US10460459B2
A method of stitching frames captured at multiple viewing angles comprising: receiving a set of frames captured by imagers, identifying in each of pairs of neighboring frames, each neighboring frame is captured about the same time as the other from an imager having an overlapping field of view with another. For each overlapping area a center connecting axis connecting between centers of respective the pair of neighboring frames is identified, a motion gradient for each frame of the pair of neighboring frames is calculated, pixels of the pair of neighboring frames in the at least one overlapping area are adapted based on corresponding values from the motion gradient along the center connecting axis, the pair of adapted neighboring frames into a panoramic frame which at least partly imaging an environment surrounding the common center is stitched.
US10460458B1
A method for registration of partially-overlapped images, comprises (a) performing noise reduction and feature extraction in a reference image and an unregistered image; (b) determining a template size using a phase transition methodology for a sufficiently-sampled finite data set; (c) identifying a template region in the reference image; (d) performing a wide angle estimation of the reference image and the unregistered image; (e) performing orientation and translation of the reference image and the unregistered image; (f) performing a search space reduction of the reference image and the unregistered image; (g) performing a coarse angle estimation of the reference image and the unregistered image; (h) performing orientation of the reference image and the unregistered image of the coarse angle estimation; and (i) performing a fine angle estimation and registration of the reference image and the unregistered image.
US10460456B2
In implementations of the subject matter described herein, a current captured frame of a video is compared with a respective reference frame to determine a correlation therebetween. The correlation is used to indicate a change degree of the current frame. If the correlation for the current frame is below a predetermined threshold, the current frame may not be directly determined as including a motion of an object. Instead, correlations between one or more frames before or after the current frame and their respective reference frames are took into account. If the correlations of the frames under consideration are below the predetermined threshold, it may be detected that the current frame includes a motion of an object. In this way, incorrect detection of the object motion is reduced in the cases when larger changes in frames of a video are caused by factors such as noise and error, and the accuracy of the object motion detection is improved.
US10460455B2
System and methods are provided for providing a dynamically-updated musculoskeletal representation of a hand. The system includes a plurality of neuromuscular sensors configured to continuously record a plurality of neuromuscular signals from a user, and at least one computer processor programmed to provide as input to a trained statistical model, the plurality of neuromuscular signals and temporally smooth in real-time an output of the trained statistical model. The system is also programmed to determine, based on the smoothed output of the trained statistical model, position information describing a spatial relationship between two or more connected segments of the musculoskeletal representation, force information describing a force exerted by at least one segment of the musculoskeletal representation, and update the musculoskeletal representation of the hand based, at least in part, on the position information and the force information.
US10460454B2
An apparatus, system and method of motion-based facial recognition is provided through the establishment of facial motion profiles. The system uses a database, a camera and a processing unit. The database stores a predetermined profile of a default facial motion made by a user having at least one facial landmark. The camera tracks the user's facial motions and captures a facial motion over a duration. The processing unit connected to the database and the camera. The processing unit establishes the predetermined profile and a comparison profile of the facial motion through a profile establishment process. The processing unit further compares the comparison profile with the predetermined profile to verify the facial motion.
US10460451B2
In an evaluation information provision system, subject's motion data is stored in association with attributes. When an attribute is assigned, the evaluation information provision system selects feature data from a plurality of the subject's motion data associated with the assigned attribute. The evaluation information provision system calculates a score for the assigned attribute, for the user's motion, using a statistical distance between the selected feature data and the user's motion data. The calculated score is displayed, for example, as a screen.
US10460445B2
To digitize an object, a camera captures images of different sides of the object with color and depth data. At least two different sides of the object are identified from the images, and constructions are created of the sides of the object from the images. Points of the constructions to connect to one another are determined and used to align the constructions. The construction are merged to generate a rendition of the object. Various techniques are applied to extrapolate edges, remove seams, extend color intelligently, filter noise, apply skeletal structure to the object, and optimize the digitization further. The rendition of the object can be provided for display as a digital representation of the object and potentially used in different applications (e.g., games, Web, etc.).
US10460444B2
Disclosed is a memory device including plural bit lines, plural word lines and a control circuit. The bit lines are configured to receive pixel data of an image. Each word line includes plural factor units. The factor units of each word line are configured differently according to plural factors of a filter. When processing a first area of the image by the filter, the control circuit inputs the pixel data within the first area of the image to the bit lines, and enables one of the word lines for operation. When processing a second area of the image by the filter, the control circuit maintains the pixel data within the second area overlapping the first area on the bit lines, and inputs the pixel data within the second area which doesn't overlap the first area to the bit lines, and enables another one of the word lines for operation.
US10460433B2
The present invention provides a measurement method of measuring a rotational shift amount of pattern regions arranged on a substrate with respect to a reference portion provided at an outer edge of the substrate, including obtaining a first image by capturing a target region including a target object on the substrate during detecting a position of the reference portion while rotating the substrate, obtaining a second image by capturing the target object in a state in which the substrate remains still, obtaining a third image indicating a difference between the first image and the second image by correcting the second image with the first image, and obtaining a position of the target object based on the third image and obtaining the rotational shift amount of the pattern regions with respect to the reference portion based on the obtained position of the target object.
US10460429B1
A portable image enhancement device comprising an optical image sensor, a rangefinder, a parametric control, a central processing unit (CPU), and a user interface. The sensor receives image data for a target object in a tactical scene. The rangefinder continually measures distance from the device to the target object, which may be in motion relative to each other. The parametric control tunes a parametric variable (e.g., spatial frequency, filter shape, orientation) that the CPU uses, along with the potentially-changing target distance, to create custom spatial filters and apply them to create a filtered scene from the tactical scene. Each spatial filter is of a two-dimensional (2D) Fourier-domain type (e.g., high-pass, low-pass, band-pass, band-stop, orientation). A spatial filter, target distance, and parametric variable combination may be stored as a preset filter for subsequent retrieval and application to a newly-input tactical scene. The user interface displays dynamically-tunable filtered scene(s).
US10460427B2
Embodiments relate to converting imagery to a polar projection. Initially, a map request that specifies the polar projection for a geographic area is obtained. The geographic area into a number of image regions. A first source image is obtained for a first image region, where the first source image is at a first target resolution, and a second source image is obtained for a second image region, where the second source image is at a second target resolution that is determined based on a geographic location of the second image region. The first source image and the second source image are projected into the polar projection to obtain a single output image. At this stage, a polar coordinate system that corresponds to the polar projection is used to render the single output image in a spatial map.
US10460418B2
Flexible, dynamic, and efficient compression and de-compression mechanisms are described. An example compression mechanism includes reading a plurality of groups of indices, identifying a smallest index in each of the plurality of groups, rotating indices in each of the plurality of groups such that the smallest index is a first value, calculating unsigned delta encoded values relative to the smallest index in each of the plurality of groups for remaining indices, converting the plurality of groups of indices into a plurality of compressed groups of indices, and storing the plurality of compressed groups of indices. An example de-compression mechanism include reading a plurality of compressed groups of indices, identifying a first index as an absolute value in each of the plurality of groups, calculating remaining indices of each of the plurality of groups, and converting the plurality of compressed groups of indices into a plurality of decompressed groups of indices.
US10460412B1
A process for authenticating a painting includes determining whether a posterized HSV model of a digital photograph contains one or more steganographic symbols. A process for preparing a painting for authentication, includes providing a digital photograph of the painting in the RGB color model, converting the digital photograph to a CMYK color model, converting the CMYK model of the digital photograph to an HSV color model of the digital photograph and posterizing the HSV model of the digital photograph. A system for preparing a painting for authentication includes a processor and a computer-readable memory component containing a digital photograph of the painting in the RGB color model. The processor is configured to convert the digital photograph to a CMYK color model, convert the CMYK model of the digital photograph to an HSV color model of the digital photograph and posterize the HSV model of the digital photograph.
US10460407B2
Systems for providing network-based communication services are provided, such systems comprising a platform configured to facilitate interaction between users requesting interpretation/translation services and individuals capable of fulfilling such requests. Both the content submitted through the system for interpretation/translation and the resulting interpretation/translation may be prerecorded, which facilitates the accuracy of the end-product. Methods for facilitating communication services over a network are also provided, such methods comprising the steps of receiving a request for interpretation/translation, receiving acceptance of the request from an interpreter/translator, receiving a response that corresponds with an interpretation/translation of the content, and making the response available to one or more users via a server.
US10460396B2
Some embodiments provide a non-transitory machine-readable medium that stores a program. The program receives from a system data comprising a set of expense entries. The program further determines, for each expense entry in the set of expense entries, an entry use case. The program also processes, for each expense entry in the set of expense entries, the expense entry based on the determined entry use case. The program further generates a document based on the processed set of expense entries.
US10460391B2
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and program products are disclosed for historical transaction-based account monitoring. A method includes receiving historical and current transaction data for a plurality of user accounts at a mobile device over a computer network. A method includes normalizing transactions of the historical transaction data for the historical time period based on one or more transactions of the historical transaction data that correspond to one or more transactions of the current transaction data. A method includes generating and presenting a graphical representation of the historical transaction data and a graphical representation of the current transaction data within an interactive interface on the touch screen display. A method includes dynamically presenting one or more details of a transaction in response to a user selecting a transaction on the graphical representation of the historical transaction data or the graphical representation of the current transaction data, using the touch screen display.
US10460386B2
A method for executing a wireless trade is provided that includes communicating with a handheld device via a wireless network and sending and receiving financial information to and from the handheld device. The financial information is associated with a trade that can be initiated by the handheld device. The method also includes authorizing the handheld device through location data, which is associated with a location of the handheld device, before executing the trade.
US10460382B2
A system, apparatus, and method for reducing fraud in payment or other transactions by providing issuers with a warning that a transaction being processed for authorization is potentially fraudulent. In some embodiments, the present invention processes data obtained from a consumer authentication process that is used in card not present (CNP) transactions to determine characteristics or indicia of fraud from previous transactions. The characteristics or indicia of fraud can be used to generate a set of fraud detection rules or another form of fraud assessment model. A proposed transaction can then be evaluated for potential fraud using the fraud assessment model.
US10460378B1
Enforcing payment card policies using a financial institution agent coupled to a payment processing network. The advisory device intercepts messages directed to an authorization element at an authorizing bank, modifies the intercepted messages in response to a set of financial policy rules, and forwards the intercepted messages to the authorization element. The authorization element responds to any modifications made by the financial institution agent, and issues a grant or a denial of of authorization in response. The financial policy rules include a set of policy limits for use of the payment card, responsive to card usage type, merchant type and location, amount per transaction (or for a selected duration), number of transactions, and combinations thereof Financial policy rules can include side effects, including notifications or two-step authorization (with the cardholder or a monitoring party), transaction records, and combinations thereof.
US10460367B2
A system for authenticating recipients of a physical item based on generating a random number and linking the random number to the physical item and the intended recipient. Once the intended recipient is in possession of the physical item and the generated random number, the intended recipient is authorized for the purpose of using/processing the physical item by presenting the random number for recipient authentication. In other specific embodiments of the invention, the physical item is generated with the random number included in place of personal information associated with the provider.
US10460357B1
Systems and methods for receiving a content request, generating and transmitting an advertisement request, receiving an advertisement, determining a product or service associated with the advertisement, and generating an e-commerce functionality associated with the product or service. The e-commerce functionality and advertisement may be transmitted to a user device and rendered to a user via the user device.
US10460353B2
The present disclosure provides systems, methods, and computer program products for real-time cross-device user category synchronization. Embodiments commence upon allocating or identifying user data records comprising two user profiles. The user profiles are populated with information by receiving electronic communications over a network, where the information comprises user category information and device attributes found in data records that originate from user devices. Steps are taken to associate a first device data record with a second device data record, wherein the association is based at least in part on a match between selected attributes among the user devices. User category information within the user profiles are synchronized to form updated user profiles. Some embodiments further execute steps for forming a cross-device map that identifies an association between an updated first user profile and a second user profile.
US10460347B2
A system and method is disclosed which predicts the relative occurrence or presence of an event or item based on sample data consisting of samples which contain and samples which do not contain the event or item. The samples also consist of any number of descriptive attributes, which may be continuous variables, binary variables, or categorical variables. Given the sampled data, the system automatically creates statistically optimal segments from which a functional input/output relationship can be derived. These segments can either be used directly in the form of a lookup table or in some cases as input data to a secondary modeling system such as a linear regression module, a neural network, or other predictive system.
US10460338B2
A network centric system that enables participation by any number of entities including sponsors, issuers, merchants, portable devices, and acceptance point devices in one or more loyalty programs is provided. Any combination of entities may be specified for different loyalty programs.
US10460334B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to improving direct marketing response rate through use of media information. One embodiment includes extracting samples of language usage in one or more social media activities. Language usage features comprising relationships to products are derived by analyzing the extracted samples for relevant language terms. The language usage features are mapped to one or more of personality traits, emotional state and personal features. The mapped language usage features and personal features are stored in a repository. Customers are segmented for direct marketing using the mapped language usage features and the personal features.
US10460331B2
A system that provides a technical catalog is provided. The system defines items including metadata used by a fulfillment solution to drive service order fulfillment, where each item is used by the fulfillment solution to fulfill an order. The system further stores the items within the technical catalog, where the technical catalog includes a data store that stores metadata, and where the technical catalog defines a structure of the items. The metadata defines the key entities and behavioral elements used to specialize service order fulfillment capabilities such as service order orchestration, service order design and assign, etc. The system further designs the fulfillment solution to use an item to fulfill an order. The system further generates the fulfillment solution using the item.
US10460329B2
Interconnection meter socket adapters are provided. An interconnection meter socket adapter comprises a housing enclosing a set of electrical connections. The interconnection meter socket adapter may be configured to be coupled to a standard distribution panel and a standard electric meter, thereby establishing connections between a distribution panel and a user such that electrical power may be delivered to the user while an electrical meter measures the power consumption of the user. A power regulation module is disposed between the interconnection meter socket adapter, and configured to selectively connect one or more energy sources or energy sinks.
US10460313B1
A system of electronic identity verification across multiple services is provided and includes a password vault module adapted to enable a user to store a plurality of credentials for respective services of the user's choosing as well as a federated identity module adapted to enable a user to provide a single sign-on credential for a plurality of subscribing services. A common login module is accessible to both the password vault module and the federated identity module. When the user logs into the common login module, the user is authenticated for both services of the user's choosing and subscribing services. The system migrates stored user credentials in the password vault module to the federated identity module when a user-chosen service becomes a subscribing service. An integrated mobile wallet module enables financial transactions between the user and both the user-chosen services and subscribing services.
US10460308B2
Crowd-location based analytics for transactions are provided. An assembly of mobile devices in a cell sector (or, in some embodiments, a cell) of wireless coverage can be determined. The assembly can be referred to as a crowd and can comprise a number of mobile devices greater than the cell sector's average device occupation. Organization entities located within the cell sector also can be identified. A demand or interest for an asset (e.g., a service or merchandise) can be determined for the mobile device based at least on a device profile. The demand or interest can be associated with the organization entity that can provide the asset. Promotional information related to the asset can be sent to the mobile device and/or a device associated with the organization entity. The mobile device can present at least a portion of such information and a transaction related to the asset can be performed otherwise facilitated.
US10460306B1
A device may receive transaction data associated with a plurality of merchants. The transaction data may include a first set of transactions and, for each transaction included in the first set of transactions: data identifying a merchant and a method of payment. The device may identify, from the first set of transactions, a second set of transactions associated with a credit account method of payment from the first set of transactions. The device may train, based on the first set of transactions and the second set of transactions, a merchant model. The merchant model may be trained to: receive, as input, data identifying the merchant, and produce, as output, a measure of likelihood that the merchant accepts the credit account method of payment. The device may perform an action based on the merchant model.
US10460305B1
A geographic location is received in which a payment recipient is to perform a task. A geolocation system determines that the recipient is at the geographic location based on information received from a mobile device of the recipient. Payment is electronically transferred to the recipient for completion of the task via a payment network. The payment is transferred responsive to determining that the recipient is at the geographic location.
US10460300B2
Method of preventing fraud and theft during automated teller machine transactions and related system
A method of preventing fraud and theft during automated teller machine (ATM) transactions includes recording a video stream using a camera mounted on or near the ATM, the camera being positioned to record the face of a user of the ATM and a background behind the user, providing a facial model database containing images of a large number of people taken from different angles, the facial model database containing images of unobscured faces as well as obscured faces, and receiving insertion of a bank card into the ATM. The method further includes comparing images captured from the recorded video stream with images contained in the facial model database, and producing a corresponding first face comparison result, and issuing a notice for the user to uncover the user's face when the first face comparison result indicates that the user's face is obscured.
US10460291B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus including a presentation section which presents an action log that is an action result of a third party, and a schedule adjustment section which incorporates the action log selected from the presented action log by a user as a schedule of schedule information of the user.
US10460290B2
Systems and methods for determining status of a user in a brokered chat service are disclosed. In one example, the method comprises acts of receiving, via the brokered chat service, a check-in message from the user, establishing the status of the user as available in the brokered chat service, transmitting at least one message to the user via the brokered chat service in response to establishing the status of the user as available, and updating the status of the user in the brokered chat service in response to communication from the user.
US10460289B2
A certified checkpoint is provided for a ledger comprising a blockchain and a world state. The certified checkpoint enables a third party to recognize and verify that the ledger has integrity, a known starting state, and immutability properties starting at a specific point in time. Certification means that all of the validating peers reached consensus on the state of the ledger at that point in time. Thus, the certified checkpoint state represents an agreed-upon state, and that one or more subsequent operations on the ledger are relative to that agreed-upon state. Preferably, before a checkpoint is certified, it must be consistent, meaning that all validating peers have reached the same value for the checkpoint. Preferably, the checkpoint is a compression of the current blockchain world state into a compact representation (e.g., a hash) of the ledger that based on an agreed-upon consensus protocol is consistent across the (validating) peers. A technique to certify a blockchain checkpoint also is described.
US10460277B2
According to some embodiments, a business intelligence language expansion and compilation platform may receive a business intelligence language expression, containing at least one macro sub-expression from a user. Information may then be accessed in a business and data models data store to perform expansion and compilation operations on the received business intelligence language expression. As a result of these operations, the system may provide a native query to a data source database. A business intelligence language result set manager may retrieve data from a data source database responsive to the native query and output a business intelligence language result set to the user in response to the business intelligence language expression. According to some embodiments, the business intelligence language is reentrant such that the received business intelligence language expression is evaluated in one context and uses a result of another business intelligence language expression evaluated in a possibly different context.
US10460275B2
A method for comparing predictive data models based on a predictive model search is provided. The method may include receiving a first and second portion of a set of data. The method may also include identifying a first and second variation of the second portion, wherein the first variation is different from the second variation. The method may further include generating first predictive data models based on the first variation, and second predictive data models based on the second variation. Additionally, the method may include applying a criteria to rank the first and second predictive data models based on predictive strength. The method may also include presenting a display of the ranked criteria, comprising the first portion, and a portion of the first and second predictive data models, wherein the portion of the first and second predictive data models are collectively ranked and presented according to the predictive strength.
US10460273B2
Apparatus and method for field service monitoring are disclosed. The apparatus includes a communication unit and a control unit. The communication unit receives schedule information, real-time location information, and service status information including service completion information for each worker. The control unit determines a visit type of a service using the schedule information and the real-time location information. When the determined visit type is the non-requested visit, the control unit calculates a first achievement score having a penalty score for a non-requested visit. When the determined visit type is a requested visit, the control unit calculates a second achievement score having a new service completion rate for each worker using the schedule information and the service status information. The control unit calculates a key performance indicator (KPI) for each worker using the first and second achievement scores, and evaluates a working status of each worker using the calculated KPI.
US10460269B1
Disclosed method comprises receiving from a user interface, a request to generate an optimized space dataset; generating a first instruction configured to receive a first dataset comprising at least one of a space allocated to the product, product attribute, and product performance value corresponding to a plurality of institutions; automatically calculating an elasticity range based on the space allocated to the product; calculating an unbounded asymptote and elasticity values; upon the unbounded elasticity value being outside the elasticity range, dynamically adjusting the elasticity value based on the elasticity range; iteratively calculating a bounded asymptote value based on the second dataset data points until the asymptote value is within the adjusted elasticity range; and generating a graphical representation to illustrate an optimized space trend comprising plurality of data points.
US10460266B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media are provided for optimizing workflows by monitoring a healthcare environment. Data may be compiled from various sources to monitor interactions within the healthcare environment. Both interactions with individuals and interactions with a healthcare system may be monitored. Each of location data, clinical data, and system data, among others, may be combined to monitor the healthcare environment. By combining the data from various sources, a user is able to get a complete picture of the healthcare environment.
US10460257B2
The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods of data processing for training a target domain classifier to label text segments. The method includes identifying a set of common keywords with same label from a set of source keywords and a set of target keywords. The method includes training a first classifier, based on the set of common keywords, to label a first set of target text segments. The method includes training a second classifier based on at least a subset of the labeled first set of target text segments. The method includes training a third classifier, based on the first classifier and the second classifier, to label a second set of target text segments, wherein a subset of the labeled second set of target text segments is utilized for re-training the second classifier. The method further includes determining labels of another plurality of target text segments based on the re-trained second classifier.
US10460256B2
Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for improving performance of a multi-class classifier. An interactive graphical user interface includes an item representation display area that displays a plurality of item representations corresponding to a plurality of items processed by a multi-class classifier. The classifier's performance can be visualized using bidirectional bar graphs displaying true positives, false positives, and false negatives for each class.
US10460244B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a wearable device. The wearable device includes a knowledge base, a user interface and automatic response logic. The knowledge base includes at least one data structure. Each data structure includes a plurality of ranked possible user responses. The automatic response logic is to select one data structure of the at least one data structure in response to a received communication. The selecting is based, at least in part, on an event type and based, at least in part, on a contact identifier. The communication is received from a communication partner device via a companion device. The automatic response logic is further to provide at least one ranked possible user response from the selected data structure to a user via the user interface.
US10460239B2
A system and computer implemented method for generating a set of inferred questions for a question answering system is disclosed. The method may include determining, based on context data, a user state. The method may also include extracting characterization information for an object satisfying an attention criteria. The characterization information may be configured to include sensory data. The method may also include determining a relationship between the object and the user state based on the characterization information for the object and the context data of the user state. The method may also include generating, based on the relationship between the object and the user state, a set of inferred questions for a question answering system.
US10460229B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for disambiguating word sense. One of the methods includes maintaining a respective word sense numeric representation of each of a plurality of word senses of a particular word; receiving a request to determine the word sense of the particular word when included in a particular text sequence, the particular text sequence comprising one or more context words and the particular word; determining a context numeric representation of the context words in the particular text sequence; and selecting a word sense of the plurality of word senses having a word sense numeric representation that is closest to the context numeric representation as the word sense of the particular word when included in the particular text sequence.
US10460228B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a neural network comprising multiple functional neural core circuits, and a dynamically reconfigurable switch interconnect between the functional neural core circuits. The interconnect comprises multiple connectivity neural core circuits. Each functional neural core circuit comprises a first and a second core module. Each core module comprises a plurality of electronic neurons, a plurality of incoming electronic axons, and multiple electronic synapses interconnecting the incoming axons to the neurons. Each neuron has a corresponding outgoing electronic axon. In one embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming axons in the same functional neural core circuit. In another embodiment, zero or more sets of connectivity neural core circuits interconnect outgoing and incoming axons in a functional neural core circuit to incoming and outgoing axons in a different functional neural core circuit, respectively.
US10460220B2
The present invention relates to methods of storing data using one or more nucleic acids.
US10460217B2
Information processing device, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium
A specification part of an information processing device specifies, by using image data for a correction chart defining a plurality of patch regions having different color values, a target characteristic indicating a relation between the color value and a first colorimetric value of a first patch image as a laminated image of a special color image and a colored image that correspond to each of the patch regions formed by the device through the 2-path printing. A generation part of the device generates a correction table for correcting the color value so that a measured characteristic comes close to the target characteristic, the measured characteristic indicating a relation between the color value and a second colorimetric value of a second patch image as the laminated image corresponding to each of the patch regions formed by the device through the 1-path printing using the image data for a correction chart.
US10460209B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle recognition method and system. The vehicle recognition method comprises: receiving a first image; extracting a first vehicle brand recognition region and a first color recognition region of the first image; recognizing the extracted first vehicle brand recognition region by a trained vehicle brand deep learning model; recognizing the extracted first color recognition region; and recognizing the vehicle based on the recognition results of the first vehicle brand recognition region and the first color recognition region.
US10460200B2
Provided is a method of analyzing a tool trace, the method being performed by a tool trace analyzing apparatus including a camera unit and including obtaining a first image that is a three-dimensional (3D) image of the tool trace; displaying the first image on a screen; storing, in a database, second images that are 3D images of one or more tools and that correspond to a plurality of pieces of feature information of the one or more tools; when a specific tool is selected based on a user input, searching for a second image from among the second images in the database, the second image corresponding to the specific tool, and displaying the second image on the screen; matching the second image with the first image and thus generating a match image; and displaying the match image on the screen.
US10460197B1
An instrumental approach enabling evaluation of efficacy of skin care products is disclosed. Common problems shared by existing methods include first the difficulty whether to test the entire human face, or just focus on the key locations (not determined yet); the difficulty in conducting a repeatable test when human face is hard to fix on and changes between different persons; and how many different skin attributes to test for making a reliable and complete judgment. The instrumental approach of the process tests a sample at once to obtain all the information needed. It shows good repeatability and sensitivity. It yields necessary yet sufficient information in numbers.
US10460196B2
Salient video frame establishment is described. In one or more example embodiments, salient frames of a video are established based on multiple photos. An image processing module is capable of analyzing both video frames and photos, both of which may include entities, such as faces or objects. Frames of a video are decoded and analyzed in terms of attributes of the video. Attributes include, for example, scene boundaries, facial expressions, brightness levels, and focus levels. From the video frames, the image processing module determines candidate frames based on the attributes. The image processing module analyzes multiple photos to ascertain multiple relevant entities based on the presence of entities in the multiple photos. Relevancy of an entity can depend, for instance, on a number of occurrences. The image processing module establishes multiple salient frames from the candidate frames based on the multiple relevant entities. Salient frames can be displayed.
US10460191B1
A user device detects, in a field of view of the camera, a first side of a document, and determines first information associated with the first side of the document. The user device selects a first image resolution based on the first information and captures, by the camera, a first image of the first side of the document according to the first image resolution. The user device detects, in the field of view of the camera, a second side of the document, and determines second information associated with the second side of the document. The user device selects a second image resolution based on the second information, and captures, by the camera, a second image of the second side of the document according to the second image resolution. The user device performs an action related to the first image and the second image.
US10460187B2
A biometric authentication device including a housing, a light source unit that is installed on an upper surface of the housing and includes a light source, and an opening that is provided in the upper surface of the housing and located below the light source, and an imaging unit that is disposed inside the housing is disclosed. In the device, an optical axis of the light source intersects with a longitudinal direction of the housing, and the imaging unit images a user's biometric feature irradiated with an irradiation light from the light source through the opening.
US10460184B2
A vehicle includes: a display; a photographing device configured to acquire image information of a road on which the vehicle currently travels; and a main controller configured to: i) detect first speed limit information based on the acquired image information, ii) calculate a difference between the first speed limit information and pre-stored second speed limit information corresponding to the road on which the vehicle currently travels, and iii) determine speed limit information that is to be displayed on the display based on at least one of whether the calculated difference exceeds a predetermined level and whether the vehicle is no longer traveling on the road.
US10460181B2
In order to process sensor data for a driver assistance system oriented towards the driver's comfort, sensor data that is sensed by a sensor device and describes objects is preprocessed such that a distinction is made between a driving zone and a non-driving zone, where the driving zone is designated as an object driving zone. The object driving zone is delimited by a boundary line. Since the sensor data is processed for a comfort-oriented driver assistance system, it does not have to describe the entire theoretical driving zone. Rather, the boundary line is used to delimit the driving zone within which the vehicle can normally be expected to drive. Based thereon, it is easy to determine an appropriate boundary line and significantly reduce the volume of data to be transmitted from the sensor device to a central control device of the comfort-oriented driver assistance system in order to describe the sensed objects.
US10460174B2
A system for annotating user images with non-user generated labels corresponding to a plurality of users and generating user profiles includes: one or more processor-readable media, configured to store processor-executable instructions for image analysis and user profile generation; and one or more processors, configured to, based on execution of, the stored processor-executable instructions: annotate user images with non-user-generated labels, wherein the non-user-generated labels correspond to visual features of the user images and generate user profiles based on non-user-generated tags associated with images corresponding to each respective user.
US10460173B2
Systems and methods for providing information based on construction site images are provided. For example, image data captured from a construction site using at least one image sensor may be obtained. Further, at least one electronic record associated with the construction site may be obtained. The image data may be analyzed to identify at least one discrepancy between the at least one electronic record and the construction site. Further, information based on the identified at least one discrepancy may be provided to a user.
US10460169B1
A computer-implemented method for processing images to identify Energy Infrastructure (EI) features within aerial images of global terrain is provided. The image processing method identifies information about EI features by applying an EI feature recognition model to aerial images of global terrain. The EI feature recognition model identifies the EI feature information according to image content of the aerial image. The method further provides updates to the identification of the EI feature information according to relationships between identified EI features.
US10460167B2
An iris recognition system may include an optical system having an intentional amount of spherical aberration that results in an extended depth of field. A raw image of an iris captured by the optical system may be normalized. In some embodiments, the normalized raw image may be processed to enhance the MTF of the normalized iris image. An iris code may be generated from the normalized raw image or the enhanced normalized raw image. The iris code may be compared to known iris codes to determine if there is a match.
US10460164B2
There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit configured to, when an authentication image including an iris of an eye of a user is obtained, cause a display unit to display an authentication UI for obtaining an authentication image with which it is easy to perform iris authentication.
US10460163B2
Some implementations may include a method for watermarking an identification document, the method including: receiving a digitally watermarked digital facial portrait of the person, the digital facial portrait embedded with at least one digital watermark identifying payload data linking the digital facial portrait to the person portrayed in the digital facial portrait; receiving results of comparison between the digital facial portrait of the person and the person presenting the digitally watermarked digital facial portrait; retrieving the at least one digital watermark in response to receiving comparison results that the person portrayed in the digital facial portrait is the person presenting the digitally watermarked digital facial portrait; and determining that the digital facial portrait is authentic based on the retrieved at least one digital watermark.
US10460162B2
A computer implemented method for identifying one or more data elements in an input data stream formed from an input data structure using processing enabled by a processor-executable instruction can be stored on a non-transitory computerized storage medium. This stored method includes identifying a marker sequence set in the input document string, the marker sequence set including a marker sequence; assigning an eligibility value to each marker sequence, the eligibility value being a number calculated using an eligibility calculation, to obtain at least one eligible marker sequence; generating output data comprising data related to the at least one eligible marker sequence; and providing the output data, such as on a human-readable interface.
