereby enabling developers to merely identify portions of source code that represent functionality that is to be protected, including going back and identifying such portions after the programming of the software application program has been substantially completed. Such identification can be inline, within the source code itself, or specified in an external file. During compilation of such source code, a compiler recognizes such identifications and appropriately compiles the source code such that the relevant portions of the software application program are appropriately modularized, including inserting functionality to provide for marshaling of parameters between functionality that will be protected and functionality that will be executed outside of the enclave, as well as appropriately modifying pointers or addresses to be position independent based upon where the functionality making reference to such pointers or addresses will be executed.
US10311216B2
According to one embodiment, a method for borrowing licenses. The method may include retrieving a license file associated with a software program from a data storage device, whereby the license file includes a plurality of borrowing information. The method may also include recording a plurality of usage information to the data storage device based on a plurality of user interactions with the software program. The method may further include updating the plurality of borrowing information within the retrieved license file using the recorded plurality of usage information. The method may also include revoking the retrieved license file based on the updated plurality of borrowing information expiring.
US10311213B2
A method for providing cloud-based communication for blood bank collection and management is provided. The method may include detecting and registering a plurality of cloud systems. The method may further include enabling cloud communications for the plurality of cloud systems. Additionally, the method may include receiving at least one blood donation request and blood donation event using the plurality of cloud communications for the plurality of cloud systems. The method may also include recommending and generating lists of blood donors based on the at least one blood donation request and the plurality of cloud systems. The method may further include presenting to users associated with the plurality of cloud systems the at least one blood donation request and blood donation event using the plurality of cloud communications, wherein the users associated with the plurality of cloud systems are based on the plurality of lists of blood donors.
US10311210B2
Systems and methods for providing targeted content to a patient who has received a prescription for medication. The systems and methods generally provide the content prior to the Point of Sale (POS) of the actual prescription to allow patients to review the content and possibly act on it prior to actually obtaining the medication. Depending on embodiment, the content may be provided by a pharmacy at or around the time of dispensing or by a physician at or around the time of prescribing.
US10311205B2
An analysis system for biological samples is disclosed that includes at least one analyzer with an analytical unit for analyzing the biological samples and an analyzer controller. The analysis system further includes an analyzer data management system (ADMS) operable for receiving a selection of an operating environment chosen from multiple operating environments. In some embodiments, an analytical system is provided which offers a switch between sample testing and software validation on the same hardware, thereby offering efficiency and flexibility. For example, if sample testing is typically restricted to a particular time of the day (e.g., blood banks often get their samples in the evening and conduct the sample testing at night), the daytime hours can be used to validate new software. In such a case, additional instruments for software validation are not required and expensive idle times of analytical systems are reduced.
US10311191B2
A system and method for floorplanning a memory. A computing system includes a processing unit which generates memory access requests and a memory. The size of each memory line in the memory includes M bits. A memory macro block includes at least a primary array and a sidecar array. The primary array stores a first portion of a memory line and the sidecar array stores a second smaller portion of the memory line being accessed. The primary array and the sidecar array have different heights. The height of the sidecar array is based on a notch height in at least one corner of the memory macro block. The notch creates on-die space for s reserved area on the die. The notches result in cross-shaped, T-shaped, and/or L-shaped memory macro blocks.
US10311186B2
Methodologies and a device for assessing integrated circuit and pattern for yield risk based on 3D simulation of semiconductor patterns are provided. Embodiments include generating, with a processor, a 3D simulation of semiconductor patterns; obtaining critical dimensions of distances between layers or within a layer of the 3D simulation of semiconductor patterns; comparing the set of critical dimensions with predefined minimum dimensions; and yield scoring each of the semiconductor patterns of the 3D simulation based on the comparing step.
US10311181B2
Methods and systems for creating a computerized model representing a layered shell-like structure are disclosed. 2-D reference mesh model and a user-specified definition of a layered shell-like structure are received in a computer system. The 2-D reference mesh model contains a plurality of reference nodes connected by a plurality of 2-D reference elements for representing the layered shell-like structure's mid-plane in the 2-D reference mesh model's thickness direction and the user-specified definition includes the number of layers and each layer's characteristics. A set of new nodal locations along respective reference nodes' normal vectors are calculated according to a set of rules derived from the user-specified definition. New nodes for defining a computerized model that represents the layered shell-like structure are created by reproducing the reference nodes at each corresponding new nodal location. And corresponding finite elements of the computerized model at respective layers are formed according to the user-specified definition.
US10311177B1
A model synthesizer generates a state-space model of a structure from frequency domain parameters of the structure using a selected number of significant eigenvalues of a matrix derived from the frequency-domain parameters such that the quality of the fit of the model is improved. A matrix of the frequency-domain parameters is reshaped so as to improve performance of determination of the fit quality. Passivity violations in the model can be removed via regularization and error control such that the fit quality of the model after removal of the passivity violations is within a specified tolerance. Cholesky factorization can improve the performance of passivity violation detection. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
US10311166B2
A system and method is provided that facilitates solving and enforcing associative constraints across heterogeneous models of the same system. The system may include a processor configured to: access an expression that specifies a relationship between at least one first constraint variable and at least one second constraint variable; access a first constraint map that maps at least one first model property of a first model to the at least one first constraint variable; and access a second constraint map that maps at least one second model property of a second model to the at least one second constraint variable. The processor may also be configured to: retrieve based on the first constraint map, at least one first model value of the at least one first model property from the first model by accessing a first modeling software component that is configured to access and manipulate the first model; and determine at least one second model value for the at least one second model property of the second model, based on the at least one first model value, the expression, the first constraint map, and the second constraint map.
US10311161B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) on an interactive mirror display responsive to user interest. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include identifying an item of interest to an individual in a retail store and accessing detailed product information for the item from a product database. The method may further include generating the interactive GUI using the detailed product information and causing the interactive GUI to be presented to the individual on the interactive mirror display.
US10311147B2
According to one embodiment, a machine translation apparatus includes the following elements. The machine translation unit performs machine translation on a first text in a first language to generate a first machine translation result in a second language. The retrieval unit retrieves a first question sentence in the first language similar to the first text to obtain a degree of similarity between the first text and the first question sentence. The determination unit determines a first answer sentence in the first language corresponding to the first question sentence to be an output target when the degree of similarity is higher than a threshold and determines the first machine translation result to be an output target when the degree of similarity is lower than the threshold.
US10311136B2
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is extended to syndicate structured data as well as general content via Really Simple Syndication for data (RSSd). RSSd provides a mechanism by which tables of data can easily be made available to users and across applications. RSSd provides the ability to syndicate data directly into applications, such as spread sheet applications. RSSd is backwards compatible with RSS. Standardized metadata is utilized in each element of RSSd to enable typing of data.
US10311120B2
Various embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for identifying webpage type. The method includes: judging whether a web address to be classified matches with a webpage classification rule in at least two webpage classification rules; and determining the type of the webpage to be a type corresponding to a webpage classification rule which matches with the web address.
US10311115B2
An object search method and apparatus, where the method includes receiving voice input and gesture input that are of a user; determining, according to the voice input, a name of a target object for which the user expects to search and a characteristic category of the target object; extracting characteristic information of the characteristic category from an image area selected by the user by means of the gesture input; and searching for the target object according to the extracted characteristic information and the name of the target object. The solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure can provide a user with a more flexible search manner, and reduce a restriction on an application scenario during a search.
US10311104B2
Methods and systems of determining competition for search queries on a video hosting system on a computer network are provided. Search records associated with search queries directed to the video hosting system are received. Each search record identifies videos available on the video hosting system that are search results for a corresponding search query and indicates associated view durations that the videos were viewed responsive to the search query. Search queries directed to a first and second videos and associated view durations that the first video was watched in response to the queries are identified from the received search records. A competition score indicating an amount of competition between the first and second videos for views of users of the video hosting system is calculated based on the identified search queries and associated view durations.
US10311100B2
An embodiment may involve a server device transmitting, over a wide area network, a first playlist with a first duration to a client device. Possibly while the client device is playing out a current audio file of a first plurality of audio files in the playlist, the server device may receive an instruction from the client device and generate a second playlist. The second playlist may include references to a second plurality of audio files, where playout of the second plurality of audio files may have a duration that is less than the duration of the playout of the first plurality of audio files. The server device may transmit, over the wide area network, the second playlist to the client device. Reception of the second playlist at the client device may cause the audio player application to retrieve and play out the second plurality of audio files.
US10311096B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing image search result relevance. In one aspect, a method includes receiving result data specifying a search query and responsive image search results that reference images that are responsive to the search query. A determination is made that the search query matches an indexed query. An image relevance model is identified for the indexed query. The image relevance model can output a relevance score adjustment factor for an image search result based on image feature values of the image that is referenced by the search result. A relevance score adjustment factor is determined for each image search result using the identified image relevance model. A relevance score for each image search result is adjusted using the image's image relevance score adjustment factor. The images are ranked based on the adjusted relevance scores.
US10311091B2
As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments herein, content in each of a plurality of electronic magazine issues is communicated as follows. One of the plurality of electronic magazine issues is identified for communication with a magazine reader, such as a user reading magazine issues on an end device (e.g., tablet or other computer). At a user display device, and via a user-communication interface medium, an issue cover having an issue name and a cover image is caused to be displayed for the identified magazine issue, as is a summary or overview of articles for the identified magazine issue. For the latter, the display of the issue cover is autonomously caused to be replaced by a set of successive screen pages respectively corresponding to the articles, with each of the successive screen pages including a feature image and article-characterization text associated with one of the articles.
US10311087B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining topics of data artifacts may include (1) extracting at least one initial keyword from a data artifact with an unknown topic, (2) creating a set of keywords by generating a plurality of contextually relevant keywords related to the initial keyword and combining the initial keyword with the contextually relevant keywords to form the set of keywords, (3) retrieving, from a topic processor, at least one list of topics associated with each keyword within the set of keywords, and (4) generating, based on the retrieved topic lists, an ordered list of probable topics of the data artifact. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10311084B2
A method and system for constructing a classifier for a set of records to be classified (108) into predicted classes (351-353) are provided. The set of records that are to be classified (108) are clustered into a plurality of clusters. A first classifier (106) is created that classifies records into the plurality of clusters (321-323) and the first classifier (106) is applied to a set of training records (110), each of the training records (331-334) having a predicted class (306). A classifier (107A-C) may then be created for each sub-set of training records (341-343) classed into each of the plurality of clusters and the classifier (107A-C) applied to a sub-set of records to be classified (311-313) formed in the corresponding cluster.
US10311082B2
An enterprise system which facilitates synchronization of offline data. Offline data created during an offline session or sessions (collectively an offline session) prior to synchronization is assigned a temporary key. Changes of offline data created during an offline session is assigned the temporary key of the data to which the change is associated. The temporary key is mapped to a new created backend key and stored in a mapping table. Using the mapping table, temporary keys associated with the changes are swapped with backend keys which the temporary keys are mapped. This maintains data persistency of newly created and change data during an offline session.
US10311080B2
Generally described, embodiments of the present invention provide the ability to sort and/or filter information contained in a summary table based on related information that may not be included in the summary table. According to one aspect, a computer-readable medium having computer executable components for filtering or sorting information displayed in a summary table is provided. Included in the computer executable medium is a category receipt and identification component configured to receive selections of categories and identify related categories contained in a dataset represented by the summary table. Also included in the computer-readable medium is a filtering component and a sorting component, each configured to control the structure and criteria upon which information contained in a category displayed in the data summary table may be filtered or sorted.
US10311064B2
A method and device relate to prioritizing content items stored on a device and, more particularly, relate to automatically ordering highest priority content items stored on a device according to multiple criteria. The method and device enabling presentation, on a display of the device, the high priority content items in order of their total priority.
US10311055B2
A query optimizer may receive a query (e.g., from a source that generated the query). Input that specifies both a query hint string and a hint may be received to a hint specification interface. The hint may be applied to the query, from outside the query, to optimize a query execution plan. Applying the hint may be based, at least in part, on a query hint string. For example, which query block is associated with the query hint string may be determined. Upon such a determination, the hint may be applied to the determined query block.
US10311053B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computer system, for optimization of query processing a set of data extents on which a table is stored. Attribute value information may be maintained for each data extent. The attribute value information indicate as ranges the minimum and maximum values of an attribute of the entries stored in the respective extent. A first metric of a first data extent of the set may determine splitting the first data extent into sub-extents increases query processing efficiency. A second metric of a second data extent and a third data extent may determine merging the second data extent and the third data extent increases query processing efficiency.
US10311052B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, by a database management system (DBMS), a query for execution, computing, by a query governor, a first resource consumption value for executing a first portion of the received query against a plurality of data tuples in an operator graph of a distributed application, and upon determining that the first resource consumption value does not exceed a first threshold value, executing the query by operation of one or more computer processors.
US10311051B1
In one embodiment, a relational database is structured so that elements and alternatives directly reference parameter values stored in a unitized data store. No intermediary tables are required between the elements, the alternatives, and the parameter values. Further, a level tracking mechanism is employed among alternatives that allows for efficient bulk-data retrieval, for example, via a single database query. In one type of operation, an element of a system model is accessed. A selected scenario is accessed that references a plurality of alternatives that exist among a larger plurality of alternatives. Parameter values are retrieved from the unitized data store based on a direct reference from the element and a referenced alternative of the selected scenario. The unitized data store includes values for the larger plurality of alternatives. The retrieved parameter values are used in executing the system model.
US10311047B2
The technology disclosed relates to creating and frequently updating multiple online analytic processing (OLAP) analytic databases from an online transaction processing (OLTP) transaction updatable system that includes transaction commit, rollback, and field level security capabilities. It also relates to transparently decoupling extraction from rebuilding of frequently updated OLAP analytic databases from the OLTP transaction updatable system.
US10311041B2
To provide an apparatus that can reduce cumbersome input by a user, while being capable of indicating changes efficiently. Files F1, F2 . . . are recorded in a recording part 8. The file F1 is an old version, and the file F2 is an updated new version. A difference extraction means 2 compares the file F1 which is the old version with the file F2 which is the new version, and extracts difference between the versions. On the basis of a difference condition 6 that is recorded in advance, a change notification means 4 determines whether each extracted difference satisfies the difference condition. The change notification means 4 notifies, to a terminal apparatus 10 of a user who registers the difference condition 6, the changed part, when the extracted difference satisfies the difference condition.
US10311037B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for improved communication management. The present invention provides a platform for providing intuitive, semi-automated, large-scale, two-way text messaging communication between a client or customer (e.g., business or company) and participants/recipients tied to, or otherwise associated or registered with one or more campaigns instituted by the client or customer. The platform provides a consolidated web-based interface with which the client/customer may interact to manage the handling of participant data and to further manage the transmission of targeted outgoing text messages to one or more participants. The web-based interface further allows for the client/customer to automate the handling of an incoming text messages and data associated therewith, including, but not limited to, database updates, creation of automated responses to incoming text messages, and other actions, such as analysis of participant engagement based on participant response and output of engagement metrics.
US10311036B1
This document describes a data processing system for database management. The system includes a registry management server in communication with a logical registry in a data repository. The data repository includes profile data associated with profile objects, a library of electronic instruments and a logical table including a number of logical rows corresponding to the profile objects. The registry management receives profile data from a client device, selects electronic instruments from the library, and maps the electronic instruments and profile objects by updating the logical table and indexing the logical table.
US10311034B2
A storing unit stores appearance information of the extracted word in correspondence with a specific record of the specific word in an index data when a specific word extracted from a target file is stored in a static dictionary that stores a plurality of words and a plurality of compressed codes corresponding respectively to the plurality of words, the appearance information including, existence information indicating whether the specific word exists in the target file or the appearance information indicating how many times the specific word has appeared in the target file. The storing unit stores adds a specific record of the specific word to the index data and stores the appearance information when the specific extracted word is not stored in the static dictionary and stored in a dynamic dictionary whose records are added in a course of compression.
US10311029B2
A system includes determination of a match between a first table column of a plurality of table columns of database tables and a second table column of the plurality of table columns, determination, based on stored metadata, of a first data dictionary associated with the first table column and a second data dictionary associated with the second table column, merging of the first data dictionary and the second data dictionary to generate a merged data dictionary, and modification of the stored metadata to associate the first data dictionary with the merged data dictionary and to associate the second data dictionary with the merged data dictionary.
US10311022B2
Systems and methods may implement database technology using distributed logical unit repositories (DLURs). DLURs may use a database structure related to a specific logical unit such as a customer, employee, or the like. Information used in DLUR database structures may include data, database structure, functions, and the like that helps form a complete model for a logical unit. In one embodiment, queries to a system concerning entities can be answered immediately by accessing a database using DLURs, which obviates the need to consult a number of databases in parallel and greatly reduces memory and time required to provide the requested information.
US10311015B2
A distributed big data device in a process plant includes an embedded big data appliance configured to locally stream and store, as big data, data that is generated, received, or observed by the device, and to perform one or more learning analyzes on at least a portion of the stored data. The embedded big data appliance generates or creates learned knowledge based on a result of the learning analysis, which the device may use to modify its operation to control a process in real-time in the process plant, and/or which the device may transmit to other devices in the process plant. The distributed big data device may be a field device, a controller, an input/output device, or other process plant device, and may utilize learned knowledge created by other devices when performing its learning analysis.
US10311011B2
A bus node is capable of performing a method, for the assigning of bus node addresses to bus nodes of a serial data bus. The method is performed with the aid of bus shunt resistors in the individual bus nodes in an assignment time period. After assigning bus node addresses to the bus nodes of the serial data bus system in the assignment time period, there follows an operating time period. For this purpose, the bus node comprises such a bus shunt resistor. The bus node is characterized by a bus shunt bypass switch which, prior to assigning a bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is opened and which after the assignment of bus node address to the bus node in the assignment time period is closed, and which is closed in the operating time period.
US10311008B2
Embodiments include a storage device, comprising: a chassis; non-volatile storage media disposed on the chassis; a network interface connector integrated with the chassis, wherein the network interface connector integrated with the chassis is structured to be directly inserted into a network switch; and control logic disposed on the chassis and configured to enable access to the non-volatile storage media through the network interface connector.
US10311006B2
A peripheral module for connecting Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) field devices provides different HART variables to the input area of its address space for cyclic reading by a CPU unit and continuously updates these HART variables, wherein a communication area for transmitting an individual HART variable is provided in the input and output area of the address space, where the CPU unit writes a command, which specifies the current HART variable to be read, into the output area of the communication area and the peripheral module provides and updates the specified HART variable in the input area of the communication area until a time at which the CPU unit writes a new command, which specifies another HART variable to be read, into the output area in order to make the transmission of all potentially available HART variables possible in a simple manner.
US10311003B2
An embodiment provides a method, including: providing a multi-protocol connector in an electronic device for connecting at least one storage device thereto; determining, using an operative coupling between the multi-protocol connector and the electronic device, if the electronic device supports one or more protocols of the multi-protocol connector; and providing an informational prompt for each determined protocol of the multi-protocol connector that the electronic device supports. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10311001B2
An electronic device includes a case containing a universal serial bus (USB) transmission port, an embedded control unit, a central processing unit, a power supply unit and a multiplex control unit. The multiplex control unit has a first usage mode and a second usage mode. The multiplex control unit is normally in the first usage mode, and switches to the second usage mode when a switch signal is received. In the first usage mode, the multiplex control unit is powered by the power supply unit, and the multiplex control unit builds up a first transmission path between the central control unit and the USB transmission port. In the second usage mode, the multiplex control unit is powered by an external device connected to the USB transmission port, and the multiplex control unit builds up a second transmission path between the embedded control unit and the USB transmission port.
US10311000B2
An apparatus is provided which comprises: an input/output (I/O) port; an adaptor; a physical layer to interface between the I/O port and the adaptor; a first controller associated with a first type of communication; and a second controller associated with a second type of communication, wherein the adaptor is to selectively couple the I/O port, via the physical layer, to one of the first controller or the second controller, based at least in part on a type of device coupled to the I/O port.
US10310999B2
An integrated circuit device includes a transmitter circuit operable to transmit a timing signal over a first wire to a DRAM. The DRAM receives a first signal having a balanced number of logical zero-to-one transitions and one-to-zero transitions and samples the first signal at a rising edge of the timing signal to produce a respective sampled value. The device further includes a receiver circuit to receive the respective sampled value from the DRAM over a plurality of wires separate from the first wire. In a first mode, the transmitter circuit repeatedly transmits incrementally offset versions of the timing signal to the DRAM until sampled values received from the DRAM change from a logical zero to a logical one or vice versa; and in a second mode, it transmits write data over the plurality of wires to the DRAM according to a write timing offset generated based on the sampled values.
US10310988B2
Technical solutions are described for executing one or more out-of-order instructions by a processing unit. An example method includes executing, by a load-store unit (LSU), instructions from an out-of-order (OoO) window. The OoO execution includes determining an effective address being used by a load instruction from the OoO window. Further, the execution includes determining presence of the effective address in an effective address directory (EAD) by identifying an EAD entry in the EAD, the EAD entry maps the effective address with an index of a corresponding effective-real table (ERT) entry from an effective-real table (ERT). In response to the effective address being present in the EAD, the execution includes accessing the corresponding ERT entry of the effective address of the load instruction, the corresponding ERT entry including a real address for the effective address, and issuing the load instruction using the real address from the corresponding ERT entry.
US10310985B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for accessing and managing memories are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a system includes at least first and second processors and first and second memories. The first processor maintains a request log with entries identifying requests that have been made to pages stored in the second memory. The first processor generates an indication for the second processor to process the request log when the number of entries in the request log reaches a programmable threshold. The second processor dynamically adjusts the programmable threshold based on one or more first conditions. The second processor also processes the request log responsive to detecting the indication. Additionally, the second processor determines whether to migrate pages from the second memory to the first memory based on one or more second conditions.
US10310967B1
Embodiments described herein are directed to computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products for regression testing. A non-limiting example of a computer-implemented method includes receiving, by a processing system, application data from a user processing system deploying utilizing an application during normal use of the application. The method further includes generating, by the processing system, a regression test scenario for a new version of the application to be deployed on the user processing system, wherein the regression test scenario is based at least in part on the application data received from the user processing system. The method further includes performing, by the processing system, a regression test on the new version of the application using the regression test scenario.
US10310964B2
A method and computer system for compiling, by a computing device, a list of hosting software classes included in the hosting software fix pack when a fix is available. An execution path of each application hosted on a hosting software may be recorded. The execution path may be stored in a data store for each application. It may be determined which operations of each application interact with the hosting software. The operations of each application used at runtime that interact with the hosting software may be stored, including storing invoked hosting software operations and classes used by the operations of each application. The invoked hosting software operations and classes may be compared with corresponding operations and classes provided in the list included in the hosting software fix pack. A list of each intersection of the comparison for each application impacted by the hosting software fix pack may be generated.
US10310962B2
In one implementation, a system can comprise a probe monitor engine to monitor a probe passed to a function of a set of instructions, a propagation engine to identify an infrastructure connection based on an attribute of the probe during a runtime session, and a rule engine to generate an infrastructure rule based on the infrastructure connection and the attribute of the probe.
US10310956B2
A technique for synthesizing tests from a Web service document includes locating at least one parameter for at least one client to server function call in a Web service document. Client validation constraints for the at least one parameter are discovered. Server validation constraints for the at least one parameter in the Web service document are discovered. At least one range for the at least one parameter that will be accepted by the server and not be accepted by the client is discovered. Tests using parameter values from the discovered at least one range are synthesized.
US10310951B1
Described embodiments provide systems and processes for performing a data replication process in a storage system. A current asynchronous replication cycle is initiated at a time-based interval based upon a replication policy of the storage system to replicate data from at least one source device to at least one target device. For the current asynchronous replication cycle, it is determined whether data stored on portions of the source device has changed from a previous asynchronous replication cycle. A new replica of the source device is generated if data stored on the source device has changed from the previous asynchronous replication cycle. The new replica is transferred to the target device. The current asynchronous replication cycle is completed and the replication policy of the storage system is satisfied without generating the new replica if data stored on the source device has not changed from the previous asynchronous replication cycle.
US10310949B1
A backup of an application stored in a container on a backup media server is accessed. The container is formatted as a virtual hard disk and in a read-only mode. A differencing virtual hard disk is created at a recovery server. The differencing disk is pointed to the container. A size of the differencing disk is increased. The differencing disk is mounted onto the recovery server. Writes are allowed to be made to the differencing disk mounted at the recovery server while the virtual hard disk formatted container remains in the read-only mode on the backup media server.
US10310933B2
Systems and arrangements for pre-processing data to detect and analyze system, application, or the like, incidents to identify incidents likely to cause a significant business impact are provided. Historical data related to incidents that previously occurred may be analyzed to quantify an impact of each incident. The quantified impact may be compared to a threshold and, if the impact above the threshold, the incident may be flagged as having a significant business impact. If the impact is below the threshold, the incident may be flagged as not having a significant business impact. Upon detecting an incident, data from the incident may be compared to the historical data of incidents having a significant business impact. If aspects of the incident are similar to one or more incidents having a significant business impact, the system may determine that the newly received incident is also likely to cause a significant business impact.
US10310931B2
Provided are a communications state determination device, etc., capable of improving the accuracy of network state specification. This communications state estimation device comprises: a setting means that, in accordance with given communications parameters, applies the communications parameters to a communications device that determines the occurrence of communications errors in communications with a communications destination device; a detection means that sends communications instructions to the communications device that performs communications, in accordance with received communications instructions, and detects the occurrence of communications errors that have been determined in the communications that are in accordance with the instructions; and an estimation means that estimates whether or not the communications device can perform the communications, on the basis of the communications parameters and the existence or otherwise of communications errors.
US10310927B2
A method is provided for operating a trace procedure, which traces execution of a computer program, where the program uses different callable modules. A program stack is used to store trace buffer information and an error state, and the modules include calls of the trace procedure. The method includes: (i) when entering execution of a module, storing the current write position of the trace buffer and a cleared error flag in the current frame of the stack; (ii) in case of an error condition during execution of the program, setting the error flag in the current frame; and (iii) when leaving execution of a module, determining if the error flag is set, and if not, then rewinding the trace buffer to the write position stored in the current frame, and deleting the current write position of the trace buffer and the error flag from the stack.
US10310923B1
Systems and methods are disclosed for probabilistic aging command sorting, including adjusting an execution order for a command based on a probability of the command reaching a time out threshold. Various example embodiments are directed to selecting a command for execution from a queue of commands awaiting execution, in which the commands have non-uniform attributes influencing their selection and a time limit within which to execute them. In some embodiments, an apparatus may comprise a circuit configured to calculate a first estimated access time to execute a selected command from a command queue, modify the first estimated access time based on a probability of the selected command reaching a time-out age threshold to determine a time out-adjusted access time, and execute the selected command in an order based on the time out-adjusted access time.
