US10596852B2
A transportable carton assembly is disclosed that includes a carton defining a bottom rear corner edge portion having a pair of longitudinally spaced apart apertures formed therein, and an elongated shield retained within the bottom rear corner edge portion of the carton and including a pair of longitudinally spaced apart wheels positioned to extend through the longitudinally spaced apart apertures formed in the bottom rear corner edge portion of the carton for transporting the carton over a surface.
US10596840B2
A liquid discharging device including a transporting unit configured to transport a medium in a transport direction, a winding unit disposed on a downstream side of the transporting unit in the transport direction and configured to wind the medium, a recording head disposed between the transporting unit and the winding unit and configured to discharge ink onto the medium positioned in a discharge range, a medium supporting unit configured to support the medium positioned in the discharge range, and a medium guide unit disposed on a downstream side of the medium supporting unit in the transport direction, and heated by a heater, and moreover including a curved portion curved in a direction away from the recording head, wherein the curved portion includes a curved portion side convex portion group including curved portion side convex portions projecting in a direction approaching the recording head and arranged in an X direction.
US10596829B2
This application discloses methods of printing a three-dimensional object on a base using a printing device. One method includes printing a color layer of the three-dimensional object onto a region of the base. The color layer has a color thickness corresponding to a selected color intensity of a color. The method also includes determining a structural thickness for a structural layer of the three-dimensional object by calculating a difference between the color thickness and a target thickness of the three-dimensional object. The target thickness is greater than the color thickness. The method further includes printing the structural layer having the structural thickness directly onto the color layer.
US10596820B2
Provided is an inkjet printing apparatus comprising: a print head that ejects ink; a tank that contains ink to be supplied to the print head; a floating body that floats on the liquid surface of the ink inside the tank; and an electrode pin that detects the level of the liquid surface inside the tank. The floating body includes an opening portion in which to insert the electrode pin, and a perimeter of the opening portion protrudes from a top surface side of the floating body.
US10596818B2
Embodiments provide a modular inkjet configuration modification system and method for use in modifying electronics, such as a PLC, on a remanufactured or refilled inkjet cartridge. The modular system can include a receiver and one or more interchangeable adapters. The interchangeable adapters can include structures and geometry which allow each of the interchangeable adapters to be used with the receiver and swapped by an operator on an as-needed basis.
US10596815B2
A liquid ejection head is capable of performing high-speed ejection operation as well as reducing a depth dimension. For this purpose, in a configuration in which flexible circuits electrically connect element substrates to electrical substrates, the electrical substrates are arrayed in two lines along a plane different from a plane on which the element substrates are arrayed and the flexible circuits electrically connect the element substrates to the electrical substrates while being bent.
US10596801B2
A three-dimensional (3-D) printing apparatus and an inkjet coloring method thereof are provided. The 3-D printing apparatus includes a platform, a three-dimensional printing head, an inkjet head and the method includes following steps. A layer thickness of at least one layer object forming a 3-D object is obtained. An ink discharge volume of an ink layer is adjusted according to the layer thickness, wherein the ink discharge volume is in positive correlation with the layer thickness. A building material is melted and printed out on the platform according to the layer thickness by the three-dimensional printing head to form the at last one layer object. Ink is dispensed on the at last one layer object according to the adjusted ink discharge volume by the inkjet head to form the ink layer.
US10596789B2
A method for labeling fabrics, such as fabric garments, and a heat-transfer label well-suited for use in the method. In one embodiment, the heat-transfer label includes (a) a support portion; and (b) a transfer portion, the transfer portion being positioned over the support portion for transfer of the transfer portion from the support portion to an article of fabric under conditions of heat and pressure, the transfer portion including (i) an ink design layer; (ii) a heat-activatable adhesive layer; and (iii) an RFID device.
US10596788B2
Soft touch fire retardant laminates with PVC middle layers, foamed or unfoamed, and multiblock copolymer or polyurethane or silicone top layers which meet FAA requirements are disclosed.
US10596784B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which double images in laminated glass can be considerably suppressed. The interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention has one end and the other end being at the opposite side of the one end, makes the thickness of the other end larger than the thickness of the one end, has a display corresponding region corresponding to a display area of the head-up display, and when a position apart from an end part at the one end side of the display corresponding region by 4 cm toward the other end is set to a start point, a position apart from an end part at the other end side of the display corresponding region by 4 cm toward the one end is set to an end point, spots are selected at 2-mm intervals from the start point to the end point, and the interlayer film is measured for the amount of change in the thickness within respective segments, centered on the respective spots, of 80 mm in a direction connecting the one end and the other end, makes the absolute value of a difference between the largest value among values of the amount of change in the thickness and the smallest value among values of the amount of change in the thickness 32 μm or less.
US10596775B2
A trash compactor may include a frame, a cavity, a trash receptacle, a platen movable to compress trash collected in the trash receptacle, a set of linkages and a drive mechanism configured to drive said platen up and down, the drive mechanism further configured as one of the link elements, and a platen guide mechanism configured to restrict the motion of the platen in an up and down manner.
US10596773B2
An example medical device includes a balloon that is inflatable to an inflated configuration. The balloon includes a non-compliant layer coextruded on an inner layer, and an outer layer coextruded on the non-compliant layer. The non-compliant layer is configured to delaminate from the inner and the outer layers in the inflated configuration. The non-compliant layer may be configured to rupture in the inflated configuration. An example technique includes inflating the balloon to a predetermined pressure sufficient to rupture the non-compliant layer and insufficient to rupture both the inner and outer layers. The example technique further includes deflating the balloon, and introducing the balloon into a vasculature. Another example technique includes coextruding a non-compliant layer on an inner layer, coextruding an outer layer on the non-compliant layer, and forming a balloon from the inner layer, the non-compliant layer, and the outer layer.
US10596772B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the production of novel fibre-reinforced profile materials filled with a rigid foam core, especially a PMI foam core. In particular, the present invention relates to a novel process which, in various versions, provides a particularly high throughput and allows a very wide range of shaping options. One step here continuously produces a complex fibre-reinforced profile material and simultaneously inserts the rigid foam core into same. In addition, in the same process step, very good binding of the rigid foam core to the fibre-reinforced profile material is assured. Shaping further takes place in two or more moulds simultaneously to achieve a particularly high throughput and simultaneously produce profile materials differing in shape.
US10596764B2
A medical garment for channeling edema from a body region, that include at least one stretchable fabric substrate and multiple, separate elements secured to the at least one stretchable fabric substrate with substantially uniform spacing between the elements in a first zone such that the elements extend substantially parallel to one another in the first zone.
US10596763B2
An additive manufacturing apparatus includes a platform, a first support, a first actuator to create relative motion along a first axis such that the first support scans across the platform, one or more printheads supported on the first support above the platform and configured to dispense successive layers of feed material to form a polishing pad, a second support, a second actuator to create relative motion along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis such that the second support scans across the platform in a direction perpendicular to the first axis, and a plurality of individually addressable energy sources supported on the second support above the platform, and a controller. The energy sources are arranged in an array that extends at least along the first axis and configured to emit radiation toward the platform.
US10596759B2
An extrusion assembly, a method of constructing an extrusion assembly, and an additive manufacturing system including an extrusion assembly are disclosed. The extrusion assembly includes an extrusion die; a channel having an inlet and an outlet, which is in fluid communication with the extrusion die; and a heating element that melts a filament material drive through the channel so that the melted material is extruded by the extrusion die. The heating element can be helically wound about the channel or extend parallel to the channel, among other configurations. Further, the extrusion assembly includes a temperature sensor that is positioned adjacent to the channel between the extrusion die and the heating element. The channel, heating element, and temperature sensor are enclosed together within a sheath as a single integral unit. An additive manufacturing system utilizing the extrusion assembly can include a drive assembly, a support assembly, and a controller.
US10596754B2
A real time inspection and correction system and method for additive manufacturing process is described. The method may include operating a direct writing device configured to deposit material on a substrate through a tip to provide a portion of a product according to initial parameter values, receiving a hyperspectral image frame including a plurality of spectral images of the deposited material, processing the received hyperspectral image frame to determine a characteristic of the deposited material comparing the determined characteristic with a target characteristic determining at least one corrective parameter value to conform the determined characteristic to the target characteristic updating at least one of the initial parameter values with the corrective parameter values, and operating the direct writing device to deposit additional material on the substrate according to the corrective parameter value.
US10596750B1
A bow spreader bar provides lateral stress on a web of plastic film as it travels past. An elongated arcuate bow member is supported on a rotatable support bar that can be rotated by a first actuator to adjust pitch angle of the bow member relative to the plane of the film. A second actuator mounted on a midportion of the rotatable bar has a rod connected to a center part of the arcuate member and adjusts the amount of bow or arc of the arcuate member. A remote control arrangement has a receiver coupled to the first and second actuators and a remote transmitter permitting an operator to control the pitch angle and amount of bow from a location remote from the film processing equipment.
US10596745B2
The present invention relates to a mold for molding hollow bodies from parisons. It is the object of the invention to provide such a mold having a closing mechanism, which allows the mold to be securely held closed even under high pressure and which is in addition easy to clean. The object is achieved according to the invention by a two-part mold (1a, 1b) for molding hollow bodies, in particular containers, from parisons by way of a gaseous or liquid pressure medium introduced under pressure into the parison, in which at least a part of the mold (1a, 1b) is supported so it is rotatable about an axis of rotation (3), and therefore the two parts are transferable from an open position into a closed position, and wherein each mold part (1a, 1b) is connected to one end of a toggle lever (4a, 4b) so it is rotatable about an axis (5a, 5b) parallel to the axis of rotation (3). The two other ends of the two toggle levers are connected to one another and to an actuating mechanism (7, 8, 9) so they are rotatable about an axis (6) parallel to the axis of rotation. The mold is characterized according to the invention in that the toggle levers (4a, 4b) are located shortly before their dead center in the closed position of the mold and the actuating mechanism (7, 8, 9) exerts an elastic force on the connecting axis (6) of the toggle levers (4a, 4b) in the direction of their dead center.
US10596740B2
A head is provided for the co-extrusion of a complex rubber profiled element for the manufacture of a tire. The head makes it possible to co-extrude a sublayer and a tread with inserts. To this end, the head includes, from upstream to downstream: a) a first extrusion duct divided into various sub-ducts, b) a discontinuous first profiling blade, c) a second extrusion duct divided into various sub-ducts, d) a discontinuous second profiling blade incorporating at least one third extrusion duct in the continuation of a divider, and e) a first profiling blade having a projecting tooth in front of and next to each outlet of a third duct in the transverse direction.
US10596739B2
One embodiment provides a molded body that includes a resin substrate and in which: a part or all of the surface of the substrate is coated with a hard coat; a first hard coat is formed from a coating material that does not contain inorganic particles and that contains (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, (B) 0.01-7 parts by mass of a water-repelling agent, and (C) 0.01-10 parts by mass of a silane coupling agent; and a second hard coat is formed from a coating material containing (A) 100 parts by mass of the polyfunctional (meth)acrylate and (D) 50-300 parts by mass of fine inorganic particles having an average particle size of 1-300 nm. Another embodiment provides a molded body that includes a resin substrate and in which a part or all of the surface of the substrate is coated with a hard coat, a first hard coat is formed from a coating material that does not contain inorganic particles, a second hard coat is formed from a coating material containing inorganic particles, (i) the total light transmittance is 85% or more, and (ii) the pencil hardness of the surface of the first hard coat is 5H or more.
US10596737B2
A molded article 1 is made of a resin material 3 containing cellulose fibers 2. The molded article 1 has a surface portion 4 that is in a range satisfying TF≤0.1×T where T is the thickness of the molded article 1 and TF is a distance from the surface of the molded article 1, and the molded article 1 satisfies DF≥1.1×D where D is an average cellulose concentration of the overall molded article 1 and DF is an average cellulose concentration of the surface portion 4. Thus, the molded article suppresses an increase in bending modulus while considerably improving a tensile modulus.
US10596736B2
Compound structures and methods for forming the same are described. The compound structures can be used to form an enclosure. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include one or more non-metal regions that allow for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves, such as radio frequency waves. The non-metal region can include a first section, a second section, and an optional cosmetic section. The first section can be firmly molded onto a metal section of the enclosure by small pores formed within the metal section. The second section can engage with interlock features of the first section. The optional cosmetic section can cover the first section and the second section such that the first section and the second section are not visible from an exterior of the enclosure.
US10596730B2
A hybrid mold includes (a) an Invar® eggcrate structure, (b) an Invar® interim working surface and (c) a CF composite material overlay. The eggcrate and interim working surface are welded or otherwise connected together to form a unitary base mold. The CF overlay is bonded to the interim working surface. The CF overlay is easily reconfigurable and can be replaced without destroying the integrity of the base mold.
US10596723B2
A cutting tool holding device, which is for holding a cutting tool, includes a base, a holder, and a limiting set, wherein the holder is disposed on the base, and the limiting set is disposed in a non-circular channel of the base. A connecting shaft portion of the holder is for inserting into a storage hole of the base, wherein the connecting shaft portion includes a shaft body and at least one positioning portion, and the non-circular channel includes an abutting member and a bolt. The bolt is passed through the abutting member, wherein the abutting member is moved to an opening hole of the storage hole along an axis by rotating the bolt so as to push the positioning portion and abut the shaft body.
US10596720B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing wood materials from lignocellulose-containing crushed products, in particular for producing wooden insulating panels or OSB boards, wherein in order to decrease or reduce the emission of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and, if relevant, very volatile organic compounds (VVOC), including terpenes, acids and aldehydes, said wood materials are treated with a combination of additives during production. According to the invention, the treatment is carried out with a first component made of porous carbon and a second component, a hydrogen sulphite salt. The invention further relates to wood materials that can be obtained using the method according to the invention, having reduced emissions of VOCs, including terpenes, acids and aldehydes. Finally the present invention relates to the use of a combination of additives, formed by a first component with a porous carbon and a second component made of hydrogen sulphide salt, for decreasing or reducing the emission of VOCs from wood materials during or after production thereof from lignocellulose-containing crushed products.
US10596712B2
A brake triggering device for a robot arm is provided in the invention, and the brake triggering device includes a controlling plate with an enhanced structural strength by its annularly symmetrical structure. By designating an end of the ring-shaped controlling plate as a pivot and actuating the opposite end, a movable end, with a solenoid, pressing protrusions protruding from the two sides of an inner rim of the controlling plate can provide a greater torque for braking.
US10596706B2
A mechanism-parametric-calibration method for a robotic arm system is provided, including: controlling the robotic arm to perform a plurality of actions so that one end of the robotic arm moves toward corresponding predictive positioning-points; determining a predictive relative-displacement between each two of the predictive positioning-points; after each of the actions is performed, sensing three-dimensional positioning information of the end of the robotic arm; determining, according to the three-dimensional positioning information, a measured relative-displacement moved by the end of the robotic-arm when each two of the actions are performed; deriving an equation corresponding to the robotic arm from the predictive relative-displacements and the measured relative-displacements; and utilizing a feasible algorithm to find the solution of the equation. When an ambient temperature changes or a stress variation on the robotic arm exceeds a predetermined range, re-obtaining the set of mechanism parametric deviations corresponds to a current robot configuration.
US10596703B1
The present application discloses implementations relate to automated generation of interlocking joint features. An example method involves obtaining a virtual model of an object. The virtual model specifies dimensions of a first element, dimensions of a second element, and a spatial relation between the first element and the second element that defines a joint angle. The example method also involves obtaining a relationship that correlates element dimensions and joint angles with cut dimensions. The example method further involves determining cut dimensions for the first element the second element based on the relationship, the dimensions of the first element, the dimensions of the second element, and the joint angle. Modifying the first element and the second element according to the cut dimensions produces interlockable features on the first element and the second element. Additionally, the method involves providing an output signal indicative of the cut dimensions.
US10596697B2
A robot assembling system comprises a first assembling workstation, a second assembling workstation, and a robot. The first assembling workstation is configured to assemble a contact of a connector assembly and a light guide pipe of the connector assembly to form a contact subassembly. The second assembling workstation is configured to assemble the contact subassembly and a cage to form the connector assembly. The robot is configured to transmit the cage, the light guide pipe, the contact, or the contact subassembly between the first assembling workstation and the second assembling workstation and configured to assist an assembling operation at the first assembling workstation and the second assembling workstation.
US10596686B2
A pneumatic impulse wrench includes a housing with a motor powered impulse unit, a pressure air inlet passage, an exhaust air outlet passage located in the housing and connected to the motor, and a motor power controlling valve mechanism located in the exhaust air outlet passage for automatic control of the exhaust air flow from the motor. A control pressure passage extends between the air inlet passage and the valve mechanism for communicating actual air inlet pressure to the valve mechanism. An operating mode shifting valve is provided in the housing and which is shiftable between an open position in which communication is allowed through the control pressure passage in an automatic valve mechanism operating mode, and a closed position in which communication through the control pressure passage is blocked in a manual valve mechanism operating mode.
US10596681B2
An abrasive article including a substrate having an elongated body, a tacking layer overlying the substrate, and a first type of abrasive particle overlying the tacking layer and defining a first abrasive particle concentration at least about 10 particles per mm of substrate.
US10596674B2
A router power tool including a housing mounted to be moveable with respect to and spaced from a base, said housing including a motor to rotate a shaft which includes, at its free end, a tool holder for a cutting tool, said shaft extending from the housing such that the tool holder is located at or adjacent to the base and said housing is connected to the base by at least one extendable assembly. The power tool is selectively locatable with a guide plate via retaining means. The guide plate includes apertures for the receipt of retaining means to allow the power tool to be engaged therewith and datum tabs to contact with the power tool to ensure the accurate location of the power tool with the guide plate when held in position by the retaining means.
US10596670B2
The disclosure is a thermal stability control system and a control method thereof for a machine tool. The control system mainly consists of a machine cooling sub-system composed of a pump, at least a cooling loop and a tank for storing cooling fluid, a cooling fluid cooling and heating sub-system, a heater and a micro controller. The cooling fluid cooling and heating sub-system further consists of a condenser, an evaporator, a directional valve, an expansion valve and a compressor. The micro controller dominates corresponding operation combinations of turning on/off the heater, enabling/disenabling the cooling fluid cooling and heating sub-system as a heat pump or a cooler by activating/releasing the directional vale, and adjusting upward/downward the driving frequency of an inverter duty motor to drive the pump to change the flow rate of cooling fluid through the cooling loop according the real time load of the machine tool.
US10596668B2
A method for fabricating vacuum tooling is disclosed using porous granular media. A sheet of steel webbing is affixed to a frame. A plurality of layers of fiberglass is affixed to the webbing. A vacuum port is installed through the webbing and plurality of layers of fiberglass. A granular media is mixed with epoxy to form a granular mixture. The granular mixture is layered over the plurality of layers of fiberglass to form a flat surface and machined for uniformity before sealing.
US10596662B2
Various embodiments include approaches for controlling an additive manufacturing (AM) process. In some cases, an AM system includes: a process chamber for additively manufacturing a component, the process chamber at least partially housing a plurality of distinct melting beam scanners, each of the distinct melting beam scanners configured to emit a melting beam, wherein each of the distinct melting beam scanners is independently physically movable within a corresponding region of the process chamber; and a control system coupled with the plurality of distinct melting beam scanners, the control system configured to control movement of at least one of the plurality of distinct melting beam scanners within the corresponding region based upon a geometry of the component.
US10596661B2
A method for manufacturing an object including the steps of forming layers by adding successive layers of material to form the object by selective laser melting (SLM), and inducing plastic deformation and residual stress into solidified material of at least one of the successive layers of material to improve mechanical properties and a fatigue resistance of the object, wherein the plastic deformation and the residual stress are induced by a laser.
US10596643B2
The single shear described herein for cutting and simultaneously conveying one or more pairs of rolling wires or bars includes a mobile diverter consisting of at least two channels in each of which a wire or bar slides. The single shear further includes at least two pairs of counter-knives, each of which acts on the wire or bar, and a conveying device for conveying the cut segments of wires or bars. The conveying device may include at least one pair of mobile elements configured to be independent of each other, but configured to be synchronized with each other and with the mobile diverter for the separate management of each of said cut sections of wires or bars. The single shear may finally include at least two pairs of output channels for conveying the cut segments of wires or bars.
US10596642B2
An assembly of a tool and a tool holder may include the tool, which may have an elongated body with a socket, and the tool holder, which may have a body with a first bore configured to receive at least a portion of the elongated body, and a second bore substantially transverse to the first bore. The assembly may also have an impinging member including a body having an end with a radial surface. In an assembled state, a portion of the elongated body of the tool may be positioned within the first bore of the body of the tool such that the socket and the second bore may be substantially aligned, and the body of the impinging member may be positioned within the second bore with the radial surface pressed against the elongated body in the socket at a predetermined torque.
US10596638B2
The present invention provides a lathe that is provided with an eccentricity adjustment mechanism that makes it possible for electrical components that are readily affected by the environment to be eliminated from the turntable; for slip rings in particular, which exhibit problems in terms of the durability of signal transmission during high-speed rotation, to be eliminated as well, and for safe and stable adjustment of workpiece eccentricity to be easily achieved. A lathe provided with an eccentricity adjustment mechanism, in which a linear motion guide unit (6) is provided in an inclined state in an engaging part of the center part of a turntable (1) and an axial-direction-movement part (5A) of a center shaft (5); and, due to the center shaft (5) being moved, the turntable (1) moves in the radial direction by the radial pressing force generated by the linear motion guide unit (6) being inclined, and the eccentricity of the workpiece (3) is adjusted.
US10596625B2
A mixed powder for powder metallurgy having excellent green compact strength and ejectability is provided. The mixed powder for powder metallurgy includes an iron-based powder; and a copolymerized polyamide, in an amount of 0.3 to 2.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the iron-based powder, having a melting point of 80° C. to 116° C.
US10596621B1
A method of making a composite core includes forming first and second cores of refractory metal and ceramic material. Each of the first and second cores is formed with two layers of a material. The layers are bonded together to form a laminate master pattern, and a flexible mold is formed around the pattern. The pattern is removed from the flexible mold, and slurry material, either pulverulent refractory metal material or ceramic material, is poured into the flexible mold. The slurry material is sintered to form each core. The first core is used as an insert while making the second core to create a final composite core.
US10596619B1
In a method for closing open ends of tubes, an open tube end is closed using spin-tubing methods known in the art. Following the tube end closing, a concavity is formed in the tube end in a tube end forming machine. The tube end is brazed with the tube end facing upright, so that the braze alloy pools in the concavity, strengthening the tube end.
US10596612B2
A metal roof panel includes a rib with a unique shape. The rib is bilateral with upwardly angled sides that each transition into an indentation, with both indentations transitioning into a central flat apex. Between each rib is a channel, preferably including at least one raised surface. The lower surface of the channel between the raised surfaces, and the top of the raised surfaces, are substantially planar and parallel to the flat surface of the apex of the panel. A unique method of manufacturing the roof panel employs a roll machine configured to shape a piece of sheet metal into the roof panel by modifying the shape in many small increments, which allows the final product to have a fairly intricate bend pattern.
US10596608B2
Before the rolling of a metal strip on a finishing train, the actual width and actual temperature of portions of the metal strip are respectively detected. The portions of the metal strip are tracked while they run through the finishing train. The rolling stands are respectively assigned width controlling devices which determine the setpoint width and the actual width after the rolling in the assigned rolling stand, and a downstream additional setpoint value, by which the desired tension downstream of the assigned rolling stand is corrected in order to bring the actual width closer to the setpoint width. The downstream additional setpoint value is both taken into account in the determination of the actual width and fed to a tension controller, which sets an actual tension, in the metal strip downstream of the assigned rolling stand, in accordance with the corrected setpoint tension. Determining the downstream additional setpoint value by the difference between the setpoint width and the actual width of a portion of the metal strip.
US10596598B2
Methods and systems are provided for a single element ultrasound transducer. In one embodiment, the ultrasound transducer comprises: a piezoelectric layer, a matching layer, one surface of the matching layer is electrically coupled to a top surface of the piezoelectric layer and another surface of the matching layer forms a signal pad within a front face of the ultrasound transducer, and a base package electrically coupled to a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer, the base package extending horizontally and laterally to form a back face of the ultrasound transducer parallel to the front face of the ultrasound transducer, and extending vertically relative to the back face of the ultrasound transducer to form a ground pad within the front face of the ultrasound transducer. In this way, the transducer can work robustly and may be automatically mounted to a flat substrate with printed circuit.
US10596597B2
The disclosed technology features methods for the manufacture of electrical components such as ultrasound transducers. In particular, the disclosed technology provides methods of creating an ultrasonic transducer by connecting one or more multi-layer printed circuits to an array of ultrasound transducer elements. In one embodiment, the printed circuits have traces in a single layer that are spaced by a distance that is greater than a pitch of the transducer elements to which the multi-layer printed circuit is to be connected. However the traces from all the layers in the multi-layer printed circuit are interleaved to have a pitch that is equal to the pitch of the transducer elements. The disclosed technology also features ultrasound transducers produced by the methods described herein.
US10596595B2
A vibration motor, including: a shell having accommodating space, a driving device accommodated in the accommodating space, a vibrator, and an elastic component elastically supporting the vibrator; the elastic component includes a first fixing portion connected with the shell, a second fixing portion connected with the vibrator, and a deforming portion connecting the first fixing portion with the second fixing portion; the deforming portion includes at least two elastic arms and a bending portion connecting two adjacent elastic arms, the fixing portions move close to or away from each other under compression or stretching of the deforming portion, so that the vibrator vibrate along vibrating direction, a damping member is arranged at inner surface of the bending portion close to the two adjacent elastic arms. The present disclosure adopts a new elastic component, which can adjust system damping property while guaranteeing vibrator weight, so as to improve vibration performance.
US10596593B2
A vibration device, including a shell, a vibrator and a stator accommodated in the shell, and an elastic member. One of the vibrator and the stator includes a magnetic circuit unit while the other one includes a coil. The elastic member includes a first fixing portion fixedly connected with the shell, a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm bending and extending from two opposite ends of the first fixing portion, a second fixing portion extending from an end of the first elastic arm in a direction away from a geometric center of the first fixing portion, and a third fixing portion extending from an end of the second elastic arm in a direction away from the geometric center of the first fixing portion; both the second fixing portion and the third fixing portion are fixedly connected with the vibrator.
US10596592B2
Method for coating a substrate with a coating material is described, in particular with a coating or photoresist, wherein said substrate is provided in said method. Said coating material is applied to said upper side of said substrate. A gas flow is generated, said gas flow being directed from said underside of said substrate to said upper side of said substrate, wherein said gas flow prevents a bead of said coating material forming on said edge of said upper side of said substrate or a previously existing bead is removed by means of said gas flow. In addition, a coating system is described.
US10596589B2
A device for securing a movable panel relative to a vehicle body includes a housing, a plunger, a handle, and a spring. The housing defines a bore and a slot. The plunger includes a shaft and a clamp extending radially outward from the shaft. The shaft extends through the bore and is coupled to the housing for relative axial and rotational movement relative to the housing. The handle is fixedly coupled to the shaft and extends through the slot. The spring biases the clamp toward the housing.
US10596587B2
An application system is provided and includes a primer device configured to apply a primer, a sealer unit configured to apply a sealer and a change tool selectively connected to the primer device and the sealer unit. The application system further includes a connecting portion that is coupled to the primer device and the sealer unit, respectively to be selectively connected to the change tool. Accordingly, maintenance and repair costs may be reduced, and the required installation space may be minimized.
US10596578B2
A process for producing an iron ore having a sulfur content reduced to 0.08% or less, which includes a step of subjecting an iron ore containing sulfur in an amount of more than 0.08% and 2% or less to a flotation. The flotation satisfies any one of the following (1) to (3): (1) a xanthate-based compound and a salt of an amine compound are used as collectors, (2) a xanthate-based compound is used as a collector and a substance which releases a sulfur ion in water is used as an activator, or (3) a xanthate-based compound and a salt of an amine compound are used as collectors and a substance which releases a sulfur ion in water is used as an activator.
US10596576B2
An apron assembly comprising an apron mounted to the crusher and adapted to be moved between an operating position and an open position, a tension rod operatively attached to and disposed between the shock absorber mount and the apron, a spring seat mounted to the crusher and adapted to be moved between a raised position and a lowered position, a spring operatively disposed between the tension rod base and the spring seat, an actuator mounted to the crusher and the spring seat and adapted to be moved between a retracted position and an extended position, a shock absorber operatively attached to and disposed between the spring seat and a shock absorber mount. The shock absorber reduces the pressure applied to the actuator. A method for controlling the opening in a crusher comprising providing an apron assembly and moving the shock absorber between a retracted position and an extended position.
US10596575B2
An improved grinding mill that utilizes mill stones that minimizing the mechanical processes required to regulating the mill stones and allow an user to gain quick and easy access to the mill stones by removing a hopper. In addition, to provide a base frame for the mill that secures both mechanical and electrical parts including the mill housing to reduce manufacture and repair time.
US10596574B2
The invention relates to an incubation tray having a depression formed by the walls of the incubation tray and having a base, wherein the incubation tray has a means for drawing off liquid on at least one longitudinal end of the depression, preferably an opening which opens into an outlet channel on the longitudinal end of the depression, particularly preferably in a wall of the incubation tray, wherein the opening and the outlet channel are designed such that negative pressure can be applied, wherein the incubation tray is pivotable about the transverse axis of the incubation tray, and wherein the incubation tray can be equipped with a support.
US10596572B2
Digital microfluidics apparatuses (e.g., devices and systems) configured to determine provide feedback on the location, rate of movement, rate of evaporation and/or size (or other physical characteristic) of one or more, and preferably more than one, droplet in the gap region of a digital microfluidics (DMF) apparatus.
US10596568B2
A fluid loader is provided for loading fluid into a microfluidic device, the microfluidic device having upper and lower spaced apart substrates defining a fluid chamber therebetween and an aperture for receiving fluid into the fluid chamber. The fluid loader includes a fluid well communicating with a fluid exit provided in a base of the fluid loader. The base of the fluid loader is shaped, in use, to locate the fluid loader relative to the aperture, and to direct fluid leaving the fluid loader via the fluid exit preferentially in a first direction in the fluid chamber of the microfluidic device. In one embodiment the base of the fluid loader includes a protruding portion having at least first and second legs, the first leg being shorter than the second leg. In use, the fluid loader is positioned such that the first leg of the fluid loader is between a fluid loading area associated with the aperture and an operating area of the device.
