US10781033B1
A reusable bottle package includes an inner bottle, an inner base coupled to the inner bottle, an outer bottle, an outer base coupled to the outer bottle, and a push-to-release button contained by the outer base. The outer base cooperates with the inner base to form at least one snap feature. The inner bottle is secured to the outer bottle when the at least one snap feature is engaged. The at least one snap feature becomes disengaged when the push-to-release button is depressed, thereby allowing the inner bottle to be removed from the outer bottle.
US10781021B2
An apparatus for securing items includes a twist tie and a stretchable end for the twist tie, the stretchable end molded around the twist tie. The stretchable end includes an aperture, a narrow slit in the stretchable end. In one configuration, the aperture may stretch wider and longer than a starting shape. The stretchable end is made of Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) and has a durometer between 30 and 100 shore A.
US10781015B2
A member coupling mechanism capable of coupling two members using a necessary tightening force even in a limited space by a small and simple configuration. A member coupling mechanism includes a first member including a member coupling portion having an open apical surface, a second member coupled to the member coupling portion of the first member, an elastic sealing member inserted between the first member and the second member to seal an opening of the apical surface of the member coupling portion, a coupling member that couples the first member and the second member together, and an acting portion that exerts a force on the coupling member.
US10780997B1
A shock-resistant memory device comprises a housing and a memory module. The memory module is disposed within the housing and surrounded by potting material to protect the memory module from damage during a shock event. The housing can include a port that accommodates a data connection between the memory module and a sensor from which data is desirably received by the memory module. During a shock event the connection between the memory module and the sensor may be severed, but data stored in the memory module can be retained in the memory module which is protected by the housing. To facilitate retrieval of the memory device subsequent to a shock event, a balloon can be affixed to the housing. The balloon can be configured to inflate subsequent to the shock event so that the shock-resistant memory device does not sink in water and to make the memory device more visible for recovery.
US10780996B2
An apparatus and method to equalize the pressure in multiple tires supported by a single axle or strut of an airplane is shown. A control block connects the pressurized gas to a distribution block and meter. From the distribution block high pressure lines and no-loss chuck valves connect the pressurized gas to the multiple tires. Steps to be followed as programmed in the meter include startup, testing, calibration, setup and finalize. A permanent record of the steps in equalizing tire pressures is maintained.
US10780990B2
A projection system of the present disclosure includes: a flying object having an exterior body, a flying device that causes the exterior body to fly, and an image capturing device that captures an image; a projection device that projects a capture-dependent image on the exterior body, the captured-dependent image depending on the image; and a controller that causes the projection device to project the capture-dependent image.
US10780983B2
A de-icing assembly for a surface of an aircraft includes a carcass with a first layer and a second layer, a plurality of seams sewn into the carcass, and a bonded region. The plurality of seams join the first and second layers of the carcass together. Each of the plurality of seams comprises two or more stitchlines. The bonded region is disposed between the two or more stitchlines and seals a portion of the first layer of the carcass to a portion of the second layer of the carcass.
US10780982B2
A cooling system for a vehicle can include a coolant loop having a coolant therein and configured to be in thermal communication with a heat load to receive heat from the heat load, a refrigeration system comprising an evaporator in thermal communication with the coolant loop to receive heat from the coolant loop, and a condenser configured to be in thermal communication with ram air to remove heat from the refrigeration system, an inline ram air heat exchanger disposed in a ram air stream of the condenser, and a ram air cooling branch in fluid communication with the coolant loop and configured to direct coolant to the ram air heat exchanger to cool the coolant.
US10780980B2
An electronic baggage stowage system for an aircraft comprising a first detector to detect free space in a cabin stowage space, wherein the first detector is configured to output cabin stowage space data based on the detection, a processing unit communicating with the first detector, wherein the processing unit is configured to process the cabin stowage space data, receive and process baggage size data indicating the size of one or more baggage items, and output baggage stowage mapping data in response to the processing of the cabin stowage space data and the baggage size data. The baggage stowage mapping data indicates one or more target positions in the cabin stowage space at which the baggage items are to be placed. An indicator communicates with the processing unit to provide the indication of the one or more target positions to a flight attendant or passenger of the aircraft.
US10780976B2
A pitch actuating system for a turbomachine propeller including an actuator having a movable portion configured to be connected to propeller blades for displacement thereof in rotation with respect to the pitch axes of the blades. A first pitch control system for the blades, includes a first transmission screw movable in rotation, a first nut traversed by the first transmission screw and configured to cooperate with the blades for their displacement, an auxiliary system for feathering the blades, which comprise a second fixed transmission screw, a second nut traversed by the second transmission screw and movable in translation on the second nut, and wherein the pitch actuation system is configured so that a translational movement of the second nut causes a translational movement of the first transmission screw.
US10780974B2
A propulsion unit includes a motor rotor that spins about a central rotational axis, propeller blades each having a proximal base and a distal tip, and pivot mounts each coupling the proximal base of a corresponding one of the propeller blades to the motor rotor. The propeller blades each freely pivot at the proximal base about a corresponding offset pivoting axis that is substantially parallel to but offset from the central rotational axis of the motor rotor.
US10780972B2
A coated transparency including an electrically conductive multilayer stack is disclosed. The electrically conductive multilayer stack includes a first metal oxide layer including aluminum doped zinc (AZO), a metal layer including gold, and a second metal oxide layer including AZO. The electrically conductive multilayer stack has a low sheet resistance to provide radar attenuation and anti-static or static-dissipative properties, and has greater flexibility and resistance to corrosion than conventional multilayer stacks used to coat aircraft canopies and other substrates.
US10780967B2
A steering system for a marine vessel comprises a helm, a control head, and a joystick. The helm and control head may respectively provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on a first CAN network. The joystick and the control head may respectively provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on a second CAN network. The helm may provide user inputted steering commands on the first CAN network. The control head may provide user inputted shift and throttle commands on the second CAN network. The joystick may provide user inputted steering commands and user inputted shift and throttle commands on either the first CAN network or the second CAN network.
US10780964B1
A propulsion assembly utilizes at least one fluid propulsion chamber operationally attached or mounted to a vessel. Each fluid propulsion chamber generally comprises an outer housing and an inner sleeve; the outer housing is slidably disposed relative to the inner sleeve. Each inner sleeve further includes at least one water intake vent or aperture, and at least one outlet nozzle or jet. Pedal assemblies are moveably mounted within elongated slots or apertures extending through the vessel. A linkage assembly operationally connects the pedals to the at least one fluid propulsion chamber. Force imparted on said pedals (such as by the legs/feet of a user) is transferred to the fluid propulsion chambers by said linkage assembly to generate positive thrust to propel the vessel.
US10780961B2
A laser-powered ice-penetrating communications payload delivery vehicle for sub-ice submarine missions enables under-ice operations to exchange information with terrestrial facilities or satellite networks with communications methods otherwise blocked by an ice cap. The vehicle comprises an electronics bay, a payload bay, optics bay, and a melt optic with laser. The system and method of establishing communication where the vehicle, tethered to a sub-ice vessel, is released. The vehicle ascends to the bottom of an ice sheet and uses a laser to melt the ice, forming a borehole through which the vehicle continues to ascend. When buoyancy no longer advances the vehicle beyond sea level, the vehicle continues to melt a conical opening through the ice until unobstructed atmosphere is reached and bi-directional communication is established. Where the melting capacity cannot reach ice to continue melting, the vehicle mechanically advances itself toward the surface to establish high bandwidth, bi-directional communication.
US10780960B2
The device (50) includes at least one electronic circuit (52) and a battery (53) provided for powering the circuit, wherein the circuit and the battery are included in a block of hydrophobic material, for example a block of resin (51). The battery is, for example, an inductively charged battery and the device can include optical sockets (56a, 56b, 56c) for fiber-optic cables, so as to avoid all contact of metal parts with water. Such a device is especially suitable for a buoyancy compensator vest, for use as a “stabilizer during immersion” and as a “closed-circuit rebreather”.
US10780955B2
This invention provides a means of loading, processing and conditioning raw production gas, production of CGL, storage, transport, and delivery of pipeline quality natural gas or fractionated products to market. The CGL transport vessel utilizes a pipe based containment system to hold more densely packed constituents of natural gas held within a light hydrocarbon solvent than it is possible to attain for natural gas alone under such conditions. The containment system is supported by process systems for loading and transporting the natural gas as a liquid and unloading the CGL from the containment system and then offloading it in the gaseous state. The system can also be utilized for the selective storage and transport of NGLs to provide a total service package for the movement of natural gas and associated gas production. The mode of storage is suited for both marine and land transportation and configured in modular form to suit a particular application and/or scale of operation.
US10780954B2
A system can include at least one measuring device that captures and collects multiple two-dimensional images of a mooring line disposed in water. The system can also include a mooring line assessment system that includes a controller communicably coupled to the at least one measuring device. The controller can receive the two-dimensional images from the at least one measuring device. The controller can also generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of the mooring line based on the two-dimensional images. The controller can further present the three-dimensional reconstruction to a user. The two-dimensional images can be captured and the recommendation can be made while the mooring line is in situ.
US10780951B2
A marine thru-hull fitting drainage device includes: a channel body having a substantially U-shaped cross-sectional area along a length of the body such that the body forms a channel for directing fluid within the body, the body extending from a first end proximate to the hull of the vessel when the drainage device is installed and a second end that is distal from the hull of the vessel, wherein the second end extends beyond an edge of the thru-hull fitting; and a ring having an inner diameter that is at least as wide as a diameter of the bore in the hull of the vessel, the resiliently flexible channel body attached to the ring at the first end of the channel body. The drainage device is secured to the hull of the vessel by securing the ring between the thru-hull and the hull of the vessel.
US10780946B2
A gear change mechanism for a bicycle may involve a tensioner that has a wheel engaged with a chain in a bicycle drivetrain. This tensioner may be configured to rotate or otherwise change orientation in response to slack in the chain to maintain tension in the chain. A sensor may be used to measure the orientation of a tensioner of a chain in a bicycle drivetrain, and/or the physical orientation of components indicative thereof. Actions may be triggered by signals generated by the sensor.
US10780944B2
The present application describes a transmission system, including a certain tooth profile of toothed wheel and its use. This transmission system enables an improved guidance of the chain by using a non-normative tooth profile, to avoid that when the vehicle is exposed to extreme situations disengagements of the chain may occur. This transmission system applies to vehicles, preferably bicycles.
US10780939B2
A bicycle handlebar assembly including a stem extension and a handlebar cross member, a pair of steering bars affixed perpendicular to the handlebar cross member, and a pair of forearm supports affixed to the handlebar cross member in proximity with the steering bars. The gear shifting and brake controls are placed at the forward ends of the two steering bars. An embodiment of the invention would allow this handlebar assembly to be raised or lowered as the rider desires, to provide raised comfort position and a lowered aerodynamic position. The forearm supports and steering bars provide comfort and control to the rider not provided by typical handlebars. Alternatively the pair of steering bars could be replaced with a single closed steering bar circuit.
US10780937B2
A frame structure for a motorcycle includes a main frame for supporting a front structure of the motorcycle, the main frame including a pair of main pipes extending rearward from a head pipe of the front structure; a pivot bracket including a metal plate, the pivot bracket connected to the main frame and including a rear cushion mounting portion and a swing arm mounting portion for swingably mounting a rear cushion and a swing arm. The main frame further includes: a pair of support pipes extending rearward from the head pipe for supporting the front structure; and a connecting portion jointly connected at a rear end of the pair of main pipes and the pair of support pipes for connecting to the pivot bracket. The rear cushion mounting portion is positioned forward of the connecting portion of the main frame when viewed from a side view of the motorcycle.
US10780914B2
A method of detecting steering wheel angle instability in an auto-guided vehicle includes measuring a steering wheel angle at a plurality of time instances within a pre-determined time window to obtain an array of values of the steering wheel angle, performing a frequency analysis of the array of values of the steering wheel angle to obtain a frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle, comparing the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle to a pre-defined threshold frequency spectrum to determine whether a magnitude of the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle at any frequency exceeds a magnitude of the threshold frequency spectrum, and upon determining that a magnitude of the frequency spectrum of the steering wheel angle at one or more frequencies exceeds a magnitude of the pre-defined threshold frequency spectrum, determining that a steering wheel angle instability is present.
US10780913B2
A method of controlling a motor of an electric power assisted steering system, the motor having a plurality of phases, the method comprising taking as an input an input signal indicative of a desired assistance torque and determining from the desired assistance torque a voltage to be applied to each of the phases of the motor, in which the step of determining the voltage to be applied to each of the phases comprises limiting the voltage determined to be applied to each of the phases of the motor dependent upon the voltage provided by a power supply to the motor.
US10780900B2
A compressor module, as a component of a refrigerant cycle device, is attached to a casing that houses a refrigeration cycle device. The compressor module includes a compressor that compresses refrigerant, a supporting member that supports the compressor, a vibration-reducing rubber body that is attached to the supporting member, ancillary equipment that is added to the compressor, a base supporting the supporting member via the vibration-reducing rubber body and supporting the ancillary equipment with a portion of the base other than the portion supporting the supporting member.
US10780899B1
The embodied invention is a foldable aerodynamic drag reducing plate assembly that is installed on shipping container front ends. The drag reducing plates incorporate hinges and attaching components specifically designed for the spacing and position of vertical rods that are part of a standard shipping container. The drag reducing plates include locking bars that provide stability against air wind when a train moves at high speeds. Also, connecting clips, stiffening channels, or hinges are used to combine the drag reducing plate elements design into a single unit.
US10780898B2
A track maintenance machine includes a machine frame being movable on a track, a plurality of working units, and a combustion engine to be connected by a clutch to a transfer case. Hydraulic pumps for supplying a plurality of hydraulic drives of a hydraulic system are connected to the transfer case. An electric motor is provided as an alternative drive of the transfer case for permanent energy supply of the working units and drives. The electric motor is coupled to an intermediate circuit to be supplied with electric energy by a vertically adjustable pantograph to be applied to a catenary of the track. A generator or an electric energy storage device is provided for alternative energy supply of the intermediate circuit. A method for operation of an energy supply system is also provided.
US10780893B2
A system and method for estimating the length of a trailer attached to a vehicle includes a processor and a sensor mounted to the vehicle and in communication with the processor. The sensor is configured to sense at least one target on the trailer and provide information to the processor regarding the location of the at least one target. The processor is configured to determine an estimate of the wheel based length (laa1) of the trailer by utilizing a wheel angle (α) of the vehicle, a hitch point (zk) of the vehicle, the first hitch angle (γ1), a wheel base (lza) of the vehicle, a distance (lzk) between the hitch point (zk) and a front axle of vehicle, and a lane radius (rza). The processor is configured to determine the length of a trailer attached to the vehicle by utilizing the wheel based length (laa1) of the trailer.
US10780891B2
A method for controlling vehicle systems includes receiving monitoring information from one or more monitoring systems and determining a plurality of driver states based on the monitoring information from the one or more monitoring systems. The method includes determining a combined driver state based on the plurality of driver states and modifying control of one or more vehicle systems based on the combined driver state.
US10780889B2
Apparatus for detecting road surface state in motor-driven power steering and control method thereof
Disclosed herein are an apparatus for detecting a road surface state in motor-driven power steering (MDPS) and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus may include a column torque sensor to detect column torque applied to a steering column and to output a column torque signal; a steering angle sensor to detect a steering angular velocity of a steering wheel; a vehicle speed sensor to detect a driving speed of a vehicle; and a road surface determiner to determine a road surface state based on a boost gain, which is calculated based on the driving speed and the column torque, and on a phase offset between the column torque and the steering angular velocity and to output a road surface determination signal.
US10780886B2
Provided is a hydraulic pressure control device. A hydraulic pressure control device includes a solenoid valve configured to supply hydraulic pressure to switch between an engaged state and a released state of a lock-up clutch, and a transmission control device configured to control the solenoid valve. The solenoid valve supplies hydraulic pressure to switch between a parking locked state and a parking released state of a parking lock mechanism, in addition to switching of the lock-up clutch.
US10780885B2
A method includes controlling an electrified vehicle based on a route selected for a desired thermal management of a battery. An electrified vehicle includes at least one battery and a control system configured with instructions for automatically controlling the electrified vehicle based on the route selected for the desired thermal management of the battery.
US10780878B2
The vehicle turning control device for a vehicle includes a first road surface frictional coefficient calculator (22), a second road surface frictional coefficient calculator (25), a control gain calculator (23), a target yaw rate calculator (21), a target yaw rate corrector (27), a first braking/driving force calculator (24), and a second braking/driving force calculator (28). A second road surface frictional coefficient μ2 is obtained without braking/driving forces for respective wheels (2) being taken into consideration, and thus has a magnitude smaller than or equal to the magnitude of a first road surface frictional coefficient μ1. A braking/driving force command value calculator (29) calculates a braking/driving force command value from a braking/driving force (FA) and a braking/driving force (FB) which are respectively calculated with use of the first and second road surface frictional coefficients μ1 and μ2.