US10310917B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for processing data by detecting an event on an interrupt or polling basis according to data transmitting or receiving periods. The apparatus includes a buffer configured to store one or more wireless packets, a period determination unit configured to determine a period of transmitting or receiving the wireless packets, and a data processor configured to process data included in the wireless packets by detecting an event in a polling mode or an interrupt mode according to the period.
US10310915B2
Techniques are disclosed for efficiently sequencing operations performed in multiple threads of execution in a computer system. In one set of embodiments, sequencing is performed by receiving an instruction to advance a designated next ticket value, incrementing the designated next ticket value in response to receiving the instruction, searching a waiters list of tickets for an element having the designated next ticket value, wherein searching does not require searching the entire waiters list, and the waiters list is in a sorted order based on the values of the tickets, and removing the element having the designated next ticket value from the list using a single atomic operation. The element may be removed by setting a waiters list head element, in a single atomic operation, to refer to an element in the list having a value based upon the designated next ticket value.
US10310912B2
Data processing workloads are selectively assigned within a data center and/or among data centers based on non-data processing overhead within the data center and/or among the data centers. Power consumption of a rack including servers is predicted based on data processing demands that are placed on the servers for a given data processing workload, and power consumed by the rack is measured when the servers are performing the given data processing workload. A metric of power consumed by the rack for non-data processing overhead is derived based on a difference between results of the predicting and the measuring. A future data processing workload is selectively assigned to the rack based on the metric of power of power consumed by the rack for the non-data processing overhead. Assignment may also take place at an aisle and/or data center level based on these metrics.
US10310910B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for iteratively calculating autocorrelation at a specified lag for Big Data or streamed data in real time by iteratively calculating one or more components of autocorrelation at the specified lag l for a computation window of size n. Embodiments of the invention include iteratively calculating one or more components of autocorrelation at the specified lag l for an adjusted computation window based on the one or more components of the autocorrelation at the specified lag l calculated for a previous computation window and then calculating the autocorrelation at the specified lag l using the components. Iteratively calculating autocorrelation avoids visiting all data elements in the adjusted computation window and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption.
US10310907B1
A data processing method includes receiving a request to perform a calculation, identifying, based on the request, data items needed to perform the calculation and retrieving the data items from a data store, storing, in memory, the items, generating graphs for the calculation, wherein each graph comprises one or more nodes, each node comprising instructions to perform at least a portion of the calculation and at least one data item needed by the portion of the calculation, executing each of the graphs to generate a result for the calculation by traversing the graph and processing each node using the instructions of the node and the at least one data item of the node, wherein executing is performed without accessing the data store, and storing, in the data store, the result.
US10310902B2
Systems and methods provide an extensible, multi-stage, realtime application program processing load adaptive, manycore data processing architecture shared dynamically among instances of parallelized and pipelined application software programs, according to processing load variations of said programs and their tasks and instances, as well as contractual policies. The invented techniques provide, at the same time, both application software development productivity, through presenting for software a simple, virtual static view of the actually dynamically allocated and assigned processing hardware resources, together with high program runtime performance, through scalable pipelined and parallelized program execution with minimized overhead, as well as high resource efficiency, through adaptively optimized processing resource allocation.
US10310901B2
Systems and methods provide an extensible, multi-stage, realtime application program processing load adaptive, manycore data processing architecture shared dynamically among instances of parallelized and pipelined application software programs, according to processing load variations of said programs and their tasks and instances, as well as contractual policies. The invented techniques provide, at the same time, both application software development productivity, through presenting for software a simple, virtual static view of the actually dynamically allocated and assigned processing hardware resources, together with high program runtime performance, through scalable pipelined and parallelized program execution with minimized overhead, as well as high resource efficiency, through adaptively optimized processing resource allocation.
US10310894B2
Provided is a method for generating configuration information of a dynamic reconfigurable processor. The dynamic reconfigurable processor includes a processing unit array, and the processing unit array includes a plurality of processing units. The method includes steps of: reading information of a task to be executed and generating an array configuration information top of the processing unit array according to the information; generating a plurality of processing unit configuration information corresponding to the plurality of processing units respectively according to the information; and assembling the array configuration information top and the plurality of processing unit configuration information.
US10310889B1
A data statistics service provides functionality for asynchronously generating statistical information, such as data distributions, for sets of data. The statistical information can be generated asynchronously using computing resources, such as virtual machine (VM) instances, that are selected based upon availability. Processing agents executing on the VM instances can be started and stopped at will, also based upon the availability of the computing resources. An application programming interface (API) can be exposed to enable other network services to access the statistical information, to provide statistical information, and to provide access metadata describing the frequency of access to the data or patterns of access to the data. The access metadata can be utilized to focus the processing performed by the processing agents on particular sets of data.
US10310885B2
An execution environment has a deployed virtual machine image. The virtual machine image provides a service that is identified by a role. The execution environment generates a measurement of the virtual machine image and provides it to a key service to request role keys that enable operation of the virtual machine image in the execution environment. The key service determines whether the virtual machine image is mapped to the role and, if so, returns the role keys to the requesting execution environment.
US10310880B2
Systems and methods for hot-swapping storage pool backend functional modules of a host computer system. An example method may comprise: identifying, by a processing device of a host computer system executing a virtual machine managed by a virtual machine manager, a storage pool backend functional module; and activating the identified storage pool backend functional module by directing, to the identified storage pool backend functional module, backend storage function calls.
US10310864B2
A graph-based program specification includes components, at least one having at least one input port for receiving a collection of data elements, or at least one collection type output port for providing a collection of data elements. Executing a program specified by the graph-based program specification at a computing node, includes: receiving data elements of a first collection into a first storage in a first order via a link connected to a collection type output port of a first component and an input port of a second component, and invoking a plurality of instances of a task corresponding to the second component to process data elements of the first collection, including retrieving the data elements from the first storage in a second order, without blocking invocation of any of the instances until after any particular instance completes processing one or more data elements.
US10310861B2
An apparatus to facilitate thread scheduling is disclosed. The apparatus includes logic to store barrier usage data based on a magnitude of barrier messages in an application kernel and a scheduler to schedule execution of threads across a plurality of multiprocessors based on the barrier usage data.
US10310859B2
A system and method of performing speculative parallel execution of a cache line unaligned load instruction including speculatively predicting whether a load instruction is unaligned with a cache memory, marking the load instruction as unaligned and issuing the instruction to a scheduler, dispatching the unaligned load instruction in parallel to first and second load pipelines, determining corresponding addresses for both load pipelines to retrieve data from first and second cache lines incorporating the target load data, and merging the data retrieved from both load pipelines. Prediction may be based on matching an instruction pointer of a previous iteration of the load instruction that was qualified as actually unaligned. Prediction may be further based on using a last address and a skip stride to predict a data stride between consecutive iterations of the load instruction. The addresses for both loads are selected to incorporate the target load data.
US10310854B2
A compute instruction to be executed is to use a memory operand in a computation. An address associated with the memory operand is to be used to locate a portion of memory from which data is to be obtained and placed in the memory operand. A determination is made as to whether the portion of memory extends across a specified memory boundary. Based on the portion of memory extending across the specified memory boundary, the portion of memory includes a plurality of memory units and a check is made as to whether at least one specified memory unit is accessible and whether at least one specified memory unit is inaccessible. Based on the checking indicating the at least one specified memory unit is accessible and the at least one specified memory unit is inaccessible accessing the at least one specified memory unit that is accessible and placing data from the at least one specified memory unit that is accessible in one or more locations in the memory operand, and for the at least one unit of memory that is inaccessible, placing default data in one or more other locations of the memory operand.
US10310852B2
In some examples, a method may include accessing data records of completed work items associated with managing a lifecycle of a software application and extracting feature values from the data records of the completed work items for a selected set of features. The method may also include determining timing data of state transitions for the completed work items from the data records and generating a predictor through machine learning using the timing data and the extracted feature values as input samples. The generated predictor may provide a transition probability of a particular state transition for a work item with specific feature values. The method may further include using the predictor to determine an estimated timing of the particular state transition for the uncompleted work item.
US10310846B2
The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems, including a method for generating executable components. One method includes identifying a user request to create a new function based pre-existing algorithms, the new function to be used in an application used by a user; providing a set of available algorithms from an algorithm library; receiving a selection by a user of an algorithm from the available algorithms; providing a set of available parameters associated with the selected algorithm; receiving an election by the user of one or more parameters from the set of available parameters; generating an executable component in response to receiving the selection of the algorithm and the election of the one or more parameters, the executable component performing the selected algorithm using at least the elected one or more parameters; and storing the executable component for subsequent execution in response to the requested new function.
US10310828B2
A system and method for providing and executing a domain-specific programming language for cloud services infrastructure is provided. The system may be used to integrate references to external entities, such as cloud service compute instances, directly into a domain-specific programming language, allowing developers to easily integrate cloud services directly using the domain-specific programming language. Using a domain-specific programming language, references to external entities (not in memory) as variables may be used. Using the domain-specific programming language described herein, lexical scoping may be mapped onto collections of entities that aren't a native part of the language. In order to facilitate these and other benefits, the system may maintain state information of all references and shared variables across program boundaries. The system may make the state information accessible via a state information service that understands the language features of the domain-specific programming language.
US10310827B2
Techniques for flow-based scoping are disclosed. A first code segment in a sequence of same-level code segments encapsulates a first lower-level lexical scope. The first lower-level scope is inclusive of scoping provided for the sequence of same-level code segments. The first code segment comprises a condition and an uninitialized variable. If executed, the first code segment causes the condition to be evaluated. If the condition is satisfied, the uninitialized variable is initialized and made available only within the first lower-level lexical scope. If a second code segment (a) references the uninitialized variable and (b) is in the sequence of same-level code segments or in a second lower-level lexical scope outside of the first lower-level lexical scope, an error message is presented indicating that the uninitialized variable is out of scope for the second code segment.
US10310825B2
A server system obtains markup code for a native application for client devices. The markup code is agnostic regarding types of client devices. The server system translates the markup code into a set of primitives. Client devices of multiple types running a native application send a request for content for the native application to the server system. The server system provides the set of primitives to the client devices of multiple types, and the client devices render the set of primitives in the native application.
US10310822B1
A method for simulating a program modeled as one or more blocks of a block diagram in a technical computing environment. A block diagram is opened in a model editor. Source code is generated for the one or more blocks of the block diagram using the code generator. The program is configured from the source code using a predefined compiler in order to generate a binary executable file, and the program is simulated, which comprises running at least one function in the auxiliary file in order to determine at least the width of a basic data type corresponding to the enumeration variable in the binary executable file, and allocating one or more variables based on the determined byte width in order to log the simulation results.
US10310810B2
A memory system including a nonvolatile memory and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory, and a method executed by the memory system, wherein the controller fetches a first command in a submission queue on a memory of a host to a first queue in the memory system and executes the first command, checks contents of a subsequent command in the submission queue or another submission queue while leaving the subsequent command in the submission queue or the other submission queue, fetches the subsequent command to a second queue in the memory system, and executes the subsequent command and the first command in parallel, when the subsequent command is a command executable during the execution of the first command.
US10310809B2
A data processing system includes instruction decoder circuitry responsive to a conversion instruction FCVTJS to convert a double precision floating point number into a 32-bit integer number. Right shifting circuitry performs a right shift upon at least part of the input number and left shifting circuitry performs a left shift of at least part of the input number. Selection circuitry serves to select one of the right shifted number and the left shifted number as a selected shifted number which forms at least part of the output number which is generated.
US10310802B2
Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of portable computing devices. During repeated time-steps each portable computing device receives user input regarding a media item and sends an indication of the user input to the collaborative server. The collaborative application determines a Group Approval value based at least in part on the indications of the user inputs and sends an indication of the Group Approval value to the portable computing devices.
US10310799B2
A control for causing an information processing device connected to an apparatus to perform a method includes: acquiring from the apparatus a display setting representing a setting of display for one or more user interface components displayed by the apparatus; selecting, in response to the acquired display setting, one of display settings representing a setting of display for one or more user interface components displayed on a screen of the information processing device; and displaying the one or more user interface components on the screen of the information processing device in accordance with the selected display setting.
US10310794B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by an operating system, causing the portable terminal to perform: a first acceptance process of accepting an operation designating one of image forming devices communicable; a first storage process of causing the memory to store a first device ID, as a designated device ID; a second acceptance process of accepting an operation designating contents; and an operation instruction process of transmitting operation instruction information, and the computer-readable instructions, in response to being activated by another program, causing the portable terminal to perform: an acquisition process of acquiring, from the another program, a second device ID for identifying the image forming device; and a second storage process of causing the memory to store the second device ID, as the designated device ID.
US10310786B2
A print control apparatus includes circuitry to receive a print job from a terminal device connected to the print control apparatus via a network, determine whether the print job is set with a specific printing function that performs a printing operation of the print job on recording media with a page order that is different from an initial page order described in page description language, determine page data to be arranged on virtual sheets when the print job is set with the specific printing function, generate raster images, corresponding to the page data, to be arranged on the virtual sheets from print data included in the print job, arrange the generated raster images on the virtual sheets based on the page order different from the initial page order, and control an operation of printing the virtual sheets, each arranged with the generated raster images, on the recording media.
US10310785B2
A method includes: detecting a request to create a variable print product that will be physically printed using user-provided values for a plurality of predefined elements. In response to detecting the request, the method includes: displaying a user interface with: (i) a preview region that includes a preview of the variable print product and (ii) an editing region that includes a subset of the plurality of predefined elements, the subset including a first element. While displaying the user interface, detecting, at the electronic device, user input that provides a value for the first element. If the first element is associated with an input-acceptance rule, the method includes: determining whether the user input satisfies the input-acceptance rule. If the user input satisfies the input-acceptance rule, the method includes: accepting the value and updating the preview of the variable print product based to include the user-defined value for the first element.
US10310784B2
An image forming apparatus includes a touch panel, a first reception section, an extraction section, a second reception section, and a determining section. The first reception section receives a print job for a document from a personal computer. The extraction section extracts a first specific word from an updated portion in the document. The updated portion is specified by update history information. The second reception section receives input of a second specific word through the touch panel. The determining section determines whether or not to permit execution of the print job according to whether or not the second specific word matches the first specific word.
US10310781B2
An image-processing apparatus includes a storage and a controller. The storage stores therein firmware for executing a plurality of image processes. The firmware includes a plurality of sets of sub firmware for executing respective ones of the image processes. The controller is capable of executing the image processes in accordance with the firmware. The controller is configured to perform: receiving update information about an update of the firmware from a server; when receiving an instruction to execute one of the image processes, determining whether the received update information includes specific information about an update of specific sub firmware which is one of the plurality of sets of sub firmware and is for executing the one of the image processes; and when determining that the received update information includes the specific information, notifying of notification information about the update of the specific sub firmware on the basis of the specific information.
US10310773B2
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for retaining data in a vehicle. In various embodiments, the vehicle includes a sensor, a processor, and a memory. The sensor is configured to sense an aspect of the vehicle. The processor is configured to receive data from the sensor, sample the data at a first rate and retain the data at a second rate that is less than the first rate while the vehicle is in operation. The memory is in communication with the processor, and includes a plurality of storage locations each identified with a unique address. The processor is further configured to determine a current storage location address for a latest sample of the data at the first rate such that older samples of data are retained at the second rate less frequent than the first rate while the vehicle is in operation.
US10310771B1
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for operating a storage system. A portion of data currently on a source Logical Unit (LUN) of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays is written to a destination LUN of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays. The destination LUN of a disk array of the plurality of disk arrays to write the data to is established based on an efficiency indicator associated with the destination LUN of a disk array of the plurality of disk arrays. The writing at least a portion of data currently on a source LUN of a disk array of a plurality of disk arrays may be performed as part of a replication process or as part of a relocation process.
US10310770B2
This nonvolatile memory device has a blockwise-erase nonvolatile memory including a plurality of physical areas, and also has a memory controller which transmits one of a plurality of types of commands to the nonvolatile memory. After an erase command to erase one of the physical areas has been transmitted, but before a response to that erase command is received, the memory controller determines whether to suspend the ongoing erasure of the physical area, on the basis of whether there is a command to be transmitted and/or on the basis of the degree of deterioration of the physical area being erased. If the determination is affirmative, the memory controller transmits a command to the nonvolatile memory to suspend the erasure.
US10310768B1
An apparatus includes a memory and a circuit. The memory may be configured to store data. The circuit generally has a buffer and may be configured to (i) fetch a kernel from the memory, where the kernel may have a plurality of kernel values, (ii) fetch a block from the memory to the buffer, where the block may have a plurality of input tiles and each of the input tiles may have a plurality of input values in multiple dimensions, (iii) calculate a plurality of intermediate values in parallel by multiplying the input tiles read from the buffer with a corresponding one of the kernel values and (iv) calculate an output tile that may have a plurality of output values based on the intermediate values.
US10310760B1
Layering communication fabric protocols, including: allocating storage resources on an initiating storage system for a data transfer, wherein a command protocol to implement the data transfer specifies an exchange of multiple messages; receiving, from a target storage system and into the allocated storage resources at the initiating storage system, data within a single message corresponding to the command protocol that specifies an exchange of multiple messages to implement the data transfer; and in response to receiving the data within the single message corresponding to the command protocol that specifies an exchange of multiple messages to implement the data transfer, generating a status message indicating receipt of the data.
US10310757B2
Systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for reducing memory power consumption. An exemplary method comprises configuring a power saving memory balloon associated with a volatile memory. Memory allocations are steered to the power saving memory balloon. In response to initiating a memory power saving mode, data is migrated from the power saving memory balloon. A power saving feature is executed on the power saving memory balloon while in the memory power saving mode.
US10310756B2
Embodiments of the application provide a node interconnection apparatus, a resource control node, and a server system. The node interconnection apparatus includes a computing node and a resource control node, and a device interconnection interface connecting the two. Each of the computing node and the resource control node comprises a processing unit and a memory, and the resource control node further comprises a resource interface for connecting with one or more storage devices. The resource control node manages storage resources of the storage devices, and when a storage resource is required by the computing node in performing a computing task, the resource control node allocates the storage resource in the storage devices for the computing node. The computing node can be powered off to save the energy, while the resource control node remains powered on, so that the access to the storage devices is not affected.
US10310746B2
A method for performing dynamic resource management in a memory device, the memory device, and a controller thereof are provided. The memory device includes a non-volatile (NV) memory, and the NV memory includes a plurality of NV memory elements. The method may include: storing a plurality of sets of physical region descriptor (PRD) information related to a plurality of host commands, respectively, and storing a plurality of intermediate PRDs respectively corresponding to the plurality of sets of PRD information into a first queue; obtaining an intermediate PRD of the plurality of intermediate PRDs from the first queue, and storing the intermediate PRD into a second queue; sending a command to the NV memory according to the intermediate PRD in the second queue to access data; and when an operation of accessing the data is successful, releasing the intermediate PRD from the second queue to the first queue.
US10310743B2
A semiconductor device includes a first functional block. The first functional block includes one or more input buffers configured to receive signals, and one or more flip-flops configured to receive the signals from the one or more input buffers and output the received signals from the first functional block. The semiconductor device also includes a second functional block coupled to the first functional block. The second functional block includes a decode logic configured to directly receive the output signals from the one or more flip-flops of the first functional block.
US10310742B2
The write reliability of a nonvolatile memory is improved by performing accurate verification of write data. In a memory controller of an information processing system, a determination unit determines whether a state of a memory cell after writing data is stable in a nonvolatile memory including the memory cell having an unstable state period after writing data. A verification unit performs verification by comparing read data which is read from the memory cell where the data is written on the basis of a result of the determination, with write data involved in the writing. A write control unit performs writing of the data and rewriting of the write data based on a result of the verification.
US10310740B2
Aligning memory access operations to a geometry of a storage device, including: receiving, by a storage array controller, information describing the layout of memory in the storage device; determining, by the storage array controller, a write size in dependence upon the layout of memory in the storage device; and sending, by the storage array controller, a write request addressed to a location within the memory unit in dependence upon the layout of memory in the storage device.
US10310732B2
An electronic device detects a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, when the gesture is a first swipe gesture in a first direction, the device displays at least a list of recent electronic notifications. When the gesture is a second swipe gesture in a second direction distinct from the first direction, the device displays one or more settings icons in a settings panel, wherein the settings panel includes a respective settings icon that, when selected, causes a partially transparent interface to be displayed over the settings panel, wherein the partially transparent interface is at least partially transparent so that at least a portion of the settings panel can be seen through the partially transparent user interface.
US10310713B1
According to one general aspect, a computing device may include an application configured to create a tab in a context of a window, and a window manager configured to register the tab with a first UI element registry. The window manager may be configured to receive, over a network, at least a portion of a second UI element registry from a secondary window manager of a secondary computing device. The portion of the second UI element registry may identify a remote tab previously registered with the secondary window manager. The window manager may be configured to cause a display to provide a graphical arrangement of the tab and the remote tab.
US10310712B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to multicomputer processing of client device request data with centralized event orchestration. A computing platform may receive, from a client computing device, event definition information defining an event. Subsequently, the computing platform may receive, from a recipient computing device associated with the event, a request for a delivery selection user interface. The computing platform may send the delivery selection user interface to the recipient computing device and may receive, from the recipient computing device, delivery selection information identifying a destination for the event selected by a user of the recipient computing device. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate one or more event orchestration commands directing an external event processor to execute one or more actions associated with the event, and may send the one or more event orchestration commands to the external event processor via an external event processing interface.
US10310711B2
The invention is directed to an electronic device. The electronic device generates for presentation on a display a user interface including a plurality of content items, a first heading, and a second heading. While the user interface is presented on the display, the electronic device receives input scrolling the plurality of content items. In response to the input, the electronic device scrolls the plurality of content items including: scrolling the first heading with a first content item of the plurality of content items that is currently playing; and scrolling the second heading with a second content item of the plurality of content items that is next in a queue of content items.
US10310706B2
The present disclosure relates to user interfaces and in particular to providing a touch target for device interaction. In one embodiment, a process for providing a touch target includes displaying, by a device, a touch target on a display of the device, wherein the touch target is displayed in a first position, and detecting an input touch command to the display of the device. The process can also include positioning the touch target based on the input touch command, wherein the touch target is moved to a second position and controlling device operation based on position of the touch target. The processes and devices described herein may be configured to project contact position of a contact to portions of the display.
US10310700B2
A method of managing content includes displaying first content executed by a first application and second content executed by a second application, receiving a user input for binding the first content to the second content, setting a relationship between the first content and the second content according to the user input, and displaying, when one of the first content and the second content is executed, presence of content bound to one of executed content.
US10310681B2
A translucent conductive film includes a film substrate, a metal wiring layer provided as a pattern, and a colored layer. The film substrate has a plurality of protrusions on a surface at a side where the metal wiring layer is provided. The metal wiring layer has a line width of greater than 5 μm but less than 8 μm, and the metal wiring layer having a thickness of greater than or equal to 0.1 μm but less than 0.5 μm. The colored layer is provided on a main surface of the metal wiring layer at a viewing side but not on a side surface of the metal wiring layer.
US10310680B2
A display device comprising: a display module for displaying image and having a substrate being an upper component of the display module; a sensing electrode for sensing an electrocardio signal of a user, with the sensing electrode arranged above the substrate. With such a display device, high integration of the function of health test and the display device can be integrated, thereby improving usage experience of the user and facilitating to reduce the whole size of the display device.
US10310679B2
A flexible display device includes a display panel including a first surface including a display area configured to display an image, and a second surface disposed on the opposite side of the display panel from the first surface, and a touch panel disposed on the first surface, the touch panel including a base film and a transparent conductive layer disposed on a surface of the base film facing the display panel, in which at least a portion of each of the display panel and the touch panel is bendable such that centers of curvature of the display panel and the touch panel are positioned outside the second surface.
US10310676B2
An image projection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention senses the distance to an image projection area to which an image is projected, and determines an image projection state including a state of at least one of the image projection area and a space between the image projection apparatus and the image projection area, on the basis of the sensed distance. The image projection apparatus projects an image onto the image projection area on the basis of the determined image projection state.
US10310674B2
In one form, a touch screen includes an optically transmissive medium, first and second light sources, a detection circuit, and a control circuit. The first light source is positioned to emit light across the optically transmissive medium in a first direction, and the second light source is positioned to emit light across the optically transmissive medium in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The detection circuit detects standing wave patterns of light emitted by the first and second light sources along the first and second directions. The control circuit is coupled to the detection circuit and measures a first standing wave pattern in an untouched condition, and a second standing wave pattern in a touched condition. The control circuit detects a touch location in response to a difference between the first standing wave pattern and the second standing wave pattern.
US10310662B2
A graphical user interface is generated at a mobile communication terminal having a first touch screen of a first size, the graphical user interface including one or more touch screen input options. The generated graphical user interface is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and to a vehicle communication terminal having a second touch screen of a second size. An indication of touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is received at the mobile communication terminal and from the vehicle communication terminal. A function corresponding to the touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is executed at the mobile communication terminal.
US10310659B2
An apparatus for combined capacitance and pressure sensing is described. The apparatus includes a multiplexer (75) having a plurality of inputs (76) and an output (F), a touch panel (29), and a front end module (3). The touch panel includes a layer structure (5; FIG. 15) comprising one or more layers, each extending perpendicularly to a thickness direction, the one or more layers including a layer of piezoelectric material (10; FIG. 15), the layer structure having first (6) and second (7; FIG. 15) opposite faces, and the layer(s) arranged between the first and second faces such that the thickness direction of each layer is perpendicular to the first and second faces. The touch panel also includes a plurality of first electrodes (8) disposed on the first face, each first electrode connected to a respective input of the multiplexer. The touch panel also includes at least one second electrode (9) disposed on the second face. The front end module is configured to receive an input signal (11) from the multiplexer output. The front end module includes a first stage (12) configured to provide an amplified signal based on the input signal, and a second stage comprising first (13) and second (14) frequency-dependent filters configured to receive the amplified signal and to provide respective first (16) and second (17) filtered signals. The first filtered signal has a first frequency bandwidth, and the second filtered signal has a second frequency bandwidth which has a relatively higher start-frequency than the first frequency bandwidth.
US10310657B2
The present invention provides a recording method of touch information timing. The method comprises receiving a first touch point information, determining whether the first touch point is the beginning point of a trace; and recording a first timing with respect to the receiving of the first touch point information if the first touch point is the beginning point of the trace.
US10310653B2
A display panel includes a plurality of touch blocks matrix-arranged and corresponding to each of two or more adjacent pixel areas of the plurality of pixel areas, and first, second, third and fourth test signal lines through which first, second, third and fourth test signals are supplied by an auto probing unit. Accordingly, not only a defect in an image output function, but also a defect in a touch sensing function can be inspected prior to a modularization process by using the first, second, third and fourth test signals.