US10596566B2
A testing device that integrates nucleic acid isolation, isothermal amplification and detection wherein a sample and reagents are transported through a capture/binding membrane by capillary forces and the positioning of a slidebar that supports said binding membrane. Flow control and fluid actuation are effected by the position of said slidebar which makes a fluidic connection through the capture membrane situated between a reservoir of liquid on the device and an absorbing pad, and where a sequence of operations for sample loading, washing, optionally amplification, and optical detection of analytes can be done conveniently and rapidly at the point of care. With minimal operator interaction, this device can lyse, isolate, amplify, and detect nucleic acids from clinical specimens and environmental samples.
US10596554B2
A process and catalyst is disclosed for converting heavy hydrocarbon feed into lighter hydrocarbon products using multifunctional catalysts. Multifunctional catalysts enable use of less expensive metal by substituting expensive metals for less expensive metals with no loss or superior performance in slurry hydrocracking. Less available and expensive ISM can be replaced effectively.
US10596543B2
A light irradiation device includes a light source having a plurality of solid-state elements disposed on a substrate to be defined by a first direction and a second direction in a plurality of rows and irradiate the irradiation target with light from a third direction, an optical element refracting light from the solid-state elements, emitting the light and narrowing a spread angle of light to be emitted from the solid-state elements relative to the third direction, a first reflection portion having at least two first reflection surfaces on a downstream side in the third direction of the irradiation target and reflecting a part of light incident on the first reflection surface to the irradiation target, and a second reflection portion having a pair of second reflection surfaces disposed between the optical element and the first reflection portion and guiding light from the optical element to the first reflection surface.
US10596537B2
A method for uniformly distributing a process liquid within a process vessel includes providing a process liquid to a fouling-resistant liquid distributor installed within a process vessel having a cross-sectional area; causing rotational movement of the fouling-resistant liquid distributor; uniformly distributing the process liquid over the cross-sectional area within the process vessel; and simultaneously self-rinsing the fouling-resistant liquid distributor with a portion of the process liquid during uniform distribution. A system is also disclosed which includes a supply of process fluid, a stationary conduit and a liquid distribution head attached to the conduit. The liquid distribution head is motive, powered by a fluid, and includes at least one process liquid delivery port. The at least one process liquid delivery port is configured to provide a +10° or greater angle of liquid coverage when the liquid distribution head is moving.
US10596531B1
A modular continuous mixer includes a rigid casing having an inlet adjacent to an annular inlet end thereof and an outlet adjacent an opposing annular outlet end thereof. The casing further includes a cylindrical exterior casing wall that, together with the ends, define a volume therein. The ends each include a plurality of concentric rings of mixing pins projecting into the volume. One or more rotor disks are rotationally fixed within the casing between distal ends of the opposing pins. Each rotor disk includes a plurality of the concentric rings of mixing pins projecting from both sides thereof toward the inlet and outlet ends. A drive shaft is rotatably mounted in the casing and fixed through the center of each rotor disk. Additional casing extensions can be mounted between the inlet and outlet ends of the casing to facilitate further mixing.
US10596520B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a desalination apparatus in which a high pressure pump can be operated at a high efficient operation point even when temperature, salt concentration or the like of water to be treated vary. The desalination apparatus includes a high pressure pump which is provided in a first flow path and supplies raw water to a first module at high pressure to apply reverse osmotic pressure to a first module and a second module, a third flow path for supplying second concentrated water after separation in the second module to upstream of the high pressure pump in the first flow path, and a fourth flow path for supplying a portion of the first concentrated water after separation in the first module to upstream of the high pressure pump in the first flow path.
US10596513B2
A CO2 adsorbent that includes MIL-100(Fe) and various amounts of carbon nanotubes that are dispersed therein, and a method of capturing CO2 with a CO2 adsorbent that includes an adsorbent matrix of a zeolite and/or a metal organic framework and carbon nanotubes that are dispersed within the adsorbent matrix. Various embodiments of the CO2 adsorbent and the method of capturing CO2 are also provided.
US10596509B2
A ring filter element has a filter medium body flowed through radially form an interior of the filter medium body to an exterior of the filter medium body. A bypass valve is provided that is adjustable between a blocking position, separating a raw side at the interior of the filter medium body from a clean side at the exterior of the filter medium body, and an open position, connecting the raw side of the filter medium body with the clean side of the filter medium body. The bypass valve is arranged in an axial direction of the filter medium body at least partially external to a first axial end face of the filter medium body and extends radially at most up to the clean side of the filter medium body. The ring filter element is employed in a filter device of a crankcase.
US10596508B2
An automatic filter cleaning system, e.g., for cleaning a filter in a vacuum cleaner. The cleaning system has an electrical motor that drives/rotates, directly/indirectly, a piston which directly/indirectly opens a filter cleaning valve. The filter cleaning valve may open for a filter cleaning back flow air stream that thus cleans the filter. The piston is spring loaded and a piston guide ensures that the energy accumulated in the spring and piston is released during the rotation of the piston, thereby shortly opening the filter cleaning valve.
US10596507B2
Assembly to be used to filter a fluid, containing a housing (29) which comprises a housing base (50) and a housing upper part (30) connected removably to the housing base (50). An axial shaft (34, 35) extends at least partially through the filter element (32, 33) when the filter element (32, 33) is contained inside the housing (29). A lower bearing (44) is arranged between the axial shaft (34, 35) and the housing base (50) and underneath the filter element (32, 33) when a filter element (32, 33) is contained inside the housing (29). The housing (29) is able to contain a filter element (32, 33) within it and the filter element (32, 33) fits onto the axial shaft (34, 35) in such a way that the axial shaft (34, 35) is rotationally coupled to the filter element (32, 33). The filter assembly (20, 120) has no bearing above the filter element (32, 33).
US10596505B1
Described are multi-stage drum filtration systems including a primary rotary drum filter stage, at least one passive filter stage, and a main fan configured to create a vacuum on an inlet side of the primary rotary drum filter stage. The multi-stage drum filtration system may also include a HEPA filter stage. A controller may be configured to control a speed of the main fan to maintain an inlet vacuum to the primary rotary drum filter stage that corresponds to an inlet vacuum set point input.
US10596491B2
A feedwell comprising a plurality of holes disposed in a bottom thereof, at least some of the holes having a tube disposed thereabout which extends downward or otherwise away from an interior of the feedwell. Optionally, a large center hole can be provided and it can have a tube disposed around it. By providing a plurality of holes spread across a large portion of the bottom of the feedwell, lower velocity flow rates from the feedwell to a sedimentation chamber can be provided, thus reducing induced turbulence in the fluid within the sedimentation chamber, while still providing sufficient separation of the feedwell from the sedimentation chamber so that the contents of the feedwell can be properly and adequately mixed.
US10596479B2
A computer-implemented method of generating a digital representation of a user-defined construction element connectable to pre-manufactured toy construction elements of a toy construction system, each pre-manufactured toy construction element comprising a number of coupling elements for coupling the pre-manufactured toy construction element with one or more other pre-manufactured toy construction elements of said toy construction system, the method comprising determining one or more positions for placement of one or more coupling elements to be included in the user-defined construction element; generating, responsive to input by a user indicative of a user-defined shape, a digital representation of a user-defined construction element, the user-defined construction element comprising said one or more coupling elements at said determined one or more positions; providing the digital representation for automated production of said user-defined construction element.
US10596478B2
In some embodiments, a head-mounted display apparatus with a visual display and one or more sensors may make navigation of virtual environments more natural. The invention enables a participant to pivot, tip and aim the apparatus to orient and move through virtual space hands-free.
US10596477B1
A traverse and elevation mechanism and a toy robot using the mechanism. The mechanism is placed in a rollable spherical housing and includes two cams and cam follower that adjust radial and angular positions of an internal magnetic element. The internal magnetic element is magnetically attracted to an external magnetic element such that movement of the internal magnetic element moves the external magnetic element.
US10596474B1
A hotel or motel room incorporates special effects in accordance with a particular theme (e.g., haunted room). A control room provides a concealed area for personnel and/or automated systems to trigger the special effects which may include, but are limited to shaking, rattling, rumbling, pepper ghosts, water fixtures being activated, thunder and lightning, swapping tiles with digital graphics, turning on a TV, clock or light, etc. Heat sensors, weight sensors, floor mats and/or other sensors determine positions of guests in the hotel and hotel rooms thereby allowing the automatic or manual triggering of the special effects.
US10596469B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for creating and representing a resource object in a virtual environment are presented. To begin, a graphical user interface may be provided to a player. The graphical user interface may display a virtual environment that includes the resource object and a game object. A resource object can be created by a player through selection of an area within the virtual environment. Responsive to definition of the selected area, the resource object is created and displayed in the virtual environment, having a resource production capacity determined by the size of the selected area.
US10596464B2
The game apparatus has an instruction input acquisition block configured to acquire information indicative of an entered instruction from a first input apparatus used by a first user whose head wearing a head mounted display on and information indicative of entered instruction from a second input apparatus used by a second user enabled to view a display apparatus; a control block configured to control, in a virtual three-dimensional space, an event on the basis of an instruction acquired by the instruction input acquisition block; a first image generation block configured to generate a first image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the head mounted display; and a second image generation block configured to generate a second image of the virtual three-dimensional space to be displayed on the display apparatus.
US10596462B2
An example information processing system includes a main body apparatus, a handheld console controller, and a wireless controller. The handheld console controller is configured to be unified with the main body apparatus. The wireless controller is configured to be wirelessly connected to the main body apparatus. The main body apparatus sets one of the handheld console controller and the wireless controller, a predetermined button of which has been pressed down, to “active,” and performs a game process based on operation data from the activate controller.
US10596452B2
Disclosed is a toy interactive method and device. The method comprises: a medium sample is collected and reference sample information of the medium sample is generated; a playing content of a medium being played is collected; characteristic information of the collected playing content is extracted; the extracted characteristic information is matched with the reference sample information to obtain a matching result; according to the obtained matching result, a to-be-played content that is to be played after a predetermined time period in the medium being played is predicted; and according to the predicted to-be-played content, a toy is driven to synchronously execute an interactive content corresponding to the to-be-played content at a corresponding time point after the predetermined time period. Through the toy interactive method and device, the technical problem is solved.
US10596448B2
A movable dasher board system optimizes user safety in a hockey rink or similar arena. A bottom structure, provided by a sliding bottom surface or roller assembly, has low friction characteristics, typically a μs of 0.05 or less with respect to ice if a sliding surface, or if roller bearings an effective coefficient of rolling friction 0.04 or less. A dasher board assembly is operatively connected to and extends upwardly from the bottom structure. Biasing and impact force absorbing devices (such as pneumatic or hydraulic or spring-encasing telescoping tubes, or foam, gel, or compression springs) bias the bottom structure and dasher board assembly to a desired position and absorb the impact of a human hitting the dasher board assembly to minimize the possibility of injury to the human. The system may be installed in a pre-existing rink or other arena.
US10596440B2
A golf club training device including: a body having a first end configured to be gripped by a user and a second end longitudinally extended from the first end; and a swing speed sensor disposed at the second end for producing an output signal for determining a portion of a golf swing having a greatest swing speed. A golf club training system is also provided to include: a plurality of the golf club training devices wherein at least two of each of the plurality of golf club training devices having one or more of a different weight and length.
US10596431B2
A hockey stick with a co-molded structure and method where the blade member is formed by a molding process onto a preformed shaft member, where the preformed shaft member has a contoured tip at the blade end. The contoured tip helps to secure the blade member to the shaft member in conjunction with the molded composite layers, and in one example, the contoured tip has a width that is greater than the width of the shaft member at the blade-starting region.
US10596430B1
A multi-function divot repair tool that includes a central body with at least one tine protruding from one end with an adjacent non-tined end, thereby providing the ability to repair putting green divots. The central body houses a rolling-element bearing that is fixedly attached such that one portion of the bearing is able to rotate independently from the central body. Additionally, at least one pedestal is coupled with the independently rotating portion of the rolling-element bearing. The combination thereby providing a divot repair tool that, when the pedestal is in contact with the putting green surface, uses gravitational forces to rotate the central body to align with and thereby indicate the general direction of the putting green slope in the vicinity of the tool. By combining functions, putting skill can be increased without the burden of extra equipment.
US10596429B1
A divot repair bottle includes a bottle body having an open first end and a closed second end, and a cap removably connected to the open first end of the bottle body. The cap has a funnel having a mouth at a base end thereof and a spout at a distal end thereof, and the mouth is removably connected to and sealed against the open first end of the bottle body such that the spout extends away from the bottle body. A barrier is arranged within the bottle body, and the barrier is configured to form a first compartment and a second compartment within the bottle body. The first compartment and the second compartment do not communicate with each other within the bottle body.
US10596428B1
Disclosed is a golf club and a self-contained balancing mechanism for existing golf club. The golf club includes a shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion opposite to the proximal end portion; a grip attached to the proximal end portion of the shaft; a golf club head attached to the distal end portion of the shaft, the golf club head having a cavity formed therein; and a balancing mechanism adapted to be received within the cavity of the golf club head. The self-contained balancing mechanism comprises, a housing member, an elongated threaded member rotatably associated with the housing member, and a weighted member threadably engaged with the elongated threaded member. The rotation of the elongated threaded member moves the weighted member along the elongated threaded member to change a center of gravity of the golf club head.
US10596427B2
A golf club head comprising two components, wherein the first component comprise a ball striking surface, a striking face return, and a sole extension with a rear mass. And wherein the second component comprises a lower density material, comprising part of the crown and part of the sole. The first component comprises a majority of the mass of the golf club head, having a rear mass comprising 20% to 35% of the mass of the golf club head.
US10596417B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for monitoring the performance of an individual during a fitness activity are disclosed. A method of monitoring the performance of a participant engaged in a fitness activity includes receiving a GPS signal during the fitness activity at a portable fitness device used by the participant; determining participant performance data based on the received GPS signal; at a stationary position beacon, transmitting location data associated with the location of the stationary position beacon; at a mobile participant receiver supported by the participant, receiving the location data from the stationary position beacon; and modifying the participant performance data based on the data received from the stationary position beacon.
US10596413B2
A multi-functional finger exercise device includes mechanisms for both compression exercises and extension exercises. The compression exercises are provided by a plunger biased away from a central housing. The extension exercises are provided by an elastic member with an anchor exposed from the housing. The tension provided by each of the compression mechanism and extension mechanism is adjustable.
US10596411B2
An exerciser has a baseplate with a fulcrum projecting outwardly from one side and wheels depending outwardly from the opposite side. A balanced-enhanced exercising platform is provided when the fulcrum is positioned downwardly on a floor, and alternatively, a balance-enhanced exercising dolly is provided when the wheels are positioned downwardly on the floor. The dolly may be biased by elastic resistance straps.
US10596407B1
An exercise apparatus may include a frame configured to rest on a floor surface. Left and right foot members may be mounted on respective sides of a stanchion connected to the frame. The foot members may include foot platforms securely fixed to a lower distal end thereof. Toe plates may be pivotally secured to the foot platforms. The toe plates may be rotatable for engagement with a trigger switch operative connected to a display.
US10596401B2
A wet piping system modular valve assembly includes a single piece valve body with a check valve within the valve body. The check valve is movable between a closed position and an open position according to a pressure differential across the check valve. A drain valve is removably mounted to the valve body and fluidly connected with the valve body downstream of the check valve. A mechanically independent flow detection switch is removably mounted to the valve body and fluidly connected with the valve body upstream of the drain valve.
US10596400B2
A mounting device and method of mounting an automatic stovetop fire suppressor are provided herein. Stovetop fires are a well-known residential and commercial hazard. Common parts are utilized across the stovetop fire suppressors employed in different stovetop configurations, reducing inventory count. The mount design can be automated for greater efficiency of time and labor and may provide increased production or throughput. A magnet is attached at the factory for the vent hood product, eliminating the need for such assembly by an end user. This attachment also alleviates loss or misplacement of the magnet during unpacking or installation. A threaded insert is staked to the fire suppressor can and affords reliable retention of the magnet to the fires suppressor can. The present designs enables formation of a consistent vent area in the fire suppressor can.
US10596395B2
A spherical-confocal-split array with dual frequency of fundamental and harmonic superimposition includes: array elements which are spherically confocal, whose quantity is an even number, wherein a half of the array elements operate with a lower frequency, and the other half of the array elements operate with a higher frequency; both the lower frequency and the higher frequency are MHz high-frequencies; each of the array elements corresponds to a frequency drive; array element beams don't superimpose outside the focal region; each of the array elements is connected to a channel amplifier (3) through corresponding impedance matching (2); and a multi-channel waveform controller (4) is connected to the channel amplifier (3) for controlling amplitudes and phases of all channels. The dual-frequency spherical sectorial split array is able to generate split multi-foci of the focal plane with the dual frequencies; and control strong interference of transient cavitation clouds at the adjacent foci.
US10596394B2
A system is disclosed that includes a radiation therapy device with a gantry. The radiation therapy device is configured to deliver a radiation beam at an angle determined by orientation of the gantry. Also, a pair of radiation detectors are located at a fixed position to receive radiation originating from the radiation beam. Each of the radiation detectors in the pair generate differing responses to the radiation beam at the angle. The system further includes computer hardware configured to perform operations that determine the angle of the gantry utilizing the differing responses from the pair of radiation detectors.
US10596390B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are provided for an advanced gynecological applicator. In accordance with some embodiments, a brachytherapy applicator head and assembly is provided. The assembly may include two ovoid tubes configured to receive radiation sources, the two ovoid tubes combining to form a rounded applicator having a middle opening and comprising a plurality of needle holes to guide interstitial needles. The assembly may also include a central applicator tube configured to receive a radiation source that is located within the middle opening. Additionally, the assembly may include a vaginal cap that includes a tool-free connection to the two ovoid tubes and includes needle guides that align with the needle holes of the two ovoid tubes. The assembly may include a one-piece template for securing interstitial needles. The assembly may further include a tool-free connector to secure the two ovoid tubes to the central applicator tube.
US10596389B2
A process for heat treating biological tissue includes generating treatment radiation having a predetermined wavelength and average power. The treatment radiation is applied to biological tissue, such as retinal tissue, such that at least one treatment spot is formed on the biological tissue and the biological tissue is heat stimulated sufficiently to create a therapeutic effect without destroying the tissue.
US10596382B2
Systems and related methods for enhancing learning of a sound pattern or relating to a sound pattern are described. A sound output corresponding to the sound pattern is delivering to the subject, and a learning enhancing neural stimulus is delivered to a cranial nerve of the subject in association with the sound output. The neural stimulus may be, for example, a transcutaneous neural stimulus. In an aspect, the subject is prompted to mentally rehearse the sound pattern. Electrical control circuitry controls timing of delivery of sound outputs and neural stimuli. In some aspects, the system is implemented in connection with a personal computing device.
US10596369B2
A hermetically sealed filtered feedthrough assembly includes an electrically conductive ferrule sealed by a first gold braze to an insulator disposed at least partially within a ferrule opening. A conductive wire is disposed within a via hole disposed through the insulator extending from a body fluid side to a device side. A second gold braze hermetically seals the conductive leadwire to the via hole. A capacitor is disposed on the device side having a capacitor dielectric body with a dielectric constant k that is greater than 0 and less than 1000. The capacitor is the first filter capacitor electrically connected to the conductive leadwire coming from the body fluid side into the device side. An active electrical connection electrically connects the conductive leadwire to the capacitor active metallization. A ground electrical connection electrically connects the capacitor ground metallization to the ferrule and housing of the active implantable medical device.
US10596367B2
A nerve cuff for establishing a nerve block on a nerve can have a cuff body with a channel for receiving a nerve, a reservoir for holding a drug, and an elongate opening slit extending the length of the cuff body that can be opened to provide access to the channel and can be closed to enclose the cuff body around the nerve. The nerve cuff can also include an electrode for detecting and measuring electrical signals generated by the nerve. A controller can be used to control delivery of the drug based on the electrical signals generated by the nerve.
US10596365B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a garment system including at least one sensor and at least one actuator that operates responsive to sensing feedback from the at least one sensor to cause a flexible compression garment to selectively constrict or selectively dilate, thereby compressing or relieving compression against at least one body part of a subject. Such selective constriction or dilation can improve muscle functioning or joint functioning during use of motion-conducive equipment, such as an exercise bike or rowing machine.
US10596364B2
In one aspect, fluid flow control systems, such as for medical applications, may include a resistance barrier and a flexible ring that may receive a device. The resistance barrier may exert barrier forces on the device, and the flexible ring may exert ring forces on the device, in order to create a fluid tight seal.
US10596360B2
An applicator for a topical agent includes a handle and an applicator body. The applicator further includes a cartridge for carrying the topical agent insertable into the applicator body. The cartridge includes an actuator to cause dispensation of the topical agent through an exit aperture. The applicator body also includes an applicator surface and a fluid path to fluidly couple the exit aperture and the applicator surface. The cartridge may be single-use and disposable, or may be refillable and reusable.
US10596359B2
Embodiments of the invention provide swallowable devices, preparations and methods for delivering drugs and other therapeutic agents within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device for delivering the agents. Particular embodiments provide a swallowable device such as a capsule for delivering drugs into the intestinal wall or other GI lumen. Embodiments also provide various drug preparations that are configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the intestinal wall and degrade within the wall to release the drug to produce a therapeutic effect. The preparation can be coupled to an actuator having a first configuration where the preparation is contained in the capsule and a second configuration where the preparation is advanced out of the capsule into the intestinal wall. Embodiments of the invention are particularly useful for the delivery of drugs which are poorly absorbed, tolerated and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US10596358B2
Retention devices and methods are provided for drug delivery. The device may include a housing configured for intraluminal deployment into a human or animal subject and at least one reservoir contained within the housing. The at least one reservoir may have an actuation end and a release end and contain at least one drug formulation. A plug may be contained within the at least one reservoir and be moveable from the actuation end toward the release end. The device may also include an actuation system operably connected to the actuation end of the at least one reservoir and configured to drive the at least one drug formulation from the reservoir. The device may also include at least one retention member affixed to the housing and movable between a non-stressed position, a deployment position, and a retention position for retaining the device in an intraluminal location in the subject.
US10596356B2
A method of diverting fluid flow from a first vessel including an occlusion to a second vessel includes deploying a prosthesis at least partially in a fistula and making valves in the second vessel incompetent. Making the valves in the second vessel incompetent includes at least one of using a reverse valvulotome to cut the valves, inflating a balloon, expanding a stent, and lining the second vessel with a stent.
US10596343B2
The present invention relates to oxygen sensors for medical ventilators. A medical ventilator includes a patient circuit delivering inspiratory airflow to a patient and returning expiratory airflow from the patient back to the ventilator. A manifold includes an air flow path into the patient circuit, and a port with an opening for an oxygen sensor. When mated to the port, the oxygen sensor samples the air in the air flow path and detects the amount of oxygen in the air. When the oxygen sensor is inserted into the port, a valve is biased open, to allow airflow through the opening into the oxygen sensor during ventilation. When the oxygen sensor is removed from the port, the valve biases into a closed position covering the opening, to prevent leaks. The ventilator can then continue to operate without the oxygen sensor in place.
US10596338B2
Tracheal tube systems may include first and second tubes and an inflatable balloon. The first tube may be flexible and hollow and have first and second open ends. The inflatable balloon may be affixed to and circumferentially surround a portion of the first tube. The inflatable balloon may include an indentation sized and positioned to accommodate a portion of a second tube positioned therein, when the inflatable balloon is inflated. The second tube may be hollow and have a multiplicity of holes along a sidewall not in contact with the balloon. The second tube may be configured to be coupled to a suction device that creates a negative pressure in the second tube. When the tracheal tube system is inserted in a patient's trachea, the negative pressure in the second tube may act to remove, or suction out, fluids and other matter from the trachea.
US10596337B2
An adjustable tracheostoma valve is disclosed. The adjustable tracheostoma valve includes a passageway for connecting the trachea with the surroundings. A valve disk is provided in the passageway. The disk is moveable to allow for inhalation and exhalation through the passageway and is configured to close in response to pressure to direct air to the patient's pharynx, esophagus, sinuses, and mouth for speech following surgical removal of the larynx.
US10596336B2
A ventilation system provides patient-triggered support ventilation to a spontaneously breathing patient during ongoing high frequency ventilation (HFV), and has a pneumatic unit operated by a control computer for delivery of breathing gas in response to an effort to breathe by the patient, and an oscillator for superimposing high frequency oscillation onto the breathing gas. The system further includes a bioelectric sensor that measures a bioelectric signal indicative of the patient's efforts to breathe, and the control computer controls the delivery of breathing gas in response to the patient's effort to breathe, based on this bioelectric signal. The ventilation system is hence designed for neurally triggered support ventilation during ongoing HFV, which makes the trigger mechanism of the ventilation system more precise and robust compared to known trigger mechanisms of HFV ventilation systems.
US10596328B2
The present invention relates to a drug delivery device (100) comprising a housing (101), a threaded piston rod (102), a rotatable drive tube (103), a drive nut (104) in threaded engagement with the piston rod (102) and being rotationally locked but axially moveable relative to the drive tube (103), and a support member (105) arranged rotationally free on the piston rod (102), the support member (105) being axially locked relative to the housing (101) and arranged to allow the drive tube (103) to move axially. The device further comprises a compression drive spring (106) arranged between the piston rod (102) and the drive tube (103), the compression drive spring (106) being arranged axially between the drive nut (104) and the support member (105).
US10596326B2
A drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a dose setting element rotatable relative to the housing during dose setting and dose dispensing, a drive member coupled to the dose setting member via a clutch, and a piston rod coupled to the housing and to the drive member Further, the device further comprises a cartridge holder removably attached to the housing and a reset element, which is permanently rotationally constrained to the housing and rotationally constrained to the drive member during dose setting, and at least one spring acting on the reset element, such that, if the cartridge holder is detached from the housing, the reset element is axially moved relative to the housing into a position in which the drive member is allowed to rotate relative to the housing.
US10596322B2
A pump for use in low-profile applications comprises a barrel for holding fluid; and a piston that converts a rotational driving force into a longitudinal driving motion within the barrel. The pump provides space saving advantages by reducing the need for external equipment and mechanisms around the pump for providing actuation or moving the actuating mechanism.
US10596319B2
Systems and methods for compounding medications. The system includes a number of compounding devices, and a central computer system. The central computer system receives requests, at least some of which require the compounding of one or more medications, and pushes assignments of respective compounding tasks to the compounding devices. The assignments are made in accordance with a set of rules designed to promote efficient use of compounding resources and avoid waste.
US10596304B2
Devices are provided which are functionalized to include surface regions having anti-infective agents. Methods are provided for functionalizing various material surfaces to include active surface regions for binding anti-infective agents. Methods are provided by which anti-infective moieties or agents are bonded to functionalized surfaces.
US10596301B2
This disclosure provides a product comprised of a collagen gel to which recombinant human Amelotin (AMTN) protein is added. This AMTN-collagen gel is applied to one side of a physiologically acceptable scaffold that has first been impregnated with AMTN-free collagen gel. The resulting two-layer collagen membrane (layer 1 comprised of scaffold surrounded by collagen gel; layer 2 comprised of collagen gel containing AMTN) is applied to a mineralized tissue surface such as dentin and bone with the collagen gel containing AMTN of layer 2 facing this mineral surface. Upon immersion in simulated body fluid (SBF), the presence of AMTN in layer 2 triggers the formation of hydroxyapatite mineral deposits that intimately connect with the existing mineral surface and thus provide physical attachment. A similar product is disclosed but in addition to AMTN, it contains the Odontogenic, Ameloblast-Associated (ODAM) protein as well with both proteins exhibiting a synergistic effect.
US10596295B2
An adhesive patch arrangement for a sensor includes a flexible patch, a sensor-affixing feature located in a sensor mounting region of the component-facing side of the flexible patch, the sensor-affixing feature securing the sensor to the flexible patch, and a device-affixing feature located in a device mounting region of the component-facing side of the flexible patch. The device-affixing feature secures a device to the flexible patch. The sensor mounting and device mounting regions are distinct and separate regions. The arrangement also includes a removable reinforcement liner adhered to, and covering, the device-affixing feature, and shaped to define a cutout area that partially surrounds the sensor-affixing feature. The arrangement also includes a removable backing liner adhered to, and covering, the adhesive skin-facing side of the flexible adhesive patch.
US10596289B1
A multi-function product disinfection cabinet preferably includes a sealed test cabinet, a high level disinfection system, a dehumidifier and an electrical function tester. The sealed test cabinet preferably includes a sealed test chamber, a rear dehumidifier chamber and a rear droplet chamber. The high level disinfection system includes an aerosol blower, an aerosol generator and an aerosol control module. The aerosol blower blows a disinfectant from the aerosol generator into the disinfection chamber. A pivoting cable holder for a multi-function disinfection cabinet preferably includes a pivoting cable tube, a mounting bracket, a motor with gear reduction, a motor controller and two snap switches. The mounting bracket is attached to an outside sidewall of a disinfection chamber. The pivoting cable tube rotates in the disinfection chamber. The motor rotates the pivoting cable tube. The motor controller and two snap switches are used to control directional rotation of the motor.
US10596288B2
A solution for disinfecting electronic devices is provided. An ultraviolet radiation source is embedded within an ultraviolet absorbent case. While the electronic device is within the ultraviolet absorbent case, ultraviolet radiation is directed at the electronic device. A monitoring and control system monitors a plurality of attributes for the electronic device, which can include: a frequency of usage for the device, a biological activity at a surface of the device, and a disinfection schedule history for the device. Furthermore, the monitoring and control system can detect whether the device is being used. Based on the monitoring, the monitoring and control system controls the ultraviolet radiation directed at the electronic device.
US10596284B2
A scalable, portable and modular chlorine dioxide fumigant decontamination system having an activating area and a neutralizing area which may be housed separately or as a single operationally connected unit, and which may be configured as a closed loop system connected to a decontamination chamber for decontamination of articles, or as an open loop system for decontamination of interiors and large confined spaces, and employing a specialized activating cup that is permeable to air yet substantially impermeable to water and chlorine dioxide reaction by-products such that directing air through the activation cup releases nearly pure chlorine dioxide fumigant. Methods and articles relating to the system are also described.
US10596282B2
A sterilization system uses ultraviolet radiation and ozone to eradicate deadly pathogens to sterilize a zone of a surface of an object or wound/incision sites. The sterilization system offers a safe sterilization method prior to or after surgery and/or closure wounds/incisions. The sterilization system has ultraviolet emitters that emit ultraviolet light in wavelengths that kill pathogens and in wavelengths that produce ozone at the sites, therefore killing/disabling several hard-to-kill pathogens. The sterilization system has proximity detectors to enable ultraviolet emission only when the system is properly located near or against the surface so as to protect from unwanted radiation from the ultraviolet light.