US10460161B1
Advanced signal processing technology including signal encoding and digital watermarking. Disclosure includes monitoring spectral differences within control strip area to determine signal robustness of encoded signals printed outside of control strip area. Other combinations and technology provided too.
US10460154B2
Methods and systems for recognizing people in images with increased accuracy are disclosed. In particular, the methods and systems divide images into a plurality of clusters based on common characteristics of the images. The methods and systems also determine an image cluster to which an image with an unknown person instance most corresponds. One or more embodiments determine a probability that the unknown person instance is each known person instance in the image cluster using a trained cluster classifier of the image cluster. Optionally, the methods and systems determine context weights for each combination of an unknown person instance and each known person instance using a conditional random field algorithm based on a plurality of context cues associated with the unknown person instance and the known person instances. The methods and systems calculate a contextual probability based on the cluster-based probabilities and context weights to identify the unknown person instance.
US10460134B2
A smartcard unit includes at least a smartcard and an attachment enabling the smartcard unit to be worn by a user. The smartcard is accessible to an external reader. A reader unit interfaces with the smartcard to enable an external computer to communicate with the smartcard. The smartcard unit or the reader unit has structure to align the reader unit relative to the smartcard unit in an alignment for communicative interfacing while the smartcard unit is being worn. The smartcard unit or the reader unit has a retainer to secure the reader unit in alignment relative to the smartcard so that the smartcard unit is reversibly separable from the reader unit without damage, in response to a force less than is necessary to detach or damage another part of said system, other than along a longitudinal axis of the smartcard or of a pair of components being separated.
US10460124B2
A server node with one or more processors is configured to receive a request to write data to a storage medium and compress the data to yield compressed data. The one or more processors are further configured to encrypt the compressed data according to an encryption key to yield compressed and encrypted data. The one or more processors are further configured to hash the compressed and encrypted data to yield one or more block identifiers that uniquely represent the compressed and encrypted data.
US10460122B1
Embodiments are directed to managing data in a file system. A file system engine provides a file system that includes file system objects that may be accessible by two or more clients that use different native permission schemes. And, a permissions engine may determine map rules based on characteristics of a request to access request a file. The permission engine may execute the one or more map rules to provide platform permission values based on the native permission values. The permission engine may compare requested platform permission values to the platform permission values associated with the file. The permission engine may provide the access rights to the file based on an affirmative result of the comparison.
US10460117B2
A system and method is introduced for communicating over the internet with no internet attack surface using internet connected devices. An isolated device referred to as a dc device, is introduced to function as a place for carrying out computations in isolation from internet connected devices as well as from other instances within the dc device. A user is able to interact with the dc device through a dc terminal. The dc terminal may make use of the input/output interfaces of the user internet connected device, while maintaining the isolation of the dc device. A dc server is introduced for communicating with the dc device over the internet with no internet attack surface. Having introduced the dc device, the dc terminal and the dc server, a dc domain is defined where communication between devices and between users and devices takes place in the dc domain over the internet with no internet attack surface. Uses for the dc domain may be user authentication, messaging between users, payment applications, cloud applications, IoT, smart vehicles, medical applications, document uses and so forth. In the dc domain content and ad serving may take place between a dc server and a dc device.
US10460116B2
It is very useful for a bank having offices in a plurality of countries to construct a system that enables bank employees in the offices to share information possessed by the offices. None of conventional systems available to the bank employees in all the offices allow appropriate access control to be performed while complying with laws and regulations that vary among the countries, thus enabling appropriate information to be disclosed to appropriate persons. A system, a method, and a program are provided that allow bank employees in a plurality of countries to access shared information in accordance with the roles & responsibilities of the bank employees while complying with laws and regulations in each country.
US10460110B1
Security of computers, data storage devices, and servers can be improved with a multiple key access system. In some embodiments, a local key management device can be a locally (or virtually) located data storage device such as a HDD or SDD. The key management device may be part of a computer or server system and can have a first secure area protected by a cryptographic module (e.g. hardware integrated circuit). The first secure area can store a key to access a second secure area, which may function as a local key management server (LKMS) and store access information to authenticate another data storage device coupled to the computer. For example, the LKMS may store an access key to provide the computer with access to another data storage device.
US10460108B1
The present disclosure provides an automated technique to detect and rectify input-dependent evasion code in a generic manner during runtime. Pattern-based detection is used to detect the evasion code and trigger an identification process. The identification process marks the evasion code and rectifies the execution flow to a more “significant” path. The execution then moves on by following this path to bypass the evasion code. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US10460102B2
A security control system for a kinematic robot uses a cognitive assessment agent to map proposed instructions to either legitimate or illegitimate actions based on contextual variables. The agent computes a security anomaly index score representing a variance of a likely kinematic action of the robot compared to acceptable actions. If the score exceeds a predetermined threshold, a security alert is generated for the robot's administrator. The contextual variables include a user profile, a user location, and subject matter of the kinematic actions. The analysis compares input text to predefined classification metadata, and can also compare verbal phrases or body gestures to corresponding baselines. Different numeric weights can be applied to the contextual variables. The computing begins with a default value for the score and thereafter increments or decrements the score based on the weights. The weights can be adjusted based on a supervisory appraisal of the computed score.
US10460101B2
In one example, a system includes a processor, memory, and a botnet detection application stored in memory and executed by the processor and configured to: obtain (i) Netflow data indicating one or more IP addresses accessed by a computer and (ii) passive Domain Name System (DNS) data indicating respective one or more domains associated with each of the one or more IP addresses; generate features associated with the computer based on the Netflow data and passive DNS data; generate probability data based on the Netflow data and passive DNS data, wherein the probability data indicates a probability that the computer accessed the one or more domains; assign weights to the features based on the probability data to provide weighted features; and determine whether the computer is likely to be part of a botnet based on the weighted features.
US10460097B2
A destination server communicates with a computer system using cryptographically protected communications utilizing a first negotiable feature. The destination server detects a triggering event and, in response to the triggering event, causes the cryptographic protected communications with the computer system to change from the first negotiable feature to a second negotiable feature. As a result of stored data indicating that the computer system fails to support the second negotiable feature, the destination server initiates a security measure.
US10460093B2
There is provided a terminal device including: a detector configured to detect start of an authentication process for authenticating a user; and a display controller configured to display, during the authentication process, an authentication process screen by using a first image included in a first display screen that is displayed after the authentication process succeeds.
US10460090B2
Data is automatically collected; the data relevant to user attributes. That data is provided as factors for passive authenticating the user for access to a device and/or a resource. In an embodiment, the data is used to establish a profile or a pattern for the user.
US10460089B2
In one embodiment, receiving a first action from a user of a computing device, wherein the first action causes the computing device to power up while a screen of the computing device is locked; obtaining a plurality of dynamic information items relevant to the user of the computing device; and displaying at least one of the plurality of dynamic information items on the locked screen of the computing device.
US10460082B2
Digital rights management progressive control and background processing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a digital rights management module is embedded as part of the content. In one example, the digital rights management module is configured to monitor user interaction with items of the content and user traits collected from this monitoring to progressively control access to other items of the digital content. In another example, the digital rights management module is configured for execution in the background of a computing device, e.g., without rendering of a user interface or accepting user inputs. This background processing is used to monitor interaction of the user with the computing device that is independent of the content. This includes other content, applications, interaction with service providers (e.g., websites such as a social network), wearable devices, the computing device itself, and so forth.
US10460076B2
Systems and methods of the invention relate to aggregating digital data for a patient during an examination at a private physician office environment, wherein the digital data is associated with a data file for the patient. A physician can utilize a device to capture an image of a patient or a portion of a patient, wherein the image relates to a condition or an area of medical concern based on the physician's opinion. In particular, the image can be superimposed onto a generic human body shape such that a precise location of the area of medical concern is identified by a marker and further the image.
US10460075B2
To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing program that allow a user to easily adequately move a display area by guiding a browsed part when a needle biopsy image is browsed.[Solving Means] An information processing apparatus includes: a storage unit to store a pathological image of a specimen and guide information along the center line of a shape of the specimen in the pathological image; a display control unit to display at least a part of the stored pathological image, as an observation image, on a screen; an input unit to receive an instruction for changing a range on the pathological image of the observation image displayed on the screen, from a user; and a control unit to calculate the range on the pathological image of the observation image based on the instruction and the stored guide information.
US10460073B2
A method for improving ergonomics of a vehicle obtains a first information defining an initial cockpit configuration. Further, information on a cockpit user's shape and information of a seat and steering wheel position which the user typically uses while driving, are obtained. This information is fed into a bio-mechanical simulation which carries out the simulation based upon the information defining the initial cockpit configuration, the user's shape and the user's seat and steering wheel position. In the bio-mechanical simulation, an ergonomic quality criteria is calculated for reaching movements during driving. Based upon the simulation result which is the quality criteria, the cockpit configuration is changed. The bio-mechanical simulation and the changing of the cockpit configuration in the optimization process is then repeated until a predetermined stop condition is fulfilled. The cockpit configuration which is achieved at that point in time is output as final cockpit-configuration.
US10460071B2
In some embodiments, data is received defining a plurality of shot groups that will be delivered by a charged particle beam writer during an overall time period, where a first shot group will be delivered onto a first designated area at a first time period. A temperature of the first designated area at a different time period is determined. In some embodiments, the different time period is when secondary effects of exposure from a second shot group are received at the first designated area. In some embodiments, transient temperatures of a target designated area are determined at time periods when exposure from a shot group is received. An effective temperature of the target area is determined, using the transient temperatures and applying a compensation factor based on an amount of exposure received during that time period. A shot in the target shot group is modified based on the effective temperature.
US10460070B2
A method of determining electromigration (EM) compliance of a circuit is performed. The method includes providing a layout of the circuit, the layout comprising one or more metal lines, and changing a property of one or more of the one or more metal lines within one or more nets of a plurality of nets in the layout. Each of the nets includes a subset of the one or more metal lines. The method also includes determining one or more current values drawn only within the one or more nets and comparing the determined one or more current values drawn with corresponding threshold values. Based on the comparison, an indication is provided whether or not the layout is compliant. A pattern of the one or more metal lines in the compliant layout is transferred to a mask to be used in the manufacturing of the circuit on a substrate.
US10460063B1
Aspects of the present disclosure address improved systems and methods for routing based on enhanced routing topologies. Consistent with some embodiments, the method may include accessing a routing topology of an integrated circuit design and determining that a routing path of a net in the routing topology violates a routing constraint. In response to determining that the routing path violates the routing constraint, a routing guide is created to reroute the routing path. The routing path in the net is then rerouted using the routing guide, thereby producing an enhanced routing topology that reduces issues in detailed routing caused by the routing constraint violation.
US10460061B2
Systems and methods of restraining reverse engineering process for analog integrated circuit use techniques of adding dummy devices, device fragmentation, increasing bus width, employing different layouts for the same circuit element and mixing different types of passive devices increase complexity and makes the layout floorplan more difficult to be extracted for the reverse engineering. The system adds dummy devices and ensures the extra devices and capacitance do not affect the target circuit performance.
US10460052B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to receive at least one data table relating to a data set; receive a plurality of dimensions; combine, by a first parallelization process, the plurality of dimensions into a plurality of different clusters, each cluster being a grouping of different dimensions; transmit each of the plurality of different clusters to a cloud platform; divide, by a second parallelization process, the at least one data table into a plurality of different chunks of data; and transmit each of the plurality of different chunks of data to the cloud platform, in parallel to and independent of the transmission of the plurality of different clusters the cloud platform, the cloud platform to generate a data model based on a combination of the transmitted plurality of different clusters and the transmitted plurality of different chunks of data.
US10460050B2
A topography simulation apparatus includes a processor and a memory connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions executable by the processor to set a function indicating a position relationship between a point in a calculation region and a material surface in the calculation region. The memory stores further instructions executable by the processor to determine whether or not a particle moving in the calculation region collides with the material surface, and update a value of the function, responsive to determining that the particle collides with the material surface.
US10460048B2
Generating a contributor-based power abstract for a device, including: identifying a clock power component for each of a plurality of clock gating domains, identifying a switching characteristic for each of the clock gating domains, combining the switching characteristics for all of the clock gating domains into a domain combination list, performing a per-case simulation based at least on the domain combination list, calculating an effective capacitance for each of the clock gating domains based at least on the per-case simulation, and generating a power abstract for each of the clock gating domains based at least on the effective capacitance.
US10460037B2
A method of automatic generation of a digital thesaurus, the method comprising: parsing the digital text and determining a first lexical unit and a second lexical unit; for each entry of the first lexical unit: selecting n-number of sequential units adjacent to the first lexical unit; generating a first context parameter for the first lexical unit, the first context parameter comprising an indication of each unit of the n-number of sequential units and a frequency of co-occurrence of each unit with the first lexical unit in the digital text; for each entry of the second lexical: selecting, n-number of sequential units adjacent to the second lexical unit; generating a second context parameter; determining a lexical unit relation parameter for the first lexical unit and the second lexical unit by: an interrelation analysis and an analysis of entry co-occurrence.
US10460036B2
The disclosure relates to transferred learning from a first language (e.g., a source language for which a semantic parser has been defined) to a second language (e.g., a target language for which a semantic parser has not been defined). A system may use knowledge from a trained model in one language to model another language. For example, the system may transfer knowledge of a semantic parser from a first (e.g., source) language to a second (e.g., target) language. Such transfer of knowledge may occur and be useful when the first language has sufficient training data but the second language has insufficient training data. The foregoing transfer of knowledge may extend the semantic parser for multiple languages (e.g., the first language and the second language).
US10460028B1
Embodiments described herein provide a more flexible, effective, and computationally efficient means for determining multiple intents within a natural language input. Some methods rely on specifically trained machine learning classifiers to determine multiple intents within a natural language input. These classifiers typically require a large amount of labelled training data in order to work effectively, and are generally only applicable to determining specific types of intents (e.g., a specifically selected set of potential inputs). In contrast, the embodiments described herein avoid the use of specifically trained classifiers by determining inferred clauses from a syntactic graph of the input. This allows the methods described herein to function more efficiently and over a wider variety of potential inputs. Furthermore, by determining inferred clauses from a syntactic graph, rather than a semantic graph, the methods described herein avoid the additional computation and potential additional errors associated with the generation of a semantic graph from a syntactic graph.
US10460025B2
An online system provides one or more forms on which users provide information to the online system. A form includes various fields configured to receive input from the user. While entering information on a form presented by a client device, the client device transmits a request for content to the online system. The request identifies the user, the field, and the input received via the field. Upon receiving the request, the online system applies a set of rules to information identified in the request and characteristics of the user. Information describing objects included in rules having criteria satisfied by the information in the request and the characteristics of the user is communicated to the client device for presentation to the user in conjunction with the form.
US10460023B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for creating slide presentations for an annotation set
Systems, methods, and computer readable medium are provided that relates to the field electronic slide presentation applications. Improvements to add new features and functionality in that field are illustratively described. In some embodiments, an automated feature is provided that generates high-quality presentation slides from source content. Other features are contemplated including features related to security, GUIs, smart templates, and others.
US10460003B2
In a client-server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring further interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi-transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction. The browser might comprise storage for a plurality of rotation display items for storing a summary and a primary presentation for each rotation display item, logic for displaying, by the browser, primary presentations for less all of the plurality of rotation display items in the rotation display area, logic for displaying, by the browser, summaries for items wherein the number of summaries is greater than the number of primary presentations presented at one time, logic for highlighting, among the summaries displayed, the ones of the summaries that correspond to the primary presentations displayed in the rotation display area; and logic for rotating the plurality of rotation display items to display primary presentations for a different subsets of the rotation display items and for updating highlighting of summaries to correspond to the different subsets of rotation display items.
US10460002B2
A computer-implemented method includes: generating a first list of uniform resource locators (URLs) available on a page when accessed using privileged credentials; storing one or more first URL outputs associated with the first list of URLs including the content of webpages accessed using the privileged credentials; generating a second list of URLs when accessed using non-privileged credentials; generating a third list of URLs, wherein the third list of URLs includes URLs included in the first list of URLs and not included in the second list of URLs; storing a second URL output including content of a webpage mapped to a particular URL in the third list of URLs when the particular URL is accessed using the non-privileged credentials; determining that the second URL output matches a particular first URL output associated with the particular URL; and outputting an alert identifying that the webpage is accessible by an unauthorized user.
US10459979B2
Various embodiments include a classification platform system. A user can define a classification experiment on the classification platform system. For example, the user can define an input data space by selecting at least one of data sources interfaced with the classification platform system and defining a workflow configuration including a directed graph (DG) connecting a plurality of transformation blocks to represent an experiment workflow. The DG can specify how one or more outputs of each of the transformation blocks are fed into one or more other transformation blocks. The DG can be defined graphically. The classification platform system can schedule the experiment workflow to be executed on a distributed computation platform according to the input data space and the workflow configuration.
US10459966B2
A method, an electronic device, and a computer program product for photo organization are provided, where the method is adapted to an electronic device and includes the following steps. First, multiple photos are obtained, and multiple special photos are selected from the photos, where each of the photos includes time information and GPS information. The special photos are sorted from the earliest to the most recent according to the time information. One of the special photos is defined as an origin photo, and the special photos sorted after the origin photo are defined as relative photos. A moving distance and a moving angle of each of the relative photos with respect to the origin photo are calculated according to the GPS information. The origin photo and the relative photos are classified into multiple location groups according to variations of the moving distances and variations of the moving angles.
US10459965B2
A method of displaying an image performed by a device includes generating a display image with respect to each of a plurality of image groups in the device; selecting one of the plurality of image groups in the device based on a user input; searching for the display image that matches the selected image group; and displaying the found display image, wherein the found display image comprises a preview image that matches each of a plurality of images included in the selected image group.
US10459956B1
Systems and methods for content aggregation creation are disclosed herein. The system can include memory having a content database and an aggregation database. The system can include a user device having a first network interface and a first I/O subsystem. The system can include a server that can: provide content to the user device via a first electrical signal; receive a selection of a portion of the provided content from the user device via a second electrical signal; automatically extract sentences from the selected portion of the provided content via a natural language processor; automatically generate a parse tree for one of the automatically extracted sentences; identify noun phrases from the part of speech tags within the parse tree; place content associated with one of the noun phrase in a content aggregation; and output the content aggregation to the user device.
US10459954B1
Systems and methods for connecting datasets are disclosed. For example, a system may include a memory unit storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving a plurality of datasets and a request to identify a cluster of connected datasets among the received plurality of datasets. The operations may include selecting a dataset. In some embodiments, the operations include identifying a data schema of the selected dataset and determining a statistical metric of the selected dataset. The operations may include identifying foreign key scores. The operations may include generating a plurality of edges between the datasets based on the foreign key scores, the data schema, and the statistical metric. The operations may include segmenting and returning datasets based on the plurality of edges.
US10459953B1
A system and method for identifying potential member and guest contacts while protecting member data privacy at a social networking system are disclosed. A system stores contact information for a plurality of members of a social networking system. The system receives a list of contacts of the first member. For a contact, the system accesses contact information of the contact, compares the contact information in the contact to contact information for the plurality of members, and in accordance with a determination that the contact information in the contact matches the contact information of a member of the social networking system, generates a score that the contact is not associated with malicious activity. In accordance with a determination that the generated score exceeds a predetermined score threshold, the system categorizes the contact as a suggested member connection. The system transmits member referral data to the client device for presentation.
US10459938B1
Disclosed are a system and a method for providing user-interactive flow diagrams such as Sankey diagrams. In an embodiment, a machine data search and analysis system retrieving search results including a plurality of events, in response to a search query. The system identifies a first characteristic type from data of the plurality of events as a horizontal dimension of a multi-dimensional chart, and a second characteristic type from the retrieved data as a vertical dimension of the multi-dimensional chart. The system causes display of the multi-dimensional chart indicative of the data of the plurality of events. The multi-dimensional chart includes a table of a plurality of objects. Each object of the plurality of objects represents one or more events that share a common value of the first characteristic type and share a common value of the second characteristic type.
US10459937B2
A plurality of completion times associated with an application request may be obtained. The plurality of completion times may include a first completion time and a second completion time. A plurality of response times associated with a first asynchronous operation triggered by the application request may be obtained. The plurality of completion times may include a first response time associated with the first completion time and a second response time associated with the second completion time. A first correlation score may be determined describing an effect of the first asynchronous operation on the application request based on the first completion time, the second completion time, the first response time, and the second response time. Visualization data may be generated representing the first correlation score.
US10459936B2
An information search method and apparatus includes receiving search information entered by a user, acquiring, according to the search information, at least one search element and at least one piece of key information associated with each search element, sending the at least one piece of key information associated with each search element, to at least one search application corresponding to the search element such that the at least one search application performs a search according to the at least one piece of key information associated with the search element, and receiving search results returned by the at least one search application, and outputting the search results.
US10459933B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, methods, systems, and computer readable media are provided for collecting statistics for use in optimizing a database query. Collected statistics for the database are compared to corresponding predetermined states of conditions for optimizing the database query. One or more collected statistics in compliance with the corresponding predetermined states of conditions are identified based on the comparison. Collection of the one or more identified statistics for the query optimization is disabled.
US10459928B2
A technique of scoring a query against a document using sequence to sequence neural networks. The technique comprises: receiving a query comprising a plurality of words from a user; performing a search for a document comprising words based on the query; feeding the words of the document as the input of an encoder of a multilayer sequence to sequence converter; generating a plurality of vectors at a decoder of the multilayer sequence to sequence converter, each vector comprising a probability associated with a respective word in the query; looking up in the respective vector each word's probability of being associated with the document; multiplying every word's probability together to determine an overall probability of the query being associated with the document; and returning the document to the user if the overall probability of the query being associated with the document is greater than a threshold value.
US10459925B2
According to the present invention there is provided a computer-enabled method of assisting to generate an innovation, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving from a database a first set of more than two documents belonging to a first domain (D1); retrieving from said database a second set of more than two documents belonging to a second domain (D2); selecting all possible combinations of documents from the first set with all documents in said second set, and for each combination of documents: determining a composite novelty score, a composite proximity score and a composite impact score; and based on all of the determined composite novelty scores and/or composite proximity scores and/or composite impact scores, providing a recommendation which can assist to generate an innovation.
US10459922B2
A device, method and computer-readable medium for generating unique identification for records in a data streaming processing system are disclosed. A method may collect an identification of a source of a data record, a timestamp of the data record and a count of a number of records a data source has added to the stream with that timestamp, generate a unique identification with the identification of the source of the data record, the timestamp of the data record and the count of the number of records the data source has added to the stream with that timestamp, apply the unique identification to the data record and transmit the data record with the unique identification to a downstream operator within a data stream processing system.
US10459919B2
In various example embodiments, systems and methods for providing category aspect information by mining historical data is provided. In example embodiments, a table comprising joined data is accessed. The table includes historical data that comprises user behavior data based on actions performed with past queries by users, data describing publication, and a determined category for each publication. Demand scores based on the joined data are determined. The determined demand scores are used to determine most relevant aspect name and aspect value pairs for a category. Publications having at least one of the most relevant aspect name and aspect value pairs are displayed visually distinguished from less relevant publications that exclude the most relevant aspect name and aspect value pairs.
US10459918B1
Techniques for improving efficiency of data processing associated with data queries are described. For example, a computer system may access a first query result of a first time window that result may have been generated based on first transformed data stored in data partitions associated with the first time window. The computer system may access data corresponding to a time unit that falls outside of the first time window and inside a second time window. The first time window and the second time window may have overlapping time units. The computer system may generate a data partition that corresponds to the time unit and that stores second transformed data. The second transformed data may correspond to a data transformation of the data. The computer system may generate a second query result for the second time window based on the second transformed data and the first query result.
US10459917B2
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing data. In some embodiments, this includes an initial instruction for a file stored in a first storage system, determining that the initial instruction is not supported by the first storage system, identifying a combination of instructions to the first storage system after determining that the initial instruction is not supported by the first storage system, wherein the combination of instructions is based on the initial instruction, performing the identified combination of instructions on the file stored in the first storage system, and storing results of the performed identified combination of instructions.
US10459916B2
A method for updating a plurality of database statistics during a query execution is provided. The method may include receiving a compiled query. The method may also include determining if the received compiled query requires at least one table scan operation on a full table to resolve the received compiled query. The method may further include determining if a plurality of table statistics associated with the full table has not been updated within a pre-defined time-period, whereby the determining is based on the determination that the received compiled query requires at least one table scan operation on the full table to resolve the received compiled query. The method may additionally include collecting a plurality of statistics associated with the full table based on the determination that the plurality of table statistics associated with the full table has not been updated within the pre-defined time-period.
US10459911B2
A system for communication between two or more computer programs is disclosed. The system includes a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory stores a first file, expected metadata for the first file, and expected metadata for one or more fields in the first file. The interface receives a file from a computer program. The file comprises fields that each comprise information provided by one or more sources. The processor executes a second computer program which extracts a first set of file metadata from the received file, compares the extracted first set of file metadata to the expected metadata, and determines if the extracted first set of file metadata corresponds to the expected metadata. If the extracted first set of file metadata corresponds to the expected metadata for the first file, then the processor performs analogous comparisons at a field level and stores the first file in the memory.
US10459910B2
Methods, systems, and products characterize consistency of data in a stream warehouse. A warehouse table is derived from a continuously received a stream of data. The warehouse table is stored in memory as a plurality of temporal partitions, with each temporal partition storing data within a contiguous range of time. A level of consistency is assigned to each temporal partition in the warehouse table.
US10459908B2
A multi-master replication system is disclosed. The multi-master replication system allows a large set of peer instances to collaboratively replicate data to each other.
US10459907B2
An order (or priority) for reassigning data portions of a database from a first map to a second map can be determined. It should be noted that the first map assigns the data portions to a first configuration of processors for processing the data portions, and the second map assigns the data portions to a second configuration of processors, different than the first configuration, for processing the data portions in a database system and/or environment. The order can be determined by grouping the data in multiple groups and ordering the groups in accordance with a determined priority for reassignment. In doing so, one or more relationships between the data portions and/or cost of use for each one the groups can be considered.
US10459906B2
The number of processors that store data can be limited for some data in order to improve efficiency in database system that uses multiple processing units to process data. For example, a map can be provided for one or more sparse database tables (or tables) that are relatively small in view of the number of processors that are available. The map can effectively assign distinct portions of the data, e.g., rows of a database, for processing only to a limited number of processors (or processing units). The database system can use the map to process data accordingly.
US10459897B2
A method for the economic assessment of residual oil zones (“ROZ”), support for the engineering of the design of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (“EOR”) systems associated with production of petroleum from ROZ, support of EOR operations, and subsequent management and monitoring of CO2 sequestered in ROZ is disclosed. This efficient identification and assessment of ROZs significantly increases the geographic footprint and target locations into which CO2 can be injected and ultimately utilized and permanently sequestered in a commercial fashion generating value to partially offset the parasitic costs associated with the capture of anthropogenic CO2. Microbial self limitation (MSL) conditions of an ROZ are exploited for the assessment and management purposes of the ROZ.
US10459887B1
Embodiments can provide a portable computing device for pre-launching an application upon predicting that the application may be an application desired to be launched by a user. One or more application pre-launch criteria for an icon may be determined to have been satisfied when the icon is within a specified region of a display. Pre-launching the application can include loading the application into working memory while not presenting an interface associated with the application on the display of the portable computing device. When a selection of the icon is received, an interface associated with the application can be presented on the display of the portable computing device using the loaded application.
US10459882B2
A system and method for performing an image level restore of data is described. In some examples, the system receives a request to restore a file and transmits the request to an intermediate component. The intermediate component may then retrieve a directory file from an image of a secondary copy of a data set, identify a location of the file from the directory file, and provide the location to the requestor.
US10459867B2
A dynamic bus communication apparatus for an electrosurgical system includes a data wire, a clock wire, a first variable resistor coupled to the data wire, a second variable resistor coupled to the clock wire, an analog to digital converter (ADC), and a controller. The data wire is configured to transmit a data signal between a battery and an instrument powered by the battery. The clock wire is configured to transmit a clock signal between a battery and an instrument. The ADC is configured to sample the data signal and the clock signal at a substantially higher frequency than a frequency of the clock signal. The controller is configured to control a resistance of the first variable resistor and a resistance of the second variable resistor based on the digitally sampled data signal and the digitally sampled clock signal.
US10459856B2
A system and method for determining an acquisition buffer size for use in processing signals, the method including determining a number of samples obtained for a predetermined number of line cycles based on digital signals received from an analog-to-digital converter (106), determining an integer number of line cycles needed for a predetermined target number of samples, and determining an acquisition buffer length based on the integer number of line cycles, as a length of time that can accommodate the determined integer number of line cycles while minimizing or avoiding partial line cycles. The method can further include determining whether the determined acquisition buffer length is within a threshold range, and when not within the threshold, continuing to store a previously determined acquisition buffer length instead of the determined acquisition buffer length. The method may be repeated to continually adjust the acquisition buffer length to minimize or avoid partial line cycles.
US10459855B2
A storage circuit includes a buffer coupled between the storage controller and the nonvolatile memory devices. The circuit includes one or more groups of nonvolatile memory (NVM) devices, a storage controller to control access to the NVM device, and the buffer. The buffer is coupled between the storage controller and the NVM devices. The buffer is to re-drive signals on a bus between the NVM devices and the storage controller, including synchronizing the signals to a clock signal for the signals. The circuit can include a data buffer, a command buffer, or both.
US10459852B1
Memory management systems and methods are provided in which n-bit translation counters are included within page table entry (PTE) data structures to count of number of times that translations are performed using the PTEs of pages. For example, a method for managing memory includes: receiving a virtual address from an executing process, wherein the virtual address references a virtual page frame number (VPFN) in a virtual address space associated with the executing process; accessing a PTE for translating the VPFN to a page frame number (PFN) in physical memory; incrementing a n-bit translation counter within the accessed PTE in response to the translating; and accessing a memory location within the PFN in the physical memory, which corresponds to the virtual address.
US10459848B2
Provided is a method for optimising memory writing in a device implementing a cryptography module and a client module calling functions implemented by the cryptography module. The device includes a random access memory including a first memory zone that is secured and dedicated to the cryptography module and a second memory zone dedicated to the client module. When the client module calls a series of functions implemented by the cryptography module including a first function and at least one second function, with each second function executed following the first function or from a further second function and providing a runtime result added to a runtime result of the preceding series function, each runtime result is added to a value contained in a buffer memory allocated in the first memory. The buffer memory value is copied to the second memory zone following the execution of the last function of the series.
