US10695823B2
A drive unit is configured for a stamping rivet setting device and has an electric direct drive which contains motor components that concentrically surround a control element which can be linearly moved in the axial direction. In order to absorb the required torques while allowing a compact construction of the device, in particular in relation to a component side, a drive housing has an asymmetrical configuration in a connecting region between a main part and a guide part in which the control element is guided, for the purpose of asymmetrical torque transmission. In addition or alternatively thereto, the highly compact construction achieves an efficient cooling by an inner cooling unit, in particular air flowing through a free inner space in which the motor components are arranged.
US10695822B2
A blind riveting apparatus (1) comprises a motor (3), and a clamp (31) for gripping the mandrel of a blind rivet, the clamp being movable substantially along the axis of the rivet. The apparatus further comprises a first transmission (51) configured to transfer rotary motion of the motor (3) to the clamp (31) when engaged; and a second transmission (52) configured to convert rotary motion of the motor (3) to linear motion of the clamp (31), and thereby retract the clamp (31) to pull on the mandrel, when engaged. A transmission control apparatus is arranged to selectively adjust the degree of engagement of at least one of the first (51) and second (52) transmissions, the transmission control apparatus comprising a variable-influence brake or clutch (58). Methods of blind riveting, and further pieces of blind riveting apparatus, are also disclosed.
US10695820B2
Methods for manufacturing an endodontic instrument or device, such as an endodontic file for use in performing root canal therapy on a tooth, are disclosed. The method may include the steps of: (a) providing a wire or wire blank comprising a nickel titanium alloy that has been heat-treated at a heat-treat temperature and has an angle greater than 5 degrees of permanent deformation after torque at 45 degrees of flexion tested in accordance with ISO Standard 3630 Part 1: General requirements and test methods and (b) removing material from the wire or wire blank to form an endodontic instrument or device. The method may include the steps of: (a) providing a wire or wire blank comprising a nickel titanium alloy at a first temperature; and (b) removing material from the wire or wire blank at a second temperature above the first temperature to form an endodontic instrument or device.
US10695813B2
A portable workstation includes a frame, a plurality of wheels coupled to the frame, a handle coupled to the frame, a pneumatic inlet port coupled to the frame and a pump coupled to the frame and pneumatically coupled to the pneumatic inlet port. The pump pumps hydraulic fluid. A plurality of hydraulic outlet ports is coupled to the frame and is hydraulically coupled to the pump.
US10695811B2
A shear assisted extrusion process for producing cladded materials wherein a cladding material and a material to be cladded are placed in sequence with the cladded material positioned to contact a rotating scroll face first and the material to be cladded second. The two materials are fed through a shear assisted extrusion device at a preselected feed rate and impacted by a rotating scroll face to generate a cladded extrusion product. This process allows for increased through wall strength and decreases the brittleness in formed structures as compared to the prior art.
US10695803B2
Methods and apparatus configured and adapted to provide less carryover in an automated clinical analyzer are disclosed. The methods include immersing a pipette into a neutralizing liquid vessel and aspirating a neutralizing liquid (e.g., a hypochlorite solution) into an interior of a pipette. The aspirated portion of the neutralizing liquid used to cleanse the pipette interior is then dispensed back into the neutralizing liquid vessel, rather than disposing of the used neutralizing liquid to a waste station. Apparatus and systems configured to carry out the methods are provided, as are other aspects.
US10695793B2
The present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film including an intermediate coating film formation step of applying an aqueous intermediate coating composition to an object to be coated to form an uncured intermediate coating film; a base coating film formation step of applying an aqueous base coating composition onto the resulting uncured intermediate coating film to form an uncured base coating film; and a curing step of curing the resulting uncured intermediate coating film and the base coating film by heating.
US10695786B2
A hand-held shower head system configured to dispense a fluid is disclosed. The hand-held shower head system may include a housing configured to be secured to a surface. Further, the hand-held shower system may include a shower head configured to be detachably mounted on the housing. Further, the hand-held shower system may include a plurality of hoses connected to the shower head. Further, a plurality of first openings of the plurality of hoses may be configured to be connected to a plurality of fluid supply lines. Further, the hand-held shower system may include a retracting mechanism coupled to the shower head and the housing. Further, the retracting mechanism may be configured to allow the shower head to be retracted back to the housing once the user releases the shower head.
US10695783B2
An example system includes at least one acoustic sensor configured to generate at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal indicative of an acoustic signal generated by a thermal spray system performing a process associated with a plurality of process attributes. The example system includes a computing device including an acoustic data signal module and a control module. The acoustic data signal processing module may transform the at least one time-dependent acoustic data signal to a frequency-domain spectrum. The control module may determine a process attribute of the plurality of process attributes that deviates from a predetermined operating range by identifying at least one characteristic of the frequency-domain spectrum, selecting at least one component of the thermal spray system based on the process attribute, and controlling the thermal spray system to adjust the process attribute toward the predetermined operating range by sending a control signal to the at least one component.
US10695771B2
A device for shredding material has a shredding rotor, which revolves about an axis of rotation and supports at least one blade, and a first counter-blade which cooperates with the blade of the shredding rotor. A feed plate is provided here, which is mounted to be rotatable about a pivot axis and which is connected to an actuator, in particular to an electric motor, so that, with the aid of the actuator, the feed plate can be brought into a feed position, in which the material to be shredded can lie on a first main surface of the feed plate and can slide along this in the direction of the shredding rotor, and into a first pressing position in which the material to be shredded is likewise pressed with the first main surface of the feed plate against the shredding rotor and shredded between the blade and the first counter-blade.
US10695766B2
A wear-resistant element for partially inserting into a recess in the surface of a wear surface of a comminuting device. The wear-resistant element has a fastening region, which is connectable to the recess in the surface of the wear surface and a wearing region, which protrudes at least partially from the surface of the wear surface. The fastening region includes a material that is less wear-resistant than the material of the wearing region, wherein the wearing region extends beyond the fastening region at the level of the wear-resistant element.
US10695765B2
An apparatus for grinding particulate material having a roller press having a pair of grinding rollers each having a rotation axis and being arranged oppositely and parallel to define a grinding roller gap in a common plane through the axes of the rollers, and a mechanical conveying device for conveying granular material to the roller press having a proximal end and a distal end relative to the roller press, the roller press being arranged at the proximal end of the conveying device. The conveying device is arranged to constrain a flow or mat of the granular material having in a cross sectional view a rectangular shape with a mid-plane and to transfer the flow or mat of granular material directly to the grinding roller gap of the roller press in a linear transfer plane being coincident with the mid-plane and perpendicular to the common plane through the axes of the rollers.
US10695762B2
Described herein are digital microfluidic (DMF) devices and corresponding methods for managing reagent solution evaporation during a reaction. Reactions on the DMF devices described here are performed in an air or gas matrix. The DMF devices include a means for performing reactions at different temperatures. To address the issue of evaporation of the reaction droplet especially when the reaction is performed at higher temperatures, a means for introducing a replenishing droplet has been incorporated into the DMF device. A replenishing droplet is introduced every time when it has been determined that the reaction droplet has fallen below a threshold volume. Detection and monitoring of the reaction droplet may be through visual, optical, fluorescence, colorimetric, and/or electrical means.
US10695761B2
A microfluidic system is configured for enhanced temperature control by combining spatial and temporal temperature control. The microfluidic system includes an electro-wetting on dielectric (EWOD) device comprising an element array configured to receive one or more liquid droplets, the element array comprising a plurality of individual array elements; a control system configured to control actuation voltages applied to the element array to perform manipulation operations of the liquid droplets; and a plurality of thermal control elements located at different spatial locations along the EWOD device, at least one of the thermal control elements being variable in temperature with respect to time. The control system includes a thermal control unit configured to control temperatures of the thermal control elements to generate a plurality of thermal zones located at different spatial locations along the EWOD device, at least one of the thermal zones being variable in temperature with respect to time.
US10695758B2
A photocatalyst according to the present invention has a structure in which the titanium dioxide doped with the transition metals is supported on the support such that a band gap thereof is low and a specific surface area thereof is high, thereby exhibiting an excellent photocatalytic activity even in a visible light region and providing an excellent effect of adsorbing an organic compound and removing the same even under a condition in which light is not emitted.
US10695756B2
A catalyst for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether to methyl acetate. The catalyst comprises a zeolite, such as a mordenite zeolite, at least one Group IB metal, such as copper, and/or at least one Group VIII metal, such as iron, and at least one Group IIB metal, such as zinc. Such a catalyst with combined metals provides enhanced catalytic activity, improved stability, and improved selectivity to methyl acetate, and does not require a halogen promoter, as compared to a metal-free or copper only zeolite.
US10695755B2
Disclosed is an oxidation process to produce a crude carboxylic acid product carboxylic acid product. The process comprises oxidizing a feed stream comprising at least one oxidizable compound to generate a crude carboxylic acid slurry comprising furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and compositions thereof. Also disclosed is a process to produce a dry purified carboxylic acid product by utilizing various purification methods on the crude carboxylic acid.
US10695753B2
The invention relates to a composition that contains a first semiconductor SC1, particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state selected from among an element of groups IVB, VB, VIB, VIIB, VIIIB, IB, IIB, IIIA, IVA and VA of the periodic table, and a second semiconductor SC2 that comprises indium oxide, with said first semiconductor SC1 being in direct contact with said particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state, with said particles being in direct contact with said second semiconductor SC2 that comprises indium oxide in such a way that the second semiconductor SC2 covers at least 50% of the surfaces of the particles that comprise one or more element(s) M in the metal state. The invention also relates to its preparation method as well as its application of photocatalysis.
US10695752B2
An exhaust-gas purifying catalyst includes a lower layer containing ceria-based oxide particles and an upper layer containing metal oxide particles and a precious metal supported on the metal oxide particles, wherein the exhaust-gas purifying catalyst is characterized in that the Rh content of the lower layer is equal to or less than 0.25 g/L, and also that the particle-size distribution of the ceria-based oxide particles in the lower layer, which is obtained by scanning electron microscopy, has a first peak in which the peak top thereof is in a region of 0.90-6.50 μm and a second peak in which the peak top thereof is in a region of 9.50-34.0 μm.
US10695749B2
Sinter-resistant catalyst systems include a catalytic substrate comprising a plurality of metal catalytic nanoparticles bound to a metal oxide catalyst support, and a coating of oxide nanoparticles disposed on the metal catalytic nanoparticles and optionally on the metal oxide support. The oxide nanoparticles comprise one or more lanthanum oxides and optionally one or more barium oxides, and additionally one or more oxides of aluminum, cerium, zirconium, titanium, silicon, magnesium, zinc, iron, strontium, and calcium. The metal catalytic nanoparticles can include ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, rhenium, copper, silver, and/or gold. The metal oxide catalyst support can include one or more metal oxides selected from the group consisting of Al2O3, CeO2, ZrO2, TiO2, SiO2, La2O3, MgO, and ZnO. The coating of oxide nanoparticles is about 0.1% to about 50% lanthanum and barium oxides. The oxide nanoparticles can further include one or more oxides of magnesium and/or cobalt.
US10695748B2
A catalyst comprises an active phase constituted by palladium, and a porous support comprising at least one refractory oxide selected from the group constituted by silica, alumina and silica-alumina, in which: the palladium content in the catalyst is in the range 0.0025% to 1% by weight with respect to the total weight of catalyst; at least 80% by weight of the palladium is distributed in a crust at the periphery of the porous support, the thickness of said crust being in the range 25 to 450 μm; the specific surface area of the porous support is in the range 70 to 160 m2/g; the metallic dispersion D of the palladium is less than 20%.
US10695747B2
Provided are a technique for preparing a porous cellulose medium without using a special gelling agent for a solution in which cellulose acetate serving as a raw material is dissolved; and a porous cellulose medium and the like produced using the technique. A method for producing a porous cellulose medium comprises the step of preparing a flowable homogeneous composition comprising cellulose acetate, a basic compound, and a solvent including water, and gelling the composition by deacetylation reaction of the cellulose acetate.
US10695743B2
A device for the through-flow of a fluid may include a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. A porous structure with interconnected pores is arranged between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet define an overall flow direction. The porous structure is coupled to a wall to provide for heat conduction between the porous structure and the wall. The porous structure has a porosity gradient along a first direction, which is cross to the overall flow direction. The porosity gradient develops along the first direction between a first porosity at a first location proximal to the wall and a second porosity larger than the first porosity at a second location remote from the wall. The difference between the second porosity and the first porosity may be at least 4%.
US10695737B2
A novel miniaturized and highly automated method for the controlled printing of large arrays of nano- to femtoliter droplets is presented by actively transporting mother droplets over hydrophilic-in-hydrophobic micropatches. The proposed technology consists of single plate or double-plate devices where mother droplets can be actuated and hydrophilic-in-hydrophobic micropatches on one or both plates of the device where nano- to femtoliter droplets are printed. Due to the selective wettability of the more wettable hydrophilic micropatches in a hydrophobic matrix, large nano- to femtoliter droplet arrays are created when mother droplets are transported over these arrays. The parent droplets can be moved by different droplet actuation principles, for example, by using the principle of electrowetting-on-dielectric droplet actuation. We propose another method that uses two plates that are placed on top of each other while being separated by a spacer. One plate is dedicated to confirming and guiding of parent droplets by using hydrophilic patches in a hydrophobic matrix, while the other plate contains hydrophilic-in-hydrophobic arrays dedicated to the printing of nano- to femtoliter droplets. When the plate dedicated to parent droplet guiding is rotated over the plate dedicated to printing of nano- to femtoliter droplets, nano- to femtoliter droplets are dispensed inside the hydrophilic-in-hydrophobic array due to their selective wettability. All these proposed methods allow the parent droplets to be moved over the hydrophilic-in-hydrophobic arrays many times, providing unique advantages for performing bio-assays or miniaturized materials synthesis in nano- to femtoliter sized droplets. Upon the controlled evaporation of the dispensed droplets of solution, large arrays of the printed material can be generated on an automated way in seconds of time on a very flexible way. The method disclosed herein provides a distinct nano- to femtoliter droplet printing technique for a wide variety of applications such as protein- or cell-based bio-assays or printing of crystalline structures, suspensions of nanoparticles or components for microelectronics.
US10695723B2
Upon light irradiation, a dye sensitized photoactive surfaces can undergo hydrophobic to hydrophilic conversion in both in air and oil environments.
US10695721B2
A layered structure for pumping fluid by electroosmotic transport includes a first layer, wherein the first layer is made from an ion perm selective material having openings therein that permit the fluid to flow therethrough, and wherein the openings in the first layer that permit the fluid to flow therethrough create a porosity of less than 10%; and a second layer, wherein the second layer is an electroosmotic layer. The layered structure has a net fluid flow direction that extends through the first layer and the second layer, wherein the layered structure has a region that permits fluid to flow in a direction that is non-parallel to a net fluid flow direction, and wherein the region is located between the first layer and the surface of the second layer that is furthest from the first layer. An electroosmodialysis apparatus may also be provided that includes two layered structures.
US10695712B2
A process and an apparatus for regenerating the loaded scrubbing medium in a physical gas scrub in which at least materials of a first type and a second type are scrubbed out of a gas mixture, where predominantly materials of the first type are separated off from scrubbing medium loaded with materials of the first type and the second type by stripping at elevated pressure and a loaded scrubbing medium enriched in materials of the second type and also a gas phase that is made up of the stripping gas used in stripping and the materials separated off from the loaded scrubbing medium are obtained. The loaded scrubbing medium enriched in materials of the second type by means of stripping is depressurized and subsequently fed to a separator in order to obtain a flash gas.
US10695704B2
The present disclosure generally relates to separating solid particles from an airflow in a gas turbine engine. A system for separating debris includes a first separation device in fluid communication with an inlet flow path of a compressor and a second separation device in fluid communication with an outlet flow path of the compressor and an inlet flow path of a combustor. The first separation device is adapted to remove coarse particles from the airflow. The second separation device is adapted to remove fine particles from the airflow. The course particles have a larger mean particle diameter than the fine particles.
US10695702B2
Blood separation media include a fibrous web formed by 50 to 99 parts by weight of glass microfibers, and 1 to 50 parts by weight of fibrillated fibers; a polymeric, hydrophilic binder; a wetting agent; and a salt. The binder covers at least a part of the glass microfibers, and the web is further impregnated with a wetting agent and it contains a salt which is capable of crenating red blood cells. The pore size of the media is smaller than the average pore size of red blood cells. Compared to conventional separation media, the invention will improve efficiency of the separation of the red blood cells from the plasma and increase the speed and volume of the separated material. The present invention also provides for a decrease in lysing of the red blood cells during the filtration process which gives improved purity of the material.
US10695701B2
A fuel filter has a housing having an intake and an outlet. A filter element is arranged in the housing such that a filtered area is separated seal-tightly from an unfiltered area. A flow passage is provided between the unfiltered area and the filtered area. A porous filter member closes off the flow passage, wherein the porous filter member is arranged seal-tightly on a wall arranged about the flow passage. The filter element has a filter medium and a geodetically upper and a geodetically lower terminal disks arranged at end faces of the filter medium. The filter medium is connected seal-tightly to the terminal disks. The flow passage is arranged in the geodetically upper terminal disk that forms the wall.
US10695697B2
A device includes a compartment for separating the solids and liquids. The compartment includes a base that is concavely curved according to a cylindrical portion having a transverse axis and is formed of a sieve, an idler roller mounted transversely on an arm, a drive which actuates the arm, and resilient means for adjusting the pressure exerted by the rollers. Both the contact interface between the sieve and the roller and the rotational interface between the roller and the arm are made of a non-metal material on at least one of the two contacting surfaces that form each of the interfaces, such that, there is no metal-on-metal contact between surfaces moving relative to one another at the interfaces.
US10695690B2
A distillation column comprises at least one wall enclosing a chamber and at least one feed input, at least one condensate removal point and at least one vapor take-off point; wherein the column further comprises a polygonal cross-section component that is mounted within the chamber; and wherein the polygonal component is configured to rotate within the chamber in use.
US10695689B2
Smart Entertainment Technology uses technology to create an enhanced, real-world experience or adventure, and helps users explore, communicate, learn, and solve puzzles, creating a richer, more immersive experience. In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a plurality of patrons in an entertainment attraction using a contactless sensor. The entertainment attraction comprises a room, and each wall of the room comprises modular, interconnected, adaptable full-wall digital displays. The method further includes determining a digital attraction experience suitable for each of the patrons based on the age and attraction preferences of each of the patrons. The method additionally includes formatting for display on the modular full-wall digital displays content associated with the determined digital attraction experience. The method further includes determining an interactive gesture performed by one of the patrons, and formatting for display on the full-wall digital displays, appropriate content responsive to the interactive gesture.
US10695688B2
The present invention relates to a power transmission apparatus for transmitting power between components, and a built-up type toy including the same. The power transmission apparatus comprises: a housing having an operating space formed therein; a connection hole that is open in at least one direction of the housing; a gear assembly that operates in the operating space of the housing and has a connecting link on one end thereof which is exposed to the outside through the connection hole; and a coupling tube for selectively interconnecting two connection holes of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart power transmission apparatus connected thereto, wherein the connecting link of the power transmission apparatus and a counterpart connecting link are connected and interworked with each other in the interior of the coupling tube.
US10695687B2
The present invention includes a toy with a retractable mechanism capable of transforming its original compact shape into a new entity, comprising: a hollow sphere (1) provided with a cut on the lower part thereof (2), on the upper end a convex protuberance is projected (3), provided with a modified asymmetric cylinder, which reduces its size in the upper end assimilating the neck of the body of the sphere (4), formed by two hinges of plastic material adjoined to both caps (5); and two internal springs that maintain these hinges under tension to maintain the body inside the sphere (6) which, when pressed, activates the operation of the main spring (7) in such a way that, when the sphere (1) receives a strike or is pressed, an identity different from the initial one is shown.
US10695685B2
A toy is disclosed for a segmented tube track kit. The toy comprises a tube, comprised of reversibly attachable tubes. In one embodiment, the tube segments are held together frictionally. In another embodiment, tube segments are held together by locking mechanisms consisting of projections and cutouts. The toy vehicle in the kit has a drive wheel which is forced up away from the body of the car and against the inner walls of the tube by resilient members. In another embodiment, the vehicle has a tumbler wheel at the front of the car.
US10695684B1
An articulating object is provided, including first and second body portions, a first cable segment and a cable drive system. The second body portion has a neutral axis and is articulatable. The first cable segment is of a push-pull cable type and extends along the second body portion on a first side of the neutral axis. The cable drive system can move the first cable segment in a first direction so as to generate a first moment on the second body portion in a first moment direction, thereby driving articulation of the second body portion in a first articulation direction. The cable drive system can move the first cable segment in a second direction for the first cable segment so as to generate a first moment on the second body portion in a second moment direction, thereby driving articulation of the second body portion in a second articulation direction.
US10695681B2
Systems and methods are provided for unlocking game play data on Near Field Communications (NFC) chips to allow for game play using the game play data on the NFC chips.
US10695677B2
The present disclosure provides a system for a game application host system and game application that can determine the hardware characteristics of a user computing system for use during online matchmaking in a multiplayer game application. The game application can include a hardware analysis module that can evaluate the user computing system to determine the speed and operational characteristics of the hardware. The hardware characteristics can be used for matchmaking by a matchmaking module of the host application system to select hosts and users for a game match. The hardware analysis module that can run tests, such as a data throughput analysis and a processing analysis, to evaluate and rate the user computing system. The ratings can be incorporated into the matchmaking analysis along with other matchmaking characteristics, such as latency, player skill level, geographical location, and other existing matchmaking characteristics, in order to selects users for game matches.
US10695676B2
An example of an information processing device generates a game field for each of a plurality of game stages. The information processing device executes a game process of controlling a player object in response to an operation by a user in a game stage for which the game field has been generated. The information processing device determines whether the user has cleared or failed to clear the game stage. In response to a determination that the user has cleared the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage while maintaining a state of the player object at the time of clearing. On the other hand, in response to a determination that the user has failed to clear the game stage, the information processing device starts the game process for a next game stage.
US10695675B2
A system and method for creation of interactive user interfaces without software code authoring knowledge. The method involves recording of an author's input to a physical input device during, and in synchronization with, video content, which may be displayed to the author, or may be recorded or streamed. The timing, nature, and sequence of the user inputs define time-specific target inputs for a player during a gameplay session. During a gameplay/interaction session, the same video content is displayed to the player, and the player receives prompts to provide physical inputs to the player's device that match the physical inputs provided by the author to the author's device during the game creation session. The prompts may include a modified view of the video content in which the video content is displayed misaligned with a display screen of the player's device, or with a display surface of a display environment.
US10695672B2
A method of and system for handling latency issues encountered in producing real-time entertainment such as games of skill synchronized with live or taped televised events is described herein. There are multiple situations that are dealt with regarding latencies in receiving a television signal with respect to real-time entertainment based on the unfolding games played along with the telecasts. Systemic delays, arbitrarily imposed delays of a broadcast signal and variances in the precise broadcast times of taped television programs have to be equalized so as to provide fair entertainment.
US10695667B2
A wearable or mountable visor or display apparatus capable of presenting augmented reality (AR) content. The primary intent of the AR visor is to parse and selectively display desired heads up display (HUD) content from a video stream or video game such as a map, timer or clock, speedometer/tachometer, instrumentation panels, or similar context-sensitive information relevant to a video game or stream. The AR visor allows a user to configure and display various content on one or more designated sections of the AR visor/display.
US10695666B2
A game processing device controls a first mounted display worn by a first player to display a virtual space in association with a first virtual position in the virtual space, and controls a second mounted display worn by a second player to display the virtual space in association with a second virtual position in the virtual space. The device also determines a position of the first player in a real space based on an output of a first sensor, moves the first virtual position in accordance with the position of the first player, determines a position of the second player in the real space based on an output of a second sensor, and moves the second virtual position in accordance with the position of the second player. The device produces a game special effect when a distance between the first and second virtual positions is within a predetermined range.
US10695662B2
Provided is a method for providing a location-based game performed by a first device, including: performing authentication between the first device and a second device; connecting the first device with the second device; receiving location information of the second device from the connected second device; setting the received location information of the second device as location information of the first device; transmitting the set location information of the first device to a game server; and receiving a game based on the location information of the first device from the game server, and the first device is a device without a GPS (Global Positioning System) function and the second device is a device with the GPS function.
US10695647B2
The present invention relates to a mobile transponder (12) for timing and position tracking, including: a reception unit (26) for receiving a message (50) when a measuring point (18) is passed; a processor (28) for evaluating the message to activate a tracking mode if the message includes activation information (54), and to determine a passing time at which the measuring point is passed if the message includes timing information (52); and a transmission unit (30) for periodically transmitting a tracking packet (56) with identity information (58) for reception by a tracking station (20) having a known position within communication range (22) if the tracking mode is activated, and for forwarding the passing time to the measuring point. The present invention further relates to a system and a method for timing and position tracking as well as to a use of the transponder and of the system for timing and position tracking of participants at a sports event.
US10695643B1
A putting training aid includes a weighted roller assembly. The weighted roller assembly includes a bracket member and a weighted roller mounted relative to the bracket member such that the roller is rotatable about a central axis relative to the bracket member. The roller has a weight of at least 18 ounces. A connection is configured for connection of a putter shaft to the bracket member. The connection may be through a direct connection to the bracket member. The connection may be through a support tray connected to the bracket member.
US10695640B2
A sports training safety system and method of operation thereof includes: a training dummy; a release attached to the training dummy; a delivery carriage mounted to the release; a delivery rail for supporting the delivery carriage; a transport system, attached to the delivery rail, for moving the delivery carriage and the training dummy along the delivery rail; and a controller.
US10695636B2
A ball game including a vertically disposed rod, a holder for holding a handheld device, the holder being rotatably mounted on the rod such that the holder can be rotated about an axis of said rod; and a ball coupled to the holder by a string and configured such that rotation of the ball about the rod urges the rotation of the holder about the axis of the rod.
US10695635B2
An open field game arrangement includes glowing targets and provides responses, such as lights and sounds, when the targets are hit.
US10695632B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture to track movement of sports implements are disclosed herein. An example sensing unit disclosed herein is to be coupled to a sports implement. The sensing unit includes an inertial measurement unit to obtain movement data of said sports implement during a swing of said sports implement and a swing analyzer to determine whether the swing is a horizontal shot or a vertical shot based on the movement data.
US10695631B2
A lacrosse head pocket and a related method of manufacture are provided to facilitate consistent, repeatable and/or custom manufacture of lacrosse equipment. The pocket can be knitted, weaved or otherwise assembled on an automated assembly machine from strands, and/or can be formed as a unitary textile material having regions/sections with different physical and/or mechanical properties. The pocket can be integrally molded within portions of a lacrosse head to eliminate manually constructed connections between the pocket and lacrosse head. The pocket can include a perimeter flange constructed from special materials and/or a perimeter flange including intermittent voids along an outer edge so that the perimeter flange stretches when the pocket is in a loaded state with the lacrosse ball therein, thereby providing dampening to the pocket when a lacrosse ball exerts force upon the pocket in the loaded state.
US10695620B2
Some embodiments include a club head with a bounded face to body yield strength ratio. Other embodiments of related club heads and methods are also disclosed.
US10695613B2
A resistance sensing apparatus for exercise equipment includes a resistance adjusting assembly and a sensing unit. The resistance adjusting assembly includes an adjusting unit, a tubular member disposed above the adjusting unit, and an adjusting shaft mounted in the tubular member. The adjusting shaft has a first threaded portion and a second threaded portion formed thereon. The adjusting unit is threaded onto the first threaded portion. The sensing unit includes a second threaded member threadedly engaged to the second threaded portion, a first sensing member is disposed on one of the adjusting unit and the second threaded member, the second sensing member is disposed on the other of the adjusting unit and the second threaded member. By adjusting the adjusting unit and the second threaded member, a distance of the first and the second sensing member is changed and generates corresponding signals.
US10695611B2
Disclosed herein is a system for testing motor skills involved in locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative activities. The system utilizes joint data created by a motion sensor during a subject's performance of an activity to determine the subject's motor skill proficiency for that activity. The system compares the subject's joint data to benchmark data to detect one or more phases of the activity. Based on the comparison, the system also determines the subject's proficiency in the particular motor skill tested. The system is embodied in a computer-implemented application that provides various user interfaces for navigating through the user interfaces, accessing a database of the system, testing a subject's motor skills, analyzing a subject's proficiency, and facilitating practice of motor skills.
US10695607B2
A drive mechanism for an elliptically-driven device includes a drive arm with a foot platform pivot assembly; a crank arm; a foot platform assembly pivotally coupled to the drive arm via the foot platform pivot assembly; a foot platform angle adjustment mechanism operably coupling the foot platform assembly to the crank arm so as to impart a foot platform angle of the foot platform assembly relative to the drive arm that varies during a stroke of the foot platform assembly.
US10695605B2
A non-mechanical manual combination treadmill/step deck exercise device comprises a treadmill having a strut beam frame with multiple spaced rods with equally dimensioned pipe rollers threaded thereon creating manually operated foot rotatably surface. A step deck conversion simulating a stair climbing workout comprises positioning a deck platform between opposite strut beams over said rollers. The step deck conversion unit is selectively in an operative location with treadmill in a storage location. Swing handles operative in handle assembly mounted to front exterior sides of strut beams of the treadmill foot contact surface pivoting the handles back and forth and thereby provide an arm movement simultaneously with the use of the leg exercise.