US10596280B1
Disinfecting floor mats may be achieved by a variety of systems, processes, and techniques. In one general implementation, a disinfecting floor mat may include a UV LED array, a base, and a transparent cover. The UV LED array may have a top surface, a bottom surface, a perimeter and include multiple UV-emitting LEDs. The base may be configured to receive the UV LED array. The transparent protective cover may include a top surface of an encapsulating sheet for encapsulating the array or a top surface of a non-encapsulated protective sheet, the cover comprised of polyurethane and having substantial strength to withstand a person standing directly thereon with shoes on. The LED array is adapted to irradiate at least a portion of a bottom surface of a shoe positioned on the protective cover.
US10596278B2
The present invention relates to radionuclide complex solutions of high concentration and of high chemical stability, that allows their use as drug product for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. The stability of the drug product is achieved by at least one stabilizer against radiolytic degradation. The use of two stabilizers introduced during the manufacturing process at different stages was found to be of particular advantage.
US10596277B2
This invention relates to radioactive, bone-seeking, pharmaceutical methods, compositions and formulations that have a lower impurity profile, a longer shelf life, improved availability and are less expensive to prepare. The compositions of this invention can be conveniently prepared in a timely manner resulting in improved availability and delivery of the drugs to patients.
US10596275B2
The invention relates to methods for producing papilloma-derived nanosphere particles that contain therapeutic, diagnostic, or other agents. The invention also provides nanosphere particle preparations that are useful for selectively delivering therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or other agents to cancer cells of subjects without eliciting a serotype-specific immunogenic response in the subjects.
US10596270B2
The present disclosure relates to antibody conjugates with binding specificity for folate receptor alpha (FOLR1) and its isoforms and homologs, and compositions comprising the antibody conjugates, including pharmaceutical compositions. Also provided are methods of producing the antibody conjugates and compositions as well as methods of using the antibody conjugates and compositions, such as in therapeutic and diagnostic methods.
US10596269B2
The teachings provide methods of delivering active agents that are conjugated with delivery systems that increase the half-life, and reduce the immunogenicity, of the active agents. Delivery systems and methods of making and using the delivery systems are also provided. The delivery systems have (i) a ligand that is selective for an endogeneous plasma protein in the serum of a subject; and, (ii) a linker configured for operatively attaching the ligand covalently to an active agent to increase the half-life of the active agent in the serum.
US10596265B2
A nanogel comprising a self-organizing peptide, a chitosan and polyethylene glycol is described.
US10596260B2
The invention provides for modified reovirus nucleic acid sequences and modified reovirus polypeptide sequences as well as reoviruses containing such modified nucleic acid or polypeptide sequences. The invention also provides for pharmaceutical compositions that include reoviruses having a modified sequence as well as methods of making and using such reoviruses.
US10596256B2
The present invention provides antibodies useful as therapeutics for treating and/or preventing diseases associated with cells expressing GT468, including tumor-related diseases such as breast cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular cancer, colon cancer, pancreatic cancer, esophageal cancer, head & neck cancer, kidney cancer, in particular renal cell carcinoma, prostate cancer, liver cancer, melanoma, sarcoma, myeloma, neuroblastoma, placental choriocarcinoma, cervical cancer, and thyroid cancer, and the metastatic forms thereof. In one embodiment, the tumor disease is metastatic cancer in the lung.
US10596255B2
The invention relates to methods of modulating immune cells in a patient by altering microbiota of the patient. The invention also relates to methods of modulating treatments or therapies in a subject organism by altering microbiota of the subject. The invention also relates to cell populations, systems, arrays, cells, RNA, kits and other means for effecting this. In an example, advantageously selective targeting of a particular species in a human gut microbiota using guided nucleic acid modification is carried out to effect the alteration.
US10596246B2
The M01573 sequence of meningococcal fHbp offers poor coverage in a vaccine. The invention addresses this poor coverage in two ways. In a first aspect, a fHbp-based vaccine includes two family I fHbp sequences, one which is more closely related to MC58 than to M01573, and vice versa. In a second aspect, a multi-family fHbp-based vaccine uses a family I fHbp sequence which is more closely related to MC58 than to M01573, in combination with a family III fHbp sequence. The compositions are adjuvanted with an aluminium phosphate adjuvant.
US10596244B2
A pharmaceutical preparation for prophylaxis against and treatment of Staphylococcus induced infections or condi-tions in humans and animals, is disclosed, wherein it comprises a combination of a) one or more viable α-Streptococcus strains chosen from the group consisting of the Streptococcus sanguis JI strains having the accession numbers NCTMB 40104, NCTMB 40105, NCIMB 40106, and NCIMB 40873, the Streptococcus mitis strains having the accession numbers NCIMB 40107, and NCIMB 40874, the Streptococcus oralis strains having the accession numbers NCIMB 40875 and NCIMB 40876, the Streptococcus lactis strain LIA having the accession number NCIMB 40157, and one or more variants thereof having the same or essentially similar effect; and b) one or more viable Lactobacillus strains chosen from the group consisting of the Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain LB2 I having the accession number NCIMB 40564, the Lactobacillus plantamm strain LB3 having the accession number DSM 17852, and the Lactobacillus plantarwn strain LB7 having the accession number DSM 1 7853, and one or more variants thereof having the same or essentially similar effect; in at least one pharmaceutically acceptable medium in which said strains maintain their viability, as well as a kit for and a method of prophylaxis and treatment of Staphylococcus induced infections and conditions, and use.
US10596238B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to fibrillar adjuvants. Epitopes assembled into nanofibers by a short synthetic fibrillization domain elicited high antibody titers in the absence of any adjuvant.
US10596237B2
Pneumonia due to the fungus Pneumocystis jirovecii is a life-threatening infection that occurs in immunocompromised patients. The inability to culture the organism as well as the lack of a sequenced genome has hindered antigen discovery that could be useful in developing effective vaccines, therapeutic antibodies and diagnostic methods. A method of surface proteomics of Pneumocystis murina that reliably detects surface proteins that are conserved in Pneumocystis jirovecii is described. In particular, eight identified P. murina surface proteins are described. Methods of eliciting immune responses against the identified proteins, generating therapeutic antibodies against the identified proteins, as well as diagnostic methods based on the identified peptides are described.
US10596225B2
There is provided a bioabsorbable peptide tissue occluding agent that can be applied to large mammals including humans, the peptide tissue occluding agent being obtained by artificial synthesis to avoid concerns of infection by viruses and the like. The tissue occluding agent contains a peptide, wherein the peptide is an amphiphilic peptide having 8-200 amino acid residues with the hydrophilic amino acids and hydrophobic amino acids alternately bonded, and is a self-assembling peptide exhibiting a β-structure in aqueous solution in the presence of physiological pH and/or a cation.
US10596223B2
The present invention relates to the use of novel JNK inhibitor molecules and their use in a method of treatment of the human or animal body by therapy.
US10596212B2
The invention relates to a Mangifera (Mango) Indica preparation as Sirtuin 1 activating agent for in vivo and in vitro applications. The preparation may be used to reduce the risk of developing obesity, type II diabetes, elevated blood lipid levels, artheriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, as well as a cell and DNA protector.
US10596211B2
A method for delivering therapeutics includes infusing botox with cannabis.
US10596195B2
A method to treat an autoimmune disease is provided. The method involves administration of interleukin-15 receptor (IL-15R) agonists in an amount effective to ameliorate a symptom of the autoimmune disease. The invention also involves a method to treat an autoimmune disease by ex-vivo expansion of CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells and administration of the CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells. Compositions comprising CD44+CD122+Kir+ CD8+ Treg cells are also provided. Methods for stimulating an immune response to an antigen are also provided.
US10596183B2
Described herein are combination therapies for cancer (such as lymphoid malignancies) and immune diseases (such as autoimmune diseases and inflammatory diseases). The therapies comprise the combined use of inhibitors of BTK, mTOR kinase, and Bcl-2 or their signaling pathways, and immunomodulatory drugs. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising these inhibitors.
US10596180B2
Salts and solid forms of 3-(4-((4-(morpholinomethyl)benzyl)oxy)-1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)piperidine-2,6-dione, or a stereoisomer thereof, are disclosed. Compositions comprising and methods of using the salts and solid forms are also disclosed.
US10596179B2
Provided herein are methods of using compounds and compositions for treating, managing, and/or preventing systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pharmaceutical compositions and dosing regimens for use in the methods are also provided herein.
US10596176B2
Amblyopia is a prevalent form of visual impairment that generally arises during infancy and early childhood when inputs to the visual cortex form the two eyes are poorly balanced. Disclosed herein are methods involving retinal inactivation of at least one retina to treat visual impairment in the form of amblyopia or other conditions.
US10596171B2
Provided is a compound of Formula (I) below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, or prodrug thereof: wherein: A1 is CR4 or N; A2 is CR5R6 or NR7; A3 is CR5′R6′ or NR7′; each of R1, R2, R2′, R3, R3′, R4, R5, R5′, R6, R6′, R7, and R7′, independently, is hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, cyano, hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino, formyl, nitro, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C1-6 alkoxy, C2-6 alkenyloxy, C1-6 alkylcarbonyl, C1-6 alkyloxycarbonyl, C1-6 alkylamine, C3-20 carbocyclyl, or C3-20 heterocyclyl; or R5 and R6, R5′ and R6′, or R5 and R5′, together with the adjacent atom to which they are each attached, form C3-10 carbocyclyl or C3-10 heterocyclyl. Further provided are a method of using the above-described compound, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt, metabolite, or prodrug thereof for treating influenza and a pharmaceutical composition containing same.
US10596170B2
The invention relates to a method for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of flibanserin.
US10596166B2
A combination composition including as active components, in synergistically effective amounts a huperzine of natural or synthetic origin, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a plant extract containing huperzine, and at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of: hydroxycinnamic acids, anthoxanthins, anthocyanins and mixtures thereof.
US10596162B2
The present invention is directed to methods for the treatment of gefitinib and/or erlotinib resistant cancer. An individual with cancer is monitored for cancer progression following treatment with gefitinib and/or erlotinib. Progression of the cancer is indicative that the cancer is resistant to gefitinib and/or erlotinib. Once progression of cancer is noted, the subject is administered a pharmaceutical composition comprising an irreversible epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor. In preferred embodiments, the irreversible EGFR inhibitor is EKB 569, HKI-272 and HKI-357.
US10596155B2
The present disclosure provides mucoadhesive aqueous-based gel formulations of metronidazole useful for a variety of purposes including intravaginal application as a therapeutic approach towards the treatment of individuals suffering from and/or diagnosed with bacterial vaginosis.
US10596154B2
Azaindazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an azaindazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
US10596153B2
New 1,3-dipenyl pyrazole derived azomethines and N-aryl amines have been synthesized. These anti-MRSA agents combat MRSA and other infections. These azomethine and N-arylamine derivatives of benzoic acid provide combat MRSA and other infections.
US10596147B1
Compositions, systems, and methods that can be used with a pressurized metered dose inhaler are disclosed. A pharmaceutical composition for use in a pressurized metered dose inhaler can comprise a cannabinoid composition, a co-solvent, a terpene composition, and a propellant. A pharmaceutical composition may be soluble. A system can comprise a plurality of cannabinoid compositions and/or a plurality of terpene compositions available in various combinations. One of a plurality of cannabinoid compositions and terpene composition combinations may be user-selectable in response to various factors such as a desired therapeutic benefit, sedative effect, flavor profile, or a combination of the foregoing. A method of formulating a soluble pMDI pharmaceutical composition comprising a cannabinoid composition, a co-solvent, a terpene composition, and a propellant is disclosed.
US10596144B2
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing nephrogenic diabetes insipidus comprising administering an effective amount of a AMPK activator to a subject in need thereof, wherein In certain embodiments, the AMPK activator is metformin or salt thereof. In certain embodiments, the subject has been diagnosed with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
US10596142B2
Compositions comprising a fatty acid oil mixture and a free fatty acid, and methods and uses thereof
Compositions comprising a fatty acid oil mixture and at least one free fatty acid, and uses thereof are disclosed. Further disclosed are preconcentrates capable of forming a self- nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS), a self-microemulsifying drug delivery system (SMEDDS) or self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) in an aqueous solution. Preferred fatty acids are eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in a form chosen from ethyl ester and triglyceride.
US10596131B2
Ketogenic compositions including a non-racemic mixture of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) enriched with the R-enantiomer are formulated to increase ketone body level in a subject. The non-racemic mixture of BHB is enriched with the R-enantiomer to elevate ketone bodies and increase the rate at which ketosis is achieved yet contains an amount of the S-enantiomer sufficient to provide alternative benefits as discussed herein. In some aspects a composition for increasing ketone body level in a subject contains a dietetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a non-racemic mixture of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and S-beta-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the non-racemic mixture of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and S-beta-hydroxybutyrate contains from about 51% to 99.5% by enantiomeric equivalents of the R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and from about 49% to about 0.5% by enantiomeric equivalents of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer.
US10596129B2
Ketogenic compositions including a non-racemic mixture of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) enriched with the R-enantiomer are formulated to increase ketone body level in a subject. The non-racemic mixture of BHB is enriched with the R-enantiomer to elevate ketone bodies and increase the rate at which ketosis is achieved yet contains an amount of the S-enantiomer sufficient to provide alternative benefits as discussed herein. In some aspects a composition for increasing ketone body level in a subject contains a dietetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a non-racemic mixture of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and S-beta-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the non-racemic mixture of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and S-beta-hydroxybutyrate contains from about 55% to 98% by enantiomeric equivalents of the R-beta-hydroxybutyrate and from about 45% to about 2% by enantiomeric equivalents of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer.
US10596128B2
Ketogenic compositions including a non-racemic mixture of beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) enriched with the S-enantiomer are formulated to control ketone body levels in a subject. The non-racemic mixture of BHB is enriched with the S-enantiomer to modulate the effect of ketone bodies in the subject and control the rate at which ketosis is achieved. In some aspects a composition for controlling ketone body level in a subject contains a dietetically or pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a non-racemic mixture of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate and R-beta-hydroxybutyrate, wherein the non-racemic mixture contains from about 52% to 99% by enantiomeric equivalents of S-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer and from about 48% to about 1% by enantiomeric equivalents of R-beta-hydroxybutyrate enantiomer.
US10596127B2
A method for manufacturing a pharmaceutical composition for reducing the frequency of urination is disclosed. The pharmaceutical composition comprises (1) an analgesic agent and (2) an α-blocker, a 5α-reductase inhibitor or both.
US10596125B2
A microdevice containing a plurality of nanowires on a biocompatible surface, and methods of making and using the same are provided. Aspects of the present disclosure include forming a plurality of microdevices on a substrate where each microdevice includes a plurality of nanowires. The nanowires may be loaded with an active agent by disposing the active agent onto the surface of the nanowires. Also provided herein are kits that include the subject microdevices.
US10596122B2
Amorphous magnesium-substituted calcium, phosphate compositions and their medical uses are described, in particular for use in delivering cargo materials, such as cargo molecules or cargo nanoparticles contained in pores of the amorphous magnesium-substituted calcium phosphate to cells of the immune system, for example as therapeutic approaches for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases, and in particular Crohn's disease, autoimmune diseases, allergy and for therapeutic vaccination.
US10596121B2
Medicaments and therapeutic compositions comprise Red Yeast Rice extract and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and/or derivatives thereof, e.g., DHA, derivatives of DHA, EPA, derivatives of EPA or mixtures thereof. One source of the fatty acids or derivatives thereof is fish oil. The compositions are useful for lowering cholesterol and/or triglyceride levels in a subject.
US10596119B1
Disclosed herein are treatments for diseases such as sleep apnea, hyperuricemia, autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and other brain disorders using controlled-release (CR, e.g., extended-release (ER) or prolonged-release (PR)) oral dosage formulations comprising an effective amount of Torsemide.
US10596106B2
Systems and methods for removal of human cerumen are provided. A composition for removal of cerumen includes at least one cerumenolytically acceptable active agent and an otologically acceptable vehicle. The cerumenolytically acceptable active agent may be an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA). Exemplary AHA may include, but are not limited to, glycolic acid, tartronic acid, lactic acid, malic acid and any derivative or mixture thereof. The otologically acceptable vehicle may be sodium or potassium salts of bicarbonate aqueous buffer. Yet further, the otologically acceptable vehicle may contain sodium docusate. Cerumen may be removed and/or a cerumen impaction may be treated by administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising an AHA and an otologically acceptable vehicle.
US10596104B2
The following steps are provided for producing a sheet cellulose material, for instance a handkerchief, comprising at least one adjuvant substance for the treatment of allergic rhinitis: generating an aqueous nano- or micro-emulsion containing nano- or micro-droplet of said at least one substance encapsulated in a protective layer comprising a non-ionic surface-active agent; applying the nano- or micro-emulsion to the cellulose material; evaporating water, leading to the formation of nano- or micro-capsules anchored to the cellulose fibers.
US10596101B2
A solid cosmetic product has (i) a water dispersible fat containing component including: (a) vegetable butter, vegetable oil or a mixture thereof, present in an amount of at least 35 wt. % based on the water dispersible fat containing component; and (b) an emulsifier. The solid cosmetic product also has (ii) a carbon dioxide effervescent component including: (a) a salt of carbonic acid; and (b) an acidifying agent. The water dispersible fat containing component and the carbon dioxide effervescent component are distinct from each other.
US10596092B2
The present invention relates to a composition and a deodorizing preparation comprising such composition for reducing, inhibiting or suppressing malodour developed from a body part of a subject. The composition comprises an active ingredient in an effective amount, the active ingredient comprising one or more of a hexamine, a derivative thereof and a compound thereof. The composition further comprises a buffer system adapted to maintain pH of the composition within a range of about 7.0 to about 11.0 when the composition is applied on the body part. The buffer system is adapted to substantially neutralise topical acidity of the body part to thereby reduce or minimise generation of skin-irritating formaldehyde from the hexamine comprising active ingredient.
US10596082B2
Disclosed herein are improved oral care formulations comprising precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) and preservative combinations selected from the group consisting of i) phenethyl alcohol and caprylyl glycol, and ii) benzyl alcohol and caprylyl glycol. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US10596081B2
A composition includes: an aqueous composition (A) including a buffer having a pKa between 4.0 and 8.0 and having no more than one carboxylic acid function; and at least one capsule including a core and a gelled shell including a polyelectrolyte in the gelled state chelated by divalent cations, the shell fully encapsulating the core on the periphery thereof, the capsule being free of eukaryote cells.
US10596076B2
The present invention relates to a powder mixture, in particular for the remineralization of teeth, a powder jet device, in particular for application in the field of dentistry, a use of the powder mixture for producing a means for the remineralization of teeth and to a method for the remineralization of teeth, and a use of a powder mixture in a dental apparatus. The powder mixture comprises a deposition powder which is designed to adhere to tooth surfaces.
US10596074B2
Oral devices such as a pacifier, bottle cap, teething tools and toys, and methods for using the same are provided. An oral device includes a bulb portion configured to be disposed inside a mouth of a user and a wider neck portion coupled distally to the bulb portion and configured to be held by user's lips. The neck portion is configured such that, when it is sucked on by the user, the neck portion moves in the lateral direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the oral device from a first, unexpanded configuration to a second, expanded configuration such that a lateral contact area of the neck portion with the user's lips increases. The oral device can include one or more expansion accommodation features that facilitate expansion and retraction of the neck portion.
US10596072B2
A medication dispensing system is provided with several cooperating components which help to accommodate the responsible handling of medications. These systems include a user interface to receive input from the user and to present appropriate information/notices/alarms. Further, physical controls and multiple sensors are provided to detect tampering, misuse, and attempts to inappropriately access medications contained within the dispensing system. This misuse can thus be detected, and appropriate notifications can be provided, where appropriate. Further, by adding network communications capabilities, notices can be widely communicated to others, and operation of the medication dispensing system can be controlled and/or monitored remotely.
US10596050B2
A motor-driving mechanism includes a motor and a lifting lever. The lifting lever is rotatable between a lifted position and a lowered position, and includes first section and a second section. The first section is pivotably connected to the motor. The second section is connected to the first section in such a way that the first section and the second section as a whole are drivable by the motor to rotate in a first direction from the lowered position toward the lifted position, and the first section is drivable by the motor to rotate relative to the second section in a second direction from the lowered position toward a third position while the second section remains at the lowered position, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. A motor-driven bed utilizing the motor-driving mechanism is also disclosed.
US10596045B2
Providing two sheets which are opposed to each other, and a plurality of elastic elements each disposed between the sheets to extend along a stretchable direction of a composite stretchable member in such a manner as to be stretchable in the stretchable direction, wherein: the sheets are bonded together in a plurality of bonding sections, wherein each of the bonding sections is configured to continuously extend along a line intersecting the stretchable direction and to intersect the plurality of elastic elements; and each of the elastic elements is bonded to the sheets at intersection points with the bonding sections.
US10596035B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for treating diseases that produce elevated intraocular pressures, such as glaucoma, wherein the device operates on the principles of a Starling resistor, and includes a housing, a deformable structure and a spring mounted within a housing, such that the spring applies a substantially constant spring force over a predetermined working range on the deformable structure to thereby self-regulate flow of fluid through the deformable structure.
US10596024B2
A dynamic platform with extending struts has fastened thereto a bi-directional torsional power unit to selectively deliver force opposing either extension or flexion, and to provide assistance in a respective opposite direction. The power unit is threadably mounted on a hinge pin (spline) centrally located on the platform, and is latched to a catch assembly radially located thereto, the hinge pin of the platform communicating with one end of a torsion spring of the power unit and the catch assembly communicating with another end of the torsion spring, to selectively deliver the extension/flexion force. The power unit can be detached, with simple manual operation of the catch assembly, without tools, flipped over and reattached to the same platform attachment points to switch (reverse) extension torque to flexion torque and vice versa.
US10596023B2
An ankle brace which is positioned on an ankle of a person which incorporates a tensioning structure which permits full range of motion to the ankle joint but which prevents the ankle joint from moving past its normal range of motion to protect the ankle joint.
US10596021B2
Various devices, systems, and methods that can be used in the treatment of obesity and related illnesses are disclosed. In some instances, a portion of the bowel of an obese patient is distended for a therapeutically effective period. The distention may be achieved by introduction of an object that is of foreign origin relative to the body of the patient into the bowel of the patient. In some instances, the distention is achieved by a medical device that transitions from an undeployed state, in which the medical device is introduced into the bowel of the patient, to an expanded state in which the medical device distends the bowel by an amount sufficient to trigger an intestinal-gastric brake in the patient.
US10596016B2
A method of sequenced deployment of an endovascular device comprises delivering, into a body vessel, a Nitinol structural element comprising n deployable regions each having a local austenite finish temperature above body temperature. The local austenite finish temperature of at least one of the n deployable regions is different from the local austenite finish temperature of another of the n deployable regions. During and/or after delivery, the Nitinol structural element is heated above body temperature, and each of the n deployable regions is deployed when the local austenite finish temperature thereof is reached. Thus, a deployed configuration of an endovascular device is achieved in a sequenced deployment process.
US10596014B2
A system for controlling a body part includes a number of sensing devices that sense signals from a hemisphere of a brain. A signal translating unit translates the signals into a command signal for controlling the body part, which is on a same side of the body as the hemisphere of the brain. A prosthetic device receives the command signal from the signal translating unit and manipulates the body part in response to the command signal.
US10596008B2
A reconfigurable orthopedic implant trial comprising: (a) a first orthopedic component; (b) a second orthopedic component that includes a second sensor on a second articulating surface thereof, the second orthopedic component configured to removably mount to the first orthopedic component; (c) a third orthopedic component that includes a third sensor on a third articulating surface thereof, the third orthopedic component configured to removably mount to the first orthopedic component, where the second sensor and the third sensor are configured to generate kinematic data.
US10596006B2
An elbow prosthesis according to the present teachings can include a stem structure and an articulating component. The stem structure can be operable to be positioned in a bone of a joint. The stem structure can include a stem portion that is operable to be positioned in the bone and a C-shaped body portion having a first retaining mechanism formed thereon. The articulating component can have a second retaining mechanism formed thereon. One of the first and second retaining mechanisms can comprise an extension portion and a first anti-rotation portion. The other retaining mechanism can comprise a receiving portion and a second anti-rotation portion. The articulating component can be advanced from an insertion position to an assembled position, such that the first and second mechanisms cooperatively interlock to inhibit translation and rotation of the articulating component relative to the C-shaped body portion of the stem structure.
US10596003B2
A method of treating a sacroiliac joint at a sacroiliac joint region having a sacrum, an ilium and a sacroiliac joint space therebetween, the method comprising: a) delivering a joint implant into the sacroiliac joint region, the joint implant comprising a body including a length extending between a proximal end and a distal end, an external surface extending the length, and a fixation member receiving channel extending the length and disposed in the external surface; and b) delivering a fixation member into the fixation member receiving channel thereby forming a joint implant assembly, the fixation member slidingly and matingly engaging the fixation member receiving channel in a grooved arrangement, wherein, when the fixation member is received into the fixation member receiving channel, the fixation member extends outward from the external surface of the joint implant and extends a portion of the length.
US10596002B2
A method of performing an orthopedic procedure in the sacroiliac region. At least one aperture is formed that at least partially extends through at least one of an ilium and a sacrum. An undercutting system is at least partially inserted into the aperture. The undercutting system includes an insertion apparatus, a probe assembly and a cutting assembly. The probe assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The probe assembly is manipulated within a joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the probe assembly is in the extended position. The cutting assembly is moved with respect to the insertion apparatus from a retracted position to an extended position. The cutting assembly is sharper than the probe assembly. The cutting assembly is manipulated within the joint between the ilium and the sacrum while the cutting assembly is in the extended position to form a fusion region. The undercutting system is removed from the aperture.
US10595999B2
A blood flow regulator for creating a shunt in the heart, comprising; a proximal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the proximal element; a distal element having a general disc-shape, defined by a braid of one or more wires extending about a central aperture of the distal element; and a third element defining a neck section intermediate the proximal and distal elements and forming a cavity having a diameter no greater than a diameter of each of the distal and proximal elements, wherein said distal element comprises at least one loop of a wire extending radially outwardly from a center of the distal element and returning towards said center of said distal element.
US10595998B2
A method of repairing a defective heart valve is disclosed comprising directing an implant delivery catheter to form a first curve of the implant delivery catheter around chordae of the heart valve on a ventricular side of the heart valve, inserting the implant delivery catheter through the heart valve to an atrial side thereof, forming a second curve of the delivery catheter along an annulus of the heart valve on the atrial side, and ejecting an annuloplasty implant from the delivery catheter while retracting the delivery catheter such that the annuloplasty implant is arranged along the first and second curve on the ventricular and atrial side.
US10595993B2
The present disclosure pertains to new methods of making an introducer sheath with an inner liner for percutaneous insertion of a medical device into a patient. The present disclosure also discloses embodiments of catheter-based prosthetic heart valves, including, prosthetic heart valves having sealing members configured to seal the interface between the prosthetic valve and the surrounding tissue of the native annulus in which the prosthetic valve is implanted.
US10595989B2
Intraocular lens delivery devices and methods of use.
US10595977B2
Devices and methods for inserting an implant into skin or other tissue of a patient can include an insertion device that can enclose and support a hyaluronic thread as it is injected into a patient's skin or other tissue. The device can include a cover member, a non-tubular support member, and the thread. The cover member can have a proximal portion, a closed distal portion, and an inner cavity extending from the proximal portion toward the closed distal portion. The thread can be positioned along a longitudinal length of support member, between the support member and the cover member. The non-tubular support member can extend within the inner cavity of the cover member. The cover member can be moveable relative to the support member to expose the thread.
US10595972B2
Disclosed is a method, a system, and a user interface for determining a preferred relative arrangement of digital restoration designs and digital representations of multi-shaded milling blocks for use when manufacturing dental restorations from multi-shaded milling blocks. A preferred first relative arrangement of a first digital restoration design and a digital representation of a first multi-shaded milling block is determined, and therefrom a preferred second relative arrangement of a second digital restoration design and a digital representation of a second multi-shaded milling block is determined.
US10595968B2
An apparatus for replicating a tooth within a user's mouth includes a threaded insert receivable with a bore in a wearer's jaw, the threaded insert having a first connector associated therewith and a tooth implant having a second connector. The first and second connectors are frictionally engageable with each other to retain the tooth implant within the user's mouth.
US10595959B2
A cleaning fixture for cleaning a medical device includes a shaft receiving portion configured to receive a shaft and an end effector assembly of the medical device. The shaft receiving portion includes a nozzle disposed towards a distal end of the shaft receiving portion such that the nozzle is positioned adjacent the end effector assembly of the medical device upon receipt of the shaft and end effector assembly of the medical device within the shaft receiving portion. A handle receiving portion is configured to receive the housing and handle of the medical device. The handle receiving portion is releasably securable with the shaft receiving portion to enclose the medical device therein. The handle receiving portion includes a lever activation assembly positioned adjacent the handle and operable to selectively actuate the handle to manipulate the end effector assembly.
US10595946B2
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods selectively calibrate end effector jaws by bringing the jaw elements into engagement with each other. Commanded torque signals may bring the end effector elements into engagement while monitoring the resulting position of a drive system, optionally using a second derivative of the torque/position relationship so as to identify an end effector engagement position. Calibration can allow the end effector engagement position to correspond to a nominal closed position of an input handle by compensating for wear on the end effector, the end effector drive system, then manipulator, the manipulator drive system, the manipulator/end effector interfacing, and manufacturing tolerances.
US10595943B2
Systems and methods are provided for model-based surgical planning. A surgical planning system can include a prescreening tool configured to provide an initial classification of a set of patients according to a pelvic tilt, measured as a position of a pelvis of the patient relative to the position of a spine of the patient, in a plurality of body positions. A model constructor is configured to construct a model of a pelvis of the patient according to the initial classification of the patient. A finite element modeling component is configured to simulate relative motion of the model of the pelvis and a model of an implant. A patient classifier is configured to select at least one of a position of the implant and an orientation of the implant for the patient according to the simulated relative motion.
US10595940B2
A laser system includes a collimator configured to output a collimated laser beam, a support member to which the collimator is mounted, and a linear rail along which the support member is movable in a first dimension such that the collimator, mounted to the support member, and the collimated laser beam, outputted from the collimator, are movable in the first dimension. The laser system further includes a lens positioned downstream of the collimator and configured to direct the collimated laser beam to a target location on a specimen.