US10459834B2
Aspects of the present invention include a method, system and computer program product for providing automated run time and historical test workload report scoring. The method includes caching, by a processor, historical data relating to a customer workload; and caching, by the processor, data relating to an active workload test. The method also includes determining, by the processor, one or more statistical measures between the historical data relating to a customer workload and the data relating to an active workload test; generating, by the processor, one or more workload report scores based on the statistical measures; and displaying, by the processor, the one or more workload report scores.
US10459824B2
Performing a cache-based trace recording using cache coherence protocol (CCP) data. Embodiments detect that an operation that causes an interaction between a cache line and a backing store has occurred, that logging is enabled for a processing unit that caused the operation, that the cache line is a participant in logging, and that the CCP indicates that there is data to be logged to a trace. Embodiments then cause that data to be logged to the trace, which data is usable to replay the operation.
US10459789B2
Example apparatus and methods control a data storage system to store data in a self-describing logical data storage capsule using a logical cylindrical recording format. Example apparatus and methods assign a searchable, globally unique identifier to the capsule and associate the globally unique identifier with a user. The logical data storage capsule is migrated from a first data storage medium to a second data storage medium without translating or reformatting the data storage capsule. The data storage capsule contains information describing to a data storage device how to migrate the capsule without translating or reformatting the data storage capsule. Example apparatus and methods dynamically select an error correction approach for storing data in the data storage capsule, de-duplicate, and encrypt the data storage capsule. The data storage capsule may be local, or may be part of a cloud-based storage system.
US10459783B2
A decoder includes a syndrome calculator, a Key Equation Solver (KES) and an error corrector. The syndrome calculator receives an n-symbol code word encoded using a Reed Solomon (RS) code to include (n−k) redundancy symbols, calculates for the code word 2t syndromes Si, t=(n−k)/2 is a maximal number of correctable erroneous symbols. The KES derives an error locator polynomial {circumflex over ( )}(x) whose roots identify locations of erroneous symbols, by applying to the syndromes a number of t iterations. In each iteration the KES calculates two discrepancies between {circumflex over ( )}(x) and respective two candidates of {circumflex over ( )}(x), and derives from the two candidates an updated candidate of {circumflex over ( )}(x). The error corrector recovers the code word by correcting the erroneous symbols using the derived error locator polynomial {circumflex over ( )}(x).
US10459780B2
In one aspect, a system for automatic application repair by a network device agent in a monitored environment includes a processor; a memory; and one or more modules stored in the memory and executable by a processor to perform operations including: capture network device application data for a monitored application, the network device performing a function other than computing, analyze the captured data to detect a performance issue, identify a remedy associated with training data that corresponds to the captured data, and automatically applying the remedy to the network device.
US10459777B2
A method for packet processing on a multi-core processor. According to one embodiment of the invention, a first set of one or more processing cores are configured to include the capability to process packets belonging to a first set of one or more packet types, and a second set of one or more processing cores are configured to include the capability to process packets belonging to a second set of one or more packet types, where the second set of packet types is a subset of the first set of packet types. Packets belonging to the first set of packet types are processed at a processing core of either the first or second set of processing cores. Packets belonging to the second set of packet types are processed at a processing core of the first set of processing cores.
US10459767B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method of performing analytics on a large quantity of data accommodated by an external mass storage device is provided. The analytics may be divided into a set of modules, wherein each module is selectively executed and comprises a script for a parallel processing engine to perform a corresponding atomic operation on the analytics. A user selection is received of one or more modules to perform desired analytics on the large quantity of data from the external mass storage device, and the selected modules execute scripts for the parallel processing engine to perform the corresponding atomic operations of the desired analytics.
US10459765B2
A virtual computer system service receives a request from a customer to instantiate a virtual machine instance onto a computing device. The virtual computer system service obtains a set of preferences from the request that can be used for selecting the computing device from a variety of data zones. The virtual computer system service identifies one or more data zones where virtual machine instances of the customer are operating. Based on the set of preferences and the one or more data zones where the virtual machine instances are operating, the virtual computer system service selects a data zone where the virtual machine instance can be instantiated. The virtual computer system service uses a computing device in the selected data zone to instantiate the virtual machine instance.
US10459761B2
A technique for enabling a real-time CPU-bound in-kernel workload to run an infinite loop while keeping read-copy update (RCU) grace periods finite. In an embodiment, a per-CPU indicator may be set to indicate that a CPU running the CPU-bound in-kernel workload has not reported an RCU quiescent state within a first defined time. An RCU grace period operation may be invoked from within the workload that causes an RCU quiescent state to be reported on behalf of the CPU if the per-CPU indicator is set. If the RCU quiescent state is not reported within a second defined time that is longer than the first defined time and sufficiently long to indicate an error condition requiring CPU rescheduling, the CPU may be rescheduled.
US10459759B2
Methods, non-transitory machine-readable media, and computing devices for transitioning tasks and interrupt service routines are provided. An example method includes processing, by a plurality of processor cores of a storage controller, tasks and interrupt service routines. A performance statistic is determined corresponding to the plurality of processor cores. Based on detecting that the performance statistic passes a threshold, a number of the plurality of processor cores that are assigned to the tasks and the interrupt service routines are reduced.
US10459751B2
A technique for varying firmware for different virtual functions in a virtualized device is provided. The virtualized device includes a hardware accelerator and a microcontroller that executes firmware. The virtualized device is virtualized in that the virtualized device performs work for different virtual functions (with different virtual functions associated with different virtual machines), each function getting a “time-slice” during which work is performed for that function. To vary the firmware, each time the virtualized device switches from performing work for a current virtual function to work for a subsequent virtual function, one or more microcontrollers of the virtualized device examines memory storing addresses for firmware for the subsequent virtual function and begins executing the firmware for that subsequent virtual function. The addresses for the firmware are provided by a corresponding virtual machine at configuration time.
US10459749B2
A hypervisor virtual server system, including a plurality of virtual servers, a plurality of virtual disks that are read from and written to by the plurality of virtual servers, a physical disk, an I/O backend coupled with the physical disk and in communication with the plurality of virtual disks, which reads from and writes to the physical disk, a tapping driver in communication with the plurality of virtual servers, which intercepts I/O requests made by any one of said plurality of virtual servers to any one of said plurality of virtual disks, and a virtual data services appliance, in communication with the tapping driver, which receives the intercepted I/O write requests from the tapping driver, and that provides data services based thereon.
US10459739B2
A system, method, and computer program for configuring and profiling digital media devices is provided. The digital media device is monitored for user interaction. Profile data is generated based on the user interaction. The digital media device is automatically configured based on the profile data.
US10459733B2
A halt event separates a boot up operation from a run time operation. A controller grants a request from a baseboard management controller for an electrical power associated with a boot-up operation. As the baseboard management controller completes the boot-up operation (such as a power on self-test), the baseboard management controller predicts the electrical power that is required for a run time operation (e.g., executing an operating system). The baseboard management controller is then required or forced to submit a subsequent request for the additional electrical power that is required for the run time operation. The controller compares the electrical power predicted for the run time operation to a power availability from a power supply (such as a safe or maximum operating condition). If the power supply can provide the electrical power predicted to be required during the run time operation, then the controller may permit or authorize a transition from the boot up operation to the run time operation. However, if the power supply cannot provide the electrical power predicted to be required during the run time operation, then the controller denies the run time operation.
US10459731B2
A first register has a lane storing first input data and a second register has a lane storing second input data elements. A width of the lane of the second register is equal to a width of the lane of the first register. A single-instruction-multiple-data (SIMD) lane has a lane width equal to the width of the lane of the first register. The SIMD lane is configured to perform a sliding window operation on the first input data elements in the lane of the first register and the second input data elements in the lane of the second register. Performing the sliding window operation includes determining a result based on a first input data element stored in a first position of the first register and a second input data element stored in a second position of the second register. The second position is different from the first position.
US10459729B2
In one implementation, a system for maintaining a flow pipeline includes a logical table interface engine to expose an interface to receive a maintenance request regarding a flow pipeline of a network element, a map engine to maintain an entry in a first hardware table based on an action of the maintenance request associated with a logical flow table, and a hardware table engine to maintain the second hardware table of the network element based on the entry in the first hardware table.
US10459728B2
An apparatus is described having instruction execution logic circuitry to execute first, second, third and fourth instruction. Both the first instruction and the second instruction insert a first group of input vector elements to one of multiple first non overlapping sections of respective first and second resultant vectors. The first group has a first bit width. Each of the multiple first non overlapping sections have a same bit width as the first group. Both the third instruction and the fourth instruction insert a second group of input vector elements to one of multiple second non overlapping sections of respective third and fourth resultant vectors. The second group has a second bit width that is larger than said first bit width. Each of the multiple second non overlapping sections have a same bit width as the second group. The apparatus also includes masking layer circuitry to mask the first and third instructions at a first resultant vector granularity, and, mask the second and fourth instructions at a second resultant vector granularity.
US10459725B2
Techniques for executing a load instruction in a processor are described. In one example, load instructions which are detected to have an offset (or displacement) of zero are sent directly to a data cache, bypassing the address generation stage thereby reducing pipeline length. Load instructions having a nonzero offset can be executed in an address generation stage as is conventional. To avoid conflicts between a current load instruction with zero offset and a previous load instruction with nonzero offset, the current instruction can be rescheduled or sent through a separate dedicated load pipe. An alternative technique permits a load instruction with zero offset to be issued one cycle earlier than it would need to be if it had a nonzero offset, thus reducing load latency.
US10459724B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a memory device. The memory device includes an RRAM crossbar array that is configured to perform a logic operation, and resistance values of resistors in the RRAM crossbar array are all set to Ron or Roff to indicate a value 1 or 0. Based on the foregoing setting, an operation is implemented using the RRAM crossbar array, so that reliability of a logic operation of the RRAM crossbar array can be improved.
US10459721B2
An application system for the creation, deployment, and management of applications is provided. A system for creating, sharing and managing an application may include a visual editing environment that enables a developer to create and edit code controlling an application and a code execution engine that operates on the code created in the visual editing environment to control execution of at least one hardware infrastructure element that enables the utilization of the application. The editor and the code execution engine provide for the creation, delivery, and editing of the application during runtime of the application on computing devices, such that a plurality of end users using different devices can simultaneously experience the same behavior of the application during its creation and editing.
US10459720B2
An interrelated set of tools and methods are disclosed for recording the identity of software components responsible for creating files, recording the identity of software components that access software files, reasoning about the dependency relationships between software components, identifying and reporting undesirable dependencies between them, and reporting other useful information about a large-scale software architecture by instrumenting a software build process or test process.
US10459708B2
A bridge module is generated to bridge standard modules in a module system and non-module code in a non-module system. The bridge module includes explicit dependencies associated with a namespace, such as a dependency path corresponding to the non-module code. The bridge module exposes packages of the non-module code at least to the standard modules. Operations are performed on a code base that uses standard modules, bridge modules, and non-module code.
US10459707B2
Providing an instruction-set simulator and a method for generating such simulator that is capable or guaranteeing the full restoration of source program file from the binary executable program, in which the generated source program is easy to analyze, and the simulation speed is considerably fast.
US10459705B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for technology that receives compiled code and identifies a plurality of blocks in the compiled code. Instrumented code may be generated from the compiled code by modifying the blocks to include probes to measure latencies of the blocks during execution of the instrumented code on a graphics processing unit.
US10459702B2
The present invention discloses a method of flow control in a computing device, for processing of flow control statements to adapt a data structure of a program running on the computing device and a computer program product storing the method. The invention thereby allows the integration of the kernels into the main program when compiling. The whole parsing of the CPU program parts and the kernels is done by 10 one single standard compiler. The actual compiler for the device can be linked as a library and does not need to do any parsing. The invention further allows loops and if-clauses to be used in language-embedded GPGPU programming, enabling full general-purpose programming of the device in a way that is fully embedded in an ordinary programming language. The device can be a highly parallel computing 15 device, such as a video card, or some other computing device.
US10459701B2
A machine learning tool for resolving a compiler error in an application is provided. The application and an associated application metadata file may be stored on a server. The machine learning tool may identify one or more referenced external dependencies causing the compiler error. The machine learning tool may comprise a web crawler configured to locate one or more comparable external dependencies. The web crawler may retrieve an external dependent metadata file for each of the located comparable external dependencies and download the comparable external dependent metadata files. The machine learning tool may be configured to compare the metadata of each comparable external dependent metadata file to the metadata of the application metadata file, assign a confidence level relative to a pre-determined confidence level, for each located comparable external dependency, and download the located comparable external dependencies having a confidence level greater than the pre-determined confidence level.
US10459700B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing vector element ordering. One technique includes setting one or more control bits that determine a vector element ordering and a vector element numbering, where the one or more control bits are stored in a machine status register or in a page table entry. The vector element ordering includes one of a big-endian mode and a little-endian mode, and the vector element numbering includes one of a big-endian mode and a little-endian mode. The technique includes reading the one or more control bits to determine a big-endian or a little-endian mode for the vector element ordering and for the vector element numbering. The technique also includes performing a vector operation in the determined mode for the vector element ordering and the determined mode for the vector element numbering.
US10459699B2
A system for a website building system implemented on a server, the server having at least one processor and a memory and including a site analyzer to generate a representative component for each of a cluster of multiple components of a website of a user, based on an analysis of the attributes of the multiple components; and an editor UI builder to create a dynamically modified user interface at least from the representative components for a visual editor of said website; where the site analyzer and the editor UI builder change the dynamically modified user interface as the user edits the website; and where the visual editor includes a regular user interface and said dynamically modified user interface.
US10459688B1
An apparatus comprises: processing circuitry to perform data processing; and an instruction decoder to control the processing circuitry to perform an anchored-data processing operation to generate an anchored-data element. The anchored-data element has an encoding including type information indicative of whether the anchored-data element represents: a portion of bits of a two's complement number, said portion of bits corresponding to a given range of significance representable using the anchored-data element; or a special value other than said portion of bits of a two's complement number.
US10459684B2
A first stream and second stream of audio are received. The first stream of audio may comprise source audio content to be played back by the audio playback device. The second stream of audio may comprise a recording of an audio signal output by the audio playback device based on the audio playback device playing the source audio content. An estimated frequency response of an audio playback device may be calculated based on the received first stream of audio and the received second stream of audio. Acoustics of the audio playback device may be adjusted based on the estimated frequency response.
US10459679B2
A display system and methods; in general, a plurality of display sub-assemblies collectively creating a viewing plane. Each display sub-assembly having a plurality of light emitting elements on a substrate with a plurality of substantially equal pixel gaps between light emitting elements. Bend gaps are provided between pixels that enable the display sub-assemblies to bend thereby creating a curved viewing plane. A mobile LED panel display may be formed of a plurality of LED display modules having a plurality of pixels, four or more casters, a battery powered supply, a media player (electrically communicating with the plurality of display modules for controlling the display of images on the LED panel display, and a removable content storage device and; thus, functions as a rugged, light weight, battery powered display to inform customers and passers-by about product and service offerings via a rugged person size mobile light weight battery powered display.
US10459677B2
Portable electronic devices may be wirelessly charged while resting on a wireless charging surface of a wireless power transmitting device. The wireless power transmitting device may have an array of coils for transmitting wireless power. The portable electronic devices may have coils for receiving the transmitted wireless power. Magnetic sensors may be used in the portable electronic devices to sense magnetic fields produced by the wireless power transmitting device. The magnetic fields may be produced by permanent magnets, electromagnets that are separated from the coils, or coils in the array of coils. Sensors may also be used in the portable electronic devices and wireless power transmitting device such as sound sensors, light sensors, capacitive sensors, proximity sensors, and other sensors. These sensors may be used in measuring lateral position and orientation for the portable devices so that content may be displayed across multiple portable devices.
US10459675B2
A method and control system control a process line by providing a PLC with control screens each having a unique screen number. Each HMI device is provided access to a first set of the control screens, with displayed buttons labeled with a corresponding one of the control screens. Input signals are received from a requesting HMI device that identifies the requesting HMI device and requests a control action or a monitoring action for a corresponding workstation. Additionally, the requesting HMI device is provided access to a second set of the control screens based on the received input signals, such that the HMI devices share an HMI control template that is also dynamically and individually scalable to the requesting HMI device. The process line is then controlled via the PLC in response to control signals from the HMI devices corresponding to selections from the control screens.
US10459673B2
A device controlling a printing apparatus is enabled to efficiently acquire information on a data form or the like applicable to the printing apparatus. A terminal device includes a communication interface that can communicate with a printer. The terminal device includes a terminal control unit that requests the printer to communicate using a specific communication port via the communication interface and receives a responding state of the printer to the request. The terminal control unit determines a data form applicable to the printer based on the response and communicates with the printer via the communication interface using data in the determined data form.
US10459671B2
An imaging device having a controller, a print engine and a raster image processor including methods for reducing wear in one or more components of the imaging device, the raster image processor including instructions for receiving a print job, determining whether one or more function features in the imaging device is disabled prior processing the print job, adjusting a default printing performance of the imaging device upon a determination that the one or more function features in the imaging device is disabled, generating a rasterized image for each page of the print job following the adjusting, and sending each rasterized image to the print engine of the imaging device for printing, wherein the adjusting the printing performance of the imaging device reduces the component wear in the imaging device and extends an allowable life of the one or more imaging components.
US10459668B2
A print control device 31 connected to a host 20 and a printer 32 has a print data receiving unit 81 that receives print data written in markup language from the host 20, a command generating unit 82 that adds an initialization command before the print data and generates a print instruction command, and a command transmission unit 83 that transmits the generated print instruction command to the printer 32.
US10459667B2
A nonvolatile memory device includes a nonvolatile memory cell array, where N bits are stored in a single memory cell (N being an integer greater than or equal to 2), and a page buffer circuit electrically connected to the nonvolatile memory cell array. The page buffer circuit includes at least N latches configured to temporarily store data. A data input/output circuit connected to the page buffer circuit receives programmed input data and provides the input data to the page buffer circuit. A control logic controls the page buffer and initializes a target latch value before receiving all input data of a program unit from the data input/output circuit.
US10459665B2
Disclosed herein is a computer storage array providing one or more remote initiators with NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) access to one or more storage devices connected to the storage array. According to an example embodiment, the computer storage array comprises: a computer processor configured to run an operating system for managing networking protocols; a network switch configured to establish an NVMe-oF connection and route data between the initiators and the storage devices; a baseboard management controller (BMC) configured to configure a network setting or NVMe-oF setting of the storage devices; a PCIe switch connecting the BMC with each of the storage devices via a PCIe bus; and a computer motherboard including the PCIe bus and to which the computer processor, network switch, BMC and PCIe switch are installed.
US10459655B1
Generally described, one or more aspects of the present application correspond to a highly distributed replica of a volume stored in a networked elastic computing environment. First and second replicas of the volume can be synchronously replicated, and some implementations of the tertiary replica can be asynchronously replicated. The highly distributed nature of the tertiary replica supports parallel data transfer of the data of the volume, resulting in faster creation of backups and new copies of the volume.
US10459645B2
It is provided a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program that causes an information processing apparatus which includes a plurality of memory areas and executes a first process and a process for rebooting the information processing apparatus and a second process. The information processing apparatus executes initializing a memory area of the plurality of memory areas as a memory area used for executing the first process, storing first information in a memory area, the first information indicating whether each memory area of the plurality of memory areas is initialized, executing the first process by using the memory area initialized as the memory area used for executing the first process, and initializing according to the first information, during the process for rebooting the information processing apparatus, a memory area which is not initialized as a memory area used for executing the second process.
US10459643B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for a storage system. The storage system includes an active storage site and a standby storage site, and a logical unit number LUN for a storage pool of the active storage site is replicated to a LUN for a storage pool of the standby storage site to form a consistency group. The method comprises: creating a first LUN and a second LUN as mirrors of each other at the active storage site and the standby storage site, respectively; adding the mirrors formed by the first LUN and the second LUN to the consistency group; after the second LUN is added to the storage pool of the standby storage site, adding the first LUN to the storage pool of the active storage site.
US10459625B2
A controlling a portable device comprising a first touch screen and a second touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying first information related to a first application on the first touch screen and displaying second information related to the first application on the second touch screen; receiving a first user input moving to the first touch screen on the second touch screen; and replacing the first information and the second information with a third information and a fourth information related to the first application on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to receiving the first user input, wherein each of the third information and the fourth information is displayed while being slidden in direction from the second touch screen to the first touch screen and the third information is displayed over a boundary between the first touch screen and the second screen during the sliding of the third information and the fourth information.
US10459624B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a touchscreen and a control device for executing an operating command which is input on the user side via the touchscreen. The control device is adapted to control the touchscreen such that, in order to prompt a command input, a first graphic element marking a touching starting location and a destination graphic arrangement having at least one second graphic element at a distance from the first graphic element are displayed on the touchscreen. The control device is further adapted to recognise a command input depending detecting a first movement of at least one object over the touchscreen starting from the touching starting location continuously up to a second graphic element of the destination graphic arrangement and on reaching this second graphic element a movement stoppage of the object, followed by a follow-up action of the object on the touchscreen.
US10459622B1
Video content may be presented on a touchscreen display. A viewing window for the video content may define an extent of the video content presented on the touchscreen display. Reception of an automatic movement input by the touchscreen display during the presentation of the video content may be determined. The automatic movement input may include user engagement with the touchscreen display that moves along the touchscreen display to an edge of the touchscreen display during an input period. The movement along the touchscreen display may cause a movement of the viewing window during the input period. Based on the automatic movement input, the movement of the viewing window may be continued after the input period. The movement of the viewing window after the input period may be continuous with the movement of the viewing window during the input period.
US10459608B2
A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for generating a navigable user interface for a mobile shopping comparison application. In some embodiments, the method may include determining that a query request has indications of item specific attributes for comparison, identifying the most relevant item attributes corresponding to the item specific comparison, and presenting the attributes in conjunction with their corresponding items in a navigable user interface.
US10459607B2
Expandable application representation techniques are described. The techniques may include support of an expandable tile that may function as an intermediary within a root level (e.g., start menu or screen) of a file system. The expandable tile, for instance, may be output via a gesture to gain additional information that was not included in an unexpanded version of the tile, may be utilized to provide inputs to an application such that a user, and so on. Thus, this may support non-modal interaction by a user. Techniques are also described in which the expanded representation is included in a taskbar, which may also be used for non-modal interaction, sending of content represented in the representation to a device or application, continuation of interaction initiated with the representation by a mobile computing device, and so on. Expandable tile techniques may also be utilized to support interaction between shells of an operating system, such as a desktop and immersive shell. Further description of these and other examples involving and not involving an expandable tile are also contemplated.
US10459602B2
An electronic collaboration system via which a plurality of users can post and view content, rapidly located desired content, and be notified of new content in real time.
US10459601B2
A preferred contact group centric interface for a communication device can be used to facilitate communications by a user. The user interface can be arranged to activate from a user's “home page” on the display, from an idle screen that is accessed after a timeout period expires, or any other appropriate mechanism that activates the preferred contact group centric experience. A user selects the preferred contact group from among an array of the user's contacts. Once the contact group is configured, a minimal number of navigation/selection features is necessary to activate any number of communication modes available to the contacts. The contact group is configured such that simple and quick navigation between the contact members is achieved. The contact group can be presented in 2D and 3D arrangements, in any number of list or geometric configurations. A pricing plan can optionally be tied to each member of the contact group.
US10459595B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display having a first area and a second area functionally divided, a determination module configured to determine a location of a touch input, and a processing module configured to process the touch input based on a state of the electronic device, if the location of the touch input is in the second area.
US10459592B2
A touch apparatus including a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode is provided. The first touch electrode has first conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The second touch electrode has second conductive lines constituting a mesh pattern. The first touch electrode crosses over the second touch electrode to form an interlacing region of the first touch electrode and the second touch electrode. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode and the second conductive lines of the second touch electrode form M interlacing points within the interlacing region. The first conductive lines of the first touch electrode have N openings within the interlacing region. M and N are positive integers and satisfy: 5 % ≤ ( N M + N ) × 100 % ≤ 50 % .
US10459590B2
A touch panel is formed by firstly forming a film layer on a first plate, and next, sequentially forming a buffer layer on the film layer, forming a sensing layer on the buffer layer, forming a second plate on the sensing layer. After the foregoing formation procedures, the first plate is removed from the film layer. Next, a cover is attached to the film layer. In this way, the film layer is located between the cover and the buffer layer. Finally, the second plate is removed from the sensing layer, so as to form a touch panel with the features of light weight, thin thickness and low costs.
US10459588B2
A display device including a display panel having 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 sensing electrode unit disposed on the first surface, 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, and the sensing electrode unit is configured to be applied with compressive force when the display device is bent.
US10459586B2
A touch sensor includes: a first organic layer including first recesses; first conductive patterns disposed in the first recesses; a second organic layer disposed on the first organic layer, the second organic layer covering at least some of the first conductive patterns and including second recesses; second conductive patterns disposed in the second recesses; and a third organic layer disposed on the second organic layer, the third organic layer covering at least some of the second conductive patterns. Some of the first and second conductive patterns form a driving line extending in a first direction. Some of the first and second conductive patterns form a sensing line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The touch sensor is configured to sense a touch based on a change in capacitance between the driving line and the sensing line.
US10459581B2
A method for performing input sensing using an input device includes: receiving, at a sensing region of the input device, an input; obtaining, via receivers of the input device, measurements corresponding to the input, wherein obtaining the measurements comprises: separately driving multiple subsets of transmitters of the input device, and obtaining measurements corresponding to each separately-driven subset of transmitters via the receivers, wherein each separately-driven subset of transmitters comprises a plurality of non-contiguous transmitters; and generating, by a processing system of the input device, an image of the input based on the obtained measurements.
US10459580B2
A touch screen and a touch device are provided. The touch screen includes a substrate and a plurality of touch electrodes on the substrate arranged at a same layer and in a matrix. Each of the plurality of touch electrode includes at least two sub-electrode wires, and the at least two sub-electrode wires are connected in sequence to form a polyline-shape. The substrate includes a plurality of sub-regions, each of the plurality of sub-region includes at least one touch electrode, and the at least one touch electrodes at a same sub-region are of an identical pattern. The plurality of sub-regions includes at least two sub-regions, and respective touch electrodes of the at least two sub-regions are of different patterns.
US10459575B2
An irradiation optical system includes a uniformizing section and an irradiation lens section. The uniformizing section brings in-plane distribution of light emitted from a light source, close to uniform in-plane distribution. The irradiation lens section diffuses the light in a predetermined direction. The in-plane distribution of the light is brought close to the uniform in-plane distribution by the uniformizing section. The irradiation lens section includes, in order from the light source, a first cylindrical lens and a second cylindrical lens each having negative refractive power in the predetermined direction.
US10459571B2
A 3-dimensional (3D) flat panel display with a built-in touch screen panel includes a first substrate, a plurality of pixels on the first substrate, a plurality of first electrode patterns spaced apart from one another at a first predetermined interval along a first direction, the plurality of first electrode patterns for driving the plurality of pixels, a second substrate positioned to face the first substrate, and a plurality of barrier patterns formed on an outer surface of the second substrate and spaced apart from one another at a second predetermined interval along a second direction, intersecting the first direction. At least one of the plurality of first electrode patterns and at least one barrier pattern of the plurality of barrier patterns serve as electrodes for the built-in touch screen panel.
US10459559B2
A method, system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for providing multi-dimensional haptic touch screen interaction are provided herein. The method includes detecting a force applied to a touch screen by an object and determining a magnitude, direction, and location of the force. The method also includes determining a haptic force feedback to be applied by the touch screen on the object based on the magnitude, direction, and location of the force applied to the touch screen, and displacing the touch screen in a specified direction such that the haptic force feedback is applied by the touch screen on the object.
US10459557B2
A display device includes: a plurality of light emitting elements; a pixel definition layer having a plurality of openings defining positions of the light emitting elements; an encapsulation layer on the light emitting elements and the pixel definition layer; an insulation layer on the encapsulation layer and having a smaller width than a portion of the pixel definition layer between two adjacent openings therein; and a plurality of touch sensing cells on the insulation layer.
US10459556B2
A touch display panel and a display device are disclosed. The touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first solder pad, a second solder pad and a touch sensing layer. The first substrate is defined with a display region and a non-display region. In the present invention, the first solder pad is disposed at a substrate having the touch sensing layer. That is, the first substrate is provided with a non-display region having the second solder pad. A wider black masking region for the first solder pad and corresponding trace region is not required so that an edge frame of the display device can be reduced, which is beneficial for a narrow-frame design of the display device.
US10459539B2
An electronic pen has a tubular housing which has an opening provided at one end in an axial direction of the housing and is closed at another end thereof, and has at least one electronic pen main body accommodated in the tubular housing. The electronic pen main body includes a core body having an end in the axial direction of the housing that serves as a pen tip, and a magnetic core provided at an end of core body that is opposite to the end of the core body that serves as the pen tip and having a coil wound thereon. In operation, the end of the core body that serves as the pen tip projects from the opening of the housing to outside of the housing, and part of the magnetic core projects from the opening of the housing to outside of the housing.
US10459536B2
Disclosed are a portable carrier stores a mouse setting data and a mouse device. The mouse device includes a data receiver, a data receiver, an operation interface and a processor. The data receiver receives a mouse setting data. The operation interface includes a plurality of user-operated units. The processor is connected to the data receiver, the memory unit and the operation interface. The processor sets the functions of the mouse device according to the mouse setting data, and stores the mouse setting data in the memory unit. Each of the functions of the mouse device corresponds to each of the user-operated units of the operation interface.
US10459535B2
A method for controlling movement of a computer display cursor based on a point-of-aim of a pointing device within an interaction region includes projecting an image of a computer display to create the interaction region. At least one calibration point having a predetermined relation to the interaction region is established. A pointing line is directed to substantially pass through the calibration point while measuring a position of and an orientation of the pointing device. The pointing line has a predetermined relationship to the pointing device. Movement of the cursor is controlled within the interaction region using measurements of the position of and the orientation of the pointing device.
US10459523B2
An electronic device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface, and an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode. The interactive display includes a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data, and a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode.
US10459519B2
A method includes: associating, in a computer system, a virtual controller with a physical controller; allocating a first function to the virtual controller, the allocation providing for performance of the first function using the physical controller; detecting a gesture performed using the physical controller; and in response to detecting the gesture, de-allocating the first function from, or allocating a second function to, the virtual controller.
US10459518B2
In various embodiments, the motion of a wristband is used to control games.
US10459504B2
An in-vehicle system is described that initiates a telematics service call via a touch-based user interface. The in-vehicle system includes a telematics unit that supports communications relating to telematics services, an infotainment center, and a touchscreen interface configured to present user-selectable controls for invoking services provided by the infotainment center and the telematics unit. The system further comprises a backup battery configured to supply power, during a disruption of power supply from a primary power supply, to: the touchscreen interface, the telematics unit, and a microphone/speaker providing bi-directional audio communications with providers of telematics services. The system furthermore includes a backup battery mode control configured to sense a disruption of power provided by the primary power supply. In response to the disruption, the mode control activates a low-power operating mode for the touchscreen interface.