US10780876B2
A system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include an accumulator, a pump, and a controller. The controller may be configured to, responsive to braking of the vehicle, close a line pressure regulator to isolate the accumulator and pump from a transmission pressure line demand, and operate the pump to charge the accumulator without satisfying any of the demand, and responsive to a tip-in event, open the line pressure regulator and operate the accumulator and pump to satisfy the demand.
US10780873B2
Disclosed is a rail braking system including a detection and storage device designed to receive first information representing the position of a device for locking a service brake piston, to receive second information representing the supply of a service brake pressure chamber with a pneumatic pressure agent, to deduce information representing the application of a parking brake from the first and second information, and to store the deduced information; as a result of which the information representing the application of the parking brake is kept even if the service brake pressure chamber is no longer supplied with the pneumatic pressure agent.
US10780866B2
A vehicle brake mechanism that includes a pedal, a piston attached to the pedal, a spring associated with the piston and exerting a longitudinal force on the piston in a direction opposite the braking direction in order to bring the pedal to a resting position, and an autonomous brake module. A manual braking force on the pedal causes a longitudinal movement of the piston and displaces a transmitter element integrally joined to the piston. The autonomous brake module causes a movement of an intermediate plate that displaces the transmitter element and the piston, exerting a longitudinal force on the piston in the braking direction. The brake mechanism determines the force in the direction opposite the braking direction using a sensor situated on or in the intermediate plate and/or the transmitter element.
US10780860B2
A windshield-wiper system includes a precipitation-detector, a windshield-wiper actuator, an object-detector, and a controller. The precipitation-detector detects precipitation proximate to a host-vehicle. The windshield-wiper actuator clears the precipitation from a windshield of the host-vehicle. The object-detector detects a distance of an object to the host-vehicle. The controller is in communication with the precipitation-detector, the windshield-wiper actuator, and the object-detector. The controller determines when the precipitation is present based on the precipitation-detector, determines the distance from the object to the host-vehicle based on the object-detector, and adjusts a speed of the windshield-wiper actuator when the precipitation is detected and the object is less than a distance-threshold away from the host-vehicle.
US10780845B2
A clip is disclosed for securing a molding to a flange of a vehicle. The clip has a first side wall and a second side wall each comprising an interior surface and an opposing exterior surface. The interior surfaces face one another and the exterior surfaces are shaped to engage the molding. Each of the side walls terminate at a distal edge providing a passage for the flange. A base connects the side walls at an end that is opposite the distal edges. A tab extends from the base and is disposed between the side walls. The tab and the interior surface of the second side wall define a pocket sized to fit the flange of the vehicle. The interior surface of the second side wall comprises a bump that extends towards and faces the tab. The tab and the bump are configured to engage the flange.
US10780844B2
A fastening system includes a locking pin, a doghouse, including a receiver, and a retainer body held in the receiver. The retainer body includes a retention feature adapted to receive and hold the locking pin. The fastening system is useful in a method of securing a trim component to a door inner.
US10780840B1
A cellphone stand drawer apparatus for supporting a cellphone in a vehicle includes a housing having a housing interior. A drawer track is coupled to the housing and a pair of drawer sides is coupled to the drawer track. A drawer front and a base are coupled to the pair of drawer sides. An opener arm moves the pair of drawer sides from a closed position to an alternate open position. A touch latch is coupled to the housing and the drawer front. A cradle axle is coupled to the pair of drawer sides and a pair of cradle arms is coupled to the cradle axle. The pair of cradle arms pivots and slides on the cradle axle to secure a cellphone both within the drawer apparatus in the closed position and standing in the open position.
US10780838B2
A bicycle rack built into a vehicle's trunk is provided. In some embodiments, the present invention may comprise a bicycle rack that may slide along one or more tracks built into a vehicle's trunk, wherein the bicycle rack may extend from or retract into the vehicle's trunk. In some embodiments, the movement of the bicycle rack along the tracks may be automated according to one or more built-in features of the vehicle.
US10780829B2
A vehicle side mirror (22) housing (12) base (17) and mirror (23) to view behind you.A vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed and revealed through an opening in the vehicle body (11) automatically when started, turned off, in park, in autonomous mode or manually with a switch, key fob or voice command.When concealed in the container (16) the vehicle allows for more room to pass and less damage to the un-exposed vehicle side mirror (22), when driving or in autonomous mode the vehicle side mirror (22) is concealed thus the vehicle can have an increase in fuel economy do to the decrease of the drag coefficient.
US10780825B1
A system and a method of alerting a driver of a vehicle of the presence of a passenger in the vehicle are disclosed. The system comprises a control unit in the vehicle to detect the status of an ignition switch in the vehicle. The system further comprises a control device coupled to the control unit. The system further comprises a plurality of wearable devices, each wearable devices is worn by a passenger in the vehicle. The control unit detects turning OFF of the ignition switch and sends a signal to the control device. The control device sends a transmission signal to the wearable devices to determine the presence of any of the wearable devices. The control device generates an alert to the driver when any of the wearable devices respond to the transmission signal indicating presence of the passenger inside the vehicle when the ignition switch is turned OFF.
US10780823B2
A safety sign device is for a vehicle. The safety sign device includes a first sign having proximal and distal end, a first hinge being coupled to the proximal end of the first sign, the first hinge being coupled to a side of the vehicle, and a second sign being coupled to the side of the vehicle and being substantially parallel to the side of the vehicle. The first hinge is configured to extend and retract the first sign between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second signs may be transverse to each other in the extended position, and may be flat against the side of the vehicle in the retracted position. The safety sign device includes a first flexible arm coupled to the first hinge and having an elongate housing, and visual indicators carried by the elongate housing.
US10780822B1
A vehicle assembly includes, among other things, an emitter system of a vehicle, a sensor system of the vehicle, and at least one lighting device of the vehicle. The emitter system is configured to project a marker to provide a visual representation of an exclusion zone adjacent the vehicle. The sensor system is configured to detect a position of an individual relative to the exclusion zone. The vehicle configured to redirect light from the at least one lighting device based on the position of the individual relative to the exclusion zone.
US10780815B2
A pickup truck loading device. The pickup truck loading device includes an elongated rod having a first end, a second end, and a central portion. A winch mount is disposed at the central portion of the elongated rod. A first end bracket and a second end bracket each include a channel and are each configured to mount to an upper rim of opposing sides of a truck bed. The first end of the elongated rod is slidably engaged within the channel of the first end bracket and the second end of the elongated rod is slidably engaged within the channel of the second end bracket.
US10780813B2
The current disclosure relates to a tank trailer for transporting meat packaging by-products. The tank trailer has a cylindrical body having a sloped rear end. An opening is formed in the sloped rear end, and a gate selectively blocks the opening. A locking mechanism is provided to securely lock the gate to the cylindrical body, thereby sealing the cylindrical body. The sloped rear end forms a chute through which meat by-products can be poured. The chute extends for a distance rearwardly of the trailer's rear wheel assembly.
US10780806B2
A method for assembling an upholstery for a seat or for stuffed furniture including the steps of: providing a first upholstery element and a second upholstery element to be sewn together, wherein the first upholstery element and the second element have a visible upper surface and a non-visible lower surface; placing a first edge of the first element alongside a first edge of the second element until they are in abutting contact, that is head against head, in a coplanar way; sewing the first edge of the first element to the first edge of the second element with a stitch chosen from classes 300, 400 or 600.
US10780801B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle sheet with a seat back which is provided with a urethane pad covered with a trim cover, and a pressing unit on the reverse side of the urethane pad covered with the trim cover, the pressing unit being formed with a shaft extending laterally and a pair of pressure portions arranged in the vertical direction with respect to the shaft to support both the upper and lower sides of the urethane pad by detecting the intermediate position of turning movement of the pressing unit by means of a turning movement detection unit and stopping the turning movement of the pressing unit, or is configured to press forward the upper side of the urethane pad using the upper pressure portion or the lower side of the urethane pad using the lower pressure portion by turning the laterally-extending shaft of the pressing unit.
US10780798B2
A seat component adjustment actuator (1) comprises a housing, an electric motor (5), and a gearing (10) coupled to the electric motor (5) and comprising at least three worm transmission stages (11-16). A first worm transmission stage (11, 12) comprises a first worm (11) and a first worm gear (12) engaged with the first worm (11). A third worm transmission stage (15, 16) comprises a third worm (15) and a third worm gear (16) engaged with the third worm (15). The first worm (11) is supported in the housing such that the first worm (11) is rotatable about an input rotation axis. The third worm gear (16) is supported in the housing such that the third worm gear (16) is rotatable about an output rotation axis which is transverse to the input rotation axis.
US10780796B2
A method for recognizing a seat occupancy of seats in a motor vehicle including a) preparing a checking sequence of the seats at least using a probability of occupancy of the seats, and b) sequentially checking the occupancy of the seats using the checking sequence prepared in step a).
US10780790B1
The electric charging system for a vehicle is configured for use with an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle further comprises one or more electric drive motors. The electric charging system for a vehicle provides electrical energy to the one or more electric drive motors. The electric charging system for a vehicle comprises a plurality of battery banks, a regenerative circuit, and a control circuit. Each of the plurality of battery banks is a chemical device that converts chemical potential energy into electrical energy used to power the one or more electric drive motors of the electric vehicle. The regenerative circuit is a circuit that converts the motion of the electric vehicle into electricity used to recharge the plurality of battery banks. The control circuit regulates and controls the operation of the electric charging system for a vehicle.
US10780788B2
The high voltage component assembly includes a first high voltage component and a second high voltage component for operating respectively upon reception of high voltage supply from a supply source, a case body for containing the first high voltage component therein, a lid to be attached to the case body to prevent access to an inside of the case body in a state of the lid being attached to the case body, a fastening member to be fastened in a fastening state to fix the lid so as not to be detached from the case body, a receptacle to which the second high voltage component is attached, the receptacle being provided at a position precluding release of the fastening member from the fastening state in a state of the receptacle receiving the second high voltage component attached, and a cutoff device for cutting off the supply of the high voltage from the supply source upon detachment of the second high voltage component from the receptacle.
US10780786B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage medium to dynamically manage heat in an electric energy storage system, such as a battery pack or ultra-capacitor pack system in a system or device having a variable electrical loads that may impact performance or life, such as in an electric vehicle.
US10780784B2
A method for executing regenerative braking of a mild hybrid system may include performing, when a brake is operated while a vehicle having the mild hybrid system is traveling, regenerative braking only in a state in which a wheel torque is greater than a clutch load torque by a threshold, thereby preventing occurrence of an abnormal engine-off state during regenerative braking.
US10780769B1
A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle using an engine and first and second motor/generators as power sources, may include a first shaft, a second shaft which is selectively connectable to the first shaft and fixedly connected to the first motor/generator, a third shaft selectively connectable to the first shaft, a fourth shaft coaxially mounted with the third shaft, a fifth shaft transferring rotational power transmitted from the third and fourth shafts to a final reduction gear, a sixth shaft fixedly connected to the second motor/generator, a seventh shaft transferring rotational power transmitted from the sixth shaft to the final reduction gear and a planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements wherein the first to seventh shafts are externally gear-meshed with each other by four gear sets so that rotational power is transmitted.
US10780767B2
An energy absorbing and distributing side impact system for a vehicle includes first and second side sills, each of the first and second sills comprising multiple longitudinal channels, at least an upper longitudinal channel positioned above a vehicle floor panel and at least a lower longitudinal channel positioned below the vehicle floor panel, a battery enclosure mounted between front and rear suspensions of the vehicle, the battery enclosure having a first side member attached to the first side sill, and a second side member attached to the second side sill; cross-members integrated into the battery enclosure; and at least one mechanical connection securing the cross-members to the vehicle floor panel.
US10780763B2
During control of an air-conditioning for a vehicle, when a torque to the engine is outputted that satisfies a total value of drive torques of the vehicle and an air-conditioning compressor, a minimum discharge capacity is set when fuel to the engine is cut. An assessment is made as to whether or not the discharge capacity needs to be changed from the minimum discharge capacity in accordance with the state inside the cabin. The discharge capacity is changed from the minimum discharge capacity to an upper limit capacity that is allowed during normal operation upon accessing that the discharge capacity needs to be changed from the minimum discharge capacity. After a predetermined time elapses following the changing of the discharge capacity, the discharge capacity is changed from the upper limit capacity to a discharge capacity that corresponds to the state inside the cabin.
US10780756B1
A boot with a body cavity that protects a moveable joint and retains lubricant associated with the joint is disclosed. The wall of the boot body includes a venting aperture that is protected by a surrounding barrier structure.
US10780748B2
A transmitter includes a condition detecting section, which detects a condition of a tire, a memory section, which stores identification information, a transmitting section, which transmits a data signal, a trigger receiving section, which receives a trigger signal transmitted from a trigger device, and a controlling section. When the trigger receiving section receives the trigger signal, the controlling section generates data corresponding to the trigger signal and causes the transmitting section to transmit the data signal, which includes the generated data. The controlling section generates encrypted data when the trigger receiving section receives a trigger signal of unmodulated waves. The controlling section generates non-encrypted data that includes the identification information when the trigger receiving section receives a trigger signal of modulated waves.
US10780740B2
A tire comprises a tread, a crown with a crown reinforcement, two sidewalls, two beads, a carcass reinforcement anchored to the two beads and extending from one sidewall to the other, characterized in that the tread comprises a composition based on at least a diene elastomer, at a content of between 35 and 99 phr (parts by weight per hundred parts of elastomer), a thermoplastic elastomer system, at a total content of between 1 and 65 phr, said thermoplastic elastomer system comprising at least two block copolymers, referred to as polystyrene and poly(butadiene/styrene) block copolymers, each comprising at least one elastomer block of optionally hydrogenated butadiene/styrene random copolymer type, and at least one thermoplastic block of styrene type, one of the two polystyrene and poly(butadiene/styrene) block copolymers being hydrogenated such that a proportion ranging from 95 to 100 mol % of the double bonds in the butadiene portion is hydrogenated, the latter being referred to as an essentially hydrogenated polystyrene and poly(butadiene/styrene) block copolymer.
US10780731B2
A mail creation method includes forming an address, forming an image, folding, inserting, sealing, and fixing a voucher. In the forming of the address, an image forming section forms the address on an envelope. In the forming of the image, the image forming section forms the image on paper. In the folding, a folding section folds the paper having the image formed thereon. In the inserting, an enclosing section inserts the folded paper into the envelope having the address formed thereon. In the sealing, the enclosing section seals the envelope having the folded paper inserted therein. In the fixing of the voucher, a voucher fixing section fixes the voucher to the sealed envelope. The voucher indicates that postage has been paid.
US10780730B2
A handheld implement having a shaft with two shaft parts which are releasably connectable together via a plug-in coupling, with a coupling unit at each front end of the shaft parts. Each coupling unit has a slide held in a guide hole open on a face side in the associated shaft part and protrudes beyond the guide hole with a slide portion, the free end of which is formed as a latching fork that has a latching opening. The slide portion bears a latching protrusion behind the latching fork in the sliding direction. The coupling unit has a guide sleeve that encloses the slide and is guided into the guide hole counter to a restoring force, and when the front ends, having the coupling units, of the shaft parts are pressed together, the latching fork of one coupling unit is latchable on the latching protrusion of the other coupling unit.
US10780727B2
Security documents often incorporate security devices to prevent or hinder counterfeiters. Disclosed herein are security devices that include a fluid or fluids within the devices. Such devices, and security documents that include them, afford new techniques to check whether a security document is a legitimate or counterfeit copy.
US10780721B2
For detecting label stops in a label printer, a label stop sensing device is provided. In one implementation, the label stop sensing device comprises a sensor configured to sense print media being fed through a printer, wherein the print media comprises a plurality of labels separated by gaps. Also, the label stop sensing device includes a gap detecting module having a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module. The FFT module is configured to receive time domain signals of the sensed print media from the sensor and to obtain frequency domain signals. The gap detecting module is configured to detect the gaps between the labels on the print media based on at least the frequency domain signals.
US10780719B2
An inkjet printing device includes an ink container accommodating a non-aqueous clear ink containing a resin and an organic solvent, a discharging head to discharge the non-aqueous clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form printed matter; and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (° C.)>Thigh (° C.), where Tlow represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart low gloss to the printed matter and Thigh represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode in which the non-aqueous clear ink is directly or indirectly discharged and attached to the substrate to impart high gloss to the printed matter.
US10780718B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge device, circuitry, and a curing device. The liquid discharge device is configured to discharge a liquid having a curing degree variable by a stimulation amount while relatively moving to a recording medium. The circuitry is configured to acquire surface roughness information indicating glossiness of a formed object formed on the recording medium and set a stimulation amount for the liquid based on the surface roughness information. The curing device is configured to stimulate the liquid discharged by the liquid discharge device based on the stimulation amount set by the circuitry to cure the liquid. The circuitry is configured to set, based on the surface roughness information, the stimulation amount for each region stimulated by the curing device in a same plane of the formed object.