US10695602B2
An exercise machine includes a first and second vertical member extending from a base section. A moveable section is mounted to the first and second vertical members and is moveable vertically along the first and second vertical members as well as horizontally. A third and fourth vertical member also extend from the base section. A first and second functional training device are mounted to the third and fourth vertical members, respectively, and are selectively securable at various locations along the same. At least one cable connects a resistance device to the moveable section as well as to the functional training devices.
US10695598B2
A safety cabinet includes an enclosure and at least one door to selectively seal the enclosure. The safety cabinet can be used to store, for example, flammable liquids, flammable waste, corrosives, pesticides, or combustible waste. The safety cabinet incorporates a thermally-actuated damper that includes a body, a valve plate, and a pivot assembly. The valve plate is disposed within the passage of the body such that the valve plate is movable between an open position and a closed position. The pivot assembly includes a biasing system adapted to bias the valve plate to the closed position and a fusible link interconnected between the body and the biasing system to constrain the valve plate from moving from the open position to the closed position. The fusible link is configured to melt at a predetermined temperature to thereby allow the biasing system to move the valve plate to the closed position.
US10695585B2
A spherical radiotherapy phantom for use with a source of radiation to receive a radiation dose distribution along a selected plane includes a spherical body comprising two hemispheres detachably connected together and comprising a solid homogenous material including a hollow compartment with a defined volumetric shape. A cartridge comprising a number of parallel planar plates, each configured to accommodate a planar radiation detecting medium and fitting together to form a shape corresponding to the defined volumetric shape of the hollow compartment, fits form fittingly in the hollow compartment when the two hemispheres are connected together.
US10695581B2
An optoelectrode having a lens optically coupled between a light source and a light guide and a method of making an optoelectrode. In one embodiment of the optoelectrode, the lens is a gradient index (GRIN) lens and the light source is a side-emitting injection laser diode (ILD). The optoelectrodes can be implemented such that they are high density, highly compact, monolithically integrated, and can deliver multicolor light output independently and simultaneously at a common waveguide port using an optical mixer, for example. In a preferred embodiment, the optoelectrodes are used as neural probes.
US10695570B2
Systems and related methods for enhancing learning of an activity by a subject are described. A prompt for causing the subject to perform the activity is delivered repeatedly, in combination with a neural stimulus, with timing of delivery of prompts and neural stimuli controlled by electrical control circuitry. Neural stimuli are delivered with a transcutaneous neural stimulator located fitted in or on at least a portion of an ear of the subject. The system is implemented in connection with a personal computing device such as a smart phone or tablet computer.
US10695561B2
Embodiments of the invention provide patch assemblies for iontophoretic transdermal delivery of therapeutic agents. An embodiment provides a patch assembly comprising a conformable patch for delivery of the agent and having a tissue contacting side including an adhesive. The housing has a bottom surface for engaging a non-tissue contacting side of the patch, a current source such as a battery and a controller for controlling the delivery of the agent. The housing has sufficient flexibility such that when it is engaged with the patch to form the patch assembly and the patch is adhered to a target site on the patient's skin, the assembly has sufficient flexibility to deform with movement of the patient's skin to remain sufficiently adhered to the skin over an extended period of time to transdermally deliver a desired dose of the agent.
US10695559B2
An assembly including an autonomous capsule having an anchoring member adapted to penetrate tissue of the heart and an accessory for implantation of the capsule. The accessory includes a steerable catheter with an inner lumen, having at its distal end a tubular protection tip defining a volume for housing the capsule. The accessory also includes a disconnectable attachment mechanism for supporting and guiding the capsule to an implantation site and a sub-catheter housed within the lumen of the steerable catheter, moveable in translation and in rotation relative to the steerable catheter. The sub-catheter and the capsule are movable between a retracted position and a position wherein the capsule is deployed out of the protection tip. The sub-catheter and the capsule are provided with a first fastening mechanism for fastening the two in translation and in mutual rotation, which is disconnectable under a rotation applied to the sub-catheter.
US10695547B2
A microneedle injection apparatus comprising an inverted actuator. The apparatus can include a housing having a base and a cavity, and a microneedle array holder configured to hold a microneedle array within the cavity of the housing. The microneedle array holder can be movable between a retracted position, and an extended position. The apparatus can further include an actuator movable with respect to the housing and the microneedle array holder between a first position and a second position to cause the microneedle array holder to move from the retracted position to the extended position. At least a portion of the actuator can be located on a skin-facing side of the apparatus (e.g., adjacent the base of the housing) and can be configured to be moved from the first position to the second position in response to the apparatus being pressed toward the skin surface.
US10695546B2
Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal are described. Embodiments include instrumentation comprising a scalpet assembly coupled to a carrier, and the scalpet assembly includes a scalpet array. The scalpet array includes one or more scalpets configured for fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal. The system includes a vacuum component coupled to the scalpet assembly and configured to evacuate tissue from the a site. The carrier is configured to control application of a rotational force and/or a vacuum force to the scalpet assembly.
US10695535B2
A catheter for ablation, mapping, injection, and directional control by an external magnetic system has a catheter body, an intermediate section, and a tip section having a tip electrode with an omnidirectional distal end and a concentric needle port. The tip electrode houses a magnetic device and a position sensor in an integrated configuration that facilitates a path in the tip section for extension and retraction of a component, including an injection needle, with reduced stress and friction. The integrated configuration is an efficient use of space in the tip electrode that allows the tip section to carry both the position sensor and the necessary volume of magnetic or magnetizable material to accomplish magnetic navigation. The catheter also includes a very soft and flexible intermediate section and an even softer and more flexible distal transitional section carrying additional magnetic members to facilitate remote magnetic navigation.
US10695534B2
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for forming a fistula between two blood vessels. Generally, the systems may comprise a first catheter and a second catheter, which may comprise one or more fistula-forming elements. The first and second catheters may comprise one or more magnets, which may be used to assist in bringing the first and catheters in closer proximity to facilitate fistula formation. In some variations, the magnet may have a plurality of magnetic domains each characterized by a magnetic flux vector, with the magnetic flux vectors of the magnet passing through a common magnetic origin.
US10695533B2
Disclosed is a robotic method for driving a catheter and a catheter guide, controlling a group of driving members and including: —a first operating mode in which the group of driving members moves the guide forward in translation; a second operating mode in which the group of driving members turns the guide about itself, the method also including a third operating mode in which the group of driving members simultaneously moves the guide forward in translation and turns the guide about itself, alternating between one direction and another.
US10695522B2
Apparatus for generating a supply of air at positive pressure for the amelioration or treatment of a respiratory disorder comprising a housing, a blower structured and configured to produce a flow of air at positive pressure, a flexible connector electrically and physically connected to the blower; and a blower rotation limitation structure configured to reduce rotation of the blower during use. The apparatus may comprise first and second blower suspensions for holding opposite ends of the blower. The blower suspension(s) may be flexible and in tension. The apparatus may comprise one or more connector anchors for anchoring a longitudinal middle section of the flexible connector to another part of the apparatus.
US10695512B2
An inhaler includes a main body having a canister housing, a medicament canister retained in a central outlet port of the canister housing, and a dose counter having an actuation member for operation by movement of the medicament canister. The canister housing has an inner wall, and a first inner wall canister support formation extending inwardly from a main surface of the inner wall. The canister housing has a longitudinal axis X which passes through the center of the central outlet port. The first inner wall canister support formation, the actuation member, and the central outlet port lie in a common plane coincident with the longitudinal axis X such that the first inner wall canister support formation protects against unwanted actuation of the dose counter by reducing rocking of the medicament canister relative to the main body of the inhaler.
US10695508B2
An instrument is applied to body tissue of a body part to produce vibration to thereby reduce pain of injection or other pain producing stimulus. The device has a frame, and a source of vibration connected to the frame. A removable tip is connectable to the frame which has a distal end that is connected to the source of vibration when the tip is connected to the frame, to thereby vibrate the distal end when the source of vibration is activated. At the distal end of the tip are mutually facing arms which define an opening between them. Each arm forms a projection which extends at an angle from the arm. The projections are shaped to fit the body part so that the arms and projections are sized and dimensioned to position, retain, and transmit vibration to the body part in a position proximate the opening.
US10695503B2
The present disclosure is directed to a drive sleeve with a hollow body having a ring of crown teeth with a first outer diameter forming a clutch interface at a first end and a thread extending on an outer surface of the body. The thread has a major diameter and a minor diameter, wherein the ring of crown teeth has at least two cavities. The at least two cavities extend on the outer surface of the body from the first end to the thread and defining a second outer diameter which is smaller than the major diameter of the thread. Further, some embodiments are directed to a drug delivery device with such a drive sleeve and a method for assembling a drug delivery device.
US10695492B2
A drug delivery system is disclosed that includes a drug delivery device having a reservoir and a delivery cannula having a proximal end in fluid communication with the reservoir and a distal end to be received within a patient. The drug delivery system may further include one or more sensors coupled to the drug delivery device, a wireless transmitter, and a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and the wireless transmitter. The controller may be configured to use the one or more sensors to determine a condition or an operational state of the drug delivery device, and control the wireless transmitter to wirelessly transmit one or more reports representative of the condition or the operational state of the drug delivery device. A method for use with a drug delivery device is also disclosed.
US10695491B2
A computerized electro-mechanical drug delivery device configured to deliver at least one dose of two or more medicaments. The device comprises a control unit. An electro-mechanical drive unit is operably coupled to the control unit and a primary reservoir for a first medicament and a secondary reservoir for a fluid agent, e.g. a second medicament. An operator interface is in communication with the control unit. A single dispense assembly is configured for fluid communication with the primary and the secondary reservoir. Activation of the operator panel sets a first dose from the primary reservoir and based on the first dose and a therapeutic dose profile, the control unit is configured to determine a dose or range of the fluid agent. Alternatively, the control unit determines or calculates a dose or range of a third medicament. Further, a dispense interface for use with a drug delivery device is disclosed.
US10695490B2
A semi-automated system (100) suitable for use in a hospital setting for filling patient-specific liquid medication prescriptions from bulk medicine containers (104) into oral/enteral syringes (S) for administration on a just-in-time basis. The system enables hospital pharmacists to simplify and streamline their task, increasing the number of prescriptions that can be filled in a day, improving patient safety and care by minimizing medication errors and the consequences that ensue.
US10695485B2
A wearable drug delivery device that can deliver high volumes of liquid drugs stored in one or more corresponding containers to a patient is provided. The wearable drug delivery device can include first and second containers to store first and second liquid drugs, respectively. A first set of energy transfer spheres can be coupled to a first spring and a first plunger positioned within the first container. A second set of energy transfer spheres can be coupled to a second spring and a second plunger positioned within the second container. The first spring can expand to advance the first set of energy transfer spheres and the first plunger to expel the first liquid drug for delivery to the patient. The second spring can expand to advance the second set of energy transfer spheres and the second plunger to expel the second liquid drug for delivery to the patient.
US10695475B2
Methods for operating a liquid pump having a rotor are provided for conveying liquids. The viscosity of the conveyed liquid, such as blood, may be determined while taking into account measured values of operating parameters of the pump. The pump may be operated in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves. The family of characteristic curves may link at least two operating parameters of the pump to each other, and, in the predetermined region, at least three parameters of the pump may be sensed and taken into account in order to determine the viscosity. Because of the operation in a predetermined region of a family of characteristic curves, the viscosity of the conveyed liquid can be determined in addition to the volumetric flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump when an appropriate selection is made from a sufficient number of sensed operating parameters.
US10695466B2
The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.
US10695464B2
Provided is a medical base material that is suitable for regeneration of a cardiovascular system being exposed to high pressure from a lumen, such as an aorta and is absorbed by a living body after transplantation. The medical base material of the present invention has a sheet shape, a tube shape, or a combined shape thereof and is used for regeneration of a cardiovascular system by being transplanted in a body. The medical base material has a multilayer structure at least including an inner layer to be arranged on the intimal side of the cardiovascular system and an outer layer to be arranged on the adventitial side of the cardiovascular system from the inner layer and made from a material at least including a stereo complex polylactic acid. The layer to be arranged on the adventitial side of the cardiovascular system from the inner layer is formed in a porous form such that a nutrient blood vessel reaches the inner layer or enters the vicinity of the inner layer.
US10695449B2
One aspect of the present invention relates to a method of preparing radiofluorinated substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and alkenyl compounds. In a preferred embodiment, potassium fluoride-18 is used. Another aspect of the invention relates to piperazine compounds containing fluorine-18 that are useful as imaging agents. In certain embodiments, the piperazine compounds contain a quaternary amine. Another aspect of the invention relates to arylphosphonium compounds containing fluorine-18 that are useful as imaging agents. In certain embodiments, the phosphonium compound is a tetraaryl phosphonium salt. Another aspect of the present invention relates to a method of obtaining a positron emission image of a mammal, comprising the steps of administering to a mammal a compound of the invention, and acquiring a positron emission spectrum of the mammal.
US10695445B2
In certain aspects, the invention relates to processes for using renally excretable optical agents to detect one or more tissues of the renal system of a surgical patient. In certain aspects, the invention relates to a kit including a biocompatible composition containing one or more optical agents and instructions for using the optical agent(s) in a process of the present invention.
US10695442B2
A synthetic gene delivery platform with a dense surface coating of hydrophilic and neutrally charged PEG, capable of rapid diffusion and widespread distribution in brain tissue, and highly effective gene delivery to target cells therein has been developed. Nanoparticles including nucleic acids, are formed of a blend of biocompatible hydrophilic cationic polymers and they hydrophilic cationic polymer conjugated to hydrophilic neutrally charged polymers such as polyethylene glycol. The nanoparticles are coated with polyethylene glycol at a density that imparts a near neutral charge and optimizes rapid diffusion through the brain parenchyma. Methods of treating a disease or disorder of the brain including administering a therapeutically effective amount of nanoparticles densely coated with polyethylene glycol are also provided.
US10695439B2
A conjugate of formula (I): L-(DL)p (I) wherein L is a Ligand unit, D is a Drug Linker unit of formula (II) wherein p is an integer of from 1 to 20.
US10695438B2
The present invention relates to modified citrullinated enolase peptides that can be used as targets for cancer immunotherapy. These peptides can be used as vaccines or as targets for monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy. Such vaccines or mAbs may be used in the treatment of cancer.
US10695414B2
Methods of producing a pathogen with reduced replicative fitness are disclosed, as are attenuated pathogens produced using the methods. In particular examples, the method includes deoptimizing one or more codons in a coding sequence, thereby reducing the replicative fitness of the pathogen. Methods of using the attenuated pathogens as immunogenic compositions are also disclosed.
US10695410B2
The present invention provides recombinant Listeria strains comprising an angiogenic factor, recombinant polypeptides comprising an angiogenic factor operatively linked to a polypeptide comprising a PEST-like sequence, recombinant nucleotide molecules encoding same, related vaccines, and immunogenic and therapeutic methods utilizing same.
US10695409B2
The invention relates to a peptide of 15 to 20 amino acids deriving from TERT protein, which peptide is capable of (i) binding to HLA class II and (ii) stimulating a CD4 Th response. These universal cancer peptides are especially useful in anti-tumor immunotherapy and immunomonitoring.
US10695406B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating oxidative and/or endoplasmic reticulum (OER) stress. More particularly, the present invention discloses compositions and methods that target OER stress inhibitors to pancreatic cells for treating diseases associated with oxidative and/or OER stress, including metabolic disorders such as diabetes.
US10695404B2
Methods of using FGF1 analogs, such as FGF1 mutant proteins having an N-terminal deletion, point mutation(s), or combinations thereof, to reduce blood glucose levels in subjects with steroid-induced diabetes, hypercortisolemia, or diabetes due to treatment with an antipsychotic agent, are provided. Such mutant FGF1 proteins can be part of a chimeric protein that includes a β-Klotho-binding protein, an FGFR1-binding protein, a β-Klotho-binding protein and a FGFR1-binding protein, a C-terminal region from FGF19 or FGF21.
US10695402B2
This invention relates to treating gastrointestinal dysfunction with erythropoietin (EPO) or its analog.
US10695391B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an extract from one or more botanical raw materials, such as Indigo Naturalis and the extract itself. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising the extract, as well as the use of composition in medical or cosmetic applications.
US10695389B2
Disclosed are a method for preparing a ginseng polysaccharide for immune stimulation and a ginseng polysaccharide for immune stimulation prepared from the preparation method, the method comprising the steps of (1) adding ingredients; (2) performing an extraction; (3) performing a first filtration and cooling; (4) performing a second filtration; (5) performing a first concentration; (6) adding a concentrate to a fermentation alcohol; (7) separating into a supernatant and a precipitate; (8) collecting the precipitate; (9) dissolving in water; (10) performing a second concentration; (11) cold ageing; (12) performing a third concentration; (13) sterilizing; and (14) packaging into a product of the ginseng polysaccharide for immune stimulation in the form of a concentrate.
US10695388B2
Approach is provided for a high molecular weight polymeric composition and a new usage of the high-molecular weight polymeric composition. The new usage of the high-molecular weight polymeric composition directly adsorbs body fluid, or indirectly adsorbs toxin or stimulating substance existed in the intaked solution or liquid and removes the body fluid or the toxin or stimulating substance out of body. Therefore, the high-molecular weight polymeric composition is helpful to reduce the food digestibility or to prevent the toxin or stimulating substance from adsorbing in the gastrointestinal tract, even to bring the toxin or stimulating substance out of the body. Accordingly, the high-molecular weight polymeric composition is able to be applied to control weight by lowering the food digestibility or avoid damage by decreasing the toxin or stimulating substance released into the body. The high molecular weight polymeric composition has well biocompatibility to be widely applied in human.
US10695387B2
New extracts of microalgae, halophytes and psammophilous plants are suggested, obtainable by treating said microalgae and plants with a solvent selected from the group consisting of C1-C4 aliphatic alcohols, ethyl acetate, water or their mixtures, removing the dissolved extracts from the residues and recovering the pure extracts from the solvent. The extracts show excellent activity as regulators of the metabolism of human sebaceous glands.
US10695382B2
The invention provides compositions based on either medicinal honey containing broad spectrum antibacterial activities of peroxide, polyphenols and methylglyoxal, or an effective amount of an active anti-inflammatory ingredient of mineral solids fortified with methylglyoxal antibacterial activity, or a mixture of both for the treatment of wounds; and methods of treating a wound, comprising contacting a wound with any one of the above compositions or a wound dressing containing any one of the above compositions.
US10695377B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10695374B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10695362B2
This invention is intended to enhance and improve the resistance of a single- or double-stranded nucleic acid fragment comprising a base sequence of a functional nucleic acid to degradation by nucleolytic enzymes in a simple and cost-effective manner. The single- or double-stranded nucleic acid fragment comprises, ligated to at least one end thereof, hairpin-shaped DNA comprising: (A) a nucleic acid region comprising 2 to 5 arbitrary nucleotides; (B) a nucleic acid region comprising a “gna” or “gnna” base sequence, wherein each “n” represents “g”, “t”, “a”, or “c”, a base analogue, or a modified base; and (C) a nucleic acid region comprising a base sequence complementary to the nucleic acid region (A), sequentially from the 5′ end toward the 3′ end.
US10695355B2
Described herein are methods for the treatment of a human subject who has had a stroke by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition including an antagonist of the P2X4 receptor. The antagonist of the P2X4 receptor can be administered in the acute phase of stroke, optionally in combination with a thrombolytic therapeutic or a procedure on the subject involving a clot-removal device.
US10695351B2
Methods and kits for improving tear production are described, along with topical pharmaceutical compositions. In certain instances the composition comprises pentoxifylline and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compositions also may further comprise another active agent, such as an anti-bacterial agent, antiviral agent, antifungal agent, or immunosuppressant agent, and combinations thereof.
US10695349B2
Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3Kδ) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation, in which PI3Kδ plays a role in leukocyte function are disclosed. Preferably, the methods employ active agents that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ, while not significantly inhibiting activity of other PI3K isoforms. Compounds are provided that inhibit PI3Kδ activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ activity. Methods of using PI3Kδ inhibitory compounds to inhibit cancer cell growth or proliferation are also provided. Accordingly, the invention provides methods of using PI3Kδ inhibitory compounds to inhibit PI3Kδ-mediated processes in vitro and in vivo.
US10695347B2
The present invention provides a pyrimidine derivative and a use thereof. The pyrimidine derivative is the compound shown in formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, metabolite or prodrug thereof, wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are, for example, as defined in the specification. The compound can act as an ALK inhibitor, and is for preparing an anti-tumor medicament for suppressing an anaplastic lymphoma kinase.
US10695343B2
A method for inducing a sustained immune response in humans or animal patient suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS, autoimmune disease, cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative diseases comprises daily administration to such patients a single oral tablet, rapidly dissolving film, capsule, liquid or cream dose of an Immediate release naltrexone composition comprising between about 0.01 to about 10 mg of naltrexone. In order to provide a benefit the naltrexone must be an Immediate release composition comprising between about 0.01 and about 10 mg of naltrexone.
US10695339B2
The present disclosure provides a method of treating a central nervous system disorder in a patient in need thereof. The method comprises orally administering between 75 mg and 300 mg xanomeline salt and between 20 mg and 200 mg trospium chloride to the patient during a 24-hour period, the central nervous system disorder being selected from schizophrenia, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Lewy Body dementia, wherein use of the trospium chloride alleviates a side effect associated with use of the xanomeline salt.
US10695331B2
A monodose veterinary composition for topical application (spot on) for canines, the said composition comprising: (a) Imidacloprid, between 8.18 and 10.00%, (b) Moxidectin, between 2.86 and 3.50%, (c) Praziquantel, between 8.18 and 10.00%, and (d) an aprotic solvent selected from Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and their mixtures, between 65.45 and 80.00%; together with excipients acceptable from the veterinary viewpoint, where the percentages are related to the composition's total weight. The use of an effective amount of (a) Imidacloprid, (b) Moxidectin; (c) Praziquantel; and (d) an aprotic solvent selected from Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC), N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) and mixtures of these, together with veterinary acceptable excipients, for the preparation of a monodose veterinary composition for the treatment, control and prevention of ecto and endoparasitoses in canines, where the said veterinary composition is adapted to be administered topically (spot on).
US10695330B2
This disclosure relates to use of certain aldehyde compounds for treating pulmonary fibrosis, hypoxia, and connective tissue and autoimmune disease such as scleroderma, lupus, arthritis and related conditions in a mammal.
US10695329B2
Provided herein are stable amlodipine oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using amlodipine oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension and Coronary Artery Disease (CAD).
US10695328B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are monoacylglycerol acyltransferase type 2 (MGAT2) inhibitors which may be used as medicaments.
US10695324B2
The present invention generally relates to a method of treating or preventing an endoplasmic reticulum stress disorder in subjects, such as a method of treating or preventing Wolfram syndrome.
US10695322B2
New antimicrobials targeting L,D-transpeptidases, non-classical cysteine peptidases, have been developed and their unique chemical structures identified. Carbapenems and penems of the present invention are unique among β-lactams as they acylate and inhibit L,D-transpeptidases, which likely results in their superior antimicrobial potency. These new antimicrobial agents can be used alone, or in combination with other classic antimicrobial agents that target D,D transpeptidases, when treating bacterial infections.
US10695320B2
The invention provides compositions comprising a medium chain triglyceride and a urolithin. The invention also provides uses and methods associated with, or making use of the compositions, such as a medicament, dietary supplement, functional food or medical food and in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a muscle-related pathological condition.
US10695319B2
Provided are compounds generated by conjugation of triptolide with glucose to form glucose-triptolide conjugates, provides compounds with effective anti-proliferative activity and improved tolerability as compared to naturally occurring triptolide compounds.
US10695309B2
Disclosed herein are sustained release Liothyronine oral capsule formulations, methods of making the formulations and use to treat hypothyroidism, a thyroid deficient disease state, or thyroid dysfunction.
US10695301B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions, including, hydrogel compositions useful as topical oral analgesics including cannabinoids and menthol in a composition formulated to be administrable to a non-human animal rectally as a suppository.
US10695300B2
There is provided a wound dressing prepared with a hydrocolloid gel, a polyurethane film, a PVA hydrogel, an alginate gel or the like, which has excellent stretchability and exudation absorbency of the wound surface for protection and prevention of infection on the wound surface in which continuity of a body tissue is destroyed by a physical impact or the like, can maintain a wet environment suitable for promoting healing of the wound surface, and has no pain or no worry to damage regenerated skin when the wound dressing is exchanged.
US10695296B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate generally to formulations, methods, kits, and dosage forms for improved stability of an active pharmaceutical ingredient, wherein the active ingredient comprises a compound of the formula: wherein X is N, Y is H or optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl; R4 is morpholine optionally substituted with by C1-C6 alkyl; R7 is C1-C6 alkyl optionally substituted by one or more F; R8′ is halogen; and R6 is wherein R10 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, halogen, CN or CF3; R12 is H or halogen; R13 is H, halogen or C1-C6 alkyl; and R17 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, (C1-C6 alkyl)-NH2; and, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and free bases thereof, wherein the active ingredient remains in substantially amorphous form after storage of the pharmaceutical formulation for a predetermined time and conditions. In one embodiment the formulations, methods, kits and dosage forms comprising the active pharmaceutical ingredient with improved stability can be used in the treatment of a condition characterized by the dysregulation of one of both of the RAS/RAF/MEK/ERK and PI3K/AKT/PTEN/mTOR pathways.
US10695294B2
A porous silica material for use as a pharmaceutical or dietary active ingredient having pores in the mesoscale range (2-50 nm), wherein the average pore size of the pores in the mesoscale range is in the range of 2 to 25 nm, and the pore size distribution (PSD) in the mesoscale range is such that at least 80% of the pores fall within the range of 2 to 25 nm.
US10695289B2
A medical device comprising a composition comprising a therapeutically active amount of active agent, a zinc compound, and an array of microneedles. The zinc compound may be selected from the group consisting of zinc, pharmaceutically acceptable salts of zinc, and mixtures thereof. At least a portion of the composition is present as a coating on at least a portion of the microneedles. Methods of delivering a therapeutically active agent to a mammal using compositions of the disclosure are also included.
US10695281B2
Methods of making personal care compositions, such as dentifrices, involving the addition of rheology modifiers at a later stage in the personal care composition formation process.
US10695272B2
A microcapsule composition containing microcapsules coated with a deposition protein, e.g., a protein-silanol copolymer, a protein-silane copolymer, a protein-siloxane copolymer, or a cationically modified protein, is provided as is a method for making the microcapsule composition and using the microcapsule composition in consumer products, in particular rinse-off consumer product.
US10695270B2
Ostomy tubes, particularly gastrostomy tubes, with improved retention means are provided. More specifically, retention structures, such as bolsters, for gastrostomy tubes are provided, configured to removably assemble to one end of a gastrostomy tube to facilitate replacement and removal of the tube. The retention structures provided herein may comprise one or more removably assembled retention elements. Further provided are gastrostomy tubes comprising such retention structures, and methods for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy utilizing same.
US10695265B2
A chest compression device includes a piston to apply compression to the sternum and incorporates leaf springs simultaneously driven by the piston to apply lateral compression to the thorax during chest compressions. A motor in the chest compression device provides motive power to cyclically extend and contract the piston to provide therapeutic chest compressions. One end of each leaf spring is operably connected to the piston and the other end of each leaf spring is secured to the backboard/base or to a support leg of the chest compression device such that during extension of the piston, each leaf spring is compressed against the device base or leg which causes the springs to flex and provide lateral compression of the patient's thorax in addition to the sternal compression of the piston.
US10695257B2
A collapsible rolling walker that readily collapses for storage and/or transportation and that readily deploys for use.
US10695255B2
A supporting module including a supporting frame including a proximal end and a distal end, a connecting plate connected with the distal end of the supporting frame, a sliding plate in contact with one face of the connecting plate, a supporting band connected to both ends of the connecting plate, and an elastic strip configured to connect the sliding plate and the connecting plate is disclosed.
US10695254B2
An inversion apparatus includes a support frame configured to movably support an inversion table. The support frame includes a forwardly extending foot platform that helps a user mount the apparatus when the apparatus is in an operative configuration, and that facilitates upright storage of the apparatus when the apparatus is in a compact configuration. The support frame also includes front and rear legs that pivot relative to one another to transform the apparatus between configurations.
US10695249B2
A premature neonate closed life support system (NCLSS) including: at least one chamber confining a cradle-like neonate support (CLNS) having suitable dimensions and geometric-configuration for accommodating at least one premature neonate having at least two operational configurations, said operational configurations comprising: a first operational OPEN configuration whereby said CLNS is adapted to couple said neonate to at least one life supporting system by means of at least one life supporting coupling line, prior to positioning said CLNS in a medical device; and a second operational air-tight CLOSED configuration whereby said neonate remains continuously coupled to said at least one supporting system by means of at least one life supporting coupling line, when positioning said CLNS within said medical device. The OPEN and CLOSED configurations are reversible.
US10695248B2
A patient transfer sheet acts as a combined sling and bed cover and includes a substantially rectangular sheet portion of a size to fit over a standard bed mattress and to which are attached a plurality of straps for coupling to a hoist. The patient transfer sheet is preferably made of a single-layered material which is breathable, strong and soft. The patient transfer sheet can act as a sling for transportation/repositioning of a patient as well as a replacement bed covering to replace conventional bed linen. The patient can thus be transported onto a bed without needing to remove the patient from the sling.
US10695247B2
A patient support includes a cover defining an interior region, an air permeable first layer located in the interior region, and a support layer located beneath the air permeable first layer. A pressure sensing layer is located underneath the support layer. At least one air supply is coupled to the support layer. A controller is coupled to the air supply and to the pressure sensing layer. The controller controls inflation and deflation of the support layer in response to a signal from the pressure sensing layer.