US10595934B2
An electrosurgery pencil having directed illumination and a removable shroud having directed illumination where the removable shroud is adapted to fit over an electrosurgery pencil.
US10595932B2
An electrosurgical forceps is provided with a shaft that extends from a housing of the electrosurgical forceps. An end effector assembly operably coupled to the shaft includes a pair of first and second jaw members. One or both of the first and second jaw members is movable from an open configuration, to a clamping configuration. A knife blade assembly includes a knife blade translatable within the first and second jaw members. A knife blade lockout mechanism is in operative communication with the knife blade assembly and includes an elongated cam slot with a cam pin translatable therein from a distal end of the elongated cam slot corresponding to the knife blade lockout mechanism engaged with the knife blade assembly, to a proximal position corresponding to the knife blade lockout mechanism disengaged from the knife blade assembly.
US10595924B2
An electrosurgical snare device is provided which uses a flow of inert gas to assist in the cutting and sealing process of tissue, while substantially reducing the formation of eschar and collateral tissue damage. The electrosurgical device includes a housing having a longitudinal axis; a support shaft attached to a distal end of the housing, and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the support shaft. The end effector includes a tube including a plurality of apertures and an electrically conducting spring disposed around the tube, where a spacing of the coils of the spring coincides with a spacing of the plurality of apertures, wherein a gas assisted electrosurgical effect is formed at each of the plurality of apertures when an inert gas flows through the tube and the spring is energized. The tube may be configured as a loop or snare.
US10595917B2
A bone screw comprises a main body including a shank portion, a head portion attached to the shank portion, and a cap moveably attached to the head portion. The head portion includes a tool interface structure therein having a closed end portion, an open end portion and sidewall extending therebetween. A tool lock recess is provided in at least one of the sidewalls of the tool interface structure. The tool interface structure is accessible through an opening within an exterior surface of the cap.
US10595912B2
A surgical instrument includes a cannulated body extending along an axis and having a first working end spaced along the axis from a second working end. The surgical instrument may be used with a fenestrated screw assembly, a delivery unit, and an alignment guide wire. The first working end of the surgical instrument is configured to transmit a force to a delivery unit in a direction about the axis and the second working end is configured to transmit a force to a delivery unit in a direction generally transverse to the axis. The first working end may be used to rotate the delivery unit to thereby removably attach the delivery unit to the fenestrated screw assembly. The surgical instrument may be repositioned to engage the second working end with the proximal end of the delivery unit to maintain the rotational position of the delivery unit.
US10595911B1
A method of stabilizing a facet joint by providing a fixation member with a substantially stadium-shaped cross-section, forming a void having a substantially stadium-shaped cross-section within the facet joint and inserting the fixation member into the void. The void is formed by engaging a first drill guide with the facet joint having two drill guide paths and drilling two spaced-apart or slightly overlapping passageways within the face joint, followed by engaging a second drill guide with the facet joint and drilling a third passageway between the two other passageways. The fixation member includes a tapered, anti-migration section configured for engaging the opposing articular surfaces of the joint.
US10595909B2
Spinal implants and methods of extending pre-existing spinal implant constructs. An extension clamp may be connected to an original spinal implant including an elongated rod attached to a portion of the spine without removal of the original spinal implant. The extension clamp may include a yoke and an extension rod extending from the yoke. The yoke may include a first end and a second end, the first end having first and second rod engaging portions and a channel between the first and second rod engaging portions for encompassing a fastener, and the second end being spaced apart from the first end. The first and second rod engaging portions may be configured and dimensioned to secure the extension clamp to the elongated rod.
US10595906B2
A spinal screw assembly providing an adjustable securement of a fixation rod across at least two vertebrae. The assembly includes a pedicle screw having a spherical head portion, a threaded shaft portion and a tool engagement surface in the head portion for use in driving the screw into a vertebrae. The head portion of the screw is positioned in a body member adjacent a curvilinear surface disposed about an aperture in the end of the body member such that the shaft portion of the screw extends therethrough and the curvilinear inner surface abuts and mates with the head portion of the screw so as to define a ball joint therewith. The body member additionally defines a pair of opposed parallel slots therein adapted to receive a portion of the fixation rod and a locking cap bears against the fixation rod to releasably secure the rod within the assembly.
US10595903B2
Osteosynthesis device, in particular a pedicle screw, having a bone anchor, in particular a bone screw, with a shank and a head, and having a fork head which is U-shaped in a side view and which has two arms at a proximal end area and is formed in one piece, wherein the head of the bone anchor is mounted pivotably on a distal end area of the fork head directed away from the arms, wherein the fork head has, at the distal end area, a receiving opening for the head of the bone anchor, which receiving opening is delimited in the radial direction by spring portions, wherein the spring portions are delimited radially inwards by the receiving opening and radially outwards by an annular groove arranged concentrically with respect to the receiving opening, said annular groove forming a seat for a securing element, wherein the head of the bone anchor is inserted into the receiving opening from the direction of the distal end of the fork head.
US10595902B2
A self-actuating growing rod systems for the correction of orthopedic deformities. The system comprises at least one static rod, at least one growth rod, at least one sealing component, at least one fluid reservoir, at least one injection port and at least one pressure compensating mechanism which is adapted to cause net elongation of the growth rod. The system of the present disclosure is implanted onto the bony anatomy after bringing the deformed bony anatomy to the expected position. The system of the present disclosure is then surgically implanted onto the corrected bony anatomy. As growth occurs, the system of the present disclosure distracts; thereby enabling growth and maintaining the deformity correction.
US10595901B2
A ratcheting strut comprising: (a) a ratchet box including a through passage; (b) a first tube sized to extend at least partially through the passage, the first tube including teeth that engage corresponding teeth of the ratchet box; (c) a second tube mounted to the ratchet box in parallel with the first tube, the second tube operatively coupled to a second fixation adapter; and, (d) a threaded rod operatively coupled to a nut and a first fixation adapter, the threaded rod repositionably mounted to the first tube, where the nut is operatively coupled and repositionable with respect to the first tube.
US10595892B2
A tissue removal system is provided which enables optimally performing a full-thickness resection of a hollow organ while minimizing invasiveness. In this tissue removal system, a tissue pressing tool which has a tissue contacting part and which is guided into the abdominal cavity, and a resection and anastomosis device work together. The resection and anastomosis device resects and performs anastomosis of tissue positioned between a main body and an anvil part, and, when pressing the tissue to be cut to the cutting position of the resection and anastomosis device by means of the tissue contacting part, the tissue contacting part is pressed against two abutment parts of the resection and anastomosis device.
US10595889B2
Arthroscopic cutters are used for resecting tissues, such as meniscal tissues, in meniscectomies or other arthroscopic procedures. The arthroscopic cutters have a shaft assembly with openable-closeable jaws at a working end of the shaft. A handpiece having a motor drive may be detachably coupled to a hub on a hub end of the handpiece. When the shaft is coupled to the handpiece, the motor drive will couple to the jaw structure to open and close the jaw structure to cut meniscal and other tissues.
US10595886B2
A novel method and instrumentation for insertion of humeral and glenoid total shoulder implant using arthroscopic visualization for bony preparation as well as insertion of components through small incisions. Mini instruments and cannulated guides and reamers are used in order to perform the procedure under direct arthroscopic visualization. For ease of insertion, the components are inserted separately and assembled in situ. Securing the humeral components in place is accomplished with bicortical screw transfixing the central peg of component.
US10595883B2
A coil former for an electric motor, in particular a high-speed surgical motor, in which a rotor is surrounded concentrically by the substantially hollow-cylindrical coil former, carries at least one stator winding. To ensure that as narrow an air gap as possible is permanently maintained between the coil former, which is preferably produced using an injection-molding method often with complex shaping, and a rotor, which runs in the coil former, the coil former is formed either by a non-conductive fully ceramic body, or is in the form of a composite body in which at least one dimension-stabilizing frame element is embedded by injection-molding with plastic in a plastic body which is preferably produced by injection molding.
US10595879B1
A blade for use in an osteotome or other cutting device. The blade may have, in sequence, a cutting portion, a transition portion, and a gripping portion, with the transition portion being located between the cutting portion and the gripping portion. The cutting portion may be planar and have at least one cutting edge. The gripping portion may be non-planar. The transition portion may be smoothly contoured. The non-planar nature of the gripping portion may provide increased rigidity of the blade. All of the blade may have uniform thickness of material. Also provided may be a chuck for gripping the blade. The chuck may have an upper nest and a lower nest that in combination closely fit around the gripping portion. The chuck may have a movable pin that locks the gripping portion into the chuck. A portion of the chuck may be spring-loaded.
US10595877B2
A tissue clipping apparatus, comprises a flexible, elongate member, a proximal end of which remains external to the body accessible to a user while a distal end of the flexible member is inserted into the body to a location adjacent to target tissue to be clipped and a control wire extending through the flexible member in combination with a capsule releasably coupled to a distal end of the flexible member and a clip a proximal portion of which is received within the capsule. A joint releasably coupling the clip to the control wire, includes a yoke extending around a proximal end of the clip and a frangible link which fails when subject to a predetermined force to separate the clip from the control wire.
US10595870B2
An anvil assembly includes a retaining member having a body portion and a frangible portion connected to the body portion, where the frangible portion is positioned to engage a backup member and separates from the body portion during movement of the backup member from a first, proximal position to a second, distal position. The retaining member keeps the backup plate in the proximal position prior to firing of the stapling assembly, and upon separation of the frangible portion allows the backup plate to move to the distal position during firing of the stapling assembly. Proximal force on the backup plate after firing of the stapling assembly is avoided, thereby helping to ensure titling of the anvil assembly.
US10595868B2
Stents and methods of using stents are provided. Stents of the invention provide external support structure for a blood vessel segment disposed within, wherein the stents are capable of resilient radial expansion in a manner mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. The stent may be formed of a knitted or braided mesh formed so as to provide the needed compliance properties. A venous graft with the stent and a vein segment disposed within is provided, wherein graft is capable of mimicking the compliance properties of an artery. Methods of selecting stents for downsizing and methods of using the stents of the invention in downsizing and smoothening are provided. Methods of replacing a section of an artery with a venous graft including a stent of the invention are provided. Methods of reducing intimal hyperplasia in implanted vein segment in a venous graft using stents of the invention are provided.
US10595867B2
Systems and methods introduce and deploy prosthesis into a blood vessel or hollow body organ by intra-vascular access. The prosthesis is secured in place by fasteners which are implanted by an applier that is also deployed by intra-vascular access. The applier is configured to permit controlled, selective release of the fastener in a step that is independent of the step of implantation.
US10595859B2
A suture member includes: a suture needle of which a distal end is sharp; a suture thread which includes a first end portion and a second end portion, of which the first end portion is connected to the suture needle, and which sutures the tissue; a first loop portion which has a ring shape, through which the suture needle is capable of passing, and which is connected to the second end portion; and a second loop portion which has a ring shape, through which the suture needle is capable of passing, which is connected to the second end portion, and which is provided to separate from the first loop.
US10595851B2
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel.
US10595846B2
This disclosure describes embodiments of an anchor with a body configured to expand radially outwardly along its entire length. The anchor includes, but is not limited to, an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween, the elongate body having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a bore aligned with and extending along the longitudinal axis, the elongate body comprising a slot penetrating into the outer surface towards the longitudinal axis, the slot forming a path circumscribing the longitudinal axis.
US10595844B2
Various systems and methods are provided for surgical and interventional planning, support, post-operative follow-up, and functional recovery tracking. In general, a patient can be tracked throughout medical treatment including through initial onset of symptoms, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment. In one embodiment, a patient and one or more medical professionals involved with treating the patient can electronically access a comprehensive treatment planning, support, and review system. The system can provide recommendations regarding diagnosis, non-surgical treatment, surgical treatment, and recovery from the surgical treatment based on data gathered from the patient and the medical professional(s). The system can manage the tracking of multiple patients, thereby allowing for data comparison between similar aspects of medical treatments and for learning over time through continual data gathering, analysis, and assimilation to decision-making algorithms.
US10595843B2
Some implementations can include a retraction system that provides broad based retraction for minimally invasive procedures (e.g., laparoscopic or robot-assisted) similar to that achieved by fixed retractors often used in open surgery. The retraction system can hold viscera out of the pelvis, for example. Some implementations can include a first instrument, a first locking trocar, a second instrument, and a second locking trocar. The first instrument can include an articulated first device having a mesh net. The first device is capable of unfurling the mesh net and winding the net back up into the first device. The second instrument can include a second device that articulates and engages an edge of the mesh net. The second device can engage the mesh net and assist in unfurling the mesh net by pulling the mesh net so that the mesh net unwinds from the first device and can be used to retract the viscera.
US10595837B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for vacuum expansion of a paste prior to freeze-drying said paste to achieve a dry paste composition which reconstitutes efficiently to form a flowable paste upon addition of an aqueous medium. The present disclosure further relates to a syringe for retaining a dry paste composition in a vacuum.
US10595836B2
A method comprising receiving an input coupling adjacent to a drive input driven by an actuating element, the input coupling being coupled to a joint output and the joint output being connected to a movable object. The method further comprising rotating the actuating element to drive the drive input and determining, by a control system, whether a resistance torque greater than an inherent drivetrain resistance torque is experienced by the actuating element. The inherent drivetrain resistance torque is for a drivetrain including the input coupling, the drive input, and the joint output. The method also includes determining, by the control system, whether the drive input has engaged the input coupling based on the determination that the resistance torque greater than the inherent drivetrain resistance torque has been experienced by the actuating element.
US10595822B2
Ultrasonic-wave probe, ultrasonic-wave diagnosis apparatus, and test method of ultrasonic-wave probe
A test for screening defects of a transmission/reception circuit in an IC is enabled at low cost, without withstand voltage violation, and without carrying out electrical contacts with many terminals connected to oscillators. In a transmission/reception separation switch circuit using transistors as switch elements, a potential of a gate is lowered in a test more than the potential in a case of reception to avoid gate-source withstand-voltage violation when a large-amplitude signal is input, and an internal-signal loopback test is carried out without destroying a reception circuit.
US10595821B1
Described herein are example ultrasonic transducer device probes configured to be placed on a patient's body to direct an ultrasonic beam towards an internal structure inside the body and receive ultrasonic echo signals from the internal structure. A probe includes a housing in which an ultrasonic transducer is located, a transceiving face of the transducer being at an acute angle relative to a front plane of the housing. An accelerometer unit and a magnetic field sensing unit are also housed inside the probe. The transducer, accelerometer, and magnetic field sensing unit are embedded in a body of a first material comprising ultrasound non-sonolucent material. A front face of the body of the first material and a recess extending down to the transceiving face is covered by a body of a second material comprising ultrasound sonolucent material having a tacky or non-tacky front surface.
US10595820B2
The present invention generally relates to a rapid exchange configuration that reduces the profile of a catheter riding on a guidewire and minimizes guidewire resistance. According to certain embodiments, a body of the catheter includes a distal portion and a proximal portion. The distal portion defines a guidewire lumen and includes a guidewire exit port being open in a proximal direction and leading to the guidewire lumen. A proximal section of the guidewire lumen is straight.
US10595817B2
An ultrasound diagnostic device includes an ultrasound probe including plural ultrasound transducers that transmit ultrasound toward an imaging subject, receive ultrasound reflected from the imaging subject, and output ultrasound detection signals; an alteration unit that alters transmission frequencies of the ultrasound transmitted from the ultrasound probe or reception frequencies of the ultrasound received by the ultrasound probe; and a calculation unit that calculates an index for diagnosing a tissue characteristic based on a relationship between reception signals of at least two different ultrasound transducers for at least two different frequencies of the transmission frequencies or reception frequencies altered by the alteration unit.
US10595810B2
According to one or more exemplary embodiments, a medical imaging apparatus includes a first control unit. The first control unit controls capturing of an image of an object based on a first software component when the first software component is in an active state, periodically monitors a state of the first software component included in a software application, and sets any one of at least one second software component, which is the same as the first software component, to be in an active state when the first software component is in a failure state so as to continue to capture images of the object.
US10595806B2
A method includes obtaining a boundary condition estimate. The boundary condition estimate includes at least an estimated outlet resistance of a vessel with a stenosis. The method further includes correcting the boundary condition estimate based on a severity of the stenosis, thereby creating a corrected boundary condition. The method further includes determining an FFR index based on the corrected boundary condition. The method further includes displaying the FFR index. A computing system includes a computer readable storage medium with instructions that iteratively determine at least an FFR index based on a severity of a stenosis of a vessel. The computing system further includes a computer processor that processes the instructions and generates the FFR index based on the severity of the stenosis of the vessel.
US10595800B2
The present invention provides a support device for an X-ray detector and an X-ray detection device, the support device comprising a bottom plate and a limiting device mounted on the bottom plate, the limiting device comprising a limiting frame, two mounting members connected to the limiting frame, and two stoppers respectively arranged on the two mounting members. At least one of the two mounting members is configured to be able to move in a particular direction and to be limited at one of a plurality of fixed positions on the limiting frame, and the two stoppers are used for limiting the movement of the X-ray detector in the particular direction.
US10595796B2
The present invention is related to an X-ray detector and to an X-ray detector system comprising the X-ray detector. It is further related to an X-ray system and to a method for obtaining an X-ray image.According to the invention, the X-ray detector is configured to be operable in a mixed read-out mode in which an output of the X-ray sensor comprises sequentially obtained first blocks, each first block comprising a plurality of sequentially obtained different second blocks, wherein each second block comprises a read-out of the target segment, and wherein more than one of the second blocks comprises a different part of the additional segments such that each first block comprises a read-out for each of the plurality of segments.
US10595792B2
The present development is a device for monitoring uterine activity and sending an alert signal through a wireless communication means when uterine activity significantly changes relative to a preset standard. The device, which comprises at least one sensor, is intended to continuously monitor a prescribed activity, such as uterine contractions. The information gathered by the sensors is fed to a computer application for comparison to preset values and, if the gathered information falls outside of the range of the preset values, feeds a signal to a second application designed to send out notifications to preprogrammed devices indicating the physical location of the source data, or where the pregnant patient is located.
US10595789B2
A meal time estimation method includes: acquiring time series data of heart rate, by a processor; calculating a feature amount obtained by indexing a degree of similarity with a feature of heart rate change that appears at end of a meal from the time series data of the heart rate, by the processor; and estimating a meal time from the feature amount, by the processor.
US10595788B2
A heartrate monitor detects heartbeats in a test signal. A local heartrate and an energy of acceleration are associated with the detected heartbeats. Detected heartbeats are included or excluded from a test set of heartbeats based on the local heartrate and energy of acceleration associated with the respective heartbeats. Anomalous heartbeats in the test set of heartbeats are detected using a sparse approximation model. The heartrate monitor may detect heartbeats in a training heartbeat signal. A reference heart rate and an energy of acceleration are associated with detected beats of the training heartbeat signal and selectively included in a set of training data based on the heart rate and energy of acceleration associated with the detected beat in the training heartbeat signal. A dictionary of the sparse representation model may be generated using the set of training data.
US10595784B2
An object pose measurement system based on MEMS IMU includes: an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a gyroscope, an object vector information calculation unit, and a rotation compensation unit; wherein the object vector information calculation unit is connected respectively to the accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope to receive respective measurement data and calculate object vector information; the rotation compensation unit is connected to the object vector information calculation unit to receive the object vector information, compute and output rotation compensated object vector information; wherein the rotation compensation unit performs quaternion rotation compensation computation and outputs the rotation compensated quaternion as the rotation compensated object vector information.
US10595783B2
An electronic device and method for measuring user body information are provided. The method for measuring user body information includes detecting a contact of a user's body portion on at least two spots of a touch screen of the electronic device, upon detecting the contact of the user's body portion on the at least two spots of the touch screen, applying power to a first coil in the electronic device, and measuring the user body information using at least one of a voltage and a second current measured after a first current is induced across the user's body by a first magnetic field generated from the first coil as the power is applied.
US10595771B2
A device for treating bone in a living body includes (a) comprises an implant configured for attachment to a bone; (b) a first sensor measuring a strain on a first portion of the implant, the first portion of the implant being configured to be mechanically coupled to a weakened portion of a bone when the implant is coupled to the bone in a target position in combination; and (c) a second sensor measuring strain in a non-weakened portion of the bone.
US10595769B2
A device for measuring the elastic deformability of soft tissue has a probe head having the form of a cup with a cavity, side walls and a bottom wall, a first probe channel, a pressure unit and a control unit, the first probe channel being configured to connect the pressure unit, that provides a vacuum inside first probe channel and that is controlled by the control unit with the probe head. The first probe channel has a distal end leading through the bottom wall into the cavity. The device further has a second probe channel having a distal end leading through the bottom wall into the cavity and being connected with a pressure sensor provided to determine the pressure in the cavity and to communicate it to the control unit to determine a point in time, when deformed tissue closes the distal end of the first probe channel based on a pressure difference in the two probe channels.
US10595763B2
An integrated testing device is described, for example for testing bodily fluids. The device has a test component, a reservoir containing a test fluid, and a control vessel. The reservoir discharges test fluid into the control vessel, which discharges the test fluid in a controlled way to the test component.
US10595761B2
Disclosed is an adapter for use with a multi-port control valve that is used in a blood sampling, blood pressure monitoring system that includes a sampling site, a pressure transducer, and a reservoir. The multi-port control valve includes a partition and a rotatable valve member that rotates around to one of a reservoir port, a sampling site port, or a pressure transducer port to block fluid communication. The adapter comprises: a partition to define an input fluid path and an output fluid path, wherein the partition of the adapter mates with the partition of the multi-port control valve and a partition of the reservoir, in which, the partition in the adapter mates with the partition in the reservoir such that a fluid circuit is created from the multi-port control valve, through the adapter, and through the reservoir, and back to the multi-port control valve.
US10595760B2
In an embodiment, a syringe needle comprises a helical portion located in between a needle tip portion and a distal portion. In another embodiment, a compliant article comprises a casing tube comprising a tube end opening located at a needle tube end of the casing tube, a distal tube opening located at a distal tube end of the casing tube, and an inner tube space; and a syringe needle that traverses the tube end opening; wherein the compliant article comprises a compliant portion that allows for a reduced insertion pressure of the syringe needle as compared to an insertion pressure of a corresponding syringe needle in an article without the compliant portion.
US10595756B2
Methods, systems and devices for detecting an analyte sample, determining an analyte concentration associated with the detected analyte sample, storing the determined analyte concentration and a time associated with the determined analyte concentration, retrieving two or more stored analyte concentrations, and determining an adjusted dose level based at least in part on a current dose level and data associated with the two or more retrieved analyte concentrations are provided. For example, adjustments to dosage levels of long-acting insulin may be provided to assist in the management of diabetes and related conditions.
US10595753B1
Disclosed is sampling HF-QRS signals from a number of subjects (or derived values or features), and using e.g. deep learning-convolutional neural networks to find features or values which are (i) sufficiently similar for the same subject over all samples, yet (ii) sufficiently different among different subjects to allow identification. Also disclosed is finding signatures which are sufficiently stable over a particular period such that these signatures are within a deviation threshold, and then monitoring all subjects to be identified at least as often as the period used to establish the deviation threshold.
US10595752B2
The diagnostic probe can be inserted into a vaginal or rectal body endo-cavity of the human body so as to measure the displacement of the walls of the endo-cavity and organs that surround the endo-cavity and so as to measure the displacement and the passive and active resistance of at least one muscle of the perineum. The diagnostic probe includes at least one endo-cavitary body provided with at least two pressure sensors arranged in the same plane and acting either in the same direction or in two opposite directions. The endo-cavitary body can be deformable without opposing resistance and matching the walls of the endo-cavity. The endo-cavitary body includes at least one device for measuring the displacement of the endo-cavitary wall along the three axes X, Y and Z.
US10595751B2
A method includes obtaining test data during a plurality of joint tests, the test data being indicative of respective motion during each test, each test being implemented by a robotic testing apparatus that applies, during each test, a respective force oriented in a respective plane. Respective primary data indicative of respective movement in a respective degree of freedom disposed within the respective plane for each test is generated based on the test data. Secondary data indicative of concomitant movement during a first test of the plurality of tests is generated based on the test data, the concomitant movement being in a secondary degree of freedom other than the respective degree of freedom disposed within the respective plane for the first test, the concomitant movement arising from the respective applied force. A joint condition is determined based on the primary data for each test and the secondary data.
US10595743B2
A wrist-wearable body composition measuring device includes a main body; a strap connected to the main body; a first input electrode and a first output electrode which are provided on an inner surface of the strap and configured to contact a wrist of a subject; a second input electrode and a second output electrode which are provided on an outer surface of the strap; a measuring unit configured to measure a body impedance of the subject by applying current to the first input electrode and the second input electrode and detecting a voltage generated between the first output electrode and the second output electrode in response to the applied current; and a processor configured to analyze a body composition of the subject based on the body impedance measured by the measuring unit.
US10595738B2
An integrated electrode structure can comprise a catheter shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end, the catheter shaft defining a catheter shaft longitudinal axis. A flexible tip portion can be located adjacent to the distal end of the catheter shaft, the flexible tip portion comprising a flexible framework. A plurality of microelectrodes can be disposed on the flexible framework and can form a flexible array of microelectrodes adapted to conform to tissue. A plurality of conductive traces can be disposed on the flexible framework, each of the plurality of conductive traces can be electrically coupled with a respective one of the plurality of microelectrodes.
US10595737B2
A computer-implemented method for processing ECG data may include: receiving, over an electronic network, ECG data, wherein the ECG data represents a plurality of heartbeats; analyzing the ECG data, by at least one processor, to determine whether each of the plurality of heartbeats is a normal heartbeat or an abnormal heartbeat; associating, by the at least one processor, each of the abnormal heartbeats with either only one of a plurality of existing templates or a new template; receiving, from a user, input related to each new template, wherein the input includes either: a) a confirmation that the new template represents an abnormal heartbeat, or b) a reclassification of the new template as representing a normal heartbeat or a different abnormal heartbeat; and in response to the user input, updating, by the at least one processor, a label of each of the heartbeats associated with each confirmed new template and each of the heartbeats associated with each reclassified new template. The ECG data may be received from a portable monitor configured to be carried on a patient's body.
US10595735B2
Systems and methods for treatment of neurological conditions using aTBS in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment includes a method for treating neurological conditions, including generating a personalized accelerated theta burst stimulation (aTBS) target representing a location in a patient's brain related to a neurological condition, placing a TMS device relative to the patient's brain such that the focus of the magnetic field is over the aTBS target, applying TMS to the aTBS target according to an aTBS protocol to the brain using the TMS device to alleviate the neurological condition.
US10595730B2
A method of monitoring a subject includes detecting subject head motion information via a microelectromechanical systems sensor associated with an earpiece worn by the subject, processing, via a processor associated with the earpiece, the head motion information to determine subject head displacement relative to an origin and to determine if the subject has fallen down and/or is not moving, and transmitting the processed head motion information to a remote device. The method further includes communicating corrective action to the subject from the remote device and/or communicating corrective action for the subject from the remote device to a third party. The earpiece may include an audio headset, a hearing aid, or an earpiece fitting.
US10595726B2
In one embodiment, a system (200) comprising a wearable base (104) and a detachable health-parameter sensor apparatus (108) detachably coupled to the base, the detachable health-parameter sensor apparatus automatically and repeatedly monitoring one or more health parameters of a user, and responsive to determining a need for truer readings, instructing the user to locate the health-parameter sensor apparatus to another location on the user.
US10595722B1
Retinal imaging systems and related methods employ a user specific approach for controlling the reference arm length in an optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging device. A method includes restraining a user's head relative to an OCT imaging device. A reference arm length adjustment module is controlled to vary a reference arm length to search a user specific range of reference arm lengths to identify a reference arm length for which the OCT image detector produces an OCT signal corresponding to the retina of the user. The user specific range of reference arm lengths covers a smaller range of reference arm lengths than a reference arm length adjustment range of the reference arm length adjustment module.
US10595719B2
An improved system and method for cleaning a scope during a surgical procedure using a hinged tip is herein described. A scope cleaning apparatus can comprise a tube configured to be slidably received by a cannula, a hinged tip connected to the tube, and a lens-cleaning portion. The tube can comprise a proximal portion and a distal portion. Furthermore, the tube, across the proximal portion and the distal portion together can comprise an outer surface, an inner surface, and a lumen. The inner surface can be configured to slidably receive a viewing scope. The lumen can be defined by the inner surface. The lens-cleaning portion can be coupled to the hinged tip and can be configured to engage at least a portion of the viewing scope.
US10595717B2
A capsule endoscope system includes: a capsule endoscope configured to be introduced into a subject and having a magnetic field response unit configured to respond to a magnetic field and having an imaging unit configured to image an object; a magnetic field generating unit configured to generate the magnetic field to guide the capsule endoscope; an input unit configured to input commands for changing at least one of a position and a posture of the capsule endoscope; a setting unit configured to set a reference distance between the imaging unit and the object; a detection unit configured to detect a distance between the object and the imaging unit; and a magnetic field controller configured to control the magnetic field generating unit to generate the magnetic field based on the distance and the commands while a difference between the distance and the reference distance is maintained within a certain range.
US10595715B2
The overtube includes an interlocking member which is configured to be movable forward and backward inside an overtube body—and has an endoscope-coupled part and a treatment tool-coupled part. A side hole that is formed to pass through a side wall of the overtube body in communication with a passage in the overtube body for sending a fluid into a body cavity, and a side wall is configured to be openable and closable by the forward and backward movement of the interlocking member.
US10595712B2
A lightguide is configured to transmit a scanned and/or focused processing beam to a target. The processing beam has a wavefront amplitude and phase set by a spatial light modulator. Suitable wavefront characteristics are obtained based on portions of the processing beam returned to a detector through the lightguide. A beam path can be detected at a first, reduced power, and processing along the beam path performed at a second, higher optical power.
US10595705B2
A dispensing device for introducing a pourable detergent in metered amounts into a treatment chamber of a program-controlled cleaning appliance includes: a supply container for holding the detergent, the supply container having a reservoir chamber and a metering chamber terminating in a dispensing opening, the metering chamber being fluidically connected to the reservoir chamber via an interposed passage opening; a carrier unit which is rotatable by a motor and replaceably receives the supply container; and a closure device that closes the passage opening at least until the supply container is first put into use.
US10595702B2
A dishwasher appliance is provided having a fluid circulation assembly that uses a single motor and a common drive shaft to rotate both a wash pump impeller and a drain pump impeller. The wash pump impeller and the drain pump impeller are separated by a filter to prevent food soil from being circulated by the wash pump impeller. The common drive shaft passes through an aperture in the filter, the aperture being sealed to prevent the passing of food soil by an inlet guide assembly. The inlet guide assembly includes an upper inlet guide and a lower inlet guide that define a clearance bore and a washer chamber. A washer is positioned in the washer chamber to prevent the flow of food soil through the clearance bore.
