US10604128B2
An electronically slip-controllable vehicle braking system for a motor vehicle, including an actuatable brake master cylinder, to which at least one wheel brake that is associated with one wheel of a front axle of the vehicle, and at least one wheel brake that is associated with one wheel of a rear axle of the motor vehicle, are detachably connected. An electronically controllable first actuator suite of the braking system establishes and regulates mutually differing brake pressures in the wheel brakes as a function of the respectively existing slip conditions. An electronically controllable second actuator suite establishes and regulates a uniform brake pressure at the wheel brakes, and a third actuator suite limits the brake pressure generated by the second actuator suite at the at least one wheel brake associated with the wheel of the rear axle. Electronic control application to the actuator suites is accomplished via an electronic control device.
US10604127B2
A brake system comprises a cylinder-piston unit movable by an electromechanical actuator. Wheel brakes associated with at least one axle can be supplied with braking pressure via the hydraulic pressure chamber. The electromechanical actuator comprises a rotation-translation transmission and an electronically commutated synchronous machine having a stator with at least two phase windings, a rotor comprising at least one permanent magnet and at least one rotor position sensor. A torque-forming current and/or a magnetic field attenuating current are adjusted in a co-ordinate system which is fixed relative to the rotor. Voltages in the co-ordinate system are detected to serve as control variables and are transformed into a voltage phasor, which indicates for each phase winding of the stator, a voltage to be applied, and a set value for the magnetic field attenuating current is limited to a maximum value being determined from a predetermined characteristic map.
US10604124B2
A semitrailer landing gear controller assembly for automating the extension and retraction of a semitrailer landing gear using an external input of pressurized air. The device includes a primary member designed to receive and rotate a removable secondary member installed over a turning axle for a semitrailer landing gear, where rotation of the turning axle corresponds to the extension or retraction of a semitrailer landing gear depending on the direction of rotation. The primary member further including a turbine designed to drive rotation of the secondary member with the force of pressurized air obtained from an external input of pressurized air, like the supply line from a semitrailer.
US10604119B2
A wiper arm includes an arm main body having a blade joining portion at a distal end side in a length direction of the arm main body; a first nozzle portion disposed at a proximal end side from the blade joining portion in the length direction of the arm main body; a second nozzle portion disposed at a distal end side from the first nozzle portion in the length direction of the arm main body; a first line hose; and a second line hose, wherein the second nozzle portion jets washing fluid toward a wiping direction forward side when the arm main body moves toward an upper turning position, and the first washer nozzle portion jets washing fluid toward a wiping direction forward side and further toward the proximal end side than a length direction center of the wiper blade when the arm main body moves toward a lower turning position from the upper turning position.
US10604118B2
A wiper connector arranged to a bolt-type wiper arm includes a sleeve tube, a fastening member and a tube body. The sleeve tube has a tube body, a first and a second flange. The first flange defines a receiving compartment therein. The fastening member has a circular ring body and a plurality of abutting portions, and is fixed within the receiving compartment of the sleeve tube. The bolt is inserted into the fastening member. The circumferential portion of the bolt is tightly engaged by the plurality of abutting portions. The base has a clutching trough, a first and a second restricting trough. The first and the second flanges of the sleeve tube are received respectively in the first and the second restricting troughs, and the tube body is secured in the clutching trough. The instant disclosure further provides a bolt-stabilizing sleeve adaptor.
US10604115B2
Novel methods and devices for automatically unlocking a vehicle are provided, including a personal data device (“PDD”) adapted to wirelessly connect to an authentication module disposed within a body of the vehicle. The authentication module preferably includes a microcontroller board with wireless capabilities, a relay shield configured to send a signal to a central locking system of the vehicle, and a radio frequency transmitter connected to the relay shield. The PDD is configured for biometric authentication of a user. When the PDD is wirelessly connected to the authentication module, a signal is sent to the central locking system upon the automatic biometric authentication of the user. A PDD is disclosed including a near-field communication (NFC) chip adapted to wirelessly connect to an NFC receiver module disposed within a body of the vehicle. The PDD is configured to trigger sending a signal to the NFC receiver module to control a central locking system of the vehicle to unlock the vehicle. When the PDD is within NFC communication with the NFC receiver module, the NFC chip sends a signal to the central locking system upon the automatic biometric authentication of the user.
US10604110B2
Provided is an electric power-assisted steering (EPAS) apparatus including a gear housing in which a nut coupler coupled with a ball nut through a bearing is formed and an accommodation portion is formed in an internal circumferential surface of the nut coupler, and a lock screw configured to have an external circumferential surface on which a screw portion is formed, coupled to the nut coupler, and supports the bearing, and to have a loosening preventer formed to protrude toward the accommodation portion after the screw portion is coupled to the nut coupler.
US10604109B2
A cable reel restraint device comprises a cable reel, a retractable cable, first and second springs, first and second attachment interfaces, and a preload selection control. The retractable cable is configured to extend from and retract onto the cable reel. The first spring is configured to exert force for preloading the second spring, and the second spring is configured to exert force for retracting the retractable cable. The first attachment interface is coupled to the cable reel by a first spherical bearing, and the second attachment interface is coupled to the retractable cable by a second spherical bearing. Moreover, the first and second attachment interfaces are configured for being fastened to first and second attachment points. The preload selection control is configured to select a particular preload magnitude and cause the first spring to preload the second spring with a load of the particular preload magnitude.
US10604097B1
Systems and approaches for detecting an event, such as a crash involving a motorized and/or non-motorized vehicle, are described. In one approach, a listening component of a mobile computing device is first activated. This listening component may then monitor the sound proximate thereto (e.g., within the vehicle in which the mobile computing device is disposed). Using one or more processors, an audio source may be detected which was generated by an event (such as, for example, a crash involving the vehicle and/or an alerting triggering phrase) and was sensed by the listening component. Using an audio recognition technique, the detected audio source is processed to determine a severity of the event which generated the audio signal. This detection step may include identifying a type and magnitude of the detected audio signal using audio signal identification data. An information signal based on the severity of the event is then transmitted.
US10604087B2
According to an aspect, the present embodiments may be associated with a heat shield including a sealing member. In an embodiment, the sealing member is positioned along at least a portion of a partially hemmed edge and retained thereby. Thus, the heat shield is capable of providing insulative and/or sealing properties when used, specifically thermal, vibrational and/or acoustical shielding, as well as limiting fluid flow across the edge of the heat shield.
US10604086B2
A decoration member includes a base member having a design surface, and a film material that covers the design surface, wherein the base member has an edge portion that sharpens toward a tip portion when seen in a normal direction of the design surface, and a paste wall section on which the film material is able to be pasted while protruding away from the design surface is formed on a surface of the edge portion opposite to the design surface.
US10604081B2
A vehicle auxiliary display device includes: a first camera configured to acquire a first image of a position of a user; a second camera configured to acquire a second image within a first range on an outside of a pillar of a vehicle; and a processor configured to determine a shielding area of the pillar shielding the user's line of sight based on the first image, extract an image of the shielding area from the second image based on the second image, and send the image of the shielding area to the user.
US10604080B2
A lifting folding luggage rack includes a telescopic device including a telescopic rod; a turnover device including a frame body fixing rod, a resisting rod, a resisting block and a turnover seat; a turnover device including a frame body fixing rod, a resisting rod, a resisting block and a turnover seat; and a frame body.
US10604070B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus of detecting an object approaching a vehicle, the method includes a user from the image, extracting feature points associated with the device or a portion of the user's body from the image of the user, detecting the object using a device based on the feature point, and issuing an alert of the approaching object.
US10604063B2
A control device for a vehicle headlight includes a motion information acquisition part that acquires information of a motion of at least a part of a driver in the vehicle, an attribute decision part that determines attribute of the driver based on the information acquired by the motion information acquisition part, and a light distribution controller that controls a light distribution of the vehicle headlight based on the attribute determined by the attribute decision part.
US10604060B2
A headlamp system includes a headlamp device mounted on a vehicle, and an application program stored in a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device executes the application program to display a control interface including a plurality of options related respectively to a plurality of headlamp parameter sets. In response to user selection of one of the options, the portable electronic device outputs a corresponding one of the headlamp parameter sets related to said one of the options to the headlamp device. In response to receipt of the corresponding one of the headlamp parameter sets, the headlamp device emits light based on the headlamp parameter set.
US10604055B2
A motor vehicle (1) having a driver's position (2), having a device (3) adjacent thereto for processing, in particular for assembling, food, and having an oven device (4) for heating foods is designed so that at least the device (3) for processing, in particular assembling, foods is arranged in a section (6) which is separate from the driver's position (2) and which has at least one access option (8) for the driver.
US10604054B1
A portable condiment holder system, includes a portable condiment holder device with a container holder, a length-adjustable holder arm with a downward bent outer end, and optionally a lid; and a condiment container with a condiment, such that the outer part of the holder arm can be attached to a gap between an inner door casing and a windowpane of a door of a vehicle, such that the condiment container is stably positioned with convenient access to the condiment. Optionally, an accessory can be attached to the container holder.
US10604047B2
An arm rest arrangement for a motor vehicle seat with a fixed carrier structure and an arm rest body mounted for pivoting about an axis in relation thereto, and with which an incline adjustment device is associated, allowing a modification of an incline of the arm rest body in relation to the carrier structure. The incline adjustment device includes an actuating member and a blocking device for securing an incline adjustment carried out by the actuating member. The arm rest body include a supporting member adjustable in a linearly movable manner on the arm rest body and supported on the carrier structure. The actuating member and the blocking device are connected to the supporting member such that same can be released by the actuating member for a linear adjustment and can be stopped by the blocking device in an adjusted supporting position.
US10604046B2
An occupant support device (OSD) for a seat, comprises a flexible membrane having a first end and a second end. The flexible membrane is coupleable to a seat proximate the first end and the second end of the flexible membrane. The OSD further comprises at least one stiffening member for stiffening the flexible membrane. The at least one stiffening member is positionable so that the flexible membrane is generally stiffer in a longitudinal direction than in a transverse direction. A seat comprising the OSD, an array of seats comprising the OSD and an aircraft comprising the OSD are also provided.
US10604038B2
A seat for at least one occupant of a vehicle includes a seat cushion, a back, and a first side component. The seat cushion has a front end, a back end, and a longitudinal axis extending through the front and back ends. The seat cushion includes a rear portion and a front portion. The rear portion is disposed at the back end and includes a first top surface that is configured to engage the occupant. The front portion is disposed at the front end. At least one of the front and rear portions is configured to move along the longitudinal axis with respect to the other of the front and rear portions. The back is disposed at the back end of the seat cushion. The first side component is coupled to the back. The first side component is configured to move between a stowed configuration and a use configuration.
US10604035B2
The present invention relates to a portable car seat comprising: a seat part on which a child sits; a backrest part rotatably coupled to the seat part; a rotation connection part for rotating the seat part and the backrest part; and a rotation prevention part for restricting rotation, performed by the rotation connection part, through a stopper for preventing rotation.
US10604033B2
A backrest release system is provided for a seat having a seat bottom, a pivotable backrest, and a releasable latch for locking the backrest relative to the seat bottom. The system comprises a first portion that is mountable to a support structure of the backrest. The first portion includes a carrier and a retainer that is attachable to the carrier so that the retainer is pivotable relative to the carrier. Furthermore, the retainer is connectable to the latch. The system also includes a second portion including a cover mountable on a back panel of the backrest, and a handle configured to be pivotally attached to the cover. The second portion is configured to be attached to the back panel prior to positioning the back panel on the backrest support structure, and the second portion is alignable with the first portion so that the handle may be attached to the retainer.
US10604032B2
A seating assembly includes an anchor that has a post that is surrounded by a main body. The post extends above and below the main body and terminates in an upper head and a lower head. The post surrounds a locking pin that can be actuated within the post. An electrical connector extends outward from the anchor.
US10604031B2
A vehicle includes a frame; a plurality of ground engaging members; a motor; and at least one seat connected to the frame and being translatable between at least a forward position and a rearward position. The seat includes a seat body defining a belt aperture and a buckle aperture; and a seat belt assembly connected to the frame and including a seat belt extending through the belt aperture and having an end connected to the frame, a male buckle connector slidably connected to the seat belt, and a female buckle receptacle for receiving the male buckle connector, the female buckle receptacle extending through the buckle aperture and having an end connected to the frame, the seat belt assembly being operable with the seat when the seat is in at least both of the forward position and the rearward position.
US10604029B2
The present embodiments relate to a trolley system for a camera dolly. The system comprising at least one trolley comprising a power drive for driving the trolley in both a forward and reverse direction, a cable handling and a storage arrangement; a station for operative connection to the at least one trolley; one cable connecting the station and the at least one trolley; a power device for supplying power to the trolley; and at least one rail adapted to receive the at least one trolley, the at least one rail comprising at least one rail recess, and the cable handling and storage arrangement is adapted to deploy the at least one cable in the at least one rail recess as the trolley moves away from the station and take up the at least one cable from the at least one rail recess as the trolley moves toward the station.
US10604028B1
A desired departure temperature is determined for a battery, having a temperature, in a vehicle based at least in part on trip information associated with a trip. A temperature controlling system is used to bring the temperature of the battery towards the desired departure temperature, wherein the vehicle begins the trip with the battery at the desired departure temperature.
US10604025B2
A vehicle includes a traction battery and a power interface configured to receive power from an off-board source. The vehicle also includes a controller programmed to charge the traction battery with the power until expiration of an estimated remaining charge time, and to periodically reduce the remaining charge time by an update decrement amount that increases as an amount that an estimated state of charge (SOC) is less than a measured SOC increases.
US10604024B2
A handheld device for jump starting a vehicle engine includes a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack (32) and a microcontroller (1). The lithium ion battery is coupled to a power output port of the device through a power switch circuit (15) actuated by the microcontroller. A vehicle battery isolation sensor (12) connected in circuit with positive and negative polarity outputs detects the presence of a vehicle battery (72) connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs. A reverse polarity sensor (10) connected in circuit with the positive and negative polarity outputs detects the polarity of a vehicle battery connected between the positive and negative polarity outputs, such that the microcontroller will enable power to be delivered from the lithium ion power pack to the output port only when a good battery is connected to the output port and only when the battery is connected with proper polarity of positive and negative terminals.
US10604015B1
A plug-in electric vehicle comprises means for indicating driving battery charger related information inside the plug-in electric vehicle to a user of the plug-in electric vehicle. The plug-in electric vehicle comprises a battery pack for solely propelling the electrical vehicle, a dashboard configured for displaying various information about vehicle metrics and a user interface located in the dashboard of the electric vehicle. The user interface is configured for indicating information in the electric vehicle to a user of the vehicle and the user interface including an indicator having a symbol that displays a charge port pin format associated with a charge port of the electric vehicle that is used for externally charging the electric vehicle. The indicator further includes a pointer that points to a physical location of the charge port being external to the electric vehicle in terms of an orientation of the charge port relative to a driver seat.
US10604014B1
A tachometer display system and method is provided. In one embodiment, a tachometer display system includes a tachometer for indicating a plurality of engine speeds. The tachometer is configured to display a current engine speed based on a current gear ratio of a manual transmission. At least two synchronous shift point indicators are displayed at variable locations near the tachometer. Each synchronous shift point indicator is displayed near a location on the tachometer associated with an engine speed that corresponds to a transmission input shaft speed for a downshifted gear ratio of the manual transmission from the current gear ratio.
US10604012B2
A display control device is connected to a display device, and the display control device includes a storage unit to store moving object information which is acquired on a first cycle in correlation with time information. A generation unit reads the moving object information stored in the storage unit and generates image data. The image data generated by the generation unit is displayed on a second cycle which is longer than the first cycle. The generation unit calculates the moving object information corresponding to a generation start time of the N-th generated image data on the basis of the moving object information which is stored in the storage unit at times before and after the generation start time and generates the (N+1)-th image data.
US10604011B2
A vehicle immobilization system includes a detection element operable to detect a level of an intoxicant in a user's breath. A control module is operable to receive a signal from the detection element indicating the level of intoxicant in the user's breath, and to selectively restrict operation of a vehicle based on the level of intoxicant in the user's breath exceeding a threshold. A wireless relay is operable to replace a standard relay in the vehicle, and to wirelessly communicate with the control module such that the control module is operable to control the wireless relay to selectively restrict operation of the vehicle.
US10604006B2
The present disclosure relates to a fuel tank having a module pot, which forms a first separate fuel reservoir for a fuel pump arranged inside the fuel tank. To prevent a gap in delivery of fuel to supply the first fuel reservoir in certain operating conditions, in particular when there is persistent lateral acceleration, according to the invention, a second separate fuel reservoir arranged separately from the first fuel reservoir inside the fuel tank is proposed, such that fuel is transferred from the second fuel reservoir into the first fuel reservoir at least when a predetermined acceleration level acting on the fuel tank is exceeded.
US10604001B2
A power transmission apparatus may include engine; first motor/generator; first rotation element fixed to the engine, second rotation element fixed to the first motor/generator, and third rotation element; first input shaft selectively connectable to the third rotation element; second input shaft selectively connectable to the third rotation element; third input shaft; an output shaft; an idle shaft operably connected to the second input shaft and the third input shaft; and speed stage module including drive gears rotatably disposed on the first input shaft, the third input shaft, or the idle shaft, driven gears meshed with the drive gears and fixed on the output shaft, and power delivery gears and an idle gear fixed on the second input shaft, the third input shaft, or the idle shaft, and synchronizers selectively connecting at least one among the drive gears to the first input shaft, the third input shaft, or the idle shaft.
US10603999B2
A lower vehicle body structure includes: a floor of the vehicle; a battery pack mounted underneath the floor; and a cross member that extends in a vehicle right-left direction across the battery pack over the battery pack, and is provided on the floor. The cross member includes inclined portions including a first inclined portion provided in a right half of the cross member in the vehicle right-left direction and a second inclined portion provided in a left half of the cross member in the vehicle right-left direction. The inclined portions become higher towards a center in the vehicle right-left direction.
US10603998B2
A battery mounting structure, includes: a battery pack mounted below a floor pan of a vehicle cabin; a vehicle body framework member to which a vehicle horizontal direction end portion of the floor pan is joined; and a sealing member that has resilience and that plugs a gap between the battery pack and the vehicle body framework member.
US10603993B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a storage container and storage container lid configured for stowage and extraction of panels, the panels having complementary mating interfaces that cause the panels to stack onto one another as the panels enter the storage container lid, and to couple to one another as the panels are extracted from the storage container lid. In an illustrative example, the mating interface for the panels may include a first linearly decreasing section, a linearly increasing section, and a second linearly decreasing section that complements the mating interface of an adjacent panel. The panels may slide along a channel into and out of an opening in the storage container lid. A panel storage system may advantageously store panels in the lid of the storage container, while still providing access to the contents of the storage container by opening of the lid.
US10603977B2
Air conditioning system for multi-zone air conditioning of a motor vehicle interior comprising a casing with a mixing chamber and several zone outlets outgoing from mixing chamber, in which an evaporator and at least one heat exchanger are disposed such that main air flow from evaporator through at least one heat exchanger into zone outlets is linear and at least two bypass channels, each comprising a louver, in order to circumvent at least one heat exchanger connect a region downstream of evaporator and a region downstream of at least one heat exchanger, wherein the first bypass channel, as a mixing bypass channel, opens out into mixing chamber and the second bypass channel, as a stratification bypass channel, opens out into a zone outlet.
US10603975B2
Provided is a stabilizer capable of improving ride quality and adjustment stability. To this end, the automobile according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an actuator; a first stabilizer bar which has one end coupled to one end of the actuator; a second stabilizer bar which has one end coupled to the other end of the actuator; and a decoupler which couples at least one of one end of the first stabilizer bar and one end of the second stabilizer bar to the actuator.
US10603974B2
A damper assembly includes a main tube disposed on a center axis and defines a fluid chamber for containing a working fluid. A main piston is disposed in the fluid chamber dividing the fluid chamber into a rebound and a compression chamber. A piston rod is attached to the main piston for moving the main piston between a compression stroke and a rebound stroke. An additional piston is attached to the piston rod adjacent to the main piston. The additional piston includes a body having an upper and a lower member defining a groove. A sealing ring is disposed in the groove and being radially expandable in response to a working fluid pressure. The sealing ring includes at least one annular collar extending outwardly from the sealing ring for forming a locking engagement with the upper and lower members to limit the radial expansion of the sealing ring.
US10603963B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire including, on an outer surface of its sidewall portion, a decorative portion including a print layer and inner and outer layers respectively disposed on tire inner and outer sides of the print layer. When storage moduli at 25° C. of the print, inner, and outer layers are respectively defined as E125′, E225′, and E325′, E125′
US10603955B2
Some embodiments are directed to an adjustment assembly for changing width of a vehicle including at least one pair of wheels, where the adjustment assembly is embedded in the vehicle and is connectable to a pair of front, middle or rear wheels thereof. The adjustment assembly includes, inter alia: a foldable unit connectable to the pair of wheels of the vehicle, configured for changing its overall length over a predefined axis “Y” connecting the centers of the pair of wheels, for adjusting a distance between the pair of wheels it connects to; and a tilting unit operatively associated with the pair of wheels of the vehicle to which the foldable unit connects. The tilting unit is configured for changing angular positioning of the pair of wheels in respect to the “Y” axis, during driving of the vehicle when folded or unfolded.
US10603944B2
A post printing treatment assembly includes a product support assembly and a post printing treatment device. The product support assembly includes a primary support assembly, a primary drive assembly, a number of secondary support assemblies, and a secondary drive assembly. The primary drive assembly is operatively coupled to the primary support assembly. The primary drive assembly imparts a generally constant motion to the primary support assembly. Each secondary support assembly is structured to support a number of work pieces. Each secondary support assembly is movably coupled to the primary support assembly. The secondary drive assembly is operatively coupled to each secondary support assembly. The secondary drive assembly selectively imparts a motion to each secondary support assembly. The post printing treatment device is disposed adjacent the product support assembly.
US10603940B2
The present invention relates to a pre-treatment liquid providing improved spreading property when printing an ink-jet image, as well as an ink-jet printing method comprising applying the pre-treatment liquid of the invention on a recording medium prior to printing an ink-jet image and a method of pre-treating a recording medium, comprising pre-treating a recording medium with the pre-treatment liquid of the invention. With the present pre-treatment liquid a combination an improved spreading of the ink on the pre-treated recording medium can be achieved.
US10603938B2
In a method for print tuning of a printer or copier, at least one first region of a first printing element to be printed is selected. Further, at least one third region of a second printing element to be printed is selected. The second printing element can be different from the first printing element. Additionally, the first and the third region can be repeatedly printed on a same proof sheet to print tune the printer or copier. The at least one printing parameter can be varied from region to region in the repeated printing of the first region, and from region to region in the repeated printing of the third region.
US10603936B2
A printer includes a carriage, a carriage moving mechanism including a motor, a motor driver that controls the motor, a stop instruction device, and an interlock device. The stop instruction device transmits a stop signal for the carriage or stops a driving permission signal for the carriage when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied. The interlock device is interposed between the motor and the motor driver and shuts off the motor from the motor driver after a lapse of a predetermined delay time of transmitting the stop signal or stopping the driving permission signal. The motor driver controls the motor to decelerate the carriage in at least a portion of a period before the delay time has elapsed.
US10603934B2
A winding apparatus that can restrain a medium from being wound unevenly when a long medium is wound around a winding roller and a printing apparatus that includes the winding apparatus are provided. A winding apparatus includes a winding section that has a winding roller rotatably supported therein and winds a long medium around the winding roller. The winding section also has a pressing portion that presses the medium toward the winding roller.
US10603930B2
A recording method includes heating a recording medium and attaching an ink composition including an organic solvent and water to the heated recording medium by performing a main scanning a plurality of times. In each main scanning the ink composition is ejected from a recording head while a position of the recording head relative to the recording medium in a main scanning direction is changed. In the ink composition, an absolute value of a difference between a surface tension of the ink composition and a surface tension of the ink composition when the ink composition is evaporated up to an evaporation amount of 0% to 40% by mass is 1 mN/m or less.
US10603915B2
A flow passage structure includes a flow passage member that constitutes a portion of a wall surface of a liquid storage chamber; a flexible film that is laminated on the flow passage member and constitutes a portion of the wall surface of the liquid storage chamber; a sealing body that is laminated on a side opposite to the flow passage member with the flexible film interposed therebetween and forms a space in which the flexible film is exposed; communication passages that are formed in a region around the liquid storage chamber in the sealing body and causes the space to communicate with an atmosphere in a case where the sealing body is seen in a plan view from a direction in which the flow passage member and the flexible film are laminated; and a support portion that supports the flexible film in the communication passage.
US10603913B2
A liquid discharge apparatus is provided, including a liquid discharge head including: an upper substrate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, an intermediate substrate, a lower substrate and a plurality of individual traces arranged on the upper substrate and extending toward the contacts arranged on the one end side in the second direction from the plurality of piezoelectric elements respectively.
US10603909B2
Provided is an ink jet recording method by which the decrease of degassing efficiency is suppressed even after images are recorded for a long period of time in a case where the degassing is performed while circulating an ink in an ink circulation system. An ink jet recording method recording an image on a recording medium by ejecting an ink from a recording head by using an ink jet recording apparatus equipped with an ink storage portion for storing the ink, the recording head for ejecting the ink, a unit for circulating the ink in an ink circulation system arranged between the ink storage portion and the recording head and a unit for degassing the ink circulating in the ink circulation system, the ink being an aqueous ink containing a pigment dispersed by an action of an anionic group, a resin particle and a specific water-soluble organic solvent.
US10603906B2
An ink-jet printing device according to the present invention includes: first and second nozzles each configured to discharge ink droplets onto a recording medium being conveyed; a calculation unit to calculate a landing position difference on the recording medium being conveyed at a conveyance speed based on first and second conveyance speeds and first and second landing position differences; and a timing control unit to control each of timings of ink droplet discharge from the first and second nozzles based on the landing position difference calculated by the calculation unit. This configuration allows appropriate correction of variance in the landing positions of ink droplets discharged from the nozzles.
US10603902B2
A print head includes an ejection unit that ejects liquid when a piezoelectric element is driven; a driving IC that includes a circuit element and wiring, and that controls driving of the ejection unit; a relay substrate that transfers a signal for controlling driving of the piezoelectric element; that is physically coupled to the driving IC and the relay substrate, and that electrically couples the driving IC and the relay substrate to each other by using an electrode arranged on a surface of a resin; and that is physically coupled to the driving IC and the relay substrate, and that does not electrically couple the driving IC and the relay substrate to each other by using an electrode arranged on a surface of a resin, wherein the energization bump overlap the circuit element or the wiring, and the inspection bump not overlap the circuit element and the wiring.
US10603899B1
Provided is an inkjet printing method using a plurality of nozzles which are controlled to discharge discrete quantities of ink mapped to a specific control value, of which a control value and discrete quantities of ink are mapped, if the specific control value is inputted, the inkjet printing method including the steps of: inputting a control value mapped to specific discrete quantities of ink to the plurality of nozzles to measure discharge performance of the plurality of nozzles; classifying the plurality of nozzles into a plurality of nozzle groups based on the discharge performance measured on the plurality of nozzles; adjusting a mapped relation between the discrete quantities of ink and the control value for the classified nozzle groups; and performing inkjet printing based on a mapped relation between the discrete quantities of ink and the control value.
US10603882B2
A multilayer laminating film contains at least one first and one second layer of plasticized polyvinyl acetal, wherein the first layer comprises a first plasticizer and a first polyvinyl acetal with a degree of acetalization of 75.1-84.0 mol % and a molar ratio of continuous sequences of vinyl alcohol groups with 5 members with a stereochemical sequence of rrrr of more than 0.23 based on the total amount of continuous syndiotactic sequences of vinyl alcohol groups with 3 members in the polyvinyl acetal, and the second layer comprises a second plasticizer and a second polyvinyl acetal with a degree of acetalization of 60-84 mol %.
US10603876B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a display unit, a first adhesive film on the display unit, an optical film on the first adhesive film, a second adhesive film on the optical film, and a window film on the second adhesive film, and the second adhesive film has a higher modulus than the first adhesive film at −20° C. to 25° C.
US10603872B2
The invention provides a process for producing a hybrid component comprising metal and plastic. The process comprises the steps of a) pretreating the metal surface by applying at least one conversion layer, b) applying at least one layer of an adhesion promoter composition and c) bonding the metal to the plastic. The adhesion promoter composition comprises at least one copolyamide-based hotmelt adhesive.
US10603871B2
Provided is a method for producing a glass unit. The method comprises a step (A) of obtaining a glass plate; a step (B) of applying a protective sheet to one face of the glass plate; an optional step (C) of subjecting the glass plate to at least one process selected from the group consisting of transportation, storage, processing, washing and handling; a step (D) of removing the protective sheet from the glass plate; and a step (E) of assembling a glass unit using the glass plate. The protective sheet comprises a substrate layer, and a PSA layer provided to at least one face of the substrate layer. The PSA layer has a surface hardness of 0.3 MPa or greater.
US10603870B2
Embodiments of a scratch-resistant and optically transparent material comprising silicon, aluminum, nitrogen, and optionally oxygen are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the material exhibits an extinction coefficient (k) at a wavelength of 400 nm of less than about 1×10−3, and an average transmittance of about 80% or greater, over an optical wavelength regime in the range from about 380 nm to about 780 nm, as measured through the material having a thickness of about 0.4 micrometer. In one or more embodiments, the material comprises an intrinsic maximum hardness of about 12 GPa or greater as measured on a major surface of the material having a thickness of about 400 by a Berkovich Indenter Hardness Test along an indentation depth of about 100 nm or greater, low compressive stress and low roughness (Ra). Articles and devices incorporating the material are also disclosed.
US10603868B2
The present invention relates to a melt-blown fiber web having improved elasticity and cohesion, and a manufacturing method therefor. The objective of the present invention is accomplished by a melt-blown fiber web comprising a thermoplastic resin which comprises 10 to 60 wt % of thermoplastic resin microfibers and 40 to 90 wt % of non-circular cross-sectional hollow conjugated staple fibers with respect to the total weight of the fiber web.