US10780717B2
A photo-curable ink jet ink set includes an undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having a vinyl ether group expressed by general formula (I), and an overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink. The undercoating photo-curable ink jet ink has a higher surface tension than the overcoating photo-curable ink jet ink.
US10780708B2
In a printer that drives by a ribbon motor (302), a winding axle that holds an ink ribbon positioned between a thermal head that performs a photographic printing operation with respect to a photographic medium conveyed along a sub-scanning direction and a platen that opposes the photographic print head with the photographic medium between the photographic print head and the platen, a flywheel (303) is coupled to a shaft of the ribbon motor (302), and a rotational force of the ribbon motor (302) is transmitted to the winding axle, via a worm gear (501) and a helical gear (502).
US10780705B2
A fluid ejection device includes a fluid slot, two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers each having a drop ejecting element therein, a fluid circulation path communicated with the fluid slot and each of the two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers, and a fluid circulating element within the fluid circulation path, with the fluid circulating element laterally adjacent at least one of the two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers, and the two laterally adjacent fluid ejection chambers to substantially simultaneously eject drops of fluid therefrom such that the drops of fluid are to coalesce during flight.
US10780696B2
A method of forming a printbar module may include providing a printed circuit board (PCB) having a recess extending partially through the PCB and a dam surrounding the recess. An adhesive material may be applied to the recess and a printhead die sliver may be positioned in the recess. The printhead die sliver may be bonded with the PCB and the printhead die sliver and the PCB may be encapsulated with a molding compound. In response to encapsulating, a slot, extending through the PCB and the adhesive material may be formed, wherein the slot is in fluidic communication with fluid feed holes of the printhead die sliver to provide direct fluidic communication without fan-out.
US10780676B2
A method to produce a wear resistant foil, including providing a first foil including a first thermoplastic material, applying wear resistant particles on the first foil, applying a second foil including a second thermoplastic material on the first foil, and adhering the first foil and the second foil to each other to form a wear resistant foil.
US10780668B2
The provided surface protection films include a plurality of layers in the following order: a first polymeric film that is exposed at a major surface of the surface protection film; a foamed adhesive; a second polymeric film; and a pressure-sensitive adhesive. The surface protective films withstand impacts and harsh outdoor conditions, and can be easily applied and removed while minimizing or eliminating the need to use personal protective equipment and volatile organic compounds.
US10780655B2
A tooling apparatus may include a pair of elongated tooling dies independently rotatable about a common central axis. Each tooling die may have a layup surface including a web layup surface and at least one flange layup surface oriented non-parallel to the web layup surface and configured to receive at least one composite ply to form a stringer layup half having a web and at least one flange. The tooling dies may be rotatable into side-by-side relation causing the webs of the stringer layup halves to be positioned in back-to-back mating contact with one another.
US10780650B2
A hole cutter/punch arrangement that can be changed over quickly to a different hole cutter or punch or slitter, or can instead be converted to a sealer in manufacture of items from plastic film. A reciprocating drive such as an air cylinder is coupled to a transverse mount or holder, of a T-shaped profile and the punches and sealers each have a mounting shoe with a transverse T-profile channel to slide onto the mount where a detent holds the shoe releasably in place. A triple-tree arrangement of a center drive post and left and right guide posts connects to the transverse holder.
US10780647B2
A microwave processing system includes: a broadband variable frequency microwave (VFM) source; a plurality of waveguide applicators, each of which includes a waveguide transition and is capable of supporting a selected subset of frequencies within the bandwidth of the broadband VFM source; a microwave switching means allowing the microwave source to be connected to any one of the waveguide transitions so that microwave power is delivered to the corresponding waveguide applicator; and wherein each of the waveguide applicators includes at least one channel through which a microwave transparent tube may be run so that process fluid flowing through the tube may be exposed to microwave power in the applicator.
US10780643B2
Techniques and systems for 3D printing using mirrors that are oriented at about 45 degrees from an X-axis and Y-axis are described. A technique includes receiving an object model; rotating the object model about 45 degrees around the Z-axis; generating cross-sectional images of the rotated object model; mapping pixels of the cross-sectional images to corresponding mirrors of a digital micromirror device of an additive manufacturing apparatus to form additive-manufacturing images, wherein edges of the mirrors are oriented about 45 degrees from the X-axis of the digital micromirror device and about 45 degrees from the Y-axis of the digital micromirror; and providing the additive manufacturing images to generate a build piece corresponding to the object model. Other implementations can include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.
US10780641B2
Techniques and systems for enhancing vertical edges during photopolymer-based three-dimensional (3D) printing are described. A described technique includes accessing an original image corresponding to a slice of a 3D model prepared for printing on a 3D printer; accessing a pixel reduction factor that is associated with an increased exposure duration parameter; classifying pixels of the original image; reducing intensity levels of the interior pixels by the pixel reduction factor so that corresponding printing areas receive first curing doses under the increased exposure duration parameter and the reduced intensity levels that are comparable to doses received under an unmodified exposure duration parameter and unreduced intensity levels; maintaining intensity levels of the exterior pixels so that corresponding printing areas receive second curing doses under the increased exposure duration parameter that are greater than doses associated with the unmodified exposure duration parameter; and outputting a resulting modified image for 3D printing.
US10780629B2
Techniques for applying a peel operation during additive fabrication and related systems and methods
According to some aspects, an additive fabrication device is provided. The additive fabrication device may be configured to form layers of material on a build platform, each layer of material being formed so as to contact a container in addition to the build platform and/or a previously formed layer of material, and may comprise a build platform, a container, and a plurality of mechanical linkages each independently coupled to the container and configured to move the container relative to the build platform.
US10780627B2
There is provided a method for forming a three-dimensional object having a desired decoration. The method using an apparatus for forming a three-dimensional object configured to form a three-dimensional object includes: a head for reflective ink configured to form a light reflection layer, a head for decorative ink, a head for transparent ink, a main scanning driving unit and a sub-scanning driving unit. At least the head for decorative ink and the head for transparent ink are arranged to be positionally offset in a sub-scanning direction, the head for reflective ink, the head for decorative ink and the head for transparent ink are configured to form a transparent layer between the light reflection layer and a decorative layer, thereby forming the decorative layer, the transparent layer and the light reflection layer in corresponding order from a surface layer-side of the three-dimensional object towards an inner side of the three-dimensional object.
US10780626B2
A method is described for manufacturing a three-dimensional product, in particular a hydraulic element, the method encompassing at least the following method steps: Providing a first section of the product to be manufactured, which includes at least one first connection point for a second section of the product to be manufactured; and producing the second section by an additive manufacture in which the at least one first connection point of the first section is used as a substrate for the additive manufacture of the second section.
US10780625B2
A liquid forming and filling system for filling a container with a liquid. The liquid forming and filling system having a motor, a gear box operably coupled to the motor configured to receive a driving output from the motor and outputting a gear box driving force, a linear screw operably coupled to the gear box configured to produce linear movement in response to rotational movement from the gear box, a forming cylinder configured to output pressurized liquid for forming and filling the container, the forming cylinder being in an inverted orientation, a top manifold plate and end cap vent valve assembly coupled to the forming cylinder for receiving the pressurize liquid, and a vent valve operably coupled to the top manifold plate and end cap vent valve assembly configured to vent air entrapped within the pressurized liquid.
US10780622B2
A blow film line and a method for operating the same relates to improving the flow rate in conventional blow film lines without compromising the production quality.The inner cooling body shows an air outlet path, with a cooling ring being embodied in a height-adjustable fashion, with a controller positioning the cooling ring in a lower area of the inner cooling body for the start-up of the facility. The cooling ring is positioned in the upper area of the air outlet path of the inner cooling body in order to achieve the steady-state production.
US10780621B2
The present invention provides a system and method for quickly removing and installing a filament tube and nozzle in an FFF extrusion system. The system utilizes a primary manifold that includes a cooling block, a heating block and a quick-change mechanism. This primary manifold is adapted to mate a filament tube/nozzle assembly. The quick-change mechanism, which in a particular embodiment utilizes a recessed biased-bearing arrangement, enables the filament/nozzle assembly to be removed and inserted without the use of any tools, and without causing any significant downtime for the FFF extrusion system. Once removed, the filament tube/nozzle assembly can be refurbished by a technician, trained so as not to over torque the tube/nozzle threaded interface. This refurbishment (typically consisting of a cleaning and the installation of a new nozzle) could be accomplished “off-line”, without any impact on the continued use of FFF extrusion system.
US10780619B2
Plastic pipes and a continuous production device and method for a glass fiber reinforced tape polyethylene composite pipe is provided. The main structure of the production device includes a first extruder, an inner pipe die, a vacuum sizing box, a first cooling spray box, a first tractor, a first winding machine, a first heater, a second winding machine, a second heater, an automatic tape replacing manipulator, an outer pipe extruder, an outer pipe extrusion die, an outer pipe cooling shaping die, a second cooling spray box, a second tractor, a meter counter, a fixed length cutting machine and finished pipe racks. The process of the production method totally includes four steps: inner pipe extrusion molding, continuous winding of the composite tape, outer pipe extrusion cladding, and cutting and warehousing, thus realizing the continuous on-line production of the glass fiber reinforced tape polyethylene composite pipe.
US10780614B2
A system for forming stacked material includes a housing defining an interior space. The housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall coupled to the bottom wall. At least one tool is configured to shape the stacked material. The at least one tool is disposed within the interior space. A membrane extends at least partially over the bottom wall and is spaced a distance from the bottom wall. The membrane is configured to move towards the bottom wall. At least one intensifier mechanism is disposed in the interior space and is configured to induce a force against a portion of the stacked material and against the at least one tool as the membrane is moved towards the bottom wall.
US10780612B2
A method 100 for generating and dispensing a powdered 60 release agent during an additive manufacturing build is disclosed. A solid body 28 of release agent material is ground insitu by a grinder 50 and dispensed on a surface of the part 72 to prevent adhesion of an adjacent layer of a base material 70. With the addition of the powdered 60 release agent, a support structure 76 is easily separated from the base material 70 when the part 72 is complete, saving time and preventing the part 72 from sustaining unintentional damage. Since no powdered 60 release agent is actually loaded or stored in the apparatus 20, the potential for spillage, waste, inconsistent dispensing, inadvertent dispensing, and clumping due to humidity is eliminated.
US10780606B2
A nanotube particle device for two dimensional and three dimensional printing or additive/subtractive manufacturing. The nanotube particle device comprising a nanotube, a particle shooter, a positioning mechanism, and a detection sensor. The particle shooter shoots a particle down the nanotube towards a target, the detection sensor senses the collision of the particle with the target, and the positioning mechanism re-adjusts the positioning of the nanotube based on the results of the collision. A method for aiming the particle shooter and additive/subtractive manufacturing are also disclosed and described.
US10780589B2
Disclosed herein is a shape compliant electroadhesive gripper for picking up an atypical object. The shape compliant electroadhesive gripper comprises a body, and an electroadhesive module disposed on the body and including an electrorheological elastomer, wherein, when a voltage is not applied, a shape of the electroadhesive module is deformed according to a shape of an external object coming into contact with the electroadhesive module, and when the voltage is applied, rigidity of the electrorheological elastomer is increased to maintain the shape of the electroadhesive module, and when the voltage is applied to the electroadhesive module, electroadhesion is made due to an electrostatic force generated between the electrorheological elastomer and the adjacent external object.
US10780582B2
Devices, systems, and methods for social behavior of a telepresence robot are disclosed herein. A telepresence robot may include a drive system, a control system, an object detection system, and a social behaviors component. The drive system is configured to move the telepresence robot. The control system is configured to control the drive system to drive the telepresence robot around a work area. The object detection system is configured to detect a human in proximity to the telepresence robot. The social behaviors component is configured to provide instructions to the control system to cause the telepresence robot to operate according to a first set of rules when a presence of one or more humans is not detected and operate according to a second set of rules when the presence of one or more humans is detected.
US10780575B2
A robotic system including a robot and an end effector cuff connected to the robot. The end effector cuff has a body and includes at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid port fluidly connected to the at least one fluid inlet, at least one fluid valve fluidly connected to the at least one fluid port and housed within the body of the end effector cuff, and an electronic control unit operably coupled to the robot and housed within the body of the end effector cuff. The robotic system also includes an end effector connected to the end effector cuff.
US10780573B2
A force transmission mechanism of a surgical instrument, which is configured to releasably engage with a drive interface device located at a patient side cart of a teleoperated surgical system, includes a housing. The housing is configured to cover one or more drive components of the force transmission mechanism. The housing includes a releasable coupling mechanism configured to releasably engage with the drive interface device. The housing and the releasable coupling mechanism are a monolithic construction.
US10780567B2
An accessory attachment for a driven fastener hand tool is disclosed comprising a mounting block having an attachment channel and an indexing guide feature. A plate for covering a fastener driving channel of the fastener tool has a nose end with chamfered edges on opposing sides towards the fastener driving channel and the attachment channel has opposing lips for seating against the chamfered edges of the nose end of the plate. One or more bolts through the mounting block at a bottom of the attachment channel press the nose end of the plate causing the opposing lips of the mounting block to press against the chamfered edges thereby securing the mounting block to the nose end of the plate. Alternately or additionally, the mounting block can be used to support a range of accessories including, a non-marring pad, a light, such as an LED, a level, and/or an edge guide.
US10780564B2
A power tool, such as a rotary hammer or hammer drill, includes a first housing that contains a motor and a drive mechanism for linearly reciprocally driving a tool accessory, and a second housing that includes a handle, a first portion and a second portion. At least one elastic element connects the first and second housings such that the handle is biased away from the first housing. A first set of sliding contact surfaces is defined on or connected to the first housing and the first portion of the second housing. A second set of sliding contact surfaces is defined on or connected to the first housing and the second portion of the second housing. The first and second sets of sliding contact surfaces are located on opposite sides of the motor such that the rotational axis of the motor intersects the first and second sets of sliding contact surfaces.
US10780563B2
An electric power tool according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a main body, a motor, a tool holder configured to hold a tool bit, a hammer, a motion converter, a rotation transmitter, a first load detector, a second load detector, and a motor controller. The first load detector detects, based on information indicating a drive state of the motor, a load imposed from a work piece to the tool bit. The second load detector detects, based on information indicating a behavior of the main body, a load imposed from the work piece to the tool bit. The motor controller sets an upper limit of rotational speed of the motor to a predetermined no-load rotational speed in response to no-load on the tool bit being detected by both the first load detector and the second load detector.
US10780556B2
A screw bit body which allows for efficient torque force application onto a socket fastener. The screw bit body includes a plurality of laterally-bracing sidewalls, a first base, and a second base. The laterally-bracing sidewalls are radially distributed about a rotation axis of the screw bit body with each further including a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, a bracing surface, and an engagement cavity. The engagement cavity creates an additional gripping point to prevent slippage in between the screw bit body and the socket fastener. The engagement cavity traverses normal and into the bracing surface. Additionally, the engagement cavity traverses into the screw bit body from the first base to the second base. The engagement cavity is specifically positioned offset from the first lateral edge by a first distance.
US10780546B2
A variable radius sanding block for sanding curved surfaces. The variable radius sanding block includes a base member and a plurality of variably sized radius patches. The base member is sized and proportioned to allow radius patches of varying size to be inserted, such that each of the radius patches will change the curvature of the sanding block upon insertion. The base member also having a folded flexible internal structure and a pair of flexible arms that facilitate insertion of radius patches of varying size. The radius patch includes a pair of grooves that receive the flexible arms of the base member and secure the base member to the radius patch.
US10780530B2
A solder ball according to the present invention contains 0.2 to 2.2% by mass of Zn, and a balance of Sn, and has a spherical diameter of 0.1 to 120 μm and a yellowness (b*) in an L*a*b* color system of 2.70 or more and 9.52 or less. An oxide film is formed by performing aging treatment. By producing a solder ball having a yellowness of 2.70 or more and 9.52 or less, it is possible to suppress the growth of a Cu3Sn layer and/or a Cu—Zn(—Sn) layer during joining.
US10780526B2
A laser remote processing system, in particular a laser remote welding system, has a laser cell surrounded by a protective housing, in which a working robot having a remote laser tool and a first processing station in the working region of the working robot are arranged. In order to improve the efficiency of the system, a second processing station in the working region of the working robot, and at least one handling robot are furthermore arranged within the protective housing, it being possible to reposition workpieces between the first processing station or the second processing station and a buffer region with the handling robot. The buffer region is set up to receive workpieces and is integrated into the protective housing as an automatably actuable workpiece lock.