US10595699B2
A scraper includes two shells juxtaposed and soldered together, a blade combined with the two shells, and a connecting member combined with the two shells. Each of the two shells has a receiving space, a plurality of first soldering portions, a first opening, a first slot, a second soldering portion, and a third soldering portion. The blade has an operation portion and a first mounting portion. The first mounting portion extends through the first opening into the receiving space and has a fourth soldering portion combined with the second soldering portions of the two shells by soldering. The connecting member is located in the receiving space and has a second slot aligning with the first slot. The connecting member has two ends each provided with a fifth soldering portion combined with the third soldering portion by soldering.
US10595697B2
Embodiments include a surface maintenance machine, comprising a maintenance tool chamber comprising a first side, a second side, a third side and a fourth side. A rotary broom is housed in the maintenance tool chamber and substantially enclosed by the first, second, third and fourth sides thereof. The rotary broom sweeps particulate from the surface. A vacuum system generates vacuum for drawing particulate swept by the rotary broom. The vacuum system is positioned proximal to the first side. A skirt assembly extends substantially around the second, third and fourth sides of the maintenance tool chamber. The skirt assembly has a vacuum passage defined therein and in fluid communication with the vacuum system to direct air flow into the vacuum passage, thereby drawing particulate into the vacuum passage and preventing particulate accumulation at portions of the second, third and fourth sides that are distal to the vacuum system.
US10595683B1
The present application discloses shelving systems (e.g., shower stations) with adjustable shelves (e.g., baskets) that can be moved by hand.
US10595679B2
Disclosed herein is a cooking system for cooking food, the cooking system being functional in a plurality of cooking modes. The cooking system including a housing defining a hollow chamber and including an upper portion defining an opening to the hollow chamber. A lid is positionable relative to the housing to cover the opening to the hollow chamber. At least one heating element is associated with one of the housing and said lid. An air movement device is located in at least one of the housing and the lid to circulate air through the hollow chamber. An air diffuser positionable in the hollow chamber and is configured to impart rotation to air circulating through the hollow chamber when the air diffuser is positioned in the hollow chamber during at least one of the plurality of cooking modes.
US10595675B2
A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor. The system can be operably engaged without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor or can be operably engaged after a partial disassembly of the food processor. The system includes a control assembly for directing passage of a solution through the food processor without requiring constant operator oversight. The system can employ available positive pressure water supply, such as public utility water pressure to selectively and automatically push solutions, including rinses, backwards or forwards through a food flow path in the food processor, though typically countercurrent to the normal processing food flow. A manifold assembly includes an intake manifold and a distribution manifold, with an induction port and/or access port in the distribution manifold for introducing additives or agents into a controlled motive stream passing through the manifold assembly.
US10595674B2
A self-contained system is provided for cleaning a food flow path in a food processor. The system can be operably engaged without requiring disassembly and reassembly of the food processor or can be operably engaged after a partial disassembly of the food processor. The system includes a control assembly for directing passage of a solution through the food processor without requiring constant operator oversight. The system can employ available positive pressure water supply, such as public utility water pressure to selectively and automatically push solutions, including rinses, backwards or forwards through a food flow path in the food processor, though typically countercurrent to the normal processing food flow. A manifold assembly includes an intake manifold and a distribution manifold, with an induction port and/or access port in the distribution manifold for introducing additives or agents into a controlled motive stream passing through the manifold assembly.
US10595669B2
A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff preparation material and comprising on a surface thereof a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising a linear arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference line r, the data portion having an encoding area comprising at least one data unit, wherein said data unit is arranged on an encoding line D that intersects the reference line r, the data unit occupies any continuous distance d along the encoding line D within the bounds of the encoding area as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information, whereby said encoding line D is linear and arranged orthogonal to the reference line r.
US10595663B2
The Edo Cup 2.0 is an open, suspended, accordion type paper single cup finable completely biodegradable and recycle-able beverage disposable filter.The filter can be in several shapes and sizes and may display corporate logs, up to an including religious symbols, sayings and holiday messages.The filter may enclose flavors (in the filter paper) or be pre-soaked in flavors prior to packaging for sale.
US10595658B2
A safety mailbox assembly, comprising: a substantially hollow and post-less top structure configured with a top portion of a reversible connection at a base of the top structure and including at least one mail box disposed therein; a substantially hollow and post-less bottom structure configured with a bottom portion of the reversible connection; wherein the top portion and the bottom portion connect together to reversibly connect the top structure and the bottom structure.
US10595656B1
A carpet-stretching apparatus, including a main frame to connect to at least a portion of a carpet as disposed on a surface, at least one carpet spike disposed on at least a portion of the main frame to be inserted into at least a portion of the carpet, such that at least a portion of the carpet moves in response to movement of at least a portion of the main frame, and a stretch bar manipulation assembly disposed on at least a portion of the main frame to move at least a portion of the main frame in response to a manipulation of the stretch bar manipulation assembly.
US10595654B2
A liquid receptacle has an inner vessel for holding a liquid, an insulated outer shell spaced from the inner vessel, and a chamber defined between the inner vessel and the outer shell. A phase change material is disposed in the chamber for absorbing thermal energy from the liquid and then releasing the thermal energy back to the liquid to maintain the temperature of the liquid.
US10595651B2
Embodiments disclosed herein describe fracturing methods and systems to temporarily mount an object to a flat surface without damaging the object or the flat surface.
US10595647B2
A dispenser for dispensing cutlery may include a housing configured to contain a plurality of utensils for dispensing, a dispensing mechanism that includes at least one belt configured to be driven and separate a utensil from a stack of utensils, and at least one drive mechanism configured to drive the at least one belt. The dispenser may further include a receptacle configured to receive the utensil separated from the stack of utensils.
US10595642B2
A lifting device for headrest includes a fixing frame, a driving rod, two headrest supports, a driving device fixed on the fixing frame, and two lifting mechanisms configured on the fixing frame and located at two sides of the driving device. Each lifting device includes a reversing driving assembly, a guide rod and a slider moveably connected on the guide rod, the two headrest supports are mounted on the sliders, respectively, the driving rod passes through and is driven by the driving device, two ends of the driving rod are connected with the reversing driving assemblies, respectively, and the slider is driven by the reversing driving assembly. Both sliders on the two lifting mechanisms have driving forces so as to improve balance at both sides and make the support force stronger. The headrest is kept in a stable status, thereby preventing damage of the lifting device and the sofa.
US10595641B1
An easily storable, flat neck support device for sleeping is described herein. The neck support device consists of flat, rigid panels in geometric shapes enclosed in a fabric. The fabric has fasteners. The shapes are arranged so that the folding of the fabric allows the fasteners to hold the shapes in place, forming a structure the holds a user's head in place to allow for rest or sleep, for instance when traveling on an airplane.
US10595638B2
A back lifting chair designed for treating and preventing back problems by reducing pressure on a user's spinal disc. The chair provides an up-lifting motion on the user's torso, reducing the weight and pressure asserted on the lumbar disc, and preventing any further damage to it. The chair can be modified from an existing chair. In one configuration, a torso lifting harness which can lift the user's upper torso is connected to the backrest of the chair. The back rest of the chair provides an upward and downward movement, hence partially or completely lifting the user from the seat, effectively reducing the pressure on the user's spine and back. The upward motion can be initialized by the user, or alternatively, it can be automatically activated by the weight sensor installed on the seat area which detects the prolonged period of sitting.
US10595636B2
A seat structure comprises a base configured to be a chair base assembly; a seat support located above the base, wherein a front part of the seat support has rotary connection with the front part of the base through a transition link; a chair back assembly having rotary connection with a rear part of the base through a pivot; a lever driving member linked between the chair back assembly and the seat support, and having rotary connection with a rear part of the seat support, wherein the lever driving member and the seat support are approximately on the same surface. When the chair back assembly rotates rearward around the pivot from the initial position, the rear part of the seat support is raised diagonally to the rear through the lever driving member, meanwhile the transition link and the front part of the seat support are pulled up.
US10595634B2
The present disclosure provides an adjustable angle television mounting apparatus comprising a wall plate, first support arms, a second support arm, an adjustment base and a mounting member. The wall plate is configured to mount to a wall. The mounting member is configured to mount a television. The first support arms are actively mounted to the wall plate through first arm threaded rods. The second support arm is actively mounted to the first support arms through a second arm threaded rod. The adjustment base is mounted to a front end of the second support arm. The mounting member is coupled to the adjustment base to form a structure which can obliquely rotate front and rear and rotate vertically. The television can be tilted upwards, downwards, rotated left or right, and raised or lowered according to needs. The entire apparatus can withstand greater weight, and fast installation can be achieved.
US10595633B2
An enclosure for the storage of shoes includes a pair of spaced-apart, generally opposing end walls. A projection is carried by each of the end walls, each projection is dimensioned and configured to be inserted into the interior of one of a pair of shoes to temporarily secure the shoe in a fixed position relative to the end wall. A bottom extends between the end walls, and includes a removable tray to catch debris falling from the shoes.
US10595631B2
An item of equipment includes a worktop formed of at least one substrate made of transparent monolithic glass material with a surface area of greater than 0.7 m2. The substrate exhibits a light transmission TL of greater than 10% and an opacity indicator between 5 and 90. The substrate is predominantly or completely bare or provided with coating(s) such that the substrate, thus coated, exhibits a haze of less than 15% and/or a light transmission TL of greater than 60% and/or an opacity indicator of less than 85. The item of equipment also includes a heating element and a light source to mark one or more zones or one or more elements or displays of the substrate. The item of equipment also includes at least one interface for communication with at least one element of the worktop and/or with at least one external element for wireless communication.
US10595630B2
The present disclosure provides a system for an adjustable table assembly that can be positioned in as storage and a usage position. The table assembly can include one or more legs supporting a table. The table assembly uses one or more movement control brackets and one or more locking members to secure the table in the usage position and the storage position. The bracket has a defined path that is followed by the locking member as the table is moved between the usage position and the storage position. When the table is in the usage position or the storage position, the locking member moves into a locking position within a corresponding locking portion of the bracket. When the locking member is in the locking position, movement of the table is substantially prevented. Specifically, angular movement of the tabletop is prevented. A user can move the locking member out of the locking portion and into a movement portion of the movement control bracket. When the locking member is positioned within the movement portion, the tabletop can move from the usage position to the storage position, and visa-versa.
US10595625B2
A disposable cleaning pad having a grout cleaning brush includes a bristle attachment for use with a disposable pad. The bristle attachment is molded into a rectangular base piece forming a stand-alone removable brush that can be removably attached to a disposable pad. A top rectangular piece of similar dimensions to the base is connected to the end portion of the base by way of a hinge. The ends opposite the hinge have mating clasps that allow for the brush assembly to be securely yet removably fastened to an existing cleaning pad which is then mounted in the normal manner to the cleaning system. The brush assembly enjoys a longer life than that expected from a disposable cleaning pad thus the brush assembly may be reused many times before it needs to be replaced.
US10595623B2
An ergonomic cosmetics brush with separable handle body and brush head is provided. The handle body has a curved, tear-drop shape that is comfortable to hold. The handle body curves from a wider firs tend to a narrower opposite end. A flat surface is also provided for attachment of the brush head. The flat surface includes a hold that receives a corresponding part of the brush head. The brush head is securely attached to the handle body by magnets. The brush head is interchangeable, and different brush heads may be provided with different shapes which are ideal for specific cosmetic applications and artistic effects. Examples of shapes include circles, rectangles, and diamonds, while an applicator surface of the brush can be flat, inclined, or domed.
US10595622B2
A support for a portable electronic device, the support having a case that is configured to receive and hold the portable electronic device. A strap is coupled to the case and configured for fitting around an appendage of a user and allowing the user to support the case relative to the appendage. A support stand is coupled to the case independently of the strap and includes a portion that is swivelable away from the case and is configured, when swiveled away from the case, for supporting the case on an external surface in an angled arrangement relative to the external surface. Optionally, the base is positioned on a back plane of the case, and a rotational mechanism is coupled between the base and the case such that the case is rotatable relative to the base.
US10595619B2
The field of invention relates to wearable retainers, and more particularly pertains to a new and improved eyewear retainer apparatus (100) wherein the same permits securement of ornamental indicia such as hatpins (110), lapel pins, trading pins and the like thereto. The magnetic multipurpose wearable retainer (100) has a cylindrical cavity (240) configured to releasably retain the nail portion (315) of said ornamental indicia. Said wearable retainer (100) attaches to shirts (900), hats (1200), jackets (1000), and other articles of clothing and accessories (1100). A hoop constructed of a length of fishing wire (120) is attached thereto said wearable retainer (100) for releasably securing eyewear (125). An earpiece (135) of said eyewear (125) is hooked through said hoop (120) until said eyewear lug (140) rests on said hoop (120), thus suspending said eyewear (125) therefrom. The embodiments disclosed herein retain ornamental nail bearing type indicia while keeping eyewear (125) and other items releasably attached thereto within easy reach.
US10595612B2
A glove used for facial treatment is disclosed herein. The glove includes a hand opening, finger portions, a palm region, and at least one cosmetic pocket or cavity, at least one cap and at least one scrubbing pad. A User wears the glove on their hand and applies different types of cosmetic solutions to their skin that are filled into the cosmetic pockets or cavities located within the hollow finger portions of the glove. The caps of the cosmetic pockets can be opened to fill a cosmetic solution into the cavities and sealed to secure the cosmetic solution within said finger portions. At least a portion of glove, mainly a palm portion, is provided with at least one scrubbing pad that facilitates scrubbing and thus reduces clogged pores and puffiness. As a result, the glove facilitates facial treatment in a user friendly manner.
US10595603B2
A wearable radio support has a radio mount portion and a belt attachment strap. The radio mount portion includes an attachment scaffold with a first end receivable through a loop on a radio or radio holder and foldable upon a secondary section of the attachment scaffold to enclose the loop, a spacing extension member extending from the attachment scaffold thereby spacing the attachment scaffold a preselected distance from the belt, and a first fastener coupled to the spacing extension member at an end opposite the attachment scaffold. The belt attachment strap has a first end and a second end, a sleeve defining a channel therethrough adapted to receive a belt of a user, and a second fastener coupled to the first end of the belt attachment strap. The second fastener is rotatable about the first end and is releasably attachable to the first fastener of the radio mount portion.
US10595599B2
A jewelry charm includes a pair of identical main body sections, each having an inside facing surface, an outside facing surface, a centrally located cylindrical protrusion that is positioned along the inside facing surfaces, a centrally located cylindrical indentation that is positioned along the inside facing surfaces, an elongated indentation that encircles the cylindrical indentation and protrusion, a bonding agent that is positioned between the pair of main body sections, and a connector having a proximal end that is secured between the pair of main body sections and a distal end that is positioned away from the pair of main body sections.
US10595595B2
Woven and knit substrates having juxtaposed notches with finished edges are disclosed. Such substrates can be used as opposed fastener tapes and fastener elements can be formed, woven, or otherwise added to the opposed fastener tapes in a known fashion. The notched fastener tapes permit the resulting slide fastener to be curved in-plane without buckling either of the opposed the fastener tapes out-of-plane. The finished edges maintain structural integrity of the woven or knit substrates, in stark context to prior art substrates having cut notches. Also disclosed are panelized substrates having curved apertures and incorporating disclosed slide fasteners.
US10595582B2
An article of footwear can include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. A control device included in the article can be configured to allow manual control of a system by a user. A lockout feature that can disable manual control may be included. During periods of competitive activity, the manual controls may be disabled to allow a user wearing the article to engage in different activities without inadvertent activation of a system. In some cases, the control device and lockout feature can be used in conjunction with a motorized tensioning system.
US10595581B2
A lace adjuster assembly (12) is adapted to selectively adjust a shoelace (11) of a shoe (10) of a user. The lace adjuster assembly (12) comprises a lace adjuster (14) and a feedback assembly (19). The lace adjuster (14) is adapted to selectively adjust the shoelace (11) of the shoe (10) of the user. The feedback assembly (19) is coupled to the lace adjuster (14). Additionally, the feedback assembly (19) is configured to perform one of (i) selectively measuring statistical data of the user during an athletic performance, and (ii) selectively capturing an image of the user during the athletic performance.
US10595573B2
Protective gear for protecting individuals from impact forces by transferring axial forces into tangential forces directed away from the individual. The protective apparatus includes a first plate assembly including a first end and a second end; a second plate assembly including a first end and a second end; a load-bearing hinge connecting the first end of the first plate assembly to the first end of the second plate assembly; a first toothed plate attached to the second end of the first plate assembly; and a second toothed plate attached to the second end of the second plate assembly. The load-bearing hinge and the toothed plates tangentially distribute impact forces between the plate assemblies and around, rather than axially toward, the body or object being protected. The apparatus may further include sensors and electronics for detecting a physical property of the protective apparatus, and transmitting signals to a remote server.
US10595562B2
An inhalation device for inhaling a vaporized substance that includes metering capabilities to inform a user when a particular amount of substance has been consumed. The inhalation device can include a sensor that senses the vaporized substance and a processor that utilizes data from the sensor to meter the amount consumed. The inhalation device can also define a session, which is a time in which a user can consume a particular amount. During the session, a user can start and stop inhaling and resume inhaling. When the user stops inhaling the inhalation device will halt vapor production and will resume production when the user resumes inhaling.
US10595560B2
A slide push pack for smoking articles and a method of packaging smoking articles are disclosed. The slide push pack includes an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel, the back panel having a pair of guide rails and an inner channel, the front panel having a front finger window. The inner shell is configured to receive a pack of smoking articles. The inner shell includes an inner back panel, an outer back panel, a front panel, a first side panel, a second side panel, and a hinged-lid. The hinged-lid has a hinged-lid back panel configured to attach the hinged-lid to the back panel of the inner shell, and wherein the inner back panel includes an upper tab, and the outer back panel includes a mid-tab and a lower retention tab.
US10595559B2
There is provided an aerosol-generating article (10) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (12) and a mouthpiece (14) secured to a downstream end of the aerosol-generating substrate (12). The mouthpiece (14) comprises at least one segment of filter material (20) and a vented segment (27) downstream of the at least one segment of filter material (20) and comprising at least one freshener delivery element (26). The vented segment (27) comprising the at least one freshener delivery element (26) is detachable from the at least one segment of filter material (20) to decrease the ventilation of the aerosol-generating article (10).
US10595555B2
Methods for creating concentrated plant material solution, including combining ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material with ethanol to define mixtures and reducing the amount of ethanol in the mixtures until the mixtures have viscosities compatible for use with electronic cigarettes. Some examples include combining ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material, hydrocarbon bases, and liquid solutions containing ethanol to define mixtures, removing the hydrocarbon bases from the mixtures, and reducing the ethanol content of the mixtures until the mixtures define viscosities compatible for use with electronic cigarettes. Some examples include extracting solute from source materials and including the extracted solute in the ethanol-soluble, water-insoluble concentrated plant material.
US10595551B2
Processes for the preparation of an insoluble biomass gel involving: (a) mixing ground agricultural materials and hexane to produce de-oiled agricultural materials, (b) treating the de-oiled agricultural materials with thermostable α-amylase to produce de-oiled and de-starched agricultural materials, (c) mixing alkali with the de-oiled and de-starched agricultural materials to produce a first residue, (d) mixing hydrogen peroxide with the first residue to form a second residue, and (e) mixing the second residue in water and collecting an insoluble material which is an insoluble biomass gel.
US10595549B2
The invention relates to a disposable cartridge filled with a single serve portion of a liquid ingredient to be combined with a base liquid for the preparation of a liquid product, e.g. a beverage concentrate to be combined with water, e.g. carbonated water, for the preparation of a beverage suitable for human consumption. The cartridge comprises a vertically extending channel that extends to a dispensing aperture in the bottom of the cartridge and one or more dispensing passages extending between a reservoir and the outside of the cartridge. The dispensing passages are provided with outlet openings located adjacent the aperture such that the base liquid and the liquid ingredient are dispensed in parallel flows, the liquid ingredient subsequently coating the exterior of the stream of base liquid, such that actual mixing of the liquid ingredient and base liquid only takes place after both have been dispensed.
US10595539B2
A poultry breast deboning apparatus and method for guiding a plurality of poultry combinations that have a breast and attached wings, the apparatus including a transport assembly with carts mounted to a drive system. Each of the carts has an opening to receive one of the wings of each combination. Moveable cutters are disposed adjacent the transport assembly for seating against the carts for severing tissue connecting the wings and the breast. Moveable bars are biased to urge the wings into the cart openings.
US10595533B1
A bed bug treatment mixture includes a liquid mixture that may be sprayed onto bedding having a bed bug, or Cimex lectularius, infestation so that the bed bugs and their eggs are killed by the mixture. The mixture includes a combination of permethrin, piperonyl butoxide, and glycolic acid as active ingredients and further includes one or more inactive ingredients.
US10595530B2
Methods of breaking down a biofilm or inhibiting, preventing or treating a microbial infection that produces a biofilm are disclosed, which involves administration of a polypeptide that has one or more HMG-box domains to a subject suffering from the infection or having the biofilm. By competing with microbial proteins that bind to DNA scaffold in the biofilm, these polypeptides destabilize the biofilm leading to destruction and removal of the biofilm by the immune system.
US10595523B2
An apparatus for vaporizing and dispensing a pesticide features an elongated body structure, and heatsink attached to the elongated body structure at a distal end thereof. A loading port on the elongated structure feeds solid pesticide material into a closed-ended vaporization chamber inside the heatsink via a delivery passage running longitudinally of the elongated structure. A heater is operably arranged with the heatsink to vaporize the solid pesticide material. The heatsink interior features a second exhaust chamber that is radially offset from the vaporization chamber, and is only fluidly communicated therewith by a radial port near the end of the vaporization chamber fed by the delivery passage. The loaded solid pesticide falls past the radial port into the vaporization chamber, while the resulting vapor is forced through the radial port into the exhaust chamber by pressurized air fed through the delivery passage.
US10595522B2
A bladeless fan with mosquito killing function, having a base and a wind chamber; the base has an air blower inside; the wind chamber is in communication with an inner cavity of the base; a wall of the wind chamber is provided with an air outlet gap for blowing out an air stream; an electric mosquito killing device is provided in the base below the air blower; through holes are provided on the base (1) for inlet of mosquitos and insects as well as the air stream into the base.
US10595521B2
A storage container commonly referred to a “tackle box,” that detachably secures an elongate fishing lure, such as a tube fly or the like, within a chamber of a case using a mandrel for detachably engaging the lure and a mandrel anchor for detachably engaging the mandrel. In a disclosed embodiment, the mandrel anchor is formed of foam with slits received therein for receiving one or more mandrels. A distal end of each mandrel may include a clip for snugly engaging the lure to further hold the lure in place in the container.
US10595515B2
Modified non-human mammalian hepatoma cell lines that express hepatitis C virus (HCV) antigens and which are capable of generating tumours in a syngeneic animal model are provided. The cell lines are generated by genomic integration of an expression construct that comprises one or more HCV antigen-encoding sequences under the control of a constitutive promoter. The expression construct further comprises a selectable marker and a reporter gene under the control of the same promoter. The cell lines are useful for testing prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines against HCV either in vitro or in vivo.
US10595514B2
An aquarium lighting system has a set of lighting elements (30) each with a beam shaping element (60, 70) for passing first light which is emitted from the lighting element at an angle to the normal below a threshold and for processing second light which is emitted from the lighting element at an angle to the normal above the threshold. The processing gives a greater amount of scattering compared to the passed light so that direct light at steep angles is avoided.
US10595513B2
A method for monitoring food intake of livestock animals includes defining a relationship between time an animal spends at a feeding trough and the animals food intake during that time, monitoring the time an animal spends at the feeding trough and determining a quantity of food intake for the animal based on the time spent at the feeding trough and the defined relationship. Optionally, time an animal spends in a feeding position at the feeding trough is monitored and used to determine quantity of food intake.
US10595508B2
The present invention refers to a system and method for integrating a tracking system, specifically the tracking system SisBov, into a cattle management system, particularly configured for beef cattle herd management, comprising a first reading device (1) which sends information to a processing center (2), the processing center (2) processing and sending the processed information to a recording device (3), the first reading device (1) reading a numeric code recorded on a first earring (10) and sending the information read to the processing center (2), the processing center (2) receiving the information read by the reading device (1) and processing and sending the information processed by the recording device (3), the recording device (3) recording the numerical code processed by the processing center (2), the same numerical code being preferably read by the first reading device (1), in a third earring (12), the system determining a unique numerical code for identifying each animal in a herd.
US10595507B2
A feeding station for at least one animal, said feeding station comprising at least one supply hopper having a food product; a food dispensing unit having means for dispensing controlled portions of said food product; a weigh hopper for receiving said food product from said food dispensing unit; a hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform for receiving said food product from said weigh hopper; and a hemi-frustoconical sweeping member comprises at least one compartment to contain said food product on hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform; said hemi-frustoconical sweeping member rotatable on a top surface of said hemi-circular disc-shaped feeding platform to remove unconsumed food product off said feeding platform after a feeding event.
US10595506B2
A loader bucket has material spreaders on opposing sides of the loader bucket to spread material from within the loader bucket received through discharge openings in the rear wall of the bucket from an auger located in the bottom of the bucket. Each material spreader includes a spinner formed with blades to spread the material received through the discharge openings. The material spreaders are positioned below the apex of the V-shaped bucket and operable within a path of distribution that includes an interior boundary member oriented with a forward end closer to the center of the bucket than the rearward end to provide a distribution forwardly and laterally of the bucket. A low baffle mounted at the bottom periphery of the spinner blades forces material upwardly into a fluffy pattern. A high baffle provides a second boundary limit for the distribution of material.
US10595498B2
A system that includes a robotic arm, a laser, a three-dimensional (3D) camera, and a processor. The processor is configured to send instructions to position the robotic arm adjacent to a dairy livestock, to send a signal that initiates scanning a portion of the dairy livestock, and to generate teat candidate position information based on the scan of the dairy livestock. The processor is further configured receive target teat information, identify a teat candidate within a teat location range of the target teat, and link the identified teat candidate with a teat identifier. The processor is further configured to send instructions to the robotic arm to move at least a portion of the robotic arm toward the target teat based on the teat candidate position information for the identified teat candidate that is linked with the teat identifier.
US10595493B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PCUQ73 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PCUQ73, cells from soybean variety 5PCUQ73, plants of soybean 5PCUQ73, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PCUQ73. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PCUQ73 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PCUQ73, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PCUQ73, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PCUQ73. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PCUQ73 are further provided.
US10595491B2
A novel sweet corn hybrid plant, designated HMX59WS607 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS607, to the plants and plant parts of sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS607, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant by crossing the sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS607 with itself or another sweet corn plant.
US10595484B2
The present invention relates to a novel and distinct cultivar of Perilla frutescens designated as ‘CAP HEMA’ The new cultivar is rich in omega-3 and having high seed and fatty oil yield. A method for producing new cultivar of Perilla frutescens plant which comprises selection of half-sib family from wild type populations. The method further comprises evaluation for the yield attributing characters of selected strains in field conditions. The genotype produced is distinct, uniform and stably maintained by continuous rouging of off types in the population at early seedling stage from nursery itself and suitable for commercial cultivation.
US10595483B2
The present invention provides a plant of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) variety Sicot 754B3F, or a part, cell, tissue or organ thereof.
US10595480B2
The invention provides seeds and plants of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-9148. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-9148 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a tomato plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ-9Z16-9148 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.
US10595473B2
Described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) in which longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material are stronger than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material. Also described is a reflective ground cover sheet material (1) having longitudinally extending opposite side margins (A) of the sheet material of lower porosity than a longitudinally extending center section between the side margins of the material.
US10595471B2
Systems and methods for directing plant growth include a first attachment unit and a second attachment unit, both units being identical. Each attachment unit includes a body. A linking head is connected to the body and has at least one or a tab and a plurality of grooves. The linking head is substantially circular in shape. Each attachment unit also includes a linking base connected to the body and having another of a tab and a plurality of grooves. The linking base of the first unit is sized to fit together with the linking head of the second unit. The linked attachment units are angularly positionable by placing the tab into one of the plurality of grooves. The system also includes at least one band connectable between the attachment units and a plant.
US10595468B2
A growing system and/or plant support structure may include one or more feet supporting at least one or more uprights, on which a plurality of plants and/or grow boards for growing plants may be positioned. A nutrient delivery system may be positioned between opposing uprights to provide nutrient supply to a root zone of plants, which nutrient delivery system may be positioned adjacent each opposing upright in an interior chamber of the plant support structure. A light system may be positioned between two adjacent plant support structures such that it simultaneously provides light to the exterior surface of the two plant support structures.
US10595467B2
A seedling-cutting apparatus includes a pair of arms that is to nip a portion of a stem of a seedling for grafting and that can be opened and closed and a blade that is provided so as to be capable of reciprocating relative to the portion of the stem. At least one of the pair of arms includes a through hole or a cutout that penetrates a portion of the arms along a direction in which the blade reciprocates. At least a portion of the through hole or the cutout faces the portion of the stem and at least a portion of the blade moves through the through hole or the cutout.
US10595466B2
A roller for a variable chamber round baler includes an axle configured to be mounted to a mounting element of the baler, a rotary bearing mounted on the axle, and a roller casing supported by the bearing for rotation around the axle. The roller includes a first seal plate adjacent an end of the roller casing mounted in a fixed position relative to the axle and extending radially outwards towards the roller casing, and a second seal plate located between the first seal plate and the bearing mounted for rotation with the roller casing and extending radially inwards towards the axle and located axially inwards from the first seal plate to provide a space between the first and second seal plates. The first seal plate includes an opening in a lower portion through which waste crop material can escape outwards from the space between the first and second seal plates.
US10595460B1
A dethatcher includes a frame having front and rear ends and a handle extending from the frame rear end. Wheels are coupled to the frame, and a cutting reel is housed in the frame. An engine is included for powering the cutting reel. In one embodiment, a bottom of the engine is below a top of the cutting reel when the cutting reel is in use. In another embodiment, the cutting reel is located between the engine and the frame front end. Another dethatcher has sequentially from a rear end: a handle, an engine, a cutting reel powered by the engine, and a bagger for collecting debris from the cutting reel.