US10310652B2
A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a substrate and a plurality of display units disposed on the substrate, wherein the display units form a display region and the display region has a first outline. The touch display device further includes an insulating layer disposed on the display units and a plurality of touch units disposed on the insulating layer, wherein the touch units form a touch region, and the touch region has a second outline. The touch display device further includes a reflection reducing layer disposed on the touch units, the reflection reducing layer is in contacted with the touch units and has a third outline, wherein the first outline and the second outline are located within the third outline in a view of a first direction perpendicular to the substrate.
US10310651B2
The present disclosure provides a touch screen and a method for manufacturing the touch screen as well as a display device. The touch screen comprises a substrate, a conductive film layer and an insulating layer which are sequentially stacked, wherein the insulating layer is provided, on its surface away from the substrate, with protruding structures that are configured to increase the area of the surface of the insulating layer.
US10310646B2
This disclosure discloses a touch display panel, a driving method thereof and a touch display device. The touch display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate aligned with each other; a first signal transmission line and a second signal transmission line arranged on the first substrate, the second signal transmission line intersecting with the first signal transmission line; gate lines and data lines arranged on the second substrate, the second substrate being further provided with a first signal output end and a second signal output end led out from the gate lines and arranged alternately; and a first spacer corresponding to the first signal transmission line and a second spacer corresponding to the second signal transmission line.
US10310644B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a reflector sheet disposed under a display panel and a digitizer disposed under the reflector sheet. The digitizer may include a first circuit layer including a conductive circuit pattern arranged in a first direction, a second circuit layer including a conductive circuit pattern arranged in a second direction, and an insulating layer electrically isolating the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer. The digitizer further includes at least one dummy circuit pattern formed on at least one of the first circuit layer or the second circuit layer.
US10310642B2
A sapphire article having improved survivability when subjected to impact or a drop event. The article includes a continuous planar array of sapphire segments, which reduces the bending stress experienced by each individual segment. The sapphire article may serve as a cover material for displays in mobile electronic devices.
US10310631B2
An electronic device includes a processor, a display unit, and a storage unit. The storage unit is configured to store a preset moving speed threshold and a program. When the program is executed by the processor, the program causes the processor to detect a moving speed of the electronic device, compare the detected moving speed with the preset moving speed threshold; and control the display unit to enlarge an item displayed by the display unit when the detected moving speed is greater than the preset moving speed threshold.
US10310629B2
A joystick-type mouse includes a main body and a mode detecting assembly. The main body includes a controlling module. The mode detecting assembly includes a coupling member, a posture sensor and a magnetic field sensor. A pivotal part is located at a first side of the coupling member and pivotally coupled with the main body. A magnetic part is located at a second side of the coupling member. The posture sensor and the magnetic field sensor are disposed within the main body and electrically connected with the controlling module. Consequently, the mouse can be switched to a joystick mode.
US10310623B2
There is provided an information processing device including a determination unit configured to perform determination of execution or non-execution of a manipulation based on a pause of a manipulation position specified through a manipulation of pointing to a display plane using a manipulating body at a position apart from the display plane, and a control unit configured to issue a command corresponding to the manipulation when the determination unit determines execution of the manipulation.
US10310622B2
The present invention provides a method for stabilizing an instable estimated rotation angle included in motion information generated from a plurality of image frames captured by an NUI device and correcting motion information for a fast speed motion lost during a process of stabilization based on the captured plurality of image frames. Accordingly, an instable motion among motions restored based on motion information can be stabilized, and the accuracy of the motion can be maintained.
US10310620B2
This document describes techniques and devices for type-agnostic radio frequency (RF) signal representations. These techniques and devices enable use of multiple different types of radar systems and fields through type-agnostic RF signal representations. By so doing, recognition and application-layer analysis can be independent of various radar parameters that differ between different radar systems and fields.
US10310614B2
A system includes an electronic device that includes a display screen, a cover configured to cover the display screen, a sensor configured to sense an input gesture comprising deformation and/or movement of the cover relative to the electronic device, and a processor configured to determine an action for the electronic device to perform based on the input gesture, to determine a haptic effect to generate based on the input gesture and/or the action for the electronic device to perform, and to initiate the action. The system also includes a haptic output device configured to generate the haptic effect.
US10310611B1
A system for managing devices includes a portable device with a human-machine interface (HMI) controller having a first input receiving first input data, a movable portion having an adjustable haptic feedback mechanism and a plurality of tactile mechanisms, a second input disposed within the portable device, the second input generating second input data, a third input receiving the second input data from the second input, the third input providing access to a standardized function catalog on each of the devices based on the second input data, and based on the first input data received by the first input, the system selectively accesses a subset of the plurality of functions on each of the devices, and the haptic feedback mechanism and the plurality of tactile mechanisms access and select preferences within the plurality of functions on the devices.
US10310606B2
A touch display device includes a display panel, a processor and a pressure sensing device and a touch feedback device disposed over the display panel. The pressure sensing device is configured to sense a pressure sensing upon an occurrence of touch, such that the pressure signal may be provided to the processor to generate a feedback signal. The touch feedback device is configured to perform a corresponding feedback operation according to the feedback signal.
US10310596B2
A determination can be made as to whether a user of an augmented reality device is within a threshold distance from a configurable physical apparatus. Responsive to determining that the user is within the threshold distance from the configurable physical apparatus, a communication link can be established between the augmented reality device and a controller of the configurable physical apparatus. The augmented reality device can initiate the controller of the configurable physical apparatus to change the configurable physical apparatus from a first configuration to a second configuration, wherein the second configuration facilitates accessibility of the configurable physical apparatus to the user.
US10310594B2
Described herein is a method and system that provides symptom based and context sensitive knowledgebase management during a remote management session with a connected device. Knowledgebase profiles are generated that are linked to symptoms and device metrics and knowledgebase search rules are set that are linked to the symptoms, and specific device metrics. The knowledgebase management system provides a remote support technician with the support information instantly during a remote management session based on the symptom described by an end user and an assessment of the connected device state in order to aid in the troubleshooting of the issue and assist in the transfer of the knowledge.
US10310593B2
The invention relates to an electronic mobile device (10; 20) comprising a device mode control unit (5) arranged to switch the mobile device from a first operational mode into a second operational mode. An orientation sensor (18; 28) is configured to measure a current orientation of the mobile device. A processor (6) periodically receives the current orientation from the orientation sensor, periodically stores the received current orientation as a reference orientation, and periodically calculates a differential angle between the current orientation and the stored reference orientation. The device is switched from the first operational mode to the second operational mode if the differential angle is above a predefined angular threshold value. A frequency of said periodically receiving and periodically storing the current orientation as the reference orientation is lower than a frequency of said periodically receiving the current orientation, periodically calculating and periodically comparing the differential angle.
US10310591B2
A method comprises receiving, by a computing device, a desired usage plan for a plurality of user devices associated with a group of users; determining, by the computing device, whether an amount of power available across the plurality of user devices is sufficient to implement the desired usage plan; generating, by the computing device and based on the amount of power available across the plurality of user devices for the desired usage rules, usage rules that allocate the usage of the plurality of the user devices by each user in the group of users; and outputting to the plurality of user devices, the usage rules to cause the plurality of user devices to limit the usage of the plurality of user devices by each user in the group of users based on the allocation.
US10310586B2
In an embodiment, a system includes a memory controller that includes a memory cache and a display controller configured to control a display. The system may be configured to detect that the images being displayed are essentially static, and may be configured to cause the display controller to request allocation in the memory cache for source frame buffer data. In some embodiments, the system may also alter power management configuration in the memory cache to prevent the memory cache from shutting down or reducing its effective size during the idle screen case, so that the frame buffer data may remain cached. During times that the display is dynamically changing, the frame buffer data may not be cached in the memory cache and the power management configuration may permit the shutting down/size reduction in the memory cache.
US10310582B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a wireless power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power from an external power source to supply power to the display apparatus; a display configured to display an image based on a received image signal; communication circuitry configured to communicate with the external module; information acquiring circuitry configured to acquire information about a distance between the display apparatus and a user; and a controller configured to determine consumption power of the display apparatus, to control the communication circuitry to provide information about the determined consumption power to the external module, and to reduce the consumption power of the display apparatus if it is determined based on the acquired information that the user is within a predetermined critical distance of the display apparatus. Thus electromagnetic waves harmful to a human body is controlled to reduce and/or eliminate an affect a user.
US10310579B2
A semiconductor integrated circuit capable of efficiently suppressing power consumption when a power supply voltage is lowered is provided. The semiconductor integrated circuit includes: a regulator transforming an external power supply voltage to generate an internal power supply voltage; a processor circuit capable of operating by receiving the internal power supply voltage; a real time clock (RTC) circuit generating current time data by receiving the internal power supply voltage; a supply line supplying the internal power supply voltage to the RTC circuit and to the processor circuit; a changeover switch provided between the supply line and the processor circuit and switching between a connection state and a non-connection state between the supply line and the processor circuit; and a power supply level detection circuit detecting a voltage level of the external power supply voltage, and controlling the changeover switch so as to achieve the non-connection state between the supply line and the processor circuit if detecting that the voltage level is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold.
US10310574B1
An electronic apparatus with a heat-dissipation system includes a heat-dissipation device including a base, a heat-dissipation structure rotatably disposed on the bottom base, and a drive mechanism configured to selectively rotate the heat-dissipation structure toward one of a plurality of predetermined orientations.
US10310573B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a feedback controller and a comparator. The feedback controller may be configured to, based on a setpoint value and a measured process value calculate a first difference between the setpoint value and the measured process value and generate a controller driving signal based on the first difference. The comparator may be configured to compare a second difference between the setpoint value and a previous setpoint value to a predetermined threshold, determine if a magnitude of the second difference is greater than the predetermined threshold, output as an output driving signal the controller driving signal if the magnitude is not greater than the predetermined threshold, and output as the output driving signal a setpoint driving signal if the magnitude is greater than the predetermined threshold, the setpoint value based on the setpoint value independent of the measured process value.
US10310571B2
An apparatus includes a cassette. The cassette includes a carriage. The carriage is retained internally to the cassette. The apparatus further includes a booklet assembly. The booklet assembly includes a cable connector. The cable connector is affixed internally to the booklet assembly. The cassette is configured for insertion into the booklet assembly. The apparatus further includes a cable assembly. The cable assembly is configured for insertion into the cable connector. The carriage is configured for retaining the cable assembly. In an aspect, a method of using the apparatus includes preloading the cable assembly into the carriage, inserting the cassette into the booklet assembly, and configuring the carriage such that the cable assembly is inserted into the cable connector and retained in an inserted position by the carriage.
US10310568B2
A system for the management of rack-mounted field replaceable units (FRUs) that affords the enhanced availability and serviceability of FRUs provided by blade-based systems but in a manner that accommodates different types of FRUs (e.g., in relation to form factors, functionality, power and cooling requirements, and/or the like) installed within a rack or cabinet.
US10310557B1
A mobile device protecting cover capable of storing a touch pen includes a touch pen slot and an insertion port disposed on the back side of the protecting cover. The touch pen slot has a press switch button disposed on an inner side wall for pressing the touch pen, and the inner side wall has a groove configured to be corresponsive to the press switch button, and extended from the insertion port as a starting end towards the other end of the touch pen slot. The protecting cover is used to cover a mobile phone or a tablet PC and insert the touch pen into the touch pen slot. When the touch pen is inserted or removed, the structure of the groove and the inner side wall achieves main effect of turning on or off the power by the touch pen.
US10310524B2
An environmental control apparatus that is installed in a room and is portable includes an input unit, a setting unit, a determination unit, and a recommendation unit. The input unit is input a fact that a room air environment is comfortable. The setting unit sets a range of a comfort zone. The determination unit determines whether the air environment of the room is within the range of the comfort zone. The recommendation unit recommend an improving method of improving the air environment of the room based on at least information about a determination result of the determination unit so that the air environment of the room falls within the range of the comfort zone.
US10310517B2
An autonomous aerial system for delivering a payload to a waypoint. The autonomous aerial system may comprise an aerial vehicle to transport the payload to the waypoint and an onboard supervisory control system operatively coupled with the aerial vehicle. The aerial vehicle may be configured to navigate to the waypoint and to land at a designated touchdown zone within a landing zone at the waypoint. The onboard supervisory control system having a processor operatively coupled with a non-volatile memory device and a sensor package. The processor may be configured to generate flight control signal data based at least in part on data received via the sensor package, the sensor package configured to (1) dynamically sense and avoid obstacles along a flight route to the waypoint, and (2) perceive physical characteristics of the landing zone. The processor may be configured to autonomously navigate the aerial vehicle to the waypoint and to determine whether to touchdown at the designated touchdown zone based at least in part on physical characteristics of the designated touchdown zone perceived via said sensor package.
US10310514B2
A method includes receiving from a client computing device of a user, a request for access to an autonomous vehicle, determining one of a plurality of autonomous vehicles to provide the user access to in response to the request, wherein the determined autonomous vehicle is blocked by one or more other ones of the autonomous vehicles, determining locations of the determined autonomous vehicle and the blocking autonomous vehicles, and computing based on the locations of the determined autonomous vehicle and the blocking autonomous vehicles, coordinated movements to provide access to the determined autonomous vehicle as requested by the user.
US10310512B2
A path planning method is provided for mobile robots, including the following steps: Step 1. Searching for available paths according to the destinations of moving of the robots and the nodes properties on the map; Step 2. Determining the optimum path, according to the weights of the segments on all the available paths, with the segments being arbitrary curves made up of Bezier curves or splined curves of a plurality of control points; and Step 3. Driving the robots to move along the optimum path, and to stop at the stop points. The present path planning method for mobile robots increases the ways of connection between the nodes significantly and avoids that there is only a single way of connection between two nodes.
US10310509B1
Methods and systems are disclosed for determining sensor degradation by actively controlling an autonomous vehicle. Determining sensor degradation may include obtaining sensor readings from a sensor of an autonomous vehicle, and determining baseline state information from the obtained sensor readings. A movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle, such as speed or position, may then be changed. The sensor may then obtain additional sensor readings, and second state information may be determined from these additional sensor readings. Expected state information may be determined from the baseline state information and the change in the movement characteristic of the autonomous vehicle. A comparison of the expected state information and the second state information may then be performed. Based on this comparison, a determination may be made as to whether the sensor has degraded.
US10310505B1
Systems, methods, tangible non-transitory computer-readable media, and devices for autonomous vehicle operation are provided. For example, a method can include receiving trip data that includes information associated with a request for the autonomous vehicle at a pick-up location. The autonomous vehicle can then travel to the pick-up location. The autonomous vehicle can detect one or more signals associated with the trip data. In response to determining that the one or more signals satisfy one or more broadcast criteria associated with authorizing access to the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle can activate one or more vehicle systems associated with fulfilling the request for the autonomous vehicle at the pick-up location. The one or more broadcast criteria can be based in part on one or more properties of the one or more signals.
US10310504B2
Disclosed embodiments include a driverless vehicle control method, apparatus and system. In some embodiments, method comprises: receiving a vehicle control message of a driverless vehicle, the vehicle control message used to represent vehicle control characteristics of the driverless vehicle; converting the vehicle control message to a vehicle control protocol message, the vehicle control protocol message used to implement a general instruction description for the vehicle control message; generating a vehicle control command based on the vehicle control protocol message; and converting the vehicle control command to a vehicle control instruction corresponding to the vehicle control message, and sending the vehicle control instruction to the driverless vehicle. In this way, the vehicle control message can be described by using a general message instruction, achieving the objective of controlling the driverless vehicle by using a general message instruction.
US10310494B2
A diagnostic result display method in a diagnostic device calculates a diagnostic result by a determination of a predetermined state and a certainty factor of the determination. The diagnostic result display method includes setting preset predetermined colors to predetermined states, setting a preset area of a geometric shape according to certainty factors, and displaying the area of the geometric shape in at least one of the predetermined colors.
US10310493B2
A system for measuring physical properties of a workpiece in motion which includes a conveyance assembly for conveying the workpiece, a scanning assembly for scanning the workpiece, and a measurement assembly for measuring at least one physical property of the workpiece while the workpiece is in motion.
US10310491B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to a radiating element and an engineered magnetic material. In a communication environment a radiating element can be used to communicate information, such as to send signals. Various factors, including electromagnetic factors, can influence the performance of the radiating element. In one example, if the radiating element becomes too close to a ground plane, then performance of the radiating element can suffer. To counter negative effects of being too close to the ground plane an engineered magnetic material can be employed that causes the radiating element to perform better when relatively close to the ground plane.
US10310490B2
A method and apparatus for evaluating and controlling a semiconductor manufacturing process having a plurality of process steps in a process flow is described. The method comprises retrieving measurements of process step parameters from a process measurement database. The process step parameters comprise at least one of process step measurement data, process step context data or process step control data. The process step parameters are subsequently associated with one or more of the process steps.
US10310488B2
A numerical controller sequentially reads blocks contained in a machining program, analyzes the read blocks to identify a block that causes an alarm based on mismatch criterion information stored in advance, and generates alarm cause data. The numerical controller then generates, based on the generated alarm cause data, at least one set of proposal patch data for correcting the machining program in such a way that the cause of the alarm is solved and generates a corrected machining program that is the machining program to which the generated proposal patch data is applied.
US10310476B2
An apparatus comprises an integrated circuit (IC) including sequencer circuitry; and a memory integral to or operatively coupled to the integrated circuit, wherein at least a portion of the memory is organized as a plurality of hierarchical linked lists defining a finite state machine of a plurality of finite IC states; wherein the sequencer circuitry is configured to: receive one or more control words from the hierarchical linked lists associated with an IC state; advance the IC to the IC state according to the one or more control words; and perform one or more actions corresponding to the IC state.
US10310468B2
The invention is a method for controlling the activity of two light radiation sources (2, 3) belonging to a stereolithography machine (1) and suited to act at the level of a portion (104) of a superimposition area (101) defined on the work surface (100) of the stereolithography machine (1) for the production of a three-dimensional object (200) through stereolithography. For each one of the lines (210) with generic length L that define each layer (201) of the three-dimensional object (200) within the portion (104), the method provides for activating: a first light radiation source (2) for a first section (211) of the line (210) having length X; a second light radiation source (3) for the remaining second section (212) of the line (210) having length Y, wherein the value X of the first section (211) is selected within the interval 0<=X<=L and wherein Y is calculated as equal to L−X.
US10310465B2
A device and method for the generation of a constraint-based, preferably time-optimal motion profile is presented.The device 100 comprises a control unit 102, said control unit 102 is configured to control a mechanical system 104, whereas an alike comprised set-point generator 101 delivers set points for the control unit 102. A moving average filter 111 is coupled to said generator 101. By application of the moving average filter 111 a piecewise constant set point profile changes into a piecewise linear profile. This has several positive effects as explained in the disclosure, while a moving object is driven via the mechanism.
US10310464B1
The present invention relates to an assembly kit that fits inside are recessed light fixture, flush mount light fixture, tube light fixture, track light fixture or light tube that is mounted in/on the ceiling or wall for retrofitting various combinations of smart devices and sensors, as part of ambient intelligence.
US10310461B2
Method of controlling distribution of energy within an energy distribution system and energy distribution systems are provided. An energy distribution system includes a central controller and one or more remote distribution control units. A method includes obtaining, with the central controller from the remote distribution control units, operational data indicating an operational condition of the energy distribution system. The method further includes comparing the operational condition to a polling rate threshold that indicates when the operational condition is approaching a condition threshold at which the central controller will operably control operation of the remote distribution control unit. The method further includes adjusting a polling rate at which the operational data is obtained in response to the operational condition crossing the polling rate threshold. The method yet further includes polling and controlling the remote distribution control unit with the central controller at the adjusted polling rate.
US10310460B2
A communicator communicates with a plurality of management targets. An operation-mode determiner determines, based on information representing a status of each of the management targets each received by the communicator, whether a total system status of the plurality of management targets satisfies a predefined condition. A mode-of-network-communication switch, a communication-parameter changer, a condition-for-device-communication setter, a cycle-for-obtaining-status-value setter and a communication-parameter setter adjust, when the operation-mode determiner determines that the system status satisfies the predefined condition, a communication status of the communicator in accordance with the system status and a processing performance of the device.
US10310457B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product for increasing efficiency in a plant by creating a planning model for said plant comprising a plurality of runtime models stored in a database. Each runtime model corresponds to a reactor in the plant and mimics real world behavior of the reactor by identifying the mathematical relationships of the inputs and outputs of the reactor. Each runtime model further comprises a set of tuning factors, which allows the user to adjust the runtime model to more closely align with the user's desired output or otherwise account for real-life plant activity. By properly creating and utilizing a plurality of runtime models and implementing them into a planning model, a user can increase efficiency of the plant by optimizing product output, forcing the plant to balance materials-in and materials-out, or forcing the plant to stoichiometrically balance elements going in, and coming out of the plant or reactor.
US10310455B2
A logic system aggregates metrics from a plurality of combine harvesters and controls a communication system to send aggregated metrics back to the combine harvesters and to send both machine performance metrics and aggregate metrics to a remote user computing system, for remote user control.
US10310450B2
A 3D video processing system with integrated display is described wherein the huge data bandwidth demands on the source-to-display transmission medium is decreased by utilizing innovative 3D light field video data compression at the source along with innovative reconstruction of 3D light field video content from highly compressed 3D video data at the display. The display incorporates parallel processing pipelines integrated with a Quantum Photonics Imager® for efficient data handling and light imaging.
US10310438B2
A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and lobes extending longitudinally outward from the end surface.
US10310437B2
A drum unit includes a photosensitive drum and a heater. The photosensitive drum rotates around a rotation axis extending along a rotation axis direction. The heater is installed inside the photosensitive drum and heats the photosensitive drum. The heater includes a heater substrate and a plurality of resistance elements. The heater substrate extends along the rotation axis direction. The plurality of resistance elements are aligned in the rotation axis direction and are mounted on the heater substrate.
US10310431B2
An image forming device includes: an image forming section configured to form an image onto a recording medium in which sheets are laminated via an adhesive layer; a detection unit configured to detect an amount of an adhesive adhered beyond both edges of the recording medium in a width direction orthogonal to a transport direction; and a control unit configured to calculate a correction amount for correcting an image formation condition for the image forming section on the basis of a difference in the amount of the adhesive on both edges of the recording medium in the width direction detected by the detection unit.
US10310423B2
A heating roller includes: a roller cylinder rotatably disposed; a base rotatably disposed in the roller cylinder; first to third heaters, which are mounted on the base and respectively have a first heating section, a second heating section and a third heating section extending respectively in directions substantially parallel to an axial direction of the roller cylinder; and a driving mechanism, which is connected to the base and rotates the base to multiple position states. An image forming apparatus using the heating roller is also disclosed.
US10310419B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to form a toner image on a recording material with a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, wherein the carrier liquid contains a first substance, charged to an opposite polarity to a charge polarity of the toner, for imparting an electrical polarity to the toner, and a second substance, higher in volume resistivity than the first substance, a cleaning portion to collect the liquid developer remaining on the image bearing member after the toner image is transferred onto the recording material, a toner separating device to separate the collected liquid developer into the toner and the carrier liquid, and a carrier separating device to separate the carrier liquid into the carrier liquid containing the first substance and the carrier liquid containing the second substance by applying an electric field to the carrier liquid.
US10310406B2
Provided is a developing device including a developer carrier that holds developer, a supply member that supplies the developer to the developer carrier while agitating the developer, a transport member that is disposed obliquely upward in a vertical direction of the supply member, delivers and transports the developer with agitating the developer through a passageway portion provided at each end portion in an axial direction of the supply member, and a regulating member that is provided at a position corresponding to the passageway portion that delivers the developer from the supply member to the transport member, to regulate movement of the developer from the supply member to the developer carrier.
US10310401B2
A toner includes a plurality of toner particles each including a core and a shell layer entirely covering a surface of the core. The core contains a foamable polymer having a foamable group that is foamable through heating. A first foaming amount is at least 7 mL. The first foaming amount is an amount of gas collected over water during a period from when heating of the toner up to 120° C. is started at 30° C. to when a temperature of the toner has been kept at 120° C. for 30 minutes after the heating. A second foaming amount is at least 6 mL. The second foaming amount is an amount of gas collected over water during a period from when the heating is started at 30° C. to when the temperature of the toner reaches 0° C. through cooling after the liquid has been kept at 120° C. for 30 minutes.
US10310399B2
Provided is a toner including at least a binder resin, and having peak ratio W/R of from 0.20 to 0.70 when measured with FT-IR according to ATR method, W/R being a ratio of height W of maximum spectral peak attributed to bisphenol A skeleton of the toner and observed at from 1,480 cm−1 to 1,520 cm−1 to height R of maximum spectral peak attributed to carbonyl group of the toner and observed at from 1,700 cm−1 to 1,750 cm−1, wherein molecular weight distribution of the toner obtained by GPC of THF-soluble component of the toner has main peak in a range of from 1,000 to 10,000, half value width of the molecular weight distribution is a molecular weight of 20,000 or less, and content of a THF-insoluble component in the toner is from 5% by mass to 40% by mass.
US10310397B2
The toner has a toner particle that contains a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent, and a crystalline polyester, wherein the release agent contains an ester wax, and the peak top temperature of the maximum endothermic peak of the ester wax as measured with a differential scanning calorimeter is from 65° C. to 85° C., the ester wax satisfies specific conditions and the crystalline polyester satisfies specific conditions, the toner contains from 3.0 parts by mass to 20.0 parts by mass of the crystalline polyester per 100 parts by mass of the binder resin, and the mass ratio of the ester wax to crystalline polyester is from 25/75 to 75/25.
US10310393B2
The present invention relates to a substrate support (1), comprising: a support body (2) forming a support surface configured to support a substrate, wherein said support surface comprises a support surface part configured to support a substrate area of the substrate, at least one actuator (6) arranged on the support body at a location aligned with the support surface part and configured to contract or extend in a direction substantially parallel to a main plane of the support surface.
US10310392B2
A positioning device comprising an object table and a positioning module configured to position the object table. The positioning module comprises a first positioning module member configured to hold the object table, a second positioning module member configured to support the first positioning module member, and a support frame configured to support the second positioning module member. The positioning module also includes one or more actuators, a position measurement system configured to measure a position of the object table, and a control unit configured to control a position of the object table based on the measured position of the object table. The control unit is further configured to control a vertical position of the second position module member so as to maintain a top surface of the second positioning module member substantially parallel to a bottom surface of the first positioning module member.
US10310389B2
Methods and apparatuses for measuring a plurality of structures formed on a substrate are disclosed. In one arrangement, a method includes obtaining data from a first measurement process. The first measurement process including individually measuring each of the plurality of structures to measure a first property of the structure. A second measurement process is used to measure a second property of each of the plurality of structures. The second measurement process includes illuminating each structure with radiation having a radiation property that is individually selected for that structure using the measured first property for the structure.
US10310386B2
Methods of reducing a pattern displacement error, contrast loss, best focus shift, and/or tilt of a Bossung curve of a portion of a design layout used in a lithographic process for imaging that portion onto a substrate using a lithographic apparatus. The methods include adjusting an illumination source of the lithographic apparatus, placing one or more assist features onto, or adjusting a position and/or shape of one or more existing assist features in, the portion. Adjusting the illumination source and/or the one or more assist features may be by an optimization algorithm.