US10780495B2
A gas-recycling device according to an embodiment includes a particle remover, a liquid remover, and a supplier. The particle remover brings a mist of liquid into contact with a gas which includes particles and is discharged from an apparatus, to remove the particles from the gas. The liquid remover removes the liquid from the gas having passed through the particle remover. The supplier supplies the gas to the apparatus.
US10780494B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a metallic nanowire transparent electrode, including generating a metallic nanowire and chemically reducing the metallic nanowire to connect adjacent metallic nanowires.
US10780482B2
Disclosed is a tube-propelling apparatus for a tube bending machine. The apparatus comprises a main tube-propelling base mounted on a slide rail mechanism of a tube bending machine tool, wherein a penetrating hole though which both a fixing sleeve and a core rod pass is provided on the main tube-propelling base, the rear end of the fixing sleeve is fixed in the penetrating hole, and the front end of the fixing sleeve is provided with a tube clamping apparatus. The propelling apparatus further comprises a surplus material auxiliary propelling base mounted on the slide rail mechanism of the tube bending machine tool, wherein the surplus material auxiliary propelling base is provided with a through-hole coaxial with the penetrating hole of the main tube-propelling base. An auxiliary pushing sleeve is mounted in the through-hole, and the core rod passes through the auxiliary pushing sleeve. Meanwhile, the auxiliary pushing sleeve is sheathed in the fixing sleeve and the front end of the auxiliary pushing sleeve is provided with a propelling head engaging with a tube. The tube-propelling apparatus has a simple and rational structure, and can fully utilize surplus material.
US10780478B2
Provided is a method of forming a cup-shaped aluminum-magnesium-alloy article by rotary extrusion, including the following steps. (1) Blanking. (2) Performing rotary extrusion: placing a cylindrical billet into a concave die cavity, wherein a peripheral wall of the cavity of the concave die is provided with at least two symmetrical axial grooves; inserting a convex die into the concave die cavity, wherein an end of a working region of the convex die is provided with a groove of a trapezoidal cross section; subjecting the convex die to forward extrusion and heating, and simultaneously rotating and heating the concave die, wherein an integral torque is formed during the extrusion process of the convex die by using the cylindrical billet inside the groove having a trapezoidal cross section, and wherein a synchronized rotation with the concave die is achieved by using a metallic billet that flows into the axial groove. (3) Demolding.
US10780477B2
An improved system and method of producing nanostructured or ultrafine grained metals is disclosed. In one embodiment, an improved system and method of producing nanostructured materials includes extruding the material through two deformation zones. The first zone consists of an inlet channel for inputting the material and a narrow channel through which the material is extruded, thus reducing its diameter. The second zone is an angular channel through which the compressed reduced diameter material is extruded to increase its diameter back to the original diameter. This eliminates the need for a dual press to provide back pressure to the material for increasing its diameter. Moreover, the total amount of strain applied to the material includes strain applied as a result of extrusion through the narrow channel and strain applied as a result of extrusion through the angular channel. As a result of the additional strain, fewer passes through the system are needed to achieve a desire strength.
US10780471B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for in-pipeline maintenance, delivery and management of sensors are provided herein. An exemplary computer-implemented method includes detecting a sensor within a pipeline via an in-pipeline sensor management system, determining a path for the in-pipeline sensor management system to travel to the detected sensor, and automatically attaching the in-pipeline sensor management system to the detected sensor upon a determination that the in-pipeline sensor management system has completed the path and reached the detected sensor. The method also includes determining maintenance operations to be performed on the detected sensor based on real-time data pertaining to the sensor and historical operation records pertaining to the detected sensor. Further, the method includes performing the maintenance operations, via the in-pipeline sensor management system, on the detected sensor, and automatically detaching the in-pipeline sensor management system from the detected sensor upon determining that the maintenance operations have been completed.
US10780470B2
An apparatus has a plurality of inlet ports each connectable to a material supply container and an outlet port. A disk-shaped valve body has a first side and an opposite second side with a straight throughgoing passage from the first side to the second side, the body being displaceable relative to the inlet ports to provide a switchable connection between a respective one of the plurality of inlet ports and the outlet port. The passage can be also be connected with a respective one of the various inlet ports to enable feeding of different materials successively to the outlet port. One of the inlet ports is a flushing medium inlet port of a flushing device, and the passage can connected with the flushing medium inlet port by displacement of the valve body for flushing the passage.
US10780466B2
The invention provides an object (10), that during use is at least partly submerged in water, wherein the object (100) is selected from the group consisting of a vessel (1) and an infrastructural object (15), the object (10) further comprising an anti-biofouling system (200) comprising an UV emitting element (210), wherein the UV emitting element (210) is configured to irradiate with UV radiation (221) during an irradiation stage one or more of (i) a first part (111) of an external surface (11) of said object (10) and (ii) water adjacent to said first part (111) of said external surface (11) of said object (10), wherein the object (10) further comprises protruding elements (100) with the UV emitting element (210) configured between the protruding elements (100) and configured depressed relative to the protruding elements (100).
US10780465B2
An apparatus for cleaning a felt in a system for producing a paper web has a device for introducing a cleaning liquid into the felt and at least one following suction device in the direction of movement of the felt and having a vacuum duct, through which the cleaning liquid is suctioned out of the felt. The suction device between the vacuum duct and the felt is formed with suction ducts, through which the cleaning liquid in the felt is suctioned away. At least one of the suction ducts is assigned an inflatable valve element. In the inflated state of the valve element the suction duct is closed and in its ventilated state the suction duct is opened.
US10780458B2
An ultrasound sensor includes: a diaphragm; a plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of second electrodes; and a plurality of piezoelectric layers which is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, in which, in a Z-direction, a portion in which the first electrode, the piezoelectric layer and the second electrode are overlapped is referred to as an active portion, and a range to the extent that the diaphragm is oscillatable by driving the active portion is referred to as a movable portion, when a unit including one movable portion and the active portion which is provided within the one movable portion is referred to as one ultrasound element in plan view, two or more types of ultrasound elements in which a dimension of the active portion with respect to a dimension of the movable portion is different from each other in plan view are provided.
US10780453B2
An elongated painting apparatus including a paint applicator holder, a paint applicator and a lock mechanism. The paint applicator holder has a handle portion and an applicator portion that extends from a distal end of the handle portion. The paint applicator is detachably engagable with the applicator portion. The lock mechanism has a first engagement structure, a second engagement structure and an opening. The first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are provided in one of the applicator portion and the paint applicator. The opening is formed in one of the applicator portion and the paint applicator where the first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are not located. The first engagement structure and the second engagement structure are selectively received in the opening to retain the paint applicator in a first position or a second position with respect to the paint applicator holder.
US10780450B2
A water delivery device is described which includes an outlet pipe through which water is ejected to provide a water display. A disk is positioned relative to the outlet pipe. The relative positions of the disk and outlet pipe are moved so that the disk is located within the outlet pipe or above it to alter the appearance of the water leaving the outlet pipe. As the relative position of the disk and outlet pipe varies, a sequence of water expressions is provided.
US10780445B2
A separator for centrifugally processing a flowable product includes a rotatable drum bounding a centrifuging chamber. The drum has a feeding and removal system having at least one feeding device and one or more removal devices composed of plastic or a plastic composite. An inner drum, composed of plastic or a plastic composite, is arranged in an outer supporting device of the drum. The feeding device and the one or more removal devices extend into the inner drum, do not rotate with the inner drum during operation, and are glued and/or welded to each other in such a way that the feeding device and the one or more removal devices are sealingly connected. The feeding and removal system has one or more grippers as the removal device, each of which one or two or more grippers has a disk segment and a shaft segment.
US10780444B2
A system and method for detection of cells is disclosed. Target cells, such as circulating tumor cells (CTCs), may be of interest. Magnetic beads may be bound to the target cells. After which, the target cells (with the magnetic beads attached thereto) may be identified using an applied magnetic field. In one example, magnetic sensors may be used to detect movement of the target cells responsive to an applied magnetic field. In another example, an optical sensor (such as a camera) may be used to detect movement of the target cells responsive to an applied magnetic field. Further, separate from identification of the target cells, the target cells may be sorted using an applied magnetic field. In this way, a magnetic field may be used in either or both of target cell identification or target cell sorting in order to detect target cells of interest.
US10780437B2
Disclosed is a microfluidic system based on an artificially structured acoustic field, comprising a microcavity used to accommodate a solution containing particles and a ultrasonic emission device used to emit ultrasound, and further comprising a phononic crystal plate placed in the microcavity. The phononic crystal plate has an artificial cycle structure, and is used to modulate the acoustic field so as to control the particles. Also disclosed is a method of controlling microfluid particles based on an artificially structured acoustic field. In the particular embodiments, since a microcavity, an ultrasonic emission device and a phononic crystal plate are comprised, the ultrasonic emission device is used to emit ultrasound, and the phononic crystal plate has an artificial cycle structure, and is used to modulate the acoustic field so as to control the particles.
US10780427B2
A catalytic composition useful for the conversion of an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, isobutylene or mixtures thereof, to acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, and mixtures thereof. The catalytic composition comprises a complex of metal oxides comprising bismuth, molybdenum, iron, cerium and other promoters, with a desirable composition.
US10780420B2
Heterogeneous catalysts with optional dopants are provided. The catalysts are useful in a variety of catalytic reactions, for example, the oxidative coupling of methane to C2+ hydrocarbons. Related methods for use and manufacture of the same are also disclosed.
US10780418B2
A zero-valent iron pillared montmorillonite repair material relates to the field of environmental functional materials. A preparation method thereof is mainly to obtain the zero-valent iron pillared montmorillonite repair material by reducing hydroxyl-iron pillared montmorillonite at high temperature in a mixed atmosphere of hydrogen and nitrogen, and mainly includes: (1) preparation of Na-montmorillonite; (2) preparation of a polyhydroxy-iron pillared solution; (3) preparation of hydroxy-iron pillared montmorillonite; and (4) obtaining the zero-valent iron pillared montmorillonite repair material by means of high-temperature reduction-calcination in the mixed atmosphere of hydrogen and nitrogen. The zero-valent iron pillared montmorillonite repair material can be used for removing degradation-resistant organic pollutants, and degrading organics into small molecular organics by means of peroxymonosulfate (PMS).
US10780404B2
Disclosed herein are methods of increasing the hydrophilicity of a membrane. Membranes comprising polyaniline or co-polymer thereof and one or more gel inhibiting agents are treated with one or more hydrophilicity restoration agents, thereby increasing the hydrophilicity of a membrane. Also disclosed are membranes produced by the disclosed methods. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10780394B2
Compositions for removing air pollutants from the air are provided. These compositions can be sprayed on a variety of surfaces to remove air pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the environment, and are suitable for use in human dwellings.
US10780385B2
In one embodiment, a system includes an intake section including a filter and one or more strain gauges. The system also includes a processor configured to receive strain information for the filter from the one or more strain gauges and determine an operating condition of the filter based at least in part on the strain information.
US10780381B2
The present technology is generally related to a filter assembly. The filter assembly has a first layer has a base layer defining a first perimeter region and a region central to the first perimeter region. A first adhesive is disposed on a first surface of the first layer substantially within the central region, and first adsorbent beads are coupled to the first adhesive. A second layer has a first sheet of filter material having a second perimeter region, wherein the first perimeter region and the second perimeter region are bonded. A third layer has a second sheet of filter material having a third perimeter region, wherein the first perimeter region and the third perimeter region are bonded. The base layer, second layer, and third layer are substantially coextensive.
US10780379B2
A composite material for purifying air includes a porous foam material which is an open-cell polyurethane foam net; and a mixture sprayed on the interior and/or the surface of the porous foam material, the mixture including an absorbent material, a treating agent and an adhesive; wherein the adsorptive material is diatomite, and the treating agent is alkali solution.
US10780378B2
The invention relates to a process for filtration of fluids, especially of aqueous media, by means of a backflush filter apparatus consisting of a cylindrical housing, a cylindrical and perforated support body installed coaxially therein, a filter material, a support fabric, and a mobile backflush device present therein, said process enabling improved removal of fine and ultrafine particles, and of particles with greasy or compressible consistency, and allowing higher solid concentrations. The process according to the invention has the steps below. a) Formation of a filtercake in the perforation of the support body; b) deposition of the relatively fine particles or of the particles with greasy or compressible consistency on or in the filtercake; c) backflushing after attainment of the predefined filter loading or of the maximum permissible pressure differential, or when the filtrate volume flow goes below a minimum. A further aspect of the invention is a filter apparatus for performance of the process, characterized in that the filter material consists of a filter fabric with an air permeability of 700-1300 l/m2s at pressure differential 200 Pa.
US10780375B2
A liquid filtration apparatus includes a series of upright filter plates forming a filter plate pack. Filtering spaces are formed in the filter plate pack. The liquid filtration apparatus includes at least one filtering space and a filter chamber that is at least partly limited laterally by a filter media. The at least one filtering space has an elongated bottom discharge opening at a level below the filter chamber. The elongated bottom discharge opening is provided with a first openable and closable hatch arrangement and with a second openable and closable hatch arrangement extending across the elongated bottom discharge opening.
US10780374B2
A system for recovery of animal byproducts and providing water reuse from an animal processing plant waste stream. In one embodiment of the invention there is an equalization tank forming part of an animal processing plant that is mechanically filtered to recover animal byproducts from a water mixture in the equalization tank. In another aspect of the invention there is a skimmer tank that contains a skimmer mixture with water and animal byproducts. The system mechanically separates the animal byproducts from the skimmer mixture in a manner that is suitable for human consumption. The system also allows the separated water to be reused in the animal processing plant.
US10780367B2
A track start wedge includes a housing, a ratchet gear assembly, and a locking pawl assembly. The ratchet gear assembly is disposed at least partially within the housing and includes a bar, a pinion gear at each end of the bar, and a ratchet gear between the ends of the bar. The locking pawl assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a locking pawl disengageably coupled to the ratchet gear and a spring operable to bias the locking pawl into engagement with the ratchet gear. The ratchet gear assembly is configured to rotate in unison in a first direction toward a front of the housing and a second direction toward a rear of the housing, but the locking pawl prevents rotation of the ratchet gear in the second direction when the locking pawl is engaged with the ratchet gear.
US10780361B2
The present disclosure provides a collision judgment method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a moving device, according to acceleration data collected by an acceleration sensor, that the moving device collides; sending collision information to the corresponding control device, including at least a moving device identifier and a collision time; sending, by the corresponding control device, the collision information to a collision judgment device; detecting, by the collision judgement device, whether at least two collision information sent by the at least two control devices is received within a predetermined time interval; when the at least two collision information is received within the predetermined time interval, and a difference between collision times carried in the at least two collision information is less than a preset threshold, determining that moving devices corresponding to moving device identifiers carried in the at least two collision information collided with one other.
US10780350B2
A robot, including: a controller that communicates with a computing device, wherein the computing device executes a video game and renders a primary video feed of the video game to a display device, the primary video feed providing a first view into a virtual space that is defined by the executing video game; a camera that captures images of a local environment in which the robot is disposed; a projector; wherein the controller processes the images of the local environment to identify a projection surface in the local environment; wherein the computing device generates a secondary video feed of the video game and transmits the secondary video feed of the video game to the robot, the secondary video feed providing a second view into the virtual space; wherein the controller of the robot activates the projector to project the secondary video feed onto the projection surface in the local environment.
US10780349B2
A rhythm-based video game (“game”) is disclosed. In the game, a player slashes blocks representing musical beats using a pair of energy blades resembling a lightsaber. A gaming console renders multiple digital objects, e.g., digital blocks, digital mines and digital obstacles, that are approaching a player in a virtual space. The gaming console also renders a digital representation of an instrument, e.g., a lightsaber (“digital saber”), using which the player slashes, cuts or otherwise interacts with the digital blocks to cause a digital collision between the digital saber and the digital blocks. The player can score by slashing the digital blocks, not hitting the digital mines and avoiding the digital obstacles. The game presents the player with a stream of approaching digital objects in synchronization with music, e.g., a song's beats, being played in the game. The pace at which the digital blocks approach the player increases with the beats.
US10780346B2
A server apparatus for providing a game using game media to a user over a network may include a storage unit, an identifier obtaining unit, and a game content output unit. The storage unit may store identifiers and game media in association with each other. The identifier obtaining unit may obtain, from a terminal apparatus, an identifier selected through a user operation. The game content output unit may obtain a game content associated with the identifier obtained by the identifier obtaining unit and may output the game content to the terminal apparatus. The game content may not be identifiable using the identifier.
US10780341B2
A space puzzle including a plurality of outer face panels, at least two of the plurality of outer face panels each defining at least one path segment. Each of the outer face panels is rotatable, and the rotation of any one of the outer face panels is independent of and not altering any path segment defined in another of the outer face panels. The path segments on the at least two of the outer face panels of the puzzle are configured such that at least one sequence of rotations of at least one of the at least two of the outer face panels exists that permits a position indicator to travel along a continuous pathway between a preset starting point and a preset finish point along the at least one path segment of the at least two of the plurality of outer face panels.