US10603861B2
An apparatus successively makes plastic bags each of which includes an end surface provided with a protrusion, without specially supplying a web of bottom gusset material. A first web of panel material is folded along a first folded line at a position adjacent to a side edge of the first web, while a second web of panel material is folded along a second folded line at a position adjacent to a corresponding side edge of the second web. A first folded portion is formed in the first web. There exists a distance between the side edge and the first folded line, which is larger than twice a distance between the corresponding side edge and the second folded line by a predetermined distance, after being folded. The end surface is formed by the first folded portion, the protrusion being formed by the predetermined distance.
US10603853B2
Provided is a flat tire repair liquid container including: a container main body including a container body in which a flat tire repair liquid is stored, and an opening; and a cap including a flow path configured to guide the flat tire repair liquid out of the container. The flow path includes a cylinder portion of which an end of a first side is open toward internal space of the container body and in which a closing plug is slidably inserted, and a dispensing portion branching from the cylinder portion and open to outside the container. The closing plug is configured to close the flow path by being positioned at the end of the first side of the cylinder portion, and to open the flow path by being subjected to pressure inside the container during flat tire repair work and moving to a second side.
US10603847B2
A device for the additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects from powdery construction material by introducing radiation energy, in particular a laser sintering and/or laser melting device, comprising at least one housing having a process chamber, in which process chamber a construction space or an exchangeable container having a vertically movable construction platform is arranged, to which construction platform the powdery construction material provided for solidification by radiation energy can be applied, characterized by a memory chip, which can be removed from the process chamber of the device with the exchangeable container and/or the constructed object and which can be read out by an electronic reading device and on which production data, which belong to the additive manufacturing process, and/or subsequent processing steps and/or processing stations for automatically controlling processing apparatuses and/or transport paths and/or storage positions and/or data from controlling active elements of the exchangeable container itself are stored.
US10603843B2
A curved display bonding apparatus includes an upper adsorption mechanism to which a display is adsorbed, a flexible stage having a deformable outer appearance, and a wire stage on which a curved glass is seated, wherein the wire stage includes a plurality of wires, at least some of which are located above the flexible stage, such that the curved glass is seated on outer surfaces of the wires, at least a pair of the plurality of wires are spaced apart from each other, and the plurality of wires are seated on the flexible stage or are spaced apart from the flexible stage.
US10603835B2
A thermoforming apparatus is described herein. The apparatus may include a pressure mechanism, a thermal device, a plurality of individually actuatable pins, and/or a pin actuation mechanism. The pressure mechanism may create a force against a die surface. The thermal device may change a thermal state of a material forced by the pressure mechanism against the die surface. The plurality of individually actuatable pins may form the die surface. The pin actuation mechanism may be connected to the plurality of actuatable pins and/or may actuate the pins. This apparatus improves on prior solutions in many ways. For example, embodiments of the thermoforming apparatus may require significantly less time between different molds than previous thermoforming machines and 3D printers.
US10603820B2
A method and an apparatus for forming annular doses provides a flow of plasticised material supplied by an extruder which passes through a channel that is first cylindrical and then annular. The material exits from an annular outlet in front of which a cutting element passes that separates an annular dose of material. The dose is deposited on a surface of a capsule having a capacity to adhere to the dose that is greater than the cutting element. The surface and the cutting element are distanced from one another in such a manner that the annular dose remaining adhering to the capsule is detached from the element. Detachment can be promoted by a flow of air.
US10603817B2
An automated mold change system, for use with a concrete products machine of a type having a products forming section and a feedbox assembly section, includes a mold exchange assembly coupled to an underside of the feedbox assembly section and vertically moveable therewith, a mold transfer assembly on an opposed side of the products forming section from the feedbox assembly section, and mounts on the products forming section configured to retain a mold assembly thereon. A mold exchange path runs axially between the mold exchange assembly and the mounts on the products forming section and intersects a mold transfer path of the mold transfer assembly at a load-unload position, wherein the mold exchange assembly is configured to lift a mold off of the mounts and onto the mold transfer assembly at the load-unload position.
US10603812B2
The invention is a process including the steps of manufacturing of compreg laminated wood and transforming the wood thus obtained to ornamental and utility products, including steps of quality checking, veneer selection, Impregnation of veneer with solution of dye and thermosetting resin, drying in kiln, glue spreading followed by bunching, followed by cooling resulting in creation of slab, followed by trimming & cutting of slabs into strips of small sizes, shaping drawing on the sheet as per the profile required, shaping and profiling by CNC Router Machines, grinding and shaping by expert craftsman to bring out the color patterns, end rounding for smooth edges, grinding using various grits of emery wheels for surface finish, polishing/buffing for mirror like surface finish.
US10603810B2
A jig system for trimming of a one or more uncut boards. Said jig system comprises a two halves, a bracket mating system, a one or more male portions, a one or more female sockets, a first end, a second end, a first lathe adapter assembly, and a second lathe adapter assembly. Said two halves comprise a first half and a second half. Said two halves are configured to selectively mate with one another. Said two halves comprises an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration. Said assembled configuration comprises said two halves mated with one another. Said disassembled configuration comprise said two halves detached from one another. Said two halves comprise an angled irons having a substantially L-shape. Said two halves comprise a bend, an inner sides, an outer sides, a first planar portion and a second planar portion.
US10603807B2
A punching device includes a bottom seat module and an action module. The bottom seat module includes a base plate having a first lower positioning structure, and a restraint member having a plate portion that has a bottom surface facing toward the base plate. The plate portion and the base plate are made of different materials. The action module is movable between a standby position and a punching position, and includes a punching head having a first upper positioning structure. When the action module is at the standby position, one of the first upper positioning structure and the first lower positioning structure slidably engages the other one of the first upper positioning structure and the first lower positioning structure.
US10603806B2
An automated food processing machine receives a whole fruit or vegetable and presses it through a blade set to form slices or wedges. The machine includes a controller coupled to various components including linear motion actuators, a user interface, and sensors. One motion actuator coupled to a slitting blade. Another motion actuator is coupled to a ram. In response to an input the controller activates the motion actuators in a sequence including (1) linear motion of the slitting blade to form a slit in the whole fruit or vegetable and (2) linear motion of the ram to press the whole fruit or vegetable through a blade set to form the slices or wedges.
US10603805B2
An apparatus includes a receiving module, a conversion module, first and second rollers, a motor, and a cutting head. The receiving module receives a desired weight value. The conversion module converts the desired weight value to a first length of wheel weight material based on a linear density of the wheel weight material. The first and second rollers engage first and second opposing sides of a continuous strip of the wheel weight material. The linear density of the wheel weight material is approximately constant along the continuous strip. The motor directly drives the first roller based on the first length. The cutting head is selectively actuated to cut the wheel weight material.
US10603800B1
A gripper assembly includes a four bar linkage and one or a pair of carriages the move longitudinally on rails. The linkage includes a means for maintaining the paddles in a mutually parallel orientation, which can be a link or a timing belt.
US10603794B2
A robotics camera system includes a camera robot that is in wireless communication with a robot cloud server through a cloud network such as the Internet. A user having a mobile device desires to utilize a particular camera robot. The user mobile device may wirelessly communicate with the camera robot either directly or indirectly, through the cloud network. User interaction with the camera robot may be to initiate a photo session and/or to have the camera robot follow the user through a venue. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction through a social media platform. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction by utilizing a designated application that runs upon the user's mobile device. In some embodiments the user initiates the interaction with the use of a two-dimensional machine-readable code element. In some embodiments the user initiates an interaction with a plurality of robots that work collaboratively.
US10603793B2
A work assisting system includes a sensor unit that detects a position and an orientation of at least one body part of a worker; a supply unit that supplies a part or a tool to the worker; and a cell controller that controls the supply unit, the cell controller including a machine learning unit that constructs a model by learning a work status of the worker on the basis of the detected position and orientation, and a work status determining unit that determines the work status of the worker by using the constructed model. The supply unit selects the part or tool on the basis of the determined work status and changes the position and orientation of the part or tool on the basis of the position and orientation of the at least one body part.
US10603790B2
A workpiece picking device includes a sensor measuring a plurality of workpieces randomly piled in a three-dimensional space; a robot folding the workpieces; a hand mounted to the robot and hold the workpieces; a holding position posture calculation unit calculating holding position posture data of a position and a posture to hold the workpieces by the robot based on an output of the sensor; a loading state improvement operation generation unit generating loading state improvement operation data of improving a loading state of the workpieces by the robot based on an output of the sensor; and a robot control unit controlling the robot and the hand. The robot control unit controls the robot and the hand based on an output of the holding position posture calculation unit and the loading state improvement operation generation unit to pick the workpieces or perform a loading state improvement operation.
US10603786B2
A wearable assistive device may include a main frame provided on a user's waist, a leg assembly that extends from an end of the main frame, and an optional foot support installed at an end of the leg assembly to support the user's foot. The leg assembly may include a leg frame having a first end connected to the main frame and a second end connected to the foot support, and a leg belt mounted on the leg frame. The leg belt may include a belt to secure a leg of the user and a wire winding structure that may include a wire connected to a first end of the belt and a wire winding dispenser on which the wire is wound and which fixes or releases a second end of the belt.
US10603783B2
A tool container system includes a first tool container and a second tool container. The first tool container has a first base, a first cover pivotably attached to the first base by a first hinge portion, a first base locking member coupled to the base, a first cover locking member coupled to the first cover, and a first latch coupled to the first base and moveable between a first unlocked position in which the first cover is movable relative to the first base between a closed position and an open position, and a first locked position in which the first latch engages the first cover locking member and the first cover is locked to the first base in the closed position. The second tool container is stackable on the first cover of the first tool container and having a second locking member. When the second tool container is stacked on the first tool container, the second tool container is lockable to the first tool container when the first latch is moved to the first locked position to engage both the first cover locking member and the second locking member.
US10603779B2
A modular pole includes a first tube having a first end and a second end, the second end defining a first through-hole oriented perpendicular to an axis of the first tube. The modular pole further includes a second tube having a first end and a second end, the first end defining a second through-hole oriented perpendicular to an axis of the second tube, and the second end including a device connector for connecting the second tube to the pool device. The modular pole further includes a first tube connector designed to be positioned within the first tube and the second tube and having a first retractable protrusion designed to extend through the first through-hole when the first tube connector is positioned within the first tube and a second retractable protrusion designed to extend through the second through-hole when the first tube connector is positioned within the second tube.
US10603778B2
A pneumatic screw driving device includes a body having a grip to be held by an operator and housing a pneumatic motor, a rotating terminal member for cooperating with a screw driving element and liable to be driven in rotation by the motor, and a coupling piece for an air feed tube for supplying air to the motor. The coupling piece includes a first element partly mounted inside the grip, and a second element external to the grip for being connected to the air feed tube. The second element is fixedly attached to the first element by a rotating link. The first element and the second element are mobile relative to each other.
US10603775B2
A hammer drill having a motor mounted within a body and an output spindle; a tool holder mounted on the body capable of holding a cutting tool; a hammer mechanism having a piston; a reciprocating drive for converting rotary movement of the motor into reciprocating movement of the piston; a ram reciprocatingly driven by the piston via an air spring to strike a cutting tool held in the tool holder, the hammer mechanism performing one hammer cycle each time the ram strikes a cutting tool during normal use; an air replenishment mechanism capable of refreshing the air spring during certain time periods during normal use; the air replenishment mechanism capable of being adjusted to refresh the air spring during time periods within the hammer cycle and/or the system allows different volumes of air into or out of the air spring during the refreshment time periods.
US10603772B2
Examples in the disclosure relate to an apparatus and method for removing a push clip from a panel. The apparatus may include a longitudinal body and a contact block having a surface transverse to the longitudinal body. The contact block may include an opening through the contact block having an inner diameter substantially corresponding to an outer diameter of a shaft of the push clip. The apparatus may include a pushrod slidably mounted to the longitudinal body and movable through the opening. An operator may align the removal tool with the shaft. The operator may then advance the removal tool longitudinally over the shaft until the contact block contacts the panel. The operator may then advance the pushrod distally to remove the push clip from the panel.
US10603768B2
An installation tool/fastening system employs an installation tool which is adapted for fastening a top plate to a roof support member or other structural connections and is particularly adapted for use in driving a wide variety of fasteners. One installation tool embodiment is adapted for driving a fastener having a head with a maximum diameter greater than the major diameter of the fastener threads. The installation tool is also adaptable to drive fasteners having a wide variety of drive-type head configurations including an external drive head and various recessed or socket configurations provided in the fastener head.
US10603763B2
A wheel shape follow-up burr brushing device can brush burrs from a front, a back cavity and a spoke root groove of the wheel. The heights of brushes are adjusted, so that the brushes follow up the shape of the front, the back cavity and the spoke root groove of the wheel. The wheel is put onto a positioning roller bed by a manipulator, a positioning clamping cylinder drives four clamping wheels to clamp the wheel, four clamping wheel drive motors drive the wheel to be in a low-speed rotating state; two second cylinders drive a second rotating table to be fed downwards, two first cylinders drive a first rotating table to be fed upwards, and the rotating wheel is matched with the rotating brushes to brush burrs from the front, the back cavity and the spoke root groove of the wheel.
US10603757B2
A rotary wheel cleaning device is composed of a feeding station, a cleaning station, a blowing station and a discharging station. The feeding station completes positioning, jacking and clamping of a wheel; the cleaning station completes cleaning of the wheel; the blowing station completes blowing of the wheel; and the discharging station transfers the cleaned wheel. The device can continuously perform the operations of feeding, cleaning, blowing and discharging of a wheel to be cleaned by rotating the wheel into different angular position on a station turntable, thereby automatic continuous production is achieved.
US10603752B2
A machine tool that cuts a workpiece by a rotary tool includes a tool spindle device that holds the rotary tool in a manner to allow self-rotation with a predefined tool rotational axis Rt as a center, one or more in-machine robots, and a connecting mechanism that attaches the in-machine robot on the tool spindle device so that the in-machine robot moves independently from the rotary tool at a periphery of the tool spindle device with the tool rotational axis Rt as a center.
US10603744B2
A method of manufacturing a side-coupling structure, associated with coupling an aiming beam from an aiming beam fiber into a laser beam fiber, may include removing a coating from a section of the laser beam fiber and removing a coating from a section of the aiming beam fiber. The method may further include bringing the section of the aiming beam fiber in physical contact with the section of the laser beam fiber in order to create the side-coupling structure. The method may further include recoating the section of the laser beam fiber and the section of the aiming beam fiber in order to coat the side-coupling structure.
US10603742B2
An additive manufacturing temperature controller/temperature sensor uses one or more spectrophotometric sensors to monitor temperature of successive layers and preferably localized sections of successive layers of a melt pool, and transients thereof, of an object being generated for the purpose of dynamic control of the additive manufacturing device and/or quality control of the generated object manufactured with the additive manufacturing device. Generally, the additive manufacturing temperature controller/sensor apparatus monitors temperature of a section of the object during manufacture as a function of wavelength, time, position, and/or angle to determine melt extent in terms of radius and/or depth.
US10603741B2
Apparatus for the material-bonded connection of connection partners of a power-electronics component
A pressing ram having an elastic cushion element and intended for the material-bonded press-sintering connection of a first connection partner to a second connection partner of a power-electronics component. The elastic cushion element of the pressing ram is enclosed by a dimensionally stable frame, within which the cushion element and a guide part of the pressing ram are guided for linear movement such that the dimensionally stable frame lowers onto the first connection partner, or a workpiece carrier with the first connection partner arranged therein, and, following abutment against the same, the pressing ram together with the elastic cushion element is lowered onto the second connection partner and the elastic cushion exerts a pressure necessary for connecting the first connection partner to the second connection partner.
US10603739B2
Embodiments of arc plasma cutting torches are disclosed. In one embodiment, an eccentric plasma cutting torch includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion is angled on one side along a length λ which results from continuously smaller cross sections of the lower portion which are biased towards a non-angled side of the torch. As a result, a central axis of an electrode of the torch, used for cutting, is biased by an offset from a central axis of the upper portion towards the non-angled side of the torch. Such an offset allows for a torch tip region of the torch to get closer into otherwise difficult-to-access portions of workpieces for cutting. Furthermore, the overall dimensions of the torch are configured such that cooling elements within the torch dissipate enough heat to keep the torch in a stable operating condition during a cutting operation.
US10603738B2
An arc welder cable includes a resiliently flexible hose, an intermediate sheath, a plurality of conductors, and an outer sheath. The hose defines an axial passageway configured to permit passage of a welding wire and a shielding gas therethrough. The intermediate sheath circumscribes the hose such that the hose is disposed radially within the intermediate sheath. The intermediate sheath is made from an electrically-insulative material and is in sealing contact with an outer surface of the hose. The conductors are disposed circumferentially about the intermediate sheath and disposed radially outward of the intermediate sheath. The conductors extend along the intermediate sheath in a helical manner. The conductors are made from an electrically-conductive material. The outer sheath is made from an electrically-insulative material and circumscribes the conductors such that the conductors, the intermediate sheath, and the hose are disposed radially within the outer sheath.
US10603737B2
A different material welded joint in which a first member made of a first material and a second member made of a second material having a melting point lower than that of the first material are joined to each other by welded parts at a plurality of welding sections, wherein the first member has a plurality of through-holes respectively corresponding to the plurality of welding sections and a filler material made of the second material is filled in the plurality of through-holes, and wherein apexes of welding beads of the welded parts, which are deposited and formed on a surface of the second member facing the through-holes, are formed independently of each other at each of the welding sections.
US10603729B2
A staggered-teeth diamond saw blade includes a circular steel base and a side wall provided at an outer edge of the steel base. Multiple first diamond cutter heads and multiple second diamond cutter heads are alternately arranged at the side wall through laser brazing; multiple diamond teeth protection cutter heads are uniformly distributed on an external surface of the steel base through high frequency induction brazing; a pre-plating layer is preformed at a welding surface where the side wall is welded with the first diamond cutter heads and the second diamond cutter heads; a pre-plating layer is preformed at a welding surface where the external surface of the steel base is welded with the diamond teeth protection cutter heads. The diamond cutter heads of the present invention are staggered to thicken the thickness thereof while cutting concrete pavement and other materials at high speed.
US10603725B2
According to one aspect of this disclosure, a grooving tool is provided. The grooving tool has a body with a plurality of recesses. Plural inserts assembled into each of the recesses. The recesses include a cutting edge for forming grooves in an engine cylinder wall when rotated in one rotational direction. The insert also includes a peening surface extending in the opposite rotational direction from the cutting edge for deforming the upper edges of the grooves when rotated in an opposite rotational direction.
US10603723B1
A modulating tool holder includes a tool holder first end and a tool holder second end, and a central axis extending between the tool holder first end and the tool holder second end. The tool holder first end has a coupler for coupling the tool holder to a drive member of a machining device and the second end includes a clamp for releasably holding either a tool or a workpiece. A rotatable spindle member extends axially in the tool holder and imparts a rotational movement to the clamp. A central fluid passageway extends between first and second ends of the rotatable spindle member for conveying a fluid. A linear actuator is configured to impart an oscillating movement to the clamp. The linear actuator is functionally decoupled from the torsional load of the rotatable spindle member.
US10603718B2
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to applying magnetohydrodynamic forces to liquid metal to eject liquid metal from a nozzle along a controlled pattern, such as a controlled three-dimensional pattern as part of additive manufacturing of an object. A feeder system can provide a continuous or substantially continuous supply of a solid metal to the nozzle to facilitate a correspondingly continuous or substantially continuous process for ejecting liquid metal as part of a commercially viable manufacturing process.
US10603715B2
A piston of a die-casting apparatus comprises: a piston head fabricated of a first material; an elongate, inner carrier coupled to the piston head; a generally annular body seated on the carrier adjacent the piston head; and a wear ring disposed on the piston head, the wear ring being fabricated of a second material. The first material has a higher toughness and a lower hardness than the second material.
US10603712B2
A method of increasing the thickness of a tube which increases a thickness of an end part of a tube without a burr being formed, comprising placing a tube 21 between a die 25 and mandrel 22 in the state with a space for increasing the thickness between a small diameter part 22a of the mandrel 22 and a first end part 21a of a tube 21 and between a large diameter hole part 25C of the die 25 and a second end part 21b of the tube 21, using a first upsetting punch 23 and a second upsetting punch 24 to respectively process the first end part 21a and the second end part 21b of the tube 21, pulling out the mandrel 22 from the tube 31 in the state with the second upsetting punch 24 constraining the second end part 31b of the tube 31, and using the first upsetting punch 23 to push up the first end part 31a of the tube 31 to take out the tube 31 from the die 25.
US10603700B2
A phytotoxicological device is provided comprising: a delivery chamber for insertion into a sample-containing medium, said delivery chamber comprising an upper end, a lower end and one or more apertures to permit moisture to enter the delivery chamber; an exposure chamber in communication with the upper end of the delivery chamber and adapted to receive a cartridge that houses a biological plant material; a locking cap to enclose the exposure chamber; and a base to enclose the lower end of the delivery chamber. This device allows for an investigation of the effects of waterborne contaminants on growth of wetland plants in situ as opposed to currently employed laboratory based methods.
US10603693B2
The invention relates to an appliance which is more particularly applicable in an urban or industrial vacuum cleaner into which the waste is sucked up and then collected in a container. The appliance comprises a flexible tube, the proximal end of which receives the waste and the distal end of which is held by a ring which is pivotable such that the ring can be positioned in one of several pre-defined positions. This variable positioning allows the waste to be deposited in different containers or compartments, according to the characteristics thereof. The appliance can be controlled manually or automatically on the basis of electronic or optical sensors.
US10603687B2
A vibration data generation device that generates vibration data for a vibration reproduction device, which has a plurality of vibrators, in order to control each vibrators, includes an acquisition part that acquires information indicating a virtual vibration source which is input to an input part and a generation part that generates vibration data which includes a vibration pattern of each of the plurality of vibrators of the vibration reproduction device for reproducing a position of the acquired virtual vibration source.
US10603686B2
Disclosed is a manufacturing method for an ultrathin white covering film. The ultrathin white covering film includes a protecting film, a white ink layer, an adhesive layer and a release material, wherein the manufacturing method for the ultrathin white covering film includes the following steps: S101: preparing white ink and an adhesive; S102: coating the white ink on the protecting film and drying to form a white ink layer; S103: coating the adhesive on the white ink layer and drying to form a adhesive layer; S104: compounding the release material on the adhesive layer and coiling under certain compound temperature and compound pressure; and S105: curing to obtain the ultrathin white covering film. The present invention reduces a polyimide film layer, reduces a use part from three layers to two layers, can greatly reduce the thickness of a product, make an appearance of the product better, and greatly reduces the price.
US10603685B2
Disclosed herein are methods comprising illuminating a first location of an optothermal substrate with electromagnetic radiation, wherein the optothermal substrate converts at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation into thermal energy. The optothermal substrate can be in thermal contact with a liquid sample comprising a plurality of capped particles and a plurality of surfactant micelles, the liquid sample having a first temperature. The methods can further comprise generating a confinement region at a location in the liquid sample proximate to the first location of the optothermal substrate, wherein at least a portion of the confinement region has a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature such that the confinement region is bound by a temperature gradient. The methods can further comprise trapping and depositing at least a portion of the plurality of capped particles.
US10603679B2
A hygienic spray deflector apparatus includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and at least one wall that encloses a space between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The hygienic spray deflector further includes a spray deflector in the space between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The spray deflector is configured to deflect fluid that enters the hygienic spray deflector through the inlet opening. The hygienic spray deflector further includes a connector between the spray deflector and the at least one wall. The connector is configured to fix the spray deflector in place within the space. The connector is configured to allow air flow between the inlet opening and the outlet opening.
US10603676B2
According to the invention there is provided a method of processing a mixture of minerals including the steps of: (a) providing a mixture of minerals which includes a metal containing mineral and one or more unwanted gangue minerals; (b) achieving a contact between the mixture of minerals and polymeric material that includes a mineral binding moiety which selectively binds to the metal containing mineral; and (c) separating the gangue minerals and the polymeric material which has the metal containing mineral bound thereto.
US10603675B2
A separation system for separating solids from a slurry of waste material, the separation system comprising a housing, a drum assembly, and a drive assembly. The housing defines a collection chamber. Liquid within the collection chamber defines a liquid level. The drum assembly defines a perforated cylindrical wall and the drum assembly is supported such that at least a portion of the drum assembly is below the liquid level. The drive assembly rotates the drum assembly relative to the housing.
US10603661B2
A mini-fluidics cassette, for detection of at least one analyte in a sample, comprising, at least one sample inlet port, at least one reagent inlet port, at least one outlet port, at least one channel extending between said at least one sample inlet port and said at least one outlet port, at least one insertion port for a fiber optic cable light source, at least one insertion port for a fiber optic cable spectrophotometer distant said at least one insertion port for a fiber optic cable light source, wherein said at least one insertion port for a fiber optic cable light source and said at least one insertion port for a fiber optic cable spectrophotometer forms part of the at least one channel, and is proximate said at least one outlet port and forms at least one reading cell/path length for light from said fiber optic cable light source to said fiber optic cable spectrophotometer port.
US10603653B2
The present invention provides polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin powder having an excellent fluid retention capacity under pressure, an excellent water absorption speed, and an excellent liquid permeability and a method for producing the polyacrylic acid (salt)-based water-absorbing resin powder. The earlier-described objects are attained by: a method for producing water-absorbing resin powder which includes adding an inorganic compound to a crosslinked hydrogel polymer obtained in a polymerization step of polymerizing a polyacrylic acid (salt) and performing crushing in specific gel-crushing conditions; and the resultant water-absorbing resin powder.
US10603647B2
Microstructure flow mixing devices are disclosed herein. An example device a first panel, a first plurality of raised features extending from a first surface of the first panel, a second plurality of raised features extending from the first surface of the first panel and a plurality of divider microstructures extending from the first surface of the first panel in line with and in between the first plurality of raised features and the second plurality of raised features. At least a portion of adjacent divider microstructures are spaced apart to form feed pathways or cross channels.
US10603645B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to a diffuser assembly configured to be disposed in an extraction path of an extracting solvent in an extraction vessel. The diffuser assembly includes a housing configured to be disposed within the extraction vessel, the housing including an inner surface and an outer surface. The diffuser assembly includes an inlet structure disposed within the housing. The diffuser assembly includes an outlet structure disposed within the housing and spaced from the inlet structure to form a mixing chamber between the inlet structure and the outlet structure. The inlet structure and the outlet structure each have a porosity configured for passage of the extracting solvent therethrough. Passage of the extracting solvent through the inlet structure, the mixing chamber, and the outlet structure redistributes flow of the extracting solvent along the extraction path.
US10603644B1
A combination unit for vacuuming, cleaning and conditioning fluids. The unit may comprise a vacuum pump circuit and tank, a mixing tank and a centrifuge system. The invention also includes a combination tank comprising a vacuum tank partially incorporated into a mixing tank. A mixing tank may comprise a system of mixing conduits and mixing apparatuses to shear drilling fluids and additives, the mixing tank including a rounded base and a drain to cycle the fluid back through to the mixing tank.
US10603643B2
Process and device for dispersing gas in a downward flow of liquid, according to which the liquid is distributed along at least one jet (A) directed downwards, preferably along a plurality of jets; gas is distributed radially (F) towards the liquid jet or jets in order to be entrained by the liquid; and the liquid-gas mixture is channeled into a downflow vertical tube (P).
US10603640B2
The present invention relates to a method of forming a polyarylene ether sulfone polymer by converting a reaction mixture (RG) comprising a dihalogen component (A1), a dihydroxy component (B1) and potassium carbonate (C1) having a volume-average particle size of <25 μm. The present invention further relates to the polyarylene ether sulfone polymers obtainable by said method, to products obtainable from said polyarylene ether sulfone polymer and to membranes formed from said polyarylene ether sulfone polymer.
US10603638B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing separation membrane for water treatment, separation membrane manufactured thereby, and a water treatment method using the separation membrane. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a method for manufacturing separation membrane for water treatment, made of electrically conductive metal or non-metal materials, which can enhance the membrane performance by reducing membrane contamination during water treatment and replace separation membrane made of polymer materials; separation membrane manufactured thereby; and a water treatment method using the separation membrane.
US10603633B2
Honeycomb structure comprising a cement skin composition with crystalline inorganic fibrous material
Disclosed is a honeycomb support structure comprising a honeycomb body and an outer layer or skin formed of a cement that includes an inorganic filler material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion from 25 C to 600 C and a crystalline inorganic fibrous material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion from 25 C to 600 C. Skin cement composition controls level of cement liquid/colloid components, for example water, colloidal silica, and methylcellulose migration into the substrate during the skin application process to form barrier to skin wetting and staining during the washcoating process.
US10603632B2
The invention present provides a method (and suitable apparatus) to convert biomass to ethanol, comprising gasifying the biomass to produce raw syngas; feeding the raw syngas to an acid-gas removal unit to remove at least some CO2 and produce a conditioned syngas stream; feeding the conditioned syngas stream to a fermentor to biologically convert the syngas to ethanol; capturing a tail gas from an exit of the fermentor, wherein the tail gas comprises at least CO2 and unconverted CO or H2; and recycling a first portion of the tail gas to the fermentor and/or a second portion of the tail gas to the acid-gas removal unit. This invention allows for increased syngas conversion to ethanol, improved process efficiency, and better overall biorefinery economics for conversion of biomass to ethanol.
US10603622B2
The adsorption based air separation unit includes an adsorber vessel containing media which selectively adsorbs water vapor and nitrogen preferentially over oxygen. The vessel includes an air entry spaced from an oxygen discharge. At least one dry air tap from the adsorber vessel is located between the entry and the discharge. When the adsorption media is fresh, air entering the adsorber vessel passes through enough of the adsorber vessel to have much of its water vapor removed and only some of its nitrogen removed. The vessel can include multiple taps sequentially further from the entry which can be selectively opened as the adsorption media becomes saturated with water vapor and nitrogen, so that dry air with much of its nitrogen still present can be further tapped from the adsorber vessel. The adsorber vessel thus facilitates production of both oxygen and dry air, such as for use as medical grade air.
US10603615B2
The present invention relates to a filter medium comprising a substrate and a fine fiber layer on top of the substrate,wherein the substrate comprises a first layer comprising first fibers having a first average diameter and a first maximum fiber length; a second layer comprising second fibers having a second average diameter and a second maximum fiber length; and a third layer comprising third fibers having a third average diameter and a third maximum fiber length; wherein the boundary area between the first and the second layer forms a first blended area comprising first and second fibers; and the boundary area between the second and the third layer forms a second blended area comprising second and third fibers; and wherein the first and the third average diameters are each larger than the second average diameter.