US10310367B2
Provided is a projection screen which can effectively diffuse incident light coming from a wide angle, despite that the number of laminated sheets of a light diffusion control film is small such as 3 to 4 sheets, and can thereby provide a wide viewing angle even if the projection screen is applied to a large-sized screen. Disclosed is a projection screen having a light diffusion control plate, the light diffusion control plate being formed by laminating a plurality of sheets of a light diffusion control film, the light diffusion control film being a light diffusion control film having a single light diffusion layer having a first internal structure and a second internal structure sequentially from the lower part along the film thickness direction, in which the first internal structure is a predetermined louver structure, and the second internal structure is a predetermined columnar structure.
US10310363B2
A phosphor device of an illumination system emitting a first waveband light and having an optical path includes a first section and a first phosphor agent. The first phosphor agent is coated on the first section. The first waveband light is received and converted into a second waveband light by the first phosphor agent. The second waveband light is directed to the optical path. The range of the spectrum of the second waveband light includes at least a first color light and a second color light, so that the first color light or the second color light is separated from the second waveband light along the optical path. Therefore, the diversity of the design of the phosphor device is enhanced, the manufacturing cost and the size of product are reduced, and the color purity is enhanced.
US10310358B2
In the present invention, an edge face of an diaphragm ring (4) has a part (a locked portion) wherein a plurality of depressions (62) are formed and a substantially flat surface portion wherein no depression (62) is formed, and by a simple operation of operating a link releaser (52) so as to rotate the diaphragm ring (4), it is possible to switch between a click mode and a non-click mode. When taking still images, a diaphragm value can be fixed by using the click mode, and when video is taken, the diaphragm value can be smoothly changed during imaging by using the non-click mode.
US10310355B2
A spatial light modulator having an active and a peripheral region, wherein coherent light impinges on both regions, but due to a higher spatial frequency of pixels within the peripheral region, and due to biasing the peripheral region pixels to maximize dispersion of reflected light therefrom, a majority of light reflected from the peripheral region is directed outside of a three-dimensional target window. A spatial frequency of the pixels in the active region is selected such that maximum dispersion of reflected light from the active region is incident within the three-dimensional target window. In this way, incident light that does not reflect from the active region need not be absorbed, or blocked, but instead can be reflected, but still fails to interfere with the target window.
US10310353B2
A charge-receiving layer for an e-paper assembly includes a plurality of conductive paths spaced apart throughout an insulative matrix, with each conductive path including at least one elongate pattern of conductive particles.
US10310349B2
A non-polarizer based variable light attenuating device includes a guest-host solution having a liquid crystal host and a guest dichroic dye disposed between first and second conducting layers provided on first and second transparent substrates. The guest-host solution has a low-haze while the guest dye orientation alters between a low light transmitting orientation and a high light transmitting orientation in response to a first voltage supplied to the first and second conducting layers. In response to a second voltage supplied to the first and second conducting layers, the guest-host solution changes to a focal conic light scattering orientation to achieve a high-haze translucent state.
US10310346B2
The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (or, LCD) including a light valve. The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display comprising: a back light unit; a light valve panel disposed in front of the back light unit, and including a plurality of first unit pixel areas; and a video display panel disposed in front of the light valve panel, and including a plurality of second unit pixel areas.
US10310339B2
In a wall electrode liquid crystal display device, planar distribution of the wall structure and the electrode is optimized to improve a yield. A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels having an insulator wall structure formed at a border of pixels, a wall electrode formed at a side surface of the wall structure of the border of the pixels, a source electrode which is continuous with the wall electrode and formed of a planar electrode extending in a planar direction, a first common electrode provided between source electrodes at both sides of the pixel to form a retentive capacitance, and a second common electrode provided between wall electrodes on both sides of the pixel. A slit which becomes a border of the wall electrodes of two adjacent pixels is disposed only on a top of the wall structure.
US10310330B2
A backlight module and liquid crystal display device are provided. The backlight module comprises a plastic frame, a reflection sheet, a light guide plate, a light source element, a hole glue and a heat dissipating element. The plastic frame comprises a first frame and a second frame disposed opposite each other. The heat dissipating element is disposed on the light source element, extending along an outer side surface of the first frame to a bottom portion of the reflection sheet, and is bonded to the corresponding hole glue on the second frame.
US10310323B1
A display cluster having an active state and an inactive state includes a front cover with an outer surface facing outwardly toward a viewer and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. An active display region with a display screen to generate an image and a first backlight may be surrounded by a peripheral region including a second backlight. One or more of the backlights may illuminate with the display cluster in the active state. A partial mirror may be disposed on the inner surface of the front cover to allow the display light from the active display region to pass outwardly therethrough and to block incident light from passing therethrough. The partial mirror may prevent reflections from one or more structures located therebeyond, away from the viewer, and may thereby present a uniform appearance between the active display region and the peripheral region with the display cluster in the inactive state.
US10310320B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged to face each other; a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate; first and second color filters of different colors, which are provided on the first substrate and arrayed in a first direction; and a first spacer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and configured to adjust thickness of the liquid crystal layer. Each of the first and second color filters includes a first portion extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a second portion connected to the first portion and projected in the first direction. The first spacer is provided on the second portion.
US10310315B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device where unit liquid crystal display devices are easily assembled for a volumetric display or a multi display by applying a chamfer structure to a side surface portion of the unit liquid crystal display device. The display device includes a plurality of unit liquid crystal display devices, each having a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit under the liquid crystal panel, a top frame over the liquid crystal display panel, and a main frame surrounding a side surface of the backlight unit. The liquid crystal panel is one the main frame. Additionally, at least one side surface portion of each of the plurality of unit liquid crystal display devices has a chamfer structure.
US10310308B2
A curved transparent substrate includes an alkali-free base layer having a curved shape and a compression applying layer compression applying layer which is disposed on a surface of the alkali-free base layer and applies a compression to the alkali-free base layer where an alkali ion content of the compression applying layer is greater than an alkali ion content of the alkali-free base layer.
US10310307B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel including pixels each having sub-pixels numbered in n (n is an integer of two or greater), a viewing angle improvement circuit, and a processing object determination circuit. The processing object determination circuit determines a pixel as a non-object for viewing angle improvement processing if gradation values, in input video signals for the pixel, for the sub-pixels satisfy specified conditions prescribing gradation values for the sub-pixels causing no changes in color tones between views of a display surface of the panel from front and diagonal directions and determines a pixel as an object for the processing if the gradation values do not satisfy the conditions. The viewing angle improvement circuit performs the processing for the input gradation values for the pixels determined as the objects and does not perform the processing for the values for the pixels determined as the non-objects.
US10310306B2
The present disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel and apparatus which includes a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit. The first pixel unit includes a first thin film transistor, a first charging capacitor, a second charging capacitor. One side of the first charging capacitor is connected the drain of the first thin film transistor. the other side of the first charging capacitor is connected the second charging capacitor; the second pixel unit includes a second thin film transistor; the drain of the second thin film transistor is connected to the other side of the first charging capacitor.
US10310299B2
A substrate (102) having a piezoelectric effect, optical waveguides (138a, 140a, 138b, 140b, and the like) formed on the substrate, and a plurality of bias electrodes (152a, 152b, and the like) that control an optical wave (s) which propagate through the optical waveguides are provided, and the bias electrodes are constituted and/or disposed such that an electrical signal applied to one of the bias electrodes is prevented from being received by another one of the bias electrodes through a surface acoustic wave.
US10310290B2
A method and a camera including a stabilizer are provided. The camera includes a lens, at least one autofocus (AF) actuator for moving the lens in a first direction, and at least one optical image stabilization (OIS) stabilizer for moving the lens in at least one direction. The OIS stabilizer may be connected with the AF actuator and arranged not to be stacked over the AF actuator in the first direction.
US10310284B1
A projection apparatus of reduced size and weight projects holographic images to a floating display position. An apparatus housing includes a laser projection system that outputs a laser beam, a beam diverter/splitter that receives and polarizes the laser beam, a concave mirror onto which the laser beam is diverted, and an adjustable lens or series of lenses to adjust the focus and/or size of images that are reflected from the concave mirror and through the adjustable lens. Rotating mirrors may be used instead of a beam diverter/splitter to draw images onto the concave mirror. Multiple apparatuses may be mounted around the floating display position for use as subsystems to synchronously project the holographic images for viewing from a 360° perspective. The multiple apparatuses or an individual apparatus may be used in conjunction with a conical mirror to display the images at a position above the conical mirror.
US10310281B1
Apparatus for projecting a pattern includes a laser source, a collimating lens and a diffractive optical element (DOE) to diffract the collimated laser beam into a specific dot pattern for sensing the depth of a three dimensional (3D) surface.
US10310275B2
An optical apparatus includes a structured light generation unit, a conversion lens module, a collimating lens and a casing. The structured light generation unit outputs a structured light. The light beams from the structured light generation unit are expanded by the conversion lens module. The expanded light beams are collimated by the collimating lens. After the light beams pass through the conversion lens module and the collimating lens, the light beams are projected to a projection surface. Consequently, a structured light pattern is formed on the projection surface. All conversion lenses of the conversion lens module have negative optical power. Consequently, the area of the structured light pattern on the projection surface is wider. Moreover, the structured light generation unit and the conversion lens module can be accommodated within the casing having a smaller thickness.
US10310274B1
A display system adapted to display images with animation and depth without requiring a viewer to wear special 3D eyewear. The system includes a controller and a programmable light source operating in response to control signals from the controller to output light. The system further includes an edge-lit layer with an edge optically coupled to the programmable light source, and the output light is trapped in the layer with total internal reflection (TIR), The layer is divided into first and second segments, and an optical barrier is inserted between the segments. First and second display areas, such as etched graphics, are provided on surfaces of the two segments, and the display areas are configured to enable the light trapped via TIR to escape. Independent lighting of the segments can be used to provide animation. Depth is provided by stacking one-to-many additional similar layers on the first layer.
US10310270B2
A light guide member includes three surfaces of a second surface, a fourth surface, and a fifth surface as two or more non-axisymmetric curved surfaces, and a projection lens includes a lens surface as a non-axisymmetric aspheric surface. With this, on the light guide member side, even when there is a shape constraint that the first surface or the third surface which is a surface contributing to light guide is a flat surface, and correction of asymmetric aberration is limited, it becomes possible to perform sufficient aberration correction as the whole of an optical system including the projection lens. Therefore, the virtual image display apparatus can have a wide viewing angle and high performance, and can be made small and lightweight.
US10310256B2
A beamsplitter includes an optical substrate with a first surface configured to receive a beam of multi-spectral light, to reflect a first band of the multi-spectral light and to transmit a second band of the multi-spectral light through the optical substrate to be emitted from a second surface of the optical substrate opposite the first surface. The second surface is a freeform surface. A system includes a telescope configured to focus multi-spectral light into a beam. The system also includes a beamsplitter as described above optically coupled to the telescope so the first surface of the beamsplitter is configured to receive the beam of multi-spectral light from the telescope.
US10310253B2
A MEMS device includes a fixed structure and suspended structure including an internal structure and a first arm and a second arm. Each arm has a first end fixed to the fixed structure and a second end fixed to the internal structure. The ends are angularly arranged at a distance apart. Piezoelectric actuators mounted to the arms are driven so as to cause deformation of the arm and produce a rotation of the internal structure. In a resting condition, each of the first and second arms has a respective elongated portion with a respective concavity. The internal structure extends in part within the concavities of the elongated portions of the first and second arms.
US10310252B1
The instant disclosure provides an optical wheel including a rotary light-transmittable substrate, an optical microstructure layer and an optical coating layer. The rotary light-transmittable substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and rotates around a central axis. The optical microstructure is disposed on the first surface or the second surface. The optical coating layer is disposed on the optical microstructure. At least a laser incident light beam is projected onto the first surface or the second surface of the rotary light-transmittable substrate for forming a laser emission light beam emitted from the second surface.
US10310246B2
Improved image quality by structured illumination or pivoting illumination and faster image acquisition are both achieved. A line light enters first to fifth virtual pixels of a grating light valve, and first to fifth lights are emitted respectively from the first to fifth virtual pixels. The intensities and phases of the first to fifth 0th-order lights respectively depend on the arrangements of sub-pixels included in the first to fifth virtual pixels. The first to n-th 0th-order lights are extracted respectively from the first to n-th lights, and the first to n-th 0th-order lights are converted respectively into first to fifth light sheets. The first to fifth light sheets are created at a portion to be illuminated. The arrangements of the sub-pixels included in the first to fifth pixels are controlled such that a structured light sheet or pivoting light sheet is created at the portion to be illuminated.
US10310245B2
There is provided a microscopic observation technique capable of detecting a light-emitting object or a light-emitting particle moving in a thick sample by the scanning molecule counting method. In the inventive technique, the light from a light detection region of is detected the optical system of a confocal or multiphoton microscope is detected with while moving the light detection region in each observed subregion obtained by dividing a region to be observed into plural regions; the signal of the light from a light-emitting particle is individually detected; and the position of the light-emitting particle corresponding to the detected signal is determined in the region to be observed. The moving of the position of the light detection region in each observed subregion is performed continuously in at least two directions or and/or continuously multiple times in each observed subregion.
US10310244B2
A microscope system includes a microscope apparatus including a stage on which a sample is placed and an objective lens that collects laser light to the sample on the stage, a light source unit including a light source that emits the laser light, a scanning mechanism configured to guide the laser light from the light source unit and change a direction of the guided laser light to scan the sample on the stage, a photodetector configured to guide returned light from the objective lens of the microscope apparatus and convert the guided light into an electrical signal, a controller configured to control at least the scanning mechanism and generate image data from the electrical signal output from the photodetector, and a computer connected to the controller through a bus interface and configured to process the image data transferred from the controller through the bus interface.
US10310228B2
An optical lens includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element has refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof. The sixth lens element with refractive power has an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and including one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
US10310227B2
An image capturing optical system includes seven lens elements, the seven lens elements being, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. An image-side surface of the fifth lens element is convex in a paraxial region thereof. An image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has negative refractive power.
US10310221B2
This invention provides an optical lens assembly including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with negative refractive power having an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; a second lens element having positive refractive power; a third lens element having an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof; and a fourth lens element having an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, the image-side surface thereof having at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof; wherein the optical lens assembly has a total of four lens elements. With such configuration, the optical lens assembly is characterized by a reduced size and a wide field of view.
US10310219B2
An imaging apparatus includes a lens optical system, a color image sensor that includes at least first pixels and second pixels, and a first optical element array disposed between the lens optical system and the color image sensor. In the imaging apparatus, the lens optical system includes optical regions, and the optical regions include a first optical region and a second optical region that differ in terms of at least one selected from the group of spectral transmittance characteristics and transmissive polarization characteristics. The first pixels include respective spectral filters having mutually different spectral transmittance characteristics, and the second pixels include respective spectral filters having at least one type of spectral transmittance characteristics. The first optical element array directs light that has passed through the first optical region to the first pixels and directs light that has passed through the second optical region to the second pixels.
US10310213B2
One or more lens control apparatuses, methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. In a third mode where a camera control unit performs control in such a manner as to drive a focus lens at a preset speed, if the camera control unit has determined that a subject is a moving subject, when the camera control unit determines that the subject is in focus, a transition is made to a second mode where a drive speed of the focus lens is variably controlled on a basis of the amount of defocus.
US10310212B2
The invention relates to a surgical microscope stand (100) encompassing: a first carriage (16) that is arranged on a first carrier arm (14) and is drivable by a first drive unit; and a second carriage (18) that is arranged on a second carrier arm (22) and is drivable by a second drive unit. The surgical microscope stand (100) further encompasses an operating region (34) within which at least one operating unit for manual application of control to the first and second drive units is provided.
US10310204B2
An adapter panel arrangement including a chassis and a panel of adapters. The adapters defining open rearward cable connections and open forward cable connections of the panel arrangement. The adapters being arranged in arrays that slide independently of other adapter arrays to provide access to the open rearward and open forward cable connections.
US10310200B1
An optical transmission module includes a receptacle-type optical part, a holder part, and a cover part. The receptacle-type optical part includes a resin molding and a device part. The resin molding is provided with a ferrule insertion hole extending in a first direction and a first fitting part in a surface perpendicular to the first direction. The holder part contains resin and includes a back surface plate provided with a second fitting part fitted to the first fitting part and an upper surface plate provided with a third fitting part provided in parallel to the first direction. The cover part is inserted along the first direction between the holder and receptacle-type optical part. The cover part includes an upper surface plate provided with a fourth fitting part capable of fitting to the third fitting part. The cover part is extractable along the first direction from a housed position.
US10310199B2
Provided are an optical module and a transmission equipment in which a decrease in yield due to brazing or soldering is suppressed. Provided is an optical module including a semiconductor optical element, a stem, and a wiring substrate. The stem includes one or more lead terminals. The wiring substrate includes one or more openings through which the one or more lead terminals, respectively, pass. The stem has a placing surface on which the wiring substrate is placed, and two protrusion portions that are arranged on both external sides, respectively, of the wiring substrate. The wiring substrate further includes a ground conductor layer being positioned on a rear surface and two ground conductor patterns that are arranged on regions, respectively, that are in the vicinity of the two protrusion portions, of a front surface, and are electrically connected to the ground conductor layer.
US10310196B2
A portion of an optical waveguide extending laterally within a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip is at least partially freed from the substrate to allow physical displacement of a released waveguide end relative to the substrate and relative to an adjacent photonic device also fabricated in the substrate. The released waveguide end may be displaced to modulate interaction between the photonic device and an optical mode propagated by the waveguide. In embodiments where the photonic device is an optical coupler, employing for example an Echelle grating or arrayed waveguide grating (AWG), mode propagation through the coupler may be modulated via physical displacement of the released waveguide end. In one such embodiment, thermal sensitivity of an integrated optical wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) is reduced by displacing the released waveguide end relative to the coupler in a manner that counters a temperature dependence of the optical coupler.
US10310189B2
An adaptor having a first HDMI interface for connecting with a first external device to receive data therefrom and a second interface for connecting with a HDMI connector of a cable assembly, wherein the cable assembly comprises a cable connected to the HDMI connector and the cable comprises at least one fiber wire, wherein the adaptor comprise at least one processor and a wireless device, wherein the at least one processor is capable of communicating with a second external device via a wireless connection between the wireless device and the second external device to perform operations associated with the transmission of the at least one fiber wire or said data received from first external device.
US10310187B2
An optoelectronic coupling system and methods of forming the same include an optoelectronic chip mounted on a substrate. The optoelectronic chip includes one or more optoelectronic components. A lower lens array is positioned over the optoelectronic chip and has a lower surface, with a first cut-away portion to accommodate the optoelectronic chip, and an upper surface that has one or more lower lenses positioned over respective optoelectronic components. An upper lens array is positioned over the lower lens array and has comprising one or more upper lenses positioned over respective lower lenses.
US10310171B2
A planar illumination apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a frame including a bottom surface that is curved as viewed in a cross section, and a side wall that is provided in a standing manner so as to surround a circumference of the bottom surface; a light guide plate that is housed in the frame, that is curved along the bottom surface as viewed in the cross section, and that includes an emission surface for emitting light; and a plurality of optical sheets that are arranged along the emission surface of the light guide plate and that overlap with one another in a plan view. An end portion of at least one of the plurality of optical sheets is fixed to an upper end surface of the side wall of the frame via a fixing member.
US10310169B2
A display panel features a backlight unit including a back plate, a light-guide with a first surface facing a display device and a second surface facing the back play, and a light-source mounted on a side of light-guide. An orthographic projection of the first surface coincides with the display device, an orthographic projection of second surface coincides with back plate, the first surface has an area larger than that of second surface such that first surface covers the light source. A plurality of the display panels might be placed adjacent to one another to form a display structure.
US10310166B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel, a light source, a lightguide, and reflective elements. The lightguide includes a first end facing the light source, a first surface opposed to the display panel, and a second surface. The reflective elements are disposed inside the lightguide, the elements configured to reflect light passing through the first end to spread in the lightguide and to transmit the light through the first surface. Reflective elements are arranged to be apart from the first or second surface with a certain distance and has a reflective surface facing the first surface and projects toward the second surface, the reflective surface is inclined such that the light from the first end can be irradiated to the first surface.
US10310155B2
A wire grid polarizer (WGP) can have improved performance due to a high aspect ratio (e.g. >3, >5, >10, >15, >20, or >30), where aspect ratio equals T/W, T is a sum of a thickness of wires of the first array 11 plus a thickness of wires of the second array 12 (i.e. T=Th11+Th12), and W is a maximum width of wires of the first array 11 and/or of the second array 12. Such high aspect ratio can be achieved with two arrays of wires 11 and 12, each capped by a thin film 01 and 02.
US10310152B2
An optical coating structure is provided that when applied to a surface of an object to imparts a color to the object, the optical coating structure comprising: a base layer; a reflector on the base layer; and profile elements on the base layer under the reflector, the profile elements having a width and length which are each in the range of 5 to 500 μm in size, and being arranged in non-periodic manner or a periodic manner. The reflector may be a multilayer structure of alternating dielectric materials. A method of forming the optical coating structure is also provided.
US10310150B2
There are provided a near-infrared cut filter having a sufficient near-infrared blocking property and being capable of reducing or preventing, in a solid-state imaging device using the near-infrared cut filter, occurrence of a phenomenon that an object which did not exist on the original subject appears in a taken image, and also a highly sensitive solid-state imaging device having the near-infrared cut filter. A near-infrared cut filter includes a stack having a near-infrared absorbing glass substrate and a near-infrared absorbing layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye and a transparent resin on at least one main surface of the near-infrared absorbing glass substrate, and a dielectric multilayer film formed on at least one main surface of the stack, wherein maximum transmittance at an incident angle of 31 to 60 degrees with respect to light with a wavelength of from 775 to 900 nm is 50% or less.
US10310142B2
There is provided an optical device including a display device, and a transparent substrate that is disposed on a side of a display surface of the display device. When the transparent substrate is evaluated by using a three index values of a resolution index value T, a reflection image diffusiveness index value R, and a sparkle index value S, the following conditions are satisfied: the resolution index value T≤0.2, the reflection image diffusiveness index value R≥0.2, and the sparkle index value S≤60.
US10310137B1
A method and system for modeling a subsurface structure at a time when the structure was originally formed. A first model having non-planar horizons representing a current subsurface structure may be used to calculate a vector field based on the non-planar geometry of the horizons of the model. The vector field may be non-uniform or uniform. Geographic coordinates of the first model may be transformed to paleo-geographic coordinates of a model representing the subsurface structure in the past, where the non-planar horizons in the first model are transformed to planar horizons in the second model. A set of points describing one or more fractures in the subsurface structure may be used to calculate a tuning parameter to correct a first set of paleo-geographic coordinates. A second set of coordinates representing an improved prediction at a time period when the subsurface structure was originally formed may be generated.
US10310128B1
Current supplied to electrical submersible pumps in wells is monitored, and signal processing based on wavelet analysis and phase diagram analysis is performed on the data obtained from monitoring. An incipient malfunction of the electrical submersible pump, such as one due to scale build-up in and around the pump, can be detected at an early stage.
US10310126B2
A sea bed survey system being configured to be towed by a towing body (12) is provided. The system comprises at least one sensor carrier (100) having a plurality of sensors (128) disposed along its length, and at least one deflector (110) for controlling the lateral extension and the vertical position of said sensor carrier (100), wherein the lateral extension exceeds 25% of the length of sensor carrier, and the vertical height above the sea bed is less than the lateral extension of said sensor carrier.
US10310125B2
Seismic survey system and method for adjusting positions of plural autonomous receiver nodes (ARNs) of a seismic survey system. The method includes calculating first travel-times of direct arrivals of seismic waves, based on (i) offsets between shooting positions of seismic sources and recording positions of the plural ARNs, and (ii) a speed of the seismic waves in water; estimating second travel-times of the direct arrivals, based on seismic data recorded by the plural ARNs; estimating, in a computing device, positioning errors of one or more of the plural ARNs by applying an inversion algorithm to a misfit between the first and second travel-times; and adjusting the recording positions of the one or more ARNs with the positioning errors.
US10310116B2
The present invention relates to a method for determining a stacked model describing architectural elements from a plurality of architectural element. The method comprises selecting an architectural element, determining merged zone, the merged zone being function of the zone of the selected architectural element and zones of related architectural elements, determining a probabilistic zone, the probabilistic zone being a function of the merged zone, and determining a probabilistic superposition value associated with the determined probabilistic zone, the probabilistic superposition value being a function of the superposition value of the selected architectural element. The previous steps are repeated for each architectural element in the plurality of architectural elements. The method further comprises stacking every determined probabilistic zone in a stacked model according to the determined probabilistic superposition value associated therewith, and providing the stacked model.
US10310115B2
Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may include transforming previously acquired seismic data from a time-space domain to a transformed domain using a dictionary of compressive basis functions and separating, within the transformed previously acquired seismic data, a first portion and a second portion of the transformed previously acquired seismic data. Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may also include predicting a plurality of multiple diffractions based on the separated first and second portions and adaptively subtracting the predicted multiple diffractions from the previously acquired seismic data. Prediction and subtraction of multiple diffractions may also include inverse transforming a particular seismic data set from the transformed domain to the time-space domain.
US10310111B2
Apparatus, computer instructions and method for separating up-going and down-going wave fields (U, D) from seismic data recorded within or beneath a body of water, or in general below the surface of the earth. The method includes a step of receiving seismic data (Po, Zo) recorded in the time-space domain with seismic recorders distributed on a first datum, wherein the first datum is non-flat; a step of establishing a mathematical relation between transformed seismic data (P, Z) and the up-going and down-going wave fields (U, D) on a second planar datum; and a step of solving with an inversion procedure, run on a processor, the mathematical relation to obtain the up-going and down-going wave fields (U, D) for the second datum. The second datum is different from the first datum.
US10310106B2
A dual/multi-energy x-ray image sensor with stacked two-dimensional pixel arrays. Each pixel in one pixel array has a corresponding “overlaid” pixel in the other pixel array. The pixel arrays are stacked parallel and aligned so that they are nominally normal to the x-ray path, and so that a straight path taken by an x-ray photon from the x-ray source to a pixel in one pixel array will also nominally intersect the corresponding pixel in the other pixel array(s). The energy image sensor provides an x-ray scanning detector system, which has increased signal levels and signal-to-noise ratios over dual- or multi-energy detectors using linear diode arrays, specifically when the pixel arrays are TDI pixel arrays that offer higher sensitivities in high-speed line-scan applications. Signal processing circuitry is placed on a periphery of the pixel arrays and shielded. Dual-to-multiple energy applications can be accomplished by increasing the number of stacked pixel arrays.