US10459502B2
A charge leveler coupled between an external power supply and a data storage device includes a current limiter to receive an input current from the external power supply and to provide a limited input current at no more than a pre-determined level. A charge reservoir couplable in parallel with an output of the current limiter supplements the limited input current when the pre-determined level is exceeded. The charge reservoir is replenished with surplus limited current when the data storage device draws less than the pre-determined level. A boost assist regulator monitors a requested current from the data storage device, and initiates operation of the charge reservoir to supplement the limited input current when the requested current exceeds the limited input current.
US10459490B2
The present disclosure relates to a foldable terminal including a body, a magnetic attraction assembly and a magnetic buffer assembly. The body includes an upper part, a bending part and a lower part. The upper part is coupled with the bending part. The bending part is coupled with the lower part. When an included angle between the upper part and the lower part is 0 degree, the magnetic attraction assembly attracts. When the included angle between the upper part and the lower part is greater than or less than 180 degrees, members of the magnetic buffer assembly repel each other. The present disclosure further relates to another two kinds of foldable terminals.
US10459479B2
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk, and preamp circuitry coupled to the head, wherein the preamp circuitry comprises a preamp clock and a clock counter configured to count cycles of the preamp clock. A start command over is transmitted from system circuitry over a serial interface to the preamp circuitry to begin counting a number of cycles of the preamp clock. The system circuitry receives a preamp command over the serial interface from the preamp circuitry, wherein the preamp command is based on the clock counter in the preamp circuitry. The system circuitry generates a frequency adjustment command based on the preamp command, and transmits the frequency adjustment command over the serial interface to the preamp circuitry in order to adjust a frequency of the preamp clock.
US10459478B1
A sensor circuit and integrated circuit having the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor circuit includes first and second ring oscillators having different circuit topologies. A first counter is coupled to receive an output signal from the first ring oscillator, while a second counter is coupled to receive an output signal from the second ring oscillator. The sensor circuit further includes a local clock circuit that provides a clock signal to the first and second counters. Furthermore, the local clock circuit is coupled to provide the clock signal exclusively to circuitry within the sensor circuit, the circuitry including the first and second counters.
US10459476B2
An override device is for an actuator having a casing, a motor disposed within the casing and having a shaft rotatable about a central axis, and an output member drivably coupled with the motor shaft. The override device comprises a body having an outer portion engageable with the casing to couple the body with the actuator and an inner portion engageable with the motor shaft. As such, angular displacement of the override body angularly displaces the shaft about the shaft central axis so as to drive the output member. Preferably, the body outer portion includes an annular rim, the body inner portion includes a hub with a socket for receiving the motor shaft end and the body further includes a disk-like intermediate portion extending radially between and integrally connecting the hub and rim.
US10459475B2
A temperature moderation apparatus is structured to be positioned in vehicle passenger compartment. The apparatus includes an outer shell defining an interior of the shell, the wall has an exterior surface structured and positioned for physical contact with a skin surface of a vehicle occupant. The outer shell wall also has a plurality of through-holes formed therein. A phase change material element is positioned within the shell interior. The phase change material element includes a stretchable, thermally-conductive outer wall and a quantity of phase change material positioned therein. A pressurization mechanism is coupled to the phase change material element, the pressurization mechanism is structured to pressurize the phase change material element so as to force portions of the phase change material element to extend from the interior of the shell into associated ones of the through holes and past the outer shell wall exterior surface.
US10459468B1
A current sensing circuit includes a pass transistor, a first sense transistor, a second sense transistor, a driver circuit, and sense circuitry. The driver circuit coupled to, and configured to generate a drive signal to control, the pass transistor, the first sense transistor, and the second sense transistor. The sense circuitry coupled to the pass transistor, the first sense transistor, and the second sense transistor. The sense circuitry includes a first sense circuit and a second sense circuit. The first sense circuit is configured to generate an output current proportional to a current flowing in the pass transistor. The second sense circuit is coupled to the driver circuit and is configured to set the drive signal to a predetermined voltage responsive to a voltage across the pass transistor being less than a threshold voltage.
US10459461B2
An apparatus to distribute pressurized fluid from one or more sources to multiple wellbores. The apparatus includes a manifold having at least two inlets and at least two outlets. Pressurized fluid is brought into the manifold from opposing directions so that the fluid from one inlet will impinge upon the fluid from the other inlet thereby deenergizing the fluid. Additionally, the manifold is configured such that the cross-sectional area of the inlets is less than the cross-sectional area of the manifold thereby decreasing velocity minimizing the kinetic energy available to erode or otherwise damage equipment, while providing a pressure decrease as the fluid enters the manifold. The outlets are configured such that the cross-sectional area of the outlets providing fluid to a single wellbore is greater than or equal to the cross-sectional area of the inlets such that no pressure increase occurs within the manifold or the outlets as the fluid exits the manifold. Additional velocity reduction enhancements may include angled or camp third turns between the inlet and the manifold or the manifold and an outlet.
US10459441B2
In one embodiment, autonomous driving control for an autonomous vehicle is provided by determining a first state of the autonomous vehicle from among a number of states and determining whether one or more conditions have been satisfied, based on current information and historical information of the autonomous vehicle. A next state of the autonomous vehicle and a transition of the autonomous vehicle from the first state to the next state are determined, based on the one or more conditions that are determined to have been satisfied. Based on the transition of the autonomous vehicle, one of a plurality of motion plans is selected.
US10459440B2
Systems and methods are provided for remotely assisting an autonomous vehicle. The method includes: aggregating sensor data from the autonomous vehicle; identifying an assistance-desired scenario; generating an assistance request based on the sensor data; transmitting the assistance request to a remote assistance interface; and receiving and processing a response to the assistance request. The remote assistance interface includes a remote assistance interface that is used in generating the response to the assistance request.
US10459430B2
A method of producing a variable data design file for use in production of personalized copies of a reference 3D object may include receiving a plurality of fixed structural parameters for a reference object and receiving information for creation of a plurality of variable structural parameters corresponding to variable data regions on the reference 3D object. The method may include using the plurality of fixed structural parameters to develop an instruction set configured to cause a 3D printing device to form a 3D object that exhibits the plurality of fixed structural parameters; and including, in the instruction set, instructions for creating the plurality of variable structural parameters based on the received information that will cause the 3D printing device to render at least one of the plurality of variable data regions in the 3D object, wherein the variable data region differs from a corresponding region of the reference 3D object.
US10459427B2
A subroutine executable by the numeric controller to control a production machine is disclosed. A user selects at least one program instruction of the subroutine and the numeric controller outputs a parameterized description of the selected program instruction or of a sequence of program instructions that contains the selected program instruction to the user using the user interface. The user enters a change in the parameterized description and stores a modified subroutine that corresponds to the changed parameterized description. The numeric controller sends a message to a predetermined address identifying. the original subroutine and the change made in a form that can be evaluated in automated fashion. The CAM system that generated the subroutine uses the message to independently and automatically ascertain a data record on which the original subroutine is based and to modify the data record accordingly.
US10459426B2
A sensor assignment device includes a movement instruction generator for generating and submitting a movement instruction to a distinct one of a plurality of actuators to move a distinct one of a plurality of machine parts, a sensor data receiver for receiving sensor data acquired by a subset of a plurality of sensors, a degree of correlation determiner for determining sensor-specific degrees of correlation between the detected sensor data and the movement instruction, and a sensor assigner for assigning those sensors to the distinct machine part whose sensor-specific degrees of correlation exceed a predetermined threshold or a multiple-step fashion as refinement in case of insufficiently reliable map of affiliations between sensors and machine parts. The received sensor data is used to influence the movement instruction.
US10459425B2
A numerical control device includes a tool-attitude vector tolerance input unit to accept a tolerance for correction amounts for tool-attitude vectors; a rotation-axis tolerance determining unit to determine, on the basis of tool attitudes calculated from rotation-axis angles before smoothing and of the tolerance for correction amounts for tool-attitude vectors, a tolerance for correction amounts for the rotation-axis angles; a rotation-axis angle smoothing unit to smooth the rotation-axis angles before smoothing so that change in the rotation-axis angle becomes smooth, thereby calculating rotation-axis angles after smoothing; and a rotation-axis angle determining unit to correct the rotation-axis angles after smoothing so as to fall within the tolerance for correction amounts for rotation-axis angles from the rotation-axis angles before smoothing.
US10459423B2
An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a processing tool configured to process a periphery of a lens; a movement portion configured to change a relative position between the lens and the processing tool; a positional data acquiring portion configured to acquire positional data related to a corner portion of an edge of the lens before the lens is finished and after the lens is roughed; a processing control data acquiring portion configured to acquire corner portion processing control data for removing a chip adhering to the lens through roughing, based on the positional data acquired by the positional data acquiring portion; and a processing control portion configured to control the movement portion based on the corner portion processing control data so as to remove the chip adhering to the lens.
US10459419B2
A web jam detector and associated method are provided for detecting a jam of feedstock material in a scrap chopper. A web detection bar, mounted to the scrap chopper, includes a plurality of web detection fingers. The plurality of web detection fingers are made of an electrically conductive material, are electrically connected to and extend outwardly from the web detection bar, and are positioned to contact the feedstock material when the scrap chopper is in a closed position. A web jam detection circuit is electrically connected to the web detection bar. In operation, the web jam detection circuit supplies direct current electricity to the web detection bar and generates feedback signals based on a voltage of the web detection bar. The feedback signals are indicative of the presence or absence of the feedstock material at the plurality of web detection fingers.
US10459413B2
Controlling and communicating with separate sets of industrial process control devices via separate data protocols simultaneously with a single processing device that utilizes redundancy and task-splitting to increase availability. An exemplary system includes a device integrator processor configured to receive and transmit electronic data via a plurality of protocols simultaneously. In one form, the device integrator processor includes a primary module that primarily controls communications and synchronizes itself with a shadow module of the processor. In another form, the processor includes multiple cores that each control a set of devices. Moreover, the cores implement a redundancy scheme.
US10459395B2
A third contact portion contacts a first contact portion when a drum cartridge moves from first to second guide position. A fourth contact portion contacts a second contact portion when the drum cartridge moves from second to third guide position. When the drum cartridge moves from the first guide position to the second guide position, due to contact of the first contact portion with the third contact portion, the first cover located at the first position rotationally moves in a same rotational direction as the particular rotational direction to be located at the second position. When the drum cartridge moves from the second guide position to the third guide position, due to contact of the second contact portion with the fourth contact portion, the drum cartridge moves from the second guide position to the third guide position in a state where the first cover is kept at the second position.
US10459383B2
A fixing device according an embodiment includes a belt unit and a pressure member. The belt unit includes a supporter, an endless belt movably supported by the supporter, a heater provided inside the endless belt, and a thermal diffusion member including: a first surface in contact with the heater; a second surface in contact with an inner surface of the endless belt; a first wall provided upstream of the heater in a transport direction of a medium; and a second wall provided downstream of the heater in the transport direction. The supporter includes first and second grooves in which the first and second walls are provided respectively. Upon applying a pressing force toward the supporter to the outer surface of the endless belt by the pressure member, the thermal diffusion member and the heater are in contact with each other while being pressed toward a contact surface of the supporter.
US10459379B2
A heater of the present invention includes jointed heat generating resistors having a positive temperature characteristic of resistance and provided between a first conductive element and a second conductive element on a substrate in a longitudinal direction of the substrate, and a plurality of heating blocks provided in the longitudinal direction, each of which is a set of the first conductive element, the second conductive element, and the heat generating resistor, and power supplied to at least one of the plurality of heating blocks can be controlled independent of other heating blocks.
US10459366B2
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a developer-carrying member, a supply member, a developing electrode, a supply electrode, and an insulating member. The casing is configured to accommodate therein developer. The developer-carrying member is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and carry the developer thereon. The supply member is configured to supply the developer to the developer-carrying member. The developing electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the developer-carrying member. The supply electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the supply member. The insulating member insulates the developing electrode and the supply electrode with each other. The developing electrode, the insulating member, and the supply electrode are overlapped in this order in an axial direction of the rotational axis.
US10459362B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging member, a voltage applier, a storage unit, a current detector, a characteristic deriver and a voltage setter. The storage unit stores in advance relationship information representing a relationship between an electrical characteristic of discharge products adhering to the surface and a proper inter-peak voltage value capable of properly charging the surface. The current detector detects a current value of a current flowing from the charging member to the photoconductor. The characteristic deriver derives the electrical characteristic of the discharge products adhering to the surface on the basis of an oscillating voltage applied to the charging member by the voltage applier and the current value. The voltage setter sets the proper inter-peak voltage value corresponding to the electrical characteristic derived by the characteristic deriver in the relationship information as the inter-peak voltage value of the alternating-current voltage.
US10459360B2
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a binder resin comprising a polyester resin, a release agent comprising an ester wax, and a wax dispersing agent comprising a hybrid resin. The hybrid resin comprises a condensation polymerization resin unit and an addition polymerization resin unit. The condensation polymerization resin unit comprises a condensation polymerization product of an aromatic alcohol component and a carboxylic acid component, and the carboxylic acid component comprises an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 9 to 14 carbon atoms. The addition polymerization resin unit comprises an addition polymerization product of a styrene monomer.
US10459356B2
A charging member is provided that has high charging ability and can prevent generation of abnormal discharge even under an environment at a low temperature and a low humidity. The charging member includes an electroconductive support, an electroconductive elastic layer and a surface layer. The electroconductive elastic layer contains electrically insulating domains such that at least a part of the electrically insulating domains is exposed on the surface of the electroconductive elastic layer. The surface layer contains a polymetalloxane having a structure represented by Structural Formula (a1), and M1 in Structural Formula (a1) and a carbon atom in a structural unit represented by Structural Formula (a2) are bonded through a linking group represented by Structural Formula (a3).
US10459355B2
A template substrate according to an embodiment includes a first face and a second face on an opposite side to the first face. A first region is located on the first face to be protruded from a peripheral portion thereof. A second region is located at least at an end portion of the first region, and is a region in which an alignment mark used at a time of transfer of a pattern is intended to be formed. The second region contains a first impurity and a second impurity.
US10459354B2
A lithographic apparatus including a support to support a patterning device, a substrate table to hold a substrate, and a projection system to project a radiation beam patterned by the patterning device onto a target portion of the substrate. A transparent layer is provided to protect the pattering device. The apparatus further includes a transparent layer deformation-determining device to determine a deformation profile of the transparent layer, the deformation profile of the transparent layer expressing a deformation of the transparent layer during a scanning movement of the lithographic apparatus, and a compensator device which is configured to control the projection system, the substrate table and/or the support in response to the deformation profile of the transparent layer to compensate for the deformation of the transparent layer during the scanning movement of the apparatus.
US10459353B2
The present disclosure provides a lithography system. The lithography system includes an exposing module configured to perform a lithography exposing process using a mask secured on a mask stage; and a cleaning module integrated in the exposing module and designed to clean at least one of the mask and the mask stage using an attraction mechanism.
US10459350B2
A linear motor with high heat recovery efficiency that inhibits the rise in surface temperature is offered. The linear motor is disposed in a surrounding member (142) and facing a flow passage (142a) of a liquid for regulating temperature, and is provided with a coil unit (141) having at least a part thereof in contact with the liquid. The coil unit (141) is provided with a coil body (144), a mold layer (143) that covers the coil body and holds it in specific form, and a liquid protection layer (150) that covers the mold layer (143) and has liquid protection properties.
US10459346B2
A method to improve a lithographic process for imaging a portion of a design layout onto a substrate using a lithographic projection apparatus having an illumination system and projection optics, the method including: obtaining an illumination source shape and a mask defocus value; optimizing a dose of the lithographic process; and optimizing the portion of the design layout for each of a plurality of slit positions of the illumination source.
US10459340B2
A developing method includes: forming a liquid pool of a diluted developing solution diluted with pure water in a central portion of a substrate; forming a liquid film of the diluted developing solution on a surface of the substrate by accelerating rotation of the substrate to diffuse the liquid pool of the diluted developing solution on the entire surface of the substrate; and then supplying a developing solution onto the substrate. Supplying a developing solution includes: supplying the developing solution from a developing solution supply nozzle having a liquid contact surface while securing a gap having a predetermined size between the developing solution supply nozzle and the substrate; and moving the developing solution supply nozzle in a radial direction passing through a center of the substrate while forming a liquid pool of the developing solution between the substrate and the liquid contact surface of the developing solution supply nozzle.
US10459338B2
Self-aligned via and plug patterning for back end of line (BEOL) interconnects are described. In an example, a structure for directed self-assembly includes a substrate and a block co-polymer structure disposed above the substrate. The block co-polymer structure has a polystyrene (PS) component and a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) component. One of the PS component or the PMMA component is photosensitive.
US10459333B2
A halftone phase shift film is formed on a transparent substrate by reactive sputtering using a silicon target, an inert gas, and a nitrogen-containing reactive gas. A hysteresis curve is drawn by sweeping the flow rate of the reactive gas, and plotting the sputtering voltage or current during the sweep versus the flow rate of the reactive gas. In a transition mode sputtering step of sputtering in a region corresponding to a range from more than the lower limit of reactive gas flow rate providing the hysteresis to less than the upper limit, the target power, the inert gas flow rate and/or the reactive gas flow rate is increased or decreased continuously or stepwise.
US10459325B2
At least one embodiment of an image processing apparatus is provided for generating data used to form on a recording medium an uneven layer having a plurality of projections, including: a first obtaining unit that obtains first brightness information regarding a brightness of a predetermined area of an object observed in a first viewing direction and regarding a brightness of the predetermined area of the object observed in a second viewing direction, the second viewing direction having an azimuth angle different from an azimuth angle of the first viewing direction; and a first generation unit that generates first recording amount data that indicates a recording amount of recording material used to form the uneven layer on the recording medium, the uneven layer having the projections each having a base in a shape that changes, on a basis of the first brightness information.
US10459322B2
A light source system according to an aspect of the invention comprises a light source unit, an optical path switching device configured to selectively switch a direction of light from the light source unit between a plurality of directions, and a heat dissipating unit positioned in one of the plurality of directions and isolated from the optical path switching device via a light transmitting member.
US10459319B2
A sensor bracket includes a bracket on which a camera detecting a state around the vehicle is mounted, a planar portion that holds the camera to the bracket by engaging with an engagement protrusion of the camera, a flat spring that biases the camera in a direction that maintains an engaged state of the camera by abutting against the camera when the camera is mounted on the bracket, a projecting structure of the bracket that restricts a defamation range of the flat spring displaced in an engagement direction of the engagement protrusion within an elastic deformation range when the engagement protrusion is engaged with the planar portion while the camera is abutted against the flat spring.
US10459312B2
A media-defined optical logic circuit composed of a set of light-transmitting polyhedral prisms arranged so that a pair of adjacent prisms can exchange photonic signals through adjacent surfaces. Each prism contains one or more quantum dots that, when excited by a photonic signal received from an adjacent prism, respond by emitting light that becomes an incoming photonic signal for an adjacent prism. Photonic signals are propagated through the circuit in this manner along light-guide paths created by shading certain surfaces to render them fully or partially opaque. The prisms and shading are arranged such that the circuit performs a certain logic function. When the circuit receives a set of photonic input signals representing a binary input value, the circuit responds by emitting a set of photonic output signals that represent a binary output value determined by performing the logic function upon the binary input value.
US10459308B2
The disclosure relates generally to an electrochromic system. The system may include one or more electrochromic devices and a central control device. Each electrochromic device may include two glass layers, two adhesive layers, an electrochromic film, a controller, and a control device. The two adhesive layers may be disposed on inner surfaces of the two glass layers. The electrochromic film may be disposed between the two adhesive layers, the electrochromic film including an electrochromic material layer, a solid polymer electrolyte, and a charge storage layer. The controller may include a power converter, a signal receiver, and a power output. The power converter may be configured to receive power from a power source. The power source may include an energy storage integrated with the controller. The signal receiver may be configured to receive a control signal. The power output may be coupled to the electrochromic film and configured to provide power to the electrochromic film to control optical state of the electrochromic film. The control device may be configured to send the control signal to the signal receiver. The central control device may be configured to globally control optical states of all of the one or more electrochromic devices.
US10459293B2
Liquid crystal photonic devices and microcavities filled with liquid crystal materials are becoming increasingly popular. These devices often present a challenge when it comes to creating a robust alignment layer in pre-assembled cells. Previous research on photo-definable alignment layers has shown that they have limited stability, particularly against subsequent light exposure. A method of infusing a dye into a microcavity to produce an effective photo-definable alignment layer is described, along with a method of utilizing a pre-polymer infused into the microcavity mixed with the liquid crystal to provide photostability. In this method, the polymer layer, formed under optical irradiation of liquid crystal cells, is effectively localized to a thin region near the substrate surface and thus provides a significant improvement in the photostability of the liquid crystal alignment. This versatile alignment layer method, which can be used in microcavities to displays, offers significant promise for new photonics applications.
US10459290B2
A film of 15 to 45 μm thick containing a cellulose acylate and an aromatic ester oligomer having a repeating unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid and a repeating unit derived from a diol, in which the repeating unit derived from a dicarboxylic acid has a ratio m/n of from 0/10 to 3/7, m and n represent a molar proportion of a repeating unit derived from an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, respectively, and the film satisfies |Rth(590)|≤50 nm; has a good appearance and is free of deterioration in display performance when the film with a thin thickness is produced in the form of a roll, achieves a high pencil hardness by imparting a high Knoop hardness to the film, even with a hard coat layer provided, and is free of display unevenness on installing the film in a liquid crystal display device.
US10459282B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technologies, and discloses a display device for reducing a thickness of the display device, so as to obtain a thinner display device and simplify the manufacture process. The display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate arranged oppositely; as well as a plurality of color control light-emitting units, a wire grid polarizer and a plurality of transmittance adjustment pixel units arranged sequentially from an inner side of the first substrate towards an inner side of the second substrate.
US10459281B2
A stereoscopic image display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a lens panel positioned at a surface where the display panel displays an image, wherein the lens panel includes: a photomodulation unit controlling a light path of light emitted from the display panel; and a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit facing each other via the photomodulation unit interposed therebetween, and wherein the first electrode unit includes a plurality of electrodes that are electrically connected to each other and positioned at different layers, and the second electrode unit includes at least one corresponding electrode overlapping at least one among the plurality of electrodes.
US10459279B2
An array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, a display panel and a display device are disclosed, for reducing the amount of harmful blue light in a backlight without influencing the display quality of the product. The array substrate comprises a light-transmission region and a non-transmission region, and the light-transmission region is provided with a blue light filtering layer configured to absorb blue light with a wavelength smaller than 450 nm (FIG. 1).
US10459266B2
The present application discloses a display module including a display substrate having a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area; a packaging cover facing the display substrate; and a mold frame having a frame shape and configured to receive the display substrate and the packaging cover. In the present display module, the mold frame includes a main body and a protrusion protruding away from an inner surface of the mold frame, the protrusion is between the display substrate and the packaging cover; the packaging cover has a recess in an area corresponding to the protrusion for receiving the protrusion; the recess and the protrusion complementarily match each other; and the protrusion has a first surface abutting the peripheral area of the display substrate and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second surface abutting a surface of the recess.
US10459265B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first substrate including a first insulating substrate, a second substrate including a second insulating substrate and opposing the first substrate, and an adhesive layer which attaches the first substrate and the second substrate together. The adhesive layer includes a first portion extending in a first direction. The first portion includes a first end portion and a second end portion, each extending in the first direction. The second substrate includes a third end portion located between the first end portion and the second end portion and extending in the first direction. The first substrate and the second substrate are bent in a position overlapping the first portion.
US10459262B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a driver, a first pixel circuit disposed apart from the driver in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a second pixel circuit separated further from the driver than the first pixel circuit in plan view but electrically connected to the driver, a first pixel electrode overlapping the driver in plan view, a second pixel electrode overlapping the first pixel circuit in plan view, a first relay line electrically connecting the first pixel circuit and the first pixel electrode to each other, and a second relay line electrically connecting the second pixel circuit and the second pixel electrode to each other.
US10459253B2
The invention relates to an ophthalmic device (1) which includes an electrochromic cell (3) comprising at least two transparent layers (4, 5) having curved inner surfaces (4a, 5a) and defining therebetween a closed recess (6) filled with an electrochromic composition (7), the recess (6) being defined peripherally by a sealing gasket (11) made from an adhesive material (20), the sealing gasket (11) being suitable for keeping the two transparent layers (4, 5) assembled together.
US10459247B2
A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens (12), includes a marking step for producing permanent technical marks (24) on the lens, which includes a body (29), a first surface (20) and a second surface (28) opposite the first surface (20); the step of additive manufacturing (110-112) of the body and the first and second surfaces, by depositing a plurality of first predetermined volume elements of a first material having a first complex index of refraction (35), in order to obtain first and second optical surfaces, respectively, of the first and second surfaces; and the step of additive manufacturing (113) of the marks by depositing, during the deposition of a plurality of the first volume elements of the first material, at least one second predetermined volume element of a second material having a second complex index of refraction (30) other than the first complex index of refraction of the first material.
US10459243B2
Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit that synchronizes its gyroscope and drive circuit using gyroscope data ready signals and gyroscope reset signals. In response to a gyroscope data ready signal, the optical image stabilization circuit synchronously obtains position measurements of a camera lens when power drive signals are not transitioning from one power level to another power level, and synchronously transitions the power drive signals simultaneously with gyroscope reset signals. By synchronizing the gyroscope and the drive circuit, the gyroscope and other onboard sensing circuits are isolated from noise generated by the drive circuit.
US10459241B2
Imaging apparatus and methods using diffraction-based illumination are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a diffraction grating to redirect light from a light source toward a sample to thereby illuminate the sample. The example apparatus also includes an image sensor to detect a diffraction pattern created by the illuminated sample.
US10459234B2
The present disclosure relates to head-mounted displays (HMDs) and HMD controllers and to managing low power situations. As the HMD and controller are operational, the HMD monitors the energy level of the batteries. If the HMD detects that a battery energy level is below a first threshold, the HMD sends a low battery command to a developer application. The low battery command causes the developer application to enter a low battery mode in which it performs operations that encourage the user to charge the battery. If the energy level of the battery continues to decrease, the HMD may detect the battery energy is below a second threshold. As a result, the HMD and controller enter into a pass-through mode. In a pass-through mode the HMD projects a representation of an operating environment of the HMD in a display of the HMD.
US10459233B2
A display includes a projector configured to provide light of a virtual image, a waveguide into which the light of the virtual image is injected at an injection angle by the projector, and a combiner disposed along the waveguide and configured to redirect the light of the virtual image. The waveguide is configured to emit the light at a point established by the injection angle. The combiner is further configured to allow ambient light from beyond the waveguide to pass through the combiner. The waveguide constrains the light of the virtual image through total internal reflection along a curved path for the light between the projector and the combiner.
US10459227B2
A method includes detecting currently existing dose rates while a worker is performing an operation within a Radiologically Controlled Area (RCA) and visually outputting to the worker a dosage rate map of ionizing radiation within the RCA. The visual output can be visually depicted on a display that is worn by the worker during the operation and that is situated in proximity to the worker's eye. Another method of visually outputting to a worker a number of visual indicia that are representative of a number of parameters of an operation performed inside or outside the RCA includes periodically receiving a number of inputs from a number of detectors, employing the inputs to determine values for the parameters, and depicting the number of visible indicia on an electronic visual display that is situated on the worker and that is disposed proximate an eye of the worker.
US10459226B2
A method including determining occurrence of a virtual information region event, the virtual information region event indicating a change of information that is allocated to a virtual information region that is at least partially beyond a field of view of a head mounted display, the virtual information region having a virtual information region location that is in a direction from the field of view, causing rendering of a non-visual notification that is indicative of the direction from the field of view in response to the virtual information region event, receiving information indicative of a visual notification invocation input, determining a visual notification that is visually descriptive of at least one aspect of the virtual information region event in response to the visual notification invocation input, and causing display of the visual notification on the head mounted display is disclosed.
US10459214B2
An objective optical system for an endoscope consists of a front group, an aperture stop, and a positive rear group in order from an object side. The front group consists of a negative first lens having a smaller absolute value of a curvature radius of a lens surface on an image side than that on an object side, and one or more parallel planar members of which an incidence surface and an emission surface are perpendicular to an optical axis, in order from the object side. The rear group consists of a positive second lens and a cemented lens in which a negative third lens, and a positive fourth lens are joined together in order from the object side and a cemented surface has a concave surface toward the image side. A predetermined conditional expression is satisfied.
US10459213B2
Among other things, a first surface is configured to receive a sample and is to be used in a microscopy device. There is a second surface to be moved into a predefined position relative to the first surface to form a sample space that is between the first surface and the second surface and contains at least part of the sample. There is a mechanism configured to move the second surface from an initial position into the predefined position to form the sample space. When the sample is in place on the first surface, the motion of the second surface includes a trajectory that is not solely a linear motion of the second surface towards the first surface.
US10459210B2
An optical arrangement for imaging a sample is disclosed. The optical arrangement comprises at least one first objective lens and at least one second objective lens, at least one illumination source for producing an illumination beam, detector for imaging radiation from the sample, and at least one mirror for reflecting the radiation from one of the first objective lens or the second objective lens into the detector. The at least one mirror is double-sided and dependent on the illumination beam at the other one of the first objective lens and the second objective lens.
US10459206B2
A mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a camera module. The terminal body includes a housing and a control module. The housing is provided with a viewfinder window. The camera module includes a lens component and an image sensor. The lens component includes a lens frame, a concave lens, and a convex lens. The image sensor is fixed inside the housing and is located at a side of the convex lens away from the concave lens. The image sensor is electrically connected to the control module so as to control the image sensor using the control module to recognize an object image from outside of the viewfinder window.
US10459204B2
An optical imaging lens including first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side is provided. Each lens element includes an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The first lens element has positive refracting power, and a periphery region of the image-side surface of the first lens element is concave. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the second lens element is concave. A periphery region of the object-side surface of the third lens element is concave. An optical axis region of the image-side surface of the sixth lens element is concave.
US10459202B2
The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens including, in an order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens and a seventh lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10459186B2
A house connection for a cable in a medium conduit comprises a cable passage with which the cable is taken out of the medium conduit. The cable passage is provided with a cable tensioner with which a portion of the cable can be tensioned in the medium conduit. The cable passage is preferably part of a rotatable manifold.
US10459178B2
This optical receptacle is provided with: a first optical surface; a second optical surface; a first recess; a second recess; an inclined surface; insertion holes; through holes; and reference parts. The second optical surface and the inclined surface face each other at inside surfaces of the first recess. The inclined surface is inclined so as to extend away from the second optical surface as the inclined surface approaches an opening of the first recess. First openings which are open at the inclined surface and second openings which are open at an inside surface of the second recess are provided at both ends of the linear insertion holes. The thorough holes face the second openings on the central axes of the insertion holes. The reference parts are provided to the surface at the side at which the first recess and the second recess are open.