US10603605B1
An apparatus may include a float member and an output line. The float member is configured in contacting adjacency to first and second liquids contained in a container. The first liquid is less dense than the second liquid such that the first liquid floats on top of the second liquid. The float member may have a specific gravity selected responsive to the first and second liquids. When the second liquid is pulled from the container through the output line to a predetermined level, the float member occludes the output line. The specific gravity of the float member may be selected based on the fluid in the container previously, currently, or in the future, or some combination of the three. The specific gravity of the float member may be adjusted by changing material within the float member or changing the float member itself from a plurality of float members.
US10603604B2
A slurry chamber is fastened to and held in coaxial alignment with a chromatography column by a V-band. One end of the column has an end cap and frit. A slurry of fluid and chromatographic media is placed in the column and chamber. A piston is forced through the chamber and into the column by a hydraulic ram to expel the fluid and form a media bed in the column. The slurry chamber is removed, and a split end cap is fastened to the column. A threaded recess in the split end cap receives a split, threaded collet. The collet is tightened until it pushes against the piston with the same force as the ram, at which point the ram is released and the column removed for use.
US10603602B2
The present invention regards a metallic component of a distillation and/or fermentation apparatus, characterized by being covered with at least one layer of nanostructured copper, said layer of nanostructured copper possibly comprising also nano-particles of TiO2. Furthermore, the present invention regards methods for covering said metallic component with at least one layer of nanostructured copper which may also comprise nanoparticles of TiO2. Finally, the present invention regards the use of said components in distillation and/or fermentation processes, in particular for the alcoholic distillation of spirit beverages.
US10603601B2
A party popper contains: a body which includes two first openings defined on two ends of the body respectively. A flexible push portion is mounted on an end of the body, and a launchable cylinder is slidably accommodated in the body. The body includes a surrounding rib fitted thereon, and the flexible push portion is configured to drive the launchable cylinder to slide until the launchable cylinder is stopped by the surrounding rib. Multiple launchable objects are launched from the launchable cylinder inertially, thus launching the multiple launchable objects safely.
US10603597B1
An article ejection structure is disclosed, having a housing, and a first biasing member positioned in the housing and having a first biasing force biasing the first biasing member toward a first neutral position to drive a rupture structure to rupture the housing. A release member restricts the first biasing member from moving toward the first neutral position when the release member is in a lock state, and is conditionable to a release state, in which the release member at least partially releases the first biasing member to move toward the first neutral position and drive the ejection structure to rupture the housing. A second biasing member positioned in the housing, the second biasing member having a second biasing force biasing the second biasing member toward a second neutral position to drive an article positioned in the housing out of the housing when the housing is ruptured.
US10603594B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to recommending resources accessible via an online ecosystem. One example provides a computing system including a logic machine and a storage machine holding instructions executable by the logic machine to, for each of a plurality of users of an online ecosystem, obtain and store interaction data regarding interactions of the user with one or more digital content items accessible via the online ecosystem, and receive a request associated with a selected user for a recommendation related to resources accessible via the online ecosystem. The instructions may be further executable to retrieve, for at least a subset of users of the plurality of users, the interaction data, apply a weighted matching algorithm to determine one or more similar users that are similar to the selected user, and output a recommendation for the selected user of one or more recommended resources accessible via the online ecosystem.
US10603592B2
Provided is one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media including computer-program instructions, which when executed by a system, cause the system to: cause a terminal device to display, in a first area of a game screen of a game, a plurality of items associated with progress of the game in such a manner that at least some of the plurality of items are excluded from a first view; extract a specific item from the plurality of items, based on a status of the game; cause the terminal device to display, in the game screen, the specific item in a second area in the first view; and execute an operation based on an item selected from the plurality of items or the specific item.
US10603591B1
A system and processes provide a solution to object identification in images using a game environment to confirm the presence (or absence) of suspected points of interest in the real-world. A game environment uses data gathered by real-world sensors to replicate a real-world location as a gaming environment. Unconfirmed suspected points of interest (locations and/or objects) may be placed into the game environment. Various types of game play may be used to have players interact with the game environment. The actions by players may confirm whether a suspected point of interest is actually present in the real-world. Confirmation data of the presence of points of interest may be forwarded to an external database which may update a map file based on the data provided by player interaction in the game.
US10603587B2
The disclosure relates to facilitating collaboration between multiple players in an online game to achieve a goal in the game. Achievement of the goal may result in provision of an award related to the goal to one or more of the multiple players and/or to one or more affiliations associated with the multiple player. The goal may comprise a predetermined set of tasks required to be completed by more than one player, or may just comprise a predetermined set of tasks that may be completed by one or more players. Responsive to achieving the goal, the award may be provided to one or more recipients. The recipients may comprise, for example, players that initiated the completion of the goal, one or more players who provided the most input to the goal, one or more affiliations associated with respective one or more players involved in achieving the goal, and/or other entities.
US10603584B2
Shared electronic resources can be allocated for a gaming application on a dynamic basis. A package of game content and configuration can be used to allocate an appropriate amount of resource capacity. Task-based instances can be launched as needed and terminated once a gaming session has completed. In order to account for relatively long load times, a number of pre-warmed task-based instances can be allocated that can load the game server functionality up to a determined state. The number of pre-warmed instances can be based on a number of different factors, such as an amount of unused capacity across a shared resource environment. When a request for a session is received, a pre-warmed instance is selected to be upgraded to a game server instance to serve the game session for the request. Pre-warmed instances can be reclaimed if capacity is needed for other purposes.
US10603583B1
Techniques for implementation of an entity-component architecture with components having multiple configurations are described herein. In some examples, at least one component within an entity-component architecture of a video game may have multiple different configurations. Each of the multiple configurations may, for example, relate to a different respective deployment context in which the configuration will be deployed. For example, in some cases, the different configurations may be defined for different device types, such as client, server, and others. Additionally, in some cases, the different configurations may be defined for different types of game consoles, and other different software, hardware, and/or contextual attributes. Furthermore, in some cases, configurations may be defined for use during video game development, such as within an editing interface that is used for video game development.
US10603579B2
A method and apparatus for deterring augmented reality game players from intruding on undesirable locations (e.g., high risk locations, culturally sensitive locations, locations marked by property owners). The exemplary method includes obtaining a location of a mobile device using a first sensor of the mobile device and accessing a first locational database responsive to the location of the mobile device. The exemplary method further includes retrieving from the first locational database an augmented reality object; obtaining an indication that the location of the mobile device is an undesirable location; and modifying the augmented reality object responsive to the indication that the location of the mobile device is an undesirable location. The exemplary method also includes displaying the modified augmented reality object at a display of the mobile device.
US10603575B2
The application provides for a system and method of playing an educational balancing game. An electronic game spinner is used to select a category to be tested, as well as a specific question within this category. Once the specific question has been selected, potential answers are shown on an electronic game board whereby a user must then use their body to select a circle containing an answer. The game board may also be constructed out of plastic, where the answers are fixed, however, the electronic game spinner scans a code on the game board so that appropriate questions are used with the printed answer selections.
US10603571B2
A system, method and apparatus for a digitally Controlled Variable Stiffness item of athletic equipment, such as a Ski, Snowboard, and Boots. A core of thermally responsive metal alloy, such as Nitinol is disposed within the athletic equipment. A thermal control module and controller permit the athlete to program the athletic equipment to a desired stiffness parameter. The controller may include an app operable via a mobile computing device in communication with the thermal control module.
US10603570B2
An athletic training system (200) has a data recording system (202) and a data engine (204). The data recording system (202) is configured to record an athletic competition event. The event may have a first team of players competing against a second team of players. The data engine (204) is configured to receive data associated with the recorded athletic competition event. The data engine (204) processes the data and displays the data as a replay of the event in animated form.
US10603561B2
A physical activity training system operative in conjunction with at least one physical target with which the trainee is expected to interact in trainee activity modes, the system comprising sensor module/s operative to execute real-time measurements of aspect/s of the trainee's interaction with the target, without imaging the trainee; and an output generator including indicator/s operative to enter selectable trainee-detectable states each for a respective time period, thereby to indicate to the trainee which of the trainee activity modes governs (e.g. is in effect) within each time period, and a processor operative to monitor at least one trainee's interaction with the target within the modes, at least by generating, for storage in computer memory, time-stamped records of the modes or states and associated with the records, trainee scores derivable from the measurements generated by the module.
US10603560B2
A cornhole game board providing an interchangeable faceplate display is provided. The game board includes a framework having a plurality of peripheral elements defining an opening into which a faceplate may be inserted. Each peripheral element may define a portion of a coplanar slot extending along the game board framework, wherein one of a plurality of faceplates may be slidably received or removed in the resulting coplanar slot. Thereby the game board provides a variety of interchangeable playing surfaces of cornhole.
US10603557B1
A hockey stick blade includes a blade member extending in a longitudinal direction from a heel end to a toe end. The blade includes forehand and backhand puck-engaging surfaces extended between said ends. An extension is joined to or formed with the toe end of the blade member and extends away from the toe end of the blade member in a backhand direction. The extension and a portion of the blade member at the toe end joined to the extension form a L-shaped structure, preferably, wherein a thickness of the extension at an extension center portion, approximately half way toward a remote end of the extension, is less than or about equal to a thickness of a center portion of the blade member between the heel end and the toe end.
US10603550B1
A handheld propulsion unit for use by a user in and under water is disclosed. The handheld propulsion unit includes a tubular shaped housing assembly having a forward and rearward end. A channel defined by the tubular shaped housing assembly allows a flow of water to move through the tubular shaped housing assembly. At least one frame member connected to the tubular shaped housing attaches an electric motor within the channel such that the electric motor is coaxially aligned with the channel. A propeller coaxially coupled directly to a rotating part of the electric motor eliminates a drive transfer assembly or a drive transfer housing from spanning the channel. Hand grips on the tubular shaped housing assembly are configured for being held by the user and allowing the user to maneuver a thrust provided by the flow of water through the channel when the propeller is operating.
US10603548B2
Swimming goggles of the present invention comprise a hard combining frame, a left soft frame, and a right soft frame. The hard combining frame is composed of a first embedding frame and a second embedding frame, each having an embedding hole. The left and right soft frames are respectively assembled with the embedding holes. Each of the left and right soft frames is composed of a frame portion and a face contact portion. The frame portion assembled with each of the left and right soft frames receives a lens, characterized in that: the face contact portion is disposed with a flange rib with respect to an edge of the lens, to provide the face contact portion with a buffer against an impact caused when being compressed and deformed in wearing, and to provide a desired engagement without pressure stress and water leakage to ensure a wearing comfort.
US10603541B2
The present invention discloses a simulator system and method for exercising the limbs of a user confined to the wheelchairs. The method of rehabilitation of the user includes providing a simulator system mountable on the wheelchair, configuring various parameters associated with a gear motor, and a pair of pedals using a user interface device, configuring the pedals in a specific direction and position, initiating exercise by using the user interface device, monitoring a set of information related to pedaling during or after the exercise on the user interface device, receiving the parameters associated with the gear motor, the pair of pedals from the user interface device, and sensors, analyzing the parameters received from the sensors and the user interface device, and generating corrective commands based on the analysis of the received parameters.
US10603537B2
Kettlebell embodiments with improved ergonomics. In some embodiments, the weight of the kettlebell is also adjustable. The kettlebell has handle portions that are angled relative to each other that extend in a generally horizontal plane. In use, these handle configurations result in improved ergonomics. The kettlebell handles enable the users to grab the kettlebell with two hands with improved balance and range of motion.
US10603520B2
A device for therapeutic treatment which comprises a HIFU transducer for generating and transmitting HIFU pulses to a target. The HIFU transducer is operable in at least a probing mode, during a probing phase, and in a treatment mode, during a treatment phase. In the probing phase the HIFU transducer is operated with at least one probing operation characteristic. The probing operation characteristic includes emission of a pulse with a focal point. During the treatment phase, the HIFU transducer operates with at least one treatment operation characteristic different from the probing operation characteristic. The device further comprises a detector designed to detect a change of tissue properties caused by the HIFU pulses in the target during the probing phase. The device further comprises a computer or microprocessor for determining at least one probing parameter necessary to achieve the change of tissue properties detected by the detector during the probing phase.
US10603516B2
A method for neutron-capture therapy has steps for emitting fast neutrons from a plurality of target structures by ion bombardment from ion sources DC biased to the target structures, the target structures positioned around a moderator structure composed primarily of moderator material, the moderator structure having a length, an outer periphery, an outer surface, an inside volume, and an inner surface, the inside volume defining a treatment zone, reflecting fast neutrons that are emitted from the target structures in a direction away from the moderator structure, into the moderator structure, by a reflector structure surrounding the moderator structure, the target structures, and the ion sources, moderating fast neutrons passing inward through the moderator structure toward the treatment zone to epithermal energy level, and creating a density of epithermal neutrons in the treatment zone, from neutrons entering the treatment zone across the inner surface of the moderator structure.
US10603515B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for monitoring calibration of positron emission tomography (PET) systems. In some variations, the systems include an imaging assembly having a gantry comprising a plurality of positron emission detectors. A housing may be coupled to the gantry, and the housing may include a bore and a radiation source holder spaced away from a patient scan region within the bore. A processor may be configured to receive positron emission data from the positron emission detectors and to distinguish the positron emission data from the radiation source holder and from the patient scan region. A fault signal may be generated when the positron emission data from the radiation source holder exceeds one or more threshold parameters or criteria.
US10603513B2
A patient transfer system is provided to move a patient between modalities. The system includes a deploying modality having a top surface configured to support the patient; a patient transfer support positionable on the top surface of the deploying modality, the patient transfer support also being configured for movement from the top surface of the deploying modality to a top surface of the receiving modality; a patient transfer support locating feature positionable to limit movement of the patient transfer support relative to the top surface of the receiving modality; and a keying feature positionable to engage at least one of a surface associated with the receiving modality or a surface of the patient transfer support, the keying feature being configured to inhibit movement of the patient transfer support in at least one direction relative to the top surface of the receiving modality. The patient transfer support locating feature limits the range of movement of the patient transfer support relative to the top surface of the receiving modality when the patient transfer support is moved from the top surface of the deploying modality to the top surface of the receiving modality.
US10603510B2
A process for treating highly localized carcinoma cells that provides precise positioning of a therapeutic source of highly ionizing but weakly penetrating radiation, which can be shaped so that it irradiates essentially only the volume of the tumor. The intensity and duration of the radiation produced by the source can be activated and deactivated by controlling the neutron flux generated by an array of electrically controlled neutron generators positioned outside the body being treated. The energy of the neutrons that interact with the source element can be adjusted to optimize the reaction rate of the ionized radiation production by utilizing neutron moderating material between the neutron generator array and the body. The source device may be left in place and reactivated as needed to ensure the tumor is eradicated without exposing the patient to any additional radiation between treatments. The source device may be removed once treatment is completed.
US10603507B2
A method and apparatus for determining the circadian input of a light source includes selecting a circadian input to be measured based on an action spectrum corresponding to a wavelength sensitivity of photoreceptors for a circadian regulation system, where the circadian input is configured to stimulate a retinaldehyde photopigment, and for measuring spectral intensity across the action spectrum to determine the circadian input of the light source.
US10603504B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for inducing analgesia in a localized region of tissue. Inducing analgesia may be performed by identifying a nerve associated with the localized region, determining a resonant frequency for target neuronal cell membranes of the nerve, and generating a peripheral nerve blockade using the determined resonant frequency. The resonant frequency may be a frequency at which impedance of the nerve approaches a maximum.
US10603503B2
Methods for terminating fibrillation in a fibrillating heart employing nanosecond pulsed electric fields (nsPEFs) are disclosed. nsPEF defibrillation demonstrates its effectiveness as a new defibrillation modality, achieving reliable defibrillation with energies that are an order of magnitude lower than those needed for conventional defibrillation (millisecond shocks with mono- and bi-phasic waveforms). Tests did not reveal any negative effect of nsPEF defibrillation on cardiac tissue, in particular, cardiac tissue treated with nsPEFs does not exhibit a baseline shift in the optical transmembrane potential signal (distinctive feature that indicates electroporation), or changes in action potential duration or shape. The mechanism of nsPEF defibrillation is likely different from conventional defibrillation since it does not rely on membrane charging but on the basis of displacement currents that flow within nanoseconds after the shock is applied. nsPEFs provide the technology for the next generation of defibrillators that help emergency medical services to treat patients effectively.
US10603493B2
An integrated nanowire device includes a first array of nanowires having a first set of characteristics and a second array of nanowires having a second set of characteristics. A processor is electrical communication with the first and second arrays of nanowires receives the first plurality of charges and generate a processor signal therefrom. The second array of nanowires may be configured to produce a stimulation current in response to the processor signal. The first or second array may be used to generate power for operation of the device, or the arrays may function as a stimulator, sensor combination to enable the device to self-regulate based on localized responses to stimulation. The device may be implanted for use as a neural stimulator.
US10603491B1
Detection and treatment of disordered breathing is disclosed, with treatment being primarily delivered using electrical stimulation of the diaphragm, either directly or by stimulating appropriate nerves.
US10603486B2
Methods for fabricating implantable cuff electrodes for contacting or at least partially surrounding internal body tissue such as, e.g., nerves, smooth muscles, striated muscles, arteries, veins, ligamental tissues, connective tissues, cartilage tissues, bones, or other similar body tissues, structures and organs are disclosed. An example method includes preparing a substrate including an implantable cuff electrode shape, applying a mold material to the substrate, curing the mold material to form a mold, releasing the mold from the substrate, inserting at least one conductor into the mold that penetrates through the channel of the mold, pressing a formable material into the channel of the mold to form a body of an implantable cuff electrode about the at least one conductor, curing the body of the implantable cuff electrode, and releasing the body of the implantable cuff electrode from the mold.
US10603478B2
A fluid delivery apparatus includes a collet assembly having an upper and lower wall attached at a central portion of the collet. The central portion defines an inner step, and the lower wall includes circumferentially-spaced flexible tabs. The fluid delivery apparatus also includes a fluid distribution assembly coupled to the collet assembly. The fluid distribution assembly is positionable relative to the collet between a pre-use configuration and a pre-activated configuration. The fluid distribution assembly has a plenum that includes a sleeve component having an exterior ledge extending thereabout. A lower wall portion of the sleeve component includes protrusions corresponding to the flexible tabs of the collet. In the pre-use configuration the exterior ledge of the sleeve component is engaged with the inner step of the collet assembly, and each flexible tab engages a respective protrusion to provide a snap-fit between the fluid distribution assembly and the collet assembly.
US10603455B2
A tracheostomy tube (1) has a movable and lockable flange (2) by which the tube can be supported about the neck of a patient. The flange has a rotatable locking ring (34), which is threaded with a housing (26) fixed with the wings (22 and 23) of the flange. A resilient sleeve (50) is located in a recess (44) of the locking ring between a compression surface (45) on the locking ring at one end and the floor (46) of the housing at the opposite end. When the locking ring (34) is twisted it is moved forwardly along the housing (26), thereby compressing the resilient sleeve (50) axially. The axial compression causes the sleeve (50) to expand radially against the outside of the tube (1) and the inside of the housing (26), thereby locking the flange (2) in position.
US10603452B2
A method of controlled delivery of breathing gases is described the method comprising: applying breathing gas pressure within the first naris of a patient during inhalation; applying breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during inhalation; applying breathing gas pressure within the first naris of the patient during exhalation; and applying breathing gas pressure within the second naris of the patient during exhalation, wherein the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris during inhalation is higher than the gas pressure applied to the second naris during inhalation and the breathing gas inflow to the patient is substantially through the first naris during inhalation and wherein the breathing gas pressure applied to the first naris during exhalation is lower than the gas pressure applied to the second naris during exhalation and the gas outflow from the patient is substantially through the first naris during exhalation. An apparatus and system implementing the method is also described.
US10603447B2
In a safety apparatus for medical needles, when leg portions are extended from a first folded position to a second extended position, a distal end of a needle is introduced into a space of a shield member connection hub, and a first blocking wall and a second blocking wall overlap so as to block the cross section of the space to form a double blocking wall and blocks the cross section of the space. The double blocking wall is capable of preventing the distal end of the needle from moving downward from the double blocking wall and preventing the distal end of the needle from being exposed to the outside of the apparatus.
US10603446B2
Catheter and needle assemblies with spring-powered retractable needles are described. The assemblies can include a hollow handle, a grip portion, a catheter hub with a catheter, and a needle. The needle can have a first position in which the needle is slidably disposed within the catheter and a second position in which the needle is slidably removed from the catheter and retracted at least in part into the hollow handle. The grip portion can include a trigger portion that activates a spring to move the needle from the first position into the second position. In the second position, a sharp distal point of the needle is shielded by the grip portion to prevent accidental needle sticks.
US10603442B2
A logging device adapted to be attached to a pen drug delivery device (210) and capture a property value related to the dose amount of drug expelled from the drug delivery device during an expelling event, the logging device comprising a bore in which a snap lock with a flexible wire portion is arranged circumferentially in the bore, the wire being adapted to be moved laterally by a projection on the pen device and subsequently snap inwardly when the pen device is inserted axially in the bore. In this way an axial snap lock is provided between the logging device and the drug delivery device.
US10603440B2
Drug delivery systems with reduced hold-up volumes are provided. The drug delivery systems include a cartridge configured to hold a liquid drug. A cartridge stopper is positioned in a first portion of the cartridge. A needle guide component is positioned within the cartridge stopper. A needle is positioned within a central opening of the needle guide. A plunger is positioned in a second portion of the cartridge. The plunger includes a fluid path pocket facing and aligned with the central opening of the needle guide component. The plunger is driven toward the cartridge stopper to expel the liquid drug from the cartridge through the needle. An end of the needle can be positioned within the fluid path pocket when the plunger is pushed against the cartridge stopper, ensuring that only a small volume of the liquid drug remains in the cartridge when delivery of the liquid drug is completed.
US10603437B2
A system for optimizing a patient's basal insulin dosage regimen over time, adapted to determine from blood glucose values whether and by how much to vary a patient's present recommended amount of the insulin-containing drug in order to maintain the patient's future blood glucose level measurements within a predefined range, and wherein a given blood glucose value is disregarded if no patient-actuated operation being indicative of the administration of a dose of an insulin containing drug has been detected in a pre-defined amount of time prior to the determination of the given blood glucose value.
US10603434B2
A barrel is provided having open proximal end and a closed distal end, and at least one groove in an interior wall thereof. The groove(s) define a length extending a distance from the open end of the barrel toward the distal end of the barrel and defining a substantially constant depth and width along the length thereof. A piston is in sealing engagement with the interior wall of the barrel. The groove(s) permits fluid to bypass the piston when positioned along the groove(s). At least a portion of the piston is positioned distally from the groove(s), thereby sealing substance within the barrel.
US10603429B2
Described herein are subcutaneous medication delivery applicators and adhesive patches with one or more openings in the patches that designate one or more desired injection sites for subcutaneous injection of a medication. The medication delivery applicator and the adhesive patch may both include circuitry and wireless short-range communications interfaces that allow for the two devices to communicate with one another in order to determine if they are pre-associated in some manner, such as would be the case if both devices were packaged in the same injection kit. The medication delivery applicator may have some form of safety interlock that is only disengaged by the circuitry upon verifying that the two devices are pre-associated in some manner. Various other implementations are described as well.
US10603428B2
A device (1) for dispensing a fluid, in particular to a patient, comprising a container (15), in particular an at least partly collapsible container, with an interior (17) for receiving the fluid. The container (15) comprises a closure piece (20) which is rigidly arranged in the container (15) in particular and on which a dispensing opening (24) is formed, wherein the fluid can be dispensed out of the interior (17) through the dispensing opening. The device (1) comprises a pump device (40) driven by a pump drive (50) in order to pump the fluid out of the interior (17) of the container (15). The pump device (40) is fluidically arranged between the interior (17) and the dispensing opening (24) so that the fluid can be pumped out of the interior (17) to the dispensing opening (24) by the pump device (40).
US10603419B2
A microfluidic device for increasing convective clearance of particles from a fluid is provided. In some implementations, described herein the microfluidic device includes multiple layers that each define infusate, blood, and filtrate channels. Each of the channels have a pressure profile. The device can also include one or more pressure control features. The pressure control feature controls a difference between the pressure profiles along a length of the device. For example, the pressure control feature can control the difference between the pressure profile of the filtrate channel and the pressure profile of the blood channel. In some implementations, the pressure control feature controls the pressure difference between two channels such that the difference varies along the length of the channels by less than 50% of the pressure difference between the channels at the channels' inlets.
US10603410B2
A complex of implant and cultured periodontal ligament cell sheet, that can be satisfactorily stabilized into the bone through periodontal ligament tissue, is provided. A fixture of the inserted implant is coated with calcium phosphate and the cultured periodontal ligament cell sheet is brought into intimate contact with the implant.
US10603409B2
A bone void filler material is provided for sustained release of a therapeutic agent. The bone void filler material comprising a biodegradable matrix having ceramic cement beads comprising calcium sulfate, and ceramic particles disposed within the matrix. The ceramic cement beads are loaded with the therapeutic agent to cause sustained release of the therapeutic agent. Methods of use are also disclosed.
US10603404B2
The present invention relates to a phosphazene-based polymer comprising an amino acid ester, polyethylene glycol, a group comprising a functional group, and a catechol group linked directly or by a linker to a part of or an entire functional group, in a predetermined ratio. In addition, the present invention relates to a preparation method thereof, and a tissue-adhesive composition comprising the same as an active ingredient.
US10603403B2
The embodiments relate to an injectable composition for a bone cement material comprising a dry powder component, a liquid component and a modifier configured to modify a Young's modulus of the bone cement material. The modifier is linoleic acid or a derivative thereof and is present in a concentration of 0.1 to 12 v/v of the liquid component.
US10603402B2
This invention claims hot melt adhesive compositions that can be used to form elastic composites that are useful in disposable absorbent articles. The compositions have good elastic recovery and high peel adhesion at a viscosity of less than about 20,000 cps at 177° C. The low viscosity makes it possible to apply the adhesive at a high line speed and target application to only those areas requiring elastic performance.
US10603400B2
The disclosure herein concerns a method including receiving at a computer at least one target value of a scent parameter for an environment that is remote from the computer, receiving at the computer a sensed parameter of the environment, and controlling, via the computer, diffusion of a liquid from a source of the liquid in fluid communication with at least one scent diffusion device to achieve the target value of the scent parameter, wherein controlling includes setting or adjusting an operation parameter of the at least one scent diffusion device in response to the sensed parameter.
US10603398B2
A diffuser includes a base, a fan mounted to the base, a receptacle provided over the fan and mounted to the base, a sleeve mounted on the upper surface of the base and enclosing the fan and receptacle, and a lid mounted over the sleeve. Each of the base and the lid comprises at least one opening formed about a periphery thereof. The receptacle comprises a bottom wall with a plurality of opening formed therethrough and a vertically extending sidewall to retain a fragrant medium therein. The fan forces airflow from an exterior of the diffuser, into the base through the at least one opening, through the plurality of openings formed in the bottom wall of the receptacle, through the receptacle and about any fragrant medium therein, into a volume of space above the receptacle enclosed by the lid, and out through the at least one opening in the lid.
US10603395B2
A fluid sterilization device includes: a straight tube that defines a processing flow passage; a light source that radiates ultraviolet light toward the processing flow passage in an axial direction of the straight tube; and a light receiving part that receives a portion of the ultraviolet light output from the light source. The straight tube is made of a fluororesin. The straight tube includes a recess formed in a part of an outer wall surface of the straight tube such that a thin part is partly provided in the straight tube. The thin part has a radial thickness from an inner wall surface of the straight tube that is smaller than a thickness in other parts. The light receiving part is provided in the recess to receive the ultraviolet light transmitted through the thin part.
US10603390B2
A method includes: (1) applying stimulations to a system, wherein applying the stimulations includes modulating, over time, characteristics of the stimulations; (2) measuring a time-varying response of the system to the stimulations; (3) fitting the time-varying response of the system into a model of the system; and (4) using the model of the system, identifying an optimized combination of characteristics of the stimulations to yield a desired response of the system.
US10603386B2
A drug conjugate is provided herein. The conjugate comprises a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) and a polymeric carrier substituted with one or more -LD-D, the protein based recognition-molecule being connected to the polymeric carrier by LP. Each occurrence of D is independently a therapeutic agent having a molecular weight≤5 kDa. LD and LP are linkers connecting the therapeutic agent and PBRM to the polymeric carrier respectively. Also disclosed are polymeric scaffolds useful for conjugating with a PBRM to form a polymer-drug-PBRM conjugate described herein, compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions.
US10603382B2
The present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions for treatment of conditions in the eye. More specifically, the present invention relates to ophthalmic compositions comprising a polyquaternium compound and an anionic polymer. Methods for reducing and/or preventing the incompatibility of polyquaternium compounds with anionic polymers are also disclosed.
US10603376B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment of allergic disease include treating a subject in need thereof with a dosage of an allergen, wherein the allergen is administered to the subject's oral vestibular space. In a preferred embodiment, the allergen is administered at night, thereby exploiting circadian rhythms in the subject's immune response and enhancing the effectiveness of the treatment.
US10603371B2
The present invention provides attenuated P. multocida strains that elicit an immune response in animal P. multocida, compositions comprising said strains, methods of vaccination against P. multocida, and kits for use with such methods and compositions. The invention further provides novel, genetically-engineered mutations in P. multocida hyaD and nanPU genes, which are useful in the production of novel attenuated P. multocida bacterial strains.
US10603338B2
A method is provided for the poly signal activation of apoptosis of malignant solid tumour cells, carried out by means of the targeted delivery of thallium salts by surface-modified MS2 phage virions, which contain a cyclic iRGD ligand that has a high affinity for the integrins avb3 and avb5 and is covalently bound with the shell and with the core, which contains genomic RNA and thallium salts. Complex, efficient, prolonged cytotoxic action is provided on focal and metastatic clusters of malignant solid tumour cells, while minimizing undesirable side effects on the healthy cells of an organism.