US10695246B2
A person support apparatus includes a base, a controller, and a barrier having at least one electrical device. The base includes mounting structures for releasably mounting the barrier to the base. A first electrical connector is in communication with the at least one electrical device and mounted to the barrier. A second electrical connector is in communication with the controller and mounted at one of the mounting structures for connection with the first electrical connector when the barrier is mounted to the base at the mounting structures.
US10695244B2
A bed apparatus including, at least, two drivers or a first driver and a second driver, the first driver being in linkage with the second driver, comprises: a calculating means for calculating a calculated bed state value, based on the first driver and the second driver; an error detecting means for detecting error between the calculated bed state value and a designated bed state value designated by the user; and, an error correcting means for correcting the detected error when an error is detected by the error detecting means. As a result, it is possible to provide a bed apparatus that can coincide the designated state of the bed apparatus with the actual state of the bed apparatus by appropriately correcting the error between the drivers.
US10695241B2
A wheelchair-towable article, such as a luggage article, having a body portion configured for attaching to a wheelchair by a mounting means to dispose the article to the rear of a seat of the wheelchair so as not to be pivotable about a vertical axis with respect to the wheelchair and having a multi-directional roller arrangement for contact with the ground enables a wheelchair user to transport their own luggage, even heavy loads, without assistance and without unbalancing the wheelchair and whilst maintaining full maneuverability of the wheelchair including tight turns and reversing in tight turns.
US10695233B2
A method of making a laminate for an absorbent article is provided. The laminate comprises elastic elements disposed at least partially intermediate two substrates. The first substrate has a primary fiber bond pattern formed therein and comprising a plurality of primary fiber bonds. The method comprises forming densified regions in the first substrate. A perimeter of each of the densified regions is larger than a perimeter of each of the primary fiber bonds. The densified regions together form a pattern of densified regions in the first substrate. The method comprises adhesively attaching the elastic elements to the first substrate, joining the second substrate to the first substrate or to some of the elastic elements, and forming a plurality of rugosities in the first substrate by allowing the elastic elements to at least partially contract. The frequency and amplitude ranges of the rugosities result from the pattern of the densified regions.
US10695231B2
The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles. The disposable absorbent articles include: (a) a body contacting surface; (b) a garment contacting surface opposite the body contacting surface; and (c) an inkjet printed wetness indicator which is seen through either the body contacting surface or the garment contacting surface. The wetness indicator includes a central graphic and a background graphic, the central graphic having at least one permanent ink composition and the background graphic having at least one water soluble ink composition.
US10695230B2
A tampon applicator barrel includes an insertion tip at a forward end of the barrel, a main body section that extends from the insertion tip, and a reverse taper section that is joined to the main body section so that the main body section is between the insertion tip and the reverse taper section. The main body section tapers toward the insertion tip section. The reverse taper section tapers in a direction away from the insertion tip section. A finger grip section extends from the reverse taper section to a plunger receiving end of the barrel opposite the forward end. The barrel is straight from the forward end to the plunger receiving end that receives a plunger.
US10695229B2
A self-sealing dressing (10) for application to skin of a human may include a substrate (12) including elastomeric material, and a cold flow adhesive layer (18) coupled to the substrate. The adhesive layer (18) may be adapted to adhere to skin of a human to form a substantially gas impermeable seal between the adhesive layer (18) and the skin that is maintained during repeated flexure and/or extension of the dressing. A maximum thickness of the combination of the substrate (12) and the adhesive layer (18) may be about 25 um.
US10695220B2
An ophthalmological laser treatment system comprising a laser source (2) for producing laser radiation, a light projector (3) for focusing the laser radiation onto a focus (F) and a scanner system (5) for moving the focus (F) along a work line (p) comprises a monitoring system (6), which comprises a light detector (60) and is configured to monitor, by way of a light path (r), a monitored region (m) moving together with the focus (F). The monitoring system (6) is configured to monitor a monitored region (m), which moves together with the focus (F) with a fixed geometric assignment to the focus (F) and is for example disposed upstream of the focus (F) in the work direction and not yet worked on by laser radiation.
US10695218B1
A system for preparation of an implant and ab interno insertion of the implant into an eye including a handle having one or more actuators and an elongated shaft having an outer sheath and an elongate member positioned within a lumen of the tubular outer sheath. The system includes a recess sized for holding a patch of material fixed relative to the handle and a cutting member movable relative to the handle and to the recess. The cutting member cuts the patch of material into an implant as the cutting member moves towards a cutting configuration. The implant, once cut, is axially aligned with the lumen of the tubular outer sheath. The inner elongate member is movable relative to the tubular outer sheath to advance the implant into a deployment position in the lumen of the tubular outer sheath for delivery into the eye. Related devices and methods are provided.
US10695212B2
A hand cover includes a protective housing secured to an adjustment mechanism. The protective housing inhibits contact between the hand and the external environment. The adjustment mechanism secures the hand cover to the user. An optional upper access aperture provides air circulation and access to the hand. An optional lateral access aperture also provides access to the hand. An optional positioning mechanism helps maintain the hand cover in place. Attachment anchors for restraints or exercise bands may be provided and devices for orienting and securing IV lines may be provided.
US10695206B2
Catheter systems and methods for deployment of an endoluminal prosthesis in a body lumen of a patient while maintaining control of a position of the endoluminal prosthesis during the deployment process. Some of the systems and methods are configured to minimize frictional forces of components of the catheter systems during deployment procedures.
US10695199B2
Deflection devices, systems, and methods for the prevention of stroke. Devices hereof comprise an extension portion and an anchor portion, both of which are configured to prevent the device from advancing into the artery extending from the aortic arch in which the device may be positioned. Additionally, a retrieval system is provided, the system comprising a sleeve catheter and a retrieval device slidably disposed therein. The distal end of the retrieval device comprises one or more attachment portions configured to engage at least a portion of the anchor portion of a device positioned within an artery extending from the aortic arch.
US10695192B2
An implant includes a central wall extending from a first side of a peripheral frame portion to a second side of the peripheral frame portion, and a first helical bone contacting member attached at the central wall and disposed within the superior half of the implant. The implant further includes a first support member attached at the central wall at a junction coincident with the first helical bone contacting member and extending to a central region of the implant internal to the first helical bone contacting member. In addition, the implant includes a non-helical bone contacting member extending from a portion of the first support member that is disposed internal to the first helical bone contacting member.
US10695191B2
The present invention provides a device and methodology for use in spinal fusion surgeries. An implant is proved for forming a rigid structure between adjoining vertebrae in a patient. The implant is a cage defined by at least a first end, second end, first side, and second side surface, wherein first and second side surfaces extend substantially parallel to each other to span a space between adjoining vertebrae and first and second ends interconnect said first side surface and second side surface. The cage incorporates one or more flexible joints that allow the cage to be deformed for insertion into a patient. The ability to deform the cage allows a greater ease and flexibility in inserting and positioning the implant.
US10695176B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a prosthetic valve (e.g., prosthetic heart valve) and a valve delivery apparatus for delivery of the prosthetic valve to a native valve site via the human vasculature. The delivery apparatus is particularly suited for advancing a prosthetic heart valve through the aorta (i.e., in a retrograde approach) for replacing a diseased native aortic valve. The delivery apparatus in particular embodiments is configured to deploy a prosthetic valve from a delivery sheath in a precise and controlled manner at the target location within the body.
US10695175B2
A guide catheter is described for introduction into a patient's vasculature, to provide a substantially continuous guide lumen within the vasculature to the ascending aorta, through which one or more other functional catheters may be introduced and removed during the procedure. The guide catheter includes an aligner at its distal region for aligning the position and/or inclination of the distal region of the guide catheter with respect to the ascending aorta. The aligner includes an embolic protection filter. The guide catheter is made of material collapsible/distensible in cross section to adopt a small shape when no catheter is present inside, and to distend to a large shape to accommodate passage of functional catheter therethrough. The cross-section shape collapses/distends by folding/unfolding of material without elastic stretching of the material.
US10695169B2
An embodiment of the invention includes a sewing cuff for aortic heart valves that better approximates native anatomy by better mating with the crown-like anatomical annulus. Limiting distortion of the crown-like annulus provides better blood flow and overall valve function and provides a physician greater ease of implantation since native anatomy is not flattened. Thus, the surgeon may attach sutures to the fibrous tissue of the crown-like anatomical annulus without distorting the shape of the native anatomy. An embodiment includes a scalloped sewing cuff assembly (with semilunar arches) that tracks the crown-like annulus. Another embodiment provides a sewing cuff positioned over the majority of the valve's length, thus allowing the surgeon greater flexibility as to where he or she can attach sutures to the surgical annulus. Conventional valves, which are primarily “low-profile” devices, do not offer such ability. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10695165B2
Improved breast prostheses, methods of making breast prostheses, and methods of treatment using such breast prostheses are described.
US10695162B2
A system for applying a fiber matrix on a tubular member is provided. A mandrel, configured for atraumatic placement within the tubular member, is included. Methods for atraumatic placement of a mandrel into a tubular member are also provided.
US10695161B2
A nephroureteral catheter is provided that comprises a detachable portion such that when the detachable portion is removed, the catheter converts into an internal stent. The catheter includes a tube with two retention features, a detachable portion, and an inner tube. The inner tube is removably insertable into both the tube and the detachable portion, and a wire extends through at least a portion of a lumen of the inner tube and through the tube, to keep the pieces attached. The wire may be removed to remove the inner tube and then the detachable portion from the tube. When the detachable portion is attached to the tube, the catheter is a nephroureteral catheter. When the detachable portion is removed from the tube, the catheter becomes a stent.
US10695156B2
In one embodiment, an implant includes a support member configured to be placed within a body of a patient and provide support to a portion of the body of the patient, a tether coupled to an end portion of the support member; and an anchor configured to be disposed within a tissue of the body of the patient to help retain the implant in place within the body of the patient. The tether is coupled to the anchor such that the tether may move with respect to the anchor in a first direction but is retrained from moving in a second direction. In one embodiment, a method of placing an implant within a body of a patient includes making an incision in the body of the patient, inserting the implant into the body of the patient through the incision, placing the implant within the body of the patient such that a support member provides support to a portion of the body and an anchor helps retain the implant in place within the body of the patient, closing the incision, and adjusting the tension of the implant after closing the incision.
US10695153B2
A motor device includes a motor housing, a stator core having at least two poles fixedly installed in the stator housing symmetrically, a coil winding wound around the stator core, and an insulating coil holder for insulating the stator core from the coil winding, and the motor device further includes at least two pairs of magnetic steel structures cooperating with the stator core. All of the magnetic steel structures are fixedly connected to the periphery of the shaft coupling, and the shaft coupling is fixedly connected to the motor shaft. An electric toothbrush having the above motor device is further provided.
US10695147B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for determining a boundary between teeth and gingiva of an archform and/or between teeth and other teeth. Curves may be defined on the surface of teeth and gingiva in the archform. An indication of curvature at various points on the curves may be determined. A predicted likelihood parameter that each of the points corresponds to the boundary between the teeth and gingiva may be determined based on the indication of curvature. A smoothing function and the predicted likelihood parameter may be used to determine a boundary point for each curve. The boundary points may be connected to form the boundary between the teeth and gingiva.
US10695125B2
An ablation device and/or method of ablation may include placing one or more ablation electrodes in contact with a target tissue in a lumen. An electrical insulator may be positioned between the electrode and a lumen fluid and an electrical signal (for example a radio frequency signal) may be conveyed between the electrodes to heat and/or ablate the target tissue. Ablation may be bipolar and/or an in lumen dispersive electrode may be supplied for unipolar ablation. Ablation progress may be sensed and ablation may be adjusted to produce a desired level and/or geometry and/or distribution of ablation.
US10695119B2
A surgical system includes a power supply, a surgical instrument, and a power and data interface assembly. The power and data interface assembly includes a transformer having a primary winding, to which a first modulator and a second demodulator are coupled, and a secondary winding, to which a second modulator and a first demodulator are coupled. The power supply provides a power signal to the first modulator. The first modulator is configured to modulate, according to a first type of modulation, the power signal based on first data. The modulated power signal is communicated by the first modulator to the first demodulator by way of the transformer. The second modulator is configured to modulate, according to a second type of modulation, a second signal based on second data. The modulated second signal is communicated by the second modulator to the second demodulator by way of the transformer.
US10695118B2
An operation method of an electric power source device for operating a high-frequency treatment instrument configured to perform a high-frequency treatment on a biological tissue includes causing a high-frequency electric power source circuit to output electric power; acquiring an initial impedance value in a first period from a start of the output; determining an increase rate of an output voltage relative to time; increasing the output voltage of the high-frequency electric power source circuit in accordance with the increase rate in a second period; acquiring the value relating to impedance of the biological tissue in the second period; and terminating the second period after the value relating to the impedance reaches a minimum value.
US10695116B2
The risk of bone cement extravasation can be reduced by delivering a calcium-dependent polymerizing sealant into a bone structure prior to delivery of bone cement into that structure. The polymerization of the sealant in response to the calcium within the bone structure can fill cracks and any other potential cement leakage paths, thereby minimizing the potential for subsequent extravasation. The benefits of the use of a calcium-dependent polymerizing sealant can be provided in any procedure involving the use of bone cement, such as spinal fixation, vertebroplasty, and kyphoplasty, among others.
US10695111B2
A modular bone plate is provided including at least a first and a second member each having a top surface and a bottom surface, the first member comprising a male connection portion with a single hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface and the second member comprising a female connection portion with a single hole extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, wherein the male connection portion is insertable into the female connection portion such that the holes overlap and wherein an anchor or a plug member is insertable into the holes when they overlap.
US10695107B2
A spinal implant includes an intermediate portion and a first portion extending in a transverse orientation from the intermediate portion. The first portion includes an inner surface connectable with vertebral tissue adjacent a lamina. A second portion is spaced from the first portion and extends in a transverse orientation from the intermediate portion. The second portion includes an inner surface connectable with vertebral tissue adjacent a lamina. At least one of the first portion and the second portion includes an outer surface having a mating element engageable with a mating element of a surgical instrument. Systems, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US10695094B2
Pathology of the human knee can arise from excessive and/or uneven loading of regions within the joint. Methods and apparatus are disclosed that enable displacement of soft tissue around the knee, without displacing or severing bone thereby altering the mechanical load distribution within the joint in a less invasive manner than previous techniques.
US10695088B2
Disclosed herein is a lifting surgical instrument having a branch point, which is used to insert a thread without a cog and a barb into the skin. The lifting surgical instrument includes a sheath, including: a probe part formed in the tubular shape in which a through hole penetrating in a longitudinal direction is formed, and configured such that the front end thereof may be inserted into the skin; and a body configured to extend from the rear end of the probe part, to have a diameter larger than that of the through hole, to communicate with the through hole, and to include a sheath hole. In this case, a direction guidance portion is provided on the inner surface of the probe part, and the angle at which the needle travels is changed via the direction guidance portion when the needle passes through the through hole.
US10695082B2
The ultrasonic treatment instrument for articulations according to the embodiment of the present invention includes, at the distal end of the probe, the treatment section which performs a desired treatment on the treated target part. The treatment portion is provided with an edge which extends in a direction crossing, or a direction parallel to, the longitudinal direction of the probe; a first ultrasonic transducer which generates ultrasonic vibration in a direction crossing the edge; and a second ultrasonic transducer which generates ultrasonic vibration in a direction parallel, to the edge.
US10695078B2
An infusion system for sonothrombolysis treatment uses a syringe loaded with a microbubble solution and operated by a syringe pump to deliver the microbubble solution to a subject during sonothrombolysis treatment. To prevent the stratification of the microbubble solution in the barrel of the syringe during treatment, the barrel also contains a plurality of magnetic beads which are agitated into semi-random patterns of motion in the syringe chamber during the procedure. The magnetic beads are moved by magnetic attraction and repulsion from the moving magnets of a magnetic stirrer mounted in proximity to the syringe during treatment.
US10695077B2
Apparatus and methods for spinal surgery include a retractor with an elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis between a distal end and an opposite proximal end. The retractor defines a passage between the distal and proximal ends and a window opening into the passage adjacent to the distal end. The apparatus also includes a guide member extending laterally from the proximal end of the retractor and the guide member includes a body extending along an arc. The body defines a number of trajectories each intersecting the window of the retractor. The apparatus further includes an instrument removably mounted to the guide member and the instrument is movable along the guide member and securable to the guide member in any one of the number of trajectories so that the instrument can be moved along the selected trajectory through the window.
US10695075B2
A handheld surgical device having a working portion that can be covered or uncovered. The working portion of the handheld surgical device can have an advanced position or a retracted position, which can be controlled by one or more switch(s) at the handle portion of the handheld surgical device. The handheld surgical device can also include a shroud that can cover the working portion having a cutting blade driven by a powered motor. The shroud can also have a cutting edge, which is not driven by the powered motor.
US10695074B2
A drill for driving a drill bit into a solid object such as bone. The drill includes a rotor with a bore that transmits rotational movement to the drill bit. The drill bit extends through the rotor bore. A probe extends forward from the drill to measure bore depth. The probe is moveably mounted to the drill so as to extend into the rotor bore. As the drill and drill bit advance forward the probe remains static. As a result of the advancement of the drill the rotor extends over the proximal end of the probe.
US10695066B2
The present disclosure provides a surgical stapling device and a method for joining tissue portions. The surgical stapling device includes a handle assembly and a tubular body portion supported on a distal end of the handle assembly having a staple cartridge assembly containing a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. An anvil assembly is at a distal end of the stapling device and has a shaft for removably connecting the anvil assembly to the tubular body portion. The anvil assembly and tubular body portion are juxtaposed with respect to one another along the shaft and are arranged so as to be approximated with respect to one another. A support member extends from the tubular body portion towards the anvil assembly and a buttress material is supported by the support member and removably attached to the support member where the buttress material is disposed between the anvil assembly and the staple cartridge assembly.
US10695063B2
A fastener cartridge comprising a cartridge body, a plurality of fasteners, a longitudinal knife slot defined in the cartridge body, and a circuit comprising a plurality of sub-circuits extending across the longitudinal knife slot is disclosed. The longitudinal knife slot is configured to receive a tissue cutting knife. The plurality of sub-circuits comprises a first sub-circuit and a second sub-circuit. The circuit produces a first voltage in response to an applied current when the first sub-circuit and the second sub-circuit are intact. The circuit produces a second voltage in response to the applied current as the tissue cutting knife is advanced distally through the longitudinal knife slot. The first voltage is different than the second voltage.
US10695060B2
A power pack removably loadable into a housing of a surgical instrument having a motor having a motor shaft, a rotatable disc operably connected to the motor shaft, a drive mechanism operably connected to the rotatable disc, and an engagement member linearly movable by the drive mechanism. The engagement member is configured to removably engage an axially movable member in the housing of the surgical instrument, wherein actuation of the motor causes linear movement of the engagement member to effect movement of the axially movable member in an axial direction.
US10695057B2
A surgical tool assembly that has a first jaw and a second jaw that is movable relative to the first jaw. A firing member assembly is configured to move distally from a starting position. The firing member assembly includes a first firing element and a second firing element that is configured to move between a locked position wherein the second firing element is in locking engagement with a lockout portion of the first jaw to prevent the firing member assembly from moving distally from the starting position upon application of a firing motion thereto and an unlocked position. The firing member assembly is configured to prevent an unlocking load from being applied to an attachment portion of the second firing element upon application of the firing motion thereto when the second firing element is in the locked position.
US10695056B2
An electric surgical stapler and a method for controlling closing and firing of the electric surgical stapler are disclosed. The electric surgical stapler includes: a driving motor, having an output shaft; a working head, including an anvil, a cartridge, a closing mechanism, a firing mechanism, a closing limit switch, and a firing safety switch, wherein the closing limit switch is configured to detect a closing stroke of the closing mechanism, the firing safety switch has a closing position and a firing position, the firing safety switch is configured to allow the output shaft to transmit power to the closing mechanism when the firing safety switch is at the closing position, and the firing safety switch is configured to allow the output shaft to transmit power to the firing mechanism when the firing safety switch is at the firing position; and a control unit, including: a working head identifying module; a motor control module; a closing and firing control module, configured to receive information transmitted from the closing limit switch and the firing safety switch; a closing switch; and an opening switch. The control unit is provided with a plurality of modules, and is able to communicate with the working head in real time, to avoid abnormal or fault operations during surgery, and to improve security in use.
US10695053B2
An end effector for use with a surgical instrument includes an anvil with at least one staple pocket that defines a longitudinal axis. The staple pocket comprises a first cup and a second cup. The end effector also includes a staple cartridge.
US10695046B2
A tissue anchor includes an anchor member formed from a generally flexible material. An activation member, which may be a tensioning member, causes proximal and distal end portions of the anchor member to move toward each other into a shortened configuration suitable for anchoring against the tissue. The tissue anchor can optionally be deployed and activated using a catheter device.
US10695044B2
A system for accessing a surgical target site and related methods, involving an initial distraction system for creating an initial distraction corridor, and an assembly capable of distracting from the initial distraction corridor to a secondary distraction corridor and thereafter sequentially receiving a plurality of retractor blades for retracting from the secondary distraction corridor to thereby create an operative corridor to the surgical target site, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US10695035B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media for assessing signal quality of a signal are described herein, including determining a signal quality assessment (SQA) metric of the signal based on at least one energy function of the signal, determining whether the SQA metric is above a threshold, and in response to determining that the SQA metric is above the threshold, performing additional signal processing of the signal.
US10695034B2
An ultrasound apparatus comprising a plurality of ultrasonic transducers, a non-acoustic sensor, a memory circuitry to store control data for operating the ultrasound apparatus to perform an acquisition task, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an indication to perform the acquisition task, receive non-acoustic data obtained by the non-acoustic sensor, and control, based on the control data and the non-acoustic data, the plurality of ultrasonic transducers to obtain acoustic data for the acquisition task.
US10695032B2
A medical image display apparatus for displaying a medical image generated from first medical image data obtained from an object by a probe, including at least one processor configured to obtain information about a position at which tissue from the object is extracted by a needle, based on a signal received from a sensor attached to at least one from among the probe and the needle, and locate a tissue extraction position in the first medical image data based on the information, and a display configured to display a first medical image on which the tissue extraction position is marked, the first medical image being generated from the first medical image data.
US10695014B2
A system and method of X-ray imaging includes an X-ray emitter that projects X-rays. An X-ray receiver receives X-rays from the X-ray emitter to produce a plurality of projection images. A filter with at least one filter leaf absorbs at least a portion of the X-rays from the X-ray emitter to define a limited field of view within a full field of view, wherein the X-rays are attenuated in at least one attenuated portion of the full field of view. A processor reconstructs a three dimensional image based upon the projection images of the full field of view. The limited field view is located within the reconstructed three dimensional image. At least one corrective parameter is determined from the reconstructed three dimensional image. A three dimensional image is reconstructed based upon the limited field of view and the at least one corrective parameter.
US10695005B2
The present invention discloses a non-invasive blood glucose measurement method, applied to noninvasive blood glucose measuring instruments including measuring hosts and fingertip measuring probes, comprising pre-storing a random forest algorithm and a neural network prediction algorithm in the measuring host; measuring energy metabolism parameters of a fingertip of an individual to be measured and transmitting the parameters to the measuring host by the fingertip measuring probe; calling the random forest algorithm to predict the blood glucose type of the energy metabolism parameters of the fingertip of the individual to be measured and calling the corresponding neural network prediction algorithm to calculate the blood glucose value of the fingertip of the individual to be measured by the measuring host. The present invention also provides a fingertip-measuring probe. The non-invasive blood glucose measurement method disclosed in the present invention can be applied to non-invasive measurement of blood glucose, parameters related to energy metabolism of human body, healthy parameters of angiocarpy, etc.
US10695002B2
An electronic device and a method for activity information are provided. The electronic device includes a sensor configured to collect sensing information according to a motion of the electronic device, and at least one processor operatively connected with the sensor. The at least one processor is configured to control for obtaining activity information including at least one of an exercise amount that is calculated based on first sensing information obtained according to execution of a specified workout, and a movement amount that is calculated based on second sensing information obtained according to a daily life, determining an expected value of an activity amount, by which a user works out, during a specific time period by a user based on the activity information, and providing guide information for achieving an activity goal associated with the user based on at least one of the expected value of the activity amount and the activity information.
US10694997B2
An apparatus for detecting biometric information of a living body detects a pulse wave and extracts the biometric information of the living body in a non-invasive method. The apparatus for detecting biometric information includes a surface pulse wave measurement unit for measuring a surface pulse wave of an object. The surface pulse wave measurement unit includes at least one light source that radiates incoherent light and at least one photodetector that measures an intensity of light radiated by the at least one light source and reflected from a surface of the object. The surface pulse wave measurement unit measures the surface pulse wave of the object based on a change in the intensity of the light reflected from the surface of the object.
US10694992B1
The present invention is directed to a device and method for monitoring and assessment of movement disorder symptoms. The device and method disclosed herein are particularly amenable to remote monitoring of a subject's movement disorder symptoms. Briefly stated, in certain preferred embodiments of the present invention the movement disorder monitoring device accompanies a subject to a remote location where the device is used to record data relating to the severity of a subject's movement disorder symptoms over a period of time. This data is then subsequently used by physicians or other clinicians in optimizing and assessing treatment options directed at alleviating a subject's movement disorder symptoms. The method and device of the present invention can be used to monitor symptoms of a number of movement disorders including but not limited to dystonia, essential tremor, Huntington's disease, various ataxias, multiple sclerosis, psychogenic tremor, and Parkinson's disease.
US10694982B2
An imaging apparatus includes a first light guide plate having a mounting surface including a mounting region where a part of a living body is to be mounted, a second light guide plate provided on the mounting surface excluding the mounting region, at least one first light source provided on an edge portion of the first light guide plate and configured to radiate first irradiation light of a prescribed wavelength to an interior of the first light guide plate, at least one second light source provided on an edge portion of the second light guide plate and configured to radiate second irradiation light of a prescribed wavelength to an interior of the second light guide plate, and an imaging unit placed on a side of a surface of the first light guide plate on an opposite side to the second light guide plate.
US10694967B2
An implantable medical device includes a memory storing criteria for transitioning between states of a cardiac cycle model, the states including a P-wave state. The device also includes sensing circuitry that senses a cardiac signal that varies as a function of a cardiac cycle of a patient, and also includes processing circuitry coupled to the sensing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to detect an R-wave in the sensed cardiac signal, to determine an elapsed time since the detection of the R-wave, to determine one or more morphological values of a post-R-wave segment of the cardiac signal to compare the elapsed time and the one or more morphological values to the stored criteria for transitioning between the plurality of states of the cardiac cycle model, and to detect a P-wave in the sensed cardiac signal in response to a transition to the P-wave state of the cardiac cycle model.
US10694964B2
A neural signal recording device includes a scan-mode circuit and a read-mode circuit. The scan-mode circuit detects neural spike activity within any M groups of electrodes selected from a total of N electrodes that are coupled to a brain. The read-mode circuit then records all neural spike signals present within any one of the M groups of electrodes where the neural spike activity is detected by the scan-mode circuit, whereby less than N electrodes are recorded at any one time by the neural signal recording device.
US10694958B2
A wearable device and the accompanying method for the determination of continuous pulsatile BP are described. The absolute values can be obtained in the initial phase and how a transfer function can transform the BP-signal obtain at the finger or wrist to correct BP-values corresponding to the brachial artery and at heart level. The wearable device contains an orthostatic level-correcting element, which can measure the vertical distance between heart level and finger/wrist level, where the actual measurement takes places. The wearable device may be in the form of a ring, a watch, or a bracelet. Further, the wearable device has elements for wirelessly transmitting signals to host devices such as a smart phone, tablet or other computers.
US10694942B2
Disclosed are methods for diagnosing declarative memory loss using mouse tracking to follow the visual gaze of a subject taking a visual paired comparison test. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing dementia such as mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
US10694927B2
A reinforced arthroscope comprising external ribs to provide for a number of separate fluid channels, such as inflow, outflow and interstitial tissue drainage, when the arthroscope is slipped into a disposable external sheath. The arthroscope is constructed to be sufficiently rigid so as to penetrate and move within a joint without damaging the rod optics inside. The externality of the arthroscope channels allow for cleaning and sterilizing the scope between uses. Check valves are operably coupled to the inner surface of the external sheath within the fluid channels.
US10694916B2
A method of manufacturing an abrasive sponge for cleaning, the method comprising the steps of: a) applying a cross-linking agent comprising one or more cyanoacrylate or isocyanate groups per molecule of crosslinking agent and mixtures thereof on at least a portion of a surface of a foam body comprising a open-cell foam material; and b) curing the cross-linking agent to form an abrasive layer on the at least a portion of the surface of the foam body.
US10694915B2
A cleaning article for cleaning a target surface. The cleaning article has strips which present a dynamically changing surface area to the target surface during use. The surface area has also has a bundle of tow fibers which may be oriented transverse to the strips. The tow fibers may extend outwardly from the plane of the strips, allowing particles to migrate towards and be retained near the center of the cleaning article, without interfering with the strips.