US10780339B2
A ski, wherein the ski includes: a ski core; a ski coating which forms an underside of the ski; a lower flange which is arranged between the ski core and the ski coating; steel edges; and side walls; wherein the lower flange includes at least a front region and/or a rear region which is broader, in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the ski, than a distance between the steel edges in the direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the ski in the region.
US10780331B2
Some embodiments are directed to an analysis device for board sports, intended to be secured to a board, such as a surfboard or ski, at the interface with the user. The device includes: a force sensor designed to capture one or more forces generated by the user on the board; a position and motion sensor designed to capture the position, speed and acceleration of the board in space; and a processing unit or processor connected to the force sensor and to the position and motion sensor and designed to synchronize and process the data from the sensors.
US10780323B2
Golf clubs and/or golf club heads include a club head body defining an interior chamber, structure for engaging a shaft with the body, and/or a shaft engaged with the body. The club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.5 inches and an overall breadth of at least 4.2 inches. In other examples, the club head body may have an overall length of at least 4.6 inches and a ratio of the overall breadth dimension to the overall length dimension of 1 or less. If desired, the ratio of the head breadth to head length dimensions may be in a range from at least 0.94 to 1 or less.
US10780317B1
The present invention discloses a push-up exercise apparatus for performing push-up, particularly in close triceps position. The push-up exercise apparatus comprising a base member, a pair of spaced apart first support members centrally disposed on the base member at an angle of at least forty-five degrees, a pair of spaced apart second support members centrally disposed on the base member at an angle of at least forty-five degrees and parallel to the pair of first support members, a first handle disposed above the pair of spaced apart first support members and a second handle disposed above the pair of spaced apart second support members. The apparatus further enables to adapt a healthy lifestyle, aids in eliminating flabby arms and weak pectoral muscles and sculpts pectoral and triceps muscle.
US10780308B2
An elastic band for use in a resistance-type exerciser. The elastic band includes a continuous loop of elastic material having a pair of receiving portions and a pair of spanning portions extending between the pair of receiving portions. A cross-sectional area of each receiving portion is greater than a cross-sectional area of each spanning portion.
US10780303B2
System and methods to provide ceiling-only suppression fire protection of up to fifty feet (50 ft.) of rack storage of cartoned unexpanded plastic commodities and less hazardous commodities, such as for example, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 and/or combinations thereof beneath a ceiling having a maximum ceiling height up to fifty-five feet (55 ft.). The systems and methods provide for hydraulic and system parameters that include a hydraulic design area based upon five to no more than twelve hydraulically most remote sprinklers spaced at a preferred sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing of eight to ten feet (8-10 ft.) coupled to two to four branch lines tied to a common cross main supply pipe of firefighting fluid.
US10780301B2
Pelican hooks and related systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, the pelican hook includes a hook that defines a hook gap, a gate for the hook gap, and a gate mechanism. The gate is configured to be opened so as to open the hook gap and is configured to be closed so as to close the hook gap. The gate mechanism includes a gate actuator for opening the gate and a lock actuator for unlocking the gate. To do this, the gate mechanism is configured such that actuating the lock actuator toward the gate actuator unlocks the gate and such that actuating the gate actuator toward the lock actuator opens the gate. In this manner, the user can operate the pelican hook with a single hand and without having to let go of the pelican hook.
US10780298B2
Apparatus and methods are provided for applying ultrasound pulses into tissue or a medium in which the peak negative pressure (P−) of one or more negative half cycle(s) of the ultrasound pulses exceed(s) an intrinsic threshold of the tissue or medium, to directly form a dense bubble cloud in the tissue or medium without shock-scattering. In one embodiment, a microtripsy method of Histotripsy therapy comprises delivering an ultrasound pulse from an ultrasound therapy transducer into tissue, the ultrasound pulse having at least a portion of a peak negative pressure half-cycle that exceeds an intrinsic threshold in the tissue to produce a bubble cloud of at least one bubble in the tissue, and generating a lesion in the tissue with the bubble cloud. The intrinsic threshold can vary depending on the type of tissue to be treated. In some embodiments, the intrinsic threshold in tissue can range from 15-30 MPa.
US10780296B2
An apparatus and method of use for a comprehensive transcranial low-level light therapy for use with ischemic brain tissue using a multitude of polychromatic Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) embedded into a flexible head covering that stretches securely around the patient's cranium to bath the entire cranium cavity in a variable frequency, variable power density light spectrum, maximizing all beneficial effects to the cellular tissues whether or not they are specifically deprived of blood from the ischemic stroke event. The bulbs covering the n-p junction of the semiconductor LEDs directly contact the patient's cranial skin to maximize the depth of penetration of the wavelengths into the brain's cortex cells. By using many individual point-source LEDs emitting all around the cranium, greater therapeutic benefit can be achieved as more of the cortex tissues are irradiated.
US10780295B2
Methods and devices for suppressing clinical symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) by irradiating a subject exhibiting the symptoms with an effective dose of UV-containing light from a light source and detecting a suppression of the clinical symptoms of MS. In particular, the detected suppression of the clinical symptoms is disassociated from the vitamin D production within the subject.
US10780293B2
A wearable light emitting apparatus for eyebrow growth is provided. The wearable light emitting apparatus for eyebrow growth comprises a main body and at least one light emitting assembly. The main body is to be wore on an user's head. The at least one light emitting assembly is located on the main body for projecting at least an eyebrow-shaped light beam to an eyebrow growing area of the head when the main body is wore on the user's head.
US10780290B2
Encased magnetic bone growth stimulating devices and methods of use are provided herein. An example device includes a magnet and a biocompatible means for enclosing the magnet. The biocompatible means for enclosing the magnet further comprises a means for releasably coupling with the medical implant and a means for coupling the enclosing means to an implantable medical device.
US10780286B2
A method and device is described, which provides electrical stimulation to the brain of a person, where the device comprises an external portion and at least one implantable portion. The external portion provides the energy source for stimulation to the implantable portions. The implantable portions provide at least two conductive paths through the skull and use the skull's high impedance to generate a current loop with the focus of stimulation lying in the current path.
US10780281B2
Cardiac electrical heterogeneity information may be used to determine whether one or more ventricle from atrium (VfA) paced settings for VfA pacing therapy are acceptable. Cardiac electrical heterogeneity information may be generated during VfA pacing, and then evaluated to determine whether the VfA paced settings are acceptable.
US10780275B2
An implantable electrical stimulation device includes an electrically conductive electrode structure configured for coupling with a pulse generator device and transmitting an electrical signal configured to generate a desirable electric field around a target tissue. The electrode structure includes a porous substrate constructed of a bio-compatible and bio-survivable material having a structure that mimics extracellular matrix embedding. The porous substrate supports an electrically conductive electrode element. The implantable device may further include a pulse generator also embedded, enmeshed, and supported within the porous substrate.
US10780265B2
A system and method for implanting and stabilizing spinal cord stimulators in an epidural space of the spinal column of a patient to prevent or limit axial movement of the stimulators once implanted in the epidural space. The system includes a drill assembly, a guide wire assembly, and a guide wire receiver. The drill assembly includes a cannula, a drill for creating access points in the patient's spinal column for implanting the stimulators, and an incremental drill adjuster for drilling into the patient's lamina a pre-set, discrete distance. The guide wire assembly includes a hollowed guide wire sleeve, a guide wire housed within the sleeve, and a magnet disposed on a proximal end of the guide wire assembly. The guide wire receiver includes a scoop for receiving and catching the magnet to assist in feeding the stimulators through the epidural space.
US10780262B2
A method of assembling an implantable electrode array from a coupon (108) formed from plastically deformable material. Layers of material are disposed on the coupon to form the electrodes (48) and conductors (62) of one or more electrode arrays. Sections of the coupon on which the electrodes and conductors are removed, along with the electrodes and conductors to form the electrode arrays. The removed sections of the coupon thus function as plastically deformable carriers (74) for the arrays (40).
US10780260B2
A luer access device (LAD) and a method of attaching the same are provided to create a sterile fluid-flow path. The LAD includes a female luer connector that has an internal female split septum disposed at a proximal end thereof and is coupled to an internal surface of the LAD. A male luer connector is coupled to an external surface of the female split septum. Additionally, a male split septum is disposed within a male luer tip and seals an opening of a distal end of the male luer connector. At least one aperture is disposed through a sidewall of the distal end of the male luer connector. An internal cannula is exposed out of the female luer connector to open the female split septum upon engagement with the male luer connector.
US10780250B1
A treatment system includes a guide sheath, and a catheter provided with a pressure-controlled element. The pressure-control element preferably includes an expanded configuration adapted to extend across a small feeder vessel branching from the splenic vein. The pressure-control element is positioned with the feeder vessel, and a therapeutic agent is delivered under pressure directly into the feeder vessel, where it is forced to penetrate deep into tissue. Pressure responsive elements for monitoring intravascular pressure are also provided to time delivery of the therapeutic agent for maximum uptake by the target organ.
US10780249B2
Catheter assembly (10) comprises catheter (22), needle (12) having sharp distal tip disposed in catheter (22), catheter hub (14) housing catheter (22) and needle (12), catheter hub (14) having collar (34) including notch (36), needle shield (20) connected to catheter hub (14) when needle (12) is in first position, and clip (40) disposed in needle shield (20) that cooperates with needle (12), wherein clip (40) engages catheter hub (14) in first position of needle (12), and clip (40) disengages catheter hub (14) via notch (36) when needle (12) is retracted to second position to enclose at least portion of needle (12). Clip (40) is mounted in outer housing (38) of needle shield (20) via spade (66) having outer wall (70) exposed to outside of needle shield (20), in order to reduce overall width of needle shield (20).
US10780246B2
There is provided a microcatheter with a tapering wall thickness shaft having varying stiffness/flexibility along its length from proximal end near the medical practitioner to the distal end near the target site in the patient, such as with at least three segments. The shaft is prepared of a thermoplastic material having varying composition along its length. The distal end may be shaped according to the required use just prior to the medical procedure. The microcatheter is particularly adapted for the delivery of microspheric compositions for treatment of tumors or fibroids by embolization of peripheral blood vessels of the tumor or fibroid.
US10780245B2
A method of preparing a ready-to-use catheter by providing a catheter assembly that has a first compartment that includes a catheter therein. The catheter includes on at least a part of its surface an exterior coating designed to reduce the coefficient of friction after treatment with a liquid swelling medium, and a second compartment containing a liquid swelling medium. The method includes sterilising the catheter assembly, adding the liquid swelling medium to the first compartment for wetting/activating the exterior coating of the catheter, and storing the ready-to-use catheter. By using the method according to the invention, the sterilisation of the catheter is effectuated in a dry-state, ensuring that the known problems with wet-sterilisation are completely eliminated and the need for preparing complicated and expensive liquid swelling mediums are no longer required.
US10780242B2
An enclosure including one or more panels that together define a header and two generally opposing sides. The header and two generally opposing sides define a reclining pocket for receiving a body part of an individual. Each of the one or more panels includes a cushion layer and a sound absorbing layer having an interior side. The cushion layer is disposed along and at least partly overlaps the interior side of the sound absorbing layer. The sound absorbing layer exhibits a greater sound absorption coefficient than the cushion layer.
US10780239B2
A system for controlling patient sedation and spontaneous breathing intensity includes a ventilator system that delivers ventilation to the patient. The system further includes a spontaneous breathing control module configured to determine a first spontaneous breathing intensity at a first sedative status of the patient, and a second spontaneous breathing intensity at a second sedative status of the patient. A sedation/breathing relationship is then defined between spontaneous breathing intensity and sedative status for the patient based on the first and second sedative statuses and the first and second spontaneous breathing intensities. The spontaneous breathing control module then receives a desired spontaneous breathing intensity for the patient and determines a desired sedative status that achieves that desired spontaneous breathing intensity based on the sedation/breathing relationship.
US10780221B2
Aspects of the invention are related to a method and a system for administrating an infusion liquid pulse. The system includes a tubing system having an inlet connected to an external reservoir adapted to contain infusion fluids and an outlet connected to a catheter. The tubing system includes a check valve proximate to the inlet and an anti-siphon valve proximate to the outlet. The system further includes an automatic pulse flow generation device. The automatic pulse flow generation device includes an internal reservoir and a bidirectional pump configured to pump infusion fluid from the external reservoir to the internal reservoir and further pump an infusion fluid pulse from the internal reservoir to be injected by the catheter, the infusion liquid pulse has a volume of at least 2 ml and a velocity of at least 5 ml/min.
US10780219B2
Ambulatory infusion pumps, medicament reservoirs, and medicament sealing assemblies, including a variety of trocar seal assemblies and fill plug seal assemblies, plus related components, as well as component combinations and related methods.
US10780216B2
In one aspect, containment devices are provided that include a microchip element having one or more containment reservoirs that are configured to be electrically activated to open; an electronic printed circuit board (PCB) or a silicon substrate positioned adjacent to the microchip element; one or more electronic components associated with the microchip element or the PCB/silicon substrate; and a first inductive coupling device associated with the microchip element or the PCB/silicon substrate, wherein the first inductive coupling device is in operable communication with the one or more electronic components. In another aspect, implantable drug delivery devices are provided that include a body housing at least one drug payload for actively controlled release, wherein the ratio of the volume of the at least one drug payload to the total volume of the implantable drug delivery device is from about 75 μL/cc to about 150 μL/cc.
US10780214B1
A medication delivery device—preferably designed and configured to be implantable for use inside of a human body—secures excess tubing of a catheter to a pump housing. The tubing is received and retained in channels, whereby an excess extent of the catheter that is unneeded can be safely stored in an out-of-the-way position. The channels are defined in and integrally formed with the pump housing. Alternatively, the channels are defined in a catheter retention member that clips onto other otherwise attaches to the pump housing. In the alternative design, the catheter retention member may be provided separately from or provided with the pump and catheter.
US10780208B2
A blood pump comprises a pump casing having a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet, and an impeller arranged in said pump casing and rotatably supported in the pump casing by a bearing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The impeller has blades for conveying blood from the blood flow inlet to the blood flow outlet. The bearing comprises at least one stationary bearing portion coupled to the pump casing and having a stationary bearing surface that faces radially outwards. The bearing further comprises a rotating bearing surface interacting with the stationary bearing surface to form the bearing, wherein the rotating bearing surface faces radially inwards and is formed on an exposed radially inner edge of the blades. The blades are designed to draw blood deposit on the stationary bearing surface in a radially outward direction.
US10780206B2
A connection system for an implantable blood pump including a pump housing having an impeller disposed therein and a motor housing including a motor disposed therein, the motor housing spaced a distance from the pump housing. A flexible outer sheath couples the pump housing to the motor housing, the outer sheath defining a maximum total length between 7 and 10 centimeters. An inner shaft is coaxial with the outer sheath and couples the motor to the impeller.
US10780203B2
The illustrative embodiments described herein are directed to an apparatus, system, and method for storing liquid from a tissue site. The apparatus may include a drape having an aperture, and a fluid pouch coupled to the drape such that the fluid pouch is in fluid communication with the aperture. In one embodiment, the fluid pouch is operable to transfer reduced pressure to the aperture such that the liquid from the tissue site is drawn into the fluid pouch. The fluid pouch may have a cavity that stores the liquid that is drawn from the tissue site. In another embodiment, the fluid pouch may include at least one baffle. The fluid pouch may also include a fluid channel at least partially defined by the at least one baffle. The fluid channel may be operable to store liquid from the tissue site when reduced pressure is applied through the fluid channel.
US10780195B2
Methods, compositions, kits, and drug delivery devices are provided for treating, adhering, or sealing biological tissues. The methods include combining a first solution that includes an oligomer/polymer component and a second solution that includes a dendrimer component, and at least one of the oligomer/polymer component and dendrimer component includes at least one substituent that is capable of photoreversible dimerization. The reversible dimerization of the substituent may allow for the reversible dimerization and/or polymerization of one or more components. The substituent that is capable of photoreversible dimerization may be active by the application of light, such as UV light.
US10780187B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for sterilizing an internal channel surface of an endoscope, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for sterilizing an internal channel surface of an endoscope, in which ultrasonic and infrared rays are irradiated to an internal channel of the endoscope to partially or entirely sterilize and removing a biofilm generated on the internal channel surface of the endoscope during a procedure or diagnosis.
US10780179B2
The present disclosure relates to conjugates, preferably, antibody-drug conjugates, directed against select non-transmembrane tumor antigens that are normally intracellular but can be secreted from cancer cells, such as human cathepsin D, and can be targeted in a way that enables the selective delivery of the conjugate to cancer cells. The design and mechanism of action disclosed enable the preferential delivery of the conjugate prodrug to cancer cells over normal cells for the purpose of selectively killing cancer cells. The uses of such conjugates for the treatment of cancer are described.