US10603335B2
The invention provides combinations and formulations including a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) or a LHRH analog; and curcumin or a curcumin analog. LHRH or LHRH analog can be fused or conjugated to a curcumin or curcumin analog. Invention combinations and formulations can also include an anti-cell proliferative drug. Invention combinations and formulations can be used for inhibiting proliferation of a cell; treating a hyperproliferative disorder; and treating a neoplasia, tumor, cancer or malignancy.
US10603333B2
The invention provides a process for enabling the production of a particulate composition containing anhydrous crystalline ascorbic acid 2-glucoside that does not significantly cake even when the production yield of ascorbic acid 2-glucoside does not reach 35% by weight. The process for producing a particulate composition containing anhydrous crystalline ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, which comprises allowing a CGTase to act on a solution containing either liquefied starch or dextrin and L-ascorbic acid and then allowing a glucoamylase to act on the resulting solution to obtain a solution with an ascorbic acid 2-glucoside production yield of at least 27%, purifying the obtained solution to increase the ascorbic acid 2-glucoside content to a level of over 86% by weight, precipitating anhydrous crystalline ascorbic acid 2-glucoside by a controlled cooling method or pseudo-controlled cooling method, collecting the precipitated anhydrous crystalline ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, and ageing and drying the collected anhydrous crystalline ascorbic acid 2-glucoside.
US10603321B2
A method of treating HIV in a subject, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having a general Formula 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof: wherein R1 is selected from H, optionally-substituted aryl, optionally-substituted heteroaryl, or optionally-substituted aliphatic; each R2 is independently selected from H, halogen, cyano, thioether, oxo, optionally-substituted amino, optionally-substituted heteroaryl, optionally-substituted aryl, or optionally-substituted aliphatic; a is 3 to 7; and the ring designates a heterocyclic or heteroaryl structure.
US10603320B2
The present invention provides novel ROR gamma-t inhibitors and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Formula (I).
US10603319B2
Pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein: Z is a direct bond or —(CH2)n— wherein n is 1 or 2; one of X and Y is N, CH or CF, and the other of X and Y is CH; one of R1 and R2 is selected from —NHR, —NR2, —OR, —SR, —S(O)R, —S(O)2R and a group of the following formula (A) and the other of R1 and R2 is selected from —NHR′, —OH, —OR′ and a group of the above formula (A); R is unsubstituted C1-C6 alkyl; R′ is a group selected from C1-C6 alkyl, 5- to 12-membered aryl and C3-C6 cycloalkyl, which group is unsubstituted or substituted; W is —(CH2)m—, —CH2—O—CH2—, —CH2—S—CH2— or —CH2—S(O)2—CH2—; p is 1, q is an integer of 1-6 and V is N; or p is 1, q is 0 and V is CH; or p is 0, q is 0 and V is N; r is 0 or 1; and R3 is —(CH2)s—NH2 or —(CH2)s—OH wherein s is 0 or an integer of 1 to 4; and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are inhibitors of RSV and can therefore be used to treat or prevent an RSV infection.
US10603305B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a salt of sumatriptan or a physiologically acceptable solvate thereof, an alkyl glycoside or saccharide alkyl ester and optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the said composition provides Tmax value of less than 30 minutes upon said administration. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described.The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition for intranasal administration comprising a triptan, a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle and a mucosal permeation enhancer, wherein upon said administration said composition provides a Tmax substantially equivalent to subcutaneous administration of said triptan. Other aspects and embodiments are contemplated and described.
US10603301B2
The present invention discloses a pharmaceutical topical composition comprising cannabidiol (CBD) or a derivative thereof and Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or a derivative thereof in an about 1:1 ratio, useful for treatment or prevention of inflammatory skin disorders, and treatment methods thereof.
US10603284B2
The present invention relates to the field of coating pharmaceutical substrates. In particular, the invention relates to methods of coating of pharmaceutical substances, pharmaceutical ingredients or a blend of them. The invention also provides a method of making a pharmaceutical formulation which may be processed into a pharmaceutical dosage form, which utilizes solid pharmaceutical particles and a pharmaceutical formulation obtained by the method. The methods of the invention utilize atomic layer deposition technology. The novel methods allow difficult, moisture sensitive and electrically charged pharmaceutical substrates to be easily processable.
US10603275B2
Embodiments provide devices, preparations and methods for delivering therapeutic agents (TAs) such as clotting factors (CFs, e.g., Factor 8) within the GI tract. Many embodiments provide a swallowable device e.g., a capsule for delivering TAs into the intestinal wall (IW). Embodiments also provide TA preparations configured to be contained within the capsule, advanced from the capsule into the IW and/or surrounding tissue (ST) and degrade to release the TA into the bloodstream to produce a therapeutic effect (e.g., improved clotting). The preparation can be operably coupled to delivery means 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 IW or ST (e.g., the peritoneal cavity). Embodiments are particularly useful for delivery of CFs for treatment of clotting disorders (e.g., hemophilia) where such CFs are poorly absorbed and/or degraded within the GI tract.
US10603273B2
A liquid crystalline drug delivery system for ocular administration. The drug delivery system, which is mucoadhesive, biocompatible, non-irritating, and tissue permeable, contains nanoparticles stably dispersed in an aqueous solution and can be formulated for sustained release. Also provided are methods for producing the drug delivery system and methods for treating ocular disorders by administering it to a subject.
US10603263B2
Oral care compositions comprising an amino acid and stannous ion source, especially in the absence of zinc ion source, are provided for promoting Gum Health of a user.
US10603262B2
The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof and component (B): a cationic surfactant, which is superior in the usability during rinsing, which makes the hair surface after treatment smooth and free of dry feeling, provides a uniform touch feeling from the root of the hair to the tip thereof, and can be utilized as an aqueous cosmetic.
US10603261B2
A hair conditioning composition comprising from about 0.1% to about 20% of a lipid being one or more unsaturated fatty material selected from a group consisting of an unsaturated fatty acid; an unsaturated fatty alcohol; an unsaturated amine; an unsaturated amide; and an unsaturated phospholipid; wherein the molecule of said unsaturated fatty material comprises a linear or branched carbon chain with 8 to 24 carbon atoms, and one carbon-carbon double bond in a position of the said carbon chain between position C3 and position omega for the unsaturated fatty acid or unsaturated amide and between position C2 and position omega for the unsaturated fatty alcohol, unsaturated amine or unsaturated phospholipid and wherein the LogP of said unsaturated fatty material is less than 7; and 0.1% to 20% of one or more lipid enhancing agent selected from the group comprising of a fatty acid monoester of a polyol wherein the molecule of the fatty acid component of such monoester contains a linear or branched carbon chain with 10 to 22 carbon atoms and wherein the fatty acid monoester of a polyol has a logP of less than 7; a saturated fatty alcohol wherein the molecule of the fatty alcohol contains a linear or branched carbon chain with 8 to 22 carbon atoms; an ester of a saturated fatty alcohol wherein the molecule of said ester contains 10 to 44 total carbon atoms; an alcohol wherein the molecule of such alcohol contains an aromatic ring.
US10603251B2
A kit for providing a polymerizable resin system is disclosed, which kit comprises a first Part A and a second Part B, which Part A and Part B upon mixing provides a working period of intermediate stage polymerization in which the mixture obtains a desired cohesiveness for a predetermined period of time. The first Part A comprises an acid and the second Part B comprises an organic compound that is water soluble or partially water soluble and that, in the presence of the acid, initiates curing of polymerizable monomer and/or resin that is present in Part A, Part B, or both. Also disclosed is a method of using the mixed composition as an adhesive, cement, glue, sealant, a base liner, a capping agent, a material for surface or structural repair and/or filling, an encasing material, a bodily implant, a dental material, and/or as a polymeric object having a living polymer surface property.
US10603247B2
An artificial nipple is formed of an elastomeric polymer by use of 3D printing after imaging of a mother's breast in an active state of lactation. The artificial nipple used as an attachment to a baby bottle or as the nipple component of a pacifier. Use of an artificial nipple formed in this manner mitigates a problem with nipple confusion, as may otherwise manifest in newborn offspring.
US10603245B2
A solution bottle contains: a body and an applying head. The body includes a holder, a first sleeve, and a second sleeve. The holder has an accommodation chamber configured to accommodate a spray can, the first sleeve is secured on a top of the holder, and the second sleeve is connected with an inner wall of the first sleeve. The second sleeve has a connection hole arranged on a bottom thereof and fitting with the spray can, and the second sleeve has a receiving groove configured to house the applying head and communicating with the fitting hole. Thereby, the solution bottle is capable of massaging and applying the solution (such as medicine agent or cosmetics) on the user's body.
US10603233B2
A bed comprises a fixed width deck section, a wing movably coupled to the fixed width section, and a rack and pinion mechanism for extending and retracting the wing.
US10603229B2
Methods and tooling for making three-dimensional substrates and/or apertured substrates are provided. The three-dimensional substrates and/or apertured substrates may be used in absorbent articles, such as diapers and pants, for example. The methods and tooling may be used on an absorbent article manufacturing line.
US10603226B2
A disposable absorbent article may include a chassis that includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet; and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff folded edge. The leg gasketing system may also include a leg gasketing system pocket with an opening on an inboard longitudinal edge of the pocket.
US10603219B2
The present invention relates to a fluid-permeable primary dressing in strip form, having pores, perforations or honeycomb lattices, which enable the passage of fluid, further having a coating of a material comprising silicone.
US10603215B2
A system and method for treating ophthalmic target tissue, including a light source for generating a beam of light, a beam delivery system that includes a scanner for generating patterns, and a controller for controlling the light source and delivery system to create a dosimetry pattern of the light beam on the ophthalmic target tissue. One or more dosage parameters of the light beam vary within the dosimetry pattern, to create varying exposures on the target tissue. A visualization device observes lesions formed on the ophthalmic target tissue by the dosimetry pattern. The controller selects dosage parameters for the treatment beam based upon the lesions resulting from the dosimetry pattern, either automatically or in response to user input, so that a desired clinical effect is achieved by selecting the character of the lesions as determined by the dosimetry pattern lesions.
US10603209B2
Described herein is an apparatus to insert an implantable therapeutic device into a patient. The apparatus includes a proximal handle and a distal placement portion coupled to the proximal handle and configured to hold the implantable therapeutic device. The distal placement portion includes a first side having a first engagement structure at a distal end of the first side, the first engagement structure configured to surround at least a first portion of a proximal end region of the implantable therapeutic device. The distal placement portion includes a second, opposite side having a second engagement structure at a distal end of the second side, the second engagement structure configured to surround at least a second, opposite portion of the proximal end region of the implantable therapeutic device.
US10603198B2
The present embodiments provide a prosthesis deployment system, and method of deployment of a prosthesis using the same, having a positioning member at least partially disposed within a tubular segment of a tip assembly. The positioning member is movable between nondeployed and deployed configurations. In the nondeployed configuration the positioning member can permit the tip assembly to move relative to the enlarged body assembly. When an enlarged body is at a position farther away from a tip body, which may be at the edge of the tubular segment, the positioning member can move or flare to its deployed configuration to inhibit the enlarged body from moving relatively closer to the tip assembly. Axial force applied to the tip assembly during withdrawal of the tip assembly can be transmitted via the positioning member to the enlarged body assembly to facilitate its withdrawal from the body.
US10603197B2
A deployment system (10, 410) includes an inner shaft (36, 436), removably disposed in a self-expanding stent-graft (40), and shaped so as to define (a) at least one conduit therealong (50, 450), which is (i) not coaxial with the inner shaft (36, 436), and (ii) shaped so as to define at least first (52, 452) and second enclosed longitudinal segments (54, 454), and (b) a restraining longitudinal portion (56, 456) that is longitudinally disposed between the first (52, 452) and second enclosed longitudinal segments (54, 454). The deployment system (10, 410) is configured such that (a) when a restraining wire (60, 460) thereof is removably disposed in the first (52, 452) and second enclosed longitudinal segments (54, 454), a portion (62, 463) of the restraining wire (60, 460) disposed alongside the restraining longitudinal portion (56, 456) prevents full radial expansion of a longitudinal portion (70, 470) of the stent-graft (40) by physically engaging the stent-graft longitudinal portion (70, 470), and (b) when the restraining wire (60, 460) has been withdrawn from at least the first enclosed longitudinal segment (52, 452), the restraining wire (60, 460) does not prevent the full radial expansion of the stent-graft longitudinal portion (70, 470).
US10603193B2
An illustrative stent may comprise an elongated tubular member having a first end and a second end and an intermediate region disposed therebetween. The elongated tubular member may include at least one barb attached thereto. The barb may be configured to be tucked under a filament of the stent during delivery of the stent and protrude radially from the stent, when the stent is deployed.
US10603183B2
A bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus including an intervertebral cage for maintaining disc height, and a method of inserting the same is provided. The intervertebral cage includes a first internal screw guide and a second internal screw guide, a first screw member and a second screw member, and a central screw locking lever coupled to the intervertebral cage, wherein the central screw locking lever prevents the first screw member and the second screw from pulling-out of the first internal screw guide and the second internal screw guide. The central screw locking lever includes a rotatable handle and stem portion, or a screw locking horizontal bracket. A pliers device for inserting and removing the bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus, a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple, and a staple gun for a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple also are provided.
US10603179B2
A patient-specific augment can be attached to an implant component for a bone of a joint of a patient. The patient-specific augment has first and second surfaces. The first surface is a three-dimensional patient-specific surface that closely matches and can mate to a substantially unaltered and unresected surface of a bone defect of the specific patient only in one position. The second surface is designed to engage a non-custom surface of the implant.
US10603178B2
An implantable prosthetic hip system generally includes acetabular components, femoral components, and tooling for implanting the components. The acetabular components include an acetabular socket and a bushing received within the acetabular socket. The acetabular socket defines a reamer with cutters for preparing the acetabulum. The femoral components generally include a cutter cap, a head cover, and a screw. Tooling includes a cutting bit that is used to cut a flat on the femoral head. The cutter cap is advanced in a cutting action onto the femoral head to remove the sides of the head and the cutter cap is also implanted on the femoral head. The head cover is positioned on the cutter cap, and retained with a coupling screw. The acetabular socket and the head cover are assembled with a bushing therebetween. Methods of implantation are also provided.
US10603166B2
A delivery device may generally include a support member, a distal sheath, an outer shaft and a straightening member. The support member is adapted to hold a prosthetic heart valve. The distal sheath is slidable relative to the support member between a first position in which the distal sheath is adapted to maintain the prosthetic heart valve in a collapsed condition, and a second position in which the distal sheath is adapted to expose the prosthetic heart valve. The outer shaft is connected to the distal sheath and has a curved portion. The straightening member is slidable on the outer shaft between a proximal position in which the straightening member does not cover the curved portion of the outer shaft, and a distal position in which the straightening member covers and substantially straightens at least a portion of the curved portion of the outer shaft.
US10603160B2
Procedural methods are provided that are capable of forming a protuberant region, in which the surface of a living body protrudes, in a less-invasive manner and a medical device capable of forming the protuberant region in a less-invasive manner. A procedural method for forming a protuberant region, in which a surface of a living body protrudes, includes an introduction step of introducing a container having flexibility into the living body, a protuberant region forming step of forming the protuberant region, in which the surface of the living body protrudes, by filling the container with a filling material to expand the container, and a placement step of placing the expanded container in the living body.
US10603152B2
A vaginal insert which can be provided in an applicator for the treatment of urinary incontinence in females. The vaginal insert can provide tension-free incontinence treating support perpendicularly to the urethra (i.e., across the urethra).
US10603133B2
This present invention discloses an image guided augmented reality method, comprising the following steps of: obtaining a first conversion matrix of a camera and a marked point; obtaining a second conversion matrix of the eye and the camera; linking the first conversion matrix and the second conversion matrix to obtain a correct position corresponding matrix of the eye to the marked point; and linking the correct position corresponding matrix to a position feature of the marked point to obtain the correct position of the eye to the marked point. The present invention also discloses a surgical navigation method of wearable glasses, used for obtaining the correct position of the operator's eye to the marked point.
US10603121B2
The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to improved robotic surgical systems, including robotic surgical devices having improved arm components and/or biometric sensors, contact detection systems for robotic surgical devices, gross positioning systems and devices for use in robotic surgical systems, and improved external controllers and consoles.
US10603119B2
A portable surgical robot includes a surgical device and a cart. The surgical device is coupled to the cart. The cart includes a chassis, a frame member, a pair of wheels, and a steering mechanism. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis that extends a length of the cart. The frame member is coupled to the chassis of the cart. The pair of wheels are pivotably coupled to the frame member. The steering mechanism is coupled to the pair of wheels. The steering mechanism is configured to facilitate selectively pivoting the pair of wheels to steer the cart in a plurality of steering modes. The plurality of steering modes include at least one of a fore-and-aft steering mode, a turn-on-axis steering mode, and a lateral steering mode.
US10603113B2
Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.
US10603108B2
A method of operating a flashlamp in a skin treatment system comprises the steps of charging capacitor, discharging the capacitor through a flashlamp, and interrupting the discharge of the capacitor through the flashlamp at a predetermined time based on at least one condition caused by the discharge of the capacitor through the flashlamp.
US10603106B2
The present invention relates to comprehensive systems, devices and methods for delivering energy to tissue for a wide variety of applications, including medical procedures (e.g., tissue ablation, resection, cautery, vascular thrombosis, treatment of cardiac arrhythmias and dysrhythmias, electrosurgery, tissue harvest, etc.). In certain embodiments, systems, devices, and methods are provided for delivering energy to difficult to access tissue regions (e.g. peripheral lung tissues), and/or reducing the amount of undesired heat given off during energy delivery.
US10603105B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a catheter for use in cardiac mapping and/or ablation. The catheter may include an elongate catheter shaft having a distal ablation electrode region capable of ablating tissue. An electrode assembly may be coupled to the distal ablation electrode region. The electrode assembly may include a flexible circuit having one or more electrodes disposed thereon.
US10603096B2
A treatment-energy applying structure includes a flexible substrate having a wiring pattern having a heat-generation region and a connection region. A heat transfer plate faces a surface of the flexible substrate, and transfers heat to a body tissue. An adhesive sheet, having heat conductivity, is disposed between the flexible substrate and the heat transfer plate to cover the entirety of the heat-generation region and the heat transfer plate. A region of the adhesive sheet protrudes from the heat transfer plate to cover a region of the connection region. A pair of lead wires connects to the connection region outside of the covered region. The adhesive sheet is longer than the heat transfer plate and shorter than the flexible substrate. A gap between an end of the heat transfer plate and the lead wires is longer than a diameter of the lead wires or a thickness of the heat transfer plate.
US10603093B2
A bone implant and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The bone implant is used for implanting a bone of a living body, such as bone, vertebra and alveolar bone. The bone implant includes an implanting body and a plurality of microstructures formed on a surface of the implanting body. An inner layer of the bone implanting body is made of metal including titanium or alloy including titanium, and an outer layer of the bone implanting body is titanium dioxide. Each microstructure has a height and a width, wherein the width is less than 2 micrometers and the height is less than 1 micrometer.
US10603091B2
The present disclosure provides a fastener that has a body that has an axis. The body comprises a head portion and at least one body portion projecting from the head portion. The at least one body portion has an actuating surface portion and is arranged such that at least a part of the at least one body portion is urged away from the axis when an actuating member is received along the axis and urges against the actuating surface portion. The at least one body portion has a substantially flat surface portion facing away from the axis.
US10603077B2
The present invention includes an apparatus, kit and method for providing a bone fixation assembly for attachment to a bone to provide augmented support. The bone fixation assembly includes a screw having a screw head and a threaded shank. A first aperture is positioned about the screw head to receive a first longitudinal member and a first compression member that engages the first aperture to secure the first longitudinal member. The screw head has a second aperture positioned to receive a second longitudinal member and a second compression member that engages the second longitudinal member aperture to secure the second longitudinal member and provide augmented support.
US10603076B2
A dynamization device may comprise a sleeve, a shaft, a dial, a contact feature, and a biasing member. The shaft may comprise an interior section partially within an inner recess of the sleeve; a flat surface on the interior section of the shaft; and a plurality of external threads on the interior section of the shaft. The dial may comprise a body disposed partially within the inner recess; an annular lip; and internal threads secured to external threads of the shaft. The contact feature has an annular geometry disposed within the inner recess of the sleeve. The biasing member may be disposed around the interior section of the shaft, and disposed between the contact feature and a shoulder within the inner recess of the sleeve. Rotation of the annular lip may provide for compressive movement of the biasing member relative to the sleeve and shaft.
US10603073B2
A trocar sleeve for minimally invasive surgery, having a first sleeve part, which has essentially the shape of a straight tubular piece with a longitudinal axis, and having a second sleeve part, which at least partly surrounds the first sleeve part in close contiguity and is movable during use with respect to the first sleeve part. The mobility of the second sleeve part in relation to the first sleeve part consists essentially only in rotatability of the second sleeve part around the first sleeve part, and in addition the first sleeve part and the second sleeve part each comprise on their distal axial ends a flange part that extends radially outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees from the respective sleeve part.
US10603070B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of endovascular treatment. More particularly, the present invention uses a modified hydrogel intrasaccular occlusion device designed to implement an endovascular treatment to ameliorating or eliminating aneurysm recurrence, which hydrogel may optionally be impregnated with pharmaceutical compounds. The present invention also teaches the use of thin hydrogel coatings to ameliorate endovascular treatment related difficulties.
US10603064B2
In an aspect, an ultrasonic horn includes a proximal flange, a first cylindrical portion having a first diameter and positioned distal to the proximal flange, a second cylindrical portion including a second diameter and a distal end, in which the second cylindrical portion is at a position located distal to the first cylindrical portion and in which the second diameter is smaller than the first diameter, a tapered portion disposed between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion, and a cylindrical mass disposed about the horn at a position located between the flange and the distal end of the second cylindrical portion. In another aspect, an ultrasonic system comprising an end-bell, an ultrasonic horn as disclosed above, a transducer portion disposed between the end-bell and the ultrasonic horn, and an ultrasonic power source to supply an electrical signal to actuate the transducer portion.
US10603059B2
Disclosed embodiments include devices and methods for shaping, bending, and/or volumetrically reducing rigid cartilaginous structures, such as hyaline cartilage in the septum. In the case of septal cartilage, shaping, bending, or reducing the cartilage would be useful for reducing nasal obstruction or to improve the cosmetic appearance of the nose.
US10603058B2
Electrohydraulic lithotripters comprising a plurality of electrohydraulic probes are disclosed. Each probe of the plurality of probes comprise a first electrode and a second electrode positioned at a distal end of the probe such that when the probe is discharged, an electric arc between the first electrode and the second electrode produces a shockwave that radiates from the distal end of the probe. A first probe and a second probe of the plurality of probes may be configured to discharge simultaneously or sequentially.
US10603057B2
A sterilizable disposable surgical instrument is formed by an implant for bone fusion as well as an implant sleeve surrounding the implant for bone fusion. The implant has a distal implant section, a proximal implant section, and a coupling section with a polygonal cross-section profile between the distal and proximal implant section. The implant sleeve has a protective cap and a handle, which can be connected to one another. A first bore is configured in the protective cap in the longitudinal direction and receives the proximal implant section of the implant. A second bore is configured in the handle running in the longitudinal direction and receives the distal implant section of the implant for bone fusion. A coupling region having a through-opening is configured in the second bore in the handle, into which the coupling section of the implant for bone fusion engages in an integral and force-locking manner.
US10603048B2
A laminectomy forceps having a cutting unit with a fixed beak and a sliding tray slidingly mounted on the fixed beak, an actuation lever to actuate the sliding tray, a handle in opposed position to the actuation lever and joined to an external frame joined to the fixed beak, a lever mechanism connected to the actuation lever and to the sliding tray, the lever mechanism including a first lever shaped as a straight bar, a second lever shaped as a straight bar and having a first arm between a fulcrum and a first end and a second arm between the fulcrum and a second end and a third lever shaped as a straight bar connected to a stem intended to push the sliding tray.
US10603047B2
A system for cutting a bone of a patient may include a motor; a rotating shaft drivingly coupled to the motor; a support tube positioned around the rotating shaft and supporting the rotating shaft at a plurality of locations; a plurality of steering wires coupled to the support tube; and a bone cutter at a distal end of the rotating shaft.
US10603043B2
An occlusion device for a vascular or biological lumen includes a plurality of coiling members held together at both the proximal and distal ends by retaining features. A restraining loop can hold coiling members together at a point along a length of the coiling members. The coiling members are delivered simultaneously to form a coil pack to occlude a target location in the lumen. One or more of the coiling members has at least a portion with a larger curl diameter than other coiling members to secure the occlusion device against lumen walls at the target location. The coil members may have different or varying material moduli. The device may be used, for example, for occluding a vessel to block blood flow to an artery supplying blood liver (hepatic artery), kidney (renal artery), spleen (splenic artery) or intestines (mesenteric artery).
US10603037B2
A surgical device comprising a first jaw member, a second jaw member, a clamping member and a clamp apparatus is disclosed. The clamping member is slidably positioned to translate at least partially through the first jaw member. The clamping member engages the first jaw member and the second jaw member, and has a knife blade for cutting tissue. A flange of the clamping member is configured to engage a cam surface to pivot the second jaw member with respect to the first jaw member from an open position toward an approximated position. The clamp apparatus is movable from a retracted position to an advanced position for preventing a gap between proximal portions of the first jaw member and the second jaw member from exceeding a predetermined distance. The clamping member and the clamp apparatus are separately movable.
US10603035B2
A surgical loading unit includes an elongate body, an end effector pivotably coupled to the elongate body, and a flexible knife bar extending through a distal portion of the elongate body and a proximal portion of the end effector. Articulation of the end effector relative to the elongate body in a first direction moves a first segment of the knife bar in the first direction and moves a second segment of the knife bar in a second direction, opposite the first direction.
US10603025B2
A surgical rib retractor has a housing having a first shoulder. The surgical rib retractor also has a body pivotably coupled to the housing and having a second shoulder. The retractor further has a first arm unit pivotably coupled to the first shoulder and configured to receive one rib. The surgical rib retractor also has a second arm unit pivotably coupled to the second shoulder and configured to receive another rib. The surgical rib retractor also has a first arm actuator constrained to be rotatable relative to the first shoulder and coupled to the first arm unit to pivot the first arm unit as the first arm actuator is rotated. The surgical rib retractor further has a second arm actuator constrained to be rotatable relative to the second shoulder and coupled to the second arm unit to pivot the second arm unit as the second arm actuator is rotated.
US10603009B2
A piezoelectric device includes a piezoelectric film having a first surface in contact with a vibrating film and a second surface on the opposite side to the first surface, first and second electrodes that are provided on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and that are disposed at positions away from each other and are short-circuited to each other at a position away from the piezoelectric film, and a third electrode that is provided between the first and second electrodes on the second surface of the piezoelectric film and is disposed at a position away from the first and second electrodes. At least parts of the contours of end portions of the first and second electrodes are defined in parallel to side portions of the third electrode.
US10603004B2
The present invention relates to localization of a vascular treatment and quantification of a part of a vascular structure. It is described to provide (12) at least one first image comprising a representation of a region of interest of a vascular structure. At least one second image comprising a representation of the region of interest of the vascular structure is provided (14). Between an acquisition of the at least one first image and an acquisition of the at least one second image, a vascular treatment might have been applied to the region of interest of the vascular structure, wherein the representation of the region of interest of the vascular structure relates to spatial extension information of the vascular structure at least in one image plane. At least one reference image from an image set formed from the at least one first image and the at least one second image is selected (16). At least one sample image from the image set formed from the at least one first image and the at least one second image is selected (18), wherein the at least one sample image is different to the at least one reference image. At least one image from the at least one sample image is registered (20) with the at least one reference image to provide at least one registered image. It is determined (22) if there exists at least one region of spatial discrepancy between the representation of the region of interest in the at least one reference image and the representation of the region of interest in the at least one registered image. Data is output (24) representative of the at least one region of spatial discrepancy.
US10602996B2
Method and apparatus for generating a dental panoramic image and panoramic camera for photographing teeth, including: determining a frame frequency of a reference detector, and determining frame frequency of a photographing detector; photographing teeth according to the frame frequency of the photographing detector to generate a plurality of images; performing a shift and superposition on the images to generate a first panoramic image; acquiring a fuzzy region in the first panoramic image; and performing a frame frequency adjustment on each row in the fuzzy region to generate a clear image, and fusing the clear image and the first panoramic image to generate a second panoramic image. By using different changing rules of the frame frequency for imaging for each row of the image, both cusps and roots of teeth of the patient may be arranged in a focusing layer, generating a clear image, and improving definition of the panoramic image.
US10602994B2
An X-ray table and an X-ray system including the X-ray table are provided. The X-ray table can reversibly rotate without interfering with an X-ray imaging unit while a top surface thereof faces the X-ray imaging unit.
US10602983B2
Methods of manufacturing a sensor for a medical de vice may include the application of semiconductor fabrication techniques to the manufacture of a sensor directly in a structure of the medical device or in a substrate that can be integrated into a medical device structure. The methods may be applied to manufacture position sensors, strain gauges, other transducers, and the like, and to integrate the sensors into a variety of medical device types including, but not limited to, elongate medical devices.
US10602981B2
A pressure sensor comprises an optical source configured to illuminate the tissue of a user, and an optical sensor configured to measure reflected illumination from the tissue. A compute system is configured to output a pressure between a surface of the optical sensor and the tissue as a function of the measured reflected illumination.
US10602978B2
Systems and method for age-compensated monitoring of a patient experiencing administration of at least one drug having anesthetic properties are provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of sensors configured to acquire physiological data from the patient and at least one processor configured to receive the physiological data from the plurality of sensors, and determine, from the physiological data, signal markers indicative of an apparent or likely patient age. The at least one processor is also configured to at least one of scale and regulate the physiological data using at least the apparent patient age to create age-compensated data, and generate a report including the age-compensated data.
US10602967B2
An ophthalmic lens with glucose sensitive pad to indicate body glucose levels by changing color when in contact with tears from the eye includes a matrix, the matrix comprising a contact surface, the contact surface defining a micro-channel; and at least one glucose sensitive pad received in the micro-channel. A method for manufacturing an ophthalmic lens with glucose sensitive pad is also provided.