US10310103B2
The invention concerns a method for improving the energy resolution of a gamma ray detector comprising a monolithic scintillator and a photodetector segmented during a scintillation event characterized by the following steps:—detecting the time of arrival of the first photons on said photodetector;—counting, during a period T, which is between 2 and 6 times a transfer time (Te), the number and location of the first detected non-scattered photons;—determining the diameter and the position of a disk defined by a set of first non-scattered photons;—determining the position (X, Y) of a scintillation event from the location of said first detected non-scattered photons;—counting the number of the first detected non-scattered photons inside said disk during a period Td greater than a decay time (T) of the scintillator;—defining the energy of a gamma photon, said energy being proportional to the number of non-scattered photons counted inside the disc. The invention also concerns the associated detection system, the microelectronic component and a scintillator crystal treated for use in a PET application, and the use of the detection system according to the invention in PET and SPECT imagers.
US10310098B1
A method and apparatus are provided for positron emission imaging to correct a position at which a gamma ray was detected, when the gamma ray is scattered during detection. When Compton scattering occurs during detection of a gamma ray, the energy of the gamma ray deposited in multiple crystals in an array of detector elements. The corrected position is determined as a weighted sum of the position of the multiple crystals, each weighted by an inverse of the energy measured at the respective crystal. Further, the inverse-energy weight can be raised to a power p. A minimum energy threshold can be applied to determine the multiple crystals at which the gamma ray energy is deposited. The corrected position can be a floating position or can be rounded to a nearest crystal or to a nearest virtual sub-crystal.
US10310093B2
An electronic apparatus includes a controller that intermittently drives a receiver in a predetermined cycle, the receiver receiving a positioning signal to generate predetermined information, and the controller determines an upper limit of a period to be spent for the generation of the predetermined information on the basis of a period spent for the generation in the past.
US10310092B2
A satellite signal receiving apparatus and an antenna pattern adjusting method thereof are provided. A coupling relationship between a main antenna and a plurality of pattern adjustment antennas is adjusted to thereby adjust an angle of the antenna pattern so that the average intensity of satellite signals attributed to target satellites and received by an antenna array is higher than a first preset intensity.
US10310089B2
Aspects of the disclosure include a method for sharing satellite navigation messages. The method includes receiving a download report from a receiver. The download report indicates what portions of a satellite navigation message are currently stored by the receiver. The method also includes determining whether to update a satellite navigation message database associated with a server based on the portions of the satellite navigation message stored by the receiver. In response to determining that the satellite navigation message database should be updated, the method further includes requesting the receiver to transmit a subset of the satellite navigation message currently stored by the receiver to the server; receiving the subset of the satellite navigation message; and updating the satellite navigation message database associated with the server based on the received subset of the satellite navigation message.
US10310084B2
A range imaging apparatus includes a light illuminator that emits signal light from a light source toward a subject; a light receiver that receives light reflecting off the subject; a range image generator that calculates a distance value to the subject based on a time difference between emission and light reception, and generates a range image; a distance value distribution analyzer that calculates a distribution characteristic of the distance value calculated by the range image generator; an illumination controller that adjusts output of the light illuminator; an exposure controller that adjusts exposure by the light receiver; and a signal adjuster that adjusts the illumination controller and the exposure controller based on the distribution characteristic. The signal adjuster adjusts at least one of the illumination controller and the exposure controller for the second signal light based on the distribution characteristic obtained through emission and light reception of the first signal light.
US10310083B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting target echoes (11) in a reception signal (ES) of an ultrasonic sensor of a motor vehicle by providing a reference signal (RS) for decoding the reception signal (ES), wherein with respect to a multiplicity of predetermined frequency shift values in each case a correlation input signal (RS) is provided by shifting the reference signal (RS) in terms of its frequency by the respective frequency shift value; correlating the reception signal (ES) separately with each of the correlation input signals (RS) and thereby providing respective correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7), as the result of the respective correlation; and by providing a summation signal (SS) as the sum of the correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7), wherein on the basis of the summation signal (SS) one of the correlation output signals (KS1 to KS7) is selected and detecting the target echoes (11) is carried out by evaluating the selected correlation output signal (KS1 to KS7).
US10310072B2
There are provided a security inspection system comprising ultra-wideband transmitters (104) and receivers (103) and a method of security inspection. The method comprises scanning a walk-through inspection space (200) along with an inspected person passing there through to yield collected data informative of scattered signals in association with respective channels, wherein the ultra-wideband transmitters and receivers are arranged at both sides of the inspection space. The method further comprises dividing the inspection space into a plurality of subspaces such that each voxel in the inspection space belongs to one and only one subspace, providing image reconstruction separately for each subspace of the plurality of the subspaces, wherein image reconstruction for voxels residing in a given subspace is provided using collected data corresponding to a set of channels selected for the given subspace in accordance with predefined rules; and using image reconstruction results to detect a concealed object.
US10310054B2
Systems and methods for performing relative object localization using a local positioning system. The process in accordance with one embodiment solves the problem of determining the location (i.e., the position and orientation) of an object relative to a previous location of the object, or relative to another object, without the need for known 3-D data point positions in the environment. The process in accordance with another embodiment solves the problem of determining the location of the measurement instrument relative to a previous location of the measurement instrument using visible feature points on a target object as a reference, again without the need for known 3-D data point positions. The process in accordance with a further embodiment is capable of determining the locations of multiple objects relative to each other.
US10310051B2
A method for receiving a reference signal for defining a location in a wireless communication system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving, from a serving cell, beacon-positioning reference signal (B-PRS) configuration information transmitted by at least one beacon device; and detecting the B-PRS by using the B-PRS configuration information, wherein the B-PRS configuration information includes B-PRS group configuration information for at least one beacon device group, and the B-PRS group configuration information can include parameters for generating sequences of the B-PRS transmitted by each beacon device belonging to the corresponding group.
US10310047B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for free-breathing cine DENSE MRI using self-navigation. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data for an area of interest of a subject, wherein the acquiring comprises performing sampling with phase-cycled, cine displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) during free-breathing of the subject; identifying, from the acquired magnetic resonance data, a plurality of phase-cycling data pairs corresponding to matched respiratory phases of the free-breathing of the subject; reconstructing, from the plurality of phase-cycling data pairs, a plurality of intermediate self-navigation images; performing motion correction by estimating, from the plurality of intermediate self-navigation images, the respiratory position associated with the plurality of phase-cycling data pairs; and reconstructing a plurality of motion-corrected cine DENSE images of the area of interest of the subject.
US10310044B2
A computer-implemented method of characterizing molecular diffusion within a body from a set of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals by computing a weighted average of a plurality of multi-compartment diffusion models comprises a same number of compartments, fitted to a set of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance signals, the weighted average being computed using weights representative of a performance criterion of each of the models; wherein each of the multi-compartment diffusion models comprises a different number of subsets of compartments, the compartments of a same subset being identical to each other.
US10310042B2
Systems and methods for a hierarchical mapping framework (“HMF”} for coil compression are provided. The HMF-based coil compression can be applied to existing coil compression algorithms to improve their performance. The receive channels associated with a coil array are divided into subgroups based on the strength of their mutual correlation. In each subgroup, one or more virtual channels are produced based on the channels not in the subgroup. The virtual channels are produced using a coil compression algorithm subject to a hierarchically semiseparable channel mixing across the subgroups. Images are reconstructed for the subgroups and then combined to produce the final image of the subject.
US10310039B2
In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for combined multislice fingerprinting MR imaging, for each repetition of a repetition sequence, radio-frequency excitation pulses are radiated with flip angles of the radio-frequency excitation pulses being different from one another, at least for a few repetitions. The scattering of the local maxima of the sum of the radio-frequency energy of the radio-frequency excitation pulses as a function of the repetition over the repetition sequence is for example not greater than 80%.
US10310030B2
A method for recognizing a magnetic object includes holding the object immobile in front of an array of N (where N is >five) tri-axial magnetometers (Mij) linked with no degree of freedom. There is a fixed distance between two consecutive magnetometers less than the maximum separation between the magnetic parts of the magnetic object furthest away from one another. The method includes measuring by each magnetometer a vector bi,m of which each coordinate represents the value of the magnetic field projected onto a respective measurement axis of the magnetometer, and a union of vectors bi,m forming a measured magnetic signature Sm, where the index “i” is an identifier of the magnetometer. The method includes computing of a deviation E between the magnetic signature Sm and a prerecorded magnetic signature SRef of a known magnetic object. The method includes comparing E to a predetermined threshold and recognizing the magnetic object.
US10310026B2
Embodiments related to the generation of magnetic bias fields for magnetic sensing are described and depicted. In one embodiment, a sensor includes at least one magnetosensitive element, and a magnetic body with an opening, the magnetic body comprising magnetic material, the magnetic body having inclined surface sections shaped by the opening, wherein the sensor is arranged within the opening such that the magnetosensitive element is in lateral directions bounded by the inclined surface sections.
US10310024B2
Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for measuring battery characteristics. In various embodiments, the apparatus comprises a lithium ion battery and a fuel gauge circuit to control charging, relaxing, and discharging operations of the battery. The fuel gauge performs priming steps comprising: charging the battery during a first time period; creating an open state during a second time period; and discharging the battery during a third time period.
US10310015B2
An integrated circuit device includes a plurality of flip flops configured into a scan chain. The plurality of flip flops includes at least flip flop of a first type and at least one flip flop of a second type. A method includes generating a first scan clock signal for loading scan data into at least one flip flop of a first type, generating a second scan clock signal and a third scan clock signal for loading the scan data into at least one flip flop of a second type, and loading a test pattern into a scan chain defined by the at least flip flop of the first type and the at least one flip flop of the second type responsive to the first, second, and third scan clock signals.
US10310011B2
A turret handler is provided. The turret handler is adapted to test an electronic element. The electronic element includes an element body and a plurality of leads. The turret handler includes a nozzle, a stage, a test block, and an abutting unit. The nozzle is adapted to hold the element body to move the electronic element. The test block is disposed on the stage. The nozzle moves the electronic element to the test block. The test block includes a coupling unit and an initiative portion. The coupling unit includes a coupling portion, a pressing portion, and an elastic structure. The elastic structure is connected to the pressing portion. The initiative portion is connected to the elastic structure.
US10310010B2
A probe apparatus includes a stage, a first and a second imaging device, a first and a second imaging optical unit, and a projection optical unit. The stage is movable in horizontal and vertical directions. The first imaging device picks up an image of a probe needle which is made to contact with an electrode of a device formed on a surface of the substrate. The first and second imaging optical units include optical systems for performing an image pickup by using the first and second imaging devices, respectively. The second imaging device picks up an image of the electrode held on the stage. The projection optical unit includes an optical system that projects an optical target mark, used in a position alignment of the first and the second imaging device, onto each of image forming units of the first and second imaging devices at the same time.
US10310003B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for fault protection in a DC power transmission network or grid that aid in determining the location of a fault in the network. The method involves, in the event of a fault, controlling at least one current limiting element of the network so as to limit a fault current flowing to below a first current level which is within the expected current operating range of the network in normal operation, i.e. a safe level. The fault current is then controlled to maintain a non-zero level of fault current flow and the characteristics of the fault current flow at different parts of the network are determined by fault current detection modules. The location of the fault is then determined based on the determined characteristics.
US10309997B2
An apparatus for generating a sensor signal indicating information on a capacitance of a variable capacitor including a variable capacitance includes a sensor unit and a compensation unit. The sensor unit is configured to generate a sensor signal indicating information on a varying current flowing through a connection between the sensor unit and the variable capacitor caused by a variation of the capacitance of the variable capacitor while the variable capacitor is biased by a predefined bias voltage. Further, the compensation unit is configured to influence the sensor signal or to provide a compensation signal capable of influencing the sensor signal so that the sensor signal includes less nonlinear signal portions than a sensor signal without the influence of the compensation unit or the compensation signal.
US10309993B2
A voltage monitoring system having a microcontroller with first and second monitoring applications and a hardware abstraction layer is provided. The hardware abstraction layer obtains a first measured voltage value associated with a first channel number. The hardware abstraction layer determines a second encoded channel number based on the first channel number. The hardware abstraction layer sends a first response message having the second encoded channel number and a first measured voltage value therein to the first monitoring application. The first monitoring application commands the microcontroller to generate first and second control signals to transition a contactor to an open operational state, if the second encoded channel number is not equal to a first expected encoded channel number.
US10309992B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a measurement system that calculates a current in a conductor based on an odd-order spatial derivative function of signals representing magnetic-field strengths within a hole in the conductor. In an illustrative embodiment, the odd-order spatial derivative function may generate an output signal representing a spatial derivative of the in-hole magnetic field greater than the first-order. The three or more magnetic-field sensors may be configured to align on the hole's axis when inserted into the hole. When inserted into the hole, the sensors may be aligned on an axis perpendicular to a direction of current flow and be responsive to a magnetic-field directed perpendicular to both the direction of current flow and the aligned axis. Some embodiments may advantageously provide a precise measurement indicative an electrical current in the electrical conductor while substantially rejecting a stray magnetic field originating from an adjacent electrical conductor.
US10309985B2
Methods for creating build sequences which are determined using computational chemistry algorithms to simulate mechanosynthetic reactions, and which may use the mechanosynthesis process conditions or equipment limitations in these simulations, and which facilitate determining a set of mechanosynthetic reactions that will build an atomically-precise workpiece with a desired degree of reliability. Included are methods for error correction of pathological reactions or avoidance of pathological reactions. Libraries of reactions may be used to reduce simulation requirements.
US10309984B2
Provided is a quartz pendulous accelerometer including a quartz meter configured to sense an acceleration signal, convert the acceleration signal into an inertia torque, and convert the inertia torque into a quartz meter output signal; a readout apparatus configured to convert the meter output signal into an input signal recognizable by a pulse generating apparatus; and a pulse generating apparatus configured to perform control algorithm conversion, oversampling and digital quantization on the input signal to obtain a quantized current pulse, which is converted into an electromagnetic pulse torque for balancing the inertia torque.
US10309976B2
A substrate for sample analysis has a rotation axis, a first chamber having a first space for retaining a liquid, a second chamber having a second space for retaining the liquid to be discharged from the first chamber, and a first channel having a path connecting the first chamber and the second chamber. The first space includes a first portion and a second portion, and a coupling portion located between the first and second portions. The substrate includes a wall portion partitioning the first and second portions from each other. The second chamber is more distant from the rotation axis than is the first portion. The coupling portion is closer to the rotation axis than is the wall portion. The second portion at least includes a portion which is more distant from the rotation axis than is the first portion.
US10309970B2
Contemplated test kits and methods for food sensitivity are based on rational-based selection of food preparations with established discriminatory p-value. Particularly preferred kits include those with a minimum number of food preparations that have an average discriminatory p-value of ≤0.07 as determined by their raw p-value or an average discriminatory p-value of ≤0.10 as determined by FDR multiplicity adjusted p-value. In further contemplated aspects, compositions and methods for food sensitivity are also stratified by gender to further enhance predictive value.
US10309968B2
Methods and systems for determining amino acid sequence of a polypeptide or protein from mass spectrometry data is provided, using a weighted de Bruijn graph. Extracted and purified protein is cleaved into a mixture of peptide and then analyzed using mass spectrometry. A list of peptide sequences is derived from mass spectrometry fragment data by de novo sequencing, and amino acid confidence scores are determined from peak fragment ion intensity. A weighted de Bruijn graph is constructed for the list of peptide sequences having node weights defined by k−1 mer confidence scores. At least one contig is assembled from the de Bruijn graph by identifying node weights having the highest k−1 mer confidence scores.
US10309963B2
The present invention relates to a method of quantifying the amount of Mock Virus Particles (MVP) removed from a solution as a result of processing that solution through a purification technique. This method involves the steps of adding MVP to a solution, processing the solution through a purification technique, quantifying the amount of MVP removed from the solution. The present invention also relates to a kit that can be used in conjunction with the method. This kit will comprise at least one stock solution of MVP and at least one quantification solution.
US10309957B2
To provide a marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent, which can determine whether or not a patient has a therapeutic response to the anti-cancer agent, and cancer therapeutic means employing the marker.
US10309946B2
A removable self-centring magnetically-clampable food-inspection pipe apparatus comprising: a food-inspection pipe with a through-bore having a tubular pipe body through which the through-bore passes, and a first connector part at each end of the pipe body defining first seating surfaces; and second connector parts which each define second seating surfaces and on which each first connector part is respectively slidably demountably seatable, one of the first and/or second connector parts having at least in part a magnetically-attractable material, and the other of the corresponding first and/or second connector parts having a plurality of magnetic elements equi-angularly spaced about a bore axis of the pipe body, poles of consecutive magnetic elements being opposite to each other, so that, as the food-inspection pipe is introduced laterally to the bore axis, the first and second connector parts slidably engage and self-centre the food-inspection pipe. A food-inspection device is also provided in addition to a method of improving hygiene of a food-inspection device.
US10309938B2
A rotary valve comprising a stator and a rotor wherein the stator comprises at least three inlet primary connection ports, at least three outlet primary connection ports, at least three inlet secondary connection ports and at least three outlet secondary connection ports, and wherein rotor interconnection paths are arranged to in the different rotor positions interconnect the inlet primary connection ports with the inlet secondary connection ports and the outlet primary connection ports with the outlet secondary connection ports such that all of at least three inlet secondary connection ports can be connected one at the time to each of at least three inlet primary connection port and all of at least three outlet secondary connection ports can be connected one at the time to each of at least three outlet primary connection port by rotating the rotor into the different rotor positions. A chromatography system comprising at least three chromatography columns, a rotary valve connected to the inlets of at least three columns in the system and to at least three inflows and connected to the outlets of at least three columns in the system and to at least three outflows, and a feed recirculation flow path.
US10309934B2
Disclosed is an ultrasonic non-destructive testing and inspection system and method for determining acoustic velocities in a test object. Beams of acoustic energy from firing an element of an emitting probe propagate in a first wedge, and a beam incident at the critical angle generates a surface wave in the test object. The surface wave propagates to a second wedge and signals are received at receiving elements of a receiving probe array. When a set of appropriate delays is applied to the receiving elements, the acoustic time-of-flight is the same to all receiving elements. Determination of the appropriate delays and the times-of-flight for P-type surface waves and Rayleigh surface waves enables computation of the P- and S-wave acoustic velocities in the test object. The time-of-flight measurement also enables computation of the separation between the first and second wedges.
US10309930B2
Systems and methods are provided for providing a DMS precursor ion survey scan. An ion source configured to receive a sample is instructed to ionize the sample using a processor. A DMS device configured to receive ions from the ion source is instructed to separate precursor ions received from the ion source and transmit precursor ions using two or more CoVs using the processor. A mass analyzer configured to receive transmitted precursor ions from the DMS device is instructed to measure the m/z intensities of the transmitted precursor ions across an m/z range at each CoV of the two or more CoVs using the processor. The measured m/z intensities of the transmitted precursor ions received from the mass analyzer are stored as a function of m/z value and CoV using the processor. This produces a stored two-dimensional mapping of m/z intensities of the precursor ions of the sample.
US10309927B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein provide methods of reducing reactive molecular species in a reaction carried out in a digital fluidics device having one or more electrodes by using a reaction mixture comprising an electron acceptor additive. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the presence of reactive molecular species in the reaction mixture. In some embodiments, the presence of the electron acceptor additive reduces the formation of gas bubbles in the digital fluidic device. Therefore, in preferred embodiments, the electron acceptor additive does not form a gas when reduced.
US10309922B2
Proposed is a device for detecting a chemical/physical phenomenon, in which, via a novel scheme, charges are accumulated in a charge accumulation region. An amount of charges thus accumulated reflects the potential of a sensing region and the potential corresponds to an external environment (chemical phenomenon or physical phenomenon) to be detected. A charge accumulation region 5 includes a first potential well region FD1 that is continuous with a sensing region 3, the boundary potential of the charges held in the first potential well region FD1 being made equal to the potential of the sensing region 3, whereby the potential of the sensing region 3 is made to be reflected in the amount of charges held in the first potential well region FD1.
US10309899B2
A device for determining an assay result may include a test strip, a light source system, a light detection system, and a processor.
US10309897B2
Methodology of characterizing surface properties and determining refractive index and extinction coefficient of a prism shaped material, including simultaneously for a multiplicity of wavelengths, using an easy to practice technique.
US10309888B2
Provided is a method for measuring the concentration of a substance in a blood sample, the method comprising the steps of: supplying the blood sample to a biosensor comprising a hematocrit electrode for measuring a hematocrit value on the surface of which electrode an electrically conductive polymer is coated by physical adsorption in the absence of a crosslinking agent; and calculating the concentration of the substance from the measured value of a first current resulting from application of a first voltage; and correcting the concentration of the substance with the value of a second current resulting from application of a second voltage or the hematocrit value calculated from the value of the second current.
US10309884B2
A method for predicting the electrical functionality of a semiconductor package, the method includes performing a first stiffness test for a first semiconductor package, receiving failure data for the first semiconductor package, the failure data includes results of an electrical test performed after the first semiconductor package is assembled on a printed circuit board, generating a database comprising results of the first stiffness test as a function of the failure data for the first semiconductor package, performing a second stiffness test for a second semiconductor package, identifying a unique result from the results of the first stiffness test in the database, the unique result aligns with a result of the second stiffness test, and predicting a failure data for the second semiconductor package based on the failure data for the first semiconductor package which corresponds to the unique result of the first stiffness test identified in the database.
US10309881B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to the preparation of electron microscopy specimens. In one aspect, a method includes providing an electron microscopy grid. An aqueous suspension including an electron microscopy sample is deposited on the electron microscopy grid. A portion of the aqueous suspension is removed from the electron microscopy grid. A volatile surfactant is contacted to the aqueous suspension. A thickness of aqueous suspension is allowed to decrease over a period of time. The aqueous suspension is then frozen.
US10309879B2
The present invention relates to an enlarged sample of interest for microscopy and methods for enlarging a sample of interest and the optical imaging of a sample of interest with resolution better than the classical microscopy diffraction limit, by synthesizing a swellable polymer network within a sample, it can be physically expanded, resulting in physical magnification.
US10309875B2
A sample collection component including a main body and a removable light shielding component is provided. The main body has a sample storing space which is sealable and allows light to pass through. The removable light shielding component is disposed on the main body and located outside the sample storing space for shielding at least a portion of the light passing through the sample storing space. In addition, a manufacturing method of the sample collection component is also provided.
US10309864B1
Systems, devices, and methods for monitoring flexible tubing connections are described. An example flexible tube device may include a pair of ends and an opening disposed at one of the ends. The opening may define a receiving section to receive a male fitting. The flexible tube may also include a sensing device extending around an exterior portion of the flexible tube at the receiving section. The sensing device may be configured to sense an expansion or a contraction of the flexible tube at the receiving section.
US10309863B2
The leak test for a flexible pouch specifically designed to contain a biopharmaceutical fluid includes the following steps: the flexible pouch is sandwiched between two plates which have an internal surface able to allow gas which escape from a hole on the flexible pouch flowing out of an external surface of the flexible pouch, a gas is introduced within the flexible pouch, and the pressure within the flexible pouch is measured.
US10309853B2
A sensor-plug for insertion into a drier bottle of an automotive condenser. The sensor-plug is a unitary piece and positioned within the drier bottle to eliminate the use of a separate sensor on the opposite side of the condenser.
US10309851B2
A rapid pressure rise detection and management system that detects internal pressure changes in a transformer. The rapid pressure rise detection and management system communicates with one or more pressure sensors attached to a tank of the transformer and measures the rate of pressure change versus time. The rapid pressure rise detection and management system then compares this rate of pressure change against a set of parameters to determine if this pressure change is an internal fault requiring the transformer to be taken offline or external fault to be ignored. This rapid pressure rise detection and management system may be a standalone device or work with other monitoring/controlling equipment to expand its sensing and management capabilities.
US10309850B2
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems, methods, and apparatus for a sealed transducer with an adjustment port. The sealed transducer may include one or more terminals. A first terminal may include electrical connections for connecting to an input voltage source, a ground, and for providing a transducer output signal. A second terminal, for example, may include an electrical port for connecting to an external and separately sealed adjustment network. In one example implementation, the adjustment network can include one or more components configured to couple with internal circuitry of the transducer to alter a response of the transducer.
US10309848B2
A torque sensor for a steering system according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first magnetic body having an open region and an unopened region arranged in an alternating manner along a circumference of a circular connecting member, the open region and the unopened region facing a magnet having N and S poles arranged in an alternating manner in a circular shape, the magnet installed at one end of a torsion bar, the first magnetic body connected to the other end of the torsion bar; a second magnetic body placed facing the magnet along an outer periphery of the magnet with the first magnetic body interposed between the second magnetic body and the magnet; a third magnetic body placed facing the first magnetic body while failing to face the magnet; and a magnetic sensing member placed between the second magnetic body and the third magnetic body.
US10309845B2
Embodiments of solid-state stress sensors are presented herein. A sensor system may include a substrate, a first layer of sensing material disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and at least three electrodes forming a first and second electrode pair. The at least three electrodes may include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The first electrode may be disposed in a first plane and the second electrode and the third electrode may be disposed in a second plane, the first and second planes associated with a first direction parallel to the first surface. The first and second electrodes may be at least partially offset in the first direction. The first and third electrodes may be at least partially offset in the first direction. The sensor system may be configured to generate an output signal in response to a shear stress within the sensing material.
US10309842B2
A magnet temperature estimation device for a rotating electric machine includes a rotating electric machine configured with a rotor having a magnet and a stator having a coil, a coolant supply part configured to supply a coolant flowing from the stator toward the rotor, and a magnet temperature calculation part configured to calculate a temperature of the magnet using a temperature of a coolant that receives heat from the coil.
US10309840B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to determining an ambient temperature of an environment in which a device is operating. In some embodiments, the ambient temperature of the environment is determined by determining an initial temperature of the device and also determining when the temperature of the device reaches a first temperature threshold. When the temperature of the device reaches the first temperature threshold, the device is allowed to cool for a predetermined amount of time. Upon expiration of the amount of time, a change in temperature of the device over the amount of time is detected. The detected change in temperature is then used to determine an ambient temperature of the environment in which the device is operating.
US10309838B2
A temperature sensor position offset error correction power implementation include monitors (e.g., digital power monitor/meter) to measure activity on a die, and uses the activity measurements to compute real-time temperature offsets by converting activity to power, which can be used in a simplified compact thermal model. A system on chip including the die receives a temperature measurement of a region of the system on chip from a sensor. Power consumed by the region is estimated based on the measured activity, and temperature measurement of the system on chip is adjusted based on the estimated power.
US10309820B2
A method and device for distinguishing between a contacting of foam (2) or of liquid (1) in a liquid container (5) of a device (100) by employing a capacitively operating measuring device (M) having a sensor (3) which can be moved up and down in the liquid container (5), in which at least one output signal (sout(t)) is processed by the measuring device (M).