US10694914B2
An appliance includes a steam application device having a main body which includes an inlet section to receive steam, an applicator to apply the steam to a surface, and a swivel assembly to swivel the applicator and the main body relative to each other. The appliance further includes a portable steamer to (i) attach to the steam application device and (ii) detach from the steam application device (e.g., in a simple lift away manner). The portable steamer has a steam generator which generates the steam, and an outlet section which connects to the inlet section of the main body of the steam application device when the portable steamer is attached to the steam application device. The outlet section provides the steam from the steam generator to the inlet section of the main body of the steam application device when the portable steamer is attached to the steam application device.
US10694913B2
A method for operating a floor processing device that moves automatically within an environment, has a detection system of the floor processing device that detects features of a surface to be cleaned and compares them with reference features of carpets. Upon detection of a carpet, it is determined whether and where the carpet has fringes, and the fringes are aligned in a defined direction relative to the carpet by means of a combing attachment of the floor processing device.
US10694911B2
Provided is a vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body including a suction motor for generating a suction force, a suction part communicating with the cleaner body to suction air and dusts, at least one battery disposed in the cleaner body or suction part to supply a power to the suction motor, and a controller controlling an operation of the suction motor. The controller control an output of the suction motor according to a voltage of the at least one battery.
US10694905B2
A hand dryer device includes nozzles to blow airflows into a hand-placeable drying portion, a blower to generate the airflow to be blown out of the nozzles, a sensor having a light-emitting element to detect the presence or absence of a hand in the drying portion, and a controller to make a hand detection determination of whether the hand is present or absent in the drying portion based on a detection result of the sensor, and control driving of the blower based on a determination result of the hand detection determination. The controller controls an intermittent driving of the light-emitting element of the sensor. In first and second driving cycles of the sensor, when a determination result in the first driving cycle and a first determination result in the second driving cycle differ from each other, the controller extends a driving period of the sensor in the second driving cycle.
US10694901B2
A method of dispensing sheet material from two rolls includes dispensing a first sheet of material from a first roll of the material located at a first location, lowering the first roll from the first location as the first sheet of material is being dispensed, lowering a second roll of material onto a second location above the first location when the first roll has been lowered to a location below the first location, and dispensing a second sheet of material from the second roll. A dispenser allowing for dispensing from two rolls includes a first wall having a forward end, a second wall opposite and spaced apart from the first wall and a cam coupled to each wall.
US10694898B2
A sliding seat of a lifting rod includes a main body, a movable member, a friction block, an elastic member, and a knob having a handle. The friction block is fitted at one end of a through passage of the main body close to a receiving hole and abuts against a side wall of the lifting rod. The movable member is fitted at another end of the through passage. The elastic member is fitted between the movable member and the friction block. The knob is rotatably fitted on the main body to movably cooperate with the movable member. A push structure is provided between the knob and the movable member. It is convenient to adjust the position of the main body on the lifting rod.
US10694895B2
A food processor includes a base, a motor disposed within the base, a drive shaft operatively connected to the motor and extending outwardly from the base, the output shaft being rotatable upon actuation of the motor, a bowl mounted on the base for containing food items, a lid for covering the bowl and having an opening therein, at least one storage container receivable within said bowl, and an indexing mechanism engageable with the at least one storage container and being operable to selectively index the storage container within the bowl.
US10694890B2
A chef shield device, including a shield, where the shield includes a shield flange protruding from the shield, and at least one rib, a coupling rotatably connected to the shield flange, the coupling including at least one coupling arm and a plurality of coupling arm indents aligned with the at least one rib, and a clasp rotatably connected to the coupling.
US10694886B2
The present disclosure relates to a capsule-type, food substance containing consumable (30) for use in a dispenser (10) for preparation of foodstuff products, the consumable (30) comprising a housing (76) comprising at least one rigid wall portion (82) that is impermeable to liquid, an inlet portion (140) arranged to enable pressurized water flow into the housing (76), when the consumable (30) is inserted in a processing unit (14) of the dispenser, at least one primary outlet portion 142) arranged to enable a primary fluid flow out of the housing (76), at least two distinct chambers (34, 36) arranged in the housing (76), and an internal flow control arrangement (84) operatively coupled with at least one of the at least two distinct chambers (34, 36), wherein the internal flow control arrangement (84) is operable between a first state and a second state to selectively permit or prevent a fluid flow from said at least one chamber (34, 36) so as to activate a secondary fluid throughput in the second state. The disclosure further relates to a processing unit (14) for a dispenser (10) and to a dispenser (10).
US10694880B2
A valance system for a window covering that can be folded and placed within the same shipping box as a wall bracket, top bracket and track sections. The valance extends a length between opposing ends and includes a clip feature that extends out from its rearward side. The clip feature is generally C-shaped or U-shaped when viewed from the side and includes a plurality of friction members in its exterior surface. The valance is covered with a covering material. An end cap having a hinge area that facilitates bending of the end cap is connected to the ends of the valance by connection of a tongue of the end cap to a slot of the valance. The clip feature is sized and shaped to frictionally fit within and be installed within a socket of a top bracket without any tools.
US10694879B2
A tree stand for removably supporting a tree includes a base having a water basin. A plurality of spaced apart jaws are biased upwardly and inwardly of an axis of the base to form an expandable clamp. An end of a trunk of the tree forcibly expands the jaws against their bias as the trunk is inserted into the water basin. The jaws of the clamp engage an outer surface of the trunk as they are biased towards their closed position to hold the tree vertically upright and stable.
US10694878B1
A device protects the area of a doorway defined by first and second doorjambs separated by a distance. The device includes a mat body having protrusion with a first side edge and an opposed, second side edge. The protrusion is sized and shaped to be positioned in the doorway between the first and second door jambs.
US10694871B1
An anti-sweep mechanism for controlling removal of merchandise items from a forward dispensing end of a merchandise display rod, the anti-sweep mechanism comprising a body having a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion, the body being rotatable between a first position and a second position wherein when the body is in the first position, the first blocking portion blocks forward movement towards the forward dispending end of merchandise items located on the merchandise display rod behind a first blocking location, and the second blocking portion is rotated away from the merchandise display rod to not interfere with movement of merchandise items along the merchandise display rod; and when the body is in the second position, the first blocking portion is rotated away from the merchandise display rod to not interfere with movement of merchandise items along the merchandise display rod, and the second blocking portion blocks forward movement of merchandize items located on the merchandise display rod behind a second blocking location that is spaced behind the first blocking location.
US10694864B2
A seat assembly includes a seat with a hip/thigh support, a back support and at least one gap between the hip/thigh support and the back support. A seating pad assembly is positioned removably on the seat and has a foam cushion made at least partly of a viscoelastic foam and having a dimensionally stable woven fabric cover. Pelvic and upper back areas of a person sitting on the seat deform the viscoelastic foam significantly to provide a comfortable support and to define anchors for the seating pad assembly. The outer cover extends between those anchors for effectively supporting and cradling the lumbar back area of the person in the seat.
US10694859B1
The collapsible travel stool is a stool with an inclined top that may be used as a footrest. The top surface, the left side wall, and the right side wall may be hinged so that the collapsible travel stool collapses flat for storage and transport. The top surface may be an inclined plane adapted for a user to place their feet upon when the collapsible travel stool is open and in front of a seat. As a non-limiting example, the collapsible travel stool may be used on a commercial aircraft to improve comfort during long trips.
US10694852B2
A movable seat such as for use with a gaming device is disclosed and described herein. An example chair includes a chair head assembly and a floorplate assembly. The example chair head assembly is movably affixed to a slide plate in the floorplate assembly to slide the chair head assembly along at least a portion of the floorplate assembly. An example floorplate assembly includes a slide plate and a floorplate. The example slide plate is arranged to receive a support member, and the example slide plate is movably affixed to the floorplate via a track opening along the floorplate.
US10694850B2
A device for mounting a sensor, comprising: a bracket formed with at least one guide hole therein; at least one support rod each passing through a mounting hole in a housing of the sensor and the guide hole in the bracket and mounted on the housing of the sensor and the bracket; and at least one elastic element each disposed on the support rod, so that the sensor is movable relative to the bracket along the support rod against the elastic element. Other brackets can be used. The sensor senses when a cabinet door is closed and sealed.
US10694848B2
An interchangeable drawer cover for furniture includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, where the substrate comprises a first material. The drawer cover also includes a first decorative layer overlaying the first surface of the substrate, and a second decorative layer overlaying the second surface of the substrate, where the first and second decorative layers comprise a second material. In addition, the substrate, the first decorative layer, and the second decorative layer are sized and shaped to fit over a front of a drawer of the furniture.
US10694846B2
The invention provides a unique and multifunctional Bedding Rack design in wood and metal materials for the storage and display of King- and Queen-Size Comforter Sets composed of bedspreads such as quilts, comforters, and duvets and a plurality of pillows and shams, and other bedding and sleep-related items. The Bedding Rack consists of two decorative vertical stanchions with hooks for hanging sleep apparel, one or two top rails for supporting the bedspread, two mid-level shelves composed of rails and cross bars for storing pillows and shams, a preformed lower level shelf for storing slippers and items too small for the mid-level shelves, and extended feet supporting the stanchions to provide stability. The dimensions of the Bedding Rack are such that large-size bedspreads do not touch the floor or droop off the end of the top rails when draped over it. The wood and metal Bedding Racks are manufactured as either fully and permanently assembled embodiments or the racks can be produced and shipped in a compact container for assembly by the seller or buyer where no special tools are required. The wood racks employ numerous types of tight fitted, self-locking carpentry joints to allow for assembly and the metal racks employ COTS fasteners to assemble the apparatus. A plurality of unique methods and means are described here for connecting components together and for setting the lower shelf in place so that it can be removed or set at different heights.
US10694836B2
A magnetic mount includes a base and a fixing member. The base includes a lower plate body, an upper stop plate, a lower stop plate and two side stop plates. The upper stop plate and the lower stop plate are respectively provided at a top edge and a bottom edge of the lower plate body, and the two side stop plates are respectively provided at two opposite side edges of the lower plate body. The fixing member includes a base plate and a fixing structure. The base plate has a front surface and a back surface facing each other, wherein the back surface is adapted to be magnetically attached on the lower plate body, and the fixing structure is provided at the front surface and for fixing a media recording device.
US10694829B1
A smart container capable of illuminating, mixing, blending, warming and dispensing media comprising glow-in-the-dark substances, cosmetics, masks, scrubs, lotions and oils to be applied to the body, the control of which is accomplished either by the container, or a smart device such as a phone, tablet, computer or smart watch. Either of the smart device or container being capable of independently recording video, audio, still photos and full capability live streaming of the use of said media or controlling the other to perform the same functions, either or both in any combination allowing the sharing of said recordings, audio or video or said live streaming content on social media platforms as directed by the user.
US10694824B2
A hat-umbrella comprises a circular frame with a shade attached to a plurality of extendable and retractable radial supports that form an umbrella around the circular frame. When expanded, the radial supports extend away from the circular frame, thus a large shade is formed. When retracted, the radial supports collapses around the circular frame and the shade is folded.
US10694821B2
A fastening tape with a flange is provided. The fastening tape includes a body and a plurality of fasteners positioned on the body. The flange is between the plurality of fasteners and an edge of the body. In some cases, the flange increases the “hook to foam strength” of the fastening tape when the fastening tape is within foam.
US10694816B2
An upper for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, includes at least one tape covering at least 50% of the upper. At least one tape portion includes a plurality of connected tapes. A further aspect relates to an upper for a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, including at least one tape portion including a plurality of connected tapes. In some connected tapes, the tapes are zig-zag stitched to each other on their edges.
US10694813B2
The invention aims to provide a shoe sole member capable of achieving comfort when using shoes and exhibiting excellent shape-recovering properties after using the shoes. Provided is a shoe sole member formed using a polymer foam, and the polymer foam contains fibers dispersed therein.
US10694807B2
The concept of “Show Stopper Shoe Topper” is a covering to be positioned atop the heels of women's shoes to provide added strength and support while protecting this component of the footwear. The footwear accessory could provide wearers with added comfort as well as an eye-catching addition to the shoe. This protective product would consist of a cylindrical sleeve, produced from a durable rubber, which would rest atop the heel. Positioned upon the bottom of the “Show Stopper Shoe Topper” would be a circular base. I envision this product would be in the shape of a wine glass stem. I would be possible to produce the “Show Stopper Shoe Topper” in sizes to accommodate various styles and sizes of women's footwear. The “Show Stopper Shoe Topper” could be produced in heights from 2 to 10 inches with the width measuring 1/16 to ¾ inch.
US10694803B2
A unique attachment mechanism to connect a facemask to a helmet is described. This attachment mechanism uses a polymer urethane visco-elastic, or similar, material to absorb impact forces on the facemask to minimize injury for the person using the helmet. In some embodiments, a spring and bearing mechanism is used in conjunction with the polymer urethane visco-elastic material to further absorb forces.
US10694799B1
A hair towel having a towel, and a tightening assembly with a cord assembly and a fastener. The cord assembly has an external and internal cord section, first and second ends, and a knot. The fastener has a body, an actuator, and a hole. The towel has an elongated channel to receive the cord assembly. The elongated channel has lateral ends, and defines a hole to receive the cord assembly. The elongated channel has at least one edge with stitching, whereby the stitching secures the elongated channel to the towel. The towel has exterior and interior faces, lateral edges, and first and second edges. The elongated channel is closer to the first edge than to the second edge, whereby the elongated channel is a first predetermined distance from the first edge without reaching the second edge. Furthermore, the elongated channel is approximately parallel to the first edge.
US10694797B2
The present invention relates to breathable, vented, and insulating cold weather garments. More particularly, the present invention relates to garments with chambers to retain an insulating fill material. Perforations along the seams between the insulating chambers may achieve optimal evaporative moisture transfer from the inside (proximal to the body of a wearer) of the garment to the outside environment.
US10694796B2
A modular tie-making device that is made of a tie-knot shaped manifold, the manifold capable of accepting a tie-knot fabric on the outside, and at the same time facilitating a tie to be guided through the manifold, resulting in a modular and fully personalizable tie. The device can be used to make two-toned ties or any combination of tie-knot and tie. The manifold is made of three tubes joined together at their ends. By following the geometry of the manifold, a user easily forms the two loops and hanging ends of a necktie.
US10694793B2
An insect-proof, form-fitting undergarment is provided having top and bottom parts formed of selected breathable materials and having omnidirectional stretch properties, and which top and bottom parts may be securely joined at the waist to prevent insect entry. A superfine knitted fabric is utilized to prevent insect bites.
US10694792B2
A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.
US10694791B2
A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.
US10694788B2
A non-slip undergarment is provided which includes comprising an undergarment having a top side defining a waistband, a front panel, a back panel, and a crotch line, the front panel, back panel and crotch line defining a pair of leg openings, the front panel, back panel, and crotch line together covering at least a portion of the lower abdomen and buttocks of a wearer of the undergarment. Each of the leg openings having, on the back panel, a corresponding anti-slip strip, each anti slip strip extending from the crotch line upwards only part-way along the corresponding leg opening on the back panel.
US10694777B2
A method for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane manufacturing step for manufacturing a membrane of a flavor capsule by a membrane manufacturing part that manufactures a membrane; a capsule manufacturing step for manufacturing the flavor capsule using an apparatus for manufacturing a capsule with the membrane manufactured during the membrane manufacturing step and a flavored liquid to be held in the membrane; and a hardening step for hardening the flavor capsule.
US10694759B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of a fat rich and a fat lean product from a plant or animal starting material, comprising the steps of: i) providing a particulate fat containing starting material, ii) mixing the particulate fat containing starting material with ethanol of at least 90% w/w concentration, iii) heating the mixture, iv) subjecting the heated mixture to a hydrocyclone treatment to provide a fat reduced underflow stream and an overflow stream, v) recovering the fat lean product from the fat reduced underflow stream, vi) recovering the fat rich product from the overflow stream. The fat rich and the fat lean products are suited for use in human food or for animal feed products.
US10694751B2
Compositions and methods for indirectly reducing incidence of fungal pathogen infection in a plant are disclosed, wherein the fungal pathogen may be Botrytis, Macrophomina, Rhizoctonia, Sclerotinia, or Verticillium. The compositions comprise pasteurized microalgae cells in an amount effective to reduce incidence of the fungal pathogen in a plant compared to a substantially identical population of untreated plants. The composition treatment can include at least one microalgae such as Chlorella, Aurantiochytrium acetophilum HS399, Galdieria, Scenedesmus, Haematococcus, Isochrysis, Spirulina or any combination thereof. Where the composition comprises a combination of a first microalgae and a second microalgae, the composition may consist of a ratio of 25:75, 50:50: or 75:25.
US10694750B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a composition that has excellent plant disease controlling effects. Provided is a plant disease control composition that includes a new strain of Bacillus, APM-1, which has been deposited under ATCC Accession number PTA-4838, and one or more ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitor.
US10694743B2
Agricultural compositions having reduced aquatic toxicity are disclosed. The compositions comprise an agricultural active, a monounsaturated C10-C12 fatty amine ethoxylate, and optionally water. The compositions may further comprise an auxiliary surfactant, a solvent, or both. In certain preferred aspects, the agricultural active is a glyphosate salt. Agricultural compositions comprising a monounsaturated C10-C12 fatty amine ethoxylate have good herbicidal efficacy. Unexpectedly, the monounsaturated C10-C12 fatty amine ethoxylates have reduced aquatic toxicity when compared with their saturated analogs.
US10694732B2
A storage device for holding at least one elongate article includes a wall having an interior wall surface and an exterior wall surface, the wall being deformable about a longitudinal axis between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the closed configuration defining a longitudinally extending cavity; and at least one retainer clip coupled to, or integrally formed with, the interior wall surface, the retainer clip(s) being configured to receive and retain the elongate article(s) in a generally longitudinally extending orientation. In the closed configuration, the retainer clip(s) and any elongate article(s) retained by the retainer clip(s) are located within the cavity. In the open configuration, access is provided to the retainer clip(s) thereby allowing the elongate article(s) to be received and removed from the retainer clip(s).
US10694723B2
The invention relates to a light fixture (1) having at least one lighting means (2) in a light fixture housing (3) that has at least one light outlet opening (4) for emitting a beam of light out of said light fixture housing. Moreover, a spectral distribution variation device (5) which, in particular, temporally varies a spectral distribution of the beam of light, is associated with the lighting means (2) and/or the light fixture housing (3).
US10694721B2
An apparatus and method for feeding bees is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a fluid tray member, a sheet, and a regulating valve. The fluid tray member is configured to hold a fluid for feeding the bees. The sheet is detachably attached on the fluid tray member via a magnetic strip. The regulating valve attached to the sheet is configured to maintain the level of the fluid. The regulating valve is attached to the sheet via a fastener. The sheet further comprises an inlet tube, a plurality of cavities, and a handle enable a user to position the apparatus to a desired location. The fluid is received via the inlet tube into the fluid tray member. The sheet provides a flat surface around the cavities to support each of the bees while feeding the fluid.
US10694715B1
An animal enclosure includes a kennel body including a rotational molded wall formed from a plastic material. The kennel body defines an interior space shaped to accommodate one or more animals, and defines a door opening shaped to allow the animal to enter and exit the kennel body. A hoop-shaped door frame is disposed on the kennel body proximate the door opening. A door is disposed on the door frame, and the door is pivotally moveable relative to the door frame between an open position and a closed position. A latch is disposed on the door. A drain recess is defined in the rear wall of the kennel body, and a removable drain plug is positioned in the drain recess. A moat is defined around the kennel body floor, and the moat is adjacent the drain recess to allow liquid to exit the kennel when the drain plug is removed.
US10694712B1
The invention relates to the alfalfa variety designated 89T093. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the alfalfa variety 89T093. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the alfalfa variety 89T093 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing alfalfa plants by crossing the alfalfa variety 89T093 with itself or another alfalfa variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10694707B1
A soybean cultivar designated 80361712 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 80361712, to the plants of soybean cultivar 80361712, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 80361712, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 80361712. 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 80361712. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 80361712, 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 80361712 with another soybean cultivar.
US10694699B1
A novel maize variety designated PH48YD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH48YD with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH48YD through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH48YD or a locus conversion of PH48YD with another maize variety.
US10694697B2
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of melon, NUN 12105 MEM as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
US10694687B2
A tree feller-buncher includes a felling head having a saw blade, an engine carried by an undercarriage, a hydraulic system operably connected to the engine, at least one transient operably connected to the hydraulic system, and an electric system operably connected to the engine, the electric system configured to operate the saw blade.
US10694685B2
The present application teaches compositions and methods of using active polymer materials to manipulate solar radiation to improve or otherwise alter plant growth, development, health and/or production.
US10694683B2
Methods to produce a spray-dried active tetrahydrocannabinol powder and/or cannabidiol powder are described. The methods include introducing a heated gas and a liquid mixture of water and active tetrahydrocannabinol and/or cannabidiol into a spray dryer and then separating powder from the spray-dryer in a two-step separation process. Counter-current spray dryers and co-current spray dryers are described followed by separation of the powders with a cyclone, filter, electrostatic precipitator, or sifter.
US10694680B2
The present application relates to a method of controlling an artificial light plant growing system (1). The method includes receiving information indicative of a production demand for a plant type to be grown in the artificial light plant growing system (1) and information indicative of an energy supply for a light source (9) of the artificial light plant growing system (1), and controlling operation of the light source (9) of a plant growing environment of the artificial light plant growing system (1) in dependence on the received information so that the production rate of a plant (8) of said plant type grown in the system (1) versus the production demand and energy supply is optimised. The present application also relates to a computer program comprising instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the method of to be performed, a controller (5) for controlling an artificial light plant growing system (1), and an artificial light plant growing system (1).
US10694676B2
In a riding-type mower, a vehicle body includes a rear portion in which a pair of right/left vehicle body frames extend in a front-rear direction relative to the vehicle body, with a gap therebetween in a lateral width direction. A mowing device is configured to discharge mown grass rearward relative to the vehicle body such that the mown grass falls onto the ground. A cover is provided in a bottom portion of the vehicle body, at a position that is rearward of the mowing device, and covers a gap between the pair of right/left vehicle body frames.
US10694671B2
An agricultural vehicle with a header including multiple row units each include a feed/snapping unit and a chopping unit. The header further includes a first power transmission shaft for driving the feed/snapping units, and a second power transmission shaft connected via a drivetrain to a drive at the agricultural vehicle. Each chopper unit includes a safety clutch and is connected via the safety clutch to the second power transmission shaft. At least one torque sensor is provided for the second power transmission shaft, drivetrain, or drive, which torque sensor is operationally connected to a torque fluctuation monitor configured to recognize a predetermined change in torque fluctuation indicating a safety clutch slip. The torque fluctuation monitor is operationally connected to a user interface for signaling the safety clutch slip.
US10694670B2
A method and an arrangement for control of the speed of a baler includes detection and mapping of one or more of a crop property and data derived therefrom during the harvesting of a field by a combine harvester. Crop residues are deposited in a windrow in the field. The method and arrangement control the speed of the baler in the pickup of the windrow while taking into account one or more of the mapped crop property and the data derived from the crop property.
US10694661B2
A self-propelled filling pipe for a liquid manure spreader has a frame, an elongated pipe on the frame having a lower inlet end and an elevated outlet end, at least two wheels mounted on the frame, a caster wheel mounted on the elongated pipe proximate the lower inlet end and a fluid drive system. The fluid drive system includes a hydraulic pump, a first hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic pump to a plurality of hydraulic motors drivingly connected to the wheels. The fluid drive system also includes a second hydraulic circuit connecting the hydraulic pump to a hydraulic motor operatively connected to the caster wheel. A prime mover provides power to the hydraulic pump to power the hydraulic motors to rotate the caster wheel thereby steering the filling pipe and/or to drive the wheels thereby propelling the filling pipe on the ground.
US10694660B2
A work vehicle includes a delivery system that distributes commodity from the source between a plurality of delivery runs. The delivery system includes at least one commodity manifold. The commodity manifold includes a first run structure with a first run passage, a second run with a second run passage, and a manifold regulator with a body that is rotatable about a rotation axis between a first position and a second position. The body at least partly defines a channel configured to receive and distribute the commodity. The channel has an inlet and an outlet. The outlet is in communication with the first run passage and disconnected from the second run passage in the first position. The outlet is in communication with the second run passage and disconnected from the first run passage in the second position.
US10694659B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for selecting an agricultural input. First and second inputs are in communication with a seed meter. A selection apparatus constrains the seed meter to deposit only one of the input sources such that the seed meter alternates between depositing the first and second inputs. Processing circuitry controls the selection apparatus to alternate between the first and second inputs.
US10694657B2
A talc applicator is provided for use with agricultural equipment such as grain carts and seed tenders. The talc applicator includes a supply hopper with a trough, a discharge, a feed auger extending through the trough and discharge, and an agitator assembly positioned in the supply hopper immediately above the feed auger and trough. The agitator assembly includes a drive gear driven by the drive element of the feed auger and an elongated agitator element including at least two elongate bars and a plurality of angled crossbars connecting the two elongate bars. The agitator element rotates to assist with flow of talc into the trough so that the feed auger can move the talc to the other agricultural equipment. The talc applicator may also be provided with a hydraulic motor and a flexible flighting in the feed auger.
US10694652B2
A digging implement including: a digging head (16); a substantially elongated main shaft (12) extending from the digging head (16); a main handle (14) secured to the main shaft (12) substantially opposed to the digging head (16); and an auxiliary handle assembly (140) and a footplate assembly (160) both mounted to the main shaft (12) between the digging head (16) and the main handle (14), the auxiliary handle assembly (140) and foot plate assembly (160) being each mountable to the main shaft (12) at different longitudinally spaced apart positions therealong.
US10701848B2
For the purpose of providing an electromagnetic wave absorber capable of holding excellent performance over a long period of time, the electromagnetic wave absorber includes: a dielectric layer B including a polymer film and having a first surface and a second surface; a resistive layer A formed on the first surface of the dielectric layer Band containing indium tin oxide as a main component; and an electrically conductive layer C formed on the second surface of the dielectric layer B and having a sheet resistance lower than that of the resistive layer A, wherein the indium tin oxide in the resistive layer A contains 20 to 40 wt. % of tin oxide based on the total weight of the indium tin oxide.
US10701840B2
In a power converter for a railroad vehicle, adjacent ones of a plurality of fins are spaced apart from each other from a base connected to a base portion to a distal end, and the plurality of fins further spread to both one side and the other side in an alignment direction from the base toward the distal end.
US10701822B2
An electronic device includes a base cover, a cover plate which is slidable relative to the base cover among a closed position, an open position, and a transition position, and a slide positioning mechanism which is configured for positioning the cover plate relative to the base cover, and which has first and second magnetically attractive units. When the cover plate is in a selected one of the closed and open positions, a magnetically attractive force is generated to position the cover plate in the selected one of the closed and open positions. When the cover plate is in the transition position, a magnetically repulsive force is generated to facilitate movement of the cover plate away from the transition position.
US10701821B2
The display device includes a rollable display panel configured to display an image; a display-panel roller, the display panel being fixed thereto, the roller being elongate; a support frame, the display-panel roller being rotatably coupled to the frame; a drive motor configured for rotating the display-panel roller with respect to the support frame, wherein a rotation of the display-panel roller allows roll-up of the panel around the roller or unroll-down of the panel from the roller; and an elastic unit configured to configured to provide an elastic force to assist in rolling up the display panel around the display-panel roller. This allows reduction of a size or capacity of the motor.
US10701820B1
A tamper proof control system includes a housing, and a cap. The housing includes a housing body defining an interior volume to accommodate an electronic process control device and further includes a first end having a housing threaded portion. The cap includes a cap body that defines an interior volume and further includes a proximal end, a cap threaded portion, an exterior surface, and at least one groove formed on the exterior surface. The proximal end of the cap body defines a coupling portion. Upon threadably securing the cap to the housing, the coupling portion of the cap engages the housing threaded portion to restrict relative rotation between the housing and the cap.
US10701818B2
An electronic device includes a hinge coupling at least a first device housing to a second device housing. A flexible display is coupled to the first device housing and the second device housing and spans the hinge. The first device housing defines a curvilinear recess forming at least some of the flexible display into an asymmetrical service loop when the first device housing and the second device housing pivot about the hinge from an axially displaced open position to a closed position. Additional hinges and device housings can be added to accommodate flexible displays of varying lengths.
US10701804B2
An ink adapted for forming conductive elements is disclosed. The ink includes a plurality of nanoparticles and a carrier. The nanoparticles comprise copper and have a diameter of less than 20 nanometers. Each nanoparticle has at least a partial coating of a surfactant configured to separate adjacent nanoparticles. Methods of creating circuit elements from copper-containing nanoparticles by spraying, tracing, stamping, burnishing, or heating are disclosed.
US10701798B2
Systems and apparatuses for electrically switching current include a first conductor formed of an electrically conductive material and having a first longitudinal axis; a second conductor formed of the electrically conductive material and having a second longitudinal axis; a set of switching components, each component selectively configured to electrically couple the first conductor to the second conductor; and a printed circuit board on which the first and second conductors are disposed. The width of the first conductor along the first longitudinal axis varies such that the current density in the first conductor is substantially constant along the first longitudinal axis and the width of the second conductor along the second longitudinal axis varies such that the current density in the second conductor is substantially constant along the second longitudinal axis.
US10701793B2
A component carrier includes a layer stack formed of an electrically insulating structure and an electrically conductive structure. Furthermore, a bore extends into the layer stack and has a first bore section with a first diameter (D1) and a connected second bore section with a second diameter (D2) differing from the first diameter (D1). A thermally conductive material fills substantially the entire bore. The bore is in particular formed by laser drilling.