US10602964B2
A system and method for monitoring patient activity, location, present health status, and health protocol compliance. The present invention provides a more complete and accurate picture of a patient's health and safety context through a multi-dimensional user health and safety context analysis. Based on the combined computed health compliance score, calculated activity index, the computed location score, and calculated user health index, an overall user health and safety score is calculated. If the computed overall user health and safety score violates a predefined threshold or threshold range, an alert is transmitted to one or more persons.
US10602956B2
The present invention relates to a radiation amount estimating method, and more particularly, to a radiation amount estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table. To this end, the object of the present invention is to provide a radiation dose estimating method of an MRI based composite image using a lookup table including: generating a lookup table representing a linear attenuation coefficient of a region of interest from a CT image (S100); photographing at least two of a T1 image, a T2 image, and a PETRA image of a patient from MRI equipment (S120); generating a composite image by superimposing the photographed images (S140); representing a border line of the region of interest in the composite image to distinguish the region of interest (S160); designating the linear attenuation coefficient of the lookup table in the distinguished region of interest (S180); and estimating a radiation dose based on the composite image to which the linear attenuation coefficient is designated (S200).
US10602954B2
A great device (10) processes and visualizes electrical impedance tomography (EIT) data (3) of at least one region of the lungs for determining and visualizing regional properties of the lungs of a living being. The EIT data (3) are obtained from an electrical impedance tomography apparatus (30). The device makes it possible to visualize regional properties of the lungs or of regions of the lungs in terms of hyperdistension or collapse.
US10602953B2
According to one embodiment, at least four EOG electrodes are provided with the periphery of user's eyes. The left eye side electrodes and the right eye side electrodes are arranged symmetrically with respect to a vertical line passing the middle of a line connecting the centers of both eyes. Two electrodes above and two electrodes below the line connecting the centers of both eyes are arranged to avoid area AXL including an inflection point where an EOG detection polarity differs in the right and left of a vertical line passing the center of the left eye and area AXR including an inflection point where an EOG detection polarity differs in the right and left of a vertical line passing the center of the right eye.
US10602947B2
Electrode cabling, including a core and n wires coiled on the core in an arrangement topologically equivalent to an n-start thread configuration, wherein n is an integer greater than one. The cabling also includes a sheath covering the n wires and an electrode attached through the sheath to a given wire selected from the n wires.
US10602945B2
A physiological signal monitoring system includes a single set of sensing electrodes to provide conditioned physiological signals to a primary monitoring device and a secondary monitoring device. The monitoring system includes pre-processing circuitry configured to receive a raw physiological signal. The pre-processing circuitry is configured to produce a primary physiological signal and a secondary physiological signal. Each of the primary and secondary physiological signals are conditioned. The primary conditioned physiological signal is directed to a primary monitoring device such as a hospital wearable defibrillator device. The secondary conditioned physiological signal is directed to telemetry modeling circuitry where it is further processed to output one or more telemetry signals. The one or more telemetry signals are output to a secondary monitoring device such as a three lead ECG monitoring device. Thus, a single set of sensing electrodes can provide physiological signals to multiple monitoring devices.
US10602934B2
A probe device for detecting atherosclerotic plaque may include: an elongate shaft having a proximal end for coupling with a catheter and a distal end; an opening in a side of the shaft; a scintillating window disposed over the opening to form a water tight seal and thus form an imaging window compartment; a 45-degree rotating mirror disposed at least partially within the imaging window compartment; and an ultrasound transducer disposed at least partially within the imaging window compartment. The probe is a dual-modality, catheter radionuclide imaging and photoacoustic tomography (CRI-PAT) probe.
US10602933B2
The invention relates to registering changes in vascular tone during and after a functional load, and processing data using spectral analysis methods within the frequency ranges of endothelial (0.0095-0.02 Hz), neurogenic (0.02-0.05 Hz), and myogenic (0.05-0.14 Hz) regulation mechanisms. Furthermore, the temperature of an area of a patient's skin is continuously registered. During the first 1-2 minutes, the temperature of the examined skin surface is increased to 38-42° C., and the heating power is fixed. Temperature fluctuations are registered over the course of 10 minutes. The heater is shut-off. Over the course of 10 minutes following the shut-off and a decrease in temperature to 30-32° C., temperature fluctuations continue to be registered, and the obtained values are compared, with coefficients being calculated for the relative change in the amplitudes of the temperature fluctuations, which are then used for determining the existence of a disorder in a vascular tone regulation mechanism.
US10602929B1
An athletic wear includes at least one of an athlete garment, a helmet, a glove, a wristband, a headband, a mouth guard, and a pad. A plurality of sensors and at least one camera are integrated into the at least one of the athlete garment, the helmet, the glove, the wristband, the headband, the mouth guard, and the pad. A processor is in signal communication with the plurality of sensors and the at least one camera for receiving, analyzing, and transmitting data signals obtained by the plurality of sensors and the at least one camera. The plurality of sensors are configured to obtain a wearer's physiological data, position data and movement data.
US10602928B2
An ophthalmic technician is present with a patient in an exam room to operate eye examination equipment and transmit patient information to remote location. At that remote location, a skilled technician is present to provide the necessary optical care, and may operate the phoropter from the remote location. Using video and/or teleconferencing equipment and a phoropter located in the patient examination room along with management software, the system works to determine the final optical prescription for the patient. That information, coupled with findings from other devices which are integrated with the management software, and that the patient uses locally, are reviewed by a remote-based optometrist or ophthalmologist.
US10602927B2
A system or method for measuring human ocular performance can be implemented using an eye sensor, a head orientation sensor, and an electronic circuit. The device is configured for measuring vestibulo-ocular reflex, pupillometry, saccades, visual pursuit tracking, vergence, eyelid closure, dynamic visual acuity, retinal image stability, foveal fixation stability, focused position of the eyes or visual fixation of the eyes at any given moment and nystagmus. The eye sensor comprises a video camera that senses vertical movement and horizontal movement of at least one eye. The head orientation sensor senses pitch and yaw in the range of frequencies between 0.01 Hertz and 15 Hertz. The system is implemented as part of a faceguard.
US10602924B2
A subjective optometry apparatus includes a light projecting optical system which projects a target light flux toward an examinee's eye to project a visual target onto the examinee's eye, a calibration optical system which is disposed in an optical path from the light projecting optical system to the examinee's eye and changes optical characteristics of the target light flux, an optical member which guides the target light flux of which the optical characteristics is changed by the calibration optical system to the examinee's eye, a light deflection section being different from the calibration optical system, which includes light deflection members provided in a left and right pair and a driving section which rotationally drives the light deflection members, and deflects the target light flux by rotating the light deflection members, and a control section which controls the light deflection section based on prism information to deflect the target light flux.
US10602900B2
The invention relates to a self-propelled floor treatment device (1), in particular to a cleaning robot, with a floor treatment element (2), at least two motorized wheels (3, 4) and a detection device for detecting a floor type of a surface to be treated. In order to easily achieve an optimal detection of the floor type, it is proposed that the detection device have a frictional resistance element (6), which contacts the surface during a movement in such a way that a resultant force outside of a reference axis (7) acts on the floor treatment device (1), wherein the reference axis (7) is oriented parallel to a main direction of movement (8) of the floor treatment device (1) prescribed by the orientation of the wheels (3, 4), and is aligned centrally between the wheels (3, 4) in relation to a direction perpendicular to the reference axis (7). Further proposed is a method for operating a self-propelled floor treatment device (1).
US10602899B1
A rotatable brush with a pressure sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a projecting blade connected to a tactile sensor by a flexible member. The projecting blade extends along the length of the shaft and is housed among the plurality of bristles protruding radially from the shaft. The projecting blade compresses the flexible member when pressure around the brush reaches a predetermined threshold. Upon compression of the flexible member, the tactile sensor, electronically coupled with a processor or controller, is activated thereby triggering a variety of possible preprogrammed responses.
US10602897B2
A method for operating an independently moving surface treatment device, wherein the surface treatment device can be displaced in the surroundings and, in the process, performs surface treatment tasks and wherein an obstacle detection device of the surface treatment device measures an obstacle within the surroundings. The surface treatment device remains motionless at a predefined location, in particular within a movement range of a certain object, in the surroundings during a time interval that was predefined by the user. The obstacle detection device repeatedly measures a distance to a certain object during the time interval and evaluates the measured values of the distance in respect of a temporal change, and/or wherein the obstacle detection device detects a possibly occurring collision with the object during the time interval, wherein an alarm signal is output in the case of a change beyond a predefined threshold and/or in the case of a collision.
US10602893B2
A self-propelled cleaning device has a housing, a fan and a surface cleaning system for cleaning a surface to be cleaned. In order to also be able to clean an above-floor surface, in particular a plateau of a baseboard, the cleaning device also has an above-floor cleaning system for cleaning an above-floor surface vertically offset relative to the surface to be cleaned. The above-floor cleaning system has a flow connection to a suction and/or blower unit having a fan, the flow opening of which has a difference in height of roughly 3 cm or more relative to a standing surface of the cleaning device by comparison to a usual orientation of the cleaning device for a cleaning operation.
US10602891B1
A toilet seat and lid assembly includes a toilet lid. A toilet seat is pivotally carried by the toilet lid. A seat raising mechanism includes a lock housing rotatable between a lowered seat position and a raised seat position, a lock pin cavity in the lock housing, a spring-loaded lock pin disposed for displacement in the lock pin cavity between a locking position and an unlocking position, a seat bracket engaged for rotation by the lock housing and engaging the toilet seat and a torsion spring normally biasing the lock housing in the lowered seat position. A pin actuating rod is carried by the toilet lid. The pin actuating rod engages the lock pin for actuation of the lock pin from the locking position to the unlocking position. A seat actuation button is carried by the toilet lid and engages the pin actuating rod.
US10602886B2
A package including a stack of absorbent tissue paper material and a packaging, wherein, in the stack, the tissue material forms panels having a length, and a width perpendicular to the length, the panels being piled on top of each other to form a height extending between a first end surface and a second end surface of the stack; the absorbent tissue paper material including at least a dry crepe material, the stack, when in the package, having a selected packing density D0 of 0.25 to 0.65 kg/dm3, and exerting a force along the height of the stack towards the packaging, the packaging encircling the stack so as to maintain the stack in a compressed condition with the selected packing density D0.
US10602881B2
A grinder system including an upper body, a dispenser, a grinder portion, a chute, a filter body, and a lower body. The dispenser may have a dispenser wall about a central axis and with a dispenser window. The grinder portion may have a platform with a plurality of holes and a second plurality of teeth facing the upper body. The chute may be rotatably coupled to the dispenser wall about a chute axis. The chute may be configured to cover the dispenser window in a closed configuration and rotate about the chute axis to uncover at least a portion of the dispenser window in an open configuration. The grinder portion may be part of or separate from the dispenser.
US10602871B2
An infuser includes a base having a cylindrical mounting base mounted on the base, a rotating ring surrounding the mounting base, a tubular structure with perforated top and bottom axially mounted on the top surface of the mounting base by liquid seal and a spring axially mounted between the base and rotating ring by precompression. The spring underprops the rotating ring permanently. A through flow channel is formed axially in the mounting base. The rotating ring is provided with a waterstop block. The waterstop block closes the flow channel by liquid seal. When the rotating ring rotates against the mounting base, it performs axially reciprocating motion against the mounting base at the same time. The waterstop block opens the flow channel optionally, the liquid in the tubular structure flows down through the flow channel.
US10602870B2
The invention relates to a beverage preparation device (1), comprising a central axis (2) with a brewing plane perpendicular to the central axis, wherein the brewing plane comprises a curved trajectory (3), curved with respect to the central axis, a first (4) and second (5) compression element, arranged for movement relative to each other along the curved trajectory, extending perpendicular to the curved trajectory, a brewing chamber (6) arranged for movement relative to the first and second compression elements along the curved trajectory, the brewing chamber having a tubular wall (7) extending parallel to the curved trajectory, wherein the tubular wall is arranged to be moved over an outer circumference (8, 9) of the first and/or second compression elements, a water inlet (14) arranged for discharging water into a brewing space, and a beverage outlet (15) arranged for discharging beverage from the brewing space.
US10602865B2
The invention is directed to a meal tier system. The system provides a plurality of cylindrical meal containers which stack neatly in tiers, and are removably affixed to a side-mounted spindle. Each container provides a watertight lid and may be individually swiveled around the axis of the spindle. The containers are dishwasher safe and may be insulated. Optionally, a large, sturdy bag with a carrying handle may be provided, such that the entire system, with all containers filled with food, may be fully assembled and securely carried in the bag with one hand.
US10602863B2
A smart cup including a main body having an opening; a cover configured to cover at least one portion of the opening; a driving unit configured to move the cover to open and close the at least one portion of the opening; a motion sensor configured to sense a motion of the main body; a proximity sensor configured to sense an object contacted with or adjacent to the opening; and a controller configured to control the driving unit to move the cover to open the at least one portion of the opening in response to the motion sensor sensing the motion of the main body and the proximity sensor sensing the object contacted with or adjacent to the opening, and control the driving unit to move the cover to close the at least one portion of the opening in response to the motion sensor sensing the motion of the main body and the proximity sensor not sensing the object contacted with or adjacent to the opening.
US10602862B2
The embodiments provide a secure-grip disposable dish for food. A food surface and a raised rim together give the dish to some extent a concave shape. The dish includes a void for receiving a user's thumb. In a first embodiment the void for receiving a user's thumb is configured as a slot. In a second embodiment the void for receiving a user's thumb is configured as an aperture. An elevated shelf proximal to the void for receiving a user's thumb can be included to provide a spot for the tip of a user's thumb to rest on when the dish is in use. In an alternative embodiment, a void for receiving one or more fingers of a user is substituted for the void for receiving a user's thumb.
US10602857B1
A secondary tray apparatus for a child's high chair of the type having each of a seat and a tray with an eating surface that is coupled to the high chair. The secondary tray apparatus includes an eating surface bounded along a first side by an inner edge and is otherwise bounded by a wall having inner and outer sides. The wall extends upwardly from the eating surface to a height of at least 4″ above said eating surface, with at least the inner side of the wall angled away from the eating surface. Securing means coupled to the tray apparatus permit securely coupling the secondary tray apparatus on top of a high chair tray. In the state of being secured on top of a high chair tray, the inner edge is positioned so as to confront a child seated in the high chair, and the wall is disposed so as to define a surface for containing items placed on the eating surface.
US10602856B2
A seat cushion is provided. The seat cushion includes a first cushion comprising a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side or the top side includes a contoured area and the contoured area has a convex or a concave shape.
US10602852B2
Disclosed are foldable bed frames, and oblique supports and connecting mechanisms for foldable bed frames. A foldable bed frame includes first and second sub-frames, and first and second side leg assemblies. The first and second sub-frames, each having top and bottom surfaces, are pivotally connected to each other. The first and second side leg assemblies are pivotally connected to the sub-frames and positioned within the space between the top and bottom surfaces of the sub-frames when folded. In some cases, the foldable bed frame includes a middle leg assembly, oblique supports, connecting pieces, and/or support connecting mechanisms.
US10602847B2
A seatback assembly is provided having a thoracic support structure. The thoracic support structure includes a center portion extending in an upright direction and is adapted to be positioned adjacent the seatback to align adjacent a thoracic region a user's spine. The center portion is formed of a first foam material having a first hardness. A pair of side portions are disposed adjacent to and connected with the center portion. The side portions are formed of a second foam material having a second hardness. The first hardness is greater than the second hardness for providing support to the user's spine. An adjustment mechanism is connected to the thoracic support structure for positioning the support structure along the seatback so that the center portion provides support to at least a portion of the thoracic region of the user's spine.
US10602845B2
Systems herein provide a customizable camp chair cover that may provide additional functional features and/or aesthetic elements to portable seating. In some examples, portions of the camp chair cover are inflatable and/or receive inserted inflation devices for customized support at various areas of seating when attached to the chair. Portions of the camp chair cover may be configured to provide access to portions of the chair and/or accessories. The camp chair cover may also be customized to provide team logos, designs, colors, and other aesthetic elements.
US10602844B2
A document holder for a display monitor is provided. The device includes a lower portion attached to an upper portion with a hinge, where the lower portion is, in turn affixable to an upper edge of a housing of a display monitor. The lower portion can be integral to the display monitor housing in one embodiment or can be removably secured thereto via a bracket in alternate embodiments. The lower portion further includes a pair of sidewalls and a front retaining wall defining a tray configured to support a document. The upper portion is rotatable between a deployed configuration and a stored configuration, such that the upper portion is positioned between the side retaining walls when the upper portion is in the stored configuration. In one use, documents are displayed above a display monitor within the document holder for enhanced visibility and accessibility.
US10602838B2
A foldable and height-adjustable table may include a main frame, a foldable frame, and a wheel assembly. The main frame has two side frames which are separated with a distance and parallel with each other. Each of the side frames has a vertical front sleeve and a vertical rear sleeve, and each of top bars horizontally located at a top end of the side frame. A table top has a pivotal side edge pivotally coupled with one of the top bars and an opposed detachable side edge detachably coupled with another top bar. The table top is configured to be coupled on tops of the top bars for use or pivotally turned over to couple at an outer edge of the side frame for store, and the main frame is configured to be folded between the folded position and unfolded position.
US10602833B2
A luggage assembly includes a first bag and a second bag, each bag having a rear side with a number of fasteners that engage the rear sides of the other bag to attach them together. The rear sides also have an open slot near the top end to receive a dual bag strap extending between the bags, such that the bags may be used as saddlebags. The bags may further include bag handles near the top end of the bags, and an assembly handle extending between the bag handles such that the luggage assembly may be conveniently carried as a single unit. The luggage assembly also includes an individual bag strap that may attach to the fasteners on the rear sides such that the bags may be used and carried individually.
US10602831B2
A backpack including a body having a back surface configured to be positioned adjacent to a back of a wearer when the backpack is worn. The body further includes a front surface at least partially spaced away from the back surface to at least partially define an inner cavity therebetween. The backpack has a storage component positioned within the inner cavity and at least one shoulder strap coupled to the body and positionable over a shoulder of a wearer. The backpack further has a releasable fastener that is movable to an open position to provide access to the inner cavity and movable to a closed position to block access to the inner cavity. The back surface includes a hinge about which the back surface is predisposed to bend, and the backpack is configured such that when the releasable fastener is in the open position at least part of the back surface is pivotable about the hinge to provide access to the inner cavity. The hinge is positioned below the storage component.
US10602826B2
A hand held appliance comprising an outer wall, a user operable button, a switch mechanism, and a switch assembly wherein the switch assembly is housed within the outer wall and comprises a frame, an actuator and a flexible membrane which connects the actuator to the frame and wherein the actuator cooperates with both the switch mechanism and the user operable button. The outer wall may comprise an aperture and the user operable button engages with the actuator through the aperture. The user operable button may be spaced from the flexible membrane by the actuator. The actuator may comprise a recess which engages with a corresponding protrusion that extends from the user operable button. The actuator may comprise a second recess which engages with an activation knob of the switch mechanism. The second recess may be spaced from the recess. The flexible membrane may extend around the perimeter of the actuator.
US10602825B2
A steam appliance intended to style hair, includes: —a base having a fluid reservoir including a component for demineralizing the fluid that is arranged upstream of the reservoir, —an intermediate chamber for raw fluid, the intermediate chamber being arranged upstream of the demineralizing component, —a cover intended to closed the intermediate chamber, —a portable unit for styling the hair, the unit being remote from the base and having a component for outputting steam in the direction of the hair, —a line including at least one duct intended to put the base and the portable unit into fluid communication, —a component for vaporizing the fluid and a component for outputting steam in the direction of the hair. The intermediate chamber includes in its interior a splitter intended to increase the flow cross section of the fluid through the inlet of the demineralizing component.
US10602819B2
A luggage with rotary displacement wheels includes a luggage body (1) having a giving-away surface (16) located on the junction between the bottom panel (13) and back panel (11) thereof, a rotary displacement wheel (2) mounted to each side panel (15) of the luggage body (1). The rotary displacement wheel (2) includes a wheel holder (21) eccentrically pivoted to one respective side panel (15) near the giving-away surface (16) and a tire (22) pivotally mounted on the wheel holder (21). The wheel holder (21) is turnable relative to the luggage body (1) between a first position near the front panel (12) to let a relatively smaller part of the tire (22) protrude over the giving-away surface (16) and a second position far from the front panel (12) to let a relatively larger part of the tire (22) protrude over the giving-away surface (16).
US10602817B2
An umbrella system includes a collapsible umbrella preferably having a telescoping pole, and including a generally hollow base unit with an auger member attached to a bottom portion thereof. The telescoping pole may be adjustable in height by any suitable means, and is received by the base unit having a pair of handle members extending radially therefrom, so that a user may grip the handle members in order to twist the base unit with the auger member into the ground. Other features may include an attachable table member, attachable drink holders, a removable carrying strap, a rotating collar assembly affixed to the lower portion of the base unit for attachment to a dog leash, and a water misting system for providing a spray water mist beneath the shade of the umbrella.
US10602815B2
Jewelry devices and assemblies for adjusting the appearance of jewelry as worn. The assemblies include a clip having first and second shell pieces pivotally coupled together with a hinge disposed within an interior volume defined by the shell pieces. Gripping members defining gripping surfaces are affixed to interior surfaces of the shell pieces and cooperate to hold in place one or more portions of a necklace, bracelet, anklet, and the like. In some examples, a portion of an elongated member of a jewelry article, such as a necklace chain, is couplable to a terminal extending from one of the shell pieces.
US10602813B2
Provided are a latching mechanism and a wearable device including the latching mechanism. The latching mechanism includes: a latching housing (1), including an elastic member mounting hole (2) through which an elastic member (3) penetrates and from which two ends of the elastic member extend; two push rods (4), oppositely abutting against two ends of the elastic member and connected to the latching housing in a slide fit, each push rod including a clamping post (5) protruding in a direction away from the latching housing, and the clamping posts of push rods being located in same axis and parallel with an axial direction of the elastic member; and a packaging housing (6), packaging and covering the latching housing and push rods in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the elastic member, exposing side surfaces (7), perpendicular to the axial direction of the elastic member, of the push rods.
US10602810B2
There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. A pull-tab attachment portion is provided on a slider body portion. A pull-tab is attached on the pull-tab attachment portion. The pull-tab has a handle portion and a connection portion connected to the pull-tab attachment portion. The connection portion includes a shaft portion and a pair of rod portions made of metal and extending from both ends of the shaft portion toward the handle portion. The shaft portion has a core portion made of metal and a resin portion made of resin and covering at least a part of a circumference of the core portion. At least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the resin portion is in contact with an inner circumferential surface of the pull-tab attachment portion.
US10602809B2
It is disclosed a method for producing garments comprising separable portions and at least a zipper sewn onto said separable portions of the garment, wherein said garment undergoes shrinkage, preferably by washing, showing a wavy appearance near the zipper before shrinkage and showing a substantially plane appearance after shrinkage. Said method comprising the steps of providing an elastically stretchable zipper, said zipper in its initial un-stretched condition has the length required for the zipper in the final garment; making a garment having separable portions; stretching said zipper; sewing the stretched zipper onto said separable portions of said garment, and shrinking said garment preferably by washing, wherein after said shrinking step, said zipper is in a substantially un-stretched condition. A garment obtainable according to the steps as above is also disclosed.
US10602793B1
An anti-concussion helmet attachment collar assembly includes a cowl body attached to a curved helmet attachment ring segment at its upper end, and to a cowl support ring at its lower end. A circular rolling element bearing is interposed between the bottom of the cowl support ring and the interior shoulder of an underlying central ring, facilitating rotation of the cowl support ring with respect to the central ring. A modified helmet incorporates a flange with keyhole openings coupleable with standoff rivets on the helmet attachment ring segment. A base attached to equipment, such as football shoulder pads, is configured to selectively couple with the central ring during use.
US10602786B2
Described herein are laminated articles along with methods of making and/or using the same, including a continuous process for making laminated articles.
US10602783B1
A multi-function garment has an inner face and an outer face. The garment may be worn as a cape via shoulder straps in the form of first and second straps attached to a first face of the garment. Unattached portions of the first and second straps are usable as the shoulder straps when attached to complementary fasteners on the respective face. In embodiments, the garment is reversible by threading the unattached portions of the straps through slits in the garment so that they can extend over either the first or the second face as desired. The garment is usable as a blanket when not being worn as a cape; e.g. by disconnecting the unattached portions of the first and second straps from the complementary fasteners.
US10602776B2
There is provided an aerosol-forming cartridge for an electrically operated aerosol-generating system. The aerosol-forming cartridge includes a base layer including at least one cavity and at least one aerosol-forming substrate held in the at least one cavity. A protective foil is removably attached to the base layer and is arranged to substantially hermetically seal the at least one aerosol-forming substrate within the at least one cavity prior to use of the aerosol-forming cartridge.
US10602775B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, elements of such devices, and methods for producing vapor. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides devices configured for vaporization of an aerosol precursor composition that is contained in and transported to a heating element by a unitary reservoir and liquid transport element. The unitary reservoir and liquid transport element may include a porous monolith.
US10602769B2
A melt spun tobacco composition, e.g., in flake or particle form, for oral use in a mammal made by melt spinning comprising tobacco and/or a tobacco extract and at least one material which is solid at room temperature, which melts at or below 500° F., and carries from 1% to 70% of tobacco when processed through melt spinning, and solidifies again in less than 5 seconds after melt spinning.
US10602766B2
A preparation apparatus for preparing feed for animals, includes a first storage container for storing a dehydrated feed, a second storage container for storing a liquid such as water, mixing chamber, a mixer for mixing the dehydrated feed and the liquid in order to form a feed ration in paste form, and a consumption container arranged to receive the feed ration, wherein the mixing chamber includes an opening, the mixing chamber is mounted movable relative to the preparation apparatus, so as to move from a first position to a second position.
US10602765B2
Systems and methods of de-stemming produce are provided. An apparatus can process an item of produce having a first portion and a second portion attached to the first portion. The apparatus can include at least one first conveyor unit that can convey the first portion of the item of produce in a first direction. The apparatus can include at least one second conveyor unit that can convey the second portion of the item of produce in a second direction that differs from the first linear direction by between zero and 90 degrees to generate a separation force between the first portion of the item of produce and the second portion of the item of produce that separates the first portion from the second portion.
US10602764B2
A bean roasting system includes a roasting chamber, a blower, a variable diverter and a controller. The roasting chamber, the blower and the variable diverter each is disposed at least partially within a recirculating gas flow path. The blower is configured to provide a flow stream of gas through the recirculating gas flow path. The variable diverter is configured to split the gas flow path into at least two flow paths including a treated flow path and a bypass flow path. The treated flow path includes a series arrangement of a gas heater and a catalytic converter. The variable diverter is configured to control a percentage of a flow stream of gas that is diverted into the bypass flow path. The controller is configured to activate different predetermined operating modes for the bean roasting system by controlling a state of the variable diverter and a state of the heater.
US10602763B2
The present invention is directed to a new process for supplementation of beverages with soluble and bio available iron in the form of ferric pyrophosphate. This process allows iron supplementation of beverages at low cost, without affecting either the original taste or the colour of the beverages. It is also directed to a concentrate ferric pyrophosphate-citrate solution and its use in the preparation of an iron enriched beverage. The invention also relates to a beverage obtainable by this process.
US10602762B2
A taste and flavor profile modifying composition is described. The composition includes a blend of glucosylated steviol glycosides and residual steviol glycosides which can modify the intensity of a taste and/or flavor in a food or beverage product.
US10602759B2
A thermal processing and control system (300) includes a thermal processing station (312) for receiving food products (14) being carried on a conveyor system (316). A first scanning station (318) is located upstream from the thermal processing station (312) for scanning the food products being carried by the conveyor (316). An actuator (420) automatically connects temperature measuring devices (402) with selected food products (14). A diverter conveyor (324) diverts selected food products (14) from the conveyor (316) to a transverse conveyor (326) for either further processing or alternative processing, depending on how system (300) is configured. The temperature measuring devices (402) are automatically removed from the food products at station (329).
US10602753B2
The present invention is in the field of fermentation, and pertains to a method for preparing yogurt by fermentation, comprising the steps of providing a fermentation starter culture comprising a selected microorganism in a suitable culture medium, adding a potato protein protease inhibitor to the culture medium, culturing the microorganism, and harvesting the yogurt. This method has the advantage that the lag time of fermentation can be reduced by the addition of relatively low amounts of potato protein protease inhibitor. It has the additional advantage that the potato protein protease inhibitor allows for application of the present method over a wide pH range and wide temperature range including pasteurization, is filter sterilizable and that potato protease inhibitor protein is non-allergenic.
US10602740B2
An organ perfusion apparatus may include at least two tubes connected to an organ or tissue. A method of perfusing an organ or tissue may include connecting a first end of each of the at least two tubes to an organ or tissue, applying a fluid motive force to a perfusion fluid in the two tubes to force the fluid through the two tubes into the organ or tissue, and perfusing the organ or tissue through the at least two tubes such that the fluid motive force, provided by, e.g., a pump, and backpressure generated by the organ or tissue, establishes a flow balance between the at least two tubes. The flow balance may be altered without altering the fluid motive force that is applied.
US10602736B2
Embodiments of the Portable Wild Hog Trap are comprised of a wheel winch assembly, a trip plate, two side walls, a front wall, a rear wall, and a floor. The two side walls, the front wall, the rear wall, and the floor are comprised of heavy gauge wire mats and a steel support frame. The rear wall is comprised of a fixed rear wall and a trap gate. The trip plate is comprised of either of heavy gauge wire mats or a steel plate and a steel support frame. The wild hog is lured into the Portable Wild Hog Trap with an appropriate lure positioned such that the wild hog steps on the trip plate actuating a trip spring. The trip spring then slams the trap gate closed trapping the hog or hogs in the Portable Wild Hog Trap.
US10602733B1
A row crop sprayer for use in spraying a liquid herbicide onto the ground between crop rows. The sprayer includes structure for deflecting the canopies of the crop rows to expose the ground adjacent the crop rows.
US10602720B1
A toy is formed in a hollow configuration with an exterior diameter, an interior diameter, a wall thickness, and a length. The toy is fabricated of a rigid material. The toy has an exterior surface to be held by a dog. The toy is slidably receivable on a leash adjacent to a collar when the dog is being walked. The method includes the step of positioning the toy on the leash closer to the lower end than to the upper end of the leash while the dog is being walked. The toy is removable from the leash to be used as a chew and throw toy separate from the leash.