US10780178B2
The present invention provides novel scaffolded HIV-1 vaccine immunogens. Some of the scaffolded immunogens contain a soluble gp140 trimer linked to the N-terminus of the nanoparticle subunit and a T-helper epitope that is fused via a short peptide spacer to the C-terminus of the nanoparticle subunit. Some other immunogens of the invention contain a soluble gp140 trimer protein that is linked to a stable nanoparticle via a short peptide spacer that is a T-helper epitope. Some of the scaffolded immunogens contain a gp140 trimer immunogen presented on a nanoparticle platform formed with I3-01 protein, E2p, or variants of protein 1VLW. Also provided in the invention are nucleic acids that encode the various vaccine immunogens described herein, and expression vectors and host cells harboring the nucleic acids. The invention further provides methods of using the scaffolded HIV-1 vaccine immunogens for preventing or treating HIV infections.
US10780177B2
SAE-CD compositions are provided, along with methods of making and using the same. The SAE-CD compositions comprise a sulfoalkyl ether cyclodextrin having an absorption of less than 0.5 A.U. due to a drug-degrading agent, as determined by UV/vis spectrophotometry at a wavelength of 245 nm to 270 nm for an aqueous solution containing 300 mg of the SAE-CD composition per mL of solution in a cell having a 1 cm path length.
US10780161B2
Compositions and methods for co-expressing a secretable vaccine protein (such as gp96-Ig) and T-cell co-stimulatory molecules from a single vector, among others, are provided herein. Materials and methods for using gp96-Ig vaccination and T-cell co-stimulation to treat a clinical condition (e.g., cancer) in a subject also are provided.
US10780160B2
An immunogenic composition having 13 distinct polysaccharide-protein conjugates and optionally, an aluminum-based adjuvant, is described. Each conjugate contains a capsular polysaccharide prepared from a different serotype of Streptococcus pneumoniae (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F and 23F) conjugated to a carrier protein. The immunogenic composition, formulated as a vaccine, increases coverage against pneumococcal disease in infants and young children globally, and provides coverage for serotypes 6A and 19A that is not dependent on the limitations of serogroup cross-protection.
US10780155B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides vaccines, pharmaceutical compounds and formulations for diagnosing, preventing, treating or ameliorating Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Group C Streptococcus (GCS), or Group A Streptococcus (GGS), infections, or other pathogenic Streptococcus infections. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions such as diagnostic tests, assays, immunoassays and test strips, and methods, for detecting or diagnosing the presence of a Streptococcal infection, e.g., Group A Streptococcus (GAS), Group C Streptococcus (GCS), or Group A Streptococcus (GGS), infections, or other pathogenic Streptococcus infections.
US10780150B2
Disclosed are oligonucleotides that binds specifically to HIV neutralizing monoclonal antibody 2G12 with a K4 value lower than 20 nM, the oligonucleotide comprising a predicted structure, at 37° C., having exactly one stem-loop whereby the loop comprises the nucleotide sequence of AACCNACGGANAAA (SEQ ID NO: 1), where N is a modified nucleoside base, and the stem includes at least 3 nucleotide base-pairs and one of the nucleotides in the stem includes a modified nucleoside base, wherein the modified nucleoside base has the structure -B-L-A where A is a branched-chain Man9 oligosaccharide, L is a linker molecule, and B is independently a pyrimidine or pyridine base linked to the sugar-phosphate backbone of the oligonucleotide. Immunogenic conjugates that include the oligonucleotide, and pharmaceutical compositions that include the oligonucleotide or the immunogenic conjugate are also disclosed. Various method of using the oligonucleotides, immunogenic conjugates, and pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.
US10780143B2
Disclosed are methods of treating kidney disease, infectious or inflammatory diseases, acute kidney injury and hypertension by administering a (pro)renin receptor (PRR) antagonist. In some instances the PRR antagonist is a polypeptide. The PRR antagonist can be a polypeptide having at least 70% identity to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2. Also disclosed are methods of decreasing proteinuria and methods of promoting wound healing by administering a PRR antagonist.
US10780139B1
Pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds obtainable from an extract of Hypericum revolutum and methods of dilating blood vessels by administering such compounds are provided.
US10780132B2
Provided herein are novel methods and compositions utilizing adipose tissue-derived stromal stem cells for treating fistulae.
US10780115B2
Preparation of high-performance antimicrobial agent based on ZnO/GODs-PEI composites. Nano ZnO is regarded as the effective antibacterial agents because of its distinctive photocatalytic properties. However, the fast recombination of photo-generated electrons and holes on the surface of ZnO seriously affects antibacterial activities. Therefore, numerous methods such as controlling the size and morphology of ZnO, doping metal and nonmetal ions, coupling semiconductor, constructing heterojunction and surface modification have been used to increase the activity of ZnO. The application aims to synthesize a stable low-dimensional ZnO/GQD aqueous with excellent dispersity and enhanced absorption to further improve its antibacterial activities. Hence, amphiphilic polyethylenimine-functionalized graphene quantum dots (GQD-PEI) was prepared firstly, which was then used to transfer ZnO NPs to water to obtain water-soluble ZnO/GODs-PEI composites.
US10780108B2
Described are compositions and methods for inhibition of Hepatitis B virus gene expression. RNA interference (RNAi) agents for inhibiting the expression of Hepatitis B virus gene are described. The HBV RNAi agents disclosed herein may be targeted to cells, such as hepatocytes, for example, by using conjugated targeting ligands. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more HBV RNAi agents optionally with one or more additional therapeutics are also described. Delivery of the described HBV RNAi agents to infected liver in vivo provides for inhibition of HBV gene expression and treatment of diseases and conditions associated with HBV infection.
US10780102B2
Compounds having drug and bio-affecting properties, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are set forth. In particular, triterpenoids that possess unique antiviral activity are provided as HIV maturation inhibitors, as represented by compounds of Formula I: with X selected from C4-8 cycloalkyl, C4-8 cycloalkenyl, C4-9 spirocycloalkyl, C4-9 spirocycloalkenyl, C4-8 oxacycloalkyl, C4-8 dioxacycloalkyl, C6-8 oxacycloalkenyl, C6-8 dioxacycloalkenyl, C6 cyclodialkenyl, C6 oxacyclodialkenyl, C6-9 oxaspirocycloalkyl and C6-9 oxaspirocycloalkenyl ring, such that X is substituted with A, wherein A is —C1-6 alkyl-halo. These compounds are useful for the treatment of HIV and AIDS.
US10780094B2
The invention is directed to the use of carbonic anhydrase inhibitors for treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders.
US10780087B2
A stabilized solid preparation containing 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide is provided, namely, a solid preparation containing 2-{4-[N-(5,6-diphenylpyrazin-2-yl)-N-isopropylamino]butyloxy}-N-(methylsulfonyl)acetamide and D-mannitol having a specific surface area of 1.0 m2/g or less.
US10780086B2
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting or reducing deregulated FLT3 tyrosine kinase activity or FLT3 tyrosine kinase expression in a subject with a proliferative disease by administering to the subject having or suspected to have the proliferative disease, a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of the compound of Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10780085B2
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and a mouth-soluble binder dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix.
US10780084B2
The present invention relates to chimeric (including bifunctional) compounds, compositions comprising those compounds and methods of treating cancer in a patient or subject, especially including metastatic and other cancers where cancer cells exhibit overexpression (heightened expression) of cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (urokinase receptor) compared to normal (non-cancerous) cells. The compounds bind to the urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) on the surface of a cancer cell, including a metastatic cancer cell, and consequently recruit native antibodies of the patient or subject where the antibodies can selectively degrade and/or deactivate targeted cancer cells through antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) against a large number and variety of cancers, thus providing cancer cell death and an inhibition of growth, elaboration and/or metastasis of the cancer, including remission and cure of the patient's cancer.
US10780083B1
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds, compositions, methods and kits of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, itch, and neurogenic inflammation.
US10780075B1
The invention provides a water-soluble composition comprising cannabis extract. The invention also provides methods of producing a water-soluble composition comprising cannabis extract. The invention further provides a solution comprising cannabis extract. Furthermore, the invention provides a frozen composition, a medication, a pharmaceutical composition, and a kit comprising a water-soluble composition comprising cannabis extract.
US10780068B2
Provided herein are methods of treating glaucoma in a patient, comprising: obtaining a biological sample from the patient; testing the biological sample for presence of a mutation in Kir6.2 protein or KCNJ11 gene; and provided that the biological sample tests positive for the presence of a mutation in Kir6.2 protein or KCNJ11 gene, administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising tolbutamide or a physiologically equivalent salt or solvate thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Also provided herein are methods of maintaining and/or improving eye health in a subject, comprising: administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising tolbutamide or a physiologically equivalent salt or solvate thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10780067B2
Disclosed are methods and topical formulations for treating and/or preventing cell proliferative diseases and disorders including breast cancer and ductal carcinoma is situ (DCIS) using local transdermal therapy (LTT). The disclosed methods typically include administering topically to the breast or breasts of the patient a topical formulation comprising an effective dose of the tamoxifen metabolite, N-desmethyl-4-hydroxytamoxifen (i.e., endoxifen or ENX) for treating breast cancer. The topical formulation may be described as a transdermal formulation and the topical formulation may comprise, consist essentially of, or consist of endoxifen as an active ingredient.
US10780059B2
A layered body comprising: a core region; at least one intermediate layer disposed around the core region; and an outer layer disposed around the at least one intermediate layer, wherein at least one of the at least one intermediate layers comprises a gas, the layered body having at least one dimension, measured across the body and through the core region, of 100 μm or less.
US10780047B2
The present disclosure describes a vaginal system comprising segesterone acetate and ethinyl estradiol configured for thirteen 28-day product-use cycles that is compatible with male condoms comprising natural rubber latex, polyisoprene, or polyurethane and a method of providing birth control using the vaginal system wherein a secondary contraception is employed when the vaginal system is removed or expelled from the vagina for specified amounts of time during any of the product-use cycles.
US10780046B2
Topical vaginal compositions are disclosed herein which include silica microspheres and an active ingredient in the amount of 0.001 to 15.0% w/w selected from estradiol, metronidazole, clindamycin, butoconazole, and combinations thereof. The topical compositions provide sustained release of the active ingredient so as to reduce skin irritation.
US10780044B2
A method of making a natural antibacterial deodorant composition from the extract of Buchu leaf with arrowroot powder, sodium bicarbonate, witch hazel and aloe vera. The combination of these ingredients provide a natural deodorant that is safe and effective in eliminating bad odor, when the deodorant composition is applied to the body, the deodorant does not occlude the pores of the skin and permits sweating but is effective against malodors.
US10780037B2
An aqueous composition with a higher-than-neutral pH includes a significant amount of one or more surfactants and large amounts of osmotically active solutes. This composition, as well as an acidic counterpart and solid materials, can be used in a variety of applications such as wound care, oral care, medical equipment reprocessing, healthcare acquired infection and implant treatment.
US10780035B2
The subject of present disclosure is an oxidation dyeing agent for the oxidative color change of keratinous fibers, in particular human hair, comprising at least one alkalizing agent, at least one oxidation dye precursor of a developer type and at least one oxidation dye precursor of a coupler type, at least one ether compound of xylitol and, based on the weight of oxidation dyeing agent, zero to less than 0.1% by weight of peroxide compounds, wherein the oxidation dyeing agent preferably has a pH value in the range of 8 to 11, in particular in the range of 8.5 to 10.7, particularly preferably in the range of 9 to 10.3, most preferably 9.5 to 9.7, each measured at a temperature of 22° C.
US10780033B2
A method of maintaining or improving tissue health, maintaining or improving bone health, maintaining or improving cardiovascular health, or improving the appearance or texture of skin by administering a composition of the aloe rind minerals. The aloe rind minerals can be prepared from aloe rind by ashing or fermentation. Compositions can include aloe rind minerals and one or more additional active or inactive ingredients, and can be administered topically or orally.
US10780032B1
An oral care composition with an aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. A jammed emulsion with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. An oral care composition with aqueous phase, hydrophobic phase, active agent, and optionally emulsifier. Methods of using disclosed compositions for active agent delivery.
US10780030B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising at least one bicarbonate compound, at least one acid, at least one film forming polymer, and at least one cosmetically acceptable carrier, wherein the weight ratio of the at least one bicarbonate compound to the at least one acid is greater than or equal to about 1:1, and methods of altering the shape of keratin fibers comprising contacting the fibers with the compositions.
US10780029B2
A cleansing composition, a method of making the cleansing composition and a method of using a cleansing composition, the composition including a first liquid surfactant component; a first solid component, including a plurality of cellulose particles; and a first gaseous component.
US10780026B2
A method of forming a dental composite includes photopolymerizing a dental composition. The dental composition includes a free-radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate resin, 75 percent by weight or greater of filler particles, and about 0.005 percent to about 5 percent by weight of at least one polymerizable stable radical. The photopolymerizing forms the dental composite such that the dental composite has a flexural modulus of about 9500 MPa or greater and the polymerizable stable radical reduces shrinkage stress of the dental composite caused by the photopolymerizing by 10% or greater. A method of forming a dental composite composition includes combining a free-radically polymerizable (meth)acrylate resin, 75 percent by weight or greater of filler particles, and about 0.005 percent to about 5 percent by weight of at least one polymerizable stable radical to form the dental composite composition.
US10780022B2
A medicament dispensing container comprises a first wall and a second wall defining a cavity therebetween. At least one member is connected to at least one of the walls and is disposable in the cavity. The at least one member defines at least one dose receptacle configured for disposal of at least one dose of at least one medication. The at least one member includes indicia relating to a medication regimen comprising the at least one medication. The walls are movable between a medication accessible configuration and a tamper resistant configuration. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10780016B2
A vertical motion adjuster for a thermotherapy device includes a conveyance unit provided with a movable member configured to move along a mat, a support unit having a first side and a second side, the first side rotatably coupled to one side of the conveyance unit, and an elevation unit installed between the conveyance unit and the support unit and configured to adjust an angle of inclination of the support unit by raising or lowering the second side of the support unit such that the second side of the support unit is moved in the shape of an arc.
US10780011B2
A finger joint rehabilitation exercise aid part includes a rubber part, at least one small bracket, one middle bracket and one large bracket. The small bracket, the middle bracket and the large bracket are fixed on the rubber part and are provided with a fixing hole for fixing a power source. A front end of the rubber part is provided with a finger sheath, and the patient's finger can reach into the finger sheath. As such, according to the finger joint rehabilitation exercise aid part, the rubber part is sheathed on the patient's finger. The rubber part is forced by the power source to bend and straighten and drives the patient's fingers to perform exercise at the same time, thus helping patients perform rehabilitation training.
US10780006B2
A mounting device for mounting a stand device under a ceiling in an operating room incorporates a mounting apparatus extending in the longitudinal direction along a mounting axis configured to bear a connection component of the stand device, in particular a spindle; and a ceiling flange configured to mount the mounting apparatus under the ceiling and to support the stand device on the ceiling; wherein the ceiling flange is mountable in different mounting positions along the mounting axis relative to the mounting apparatus on the mounting apparatus in a way that the mounting device is configured to hold the stand device in a height variable manner in different, in particular predefined, height positions. The invention further relates to a mounting system including such a mounting device.
US10780003B2
An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.
US10779996B2
The invention relates to a vaginal insertion assembly and methods of manufacturing it, which comprises a flexible retention web made by an atraumatic material intended to be introduced into the vaginal cavity with the aid of an applicator, said web comprising removal means and a shorter web flap F1 obtained by strangling the web in a site P, and being arranged into the applicator such that the web becomes more rigid and makes it less penetrable.
US10779995B2
The present invention is directed to a novel process for dosing super absorbent polymer particles into a plurality of particles flows, comprising the steps of: (i) providing super absorbent polymer particles; (ii) imparting a rotation to said particles; and (iii) collecting separate flows of particles, wherein the step (ii) is performed with a rotating mobile (11) provided into a housing (12).Use for manufacturing absorbent article and article thus obtained.
US10779994B2
Compression device (1) for application circumferentially around a patient's limb (10), comprising a) a first band portion (20a) and a second band portion (20b), both band portions (20) being arrangeable along at least a part of the circumference of the limb for creating radial pressure on the limb, b) a spine element (30), extending in axial direction (100) when the compression device is applied around the limb, and comprising a first and a second guide opening (40a, 40b) for guiding the first and the second band portions, respectively. The guide openings (40a, 40b) are arranged offset in axial direction with respect to each other such that, when the first band portion is arranged along at least a part of the circumference of the limb and guided through the first guide opening, and the second band portion is arranged along at least a part of the circumference of the limb, parallel to the first band portion, and guided through the second guide opening, the band portions overlap in an axial direction.