US10701790B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus operates by selecting an appropriate exposure sensitivity corresponding to the X-ray detector to be used. In the apparatus, an exposure sensitivity corresponding to the flat panel detectors used for an X-ray imaging is selected from multiple exposure sensitivities stored in an exposure sensitivity memory unit of the console, and the selected exposure sensitivity is displayed on the display unit of the high-voltage unit. An exposure control is executed based on the exposure sensitivity corresponding to the flat panel detectors used for the X-ray imaging, which is selected from multiple exposure sensitivities stored in an exposure sensitivity memory unit. The exposure control unit of the high-voltage unit suspends the X-ray irradiation from the X-ray tube when an integrated value of the X-ray detected by the X-ray dose sensor reaches to the setting-value set relative to the selected exposure sensitivity.
US10701787B2
The disclosed technology relates to an X-ray conversion target. In one aspect, the X-ray conversion target includes target body and a target part arranged within the target body, the target part having a first face configured to produce X-rays. The X-ray conversion target further comprises a cooling passage having a side wall, at least a part of the side wall being consisted of a portion of the target part.
US10701783B2
A display device includes: an illuminating unit having a light source unit emitting light; an illumination control unit controlling the illuminating unit; a display element forming an image using illuminating light from the illuminating unit; a display control unit controlling the display element; a control unit controlling the illumination control unit and the display control unit based on a video signal; and a detection unit detecting the output intensity of the light source unit at that time. The control unit stores a control value corresponding to a target output intensity of the light source unit, and based on a difference between the to target output intensity and the output intensity at that time, the control unit determines a correction value for correcting the control value, and based on a control correction value obtained by correcting the control value using the correction value, the illumination control unit drives the light source unit.
US10701778B2
A lighting system includes a lighting device that further includes a housing, and light emitting diode (LED) modules positioned in an opening of the housing to emit light away from the housing. Each LED module includes a substrate, a plurality of module-level conductors, and a plurality of LED sets, each of which comprises a first section including a first group of LEDs, one or more additional sections (each including an additional group of LEDs), a first conductive element that electrically connects the first section to a first one of the module-level conductors, and one or more additional conductive elements. The lighting system also includes a sensor and a control circuitry configured to generate commands to control drive currents delivered to the first group of LEDs in each LED set and each additional group of LEDs in each LED set based on the data collected by the sensor.
US10701772B2
A lighting device comprises at least two groups of light-emitting diodes and an electronic circuit for controlling said light-emitting diodes. The electronic circuit is configured to control each group of light-emitting diodes separately. The beam characteristic of at least one of the groups of light-emitting diodes differs from the beam characteristic of at least one of the other groups of light-emitting diodes. As a result, the light distribution of the lighting device can be switched electronically.
US10701771B2
A lighting device includes multiple light emitting diode (LED) channels. Each LED channel is connected in parallel to an output rail of a power converter. The power converter may be a buck regulator. Each LED channel may include an LED string of one or more LEDs, a first transistor that is electrically connected between the LED string and ground, a second transistor that is electrically connected between the first transistor and ground, and a current sensing resistor that is electrically connected between the first transistor and the second transistor. This design provides for self-regulation of current across all LED channels when another LED channel is added to or deleted from the lighting device.
US10701761B2
Disclosed is a technology for improving the quality of an IoT service by increasing the success rate of reception of a downlink packet transmitted to an IoT terminal through a new proposed method of solving a problem of downlink packet collision recognized by a BS.
US10701749B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are a communication method for a terminal device in device to device (D2D) communication, a terminal device, and a network device. The method includes: determining, by the first terminal device, information about at least one second terminal device that uses a target resource; and performing, by the first terminal device, the D2D communication according to the information about the at least one second terminal device by using the target resource.
US10701747B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus, a central node apparatus and a network side apparatus, a transmission method and a configuration method. The electronic apparatus for user equipment UE side includes: a transmission mode determining device configured for determining, based on service type of uplink transmission data that is to be transmitted to a network side apparatus by the electronic apparatus for UE side, whether to adopt a transmission mode in which the uplink transmission data is transmitted to a central node apparatus such that the uplink transmission data is transmitted to the network side apparatus. The electronic apparatus, the central node apparatus and the network side apparatus, the transmission method and the configuration method according to the present disclosure can implement at least one of saving network resources, reducing signaling overhead, and reducing power loss.
US10701746B2
A system comprising a provider server configured to establish communication with a mobile device, receive a user ID form the mobile device, provide device IDs for a plurality of devices to the mobile device, and provide the user ID and device IDs to a device manager server; a device manager server configured to receive the user ID and device IDs associate them in a database, and provide the device IDs to the mobile device associated with the device ID; a mobile device comprising an application associated with the provider server and a short range communication interface, the mobile device configured to receive a plurality of device IDs via the short range communication interface, provide the received device IDs with device IDs received from a device manager, and when the device IDs match, then automatically pair with devices associated with the device IDs and begin receiving data from the devices.
US10701743B2
Apparatus and methods for allocating resources (e.g., an IP address, a TEID) for a user plane node in a network providing wireless communications. A serving gateway (SGW) control plane (SGW-C) node of a core network can allocate a resource for a SGW user plane (SGW-U) node. The SGW-U can allocate a resource and communicate to the SGW-C. A packet data network gateway (PGW) control plane (PGW-C) node can allocate a resource for a PGW user plane (PGW-U). The PGW-U can al locate a resource and communicate to the PGW-C.
US10701742B2
A control method for an information processing apparatus includes transmitting, by a first communication unit, information about an access point to which a second communication unit is connected, to a communication apparatus to which the first communication unit is connected. In a case where the information about the access point to which the second communication unit is connected is received, the communication apparatus connects to and communicates with the access point to which the second communication unit is connected by the second wireless communication method.
US10701739B2
One embodiment of the present invention, with respect to a call receiving method of a UE in a wireless communication system, a call receiving method of a UE comprises the steps of: establishing a one-to-one connection with a relay UE; transmitting an SIP register message including information pertaining to an IMS registration cancellation of the relay UE to an SIP server; and receiving a call from the SIP server, wherein when a connection between the UE and the relay UE is cancelled, the relay UE is IMS registered.
US10701733B2
A transmission resource obtaining method and user equipment are provided. The transmission resource obtaining method includes: receiving first configuration information sent by an base station, and obtaining request resources based on the first configuration information, where the request resources include a scheduling request (SR) resource and a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource; determining a target request resource from the request resources based on time information of user equipment, where the target request resource includes the SR resource and/or the PRACH resource; and sending an uplink resource request to the base station by using the target request resource. The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention help improve uplink transmission resource obtaining efficiency.
US10701729B2
Protection of transmission and reception of clear channel assessment (CCA)-exempt transmission (CET) is disclosed in which channel reserving signals or protection signals may be transmitted by the transmitter or receiver of the CET. The transmitted signals may be received by the neighboring access points that could potentially cause interference with the reception of the CET.
US10701725B2
The disclosure discloses a scheduling resource configuration method and apparatus, user equipment, and a base station, so as to obtain, from a location such as a core network or a user terminal, related data, of a service that is currently executed by the user terminal, and further generate and configure scheduling configuration information such as SPS scheduling configuration information based on the data. The base station and the user terminal both run, based on the generated scheduling configuration information, the service that is currently executed by the user equipment. This disclose dynamic configuration of a scheduling resource such as an SPS resource, effectively saves resources, such as PDCCH resources, used for a scheduling indication in a system, and can also ensure, to fullest extent, data transmission quality of some services whose data packet sizes, periods, or the like change.
US10701724B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive an information element (IE) that includes: a higher layer parameter that indicates a plurality of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) thresholds; and another higher layer parameter that includes a plurality of resource block (RB) thresholds. The UE may determine a time density of phase tracking reference signal (PT-RS) to be transmitted by the UE based at least partly on a comparison between a MCS and the plurality of MCS thresholds. The UE may determine a frequency density of the PT-RS based at least partly on a comparison between a scheduled bandwidth and the plurality of RB thresholds. The UE may encode the PT-RS for transmission in accordance with the determined time density and the determined frequency density.
US10701716B2
A communication interface receives data at least including speech information and information related to a transmission time when the speech information should be transmitted. A processor extracts the speech information and the transmission time included in the data received by the communication interface. A wireless transmitter transmits the speech information extracted by the processor based on the transmission time extracted by the processor. When the transmission time has already passed, the wireless transmitter transmits the speech information and transmits the speech information extracted from subsequent data that follows said data at a time later than the transmission time extracted from the subsequent data.
US10701714B2
The present specification relates to a method for efficiently managing a D2D sidelink process using D2D data priority. The method, which is performed by a D2D receiving device, comprising: from a D2D transmitting device, receiving, through a sidelink physical channel, scheduling assignment (SA) including information regarding transmission of D2D data; receiving, from the D2D transmitting device, the D2D data on the basis of the received scheduling assignment (SA); and performing a sidelink process with respect to the received D2D data.
US10701701B2
Disclosed are a method and a device for allocating a resource unit on the basis of a container in a wireless LAN. The method for allocating a resource unit in a wireless LAN comprises the steps of: generating, by an AP, a PPDU to be transmitted to a plurality of STAs; and transmitting, by the AP, the PPDU to the plurality of STAs through at least one container allocated on the entire frequency band, wherein the PPDU includes MU/SU transmission indication information and resource allocation information for each container, the MU/SU transmission indication information includes information on whether an SU-based transmission or an MU-based transmission is carried out on the entire bandwidth, and the resource allocation information for each container can include information on the number of STAs allocated to each of the at least one container.
US10701700B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for reducing signaling overhead associated with signaling the capability of a wireless device and/or other messages. Among various possibilities, tags and/or compression may be used. Additionally, techniques for enhanced security and signaling between network devices are disclosed.
US10701699B2
Techniques for wireless communication are described, which may include establishing a connection, by a user equipment (UE), with a first and second evolved NodeB (eNB), wherein each of the eNBs provide radio resources to the UE for respective uplink communications; receiving from the first eNB, at the UE, an indication including an allocation of uplink transmit power between the first eNB and at least the second eNB; and transmitting the uplink communications from the UE to the first and second eNBs based on the indication. The techniques may further include coordinating, by a first eNB, multi-connectivity communication for a UE with at least the first eNB and a second eNB; determining for the UE, at the eNB, an allocation of uplink transmit power between the first eNB and at least the second eNB; and transmitting an indication including the allocation of uplink transmit power allocation from the first eNB to the UE.
US10701698B2
An object is to appropriately perform transmission power control on a mobile station (UE) when performing “Inter-eNB CA” by using cells under the control of plural radio base stations (eNB). In a mobile communication system according to the present invention, each of plural radio base stations (eNB #1, eNB #2) reduces, upon detecting that the mobile station (UE) is performing transmission at a maximum transmission power (PCMAX,c), by a predetermined amount a transmission power of the mobile station (UE) in a cell (#1/#2A to #2C) under the control thereof and notifies other radio base station (eNB) of the predetermined amount.
US10701688B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to dynamic channel bonding and multi-band aggregation. A device may determine a plurality of aggregated medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (A-MPDU) subframes to send to a station device including a first A-MPDU subframe and a second A-MPDU subframe. The device may determine a quiet period between the first A-MPDU subframe and the second A-MPDU subframe. The device may cause to send the plurality of A-MPDU subframes to the station device on a first channel. The device may determine a status of a second channel during the quiet period. The device may cause to send the second A-MPDU subframe to the station device using a multi-band transmission on the first channel and the second channel.
US10701687B2
A communication method and a communications apparatus are disclosed. In the communication method, a first terminal obtains a resource period parameter, where the resource period parameter is sent by a network-side device or preconfigured by the first terminal. The resource period parameter includes a period duration of each of at least one resource. The first terminal determines a start time unit of a resource period, and the first terminal sends communication data according to the start time unit of the resource period and the resource period parameter.
US10701680B2
A communications system is described in which user devices are allocated sub-carriers on which to transmit uplink data to a base station. ACK/NACK messages for the data transmitted on the uplink are then transmitted by the base station on sub-carriers that depend on the sub-carriers used to carry the uplink data. A direct mapping function is preferably used to determine the sub-carriers to be used for the ACK/NACK messages from the uplink sub-carriers. In another embodiment, the ACK/NACK messages are transmitted to the user devices on sub-carriers that are previously identified to the user devices, preferably by transmitting one or more index values to the user device in a control channel thereof.
US10701675B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and an apparatus therefor, the method comprising: a step of acquiring a periodically allocated PUSCH resource, wherein the periodically allocated PUSCH resource is used for a transmission of a first PUSCH; a step of performing a procedure for transmitting uplink control information if transmission of the uplink control information is required at the transmission timing of the first PUSCH; and a step of transmitting the uplink control information, wherein if an aperiodically allocated second PUSCH does not exist at the transmission timing of the first PUSCH, the uplink control information is transmitted via the first PUSCH, and if the aperiodically allocated second PUSCH exists at the transmission timing of the first PUSCH, the uplink control information is transmitted via the second PUSCH.
US10701673B2
The present invention relates to reporting the channel state information in a communication system. The channel state information is reported from the user terminal to a base station. Accordingly, the user terminal determines a first channel state information value from a first set of values (levels) and a second channel state information value from another set of values, preferably a larger set of values. Then a difference or other relative measure is calculated between the first and the second channel state information value and transmitted to the base station.
US10701666B2
A mobile communication method in a mobile communication system according to the present invention in which when MME #1 is restarted in a first state in which a PDN connection #1 including one or more EPS bearers #1 is set among a UE, an S-GW #1, and a P-GW #1, the first state transitions to a second state in which the PDN connection #1 is released between the UE and the S-GW #1 and the connection is maintained only between the S-GW #1 and the P-GW #1, the mobile communication method including the step of not transmitting, by the MME #1, “Paging” whose destination is the UE upon receiving “DDN” including IMSI of the UE after detecting that re-attach processing for the mobile station has been executed in the second state.
US10701648B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Disclosed is a method for transmitting a synchronization signal for direction communication between terminals. A method for transmitting a synchronization signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: mapping a synchronization signal for direction communication between terminals to a sub-frame comprising a first slot and a second slot; and transmitting, to a counterpart terminal, the sub-frame to which the synchronization signal is mapped, wherein the synchronization signal is mapped to four orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM) symbols of the sub-frame, and at least two OFDM symbols of the four OFDM symbols may be adjacent to each other.
US10701642B2
The present disclosure provides a power control method in device to device (D2D) communication and a user equipment for performing the power control method. The method includes computing a power value of device to device (D2D) transmission of a user equipment performing D2D communication in a subframe in a serving cell, based on a power control adjustment state of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) wide area network (WAN) uplink channel of the user equipment and an offset or a ratio indicated by a transmit power control (TPC) command indicated in D2D grant or downlink control information (DCI) format 3/3A.
US10701639B2
A mobile terminal 3 judges whether or not the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, and, when judging that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DTX period during Active, notifies a base station 2 to that effect. If the base station 2 judges that the mobile terminal is able to make a transition to a DRX period during Active when triggered by the notification from the mobile terminal 3, the base station temporarily stops supply of electric power to the data transmission processing units and the data reception processing units of the mobile terminal 3.
US10701635B2
A wireless communication device (UE) may include a paging subsystem that performs paging-monitoring as part of wireless communications of the wireless communication device. The UE may place wireless communication system resources not required during paging-monitoring into either a low-power state or a power-down state, and those system resources may remain in one of those respective states during paging-monitoring. The wireless communication system resources not required during the paging-monitoring may include at least a wireless communications protocol stack used during the wireless communications of the UE, and at least system resources used for performing uplink related tasks independently of wireless communication system resources used for performing downlink related tasks. The paging subsystem may include at least a control manager subsystem capable of decoding a physical downlink control channel, a downlink control subsystem capable of performing tasks related to a physical downlink data channel, and a message parser for parsing paging messages.
US10701631B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for receiving D2D discovery information and an apparatus. The method for receiving D2D discovery information includes: sending, by an upper layer of a radio resource control RRC layer of a D2D communication device, a first instruction to a physical layer of the D2D communication device, where the first instruction is used to instruct the physical layer to switch from a D2D sleep state to a D2D listening state; and receiving, by the physical layer of the D2D communication device, the first instruction and switching from the D2D sleep state to the D2D listening state according to the first instruction, to listen to D2D discovery information. This reduces power consumption of the D2D communication device and prolongs a standby time of the D2D communication device.
US10701625B2
The present application discloses a DCN processing method for a PLMN that is applied to a network sharing scenario. An access feedback message of a network side is received, and selection assistance information of a DCN and an identifier of a PLMN that serves UE are obtained from the access feedback message, so as to know a PLMN that is actually accessed by the UE. A correspondence between the selection assistance information of the DCN and the identifier of the PLMN that serves the UE is stored. When the UE moves to coverage of the PLMN, a requested DCN to be accessed can be directly determined according to the correspondence, and a RAN node is requested to access the determined DCN. Therefore, a redirection process is reduced, and resource overheads are reduced.
US10701618B2
A method for performing access barring includes receiving barring parameters, modifying a subset of the barring parameters associated with an access class barring type, and forwarding the modified subset of the barring parameters to a remote device.
US10701611B2
In some examples, a method in a core network communicatively connected with a first radio access network (RAN) comprising a first network element, and a second RAN comprising a second network element, includes receiving a first Non Access Stratum (NAS) message via the second network element from a User Equipment (UE), where the UE has, with the first network element, a selected IP traffic offload (SIPTO) PDN connection. The mobility management node detects that the UE is connected to the second network element that is different from the first network element that has a first identifying characteristic, where the detecting comprises determining that the first NAS message is received with a second identifying characteristic of the second network element different from the first identifying characteristic associated with the SIPTO PDN connection.
US10701602B2
In some aspects, a user equipment may determine whether a neighbor cell satisfies a first suitability condition that indicates whether the neighbor cell is suitable for reselection from a serving cell; selectively determine, based at least in part on whether the neighbor cell satisfies the first suitability condition, whether the neighbor cell satisfies a variation condition that indicates whether the neighbor cell is getting stronger over time as compared to the serving cell; selectively determine, based at least in part on whether the neighbor cell satisfies the variation condition, whether the neighbor cell satisfies a second suitability condition that indicates whether the neighbor cell is suitable for reselection from the serving cell; and selectively reselect to the neighbor cell based at least in part on at least one of the first suitability condition, the variation condition, or the second suitability condition. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10701595B2
A method for delivering information on a serving mobile switching centre server for an user equipment between a first communication network and a second communication network. The method includes a step of requesting an attachment of the user equipment to the second communication network by signaling between the user equipment and a network node of the second communication network, the signaling including at least part of information on the mobile switching centre server serving the user equipment in the first communication network. Additionally, an user equipment and a network node implementing the aspects of the method are described.
US10701590B2
A system and method for improving a network topology to minimize load imbalance and latency between network nodes is provided. A network performance and configuration tool receives performance data from payload handling nodes, including radio stations, transport nodes and payload gateways to calculate a current network condition related to the current network topology. A revised network topology is determined by selecting a radio station to re-home from its parent transport node and payload gateway to a newly selected transport node and payload gateway. The revised network condition is calculated and compared to current network condition to determine if the re-homing should be accepted. The process can be repeated for a number of iterations until an optimized network topology is found. Configuration instructions are then transmitted to any radio stations that have been re-homed in the final network topology.
US10701582B2
Dynamic application QoS profile provisioning may be provided. First, an access point may send a profile to a client device. The profile may comprise a plurality of application identifiers and a plurality policies corresponding to the plurality of application identifiers. Each of the plurality of application identifiers may respectively correspond to a plurality of applications. Next, the client device may receive the profile. Then the client device may select, from the received profile, a first policy from the plurality policies in the profile. The first policy may correspond to a first application identifier in the plurality of application identifiers. The first application identifier may correspond to a first application within the plurality of applications. The first application may be on the client device. The first application on the client device may then create a network flow from the client device to the access point based on the selected first policy.
US10701581B2
A method for measuring and reporting a D2D resource by a terminal that supports D2D communication according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: measuring a resource usage rate of a first link that is being used by the terminal for D2D communication; transmitting a measurement report including the measured resource usage rate to a base station when the measured resource usage rate exceeds a first threshold value or less than a second threshold value; and receiving resource reallocation information for offloading the D2D communication, from the base station, wherein the resource reallocation information includes probability values indicating probabilities that the first link and the second link, which is configured in a resource different from that of the first link, will be used for the D2D communication, respectively. The terminal may offload the D2D communication performed in the first link onto the second link when the second link is selected through a link selection performed on the basis of the probability values.
US10701575B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). The present disclosure relates to a method for transmitting and receiving a data. A method of a terminal according to the present disclosure includes: generating a signal; identifying a category of the terminal; mapping the generated signal to a resource using resource mapping information determined based on the category of the terminal; and transmitting the signal using the mapped resource.
US10701563B2
Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: synchronizing, by a first mobile computer device, with a remote mobile computer device; transmitting, by the first mobile computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; receiving, by the first mobile computer device, a compound resonance frequency from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the first mobile computer device, the received compound resonance frequency conforms to a stored compound resonance frequency; unlocking, by the first mobile computer device, the first computer device based on the determining; and establishing, by the first mobile computer device, a group connection with the remote mobile computer device based on the unlocking.
US10701559B2
A computer-based method for real-time communication authorization includes receiving, from a first communication device, a communication request, verifying, with a verification engine, a pre-approval status of the communication request, storing the communication request is an approval queue if the communication authorization the pre-approval status is set to false, issuing an alert to the authorization device, and receiving one or more authorization parameters from an authorization device.
US10701555B1
An exemplary mobile computing device includes an interface configured to wirelessly receive a control policy from an antenna; a processor configured to enforce the received control policy; and memory configured to store the received control policy and retain a last-received control policy for enforcement by the processor when the interface is outside an antenna range to wirelessly receive any control policy.
US10701551B1
A method for virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) sharing. The method can include a service provider receiving a request including service details from a first UE. The service provider can verify the request and then generate a first SIM over-the-air (OTA) message. The first virtual SIM-OTA message can be sent to the first UE and causes the first UE to dynamically provision a virtual SIM. The service provider can also generate and transmit a first unique identifier to the first UE. The method can further include the service provider receiving a second unique identifier from a second UE. After determining the first unique identifier matches the second unique identifier, the service provider can generate and transmit a second SIM-OTA message to the second UE. The service provider can then provide the service to the first UE and second UE according to the service details.
US10701545B2
A file sending method, a file receiving method, and related terminals, where a first terminal is configured to scan on a BLUETOOTH low energy (BLE) broadcast channel to obtain a broadcast packet from at least one second terminal, determine at least one discoverable second terminal based on the broadcast packet, determine a target terminal that is configured to receive a file and that is in the at least one discoverable second terminal, send a coupling request to the target terminal, establish a BLE coupling between the first terminal and the target terminal, and send WI-FI direct coupling parameters to the target terminal using a BLE data channel of the BLE coupling. The WI-FI direct is established between the first terminal and the target terminal.
US10701524B2
A multicast transmission method for information to be transmitted and an information extraction method for a multicast data frame are disclosed. The multicast transmission method comprises the steps of: dividing a coding sequence of information to be transmitted into a plurality of code strings, and defining each code string and a corresponding index string allocated thereto and representing an index sequence as a coding unit; constructing a reference frame based on a multicast data frame format; constructing an information frame based on the multicast data frame format, so as to enable a destination address domain thereof to contain the first part content of the coding unit, and enable the difference between the frame length thereof and the frame length of the reference frame to contain the remaining part of the content of the coding unit; and transmitting the reference frame and the information frame.
US10701516B2
A server may include a communication circuit communicating with a user terminal, storage including a fingerprint DB storing fingerprints corresponding to a plurality of points and a signal fluctuation probability DB, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the storage. The processor may be configured to store similarity between first signal strength and second signal strength, which are determined based on a probability that a pair of the first signal strength and the second signal strength received from a first AP occurs with respect to fingerprints corresponding to a first point, in the signal fluctuation probability DB, to obtain a fingerprint including signal strength received from the first AP, from the user terminal, and to determine a location of the user terminal based on the obtained fingerprint and the signal fluctuation probability DB.
US10701514B2
A method of determining a distance between a first and a second device in a wireless data exchange protocol is presented. The method includes sending an advertising channel Protocol Data Unit (PDU) from the first device; receiving the advertising channel PDU at the second device and responsively sending a scan request scanning PDU from the second device to the first device; receiving the scan request scanning PDU at the first device and responsively sending a scan response scanning PDU from the first device to the second device; calculating a time of flight (TOF) for at least one of the sent PDUs; and determining the distance between the first and second devices using the calculated TOF.
US10701504B2
An apparatus for generating one or more audio output channels is provided. The apparatus includes a parameter processor for calculating output channel mixing information and a downmix processor for generating the one or more audio output channels. The downmix processor is configured to receive an audio transport signal including one or more audio transport channels, wherein two or more audio object signals are mixed within the audio transport signal, and wherein the number of the one or more audio transport channels is smaller than the number of the two or more audio object signals. The audio transport signal depends on a first mixing rule and on a second mixing rule. The first mixing rule indicates how to mix the two or more audio object signals to obtain a plurality of premixed channels. Moreover, the second mixing rule indicates how to mix the plurality of premixed channels.
US10701497B2
A hearing device seal module having a tubular seal carrier formed from resilient material, defining a medial-lateral axis and a lumen configured for passage of the hearing device core, and including a seal support region with a first portion defining a first portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis and a second portion, lateral of the first portion, defining a second portion perimeter in a plane perpendicular to the medial-lateral axis that is less than the first portion perimeter when the seal support region is in an unstressed state, and a first seal secured to the first portion of the seal support region and extending outwardly therefrom.
US10701490B2
The invention relates to audio transducers, such as loudspeaker, microphones and the like, and includes improvements in or relating to: audio transducer diaphragm structures and assemblies, audio transducer mounting systems; audio transducer diaphragm suspension systems, personal audio devices incorporating the same and any combination thereof. The embodiments of the invention include linear action and rotational action transducers. For both types of transducer, rigid and composite diaphragm constructions and unsupported diaphragm periphery designs are described. Systems and methods for mounting the transducer to a housing, such as an enclosure or baffle are also described. Furthermore, hinge systems including: rigid contact hinge systems and flexible hinge systems are also disclosed for various rotational action transducer embodiments. Various applications and implementations are described and envisaged for the audio transducer embodiments including, for example, personal audio devices such as headphones, earphones and the like.
US10701488B2
Described herein is a head-mounted device including an audio system configured to provide a surround sound audio effect. The device may include one or more of a forehead assembly, a rear-head assembly, a set of speakers, a set of straps connecting the forehead assembly to the read-head assembly, and/or other components. The forehead assembly may include one or more speakers. Individual ones of the straps may include one or more speakers.
US10701485B2
One embodiment provides a method comprising determining a potential energy in a loudspeaker, a kinetic energy in the loudspeaker, and an electrical energy in the loudspeaker based on a physical model of the loudspeaker. The method further comprises determining a total energy stored in the loudspeaker based on the potential energy, the kinetic energy, and the electrical energy. The method further comprises determining a maximum potential displacement of a diaphragm of a speaker driver of the loudspeaker based on the total energy, and limiting the total energy stored in the loudspeaker by attenuating a source signal for reproduction via the loudspeaker. An actual displacement of the diaphragm during the reproduction of the source signal is controlled based on the attenuated source signal.
US10701484B2
A system and a method provide for protecting a loudspeaker from thermal and/or mechanical failure by monitoring for over-temperature and over-power conditions. The system generates a first gain from a first speaker protection controller in response to a driving voltage and/or a driving current of a loudspeaker, and generates a second gain from a second speaker protection controller in response to the driving voltage and/or a driving current of the loudspeaker, if the temperature exceeds a thermal limit or if the power exceeds a maximum power. The system applies the second gain to an audio signal to lower the audio signal if the first speaker protection controller fails.
US10701483B2
Embodiments of sound leveling in multi-channel sound capture system are disclosed. According to a method, a processor converts at least two input sound channels captured via a microphone array into at least two intermediate sound channels. The intermediate sound channels are respectively associated with predetermined directions from the microphone array. The closer to the direction a sound source is, the more the sound source is enhanced in the intermediate sound channel associated with the direction. The processor levels the intermediate sound channels separately. Further, the processor converts the intermediate sound channels subjected to leveling to a predetermined output channel format. Because sound leveling of the intermediate sound channels can be achieved independently of each other, at least some of the deficiencies of the conventional gain regulation can be overcome or mitigated.
US10701479B2
An earphone/headphone device, and a housing for such device are presented. The housing has proximal and distal ends defining respectively, a proximal closed-end portion and a distal open-end portion of the device, and comprises a sound source site for mounting a sound source in this site inside the housing, and an acoustic cavity extending from a back side of the sound source site and the proximal end portion of the housing. The acoustic cavity is configured to define a perpetual self-feeding closed-loop structure for propagation of backwave sound originated at the sound source site, such that the backwave sound is trapped and circulates in the closed-loop structure.
US10701472B1
A charging case for an earbud that has a pair of charging contacts that are configured to pass electrical power to an earbud battery. The charging case includes a raised pedestal, a pair of conductive charging pins protruding from the pedestal, and a docking magnet protruding from the pedestal proximate the charging pins.
US10701470B2
A headset includes a circumaural assembly having an adjustable sensor mount configured to secure a sensor forward of the tragus of a user. The mount is movable relative to the assembly to position the sensor in contact with or proximal to the user skin. The mount may extend from an interior side or flat component of the assembly into an opening of a circumaural cushion. The sensor mount may include a resilient support arm or structure extending from behind a circumaural cushion, or integrated into the cushion, to urge the sensor into contact with the user. The mount may include a spring-biased rotatable knob having an eccentrically located aperture configured to secure the sensor, and rotatable to position the sensor. Sensor signals may be processed to detect blood flow, heart rate, etc. and/or movement, such as jaw movement indicative of talking for use in automatically muting an associated microphone.