US10602717B2
Disclosed is a comb having a lamellar body and including, along a toothed edge, teeth able to penetrate the coat of hair. The comb eliminates injuries caused to the animal by sharp teeth, eliminating fur damage while also improving the treatment of the hair coat and to improve brushing performance by adapting to the hair coat of each animal, in each season. To this end, the teeth of the two sets of teeth A and B, which are positioned one on each side of the mid plane P of the body and the teeth of which sets are intercalated with one another, have anti-injury roundings at the tips and over part of the length of the edge corners leading from these tips and are delimited between a flat external face and a curved extreme internal face, the tooth set B being finer and provided with shorter teeth.
US10602716B2
An animal feeding apparatus includes a duct through which feed falls under gravity. A drive wheel is mounted in the duct and includes a plurality of paddle blades such that falling feed in the duct acts to drive the blades to rotate the wheel about the axis. A syringe is laid in a support channel where a plunger of the syringe is compressed longitudinally for feeding a liquid to an injection nozzle into the duct by a screw driven by the wheel. The wheel and the support channel are mounted on a common housing forming the duct and containing the wheel, to an injection opening on the bottom of the housing for addition to the feed passing through the duct portion.
US10602712B2
An apparatus comprises a cup holder bracket and a cup holder. The cup holder bracket comprises a hinge that allows the cup holder bracket to pivot between a substantially horizontal position when closed to a substantially vertical position when opened. The cup holder is coupled to the cup holder bracket and comprises a rimmed structure configured to hold an attachment end of a cup when the cup holder bracket is closed.
US10602710B1
A soybean cultivar designated 89282206 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 89282206, to the plants of soybean cultivar 89282206, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 89282206, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 89282206. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 89282206. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 89282206, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 89282206 with another soybean cultivar.
US10602708B1
A soybean cultivar designated 82370721 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 82370721, to the plants of soybean cultivar 82370721, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 82370721, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 82370721. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82370721. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82370721, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 82370721 with another soybean cultivar.
US10602705B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068821. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068821. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068821 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068821 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10602702B2
The invention provides seed and plants of catnip hybrid ‘CR9’. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of catnip hybrid ‘CR9’, and to methods for producing a catnip plant of the present invention by crossing such plants with themselves or with another catnip plant, such as a plant of another genotype, variety, or cultivar. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants.
US10602700B1
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LFX6374, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LFX6374 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LFX6374, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LFX6374, and plants produced according to these methods.
US10602696B2
A novel sweet corn hybrid plant, designated HMX59WS608 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS608, to the plants and plant parts of sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS608, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant by crossing the sweet corn hybrid HMX59WS608 with itself or another sweet corn plant.
US10602692B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072252. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072252. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072252 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072252 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10602678B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a humidity and temperature control system for use in the outdoor cultivation of fruits, as typically found in an orchard setting, with the additional aid of a sunshade. Embodiments include a climate control system with an efficient and controlled introduction of water vapor into an outdoor orchard employing a plurality of fogging type nozzles, coupled with an overarching porous solar shade enclosure.
US10602673B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to a seed planting system that incorporates an outer shell, a plant growing or rooting media, seed(s), fertilizer, and a lid, as well as methods of using this planting system. Exemplary embodiments also relate to an indoor growing unit which is configured for use with the seed planting system.
US10602669B2
Produced PAR neither replicates the spectral bandwidth of sunlight at the surface of the earth, nor the absorption spectrum of green plants, nor the absorption spectrum of photosynthetic processes, but—based on discovery that PAR at only a number of unique wavelengths is optimally energy-efficient to promote normal or better plant growth—instead desirably concentrates PAR emissions in a limited number, preferably about nine (9), narrow bands. Narrowband, even extremely narrowband, radiation is preferred at 430 and 662 nanometers wavelength; 453 and 642 nanometers wavelength and still other wavelengths. Preferably more than 50% of the total PAR flux is within a total bandwidth of less than 160 nanometers wavelength in the range between 360 and 760 nanometers wavelength, and more preferably 90% of the PAR flux is within a total bandwidth of less than 80 nanometers wavelength within this range.
US10602662B2
A sickle drive incorporated into a generally flat package or enclosure or floor. The drive includes an epicyclic mechanism, including a rotatable input element in an upper region of a cavity of the enclosure, and an eccentric element below the input element rotatable eccentrically thereby. A drive arm is connected to the eccentric element for rotation about, and eccentric rotation with, the eccentric element, and extends to a pivot element which can be the only component extending upwardly from the enclosure or floor, such that the shaft will be pivoted by the eccentric movement of the drive arm. A knife arm connects to the pivot element and a sickle knife assembly which will be reciprocated by the pivoting action. A second epicyclic arrangement can be employed such that opposite forces generated by operation of the drive will be largely canceled.
US10602659B2
A lawn mower includes: a mower unit having a plurality of blades for performing lawn mowing work, the plurality of blades being driven by rotational power, a blade motor configured to transmit rotational power to each of the plurality of blades, and be capable of optionally changing the rotation number of the rotational power transmitted to each of the plurality of blades; and a controller configured to detect respective speeds of the plurality of blades to the ground and perform energy-saving control of increasing and decreasing the rotation number of the rotational power transmitted to each of the plurality of blades in accordance with increase and reduction in the detected speed of each of the plurality of blades.
US10602658B1
A kit for retrofitting a vehicle, such as a lawn mower or tractor, into a lawn care vehicle for distributing liquids for treatment of a lawn, the kit includes a base, a liquid tank, a hose reel, and a fluid flow control system. The fluid flow control system includes a dispensing hose on the hose reel and a hand-held hose. A Y-shape valve fluidically connects the dispensing hose and the hand-held hose to each other and to the liquid tank. The nozzles of the dispensing hose and the hand-held hose have a magnet so as to magnetically mount them anywhere on the vehicle, and the components of the kit may be mounted in various arrangements on the vehicle.
US10602656B2
An agricultural machine includes a motor configured to drive a seeding system that is, itself, configured to meter and deliver seed from the agricultural machine. The agricultural machine also includes a sensor configured to sense a characteristic of the seeding system and a skip detector component, that receives the sensor signal and detects a seed skip in the seeding system. Based on the detected seed skip, a processing system generates an operating parameter of the motor, and controls the motor based on the operating parameter.
US10602652B1
The weeding tool is a hand tool. The weeding tool is configured for use in agriculture. The weeding tool is adapted for use in removing a weed from a maintained plot. The weed is further defined with a root. By maintained plot is meant a plot of land that is either cultivated or landscaped. The weeding tool comprises a blade and a handle. The handle attaches to the blade. The blade is the working end of the weeding tool. The blade: 1) wedges itself into the weed; and, 2) pulls the weed out of the maintained plot by the root. The handle is an extension structure that: 1) connects the blade to the control grip, 2) is used to manipulate the blade; and, 3) allows the weeding tool to be used by a standing person.
US10609847B2
A method for producing a housing component with shielding from electrical and/or magnetic radiation and with an environmental seal function, is disclosed. A metal housing part is produced by folding a metal sheet. A synthetic shaped part is produced by thermoforming such that the shape of the synthetic shaped part matches the metal housing part. The synthetic shaped part is connected to the metal housing part. A method for producing a high-voltage store, a housing component with shielding from electrical and/or magnetic radiation, and a high-voltage store are also disclosed.
US10609841B2
Disclosed is a liquid cooling radiation system. The technical solution used by the present invention to solve the technical problem is: the liquid cooling radiation system comprises: a radiation device, comprising cooling pipes and a radiation structure device arranged on the cooling pipes; a pumping device, integrally arranged between the cooling pipes and generating power so that a coolant circulates within the cooling pipes; a heat absorption device, attached to a heating device and having a heat conduction effect with the heating device; a pipeline, used for connecting the radiation device and the heat absorption device. On the basis of existing products, the present invention utilises a solution wherein a liquid pump main body and a radiator are integrally arranged together. Thus, the radiation of a fan is used to take away heat on the radiator and heat generated by a pump power main body (i.e. a motor) itself is also taken away, thereby extending the service life of the motor. In addition, the occupied space is significantly reduced, the heat transfer effect is significantly improved, and the production and assembly costs are reduced, so that product assembly is convenient and efficiency is high.
US10609837B2
A data storage center comprising a plurality of cabinets configured with one or more racks. The racks are configured for accommodating one or more appliances. At least one of said cabinets is displaceable to facilitate access to the respective racks of said cabinet and to racks of a neighboring cabinet of said cabinets.
US10609836B2
A bus architecture for supplying power to a datacenter. A first DC bus includes a first DC bus conductor, a first power source and a first diode having a cathode connected to the first DC bus conductor. The first DC bus includes a first converter connected to the first power source and to an anode of the first diode. Power output by the first power source via the first converter is supplied at a first voltage level. The first DC bus includes a first plurality of loads and a first plurality of DC/DC converters connecting the first plurality of loads to the first DC bus conductor, respectively. The first DC bus includes a second diode having a cathode connected to the first DC bus conductors. A first uninterruptable power supply is connected to an anode of the second diode and operates at a second voltage level.
US10609835B1
An electronic device includes a chassis, an electronic component and a driving mechanism. The chassis includes a side plate. The driving mechanism includes a first linking member, an actuating member, a restraining member, a second linking member, a driving module and a support member. The actuating member is pivotally connected to the first linking member. The second linking member is pivotally connected to the side plate and the restraining member. The driving module is connected to the first linking member. The support member is connected to the driving module. The electronic component is disposed on the support member. The support member is restrained by the restraining member. The actuating member drives the second linking member to rotate with respect to the restraining member and the second linking member drives the restraining member to move, such that the restraining member is disengaged from the support member.
US10609825B1
An electronic system may include a housing and one or more electronic modules. The housing and electronic modules may be configured to allow different numbers and types of electronic modules to be attached to the exterior of the housing.
US10609809B2
A linear accelerator head for use in a medical radiation therapy system can include a housing, an electron generator configured to emit electrons along a beam path, and a microwave generation assembly. The linear accelerator head may include a waveguide that is configured to contain a standing or travelling microwave. The waveguide can include a plurality of cells that are disposed adjacent one another, wherein each of the plurality of cells may define an aperture configured to receive electrons therethrough. The linear accelerator head can further include a converter and a primary collimator.
US10609807B2
An objective of the invention is to provide an acceleration cavity, an accelerator, and a resonance frequency adjustment method of an acceleration cavity that can change the natural resonance frequency of the acceleration cavity without occupying space between adjacent accelerator cavities. A QWR includes: a body portion whose axial direction is parallel to the vertical direction, and having a cylindrical side face portion; an upper face portion provided in an upper part of the body portion and is a plate-shaped member; and a deformation adjustment portion applying a pressing force on the upper face portion to deform the upper face portion.
US10609803B2
An EUV light generating apparatus includes: EUV light sensors configured to measure energy of EUV light from mutually different directions, the EUV light being generated by applying laser light to a target supplied to a predetermined region in a chamber; an application position adjusting unit configured to adjust an application position of the laser light to the target supplied to the predetermined region; and a controller configured to control the application position adjusting unit such that a centroid of the EUV light becomes a target desired centroid, the centroid of the EUV light being specified from measurement results of the EUV light sensors. The controller calibrates the target desired centroid based on EUV light centroids obtained from the energy of the EUV light measured by the EUV light sensors, and a parameter related to the measured energy of the EUV light corresponding to the EUV light centroids.
US10609784B1
A server device can periodically obtain information concerning illuminance of ambient light from light sensors associated with light sources, and can obtain respective brightness level values associated with respective brightness levels of the light sources. The server device can calculate an illuminance value associated with the illuminance of the ambient light based on the information, determine an adjusted brightness level value for the light sources based on the illuminance value, and determine transition times and transition rates based on the respective brightness level values and the adjusted brightness level value. The server device can cause the respective brightness levels to change according to the adjusted brightness level value, the transition times, and the transition rates, where the transition times and the transition rates are to be used to transition the respective brightness levels of the light sources from the respective brightness level values to the adjusted brightness level value.
US10609783B2
A self-monitoring LED marine navigation light that monitors LED intensity and if the intensity is not COLREG compliant, a microprocessor in the light simulates an open filament just as would an incandescent light, thus allowing the analog ships alarm panel circuit to trigger an alarm. The device generally comprises a base, a lens mounted to the base, and an LED module seated in the base and enclosed by the lens. The LED module includes primary and optional secondary LED lights plus one or more photodiode(s) exposed to the LED light(s). The LED also includes a processor and software for measuring light intensity input to the photodiode(s), comparing measured intensity to a minimum COLREG threshold, and signaling failure when measured intensity falls below said minimum threshold.
US10609782B2
A light emitting diode (LED) fixture is provided. The fixture includes a housing that supports an LED array. A power supply can be coupled to the housing via a connector. A controller with a constant current driver can be configured to actuate the LED array. In an embodiment the controller can be configured to control operation of the LED array based on a sensed signal.
US10609781B2
The disclosed technology relates to a lighting strobe system that utilizes an ambient light sensor to detect an intensity and color temperature of ambient light to set or adjust an intensity and color temperature of light to be emitted by a first array of LEDs and a second array of LEDs. The first array of LEDs may include warm color temperature LEDs having a color temperature of 2400-4000 Kelvin. The second array of LEDs may include cool color temperature LEDs having a color temperature of 4000-8000 Kelvin.
US10609776B2
A method of setting luminance levels of a solid-state light sources of a luminaire with programmable light distribution is provided. The method includes obtaining a file describing a desired light beam distribution, converting the desired light beam distribution into luminance levels for the solid-state light sources, and applying the luminance levels to the solid-state light sources to cause the luminaire to output the desired light beam distribution.
US10609765B2
An ice melting assembly for inhibiting ice and snow from collecting in a wheel well includes a liner that is mounted in a wheel well of a vehicle. A heating element is positioned within the liner and the heating element is in thermal communication with the liner. A control is provided and the control is selectively manipulated. The control is electrically coupled to the heating element to turn the heating element on and off.
US10609764B2
A temperature controller including a housing, a temperature sensor with an expansion element which generates a movement stroke as a function of the temperature. The controller includes a switching system having a switching spring on a switching spring base, upon which there acts the expansion element. An end remote from the spring contact of the switching spring is fastened to the switching spring base, an end remote from the fastening of the switching spring of the switching spring base is held securely and immovably on the temperature controller housing, the switching spring base working together with an adjustment element. To adjust the switching point of the switching system, the switching spring base together with the switching spring can be moved relative to the expansion element and/or to the actuating element.
US10609762B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for improving, in some examples, backhaul of sensor and other data to a real time location system (RTLS) network. In the context of a method for communication by a tag, the method includes receiving, at the tag, sensor data from at least one sensor, generating, using a processor of the tag, a tag blink data packet, the tag blink data packet including a tag identifier and at least a portion of the received sensor data, and transmitting the tag blink data packet.
US10609757B2
A method and apparatus may include determining, by a network node, that a slave radio-resource-control function is to be initiated. The slave radio-resource-control function may be performed by an access point. The method may also include transmitting a message to the access point. The message includes at least one of a request to initiate the slave radio-resource-control function and a confirmation that the slave radio-resource-control function can be initiated.
US10609756B2
The present invention is designed so that a plurality of channels can be received adequately even when the bandwidth to use is limited to a narrowband which is a part of a system bandwidth. A user terminal, in which the bandwidth to use is limited to the narrowband which is a part of the system bandwidth, has a receiving section that receives a broadcast transport block and a unicast transport block, and a control section that switches the transport block to receive depending on the RRC mode of the user terminal, and, when the receiving section receives both the broadcast transport block and the unicast transport block and the user terminal is in the RRC-connected mode, the control section exerts control so that the unicast transport block is received, based on priorities that are determined in advance.
US10609746B2
A method and an apparatus for communication between peer devices in which a cyclic-superframe including a plurality of superframes is used are provided. The method may include: receiving a discovery request command frame including information about a first cyclic-superframe for a peering period at an active contention access period (CAP) of the plurality of superframes; transmitting, to a peer device that has transmitted the discovery request command frame, a discovery response command frame corresponding to the discovery request command frame; and performing the peering period with the peer device based on the first cyclic-superframe.
US10609738B2
Provided is a mobile network system including a mobile terminal and a mobile router configured to perform wireless communication to and from the mobile terminal, the mobile router including: a near field wireless communication unit configured to perform communication for processing relating to electronic money; a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication to and from the mobile terminal; and a storage unit configured to store information on a mobile terminal that uses the mobile router to perform communication and information on a mobile terminal that is allowed to use electronic money, the mobile terminal including: a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication to and from the mobile router; and a storage unit configured to store information on the mobile router.
US10609732B2
Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for setting network allocation vectors (NAV) for multi-user (MU) operation. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode a preamble portion of a frame, and if the preamble portion of the frame comprises a high-efficiency (HE) signal (SIG) A field (HE-SIG-A) comprising a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration field and a media access control (MAC) portion of the frame is not decoded, set one or more NAVs based on the TXOP duration field. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: decode a MAC portion of the frame, and if the MAC portion of the frame comprises a MAC duration field, set the one or more NAVs based on the MAC duration field.
US10609730B2
Provided is a network allocation vector (NAV) operation method by a station (STA) operating in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. An STA receiving a particular frame, if the frame is a frame for a basic service set (BSS) to which the corresponding STA belongs, determines whether or not a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) is higher than the first clear channel assessment (CCA) level and, if the corresponding frame is not a frame for a BSS to which the STA belongs, determines if the RSSI is higher than the second CCA level which is higher than the first CCA level. If the RSSI is higher than the first CCA level or the second CCA level, the STA updates NAV. If the received frame is a request to send (RTS) frame or a clear to send (CTS) frame, the received frame comprises additional information used for determining whether or not the RTS frame or the CTS frame is a frame for a BSS to which the STA belongs.
US10609727B2
A method and apparatus can determine a user data resource assignment in a wireless network. A control channel candidate can be monitored for a control channel. The control channel candidate can correspond to a CCE parameter that is a function of a first RBG size used for user data resource assignments. The control channel can be decoded. A user data resource assignment can be determined based on the decoded control channel. The user data resource assignment can be based on a second RBG size.
US10609726B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Wireless communications systems as described herein may be configured to support several service types with different latency, reliability, or throughput rates or standards. One such service type may be referred to as ultra-reliable, low-latency communications (URLLC). Enhancements to improve URLLC performance in coexistence with and as a complement to legacy service types, such as LTE are described. These include, for example, enhanced timing resource allocations, enhanced transmission repetition schemes, enhanced feedback mechanisms, or a combination of these features to achieve certain reliability and latency targets.
US10609722B2
This disclosure relates to a communication device, comprising: a first communication module configured to communicate data with a first communication partner device according to a first wireless technology; a second communication module configured to communicate data with a second communication partner device according to a second wireless technology; and a scheduling module configured to determine a parameter indicative of a receive data capacity of the first communication partner device based on the data communication with the first communication partner device, and to schedule the data communication with the first communication partner device and the data communication with the second communication partner device based on the parameter.
US10609715B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable medium for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus may receive a message from a base station. The message may indicate a first dedicated resource for downlink transmission, and the first dedicated resource may be associated with a scheduled downlink transmission from the base station. The apparatus may determine a second dedicated resource for uplink transmission based on the first dedicated resource for downlink transmission indicated in the message. The second dedicated resource for uplink transmission may be associated with the scheduled downlink transmission. The apparatus may determine whether to transmit an information message, to be used by the base station for transmitting the scheduled downlink transmission, on the second dedicated resource.
US10609702B2
Provided are a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method that achieve a radio access network capable of being flexibly compatible with various requirements. The base station apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a transmission unit configured to generate a transmit signal based on a frame format in which a radio parameter is configurable, and configured to notify the terminal apparatus of information indicating the radio parameter configured in the frame format. The terminal apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a reception unit configured to acquire information indicating a radio parameter configured in a frame format, and configured to demodulate a signal generated based on the frame format, based on the radio parameter.
US10609699B2
Provided are a method for monitoring, transmitting, and receiving downlink pre-emption indication information in a next-generation/5G radio access network. The method may include receiving monitoring configuration information for downlink pre-emption indication information from a base station; receiving configuration information on a control resource set (CORESET) for receiving the downlink pre-emption indication information from the base station; configuring reference downlink resources based on the configuration information on a control resource set; and monitoring the downlink pre-emption indication information for the reference downlink resources.
US10609688B2
Methods for communicating support of operations or capabilities for enhanced directional multi-gigabit (EDMG) communications are described. A supported channel width field or operating channel width field is used in a capabilities element or operation element. The supported channel width field or operating channel width field includes bit positions with bit values that are set to indicate support of operation or a capability of the transmit device from among defined options, the defined options including: the transmit device can perform channel bonding only, the transmit device can perform carrier aggregation only, and the transmit device can perform both channel bonding and carrier aggregation.
US10609684B2
A method for enabling a base station to control adaptive reporting in a TDD environment according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting, from a base station to a terminal, an information element including reporting-setting information comprising reporting cycle and reporting offset of channel state information; transmitting information of a UL-DL setting change to the terminal; and receiving the channel state information by using the reporting cycle and the reporting offset of the reporting-setting information corresponding to the changed UL-DL setting.
US10609683B2
The present document relates to a method for a base station to efficiently indicate, to a transceiving terminal, a resource region to which control information and data are to be transmitted in a wireless communication system supporting direction communication between terminals, that is, D2D communication, and an apparatus therefor. To that end, the transmitting terminal receives, from a base station, resource allocation information associated with D2D communication, and on the basis of the resource allocation information received from the base station, transmits, to a receiving terminal, control information (SA) for D2D communication and data corresponding to the control information, wherein the resource allocation information comprises first resource region information for transmitting the control information, and the transmitting terminal acquires, on the basis of the first resource region information, a second resource region information for transmitting the data.
US10609675B2
The present disclosure provides example paging methods, synchronization methods, and user equipment. In one example paging method, a first device determines second paging signals used to page second devices and sends the second paging signals to the second devices connected to the first device. The second devices determine, according to the second paging signals, whether the second devices are paged second devices, so that the first device or a network side device pages the second devices.
US10609673B2
Methods and apparatuses are described relating to changes in an antenna configuration of a multi-antenna radio frequency (RF) transceiver between reference signal occasions. In one set of examples, a first antenna configuration at a first reference signal occasion of a first RF transmitter is stored, and if the antenna configuration has changed by the time a second reference signal occasion of the first (same) RF transmitter begins, the antenna configuration is switched back to the first antenna configuration. In another set of examples, compensation data to enable compensation between the first antenna configuration used to measure a first reference signal of a reference RF transmitter and a second antenna configuration used to measure a second reference signal of a neighboring (different) RF transmitter is retrieved and used when computing a time difference between the first and second reference signals.
US10609669B2
A method for operating a communication network having a base station includes associating the base station with a first sub-network of the communication network and operation of the first sub-network of the communication network by a management entity, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a first set of communication terminals during operation of the first sub-network. The method further includes associating the base station with a second sub-network of the communication network and operation of the second sub-network of the communication network by the management entity, wherein the base station is configured to communicate with a second set of communication terminals during operation of the second sub-network.
US10609667B1
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which policy delivery is provided. A network device of a core network may receive a registration request message that includes a request for an end device policy. The network device may perform a registration procedure and a policy procedure pertaining to an end device. The network device determines when the registration and the policy procedures are completed. The network device transmits a registration response that includes an end device policy to an end device.
US10609666B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a cell configuration method, a method for implementing synchronization between a user equipment and a base station, a user equipment, and a base station. The cell configuration method includes: determining, by a first base station corresponding to a first cell, system information of a second cell; and notifying, by the first base station, a second base station corresponding to the second cell of the system information, so that the second base station sends and receives signals according to the system information. According to the solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, system information of a cell may be dynamically or semi-statically adjusted according to user equipment distribution and service distribution, so that network resources can be better provided for a user equipment that needs them, a capability of serving the user equipment is improved.
US10609660B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for synchronization for wideband coverage enhancement. A user equipment (UE) may receive a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS) in a subframe of a frame. In one example, the PSS may be received in each of a first plurality of consecutive symbols of the subframe. In another example, the SSS may be received in each of a second plurality of consecutive symbols of the subframe, wherein the second plurality of consecutive symbols is after the first plurality of consecutive symbols within the subframe. The UE may synchronize with a base station based at least in part on the PSS and the SSS received in the subframe. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10609656B2
Digital content can be broadcast in a sideband of a radio signal transmitted by a broadcast transmitter using digital in-band on-channel (IBOC) transceivers located remotely from the broadcast transmitter. A remotely located IBOC transceiver includes a variable-power IBOC transmitter, a radio receiver, power measurement circuitry and a processor and associated memory. The processor and memory use a measurement taken by the power measurement circuitry to determine the signal strength of the radio signal, and based on that signal strength determine an IBOC transmit power level that will produce a first IBOC signal having an IBOC power not exceeding a predetermined portion of the signal strength of the radio signal. The variable-power IBOC transmitter transmits the first IBOC signal at the IBOC transmit power level, as determined by the processor and memory.
US10609655B2
Various arrangements are presented for controlling a mesh network. An electronic device may determine an occupancy state of a structure. In response to determining that the structure is not occupied, the electronic device may determine whether each node of the mesh network is in communication with at least one device that currently needs wireless communications, wherein the mesh network comprises a plurality of nodes. Power consumption of at least one node of the plurality of nodes of the mesh network may be adjusted based on determining whether each node of the mesh network is in communication with at least one device that currently needs wireless communications.
US10609639B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a signal transmission method and a network device. The signal transmission method includes: sending, by a first network device, a first signal before performing cell selection; and sending, by the first network device, a second signal after performing cell selection, where resources used by the first network device to send the first signal and the second signal are different, and the second signal is a random access signal.
US10609638B2
In a method, that is executed in an information processing apparatus, of deleting an SSID (Service Set Identifier) of an access point stored in the information processing apparatus, information indicating SSIDs stored in the information processing apparatus is obtained from the information processing apparatus, and an SSID satisfying a predetermined condition is specified among the SSIDs included in the obtained information. The information processing apparatus is instructed to delete the specified SSID.
US10609636B2
A method and an apparatus for selecting a core network in a mobile communication system are disclosed. According to some aspects of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus are provided for selecting a core network which is appropriate to the type of user's subscribed service in a mobile communication system, without the need for re-routing.
US10609624B2
Disclosed herein is a method implemented in a network node for transmitting data to a wireless device, wherein the data is time aligned with a periodic high priority transmission. The method comprises the steps of defining a zone prior to the occasion of the periodic high priority transmission where data packets could be aligned, identifying suitable data packets to schedule in the zone prior to the periodic high priority transmission, performing a clear channel assessment—CCA—and transmitting the periodic high priority transmission and potentially the data packets. Also disclosed is an arrangement and a computer program product.
US10609620B1
Technology for multi-hop power management is described. In one embodiment, processing logic obtains a noise floor value, an interference threshold parameter, a data rate threshold parameter, and a set of channel interference metrics from each of a first mesh network device, a second mesh network device, and a third mesh network device, respectively. The processing logic identifies a network path that traverses the three mesh network devices. The processing logic calculates a first transmit power level for the first mesh network device, a second transmit power level for the second mesh network device, and a third transmit power level for the third mesh network device. Data transmissions by each of the mesh network device at the respective transmit power levels ensure a minimum data transmission rate over each hop of the network path.
US10609612B1
The present 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 present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services.Methods and apparatuses provide a service to user equipment through a dedicated core network. In one method, a base station, also referred to as eNB, receives a non-access stratum (NAS) message from user equipment (UE), and transmits a first initial UE message having the NAS message to a first mobility management entity (MME). Also, the base station receives a redirection request message having the NAS message from the first MME, and transmits a second initial UE message having the NAS message to a second MME. In another method, the MME receives the first initial UE message having the NAS message from the base station, and transmits the redirection request message having the NAS message when the MME fails to support a dedicated core network according to UE usage type information. If the redirection request message is transmitted, a second initial UE message having the NAS message is transmitted to a dedicated MME.
US10609600B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for user equipment (UE) devices to perform more efficient frequency scans for potential base stations. According to techniques described herein, the UE may determine that it does not have cellular service and determine first information based on a last camped cell. A time period during which the first information was acquired may be determined and one or more frequency scans may be performed. The frequency scans may be limited to a set of frequencies based in part on the time period. Thus, if the time period is less than a first value, the set of frequencies may include a first set of frequencies and if the time period is greater than the first value but less than a second value, the set of frequencies may include the first set of frequencies and a second set of frequencies.
US10609599B2
Apparatuses, methods and computer programs for allocating transmission resources and for a mobile transceiver. An apparatus for a mobile transceiver of a mobile communication system includes a transceiver module to receive control information from a base station transceiver of the mobile communication system and to communicate with another mobile transceiver of the mobile communication system. The apparatus also includes a control module to control the transceiver module. The control module receives information related to a first resource pool and information related to a second resource pool using the transceiver module. The control module also communicates with the other mobile transceiver using the transceiver module using a rateless code to encode data for transmission on resources of the second resource pool.
US10609577B2
A method in a first node for adapting a multi-antenna transmission to a second node over a wireless channel is provided. The wireless channel has at least three inputs and at least one output. The first node and the second node are comprised in a wireless communication system. The method includes obtaining at least one symbol stream, determining a precoding matrix having a product structure created by a block diagonal matrix being multiplied from the left with a block diagonalizing unitary matrix, precoding the at least one symbol stream with the determined precoding matrix, and transmitting the precoded at least one symbol stream over a wireless channel to the second node.
US10609574B2
Techniques for a seamless wireless local area network upgrade using dynamic coverage estimations are described. In one embodiment, a method includes determining, at a network controller of a wireless local area network (WLAN) comprising a plurality of wireless access points, a first set of wireless access points that provide redundant wireless connectivity to client devices. The method also includes determining, at the network controller, a second set of wireless access points among a remaining group of wireless access points excluding the first set of wireless access points that provide redundant wireless connectivity to client devices. The method includes performing a first upgrade of software associated with each wireless access point in the first set of wireless access points. Upon completion of the first upgrade, the method includes performing a second upgrade of software associated with each wireless access point in the second set of wireless access points.