US10459174B2
In the examples provided herein, an apparatus has a first substrate upon which one or more first filters have been fabricated on a first surface of the first substrate. The apparatus also has a second substrate upon which one or more second filters have been fabricated on a second surface of the second substrate, wherein the one or more first filters and the one or more second filters each transmit a different band of wavelengths. Additionally, the apparatus has a bonding material that bonds the first substrate to the second substrate.
US10459173B2
An optical cable subassembly includes one or more optical waveguides, at least light coupling unit comprising a first attachment area permanently attached to the optical waveguides, and at least one cable retainer comprising a second attachment area permanently attached to the optical waveguides and adapted to be installed in a housing. A length of the optical waveguides between the first attachment area and the second attachment area allows a bend in the optical waveguides that provides a predetermined mating spring force at a predetermined angle of the light coupling unit when installed in the housing.
US10459166B2
A waveguide structure for optical coupling is provided. The waveguide structure includes a first waveguide embedded in a cladding of a lower refractive index than the first waveguide, a second waveguide of a higher refractive index than the cladding, and an intermediate waveguide. The first waveguide and the second waveguide are physically arranged at the same side of the intermediate waveguide to establish an optical coupling between the first waveguide and the second waveguide through the intermediate waveguide. The first waveguide material has a refractive index value smaller than or equal to 3.
US10459162B2
To provide a semiconductor device including a low-loss optical waveguide. The optical waveguide included in the semiconductor device has a core layer covered with first and second clad layers having respectively different refractive indices. A portion of the core layer is covered at a first ratio, that is, a ratio of the first clad layer to the second clad layer and at the same time, a second ratio, that is, a ratio of the second clad layer to the first clad layer. At this time, the first ratio and the second ratio are each a finite value more than 0.
US10459157B2
An optical emitter package is disclosed. The optical emitter package can include a carrier, a switching die, and an optical emitter die mounted to the carrier. The optical emitter die can be directly electrically and mechanically connected to the carrier with a conductive adhesive. An energy storage device can be mounted to the carrier. The energy storage device can be directly electrically and mechanically connected to the carrier with a second conductive adhesive. The carrier can provide electrical communication between the switching die, the optical emitter die, and the energy storage device.
US10459154B2
An illumination apparatus including a light-emitting unit and an apparatus-holding section. The light-emitting unit includes a light guide plate with a center portion being opened, a light source that inputs light from a side of an inner wall of the light guide plate, and a reflective film formed on a side of an upper surface of the light guide plate to reflect light propagated in the light guide plate. The light-emitting unit outputs light from a light output surface in opposite to the upper surface of the light guide plate. The apparatus-holding section detachably holds an electronic apparatus, is capable of removing the electronic apparatus from a side of an output direction of light from the light output surface, and includes a center of a surface parallel to the light output surface, which is positioned inside a light output area of the light output surface.
US10459151B2
An optical sheet for a liquid crystal display device has functions of condensing rays of light with respect to a specific direction in a plane of the optical sheet, and diffusing rays of light with respect to a direction perpendicular to the specific direction. A backlight unit for a liquid crystal display device includes: a light guide film for guiding rays of light incident on an end face of the light guide film toward a front face side; at least one LED light source disposed along the end face of the light guide film; the optical sheet disposed on the front face side; and a prism sheet disposed on a front face of the optical sheet, with the specific direction being parallel to a direction of rays of light emitted by the at least one LED light source and perpendicular to a direction of prism rows of the prism sheet.
US10459149B2
A backlight unit includes: a light source unit including a point light source; and a light guide plate disposed on a path of light emitted from the light source unit, where a plurality of split patterns is defined in the light guide plate. The plurality of split patterns transmits a part of the light emitted from the light source unit and reflects a remaining part thereof, and the plurality of split patterns is concentrically arranged on the light guide plate and around the light source unit.
US10459130B2
In an aspect, a chromatic reflective unit (1) comprises a support structure (7) comprising a plurality of non-coplanar surface sections (7′), a reflective layer (3) formed on the plurality of non-coplanar surface sections (7′), thereby forming a plurality of non-coplanar reflective surface sections (3′), respectively associated with one of the plurality of non-coplanar surface sections (7′), and a chromatic diffusing layer (5) having a back side provided at the reflective surface sections (3′) and a front side for being illuminated by incident light (9), wherein the chromatic diffusing layer (5) comprises a plurality of nanoparticles (37) embedded in a matrix (39), and is configured to provide for—together with non-coplanar reflective surface sections (3′)—a specular reflectance that is larger in the red than in the blue and for a diffuse reflectance that is larger in the blue than in the red.
US10459128B2
A liquid crystal device (100) for focusing visible light, the liquid crystal device (100) comprising a plurality of curved substrates (101,102) arranged to form one or more curved cavities (104) therebetween, each substrate being configured to provide a focal power, wherein the one or more curved cavities contain liquid crystal and form one or more liquid crystal elements. Each of the one or more liquid crystal elements are configured to provide a focal power, the focal power of each of the liquid crystal elements being dependent on the curvature of the respective cavity and a voltage applied across the liquid crystal contained within the respective cavity. The substrates (101,102) in combination with the one or more liquid crystal elements are arranged to provide a first focal power in a substantial absence of an applied voltage and a second focal power in response to an applied voltage.
US10459124B2
A layer system includes at least one stack of successive multilayers, wherein each multilayer includes a first partial layer with a first optical thickness and a second partial layer with a second optical thickness that is different from the first optical thickness. The multilayer has optical characteristics that are specified depending on a parameter which is a function of a ratio of quotients of the optical thickness of a partial layer with higher refractive characteristics and the optical thickness of a partial layer with lower refractive characteristics of the respective multilayers, wherein the index i denotes the order of the successive multilayers in the stack. The product of a reflectivity of the stack of multilayers and the parameter is less than for an anti-reflection and/or anti-reflective effect of the stack of multilayers, or is greater than or equal to 1 for a mirroring. An optical element may include a layer system and a method for producing such a layer system.
US10459121B1
Compositions for increasing the thermal stability of optical absorbers are provided as well as methods of making and using the resulting compositions. The compositions or complexes of the present teachings generally include an optical absorber bound to a metal or a metal oxide through one or more linkers, which contain a metal binding moiety.
US10459117B2
An extended subspace method for inverting geophysical data to infer models for two or more subsurface physical properties, using gradients of an objective function as basis vectors for forming model updates. The extended set of basis vectors provides explicit mixing between gradient components corresponding to different medium parameters, for example P-wave velocity and an anisotropy parameter. In a preferred embodiment, off-diagonal elements of the mixing matrix may be scaled to adjust the degree of mixing between gradient components. Coefficients of the basis vector expansion are determined in a way that explicitly accounts for leakage or crosstalk between different physical parameters. The same extended subspace approach may be used to make further improvement to the model updates by incorporating well constraints, where well log data are available.
US10459114B2
Embodiments are directed towards a multi-stage wireless power transmission system that includes a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit transmits a power beam to the receiving unit, which converts the power beam into local electrical power and provides it to a personal electronic device without a corded connection between the receiving unit and a mains power supply. The transmitting unit includes a light-based transmitter to generate and transmit a power beam towards the receiving unit. The receiving unit includes a receiver to receive at least a portion of the power beam and to convert the received power beam into local electrical power. The receiving unit also includes a power output unit to provide the received local power to a personal electronic device when the personal electronic device, which is separable from the receiving unit, is electrically coupled to the power output unit.
US10459107B2
A monitoring apparatus for use in a well can include multiple segments, the segments comprising at least one buoyancy control device, at least one communication device, and at least one well parameter sensor. A method of communicating in a subterranean well can include installing at least one monitoring apparatus in the well, the monitoring apparatus including a communication device, a well parameter sensor and a buoyancy control device, and the communication device communicating with another communication device. A well monitoring system can include at least one monitoring apparatus disposed in a wellbore, the monitoring apparatus comprising multiple segments, the segments including at least one buoyancy control device, at least one well parameter sensor, and at least one communication device.
US10459105B2
A system for locating an underground line. The system uses a self-propelled autonomous antenna, processor and propulsion system. The antenna detects a magnetic field from an underground line and generates an antenna signal. The processor is programmed to receive the antenna signal and generate a command signal. The propulsion system receives the command signal and moves the antenna along a length of the underground line, allowing the processor to map the same.
US10459101B2
Systems and methods for downhole signal filtering. A method for downhole signal filtering may comprise defining outliers as isolated values; providing thresholds; determining the outliers from a buffer; computing a difference in slowness between adjacent pairs of values; comparing the adjacent pairs of values to other values in a same window; determining if the adjacent pairs of values vary more than the threshold; assigning a 2D flag array a value of 0 if the adjacent pairs of values vary more than the threshold; and computing a 75% percentile distribution for each adjacent pair of values to determine if each adjacent pair of values are the outliers.
US10459100B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to geophysical surveying and data processing using streamers at different depths. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining geophysical data that is specific to a geophysical formation and representative of: a particle motion signal recorded using sensors at a first depth, a first pressure signal recorded using sensors towed at the first depth, and a second pressure signal recorded using sensors towed at a second, greater depth. In this embodiment the method includes modifying a low-frequency range of the particle motion signal using particle motion information estimated based on the second pressure signal. The modified particle motion signal may then be used to separate up-going and down-going wavefields. In some embodiments, obtaining geophysical data is performed by towing a first streamer at the first depth and a second streamer at the second depth. In some embodiments, the second streamer does not include particle motion sensors.
US10459083B2
Disclosed is a 3D scanner comprising at least one scanning module for acquiring three-dimensional coordinates of a surface of an object and a positioning device on which the object is placeable or fixable, whereby the positioning device is movable relative to the at least one scanning module, and the 3D scanner further comprising at least one accelerometer, which is configured to measure a change of the position of the positioning device relative to the scanning module, and a first processing unit which is connected to the at least one scanning module and to the positioning device for receiving data.Also disclosed is a method for scanning a surface of an object to acquire three dimensional (3D) coordinates of the surface.
US10459081B2
The method for locating a certain object is a method for locating the object by means of a detected locating signal. With this method, locating of precisely this object is checked in such a way that an object with at least a temporally variable reflective property is used, and an influence of this reflective property on the detected locating signal is checked. The locating system has a locating sensor for locating an object by means of a locating signal detected by a locating sensor, as well as an evaluating device which is configured to check an influence of a temporally variable reflective property of the object on the locating signal detected by the locating sensor.
US10459079B2
The presented invention claims new method for transmission of a quantization value by segmenting the quantization range into a number of number of contiguous value ranges, and using a quantization with scaling in each of value range, to reduce the quantization error, wherein the quantization is applied to those timing measurements when they are transmitted from the mobile station to the network server.
US10459077B2
For a set-up for measuring a rotational speed of a turbocharger of a motor vehicle, including at least one antenna for generating and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation and an electronic module having at least one electric and/or electronic component and being electrically connected to the antenna. The set-up further includes a housing shell made at least partially of laser-absorbing material and having an inner chamber, and a housing cover, which rests on at least one laser-absorbing contact surface of the housing shell and covers the inner chamber of the housing shell at least partially, and at least sections of which are made of material transparent to laser radiation; the antenna and the electronic module being situated in the inner chamber of the housing shell, and at least sections of the housing cover being welded to the housing shell at the at least one contact surface using a laser-welded seam.
US10459070B2
A method for the coherent integration of Fill Pulses in Pulse Doppler Radar sensors is disclosed. The present invention uses a pre- and a post-coherent waveform transmission and reception period to collect transient signals from reflections of Fill Pulses throughout the range extent. It then reassembles these signals to produce additional coherently integrable pulses of interval returns that are input to the filter and coherently integrated along with normally coherently integrated pulses. The result is an improved Signal To Noise Ratio (SNR) and Signal To Clutter Ratio (SCR) which is related to the total number of pulses emitted, including the Fill Pulses. This improvement can be obtained almost solely by signal processing in a digitally controlled Radar, and requires few if any hardware modifications.
US10459054B2
The method and magnetic resonance apparatus for acquiring diffusion-weighted measurement data from a subject, (a) a diffusion module is activated that contains at least one diffusion gradient, and (b) an acquisition module is activated, which reads out measurement data by repetitions of RF excitation pulses, which are applied to the subject under examination, and phase-encoding gradients that are activated to spatially encode signals induced by the RF pulses. For at least one repetition, the RF excitation pulse are applied to the subject only if the phase-encoding gradients, activated for the spatially encoding signals, which are generated after the RF excitation pulse, have already reached their required strength. Steps (a) and (b) are repeated until all the required measurement data are acquired. The acquired measurement data are stored. A significant reduction in the noise level of DWI measurements is thereby achieved.
US10459053B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes sequence control circuitry and processing circuitry. The sequence control circuitry executes a first pulse sequence to acquire multiple sets of data with different echo times (TEs), the first pulse sequence being a pulse sequence of an ultrashort echo time (UTE) imaging technique and being a multi-echo pulse sequence. The processing circuitry derives a value of a TE (Echo Time) in a second pulse sequence executed by the sequence control circuitry based on the multiple sets of data.
US10459047B2
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gradient magnetic field power supply configured to supply power to a gradient coil. The gradient magnetic field power supply includes a plurality of switching circuits and a processing circuitry. Each of the switching circuits is configured to output a predetermined pulse voltage. The processing circuitry is configured to change the number of switching circuits to be caused to perform switching operation among the switching circuits, in accordance with an intensity of the voltage to be output to the gradient coil.
US10459045B2
Sterile RF coil arrangements for use in magnetic resonance imaging are provided. The sterile coil arrangements can be formed by spraying or coating a curable liquid onto an RF coil housing and allowing the liquid to cure or dry to form a continuous sterile layer on the coil housing. The thickness of the sterile layer can be between 100 and 1000 micrometers. The curable liquid can include an antimicrobial or antibacterial agent, such as silver ions or triclosan, to better maintain sterility of the coil arrangement. The curable liquid can be selected such that it adheres to the housing when cured and is also removable without leaving residue behind.
US10459044B2
A method for operating an NMR probehead (10) with an MAS stator (11) receiving a circular-cylindrical hollow MAS rotor (13) with an outer jacket. The MAS rotor is mounted on pressurized gas in a measuring position within the MAS stator via a gas supply device with a bearing nozzle (12′) and rotates about the cylinder axis of the MAS rotor at a rotation frequency f≥30 kHz. During a measurement, a temperature control gas is blown by a temperature control nozzle (12) onto the outer jacket of the rotor at an angle α<90° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder-symmetrical rotor. The flow speed of the temperature control gas corresponds in the nozzle cross section to at least half the circumferential speed of the outer jacket of the rotating rotor and to at most the speed of sound in the temperature control gas.
US10459041B2
A system for magnetic detection includes a housing including a top plate, bottom plate, side plate, and main plate provided between the side plate and the bottom plate; a magneto-optical defect center material including at least one magneto-optical defect center that emits an optical signal when excited by an excitation light; a radio frequency (RF) exciter system configured to provide RF excitation to the magneto-optical defect center material; an optical light source configured to direct the excitation light to the magneto-optical defect center material; and an optical detector configured to receive the optical signal emitted by the magneto-optical defect center material. The elements of the system are mounted to the main plate and capable of being unattached and remounted to the main plate to change at least one of a location or an angle of incidence of the excitation light on the magneto-optical defect center material.
US10459034B2
A method and apparatus for estimating a state of health (SOH) of a battery are provided. The method includes measuring a voltage and a partial discharge time of the battery, acquiring a normalized partial discharge time using a battery model of a reference battery normalized with respect to a time, calculating a full discharge time of the battery based on the partial discharge time and the normalized partial discharge time, and estimating the SOH based on a ratio between a stored full discharge time of the reference battery and the full discharge time of the battery.
US10459032B2
A test switch signal analyzer comprising: an analyzer hub operably couplable to a test switch base that includes test switch conductors; signal probe(s) couplable to the analyzer hub and to the plurality of test switch conductors when the analyzer hub is coupled to the test switch base, a signal processing unit coupled to the analyzer hub; the signal processing unit, the analyzer hub, and at least a portion of the at least one signal probe being positionable within a test switch cover that mates with the test switch base when the signal probe is coupled to the test switch conductor(s) and the test switch cover is secured to the test switch base.
US10459029B2
An on-chip clock (OCC) circuit of an integrated circuit includes a clock generator, an OCC controller, and an OCC observation circuit. The clock generator is configured to generate a plurality of clock signals. The OCC controller is configured to receive the clock signals and generate an OCC output for use by the scan chains of logic blocks. The OCC observation circuit is configured to generate a status output on a status output port based on the OCC output during an at-speed capture phase and a scan enable signal. Patterns of the status output with respect to the scan enable signal include a valid pattern indicating that the OCC output includes a valid number of at-speed capture pulses, a first invalid pattern indicating a first error in the OCC output, and a second invalid pattern indicating a second error in the OCC output that is different from the first error.
US10459025B1
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods for reducing startup times of line-mounted fault detectors. A line-mounted fault detector may comprise a power harvesting subsystem and an energy storage subsystem configured to store electrical energy. A fast-start power coupling subsystem may receive power from the energy storage subsystem in a startup state and provide power to a subset of components. A DC-DC converter subsystem may start up after a voltage of the energy storage subsystem exceeds a threshold. A control subsystem may transition the line-mounted fault detector to an operating state once the DC-DC converter has started and may de-energize the fast-start power coupling subsystem. The control system may enable a flow of electrical energy from the DC-DC converter to the fast-start subsystem. A fault detection subsystem in electrical communication with the DC-DC converter subsystem may communicate an indication of a fault via an RF transmitter subsystem.
US10459024B2
A temperature transmitter assembly includes a thermocouple and a temperature transmitter. The thermocouple has a first conductor and a second conductor connected to each other at a junction. The temperature transmitter has diagnostics that determines a resistance of the thermocouple and based on the determined resistance, provides an indication of whether the first conductor and the second conductor are shorted together before the junction.
US10459016B2
Determination of electrical network topology and connectivity are described herein. A zero-crossing is indicated at a time when the line voltage of a conducting wire in an electrical grid is zero. Such zero-crossings may be used to measure time within a smart grid, and to determine the connectivity of, and the electrical phase used by, particular network elements. A first meter may receive a phase angle determination (PAD) message, including zero-crossing information, sent from a second meter, hereafter called a reference meter. The first meter may compare the received zero-crossing information to its own zero-crossing information. A phase difference may be determined between the first meter and the reference meter from which the PAD message originated. The first meter may pass the PAD message to additional meters, which propagate the message through the network. Accordingly, an electrical phase used by meters within the network may be determined.
US10459013B2
An apparatus is provided that can estimate a transfer function, for example of current measurement systems, voltage measurement systems and power measurement systems, and also provide an estimate of certainty about the transfer function. This enables customers to have confidence that they are not being overcharged for electricity.
US10459009B2
The present invention provides a self-adaptive current monitoring circuit, configured to monitor a current generated by an optical sensing element, including a voltage dividing unit coupled with the optical sensing element for generating a corresponding divided voltage signal according to a current signal of the optical sensing element; a comparison unit coupled with the voltage dividing unit for receiving and generating a monitoring signal according to the divided voltage signal; a threshold unit coupled with the comparison unit for receiving the monitoring signal and comparing the monitoring signal with a threshold signal to output a switch control signal; and a voltage regulation unit coupled with the threshold unit and the voltage dividing unit for receiving and generating a voltage regulation signal according to the switch control signal, and the voltage dividing unit receives and outputs an increased or decreased divided voltage signal according to the voltage regulation signal.
US10459006B2
Probe systems and methods are disclosed herein. The methods include directly measuring a distance between a first manipulated assembly and a second manipulated assembly, contacting first and second probes with first and second contact locations, providing a test signal to an electrical structure, and receiving a resultant signal from the electrical structure. The methods further include characterizing at least one of a probe system and the electrical structure based upon the distance. In one embodiment, the probe systems include a measurement device configured to directly measure a distance between a first manipulated assembly and a second manipulated assembly. In another embodiment, the probe systems include a probe head assembly including a platen, a manipulator operatively attached to the platen, a vector network analyzer (VNA) extender operatively attached to the manipulator, and a probe operatively attached to the VNA extender.
US10458991B2
In an example of a method for simultaneously fixing and staining cells, the cells are initially incubated in a solution including a Ln(III)Zn16(HA ligand)16 metallacrown complex, wherein the HA ligand is a hydroximate ligand. The incubating cells are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light. The cells are allowed to continue to incubate in the solution after UV light exposure.
US10458984B2
A method for evaluation of an interaction between an analyte in a fluid sample and a ligand immobilized on a sensor surface of a biosensor, which comprises the steps of: providing a reference binding curve, representing a reference interaction for a predetermined acquisition cycle, acquiring, using the biosensor, a sample binding curve for the analyte ligand interaction for the predetermined acquisition cycle, registering the deviation of the sample binding curve from the reference binding curve, and classifying the analyte ligand interaction as equivalent to the reference interaction when the registered deviation is less than a predetermined deviation criteria. There is further provided a biosensor system and a computer program.
US10458982B2
Multiple bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator structures are arranged along opposing surfaces of a fluidic passage arranged to receive a fluid. At least one resonator structure may be overlaid with functionalization (e.g., specific binding or non-specific binding) material to bind one or more analytes contained in the fluid. Combinations of BAW resonators providing dominant shear response for detection, and providing dominant longitudinal response for mixing or analyte movement, may be provided on one or more surfaces bounding a fluidic passage. Embodiments may reduce the footprint of multi-resonator fluidic device, enhance analyte binding rate, and/or enhance mixing of sample constituents.
US10458979B2
The present invention relates to an artificial cell membrane system comprising at least one membrane protein carrier associated with at least one membrane protein, wherein the at least one membrane protein carrier comprises or consists of a polymeric vesicle or a polymeric planar structure, and a solid support freely suspended in a fluid medium, wherein the at least one membrane protein carrier is attached to a surface of the solid support. A method of forming the artificial cell membrane system, and use of the artificial cell membrane system as a reagent are also provided.
US10458972B2
A system and method for augmenting or adding to the information used by an in-vitro diagnostic or other diagnostic device to generate results of a test is disclosed. A diagnostic device is capable of generating test results based on a sample, such as a sample provided by a patient, and is also capable of receiving additional information to enhance the results providable by the device. For example, an in-vitro diagnostic device is configured to read a lateral flow assay test, and is configured to receive additional diagnostic, network, test identification, or environmental information over a network. Using both the result of the diagnostic test and the additional information, the disclosed device provides more thorough, accurate, and reliable diagnostic information. The results generated by the device may be communicated to an appropriate remote device to enhance the results obtainable by such tests.
US10458967B2
According to the present invention, a method and an apparatus are provided for creating an opening in the calcified shell of an incubated bird egg containing an embryo, in the region of the blunt end of the incubated bird egg. Within the region of the blunt end there is an outer membrane and an inner membrane with an air cell located therebetween. The apparatus comprises a holder on which the incubated bird eggs are stored with their pointed ends facing downwards, wherein the embryo adjoins the inner membrane, a first detection device configured to detect the position and geometry of the air cell, and an opening device configured to create an opening in the calcified shell at the blunt end of the incubated bird egg above the taut inner membrane. Due to the open calcified shell, the sex of the embryo may be determined in a reliable way.
US10458961B2
Provided is a gas chromatograph including a column which separates a sample; a detector which is configured to alternately introduce a carrier gas containing a sample component separated by the column and a carrier gas alone into a detection unit by changing an inflow point of the carrier gas to acquire a signal; an analysis information input unit with which analysis information is input; a data retaining unit which retains data indicating a relationship between a column flow rate and a carrier gas flow rate which is obtained in advance; and calculation unit which is configured to calculate the carrier gas flow rate on the basis of the analysis information input from the analysis information input unit and calculate the carrier gas flow rate according to the calculated column flow rate by using the calculated column flow rate and the data retained in the data retaining unit.
US10458940B1
A system for insert detection includes a sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to receive capacitance measurement associated with the sensor and determine presence or absence of an insert based at least in part on the capacitance measurement and a threshold.
US10458934B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for assessing porosity and water saturation cutoff values for hydrocarbon volume estimation are described. The techniques can include determining a plurality of water saturation and porosity value pairs for locations regularly-spaced along at least one borehole. The techniques can further include plotting the plurality of water saturation and porosity value pairs on a graph and representing a plurality of percentiles of the estimated maximal hydrocarbon volume on the graph. The techniques can also include causing the graph to be displayed to a user, such that the user can visually observe a combined sensitivity to porosity and water saturation cutoffs values. The user can take various actions based on the display.
US10458920B2
A fluid separation system is provided for separating a plasma-containing fluid into separated plasma and a concentrated fluid. The system cooperates with a fluid flow circuit including a fluid separation chamber and a plasma outlet line associated therewith for removing separated plasma from the fluid separation chamber. The system includes an optical sensor assembly that receives a portion of the plasma outlet line when the fluid flow circuit has been associated with the fluid separation system. To ensure proper installation of the plasma outlet line, the optical sensor assembly compares light received by its light detector to a baseline value, which is indicative of the amount of light received by the light detector before the plasma outlet line has been installed. The amount of received light being equal to or less than a selected percentage of the baseline value indicates that the plasma outlet line has been properly installed.
US10458918B2
In an example implementation, a substance detection device includes a substrate having nanoimprinted chamber walls and nanostructures. The chamber walls define a chamber and the nanostructures are positioned within the chamber to react to a substance introduced into the chamber. A two-dimensional (2D) orifice plate is affixed to the chamber walls and forms a top side of the chamber.
US10458916B2
A device and method for the rapid on-site detection of inhibitors of enzymes, such as, acetylcholinesterase is described where the device contains 2 reaction zones containing a reporter enzyme substrate. One reaction zone is for the test sample while the other is for an onboard negative control. Sample and control fluids are preincubated with the enzyme in separate reaction containers, then an aliquot of each reaction mixture is added to designated reaction zones on the test device. A purpose-built reader or an illuminating device, such as, containing an incandescent light source, a diode, a UV light source or any other illumination source that is suitable for the reporter or mere visualization is used to determine the level of reporter.
US10458903B2
A gas measurement detector includes first and second sources emitting mid- and near-infrared electromagnetic radiation respectively; source optics combining mid- and near-infrared electromagnetic radiation emitted by the first and second sources into a coaxial beam directed across a flow path of a flow of breathable gas; sensor optics dividing electromagnetic radiation in the coaxial beam that has traversed the flow path into first radiation that includes mid-infrared electromagnetic radiation and second radiation that includes near-infrared electromagnetic radiation; first and second radiation sensors generating output signals conveying information related to a parameter of the mid-infrared electromagnetic radiation in the first radiation and a parameter of the near-infrared electromagnetic radiation in the second radiation, respectively; and a processor determining a level of a gaseous molecular species based on the output signals with the output signals generated by the second radiation sensor compensating optical loss through the flow path.
US10458870B2
A pressure sensor may measure gas or liquid pressure. A chamber may have an inlet that receives the gas or liquid. A flexible diaphragm may be within the chamber that has a surface exposed to the gas or liquid after it flows through the inlet. A pressure sensor system may sense changes in the flexible diaphragm caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid. A pressure-insensitive sensor system may sense changes in the flexible diaphragm that are not caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid. The pressure-insensitive sensor system may be insensitive to changes in the flexible diaphragm caused by changes in the pressure of the gas or liquid.
US10458867B2
A force detecting device includes an installed member that is installed on an installing face and a force sensor main unit that is fixed to a top face of the installed member. The installed member has a plate-shaped or brim-shaped first portion having the top face and extending at least in a horizontal direction; a second portion extending at least downward from a bottom face side of the first portion; and a third portion extending at least in the horizontal direction from the second portion and fixed to the installing face, and a gap SP in a top-down direction is formed between the first portion and the third portion.
US10458866B1
A method of fabricating a sensor for static and dynamic body measurements, comprising providing a first layer serving as a flexible support material; disposing a second layer on the first layer, the second layer serving as a sensing material; disposing a third layer on the second layer, the third layer comprising an insulating material; coupling the second layer and the third layer using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread and a first non-conductive thread, the first conductive thread embedded in the second layer; and coupling the first layer and the second layer using a second electrode comprising a second conductive thread and a second non-conductive thread, the second conductive thread embedded in the second layer.
US10458856B2
The present invention relates to integrated circuits. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for determining temperatures of an integrated circuit using an one-point calibration technique, where temperature is determined by a single temperature measurement and calculation using known electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit.
US10458853B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to an infrared detector including a dielectric detector membrane and a NbTiN absorber coating disposed thereon, the latter being a low stress, high resistivity film or coating useful at extremely low temperatures.
US10458846B2
In one implementation, a spectral microscope may comprise a substrate with a planar lens, the planar lens including a phase profile including an axial focus and an oblique focus, a light source to excite a signal of a particle among a plurality of particles, and a detector to receive light generated from the light source from the axial focus of the planar lens and a spectral color component of the excited signal of the particle from the oblique focus of the planar lens.
US10458844B2
A spectrometer-equipped lighting device detects substances in an environment around the device. A fiber detector is optically coupled to receive light from a light source. The fiber detector has a bare area from which emanates an evanescent wave of light surrounding an exterior of the fiber detector to interact with the environment in which the fiber detector is exposed. The spectrometer, optically coupled to an opposite end of the fiber detector, detects the light output and in response, generates signals representative of the spectral power distribution of the light of the evanescent wave that has interacted with the surrounding environment. A controller analyzes the spectrometer generated signals and initiates action based on the analysis of the generated signals or outputs a report indicating an environmental condition detected by the spectrometer-equipped device.
US10458842B2
The detection circuit comprises a detector connected to an integration node. A bias circuit biases the detector between a first bias state and a second floating state. The potential of the integration node is at a target value when the bias circuit biases the detector to the first state and varies when the detector is in floating state. A measurement circuit without charge losses delivers a value representative of the potential present on the integration node N. A transfer circuit of the electric charges performs transfer of the electric charges from a stray capacitor of the photodiode to an integration capacitor. An output terminal delivers a voltage representative of the potential present on the second terminal of the first capacitor.
US10458837B2
An agricultural vehicle including a container, which is mounted on at least one train of wheels, wherein the container rests by way of fixation brackets and load cells or weight sensors, preferably directly, i.e. without use of an intermediate chassis, on one axle or more forming the train of wheels. The vehicle container is mounted on the axle or each of the axles of the train under consideration by way of at least two pairs of load cells, wherein each pair consists of two load cells situated on opposite sides of a vertical plane parallel to the vertical planes containing the axes of the axles of a multi-axle train.