US10595456B2
A discharge device includes a plurality of material conveying components, an adjustable shear ledge, and an adjustable shroud to convey materials from a container of a material spreader out onto an open area. The adjustable shear ledge includes at least one longitudinal mounting member such that the adjustable shear ledge may be translated towards or away from the plurality of material conveying components to maintain a predetermined gap distance. The adjustable shroud may also be pivotably connected to the adjustable shear ledge such that the adjustable shroud can be pivoted towards or away from the plurality of material conveying components. The adjustable shear ledge and the adjustable shroud may be moved accordingly to maintain a preferred gap distance and to maintain concentricity with a swing of the material conveying components in order to reduce wear on components and promote spread performance of the material spreader.
US10595452B2
An oblique submerged reverse deep rotary tilling device configured to be connected to a tractor. The tilling device includes a stander, a mounted frame, a gearbox and an oblique blade roller. The oblique blade roller has configured rotary blades whose tips bend to the same direction. The angle between the rotary tilling blade roller and an advancing direction of the tractor is 55˜70° while the rotary blade tips are all toward the right side of the advancing direction. Side force balance blades are installed to the left side of the oblique blade roller, rotate in a plane that is parallel to the advancing direction, and have a rotating center axis disposed at an angle to the oblique blade roller to balance the axial component force of the oblique blade roller.
US10602647B2
An electromagnetic shield component that includes a tube that is electrically conductive and has an internal space through which an electrical wire is to be inserted, wherein the tube includes: a first half-split tube that has a half-split tubular shape and has two first ends in a circumferential direction; a second half-split tube that has a half-split tubular shape and has two second ends in the circumferential direction that are provided so as to face the two first ends of the first half-split tube in the circumferential direction; and a plurality of connectors that contain a crystal refining agent, and are provided between, and are welded to, the two first ends of the first half-split tube in the circumferential direction and the two second ends of the second half-split tube in the circumferential direction.
US10602642B2
A back cover unit applied to portable device and having heat conduction function includes a ceramic back cover having an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface faces an external environment, while the inner surface faces a receiving space of a portable electronic device. A heat contact section is disposed on the inner surface in a position corresponding to at least one heat source disposed in the receiving space. The heat contact section has a contact face in contact with the heat source, whereby the heat generated by the heat source can be transferred through the heat contact section to the ceramic back cover to dissipate the heat.
US10602641B2
A housing assembly has an insertion opening adapted for insertion of an electronic unit and includes a first housing, a second housing, a thermal pad, and a guide structure. The second housing is opposite to the first housing, a space is formed between the first housing and the second housing, and the space is in communication with the insertion opening. The thermal pad is disposed on one side of the first housing facing the second housing. The guide structure is disposed inside the space and is adapted to guide the electronic unit to move towards the first housing when the electronic unit is inserted into the space through the insertion opening and moves, so that the electronic unit comes into contact with the thermal pad.
US10602614B2
A power supply module includes first and second outer surfaces that are adjacent to and perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to each other. The power supply module includes a substrate that includes a first surface and a side surface, electronic components mounted at least on the first surface, a first resin material provided on the first surface, and terminal electrodes exposed at least at the first outer surface. The first resin member seals the electronic components mounted on the first surface. In the substrate, the first surface is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first outer surface, which extends at least across the side surface of the substrate and the first resin member. The area of the first outer surface is smaller than the area of the second outer surface.
US10602609B2
A flexible conductor device (1) includes an electrically insulating flexible carrier substrate (2) and a printed electrical conductor (12) situated on the flexible carrier substrate. The electrical conductor is defined by at least one elongate circuit (3) which extends between opposite ends (6). The carrier substrate (2) is provided with at least an incision or cut-out (4) extending through the full thickness of the carrier substrate (2) so as to provide enhanced flexibility.
US10602606B2
A method for producing a radio-frequency antenna in a conductor structural element with an encompassing layer sequence, including: providing a rigid carrier having an underside and a top side; defining an antenna assignment section on the rigid carrier; applying at least one electrically insulating layer with a recess in such a way that the antenna assignment section is exposed; placing a radio-frequency substrate above the antenna assignment section with formation of a cavity between the rigid carrier and the radio-frequency substrate; aligning and fixing the radio-frequency substrate relative to the rigid carrier; laminating the layer construction prepared in this manner such that resin material of the at least one electrically insulating layer liquefies and encloses the radio-frequency substrate with the cavity being left free; cutting the antenna assignment section out of the rigid carrier from the outer underside (remote from the layer construction) of the rigid carrier.
US10602591B2
A robotic agent swarm system having first robotic luminaire agents, and at least one control processor. Each agent has a suspension configured to hold the agent against an architectural surface, which includes a holonomic operational area; at least one propulsion motor configured to enable holonomic movement of the agent different locations on the architectural surface; a communication system configured to communicate with at least one other agent; a power supply operatively connected to the at least one propulsion motor and the communication system; and a light source oriented to illuminate a region around the architectural surface. The control processor is operatively associated with the agents and configured to transmit operating instructions, via at least one of the agent's respective communication system. The operating instructions include instructions for operating one or more agent's respective propulsion motor to move the agent holonomically within the holonomic operational area.
US10602587B2
A sensor for sensing environmental characteristics of a space may include a visible light sensing circuit for recording an image of the space and a control circuit responsive to the visible light sensing circuit. The control circuit may detect an occupancy or vacancy condition in the space in response to the visible light sensing circuit, and measure a light level in the space in response to the visible light sensing circuit. The control circuit may also include a low-energy occupancy sensing circuit for detecting an occupancy condition in the space. The control circuit may disable the visible light sensing circuit when the space is vacant. The control circuit may detect an occupancy condition in the space in response to the low-energy occupancy sensing circuit and subsequently enable the visible light sensing circuit. The visible light sensor may be configured in a way that protects the privacy of the occupants of the space.
US10602585B2
The various implementations described herein include methods, devices, and systems for calibrating LED(s). In one aspect, an electronic device includes: a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs); one or more processors; and memory storing a plurality of color correction matrices, each color correction matrix of the plurality of color correction matrices corresponding to an LED of the plurality of LEDs and generated based on a desired color value for the corresponding LED, wherein the electronic device is configured to relay status of the electronic device via the plurality of LEDs operating in conjunction with the plurality of color correction matrices.
US10602580B2
The invention relates to a constant voltage dimming power supply for lighting device, which is used for adjusting output voltage regulated by dimmer to realize constant voltage PWM output, including a rectifying circuit performing rectifier filtering to output voltage regulated by dimmer; a constant voltage circuit electrically connected to output end of the rectifying circuit; a constant current load circuit electrically connected to output end of the rectifying circuit; a frequency conversion and protection sampling circuit electrically connected to output end of the constant current load circuit and constant voltage; and a switching circuit for controlling lighting load illumination; the frequency conversion and protection sampling circuit converts an output signal of the constant current load circuit into a duty cycle signal suitable for controlling the switching circuit and detects the output abnormality of the constant voltage circuit in real time, and the switching circuit is controlled to be turned on and off accordingly. Compared with the prior art, the constant voltage dimming power supply provided by the invention can provide a stable current and voltage and can well protect the lighting load.
US10602573B2
In a solid-state heating system, once a load with specific load characteristics has been placed in a heating cavity, a processing unit produces control signals that indicate an excitation signal frequency and one or more phase shifts, which constitute a combination of parameter values. Multiple microwave generation modules produce RF excitation signals characterized by the frequency and the phase shift(s). Multiple microwave energy radiators radiate, into the heating cavity, electromagnetic energy corresponding to RF excitation signals received from the microwave generation modules. Power detection circuitry takes reflected RF power measurements, and the processing unit determines a reflected power indication based on the measurements. The process is repeated for different combinations of the parameter values, and an acceptable combination of parameter values is determined and stored in a memory of the heating system. Acceptable combinations of parameter values similarly may be determined and stored for other loads with different load characteristics.
US10602572B2
Provided is a cooking device capable of being provided with a radio communication device so that the radio communication device establishes a satisfactory communication, instead of (i) further providing any special configuration in which the radio communication device is provided and (ii) making any change in structure of the cooking device. According to a cooking device (1), a space for providing a radio communication adapter is secured in a frame (3b) of a door (3) or in a circuit storing section (50), made of a nonmetal, which is configured to store a driving circuit of a display operation section (5).
US10602563B2
The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, a connected car, health care, digital education, a smart retail, security and safety services.
US10602561B2
There is provided a method for providing support capability of a core network (CN) node. The method is performed by the CN node. The method comprises setting up a connection to a radio access network (RAN) node. The method comprises, in response thereto, providing an indication regarding whether the CN node supports at least one of operator coordinated area (OCA) and query to the RAN node, according to which indication the CN node provides information to be used by the RAN node for selecting a serving operator such that the same operator is selected for the wireless device in both Circuit Switched (CS) domain and in Packet Switch (PS) domain.
US10602560B2
Method performed by a first network node (611) for determining whether a second Multi Path Transmission Control Protocol, MPTCP, connection (622) between the first network node (611) and a second network node (612) is to be initiated. The second MPTCP connection is part of a connection path (640) between a first device (631) and a second device (632). The second MPTCP connection (622) is in accordance with a second communication technology. The first network node (611) and the second network node (612) have an ongoing first MPTCP connection (621) in accordance with a first communication technology. The first network node (611) determines (701) an amount of resources associated with a usage of the first MPTCP connection (621). The first network node (611) determines (702) whether the second MPTCP connection (622) is to be initiated, based on whether the determined amount of resources meets a first criterion.
US10602559B2
A method performed by a first device to establish a connection to a second device includes: obtaining identification information of the second device by using a first communication method; obtaining the identification information of the second device by using a second communication method; obtaining first distance information regarding the second device based on characteristics of the first communication method and the second communication method; and determining whether to transmit a connection request to the second device based on the obtained first distance information.
US10602558B2
A detection result acquiring apparatus includes a first operation object detection unit, a comparison section, and a processing section. The first operation object detection unit is configured to detect a first number of operation objects. The comparison section is configured to compare the first number with a second number representing a number of operation objects a second operation object detection unit is can detect obtain a comparison result. The processing section is configured to perform processing based on the comparison result.
US10602557B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for device discovery, pairing, and transmission of audio and video media, using two or more communication paths between a media sender/source node and a media receiver/sink node. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method performed with a sink node adapted to receive data via a peer-to-peer communication and a different, second communication path, includes selecting at least a portion of a second communication path to the sink node, determining whether the second communication path is secure, and, if the second communication path is determined to be secure, then accepting connections via the second communication path.
US10602553B2
According to some embodiments of inventive concepts, methods may be provided to operate a wireless terminal (UE) in a radio access network (RAN). A request to report a cell identifier of a neighbor cell may be received from the RAN, and a timer may be started responsive to receiving the request to report the cell identifier. System information may be obtained from the neighbor cell, with the system information indicating that the neighbor cell does not broadcast a cell identifier. The timer may be stopped before expiration of the timer responsive to obtaining the system information including the indication that the neighbor cell does not broadcast the cell identifier of the neighbor cell.
US10602541B2
This application relates to wireless communications technologies, and in particular, to a random access device, method, and system. In a network device provided in this application, a processing module is configured to determine a same processing result for random access procedures initiated by N terminal devices in M terminal device sets, where M and N are positive integers; and a sending module is configured to send a same random access control message to the N terminal devices, where the random access control message indicates the same processing result determined by the processing module, the message includes terminal set identification information, and the terminal set identification information identifies the N terminal devices. The network device uses a same random access reject message to indicate the same processing result for the random access procedures to the N terminal devices.
US10602538B2
A method for receiving a signal by a terminal, having a plurality of cells configured, in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: assuming a first uplink subframe of a first cell, having a time division duplex (TDD) frame structure among a plurality of cells, to be a downlink subframe on the basis of a predetermined condition and blind-decoding same; and, if a downlink grant with respect to a second cell, located in an unlicensed band among the plurality of cells, is detected by means of the blind-decoding, receiving downlink data through the second cell, wherein the first uplink subframe is indicated as an uplink subframe by means of a first uplink-downlink subframe configuration in an enhanced interface mitigation and traffic adaptation (eIMTA) fallback comprised in a system information block type 1 (SIB 1) and at the same time is indicated as a downlink subframe by means of downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) reference configuration in the eIMTA fallback.
US10602537B2
According to the present invention, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) and a second PDCCH can be transmitted to user equipment. A first physical downlink data channel (PDSCH) corresponding to the first PDCCH, and a second PDSCH corresponding to the second PDCCH can be transmitted to the user equipment. When the first PDSCH has a lower decoding priority than the second PDSCH, and the decoding timing of the first PDSCH and the decoding timing of the second PDSCH overlap, the user device may decode the second PDSCH and not the first PDSCH at the decoding timing, and transmit information with respect to the first PDSCH as first ACK/NACK information. As a reply to the first ACK/NACK information, a third PDCCH not having a corresponding PDSCH may be transmitted to the user equipment.
US10602534B2
This application provides a method for sending uplink information in a wireless communication system that supports various services such as ultra-reliable and low latency communications (URLLC). A terminal device receives a timing advance coefficient from a network device. The terminal device determines value of a first timing advance based on a first time length and the timing advance coefficient. The first time length is one of at least two different time lengths that are supported by the terminal device. The terminal device sends the uplink information to the network device based on the first timing advance. With this method, the terminal device can uses different timing advances in different scenarios, so that diversified requirements of the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems for uplink synchronization are satisfied.
US10602533B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for implementing data scheduling are provided. By adopting the method, the apparatus, and the system in embodiments of the present invention, a BSR is generated when uplink data that needs to be sent exists; and by using the BSR and correspondence between a logical channel and a base station, a UE can transmit the uplink data on a logical channel that corresponds to a base station, thereby avoiding a problem that data cannot be processed because a radio resource and a logical channel correspond to different base stations, so that the UE can transfer data to be uploaded to a correct base station corresponding thereto, which greatly improves efficiency of data scheduling in a mode of carrier aggregation between base stations.
US10602509B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission processing method and apparatus. The data transmission processing method in the embodiments includes successfully reserving, by a first station, a time-frequency resource, and allocating, by the first station, at least a partial time-frequency resource of the time-frequency resource to a third station, so that the third station performs data transmission on the allocated time-frequency resource, where the third station is a non-associated neighboring station of the first station.
US10602500B2
A method of communicating in a wireless network includes transmitting, by a station, a null data packet (NDP) power save (PS)-Poll frame including a short training field and a long training field. Also, the NDP PS-Poll frame includes a signaling field including a message type indicator, a transmitter address (TA), a receiver address (RA), and a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). Additionally, the method includes receiving, by the station, buffered data in accordance with the NDP PS-Poll frame.
US10602498B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a first UE. In one embodiment, the method includes a first UE configured with TTI(s) shorter than one subframe; wherein there are X TTIs in one subframe. The method further includes the first UE receiving a downlink control information which indicates resource allocation for first resources and second resources; wherein there are X TTIs in the first resources.
US10602497B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a signaling processing method. The method includes: in a downlink subframe set, generating a downlink assignment index (DAI) respectively for a downlink subframe that has a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to be sent, where a value of the DAI is generated according to a preset rule and a sequence of carrier first and then subframe; and sending the PDCCH to the user equipment, where the PDCCH carries the DAI. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a transmission delay is shortened and transmission efficiency is improved.
US10602496B2
Technology for an UE operable to report channel state information (CSI) for multi-user superposition transmissions (MUST) is disclosed. The UE can process a plurality of power offset parameters that are received from an eNodeB, for the MUST. The UE can perform a downlink channel measurement at a user equipment (UE). The UE can scale the downlink channel measurement using at least one of the plurality of power offset parameters to form one or more scaled downlink channel measurements. The UE can calculate CQI values for the one or more scaled downlink channel measurements. The UE can process, for transmission to the eNodeB, the CQI values for the one or more scaled downlink channel measurements to enable the UE to receive data on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) using multi-user superposition transmission.
US10602492B2
A method of configuring downlink timings and transmitting a random access response message is provided for a random access procedure in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system supporting carrier aggregation. The method for adjusting timing of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation of at least one carrier includes transmitting a Random Access Preamble to a base station, and receiving a Random Access Response with a Timing Advance Command (TAC) for commanding uplink timing adjustment from the base station, wherein the Random Access Response comprises information indicating a Timing Advance Group (TAG) to which the TAC is applied.
US10602490B2
It is possible to efficiently transmit and receive signals containing uplink control information between a base station apparatus and a mobile station apparatus.eREG is configured with a plurality of resources into which one DL PRB pair is divided, eCCE is configured with an aggregation of a plurality of eREGs, a second PDCCH is configured with an aggregation of one or more eCCEs, a PUCCH resource corresponds to each eCCE, a first reception processing unit receives information indicating a plurality of second PDCCH regions and information indicating a PUCCH resource in which association with eCCE of the second PDCCH region for each second PDCCH region is started, from the base station apparatus, and a first control unit configures a PUCCH resource, in which association with eCCE of the second PDCCH region is started, for each second PDCCH region, based on the received information.
US10602489B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive a resource allocation associated with a low latency time interval (TTI). The low latency TTI may be a two-symbol TTI. The UE may transmit, responsive to the resource allocation, a two-symbol TTI that includes a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) symbol and a data symbol. In some cases, the two-symbol TTI may precede the transmission of another two-symbol TTI from the same UE that includes data and excludes DM-RS. In some cases, the two-symbol TTI includes DM-RS from another UE. In such cases, data from the other UE may be transmitted in a subsequent two-symbol TTI.
US10602487B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for wireless communications. Configuration information comprising a resource start offset is received. Downlink control information (DCI) transmitted using a first antenna port of a base station is received on an enhanced physical downlink control channel (EPDCCH) using at least one of control channel elements (CCEs). A resource of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) is determined based on a first CCE of the at least one of the CCEs, the first antenna port, information in the DCI, and the resource start offset in the configuration information, in response to a transmission type of the EPDCCH being localized transmission. A hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) signal is transmitted on the resource to the base station.
US10602485B2
A first base station receives configuration parameters employed by a second base station for at least one broadcast multicast service. The configuration parameters comprise a first discontinuous reception inactivity timer value; and a first scheduling period start offset. The first base station determines, based on the configuration parameters, a second discontinuous reception inactivity timer value and a second scheduling period start offset. The first base station transmits, to at least one wireless device, first transport blocks for the at least one broadcast multicast service based on the second discontinuous reception inactivity timer value and the second scheduling period start offset.
US10602469B2
The present disclosure provide a transmission method and a device, which relate to the technical field of communications and reduce overhead and improve work efficiency in an application of cooperative transmission in aspects of synchronization, sharing of information such as data and the like, obtaining of channel information and data transmission. Meanwhile application scenarios may also be extended. The method specifically includes: obtaining, by an access point AP, a parameter value, wherein the parameter value is a frequency difference between a crystal oscillator frequency of the AP and a reference crystal oscillator frequency of a reference AP or a delay difference of the AP with respect to the reference AP; compensating, by the AP, a phase difference or a time difference according to the parameter value when both of the AP and the reference AP send data. The present disclosure is applied to an application of a cooperative transmission.
US10602464B2
Disclosed herein are techniques to enable discovery of a NAN cluster using low-power communication. According to such techniques, a NAN discovery beacon including information indicative of a schedule for communication using a first radio is transmitted using a second radio that utilizes a lower amount of power relative to the first radio.
US10602461B2
The present application discloses a method for transmitting uplink signals through multiple cells in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the uplink signal transmission method comprises: a step of receiving a first downlink signal at a first timing through a first cell and receiving a second downlink signal at a second timing through a second cell; a step of transmitting a first uplink signal, corresponding to the first downlink signal, through the first cell after a first processing time has elapsed since the first timing; and a step of transmitting a second uplink signal, corresponding to the second downlink signal, through the second cell after a second processing time has elapsed since the second timing, wherein, if the first uplink signal and the second uplink signal are transmitted at the same timing, uplink transmission power is allocated first to the uplink signal corresponding to the downlink signal received at the preceding timing between the first timing and the second timing.
US10602455B2
A power control method and apparatus for an uplink control channel are provided. The method includes: determining, by user equipment, to send first uplink control information on a first PUCCH and in a subframe i; determining transmit power for sending the first uplink control information on the first PUCCH and in the subframe i. In the embodiments of the present invention, the transmit power is determined by using a sum of a base power adjustment value and any one of a first power adjustment value determined according to a quantity of bits of the first uplink control information. Therefore, a method for determining the transmit power is provided.
US10602441B2
The present application is directed to computer-implemented apparatus for controlling a power savings mode characteristic of a device on a network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory with instructions for controlling power saving mode characteristic of the device and a processor operably coupled thereto. The processor performs the step of receiving a request to update the characteristics of the device. The processor also performs the step of updating the characteristics of the device based upon the request. The processor further performs the step of sending an acknowledgment that the characteristic has been updated. The application is also directed to a computer-implemented apparatus on a network for supporting buffering and data handling for a power savings mode of a device on the network.
US10602437B2
Systems and techniques that allow a mobile device to intelligently steer wireless data traffic among various wireless networks, including cellular networks and/or wireless local area networks (WLAN), is disclosed. The mobile device selects a wireless network to steer the data traffic by following a set of wireless network selection rules or policies. Such rules and policies may include rules for deciding whether to use WLAN, which WLAN hotspots to use, whose WLAN hotspot to use, etc. The policies or rules for steering wireless data traffic may be provided in accordance with Access Network Discovery and Selection Function (ANDSF), which is a framework for specifying and delivering access network selection policies to mobile devices. The network selection is based on (i) account information associated with the mobile device, (ii) network metrics measuring data processing capacity for at least one of the wireless networks, and (iii) location of the mobile device.
US10602434B2
A terminal device obtains grid location information relating to a cell of a predetermined grid in which the terminal device is located. The terminal device then calculates a message integrity code based on the grid location information and transmits a proximity service discovery message. The discovery message includes the calculated message integrity code and does not include the grid location information. A second terminal device receives the proximity service discovery message. The second terminal device then obtains grid location information relating to at least one cell of a predetermined grid within a predetermined distance of a location of the second terminal device, calculates at least one message integrity code based on the grid location information, and determines whether a calculated message integrity code matches the message integrity code in the received discovery message. The second terminal device then acts on the received discovery message only if there is a match.
US10602433B2
Provided are a method for receiving an on-demand system information (OSI) block by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a network, an on-demand system information (OSI) configuration including information on mapping between the OSI block and information on a system information request (SIR) preamble; determining an OSI block of interest; selecting an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSI configuration; transmitting the selected SIR preamble to a serving cell so as to request the determined OSI block of interest; and receiving the requested OSI block of interest.
US10602432B2
An electronic device and network scan method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a communication module connected to an antenna capable of transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a network, a memory configured to store a database including a plurality of items of network identification information and country information corresponding to each item of network identification information, and a processor configured to control the communication module to perform a first network scan with respect to a specified frequency band of a specified radio access technology (RAT), determine country information using network identification information obtained by the first network scan and the database, and perform a second network scan with respect to a RAT and a frequency band determined based at least an the determined country information.
US10602431B2
To perform communication using a plurality of cells using different transmission time intervals (TTIs) in an appropriate manner, a user terminal includes a control section for controlling the communication using the plurality of cells including at least a first cell and a second cell using a shorter TTI than a TTI of the first cell, and a reception section for receiving information broadcasted from each of the first and second cells. The user terminal receives system information and/or paging information as the information broadcasted from each cell.
US10602429B2
A method executed by a wireless device for network access of the wireless device to a network node is disclosed. The method includes initiating an access attempt to the network node; reading a first layer of access control information (ACI) from the network node to determine whether an access control indicator in the first layer for an access category is ON, wherein the access control indicator for the access category is associated with a characteristic/classification of the access attempt by the wireless device to the network node; in response to the access control indicator in the first layer for the access category being ON, reading a second layer of the ACI from the network node to determine whether the access attempt to the network node is allowed based on one or more specific parameters associated with the access category in the second layer of the ACI.
US10602419B1
To shorten time required to measure communication quality levels, a terminal device selects one of a or second measurement scheme based on an amount of available bandwidth provided by a current cell in which the terminal device is currently present and other information. When the current cell is provides a largest amount of available bandwidth, the terminal device selects the first scheme, and when the current cell provides a smallest amount of available bandwidth, the terminal device selects the second scheme. When the first scheme is selected, the terminal device measures communication quality levels of communication with all peripheral cells, and when the second scheme is selected, the terminal device acquires current location information on the terminal device, and then extracts one or more of the peripheral cells based on current location information and historical communication information, and measures communication quality levels of communication with the extracted peripheral cells.
US10602415B2
Disclosed are a communication scheme and a system thereof for converging an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a high data transmission rate beyond that of a 4G system. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services (for example, services related to a smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security, and safety) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology. The present disclosure relates to a method of processing an anchor UPF for local offloading when a UE moves in a 5G cellular wireless communication system.
US10602410B2
A communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the system can determine whether user equipment within a covered area of the communication system are to have backhaul access to another communication system and/or whether to adjust the point of presence of the user equipment.
US10602406B2
In a communication device and communication method, channel quality information for first and the second communication protocols is calculated. Further, allocation information can be generated for the first and the second communication protocols based on the corresponding channel quality information. Sequence numbers of corresponding data frames to be transmitted by the communication device can be generated. Further, the data frames and corresponding sequence numbers can be allocated to the first and the second communication protocols based on the allocation information.
US10602394B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for handling prohibit timer for SR in a wireless communication system. In one embodiment, the method includes triggering a BSR due to a first UL data becoming available in the UE. The method also includes starting a timer associated with the BSR. The method further includes stopping the timer if a specific event relevant to an arrival of a UL grant occurs.
US10602393B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a front-haul communications system for enabling communication service continuity in a wireless distribution system (WDS) network. A WDS network includes a front-haul communications system and a plurality of remote WDSs. In this regard, a front-haul link control circuit is provided in the front-haul communications system to detect failed front-haul communication link(s). In response to detecting the failed front-haul communication link(s), the front-haul link control circuit reroutes a disrupted communication service(s) to operational front-haul communication link(s) based on bandwidth capacity requirements of the disrupted communication service(s) and unused bandwidth capacity of the operational front-haul communication link(s). By detecting the failed front-haul communication link(s) and rerouting the disrupted communication service(s) communicated on the failed front-haul communication link(s), it is possible to enable communication service continuity in the WDS network, thus enhancing efficiency and performance of the WDS network.
US10602390B2
The present invention discloses a method for a terminal reporting radio resource management (RRM) to a base station, and an apparatus supporting the same. More specifically, the present invention discloses a method for a terminal, if a base station transmits signals including an RRM reference signal (RS) by using one or more analogue beams for each symbol, performing RRM measurement in correspondence with the same, and reporting the measured RRM information; and an apparatus supporting the same.
US10602389B2
Provided are a method for reporting channel state information of a terminal in a wireless communication system and a device using the method. A terminal receives at least one or more A-CSI request message that triggers aperiodic CSI reports for a plurality of CSI processes of a first cell, and as a response to the at least one or more A-CSI request message, updates at least one of the plurality of CSI processes that were triggered, wherein, if a CSI process capability is defined as the maximum number of CSI processes that the terminal may operate for a specific cell, and if the CSI process capability for the first cell is less than the number of the triggered aperiodic CSI reports, and the CSI process capability for a second cell is more than the number of aperiodic CSI reports triggered for the second cell, the residual CSI process capability for the second cell is used for updating the CSI process for the first cell.
US10602387B2
A second device that is in communication with a first device receives transmissions of the first device and detects a SILENCE period status of the first device, which corresponds to a status wherein the first device has no speech samples to be transmitted towards the second apparatus. The second device determines the type of the received transmissions, counts the number of received transmissions of a first type, and times a time interval between the last received transmission of the first type and the last received transmission of a second determined type. At reception of a transmission of the first type, the second device detects whether the first device is in the SILENCE period status on an evaluation of the counted number of transmissions of the first type and the time interval of the last received transmission of the first type and the last received transmission of the second type.
US10602386B2
In a method for measuring a service transmission status of a user equipment provided in an embodiment of the present invention, a first service station transmits a first data packet for a user equipment; the first service station determines at least one second service station that transmits a second data packet for the user equipment; and the first service station instructs the at least one second service station to measure a service transmission status of the user equipment, where the first data packet and the second data packet are different data packets of a same service of the user equipment or data packets of different services. According to this method, a service transmission status of a user equipment can be measured in a multi-station transmission scenario.
US10602385B1
An antenna test positioner is disclosed that supports a transmission antenna and moves the antenna between two or more positions relative to a stationary electronic device. The antenna test positioner moves the antenna in a linear motion along one or more axes and/or in a rotational motion about one or more axes. The stationary electronic device receives radio signal transmissions from the antenna as the antenna moves between positions. The effect of the movement of the antenna on reception of the radio waves by the electronic device can be measured. This simulates testing that normally requires an electronic device to be moved relative to an antenna, which can induce errors that reduce accuracy.
US10602384B2
A system and method for performing an emergency call route failover between an Emergency Call Session Control Function (E-CSCF) and multi-homed remote end-point functions such as Border Gateway Control Function (BGCF)/Media Gateway Control Function (MGCF) or Interconnection Border Control Function (IBCF) in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) uses Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and/or Domain Name System (DNS) methods. The E-CSCF and/or a DNS server monitors the availability of the remote end-points to create a peer list of route options. The E-CSCF or the DNS server selects a route option from the peer list to route an emergency call to an appropriate Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). In the event that the route option fails, the E-CSCF fails over to the next available route option to route the emergency call.
US10602382B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method for processing a radio link failure (RLF) by a user equipment (UE) supporting a dual-connectivity communication system is provided. The method includes determining a state of a radio link with a first base station using a reference signal, transmitting to a second base station, when the radio link with the first base station fails, a message indicating that the radio link with the first base station fails, redetermining the state of the radio link with the first base station using a reference signal of the first base station during a predetermined time, and switching, after the predetermined time, a data transmission line when the radio link with the first base station fails.
US10602377B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes a dual-band antenna array configured to transmit first radio frequency (RF) signals to a remote device in an RF band and to transmit first millimeter wave (MMW) signals to the remote device in a MMW frequency band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band. A base transceiver station is configured to generate a consolidated steering matrix in accordance with the transmission of the first RF signals to the remote device in the RF band. A remote radio head is configured to convert the consolidated steering matrix to a converted steering matrix that facilitates the transmission of the first MMW signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band via the dual-band antenna array in accordance with an antenna beam pattern having at least one selected null direction, and further configured to generate the first MMW signals in accordance with the converted steering matrix.