US10609569B2
The present specification proposes a method for transmitting and receiving a signal, and an apparatus therefor, and more specifically, a method for transmitting, by a first station (STA), a signal to a second STA in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system, the method comprising the steps of: generating a training field including a basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream and a training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream on the basis of the total number of spatial-temporal streams, wherein the basic training subfield for each spatial-temporal stream is composed of M (M is a natural number) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols on the basis of the information indicated by a header field; and transmitting a signal including the header field and the training field to the second STA through a corresponding spatial-temporal stream.
US10609568B2
A system determines the azimuth of a source of an interfering signal. The system steers a first null beam in the direction of transmitting device and also steers a second null beam in the direction of the interfering source producing and providing the interfering signal. The system measures an angle to the first null beam. The system also measures an angle to the second null beam. The system calculates the azimuth of the antenna based on the measured angle to the first null beam and a known absolute bearing of the transmitting device. The system calculates the azimuth of the interfering source based on the measured angle to the second null beam and the previously calculated azimuth of the antenna.
US10609567B2
A method for determining a wireless communication network realization in a plant where a process control system is provided includes receiving a user selection of wireless end point devices and locations of these in the plant, each being provided as at least one of a pair of endpoint devices that are to communicate with each other in relation to an automation function of the process control system, obtaining data communication requirements of the wireless endpoint devices, which are related to the automation functions and include at least one signal sent between a pair of endpoint devices and a time within which it has to reach its destination, and determining a number of wireless relay devices related to the locations of wireless endpoint devices in the plant for achieving a defined degree of radio coverage sufficient to satisfy the data communication requirements.
US10609555B2
A system and a method of multi path communication to improve communication between an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) and ground control during a mission is disclosed. A database previously stores a plurality of secure data links to be used on networks during the mission for communicating and are managed for simultaneously distributing data flow among data links according to coverage and UAV location preventing third parties may compromise security of a mission. The database may be updated during the mission if needed.
US10609544B2
A terminal device is configured to perform a method for identifying a target device in a local area network (LAN) comprising a plurality of potential target devices. The method includes communicating in an omni-directional format to obtain discovered devices within the area, communicating in a narrow beam format in a direction of the target device; identifying a first list of a first plurality of devices including the target device; eliminating a device from the first list of devices to create a second list of devices; calculating a distance between the terminal device and each device in the second list of devices; determining a precise distance between the terminal device and the target device using a precise distance measurement method; determine which device of the second list of devices has a distance that compares favorably to the precisely determined distance; and identifying the device ID.
US10609541B1
Emergency notification systems, such as Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) and AMBER alerts, as well as emergency help request systems, such as E911, are generally centralized systems. Often the first responders for emergencies may not be near the people who need assistance which may sometimes cause unacceptable delays in responding to emergencies. A method and apparatus are disclosed that offer a distributed and decentralized emergency notification and response system that informs and engages the people in the immediate vicinity of the person requiring assistance and enables dissemination of more detailed information beyond what may be provided by conventional emergency services systems.
US10609531B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing assistance to a user of a mobile application are described. A request for assistance from the user is detected and a request is issued to a remote device for establishment of a remote assistance session. Information describing a state of the mobile device is periodically transmitted to the remote device and one or more commands may be received from the remote device. The commands may be executed on the mobile device.
US10609522B1
Audio output of a radio frequency (RF) portable communication device is controlled. A first portable communication device (PCD) uses an audio transducer to generate one or more audio tones in response to a voice transmit operation initiated by a user of the first PCD. One or more characteristics of the tone or tones can be selectively controlled in accordance with a first talk group which is in use by the first PCD to facilitate the voice transmit operation. The one or more audio tones are received at one or more second PCDs different from the first PCD, where they are used to selectively control an audio output volume of the second PCD.
US10609521B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, there is disclosed herein a method for decoding a received message. The method comprises determining one or more non-reserved group IDs associated with a first wireless device. The method additionally includes participating in a communication session based on a first group ID of the one or more non-reserved group IDs associated with the first wireless device. The method further includes receiving a first message from a second wireless device. The first message comprises a second group ID. The second group ID is not among the one or more non-reserved group IDs associated to with the first wireless device. The method also comprises determining the second group ID is a reserved group ID. The method additional comprises decoding the first message based on the second group ID.
US10609516B2
Techniques for location tracking, location utilization, and dissemination and management of location information are disclosed. As a location monitoring system, one embodiment includes at least a plurality of mobile computing devices supported by a wireless network, and a computing device coupled to a wired network (e.g., the Internet) that couples to the wireless network. Each of the mobile computing devices is associated with and proximate to an object whose location is being monitored. The computing device stores the locations of each of the mobile computing devices or the objects proximate thereto, and enables only authorized users to obtain access the locations via the wired network.
US10609508B1
A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current GPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
US10609504B2
Disclosed is an audio signal processing device including a processor for outputting an output audio signal generated based on an input audio signal. The processor may be configured to obtain a first pair of head-related transfer function (HRTF)s including a first ipsilateral HRTF and a first contralateral HRTF based on a position of a virtual sound source corresponding to the input audio signal, from a first set of transfer functions including HRTFs corresponding to each specific position with respect to listener, and generate the output audio signal by performing binaural rendering the input audio signal based on the first pair of HRTFs.
US10609503B2
The systems and methods described herein can be configured to identify, manipulate, and render different audio source components from encoded 3D audio mixes, such as can include content mixed for azimuth, elevation, and/or depth relative to a listener. The systems and methods can be configured to decouple depth encoding and decoding to permit spatial performance to be tailored to a particular playback environment or platform. In an example, the systems and methods improve rendering in applications that involve listener tracking, including tracking over six degrees of freedom (e.g., yaw, pitch, roll orientation, and x, y, z position).
US10609488B1
In at least one embodiment, a tactile transducer including a housing, a first voice coil and a magnetic assembly is provided. The first voice coil includes an electrically conductive wire being orientated in a first winding direction to generate a first magnetic field. The magnetic assembly is positioned within the housing. The magnetic assembly is configured to move within the housing to generate a tactile output and to repel against the first voice coil based on a polarity of the first magnetic field as the magnetic assembly moves toward the first voice coil to prevent contact of a first portion of the magnetic assembly with a first side of the housing.
US10609484B2
An audio system is described that includes one or more speaker arrays that emit sound corresponding to one or more pieces of sound program content into associated zones within a listening area. Using parameters of the audio system (e.g., locations of the speaker arrays and the audio sources), the zones, the users, the pieces of sound program content, and the listening area, one or more beam pattern attributes may be generated. The beam pattern attributes define a set of beams that are used to generate audio beams for channels of sound program content to be played in each zone. The beam pattern attributes may be updated as changes are detected within the listening environment. By adapting to these changing conditions, the audio system is capable of reproducing sound that accurately represents each piece of sound program content in various zones.
US10609475B2
An acoustic customization system to enhance a user's audio environment. One type of enhancement would allow a user to wear headphones and specify what ambient audio and source audio will be transmitted to the headphones. Added enhancements may include the display of an image representing the location of one or more audio sources referenced to a user, an audio source, or other location and/or the ability to select one or more of the sources and to record audio in the direction of the selected source(s). The system may take advantage of an ability to identify the location of an acoustic source or a directionally discriminating acoustic sensor, track an acoustic source, isolate acoustic signals based on location, source and/or nature of the acoustic signal, and identify an acoustic source. In addition, ultrasound may serve as an acoustic source and communication medium.
US10609470B2
A coaxial speaker device using a P-type speaker and an audio output device including the same are provided. The speaker device includes a first speaker configured to output a high-pitched audio, a second speaker including a P-type magnet and configured to output a low-pitched audio, and a holder configured to coaxially couple the first speaker and the second speaker. The holder includes a first protrusion configured to be coupled to a lower end of the first speaker and a second protrusion configured to be coupled to an upper end of the second speaker.
US10609468B2
An active noise cancellation system comprising an active noise cancellation circuit connected to a microphone arranged to sense environmental noise, the active noise cancellation circuit comprising: —an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) arranged to convert the sensed environmental noise to a digital environmental noise signal, —a prediction filter configured for predicting a plurality D of inverted digital environmental noise samples and generating a digital inverted environmental noise signal, —a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to convert the digital inverted environmental noise signal to an analog inverted environmental noise signal for cancelling the environmental noise.
US10609459B2
The present invention is related to a method of processing a broadcast service in an apparatus. The method may comprise: receiving a broadcast signal; receiving, from an application running on the apparatus, a request based on a first Application Programming Interface (API); generating a first JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object by including the URL for the requested OSN; and delivering, to the application, the first JSON object in response to the first API.
US10609456B2
Described are systems and methods for providing improved indoor reception of OTA (Over-the-Air) broadcast signals. The systems described include antenna systems with one or more network interfaces for providing a transport stream received by an antenna to a network.
US10609440B1
Techniques are described for detecting timing data anomalies in streaming video. Techniques are also described for adjusting playback operations based on detecting possible timing data anomalies.
US10609439B2
A mobile terminal including a memory for storing identification information corresponding to at least one external mobile terminal, a communication unit for receiving first EPG data from an external server or first external display device, a display for displaying EPG on the basis of the received first EPG data and a controller configured to: control the display to display identification information corresponding to the at least one external mobile terminal according to a first command, transmit to the first external display device, a signal for a viewing reservation of the specific program according to the first command, and control the communication unit to transmit to a first external mobile terminal corresponding to specific identification information, first viewing reservation information on the specific program according to a second command for selecting the specific identification information from the displayed identification information.
US10609437B2
A method of providing content using a head-mounted device. The method includes receiving, by a terminal configured to display a screen for logging in to the application, input of user identification information by a user, wherein the user identification information associates the user with a first application. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal, when authentication using the user identification information is successful, a login key for logging in to a content providing service by the first application. The method further includes transmitting, by the terminal, based on input of a login instruction using the login key by the user wearing the head-mounted device, the login key to a server. The method further includes receiving, by the terminal, from the server, content viewable in a head-mounted display mode following successful authentication using the login key.
US10609432B1
Server and method for synchronizing display of a digital content on a plurality of computing devices
Server and method for synchronizing display of a digital content on a plurality of computing devices. The server transmits a synchronization request, including a digital content identifier for identifying the digital content, to the devices. The server determines a number of negative responses received from the devices in response to the synchronization request. Each negative response is indicative of one among the plurality of devices not being capable of displaying the digital content. The server transmits a new synchronization request to the computing devices if the number of received negative responses reaches a threshold. The server transmits a display command to the devices for displaying the digital content on their respective displays if the number of received negative responses does not reach the threshold. For example, the method applies to a digital signage server synchronizing display of a digital signage content on a plurality of digital signage players.
US10609424B2
A standard dynamic range (SDR) image is received. Composer metadata of the first level through the N-th level is generated. Composer metadata of the j-th level is generated based on the composer metadata of the first level through (j−1)-th level. The composer metadata of the first level through the composer metadata of the j-th level is to be used for mapping the SDR image to the j-th target image specifically optimized for the j-th reference target display. The SDR image is encoded with the composer metadata of the first level through the k-th level in an output SDR video signal, where 1<=k<=N. A display device renders a display image derived from a composed target image composed from the SDR image based on the composer metadata of the first level through the k-th level in the output SDR video signal.
US10609421B2
Coding a transform block having transform coefficients is described. A plurality of register arrays is defined to each hold one or more stored values regarding the coding context based on at least one spatial template for a coding context. The register arrays are initialized by setting the stored values to default values, and values for the transform coefficients from the transform block are coded in a reverse scan order. The values for the transform coefficients are indicative of magnitudes of the transform coefficients. For each of one or more transform coefficients, the coding includes determining the coding context using at least some of the stored values from the register arrays, entropy coding a value for the transform coefficient using the coding context, and updating the register arrays subsequent to entropy coding the value for the transform coefficient.
US10609415B2
A method for encoding a picture of a video sequence in a bit stream that constrains slice header processing overhead is provided. The method includes computing a maximum slice rate for the video sequence, computing a maximum number of slices for the picture based on the maximum slice rate, and encoding the picture wherein a number of slices used to encode the picture is enforced to be no more than the maximum number of slices.
US10609410B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method using a DC mode includes setting a bottom-right pixel to a DC-predicted value, interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th top reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-th column and interpolating the bottom-right pixel and an n-th left reference pixel to derive predicted values of an n-row, and performing bidirectional linear interpolation to derive predicted values of pixels included in a prediction unit other than the n-th row and the n-th column.
US10609402B2
A method of video decoding for a video decoder includes determining whether a block size of a chroma block is less than or equal to a block size threshold. The method further includes, in response to a determination that the block size of the chroma block is greater than the block size threshold, selecting an intra prediction mode for the chroma block from a plurality of intra prediction modes. The method further includes, in response to a determination that the block size of the chroma block is less than or equal to the block size threshold, selecting the intra prediction mode for the chroma block from a subset of the plurality of intra prediction modes. The method further includes performing intra prediction for the chroma block based on a chroma sample obtained with the selected intra prediction mode.
US10609398B2
A method of ultra-low rate video encoding, including capturing a frame within a video stream, capturing a global position of the frame, capturing a heading of the frame, linking the global position and the heading to the frame, determining a foreground of the frame based on the global position of the frame and the heading of the frame, determining an at least one region of interest within the foreground, analyzing the at least one region of interest, removing a background from the frame based on the global position and the heading, wherein the background is complementary to the foreground and encoding the foreground, the global position, the heading and the at least one region of interest.
US10609382B2
A method for compressing video data, comprising: determining a compression target for a picture buffer; calculating a unit buffer budget for each compression unit based on the compression target, a size of the pixel array of the compression unit and a bit depth of pixels of the pixel array; receiving the video data; for a kth compression unit of each video picture of the video data: calculating a unit compression cost for the kth compression unit using a predetermined lossless compression algorithm and an accumulated compression cost, comparing the accumulated compression cost and an accumulated buffer budget for the kth compression unit, and selecting compressing the kth compression unit using the predetermined lossless compression algorithm or the predetermined lossy compression algorithm according to the comparison between accumulated compression cost and the accumulated buffer budget; and sending the compressed kth compression unit to the picture buffer.
US10609381B2
A method and system for encoding a plurality of signals are provided. A plurality of input signals are received. Complexity information relating to a given input signal of the plurality of input signals is obtained. A data rate target for each of the plurality of input signals is derived in dependence on an overall data rate target for the plurality of input signals. The data rate target for the given input signal depends at least in part on the complexity information relating to the given input signal. The plurality of input signals are encoded in accordance with the respective derived data rate targets to obtain a plurality of encoded signals.
US10609380B2
For an image portion to encode an initial set of motion information predictors is obtained. It is tested whether the number of motion information predictors in the initial set is lower than a target number and, if so, one or more motion information predictors are added to the initial set to generate a set of motion information predictors having controlled diversity. The motion information predictors of the initial set are actual motion information predictors, having motion vectors obtained from image portions of the image being encoded or of a reference image, and potential motion information predictors for addition include one or more further such actual motion information predictors and also include one or more virtual motion information predictors not having motion vectors obtained from image portions of said image being encoded or of a reference image. A motion information predictor for the image portion to encode is selected from the generated set of motion information predictors.
US10609377B2
The present disclosure provides an image encoding method and apparatus and an image decoding method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image having a minimized error between an original image and the reconstructed image at a high bit depth and a high bit rate.The image decoding method includes parsing offset values and an offset type from a bitstream; parsing a class based on the offset type from the bitstream; selecting a plurality of pixels from among pixels adjacent to a reconstructed pixel, based on the class, and calculating a reference value based on sample values of the plurality of pixels; determining a category based on a magnitude of a difference value between the reference value and a sample value of the reconstructed pixel; selecting an offset value from among the offset values, the offset value corresponding to the category; and compensating for the sample value of the reconstructed pixel by using the selected offset value.
US10609375B2
A video encoding method and apparatus, and a video decoding method and apparatus for generating a reconstructed image having a minimized error between an original image and the reconstructed image. The video decoding method accompanied by a sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment, the method includes: obtaining 5 slice SAO parameters with respect to a current slice from a slice header of a received bitstream; obtaining luma SAO use information for a luma component of the current slice and chroma SAO use information for chroma components thereof from among the slice SAO parameters; determining whether to perform a SAO operation on the luma component of 10 the current slice based on the obtained luma SAO use information; and equally determining whether to perform the SAO adjustment on a first chroma component and a second chroma component of the current slice based on the obtained chroma SAO use information.
US10609370B2
An image coding method, comprising: subtracting a prediction signal from the input image signal for each coding unit, thereby generating respective prediction error signals; performing orthogonal transform and quantization on a corresponding one of the prediction error signals for each transform unit, eventually generating quantization coefficients; and coding pieces of management information indicating a structure of the transform units and the quantization coefficients into a tree structure. Each of the transform units corresponds to a corresponding one of leaf nodes in the tree structure. In the coding, for each leaf node, management information and a quantization coefficient are coded, eventually generating a coded signal in which the coded management information and the coded quantization coefficient are arranged in succession for each leaf node.
US10609369B2
An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.
US10609364B2
A lens for a head mounted display is configured for directing and collimating image light from pixels of an electronic display to a pupil of a user's eye to lessen a pupil swim effect. A method of configuring a lens for directing and collimating image light from an electronic display to a pupil of a user's eye includes configuring the lens to lessen a difference between observed distortions of imagery displayed by the electronic display at different gaze angles of the user's eye.
US10609363B2
An eyepiece unit for projecting an image to an eye of a viewer includes an eyepiece having a world side and a viewer side opposite the world side. The eyepiece unit also includes a polarizer disposed adjacent the world side of the eyepiece. In an example, the polarizer comprises a wire grid polarizer. In some embodiments, the wire grid polarizer is operable to transmit p-polarized light and reflect s-polarized light. In some embodiments, the polarizer can include an absorptive polarizer.
US10609362B2
The present invention is an improvement in dynamic autostereoscopic visual displays emitting a field of light beams into an observer viewing space from a hogel array formed at a transparent projection screen surface having refractive beam expanding functions. The transparent screen is illuminated from the rear by an X-Y array of projectors focused on the screen, where each hogel location is illuminated by a local group of multiple projectors within the larger array. The brightness, color and direction of the light beams emitted by each hogel are controlled by one image point in each member of the local projector group that illuminates that hogel. The invention enables autostereoscopic display systems with compact dimensions and high overall resolution and brightness by combining the output of an array of small projectors with lower resolution and brightness on a single projection screen.
US10609361B2
An imaging system may include an image sensor, a lens, and layers with reflective properties, such as an infrared cut-off filter, between the lens and the image sensor. The lens may focus light from an object in a scene onto the image sensor. Some of the light directed onto the image sensor may form a first image on the image sensor. Other portions of the light directed onto the image sensor may reflect off of the image sensor and back towards the layers with reflective properties. These layers may reflect the light back onto the image sensor, forming a second image that is shifted relative to the first image. Depth mapping circuitry may compare the first and second images to determine the distance between the imaging system and the object in the scene.
US10609358B2
An imaging system includes a camera, a display panel and a processor for providing image data to the display panel. The camera has a sensor with pixel rows for capturing an image taken by a camera lens through a lenticular sheet with first lenticules, such that each first lenticule covers at least two pixel rows. The display panel is used to show a displayed image based on the image data. The display panel is covered by a viewing lenticular sheet with second lenticules. The displayed image has a plurality of segments, with each segment under a second lenticule and each segment has sub-segments corresponding to pixel rows under a first lenticule. Image data provided to the image display panel is arranged such that image contents in the sub-segments under each second lenticule and image contents in the pixel rows under each first lenticule have different arrangement orders.
US10609356B1
Techniques are described that enable stereoscopic content to be delivered. These techniques including encoding frames of stereoscopic video content within a base layer and temporal enhancement layer and decoding the encoded frames.
US10609353B2
In certain embodiments, a system and method for generating a stereoscopic image pair from a 2D satellite or aerial image and a 3D model.
US10609346B2
A method of starting an information-capturing device includes: receiving an event message including a destination information by a near-field communication technology, comparing a first identification code of the information-capturing device with the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message, starting the information-capturing device to capture ambient data if the first identification code matches the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message, and broadcasting the event message by the near-field communication technology if the first identification code does not match the dedicated identification code specified by the destination information contained in the event message.
US10609341B1
An apparatus comprising an interface and a processing circuit. The interface may be configured to receive (a) a video signal based on a targeted view in a vehicle and (b) one or more status signals from one or more sensors of the vehicle. The processing circuit may be configured to (A) analyze the video signal received from the interface and (B) detect a type of obstruction of a window of the vehicle visible in the video signal in response to (i) a classification of information in the video signal and (ii) one or more of the status signals. The processing circuit may (a) determine a confidence level for the type of obstruction, (b) activate one or more corrective measures when the confidence level is above a pre-defined threshold and (c) adjust the confidence level based on a response of the obstruction to the corrective measures.
US10609340B2
A vehicle and trailer display system is disclosed. The display system includes a plurality of imaging devices disposed on the vehicle, each having a field of view. The display system further includes a screen disposed in the vehicle operable to display images from the imaging devices. A controller is in communication with the imaging devices and the screen and is operable to receive a hitch angle corresponding to the angle between the vehicle and the trailer. Based on the hitch angle, the controller is operable to select a field of view of an imaging device to display on the screen.
US10609335B2
A vision system for a vehicle includes a camera and an image processor. The camera has a forward field of view exterior of the vehicle. The image processor is operable to process image data captured by the camera. At least one device is operable to detect objects that are present forward of the vehicle and outside of the forward field of view of the camera. The device may include at least one of (i) a sensor, (ii) an element of a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system and (iii) an element of a vehicle-to-infrastructure communication system. Responsive to detection of the object being indicative of the object about to enter the field of view of the camera, the image processor anticipates the object entering the field of view of the camera and, upon entering of the field of view of the camera by the object, the image processor detects the object.
US10609334B2
A group video communication method and a network device are provided. A user type of each user in a group video session is determined according to device information of the user. The user type includes: common user indicating that the user uses a two-dimensional display mode when participating in the group video session, and virtual user indicating that the user uses a virtual reality (VR) display mode when participating in the group video session. Video data of the group video session is processed according to a video display mode indicated by the user type to obtain target video data of the user. The target video data is sent to a user equipment of the user during the group video session, so that the user equipment presents the target video data of the group video session in the video display mode indicated by the user type of the user.
US10609329B2
The present invention is an apparatus and method for facilitating eye contact in a virtual meeting system where at least one of the meeting participants drags and drops a window of a projected image of another remote meeting participant to a location on a portion of a two-way mirror so that said projected image is along a line of sight and between the viewer and a camera disposed behind the two-way mirror.
US10609323B2
A universal tuning module may include an oscillator, a first tuner configured to process a first television signal, a second tuner configured to process a second television signal, a first switch configured to pass its input containing information associated with an output of the oscillator to said first tuner, and a second switch configured to pass its input containing information associated with the output of the oscillator to the second tuner.
US10609319B2
An image sensor including a first pixel circuit, a second pixel circuit, a first readout line, a second readout line, a first readout circuit, a second readout circuit and an average switch is provided. The first and second pixel circuits are in two columns of a pixel array. The first readout line transmits pixel data of the first pixel circuit to the first readout circuit. The second readout line transmits pixel data of the second pixel circuit to the second readout circuit. The average switch is arranged between the first and second readout lines and used to electrically connect the first and second readout lines in an average mode to average the pixel data on the first and second readout lines.
US10609317B2
A latch unit that starts an operation of capturing a data signal according to a startup instruction signal and holds the data signal and ends the capturing operation at a timing at which an execution instruction signal is input, a first signal path that transfers a latch timing signal as the startup instruction signal, and a second signal path that transfers the latch timing signal as the execution instruction signal are included, and a first logic element that outputs a first output signal switched to a logical value according to a logical value of an input signal at a first predetermined timing, and a signal maintenance logic circuit that continues to output a second output signal with a predetermined logical value according to the logical value of the input signal until initialization of a reset signal is indicated are arranged in the second signal path.
US10609316B2
An imaging device as an embodiment includes: plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the plurality of pixels comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion units; a plurality of signal lines provided on each column of the plurality of pixels; a plurality of readout circuits provided on each the column and configured to read out signals based on charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units via the plurality of signal lines; and a control circuit configured to control the plurality of readout circuits associated with one column individually to be an operating state and a non-operating state.
US10609313B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting bad pixels from a pixel array of a device, for capturing an image, that is sensitive to infrared radiation. The method includes: receiving an input image captured by the pixel system, and calculating a score for a plurality of target pixels including at least some of the pixels from the input image. The score for each target pixel is generated on the basis of k pixels of the input image that are selected in a window of H by H pixels around the target pixel. H is an odd integer greater than or equal to 3, and k is an integer between 2 and 5. Each pixel, from the set formed of the k pixels and the target pixel, share at least one border or corner with another pixel from said set, and the values of the k pixels are at respective distances from the value of the target pixel, the k pixels being selected on the basis of the k distances. The method also includes detecting that at least one of the target pixels is a bad pixel on the basis of the calculated scores.
US10609312B2
An imaging pixel may have a fully depleted charge transfer path between a pinned photodiode and a floating diffusion region. A pinned transfer diode may be coupled between the pinned photodiode and the floating diffusion region. The imaging pixel may be formed in upper and lower substrates with an interconnect layer coupling the upper substrate to the lower substrate. The imaging pixel may include one or more storage diodes coupled between the transfer diode and the floating diffusion region. The imaging pixel may be used to capture high dynamic range images with flicker mitigation, images synchronized with light sources, or for high frame rate operation.
US10609309B1
A pixel array comprise a green pixel comprising a first green optical filter and a first clear filter, a red pixel comprising a red optical filter and a first special filter, a blue pixel comprising a blue optical filter and a second special filter, and an IR pixel comprising an IR optical filter and one of a second green optical filter and a second clear filter, where the first special filter suppresses a transmission of IR at a stopband centered at 850 nm at a first IR minimum transmission, and the second special filter suppresses a transmission of IR at the stopband centered at 850 nm at a second IR minimum transmission, and where the first minimum IR transmission is different from the second minimum IR transmission.
US10609307B2
A processing device generates composite images from a sequence of images. The composite images may be used as frames of video. A foreground/background segmentation is performed at selected frames to extract a plurality of foreground object images depicting a foreground object at different locations as it moves across a scene. The foreground object images are stored to a foreground object list. The foreground object images in the foreground object list are overlaid onto subsequent video frames that follow the respective frames from which they were extracted, thereby generating a composite video.
US10609305B2
Provided are electronic apparatuses and operating methods thereof. An electronic apparatus includes a camera, a display, a communication interface, a memory to store one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to identify a plurality of punch holes for installation of a display apparatus from a captured image from the camera, provide a background image to be displayed on a screen of the display apparatus from the captured image by using an interval between actual punch holes for the installation of the display apparatus and an interval between the punch holes identified from the captured image, and control the communication interface to transmit the provided background image to the display apparatus.
US10609299B1
A method of measuring lighting condition using dual cameras, having capturing a reference image, estimating a first minimum exposure target value, capturing a first plurality of minimum exposure value images, determining a first overall minimum exposure value, estimating a first maximum exposure target value, capturing a first plurality of maximum exposure value images, determining a first overall maximum exposure value of the first plurality of associated maximum exposure values and estimating a first dynamic exposure range as encompassing a first range having the first overall minimum exposure value as a first lower bound and the first overall maximum exposure value as a first upper bound.
US10609292B2
An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a detector, a calculator, and a controller. The imaging unit captures an image of a road on which a vehicle runs, and generates the captured image of the road. The detector detects a contact position at which the vehicle is in contact with the road in the captured image. The calculator calculates a first brightness range based on brightness distribution in a first road surface area on the road and the first road surface area includes the contact position. The controller determines an imaging condition for the imaging unit based on the first brightness range, and controls the imaging unit using the determined imaging condition.
US10609272B2
The present disclosure provides a method, device and computer readable storage medium for communication based on smart video cameras in the field of communication technology. The method comprises: receiving a communication request from a first smart video camera, wherein the communication request carries a device identification of the first smart video camera; determining the device identification of a second smart video camera bound with the first smart video camera, based on the device identification of the first smart video camera; establishing a communication between the first smart video camera and the second smart video camera based on the device identification of the second smart video camera. In the examples of the present disclosure, the server is able to realize the communication between the first smart video camera and the second smart video camera according to their device identifications. In this way, users are no longer restricted to the communication with the mobile terminal currently logging in to the user account, and the applicable scenario of the communication function of the smart video camera is thus expanded.
US10609270B2
Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring a request for particular image data that is part of a scene, transmitting the request for the particular image data to an image sensor array that includes more than one image sensor and that is configured to capture the scene that is larger than the requested particular image data, receiving only the particular image data from the image sensor array, and transmitting the received particular image data to at least one requestor. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US10609259B2
An image display system includes a display and a processor. The processor is configured to: synchronize a first relative position of a first area in an area of a first panorama image and a second relative position of a second area in an area of a second panorama image, and display at least the first area in the first panorama image and at least the second area in the second panorama image on the display. The processor is further configured to change the first area displayed which is displayed in response to change the second area.
US10609254B2
An MFP stores a plurality of different pieces of biometric information of a user and a plurality of secret keys respectively corresponding to the pieces of biometric information in the TPM and registers public keys corresponding to the private keys in a server. When an authentication request is received from the server, the MFP executes a biometric authentication process using the biometric information input from the user and the biometric information registered in the TPM. If authentication is successful in the biometric authentication process, the MFP creates signature data and transmits it to the server. If verification of the signature data using the public key in the server is successful, the MFP performs display related to a shortcut process associates with the biometric information corresponding to the secret key used when the signature data that is a target of the verification is created by an input and output device.
US10609240B2
In a printing system capable of supplying a sheet of a job having undergone print processing by the printing unit of a printing apparatus to a post-processing unit capable of executing at least a specific type of post-processing among a plurality of types of post-processes, when the target job requires the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is inhibited from executing print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by a user using a user interface unit. When the target job does not require the specific type of post-processing, the printing apparatus is permitted to execute print processing of the job without explicitly determining a sheet necessary for the print processing of the job by the user using the user interface unit.
US10609238B2
If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is not an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted for each type of printing protocol. If the printing protocol associated with a received print job is an internet printing protocol, the number of times of printing is counted while distinguishing a transmission source application by identifying a transmission source application.