US10701469B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first surface facing in a first direction and a second surface facing in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, the first surface comprising an at least partially transparent part and at least one opening formed adjacent to the at least partially transparent part; a camera positioned inside the housing, the camera comprising an image sensor facing in the first direction through the at least partially transparent part of the housing; and an acoustic component arranged between the first surface and the second surface, the acoustic component comprising a vibration plate configured to generate a sound such that the same moves in at least one direction selected from the first and second directions, a first passage formed in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction such that the generated sound passes through the same, and a second passage formed along a fourth direction that is different from the third direction so as to connect the first passage and the at least one opening; a wireless communication circuit positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to the acoustic component so as to provide the acoustic component with a signal regarding the sound; a display exposed through the first surface and positioned adjacent to the camera; and a processor positioned inside the housing and electrically connected to the camera, the acoustic component, the wireless communication circuit, and the display. Various other embodiments are also possible.
US10701464B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a latching component configured to secure a network component within a chassis of a network device when the apparatus is in a first configuration. The latching component is also configured to allow removal of the network component from the chassis of the network device when the apparatus is in a second configuration. The apparatus also includes a handle component coupled to the latching component. The handle component is accessible from a first face of the network component. The handle component is oriented away from the first face. The handle component is configured to facilitate the removal of the network component from the chassis when the apparatus is in the first configuration. The handle component is also configured to facilitate the insertion of the network component into the chassis when the apparatus is in the second configuration.
US10701461B2
A video processing method, a terminal, and a server, where the method includes receiving a media presentation description (MPD) file sent by the server, where the MPD file includes region information of a region that can be independently decoded in the video, determining, according to the region information, a region used for playback on a terminal from the region that can be independently decoded, determining a to-be-acquired media segment according to the MPD file, acquiring a location in which data content is stored in the media segment, acquiring, according to the location in which the data content is stored in the media segment, the data content from the media segment stored in the server, and playing a picture of the region for the playback on the terminal. Therefore, it is not required to independently store a partial video on the server, thereby saving a storage resource of the server.
US10701460B2
Systems and methods are described herein for a media guidance application that facilitates presenting, to a user, media assets that match a search expression by generating for display media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that are scheduled for transmission to a plurality of users during a specific time interval. The media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match the search expression are distinguished from media asset identifiers that correspond to media assets that do not match the search expression. Furthermore, media asset identifiers corresponding to media assets that match the search expression are distinguished from each other based on an attribute of each media asset that matches the search expression.
US10701459B2
A controller for controlling the output of an audio-video feed has an input for receiving audio-video content and a vector engine arranged to produce a continuous metadata value of M dimensions at intervals from the audio-video content. The metadata value may indicate aspect of the video content such as rate, pace, tone or other such information. A low pass filter and hysteresis filter are then provided to filter the continuous metadata value to produce a binary output. The binary output is provided to a retrieval module arranged to control the audio-video content in dependence upon the binary output. In this way, automated segmentation of audio-video content may be reliably achieved.
US10701454B2
The described technology is directed towards an image providing service, including an image processing service that composites a base image into a resultant image, e.g., by resizing an image, overlaying text and so forth based upon a purpose for that image and/or a client device class; other parameters such as design information, protection and so forth also may be specified. When a client requests an image including by specifying a purpose and size in a request to an endpoint (e.g., URL) for an image, the image processing service locates or composites a resultant image corresponding to the request, and returns the resultant image or a modified (e.g., resized) resultant image in response to the request. Clients thus obtain images based upon a desired purpose without having to do client-side image processing including image compositing.
US10701451B2
The present disclosure discloses a program interaction method. In the disclosed method, a backend server receives interaction information of a program from a program provider client and program information of a currently watched program from a program viewer client. After receiving the interaction information and the program information, the backend server determines the interaction information that corresponds to the program information and sends the interaction information and a resource gifting interface to the program viewer client. The program viewer client subsequently sends a resource gifting instruction through the resource gifting interface to the backend server to transfer a resource to a performer of the program.
US10701445B2
A display apparatus includes a display controller that displays, on the basis of a display schedule, content included in distribution data distributed from a content distribution apparatus. The display apparatus determines whether or not content that matches the replacement rule is included in the distribution data. When displaying content included in the distribution data on the basis of the display schedule, if it is determined that content that matches the replacement rule is included in the distribution data, the display apparatus replaces the content with the replacement content and displays the replacement content.
US10701444B2
Augmenting a video stream of an environment is provided, the environment containing a private entity to be augmented. Video of the environment is processed in accordance with an entity recognition process to identify the presence of at least part of an entity in the environment. It is determined whether the identified entity is to be augmented based on information relating to the identified entity and the private entity. Based on determining that the identified entity is to be augmented, the video stream is modified to replace at least a portion of the identified entity with a graphical element adapted to obscure the portion of the identified entity in the video stream. By modifying the video stream to obscure an entity, private or personal information in the environment may be prevented from being displayed to a viewer of the video stream.
US10701441B2
An apparatus for providing community driven content includes at least one sensor for recording sensor data, a network interface, a memory, and a processor connected to the sensor, the network interface, and the memory. The processor is configured to record usage history for engagement with the apparatus by a first user over a period of time and receive the sensor data from the at least one sensor for actions by the first user over the period of time. The processor determines user preferences for the first user based on the usage history and the sensor data, and determines whether a second user is available for interaction with the first user. The processor then outputs the suggested action, at a predetermined time, to at least one connected display device or audio device.
US10701440B2
Features of various implementations are used to enable identifying and presenting, in real time, Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program concurrently playing on a television or display, as a part of an interactive television suite of technologies. In some implementations, the process of identifying Internet-accessible and/or Internet-based functionality, content and/or services associated with a particular television program is enabled to reduce communication between a primary set-top box and a supplemental set-top box and/or television integrated device, thereby reducing the need for one or more provider specific APIs. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a computer-implemented method of identifying a media program by capturing display data from the media program, and extracting information from the display data in response to determining that the display data includes a program information overlay associated with the media program.
US10701437B2
A method for processing a content by a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving a content including an audio stream; and performing bypassing to output the audio stream to a television (TV) through an output interface without performing a decoding operation for the audio stream, wherein the audio stream includes metadata regarding the content.
US10701423B2
An advertisement scheduler receives a commercial break schedule generated from a completed assignment of one or more spots that correspond to the deals comprising advertiser's orders to place the spots into one or more commercial breaks in the commercial break schedule based on constraints and placement requirements. The advertisement scheduler may determine representative liability per pending spot for the deals and reshuffle the placement of the spots based on the representative liability of the deals in order to minimize liability associated with the deals. The advertisement scheduler may reshuffle the placement of the spots for maximum delivery of candidate deals, where the reshuffle is based on a forecast of expected viewership associated with the deals, and a pacing computation of cumulative demographics guaranteed at a particular point in time, modify the forecast based on weighting factor, and generate a finalized commercial break schedule based on the reshuffling.
US10701418B2
A system and corresponding method facilitate resolution of discontinuities in manifest files used in the distribution of stored content. Resolution of discontinuities includes identifying each of a discontinuity in a first manifest file and a corresponding entry in a second manifest file for the same or substantially similar content segment stored at a different location. A combined manifest file is then generated by inserting the entry of the second manifest file or otherwise inserting the location information of the second manifest file entry into the first manifest file. The systems and methods herein may be implemented at various locations within a system for providing content to a client device and may be implemented at various times in the process of generating or distributing content.
US10701416B2
A content curation system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a content promotion software code providing a user interface. The hardware processor executes the content promotion software code to receive an initiation signal corresponding to a user action, and, in response to receiving the initiation signal, to identify multiple content items as desirable content items to the user. In addition, the content promotion software code determines a portion of the desirable content item as most desirable content to the user, and, for each most desirable content portion, obtains a content clip including that content, resulting in multiple content clips corresponding respectively to the multiple content items. The content promotion software code further outputs the content clips for playout to the user via the user interface.
US10701414B2
In one embodiment, a method receives a network topology of a distributed access architecture and a legacy video network. Video streams include characteristics that are associated with delivery via the legacy video network. The method selects a set of anchor points for a remote physical device in the distributed access architecture where the set of anchor points are associated with a geographic location of the remote physical device. A set of attribute labels are selected for the set of anchor points where the set of attribute labels associated with characteristics of the video streams. The method then generates a definition of video streams based on the anchor points and the attribute labels for a remote physical device configuration and generates the remote physical device configuration for video. The remote physical device configuration is used to provide the video streams to the remote physical device.
US10701413B2
There is provided a system having a content server having a hardware processor and a system memory, a content management software code stored in the system memory. The hardware processor being configured to execute the content management software code to receive a search request for a video content, and identify a plurality of video content streams based on the search request. For each of the plurality of video content streams to determine a plurality of video content threads for downloading the video content stream in multiple segments, execute the plurality of video content threads concurrently at least in part for downloading the video content stream, and reassemble the video content stream from the plurality of video content threads.
US10701409B1
Systems and methods are provided for selectively replacing commercials that are in a video data stream with alternative commercials. Automatic content recognition (ACR) is performed on the video data stream to detect the identity of each of the commercials played in a commercial block during a commercial break. Commercials in the video data stream which are detected as being displayed on a video display device are stored in a first database, and commercials in the video data stream which are detected as not being displayed on the video display device are stored in a second database. A rules engine defines how commercials in the video data stream should be replaced with other commercials. Commercials in the video data stream that were previously detected as being displayed on the video display device are selectively replaced with commercials that were previously detected as not being displayed on the video display device.
US10701400B2
In various implementations, provided are techniques, as well as systems that implement these techniques, for SEI messages that distinguish “essential” information from “non-essential” information. In various implementations, an encoder can be configured to determine whether information associated with video data is essential or is not essential. In various implementations, different types of SEI messages can be defined, where one or more of these types of SEI messages can indicate whether information associated with a particular video is essential or not essential. Essential information is required for presenting the video data, and is not required for decoding the video data.
US10701389B2
A temporal merging motion information candidate generation unit derives, when information indicating whether or not to derive a temporal merging motion information candidate shared for all prediction blocks in a coding block is information indicating the derivation of a temporal merging motion information candidate shared for all the prediction blocks in the coding block, a temporal merging motion information candidate shared for all the prediction blocks in the coding block from a prediction block of a coded picture different from a picture having a prediction block subject to coding. A merging motion information candidate list construction unit generates a plurality of merging motion information candidates including a temporal merging motion information candidate.
US10701387B2
A motion estimation technique finds first and second candidate bi-directional motion vectors for a first region of an interpolated frame of video content by performing double ended vector motion estimation on the first region. One of these candidate bi-directional motion vectors is selected, and used to identify a remote region of the interpolated frame. This remote region is located at an off-set location from the first region, and is found based on an endpoint of the selected candidate bi-directional motion vector. A remote motion vector for the remote region of the interpolated frame is obtained, and one or more properties of this remote motion vector are used to bias a selection between the first and second candidate vectors.
US10701382B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for video decoding that support a plurality of layers. The method for video decoding includes acquiring information indicating whether tile information exists and acquiring the tile information based on the information indicating whether tile information exists.
US10701371B1
A system for lossless compression of high frame rate imagery includes at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, implement operations to compress high frame rate imagery in a lossless manner, the at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium including: logic to encode frame deltas to decrease pixel dynamic range; logic to localize frame deltas; and logic to encode subframes with lookback history to further decrease pixel dynamic range for temporary obstructions.
US10701341B2
A calibration method is for a photographic device that photographs an object through a transparent body. The calibration method includes: acquiring a first photographic image by photographing the object without interposing the transparent body; acquiring a second photographic image by photographing the object through the transparent body; calculating an absolute positional deviation that indicates a deviation in coordinates of an image of the object due to the transparent body based on coordinates of an image of the object on the first photographic image and coordinates of an image of the object on the second photographic image; calculating a correction parameter for calibrating the absolute positional deviation; and storing the correction parameter in the photographic device.
US10701340B2
A 3D multi-aperture imaging device that is, on the one hand, able to provide 3D information on a scene and, on the other hand, allows obtaining high lateral resolution and/or a wide total field of view, is described. The 3 D multi-aperture imaging device is provided with a first plurality of optical channels for projecting overlapping first partial fields of view of a total field of view on first image sensor areas of an image sensor of the 3D multi-aperture imaging device, as well as with a second plurality of optical channels for projecting overlapping second partial fields of view of the total field of view on second image sensor areas of the image sensor.
US10701335B2
Techniques are provided for calculating temporally coherent disparity values for pixels in a sequence of image frames. An example method may include calculating initial spatial disparity costs between a pixel of a first image frame from a reference camera and pixels from an image frame from a secondary camera. The method may also include estimating a motion vector for the pixel of the first reference camera image frame to a corresponding pixel from a second reference camera image frame. The method may further include calculating a confidence value for the estimated motion vector based on a measure of similarity between the colors of the pixels of the first and second image frames from the reference camera. The method may further include calculating temporally coherent disparity costs based on the initial spatial disparity costs weighted by the confidence value and selecting a disparity value based on those costs.
US10701328B2
A peripheral blown-out pixel counter counts the number of blown-out pixels in a block including a target pixel and peripheral pixels in image data. A G threshold setting unit sets a G threshold such that the G threshold is greater as the number of the blown-out pixels is larger. A (B−G) threshold setting unit sets a (B−G) threshold such that the (B−G) threshold is smaller as the number of the blown-out pixels is larger. A correction necessity determination unit determines that a color of the target pixel should be corrected when a G signal is determined to be smaller than the G threshold and a (B−G) value is determined to be greater than the (B−G) threshold. A color correction unit corrects at least the G signal and a B signal when the color of the target pixel should be corrected.
US10701324B2
Gestures may be performed to control a visual projector. When a device or human hand is placed into a projection field of the visual projector, the visual projector responds to gestures. The human hand, for example, may gesture to rotate a projected image or to correct the projected image. The visual projector may thus manipulate and/or correct the projected image in response to the gesture.
US10701319B2
The present invention provides systems and methods employing a conferencing system for facilitating enhanced communication between users. In certain embodiments, the conferencing system comprises a communication interface configured to, during a conference session, provide a virtual and/or augmented conference between multiple users having access to a multi-channel, multi-access, always-on, and non-blocking communication. In particular embodiments, the communication interface is in communication with at least one additional component select from: a video component, a data component (e.g., that provides non-audio data to one or more of said users), an audio/video ambience component, and a whiteboard component.
US10701304B2
In general, the present disclosure is directed to an artificial window system that can simulate the user experience of a traditional window in environments where exterior walls are unavailable or other constraints make traditional windows impractical. In an embodiment, an artificial window consistent with the present disclosure includes a window panel, a panel driver, and a camera device. The camera device captures a plurality of image frames representative of an outdoor environment and provides the same to the panel driver. A controller of the panel driver sends the image frames as a video signal to cause the window panel to visually output the same. The window panel may further include light panels, and the controller may extract light characteristics from the captured plurality of image frames to send signals to the light panels to cause the light panels to mimic outdoor lighting conditions.
US10701303B2
Certain embodiments involve generating and providing spatial audio using a predictive model. For example, a generates, using a predictive model, a visual representation of visual content provideable to a user device by encoding the visual content into the visual representation that indicates a visual element in the visual content. The system generates, using the predictive model, an audio representation of audio associated with the visual content by encoding the audio into the audio representation that indicates an audio element in the audio. The system also generates, using the predictive model, spatial audio based at least in part on the audio element and associating the spatial audio with the visual element. The system can also augment the visual content using the spatial audio by at least associating the spatial audio with the visual content.
US10701288B2
A method of operating a video camera includes capturing a scene of imaging data using a focal plane array (FPA) module of the video camera. The scene of imaging data is characterized by a first bit depth. The method also includes processing, using an image processing module coupled to the FPA module, the scene of imaging data to provide display data characterized by a second bit depth less than the first bit depth. The method further includes forming a super frame including the display data and the scene of imaging data and outputting the super frame.
US10701279B2
This disclosure relates to methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that generate a virtual long exposure image from a sequence of short exposure images portraying a moving object. In various embodiments, the image transformation system aligns two digital images in the sequence of short exposure images. The image transformation system can determine a motion vector path for the moving object between the first digital image and the second digital image. The image transformation system can also blend pixels along the motion vector path to generate a blended image representative of the motion of the moving object between the first digital image and the second digital image. The image transformation system can generate additional blended images based on consecutive pairs of images in the sequence of digital images and generates a virtual long exposure image by combining the first blended image with the additional blended images.
US10701278B2
The invention concerns a method of performing intra-frame and inter-frame image processing comprising: alternating first and second image capture operations, the first image capture operation comprises capturing one or more first images (IA) based on a first set of image capture parameters (PA) and the second image capture operation comprises capturing one or more second images (IB) based on a second set of image capture parameters (PB), the values of the parameters of the first set being modified between each of the first image capture operations and the values of the parameters of the second set remaining constant between each of the second image capture operations or varying by less than a significant amount.
US10701274B2
A subject detection unit of an imaging apparatus detects a subject image from an image. An automatic zoom control unit performs zoom control according to a size of a subject detected by the subject detection unit. The automatic zoom control unit automatically selects a specific composition among a plurality of compositions and sets a reference size of the subject used to control a zoom magnification based on the selected composition and the size and position of the detected subject. A process of determining a scene using information including a detection result by the subject detection unit, a composition selection process is performed on the determination scene, and one composition is selected from a composition of upper body of the subject, a composition of whole body, a composition of a subject face, and a composition of multiple people.
US10701273B1
A user terminal apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display including a main display area which is disposed on a front surface of the user terminal apparatus, and a sub display area which extends from one side of the main display area and is disposed on at least one area of a rear surface of the user terminal apparatus, a camera configured to photograph an image, and a processor configured to display a live view acquired through the camera on one of the main display area or the sub display area, and control the display to display, in response to an orientation of the user terminal apparatus being changed, the live view on another one of the main display area or the sub display area.
US10701270B1
A light blocking welding helmet having a helmet body with a shell having a head aperture produces an image from at least one (1) exterior camera within the helmet body. The helmet body includes an interior cavity containing an adjustable headband and an internal power source for powering the viewing screen and camera. The camera is mounted on the helmet body. Electrical circuitry is operatively connected to the power source, to the viewing screen, and to the camera such that the electrical circuitry causes the viewing screen to display the image produced by the camera. The image can be transmitted to a remote receiving unit where a weld can be monitored. Multiple cameras may be used and a control switch then selects which camera that will produce an image.
US10701261B2
A method includes analyzing a preview image made by an image sensor when operating in a preview image mode to determine if the preview image contains some portion that corresponds to information that is considered not subject to being imaged. The method further includes, if it is determined that the preview image does comprise some image portion that corresponds to information that is considered not subject to being imaged, disabling the image sensor from capturing an image that would correspond to the preview image. Analyzing can include accessing a data storage that contains representations of information that is considered not subject to being imaged for comparison with image features extracted from the preview image, where the data storage is at least one of contained in a device that also contains the image sensor, or is located remotely from the device and can be accessed via a wireless connection.
US10701251B2
An imaging optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side, a first mirror as a convex mirror, a first lens unit, a second mirror as a concave mirror, a third mirror as a concave mirror, and a second lens unit. The imaging optical system is configured to form a first intermediate real image and a second intermediate real image located at a position different from that of the first intermediate real image between the first mirror and a reduction side conjugate plane.
US10701250B2
Portable electronic devices having I/O assemblies that can include optical and audio components are described. An exemplary I/O assembly can include a first camera module and a second camera module that can be carried within a camera module housing. A flex connector can carry a strobe that can be positioned between the first camera module and the second camera module. A trim can enclose the first camera, the second camera and the strobe and optically isolates the optical components. An exemplary portable electronic device can include a side wall retainer that defines its perimeter, a front cover glass and a rear cover glass that cooperate to form an enclosure. The I/O assembly can be secured to the enclosure both from inside and outside of the rear cover glass. I/O assembly can also include an audio transducer that can record sound when the camera module are recording videos.
US10701244B2
Methods and devices for colorizing an infrared image stream may include receiving an infrared (IR) image stream of a scene. The methods and devices may include detecting at least one object in the IR image stream and receiving, from a red green blue (RGB) knowledge base, a RGB texture corresponding to the at least one object detected in the IR image stream. The methods and devices may include processing the RGB texture by matching coordinates in the RGB texture with corresponding coordinates in the at least one object to produce a colorized IR image stream. The methods and devices may include transmitting the colorized IR image stream of the scene wherein the at least one object is displayed in color based on the processing.
US10701240B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a print head includes a first light emitting element line and a second light emitting element line. The first light emitting element line and the second light emitting element line each include a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light on the basis of image data. The plurality of light emitting elements of the second light emitting element line are arranged deviated from the plurality of light emitting elements of the first light emitting element line by a certain interval in a main scanning direction.
US10701227B2
An image-forming apparatus includes an image-reading unit. The image-reading unit includes a first member and a second member. The image-reading unit includes an original-document-feeding apparatus that conveys an original document from an original-document-loading tray to a discharge tray via a read position. In the first member and the second member, a first conveyance passage along which the original document is conveyed to the read position and a second conveyance passage along which the original document is conveyed from the read position to the discharge tray are formed. The second member includes at least two conveyance rollers. Between the two conveyance rollers, there are opening edges for partly allowing access to the second conveyance passage. The second member includes a lid for covering an opening that is defined by the opening edges.
US10701202B2
One method includes identifying driving conditions associated with a current location of a mobile communication device, receiving a notification to be output on the device, preventing the device from outputting the notification in response to identifying a first driving condition, and outputting the notification on the device in response to identifying a second driving condition. A second method includes identifying one or more driving conditions associated with a current location of a mobile communication device and calculating a driving hazard score as a function of the identified one or more driving conditions. The second method further includes receiving a notification to be output on the device, preventing the device from outputting the notification in response to the driving hazard score exceeding a first threshold value, and outputting the notification on the device in response to the driving hazard score being less than a second threshold value.
US10701198B2
A device includes a communication interface, an input interface, and a processor. The communication interface is configured to receive an audio signal associated with an audio call. The input interface is configured to receive user input during the audio call. The processor is configured to generate an audio recording of the audio signal in response to receiving the user input. The processor is also configured to generate text by performing speech-to-text conversion of the audio recording. The processor is further configured to perform a comparison of the text to a pattern. The processor is also configured to identify, based on the comparison, a portion of the text that matches the pattern. The processor is further configured to provide the portion of the text and an option to a display. The option is selectable to initiate performance of an action corresponding to the pattern.
US10701194B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing and a connection part. The housing includes a first housing portion that includes a first side face, and a second housing portion that includes a second side face. The connection part connects the first housing portion and the second housing portion. A first conductive member extends along at least a portion of the first side face, a first non-conductive member is disposed on the first side face, a second conductive member extends along at least a portion of the second side face, a second non-conductive member is disposed on the second side face, and when the second housing portion faces the first housing portion, the first non-conductive member and the second non-conductive member are substantially aligned.
US10701193B2
Hinged electronic device with moving support plates for a flexible display and corresponding systems
An electronic device includes a first device housing and a second device housing. Each can optionally define a linear recess. A hinge couples the first device housing to the second device housing. The first device housing is pivotable about the hinge relative to the second device housing. A flexible display is situated in the linear recess, where included, and spans the hinge. The hinge includes a cam, a first support plate pivotally coupled to a first side of the cam, and a second support plate pivotally coupled to a second side of the cam. The first support plate, the cam, and the second support plate bridge the linear recess of each device housing when the electronic device is in an axially displaced open position, but define boundaries within which the flexible display defines a service loop when the electronic device is in a closed position.
US10701190B2
Communication apparatus includes multiple interfaces configured to be connected to a network so as to receive and transmit data packets having respective packet headers that includes a basic header record and one or more optional records. Parsing instructions specify one or more types of the optional records and indicate, for each specified type, an offset within an optional record of the specified type. Upon receiving each packet, routing logic parses the basic header record in the packet, parses the one or more optional records so as to identify any optional records of the one or more specified types, extracts header data from the identified optional records at the offset indicated for the specified type, and processes and forwards the data packets via the interfaces to the network in accordance with information parsed from the basic header record and the extracted header data.
US10701188B2
A device includes a transmission/reception unit configured to receive a packet transmitted from a communication device to a destination device, a control unit configured to separate data received through the packet into transmission data and control information, a replacement process unit configured to generate replacement data resulting from replacing data associated with an identifier with the identifier in the transmission data when data that has been transmitted toward the destination device in association with the identifier is included, and a transmission unit configured to transfer the replacement data toward the destination device, wherein the control unit generates connected data resulting from connecting respective pieces of data obtained by removing the control information from the data, and discards the control information, and the replacement process unit generates the replacement data by replacing data associated with the identifier with the identifier in the connected data.
US10701185B2
A transformation engine that enables content and information to be transformed from one format, a source format, to a format that is compatible with the requesting device, a destination format. Advantageously, various device types can access and share content via a network without concern as to the original format of the content. When a client device provides a request for content, the transformation engine identifies delivery characteristics of the client device, and identifies a source for the requested content. The transformation engine then transforms the source formatted content into a format identified through a best fit analysis of the delivery characteristics of the device.
US10701173B2
A computer-implemented method, operable with a content delivery network (CDN) uses late binding of caching policies; by a caching node in the CDN, in response to a request for content, determining if the content is cached locally. When it is determined that said content is cached locally, then: determining a current cache policy associated with the content; and then determining, based on said current cache policy associated with the content, whether it is acceptable to serve the content that is cached locally; based on said determining, when it is not acceptable to serve the content that is cached locally, obtaining a new version of the content and then serving the new version of the content, otherwise when it is acceptable to serve the content that is cached locally, serving the content that is cached locally.
US10701164B2
A technique for engaged micro-interactions on digital devices is disclosed. In an embodiment, activities performed on a digital device are monitored. Further, at least one user accessing the digital device and friends associated with the user are determined based on the activities. Furthermore, a profile for the user and friends is created. Moreover, time spent and required to perform an action on content are determined based on the profile. In addition, a list of desires associated with the user and/or friends is determined based upon the activities and/or time spent and required to perform the action on the content. Also, the list of desires are ranked based on the activities to be performed by the user and friends. The user and/or friends are then engaged by providing a micro-interaction on the digital device based on the ranking of the list of desires and a time required to download online content.
US10701163B2
Described herein is a system and method for estimating wait times at various resource providers based on transaction information submitted to a processing network. In some embodiments, the system identifies a time distance between a target resource provider and a plurality of other resource providers in order to identify resource providers local to the target resource provider. Additionally, the system may identify segments for each of a plurality of users on the system. The processing network may identify recent transaction requests received from each of the resource providers local to the target resource provider. The processing network may then identify users associated with each of those transaction requests. Based on the segments assigned to each of those users, the system may estimate and arrival rate, and subsequently an estimated wait time, for the target resource provider.
US10701157B2
A method for controlling an internet of things comprises: displaying, by a terminal, an interactive page of a controlled device, wherein the interactive page includes an interface interaction element configured to control the controlled device, and the controlled device is assigned a unique communication number; obtaining, by the terminal, a control command inputted by a user via the interface interaction element for controlling the controlled device, wherein the control command comprises the unique communication number; and sending, by the terminal, the control command to the controlled device in accordance with the unique communication number.
US10701144B2
Dynamic discovery of peers or services in different networks, where few or no servers may be required for the discovering process, is provided. Broadcasting used for the peer or service discovery may serve to reduce centralized bottlenecks and may serve to increase scalability.
US10701136B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for monitoring application activity for a cluster of applications. In use, at least one application associated with a plurality of applications to monitor is identified. Further, metadata associated with an application flow corresponding to the at least one application is defined. The defined metadata is stored in at least one file that is accessible to at least one application server associated with the plurality of applications. Activity of the at least one application is monitored utilizing the metadata associated with the at least one application. Moreover, information associated with the at least one application is displayed based on monitoring the activity of the at least one application, utilizing at least one user interface.
US10701135B1
An intelligent hub for protocol-agnostic file transfer. The hub may include a transceiver, an interrogator processor, an intelligence engine processor, a data translation processor and a hashing processor. The hub may utilize artificial intelligence processes to perform real-time networking or file transfer protocol conversion.
US10701128B2
Systems and methods for accessing multiple resources via one identifier are described, including receiving an input that includes at least an authentication code from an application; associating the authentication code with a resource; receiving another input, which includes at least an identifier associated with the resource and the authentication code, from the application requesting the resource; determining that the application can access another resource based on the authentication code; and based on the determining, providing the another resource to the application.
US10701127B2
A method includes receiving transaction information related to supplemental content that is presented in association with base content, where the transaction information includes an identification of a user. The method also includes identifying a relationship between the user and a content provider that provided the base content using the identification. The method further includes obtaining user transaction credentials from the content provider and completing a transaction for the user using the user transaction credentials.
US10701119B2
A network device (e.g., an evolved Node B (eNB), server, or other network entity) or a client device (e.g., a user equipment (UE)) can operate over various interfaces according to a dynamic adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol (DASH) assisting network element (DANE). A media path interface can deliver streaming media content to the client device from the media origin server based on a set of parameters provided via a DANE server interface. A client-to-DANE interface can receive a set of metric and status messages from the client device concurrent with a delivery of the streaming media content. A content adaptation component can generate a modification of a media presentation or related parameters based on the set of metric and status messages.