US10602374B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), an Evolved Node-B (eNB), small-cell access point (AP), and methods for dynamic millimeter wave pencil cell communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive access point reference signals (APRS) from one or more small-cell access points (AP), and may transmit APRS signal quality measurements to a macro-cell Evolved Node-B (eNB). The UE may receive, from the macro-cell eNB, a message that indicates candidate pencil cells for which the UE is to determine signal quality measurements, the candidate pencil cells supported by the small-cell APs. The UE may receive beam reference signals (BRS) for the candidate pencil cells and may refrain from reception of BRS for pencil cells not included in the message. In some cases, beam-widths of the APRSs may be larger than beam-widths of the BRSs.
US10602367B2
A wireless communication apparatus is provided that is capable of performing setting of a wireless LAN access point so that frequency utilization efficiency of an entire wireless communication system that includes wireless LAN access points of different manufacturers and different model numbers is improved. A wireless communication system which performs setting necessary for a wireless LAN access point constituting a wireless communication network to operate includes: an information collection unit which collects setting information set in the wireless LAN access point and wireless environment information in the wireless LAN access point, a parameter calculation unit which obtains a parameter to be set for the wireless LAN access point, which is a collection source, based on the collected setting information and the collected wireless environment information, and a parameter setting unit which transmits the obtained parameter to the wireless LAN access point, which is a collection source, over a network and performs setting of the parameter.
US10602362B2
A gateway, a gateway setup method, and an IoT device setup method are provided. The gateway setup method includes to detect received signal strength indicator (RSSI) between a user device and a gateway to determine whether a distance between the two devices is less than a distance threshold. If yes, authentication information is exchanged between the gateway and the user device so that the gateway is able to connect to the server through an access point and the user device is able to connect to the server and the gateway. The IoT device setup method includes to detect RSSI between an IoT device and the gateway device to determine whether a distance between the two devices is less than a distance threshold. If yes, authentication information is exchanged between the gateway and the IoT device so that the two devices are able to connect to each other.
US10602358B2
A server receives a login request from a first device. The login request includes login information used for an application login. In response to receiving the login request from the first device, the server transmits, to a second device different from the first device, a first message including a verification code. The first message instructs the second device to broadcast an audio signal including the verification code. The verification code is used to verify the first device by the server.
US10602357B2
An exemplary embodiment provides for a method for providing a mobile device-based community corrections supervision system. The method includes receiving an alert, from a remote server, via an enrollee's mobile device, to perform a check-in and receiving acknowledgement of the alert from the enrollee. Additionally, the method then requests the enrollee to recite displayed text and records the enrollee as the displayed text is recited.
US10602348B2
A system and method for selectively updating the versions of stored datasets on a wireless device that selectively communicates to a wireless network and downloads datasets, such as software applications and information, from download servers on the wireless network. The wireless device has a resident dataset version summary file that identifies the version of each resident dataset, and upon the wireless device attempting to communicate with the download server, the wireless device compares the version of each specific resident dataset listed in the resident dataset version summary file with the version of downloadable datasets resident on the download server to thereby determine if the version of a wireless device resident dataset is different from the version of a download server resident dataset. If the download server resident dataset is more recent, the wireless device can download it to overwrite the wireless device resident dataset.
US10602340B2
An initiating device receives an initiation of a packet-based call to a service. The initiating device may detect a failure of the packet-based call and determine whether a proxy device is in proximity to the initiating device. The proxy device may be cellular-enabled and capable of communicating with a cellular network. Upon a determination that the proxy device is in proximity to the initiating device, the initiating device instructs the proxy device to communicate with the service using the cellular network. The initiating device then communicates with the service via the proxy device and the cellular network.
US10602339B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in accordance with an example embodiment in order to initiate a message and communication on behalf of one or more tracking devices or initiate a request for location information associated with one or more tracking devices. In the context of a method, the method includes pairing at least a first device with at least one tracking device that is associated with a user; wherein the first device is configured to interact with the at least one tracking device. The method further includes detecting an alert condition with respect to the at least one tracking device and initiating a message request to the at least one tracking device. The method further includes causing an alert message comprising the location information associated with the at least one tracking device to be transmitted.
US10602337B2
A route configuration method and apparatus for a contactless application, where the method includes receiving, by a near field communication (NFC) controller (NFCC), a data frame from a peer device using a first NFC communications technology, and sending, by the NFCC, the data frame to a determined target NFC execution environment (NFCEE) in a target route entry. A plurality of communication channels exist between the NFCEE and the NFCC, and therefore a route entry includes indication information indicating that a first communication channel corresponding to the first NFC communications technology is in an active state such that when determining the target route entry, the NFCC can determine, based on the indication information in the route entry, that the route entry in which the first communication channel corresponding to the first NFC communications technology is in the active state is the target route entry.
US10602333B2
A wave device is disclosed. The wave device may include one or more memory devices storing instructions and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to receive a unique identifier associated with a community and generate a communication including the unique identifier associated with the community and enabling a second wave device to join the community. The one or more processors may be further configured to transmit the communication to the second wave device based on geographic proximity to the second wave device, and share information with the second wave device based on the second wave device joining the community.
US10602332B2
The ability for an organization's administrator to customize assets and content that, their users have access to is a substantial capability. This capability is not just to facilitate delivery of the correct content to the relevant audience, but is also important to ensure that the content is appropriate for the endpoint. The administrator may curate organizational links that are provided as a hierarchical directory of sites and applications for the organization. Embodiments are directed to programming the organizational links that propagate to mobile applications. A server side application programming interface (API) may be provided to access a organization's curated links, a web user experience may be provided to enable the administrator to manage and curate the organizational links, and a mobile-specific user experience may be provided for viewing the links in a manner that enables quick access to the most relevant content to users of the organization.
US10602331B2
An inter-vehicle communication system includes: a first vehicle including a message generator configured to generate a message and a first wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the generated message; a second vehicle including a second wireless communication unit configured to receive the message transmitted from the first vehicle; and a display device that is located in the second vehicle and is configured to display the message.
US10602318B2
A method, an apparatus and a network device for user data transmission are provided, where the method includes: transmitting a multicast frame for acquiring a user scheduling request to users in a user group, the multicast frame includes a long training sequence and a spread spectrum sequence(s) allocated to all users in the user group; receiving the user scheduling request(s) fed back by a user(s) with data transmission in the user group, the user scheduling request(s) is fed back by the user(s) using at least one of the long training sequence(s) and the spread spectrum sequence(s) allocated to the user(s); scheduling user data transmission according to the user scheduling request(s). According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the delay of users with data transmission is reduced, and the quality of service for the system is improved.
US10602299B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising determining an actual elevation of a sound source. The actual elevation is indicative of a first location at which the sound source is physically located relative to a first listening reference point. The method further comprises determining a desired elevation for a portion of an audio signal. The desired elevation is indicative of a second location at which the portion of the audio signal is perceived to be physically located relative to the first listening reference point. The desired elevation is different from the actual elevation. The method further comprises, based on the actual elevation, the desired elevation and the first listening reference point, modifying the audio signal, such that the portion of the audio signal is perceived to be physically located at the desired elevation during reproduction of the audio signal via the sound source.
US10602295B2
A method expedites processing and playing of binaural sound during an electronic communication between a first user and a second user. An electronic device of the first user convolves sound into binaural sound for the second user before the binaural sound transmits to the electronic device of the second user. In this way, the binaural sound is already convolved and ready to play upon receipt at the electronic device of the second user.
US10602288B1
In at least one embodiment, an audio amplifier system including a memory and an audio amplifier is provided. The audio amplifier includes the memory and is programmed to receive an audio input signal and to generate a target current signal based on the audio input signal. The audio amplifier is further configured to generate a first predicted position of a voice coil of a loudspeaker and to generate a first corrected current signal based on the target current signal and on the first predicted position of the voice coil. The audio amplifier is further configured to determine a pressure within a loudspeaker enclosure based at least on the first predicted position of the voice coil and determine a position of a passive radiator based at least on the pressure within the loudspeaker enclosure. The audio amplifier is further configured to generate a second predicted position of the voice coil.
US10602286B2
Systems and methods for controlling multi-site media playback systems include, among other features, a computing system (i) receiving, from a first media playback device connected to a first network, a first registration message, (ii) in response to receiving the first registration message, assigning a system identifier and a first subsystem identifier to the first media playback device, (iii) receiving, from a second media playback device connected to the first network, a second registration message, (iv) in response to receiving the second registration message, assigning the system identifier and the first subsystem identifier to the second media playback device, (v) determining that the second media playback device is disconnected from the first network and connected to a second network, and (vi) in response to determining that the second media playback device is connected to the second network, assigning a second subsystem identifier to the second media playback device.
US10602283B2
The present disclosure relates to a head-wearable hearing device which comprises a magnetic inductance antenna having a predetermined resonance period for receipt of wireless data signals and a switched capacitor DC-DC converter configured for converting a DC input voltage into a higher or lower DC output voltage in accordance with a clock signal. The charge pump circuit is configured to charge an output capacitor by output current pulses where the output current pulses at least comprise first and second consecutive output current pulses having a mutual pulse delay corresponding to substantially one-half of the predetermined resonance period of the magnetic inductance antenna.
US10602279B2
A linear actuator may include a movable element having a plurality of permanent magnets stacked in a direction of an axis line; a stationary element comprising a plurality of coils surrounding a circumferential section of the permanent magnets, the plurality of coils being placed along the axis line; and viscous elastic members inserted between the movable element and the stationary element. The plurality of permanent magnets are arranged such that, among adjacent permanent magnets of the plurality of permanent magnets, sides of the adjacent permanent magnets facing each other have a same polarity. The viscous elastic members are provided at a plurality of locations being separate in the direction of the axis line, in a space sandwiched in a radial direction by the movable element and the stationary element.
US10602269B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a throwable microphone device. The throwable microphone device may comprise a housing. The throwable microphone device may include a microphone, a communication unit, a motion sensor, an orientation sensor, and a processor disposed within the housing. In some embodiments, the microphone may receive sound waves and generate a corresponding electrical audio signal. The communication unit may wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the electrical audio signals. The motion sensor may detect changes in acceleration of the throwable microphone device. The orientation sensor may detect changes in orientation of the throwable microphone device. The processor may be electrically coupled with the microphone, the communication unit, the motion sensor, and the orientation sensor. The processor may mute the throwable microphone device in response to data from the motion sensor and may also unmute the throwable microphone device in response to data from the orientation sensor.
US10602264B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for directing the audio output of a wearable device having a plurality of speakers. In one implementation, the system may include an image sensor configured to capture one or more images from an environment of the user of the wearable apparatus, a plurality of speakers, and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device may be configured to analyze the one or more images to determine at least one indicator of head orientation of the user of the wearable apparatus, select at least one of the plurality of speakers based on the at least one indicator of head orientation, and output the audio to the user of the wearable apparatus via the selected at least one of the plurality of speakers.
US10602263B2
An acoustic manifold for altering a sound wavefront shape from a loudspeaker having a substantially planar driver, comprising a mounting surface configured to attach to a front surface of a case surrounding the driver and having two vertical openings matching corresponding vertical openings in the case to allow sound from the driver to project therethrough, and a waveguide portion coupled to the mounting surface and having a structure channeling sound projected from the driver through the two vertical openings to be combined in one output area. The structure has a plurality of reflective surfaces configured to create output sound that has a consistent dispersion pattern over a defined area. The manifold is configured to increase a vertical and/or horizontal beamwidth of the projected sound so that listeners positioned off an axis of the loudspeaker will hear a wide range of audible frequencies at a substantially similar sound level.
US10602259B1
A TWS earphone with multiple speakers and a crossover circuit embedded therein includes a body and a circuit unit set in the body. The circuit unit includes a Bluetooth module, a crossover circuit electrically connected to the Bluetooth module, at least two dynamic speakers or an assembly of at least one dynamic speaker and at least one balanced armature, with different response features, electrically connected to the crossover circuit, and a battery module supplying power for the circuit unit. The Bluetooth module is configured to wirelessly receive audio signals and then output the audio signals to the crossover circuit for frequency division. The crossover circuit is configured to transmit medium-low frequency audio signals after frequency division to one dynamic speaker and high frequency audio signals to the other dynamic speaker or the balanced armature.
US10602256B1
At least an embodiment discloses an earphone comprising a shell, a signal generator and a first speaker, wherein the signal generator is electrically connected to the first speaker and both the signal generator and the first speaker are within the shell; a first earphone tube including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first earphone tubes is connected to the shell, and the first end of the earphone tube is approximate to the first speaker; and a first earplug connected to the shell via the first earphone tube, wherein a sound generated by the first speaker is transmitted to the first earplug through the first earphone tube.
US10602253B2
An open audio device with a housing that is configured to be worn on the torso and an acoustic transducer carried by the housing, the acoustic transducer configured to either radiate sound outwardly of the housing or convert received sound into an electrical signal. A structure is coupled to the housing. The structure is proximate to the acoustic transducer. The structure is constructed and arranged to inhibit radiated sound or received sound from being interrupted by a flexible sheet material, such as clothing, located over the housing.
US10602247B2
A loudspeaker, comprising an enclosure; at least one dynamic driver mounted in the enclosure; and a porous sound adsorber material disposed within the enclosure, the sound adsorber material at least comprising a Metallic Organic Framework material.
US10602240B2
In one embodiment, a method receives a portion of a bundle of preview images for a video being played and starts to decode the portion of the bundle of preview images. An input is received for a location in the video. The method determines if a preview image corresponding to the location has been decoded from the bundle of preview images. When the preview image corresponding to the location has been decoded, the preview image corresponding to the location is displayed. When the preview image corresponding to the location has not been decoded, the method switches from decoding the portion of the bundle of preview images at a first position to decoding the portion of the bundle of preview images at a second position corresponding to the location.
US10602235B2
A method of video segment detection within a transport stream of a video asset is provided. Boundaries of candidate video segments of interest (i.e., advertisements, sports highlights, news highlights, content summaries, etc.) within a video asset are detected with a media analysis detector and are separately detected based on statistical models generated from historic transport control event data collected from a population of viewers of the video asset. The above referenced information concerning the candidate video segments of interest is used to identify beginning and end boundaries of selected candidate video segments within the transport stream. A transcoder is provided with parameters corresponding to the selected candidate video segments and performs group of pictures (GOP) and chunk boundary alignment of chunks of the transport stream with the boundaries of the selected candidate video segments. A system and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed.
US10602234B2
Systems and methods for providing a viewer with relevant commentary for a live video. For example, a media guidance application may receive, during playback of a live video, a request for clarification regarding an aspect (e.g., a play, a score, a player, a strategy, etc.) of the live video. In response to receiving the request, the media guidance application may identify the aspect and identify videos generated by other viewers explaining the aspect. The media guidance application may further select one of the videos based on a preference of the viewer, and cause a user device to play back the selected video to the viewer.
US10602226B2
The recommendation system provided with an on-line connection system identifies on-line recommendations of videos and generates a user interface (UI) by including into the resulting presentation selected recommendations of videos. The recommendations of videos presented in the UI are organized into groups that are topically coherent, where each group is decorated with a context annotation—an explanation of why the recommendations in a given carousel are relevant for a member. Each video that is being evaluated by the recommendation system with respect to a subject member profile is assigned an annotation that is selected from a plurality of potentially applicable annotations. The technical problem of optimizing an order of presentation of recommendations grouped by context annotations, in a UI where annotations drive the layout, is addressed by deriving ranks for different context annotations based on global and personalized click through rates and using these values assigned to respective context annotations in constructing the UI.
US10602219B2
The present invention relates to an encoding device and a method, a decoding device and a method, an editing device and a method, a storage medium, and a program which can perform encoding and decoding so that buffer failure does not occur. Information, such as a minimum bit rate, a minimum buffer size, and a minimum initial delay time, is contained in a random access point header contained in an accessible point in a bitstream. A bitstream analyzing unit 72 analyzes an input bitstream, sets the above-mentioned information, and outputs the resulting information to a buffer-information adding unit 73. The buffer-information adding unit 73 adds the input information to the input bitstream and outputs the resulting bitstream. The present invention is applicable to an encoding device and a decoding device which process bitstreams.
US10602204B2
An example method of mapping a plurality of modulation symbols of a plurality of physical layer pipes present in a frame to a resource grid of data cells for the frame is described. The modulation symbols of the plurality of physical layer pipes are represented by a two-dimensional array comprising the modulation symbol values for the plurality of physical layer pipes and the resource grid of data cells is represented by a one-dimensional sequentially indexed array.
US10602201B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for connecting a user with a sports competitor whose athletics the user is not interested in, but with whom the user shares a personal connection. In some embodiments, a media guidance application determines that a user is viewing playback of a media asset comprising a sporting event, identifies competitors featured in the sporting event, and retrieves, from a information identifying competitors in which the user is interested. The media guidance application determines therefrom competitors featured in the sporting event in which the user is not interested, and compares interests of the user that are not commonly shared by a general population to interests of the determined competitors. An uncommon interest is identified as common between a competitor and the user, and the user is provided an option to perform an action associated with the competitor.
US10602200B2
Systems and techniques are provided for switching between different modes of a media content item. A media content item may include a movie that has different modes, such as a cinematic mode and an interactive mode. For example, a movie may be presented in a cinematic mode that does not allow certain user interactions with the movie. The movie may be switched to an interactive mode during any point of the movie, allowing a viewer to interact with various aspects of the movie. The movie may be displayed using different formats and resolutions depending on which mode the movie is being presented.
US10602193B2
An image decoding method of decoding, on a per-block basis, a coded image included in a bitstream, includes: performing arithmetic decoding on a current block to be decoded; determining whether or not the current block is at the end of a slice; determining, when it is determined that the current block is not at the end of the slice, whether or not the current block is at the end of a sub-stream which is a structural unit of the image that is different from the slice; and performing arithmetic decoding on a sub-last bit and performing arithmetic decoding termination, when it is determined that the current block is at the end of the sub-stream.
US10602191B2
Panoramic content may be characterized by a wide field of view and large image size. Panoramic image may be mapped to cube projection. When encoding/decoding cube-projected images, the disclosure exploits content continuity between cube facets. One facet may be encoded/decoded independently from other facets to obtain a seed facet. One or more transformed versions of the seed facet may be obtained, for example, one corresponding to a 90° counterclockwise rotation, another to a 90° clockwise rotation, and one to an 180° rotation. Transformed versions may be used to form an augmented image. The remained facets of the cube may be encoded using transformed versions within the augmented image. Boundary filtering may be applied to one or more edges of one or more facets.
US10602190B2
A method for decoding a video bitstream comprising the steps of: receiving said video bitstream that includes a plurality of different layers, where one of said plurality of different layers includes a plurality of temporal sub-layers; receiving a value of a value attribute associated with one of the plurality of temporal sub-layers where said value includes a first part and a second part separated by a delimiter; decoding said bitstream based upon said value attribute.
US10602180B2
A video coder may determine a motion vector of a non-adjacent block of a current picture of the video data. The non-adjacent block is non-adjacent to a current block of the current picture. Furthermore, the video coder determines, based on the motion vector of the non-adjacent block, a motion vector predictor (MVP) for the current block. The video coder may determine a motion vector of the current block. The video coder may also determine a predictive block based on the motion vector of the current block.
US10602178B1
Content to be encoded by an encoder may be defined by a sequence of values chosen from a set of possible values. Individual values of the set of possible values may have a probability of occurrence in the sequence of values. The content may form a sequence of frames, such as a video sequence. The encoder may allocate sets of buffers for storage of reference frames, frame contexts (including probability tables), and encoded frames. Individual context buffers (including individual probability tables) may be associated with individual reference frames. Encoding of a particular frame may be based on selecting a particular frame context from a context buffer, the particular probability table therein, and the content of the particular frame.
US10602176B2
Decoding a video stream may include decoding a first block of a current frame by decoding a first motion vector from the encoded video stream, decoding an identifier of a first interpolation filter from the encoded video stream, and reconstructing the first block using the first motion vector and the first interpolation filter. Decoding a second block of the current frame may include identifying the first motion vector from the first block as a selected motion vector for predicting the second block in response to decoding an inter-prediction mode identifier for decoding the second block, identifying the first interpolation filter as a selected interpolation filter for predicting the second block in response to identifying the first motion vector from the first block as the selected motion vector for predicting the second block, and reconstructing the second block using the first motion vector and the first interpolation filter.
US10602174B2
A system for lossless pixel compression for random video memory access is described herein. The system includes an encoder and a decoder. The system also includes a memory that is to store instructions and that is communicatively coupled to the encoder and decoder. Further the system includes a processor. The processor is coupled to the camera, the display, and the memory. When the processor is to execute the instructions, the processor is to predict a data value based on values of local neighbors and generate an error term based on the predicted data value. The processor is also to losslessly compress a plurality of cachelines based on the error term and predictions.
US10602168B2
A scalable video signal decoding method, according to the present invention, determines a corresponding picture belonging to a lower layer used for an inter-layer prediction of a current picture belonging to an upper layer, performs the inter-layer prediction of the current picture by using the corresponding picture of the determined lower layer, restores the current picture by using a prediction sample acquired through the inter-layer prediction and a residual sample of the current picture, and selectively applies a loop filter to a tile boundary of the restored current picture on the basis of a layer filter flag for the upper layer.
US10602166B2
A method for decoding a scalable video signal, according to the present invention, comprises: determining a corresponding picture belonging to a lower layer, which is used for inter-layer prediction of a current picture belonging to an upper layer; and performing inter-layer prediction of the current picture by using the determined corresponding picture in the lower layer, wherein the inter-layer prediction is limitedly performed depending on tile alignment between the upper layer and the lower layer.
US10602156B2
An encoded bitstream of data including a plurality of encoded pictures is received. It is determined whether a first instantaneous decoding refresh (IDR) picture has one or more subsequent leading pictures included in the plurality of encoded pictures based on a Network Access Layer (NAL) unit type associated with the first IDR picture. The first IDR picture occurs at a random-access point in the encoded bitstream of data. When the NAL unit type of the first IDR picture is a first value indicating that the first IDR picture has one or more subsequent leading pictures, (i) the one or more subsequent leading pictures are decoded with reference to the first IDR picture based on the NAL unit type of the first IDR picture being the first value, and (ii) an output order is generated for the first IDR picture and the one or more subsequent leading pictures such that the one or more subsequent leading pictures precede the first IDR picture in the output order.
US10602139B2
A system includes an image sensor and a sending controller. The image sensor to generate video data at a source bit rate. The sending controller is coupled to the image sensor to transmit communication data representative of the video data. The sending controller includes one or more processors coupled to memory. The memory includes instructions, which when executed by the sending controller causes the system to perform operations. The operations include determining a first bit rate to encode a first portion of the video data, generating a first video packet representative of the first portion by encoding the first portion at the first bit rate, and determining whether to transmit the first video packet as the communication data with the sending controller based on at least one of a transmission rate threshold, a transmission interval threshold, or a buffer fill threshold.
US10602138B2
An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a luma prediction mode of a current block and information on a chroma prediction mode of the current block from a bit stream; deriving a luma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the information on the luma prediction mode; determining a chroma intra prediction mode of the current block on the basis of information on the luma intra prediction mode and the information on the chroma prediction mode; and generating a chroma prediction sample of the current block on the basis of the chroma intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, it is possible to reflect the difference between the ratio of the width to the height of a luma component and the ratio of the width to the height of a chroma component, and thus to more accurately perform intra prediction in units of samples and improve intra prediction performance.
US10602135B2
The present disclosure discloses a video processing method, comprising: receiving a video file; decoding the video file using a first decoding mode; and when an occurred decoding exception is detected in a first decoding process using the first decoding mode, switching the current first decoding mode to a second decoding mode automatically, and continuing to decode a remaining part of the video file using the second decoding mode; wherein one of the first decoding mode and the second decoding mode is a hardware decoding mode, and the other is a software decoding mode.
US10602130B2
An image display device for displaying a composite image, includes a transparent first display panel located in front of eyes of viewers for displaying a first image and a second display panel disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first display panel for displaying a second image, the image display device being configured to display a composite image obtained by composing the first image displayed by the first display panel and the second image displayed by the second display panel, the composite image being viewed.
US10602124B2
Apparatus and methods for providing a frame packing arrangement for the encoding/decoding of, for example, panoramic content. In one embodiment, the frame packing arrangement utilizes overlapping imaging data so as to enable, for example, a post-decode stitching operation to be performed. The frame packing arrangement may utilize a number of projection formats, such as a cubemap projection, and may utilize any number of differing aspect ratios such as, without limitation, 4×3, 3×2, 4×2, 2×4 aspect ratios. Additionally, the overlapping imaging data may be positioned within the frame packing arrangement chosen so as to improve upon coding efficiency. For example, the overlapping imaging data may be positioned within the frame packing arrangement so as to emphasize image continuity. An encoder apparatus and decoder apparatus for use with the aforementioned frame packing arrangements are also disclosed.
US10602121B2
An apparatus for capture-based telepresence in a virtual environment session, comprises 3D capture devices to continuously capture image data of a first user. A processing unit comprises: an image processor for continuously producing a first 3D representation of the first user based on the image data, the first 3D representation having at least punctually a user specific position in a virtual environment. A data transmitter transmits the first 3D representation for remote use in the virtual environment session. A data receiver continuously receives a second 3D representation of a second user, image data for the virtual environment, and at least punctually receiving user specific position of the second 3D representation relative to the virtual environment. A rendering engine outputs for display the 3D representation of the second user positioned relative to the first user as inserted in the virtual environment based on said user specific positions. A method for participating in a virtual environment session is also provided.
US10602120B2
Transmitting image data, and generating a three-dimensional (3D) image, may include generating one or more images associated with corresponding fields of view of one or more viewpoints that a display is configured to provide to a user, generating image data based on the images, and transmitting the image data to a target device. The one or more images may be generated based on weaving one or more images to generate one or more panel images. An image device that may receive the image data may generate one or more first images based on the image data, select one or more second images from the first images, and generate a panel image based on weaving the selected second images.
US10602119B1
It is contemplated that the present invention can provide methods and systems for the near-simultaneous frame acquisition from multiple cameras. This can be achieved in two different ways. If the cameras are set to work in triggering mode, the triggering of a first camera and a subsequent camera are adjusted by overlapping the trigger signals and image communication control signals of each camera in order to capture near-simultaneous images from each of the cameras. If the cameras are in video mode, they will be kept synchronous by using a common clock and starting them at the same time. As each camera generates frames, individual, corresponding frames are sampled from each camera in a sequential manner upon receiving a triggering signal. In this way, near simultaneous images can be sampled and saved from multiple cameras in video mode.
US10602117B1
In one embodiment, at an initial time, a capture system records a 3D video stream and an audio stream of a first user interacting with the physical environment. A processing device receives the 3D video stream and the audio stream, isolates the first user from the physical environment, and stores at least a portion of the isolated representation and a portion of the audio stream. At a subsequent time, a second user uses a camera of an augmented reality device to capture a scene. The augmented reality device loads the portion of the isolated representation of the first user and the portion of the audio stream, aligns the 3D video stream with the captured scene, and calculates a pose of the augmented reality device. The augmented reality device then produces an augmented scene, which is displayed to the second user while the portion of the audio stream is played back.
US10602113B2
A medical imaging device includes: a left eye imaging element including a left eye light receiving surface configured to receive left eye observation light from an observed region of a subject; and a right eye imaging element including a right eye light receiving surface configured to receive right eye observation light being an observation light from the observed region and having a parallax from the left eye observation light. The left eye imaging element and the right eye imaging element are arranged such that: short sides of the left eye light receiving surface and the right eye light receiving surface are along a direction in which an optical axes of the left eye observation light and the right eye observation light are juxtaposed with each other; and long sides of the left eye light receiving surface and long sides of the right eye light receiving surface oppose each other.
US10602102B2
A projection system for projecting an image onto a projection body having a curve in one direction by projection units includes processors and memory, which upon execution, causes the projection system to extract a set of grid points indicating distortion of a projected image from captured calibration images; to convert each set of grid points of a target projection unit commonly extracted from captured calibration images having a calibration pattern projected on the projection body in different imaging ranges in association with the one direction onto a common coordinate system; to combine the converted sets of grid points on the common coordinate system in accordance with position; and to calculate a correction coefficient based on the combined sets of grid points.
US10602099B2
The present disclosure describes methods and systems for integrating third party automation systems. One computer-implemented method includes calculating, by at least one of a first device and a second device, a risk level, and controlling, by the at least one of the first device and the second device, a switch based on the risk level. If the risk level is less than a predetermined value, the switch is controlled to power on an image display and capturing device. Data is displayed by the first device and received by the second device through visual recognition on the image display and capturing device. If the risk level is not less than the predetermined value, the switch is controlled to power off the image display and capturing device. Data transfer from the first device to the second device through visual recognition on the image display and capturing device is stopped.
US10602097B2
A wearable camera includes a video recording device that records a captured video of a subject on the front side of a user on a recorder, a sensor that acquires information regarding motion of the user, a determiner that determines whether or not at least one default event has occurred on the basis of information regarding motion of the user acquired by the sensor during recording of the captured video of the subject, and a controller that generates event list information in which a detection time point of the default event is correlated with information regarding the default event according to determination that the at least one default event has occurred during recording of the captured video of the subject, and records the event list information on the recorder in correlation with the captured video of the subject.
US10602093B2
An objective is to prevent occurrence of video loop even in a case where a plurality of video conference apparatuses are connected in cascade. In a cascade mode, that is, in a case where a location of a video conference apparatus is an intermediate location, video and speech selector/combiner 105 selects video data of a location (location where a speech is made) of a maximum sound-volume among connection locations other than the location of the video conference apparatus and a cascade destination. Communication controller 103 transmits video data of the location of the maximum sound-volume to video conference apparatus 10 of the cascade destination and transmits the video data transmitted from video conference apparatus 10 of the cascade destination to video conference apparatuses 10 in a connection location other than the cascade destination.
US10602084B2
The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus comprising an image sensor that includes an imaging surface in which many pixels are arranged vertically and horizontally, a pixel control unit that controls the image sensor, selects a pixel corresponding to a sampling function among pixels configuring a block by applying the sampling function for each block acquired by partitioning the imaging surface of the image sensor into a plurality of blocks, and outputs a sampling signal based on a pixel value of the selected pixel, and a reduced image generating unit that generates a reduced image on the basis of the sampling signal for each block output from the image sensor.
US10602079B2
In aspects of digital image color space channel blending, a camera device can capture digital images that encompass a three-hundred and sixty degree (360°) field of view. An image blending module is implemented to combine the digital images along a seam between the digital images to form a blended image. To combine the digital images, the image blending module can determine mismatched color between the digital images along the seam within an overlap region that overlaps two of the digital images along the seam. The image blending module can then blend the digital images by channel gains in a color space applied to enhance pixels of one of the digital images starting within the overlap region along the seam and blending into the one digital image.