US10458836B2
An electrical connection includes a first electrical conductor assembly having a first electrical conductor with a first electrical conductor surface and a second electrical conductor assembly having a second electrical conductor with a second electrical conductor surface which is engaged with the first electrical conductor surface such that the second electrical conductor assembly and the first electrical conductor assembly reciprocate relative to each other along a path. The first electrical conductor surface and the second electrical conductor surface provide electrical communication between the first electrical conductor assembly and the second electrical conductor assembly along the path. The second electrical conductor surface has a first area of gold having a first magnitude of hardness which engages the first electrical conductor surface and also has a second area of gold having a second magnitude of hardness which is greater than the first magnitude of hardness.
US10458833B2
A system includes a fluid reservoir, a differential pressure sensor, and a controller. The fluid reservoir has a bottom and is to hold a fluid. The differential pressure sensor is coupled to the bottom of the fluid reservoir and to sense a pressure difference between pressure exerted on the differential pressure sensor by the fluid and pressure exerted on the fluid in the fluid reservoir and to provide at least one signal that indicates a fluid level in the fluid reservoir. The controller is to receive the at least one signal and determine a fluid volume in the fluid reservoir based on the at least one signal. Also, the controller is to provide at least one of a fluid level signal that indicates the fluid level in the fluid reservoir and a fluid volume signal that indicates the fluid volume in the fluid reservoir.
US10458827B2
A thermal type air flow meter, capable of suppressing deformation of a base member at the time of molding to secure dimensional accuracy and reduce an influence of a dimension change on measuring accuracy, is to be placed in an intake passage of an internal combustion engine. The thermal type of air flow meter includes a resin component having a secondary passage into which part of the air passing through the intake passage can flow, and a circuit board configured to output a signal according to an air flow rate based on a signal from a flow rate detecting element disposed on the circuit board. The circuit board on which the flow rate detecting element is disposed is installed so that the flow rate detecting element is placed in the secondary passage. The resin component includes a board fixing part to which the circuit board is fixed, a secondary passage constituting part that is a part of the secondary passage, and ribs provided on a rear surface, which is a side opposite to a surface of the board fixing part, with the ribs forming a grid pattern.
US10458825B2
A thermal flow-rate sensor includes: a first temperature sensor that detects the temperature at a specified location of the outer-wall surface of a pipe; a heat-transfer element that is arranged on the outer-wall surface of the pipe in a state separated from the first temperature sensor, and that exchanges heat with a measurement medium by heating or cooling the outer-wall surface of the pipe; a second temperature sensor that detects the temperature of a portion of the outer-wall surface of the pipe that is heated or cooled by the heat-transfer element; and a control unit that performs specified processing. A heat-flux sensor is arranged between the heat-transfer element and the outer-wall surface of the pipe and directly detects heat flux between the heat-transfer element and the pipe; and the control unit detects the flow rate of the measurement medium based on the temperature that is directly detected by the first temperature sensor, the temperature that is detected by the second temperature sensor, and the heat flux that is detected by the heat-flux sensor.
US10458823B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and method for health monitoring and early warning for an electronic device. A sensor is used to monitor a physical parameter of a circuit board of a host electronic system of the electronic device to acquire sensor data, and transmit the acquired sensor data to an embedded control device. The sensor data includes at least one of current data, vibration data, temperature data and voltage data. The embedded control device is used to extract a feature from the sensor data to acquire feature data, and perform real-time analysis and prediction based on the feature data to obtain and display a prediction result. In this way, the user can be provided with real-time health monitoring and real-time prediction information for the host electronic system circuit board.
US10458821B2
A mounting structure for a peripheral information detection sensor includes an aeropart that is disposed above a cabin of a truck, the aeropart including a wall surface that faces toward a front direction, a wall surface that faces toward an upper direction, wall surfaces that face outward in a transverse direction, and a wall surface that faces toward a rear direction. The peripheral information detection sensor is mounted within a space enclosed by the wall surfaces, and a cover is provided on at least one wall surface that lies opposite the peripheral information detection sensor.
US10458817B2
A sensor manufacturing method is a method for manufacturing a sensor including a generator that generates a predetermined detection target, a detector that detects the detection target generated by the generator, and a motion body that performs motion in the area in between the generator and the detector. In the method, the generator and the detector are positioned opposite to each other by either curving or bending a substrate including a first portion having the generator installed thereon and a second portion having the detector installed thereon that are formed in an integrated manner, and the substrate and the motion body are made to perform relative movement in such a way that the motion body enters the area in between the generator and the detector.
US10458806B2
The present disclosure relates to an information providing method for an on-demand service. The method may include receiving service request information from a passenger of a passenger terminal device. The service request information may include a departure location of the passenger. The method may further include acquiring historical service request information related to the passenger; and determining travel-route-related information based at least in part on the departure location of the passenger and the historical service request information. Also disclosed is a system for implementing the method.
US10458804B2
Data indicative of a plurality of duration times is obtained, each duration time relating to a dynamic POI of a set of a plurality of dynamic POIs that have a similar location, and are of similar type. Each duration time is in respect of a given time. The data indicative of each duration time is representative of a difference between a time at which the dynamic POI was in an active state and a time at which the dynamic POI was in an inactive state. The obtained duration time data and the associated time data are used to obtain a duration time function indicative of a variation in duration time with respect to time. The duration time function is associated with data indicative of a given geographic location.
US10458795B1
An apparatus and a method for detecting rotation based on the Sagnac effect is disclosed. Input light having sufficient power is injected into a circulating optical resonator to thereby excite an optomechanical oscillation of the resonator at an instantaneous mechanical angular frequency. Rotation of the circulating optical resonator causes a change in a frequency of the optomechanical oscillation of the resonator, which in turn causes the instantaneous mechanical angular frequency to change. The optomechanical oscillation produces modulation sidebands in the resonating optical field at the instantaneous mechanical angular frequency and harmonics thereof, which are demodulated from the optical frequency by detection in a photodetector. Differences in the instantaneous mechanical angular frequency induced by rotation are detected by processing the photodetector output signal.
US10458787B2
A system for measuring a direction of the face of a driver in a vehicle includes a sensor system for measuring a distance between a headrest in the vehicle and the face of the driver, and a controller communicatively connected to the sensor system and configured to collect the measured distance for a predetermined period of time, calculate an average distance between the headrest and the face of the driver by using the collected distance, and compare the calculated average distance and a current distance between the headrest and the face of the driver to determine the direction of the face of the driver in the vehicle.
US10458785B2
A sample shape measuring method includes a step of preparing illumination light passing through a predetermined illumination region, a step of applying the illumination light to a sample, and a predetermined processing step. The predetermined illumination region is set so as not to include the optical axis at a pupil position of the illumination optical system and is set such that the illumination light is applied to part of the inside of the pupil and the outside of the pupil at a pupil position of the observation optical system. The predetermined processing step includes a step of receiving light, a step of obtaining the quantity of light, a step of calculating the difference or the ratio between the quantity of light and a reference quantity of light, and a step of calculating the amount of tilt in the surface of the sample from the difference or the ratio.
US10458784B2
3D coordinates at first selected measurement points of a measurement object are determined using a first measurement arrangement. Surface normals at second selected measurement points of the measurement object are determined using a second measurement arrangement. Using the 3D coordinates and the surface normals, at least one of dimensional or geometric characteristics of the measurement object are determined. The second measurement arrangement includes a number of light sources and a first camera which is directed to the measurement object. A calibration data set represents individual direction dependent radiation patterns of the light sources. The surface normals are determined using the calibration data set and the 3D coordinates at the first selected measurement points.
US10458769B2
An inertial igniter for igniting a thermal battery upon a predetermined acceleration event. The inertial igniter including: a base having a first projection; a striker mass rotatably connected to the base through a rotatable connection, the base having a second projection aligned with the first projection such that when the striker mass is rotated towards the base, the first projection impacts the second projection; a rotation prevention mechanism for preventing impact of the first and second projections unless the predetermined acceleration event is experienced; and a spring for biasing the striker mass in a biasing direction away from the base, the spring being disposed between a portion of the striker mass and a portion of the rotation prevention mechanism.
US10458767B2
A broadhead arrowhead having retractable blades wherein a plunger of the tip of the arrowhead causes the blades to shear a shear pin and deploy when the arrowhead strikes a target. In an alternative embodiment, the blades are retained in the arrowhead by a friction fit that is overcome to deploy the blades when the arrowhead strikes a target.
US10458764B2
A canard deployment mechanism includes a canard connected to a shaft that is hingedly attached to a rotatable hub that is moveable between a stowed and deployed position. The mechanism further includes a locking feature on the canard for restraining the canard in the stowed position. In an embodiment the mechanism further includes a pawl rotatably mounted on a drive gear to contact and restrain the canard in the stowed position.
US10458762B2
The present invention provides an polymer ammunition having a primer insert having a top surface opposite a bottom surface and a extraction flange that extends circumferentially about an outer edge of the top surface; a coupling element that extends from the bottom surface, wherein the substantially cylindrical coupling element is adapted to receive a polymer overmolding; a primer recess in the top surface that extends toward the bottom surface, wherein the primer recess comprises a recess bottom and a circular recess side wall; a primer flash aperture through the recess bottom that extends through the bottom surface, wherein the primer flash aperture is adapted to receive a polymer overmolding to form a flash hole; and a groove in the primer recess positioned around the primer flash aperture adapted to receive a polymer overmolding, wherein the groove extends at least partially over the bottom surface and the groove is adapted to receive polymer at least partially over the bottom surface.
US10458761B2
This patent relates to lined shaped explosive devices, in particular it relates to linear Shaped Charges (SC), more particularly it relates to a Fluted or Scalloped Linear Shaped Charge. The fluted linear SC, unlike a standard linear SC produces hydrodynamic penetration, higher jet velocities, higher mass jets and deeper penetration. The fluted linear device disclosed herein produces greater compression and convergence of the liner material because of the partial radial collapse of the concave flutes. Further, the fluted linear SC is equipped with a simultaneous initiation of the full length of the explosive driving the liner, providing smooth detonation wave front along the full length of the fluted linear liner.
US10458758B2
A system for sensing the impact of a bullet on a target and remotely reporting the successful impact to the shooter by means of a signal transmitted from a sensor transmitter to a receiver incorporated with headphones, ear buds or an “Smart phone”, tablet or other device with WIFI and/or Blue tooth capability. The sensor includes a wireless transmitter and a impact/vibration sensor such as a piezoelectric sensor. The target impact sensors can be used with various stationary targets such as metallic, plastic, film, or paper targets, but can also be used on movable targets such as body armor or removable patches worn by players in mock warfare or games such as paint ball competition to effect audible signals.
US10458752B1
An optical sight includes a housing, a relay assembly, and a biasing element. The relay assembly has at least one optical element, a main tube, a track tube with at least one track, and a reticle assembly. The track tube is selectively rotatable relative to and about the main tube to adjust an axial position of the at least one optical element within the main tube along an axis that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the main tube. The reticle assembly further includes at least one optical element. The biasing element includes a mounting strap that is fixed to an inner surface of the housing and a spring having an engagement surface that contacts the relay assembly and exerts a force on the relay assembly. The engagement surface is on a radially inner side of the spring opposite a radially outer side facing the mounting strap.
US10458750B2
A thermal weapon sight which includes a thermal imaging sensor, associated control and image processing computational elements, and a display includes one or more of improved reticle centering, shot indication and time lapse image capture, digital zoom, contrast enhancement that acts on displayed data only, and device features such as an eyepiece viewing option and controls disposable on a weapon that allow for weapon sight control without moving hands from weapon operation position.
US10458749B1
The present disclosure discloses a waist protecting plate structure of connecting a holster and a belt buckle, comprising a buckle-type waist protecting plate mounted inside the holster through a removable connection member; the buckle-type waist protecting plate is a two-layer structure with arc bending ends, wherein the layer close to the holster has a concave retaining portion matching with the connection member; the two-layer structure of the buckle-type waist protecting plate is provided a plurality of corresponding connection holes, through which it is convenient to convert the wearing angle and using type; there are two types, namely buckle-type and waist protecting type, thus facilitating quick conversion according to different using environments, and the buckle-type increases the anti-theft effect while waist protecting plate type facilitates the effects of easy removal.
US10458746B2
An adjustable cheek riser for a firearm is disclosed herein. The adjustable cheek riser comprises a comb extension member configured to move between at least an expanded configuration and a retracted configuration. The adjustable cheek riser comprises at least one living hinge positioned on the comb extension member and at least one locking element, the at least one locking element being configured to switch between a locked and an unlocked position upon activation of the living hinge.
US10458740B2
A modular armorer's stand has a block that, on one end, can engage the magazine well of a firearm frame. The other end of the block has a tongue that can be slid into a base. The base can be mounted to a surface such as a work bench. As such, the frame is held solidly in place for gunsmithing. The firearm's magazine release can engage a notch in the block. Each block can be sized specifically for a certain firearm or firearm family while every block has a tongue that can be held by the base. An armorer therefore needs a single solidly mounted base and that base can hold various blocks that, in turn, hold various firearms.
US10458721B2
The present disclosure provides pumped thermal energy storage systems that can be used to store electrical energy. A pumped thermal energy storage system of the present disclosure can store energy by operating as a heat pump or refrigerator, whereby net work input can be used to transfer heat from the cold side to the hot side. A working fluid of the system is capable of efficient heat exchange with heat storage fluids on a hot side of the system and on a cold side of the system. The system can extract energy by operating as a heat engine transferring heat from the hot side to the cold side, which can result in net work output. Systems of the present disclosure can employ solar heating for improved storage efficiency.
US10458709B2
A support ring for supporting a semiconductor wafer in a boat of a vertical furnace used in processing of the semiconductor wafer includes a semicircular segment. The semicircular segment has an upper surface, a lower surface opposite the upper surface, a radial inner wall defining an inner radius, and a radial outer wall defining an outer radius. The support ring further includes protrusions in the upper surface of the semicircular segment. The protrusions extend above the upper surface.
US10458706B2
A cosmetic sponge drying and storage container has a plurality of components, including at least a first component and a second component, the first component being moveable with respect to the second component to position the container in at least an open condition and a closed condition. At least one of the first component or said second component is perforated with perforations. A cosmetic sponge may be placed within the container when in the open condition and the perforations provide at least 10% ventilation when the container is in the closed condition. Preferably, both the first and second components are perforated to provide for cross-ventilation. In addition, a base may be provided to support the first and second components, and most preferably the base may be perforated.
US10458693B2
A refrigerator includes a main body, a door rotatably coupled to the main body, a first ice making compartment configured to generate and store ice and provided in the main body, a second ice making compartment configured to crush ice and provided in the door, and a transfer device provided to transfer the ice in the first ice making compartment to the second ice making compartment. Therefore, a structure of an ice bucket storing ice is simplified, and an ice making system is easily constructed.
US10458690B2
A control system controls the output capacity of a compressor to avoid surge conditions in the compressor. The control system determines a capacity control output for the compressor and then modifies the capacity control output in view of any output limiters or overrides as determined by system operating parameters and to maintain a minimum frequency of operation for the compressor.
US10458678B2
An apparatus for heating water has a tank for storing water and an air conditioning system that defines a refrigerant flow path through which refrigerant flows. The refrigerant flow path passes through a heat exchanger so that refrigerant heat is contributed to the tank. The heat exchanger houses a phase change material. A controller controls operation of the water heating apparatus.
US10458669B2
A thermostat for controlling HVAC equipment via one or more control wires includes a user interface, a wiring terminal, and a processing circuit. The user interface is configured to display output to a user. The wiring terminal includes one or more connection points. The processing circuit is configured to determine one or more wiring instructions for wiring the thermostat with the HVAC equipment and cause the user interface to display the one or more instructions. The instructions instruct the user to connect the control wires to the connection points.
US10458662B2
A boiler loop system including a primary-secondary piping loop interface apparatus including a flow diversion device, and a drain valve, and a drain port in branches from a circumferential sidewall. In an embodiment, supply branch piping and return branch piping connect the primary-secondary piping loop interface apparatus to a boiler and provide attachment points for auxiliary plumbing equipment. In an embodiment, the boiler loop is integrated into the primary loop.
US10458649B2
A horizontally-fired flame burner includes a flame holder positioned laterally from the burner. The flame holder includes a plurality of perforations that collectively confine a combustion reaction of the burner to the flame holder.
US10458648B2
A wick configured from a single metallic meshed wick material continuously includes a spiral section with a shape including at least one loop, and a folded section with a shape including a fold. A first length extends away from the spiral section to the fold and along a first imaginary plane, and a second length extends from the fold to the spiral section and along a second imaginary plane. A wrapped section has a shape including at least one contour conforming shapes of the spiral and folded sections.
US10458629B2
A lighting module includes a base, at least one electrically powered light radiation source carried by said base, a plurality of lamina electrical contacts connected to said light radiation source, and having respective proximal ends fixed to said base and respective distal ends elastically pressed against one face of said base, wherein the distal ends of said lamina electrical contacts have respective mutually offset contact areas.
US10458615B2
In order to provide a vehicle lamp in which the number of components for enabling a shade to move is small, this vehicle lamp is equipped with a light source, a heat sink, a reflector that reflects light from the light source forward, a lens that radiates light forward, and a light distribution pattern switching part that is disposed between the lens and the light source. The light distribution pattern switching part is equipped with a bracket, a crank that is supported by a bracket support section, a shade that moves rotationally so as to switch the light distribution pattern, and a support shaft that rotatably supports the shade and is secured to the bracket. The crank is equipped with a rotating shaft section that is supported by the bracket support section so as to be able to rotate horizontally across the bracket, and a rotational movement section which is disposed on one end of the rotating shaft section and which causes the shade to move rotationally by rotating in the vertical direction around the rotating shaft. The support shaft is disposed so as to cut horizontally across the rotating shaft section of the crank so that the rotating shaft section of the crank does not separate from the bracket support section.
US10458614B2
Provided is a lamp for a vehicle capable of forming a beam pattern satisfying the performance requirements by using a micro lens optical system which includes a cylinder lens. The lamp includes a light source portion, a first lens portion which includes a plurality of micro incident lenses, and a second lens portion which includes a plurality of micro exit lenses disposed in front of the plurality of micro incident lenses. Particularly, the lamp forms a beam pattern using a combination of one or more micro incident/exit units. Each of the micro incident/exit units includes one cylinder lens and a plurality of corresponding lenses that correspond to the one cylinder lens, and any one of the micro incident lens or the micro exit lens is the cylinder lens and the other is the corresponding lens.
US10458612B2
An illumination apparatus is provided that includes a yellow phosphor converter to receive a blue laser light beam and to convert a portion of the blue laser light beam to yellow light, a dichroic mirror optically coupled to the yellow phosphor converter to receive the phosphor-emitted light beam and to filter the phosphor-emitted light beam to provide a dichroic-filtered light beam, the dichroic mirror configured to pass yellow light and to reflect at least some blue light, and a blue light source optically coupled to the dichroic mirror to provide a blue light beam, the dichroic mirror configured to reflect the blue light beam in a same direction as the dichroic-filtered light beam.
US10458608B2
The present application discloses a method of using a LED-based solar simulator light source having at least one LED array formed by multiple LED groups of LED assemblies, at least one field flattening device, at least one diffractive element, and at least one optical element configured to condition the broad spectrum light source output signal and direct the light source output signal to a work surface.
US10458606B2
An organic EL device includes an organic EL panel, an ellipsoidal reflector, a phosphor, and a laser. The organic EL panel includes a substrate and at least one organic EL element, and the substrate includes at least one light incident portion on which light is incident from the outside. The ellipsoidal reflector is disposed outside the organic EL panel in such a manner that the phosphor is disposed at a first focal point of the reflector and the light incident portion of the substrate is positioned at a second focal point of the reflector. The laser is disposed outside the organic EL panel in such a manner that the phosphor can be irradiated with a laser beam. Light emitted from the phosphor enters the substrate from the light incident portion. The light emitted from the phosphor that has entered the substrate diffuses in the in-plane direction of the substrate.
US10458601B1
A safety system for a gas cylinder valve stem includes a coupler and a handwheel. The coupler includes a first engagement mechanism (EM). The coupler is configured to: mount onto the stem's base; and rotate the stem in unison with rotation of the coupler or remain stationary in unison with the stem. The handwheel includes a second EM configured to engage in surface-to-surface contact with the first EM. A locking mechanism is defined by the first and second EMs. The handwheel is configured to mount onto the stem's intermediate portion between the stem's tip and the coupler's proximal top surface. The handwheel is configured to rotate about the stem's longitudinal axis, in response to receiving an angular force of rotation in a lateral plane. The handwheel rotates in unison with the coupler when the locking mechanism is engaged, yet rotates independent from the coupler when the locking mechanism is disengaged.
US10458600B2
A pressurized tank system includes a first tank, a second tank, a manifold, a first conduit connecting the first tank to the manifold, a second conduit connecting the second tank to the manifold, a first pressure actuated valve operably connected to the second conduit, a third conduit connecting the manifold and the first pressure actuated valve, and a fourth conduit connecting the first pressure actuated valve and the second tank. The first pressure actuated valve is configured for operation by fluid pressure in the third conduit. A method includes operably connecting a first pressure actuated valve at a junction between the second conduit, a third conduit connecting to the manifold, and a fourth conduit connecting to the second tank; and automatically opening the first pressure actuated valve with the fluid in the third conduit when the fluid pressure level exceeds a threshold pressure level.
US10458596B2
This invention discloses a pan-tilt hand holder which features that: It includes a clamping mechanism for holding the mobile terminal, a control device, and a power device are provided, wherein, the frame body is configured to install a pan-tilt, the control device is configured to control the movement of the pan-tilt, and the power device is configured to supply electric power to the control device. The application of the invention achieves not only the handheld movement operation of the pan-tilt, but also the operation with just one hand, which is convenient for use.
US10458589B2
A sound suppression apparatus for installation inside a gas transport duct is provided. The sound suppression apparatus comprises a resistive sound-absorbing element (110) and a housing providing a reactive sound-attenuating element (130) communicating with a surrounding of the apparatus via opening in an outer surface of the housing. An outer surface of the sound suppression apparatus comprises an outer surface of the resistive sound-absorbing element and the outer surface of the housing. A gas transport duct comprising the sound suppression apparatus is also provided.
US10458585B2
Blast activated quick-disconnect apparatus in cooperation with a quick disconnect device including a two-piece body with a longitudinally movable collar surrounding a portion of each of the two pieces, the collar holding the two pieces together in a first position and separating the two pieces in a second or activated position. The apparatus including mounting apparatus fixedly attaching the quick disconnect device to a vehicle to be protected from physical shock or concussion, a mass affixed to the movable collar of the two-piece body, a spring having one end abutting the mass, and a spring stop formed as one of a portion of the mounting apparatus or a separate component. The spring being designed to provide a bias on the mass that prevents movement of the mass and collar into the activated position during accelerations in a normal use range.
US10458581B2
A hose fitting includes a stem defining a conduit therein, a ridged axial portion, an opposing axial portion and a stem shoulder. The fitting also includes a swivel nut having threads and wrench flats, where the swivel nut defines a swivel nut end adjacent the threads, and the swivel nut is disposed on the opposing axial portion of the stem. The fitting also has a metallic wave spring washer disposed upon the stem between the stem shoulder and the swivel nut end, and a ferrule for securing a hose to the hose fitting at the ridged axial portion of the stem. In some cases, an inner fitting is disposed in the conduit at the opposing axial portion of the stem, and an inner hose may be in the conduit and attached to the inner fitting.
US10458580B2
A hose clip includes a clip band and a clamping device. A receiving region is configured between axial edge regions of the clip band. The receiving region extends radially outwardly and in the circumferential direction. The receiving region is interrupted in the region of the clamping device.
US10458572B2
A liquid handling device has an accommodation part for accommodating a liquid, two or more flow paths each opening to a lower part of a side wall surface of the accommodation part, and a liquid movement suppression part that is disposed in the lower part of the side wall between the openings of two of the flow paths that are adjacent to each other and slows or stops the movement of the liquid along the corner formed by the lower surface of the accommodation part and the side wall surface.
US10458567B2
A process medium-controlled regulating valve for a liquid throughflow regulator, having a main valve, a pilot valve for controlling a main valve piston, a pilot valve piston which closes the pressure relief line in a closed position, a cleaning wire element which is stationary in the axial direction is guided with hole tolerance through the pilot line, and the pilot line can be moved along the cleaning wire element, which is guided therein, during a stroke adjustment of the main valve piston. The cleaning wire element has an actuating contour which, at least during the stroke adjustment, can be brought into sliding contact with a counter-contour formed on the main valve piston, with the build-up of a transverse force which acts on the cleaning wire element.
US10458559B2
An inlet check valve for controlling fluid from a supply into a variable cam timing phaser includes a double flapper check valve assembly with an open position and a closed position, which includes a housing having a body forming at least two stoppers, a flapper valve comprising at least two flexible flaps received within the housing and aligned with the at least two stoppers, and a valve seat received within the housing, the valve seat defining openings aligned with the at least two flexible flaps, axially opposite the two stoppers. In another embodiment, the stoppers are on a stopper piece separate from the housing.
US10458554B2
A control valve (1) comprising a valve body (2) having an inlet opening (3) and an outlet opening (4) for a fluid; a obturator (6) placed within the valve body (2) between the inlet and outlet openings (3, 4); recovery means (5) configured to transfer kinetic energy and/or potential energy extracted from the fluid out of the valve body (2), the recovery means (5) comprising a rotating element (7) placed within the valve body (2) downstream of the obturator (6) and configured to be put in rotation by the fluid.
US10458536B2
A gearshift assembly for a transmission includes a shift lever which is mounted for pivotal movement in a select direction between a shifting gate for automatic mode and a shifting gate for manual mode. The gearshift assembly also includes a return mechanism including a push member, an electric motor mechanically acting on the shift lever through the push member, a driven member connected to the push member, a spring acting between the push member and the driven member, and a blocking element which can be actuated to move out of a blocking position in which the blocking element blocks the movement of the shift lever from the shifting gate for automatic mode to the shifting gate for manual mode. The return mechanism also includes a wheel drivable for rotation by the electric motor.
US10458534B1
A gearbox system includes a gearbox having a housing. The housing includes a surface. The gearbox system also includes an add-on cooling fin panel in thermal engagement with the surface. The cooling fin panel includes a plurality of cooling fins. The gearbox system further includes an attachment feature constructed to affix the cooling fin panel to the gearbox. The cooling fin panel is constructed to transfer heat from the surface to the cooling fin panel by conduction; and the cooling fin panel is configured to transfer heat to an environment in which the gearbox is located by convection.
US10458528B2
A system for overturning tanks of kneading machines includes an overturning unit provided with means for fixing a tank to itself. The means for fixing has an elastic actuation member, which is loaded by exploiting the downward movement of the overturning unit.
US10458525B2
A tensioning system including a base and an arm pivotally coupled to the base, the arm having an engagement surface and being configured to pivot relative to the base about a pivot axis. The system further includes a biasing mechanism operatively coupled to the arm to bias the arm relative to the base, and a seal assembly sealingly positioned between the arm and the base. The seal assembly is coaxial with the pivot axis and configured to accommodate relative axial movement between the base and the arm and relative radial movement between the base and the arm while still maintaining a seal therebetween.
US10458523B2
A gear-shifting device is described herein. The device includes a first motor having a first stator. The first stator turns clockwise and counter-clockwise, creating a wobbling action. The device further includes a compound planetary transmission, consisting of a transmission ring attached to a ring gear, and receiving power from the first stator. The device further includes a second motor having a second stator. The second stator turns clockwise and counter-clockwise. The device further includes a shift assembly, consisting of a drum, a cap, and a pinion gear. The pinion gear receives power from the second stator. The drum locks with the pinion gear such that the drum rotates with the pinion gear. The transmission ring is attached to the drum, such that the transmission ring moves laterally as the drum rotates. The ring gear locks and unlocks with the cap as the drum rotates. The wobbling action enables the locking.
US10458515B2
A production method for producing a frictional power transmission belt containing an extensible layer forming a belt back surface, a compressive rubber layer formed on one surface of the extensible layer and frictionally engaging at the lateral surface thereof with pulleys, and a tension member embedded between the extensible layer and the compressive rubber layer along the belt length direction. A surface of at least a part of the compressive rubber layer to be in contact with pulleys is coated with a fiber/resin mixture layer that contains a resin component and heat-resistant fibers having a softening point or a melting point higher than a vulcanization temperature in a mixed state, and the heat-resistant fibers contain a fiber embedded so as to extend from the fiber/resin mixture layer to the compressive rubber layer.
US10458510B2
A system for securing a powertrain component to a body structure of a vehicle may include first and second mounts each having a base and a first elastomeric barrier secured to and extending from the base defining an air filled chamber, and a connector coupling the air filled chambers, the connector sized to provide an associated air volume that reduces stiffness of the first elastomeric barrier at an excitation frequency corresponding to a target engine speed. The air filled chambers may be hermetically sealed and pressurized above atmospheric pressure. The system may include a fluid-filled switchable mount having a decoupler air pocket selectively coupled to a vacuum source or atmosphere with an expander integrated with the mount or as a separate component coupled between the decoupler air pocket and the vacuum source. The expander may be implemented as a Helmholtz resonator or may include an in-line expansion chamber.
US10458506B2
A solenoid valve includes a valve seat provided in a main flow passage, a main valve body configured to open or close the main flow passage, a pilot passage that branches from the main flow passage, an orifice provided in the pilot passage, a back-pressure chamber connected to the pilot passage downstream from the orifice to bias the main valve body to a closing direction by virtue of an internal pressure, a pilot valve disposed in the pilot passage downstream from a connection point to the back-pressure chamber to control an internal pressure of the back-pressure chamber, a solenoid configured to control a valve opening pressure of the pilot valve, and a second orifice provided between the back-pressure chamber and the pilot valve.
US10458505B2
The cylinder rod of a hydraulic cylinder includes a body portion having a bar shape, and a head portion arranged at a longitudinal end of the body portion. The body portion has a coating formed on its outer peripheral surface. The coating includes, in terms of area ratio in cross section, not less than 56.1% and not more than 84.4% of a chromium carbide phase, with the remainder consisting of a nickel-based alloy phase and an oxide phase. The area ratio of the chromium carbide phase may be 61.7% or more.
US10458499B2
A brake system comprising: (a) a rotor; and (b) two or more brake assemblies in communication with the rotor, the two or more brake assemblies each including: (i) a caliper; (ii) a piston assembly located within the caliper; and (iii) a motor gear unit in communication with the caliper and configured to move the piston assembly to create a braking force; wherein one or more both of the piston assemblies are moved during a service brake apply or release; and wherein one or both of the piston assemblies are moved during a parking brake apply or release.