US10701117B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing conference calls between a plurality of conference call systems. In operation, a conference management system monitors a plurality of call conference systems to determine whether at least one first conference system is attempting to connect to at least one second conference system. The conference management system connects the at least one first conference system with the at least one second conference system such that communication between the at least one first conference system and the at least one second conference system is managed by the conference management system. Additionally, the conference management system provides one suite of services to users of the at least one first conference system and the at least one second conference system.
US10701112B2
A USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) message may be transmitted by a communication device to an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) within a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) INVITE message, where it is received by a TAS (Telephony Application Server). The TAS sends the USSD message to an HSS (Home Subscriber Service) of the IMS using an existing Diameter Sh interface between the TAS and the HSS. The HSS then communicates with a USSD gateway to obtain a USSD response, which is sent back to the TAS over the Diameter Sh interface. The TAS sends the USSD response to the communication device within a SIP BYE message.
US10701109B2
In some implementations, a telecommunications network can include a core network device. The core network device can receive from a session-originating device an initiation request of a communication session, the initiation request including information of a destination and information of media capabilities. The core network device can determine network-location information of the destination, retrieve from a capability registry modification information corresponding to the network-location information, and modify the information of the media capabilities based at least in part on the modification information. The core network device can transmit the initiation request including the modified information of the media capabilities to another core network device corresponding to the network-location information. The core network device can also determine that the information of the one or more media capabilities does not correspond to the retrieved capability information and transmit a session-failure indication to the session-originating device.
US10701093B2
Disclosed herein is a method for use in detection of anomalous behavior of a device of a computer system. The method is arranged to be performed by a processing system. The method includes deriving values, m1, . . . , mN, of a metric, M, representative of data associated with the device; modeling a distribution of the values; and determining, in accordance with the distribution of the values, the probability of observing a more extreme value of the metric than a given value, m, of the metric, wherein the probability is used to determine whether the device is behaving anomalously. Also disclosed is an equivalent computer readable medium and anomalous behavior detection system.
US10701090B2
A managed server (MS) within an administrative domain is quarantined. The administrative domain includes multiple MSs that use management instructions to configure management modules so that the configured management modules implement an administrative domain-wide management policy that comprises a set of one or more rules. The quarantined MS is isolated from other MSs. A description of the MS is modified to indicate that the MS is quarantined, thereby specifying a description of the quarantined MS. Cached actor-sets are updated to indicate the quarantined MS's changed state, thereby specifying updated actor-sets. A determination is made regarding which updated actor-sets are relevant to an other MS, thereby specifying currently-relevant updated actor-sets. A determination is made regarding whether the currently-relevant updated actor-sets differ from actor-sets previously sent to the other MS. Responsive to determining that the currently-relevant updated actor-sets are identical to the previously-sent actor-sets, no further action is taken.
US10701086B1
An Active Intelligence method and system are provided for detecting malicious servers using an automated machine-learning active intelligence manager. The Active Intelligence method and system automatically and covertly extract forensic data and intelligence related to a selected server in real time to determine whether the server is part of a cybercrime infrastructure. An automated machine-learning active intelligence manager is provided that collects or gathers one or more types of forensic intelligence related to the operation of the server under investigation. The active intelligence manager combines the collected one or more types of forensic intelligence, extracts features from the combined forensic intelligence, and classifies the server as malicious or benign based on the extracted features.
US10701084B2
A computing system for a secure and reliable firmware update through a verification process, dynamic validation and continuous monitoring for error or failure and speedy correction of Internet of Things (IoT) device operability. The invention uses a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) for hardware-based isolation of the firmware update, validation and continuous monitoring services. The isolation is performed by hardware System on a Chip (SoC) Security Extensions such as ARM TrustZone or similar technologies on other hardware platforms. The invention therefore comprises Firmware Update Service (FUS), System Validation Service (SMS) and Continuous Monitoring Service (CMS) running in the TEE with dedicated memory and storage, thus providing a trusted configuration management functionality for the operating system (OS) code and applications on IoT devices.Services running in the TEE use both direct (hardware level) and indirect (software agents inside main execution environment (MEE)) methods of control of the MEE. Embodiments of the invention apply all updates to a staging (new) execution environment (SEE) without changing of the MEE.
US10701078B2
Techniques for managing access control policies are described herein. According to one embodiment, access control policies (ACPs) and access control rules (ACRs) are downloaded from a management server to a network access device (NAD) over the Internet, where the network access device is one of a plurality of network access devices managed by the management server over the Internet. In response to a request from a network client device for entering a network, a device type of the network client device is detected and an ACP identifier is determined based on the device type using the ACRs An ACP is selected from the ACPs based on the ACP identifier and enforced against the network client device. At least the selected ACP is reported to the management server to distribute the selected ACP to other network access devices.
US10701069B2
An online identity verification application may be provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, an online identity verification application may utilize photographic, biometric, and documentation identification protocols. The verification application may use a multi-tier verification process based on identification protocols to verify the owner of a verification account and subsequently verify any linked accounts.
US10701060B2
Generating PKI credentials for authenticating a networking appliance attempting to attach to a network includes: receiving a certificate signing request (CSR) from the networking appliance, wherein the CSR comprises credential data associated with an identity of the networking appliance; generating an appliance certificate based on the credential data and a certificate authority (CA) certificate associated with the computer; and returning the appliance certificate to the networking appliance.
US10701050B2
A base station includes a reception unit that receives a first communication parameter including first security information and an identifier of a first wireless network established by another base station, a generation unit that generates second security information in which a security method defined in the first security information is changed to a security method having a higher security level, and an establishment unit that establishes a second wireless network that uses a second communication parameter including the identifier and the second security information and has the identifier.
US10701045B2
Method and apparatus for monitoring the status and location of personnel using a remote timer. In some embodiments, a method includes execution of a subject application (app) on a network accessible device. A countdown timer of a remote server is initiated to monitor a time interval, the remote server communicating with the network accessible device over a network. Geo positions of the network accessible device are monitored during the monitored time interval. The remote server sends a notification to a monitoring device responsive to at least one of the following events: the monitored time interval ends without the remote server receiving an authorized personal identification (PID) value; or the remote server receives an unauthorized PID value prior to the conclusion of the monitored time interval. In further embodiments, a notification is sent based on an out-of-bounds geo position of the network accessible device during the time interval.
US10701044B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to sharing of community-based security information. Some examples may enable generating a first community on a security information sharing platform that enables sharing of security information among a plurality of communities; obtaining a first security indicator from a first user of the first community; providing the first security indicator to the first community; obtaining contextual information related to the first security indicator from a second user of the first community; including the first security indicator and the contextual information related to the first security indicator in the security information of the first community; and encrypting a portion of the security information of the first community with an encryption key, wherein the encryption key is unavailable to users outside of the first community.
US10701043B2
Systems and methods for physical authentication of medical devices during wireless pairing are disclosed herein. The method can include receiving a request to initiate coupling. Following the request, a visual identifier can be generated with a light source. The visual identifier can include embedded data used to couple the medical devices. The visual identifier can be captured in image data, which image data can be analyzed and the embedded data can be extracted from the image data. Based on the embedded data that is extracted from the image data, secure coupling between medical devices can be established.
US10701036B2
A method for containing a threat in network environment using dynamic firewall policies is provided. In one example embodiment, the method can include detecting a threat originating from a first node having a source address in a network, applying a local firewall policy to block connections with the source address, and broadcasting an alert to a second node in the network. In more particular embodiments, an alert may be sent to a network administrator identifying the source address and providing remedial information. In yet other particular embodiments, the method may also include applying a remote firewall policy to the first node blocking outgoing connections from the first node.
US10701029B2
Processing platform and method to process domain name transactions for a remote domain name registry
Within a particular Top Level Domain (TLD), domain name allocation and domain name ownership may be subject to certain restrictions requiring verification. A processing platform and method is disclosed to process verification of a domain name and/or a domain name entity such as a registrant for domain name transactions with a domain name registry. The processing platform and domain name registry may be remotely located relative to one another.
US10701022B2
Arrangements described herein relate to initiating social interaction based on e-mail content. Information associated with an e-mail being composed by a user can be analyzed to determine whether content of the e-mail is appropriate for incorporation into at least one social system. Responsive to determining that the content of the e-mail is appropriate for incorporation into at least one social system, a first option to enter the content of the e-mail in a first social system and a second option to enter the content of the e-mail in a second social system can be presented to the user. Responsive to the user selecting to enter the content of the e-mail in the first social system, a first entry in the first social system can be automatically created. The first entry can include the content of the e-mail composed by the user.
US10701013B2
A message display control device comprising at least one processor configured to: display at least one of a plurality of message objects on a display; acquire a determination result about whether or not a reference display time period has elapsed for each of the at least one of the plurality of message objects; and display a new message object on the display, on which the at least one of the plurality of message objects are displayed, based on the determination result.
US10701008B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive, from a first user of a network service, an identifier associated with an account within the network service for a second user and data that is descriptive of the second user. Based upon the descriptive data, a plurality of candidate songs is selected and presented to the first user. A selection of a plurality of the candidate songs is received from the first user. A media object including the selected songs as a musical compilation is generated and published to the network service. In response to receiving an interaction with the media object, the network service plays the musical compilation.
US10701001B2
A wireless communication circuit includes: a physical-layer circuit, arranged to operably communicate with other wireless communication devices through an antenna; a micro-controller, arranged to operably generate data frames to be transmitted to other wireless communication devices; and a MAC-layer circuit comprising: a MAC-layer storage circuit for storing a data queue; a MAC-layer control circuit, coupled with the physical-layer circuit, the micro-controller, and the MAC-layer storage circuit, arranged to temporarily store the data frames generated by the micro-controller in the data queue; and a scheduling circuit, coupled with the MAC-layer storage circuit and the MAC-layer control circuit, arranged to operably schedule a timing that the MAC-layer control circuit transmits data stored in the data queue to the physical-layer circuit.
US10700991B2
Entries in individual portions of a network map serve to establish inter-cluster routes that are formed from routing data structures at individual clusters, which routing data structures store connection parameters pertaining to access point nodes in a multi-cluster computing environment. Upon receiving a resource management request at one of the access points, the request parameters are used in combination with the network map to identify at least one target access point having a virtual machine for responding to the resource management request. The resource management request is routed to a next hop access point node on route(s) to target access points. If the next hop access point node is not the node to respond to the resource management request, then processing at the next hop node serves to route the resource management request to a further next hop access point node on a route to the target access point.
US10700988B2
System and method for dynamic bandwidth adjustments for cellular interfaces in a network environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining a predicted average throughput for each of one or more cellular interfaces and adjusting bandwidth for each of the one or more of the cellular interfaces based, at least in part, on the predicted average throughput determined for each of the one or more cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include determining a variance in path metrics for multiple cellular interfaces and updating a routing table for the cellular interfaces using the determined variance if there is a difference between the determined variance and a previous variance determined for the cellular interfaces. Another method can be provided, which may include monitoring watermark thresholds for a MAC buffer; generating an interrupt when a particular watermark threshold for the MAC buffer is reached; and adjusting enqueueing of uplink packets into the MAC buffer based on the interrupt.
US10700987B2
A technique is provided for transmitting data over a communication network. The technique comprises identifying an optimum network path comprising intelligent intermediate nodes between a source node and a destination node, determining an optimum packet size of the optimum network path for transmitting data packets without fragmentation, transmitting each of the data packets from the source node to the destination node via the optimum network path at the optimum packet size, detecting at least one of a plausible fragmentation of a data packet being transmitted and an actual fragmentation of a transmitted data packet at one of the intelligent intermediate nodes, dynamically updating the optimum packet size of the optimum network path for transmitting remaining data packets without fragmentation based on the detection, and transmitting each of the remaining data packets from the source node to the destination node via the optimum network path at the updated optimum packet size.
US10700983B2
A communication system that may include a traffic management module and a communication interface module. The communication interface module is arranged to: estimate a status of multiple channels by utilizing hardware channel status estimators, generate filler packets in response to the status of the multiple channels; wherein the filler packets are associated with the multiple channels; send the filler packets to the traffic management module. The traffic management module is arranged to receive multiple input packets that are associated with multiple channels, receive the filler packets; apply a traffic management scheme on the multiple input packets and the filler packets to provide multiple intermediate packets that comprise (a) multiple filler traffic managed packets and (b) multiple non-filler traffic managed packets.
US10700980B2
A user traffic generation method includes receiving a user traffic generation instruction, performing, in response to the user traffic generation instruction and index information pre-stored in an on-chip static random access memory (SRAM) of a field programmable gate array, a prefetch operation and a cache operation on a user packet that is stored in a dynamic random access memory DRAM and indicated by the index information, and generating user traffic at a line rate of the user packet that is cached during the cache operation. The on-chip SRAM is configured to store index information of all user packets that need to be used. The DRAM is configured to store all the user packets.
US10700977B2
A technique that addresses the problem of a TCP connection's throughput being very vulnerable to early losses implements a pair of controls around ssthresh. A first control is a loss forgiveness mechanism that applies to the first n-loss events by the TCP connection. Generally, this mechanism prevents new TCP connections from ending slow-start and becoming conservative on window growth too early (which would otherwise occur due to the early losses). The second control is a self-decay mechanism that is applied beyond the first n-losses that are handled by the first control. This mechanism decouples of ssthresh drop from cwnd and is thus useful in arresting otherwise steep ssthresh drops. The self-decay mechanism also enables TCP to enter/continue to be slow-start even after fast-recovery from a loss event.
US10700974B2
A method for operating a network device, having data storage with selectably modifiable capacity for storing instructional data for a packet processing operation, includes detecting a need for additional storage for the instructional data, allocating an additional memory block without interrupting operation of the network device, associating with the additional memory block an additional address hashing function, different from each of at least one respective previous address hashing function associated with any previously-allocated memory block. Each respective previous address hashing function transforms a look-up key into a respective addressable location in a previously-allocated memory block, and the additional address hashing function transforms the look-up key into an addressable location in the additional memory block. When a block is deallocated, each unit of instructional data is reprocessed through the hashing function of a different block to which the unit of the instructional data will be moved.
US10700970B2
A controller in a vehicle consist is configured to receive data of measured brake system characteristics of a first vehicle of the consist and one or more remote vehicles of the consist. The controller is configured to communicate with the remote vehicles for coordinated travel along a route based on the received data. The controller is configured to switch from communicating with the remote vehicles, and receiving the brake system data from the remote vehicles, over a first wireless channel to a second wireless channel responsive to when the first wireless channel becomes unavailable.
US10700968B2
A system including an optimization module executing on and configured to enable a computer processor to: receive a user application including a set of functions and simulate execution of different configurations of the functions on a multi-core microprocessor chip, where: the multi-core microprocessor chip includes a set of tiles arranged in a grid configuration, where each tile includes a processor core and a corresponding router, where each router is communicatively coupled with at least one other router to form a network-on-chip and implements a deterministic static priority routing policy, and the different configurations include execution of the functions by different groups of tiles. The computer processor is further enabled to monitor network traffic patterns of the execution of the different configurations; rank the different configurations based on the corresponding network traffic patterns; and select an optimal configuration of the different configurations based on the ranking.
US10700962B2
A method of operating a communications network, in which a primary learning process periodically determines which routes communications sessions are assigned to in order that the session can be carried with a requested QoS. A secondary learning process is used, in between instances of the primary learning process to check that the QoS constraints are still satisfied. If not, action is taken, for example using a load balancer to transmit the session over one or more further network routes.
US10700956B2
An apparatus, computer program product, and method relating to identifying and configuring an access point (AP) as a network sniffer. A network controller identifies a plurality of sniffer targets for which at least one of a plurality of sniffer candidate access points an act as a network sniffer. The controller receives a desired sniffer target. The controller selects a first AP, of the plurality of sniffer candidate APs, for use as a network sniffer, based on the identified plurality of sniffer targets and the desired sniffer target. The controller configures a radio in the first AP as a network sniffer to monitor network traffic related to the desired sniffer target.
US10700954B2
A system includes a multi-core processor that includes a scheduler. The multi-core processor communicates with a system memory and an operating system. The multi-core processor executes a first process and a second process. The system uses the scheduler to control a use of a memory bandwidth by the second process until a current use in a control cycle by the first process meets a first setpoint of use for the first process when the first setpoint is at or below a latency sensitive (LS) floor or a current use in the control cycle by the first process exceeds the LS floor when the first setpoint exceeds the LS floor.
US10700943B2
Systems and methods for analyzing and displaying radiofrequency (RF) information collected at a radio sensor are provided. The method can include receiving, analyzing and buffering RF signal information at a radio sensor. The radio sensor can relay the buffered signal data and related metadata to a ground station for display, review, and playback. The buffered signal data can be stored in a memory of the ground station, each RF signal of the plurality of RF signals having an associated signal data buffer in the memory. The ground station can then display activity boxes on a box display indicating an activity level or an amount of data buffered relating to an associated RF signal. The system can further display activity symbols on an activity display each activity symbol depicting a timewise display of the spectral data and/or an amount of signal data buffered.
US10700941B2
A system for out-of-line testing of performance of a network, comprising a multiplexer at an input to the network; a demultiplexer at an output from the network; the multiplexer further comprising a traffic generator to insert synthetic traffic, and a first switch to accept an incoming customer traffic stream and join the incoming customer traffic stream with a synthetic traffic stream to form a total traffic stream, the total traffic stream fed to the input to the network; and the demultiplexer comprising a second switch to receive the total traffic stream from the output of the network, and separate the total traffic stream into the synthetic traffic stream and the customer traffic stream, and a traffic analyzer to analyze the separated synthetic traffic stream.
US10700937B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for setting a link speed of a dual port switch, and more particularly, to a method for setting a link speed of a dual port switch, which controls link speeds of ports, which are included in the dual port switch using a cut-through packet switching scheme, to be equal to each other.
US10700935B1
A system operation management server computer (server), agent computer (agent), and related methods are disclosed to configure and manage the operation of systems in a system category. In some embodiments, the server and a plurality of agents are programmed to collaborate on exploring and improving the operation of systems in a system category through reinforcement learning.
US10700933B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for validating endpoint information for nodes in a network. A network assurance appliance is configured to retrieve an actual tunnel endpoint address for an endpoint in communication with a network fabric via a leaf node in the network fabric, identify a reference tunnel endpoint address for the endpoint, and determine that there is an inconsistency based on a comparison of the actual tunnel endpoint address with the reference tunnel endpoint address.
US10700928B2
A method for deploying a service in a virtualized network is described. A virtualized network function manager receives an instantiation request including a virtualized network function (VNF) instance identifier and a first deployment flavour identifier; obtains a VNF deployment template (VNFD) including description information of at least two potential deployment nodes and description information of at least two deployment flavours, description information of each potential deployment node includes node information and a deployment condition of the potential deployment node, and description information of each deployment flavour includes deployment information of a to-be-deployed node corresponding to the deployment flavour; determines node information and deployment information of a to-be-deployed node based on the first deployment flavour identifier and the VNFD; and sends the determined node information and deployment information of the to-be-deployed node to a virtualized infrastructure manager.
US10700926B2
Technical solutions are described for configuring a gateway in an IoT system. An example method includes providing, by an identification module, a user-interface (UI) access information to an administrative device. The method further includes receiving, by a setup module, from the administrative device, and via a management console generated based on the UI access information, setup data. The method further includes adjusting, by the setup module, one or more settings of the gateway according to the setup data.
US10700925B2
Methods and apparatus for dedicated endpoint instances for network-accessible services are disclosed. The number of dedicated endpoint instances to be established to direct work requests of a given client to back-end nodes of a service may be determined. Configuration policies for the instances, including one or more policies related to caching, authentication, redundancy, durability, availability, and/or load balancing, may also be determined. Configuration of the instances may be initiated, and an indication that the endpoint or endpoints have been configured may be provided to the client.
US10700921B2
Apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media regard automatic symptom data collection in cloud deployment. The method includes detecting a failure, determining when to trigger symptom data collection for collecting information about the failure, and transmitting an indication of the triggering of the symptom data collection to a management function of the virtual network function.
US10700903B2
A circuit structure for efficiently demodulating an FSK signal in a wireless charging device, comprising a data sampling module, a period point counting module, a data distribution module, and a period point processing module. An input terminal of the period point counting module is connected to an output terminal of the data sampling module; an input terminal of the data distribution module is connected to an output terminal of the period point counting module; and an input terminal of the period point processing module is connected to an output terminal of the data distribution module.
US10700902B1
A communication system using an increased sampling rate includes a baseband signal generator and a PLL that generates an LO signal and an inverted LO signal. An interpolator generates an interpolated/delayed data stream from a baseband original data stream, and a cell control circuit generate control signals based on the interpolated data stream and the baseband original data stream. An RFDAC generates an RF output signal from the baseband signal using an increased sampling rate, the LO signal, the inverted LO signal, and the control signals.
US10700898B2
Communication devices, communication systems and communication methods that implement transmission lane information are disclosed. In one example, circuitry is configured to receive transmission lane information from each of a plurality of reception lanes and to generate physical lane correspondence information based on the received transmission lane information, wherein the transmission lane information identifies a plurality of transmission lanes of a device that transmitted the transmission lane information. The physical lane correspondence information indicates a correspondence relationship between the plurality of transmission lanes and the plurality of reception lanes.
US10700893B1
A multi-homed edge device VxLAN data traffic forwarding system includes a first VTEP device that receives an Ethernet packet from a first edge device, encapsulates the Ethernet packet in a VxLAN packet, generates a source port value, and provides the source port value in a field in the VxLAN packet. The first VTEP device transmits multiple copies of the VxLAN packet to second VTEP devices that each determine whether the source port value in their respective copy of the VxLAN packet is included in a forwarding range for that second VTEP device that is different than forwarding range(s) for each of the other second VTEP device(s). If not, that second VTEP device prevents information in that copy of the VxLAN packet from being transmitted to the second edge device. If so, that second VTEP device transmits information in that copy of the VxLAN packet to the second edge device.
US10700878B1
A PUF code generation apparatus that includes a reference generator, a PUF information generation and storage array, a sensing amplifier and a writing driver is introduced. The PUF information generation and storage array includes a plurality of first memory cells each including a PUF information providing element and a PUF information storage element. The sensing amplifier compares a plurality of first electrical values read from the PUF information providing elements to a reference generated from the reference generator to generate a plurality of PUF information. The writing driver performs a write-back operation on the PUF information storage elements according to the plurality of PUF information. The sensing amplifier reads a plurality of second electrical values of the PUF information storage elements to generate a sensing result and output a PUF code according to the sensing result.
US10700869B2
Aspects include providing automatic access control and security for a synchronous input/output (I/O) link. Providing automatic access control and security includes initializing devices of a storage environment over a first link to verify that the devices are available within the storage environment; building a table of identifiers, where each of the identifiers is assigned one of the devices that have been initialized; and verifying a first device attempting to perform synchronous I/O commands across the synchronization I/O link by confirming that an identifier assigned to the first device is within the table of identifiers.
US10700863B2
A method for secret sharing utilizing multiple features of an input includes: receiving a registration input; obtaining features from the registration input; generating a secret key and a plurality of shared keys according to a shared secret scheme; associating each of the plurality of shared keys with a respective feature of the registration input; generating a plurality of additional features associated with additional keys having a similar format as a shared key associated with a respective feature; storing the plurality of shared keys associated with respective features together with the plurality of additional keys associated with additional features; and encrypting an element to be protected by the secret key using the secret key.
US10700859B2
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a communication system, a memory that stores operational instructions, and processing circuitry operably coupled to the interface and to the memory that is configured to execute the operational instructions to perform various operations. The computing device processes an input value in accordance with a Threshold Partially-Oblivious Pseudorandom Function (TP-OPRF) blinding operation to generate a blinded input. The computing device then selects a threshold number of shareholder computing devices that are associated with a Key Management System (KMS) service and transmits the blinded input to them. The computing device then receives at least a threshold number of blinded output components from at least some of the shareholder computing devices and processes them to generate a blinded output. The computing device then processes the blinded output in accordance with a TP-OPRF unblinding operation to generate a key.
US10700855B2
A client and server system that performs a reinforcement learning-based encryption and decryption method according to an aspect of the present invention may include: a key management module configured to manage an encryption key required in performing an encryption and a decryption of data; a secret sharing module configured to perform a secret sharing of a threshold value for a lifetime and availability of the data; and a threshold estimation module configured to perform an estimation of the threshold value; and can improve the availability and security of data to satisfy user demands in a self-destructing environment for privacy protection.
US10700851B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a resolver service. One of the methods includes: obtaining event data from a blockchain, wherein the event data comprises a plurality of updates associated with a plurality of decentralized identifier (DID) documents stored on the blockchain; storing the event data in a database; receiving a request for information associated with the event data; and providing information about one or more updates associated with one or more of the DID documents in response to the request.
US10700850B2
A computer-implemented method for information protection comprises: determining one or more data inputs and one or more data outputs for a transaction, wherein the data inputs are associated with input data types respectively, and the data outputs are associated with output data types respectively; encrypting the input data types and the output data types; committing each of the encrypted input data types and the encrypted output data types with a commitment scheme to obtain corresponding commitment values; obtaining at least a parameter R based at least on the commitment values; and submitting the transaction to one or more nodes in a blockchain network with disclosure of the parameter R and without disclosure of the input data types and output data types for the nodes to verify consistency between the input data types and the output data types.
US10700848B2
A sensor comprises a transmitter to transmit signals over a communication path, the sensor further capable to receive signals from the communication path, wherein the sensor is configured to communicate sensor data having a nibble data signal format at the transmitter in response to a trigger signal received at the sensor.
US10700847B2
Efficient codeword synchronization methods and systems for fiber channel protocol are disclosed. The method includes identifying a codeword boundary by detecting 100-bit known patterns in a bit codeword in a transmission.
US10700841B2
The present invention relates to providing control information within a search space for blind decoding in a multi-carrier communication system. In particular, the control information is carried within a sub-frame of the communication system, the sub-frame including a plurality of control channel elements. The control channel elements may be aggregated into candidates for blind decoding. The number of control channel elements in a candidate is called aggregation level. In accordance with the present invention, the candidates of lower aggregation levels are localized, meaning that the control channel elements of one candidate are located adjacently to each other in the frequency domain. Some candidates of the higher aggregation level(s) are distributed in the frequency.
US10700837B2
Methods and systems for group common control channel implementation and use are provided. An embodiment a method in a base station for signaling group common control channel information is provided. The method includes determining control information common to a group of user equipment (UEs), the control information comprising time-frequency locations for at least one of a plurality of data channels and a plurality of control channels. The control information formatted in a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format. The method also includes encoding the control information in a group common control channel to generate encoded control information. The method also includes transmitting the encoded control information to the group of UEs.
US10700834B2
A reference signal sending or receiving method includes: determining, by the network device, a plurality of resource elements REs used to carry a first CSI-RS, where the plurality of REs are distributed in a plurality of resource units, and in each resource unit, a plurality of REs used to carry the first CSI-RS are located on a plurality of subcarriers in a same symbol, values of the first CSI-RS carried on at least two REs are different, and values of the first CSI-RS are loaded to the plurality of REs in the resource unit by using a first multiplex code; and sending, by the network device, the first CSI-RS to the terminal device by using the plurality of REs.
US10700832B2
For determining reference signal locations, a method determines a number of Transmission Time Intervals (TTI) in a scheduled transmission of a plurality of TTI. The method further determines one or more reference signal locations based on the number of TTI and one or more of a parameter received from a higher layer wherein the higher layer is higher than a physical layer, a subframe index, a subband size, and a Time Division Duplex (TDD) configuration for the scheduled transmission.
US10700829B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques for combining a plurality of decision metrics of a scrambled payload in a 5G wireless communications system. For example, in some cases, combining decision metrics of a scrambled payload may generally involve receiving a first payload at a receiver that was scrambled both before and after encoding, generating a second payload at the receiver with selectively set payload mask bits, and using the selectively-set payload mask bits in the second payload to descramble the first payload.
US10700818B2
A device, system and method are provided for wirelessly transmitting a sequence of video packets containing video data for one or more video frames. An importance metric associated with a priority of transmitting each individual packet in the sequence of video packets is independently computed, a retry limit or packet lifetime for each individual video packet in the sequence of video packets is independently determined based on the importance metric, and each video packet in the sequence of video packets is attempted to be transmitted. If the transmission attempt for an individual video packet in the sequence fails, the transmission attempt is repeated for up to the retry limit or the packet lifetime independently determined for the individual packet or until a successful transmission is achieved, whichever occurs first.
US10700817B2
A multi-member Bluetooth device includes: a main Bluetooth circuit capable of bidirectionally communicating with a remote Bluetooth device through a first Bluetooth communication circuit; and an auxiliary Bluetooth circuit capable of communicating with the main Bluetooth circuit through a data transmission circuit. While the main Bluetooth circuit utilizes the first Bluetooth communication circuit to communicate with the remote Bluetooth device, the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit utilizes a second Bluetooth communication circuit to sniff packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device. When detected that the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit has missed packets transmitted from the remote Bluetooth device, the main Bluetooth circuit transmits missing packets of the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit to the auxiliary Bluetooth circuit through the data transmission circuit.
US10700812B2
A device, method, and program that can improve decoding precision of a desired signal in a case in which multiplexing/multiple access is performed using power allocation. The device includes a transmission processor configured to set each of transmission signal sequences of a plurality of power layers that are to be multiplexed using power allocation as a target and apply at least one of a scrambler using a scramble pattern and an interleaver using an interleave pattern corresponding to information regarding the power allocation.