US10309818B2
A fluid monitoring assembly for measuring the flow rate of a fluid includes a flexible conduit comprising a wall that defines a lumen through which the fluid passes. In one embodiment, a flow sensor is removably secured around the outside of the flexible conduit, the flow sensor having one or more transducer/receiver pairs. The assembly includes a housing having first and second portions connected to one another at a hinge, the first and second housing portions each defining respective recessed interior portions that define a cavity that is configured to encapsulate and retain the flow sensor and flexible tubing contained therein. In an alternative embodiment, the flow sensor is directly embedded or integrated into the housing.
US10309812B1
A system and method for parameter estimation of steady state flow in heterogeneous aquifers, and more particularly to a method and system for reducing uncertainty in calibrating aquifer flow and estimating aquifer hydraulic conductivities.
US10309806B2
A holder for an optoelectronic sensor comprises a first holder part that is configured for fastening to a fixed-position fixing surface and a second holder part that can be coupled to a housing of the optoelectronic sensor, with the second holder part being rotatable relative to the first holder part about a first pivot axis. Provision is made that a receiver for a screwdriver blade is provided at the second holder part and a toothed arrangement is provided at the first holder part, or vice versa, wherein at least one tooth of the toothed arrangement projects into the receiver such that it can be acted on by one blade end of a screwdriver blade introduced into the receiver while supporting the other blade end at an abutment section of the receiver to rotate the second holder part with respect to the first holder part about a first pivot axis.
US10309800B2
An intelligent receptacle (or receptacle device) enables individually monitoring and/or controlling consumption of utility service by one or more loads through a supply outlet that is associated with the receptacle device. A client device may enable a user to remotely control a provision of the utility service from the supply outlet through the receptacle device. Furthermore, a utility metering device may include a virtual metering device instance that is configured to collect utility consumption data associated with the supply outlet from the receptacle device and help calibration or synchronization of utility consumption readings of the receptacle device.
US10309793B2
Methods and systems are provided for maintaining a database with details of frequently travelled routes and selecting a travel route for a vehicle from the database based on particulate filter regeneration requirements. In one example, a method may include selecting one or more routes from the database based on a current particulate filter soot level, fuel efficiency, travel time, operator behavior, etc., ranking the routes based on the particulate filter regeneration efficiency of each of the one or more routes. At vehicle key-off, the database may be updated with information regarding the travelled route including a level of particulate filter regeneration achieved during the drive cycle.
US10309792B2
Among other things, a determination is made of and ability of an autonomous vehicle to safely or robustly travel a road feature or a road segment or a route that is being considered for the autonomous vehicle as of a time or range of times. The route conforms to properties of stored road network information. The road feature or road segment or route is eliminated from consideration if the computer has determined that the road feature or road segment or route cannot be safely or robustly traveled by the autonomous vehicle. The determination is based on analysis of performance of the autonomous vehicle.
US10309789B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for automated lane assignment for vehicles are presented. One example method includes the steps of accessing vehicle information of at least one vehicle, the vehicle information including a priority level of a plurality of priority levels associated with each of the at least one vehicle; accessing lane information associated with a road, the lane information comprising information corresponding to at least two lanes of travel in a direction; and assigning at least one of the at least one vehicle to a lane of travel on the road based at least in part on the vehicle information and the lane information. Another example method further includes the step of accessing second vehicle information of a second vehicle, wherein assigning the first vehicle to the lane of travel is further based on the second vehicle information.
US10309785B1
A method for determining a yaw angle estimate or vehicle heading direction is presented. A potential range of yaw angles is generated based on a plurality of primary telematics data. One or more yaw angle estimates are generated from the potential range of yaw angles. A driving pattern is determined based on at least one of the yaw angle estimates. The primary telematics data is a plurality of telematics data originated from a client computing device. The effects of gravity have been removed from the plurality of telematics data in a first primary movement window.
US10309784B2
In one embodiment, a method of tracking multiple objects with a probabilistic hypothesis density filter is provided. The method includes generating a first intensity by combining a first one or more measurements, wherein a first set of track IDs associated with the first intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the first one or more measurements. A second intensity is generated by combining a second one or more measurements, wherein a second set of track IDs associated with the second intensity includes track IDs corresponding to respective measurements in the second one or more measurements. The first set of track IDs is compared to the second set of track IDs, and the first intensity is selectively merged with the second intensity based on whether any track IDs in the first set of track IDs match any track IDs in the second set of track IDs.
US10309781B2
Techniques for computing a magnetic heading based on sensor data are described herein. An example of a device in accordance with the present techniques includes a magnetic sensor to collect sensor output data and a heading computation engine to compute a magnetic heading based on the sensor output data. The heading computation engine includes logic to measure a level of noise in the sensor output data. The heading computation engine also includes logic to determine whether to average the sensor output data based, at least in part, on the level of noise. The heading computation engine also includes logic to determine an applied sensor output based on the sensor output data. The heading computation engine also includes logic to compute a magnetic heading based, at least in part, on the applied sensor output.
US10309779B2
The present invention generally relates to monitoring underwater organic solid buildup and related emissions, and more particularly to a monitoring system and method using a sonar-equipped drone watercraft and a monitoring controller in communication with the drone watercraft to monitor the underwater organic solid buildup and related emissions and to analyze and present results of the analysis.
US10309776B2
A laser alignment guide. The laser alignment guide includes a housing having at least one sidewall and a base defining an interior volume therein. A cap is removably securable to an upper end of the housing. The cap further includes at least one light source that can emit a visible laser disposed thereon. A mounting bracket that can magnetically secure to a surface is disposed on a second end of the housing. In some embodiments, at least one light source is disposed on a sidewall of the housing.
US10309756B2
A bullet comprising a compacted mixture of copper powder comprising particles that are physically bonded to each other to form a cohesive and ductile microstructure is disclosed. Methods of making such a bullet through powdered metallurgy techniques, which provide sufficient properties to allow the bullet to be loaded into a cartridge and crimped without fracture are also disclosed. Such bullets have sufficient strength to maintain their integrity during firing but may fragment upon impact and can be formulated lead-free.
US10309748B2
An assembly for mounting a handguard to a firearm utilizes a biasing element disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior end of the handguard and a clamping element also disposed intermediate the barrel nut and the interior end of the handguard but positioned opposite the biasing element about the perimeter of the barrel nut. One or both of the biasing element and clamping element have multiple surfaces which mimic portions of the exterior profile of the barrel nut to prevent any of longitudinal, axial, or radial misalignment of the handguard relative to the axis of the firearm barrel.
US10309743B2
Methods to trigger the Hybrid primer cartridge in electro-mechanical and full electric mode using modified locking chamber with electric power contacts that can supply the modified bolt with very high-voltage electric power supply where the contacts are sufficiently insulated to avoid any leakage. Modified bolt with power contacts on the locking lugs such that when in locked position it can receive power from the chamber's power supply contacts and apply the electric power to the electrode pins of the hybrid primer through the contacts on the face of the bolt. An electric switch that is controlled by the movement of the hammer or striker converting the mechanical movement to simultaneously control the electrical triggering of the primer thereby eliminating need for microprocessor or microcontroller units. A hybrid hammer device which has high-voltage power pulse supply and return contact points surrounded with adequate electrical insulation wherein one of the contacts may be such that it acts like an electrical switch which will be closed when the hammer strikes the hybrid firearm firing pin and bolt. A bolt which can receive the power from the hybrid hammer through the contacts in the aft or through the insulated firing pin contacts.
US10309740B2
Some aspects of the invention are related to a locking device for a firearm and a method of controlling such a locking device. The locking device may include a locking cartridge adapted to be inserted into a firing chamber of the firearm, the locking cartridge may include a cartridge-like housing and a locking mechanism located in the cartridge-like housing. In some embodiments, when the locking mechanism is in an unlocked state, the locking mechanism may be extractable from the firearm's firing chamber, by cocking the firearm and when the locking mechanism is in a locked state, cocking the firearm may fasten the locking mechanism in the firearm's firing chamber. The locking device may further include an actuator adapted to change the state of the locking mechanism between the locked state and the unlocked state and a controller, in active communication with the actuator, configured to operate the actuator according to a signal received from an input device. In some embodiments, the locking cartridge, the actuator and the controller are extricable from the firearm together as a single unit.
US10309737B2
Systems and methods for an adjustable gas block are described. Systems may include an adjustment subassembly. The adjustment subassembly may include a valve stem end with a front-most portion larger in diameter than the rear-most portion and a boss extending from the forward portion of the valve stem end; a valve ring surrounding the boss of the valve stem end; a valve threaded portion for receiving the boss of the valve stem end and having a threaded portion; and a valve rotator coupled to the valve threaded portion for adjusting the flow of gas. Systems may include a gas block assembly. The gas block assembly may include a gas block through hole; a first duct to direct pressurized gas from a barrel to a plenum; a second duct to direct a regulated volume of gas to a gas operating system; a seat valve to control the regulated volume of gas to the gas operating system; and a gas block threaded portion for coupling to the valve threaded portion. The adjustment subassembly may be coupled to the gas block assembly.
US10309731B2
A compliant heating system includes a dynamic component including a heat exchanger; a pressure vessel shell encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger; and a compressive seal expansion that connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel shell.
US10309729B2
A corrugated fin heat exchanger is provided in which the direction in which louvers are cut and raised is inclined in one direction only, and in which heat transfer performance is improved above that of conventional fins. To accomplish this, the relationship H>Qup/(Qup−1)×ΔH is satisfied.H represents the core height of the heat exchanger,Qup represents the ratio of the amount of heat exchanged per corrugation between one-directional louver fins and multi-directional louver fins in an airflow part,and ΔH represents the amount of increase in a heat transfer reduction region of a heat exchanger core as a result of changing from multi-directional louver fins to one-directional louver fins.
US10309724B2
A dryer for flat materials, in particular panels, films or sheets, wherein a porous gas-permeable metal plate is provided for arranging at a distance from the flat material which is to be dried, wherein an arrangement is provided for delivering a gaseous fluid through the metal plate, and wherein the metal plate is of a metal foam.
US10309718B2
Disclosed is a small-scale hydrogen liquefaction system using cryocoolers. The system includes: a pre-cooling heat exchanger for pre-cooling gaseous hydrogen using liquid nitrogen; a first cryocooler that primarily cools the gaseous hydrogen, pre-cooled by the pre-cooling heat exchanger; a heat exchanger attached to a cold head of the first-cryocooler; an n-th cryocooler (wherein n is a natural number equal to or greater than two) that is connected in series with the first cryocooler and cools the gaseous hydrogen, primarily cooled by the first cryocooler, to a liquefaction temperature of 20.3 K; a condensation plate arranged to be in contact with the n-th cryocooler to liquefy the gaseous hydrogen, cooled to the temperature of 20.3 K by the n-th cryocooler; and a low-temperature chamber providing an accommodation space to accommodate the pre-cooling heat exchanger, the first cryocooler, and the n-th cryocooler.
US10309717B2
A variable width shelf assembly includes a shelf panel with first and second support brackets. One or more support slots and one or more relief slots are disposed on an upright portion of the support brackets. One or more coupling tabs are disposed adjacent to one of the one or more support slots and one of the one or more relief slots. The coupling tabs are flexible tabs configured to flex outwardly relative to the upright portion of the support brackets for coupling the first and second brackets to a refrigerator compartment. Mounting plates mounted on a refrigerator include mounting features that are received in the support slots of the support brackets. Abutment guides on the mounting plates are used to guide a bending motion of the coupling tabs in assembly.
US10309702B2
An expansion valve includes a shaft one end side of which connects to a power element and the other end side of which connects to a valve element, the shaft transmitting the drive force, generated by the power element in a direction of axis line, to the valve element, and a sliding mechanism that applies a sliding resistance to the actuation of the valve element. The sliding mechanism is configured such that the magnitude of the sliding resistance affected to the valve element is varied by the position of the valve element in the direction of axis line in the body.
US10309695B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for repairing a composite material in situ are disclosed including maintaining and controlling the temperature of a material adjoining a composite material in situ, while the composite material is being heating during a composite material repair, such repair accomplished by positioning a heat source proximate to a first side of the composite material and positioning a thermoelectric device proximate to a structure located proximate to the second of the composite material, and substantially maintaining the temperature of the structure at a temperature that is different than a temperature of the composite material.
US10309685B2
A combined heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVACR”) system including an HVAC sub-system and a refrigeration sub-system. The HVAC sub-system is in communication with an open space of an indoor environment and includes a first condenser, a first evaporator, and a first compressor at least partially defining a first refrigerant circuit circulating a first refrigerant for selectively conditioning an airflow within the HVAC sub-system that conditions the open space. The refrigeration sub-system is in communication with an enclosed space within the indoor environment and includes a second condenser, a second evaporator, and a second compressor and at least partially defining a second refrigerant circuit circulating a second refrigerant for selectively conditioning the enclosed space. Heat from the second refrigerant is selectively transferred to the airflow within the second condenser to reheat the airflow prior to the airflow being discharged into the open space.
US10309677B2
A system and method for monitoring a heating, ventilation, or air conditioning (HVAC) system of a building is provided. A monitoring server, located remotely from the building, receives operating parameter data from a monitoring device at the building that measures an operating parameter of the HVAC system. The monitoring server generates a plurality of data clusters from the operating parameter data, each data cluster corresponding to operating parameter data generated during steady-state operation of the HVAC system. The monitoring server calculates an average operating parameter value for each data cluster. The monitoring server calculates normalized operating parameter values based on normalizing the average operating parameter values for the data clusters over a predetermined normalization time period. The monitoring server compares the normalized operating parameter values with a threshold. The monitoring server determine whether an air filter of the HVAC system needs to be replaced based on the comparison and generates a notification based on the determination indicating that the air filter needs to be replaced.
US10309668B2
A method for operating an air handling unit of an HVAC system. The method includes opening an outside air flow control device to enable breathing air flow during a high outdoor air time period to a first zone having a first number of occupants and a second zone having a second number of occupants that is less than the first number of occupants. The outside air flow control device is then closed to enable conditioning air flow during a low outdoor air time period to the first and second zones. Further, a variable air volume (VAV) air flow control device provides desired amounts of breathing air to the first and second zones suitable for the first and second number of occupants, respectively. A VAV air temperature control device then provides conditioning air to the first and second zones having a suitable temperature for the first and second number of occupants.
US10309667B2
A ventilator comprising an air blower; a casing comprising a first wall and a second wall configured to house the air blower centrally and to define a radially decreasing volume therebetween, a circumferential gap between the first wall and the second wall configured to allow a high velocity air stream to exit and to spiral in a direction away from a structure to which the ventilator is configured to be mounted, and a central opening in the second wall configured as a suction inlet of the air blower; and a flow amplifier adjacent the casing and configured to amplify air flow through an air flow passage defined between the flow amplifier and the second wall of the casing.
US10309664B2
An airflow treatment device configured to be installed inline in the ductwork of an air handling system (e.g., HVAC system) in a manner that is substantially free of obstructing the airflow through the ductwork or requiring any supplemental power to treat the airflow passing by the treatment device. The disclosed airflow treatment device can also be maintained substantially free of any interruptions, disassembly or downtime to the air handling system after initial inline installation of the disclosed device. In one arrangement, the airflow treatment device is capable of accepting a threaded odor neutralizer container at its base. Ductwork need only be disassembled once to attach the disclosed device inline in the airflow path of the ductwork. When the odor neutralizing agent needs replenished, the container can be detached from the device, replenished, and reattached to the device free of disruption to the air flow of the air handling system.
US10309662B2
Heating, ventilating and air conditioning are provided to a temporary, flexible shelter, especially in a rugged, remote and/or extreme environment, including locations and/or conditions where access to electric power may be limited and/or expensive. A portable system may include a light weight HVAC unit, with variable-speed components that are dynamically managed for efficiency, reliability and safety, and a flexible, self-insulating duct for connecting the HVAC unit to the temporary shelter.
US10309660B2
A combined heating system comprising a first heating subsystem including a first fluid conductor, a first heating unit adapted to heat a first fluid and output the first fluid at the outlet of the first fluid conductor, and a fluid mover adapted to move the first fluid through the first heating unit, a second heating subsystem including a second fluid conductor adapted to receive a second fluid, a third fluid conductor, a second heating unit adapted to heat the second fluid and output the heated second fluid in the third fluid conductor, a fluid mover adapted to move the second fluid from the outlet of the third fluid conductor to the inlet of the second fluid conductor, at least one heat exchanger operably connected to a downstream location of the first heating unit and a fourth fluid conductor connecting the second fluid conductor and the third fluid conductor.
US10309659B2
A gas oven configured to use a single cooking cavity being divided into a plurality of individual cooking cavities by mounting a divider at the cooking space. The gas oven includes a forced air supplying device capable of forcedly supplying air to the individual cooking space at an upper portion of the cooking space, and a natural air discharging device capable of naturally discharging waste air of the individual cooking space at a lower portion of the cooking space, when each individual cooking space is shut off by the divider.
US10309658B2
A kitchen workspace and a method of organizing a kitchen workspace is set forth. The kitchen workspace is consolidated into a small footprint area with automated vertical storage shelves for storing and housing kitchen items and kitchen appliances. The automated storage shelves may be provided with electrical power for powering kitchen appliances found on the shelves. Kitchen appliances may be rotated around the automated storage shelves while the appliances are being used. One or more food cooking devices above a sink are able to be moved while being fixed to a kitchen wall.
US10309649B2
[Problems to be Solved] An exhaust duct (4) for assembly into a combustion apparatus has: a burner (1) to eject air-fuel mixture downward; and a combustion box (3) disposed on a lower side of the burner (1). The exhaust duct includes: a riser duct section (42) elongated in a vertical direction and having, at a lower portion thereof, an inlet port (41) connected to an exhaust port (35) for combustion gas which is opened in a lower portion of the combustion box (3); and a flat horizontal duct section (43) bent at an upper end of the riser duct section (42) so as to be elongated forward. By restraining the resonance of an upper wall part (431) and a lower wall part (432) of the horizontal duct section (43), noises due to resonance sounds are reduced.[Solving Means] The natural frequencies in an upper wall part (431) and the lower wall part (432) of the horizontal duct section (43) are varied from each other. For example, the lower wall part (432) is fixed to a burner body (11) in order to vary the natural frequencies of the upper wall part (431) and of the lower wall part (432) from each other.
US10309635B1
A circuitry assembly including an electrical component, a peripheral circuitry that supports the electrical component, a support assembly affixed to the peripheral circuitry to evacuate heat excess generated by the electrical component and the peripheral circuitry, a main circuitry separated from the support assembly by a spacing, the main circuitry having a plurality of detection bands, and a plurality of ribbons electrically connecting the peripheral circuitry with the main circuitry and deformable between an undamaged state and a damaged state, wherein in the undamaged state the plurality of ribbons steps over the spacing and the plurality of detection bands and in the damaged state at least one ribbon of the plurality of ribbons contacts at least one detection band of the plurality of detection bands and generate a short circuit.
US10309634B2
An LED strip connector system for providing secure electrical and mechanical connection between LED strips comprising a male socket end, a female socket end, a locking mechanism, a gasket, a wired housing, and an end cap. The locking mechanism consists of a clip and clip catch and provides a detachable, secure, vibration-resistant mechanical connection between strips. The gasket is made of an elastic, impermeable material and is configured and positioned to establish a moisture-resistant seal between connectors, protecting the electrical connection from environmental moisture. The wired housing connects a female socket end to a power cord. The end cap protects the exposed contacts of an open socket.
US10309633B2
A device is described that can include a first housing and a second housing. The first housing can encompass a first tact switch. The second housing can be attached to and be continuous with the first housing. The second housing can encompass a second tact switch, a battery and one or more light emitting diodes. The first tact switch can be electrically connected to the battery and the one or more light emitting diodes. The second tact switch can be electrically connected to the battery and the one or more light emitting diodes. The battery can be further connected to the one or more light emitting diodes. Each of the first tact switch and the second tact switch can be activated upon being pressurized by an external force upon a portion of the first housing or the second housing, respectively, to activate the one or more light emitting diodes.
US10309620B2
Accessories for LED lamp systems and methods of attaching accessories to illumination sources (e.g., LED lamps) are disclosed. A beam shaping accessories mechanically affixed to the LED lamp. The lens is designed to adapt to a first fixture that is mechanically attached to the lens. Accessories are designed to have a second fixture for mating to the first fixture such that the first fixture and the second fixture are configured to produce a retaining force between the first accessory and the lens. The retaining force is a mechanical force that is accomplished by mechanical mating of mechanical fixtures, or the retaining force is a magnetic force and is accomplished by magnetic fixtures configured to have attracting magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the accessory is treated to modulate an emanated light pattern (e.g., a rectangular, or square, or oval, or circular or diffused emanated light pattern). A USB connector is also provided.
US10309617B2
A phosphor wheel includes a substrate, at least a phosphor agent and a plurality of vortex generators. The substrate has a first region and a second region. The second region has a plurality of openings. The phosphor agent is disposed on the first region for converting the wavelength of waveband light. Each vortex generator includes at least a guide vane. Each guide vane is disposed on the second region, and the projection, which is on the second region, of each guide vane is corresponded to one of the openings, such that a vortex is generated during a rotation of the substrate. Therefore, the efficiency of heat exchange is enhanced, the temperature of light spot is reduced, and further the output efficiency of light of the phosphor agent is increased.
US10309610B2
A light apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a light surrounded by a vehicle member, a film on a substrate layer to form a lens for the light, and a support comprising a first structure positioned behind the light and one portion of the lens and a second structure positioned behind a remaining portion of the lens. In one example, the light apparatus comprises a daytime running light and turn signal assembly. In one example, the apparatus and a method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, configuring a control to deactivate the light such that the assembly has a same appearance as the vehicle member.
US10309609B2
A lighting device for a vehicle includes a plate-shaped flange; a placing portion provided on a first face of the flange; a light emitting module provided at an end face of the placing portion, and which includes a light emitting element; and a plurality of heat radiating fins formed in a plate shape, and which is provided on a second face of the flange on a side opposite to the first face. Also, the device includes a plurality of first protrusion portions provided on the second face of the flange in a line, in a direction intersecting a direction in which the plurality of heat radiating fins are aligned; and a second protrusion portion which is provided on the second face of the flange on a side opposite to the plurality of first protrusion portions, by interposing the plurality of heat radiating fins therebetween.
US10309604B2
A lighting device for a vehicle may include: a lamp part configured to irradiate light; an inducing lens part configured to guide the light irradiated from the lamp part, and having a cut surface formed thereon; an adjusting lens part formed at the front of the inducing lens part, and configured to adjust the direction of the light moved through the inducing lens part; and a light scattering part formed on the cut surface so as to prevent glare caused by light incident on the cut surface.
US10309584B2
The present invention is a device that is intended to secure objects to a pole or bar of various shapes and sizes while securely supporting an object. The object being supported may be a cup holder, cellphone holder or other mobile device holder, a flashlight holder or other object. The device provides an adjustable mounting clamp and an extension arm that are capable of pivoting in multiple directions and locking in each direction that it may pivot.
US10309580B1
An adjustable umbrella holder that most preferably includes three rotational joints, a quick connect, a base, an arm, and a connector that attaches to an umbrella. The joints are preferably configured to quickly and easily lock into a desired position. The quick connector permits the umbrella and a small portion of the umbrella holder to be detached from the rest of the umbrella holder so that a user can easily detach the umbrella and carry it around and then quickly and easily re-attach it. The umbrella holder can optionally feature different base types that can be attached for use in different environments.
US10309579B1
A support device includes a transmission device attached to a housing and having a carrier slidably attached to the housing, a driving device connected to the carrier for driving and moving the carrier up and down relative to the housing, an object attached to the carrier, a sensor element attached to the object for detecting an approaching of a user toward the object, a sensor member disposed close to the housing for detecting the approaching of the user toward the object, and a control device connected to the sensor element and to the sensor member for receiving signals from the sensor element and the sensor member, and the control device is connected to the driving device for driving and moving the carrier and the object relative to the housing to a selected position.
US10309577B1
An extended switch arm for a piggable pipeline connector for directing a pig to a particular pipeline and a method of manufacturing the same. The extended switch arm may comprise a switch arm, an upper plate attached to the top of one end of the switch arm, and a lower plate attached to the bottom of the end of the switch arm and aligned with the upper plate. A switch arm extension may pivotally attach between the upper and lower plates via a pin, allowing the switch arm extension to pivot from side to side relative to the switch arm as the switch arm is moved from one side of the pipeline connector to the other, essentially blocking access by the pig to one pipeline or the other without providing any sharp angles or other surfaces upon which the pig could become caught.
US10309576B2
A system and method for pipe insertion in live gas mains includes isolating a section of the gas main and taking measurements of service line connection points. This data is then used to prepare a pipe to be inserted into the gas main by drilling holes and applying fittings at the appropriate locations. The prepared pipe is then inserted into the gas main and the service lines are connected to it without the need to excavate the street over each service connection. The inserted pipe is then fluidly connected to the cut ends of the gas main and gas flow is routed through the newly inserted pipe and the attached service lines, while gas continues to flow through the original portions of the gas main that still remain in service.
US10309568B2
A mechanical branch outlet including: a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface and defining an outlet bore extending between the outer surface and the inner surface; and an insert having a first end and a second end, the outlet bore of the housing sized to receive the second end of the insert and retain the first end of the insert.
US10309561B2
A flow passage sealing structure for omitting a process of welding or caulking an orifice plate and a filter plate to an orifice base and a filter base as base materials and allowing further miniaturization, includes a main block (1) including main flow passages (1a, 1b), recessed portions (12, 13) provided in side surfaces of the main block and having female screws in inner peripheral surfaces, thin plates (6, 8) abutting against the bottom surfaces of the recessed portions and having through holes, gasket rings (16, 17) abutting against the thin plates (6, 8), pressing pipelines (20, 21) having large-diameter portions and internal flow passages communicable with the main flow passages (1a, 1b) and abutting against the gasket rings, and fastening screws (22) abutting against the large-diameter portions and pressing the pressing pipelines by being inserted around the outside of the pressing pipelines and screwed into the female screws.
US10309556B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to connection assemblies providing a connection between a tubing and a port. The port can be disposed within and particularly extending through a bore of the port. The port and tube are coupled to provide an aseptic connection.
US10309553B1
A hose clamp assembly for use with an agricultural machine that help to route hoses or other elongate routed components about the agricultural machine. The hose clamp assembly may include a first clamp block having first and second outer walls, with at least a first set of openings formed in one of the first and second outer walls. Additionally, the first clamp block may further include a second set of openings formed into the other of the first and second outer walls. The first clamp block may be secured to the agricultural machine, to a mounting bracket, or to a lock plate. Additionally, the hose clamp assembly may have a second clamp block having third and fourth outer walls. The second clamp block may have a third set of openings formed therein, as well as a fourth set of openings. The clamp blocks may be mounted to one another.