US10458497B2
A braking system is provided. The braking system may comprise a brake stack and an electromechanical actuator mechanically coupled to the brake stack. A first hydraulic chamber may also be mechanically coupled to the brake stack and in fluid communication with a first piston of the electromechanical actuator. A second piston may be in fluid communication with the first hydraulic chamber. The second piston may also be configured to translate towards the brake stack in response to a translation of the first piston.
US10458491B2
A clutch system includes a friction clutch, a ramp system, a pilot clutch, and an actuation element. The friction clutch is for transmitting torque between a torque-introducing element and a torque discharging element. The friction clutch includes a pressure plate. The system is for axially moving the pressure plate. The ramp system has an input ramp and an output ramp. The output ramp is rotatable relative to the input ramp to change an axial extent of the ramp system. The pilot clutch is for initiating rotation of the input ramp relative to the output ramp in response to a speed differential between the torque-introducing element and the torque-discharging element. The actuation element is arranged radially on the inside relative to the friction clutch and is at least partially covered by the friction clutch when viewed in a radial direction.
US10458484B2
The present invention relates to a dual clutch which can transmit rotational power of a first clutch housing to a second clutch housing through a first piston for operating the first clutch, thereby reducing the number of parts and reducing production cost.The dual clutch outputting rotational power of an input shaft to a first output shaft or a second output shaft, includes: a cylindrical transmission housing having a space therein; a first clutch disposed at a radial outer side within the transmission housing and adapted to selectively transmit the rotational power of the input shaft to the first output shaft; and a second clutch disposed radially inward of the first clutch within the transmission housing and adapted to selectively transmit the rotational power of the input shaft to the second output shaft, and the dual clutch further includes a first piston selectively actuating the first clutch, and the first piston is adapted to continuously transmit the rotational power of the input shaft transmitted to the first clutch to the second clutch.
US10458473B2
A cage segment of a rolling bearing, which cage segment has two side plates and two webs which are fixedly connected to one another, wherein the webs extend parallel to the axis of rotation of the rolling bodies of the rolling bearing, and in which cage segment the side plates and the webs form a pocket for receiving a rolling body. In order to be able to produce and assemble a cage segment of said type in an inexpensive manner, and in order to be able to ensure operation without jamming in an associated rolling bearing, it is provided that the two side plates on both sides of the pocket extend in a circumferential direction of the rolling bearing to such an extent that the side plates together with in each case one of the two webs form in each case one half-pocket for receiving a directly adjacent rolling body.
US10458472B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a sliding bearing system, comprising (a) a base plate, (b) one or more force measuring sensors, wherein each of the one or more force measuring sensors includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and wherein the bottom surface of each of the one or more force measuring sensors is coupled to the base plate, and (c) a first sliding surface coupled to the top surface of each of the one or more force measuring sensors.
US10458470B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to compact bearing assemblies configured to operate in small spaces and/or in harsh environments, bearing apparatuses including such bearing assemblies, and method of operating such bearing assemblies and apparatuses. For instance, one or more compact bearing assemblies may at least partially rotatably secure a shaft of a power generation unit to a housing thereof. Also, a first compact bearing assembly may connect or couple to the shaft and may rotatably engage a second compact bearing assembly, which may be connected or otherwise secured to the housing.
US10458455B2
A system (200) for making a fitted cap (300) comprises a fastener template (202), dimensionally identical to a portion (106) of a fastener (100) and extending from a support plate (210), and a first plurality of through-openings (212) penetrating the support plate (210) and arranged about the fastener template (202). The system (200) also comprises a precursor cap (320) that is geometrically complementary to the fastener template (202), first means (217) for heating a first polymer sheet (270), and second means (219) for applying suction to the first polymer sheet (270) through the first plurality of through-openings (212) to vacuum-form the first polymer sheet (270) over the precursor cap (320). After vacuum-forming the first polymer sheet (270) over the precursor cap (320), at least a portion of the first polymer sheet (270) forms the fitted cap (300). The fitted cap (300) is configured to apply a shaped sealant shroud (590) to the portion (106) of the fastener (100).
US10458444B2
Systems and methods may be provided to digitally control both position and crossover pressure in a double-acting pneumatic actuator, in view of constraints (e.g., a deadband range comprising a set point) set on the crossover pressure. Control may be achieved, via a control algorithm (e.g., a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) control algorithm) acting upon inputs of actuator position feedback and crossover pressure feedback (e.g., as indicated by pressure feedback of each respective pneumatic chamber). Further, the embodiments described herein may reduce the necessary frequency of control actions for adjusting crossover pressure, thus reducing wear on process components, and allowing for finer control of actuator position.
US10458442B2
An actuator assembly includes an actuation member, a release member, and a source of pressurized gas, wherein during a normal mode of operation, the actuation member and the release member are engaged to move in unison, and wherein during an emergency mode of operation, pressurized gas automatically decouples the actuation member from the release member to move separately. In accordance with yet other aspects of the present disclosure, an electro-mechanical actuator includes an electro-mechanical drive system and an integrated backup system operated by a gas generator, wherein when the backup system is activated, the electro-mechanical drive system is decoupled and the actuator moves to a predetermined position and mechanically locks in place.
US10458439B2
Apparatus and methods for metering fluid to a fluid actuator. An example apparatus may include a hydraulic actuator, a fluid chamber, and a hydraulic directional control valve. The fluid chamber may include a piston slidably movable between first and second ends of the fluid chamber and dividing the chamber into first and second chamber portions. The hydraulic directional control valve may direct a fluid from a fluid source into the first chamber portion to cause a volume of fluid to be discharged out of the second chamber portion into the hydraulic actuator to actuate the hydraulic actuator by a distance corresponding to the volume of fluid received by the hydraulic actuator.
US10458436B2
A rotor for a gas turbine is disclosed which includes alternating first and second set of rotor blades, the first set of rotor blades having a baseline profile and the second set of rotor blades having a profile with a cutback relative to the baseline profile, the cutback removing a portion of the baseline profile surrounding a maximum deflection point of a selected natural vibration mode. The cutback may be a leading edge cutback at a span position located a distance away from the hub between 50% and 90% of the total span length. The selected natural vibration mode may be a natural vibration mode higher than the 1st natural vibration mode, more specifically may be the 4th natural vibration mode.
US10458434B2
A rotor stage (200) for a turbomachine, including a plurality of rotor blades (9), a rotor main body (7) having at least two rotor arms (3) and a balancing assembly (1) for balancing the rotor stage (200). The rotor arm (3) configured downstream from the rotor main body (7) features the balancing assembly (1). The balancing assembly (1) is configured between the axial end region of the rotor arm (3) and the rotor disk (27) of the rotor main body (7). Furthermore, a rotor drum (17, 18) for a turbomachine and a rotor (1000) for a turbomachine.
US10458432B2
A compressor assembly of a turbocharger can include a compressor housing that includes a compressor wheel space and a diffuser section that extends from the compressor wheel space to at least one volute; a dual-faced compressor wheel disposed at least in part in the compressor wheel space where the dual-faced compressor wheel includes a first compressor wheel face and a second compressor wheel face oriented back-to-back; and a diffuser section divider disposed at least in part in the diffuser section where the diffuser section divider includes a first side that defines in part a first diffuser that includes a first set of vanes associated with the first compressor wheel face and a second side that defines in part a second diffuser that includes a second set of vanes associated with the second compressor wheel face.
US10458429B2
A system for controlling the clearance distance between an impeller blade tip of a centrifugal compressor and a radially inner surface of an impeller shroud in a turbine engine. The system comprises a high pressure air source, an air piston mounted between an engine casing and the shroud and adapted to receive high pressure air from the high pressure air source, a mounting arm coupling the shroud and air piston, and a slidable coupling adapted to allow axial movement of the shroud and joining the shroud to an axial member.
US10458427B2
A compressor aerofoil for a turbine engine or an axial process compressor, the compressor aerofoil includes a suction surface wall having a suction surface and a pressure surface wall having a pressure surface, the suction surface wall and the pressure surface wall meet at a leading edge and a trailing edge and define a tip having a tip surface, the aerofoil has a maximum thickness Tmax. A mean camber line is defined as passing through the leading edge and the trailing edge. The compressor aerofoil further includes a winglet at the tip and which extends from the suction surface, the winglet has an overhang W that has a perpendicular extent from the suction surface in the range 0.1Tmax to 1.5Tmax. The winglet has a maximum overhang Wmax that occurs within 50% of the length of the mean camber line from the leading edge.
US10458417B2
A centrifugal fan with axial-flow wind includes a centrifugal fan wheel and a cover shell. The centrifugal fan wheel has a rotating core structure and a plurality of centrifugal vanes arranged around the rotating core structure; a circular wind guide surface is disposed on an internal side of the cover shell and around the rotating core structure and covered onto the centrifugal vanes, such that the circular wind guide surface can change a centrifugal airflow at the external periphery of the centrifugal vane into an axial-flow airflow.
US10458405B2
Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a spring retainer configuration without suction bore grooves, wherein the spring retainer may be secured in place via a keeper. By eliminating the grooves, embodiments may reduce the surface area of the bore intersection, which may slow the rate of material erosion. Accordingly, embodiments may extend the life of a fluid end in high pressure environments.
US10458390B2
A sheet metal blank is formed into a helical turbine blade by stretching an outer portion of the blank by creating indents and detents thereon. Then the stretched side is flattened and the stretched structure is formed into a helical shape.
US10458372B2
A method and a device for the dynamic monitoring of an air charging system of an internal combustion engine, subsystems of the air charging system having a low-pass characteristic, and a characteristic state quantity that is to be measured being compared with a modeled, identical state quantity. The measured signal and the modeled signal are filtered using a high-pass filter or bandpass filter, and, given a change in the characteristic state quantity that is to be measured, higher-frequency signal portions are evaluated, which is advantageous with regard to the recognition of so-called slow response errors.
US10458363B2
A thrust reverser for a nacelle of an aircraft turbojet engine is provided that includes a thrust reverser cowl movable along a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle and a variable section outlet nozzle extending from the thrust reverser cowl. The thrust reverser further includes an actuator, a first locking device to lock the thrust reverser cowl, a second locking device to lock the variable section outlet nozzle, and a reset lever. The reset lever is pivotally driven by a locking pin secured to the cowl and pivots from a rest position to a reset position.
US10458354B2
Provided is a knock detecting device capable of ensuring knock detection accuracy irrespective of fuel injection conditions even when a period during which injection-valve noise occurs overlaps with a knock determination period. An ECU 9 subjects signals output from a knock sensor, which detects vibrations of an internal combustion engine, to frequency analysis to calculate frequency components (501). The ECU 9 calculates a background level that indicates the average of the frequency components (503). The ECU 9 stores, in association with each other, the number of fuel injections, which indicates the number of fuel injections in a predetermined time period during one combustion cycle, with a learning value, which indicates a frequency-component correction amount (507). The ECU 9 determines the presence or absence of a knock (504) on the basis of a knock index, which indicates the ratio of the difference between each frequency component and the learning value corresponding to the number of fuel injections, to the background level (503).
US10458339B2
A gas turbine engine component has an engine case structure surrounding an engine center axis. A plurality of holes are formed in the engine case structure, wherein the holes are circumferentially spaced apart from each other about the engine center axis. The plurality of holes includes at least one balance hole and at least one service hole that is configured to allow another engine component to pass through the at least one service hole. At least one cover is configured to cover at least one balance hole such that air is prevented from passing through the at least one balance hole.
US10458337B2
A starter air valve comprising: a housing comprising an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end opposite the first end, and a center portion between the first and second end, the outlet being fluidly connected to the inlet through a fluid passage; a first piston located within the housing between first end and center portion, the first piston configured to block airflow through the fluid passage when in a closed position and allow airflow through the fluid passage when in an open position; a second piston located within the housing between second end and center portion, the second piston configured to block airflow through the fluid passage when in a closed position and allow airflow through the fluid passage when in an open position; and a manual override system configured to move from closed to open position at least one of the first and second pistons.
US10458323B2
An internal combustion engine comprising at least one cylinder and a pair of opposed, reciprocating pistons within the cylinder forming a combustion chamber therebetween. The engine has at least one combustion igniter associated with the cylinder, a portion of the combustion igniter being exposed within the combustion chamber formed between the opposed pistons.
US10458322B2
This surge determination device is provided with a surge determination unit for determining the presence or absence of a surge of a compressor that outputs compressed air to an engine on the basis of a rotation speed of the engine and an air flow rate.
US10458310B2
An object of this invention is to suppress the occurrence of pre-ignition by appropriately controlling a wall surface temperature of a combustion chamber based on a target temperature region in which the frequency with which pre-ignition occurs is reflected, without causing pre-ignition to actually occur. An ECU 50 acquires a wall surface temperature of a combustion chamber 14 or an engine water temperature or the like that correlates therewith as a wall temperature parameter. The ECU 50 is equipped with data for a pre-ignition suppression temperature region that is a region in which the pre-ignition occurrence frequency is smallest among temperature regions of the wall temperature parameter. In a pre-ignition susceptibility operating region A, the wall temperature parameter is controlled so as to fall within the pre-ignition suppression temperature region by operating a cooling water amount varying mechanism 38.
US10458308B2
A method of modifying the oil cooling system of a diesel engine includes the steps of removing the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger and installing a manifold having a configuration adapted to match the mounting configuration of the oil passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The manifold has an oil outlet port directed to a remotely mounted oil cooler. The manifold also has a water passage having a configuration that is adapted to match the mounting configuration of the water passages of the original equipment liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger. The water passage causes the entirety of the flow of water to be discharged back to the water cooling system of the engine where it is circulated by the water pump through the water cooling passages in the engine.
US10458296B2
A crankcase oil catcher, the crankcase oil catcher comprising one or more surfaces configured to catch dispersed oil in a crankcase and direct the oil along the surfaces of the crankcase oil catcher away from a crankcase casing wall and towards a crank sump.
US10458294B2
A variable valve device for an engine, may include a camshaft; a movable cam device fitted over the camshaft to be slidable in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured such that cams with at least two different cam profiles and a guide protruding portion are disposed along the axial direction of the camshaft; at least one shaft groove linearly processed to have a predetermined cross-sectional shape in an external circumferential surface of the camshaft along the axial direction thereof; a cam groove provided in an internal circumferential surface of the movable cam device to communicate with the shaft groove; and an insertion member inserted into a communication space defined by the shaft groove and the cam groove such that a rotational displacement of the camshaft is transmitted to the movable cam device.
US10458279B2
A bowl for supplying oil to at least two oil-distribution circuits which are connected to a planet carrier of an epicyclic reduction gearbox, the planet carrier rotating and the oil coming from a fixed oil ejector, the bowl being designed to be secured to the planet carrier and having a substantially cylindrical shape and being open radially towards the inside with respect to an axis. The bowl is divided into a circumferential succession of separate cups each designed to communicate with one of the oil distribution circuits A reduction gearbox with its supply device and a method of operation in a turbomachine are also disclosed.
US10458274B2
A gas turbine engine comprises a gearbox comprises a sun gear, an annulus gear, a plurality of planet gears and a carrier. The sun gear meshes with the planet gears and the planet gears mesh with the annulus gear. The planet gear carrier comprising a first ring, a second ring spaced axially from the first ring and a plurality of circumferentially spaced axles extending axially between the first ring and the second ring. Each planet gear is rotatably mounted on a respective one of the axles and the axles are arranged at a first radius. At least one of the first ring and the second ring comprises a metal matrix composite material ring and the metal matrix composite ring comprises a ring of reinforcing fibres and the ring of reinforcing fibres having a second radius greater than the first radius.
US10458258B2
According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things a gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor section, a plurality of turbine disks in at least one of the compressor section and the turbine sections, at least one cover plate corresponding to at least one of the turbine disks, each of the cover plates includes, at least two snaps connected via a webbing portion, and a bore region radially inward of the at least two snaps and connected to at least one of the at least two snaps via the webbing portion.
US10458255B2
A fan section to be incorporated into a gas turbine engine has a rotor and a plurality of fan blades. The fan blades deliver air into a bypass duct defined inwardly of the nacelle and into a core engine. There are static vanes inward of the nacelle. A surface of the fan section is provided with a removable film material. A gas turbine engine and a method of refurbishing a surface are also disclosed.
US10458245B2
When cold and in the non-coated state, a turbine blade includes an aerodynamic profile that is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X, Y, Zadim given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Zadim is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P0 situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P1. The measurements D and H are taken radially relative to the axis of the turbine, while the X coordinate is measured in the axial direction of the turbine.
US10458240B2
A hybrid elastomer/metal on metal motor for a helical gear device includes a rotor and stator comprising a hydraulic motor that produces work when a working fluid is pumped therethrough. The improvement involves the stator being, for part of its length, a conventional or even wall stator, using an elastomer to form a seal against the moving rotor. The stator's remaining length comprises a profiled rigid surface that forms a seal directly with the moving rotor. This gives the motor the high efficiency of the elastomer sealing against the rotor, and simultaneously provides a backup of the stator's rigid section allowing continued motor operation at reduced efficiency, if the elastomer part failed in service. The invention also includes combinations of a regular disk stack with a rubber lining, a rigid material disk stack (or unitized element) and a circular rigid sleeve which react to rotor sideloading while permitting proper rotor orbiting.
US10458234B2
A pick for mineral winning includes an elongate shank configured to be positioned into a cavity of a holder. A profile is defined on an outside surface of the shaft which includes a first surface formed into the profile and disposed to receive a leveraging device to enable a first forced translational movement of the shaft relative to the holder, and a second surface formed into the profile and disposed to receive the leveraging device to enable a second forced translational movement of the shaft relative to the holder.
US10458232B2
Formation fluid sample container apparatus are described. An example apparatus includes a downhole tool having a body including an opening and a cavity extending into the body from the opening. The sample container includes an elongated container for holding a formation fluid sample and a sheath coupled to an outer surface of the elongated container and at least partially surrounding the elongated container. The sample container is fixed in the cavity and the sheath is to increase the mechanical integrity of the elongated container in a downhole environment.
US10458231B2
A method can include receiving acoustic emission data for acoustic emissions originating in a formation, performing a moment tensor analysis of the data, thereby yielding acoustic emission source parameters, determining at least one acoustic emission source parameter angle having a highest number of associated acoustic emission events, and calculating an in situ stress parameter, based on the acoustic emission source parameter angle. A system can include multiple sensors that sense acoustic emissions originating in a formation, and a computer including a computer readable medium having instructions that cause a processor to perform a moment tensor analysis of the data and yield acoustic emission source parameters, determine at least one acoustic emission source parameter angle having a highest number of associated acoustic emission events, and calculate an in situ stress parameter, based on the acoustic emission source parameter angle.
US10458216B2
A method of hydraulic fracturing of an oil producing formation includes the provision of a heating apparatus which is transportable and that has a vessel for containing water. A water stream of cool or cold water is transmitted from a source to a mixer, the cool or cold water stream being at ambient temperature. The mixer has an inlet that receives cool or cold water from the source and an outlet that enables a discharge of a mix of cool or cold water and the hot water. After mixing in the mixer, the water assumes a temperature that is suitable for mixing with chemicals that are used in the fracturing process, such as a temperature of about 40°-120° F.+(4.4-48.9 C+). An outlet discharges a mix of the cool and hot water to surge tanks or to mixing tanks. In the mixing tanks, a proppant and an optional selected chemical or chemicals are added to the water which has been warmed. From the mixing tanks, the water with proppant and optional chemicals is injected into the well for part of the hydraulic fracturing operation.
US10458206B2
A wellhead assembly for use with a well that includes a production tree, a production line for carrying produced fluid from the production tree, and a choke in the production line. The choke assembly includes a turbine member that rotates in response to fluid flowing through the production line. The kinetic energy of the rotating turbine is converted into electricity by a generator that is coupled with the turbine member. Selectively impeding turbine rotation with a brake system introduces a pressure drop in the production line fluid, and which regulates flow of the production line fluid. The turbine member can be disposed in a straight run of the production line, or adjacent a bend in the production line.
US10458204B2
A downhole tool comprises a body having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet and configured to accelerate fluid flowing along a fluid flow path from the inlet to the outlet. The fluid outlet is configured to provide a radially directed and substantially circumferentially continuous stream of fluid. The stream of fluid may be used to clean or cut downhole tubing, such as casing.
US10458201B2
Downhole assemblies and methods for isolating a wellbore. A downhole tool can include a body having a bore or flowpath formed therethrough, and one or more sealing members disposed therein. The one or more sealing members can include an annular base and a curved surface having an upper face and a lower face, wherein one or more first radii define the upper face, and one or more second radii define the lower face, and wherein, at any point on the curved surface, the first radius is greater than the second radius. The sealing members can be disposed within the bore of the tool using one or more annular sealing devices disposed about the one or more sealing members.
US10458195B2
There is provided a downhole tool comprising a locator. The locator includes a wellbore coupler for becoming releasably retained relative to a locate profile; and a wellbore coupler release opposer configured for opposing release of the wellbore coupler from the retention relative to the locate profile. While the opposing of the release of the wellbore coupler from the retention relative to the locate profile is being effected by the wellbore coupler release opposer, relative displacement between the wellbore coupler release opposer and the wellbore coupler is effectible, with effect that the opposing is defeated. The locator also includes a displacement impeder for impeding the relative displacement between the wellbore coupler release opposer and the wellbore coupler.
US10458192B2
A drilling machine having: a string of telescopic rods provided with an excavation tool; a winch having a drum associated with a motor; a flexible pulling element connected on the one hand to the drum and on the other hand to the string of telescopic rods; a manual control element of the winch that can assume a first position, a second position and a third position; a control system configured for controlling the motor, in a first operating mode, so as to unwind the flexible pulling element from the drum when the manual control element is in the first position, wind the flexible pulling element on the drum in order to raise the string of telescopic rods when the manual control element is in the second position, stop the drum when the manual control element is in the third position; wherein it comprises a first manual selector adapted to select a second operating mode, and in that the control system is configured for controlling the motor, in the second operating mode, so as to wind the flexible pulling element on the drum in order to tension the flexible pulling element without raising the string of telescopic rods when the manual control element assumes the third position.
US10458175B2
A device for closing a building opening, wherein a planar closure element and/or a frame rigidly attached to the edge of the building opening has a frame profile, which by way of two lateral surfaces delimits a profile cavity that is open toward the rebate face, wherein from each of the two lateral surfaces, a profile wall projects toward the direction of the respective other lateral surface. On the projecting profile walls, a metal cover plate and a clamping part are attached such that they are pulled together by screws, with the interposition of the profile walls. On the two projecting profile walls, a clamping part abuts, in each case, both flanks of a groove, the opening surface of which is parallel to the connecting surface between the two projecting profile walls.
US10458174B2
Methods and systems for autonomously closing an open door of a vehicle are disclosed. A door closing system for a vehicle includes a sensor system and an autonomous driving system. The sensor system determines if a door of the vehicle is open and determines if a surrounding of the vehicle is free of obstacles in a predetermined range. The autonomous driving system instructs the vehicle to move if a door of the vehicle is open and if the predetermined range of the surrounding of the vehicle is free of obstacles, such that the door is closed as a result of the movement of the vehicle.
US10458172B2
The present invention is a door opener operable to open doors of various weights, heights and widths, comprising cables attached to the door and further attached to an operation unit. The operation unit incorporates a telescoping section driven to extend and compress by the function of a fluid pump. The telescoping section comprises two or more telescoping portions. The extension of at least one telescoping portion creates tension in the cables and causes the door to be moved from a closed or semi-closed position to an open or semi-open position. The compression of at least one telescoping portion reduces tension in a constant or near-constant manner so that the door is caused to move from an open or semi-open position to a closed position or semi-closed position. The pump only requires power while at least one telescoping portion is extending and therefore power is only required while the door is being moved towards an open position.
US10458171B2
A vehicle door system includes a vehicle door and electrically-powered linear and rotary actuators. The vehicle door system also includes a pinch sensor. Upon receiving an open door command, a controller actuates the linear actuator and then actuates the rotary actuator to open the door. The controller also actuates the linear actuator to prevent closing of the door if the pinch-sensor detects an object in a door opening. The controller actuates the rotary actuator to close the door upon receiving a close door command.
US10458167B2
A counterbalance assembly for an appliance hinge has a base including first and second spaced-apart side walls and a transverse face wall. A channel is located between the first and second side walls. First and second notch portions are respectively located in the first and second side walls. A rotating cam is supported on the base and has a camshaft that extends between the side walls and that is adapted for rotation about an axis of rotation, a first end located in the first notch portion and a second end located in the second notch portion. A biasing spring has an inner end engaged with the base and an outer end spaced from the base. A spring rod includes an outer end operatively coupled to the spring and an inner end operatively coupled to the lever. The lever also pivotally connects to the lobe of the cam. A damper assembly is connected to the base and having a piston which is moved between a first position and a second position by the lever contacting the piston. The piston damps movement of the counterbalance assembly.
US10458164B2
A hinge assembly for an appliance includes features that allow for a door rotatably hinged to the appliance to be raised or lowered through various phases of the swing arc of the door by utilizing a ramped surface of a bracket of the hinge assembly as the working surface. In one exemplary aspect, a hinge assembly includes a hinge bracket having a pivot pin and a ramped surface. The door hinge assembly also includes a cam assembly coupled with the door and having a cam projection. As the door is swung about its swing arc, the cam projection engages the ramped surface of the hinge bracket. In this way, the door can be raised along the vertical direction as the door is rotated through its swing arc.
US10458156B2
A mechanism for a double-pull type door latch is described. A return mechanism is described that includes a final lever coupled to rotate about a pivot. A position wheel is rotationally coupled to the pivot, the position wheel having a first notch and a second notch, the position wheel being rotatable in a first direction. A cam member is coupled to the position wheel, the cam member having a cam surface. A drive lever is arranged to engage the first notch and the second notch. A biasing member is arranged to apply a force on the cam surface to move the position wheel in the first direction when the drive lever is moved into the second notch.
US10458146B2
A barrier includes at least one support panel having a first face and a second face and a first bend intermediate the first face and the second face is provided. The support panel is deployable from a folded and packed condition to a freestanding condition, and is re-foldable to a packed condition. In the freestanding condition at least one expandable wire coil is operatively attached to the support panel to form the barrier. The expandable wire coil may be made of barbed wire, razor wire, or concertina wire. The support panel includes a diagonal brace and may include a generally horizontal brace. Retention cable may be strung through the wire coil to retain the wire coil to the support panel. The barrier may be provided as a deployment kit including the barrier materials in a packed condition. A method of deploying the barrier is provided.
US10458144B1
The solar gravestone display is a funerary structure. The solar gravestone display is a reliquary that stores and displays one or more relics associated with a person. The solar gravestone display comprises a memorial structure and an epitaph device. The memorial structure forms a tombstone for the funerary structure. The memorial structure houses the reliquary of the solar gravestone display. The epitaph device is an electric circuit. The epitaph device: a) detects the presence of a visitor to the site; b) illuminates relics contained within the reliquary; c) initiates an audible presentation appropriate for the function performed by the funerary structure; d) extinguishes the illumination of the reliquary after a predetermined period; and, e) terminates the audible presentation after the predetermined amount of time. The audible presentation is selected from the group consisting of an encomium or music.
US10458140B2
The various processes of a plant are segmented into separate process blocks that are connected to one another using fluid conduits or electrical connections. Each process block is specialized to perform specific tasks in an assembly line manner to achieve an overall goal. For example, multiple distillation process blocks could be daisy-chained to create fuel from crude oil. Each process block is generally small enough to be mounted on a truck or a flatbed for easy transport, allowing for an assembly line of process blocks to be transported anywhere in the world with ease.
US10458139B2
A pool cleaning robot that may include a filtering unit for filtering fluid that passes through the filtering unit; a calorimetric sensor for sensing a cleanliness related parameter of the filtering unit while the pool cleaning robot is submerged in the fluid; and a controller that is configured to at least assist in determining, based on the cleanliness related parameter of the filtering unit, a cleanliness of the filtering unit.
US10458137B1
A device that selectively closes an inlet opening in a face frame of a throat in a pool skimmer, the throat having an outlet opening in a wall of a chamber of the pool skimmer, the throat being in a water flow communication with the chamber, the chamber accessible through a removable lid, the device comprises a body sized larger than the inlet opening, a support member sized and shaped to be positioned, during use of the device, in a contact with the wall of the chamber and adjacent the outlet opening of the throat, and an elastic member being in a first connection with the body and in a second connection with the support member, the elastic member further being in a tension during use of the device.
US10458132B1
A string groove masonry clamp having a clamp body with first and second clamp sides pivotally connected together and biased to clamp onto a masonry block to align a string positioning guide having a string groove at the edge of the apex of the corner of the block.
US10458131B2
Apparatuses and methods for providing high electrical resistance for aerial work platform components
Methods, systems and apparatuses for providing high electrical resistance for an upper control assembly (including control handles) of an aerial lift are provided through an isolation member that is integral to the upper control assembly and interposed between fluid lines in the control assembly and a set of fluid conduits that extend from the control assembly towards other portions of the aerial lift. The isolation member is a dielectric element that comprises a manifold that is made of material that is substantially electrically non-conductive, and that has a plurality of through-holes or hoses configured to allow hydraulic fluid to flow through the isolation member into and out of the fluid lines and conduits. These methods, systems and apparatuses are preferably used in upper control assemblies of aerial platforms that can carry one or more operators in order to prevent such operators from electrocution when controlling the lift.
US10458128B2
A machine for distributing insulation material from a package of compressed insulation material has a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end configured to receive compressed insulation material. A lower unit has a shredding chamber configured to receive the insulation material from the outlet end of the chute. The shredding chamber includes shredders and at least one agitator configured to condition the insulation material, thereby forming conditioned insulation material. A discharge mechanism receives the conditioned insulation material exiting the shredding chamber and distributes the conditioned insulation material into a distribution airstream. A blower is configured to provide the distribution airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism, the blower driven by a blower motor. A flow rate of the distribution airstream can be varied by control the rotational speed of the blower motor, thereby varying the density, coverage and thermal insulative value of the distributed insulation material.
US10458124B2
A panel having a panel upper side and a panel lower side and at least two opposing panel edges, which have each an edge break on the panel upper side, the edge breaks forming in the connected state a joint in a covering surface. The edge break of one of the panel edges is formed larger than the edge break of the opposing panel edge, and a lower part of the large edge break of the one panel edge is overlapped in the connected state by the small edge break of the opposing panel edge.
US10458123B2
A composite siding panel mountable on an exterior wall of a building includes a backing member and a siding member attached to the backing member, wherein the first side edge of the siding member overhangs the first side edge of the backing member, and the second side edge of the siding member is aligned with or positioned contiguously with the second side edge of the backing member. An adhesive coating joins the front face of the backing member to the rear face of the siding member. The adhesive coating runs substantially from the first side edge of the backing member to the second side edge thereof. The backing member can be composed of closed-cell expanded foam or wire-fabricated foam, and the siding member can be formed from vinyl, polypropylene, aluminum, steel, fiberglass, engineered wood, or fiber cement. A siding assembly including a plurality of composite siding panels adjacently mountable on an exterior wall of a building is also disclosed.