US10779992B2
A manually, selectively attenuating earplug button is disclosed, for insertion into a cavity of an earplug of a hearing protection device The earplug button comprises a nested configuration of a first housing member (including a first opening to receive sound from an ambient environment) and a second housing member, surrounding the first housing member and including a second opening to output at least a portion of the sound passing through an audio channel located between said first and second openings The first and second housing members include sidewall apertures for permitting a wearer to manually adjust the amount of sound admitted to the wear's ear from said ambient environment by rotating the first housing member (and thus its sidewall aperture) with respect to the second housing member.
US10779990B2
An incisional instrument and method of use for creating accurate, reproducible surgical incisions. An exemplary embodiment includes an incisional instrument configured for attachment to a patient's eye and for use performing arcuate limbal relaxing incisions (LRIs). The incisional instrument is made up of two coaxial, interconnecting pieces: a docking piece and a cutting piece. The docking piece includes a suction mechanism and is configured for being secured to a patient's eye just outside the corneal limbus. The cutting piece is configured to fit flush within the docking piece and includes cutting blades and one or more handles for rotating the cutting piece relative to the docking piece. When assembled, the cutting blades extend beyond the proximal end of the docking piece by a length equal to the desired depth of LRIs to be cut. The incisional instrument further includes measurement markings for properly positioning and measuring incisions.
US10779983B2
A compression foot garment is integrally knit of a body yarn, and adapted for wear on a foot of a user. The foot garment incorporates first and second high compression zones, and a compression release zone between the high compression zones. The first high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot below the plantar fascia between the calcaneus and metatarso-phalangeal joints and generally around the midfoot. The second high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot above the calcaneus and generally around an ankle of the user. The first and second high compression zones may comprise elastic yarns integrated with the body yarn. The compression release zone is adapted for applying reduced compression to the foot in an area between the first and second high compression zones.
US10779980B2
A intragastric device that contains a compressible free-floating structure and a sleeve attached thereto is provided. The device is considered to be anchorless as the sleeve is not physically attached to any portion of the GI tract. The device is configurable between a compressed pre-deployment configuration and an expanded post-deployment configuration. The free-floating device may be composed of a shape memory material such a nitinol. In some embodiments, the free-floating structure is space occupying and non-porous. The sleeve may be attached to the free-floating structure, such as with sutures and/or glue. In some embodiments, a stent may be inserted at the proximal end of the sleeve. A second free-floating structure may be connected to the free-floating structure such that there is an upper structure and a lower structure. In some embodiments, the gastrointestinal device is used to deliver prebiotic and/or probiotic therapy to a patient.
US10779973B2
A stent includes a cylindrical main body portion, a linkage portion, and a marker attachment portion. The main body portion extends in an axial direction. The linkage portion extends from an end of the main body portion in the axial direction. The marker attachment portion is linked to the main body portion through the linkage portion. The linkage portion includes a bent portion tilting the marker attachment portion outward in a radial direction of the main body portion.
US10779970B2
A fenestrated aortic cuff is configured to be delivered endovascularly to a target region, deployed, fastened, and sealed to a vessel wall, e.g., in a neck region of an aortic aneurysm. Example fenestrated cuffs provide a suitable landing zone for a commercially available endograft, which may be, in some cases, positioned below or above the renal arteries in order to complete exclusion of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), respectively, from systematic circulation. In some cases, fenestrated cuff function is facilitated and improved by employing active fixation and sealing mechanisms, including, e.g., helical fasteners, which may allow deployment of the fenestrated cuff in short neck regions with limited sealing area.
US10779956B2
An expandable interbody device for implantation within an intervertebral space is provided, together with methods and tools for use therewith. The interbody devices of the present invention include upper and lower bearing members configured to expand via an expansion mechanism configured to allow the insertion of osteoconductive materials and other structures into the interior of the interbody device before and after implantation, and before and after expansion of the interbody device. The insertion tool is configured expand the interbody device and to allow insertion of materials into the interbody device through a protected pathway.
US10779953B2
This disclosure provides vertebral implants, fastening devices for vertebral implants, and implant instrumentation, and various combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the implant comprises a peripheral wall extending according to a vertical axis between upper and lower surfaces of the implant, with each such surface configured to be placed in contact with a vertebral structure, respectively, at the top and the bottom of the vertebral segment replaced by the implant. Some embodiments comprise fastening means, deployment of which anchors the implant in the lower and upper vertebral structures. Some fastening means may be deployed by sliding parallel to the vertical axis of the implant, and may comprise a plate with at least one part remaining in contact with the peripheral wall of the implant when deployed and a pointed end projecting from one of the upper and lower surfaces of the implant to enter a vertebral structures on completion of deployment.
US10779947B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for treating neurovascular venous outflow obstructions, with or without implantation of a prosthetic valve. The valve may be carried by a support, such as a stent, which may be self-expandable or balloon expandable. Both transvascular and direct surgical access is contemplated.
US10779944B2
The invention provides a heart valve leaflet capture device (250) comprising a cardiac catheter probe having a proximal end for manipulating the device (250) and a distal end terminating in a transvalve element (256). The transvalve element (256) is configured to pass through a heart valve generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the catheter and includes two or three leaflet gripping elements (252). The leaflet gripping elements (252) are individually movable by operation of an associated actuating mechanism (260) between a radially retracted position, in which they are withdrawn with respect to the transvalve element (256), and a capture position, in which they diverge outwardly at an acute angle from the transvalve element (256). In the capture position, each leaflet gripping element (252) defines a convergent capture zone that is directed towards the edges of a target valve leaflet and in which the target valve leaflet may be captured.
US10779936B2
Devices and methods for the treatment of heart conditions are provided herein. For example, this document provides devices and methods for treating tricuspid valve regurgitation by percutaneously implanting a prosthetic tricuspid valve.
US10779927B2
A vascular filter device (1) has a support frame (2) and filter elements (4). The filter elements (4) extend from the support frame towards filter element ends forming an on-axis apex (5) at which they are interconnected by a holder (6). The filter elements (4) are biased such that if unconnected the filter element ends are located between the support frame and said central axis when the vascular filter device is unconstrained. The filter element unconnected positions are provided by the filter element shapes and the angles at which they extend from the support frame, and in one example this is achieved by laser cutting tubing and heat setting the material.
US10779921B2
An oral cavity washing device includes a body unit including a pump configured to discharge washing liquid, a tube connected to the body unit and configured to allow the discharged washing liquid to flow through the tube, a washing unit connected to the tube and configured to discharge the washing liquid, a joint portion configured to detachably attach the washing unit to the body unit, a disposing portion provided at the body unit and configured to allow the tube to be disposed at the disposing portion in a state where the washing unit is attached to the body unit, and an elastic member provided at the disposing portion.
US10779913B2
A bendable impression tray includes a base portion and a handle portion. In one embodiment, the bendable impression tray includes a U-shaped portion and at least three projections extending outwardly from the U-shaped portion by at least 5 millimeters in bottom view. In one embodiment, the bendable impression tray includes a base portion that is substantially U-shaped in bottom view, and defines at least two peripheral notches, each extending inwardly from an outer periphery of the base portion by at least 5 millimeters in bottom view.
US10779897B2
A surgical instrument for use with and for selective connection to an instrument drive unit includes an end effector, an instrument drive connector including a plurality of drive assemblies, and a plurality of drive members in mechanical cooperation with the instrument drive connector and the end effector. Each drive assembly of the plurality of drive assemblies includes a drive screw including an elongated threaded body and a drive nut threadedly engaged with the elongated threaded body of the drive screw such that rotation of the drive screw results in longitudinal movement of the drive nut. Each drive member of the plurality of drive members includes a proximal end portion secured to a respective drive nut of one of the plurality of drive assemblies such that longitudinal translation of the respective drive nut causes longitudinal translation of the drive member to drive a function of the end effector.
US10779895B2
A remote workstation for the control of percutaneous intervention devices is provided. The remote workstation includes a control system for remotely and independently controlling at least two percutaneous intervention devices. The control system includes at least one input device to control the percutaneous intervention devices. The control system controls movement of at least one of the percutaneous intervention devices along at least two degrees of freedom. The remote workstation also includes a graphical user interface for displaying icons representative of the operational status of each of the percutaneous intervention devices.
US10779885B2
Systems and methods for delivering microwave energy to skin are provided, such that a focal zone of destructive heat is generated in the upper sub-dermis, mid-dermis, and/or lower dermis. This microwave therapy may be used for hair removal, treatment of acne, skin tightening, treatment of toe nail fungus, or sweat reduction. According to one embodiment, a system can include a microwave applicator having a distal treatment portion that includes at least one microwave antenna, a cooling system, and vacuum features. In some embodiments, the interaction between incident waves transmitted from the microwave applicator and reflected waves may be used to generate a standing wave with a peak energy density in selected regions of the dermis.
US10779883B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for a needle for gaining access to the pericardial cavity of a heart. The needle includes an elongate member (e.g. a main shaft) defining a lumen and a side-port in communication with the lumen; a blunt atraumatic tip for delivering energy for puncturing tissue; and a guiding surface (e.g. a ramp) for directing a device (e.g. a guidewire) through the side-port. The method includes using the needle for tenting a pericardium and delivering energy for puncturing the pericardium, and advancing a guidewire or other device through the needle and into the pericardial cavity.
US10779876B2
A medical instrument is disclosed. The medical instrument includes at least one electrical contact element, a battery, a radio frequency (RF) generation circuit coupled to and operated by the battery and operable to generate an RF drive signal and to provide the RF drive signal to the at least one electrical contact, and a battery discharge circuit coupled to the battery. A processor is coupled to the battery discharge circuit and a memory is coupled to the processor. The memory stores machine executable instructions that when executed cause the processor to monitor activation of the RF generation circuit and disable the RF generation circuit when the RF drive signal is fired a predetermined number of times. The medical instrument may include an activation switch and/or a disposal switch supported by the housing.
US10779875B2
Tumors can be treated with an alternating electric field. The size of cells in the tumor is determined prior to the start of treatment by, for example, biopsy or by inverse electric impedance tomography. A treatment frequency is chosen based on the determined cell size. The cell size can be determined during the course of treatment and the treatment frequency is adjusted to reflect changes in the cell size. A suitable apparatus for this purpose includes a device for measuring the tumor impedance, an AC signal generator with a controllable output frequency, a processor for estimating the size of tumor cells and setting the frequency of the AC signal generator based thereon, and at least one pair of electrodes operatively connected to the AC signal generator such that an alternating electric field is applied to the tumor.
US10779873B2
A device is described for treating a nasal airway by modifying a property of a nasal tissue of or near a nasal valve of the airway, without using a surgical incision or an implant, to decrease airflow resistance or perceived airflow resistance in the nasal airway. Various embodiments include an elongate shaft, a bipolar radiofrequency delivery member extending from one end of the shaft, and a handle attached to the elongate shaft at an opposite end from the radiofrequency delivery member. The radiofrequency delivery member is sized to be inserted into a nose and configured to at least temporarily deform the nasal tissue and deliver radiofrequency energy. The radiofrequency delivery member includes two rows of protruding electrodes disposed on a tissue contact surface, and the device is configured to deliver radiofrequency energy from one row of electrodes to the other row of electrodes.
US10779869B2
An implant device is used for maintaining a distraction or compression element and includes a rod linked to implants by support devices having a threaded stud and a head for interaction with a support piece. The support piece has a device for attaching and blocking a distraction or compression element. The threaded piece includes two zones, namely a distal end zone having a conical profile and a screw thread with wide turns, configured for cancellous bone, and a proximal zone having a conical profile with a conicity angle smaller than the conicity angle of the distal portion, with a narrow screw thread, configured for bone cortex, namely including sharp, thin, deep screw threads, whereas the web is flat.
US10779864B2
A pivotal bone anchor assembly configured for independent positional locking with tooling prior to securing an elongate rod to patient bone with a closure. The assembly includes a bone anchor having a capture portion and a body portion for fixation to patient bone. The assembly also includes a receiving member having an upper portion for receiving the elongate rod and a lower portion for receiving the capture portion, with the bone anchor having pivotal movement with respect to the receiving member. The assembly further includes a locking member in non-threaded engagement with the receiving member and configured for vertical displacement by the tooling into a locked configuration, so as to lock an angular position of the bone anchor relative to the receiving member. The locking member is also releasable by the tooling to re-establish the pivotal movement of the bone anchor with respect to the receiving member.
US10779863B2
A coupling device is provided for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element. The coupling device includes a receiving part having a first end, a second end, a central axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a channel for receiving a rod. The receiving part defines an accommodation space for accommodating a head of a bone anchoring element, the accommodation space having an opening for inserting the head. The coupling device further includes a pressure element arranged at least partially in the accommodation space, the pressure element having a flexible portion to clamp an inserted head, and a clamping element extending at least partially around the flexible portion of the pressure element. The clamping element is configured to move from a first position to a second position in which the clamping element exerts a clamping force onto the pressure element, where the movement includes rotating the clamping element around the central axis.
US10779862B2
A coupling assembly for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element, including a receiving part having first and second ends, a recess at the first end for the rod, and an accommodation space for a head of the bone anchoring element, the accommodation space having an opening at the second end to permit insertion of the head into the receiving part, a retainer element configured to be arranged at least partially in the accommodation space and to hold at least part of the head, and a spring element configured to be arranged at least partially in the accommodation space and to be compressed in an axial direction. The retainer element and the spring element are separate parts. When the retainer element and the spring element are in the accommodation space of the receiving part in a first position, the spring element extends into the recess of the receiving part.
US10779861B2
Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that can provide for improved fixation as compared with traditional bone anchor assemblies. An exemplary assembly can include a bracket or wing that extends down from the receiver member and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a plate that is seated between the receiver member and the rod and accommodates one or more auxiliary bone anchors that augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Another exemplary assembly can include a hook that extends out from the receiver member to hook onto an anatomical structure or another implant to augment the fixation of the assembly's primary bone anchor. Surgical methods using the bone anchor assemblies described herein are also disclosed.
US10779856B2
A robotic surgical system includes an access port having a plurality of sensors incorporated therein and a surgical instrument having an end effector for use with, and connection to a robot arm. The sensors measure a loading parameter between tissue and the access port when the shaft is inserted through the access port. The sensors wirelessly transmit signals indicative of the loading parameter to a processing unit. The estimated loads at the tip of the end effector of the surgical instrument are provided in real-time to a haptic feedback interface for communicating haptic feedback to a user. The haptic feedback increases or decreases in intensity in response to a specific event, occurrence, or operational characteristic related to the estimated loads.
US10779842B2
A method of preparing a shoulder to receive a glenoid component in one embodiment includes accessing a glenoid of a shoulder, applying a rotational force to a combination device, forming a first bore in the glenoid with a rotating boring section of the combination device, forming a second bore in the glenoid at a location spaced apart from the first bore using a first drill guide defined by the combination device, and reaming a portion of the glenoid with a rotating reaming section of the combination device, wherein forming a first bore and reaming a portion of the glenoid occur at least partially simultaneously.
US10779834B2
A circular stapler apparatus for stapling tissue includes a staple and pledget assembly and a circular staple head operable to drive staples toward an anvil. A staple of the staple and pledget assembly has a pair of legs disposed substantially perpendicular to a crown of the staple in a first position. The pair of legs is operable to advance against a pocket in the anvil to form a staple with bent legs. The staple and pledget assembly includes the staple and a pledget configured to receive the pair of legs of the staple. The pledget comprises a bioabsorbable material. The pledget is configured to advance distal ends of the pair of legs to a position in which the distal ends are laterally offset from a plane in which the crown of the staple is disposed.
US10779822B2
A surgical cutting and fastening instrument comprises an end effector that has a shaft coupled thereto that is coupled to a robotic system. A tool mounting portion includes an electric, DC motor connected to a drive train in the shaft for powering the drive train. A power pack that comprises at least one charge-accumulating device connected to the DC motor for powering the DC motor is provided.
US10779821B2
Anvils for surgical devices designed to cut and staple tissue. The anvils include tissue stop arrangements for positioning the tissue to be cut and stapled in the device so that the tissue is stapled prior to being cut. The anvils are moved between open and closed positions by a corresponding closure member. The tissue stops and/or closure members are configured to avoid adjacent tissue from being pinched between the closure member and tissue stops when the anvil is in a closed position.
US10779808B2
Apparatus for sealing a vascular wall penetration disposed at the end of the tissue tract comprises a shaft, an optional occlusion element, a hydratable hemostatic implant, and a protective sleeve. The apparatus is deployed through the tissue tract with the occlusion element optionally occluding the vascular wall penetration and inhibiting backbleeding therethrough. The hydratable hemostatic implant, which will typically be a biodegradable polymer such as collagen carrying an anti-proliferative agent or coagulation promoter, will then be deployed from the sealing apparatus by retracting the protective sleeve and left in place to enhance closure of the vascular wall penetration with minimum scarring. The hydratable implant will be protected from premature hydration and swelling by a soluble plug covering the implant's distal end prior to sleeve retraction.