US10309547B2
A solenoid includes a molded coil having a hole at the center of a coil of a plurality of turns, a solenoid body having a case covering the outer perimeter of the molded coil, a movable plunger inserted in the hole, and a magnetic attraction portion disposed in a direction in which the plunger is moved and attracted by magnetic force produced by the coil, an annular plate adjacent to the coil of the molded coil opposite to the solenoid body, and a sleeve facing the magnetic attraction portion via an air gap and supporting one end of a rod connected to the plunger, in which a magnetic circuit L is formed through the magnetic attraction portion, the case, the sleeve, and the plunger, and back to the magnetic attraction portion, and the plunger has at least one outer edge extension formed by an outer edge portion extended axially.
US10309535B2
A piston ring assembly for sealing a cylinder wall to a piston body is provided. The piston ring assembly includes a plurality of rings stacked in an axial direction one in abutment with another. Each ring has an inner face and an outer face. The piston ring assembly also includes a spring which substantially circumferentially surrounds the stacked rings and abuts the outer faces of the rings. The spring biases the stacked rings in a radially inward direction for sealing the inner faces of the rings against the piston body. The spring may be of a strip of material bent into a serpentine pattern when in an at rest condition to apply the biasing force against the piston body.
US10309529B2
A method for operating a drivetrain of a motor vehicle, includes, when the motor vehicle is at a standstill and upon demand for a drive torque of the motor vehicle, increasing power (25p) supplied to a separate electric pump drive (25) such that a pressure chamber whose pressurization effects a complete closure or lock-up of a launch element (3) is fast charged with hydraulic pressure from a pump (24). The method also includes performing a launch process of the motor vehicle with the drive source (1) and with a closed or locked-up launch element (3) and reducing the power (25p) supplied to the separate electric pump drive (25) after fast charging the pressure chamber. A related drive train module is also provided.
US10309518B2
A gear unit comprises shafts (101, 102) for connecting to an external mechanical system, at least one gear stage (103) between the shafts, a lubricant oil room (104) for storing lubricant oil, an oil channel (105) for transporting the lubricant oil from the lubricant oil room to the at least one gear stage, and an immersion heater (106) for heating the lubricant oil flowing in the lubricant oil room towards an inlet of the oil channel. The gear unit further comprises a mechanical flow guide (108) located in the lubricant oil room and configured to modify flow of the lubricant oil flowing towards the inlet of the oil channel so as to increase flow velocity of the lubricant oil on the surface of the immersion heater. The increased flow velocity on the surface of the immersion heater makes it possible to use higher heating power without damaging the lubricant oil.
US10309517B1
An off-axis transmission pump is driven via an idler gear. To reduce the transmission of gear noise, the idler gear is supported by a plastic cover. The plastic cover includes a molded-in metal insert to harden the cover in the vicinity of the idler gear. The metal insert may include inner and outer sleeves which may be connected by radially extending arms. The plastic cover is located relative to a front cover by at least two locating features.
US10309504B2
A reciprocating linear pushrod includes a base, a transmission mechanism and a moving mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a motor and a rotary shaft, and the rotary shaft has a threaded portion including a left-handed thread groove and a right-handed thread groove crossed with each other, and both ends of the left-handed thread groove are communicated to both ends of the right-handed thread groove respectively. The moving mechanism includes a moving rod and a crescent member, and the moving rod has an axial hole and a radial hole and is sheathed on the rotary shaft by the axial hole, and the crescent member is accommodated in the radial hole and embedded into the threaded portion, so that the moving mechanism can be moved reciprocally according to the rotation of the rotary shaft, and this disclosure has the effects of reducing the total volume and simplifying the structure significantly.
US10309499B2
A roller (1) having a rigid reinforcement (4) defining a hub (5) for rotation of the roller about an axis of rotation X and a plurality of bars (6) regularly arranged around the hub (5) and extending parallel to the axis X. The roller further has bushings (10), each engaged on a respective one of the bars (6) and each comprising an outer rigid ring (11) surrounding a bushing body (12) made of deformable material.
US10309497B2
In an aspect, a tensioner is provided for tensioning an endless drive member that is engaged with a rotary drive member on a shaft of a motive device. The tensioner includes a base that is mountable to the motive device, a ring that is rotatably supported by the base in surrounding relationship with the shaft of the motive device and which is rotatable about a ring axis, a tensioner arm pivotally mounted to the ring for pivotal movement about an arm pivot axis, and first and second tensioner pulleys. The first tensioner pulley is rotatably mounted to the tensioner arm. The tensioner arm is biased towards a first span of the endless drive member on one side of the rotary drive member. The second tensioner pulley is rotatably mounted at least indirectly to the ring and is biased towards a second span of the endless drive member on another side of the rotary drive member. The ring is rotatable in response to hub loads in the first and second tensioner pulleys that result from engagement with the first and second spans of the endless drive member.
US10309485B2
A torsional vibration damper (70) with a damping device which has an input (67) and an output (72) which is operatively connected to a driven side (73). The output is connected to a mass damper system (1) and also to a mass arrangement (100). One of the two subassemblies—i.e., mass damper system (1) and mass arrangement (100)—which are connected to the output (72) of the damping device (70) engages at the respective other subassembly comprising mass damper system or mass arrangement which is in turn connected to the output by a connection arrangement (77).
US10309479B2
A cylinder device includes: an inner cylinder in which a functional fluid, a fluid property of which is changed due to an electric field or a magnetic field, is encapsulated; an outer cylinder provided outside the inner cylinder; an intermediate cylinder provided between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder to serve as an electrode or a magnetic pole; a rod guide provided to close the one end side end portions of the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder; a spacer having one end located at the rod guide side and the other end located at the one end side of the intermediate cylinder, and fitted to the inner cylinder; and an elastic seal member disposed in a portion of the other end of the spacer, and configured to seal the one end side end portion of the passage between the intermediate cylinder and the inner cylinder.
US10309444B2
A parking cable has a plurality of plastic split type liners, which reduces frictional resistance between the inner cable and a conduit among the components of the parking cable. The plurality of split type liners is press-fitted and disposed to a desired position in an inner diameter of the conduit. The plastic split type liners may serve as a guide that ensures force for smoothly moving the inner cable and also improve in-line assembly properties. A method of manufacturing the parking cable includes press fitting the plurality of split type liners between the inner cable and the conduit.
US10309441B2
A fastener assembly is provided. The fastener assembly includes an insert having a radial circumference. An annulus extends from the insert and defines an annular end distal from the insert. The annulus further defines a radial cutout section along a length thereof for providing a flex point. The annulus is configured for being radially compressed by a blind hole of a working surface upon tightening of a nut. A nut is positioned adjacent the insert on an end distal the annulus, and a threaded bolt extends from the nut and through the annulus, wherein the bolt is configured to be accepted by the blind hole.
US10309440B2
A cap is applied to a securing structure part for securing structure elements using a fastener passed through through-holes formed in the structure elements, and a collar fastened to the tip part of the fastener. A filler engaging part for engaging a cured filler, configured with a female thread that turns about a center axis, is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap. The filler engaging part includes a first helical engagement part formed in the region near the cap inner part of the inner peripheral surface in the center axis direction; and a second helical engagement part formed in the region near the cap opening-end part in the center axis direction, the inner diameter of the second helical engagement part being greater than that of the first helical engagement part, and having a helical direction that is opposite to that of the first helical engagement part.
US10309432B2
A flow conditioner for use in a conduit includes a ring having a plurality of stepped elements disposed on an inner surface of the ring. A method for conditioning fluid using a flow conditioner includes coupling a flow conditioner to an interior surface of a conduit, flowing fluid through the conduit, contacting a surface of the flow conditioner with the flowing fluid, positioning a flow meter downstream of the flow conditioner, and measuring the flow profile of the fluid with the flow meter. Contacting the flow conditioner reduces one or more disturbances in a flow profile of the fluid. A flow conditioner includes a ring having at least one of a stepped element formed on an inner surface of the ring or a fin assembly coupled to the ring.
US10309430B2
An actuator assembly is provided. The actuator assembly includes housing configured for operable engagement by a user, a trigger assembly operably supported on the housing, a gas cartridge releasably secured to the housing, a valve assembly mounted within the housing for controlling the flow of pressurized gas through the housing and a cylinder actuator operably operably connected to the valve assembly. The cylinder actuator includes a piston selectively extendable therefrom configured for depressing a plunger. The piston includes a head having an inlet surface disposed within an inlet chamber of the cylinder actuator and an outlet surface disposed within the outlet chamber of the cylinder actuator. The exposed surface area of the first surface is equal to the exposed surface of the second surface.
US10309428B2
A gas-pressure-driven apparatus includes a main body having a working chamber, a movable member moving relative to the main body with a pressure of the working chamber, a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure, a flow rate sensor for detecting the flow rate of the working gas. A method for controlling the apparatus includes calculating a pressure change amount from the detected pressure and an integrated flow rate from the detected flow rate when the pressure is changed in a state in which the volume of the working chamber cannot be changed, calculating an initial volume of the working chamber from the pressure change amount and the integrated flow rate, and calculating a post-change volume of the working chamber from the integrated flow rate and the initial volume after creation of a state in which the volume of the working chamber can be changed from the initial volume.
US10309426B2
Exchanger devices include a plurality of fixed exchange ducts and a rotating valve assembly for directing flow to and from the plurality of exchange ducts. Methods of exchanging pressure between fluid streams may include directing fluids through an exchange device and pressurizing a fluid in the plurality of exchange ducts of the exchanger device.
US10309425B1
A hydraulically-retrievable, reversible flow operation jet pump threadably attached to a tubing string which is powered by fluid supplied through the tubing string. A pump housing, or container, of the jet pump includes a hollow cylinder with an internal diameter closely matching that of the attached tubing string. A jet pump assembly is retainably, scalably disposed within the pump housing. A jet pump reducing nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly is retainably disposed within the carrier. Power fluid pumped through the nozzle-mixing chamber-diffuser assembly conventionally draws in objective fluid in which the jet pump is immersed, and transports it out of the pump to the desired receiving station. The jet pump assembly can be oriented in either of two directions within the pump housing, for selected fluid direction flow.
US10309423B2
A fan guard and method of use thereof. The fan guard includes a first lattice, the first lattice comprising a first lattice protrusion, a second lattice, the second lattice comprising a second lattice protrusion and an inclined portion, a catch, a tensioning element, a first end of the tensioning element operably attached to the first lattice protrusion, a second end of the tensioning element operably attached to the second lattice protrusion, the tensioning element applying a rotational force to the second lattice in a first direction, a bezel, the bezel including a bezel extension that extends substantially perpendicularly from a face of the bezel, wherein the bezel extension is configured to rotate the catch and an inclined plane extending from the face of the bezel.
US10309421B2
A fan assembly includes a fan having an outlet side, a fan duct positioned at the fan outlet side, and a hollow cylindrical chamber positioned within the fan duct, wherein the chamber has two closed ends, a cylindrical side wall, and an inlet port. The dimensions of the chamber are determined to suppress one or more noise frequencies emitted by the fan. In one example, one or more dimensions of a chamber disposed in an outlet duct of an axial fan is automatically adjusted to suppress a noise frequency that is a function of a rotational speed of the axial fan.
US10309416B2
Disclosed invention is an improved sealing system for axially split, centrifugal pumps. The improved sealing system eliminates the need for a gasket between casing halves. In the improved sealing system, a fluid tight seal is provided by an elastomeric cord positioned within a groove carried by the flange of at least one half of the axially split pump casing.
US10309407B2
This compressor system is provided with: a driving machine having a rotary-driven first output shaft and a second shaft that is rotary driven so as to reach the same speed as the first output shaft; a working-fluid-compressing first compressor to which the rotation of the first output shaft is transmitted; a working-fluid-compressing second compressor to which the rotation of the second output shaft is transmitted; a variable-speed step-up gear for increasing the speed of the first output shaft and transmitting the increased speed to the first compressor, said step-up gear being capable of varying the increased speed; and a constant-speed step-up gear for increasing the speed of the second output shaft and transmitting the increased speed to the second compressor, said step-up gear keeping the increased speed constant.
US10309398B1
A fluid-moving rotary device that has a drive mechanism whose rotational axis is aligned with a rotational axis of a driven component and another component that rotates about an axis offset from rotational axis of the driven component. The drive mechanism is located on a fluid inlet side of the components and is cooled by the fluid entering the device.
US10309395B2
A stator and a method of manufacturing at least a portion of a progressive cavity motor or pump include disposing a cylindrical shell within a cylindrical housing, disposing a stator mold within the cylindrical shell, disposing an elastomeric material between the stator mold and the cylindrical shell, removing the stator mold from within the elastomeric material, thereby forming an elastomeric material layer having a stator profile within the cylindrical shell, and removing the cylindrical shell from within the cylindrical housing, thereby forming a cartridge having the elastomeric material layer disposed within the cylindrical shell.
US10309382B2
A piston compressor may prevent excessive oil from accumulating in a crank chamber while securing the supply of oil to a swash plate. In a piston compressor in which an oil separation passage is formed in a shaft and a crank chamber communicates with a suction chamber through the oil separation passage, a supply passage opens at a region of a cylinder block opposed to a swash plate to allow a working fluid introduced from a discharge chamber into the crank chamber to be supplied to the swash plate and a bypass passage allowing the crank chamber to constantly communicate with the suction chamber is provided to prevent the accumulation of excessive oil in the crank chamber regardless of the operation condition. The bypass passage communicates with the crank chamber at a region positioned in the outer side of a rotation trajectory of the swash plate in the radial direction.
US10309363B2
An integrated automated idle reduction system is disclosed. The system may include an APU and various controllers providing automation. The system may enable automating features, such as automatically controlling various power sources, engine start, engine stop, the APU, and accessory systems. The APU may be an engine, battery and/or other power source that is selectably connectable to vehicle systems to provide electrical power while the OEM engine of the vehicle is not running. The APU may also provide electrical power while the OEM engine is not running. Additionally, the APU may drive an air conditioning compressor while the OEM engine is not running, such as to keep the cab of a vehicle cool. Prior cold starting the OEM engine, the APU may warm engine coolant, and the integrated automated idle reduction system may circulate the warmed coolant through the OEM engine in preparation for starting.
US10309361B2
A control valve for controlling the movement of a needle of a fuel injector includes a coil which is attached to a housing of the injector, which housing engages with an armature which can be moved between an open position and a closed position. The armature includes a magnetic plate, through the center of which a rod, which forms a valve piston, extends perpendicularly to the plate to a remote end. The piston slides into a bore in the injector housing, the movements of the armature and of the piston opening or closing channels in which pressurized fuel flows. The armature is provided with a device for quickly discharging the fuel which is captive between the coil and the plate.
US10309360B2
A valve assembly for an injection valve is disclosed, including a valve body with a cavity, a valve needle axially moveable in the cavity, the valve needle being fixedly connected to a retaining element which extends in radial direction and is arranged in an axial region of the valve needle facing away from the fluid outlet portion, and an armature being able to slide on the valve needle and acting on the needle by way of the retaining element. A conical spring is arranged between the retaining element and a top side of the armature facing the retaining element, biasing the armature away from the retaining element.
US10309356B2
A gap forming member has: a plate portion that is placed on an opposite side of a needle, which is opposite from a valve seat; and an extending portion that is formed to extend from the plate portion toward the valve seat, while an opposite end part of the extending portion, which is opposite from the plate portion, is contactable with a movable core. A first wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an outer wall of the flange, is slidable relative to the outer wall of the flange, and a second wall surface of the gap forming member, which is a wall surface opposed to an inner wall of a stationary core, forms a radial gap, which is a gap in a radial direction, between the second wall surface and the inner wall of the stationary core.
US10309352B2
An intake manifold includes a plurality of intake pipes that are provided in line to send air to an engine mounted on a vehicle through the intake pipes. Each of the intake pipes includes a main body formed of resin and an end pipe formed of resin, welded to a lower stream end side of the main body, and joined to the engine. Further, one member of the main body and the end pipe is provided with a rib that is formed on a side surface portion of the one member and that extends toward a lateral side of the other member. The other member is provided with a restriction portion that is formed on a side surface portion of the other member and that interferes with the rib to restrict moving of the main body in the crash direction relative to the end pipe when a weld portion of the main body and the end pipe is broken due to a collision load applied to the intake pipe at a vehicle crash.
US10309336B2
The present invention determines whether multi-stage injection control is operating normally or abnormally, and carries out a failsafe of multi-stage injection control as necessary. The present invention, which solves the problem described above, has means such as the following. The invention is provided with fuel injection valves provided respectively to each cylinder, an opened/closed valve detection means for detecting either one or both of an open valve state and a closed valve state of the fuel injection valves on the basis of the drive currents or drive voltages of the fuel injection valves, and a detection execution determination means for determining a detection execution time period including the detection start timing and the detection end timing of the open valve state or closed valve state; detection interference such as overlapping detection with another cylinder and overlapping of open valve detection and closed valve detection being preventable, and risks such as erroneous detection being reducible.
US10309332B2
When the air fuel ratio dither control is carried out, an air fuel ratio of a mixture in each of one or more lean cylinders and one or more rich cylinders is controlled in a feedback manner based on an average value of a detected value of an air fuel ratio sensor, so that an average value of an air fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into the three-way catalyst becomes a predetermined target exhaust gas air fuel ratio. At this time, the air fuel ratio dither control is carried out, by setting at least a cylinder with the highest gas impingement intensity in a cylinder group of an internal combustion engine as the one or more lean cylinders.
US10309331B2
The present disclosure generally relates to internal combustion engines. The teachings thereof may be embodied in methods for the measuring of a feedback signal generated by the movement dynamics of a fuel injector in operation. A method may include: (a) generating an electrical test pulse; (b) feeding the test pulse into an actuation line connecting the output stage to the injector to an electric drive of the injector; (c) measuring an electrical response pulse generated by the actuation line in response to the test pulse; (d) identifying a characteristic feature of the measured response pulse; (e) transferring the feature to a control and evaluation unit; (f) evaluating the feature; and (g) acquiring the characteristic information item about the measuring channel based on the evaluation of the transferred characteristic feature.
US10309326B2
Disclosed is an evaporated fuel processing apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a canister; and a purge passage supplying purge gas including evaporated fuel separated from the canister to an intake system therethrough; characterized in that the evaporated fuel processing apparatus further comprises a pulsation pump supplying the purge gas to the intake system by using a pumping action responding to intake pulsation generated in an intake passage of the internal combustion engine. The pulsation pump includes: a first chamber; a communication passage communicating with the first chamber and the intake passage; an elastic body being deformed depending on pressure fluctuation of the first chamber; a second chamber formed so as to surround the elastic body; a suction port provided with a check valve allowing inflow of gas into the second chamber, and a discharge port provided with a check valve allowing outflow of gas from the second chamber.
US10309324B2
This fuel property estimation device is used in an internal combustion engine that uses a mixed fuel of three kinds of fuel and includes a first sensor that outputs a signal responsive to a physical property of the fuel in a fuel route and a second sensor outputs a signal responsive to an oxygen concentration of exhaust gas. This device measures a physical property value of the mixed fuel based on a first sensor signal, and calculates an air-fuel ratio value at stoichiometric combustion state using feedback of a second sensor signal. This device estimates a composition ratio of the mixed fuel based on the measured physical property value and the calculated air-fuel ratio value by referring to a relationship between the composition ratio of the mixed fuel and the physical property value and a relationship between the composition ratio of the mixed fuel and a theoretical air-fuel ratio value.
US10309323B2
A vehicle having a valve stop mode control unit configured such that an intake valve and an exhaust valve are stopped in a closed state during rotation of an output shaft, supply of fuel to an engine is stopped, a clutch is made to be in an engaged state, and pistons are driven by rotational forces from driving wheels through the output shaft. When there is a request for valve stop inertial running, a negative pressure is supplied to an intake passage by a vacuum pump.
US10309315B2
An example turbofan engine starting system includes a core nacelle housing a compressor and a turbine. The core nacelle is disposed within a fan nacelle. The fan nacelle includes a turbofan. A bypass flow path downstream from the turbofan is arranged between the two nacelles. A controller is programmed to manipulate the nozzle exit area to facilitate startup of the engine. In one example, manipulates the nozzle exit area using nozzles, in response to an engine shutdown condition. The nozzles open and close to adjust the nozzle exit area.
US10309309B2
An air guiding device in an aircraft engine, comprising at least one connection device of a core engine shroud with an external wall of a bypass duct of the aircraft engine is provided. At least one first air inlet opening for inflowing air is connected to a connection device or is arranged inside the connection device.
US10309301B2
The invention relates to a constant-volume combustion engine (10; 110; 210), in particular a reciprocating engine for generating mechanical energy by the expansion of a gas or a hot gas from the combustion of a gas mixture or gas-fuel mixture, having at least one piston/cylinder unit, the piston (14; 114; 214) of which is connected to a piston rod (20; 120; 220), wherein said piston rod (20; 120; 220) is drivingly connected to at least two crankshafts (30, 40; 130, 140; 230a, 230b, 240), the first crankshaft (40; 140; 240) being mounted, such that it can rotate eccentrically, on the second crankshaft (30; 130; 230a, 230b), which is parallel thereto and is rotationally coupled thereto.
US10309294B2
An engine includes: a piston including a cavity; a cylinder head configured so as to form a combustion chamber having a pent roof shape; a fuel injection valve configured to inject fuel from a second half of a compression stroke until a first half of an expansion stroke; and a spark plug arranged at a position corresponding to an upper side of the cavity. Injection openings which are arranged in a circumferential direction surrounding a longitudinal axis of the valve and through each of which the fuel is injected in a direction inclined relative to the longitudinal axis by a predetermined angle is formed such that when a height of a ceiling of the combustion chamber at a position corresponding to an edge end portion of the cavity in an injection direction of the injection opening is large, the injection angle of the injection opening is large.
US10309286B2
In a hybrid vehicle that includes an engine having a particulate matter removing filter configured to remove particulate matters in an exhaust system, when an increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is requested in order to regenerate the particulate matter removing filter, dither control is executed to execute control such that an air-fuel ratio of the engine is repeated between a rich state and a lean state. Then, when the dither control is executed, control is executed such that the engine is operated at an operation point where the increase in temperature of the particulate matter removing filter is promoted among operation points where power output from the engine is retainable.
US10309278B2
Described herein is a desulfurization method for desulfurizing a SCR device treating an exhaust gas. The desulfurization method includes injecting a reductant into the exhaust gas upstream from or into the SCR device and increasing a temperature of the exhaust gas.
US10309273B2
A variable valve duration/variable valve lift system may include a camshaft, a first cam portion including a first cam, into which the camshaft is inserted and of which a relative phase angle of the first cam with respect to the camshaft is variable, an inner bracket transmitting rotation of the camshaft to the first cam portion, a slider housing into which the inner bracket is rotatably inserted, a first rocker arm having a first end contacting the first cam, a rocker shaft to which the first rocker arm is rotatably connected, a solenoid valve configured to selectively supply hydraulic pressure, a position controller configured to selectively change a position of the slider housing, a first bridge connected to a second end of the first rocker arm and to which a first valve is connected, and a valve lift disposed within the first bridge.
US10309266B2
An apparatus includes a valve and an actuator. The valve has a portion movably disposed within a valve pocket defined by a cylinder head of an engine. The valve is configured to move relative to the cylinder head a distance between a closed position and an opened position. The portion of the valve defines a flow opening that is in fluid communication with a cylinder of an engine when the valve is in the opened position. The actuator is configured to selectively vary the distance between the closed position and the opened position.
US10309258B2
A method is presented and described for compensating load peaks during the generating of electrical energy and/or for the generating of electrical energy by utilizing the heat of heated carrier gas (2) for the electricity generation, and/or for the utilization of the heat of heated carrier gas (2) for hydrogen generation, comprising the steps: heating of carrier gas (2), especially hot air, in at least one gas heater (4a-d), wherein hot carrier gas (2) with a specified target charge temperature exits from the gas heater (4a-d), thermal charging of at least one heat storage module (5a-d) of a plurality of heat storage modules (5a-d) of the storage power station (1) by releasing heat from the hot carrier gas (2) from the gas heater (4a-d) to a heat storage material of the heat storage module (5a-d), time-delayed thermal discharge of at least one heat storage module (5a-d), preferably of a plurality of heat storage modules (5a-d), wherein colder carrier gas (2), especially cold air, flows through at least one heat storage module (5a-d) and heat from the heat storage material is transferred to the colder carrier gas (2) for the heating of the carrier gas (2) and wherein heated carrier gas (2) with a specified discharge temperature exits from the heat storage module (5a-d), and utilization of the heat transferred to the carrier gas (2) in a process for electricity generation and/or hydrogen generation.
US10309253B2
A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine includes a gas path surface exposed to exhaust gas flow, a first side extending radially outward from the gas path surface, a second side extending radially outward from the gas path surface, and a plurality of film cooling holes disposed on at least one of the gas path surface. The first side and the second side, the film cooling holes are disposed at locations described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate, a circumferential coordinate and a radial coordinate relative to a defined point of origin. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10309250B2
The invention deals with a splitter nose delimiting the inlet of a low-pressure compressor of an axial turbine engine. The splitter nose comprises a separation surface with an upstream circular edge suitable for separating a flow entering into the turbine engine into a primary flow and a secondary flow, and a plasma de-icing device. The device comprises two annular layers of dielectric material (42; 44) partially forming the separation surface, an electrode forming the upstream edge, an electrode forming an outer wall of the splitter nose, an electrode forming an outer shroud which supports blades, an electrode delimiting the primary flow. The device generates plasmas (46; 48; 50) opposing the presence of ice on the partitions of the splitter nose. The invention also deals with a turbine engine with a splitter nose that is provided with a de-icing system downstream of the fan.
US10309237B2
The present invention provides a method of making a metallic shield for shielding an edge of a component e.g. an aerofoil component such as a gas turbine blade or vane. The method comprises: providing a mandrel with a mandrel edge having a shape conforming to the shape of the component edge, wherein the mandrel edge comprises a surface having a width, W1; providing a metal wire having a substantially triangular radial cross-section with a base surface of width W2, wherein W2 equals W1; aligning and affixing the base surface of the wire on the surface of the mandrel edge; electro-depositing metal onto the mandrel and metal wire to form the metallic shield comprising the deposited metal and the metal wire; and removing the metallic shield from the mandrel.
US10309234B2
Wheel disc arrangement has a wheel disc, a plurality of blade devices fastened along the outer circumference, and a plurality of sealing plates held in two radially spaced-apart annular grooves. The first annular groove is bounded axially outwards by an annular projection. The second annular groove is defined by a plurality of adjacently arranged annular groove segments in the individual blade devices. The first annular groove is of undercut design and has at least two axially opposite and protruding holding projections with a respective bearing surface. The sealing plates have, in the inside diameter, two supporting projections corresponding to the holding projections, axially opposite and face away from one another, with a supporting surface. The arrangement is configured such that the supporting surfaces of the sealing plates are supported against the bearing surfaces of the holding projections under the effect of a centrifugal force.