US10700801B2
Techniques are described for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE). One method includes determining a first cell identifier (ID) associated with a first downlink transmission in a first radio frequency spectrum band of paired radio frequency spectrum bands, determining a second cell ID associated with a second downlink transmission in a second radio frequency spectrum band of the paired radio frequency spectrum bands, and communicating based on the first cell ID and the second cell ID. In some cases, the method may include determining a cell ID associated with a downlink transmission in an uplink radio frequency spectrum band, and receiving the downlink transmission in a subframe of the uplink radio frequency spectrum band. The downlink transmission may be based on the cell ID and a format of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and may include an eight layer single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) transmission.
US10700799B2
The method and apparatus for broadcast signal transmission are provided. A method of adjusting points of time when output packets are to be provided, performed by a stream generation device which provides an output stream, including the output packets, to a decoding device, according to an embodiment may include obtaining a first output packet and a second output packet; assigning a first multiplexing time to the first output packet and assigning a second multiplexing time different from the first multiplexing time to the second output packet; and providing the first output packet and the second output packet in the output stream to the decoding device by multiplexing the first output packet and the second output packet on the basis of the first multiplexing time and the second multiplexing time.
US10700794B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for automatic signal detection in a radio-frequency (RF) environment are disclosed. At least one node device is in a fixed nodal network. The at least one node device is operable to measure and learn the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The at least one node device is operable to create a spectrum map based on the learning data. The at least one node device is operable to calculate a power distribution by frequency of the RF environment in real time or near real time, including a first derivative and a second derivative of fast Fourier transform (FFT) data of the RF environment. The at least one node device is operable to identify at least one signal based on the first derivative and the second derivative of FFT data.
US10700791B2
Techniques for communicating configuration information with remote devices using ultrasonic audio are disclosed. In an example, provisioning and device onboarding operations are initiated by a configuration computing device to a plurality of configurable devices, through operations that encode configuration data into an ultrasonic audio signal (e.g., emitted at 18 kHz or greater) and broadcast this ultrasonic audio signal with a speaker. The respective configurable devices may then perform operations to receive the ultrasonic audio signal with a microphone, decode the configuration data from the ultrasonic audio signal, and configure settings based on the configuration data. This configuration data may include network connection information to onboard the respective configurable devices to connection with a wireless local area network (e.g., a Wi-Fi network). This configuration data may also communicate information to enable the respective configurable device to access a provisioning server, used to obtain additional network or configuration settings.
US10700788B2
A method and an apparatus for compensating for wavelength drift are disclosed. The method includes: generating, by a burst control circuit, a burst bias current; sending, by the burst control circuit, the burst bias current to a light emitting part and a trigger; converting, by the trigger, the received burst bias current into burst DA data; sending, by the trigger, the burst DA data to a synthesizer circuit; receiving, by the synthesizer circuit, the burst DA data sent by the trigger and the calibrated DA data sent by the MCU respectively; synthesizing, by the synthesizer circuit, the burst DA data and the calibrated DA data to obtain a synthesized signal; and sending, by the synthesizer circuit, the synthesized signal to a temperature control part.
US10700782B2
Various systems and methods for implementing an anti-collision mechanism are described herein. A system for a lead vehicle to provide a visible light communication (VLC) message to a trailing vehicle behind the lead vehicle includes a vehicle controller subsystem of the lead vehicle, to: receive from a sensor array interface, sensor data from a forward-facing sensor incorporated into the lead vehicle; determine, using a processor, from the sensor data that a hazard exists; initiate the application of brakes with a braking force; and initiate, via a light controller, a VLC message to the trailing vehicle, the VLC message including the braking force.
US10700780B2
A directional free-space optical communication system includes a source device including a laser diode and an endpoint device including a photodiode. The endpoint device and the source device also include an adjustable optics subsystem that increases both angular and positional offset tolerance between the source device and the endpoint device.
US10700779B1
The present disclosure relates to a free-space optical communications system that may make use of a controller and a digital micro mirror (DMM) assembly in communication with the controller. The DMM may have a plurality of independently controllable micromirror elements forming both an emitter and a receiver. A laser is included which is configured to generate an optical beam which may be applied to select ones of the first subpluralities of micromirror elements to generate a transmitted free space optical signal along a selected vector. A detector is included for receiving an incoming free space optical signal imaged by at least one of the micromirror elements.
US10700757B2
In a radio-access network utilizing beam-formed communications, beam direction for uplink or downlink communications is determined based on learned beam directions applicable to a current location of user equipment (UE) in lieu of a sector scan when prior transmission performance measures are available for the current location. A beam-finding map that associates a plurality of locations with corresponding beam directions previously determined to be operative to direct transmission from those locations to a recipient device is used.
US10700743B2
Methods and apparatus to determine nearfield localization using phase and received signal strength indication (RSSI) diversity are disclosed. An example method includes determining a first strength of an electric field and a second strength of a magnetic field, the electric field and the magnetic field associated with an electromagnetic signal sent from a transmitter; determining a difference between the first strength and the second strength; and determining a transmitter distance based on the difference between the first strength and the second strength.
US10700740B2
A communication system and method includes a receiver for receiving a communication signal coupled through a physical medium in accordance with a protocol. An interface formed in a single substrate receives from the receiver an indication of the signal strength of the received communication signal. The interface also decodes the information contained in the received communication signal. For example, the interface sends the information decoded from the received communication signal to a first application for consuming the decoded information. The interface also sends the indication of the signal strength of the received communication signal to a second application for generating a quality determination of the physical medium in response to the indication of the signal strength of the received communication signal.
US10700737B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing outbound interference in a broadband powerline communication system. Data is modulated on first and second carrier frequencies and is transmitted via respective first and second lines of the powerline system. A characteristic of at least one of the carrier signals (e.g., phase or amplitude) is adjusted in order to improve the electrical balance of the lines of the transmission system. This improvement in electrical balance reduces the radiated interference of the powerline system. Also disclosed is the use of a line balancing element on or more lines of the powerline system for altering the characteristics of at least one of the power lines in order to compensate for a known imbalance of the transmission system.
US10700731B2
In one embodiment, an integrated power cable is provided. The integrated power cable, comprises a power cable having a first end and a second end; wherein the first end is configured to be electrically coupled to a DC power supply; at least one DC-DC voltage converter having at least one input and at least one output; wherein the second end is fixedly electrically and mechanically connected to the input; a first connector fixedly connected mechanically and electrically to the output; and wherein the first connector is configured to be coupled to at least one remote radio head.
US10700728B2
An inconspicuous support system of angled and straight cavities for latching support elements, such as a stylus, an independent arm, or plate; or support structures, such as a desktop stand, a floor stand, a hook, or a plurality of hooks, to mobile computing devices and its use to prop and to suspend these devices to multiple angles and orientations with respect to a resting surface or base.
US10700727B2
A remote control arrangement has a protective/control receptacle and a mobile radio device for use as a remote control. The protective/control receptacle forms a closed peripheral cover on which a corner protector for holding corners of the mobile radio device is provided and has a receptacle-side control for controlling a device-side control on the mobile radio device. The receptacle-side control is operable from the outside. The receptacle-side control is haptically perceivable on the outer face of the cover and is used to control a virtual device-side control.
US10700721B2
Remote detection of interference generated by Passive Inter-Modulation (PIM) may be performed by determining intermodulation product information for a plurality of transmitters, receiving downlink power information of the plurality of transmitters, determining, using the intermodulation product information and the downlink power information, a Weighted Downlink Power (WDP) signal for an intermodulation product, and determining, using the WDP signal and uplink interference information, a PIM Detection Assessment (PIMDA) score of the intermodulation product, the value of the PIMDA score corresponding to interference generated by PIM. The WDP signal includes a plurality of expected power values. The remote detection of the interference generated by PIM may be performed by a wireless telecommunications system comprising a receiver and a processor, wherein the uplink interference information is of the receiver.
US10700717B1
A band selection switch circuit for an amplifier with an impedance matching circuit includes a band selection switch and an impedance compensation circuit. The band selection switch includes a signal port switch configured to selectively connect to one of a common transmit port, transmit and receive (TxRx) ports, and receive ports, and an impedance port switch configured to selectively connect the common transmit port and one of the receive ports and an impedance port. The impedance compensation circuit includes an impedance element connected to the impedance port.
US10700713B2
A method and system are provided for error correction. After row encoding and column encoding, additional codeword data (ACD) and modified parity (P′) may be concurrently created, for each of a plurality of modified column codewords (CCW′), by multiplying initial calculated parity P by a generator matrix G. Each CCW′ may include an ACD portion and a P′ portion such that each bit in the P′ portion of a selected CCW′ is present in the ACD portion for one of the other CCW′. In contrast to known approaches, the method and system may provide modified column codewords such that all data and parity bits are present in two codewords while using only two types of codewords, and without using extra parity-on-parity bits. In a set of modified column codewords, each bit in the modified parity in one modified codeword is present in another codeword.
US10700707B2
Provided herein may be a circuit for transforming a parity-check matrix of a Quasi-Cyclic Low-Density Parity-Check (QC-LDPC) code, an error correction circuit having the same, and a method of operating the same. The circuit for transforming a parity check matrix of a QC-LDPC code including circulant matrices may include a determination component configured to determine whether a parity-check matrix that is externally input has full rank, a selection component configured to detect linearly dependent rows or columns, among rows or columns of the parity-check matrix based on a result of the determination of the determination component, and select any one row or column from among the linearly dependent rows or columns, and an entry replacement component configured to replace any one of circulant matrices included in the selected one row or column with a zero matrix.
US10700706B2
A memory system, a controller including a bit-flipping (BF) decoder and a min-sum (MS) decoder that may be included in the memory system and operating methods thereof in which the controller determines a quality metric as a function of initial syndrome weight and information of the BF decoder after a set number of decoding iterations by the BF decoder in a test period. After the test period, the controller applies the quality metric to each codeword to determine whether to send that codeword first to the BF decoder for decoding or directly to the MS decoder for decoding.
US10700697B2
In an AD converter, a first DAC circuit performs a first operation in parallel with a second operation performed by a second DAC circuit, and the first DAC circuit performs the second operation in parallel with the first operation performed by the second DAC circuit. In the first operation, electric charge corresponding to an input signal of the first DAC circuit or an input signal of the second DAC circuit is sampled. In the second operation, an AD conversion is sequentially performed on the basis of the electric charge sampled in the first operation. The first DAC circuit and the second DAC circuit alternately perform the first operation and the second operation.
US10700696B1
A control circuit for signal sampling of an analog RF signal includes: a spectrum monitoring circuit for monitoring the analog RF signal to determine a frequency of the analog RF signal; a tunable clock source for generating a tunable sampling clock for sampling the analog RF signal; a sample clock tuning circuit for controlling the tunable clock source and selecting a sample clock frequency of the tunable sampling clock that provides a predetermined ratio between the sample clock frequency of the tunable sampling clock and a center frequency of the analog RF signal; and an Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) for sampling the analog RF signal using the tunable sampling clock.
US10700691B1
A circuit includes a first external terminal, a first lower resolution analog-to-digital converter (LRADC) coupled to the external terminal and configured to perform a first conversion of an analog signal received at the external terminal to a digital value, and a higher resolution analog-to-digital converter (HRADC). The HRADC is configured to selectively receive the analog signal from the first external terminal based on the digital value. When the digital value outputted by the first LRADC indicates a change in value of the received analog signal, the HRADC is provided with the analog signal and performs a second conversion of the analog signal to a second digital value. The first LRADC has a lower conversion resolution as compared to the HRADC.
US10700689B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for detecting a loop count in a delay-locked loop that uses a divide clock in a measure initialization process. An example apparatus includes a divider configured to receive a signal and produce a first divided signal and a second divided signal that is complementary to the first divided signal, a first circuit configured to count the first divided signal during a first enabled period and produce a first count value, a second circuit configured to count the second divided signal during a second enabled period and produce a second count value, and an adder configured to produce a third count value responsive to the first and second count values.
US10700686B2
A configurable computing array comprises at least an array of configurable interconnects, at least an array of configurable logic elements and at least an array of configurable computing elements. Each configurable computing element comprises at least a programmable memory for storing a look-up table (LUT) for a math function.
US10700681B1
Power electronics circuitry includes a pair of parallel switching elements. Each of the switching elements includes two power terminals, two control terminals, and an additional terminal. Corresponding ones of the two power terminals from each of the pair are connected via respective first and second power paths. Corresponding ones of the two control terminals from each of the pair are connected via respective first and second control paths. The additional terminals are connected via an additional path. The circuitry also includes a gate driver tapping the first and second control paths, and a magnet surrounding the additional terminals to couple inductance of the additional path.
US10700680B2
A control circuit includes a reset circuit and a determination circuit. The reset circuit is coupled to a digital frequency divider of a phase locked loop circuit and configured to perform a reset operation. The determination circuit is coupled to the reset circuit and configured to determine whether a first predetermined time interval has elapsed so as to control the reset circuit to stop performing the reset operation when the first predetermined time interval has elapsed.
US10700679B2
An RF signal switch circuit that allows connection of any of N radio frequency (RF) input terminals to a switch output port, either in a low loss mode, in a bypass mode, or, optionally, in a signal function mode. Embodiments of the invention allow for both a single switch in the series input path to a target circuit while still having the ability to isolate the bypass path from the target circuit. In the low loss and bypass mode, the circuit simultaneously exhibits low input insertion loss (and thus a low noise factor) and high bypass mode isolation.
US10700678B2
A voltage driver shifts a voltage on a gate as a control terminal of a power semiconductor element in response to an ON command or an OFF command. A gate voltage detector generates a detection signal of a gate-emitter voltage. A delay signal generator generates a delay signal obtained by adding a delay time to the detection signal. A subtractor generates a voltage difference signal between the detection signal and the delay signal. When the voltage difference signal exceeds a reference voltage during an operation of turning on the power semiconductor element, a short-circuit state detector detects a hard-switching fault.
US10700673B2
Comparison circuit and delay cancellation method are provided. The circuit includes a control circuit, capacitors and a transconductance amplifier circuit, wherein the control unit is configured to receive an input signal and control the comparison circuit to be in different working stages; the capacitors are configured to store a DC offset voltage signal at an automatic zero calibration stage; store the input signal when the output signal is inverted at a measurement stage; and store an equivalent delay voltage signal at a delay sampling stage; the transconductance amplifier circuit is configured to store the DC offset voltage signal to the capacitors at the automatic zero calibration stage; compare voltage signals on positive and negative input terminals and generate an output signal at the measurement stage; and store the equivalent delay voltage signal to the capacitors at the delay sampling stage. An inherent delay of the comparison circuit may be cancelled.
US10700670B2
A voltage control circuit includes: a voltage detection circuit configured to detect an input voltage input through an input terminal, and to provide a detection voltage based on the detecting of the input voltage; a comparison circuit configured to compare the detection voltage with a reference voltage, and to provide a comparison result signal based on a result of the comparing of the detection voltage with the reference voltage; a voltage switching circuit connected between the input terminal and an output terminal, and configured to selectively operate in either one of an ON state and an OFF state according to the comparison result signal; and a voltage dropping circuit connected to the voltage switching circuit in parallel, and configured to drop the input voltage to a dropped voltage and output the dropped voltage to the output terminal.
US10700661B2
A surface acoustic wave (SAW) device is disclosed. The SAW device includes a piezoelectric layer and a transducer having a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes are aligned with respective longitudinal axes parallel to each other and perpendicular to a wave propagation direction. Each electrode includes a conductive first layer having a first thickness and a first width in the wave propagation direction; and a conductive second layer having a second thickness that is negligible compared to the first thickness. The first layer and second layer are in electrical contact with each other to provide electrical conduction over a total width of the electrode in the wave propagation direction, the total width being greater than the first width of the first layer.
US10700654B2
A readout circuit, for at least one sensing element, includes an amplifier including an input node for receiving charges from the sensing element or elements and an output node, a first feedback loop comprising a feedback capacitor, and at least one second feedback loop comprising another feedback capacitor, between the output and input nodes of the amplifier, for defining different gains. The at least two feedback capacitors being each connectable to a reference voltage supply via respective switches, for pre-loading the feedback capacitors with a predetermined charge different from the charge obtainable from the at least one sensing element, for sampling signals at a reset level before charge transferal. The loops comprising a respective switch between their capacitors and the output node, for operatively connecting and disconnecting each loop, for obtaining reset voltages at two different gains and signal voltages at two different gains.
US10700647B2
A source follower with an input node and an output node includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and a DC (Direct Current) tracking circuit. The first transistor has a control terminal, a first terminal coupled to a first node, and a second terminal coupled to a second node. The second transistor has a control terminal, a first terminal coupled to a ground voltage, and a second terminal coupled to the first node. The DC tracking circuit sets the second DC voltage at the second node to a specific level. The specific level is determined according to the first DC voltage at the first node. The output node of the source follower is coupled to the first node.
US10700646B2
pHEMT-based switch circuits, devices including same, and methods of improving the linearity thereof. In one example, an antenna switch module includes a pHEMT switching circuit connected in series between an input signal terminal and a load terminal, the pHEMT switching circuit including at least one pHEMT configured to produce a first harmonic signal at the load terminal responsive to being driven by an input signal of a fundamental frequency received at the input signal terminal, the first harmonic signal having a first phase, and a gate resistance circuit connected to a gate of the at least one pHEMT and having a resistance value selected to produce a second harmonic signal at the load terminal, the second harmonic signal having a second phase opposite to the first phase.
US10700645B2
Power amplification system with adaptive bias control. In some embodiments a power amplification system includes a power amplifier including a radio-frequency (RF) input terminal for receiving an RF signal, an RF output terminal for providing an amplified RF signal, a supply voltage terminal for receiving a power amplifier supply voltage to power the power amplifier, and one or more bias terminals for receiving one or more bias signals. The power amplification system also includes a bias controller configured to provide the one or more bias signals to the one or more bias terminals, at least one of the one or more bias signals being based on the power amplifier supply voltage.
US10700631B2
While a stepping motor for conveying a paper is being driven, a first clocking section enables a counting control section to add a first predetermined value to a count value each time a first predetermined period of time elapses. When the count value reaches a first threshold value, a motor stop determination section stops the motor. A second clocking section enables the counting control section to subtract a second predetermined value from the count value each time a second predetermined period of time elapses when the motor is stopped. When the count value falls below a second threshold value smaller than the first threshold value, a motor drive resuming section resumes the operation of the motor. A third clocking section enables the counting control section to subtract a third predetermined value from the count value each time a third predetermined period of time elapses when the stepping motor is stopped in a state in which the count value is smaller than the first threshold value.
US10700626B2
An air conditioner includes: a power generating unit that generates drive power for driving the air conditioner; an output unit that drives a motor; a detecting unit that detects a DC voltage applied to the output unit; a motor drive control unit that controls the output unit based on a detection result from the detecting unit; a drive power supply unit that supplies an operating power source to the output unit and the motor drive control unit; a main body control unit that outputs a motor drive command or a motor drive stop command to the supply unit; a power circuit unit that supplies operating power to the main body control unit and the supply unit; and an input changeover switch that inputs the detection result to the motor drive control unit as the motor is driven, and cuts off input of the detection result as the motor stops.
US10700619B2
A piezoelectric actuator includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements that generate a driving force to be transmitted to a driven portion; and a power supply portion that supplies power to the plurality of piezoelectric elements. The plurality of piezoelectric elements are electrically connected to the power supply portion in parallel.
US10700616B2
A power conversion device that converts electric power by having a power semiconductor element perform a switching operation includes a voltage detector detecting a common mode voltage generated in the switching operation of the power semiconductor element, a voltage control power supply that generates a voltage opposite in polarity to and as high as the common mode voltage with a circuit that amplifies power of the common mode voltage detected by the voltage detector, and a voltage superimposition structure canceling the common mode voltage not lower than a switching frequency generated in the switching operation of the power semiconductor element, by superimposing the voltage generated by the voltage control power supply on an output from the power conversion device.
US10700613B2
A flyback converter includes a primary-side circuit to receive an input voltage, a secondary-side circuit to generate an output voltage, a transformer coupling the primary-side circuit to the secondary-side circuit, a main switch coupled to a primary winding of the transformer, and a converter controller having a primary-side controller in signal communication with the main switch to control an on time and an off time of the main switch and to detect one or more valleys of a resonant waveform developed at the main switch during the off time of the main switch. The primary-side controller is configured to operate in a valley reduction mode of operation upon determining that the output voltage is less than a reference voltage minus a predetermined threshold value. The valley reduction mode of operation includes decrementing, for each switching cycle of the main switch, a number of valleys occurring during that switching cycle.
US10700611B2
A current fed power supply circuit, a method for producing DC voltages from a current source, and a power delivery system are provided herein. One embodiment of a current fed power supply circuit includes: (1) input terminals, (2) an energy storage device having a first end coupled to the input terminals, (3) power switching circuitry coupled to a second end of the energy storage device and including a transformer having a primary winding and a plurality of secondary windings, and (4) multiple output terminals that are each uniquely coupled to one of the plurality of secondary windings, wherein the power switching circuitry converts a current received at the input terminals to a plurality of regulated voltages at the multiple output terminals.
US10700597B1
A distribution transformer power flow controller apparatus includes at least one external source terminal configured to be coupled to a distribution transformer, at least one external load terminal configured to be coupled to a load, and a converter circuit configured to be coupled between the at least one external source terminal and the at least one external load terminal to provide series connection of the converter circuit with the load and to control a power transfer of the distribution transformer. The converter circuit may be configured to control a reactive power transfer of the distribution transformer. The converter circuit may also be configured to control a reactive power transfer and a real power transfer. In some embodiments, the converter circuit may be configured to be coupled to at least one energy storage capacitor, at least one battery and/or at least one power generation device.
US10700587B2
An electronic system includes a plurality of switching elements (T) and a plurality of energy storage elements (L; C). The energy storage elements (L; C) are connected to one another by the switching elements (T). The energy storage elements (L; C) can be selectively switched to a first, a second or a third state by switching the switching elements (T). In the first state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are connected in series with one another. In the second state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are connected in parallel with one another. In the third state, the energy storage elements (L; C) are bypassed, wherein two of the energy storage elements (L; C) are each connected by no more than three of the switching elements (T).
US10700579B2
A generator includes a stator core having a set of stator poles formed by a post and a wire wound about the post to form a stator winding, with the stator winding having end turns, a rotor having a set of rotor poles and configured to rotate relative to the stator and a rotor channel for liquid coolant to flow through the rotor to a set of coolant apertures, and a set of rotor pole coolant channels aligned with and proximate to the set of rotor poles. The liquid coolant flow extracts heat from the generator.
US10700564B2
A method includes forming one or more cores, wherein each of the one or more cores has a cross section corresponding to a conductor to be subsequently formed, forming an insulator around the one or more cores, removing the one or more cores to expose one or more recesses within the insulator, and forming one or more conductors in at least one of the one or more recesses of the insulator such that the cross sections of the one or more conductors conform to an interior surface of the one or more recesses in the insulator.
US10700561B2
Advantageous machines, such as flux-switching machines (FSMs) are provided. An FSM can be yokeless and can have two rotors, which can be displaced from one another (e.g., by half a pole pitch). An FSM can be a flux-switching permanent magnet machine (FSPMM), and all magnets can be magnetized in the same circumferential direction. FSMs of the subject invention are cost-effective, have high torque density, and can operate well even under fault conditions.
US10700560B2
A sintered magnet has an arc shape cross-section defined by an outer arc, an inner arc, and a pair of end sides connecting an end point of the outer arc and an end point of the inner arc, and a range of an central angle α of the inner arc is 145°≤α≤180°. The inventors have newly found that a large magnetic flux can be obtained according to the sintered magnet and the characteristics of the motor can be improved, using such a sintered magnet.
US10700559B2
A stator core, a stator and a motor are provided. The stator core may include a head that extends in a circumferential direction; a tooth that extends inward from the head; a first protruding portion that extends outward from an outer circumferential surface of the head; and a second protruding portion that protrudes from an outer circumferential surface of the first protruding portion.
US10700558B2
A wireless power transmission system includes: a power transmitting device; a power receiving device; and a relay device. In a state where the relay side switch circuit has the relay side rectifier and the relay side load in a non-contact state, and the receiving side switch circuit has the receiving side rectifier and the receiving side load in a non-contact state, power is transmitted from the power transmitting device to the power receiving device via the relay device. After a DC voltage output from the receiving side rectifier reaching a requested voltage of the power receiving device, the receiving side switch circuit connects the receiving side rectifier to the receiving side load at a timing T2 that is different from a timing T1 at which the relay side switch circuit connects the relay side rectifier to the relay side load.
US10700557B2
Ambient RF EM energy harvesting generator and a corresponding method, including an antenna arrangement that receives and yields RF output, rectified by an RF to DC rectifier into DC output. The RF EM antenna arrangement includes at least one antenna module having an antenna triplet configured to absorb ambient RF radiation in first, second and third frequency ranges, respectively, and coupled with a compatible LC circuitry. The lowest frequency range is absorbed by an oscillation evoking antenna which induces oscillations between the other two antennas of the triplet. The rectifier includes, in addition to rectification circuitry, a capacitance matrix featuring an array of high frequency, high voltage, low-impedance, micro-capacitors, mounted in parallel and series, which is operative for transiently accumulating the rectified DC output of the rectification circuitry.
US10700545B2
A multimedia device including a main structure defining a supporting surface extending along a main direction and curved along a single direction oblique with respect to the main direction to form a curved profile, a plurality of secondary structures each defining a fastening surface and suitable to be fastened to the structure in a reciprocally continuous manner along the main direction and the curved profile to entirely cover the supporting surface and form a broken profile approximating to the curved profile, and a plurality of modules including a screen each configured to project images, wherein each of the secondary structures includes a support formed as a single piece and a plurality of modules arranged adjacent to one another along the main direction on the support.
US10700540B2
A DC power supply system that limits the number of times of charging/discharging of the storage battery when a DC load is connected to a DC bus line. The system includes a DC bus line connectable to a DC load; a power generation device for supplying electric power to the DC bus line; a secondary battery for supplying electric power to the DC bus line; a DC-AC converter connected between the DC bus line and an AC power system; and a controller that controls power supply from the power generation device, the secondary battery, and the DC-AC converter to the DC bus line, and when the power supply of the power generation device cannot satisfy a power supply request of the DC load, the controller controls the DC-AC converter to supply electric power in preference to the secondary battery from the power system.
US10700538B2
Portable device and method of supplying wireless power to a portable device in a sterile environment
A portable device and method of supplying power to the portable device may provide a sterile environment that may protect the health and safety of patients on whom the device is employed. The portable device may be charged inside of the sterile environment. The portable device may be charged using at least one chargeable battery that may be arranged internal and/or external to a portion of the portable device, or internal and/or external to the portable device. A power supply may be connected to the at least one chargeable battery and power the portable device for use. The portable device may be charged up to 100% and/or or fully charged prior to opening the sterile environment.
US10700537B2
A power adapter has a main body, a first bus connector, and a second bus connector. The bus connectors are coupled to each other by an integrated circuit. The power adapter draws current from a first power source, such as a smartphone, to a second power source, such as an electronic cigarette. The power adapter snaps into a keyring receptacle for easy use and transportation. The receptacle has a hinged retention member for retaining spare electronic smoking device cartridges or other items.
US10700536B2
A control device includes: a first path for: electrically connecting (i) a power source unit or reference potential that provides a potential, voltage or current for generating a drive signal of a switching element and (ii) a receiving unit that receives the drive signal in the switching element; and supplying the drive signal to the switching element; and a second path for: electrically connecting (i) the power source unit or the reference potential and (ii) the receiving unit; and supplying the drive signal to the switching element. (i) A value of a combined resistance of a wire of the second path and one or more elements disposed in the second path is greater than (ii) a value of a combined resistance of a wire of the first path and one or more elements disposed in the first path.
US10700534B2
The uneven charge and discharge from non-collocated batteries within an HMD can be solved by monitoring the DC current on the paths coupled to the first battery and the second battery and making an adjustment in the path resistance to equalize, or at least reduce, the difference between the currents on the two paths. Aspects of the technology described herein monitor current on paths from two or more non-collocated batteries. When the currents are different, resistance is dynamically added to the path with the higher current to equalize the current in the two paths. The monitoring and resistance adjustment can occur during discharge from a battery to a load and during battery recharge.
US10700531B2
A method and apparatus are provided for operating a wireless power transmitter. The method includes controlling the wireless power transmitter to wirelessly transmit power for charging a first power receiver, and while transmitting the power, receiving a search signal from a second power receiver, transmitting a search response signal corresponding to the search signal, and receiving, from the second power receiver, a request join signal including at least one piece of information associated with a power requirement of the second power receiver. Based on identifying that the wireless power transmitter is capable of providing the power having an amount greater than the power requirement of the second power receiver, the method further includes transmitting a charge start command to the second power receiver.
US10700530B2
A wireless power transmitter, includes a power conversion unit configured to form a wireless power for power transmission; and a power transmission control unit configured to control the power conversion unit to detect a collision between a first packet generated by a first wireless power receiver and a second packet generated by a second wireless power receiver in a same time slot, and control the power conversion unit to transmit information indicating the collision to the first wireless power receiver and the second wireless power receiver.
US10700526B2
There are provided methods and systems for interfacing converters and solar power arrays. For example, there is provided a method for interfacing a solar power generation apparatus with an electricity grid. The method can include connecting a first level and a second level of the solar power generation apparatus to a two-level converter. Furthermore, the method can include interfacing the two-level converter with the electricity grid via a four-wire connection.