US10609236B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus that suppresses degradation of performance of processing up to completion of printing while suppressing the occurrence of moire. A data-compression unit stores identification data indicating the presence or absence of periodicity obtained by analyzing printing data, and printing data correlated with the identification data in a first memory area of a RAM. A color-conversion-processing unit that performs a speculative process, causes printing data that has undergone a color conversion process corresponding to printer printing to be stored in a second memory area of a RAM. A screen-processing unit that performs a speculative process, performs an AM screen process on printing data. In addition, a system-control unit causes the image-forming unit to move from a printing pre-start position to a printing start position based on a determination result of a printing color in a color conversion process corresponding to a first printer printing by the color-conversion-processing unit by a speculative process.
US10609234B2
An image forming apparatus includes a reading section, a detection section, a determination section, and a decision section. The reading section reads an image of a first document and generates a document information item indicating the image and a sheet color of the first document. The reading section also reads an image of a second document and generates a document information item indicating the image and a sheet color of the second document. The detection section detects sheet colors based on the respective document information items. The determination section determines whether or not the sheet color each match any one of specific colors other than the white color. When the determination section determines that a sheet color matches one of the specific colors, the decision section decides a transmission address of the document information items based the one specific color.
US10609227B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a camera, a display, a communication module, a memory, and a processor that is electrically connected to the camera, the display, the communication module, and the memory. The processor transmits an advertising signal including first identification (ID) information of the electronic device to a peripheral external device by using a first communication scheme, receives a response signal including second ID information of the external device by using the first communication scheme, and stores image data collected through the camera to the memory in connection with the second ID information when a first user input shooting an image is made.
US10609215B2
A text message transmission apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The text message transmission apparatus includes a mobile network communication module, a subscriber line interface circuit (SLIC) module and a processor. The mobile network communication module receives a text message. The SLIC module is configured to connect to a traditional telephone set in a public switched telephone network (PSTN). The processor is coupled to the mobile network communication module and the SLIC module. The processor decodes the text message to obtain a text content of the text message, transforms the text content into a speech content, and plays back the speech content through the SLIC module. Accordingly, the text messages can be transmitted through the PSTN.
US10609214B2
A system for dynamic profile and persona management, comprising a profile and persona management server that receives device event information from a user device, and compares the event information to a feature bundle, the feature bundle corresponding to a set of feature configurations, and directs the operation of a telephony control system based on the feature configurations. The system also comprises a database for storing feature configurations and feature bundles.
US10609209B2
A touch-panel cellular phone specifies an invalid area not accepting a user's input operation on a touch panel in advance. The cellular phone detects a user's touch area on the touch panel so as to execute a function pre-assigned to the touch area not encompassed by the invalid area. Additionally, it is possible to reduce and display menu icons in the display area precluding the invalid area on the touch panel. Thus, it is possible to prevent an error operation when a user holding a cellular phone inadvertently touches the touch panel.
US10609204B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller that, when a current conversation partner is changed to another conversation partner by an operation of a user, changes a screen to a screen for making a conversation with the other conversation partner.
US10609202B2
A system and method for determining a safe return to a vehicle that include determining a travel plan that pertains to the safe return to the vehicle from a designated location. The system and method also include determining if a user departs from the designated location to return to the vehicle. The system and method additionally include determining if there is a deviation from the travel plan that pertains to the user safely returning to the vehicle from the designated location. The system and method further include sending at least one emergency alert to at least one emergency contact when it is determined that there is the deviation from the travel plan.
US10609196B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to telecommunications technologies. A sensor is disposed on at least one of the electronic device or the external audio device. The method includes receiving, by the electronic device, a detection result signal sent by the sensor, where the detection result signal is a signal that carries a detection value obtained by means of detection by the sensor and determining, by the electronic device according to a preset correspondence and the detection value, an action performed by a user on the electronic device or the external audio device. The method also includes controlling, by the electronic device, an execution status of an audio and video application program according to the action.
US10609190B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a support assembly, a display screen, and a moveable seat. The support assembly includes a first housing, a second housing, and a bendable member. The bendable member is connected between the first housing and the second housing. The first housing is provided with a protrusion. The first housing defines an accommodation slot therein. The second housing is provided with a concave groove. When the support assembly is folded, at least a part of the protrusion is accommodated within the concave groove. A camera is disposed in the moveable seat. The moveable seat is retractably mounted in the accommodation slot, and the moveable seat carrying the camera is configured to be received within the accommodation slot or extended out of the accommodation slot so that an image capturing face of the camera is exposed.
US10609188B2
An information processing apparatus includes a receiver to receive data-packets, the data-packets generated by dividing a message into division-data and storing, for each of the division-data, one of the plurality of division data into one of the plurality of data packets, wherein each of the data-packets also includes a data value indicating a quantity of the division-data and data indicating whether or not the data-packet includes final division data corresponding to an end of the message, a memory, and a processor to store the division-data that is contained in a packet of the data-packets that are received, in the memory, and suppress the final division-data from being stored in the memory until the quantity of the data-packets received by the receiver equates to the data value indicating the quantity of the division-data, in a case where the final division-data is received earlier than any one of the other division-data.
US10609184B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for consistently applying rules to messages may include (i) identifying a user account on a message server that comprises both unarchived messages to which message rules are applied by default and archived messages to which the message rules are not applied by default, (ii) detecting a new message rule that specifies an action to be performed on relevant messages within the user account on the message server, (iii) locating at least one archived message within the user account on the message server to which the new message rule applies, and (iv) applying the new message rule to the at least one archived message by performing the specified action on the at least one archived message. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10609178B2
The system is a self-serve platform, which delivers user uploaded media and multimedia files, of varying playback duration, to a client computer connected to a digital display; which is set to receive executions for a scheduled playlist and punctually presents the playback of media and/or multimedia files in said playlist record. The system's included functions for schedule generation, schedule selection, and playlist creation contain unique, and embedded automatic functions-making the scheduling and delivery of media and multimedia files reliable, accessible, and cost efficient.
US10609177B2
Disclosed herein are related to a method, a system, and a non-transitory computer readable medium for providing a consolidated cloud system. The consolidated cloud system includes a plurality of cloud systems. A user request to access content in the consolidated cloud system is received, where the content is stored by a target cloud system of the plurality of cloud systems. The content from the target cloud system is retrieved, and the content is provided as part of the consolidated cloud system. The device generating the user request may be unaware of which cloud system stores the content.
US10609165B1
Systems and methods for enhancing user engagement with network applications include client application executed by a client device, the client application comprising an embedded browser, in communication with one or more application servers providing a plurality of network applications. The embedded browser is configured to access a first network application and a second network application. The client application is configured to: track interactions of a user via the embedded browser with the first network application and the second network application, each interaction having a corresponding score; generate an aggregate score for the user from the scores of each tracked interaction; transmit, to a first application server, the aggregate score for the user; and receive, from the first application server, a score table comprising a plurality of scores of users including the aggregate score for the user. The embedded browser is further configured to display the score table to the user.
US10609151B2
According to a first aspect there is provided a method of enabling an Internet device that is only awake periodically to receive communications sent when the device is not awake. The method comprises, at the device, during an initial awake period, establishing a connection to a peer of a RELOAD overlay network as a RELOAD client, and creating a dictionary resource at the RELOAD peer using the Node-ID of the device as the Resource-ID. Then, during a further awake period, establishing a connection to the RELOAD peer and obtaining any communications sent to the device during a sleeping period of the device by retrieving data from the dictionary resource stored at the RELOAD peer.
US10609149B2
Various implementations described herein are directed to technologies for capturing marine electronics data. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory having a plurality of executable instructions that are executed by the processor. The processor receives a first request to capture data. The processor generates a command in response to the first request. The processor sends the command across a network to one or more devices capable of responding to the command. The command may include at least timestamp data and a second request for each of the one or more devices to collect data that each of the one or more devices is configured to collect.
US10609148B1
Smart car operations are detailed. The smart car has a number of sensors) sensors that can share data with other vehicles and that can communicate with edge processors near 5G antenna locations to provide intelligent handling of the car.
US10609143B1
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises cloud infrastructure having at least a first cloud. The apparatus further comprises a storage system separate from the first cloud and providing persistent storage for an application and associated data. The first cloud comprises a virtual machine image having installed therein an application launcher for the application of the storage system. Responsive to a request to execute the application, the first cloud configures a virtual machine instance based on the virtual machine image to execute the application launcher. In conjunction with the execution of the application launcher, the application is loaded from the storage system into the virtual machine instance for execution. In conjunction with the execution of the application, a data proxy associated with the application communicates with the storage system to transfer portions of the data required for execution of the application into non-persistent storage of the virtual machine instance.
US10609141B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for cluster switching. An exemplary method may include synchronizing original data on a first cluster to a second cluster after starting to switch clusters. A priority of the original data on the second cluster is set to a lower priority. The method may also include responding to a write operation request on the second cluster in the period of synchronizing the original data on the first cluster to the second cluster. A priority of new data corresponding to the write operation request is set to a higher priority. A version of data with a higher priority can overwrite another version of data. The method may further include responding to the write operation request on the second cluster after synchronizing the original data on the first cluster to the second cluster.
US10609126B2
There is provided a communication device as a first communication device of a plurality of communication devices, including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to execute a first process of holding a state of a terminal, based on information acquired from the terminal, execute a second process by communicating with the first process, and migrate the first process to a second communication device of the plurality of communication devices when it is detected that the terminal whose state is held by the processor is migrated from a first area managed by the first communication device to a second area managed by the second communication device and when a completion of an indivisible operation in communication between the first process and the second process is detected, based on a predetermined communication protocol.
US10609125B2
The present application discloses a method and system for transmitting communication data. A specific implementation of the method comprises: receiving a connection request for transmitting communication data through a remote direct memory access network; determining a transmission type of the communication data according to the connection request; establishing a socket according to the transmission type; transmitting the communication data on the remote direct memory access network by using the socket; and deleting the socket when the transmission of the communication data is completed. This implementation improves the efficiency of transmitting communication data on a remote direct memory access (RDMA) network by a non-RDMA network.
US10609124B2
Systems and methods for real-time collaborative computing and collective intelligence are disclosed. A collaborative application runs on a collaborative server connected to a plurality of computing devices. Collaborative sessions are run wherein a group of independent users, networked over the internet, collaboratively answer questions in real-time, thereby harnessing their collective intelligence. Systems and methods for determining a group intent vector from a plurality of user intent vectors in response to user input, the group intent vector including a bias restoring vector to correct positional bias resulting from a target layout.
US10609122B1
A service provider may provide a companion computer system associated with a set of physical device of a building connected to a network in order to facilitate operation of the building. The companion computer system and the building and/or set of physical devices may be associated in a database operated by the service provider. Furthermore, the companion computer system may execute a component of an application on behalf of the set of physical devices. The physical devices may be responsible for performing various operations in connection to the building, such as climate control, security, and various other operations.
US10609116B2
Techniques for providing seamless offline access to web-based interactive activity may include determining a web-based interactive activity to be made available offline, and a set of content files corresponding to the web-based interactive activity. One or more content files from a remote server can be synchronized to the client device. A web browser on the client device can be executed to launch the web-based interactive activity. When the client device is determined to be offline, dynamic activity data for the web-based interactive activity stored in the web storage integrated with the web browser of the client device can be synchronized from a web domain associated with the remote server to a local domain of the client device. The web-based interactive activity can then be accessed while offline using the dynamic activity data in the local domain of the web storage of the web browser of the client device.
US10609115B2
Example embodiments relate to the display of operating status information in a remote desktop session. In example embodiments, a client transmits operating status information to a server via a remote desktop session established with the server. In response, the client may receive graphics information including displayed status information inserted by the server based on the operating status information. Finally, the client may output the graphics information on an available display. Other embodiments relate to a corresponding server and processing performed in the server.
US10609104B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for selecting fragments of a media item. An estimated bandwidth for a client is calculated. A confidence score for the estimated bandwidth is determined. When the confidence score falls below a threshold, the estimated bandwidth is modified. A fragment for the media item is selected using the modified estimated bandwidth.
US10609095B2
A method to manage call continuity in a network environment including a circuit-switched network and an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A UE monitors one or more ongoing sessions in an IMS network, and the ongoing sessions contain at least one conference call. The UE detects a network-switching event for the UE to switch from the IMS network to a circuit-switched CS network. The UE then determines the one or more ongoing sessions within the IMS network to be released or transferred to the CS network. Finally, the UE performs a session transfer procedure for transferring the determined sessions.
US10609089B1
Systems and methods for identifying individuals using contraband communications devices in a controlled-environment facility are disclosed. Wireless communications are intercepted using a plurality of access points positioned at different locations within the controlled-environment facility. All wireless communications are blocked in a first group of locations, and individuals assigned to the first group of locations are identified. Some or all wireless communications are allowed in a second group of locations. Individuals are identified as possible contraband sources if they move from the first group of locations to one of the second group of locations after wireless communications are allowed in the second group of locations.
US10609076B1
An example method includes receiving an indication of a selection of a first application environment that includes a first virtual environment associated with a first security domain and is configured to isolate execution of software applications within the first application environment, suspending execution of a second application environment that includes a second virtual environment associated with a second security domain different from the first security domain, initiating execution of the first application environment, identifying information associated with the first security domain and provided by the first application environment that is to be sent to an external computing device associated with the first security domain, selecting communication network(s) from one or more communication networks that are each available to the mobile computing device for data communication, encrypting, based on the first security domain and network(s), the information, and sending, to the external computing device via the network(s), the encrypted information.
US10609073B2
Classifying electronic communications is disclosed. An electronic communication is received. A first likelihood that a potential recipient of the electronic communication would conclude that the communication was transmitted on behalf of an authoritative entity is determined. An assessment of a second likelihood that the received communication was transmitted with authorization from the purported authoritative entity is performed. The electronic communication is classified based at least in part on the first and second likelihoods.
US10609068B2
Embodiments can provide a computer implemented method in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory comprising instructions, which are executed by the processor to cause the processor to implement a system for network protection, the method comprising determining, by the analyzing unit, if an incoming connection comprising one or more packets has a false latency larger than a trigger latency; if the incoming connection latency is larger than the trigger latency, reporting, by the analyzing unit, the incoming connection as a suspicious connection; determining, by the analyzing unit, if an attack is currently in progress; and if the attack is in progress, injecting, by the analyzing unit, at least one of the one or more packets of the incoming connection or one or more packets of an outgoing connection with a false latency.
US10609065B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques, systems, and methods for remote, agent-less enterprise computer threat data collection, malicious threat analysis, and identification and reporting of potential and real threats present on an enterprise computer system. Specifically, embodiments are directed to a system that securely identifies and maps sensitive information from computers across the enterprise. Secure and sensitive information may be internally encrypted and analyzed for indicators of compromise, threatening behavior, and known vulnerabilities. The remote, agent-less collection, analysis, and identification process can be repeated periodically to detect and map additional sensitive information over time, and may delete itself after completion to avoid detection.
US10609059B2
The disclosed techniques relate to a graph-based network security analytic framework to combine multiple sources of information and security knowledge in order to detect risky behaviors and potential threats. In some examples, the input can be anomaly events or simply regular events. The entities associated with the activities can be grouped into smaller time units, e.g., per day. The riskiest days of activity can be found by computing a risk score for each day and according to the features in the day. A graph can be built with links between the time units. The links can also receive scoring based on a number of factors. The resulting graph can be compared with known security knowledge for adjustments. Threats can be detected based on the adjusted risk score for a component (i.e., a group of linked entities) as well as a number of other factors.
US10609045B2
This invention relates to a system and method for prioritizing an incident triage process in an autonomic manner. In particular, the system employs performance modifier indicators and temporal decay parameters to autonomously compile, adjust and demonstrate a list of prioritized incidents in a dynamic manner.
US10609043B2
Some embodiments of reassembly-free deep packet inspection (DPD on multicore hardware have been presented. In one embodiment, a set of packets of one or more files is received at a networked device from one or more connections. Each packet is scanned using one of a set of processing cores in the networked device without buffering the one or more files in the networked device. Furthermore, the set of processing cores may scan the packets substantially concurrently.
US10609041B1
An example method of enforcing granular access policy for embedded artifacts comprises: detecting an association of an embedded artifact with a resource container; associating the embedded artifact with at least a subset of an access control policy associated with the resource container; and responsive to receiving an access request to access the embedded artifact, applying the access control policy associated with the resource container for determining whether the access request is grantable.
US10609036B1
An approach for publishing posts on a social network through one or more user accounts with different levels of attribution is disclosed. A secure user account publishes a post through a programmatically linked buffer user account. The secure user account and the buffer user account are programmatically linked. Posts published via the buffer user account can be modified to add attribution image data or other visual indicators of the original post creator.
US10609028B2
A method for securing transmission of digital data in a communication network comprising a central station or a terminal and at least one device monitored by the central station via the communication network. The at least one device is configured to produce and to transmit a digital data stream to the central station or terminal. The at least one device further comprises a secure non-volatile memory for storing at least device specific information. The at least one device forms a data block based on at least the device specific information stored in the secure memory. The data block thus formed may compose additional data to be merged with the digital data stream produced by the at least one device. A modified digital data stream results from this merging operation and is transmitted by the at least one device to the central station or terminal.
US10609027B2
A communication system, including: a NW management device which (i) forms a network together with an authenticated target device, and (ii) manages the network by delivering a session key for use in communication in the network to the authenticated target device; and a device authenticated by the NW management device, wherein the NW management device: determines whether or not to permit the device to be an alternative management device which manages the network in replace of the NW management device when communication is impossible in the network; shares, with the device, authentication information about the authenticated target device, when permitting the device to be the alternative management device; and the device shares the authentication information with the NW management device, and starts managing the network using the authentication information as the alternative management device when determining that the NW management device cannot communicate in the network.
US10609017B2
Managing passwords is provided. A machine training process is performed using a set of existing passwords to train a machine learning component. Members of a set of semantic categories are used to categorize respective passwords in the set of existing passwords. Password strengths corresponding to a set of candidate passwords are evaluated using the machine learning component. A resource is secured with a candidate password having a password strength greater than or equal to a defined password strength threshold level.
US10609013B2
Systems and methods for twin factor authentication, which may be applied to a controller, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC). The controller provides a service. When a first user attempts to access the service, the controller receives an access message for a first user to access the service, and searches for information of the first user and a second user corresponding to the first user based on the access message. Then the controller sends two security clearance requests based on the information of the first user and the second user, including a first security clearance request for security clearance from the first user, and a second security clearance request for security clearance from the second user. The twin factor authentication for the first user would be successful only when the controller receives security clearance from both the first user and the second user.
US10609009B2
Methods and apparatus to provide extended object notation data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a data handler having a first input to receive object data and a first output to output an object notation key-value pair for the object data; a string processor having a second input coupled to the first output and a second output to convey the object notation key-value pair without string literals; and a hashing and encryption handler having a third input coupled to the second output and a third output to convey the key-value pair signed with a private key, to convey the key-value pair encrypted with a public key, and to convey an indication that the encrypted key-value pair is encrypted in a key of the encrypted key-value pair.
US10609001B2
A system and method that prevents data access and data exfiltration is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface configured to receive and send encrypted and non-encrypted data, a secure storage device that resides on a gateway the storage device stores a plurality of pre-configured encryption policies and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device and the communication interface. The processing circuit configured to identify confidential data elements in a message payload received at the gateway through the communication interface, apply the encryption policies to each identified confidential data element in the message payload, receive a collection of Group Keys from a key store, encrypt each identified confidential data element in the message payload based on the encryption policies and the Group Keys and store the encrypted identified confidential data elements in a remotely located data storage device accessible through the communication interface.
US10608998B2
A network system comprising a first network element and a second network element. The first network element is programmed to provide the step of first, communicating to the second network element a plurality of configuration parameter sets. Each configuration parameter set corresponds to a respective frame fragment and comprises a parameter value that differs in value from the parameter value in another configuration parameter set in the plurality of configuration parameter sets. The first network element also is programmed to provide the step of second, communicating a frame, to the second network element, in a plurality of frame fragments, wherein each frame fragment in the plurality of frame fragments is communicated according to a respective parameter value in the plurality of configuration parameter sets.
US10608995B2
The disclosed embodiments disclose techniques for optimizing data transfer costs for cloud-based security services. During operation, an intermediary computing device receives a network request from a client located in a remote enterprise location that is sending the network request to a distinct, untrusted remote site (e.g., a site separate from the distinct locations of the remote enterprise, the cloud data center, and the intermediary computing device). The intermediary computing device caches a set of data associated with the network request while forwarding the set of data to the cloud-based security service for analysis. Upon receiving a confirmation from the cloud-based security service that the set of data has been analyzed and is permitted to be transmitted to the specified destination, the intermediary computing device forwards the cached set of data to the specified destination.
US10608993B2
Some embodiments provide a central firewall management system that can be used to manage different firewall devices from a single management interface. This management interface provides a uniform interface for defining different firewall rule sets and deploying these rules sets on different firewall devices (e.g., port-linked firewall engines, firewall service VMs, network-perimeter firewall devices, etc.). Also, this interface allows the location and/or behavior of the firewall rule sets to be dynamically modified. The management interface in some embodiments also provides controls for filtering and debugging firewall rules.
US10608989B2
A system and method for facilitating controlled access by a client device to one or more services provided by a server are disclosed. The client device's access to the services provided by the server may be dynamically controlled by a controller, which may generate instructions to an agent to effectuate the access control. The agent may be configured to control one or more access components associated with the server. The instructions generated by the controller may instruct the agent to cause the access control components to grant or remove the client device's access to the services provided by the server. In some implementations, the controller may generate such instructions based on a status of a session established between the controller and the client device.
US10608983B2
A domain name is received from a customer. DNS is queried for multiple possible subdomains of the domain. For each subdomain that resolves, information about that subdomain's corresponding resource record is stored in a zone file that also includes a resource record for the domain name. The zone file is presented to the customer. A designation from the customer of which of the resource records are to point to an IP address of a proxy server is received. The resource records are modified according to the input of the customer and the zone file is propagated including the modified resource records.
US10608974B2
A computer-based system maintains and provides a graphical authoring tool on a display device that enables a user to create a narrative storyline for uploading to a database system. The authoring tool operates to receive text content for a first passage of the narrative storyline, and text content for a second passage of the narrative storyline, establish a link from the first passage to the second passage, and assign user personality trait characteristics to the link. The trait characteristics influence personality trait profiles maintained by the database system for readers of the narrative storyline when the readers select the link to obtain the second passage. The authoring tool operates to upload the narrative storyline data from the computer-based system to the database system. The uploaded data includes the text content for the passages, the link, and the user personality trait characteristics assigned to the link.
US10608969B2
Examples of systems and methods for context based virtual area creation are described. Some examples provide a quick and easy way for users to wrap virtual areas around contexts of interest. Examples of such contexts may be defined in terms of one or more of content, people, and real-world location. The virtual areas support realtime communications between communicants (e.g., one or more of text chat, voice, video, application sharing, and file sharing) and provide a persistent historical repository for interactions in the virtual area. Summaries of activities and other events in virtual areas typically are published in realtime so that other communicants can readily obtain a quick summary of the activities occurring in a particular context and decide whether or not to join or otherwise participate in those activities.
US10608961B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to handling queues. A server-based platform, in some embodiments, accesses queue information that includes performance attributes for a plurality of queues storing one or more messages corresponding to one or more applications. In some embodiments, the platform assigns, based on the performance attributes, a corresponding set of the plurality of queues to each of a plurality of processing nodes of the platform. In some embodiments, the assigning of a corresponding set of queues to a given one of the plurality of processing nodes causes instantiation of: a first set of one or more dequeuing threads and a second set of one or more processing threads. The dequeuing threads may be executable to dequeue one or more messages stored in the corresponding set of queues. The processing threads may be executable to perform one or more tasks specified in the dequeued one or more messages.
US10608956B2
Described herein are devices and techniques for distributing application data. A device can communicate with one or more hardware switches. The device can receive, from a software stack, a multicast message including a constraint that indicates how application data is to be distributed. The constraint including a listing of the set of nodes and a number of nodes to which the application data is to be distributed. The device may receive, from the software stack, the application data for distribution to a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes being a subset of the set of nodes equaling the number of nodes. The device may select the plurality of nodes from the set of nodes. The device also may distribute a copy of the application data to the plurality of nodes based on the constraint. Also described are other embodiments.
US10608954B2
A method for resource management includes receiving, from a client, an allocation request for a resource, and assigning, to the client, a partition of a hierarchical resource tree. The partition is in multiple partitions of the hierarchical resource tree. The method further includes identifying a deallocated resource in the partition, and allocating, to the client, the first deallocated resource from the partition to create an allocated resource.
US10608950B2
There is disclosed a method for sending personalized content to an electronic device associated with a user. The e method executable in a personalized content system, the personalized content system including a communication network; a network resource server hosting a network; a personalized content server coupled to the communication network and accessible by the network resource server and the electronic device via the communication network. The network resource having a generic content link and a personalized content link. The method comprises parsing, by the personalized content server, content of the network resource, to detect a plurality of links contained therein, the plurality of links including the generic content link and the personalized content link; executing, by the personalized content server, a link obfuscation routine, transmitting the content of the network resource with the plurality of links having been obfuscated to the electronic device.
US10608949B2
Disclosed are a system and method of integrating an on-demand compute environment into a local compute environment. The method includes receiving a request from an administrator to integrate an on-demand compute environment into a local compute environment and, in response to the request, automatically integrating local compute environment information with on-demand compute environment information to make available resources from the on-demand compute environment to requestors of resources in the local compute environment such that policies of the local environment are maintained for workload that consumes on-demand compute resources.
US10608943B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for dynamic buffer management in multi-client token flow control routers are disclosed. A system includes at least one or more processing units, a memory, and a communication fabric with a plurality of routers coupled to the processing unit(s) and the memory. A router servicing multiple active clients allocates a first number of tokens to each active client. The first number of tokens is less than a second number of tokens needed to saturate the bandwidth of each client to the router. The router also allocates a third number of tokens to a free pool, with tokens from the free pool being dynamically allocated to different clients. The third number of tokens is equal to the difference between the second number of tokens and the first number of tokens. An advantage of this approach is reducing the amount of buffer space needed at the router.
US10608941B2
Embodiments herein relate to a vehicle, including a first plurality of devices associated with a first vehicle function and a second plurality of devices associated with a second vehicle function. The first communication network communicatively couples each of the first plurality of devices to each other, communicatively couples each of the second plurality of devices to each other, and communicatively couple the first plurality of devices to the second plurality of devices. Further, a second communication network communicatively couples less than all of the first plurality of devices to less than all of the second plurality of devices, where the second communication network transmits messages determined to be critical from a first device of the first plurality of devices to a first device of the second plurality of devices.
US10608940B2
A telecommunication system uses a dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithm based on current load conditions for controlling transmissions to a plurality of access modules of an access node in order to achieve a fair allocation of network bandwidth at the access node. As an example, access modules at an access node communicate via a control channel with dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) logic that receives load information from each of the access modules. Using such load information, the DBA logic dynamically controls the upstream data rates so that a fair allocation of network bandwidth is achieved across all of the access modules. Specifically, the data rates are controlled such that packet flows for services of the same class achieve the same or similar performance (e.g., average data rate) regardless of which access module is receiving each respective packet flow.
US10608937B1
Destination resolution stages that determine a forwarding decision for a network packet may be selected. Different resolution stages in a packet processing pipeline may be individually identified. Upon accessing an entry in a lookup table in a stage of the packet processing pipeline, a pointer type of a pointer in the entry may identify a next destination resolution stage for determining the forwarding decision of a network packet. Different types of network packets may have forwarding decisions determined using different destination resolution stages, one or more shared resolution stages, or the same resolution stages.
US10608936B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a method of establishing a mapping between users of different applications to enable them to use contact information to initiate data exchange with each other.
US10608930B2
A network computing device determines a network topology for at least one network flow path between at least one ingress network border device and at least one egress network border device. The network computing device receives a message containing data indicating flow statistics for the at least one ingress network border device. The network computing device generates flow statistics for at least one network device along the at least one network flow path from the network topology and the flow statistics for the at least one ingress network border device. The network computing device generates the flow statistics for at least one network device along the at least one network flow path without receiving flow statistics from the at least one network device along the at least one network flow path.
US10608929B2
A method of routing communications from a mobile device to a target device. A non-whispered speech target device routing list and a whispered speech target device routing list are stored at a memory that is accessible by the mobile device. The mobile device identifies speech characteristics associated with a speech input and further determines whether the speech input corresponds to a whispered speech based on the speech characteristics. When it is determined that the speech input corresponds to a whispered speech, the mobile device routes communications corresponding to the speech input to each target device included in the whispered speech target device routing list. When it is determined that the speech input does not correspond to a whispered speech, the mobile device either routes or refrains from routing communications corresponding to the speech input to each target device included in the non-whispered speech target device routing list.
US10608919B2
A passive intermodulation (PIM) tester is provided. The PIM tester includes at least one interface to couple the tester to a front-haul communication link used for communicating front-haul data to a remote radio head (RRH) having one or more antenna ports. The PIM tester includes a programmable processor, coupled to the interface, configured to execute software, wherein the software is operable to cause the tester to do the following: identify at least one tone in at least one downlink band of the remote radio head, wherein potential PIM products may appear in at least one uplink band of the remote radio head in response to the identified at least one tone; inject the identified at least one tone in the at least one downlink band of the remote radio head; and monitor the at least one uplink band for the potential PIM products from the injected at least one tone.
US10608909B2
A network data aggregation system and method for connected building management systems are disclosed. The aggregation system assesses network connectivity for the building management system. For this purpose, the aggregation system includes building management control panels including modems for reporting to monitoring stations, and a customer management server (CMS). The control panels collect network connectivity information of the modems, and the CMS receives the network connectivity information. In one example, the CMS analyzes the network connectivity information to identify issues in service provider networks that provide connections between the modems of the building management control panels and the service provider networks.
US10608907B2
An open-loop control assistance (“OLCA”) system can collect data, correlate and aggregate the data, and perform multi-dimensional analytics on the correlated and aggregated data. The OLCA system can then determine plurality of viable options for a next action to be taken by an operator in an open-loop control process, and can determine a specific option as an optimal choice for the operator to select. The OLCA system can present the plurality of viable options and a rationale explaining why the operator should select the specific option. The OLCA system can capture action(s) taken by the operator, and if the action does not correspond to the recommended action, the OLCA system can capture a reason regarding why the optimal choice was not selected. The OLCA system can analyze results from the action(s). The OLCA system can then fine-tune the open-loop control process based upon the results and the cause(s) thereof.