US10309229B2
A nickel based alloy composition including, by atomic per cent, between 12 and 15% of elements from the group of aluminium, titanium, tantalum and niobium, between 0.8 and 1.8% tungsten, between 5 and 8% aluminium, at least 28% of elements from the group of molybdenum, tungsten, chromium and cobalt, wherein the atomic ratio of the sum of titanium, tantalum and niobium to aluminium is between 0.6 and 1.1, and wherein the composition includes less than 1.5% molybdenum, the balance being nickel save for incidental impurities.
US10309212B2
The present invention relates to energetic cocrystals, and to methods for using the same for treatment of a subterranean formation. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a method of treating a subterranean formation, the method including obtaining or providing a composition including energetic cocrystals. Each energetic cocrystal independently includes an energetic compound and a secondary material. The method also includes placing the composition in a subterranean formation.
US10309206B2
An electrical tool for well stimulation includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The second electrode being at the level of a first segment and a second segment of the tool. A peripheral electrode insulated electrically from the first electrode. The first segment and the second segment are linked by an articulated link inside which is arranged a coaxial cable running from the first segment to the second segment. The coaxial cable includes an electrically conducting outer envelope insulated electrically from an electrically conducting central core. The tool includes a first electrical contact between the central core of the coaxial cable and the first electrode, and a second electrical contact between the outer envelope of the coaxial cable and the second electrode.
US10309205B2
A method of forming a lateral borehole in a pay zone located within an earth subsurface is provided. The method includes determining a depth of a pay zone in the earth subsurface, and then forming a wellbore within the pay zone. The method also includes conveying a hydraulic jetting assembly into the wellbore on a working string. The assembly includes a jetting hose carrier, and a jetting hose within the jetting hose carrier having a nozzle connected at a distal end. The method additionally includes setting a whipstock in the wellbore along the pay zone, and translating the jetting hose out of the jetting hose carrier to advance the nozzle along the face of the whipstock. The method then includes injecting hydraulic jetting fluid through the jetting hose and connected jetting nozzle, thereby excavating a lateral borehole within the rock matrix, and further injecting the fluid while further translating the jetting hose and connected nozzle along the face of the whipstock without coiling or uncoiling the hose, thereby forming a lateral borehole that extends at least 5 feet from the wellbore.
US10309198B2
A coupling system between tubular members such as tubing, pipes, casing and liner for location in a well bore in which the ends of each tubular have cooperating profiled sections. The profiled sections are arranged coaxially and a radially applied force is applied to form a metal to metal sealed connection. At least one profiled section includes a projection, the projection containing an overhang to the surface of the tubular member, the overhang locking with the opposing profile when the force is applied to provide a coupling with increased burst and collapse rating. Embodiments are provided of arrangements of overhangs such as oppositely directed overhangs and interlocking overhangs.
US10309196B2
A ball seat is integrated with a movable biased sleeve. Sleeve movement against its bias moves a diverter from a position outside the through passage to a position across the main passage such that any balls that drop down will be directed by the diverter into an annular retention volume. In treatment of the formation for fluid loss the movement of a seat with the seated ball opens lateral ports for delivery of sealing material and moves the diverter. Smaller balls are then introduced to close lateral ports above the seated ball so pressure can be built to shift the sleeve and extrude the first ball. Once the seated ball blows through, the smaller balls come through the seat and are all diverted to an annular capture volume. The device is resettable for multiple operations. Fluid flow cessation closes lateral ports and opens a through passage retracting the diverter.
US10309195B2
Selective stimulation ports including sealing device retainers and methods of utilizing the same are disclosed herein. The selective stimulation ports (SSPs) are configured to be operatively attached to a wellbore tubular that defines a tubular conduit. The SSPs include an SSP conduit, which extends at least substantially perpendicular to a wall of the wellbore tubular, and a sealing device receptacle, which defines at least a portion of the SSP conduit and is sized to receive a sealing device. The SSPs also include a sealing device seat, which is shaped to form a fluid seal with the sealing device. The SSPs further include a sealing device retainer, which is configured to retain the sealing device within the sealing device receptacle. The methods include methods of stimulating the hydrocarbon well utilizing the SSPs and/or methods of conveying a downhole tool within the hydrocarbon well utilizing the SSPs.
US10309193B2
A bridge plug for use in a wellbore having an anchoring system to grip the inner surface of the surrounding wellbore, as well as a sealing system or packing element to seal against the inner surface. A hinged flapper permits flow of fluid in one axial direction through a central through bore, but can selectively contact against a seat to create a fluid pressure seal and prevent fluid flow through said central through bore in an opposite axial direction. The flapper can be manufactured of frangible material and/or dissolvable material, permitting selective removal of the flapper when desired.
US10309192B2
A method for installing a production string in a wellbore and a production assembly for deployment in a wellbore are disclosed. An upper completion portion including a tubular and an upper circulation valve and a lower completion portion including a screen assembly and a lower circulation valve are together deployed into a wellbore at the same time. The upper circulation valve is movable between a closed position to block fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the tubular and an open position to establish fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the tubular. The lower circulation valve is movable between an open position to establish fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of a base pipe deployed adjacent the screen assembly and a closed position to block fluid communication between the interior and the exterior of the base pipe.
US10309191B2
A method of drilling a subterranean well bore comprising, monitoring the well bore for influx of formation fluid into the well bore, and, on detection of an influx, a) stopping any pump pumping fluid into the well bore, b) operating a first blow out preventer so that it closes within a first period of time, c) operating a second blow out preventer so that it closes within a second period of time, the second blow out preventer being located below the first blow out preventer, the second period of time being longer than the first period of time, d) circulating the influx out of the well bore via a flow line extending from below the second blow out preventer.
US10309186B2
A mechanically-set packer system for use in a wellbore environment may include a mandrel having an interior and an exterior. The system may further include a packing element positioned along the exterior of the mandrel. The system may also include a line positioned between the exterior of the mandrel and an interior of the packing element.
US10309184B2
A retrievable locking ball landing tool of the present disclosure allows for fluid circulation while running in the well. Once a plug (e.g., ball) is pumped downhole, the tool allows pressure isolation to activate hydraulic component(s) of a liner string or the like. Being retrievable, the tool eliminates the need to drill out of aluminum components once the setting operations are complete. The retrievable tool can also be used as a bridge plug to allow for wellbore isolation for a period of time. For example, the tool used as a bridge plug can be used to set a liner assembly and can suspend the well until future stimulation can be completed.
US10309173B2
Methods and apparatuses that measure thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity of a emulsified drilling fluid may be used to indirectly measure the salinity and the average specific gravity of the solids in the emulsified drilling fluid. For example, a drilling assembly may comprise a drill string extending into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; a pump configured to circulate a drilling fluid through the drilling assembly; a first flow line fluidly coupling the wellbore to a retention pit; a second flow line fluidly coupling the retention pit to the pump; a third flow line fluidly coupling the pump to the drill string; and an in-line analysis system fluidly coupled to the retention pit, fluidly coupled to the second flow line, or fluidly coupled to the third flow line, the in-line analysis system comprising a thermal conductivity meter and/or an electrical conductivity meter to a sample container.
US10309135B2
A handle is provided with a main unit base having an engaging pin, a door base having a rotating shaft, a knob portion, and a rotation stopper. The knob portion has an engaging groove. The engaging groove has an open end. At the door-locking position, the engaging groove and the engaging pin become engaged with each other, and at the door-unlocking position, the engagement is released. When the knob portion is located at the door-unlocking position, the rotation stopper positions the knob portion such that the engaging pin is located inside an extension range of the open end. The engaging groove has a pushing surface, which pushes the engaging pin at the time of the displacement of the knob portion.
US10309131B2
The resonance frequency of an LCR resonance circuit is f1 and the determination voltage signal is V1, when an object is not in the proximity of a sensor electrode. The resonance frequency of the LCR resonance circuit is f2 and the determination voltage signal is V2, when a human body is in proximity of the sensor electrode 22. The resonance frequency of the LCR resonance circuit is f3 and the determination voltage signal is V3, when water is in the proximity of the sensor electrode. The LCR resonance circuit has the relationship f1>f2>f3. A control unit controls a high-frequency signal S0 so as to satisfy the relationship V2>V1>V3, and a human body or water being in the proximity of the sensor electrode is distinguished.
US10309130B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock which is equipped with a body-side lock housing and a hood-or-door-side locking bolt or vice-versa. The invention also relates to a locking and/or opening device. According to the invention, the locking and/or opening device engages on the outer side on the lock housing for the adjustment thereof with respect to a fixed base element in the course of a closing/opening process.
US10309125B2
Door sensor hardware is provided that automatically senses the orientation of a door. The door sensor hardware includes electronic circuitry and sensor(s). The sensor(s) determine a current orientation of a door (open, closed, ajar), recent movement, door swing speed, and door acceleration. The door sensor hardware is in communication with at least remote device. The remote device includes a user display to facilitate calibration of the door sensor hardware by a user. The remote device also provides the user with the door orientation as determined by the door sensor hardware.
US10309123B1
A fence includes a plurality of posts, and fence panels having rails which extend across the plurality of posts, and are secured thereto. Jambs may be formed onto the fence system, and one or more gates may be hung to the jambs.
US10309120B1
An elevated platform assembly suitable for mounting over the cargo area of a vehicle such as a pickup truck is disclosed. The platform assembly is modular for easy storage and can be conveniently transported to a scene wherever an elevated vantage point is desired, such as for viewing of outdoor musical concert, watching a game, or just camping out and observing nature. Embodiments of the invention disclosed include a normal platform, a wide platform for larger cargo areas where the platform is assembled with floor sections clamped together and supported with floor-pillars for extra support, or a long platform assembled with extendable platform floor modules fastened along the vehicle's axial or the length dimension. Also disclosed are the embodiments that include an awning assembly for providing shade to the occupants of the platform, and detachable handrails for the safety of platform occupants. Plurality of steps are included to facilitate the process of mounting the elevated level of the platform, particularly when occupants desire to place seating apparatus such as chairs or tables on the platform to enjoy the functionality offered by the invention.
US10309118B2
A wave-making apparatus for use in a swimming pool comprises a motor that may be powered at least in part by the flow of water from a swimming pool pump. When water from the pump flows through an inlet in the motor housing, it rotates a turbine within the housing, which in turn rotates a cantilever arm about a central axis of the turbine. A distal end of the cantilever arm is attached, e.g., by a tether or other device, to a buoy or float at the surface of the water such that rotation of the cantilever arm pulls the float down periodically, creating perpetual swimming pool waves.
US10309117B1
The drywall removal tool is a hand operated tool that assists in the removal of drywall from a wall or ceiling. The tool comprises a wrecker plate that slides through a slot punched in the drywall to a position behind the drywall, a connecting plate that couples the wrecker plate to the handle plate, a handle plate that is a plate located in front of the drywall, a handle coupled to the handle plate, and a hammer that may be moved to produce an impulse of force to break the drywall free of obstructions and fasteners. The slot that the wrecker plate passes through may be made by striking the drywall with a slot maker located on the top of the connecting plate.
US10309103B2
An insert for lifting and leveling a precast concrete slab is provided. The insert includes a sleeve that extends through the concrete slab and has two distinct threaded portions on an inner surface of the sleeve. This configuration allows a lifting bolt to be positioned into an upper end of the sleeve to lift the concrete slab, and a different-sized leveling bolt to be positioned in the sleeve to selectively elevate or raise part of the concrete slab relative to a ground surface.
US10309093B1
A shelter system is shown and described. A hub for a shelter system is shown and described. A frame for a shelter system is shown and described. In one embodiment, the shelter system includes a frame, a cover and a hub. The frame may be collapsible. The cover is configured to fit with the frame. The hub may include a receiver slot, a receiver sleeve and an attachment projection. The result is a shelter system with reduced set up time, effort and requirements and improved strength and ease of use. The inventions may also be considered a shelter kit and/or a shelter and hub method.
US10309084B2
A tub spout assembly is configured to be supported within the overflow opening in the sidewall of a bathtub. The tub spout assembly illustratively includes an overflow body defining an overflow passageway, and an inlet tube supported by the overflow body and defining an inlet passageway. A spout is fluidly coupled to the inlet tube and defines a spout outlet to dispense water from the inlet tube into the bathtub. A spout cover illustratively receives the spout and includes an inner wall defining at least one opening. The at least one opening is illustratively in fluid communication with the overflow passageway and the inlet passageway. Illustratively, a diverter assembly is supported by the spout and is configured to selectively open and close fluid communication between the inlet passageway to the spout outlet.
US10309069B1
An industrial street sweeper attachment removably attaches to a prime mover with a quick coupler and has a forward debris collecting hopper mounted on the front of a rotary brush compartment having a floating sweeping brush therein. The debris collecting hopper is hingedly attached to the brush compartment and has a linkage therebetween having a lifting arm and a lifting hydraulic cylinder which can remotely lock the debris collecting hopper to the brush compartment to receive swept debris from the rotary sweeping brush and can be remotely lifted to an open position for discharging debris.
US10309066B2
A control system, apparatus, and method for controlling operations of a milling machine are described. Data corresponding to a ventilation mode and a conveyor delay amount set by an operator of the milling machine is stored in memory. Control of transition of operation of the milling machine from a milling mode to a standby mode is according to a first predetermined sequence of operations responsive to a first input at a control panel of the milling machine. Further, control of transition of operation of the milling machine from the standby mode to the milling mode is according to a second predetermined sequence of operations, which is in reverse order relative to the first predetermined sequence of operations, in response to the first input at the control panel.
US10309065B2
The present invention relates to a rubber tire roller for ground compaction, comprising a machine frame and an operating platform and front and rear undercarriages supporting the machine frame, wherein the undercarriages each comprise at least one wheel. A fundamental idea of the present invention lies in viewing indentations that are open to the side.
US10309062B2
A method and a device for manufacturing a fiber molding for drinks packaging containers having an improved structure and surface quality. The method includes the following steps: dipping of a forming wire arranged on a toolholder into a pulp slurry, lifting of the toolholder in order to move the covered forming wire completely out of the pulp slurry, compressing of the fiber material in an area of the circumferential edge of the forming wire through inflating of a circumferential collar, relaxing of the pressure in the collar, and removing of the fiber molding. A device for manufacturing of a fiber molding is also provided.
US10309057B2
Improved processes for liberating trichome fibers from non-seed portions of a trichome-bearing host plant are provided. The processes include one or more steps for disassociating trichome fibers that are already separated from leaves, stems, and still-attached fibers so that the separated trichome fibers can be collected and not lost through a waste stream.
US10309045B2
A fiber-reinforced resin forming material contains at least a matrix resin and bundled aggregates of discontinuous reinforcing fibers, wherein: the bundled aggregates include both reinforcing fiber aggregates A having a shape formed by cutting after having performed a splitting treatment to completely split the strands of continuous reinforcing fibers into a plurality of bundles of strands, and reinforcing fiber aggregates B1 having a shape that includes unsplit parts where splitting treatment was inadequate and/or reinforcing fiber aggregates B2 having a shape not subjected to splitting treatment; and both the ratio of the weight of the reinforcing fiber aggregates B1 with respect to the total weight of reinforcing fibers in the fiber-reinforced resin forming material, and the ratio of the total weight of the reinforcing fiber aggregates B1 and the reinforcing fiber aggregates B2 with respect to the total weight of reinforcing fibers in the fiber-reinforced resin forming material, are 50-95%.
US10309044B2
A method for providing semi-finished tubular manufactured articles to be closed by stitching at an axial end thereof for the production of socks, comprising a step of providing the body of the tubular manufactured article and a step of providing an end portion of the tubular manufactured article which comprises: —a step of providing an intermediate band connected to the body of the manufactured article and thinner than the thickness at least of the rows of knitting of the body of the manufactured article which are connected to the intermediate band; —a step of providing an end edge thicker than the thickness of the intermediate band; the height of the intermediate band, proximate to the regions that constitute the lateral ends of the two flaps of the end portion to be overlapped in order to stitch the axial end to be closed of the tubular manufactured article, is lower than the height of the remaining part of the intermediate band.
US10309043B2
An installation for fabricating a fiber texture in the form of a strip presenting a profile that varies at least in cross-section includes a loom, one or more take-up rollers, and a storage mandrel, each take-up roller and the storage mandrel presenting a radius that varies across its axial width so as to define an outer surface having a profile in relief. One or more take-up rollers include a plurality of sectors releasably fastened on the outer surface of the take-up roller. Each sector extends over a fraction of the circumference of the take-up roller and over all or part of the axial width of the take-up roller. Each sector also presents at least one thickness that is determined in such a manner as to modify locally the thickness of the profile in relief of the outer surface of the take-up roller.
US10309040B2
A nonwoven fabric-laying device, in particular a cross-laying device, and an operating method are provided. The nonwoven fabric-laying device (1) is used for folding down and depositing a supplied fibrous sheet (3) to form a multi-layered nonwoven fabric (32) and, for conveying the sheet, has a plurality of linearly movably guided carriages (10 to 16) which are driven by a carriage drive and has a plurality of conveyor belts (7, 8) guided by means of the carriages (10 to 16). One or more carriages (10 to 16) are directly driven by an electric linear motor (19).
US10309038B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a crystal of a nitride of a Group-13 metal on the Periodic Table which has good crystallinity and has no crystal strain, and to provide a production method for the crystal. The crystal of a nitride of a Group-13 metal on the Periodic Table of the present invention, comprises oxygen atom and hydrogen atom in the crystal and has a ratio of a hydrogen concentration to an oxygen concentration therein of from 0.5 to 4.5.
US10309023B2
An anodic structure for electrowinning cells having an anode hanger bar, a support structure of insulating material, at least one anode mesh having a valve metal substrate provided with a catalytic coating, said at least one anode being subdivided into at least two reciprocally insulated sub-meshes, said sub-meshes being individually supplied with electrical current through conductive means connected with said anode hanger bar, the anodic structure being further provided with at least one electronic system having at least one current probe and at least one actuator for individually measuring and controlling current supply to each of said sub-meshes.
US10309016B2
A method preparing a metals carbides multilayer coating on at least one surface of a first carbon layer of a substrate, or under the surface inside the first carbon layer, by a reactive melt infiltration technique, includes: a) putting the surface into contact with a solid metal disilicide MSi2, M is selected from hafnium, titanium, and tantalum; b) heating the substrate and the metal disilicide to above the melting temperature of the metal disilicide; c) observing a plateau at the temperature for a sufficient duration so that the metal disilicide reacts with the carbon and forms a first multilayer coating including a dense and continuous layer of SiC, fully covered by a dense and continuous layer of MC; d) cooling the part with the first multilayer coating; and then, at the end of d), optionally e) depositing a second carbon layer at the surface of the first multilayer coating.
US10309011B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide and, more particularly, to a method for preparing a highly uniform two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide thin film. More specifically, the present invention is directed to a preparation method for a highly uniform two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide thin film at low temperature of 500° C. or below.
US10309001B2
An aluminum alloy for microporous hollow shape material use constituted by an aluminum alloy which has excellent corrosion resistance and extrudability which keeps down the content of Cu which poses a problem in intergranular corrosion resistance, which maintains the natural potential noble, which adds transition metals which do not obstruct the extrudability is provided, that is, an aluminum alloy which has a chemical composition which contains, by mass %, Fe: 0.05 to 0.20%, Si: 0.10% or less, Cu: 0.15 to 0.32%, Mn: 0.08 to 0.15%, Zr: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.06 to 0.15%, Cr: 0.03% or less, and balance: Al and unavoidable impurities and has an amount of gas in the alloy billet of 0.25 cc/100 g or less, and a method of production of an aluminum alloy which, produces a DC cast billet.
US10308993B2
A quench system for applying cooling air to one or more hot metallic components that are supported on a component support having a substantially open construction. The quench system includes a housing having sidewalls that define a cooling chamber with peripheral portions proximate the sidewalls and a center portion spaced inwardly from the sidewalls. The quench system also includes a conveyance system that is configured to carry the component support into the center portion of the cooling chamber, as well as a forced air fan that generates a bulk flow of cooling air through the cooling chamber. The quench system further includes a plurality of nozzle baffles extending inwardly from the plurality of sidewalls to define a narrowing region within the housing between the forced air fan and the conveyance system, whereby, during operation of the fan, cooling air flowing through the peripheral portions of the cooling chamber is redirected into the center portion of the cooling chamber.
US10308985B2
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a renal allograft recipient's risk for developing fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss. The method includes determining the expression levels of certain microRNAs, which have been determined to be predictive of an allograft recipient's risk. Also disclosed herein is a method of treating a renal allograft recipient to inhibit fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss, as well as kits for use in the methods disclosed herein.
US10308981B2
The present invention provides assay systems and methods for detection of copy number variation at one or more loci and polymorphism detection at one or more loci in a mixed sample from an individual.
US10308980B2
The present invention relates to methods and biomarkers (e.g., gene expression biomarkers) for detection of colorectal cancer in biological samples (e.g., tissue samples, biopsy samples, stool samples, blood samples, plasma samples, serum samples). In some embodiments, methods and biomarkers of the present invention find use in detection of colon cancer and in providing a prognosis to colorectal cancer patients.
US10308978B2
Transposon nucleic acids comprising a transposon end sequence and a calibration sequence for DNA sequencing in the transposon end sequence. In one embodiment, the transposon end sequence is a Mu transposon end. A method for the generation of DNA fragmentation library based on a transposition reaction in the presence of a transposon end with the calibration sequence providing facilitated downstream handling of the produced DNA fragments, e.g., in the generation of sequencing templates.
US10308975B2
Described are substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine compounds, which are coelenterazine analogs, kits comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds for the detection of luminescence in luciferase-based assays. Also described are methods for making the compounds, such as a method using aminopyrazine acetophosphonates as synthesis intermediates.
US10308972B2
The subject of the present invention is a whole-cell catalysis process for converting substrates of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases of eukaryotic origin into valuable biotechnological products. The subject of the present invention is also microorganisms genetically engineered to achieve those biotransformations with high rates and processes to prepare these microorganism strains.
US10308970B2
The present invention relates to a method or process for controlling, inhibiting or reducing protein fucosylation in a eukaryote and/or eukaryotic protein expression system. Said method comprises carrying out the protein expression and/or post-translational modification in the presence of an elevated total concentration of manganese or manganese ions.
US10308968B2
Reaction solutions are disclosed herein comprising water, sucrose and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan. The glucosyltransferase enzyme can synthesize insoluble glucan polymer having at least 50% alpha-1,3 glycosidic linkages and a number average degree of polymerization of at least 100. Further disclosed are methods of using such glucosyltransferase enzymes to produce insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan.
US10308966B2
The present disclosure provides engineered polypeptides having imine reductase activity, polynucleotides encoding the engineered imine reductases, host cells capable of expressing the engineered imine reductases, and methods of using these engineered polypeptides with a range of ketone and amine substrate compounds to prepare secondary and tertiary amine product compounds.
US10308965B2
The present invention provides biological oils and methods and uses thereof. The biological oils are preferably produced by heterotrophic fermentation of one or more microorganisms using cellulose-containing feedstock as a main source of carbon. The present invention also provides methods of producing lipid-based biofuels and food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products using the biological oils.
US10308961B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10308957B2
Disclosed are capsid-modified rAAV particles and expression vectors, as well as compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise them. Also disclosed are methods of preparing and using novel capsid-protein-mutated particle or rAAV vector constructs in a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic applications including, inter alia, as delivery agents for diagnosis, treatment, or amelioration of one or more diseases, disorders, or dysfunctions of the mammalian eye. Also disclosed are methods for subretinal delivery of therapeutic gene constructs to mammalian photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial cells, as well as use of the disclosed compositions in the manufacture of medicaments for a variety of in vitro and/or in vivo applications including the treatment of a variety of inherited retinal diseases.
US10308954B2
The present invention relates to the field of double-stranded RNA (ds RNA) mediated gene silencing of root knot nematodes. The invention particularly provides an effective method for reducing the number of reproducing population and the number of progenies per individual of the root knot nematodes. The present invention also relates to host delivered dsRNA for controlling infection of root knot nematodes.
US10308951B2
A method for improving photosynthesis of rice includes the step of knocking out IPS1 gene in rice. The IPS1 gene has a nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1.
US10308946B2
Disclosed herein are novel methods and materials directed to transforming a host cell and expressing exogenous RNA therein. Specifically disclosed are DNA-launching platforms used to introduce a replicating viral segment attached to an exogenous polynucleotide into a cell, whereby the exogenous polynucleotide is expressed in said cell and confers a detectable trait.
US10308943B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal diseases. The compositions and methods include a therapeutic agent conjugated to a vitreous component binding moiety. The vitreous component binding moiety may be an aptamer or a small molecule that binds to a structural component of the vitreous humor (e.g., hyaluronic acid, collagen or vitronectin).
US10308942B2
Synthesis and pharmaceutical compositions of antibody-functionalized nanovesicles encapsulating ion channel knockout siRNA, and methods of treating autoimmune diseases associated with increased expression and/or hyperactivity of T cells by selectively targeting memory T cells with the nanoparticles, which deliver their siRNA cargo into the cytosol of the TM cell thus reducing ion channel expression and decreasing Ca2+ influx.
US10308935B2
The present application relates to a method for the targeted formation of heterochromatin and/or induction of epigenetic gene silencing in a cell using a small RNA, said method comprising the step of inhibiting the Paf1 complex in said cell and the step of contacting said cell with a small RNA targeted to a region of the genome of the cell, said region being the region where heterochromatin formation and/or induction of epigenetic gene silencing should be induced.
US10308934B2
Disclosed herein are antisense compounds and methods for decreasing Ataxin 2 mRNA and protein expression. Such methods, compounds, and compositions are useful to treat, prevent, or ameliorate Ataxin 2 associated diseases, disorders, and conditions. Such Ataxin 2 associated diseases include spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 (SCA2), amyotropic sclerosis (ALS), and parkinsonism.
US10308927B2
Polynucleotide constructs that express an engineered foot-and-mouth disease (FMDV) P1 precursor protein and a non-FMDV TEV protease and methods for safe and efficient recombinant production of FMDV antigens and immunogens. Recombinant production of FMDV antigens avoids the need to culture highly-infectious FMDV, while conventional culture methods for producing FMDV antigens rely on the native FMDV 3C protease which exerts toxic effects on host cells. The inventors have developed a new system that efficiently and safely processes FMDV P1 precursor without the FMDV 3C protease, thus avoiding the toxic effects associated with use of the 3C protease. The invention is also directed to the FMDV antigens and virus-like particles produced by this system as well as to FMDV vaccines, diagnostics and other biologics.
US10308926B2
Provided herein are polypeptides containing stabilized therapeutic peptides related to enhancer of zeste homolog 2 (EZH2), histone lysine N-methyltransferase. Also provided are compositions containing these polypeptides and methods of using such peptides in the treatment of cancer that include administering to a subject one of the polypeptides.