US10602075B2
In some embodiments, an image capture device receives a capture command to capture an image. Exposure adjustment operations are subsequently performed. These operations include determining that a first luminance indicated by first image data, which is obtained using a first exposure value, exceeds a threshold luminance. The operations also include decreasing, based on the threshold luminance being exceeded, the first exposure value to a second exposure value. The operations also include determining, from second image data obtained using the second exposure value, that a second luminance indicated by the second image data is less than the threshold luminance. The HDR setting of the image capture device is configured to include a bracket of exposure values, where the second exposure value is a minimum exposure value from the bracket of exposure values. The image capture device executes a capture operation in which an image bracket is captured using this HDR setting.
US10602073B2
An imaging system may comprise a plurality of pixels to selectively operate in a first operating mode or a second operating mode. When operating in the first operating mode, the plurality of pixels is binned during an exposure phase such that an output during a readout phase corresponds to a summed photocurrent that is a sum of a plurality of concurrent photocurrents, each corresponding to one of the plurality of pixels. When operating in the second operating mode, the plurality of pixels is not binned during the exposure phase such that an output during the readout phase corresponds to a set of separate photocurrents, each corresponding to one of a set of the plurality of pixels.
US10602064B2
A photographing method and a photographing device of an unmanned aerial vehicle, the unmanned aerial vehicle, and a ground control device are provided. The method includes steps of: receiving a photographing instruction of the unmanned aerial vehicle; selecting a photographing model of the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the photographing model includes a photographing object and a photographing mode of the unmanned aerial vehicle which are correlated with each other; when the photographing object corresponding to the photographing model of the unmanned aerial vehicle is identified to exist in a captured image, adopting the photographing mode correlated to the photographing object of the unmanned aerial vehicle, for adjusting a flight condition of the unmanned aerial vehicle and for photographing the photographing object of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The present invention enables the unmanned aerial vehicle to automatically capture image data of ideal effect.
US10602051B2
According to an aspect of the invention, an imaging apparatus includes a first control unit configured to control exposure parameters of an imaging element, and a second control unit configured to perform processing of switching between and outputting a first image corresponding to pixel portions of a number of first pixels and a second image corresponding to pixel portions of a number of second pixels smaller than the number of first pixels among pixel portions of the imaging element. The second control unit performs focusing determination on the basis of at least one of the first image and the second image.
US10602047B2
A photographing method in which a terminal device performs photographing is provided. The photographing method includes synchronizing a clock of the terminal device with a reference clock, and acquiring photographing clock time information indicating a photographing clock time which is based on the reference clock through a communication network. The photographing method also includes specifying a photographing delay time until the photographing is performed since photographing start in the terminal device, and photographing a subject at the photographing clock time indicated by the photographing clock time information. The photographing clock time being based on the clock of the terminal device already synchronized with the reference clock.
US10602046B2
A control method suitable for a mobile device comprising a camera includes operations as follows: obtaining a description of a first wireless device adjacent to the mobile device over a first wireless communication; capturing a first image of a physical environment by the camera; recognizing a first candidate object within the first image; matching the first candidate object with the description of the first wireless device; and in response to that the first candidate object matches with the description of the first wireless device and a first predetermined instruction is received by the camera, generating a first command according to the description of the first wireless device, wherein the first command is to be transmitted to the first wireless device over a second wireless communication for manipulating the first wireless device.
US10602044B2
Retractable image capture devices and methods to protect such retractable image capture devices. An example mobile device includes a housing; a camera module including a sensor and a lens, a focal distance between the sensor and the lens being fixed, the camera module being movably mounted to the housing to move between a first position and a second position, a surface of the lens to extend past an exterior surface of the housing in the first position, the camera module to be disposed within the housing in the second position; and an actuator to actuate the camera module from the first position to the second position in response to a proximity trigger.
US10602042B2
The present application discloses an imaging camera, including: a housing with an accommodation space and including a supporting part extending toward the accommodation space; a lens holder received in the accommodation space of the housing; a lens unit received in the lens holder; and a damping layer located at an image side of the lens holder. The supporting part is located at the image side of the lens holder, and the lens holder abuts against the supporting part via the damping layer.
US10602034B2
A camera module for a motor vehicle includes a lens objective, a lens holder holding said lens objective, and a back plate connected to said lens holder and holding an image sensor in or close to an image plane of the lens objective. The alignment of the lens holder relative to the back plate is fixed by a glue joint between the lens holder and the back plate.
US10602029B2
Described herein is a video projection system including an optical module with at least one collimated light source to generate a light beam and at least one movable mirror to reflect the light beam. The video projection system also includes a video source producing a digital video stream in accordance with a clock signal and a movement synchronization signal, as well as a projector system. The projector system includes mirror control circuitry configured to control movement of the at least one movable mirror in accordance with the clock signal and the movement synchronization signal, a light source controller configured to control generation of collimated light by the at least one collimated light source, and processing circuitry configured to receive the digital video stream, and to generate control signals for the light source controller based upon the received digital video stream.
US10602026B2
An image processing apparatus includes a specifying unit, an extraction unit, and a creation unit. The specifying unit specifies, for one image among a first image before color conversion and a second image after color conversion, an area for which image information is extracted. The extraction unit extracts plural pieces of color conversion information, which are image information about pixels in the area of the one image among the first image and the second image, the area being specified by the specifying unit, and image information about pixels in the other image corresponding to the pixels in the one image. The creation unit creates a color conversion property on the basis of the plural pieces of color conversion information extracted by the extraction unit.
US10602021B2
An image forming apparatus (a) causes the image scanning device to scan an image of: (a1) the mobile terminal apparatus before model changing that displays the subscriber ID, (a2) the mobile terminal apparatus after model changing that displays the subscriber ID, and (a3) a fill-in form in which the authentication setting information was written on a platen glass as one-time scanning and generate a scanned image, (b) extracts the subscriber IDs of the mobile terminal apparatuses and the authentication setting information, (c) causes the wireless communication device to transmit the authentication setting information to the mobile terminal apparatus after model changing if the subscriber ID of the mobile terminal apparatus before model changing and the subscriber ID of the mobile terminal apparatus after model changing are same as each other.
US10602017B2
A file management apparatus causes notification destinations, which receive download information, to download a file recorded in a recording medium, in accordance with requests from the notification destinations. The apparatus includes an initial-deletion-time setting unit, a deletion-time updating unit, and a first file deleting unit. The initial-deletion-time setting unit sets a given time as the initial value of the deletion time of the file. The deletion-time updating unit updates the deletion time if one or more notification destinations having not downloaded the file are present when the deletion time comes. The first file deleting unit deletes the file under the condition that, when the deletion time comes, the one or more notification destinations having not downloaded the file are not present.
US10602015B2
A picture displaying method and apparatus, and a terminal device are disclosed. The method includes detecting a view instruction, input by a user, on any picture; responding to the view instruction and outputting the picture; acquiring generation time of the picture from EXIF information of the picture; and querying whether an audio file with a file name including the generation time of the picture is stored, and if the audio file is stored, outputting the audio file. By implementing embodiments of the present invention, the user can not only obtain a static image directly from the picture, but also obtain audio information around a shooting scene in addition to the static image, thereby keeping more memories for the user and improving user experience.
US10602010B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a circuit board on which an electronic part and a connector are mounted; a housing to which the circuit board is attached; a flexible flat cable, having a connecting portion connected to the connector, configured to electrically connect the circuit board and another circuit board different from the circuit board provided in the image forming apparatus; and a holding member holding the flexible flat cable and rotatable integrally with the flexible flat cable with respect to the housing, wherein the holding member is rotatable with respect to the housing between a first position in which the connecting portion is connected to the connector and a second position in which the connecting portion is retracted from a fitting position of the circuit board in the housing in a state in which the connecting portion is removed from the connector.
US10601993B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for sending a forked media stream of an electronic communication between a customer and an agent to an analysis system for a duration. Receiving analysis results obtained from one or more analytics performed on the forked media stream. Then, determining whether to perform one or more operations in response to the analysis results.
US10601982B2
The present disclosure describes a monitoring environment that monitors an activity for activity that may be indicative of being prohibited by the local, the state, and/or the national governing authorities, namely suspicious activity, or activity that is prohibited by the local, the state, and/or the national governing authorities, namely prohibited activity. The monitoring environment verifies the activity is actually being monitored within the monitoring environment. The verification can require one or more monitoring persons monitoring the activity to perform one or more tasks to verify their attentiveness in monitoring the activity. The one or more tasks can be as simple as activating a checkbox or providing a code or an electronic signature to provide some examples, although more complicated tasks, such as a biometric verification such as a retinal, a facial, and/or a voice verification to provide some examples, are possible as will be recognized by those skilled in the relevant art(s) without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
US10601981B1
A portable communication device is provided with a power arbitration module formed with hardware logic configured to detect attachment of a battery and determine whether the battery is one of: an intrinsically safe (IS) battery or a standard, non-intrinsically safe (non-IS) battery. The power arbitration module enables a converged platform mode of operation in response to determining that the battery is a standard, non-intrinsically safe battery. The power arbitration module enables a land mobile radio (LMR) mode of operation in response to determining that the battery is an intrinsically safe battery. The determination of the battery type and enablement of operating mode is handled by hardware logic of the power arbitration module without use of a software protocol.
US10601978B2
A secure component of a telecommunication device is described herein. The secure component is configured to determine that a threshold amount of time has passed since reception of a heartbeat communication from a remote telecommunication server. In response to determining that the threshold amount of time has passed, the secure component performs at least one of preventing access to one or more services of the telecommunication device or deleting user data from the telecommunication device.
US10601976B2
A method and electronic device for executing application concurrently with other devices are provided. An address of an external electronic device and a location of an application is obtained. A connection is established with a device using a short-range communication protocol. The application is obtained and executed in conjunction with the device.
US10601970B2
A device for clearing liquid from an audio transducer is provided. The device comprises an audio transducer and a port from an external surface of the device to the audio transducer. The device further comprises a liquid clearing mechanism for pushing liquid, trapped in the port, out of the port to clear a path for sound between the audio transducer and the external surface, and an actuator for operating the liquid clearing mechanism.
US10601969B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile electronic device, which includes a body, a display screen disposed to an obverse surface of the body, an input-output module, and a drive assembly coupled to the input-output module. The display screen is able to display a start tag and a mode tag. The input-output module includes a base and a camera disposed to the base, and the input-output module is able to be at least partially accommodated in the body. The drive assembly is configured to drive the input-output module to be exposed from an end portion of the body in accordance with a user input signal for the start tag, and is configured to drive the input-output module to rotate in accordance with a user input for the mode tag. A mobile phone is also provided.
US10601958B2
A server computer sets a priority order of each of contents based on an attribute of each of the contents designated by HTML data and provides the HTML data including the priority order with a client computer. The client computer acquires the contents from the server computer by using streams with priorities depending on the priority order of each of the contents designated by the HTML data provided from the server computer. The client computer controls display using a part of the contents and caches other contents from among the acquired contents.
US10601949B2
Updating a profile includes monitoring electronic communications between a target user and a number of other users in real-time, extracting communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users from the electronic communications, based on an analysis of the communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users identifying relevant information from the communicated information that is relevant for updating the profile of the target user on at least one social network, and updating the profile of the target user on the at least one social network using the relevant information derived from the analysis.
US10601942B2
A global architecture (GLP), as disclosed herein, is based on the thin server architectural pattern; it delivers all its services in the form of web services and there are no user interface components executed on the GLP. Each web service exposed by the GLP is stateless, which allows the GLP to be highly scalable. The GLP is further decomposed into components. Each component is a microservice, making the overall architecture fully decoupled. Each microservice has fail-over nodes and can scale up on demand. This means the GLP has no single point of failure, making the platform both highly scalable and available. The GLP architecture provides the capability to build and deploy a microservice instance for each course-recipient-user combination. Because each student interacts with their own microservice, this makes the GLP scale up to the limit of cloud resources available—i.e. near infinity.
US10601933B2
In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving comparison information associated with two or more particular place-entities from a client system of a first user of the online social network, each particular place-entity being associated with a particular score on a first scoring scale and a first feature, ranking a scored list of place-entities comprising at least the two or more particular place-entities associated with the online social network based in part on the comparison information, wherein each place-entity of the scored list is associated with a score on the first scoring scale, and determining a place-classifier algorithm based at least in part on the ranked list of place-entities and one or more features associated with each place-entity of the ranked list, the one or more features comprising at least the first feature.
US10601924B2
The invention relates to electric drive apparatuses used in different industries for different applications more particularly to a method for remote support of an electric drive apparatus. The method comprises: establishing a live support session with virtual drive assistance between a first apparatus and a third apparatus in the remote support site, said first apparatus having a connection with a local electric drive apparatus in a local site, and said third apparatus having a connection to a virtual drive tool for virtual drive assistance; downloading by said third apparatus from said first apparatus parameter settings and other relevant process information of the local electric drive apparatus to said third apparatus; and controlling and/or operating said virtual drive tool by said third apparatus to provide assistance to a user of said first apparatus.
US10601921B2
An information processing device includes a control unit functioning as a receiving unit, a processing unit, and a storage controller, a storage, and a communication unit. Each of a plurality of sheets of data is associated with each predetermined storage device among a plurality of storage devices, and information indicating a correspondence between the plurality of sheets and the predetermined storage devices is stored in the storage in advance. When the receiving unit receives a predetermined storage instruction, the storage controller performs a process of storing data in the storage and causing the communication unit to transmit data indicating the plurality of sheets to storage devices associated with the sheets with respect to each of the plurality of sheets, and stores the transmitted data in the storage devices.
US10601919B2
In accordance with one aspect of the present description, in response to a detection by a storage controller, of an operation by a host relating to migration of input/output operations from one host to another, a cache server of a storage controller, transmits to a target cache client of the target host, a cache map of the source cache of the source host wherein the cache map identifies locations of a portion of the storage cached in the source cache. In response, the cache client of the target host, may populate the target cache of the target host with data from the locations of the portion of the storage, as identified by the cache map transmitted by the cache server, which may reduce cache warming time. Other features or advantages may be realized in addition to or instead of those described herein, depending upon the particular application.
US10601918B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module of a dispersed storage network (DSN) obtaining status information from a set of distributed storage units (SUs) and determining that a plurality of the SUs are currently inactive. The method continues with the DS processing module selecting one or more inactive SUs for reactivation and issuing a request to change activation status to each. When a favorable response is received from the one more SUs, the method continues with the DDS processing module determining that encoded data slices (EDSs) stored in a first SU include errors and determining to rebuild the EDSs stored in the first SU that include one or more errors by issuing a request to change activation status to second SU that is currently inactive. Upon receiving a favorable response from the second SU, the EDSs with errors are rebuilt using EDSs from the second SU.
US10601913B2
User data can be synchronized over a virtual channel in a virtual desktop environment. A synchronization service can be included with a virtual desktop client and in the virtual desktop and can employ the virtual channel to transmit and receive new and updated user data. In this way, the user data can be synchronized without requiring any kind of file sharing between the access device and the virtual desktop and without requiring membership in any directory service. Therefore, user data can be synchronized in virtual desktop environments that employ a number of different operating systems and network security settings.
US10601899B2
This document discusses, among other things, a system and methods for associating an online publication with a print publication. Example embodiments may include receiving a request from a publisher that may identify first data that is to be published over a network, in an online publication. In response to the request, example embodiments may include fetching the first data and generating further data based on the first data. The further data may include an address to locate the online publication as published. The publisher may be allowed to publish the further data as a print publication. Subsequent to the print publication of the further data, example embodiments may include receiving the string of characters over the network from a user. Example embodiments may include presenting the online publication to the user based on the string of characters.
US10601883B2
Systems and methods for efficiently absorbing, archiving, and distributing any size data sets are provided. Some embodiments provide flexible, policy-based distribution of high volume data through real time streaming as well as past data replay. In addition, some embodiments provide for a foundation of solid and unambiguous consistency across any vendor system through advanced version features. This consistency is particularly valuable to the financial industry, but also extremely useful to any company that manages multiple data distribution points for improved and reliable data availability.
US10601881B1
Idempotent processing of data may be implemented for data records retrieved from a data stream. A data stream may receive data records as input and distribute the ingestion, storage, and processing of the data records amongst one or more partitions of the data stream. Partition metadata may be maintained which includes checkpoint metadata for retrieving, processing, and sending data records in the data stream to a specified destination. When assigned a partition for processing, checkpoint metadata for partition may be accessed to determine whether a pending checkpoint for the partition exists. If not pending checkpoint exists, new data records may be retrieved, processed, and sent from the partition of the data stream to a specified destination. If a checkpoint is pending, then the data records identified by the checkpoint metadata as pending may be retrieved, processed, and sent to the specified destination.
US10601870B2
A distributed security method is implemented in a processing node of a distributed security system comprising one or more processing nodes and one or more authority nodes, wherein the distributed security system is located external to a network edge of an enterprise and external from one of a computer device and a mobile device associated with a user. The distributed security method includes obtaining security policy data associated with the user and the enterprise from an authority node; monitoring data communications between the user, the enterprise, and the Internet in a processing node; and controlling the data communications between the user, the enterprise, and the Internet based on the monitoring to provide security measures between the user, the enterprise, and the Internet.
US10601868B2
Technologies described herein facilitate generating and deploying dynamic false user accounts. Embodiments disclosed herein obtain a false tenant model that is usable to dynamically populate a false user account with messages and/or data files. Rather than containing only a static set of documents, a “dynamic” false user account is continually populated with fresh documents. This results in dynamic false user accounts appearing practically indistinguishable from real user accounts that are continually populated with new real email messages and/or new real hosted files as they are used by account owners to perform legitimate business activities. The realistic nature of the dynamic false user accounts described herein significantly reduces the ability of malicious entities to identify a user account as being false in nature.
US10601865B1
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions when executable by a processor perform operations including responsive to receiving an email including a URL, conducting an analysis of the email including: (i) analyzing a header and a body, and (ii) analyzing the URL; analyzing contents of a web page directed to by the URL; generating a score indicating a level of confidence the email is associated with a phishing attack based on at least one of the analysis of the email or the analysis of the contents of the web page; and responsive to the score being below a threshold, virtually processing the web page to determine whether the web page is associated with the phishing attack is shown.
US10601864B1
A method for applying user profiles in electronic sessions is described. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting a request to initiate an electronic session with a web server; identifying a user profile associated with the request; generating an alternative profile; initiating the electronic session; and replacing the user profile with the alternative profile during the electronic session. In some examples, the method includes performing a security action, including modifying one or more data points in a set of metadata and/or a set of latent user characteristics associated with the user profile. In some cases, the alternative profile includes a set of modified metadata and a set of modified latent user characteristics. In some examples, the method includes replacing a cookie associated with the user profile with a cookie associated with the alternative profile.
US10601860B2
Methods and systems provide application platform security enforcement. A distributed system communicates between a plurality of remote devices and at least one secured server to facility providing a secured service. The distributed system may comprise a remote communication server and one or more security layer components where the plurality of remote devices connect through ones of the security layer components. Upon detection of a security breach by a first remote device, the distributed system determines potential devices at risk from the plurality of remote devices, analyzing risk factors for commonalities. A lock down and/or quarantine of the first remote device and the devices at risk is instructed. Risk factors may include whether the remote devices communicate via a same security layer component, are geographically proximate; and/or are associated at the user level, for example are proximate users in a social network graph. Reactivation is also provided.
US10601844B2
A non-rule based security detection system and method is described. The method includes identifying a plurality of data sources. The method then proceeds to generate a baseline for each data source. The baseline includes a plurality of data source outputs that are evaluated over a time period. A plurality of data source anomalies are detected, in which each data source anomaly is associated with at least one data source output exceeding a threshold for the data source baseline. A geolocation for each data source anomaly is then identified. A plurality of correlations between the plurality of data source anomalies and the geolocation for each data source anomaly are generated. At least one correlation is associated with a security event.
US10601839B1
Accessing a security enabled application may require certain access privileges that are not readily available or associated with the application at the time a user is seeking access via a login operation. In operation, an access attempt to a security enabled application may include identifying user credentials associated with the access attempt, generating a query based on the user credentials to identify whether the user credentials are associated with a predetermined group membership. A response to the query may be received that includes group information corresponding to the user and the group information may be compared to a set of predetermined rules to determine whether the group information includes privilege rules used to grant access to the access attempt.
US10601832B1
A system for re-registering an input-limited device, such as a voice-enabled device, with a captive portal access point that requires completion of a portal webpage prior to allowing client devices access to a network, such as the Internet, is described. Such captive portal access points are commonly found in hotels, and may be used for both freely provided public WiFi and for connections that require providing payment. For re-registration of the input-limited device with the captive portal access point, a server may send a notification to a mobile computing device associated with the input-limited device.
US10601831B2
When a user is attempting to access a server application, a challenge is received, in a browser, for a one or more login credentials to access a server application (e.g., a web page). For example, a user is requested to provide a user name and password to login to the server application. In response to the user providing the credentials via the browser, the login credentials are sent. If the credentials are validated, an access token is received by the browser from the server application. In response to receiving the access token for the server application, the browser sends the access token and an address for the server application, via a local loopback address, to a local application. This allows the local application to send local information, such as local files, to the server application using the token.
US10601830B2
A method, device and system for obtaining a local domain name are provided. A Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request from a User Equipment (UE) is received, in which the request carries an option for indicating returning a domain name of a local domain where the UE is located; and the domain name of the local domain where the UE is located is obtained according to the DHCP request, and the domain name of the local domain where the UE is located is carried in a DHCP reply message to be returned to the UE. A device and system for obtaining a local domain name are also provided.
US10601827B2
Methods, systems, and devices for enterprise wide management of disparate devices, applications, and users are described. A cloud-based central server may maintain an integrated hosted directory, which may allow user authentication, authorization, mid management of information technology (IT) resources across device types, operating systems, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) and on-premises applications. IT resources for multiple and separate customers may be managed from a single, central directory, and servers may be brought online to allow access to the directory according to system loading.
US10601818B2
Enhance authentication techniques may include receiving credential data of a secondary device by a primary device, generating a cryptogram using the credential data of the secondary device, and transmitting the cryptogram to an access device to request for authorization to use an account associated with a user of the primary device. The authorization can be granted based on verification of the cryptogram and an interaction activity pattern of interactions between the primary device and a set of communication devices including the secondary device.
US10601811B2
A method for connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot device, the Wi-Fi hotspot device, and a user equipment (UE), where the method includes generating, by the Wi-Fi hotspot device, a two-dimensional barcode according to Wi-Fi authentication information, where the two-dimensional barcode includes the Wi-Fi authentication information, and the Wi-Fi authentication information is used for authentication prior to connection to the Wi-Fi hotspot device, and presenting, by the Wi-Fi hotspot device, the two-dimensional barcode to the UE using a display screen of the Wi-Fi hotspot device such that the UE may connect to the Wi-Fi hotspot device according to the two-dimensional barcode, and a user does not need to memorize or record the Wi-Fi authentication information, thereby improving user experience.
US10601808B1
Single sign-in for accessing protected content across all providers and access channels is provided. When a user selects to view an additional content item, a determination may be made whether access authentication from the requesting user is required. If access authentication is required, a federated login credential may be received from the requesting user. The federated login credential may be used for granting access by the requesting user to the selected additional content item across different content channels, and the federated login credential may be used for granting access by the requesting user to other protected content items without requiring additional access authentication from the requesting user.
US10601807B2
Computer systems and methods are provided in which an agent executive running concurrent with a security module, when initially executed, obtains an agent API key from a user. This key is communicated to a grid computer system. An agent identity token, generated by a cryptographic token generation protocol when the API key is valid, is received from the grid and stored in a secure data store associated with the agent executive. Information that evaluates the integrity of the agent executive is collected using agent self-verification factors. The information, encrypted and signed with a cryptographic signature, is communicated to the grid. Commands are obtained from the grid by the agent executive to check the security, compliance, and integrity of the computer system. Based on these check results, additional commands are obtained by the grid by the agent executive to correct security, compliance, and integrity problems and/or to prevent security comprises.
US10601806B1
The present disclosure provides computing systems and techniques for providing a certificate to sue to securely connect to a server. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a computing device certificate rotation server arranged to provide certificates to the computing device for use by an application executing on the computing device to securely connect to a server.
US10601803B2
High conversion rate content can be displayed with primary content from one or more publishers in order to determine whether the content is being displayed to human users or provided to automated processes such as robots. Convertible content such as advertising will generally result in conversions or other actions within an expected range of occurrences. Convertible content performing significantly below the range can be indicative of robotic traffic. Such determinations can be difficult for publishers with low volume traffic, however, as there may not be sufficient data to make an accurate determination. For such publishers, or users viewing content for such publishers, high conversion rate content can be displayed that will allow such determinations to be made with fewer data points. The rates can be used to determine robotic users, which can be blocked, as well as to determine poorly performing placements of the content by the publishers.
US10601791B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for communicating by a user equipment with a macro cell base station and a small cell base station in a communication system is provided. The method comprises applying a first base station security key to a first communication link with the macro cell base station; generating a second base station security key to be used for a second communication link with the small cell base station based on the first base station security key; applying the second base station security key to the second communication link with the small cell base station; and communicating through at least one of the first communication link and the second communication link.
US10601790B2
A plurality of system nodes coupled via a dedicated private network is described herein. The nodes offer an end-to-end solution for protecting against network-based attacks. For example, a single node can receive and store user data via a data flow that passes through various components of the node. The node can be designed such that communications internal to the node, such as the transmission of encryption keys, are partitioned or walled off from the components of the node that handle the publicly accessible data flow. The node also includes a key management subsystem to facilitate the use of encryption keys to encrypt user data.
US10601785B2
Approaches presented herein enable obscuring a query from an external web service provider. More specifically, a user-submitted query is split into at least two non-identical, secondary search queries. The non-identical search queries are submitted to an external web services provider separately, at different times spread throughout a search timeframe, from different virtual locations, thereby obscuring the original search query from the external web services provider. An internal system receives and merges the search results of the non-identical secondary queries from the external web services provider. The internal system then performs a second search on the merged results using the original user-submitted search query to find the results within the merged results that are most relevant to the original query. These relevant results are then presented to the user.
US10601784B2
Approaches presented herein enable obscuring a query from an external web service provider. More specifically, a user-submitted query is split into at least two non-identical, secondary search queries. The non-identical search queries are submitted to an external web services provider separately, at different times spread throughout a search timeframe, from different virtual locations, thereby obscuring the original search query from the external web services provider. An internal system receives and merges the search results of the non-identical secondary queries from the external web services provider. The internal system then performs a second search on the merged results using the original user-submitted search query to find the results within the merged results that are most relevant to the original query. These relevant results are then presented to the user.
US10601782B2
Methods in a cloud object store facilitate strong data encryption, customer-management of object (encryption) keys, reductions in latency, globally-distributed object storage, and handling of streamed uploads. A method for encrypting objects stored in a cloud includes encrypting each object with a unique encryption (object) key. The plaintext object keys are generated in advance of uploads. The plaintext object keys can be stored in an object database in the cloud. Alternatively, the plaintext object keys can be provided to a customer's HSM, encrypted, and returned to the cloud, such that encrypted object keys, encrypted by the customer, are stored in the cloud. The cloud can alternatively encrypt the customer's object keys with a master key for the customer, which is then encrypted by the customer's HSM before being stored in the cloud. Proxies are also deployed for efficiently communicating with customer security modules.
US10601775B1
At least initially blocking client download of certain content and injecting a user verification step for such downloads is disclosed. In some embodiments, client download of a response from a server to a client request is blocked, and instead a notification page with options to accept or decline the server response is provided to the client.
US10601774B2
A domain name hi-jack prevention service may be selected by a domain name registrant and enabled by a Registrar. In a first embodiment, the Registrar may send a confirmation request via a preferred contact method to the registrant and only move the domain name from a first account to a second account (both managed by the Registrar) when the registrant confirms the request. In a second embodiment, a third party platform that is independent from and/or not the Registrar confirms the identity of the registrant before the Registrar moves the domain name from the first account to the second account (again, both managed by the Registrar). In a third embodiment, a third party platform communicates an authorization code to a verified registrant so the registrant can enter the authorization code with a Gaining Registrar so the domain name may be transferred from a Losing Registrar to the Gaining Registrar.
US10601764B2
An e-mail system is disclosed that overcomes many deficiencies of, but is backward compatible with, existing e-mail systems. Embodiments of the system may include various features, including but not limited to: (1) secure transfer of e-mail messages, without the need for users to replace existing e-mail clients or to change e-mail addresses; (2) tracking of all actions performed in connection with an e-mail transmission; (3) the ability for a recipient to view information about an e-mail message, optionally including information about how other addressees have responded to it, before deciding whether to retrieve the e-mail message; (4) the aggregation of entire e-mail conversations into a single threaded view; (5) the ability to include both private and public messages in a single e-mail communication; (6) sender control over downstream actions performed in connection with an e-mail message; (7) flexible control over cryptographic methods used to encrypt emails messages for storage.
US10601755B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for: operating an instance of a personal assistant module to serve a user while the user operates the client computing device, wherein the instance of the personal assistant module has access to a persistent record of a message exchange thread between the user and instance(s) of the personal assistant module; detecting cue(s) emanating from the persistent message exchange thread; identifying candidate application(s) that are installed on a client computing device operated by the user, wherein the candidate application(s) are associated with content of the message exchange thread; and incorporating, into a transcript of the message exchange thread that is displayed in a graphical user interface rendered on the client computing device, selectable link (operable by the user to cause the client computing device to expose to the user an interface associated with a respective candidate application.
US10601751B1
Systems and methods for controlling contacts with a client's users make use of segment-based contact limits. A contact limit sets a maximum number of contacts that a client can have with a user within a predetermined time window. A segment-based contact limit only applies the contact limit to a subset of all the client's users. The type of contact being limited could include messages that are sent to the user or advertising or sales campaigns that are conducted for the user. A segment is a subset of all of the client's users, and a segment may be defined based on one or more filters.
US10601749B1
A method of operating a messaging platform, including: obtaining, for a first profile of the messaging platform, a trending entity within a first topic of interest to the first profile; accessing a first plurality of messages classified as the first topic of interest; retrieving a subset of the first plurality of messages corresponding to the trending entity; and sending content associated with the subset for display to a user of the first profile.
US10601747B2
The present teaching relates to dynamically generating a card. In one example, a request is received for generating a card to be provided to a user. Dynamic information related to the request is obtained. One or more modules are selected to be put into the card based on the dynamic information. The card is generated based on the selected one or more modules.