US10458094B2
An adaptor for quickly, easily, and safely attaching and removing compatible tools from the end of a boom of an excavating machine.
US10458093B2
A permanent on-site manhole casting system comprising a top, a main barrel, and a base. Each component consists of a ribbed plastic outer barrel and a ribbed plastic inner barrel with a plurality of plastic tie strips used to connect the said outer and inner barrels. A coupling mechanism consisting of a plastic outer coupling ring and a plastic inner coupling ring is welded to the coupling ends of the top, main barrel and base which connects the top, main barrel and base components. A concrete mixture is poured into the space between the coupled outer and inner barrels where the concrete is then allowed to set and cure and the filled form is then completely buried.
US10458092B1
A retaining wall system comprises at least one rear supporting block, at least one façade block and at least one connector. The retaining wall system comprises top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral surface therebetween defining receiving slots on at least a portion thereof. The façade block comprises front and rear surfaces, top and bottom ends, and lateral side. The top and bottom ends define respective receiving slots. The connector comprises a rear portion for being fitted into the receiving slot of the rear supporting block and a front portion for being fitted into the receiving slot of the façade block. The connector provides for connecting the façade block to the rear supporting block.
US10458089B2
The present disclosure provides helical ground anchors or piles designed to cut through rock. The helical ground anchors have a shaft, one or more helical plates attached to the shaft and at least one cutting tip attached to the distal end of the shaft in order to make a first cut through rock along the axis of rotation of the shaft. The distal end of the shaft is tapered and the at least one cutting tip can be attached to the longer end of the shaft. The helical shaped plates are attached to the shaft at a distance above the at least one cutting tip.
US10458086B2
Described herein is a floating flap gate including a gate leaf having a buoyancy forming portion, the gate leaf being configured to be raised due to buoyancy effect (e.g., from water), a bottom fitting mounted to a proximal end portion of the gate leaf, the bottom fitting having a convex circular arc-shaped surface across a width direction of the gate leaf, a plate member having a concave circular arc-shaped surface to be mated with the convex circular arc-shaped surface of the bottom fitting when the gate leaf is in a lowered state, wherein the concave circular arc-shaped surface is in contact with the convex circular arc-shaped surface when the gate leaf is raised.
US10458073B2
Systems and methods for arresting aircraft. In specific embodiments, the systems and methods can be useful in arresting light aircraft because they typically do not have the weight to penetrate available EMAS systems. The system is generally provided as a structure having a suspended layer of energy absorbing material. A lower portion of the system can have a lower strength, used as a method to suspend an upper, stronger/more highly energy absorbent portion of the system.
US10458071B2
An interface pad for a concrete tie includes a resilient contact pad to cushion the tie from any overlying parts in a railway application, such as panels in a grade crossing or rails in a turnout. The pad may be flat or a cupped shape and may be of varying size to accommodate varying tie widths. The invention further comprises means and methods to correctly secure such an interface pad to a concrete railroad tie and minimize the possibility that the interface pad will be forcibly removed from the tie during installation of the tie.
US10458070B2
There is provided a method of making white sack paper having a grammage of 50-140 g/m2 and a Gurley porosity (ISO 5636/5) of 2-10 s, comprising the steps of: a) providing bleached pulp, such as bleached sulphate pulp; b) subjecting the pulp to high consistency (HC) refining and optionally low consistency (LC) refining to the extent that the sack paper obtains the Gurley porosity; c) adding cationic polymer, such as cationic starch, to the pulp in an amount of 1.5-5.0 kg/ton paper; and d) adding size to the pulp in an amount of 0.4-2.0 kg/ton paper; and e) forming the sack paper from the pulp, wherein less than 2 kg/ton paper of anionic starch is added to the pulp.
US10458068B2
A method for manufacturing paper is disclosed. A pulp slurry is produced, a paper sheet is formed from the slurry, an aldehyde functionalized polymer or polymers is added to the slurry before and/or after sheet formation, and a water soluble acid is added on the paper sheet.
US10458059B2
A basement assembly of a household appliance is provided herein. A basement has a bottom compartment and a top compartment. The bottom compartment is separated from the top compartment and includes a plurality of voids. A plurality of acoustic pads are configured to reduce noise levels produced by the household appliance. Each of the acoustic pads is configured to be received in one of the voids. A cover member is coupled to the basement and is configured to confine the acoustic pads therein.
US10458054B1
A combination washing and drying apparatus includes a housing defining a singular interior area. A washing assembly positioned in the housing includes a washer drum having a first and second concentric washer sleeves movable between a closed configuration at which a bottom opening defined by the first washer sleeve is blocked by the second washer sleeve and an open configuration in which the bottom opening is not blocked for releasing the clothing from the first washer sleeve. A drying assembly is positioned in the housing and includes a dryer drum having first and second concentrically aligned dryer sleeves defining a side opening and being movable between a closed configuration blocking the side opening and an open configuration allowing the clothing to be inserted into the dryer drum. A conveyor assembly includes a continuous belt operably movable when energized for conveying the clothing between the washing and drying assemblies.
US10458041B2
An alumina substrate on which an AlN layer is formed and that causes less warping, and a substrate material strong enough to withstand normal handling when an AlN crystal is grown upon it, and prevents cracking and fracturing of a grown crystal when stress is applied during growing or cooling. The substrate has a gap and a rare earth element-containing region inside the AlN layer or at the interface between the AlN layer and the alumina substrate. Warping of the AlN layer can be reduced by lattice-mismatch stress being concentrated at the region and releasing of stress by the gap. The region having a concentrating of stress, and the gap having a low mechanical strength, can induce crackings and fracturings. As a result, contamination of crackings and fracturings into the crystal grown on the substrate can be prevented. The region can ensure a level of mechanical strength sufficient for handling.
US10458034B2
Provided are a method for an anodizing treatment on an aluminum-based material and a structure of an internal combustion engine which are provided with both high heat insulation properties and a high corrosion resistance, a high durability and a high impact resistance, and high water-repellent and oil-repellent functions. This method comprises the steps of: forming a second anodic oxide coating 2b by application of AC-DC superimposition electrolysis to an aluminum-based material 1; and, after the step, forming a first anodic oxide coating 2a by application of direct-current electrolysis to the aluminum-based material 1, wherein the second anodic oxide coating 2b is formed on the first anodic oxide coating 2a.
US10458021B2
Provided is a treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating that can simultaneously achieve excellent moisture absorption resistance and a high iron loss reduction effect obtained by imparting sufficient tension, by using an inexpensive Ti source instead of expensive Ti chelate. The treatment solution for chromium-free tension coating contains: one or more of phosphates of Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr, Zn, Al, and Mn; colloidal silica in an amount of 50 parts by mass to 120 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of SiO2; Ti source in an amount of 30 parts by mass to 50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the phosphate in terms of solid content of TiO2; and H3PO4, and the number of moles of metallic elements in the phosphate and of phosphorus in the treatment solution satisfy: 0.20≤([Mg]+[Ca]+[Ba]+[Sr]+[Zn]+[Mn]+1.5[Al])/[P]≤0.45 (1).
US10457999B2
A method for recovery of platinum group metals from a spent catalyst is described. The method includes crushing the spent catalyst to obtain a catalyst particulate material including particles having a predetermined grain size. The method includes subjecting the catalyst particulate material to a chlorinating treatment in the reaction zone at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time period by putting the catalyst particulate material in contact with the chlorine containing gas. The method also includes applying an electromagnetic field to the chlorine-containing gas in the reaction zone to provide ionization of chlorine; thereby to cause a chemical reaction between platinum group metals and chlorine ions and provide a volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product in the reaction zone. Following this, the volatile platinum group metal-containing chloride product is cooled to convert the product into solid phase platinum group metal-containing materials.
US10457996B2
A nanocrystalline bainitic steel consisting of, by weight percentage: 0.3% to 0.6% carbon; 9.0% to 20.0% nickel; up to 10% cobalt; 1.0% to 4.5% aluminium; up to 0.5% molybdenum; up to 0.5% manganese; up to 0.5% tungsten; up to 3.0% chromium; and the balance being iron and impurities.
US10457994B2
An miRNA expression signature comprising a set of one or more miRNAs associated with metastatic cancer is provided. In one embodiment, the expression signature is selected from the group consisting of miR-10b, miR-139-5p, miR-130b and miR-199b-5p. In some aspects, miR-199b-5p and miR-130b are overexpressed in metastatic cancer; and miR-10b and miR-139-5p are downregulated in metastatic cancer. Such an expression signature may be used in methods for predicting metastasis, risk for developing metastasis or a prognosis in a cancer. In another embodiment, a method for establishing such a cancer miRNA expression signature is provided.
US10457984B2
This invention provides methods for attaching a nucleic acid to a solid surface and for sequencing nucleic acid by detecting the identity of each nucleotide analogue after the nucleotide analogue is incorporated into a growing strand of DNA in a polymerase reaction. The invention also provides nucleotide analogues which comprise unique labels attached to the nucleotide analogue through a cleavable linker, and a cleavable chemical group to cap the —OH group at the 3′-position of the deoxyribose.
US10457983B2
An analytic device comprising a device housing, a dock to receive a camera enabled mobile electronic device, such as a smartphone and other smart devices, and a processing device to communicate with the mobile electronic device and to control a condition of the assay tube, such as temperature. In another example, the analytic device comprises a device housing and a circuit board. A processing device, a heating block defining a recess to support assay tube, and a resistive heater are surface mounted to the circuit board. A light source and a fan are also provided. A dock may be provided to support a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device communicates with the processing device to cause the application of reaction conditions to the assay tube, to perform a PCR procedure, for example. Methods are also disclosed.
US10457980B2
The present invention, among other things, provides technologies for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids in cells, tissues, organs or organisms. In some embodiments, through sequential barcoding, the present invention provides methods for high-throughput profiling of a large number of targets, such as transcripts and/or DNA loci.
US10457979B2
Translocation control for sensing by a nanopore, as well as methods and products related to the same, are provided. Such methods optimize duplex stability to provide high fill rate (of the hybridization sites) but do not prevent rapid dissociation required for high read rates, as well as controlling the translocation of a target molecule for sensing by a nanopore by use of a selective pulsed voltage. Products related to the same include a reporter construct comprising two or more phosphoramidites.
US10457978B2
The invention concerns methods for detecting a nucleic acid of interest in a solution comprising (a) contacting a solution suspected of containing the nucleic acid of interest with a PNA capture probe and a PNA reporter probe; wherein (i) the PNA capture probe comprises at least two trans-cyclopentanes; (ii) the PNA reporter probe comprises at least six biotin groups; (iii) the PNA capture probe bound to a surface; and (iv) the PNA capture probe and the PNA reporter probe each comprise a nucleobase sequence that is complementary to different non-overlapping portions of the nucleic acid of interest; (b) detecting the presence of the PNA capture probe and the PNA reporter probe bound to the surface; wherein the nucleic acid of interest is detected when 1-1000 molecules of the nucleic acid of interest are present in the solution being tested.
US10457964B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for increasing biomass synthesis capacity of microorganisms. The method in accordance with the present disclosure comprises overexpressing the genes involved in protein synthesis to increase the levels of protein synthesis and thereby, increase the biomass synthesis capacity of the microorganisms. The present disclosure also provides a modified microorganism having increased biomass synthesis capacity.
US10457963B2
Nucleic acids and cells comprising a methyltransferase gene and/or a reductase gene are disclosed. These nucleic acids and cells may be used to produce branched (methyl)lipids, such as 10-methylstearate.
US10457962B2
Improved methods for anaerobic digestion of organic matter to produce biogas. Among the improvements given are including ferric iron in a hydrolysis reactor to increase the rate and efficiency of anaerobic hydrolysis to provide substrates for methanogenesis. A solids separation step is added after hydrolysis and before methanogenesis to improve the efficiency of the methanogenesis step. Other improvements involve using separate tanks for the hydrolysis and methanogenesis stages and using two (or more) methanogenesis tanks in sequence, and switching the order of the two (or more) methanogenesis tanks periodically.
US10457960B2
Compositions and methods are provided for creating and promoting biallelic targeted modifications to genomes within cells and for producing non-human animals comprising the modified genomes. Also provided are compositions and methods for modifying a genome within a cell that is heterozygous for an allele to become homozygous for that allele. The methods make use of Cas proteins and two or more guide RNAs that target different locations within the same genomic target locus. Also provided are methods of identifying cells with modified genomes.
US10457959B2
The invention provides a new expression system comprising a mammalian selectable marker that promotes desirable post-translational modifications of glycoproteins. In particular, the invention includes methods and compositions for optimal recombinant protein expression in mammalian cells by employing a selection marker system based on GPT genes of mammalian origin. The invention includes methods that facilitate selectivity and enhanced expression copies as well as protein yield of recombinant proteins in mammalian cells, and methods of using GPT expression systems.
US10457958B2
Engineered Cry1Da amino acid sequences are provided that exhibit improved Lepidopteran insecticidal activity and an enhanced Lepidopteran spectrum compared to the naturally occurring Cry1Da protein toxin. Polynucleotide sequences intended for use in expression of the improved proteins in plants are also provided. Particular embodiments provide compositions containing insect inhibitory amounts of the engineered proteins, as well as recombinant plants, plant parts, and seeds containing polynucleotide constructs encoding one or more of the improved engineered proteins.
US10457953B2
This disclosure provides tobacco plants that exhibit altered photosynthesis as well as methods of making and using such plants.
US10457951B2
A series of independent human-induced non-transgenic mutations found at one or more of the Lpx genes of wheat; wheat plants having these mutations in one or more of their Lpx genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations of Lpx by screening pooled and/or individual wheat plants. The wheat plants disclosed herein exhibit decreased lipoxygenase activity without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes. Additionally, products produced from the wheat plants disclosed herein display increased oxidative stability and increased shelf life without having the inclusion of foreign nucleic acids in their genomes.
US10457947B2
A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) referred to herein as Sweet-P, compositions comprising the methods of making the same, mid methods of using the same, are described.
US10457945B2
This invention provides UNA oligomers for therapeutics having prolonged stability. The UNA oligomers can be composed of one or more 2′-3′-seco-nucleomonomers and one or more natural or non-natural nucleotide monomers. Embodiments include UNA oligomers with phosphorothioate or boranophosphate intermonomer linkages. The UNA oligomers can be used for therapeutics that target oligonucleotides, nucleic acids, or RNAs to reduce their activity.
US10457940B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to compositions and methods useful for treating Huntington's disease. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides interfering nucleic acids (e.g., artificial miRNAs) targeting the huntingtin gene (HTT) and methods of treating Huntington's disease using the same.
US10457934B2
The disclosure provides methods to assemble genomes of eukaryotic or prokaryotic organisms. The disclosure provides methods for haplotype phasing and meta-genomics assemblies. The disclosure provides a streamlined method for accomplishing these tasks, such that intermediates need not be labeled by an affinity label to facilitate binding to a solid surface. The disclosure also provides methods and compositions for the de novo generation of scaffold information, linkage information, and genome information for unknown organisms in heterogeneous metagenomic samples or samples obtained from multiple individuals. Practice of the methods can allow de novo sequencing of entire genomes of uncultured or unidentified organisms in heterogeneous samples, or the determination of linkage information for nucleic acid molecules in samples comprising nucleic acids obtained from multiple individuals.
US10457932B2
Disclosed are methods, components, compositions, and kits for preparing and identifying engineered E. coli ribosomes. The E. coli ribosomes may be prepared and identified under a set of defined conditions, such as in the presences of antibiotics, in order to obtain an engineered ribosome that is resistant to the antibiotic.
US10457923B2
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains, cellulose binding domains and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides, catalytic domains or cellulose binding domains.
US10457913B2
The present invention relates to a method for inducing a keratin 12-positive corneal epithelioid cell from a surface ectoderm-derived cell. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for inducing a keratin 12-positive corneal epithelioid cell, comprising introducing PAX6, KLF4, and OCT4 into a surface ectoderm-derived cell, such as an oral mucosal epithelial cell, and a corneal epithelioid cell induced by the method.
US10457911B2
Culture media which contain a water-soluble polymer, such as polyvinyl alcohol and the like, and albumin, and the like, are useful for the proliferation of stem cells, and show good culture results, particularly with iPS cells, and maintain the stability of the medium properties, as well as using a reduced amount of albumin.
US10457907B2
An electrochemical measurement device includes: a base; a specimen placement portion disposed on the base, for placing a biological specimen; a first electrode disposed on the base and surrounding the specimen placement portion; and a first insulating layer covering the first electrode. The first insulating layer has a plurality of openings, and the first electrode has a plurality of first electrode exposed portions which are portions of the first electrode that are exposed from the openings of the first insulating layer.
US10457903B2
The tank comprises a cylindrical vessel, air tight sealing means, pressure control means, and in addition: a first gas adduction nozzle, located in proximity of the bottom of the cylindrical vessel; a second gas adduction nozzle, provided at an intermediate height of the cylindrical vessel; a third gas adduction nozzle, provided in the upper part of the cylindrical vessel, above the maximum level reached by the liquid; power and control means, functionally connected to the pressure control means, first, second and third gas adduction nozzles, adapted to determine for the same respective predetermined operative phases, in order to perform vinification processes with controlled oxidation, even without the addition of sulphites. The tank is advantageously equipped with organs for taking the must from the bottom and spreading it from the top, by up-down shaking, activated by the power and control means.
US10457896B1
A stain removal product formulation and method utilizing a dry, portable product. The dry, portable removal product preferably contains specially treated ingredients, including a composition of microporous silica and alumina tetrahedra and combined with aluminum dioctahedral phyllosilicales family of minerals, ingredients may vary depending on the type of stain to treat, for example, for stains having an oil. grease or fat base. Due to the nature of stains and their varied content the product formulation may also include a combination of other dry ingredients such as clays, minerals, baking soda, com stareh, flour or other dry ingredients. Optional ingredients which may be added including dry coloring and/or dry fragrance components. The dry product formulation is provided in a powder, granule or flake form in moisture resistant packages and kits.
US10457894B2
The application describes a water-soluble packaging having at least two chambers and containing a first liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water, a second liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water and a water-soluble wrapping, the first liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water containing an optical brightener and the second liquid detergent or cleaning agent with a low content of water containing a color transfer inhibitor.
US10457893B2
The present disclosure relates to a process of washing fabrics where the fabrics have a softening active deposited thereon. It also relates to the use of a liquid laundry detergent composition used in the described process.
US10457891B2
An aryl-substituted alkanal compound having a molecular weight of less than 300 g/mol and which bears a substituent on the aryl ring ortho to a substituent bearing the aldehyde functionality. Said compounds are useful as perfume ingredients in personal care and household care products.
US10457889B2
The present invention relates to a low-temperature treated perilla oil for suppressing generation of coagulated suspended materials during low-temperature cold storage and a preparation method therefor, and more particularly, to a low-temperature treated perilla oil for suppressing generation of coagulated suspended materials during low-temperature cold storage and a preparation method therefor, wherein in the low-temperature storage and cold storage of perilla oil, which are essentially implemented to increase the storage period of the perilla oil through the minimization of rancidity of the perilla oil, a perilla oil without the generation of coagulated suspended materials during low-temperature cold storage is provided, and thus a high-quality clean perilla oil that does not give an eating person an unpleasant feeling due to suspended materials is provided.
US10457877B2
Systems and methods are provided for producing lubricant basestocks having a reduced or minimized aromatics content. A first processing stage can perform an initial amount of hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking. A first separation stage can then be used to remove fuels boiling range (and lower boiling range) compounds. The remaining lubricant boiling range fraction can then be exposed under hydrocracking conditions to a USY catalyst including a supported noble metal, such as Pt and/or Pd. The USY catalyst can have a desirable combination of catalyst properties, such as a unit cell size of 24.30 or less (or 24.24 or less), a silica to alumina ratio of at least 50 (or at least 80), and an alpha value of 20 or less (or 10 or less). In some aspects, the effluent from the second (hydrocracking) stage can be dewaxed without further separation. In such aspects, a portion of the dewaxed effluent can be used as a recycle quench stream to cool the hydrocracking effluent prior to entering the dewaxing reactor.
US10457875B2
The present invention discloses a catalytic process for the manufacture of hydrogen and hydrocarbons simultaneously in the same reactor from renewable source, i.e. lipids, glycerides and fatty acids from plant, animal or algae oil, where in the multiple unsaturations in the renewable feedstock and the catalytic intermediates produced in the process from renewable feedstock is converted catalytically using simultaneous combination of in-situ occurring reactions. These in-situ occurring reactions are simultaneous combination of hydroconversion, reforming and water gas shift reactions wherein the reaction is performed in the presence of one or more metal sulfides form of metals of Group VI and/or Group IX and/or Group X elements, specifically comprises of one or more active metal combinations such as Co, W, Mo, Ni, P, with Pt, Pd encapsulated inside sodalite cages for prevention against poisoning from sulfur based compounds. The hydroconversion comprises of reactions in presence of hydrogen such as hydrocracking, dehydrogenation, dehydrocyclization, hydrodeoxygenation, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodenitrogenation, decarboxylation, decarbonylation, cyclization and aromatization reactions. The catalyst along with the active metals also includes porous silica-alumina, zeolite, silica, alumina, silicoaluminophosphates or a combination of two or more thereof used as support for the above said process. These catalysts are loaded in a graded beds (two or more beds of different catalyst mixtures) or simultaneously (mixture of different catalyst systems) and reacted specifically at lower temperatures than the steam reforming conditions i.e. at pressure from 10 to 150 atmosphere, average temperature of the catalytic bed from 250° C. to 500° C., space-velocity of from 0.5 h−1 to 8 h−1, and hydrogen to feed ratio of from 300 NL of hydrogen/L of feed to 3500 NL hydrogen/L of feed. Initially hydrogen gas is supplied for conversion of the renewable feed stocks, as the reaction process the hydrogen consumed during the conversion of plant, animal or algae oil into hydrocarbons is balanced from the in-situ reactions such as reforming, dehydrogenation, water gas shift etc occurring during the same process. This production of hydrogen makes the entire process refinery independent and more economical and sustainable. Along with hydrogen the renewable feed stock is also converted into hydrocarbons ranging between C1-C24 carbon number, comprising of n-paraffins, isoparaffins, cyclo paraffins, naphthenes, and aromatics and polynuclear aromatics.
US10457874B2
A method for solubilizing a carbonaceous feedstock. The method includes steps of reacting a mixture of the carbonaceous feedstock with a metal oxide including a metal at a first, higher oxidation state to reduce the metal of the metal oxide to a second, lower oxidation state by releasing at least one oxygen atom from the metal oxide. The released oxygen from the metal oxide is used to oxidize the carbonaceous feedstock. At least a portion of the metal or metal oxide containing the metal at the second, lower oxidation state is then oxidized to the metal oxide containing the metal at the first, higher oxidation state for reuse in the reaction step.
US10457870B1
Disclosed are a chiral compound, a liquid crystal composition containing the chiral compound, an optically anisotropic body and a liquid crystal display device. The structural formula of said chiral compound is as represented by the following formula I: The chiral compound has a high HTP value and a good solubility; a highly helical, twisted liquid crystal composition can be prepared by adding a small amount of the chiral compound; reducing the addition amount of the chiral compound can reduce the negative effect of the chiral compound on the parameters of the liquid crystal composition; under the conditions of the same addition ratio and the same helical pitch, the chiral compound can reduce the response time of the liquid crystal composition; in addition, the chiral compound has a simple structure and greatly reduces the synthesis cost.
US10457866B2
What is disclosed is a dry etching gas containing 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene has purity of 99.5 mass % or more, and a total of concentration of each mixed metal component of Fe, Ni, Cr, Al, and Mo is 500 mass ppb or less. Furthermore, regarding to the dry etching gas, it is preferable that a content of nitrogen is 0.5 volume % or less, and that a content of water is 0.05 mass % or less. In a dry etching with a plasma gas obtained by making a dry etching gas into plasma, the dry etching gas of the present invention can improve etching selectivity of silicon-based material with respect to a mask.
US10457865B2
The present disclosure relates to a water-soluble QD, and manufacturing methods of the water-soluble QDs and the QD films. The manufacturing method includes respectively providing oil-soluble QDs and multi-mercapto polymers, mixing the multi-mercapto polymer and the oil-soluble QDs such that the multi-mercapto polymer and the oil-soluble QDs are reacted with each other to conduct ligand exchange under protection of inert gas, and adding appropriate volume of water and collecting aqueous solution on a top layer after reaction to obtain water-soluble QDs. By adopting the above method, stable water-soluble QDs may be obtained, and the optical performance of the QDs may be maintained. In addition, the water-soluble QDs carrying the electrical charges may be adopted to prepare the QD film via the LBL method.
US10457853B2
Methods and systems for facilitating extraction of subterranean hydrocarbons from a geologic structure. The present methods include causing corrosion of a base metal within a geologic structure to produce a gaseous product to increase pressure and form fractures in the geologic structure. Some embodiments of the present methods include injecting a fluid composition comprising the base metal into a wellbore (e.g., into a geologic structure via the wellbore).
US10457846B2
A date palm seed-based lost circulation material (LCM) is provided. A date palm seed LCM may be manufactured by drying date palm seeds and grinding the dried date palm seeds to create a plurality of particles. The particles may have sizes less than 4 mm, from 1 mm to 2 mm, or from 2 mm to 4 mm. The date palm seed LCM may have a volumetric swelling greater than an LCM formed from tree nuts and may have a volumetric swelling of at least 0.3 cubic centimeters per gram. The date palm seed LCM may have a D50 shift factor less than an LCM formed from calcium carbonate and may have a D50 shift factor of at least 0.38%. The date palm seed LCM may have a stability index of at least 0.95. Methods of lost circulation control and manufacture of a date palm seed LCM are also provided.
US10457844B2
Disclosed are heat transfer compositions and methods and systems containing refrigerants consisting essentially of difluoromethane (HFC-32), and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I), and heat transfer compositions and methods and systems containing refrigerants consisting essentially of difluoromethane (HFC-32), and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) and CO2.
US10457843B2
A liquid adhesive coating composition that cures into a solid form, used to non-permanently adhere interior floor or wall coverings to substrate floor or wall surfaces respectively, includes a polymer incorporating iron or other paramagnetic, superparamagnetic, ferromagnetic, or ferrimagnetic ingredients, that becomes permanently adhered to the substrate as it cures, and thereafter provides a low-tack adhesive surface that is also magnetically attractive, upon which magnetized floor or wall coverings including certain types of carpet, linoleum, vinyl, wallpaper, and other types of magnetically-backed coverings can be subsequently installed. The combined low-tack adhesive and magnetic adhesion qualities of the cured composition of the invention allow for the magnetically-backed floor or wall coverings to be sufficiently well adhered to the surface of the cured adhesive composition to remain in place during normal usage while retaining the ability for the coverings to be subsequently removed, repositioned or replaced without damaging the respective coverings, adhesive coating composition layer, or substrate.
US10457838B2
Cure in place pressure sensitive adhesive compositions are described that comprise one or more of a bodying component, a structural diluent, a radical diluent as well as additives such as crosslinkers, external catalysts, photoinitiators and stabilizers/process aids. The bodying component can be acrylic or non-acrylic.
US10457828B2
A laminate includes a base having a surface; an atomic layer deposition film that covers the surface of the base and has a film thickness of about 3 nm to about 500 nm (inclusive); and an overcoat layer that covers the atomic layer deposition film. A relationship of ta
US10457826B2
A polymer-bound lead refill for writing, drawing and/or painting devices, in particular for pencils or colored pencils, including at least one binding agent, at least one wax, at least one coloring agent and at least one filling agent. The lead refill including at least one surfactant.
US10457821B2
An aqueous inkjet ink includes at least water, a coloring material, a water-soluble organic solvent component, a surfactant, and resin microparticles. The water-soluble organic solvent component includes a first monool-type solvent represented by R1O(CH2CH2O)mH in which R1 represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 or 3, a second monool-type solvent represented by R2O(C3H6O)nH where R2 represents a straight or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 2 or 3, and a third monool-type solvent that is at least one selected from the group consisting of 3-methoxy-1-butanol and 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol. The content of the third monool-type solvent in the ink is about 8% by mass or greater and about 27% by mass or less. The content of the first monool-type solvent in the ink is about 0.5% by mass or greater and about 9% by mass or less. The content of the second monool-type solvent in the ink is about 0.5% by mass or greater and about 9% by mass or less. The content of the water-soluble organic solvent component in the ink is about 15% by mass or greater and about 42% by mass or less.
US10457811B2
The present invention relates to methods for producing surface-modified calcium oxide particles having the production steps according to claim 1, novel calcium oxide particles obtained according to these methods, and uses thereof.
US10457806B2
Methods for preparing pre-dynamic cross-linked polymer compositions are described. Methods of preparing dynamic cross-linked polymer compositions using pre-dynamic cross-linked polymer compositions are also described.
US10457802B2
The present invention is a crosslinked body obtained by crosslinking a composition which comprises 100 parts by mass of (A) an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polyene copolymer having one or more peaks of tan δ in the temperature range of −50 to −30° C., the tan δ being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 50 to 500 parts by mass of (B) an olefin-based copolymer having one or more peaks of tan δ in the temperature range of 0 to 40° C., the tan δ being determined by dynamic viscoelasticity measurement, 5 to 300 parts by mass of (C) a softener, 10 to 300 parts by mass of (D) a reinforcing filler and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of (E) a vulcanizing agent, and which has a content ratio by mass ((C)/(D)) of (C) the softener to (D) the reinforcing filler of 0.3 to 1.5, the crosslinked body having a durometer hardness (value immediately after measurement) of 50 to 8. The crosslinked body of the present invention has high hardness and low rebound resilience compatible with each other, and from the crosslinked body, a vibration damper having high hardness and low rebound resilience compatible with each other and various products requiring vibration damping properties can be obtained.
US10457800B2
A polyethylene composition having the following features: 1) density from about 0.945 to about 0.951 g/cm3, determined according to ISO 1183 at 23° C.; 2) ratio MIF/MIP from about 25 to about 43; 3) MIF from about 3.5 to less than about 8.5 g/10 min.; 4) HMWcopo index from about 1 to about 40; and 5) long-chain branching index, LCBI, equal to or greater than about 0.83. The polyethylene composition can be used to produce pipes.
US10457797B2
This invention relates to a tire with a tread of rubber composition with reinforcing filler containing oxidized rubber reinforcing carbon black together with tris (2-ethyl hexyl) phosphate. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a truck tire intended for heavy duty performance with a tread rubber composition comprised of natural cis 1,4-polyisoprene rubber containing reinforcing filler comprised of oxidized rubber reinforcing carbon black together with tris (2-ethyl hexyl) phosphate.