US10779800B2
An ultrasound imaging system (300) includes one or more transducing elements (304). The ultrasound imaging system further includes a system controller (330) configured to control the one or more transducing elements to receive for a predetermined time duration without first transmitting and produce a noise only signal. The system controller is further configured to control the one or more transducing elements to transmit a set of pulses which causes the one or more transducing elements to transmit a pressures wave and receive echo waves generated in response to the transmitted pressures wave and produce an echo plus noise signal indicative thereof. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a noise processor (320) that compensates the echo plus noise signal with the noise only signal, creating a denoised signal, which is displayed.
US10779799B2
A method for imaging an object by ultrasound elastography through continuous vibration of the ultrasound transducer is taught. An actuator directly in contact with the ultrasound transducer continuously vibrates the transducer in an axial direction, inducing shear waves in the tissue and allowing for real-time shear wave imaging. Axial motion of the transducer contaminates the shear wave images of the tissue, and must be suppressed. Therefore, several methods for correcting for shear wave artifact caused by the motion of the transducer are additionally taught.
US10779794B2
Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate.A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.
US10779792B2
A medical X-ray CT imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator that generates a cone beam, an X-ray detector, a support that supports the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector while the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are opposed to each other, a turning drive unit that turns the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, which are supported by the support, an imaging information receiving unit, and an X-ray output condition setting unit. The imaging information receiving unit receives an imaging area setting relating to at least one of a size of an imaging area, an imaging purpose, and an imaging region. The X-ray output condition setting unit automatically sets an output condition of the X-ray generator according to at least one of the size of the imaging area, the imaging purpose, and the imaging region, which are received by the imaging information receiving unit.
US10779791B2
A method for X-ray imaging includes determining one or more pre-shot parameters corresponding to a region of interest in a subject based on an optical image of the region of interest obtained from an optical sensor. The method further includes controlling an X-ray device to generate a pre-shot X-ray image using a first X-ray dosage, based on the one or more-pre-shot parameters. The method also includes determining at least one main-shot parameter based on the pre-shot X-ray image. The method includes controlling the X-ray device to generate a main-shot X-ray image using a second X-ray dosage greater than the first X-ray dosage, based on the at least one main-shot parameter.
US10779786B2
A medical information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry obtains image data rendering a blood vessel of patient. The processing circuitry performs a fluid analysis on the obtained image data and calculates an index value related to a blood flow in the blood vessel with respect to each of a plurality of positions in the blood vessel. With respect to the index values to be calculated, the processing circuitry selects a position in which a first value is to be obtained from among the plurality of positions or selects a value serving as the first value from among the index values exhibited in positions. The processing circuitry causes a display to display the first value in a predetermined display region thereof used for displaying the first value.
US10779785B2
A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium are for segmenting different types of structures, including cancerous lesions and regular structures like vessels and skin, in a digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) volume. In an embodiment, the method includes: pre-classification of the DBT volume in dense and fatty tissue and based on the result; localizing a set of structures in the DBT volume by using a multi-stream deep convolutional neural network; and segmenting the localized structures by calculating a probability for belonging to a specific type of structure for each voxel in the DBT volume by using a deep convolutional neural network for providing a three-dimensional probabilistic map.
US10779778B2
The present approach relates to the use of detector elements (i.e., reference detector pixels) positioned under septa of an anti-scatter collimator. Signals detected by the reference detector pixels may be used to correct for charging-sharing events with adjacent pixels and/or to characterize or correct for focal spot misalignment either in real time or as a calibration step.
US10779775B2
Disclosed is the automated rapid advancement of a guide wire through a guide catheter using x-ray markers. The procedure involves providing a guide wire with a marker at or adjacent its tip, providing a guide catheter with a marker at or adjacent its distal terminus, rapidly advancing the guide wire through the guide catheter from its proximal end to its distal end under the control of an automated apparatus, and terminating the automated rapid advancement when the guide wire tip marker becomes adjacent to the guide catheter distal end marker. Fluoroscopic images may be taken of the of the guide wire as it rapidly advances through the guide catheter and image processing software used to determine when to terminate the rapid advancement. This software may use either the position or the velocity of the guide wire to make this determination.
US10779772B2
A movement assessing method and a movement assessing system are provided. The movement assessing method includes the following steps. At least one limb angle is obtained. A limb position accuracy is analyzed according to the limb angle. A center of gravity is obtained. A balance accuracy is analyzed according to the center of gravity. A movement index is calculated via a limb weight and a balance weight according to at least the limb position accuracy and the balance accuracy.
US10779749B2
A disposable adhesive substrate, a medical device and a charging station are provided. In particular the substrate may be adapted to be arranged on the medical device, which correspondingly may be charged in the charging station. The medical device may be used for monitoring and treatment of bruxism.
US10779747B2
A system for assessing brain health of a user includes an electronics module including an active brainwave sensor that collects channels of electroencephalography (EEG) brainwave data, a plurality of biological sensors, and a stimulation device. The biological sensors include a microphone that captures verbal responses of the subject during a battery of tasks, an image sensor that records eye positions, eye saccade and other biometric identification information, an accelerometer, a gyrometer, a thermometer, a pulse oximetry sensor, a dermal skin conductance sensor, and key strokes, mouse clicks or touch events to measure cognitive data of the user. The stimulation device applies a battery of tasks including a visual or photic stimulant, an auditory stimulant, a gastronomic stimulant, an olfactory stimulant, a touch stimulant, and a cognitive challenge stimulant to the user. The plurality of biological sensors simultaneously measure the body's response to stimulants for recordation by the electronics module.
US10779742B2
The present invention provides a medical electrode comprising a conductive metal base comprising a plate element and a boss formed on the plate element and a conductive support cylinder separate from the conductive metal base. The conductive support cylinder is rotatably mounted to the conductive metal base while remaining in electrical communication with said conductive metal base. The present invention also provides a limb clamp for an ECG device. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent bending of the cable connecting with the medical electrode, thereby avoiding cable failure.
US10779740B1
The invention provides a retraining system that requires EM sensors, programmable computers and mechanical structures that are controlled by the programmable computers so that injured body parts of injury subjects are moved by the mechanical structures. The retraining methodology proposes the use of electromyograph (EMG) signals from a healthy subject having a healthy body part to control the mechanical structures that are coupled to the injured body parts of injury subjects. As part of the retraining system, the EMG signals of the same injured subject are also sensed by an EM sensor coupled to said injured subject in order to move the mechanical structures coupled to the injured subject. The system is calibrated to store in the programmable computers specific motions associated to the EMG signals of the healthy subject and to ensure that the EMG signals of the healthy subject and the EMG signals of the injured subject are significantly matched. Also, the system provides that the EMG signals of a single healthy subject can be used to control the movement of a plurality of mechanical structures coupled to a plurality of injured subjects to offer a group therapy session.
US10779735B2
An image-processing method for marking plaque fluorescent reaction areas is provided, including: obtaining a first RGB image of a mouth region; obtaining a second RGB image of the mouth region; respectively converting the first RGB image and the second RGB image into a first HSV image and a second HSV image; obtaining a first average brightness value of the first HSV image and a second average brightness value of the second HSV image; normalizing the first average brightness value or the second average brightness value according the first average brightness value and the second average brightness value to obtain a normalized image; converting the normalized image into a third RGB image, and obtaining a plurality of pixel points of the dental plaque according to the third RGB image and the first RGB image or the second RGB image; and marking the pixel points in the third RGB image.
US10779729B2
An ophthalmic apparatus includes: an imaging optical system that includes a light projecting optical system for projecting light to an ACA region of a subject's eye, and a light receiving optical system including a light receiving element for receiving reflected light from the ACA region; an alignment driver configured to change a positional relationship between the subject's eye and the imaging optical system; an imaging processor configured to generate an ACA image based on a signal output from the light receiving element; and a controller configured to detect a feature point in an ACA of the subject's eye from the ACA image, and that adjust the positional relationship in accordance with a position of the feature point in the ACA image.
US10779724B2
Systems and methods of dynamically modifying visual content to account for user visual impairments are provided. The systems and methods provide for a plurality of generative adversarial networks, each associated with a corresponding style transfer, wherein the style transfer uniquely transforms the color mapping of a content template based on responses to at least one visual impairment test.
US10779720B2
Implementations described herein include a device having a data collection system, an actuation assembly, and a visible target. The data collection system has an illuminator, a detector, and a beam splitter operably coupled to the detector. The actuation assembly is coupled to the illuminator via a holder and has a motor coupled to a linear actuator and a speed governor. The visible target facilitates alignment of the subject's eye with the data collection system. The illuminator illuminates the target tissue with interrogating radiation and the actuation assembly moves the illuminator from a first position to a second position to scan a focal point of the interrogating radiation through a predefined thickness of the target tissue. The detector detects the at least one value of the at least one characteristic of responding radiation received from or reflected from the target tissue and uses such information to determine the onset and duration of a pathological condition.
US10779714B2
An endoscopic image formed by an image signal including a narrow-band image signal is acquired. The brightness, hue and saturation of each pixel of the endoscopic image are calculated. The hue H of each pixel of the endoscopic image is changed to a hue H+ΔH that is away from the hue of a reference color indicating a normal part and the saturation S of each pixel is changed to a saturation S+ΔS that is away from the saturation of the reference color that is determined according to the brightness of each pixel of the endoscopic image. The endoscopic image in which the brightness of each pixel is the original brightness and which has a color having converted hue and saturation is output.
US10779710B2
An endoscope having an operating handle comprising a handle housing arranged at a proximal end and an insertion tube extending from said handle towards a distal end of the endoscope and terminating in a steerable tip part at the distal end of the endoscope, the endoscope further comprising a control mechanism with a Bowden cable having an outer guide tube having a first length between a proximal end and a distal end of said outer guide tube and an inner pull-wire having a second length between a proximal end and a distal end of said inner pull-wire, said second length being longer than said first length, the proximal end of the outer guide tube is affixed to the operating handle by means of an adhesive.
US10779709B2
The present invention discloses a system to control a movement of a magnetic capsule using an external magnet control system. The external magnet control system includes more than one external magnetic balls, and at least one external magnetic ball can be moved freely in five degrees of the freedom.
US10779702B2
A spraying assembly for a dish washing machine includes: a bottom shell, a spraying seat, a sprayer and an actuator. A water storage chamber is formed in the bottom shell, which is provided with a water inlet in communication with the water storage chamber. The spraying seat is rotatably disposed on the bottom shell and provided with a water input passage in communication with the water storage chamber. The sprayer is provided with at least one spraying arm and rotatably disposed on the spraying seat and a rotation center of the sprayer is eccentrically arranged with respect to a rotation center of the spraying seat. The sprayer is provided with a plurality of spraying orifices, each being in communication with the water input passage. The actuator is connected to the sprayer and the spraying seat respectively to drive the sprayer and the spraying seat to rotate around their respective rotation centers.
US10779696B2
Provided is a cleaner including a dust collecting device for separating dust from air, wherein the dust collecting device includes a dust collecting case having a dust discharging port opened to discharge the collected dust; a discharge cover coupled to one side of the dust collecting case to open and close the dust discharge port; and a sealing member provided to extend from an inner surface of the dust collecting case to a coupling surface of the dust collecting case while being in contact with the dust collecting case and thus to be sealed when the dust discharging port is closed.
US10779694B1
A toilet training device has a pair of hook-shaped handles on opposite sides of the base. The base is recessed in at least two (2) regions which prevents the base from covering the entire surface area of the toilet bowl water. Further, the base has a shape able to contour to the interior shape of the toilet bowl. A plurality of decorative targets is disposed upon the upper surface of the base. The exterior surface of the base is coated with a thermochromic pigment.
US10779691B2
A shower accessory for use in combination with soap and washcloth that produces a lather quickly. The shower accessory includes a member having a first end, a second end, an upper side, and a lower side. A portion of the member includes an irregular surface having a plurality of oblong protrusions that vary in size and disposed in a random pattern across the irregular surface of the member and designed to increase the total amount of lather produced by the soap. A concave portion is disposed on the lower surface of the member designed to allow the lather to quickly increase in volume. In this way, a user can quickly and efficiently clean themselves.
US10779688B1
Method and apparatus for a one-piece tileable shower unit having pre-assembled full length walls and having a floor with a curb surrounding a central drain wherein the inner surface of the shower stall is coated with a thinset for having individual tile unit pieces attached thereto wherein the shower stall unit is made of one-piece. A first embodiment includes a foam base and a second embodiment includes fiberglass to which the individual tile units are attached.
US10779687B2
The present invention discloses an intelligent seasoning box for a kitchen, comprising a shell, a seasoning conveying component, a temperature monitor and a master controller, wherein the seasoning conveying component is a liquid-seasoning conveying component; both the seasoning conveying component and the master controller are arranged in the shell; the temperature monitor is connected by a universal hose and points to the center of a frying pan; the seasoning conveying component and the temperature monitor are electrically connected with the master controller respectively; the shell is provided with a containing cavity for containing liquid-seasoning bottles; the seasoning conveying component comprises conveying pipes, conveying pumps and a spraying nozzle; the conveying pumps are electrically connected with the master controller. The intelligent seasoning box for the kitchen in the present invention has the beneficial effects that the whole process of cooking can be completed under monitoring of internal application programs.
US10779686B2
A device for cracking shells of nuts comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, the jaws spaced apart and arranged to move together to compress a nut N between them, the first jaw arranged to slide on an arm to amend the spacing of the jaws, the second jaw arranged to be driven along the arm towards the first jaw by a driving mechanism; and a lever; the lever arranged to operate the driving mechanism and drive the second jaw along the arm towards the first jaw; the first jaw held by a user when the lever is pulled, characterized in that the first jaw comprises an elongate first jaw member with an intermediate perforation for passage of the arm, whereas the second jaw comprises an L-shaped part with a pinion arm parallel the arm and moving through the mechanism, and an orthogonally arranged jaw arm parallel the first jaw member.
US10779677B2
An apparatus for making espresso coffee has at least one delivery unit, a hydraulic circuit connected to the delivery unit, and a driving device having a lever movable between a first position and a second position. The delivery unit has a first cylinder with a piston slidably mounted therein and at least one braking device having a second cylinder. The second cylinder is connected to a circuit independent of the first cylinder. The movement of the first cylinder charges water and discharges water from the first cylinder.
US10779676B2
A capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a potable beverage. The capsule comprises an aluminum capsule body having a side wall and an outwardly extending flange and a sealing member at the outwardly extending flange for providing a fluid sealing contact with an enclosing member of a beverage preparation device. The beverage preparation device comprises an annular element having a free contact end which may be provided with a plurality of radially extending open grooves. The sealing member is integral with the outwardly extending flange and comprises at least one projection projecting from the outwardly extending flange. The projection comprising a projection top and is configured such that its projection top exerts a radial force on the free contact end of the annular element if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and the enclosing member is closed by means of a closing member of the beverage preparation device.
US10779673B1
A food processing apparatus specifically a tamale preparing apparatus to prepare and cook tamales is disclosed. The tamale preparing apparatus comprises two sets of cartridges, a plunging system, a steamer forms, a steamer pot and a pot cover to prepare and cook tamales. The apparatus prepares tamales by inserting pre-cooked masa and fillings into cartridges. A plunging system helps to insert the pre-cooked masa and fillings from the cartridges into steamer forms. The steamer pot comprises a porous steamer tray to allow the steam of water to reach the tamales kept on the tray and helps in cooking of tamales. Parchment paper tubes are used to maintain the shape of the tamales while cooking in steam. The pot can cook numerous tamales at a time, reducing labor cost.
US10779671B1
A storage system for receiving and storing a package is provided, the storage system comprising a bin, a lid, a locking mechanism, an unlocking mechanism. The bin is configured for receiving the package. The lid is hingedly joined to a back of the bin, and configured for closing the bin. The locking mechanism comprises a first device joined to a front wall of the bin and a second device joined to the lid, and is configured for automatically locking the first device to the second device, thereby locking the lid with the front wall of the bin when the lid closes the bin. The unlocking mechanism is accessible to a recipient of the package and configured for unlocking the first device from the second device in response to an action by the recipient, thereby unlocking the lid from the front of the bin.
US10779669B2
A chair mat has a top that is a rug or carpet so that the chair mat has the appearance of an area rug. A woven or knitted rug is attached to a mesh material that can carry the loads that are applied to the rug top to hold the rug top from stretching or bunching when casters of a wheeled chair move over the rug top. The chair mat has a rigid layer to which a woven or knitted rug is attached to provide a hard underlying surface over when the wheeled chair may more easily move. The chair mat may be hinged to permit the chair mat to be folded to a smaller configuration where it is more readily stored or transported.
US10779664B2
CNH Donut is a pressure and pain relieving prosthesis, and sleep aid, to be used with a standard pillow, for persons suffering with Chondrodermatitis nodularis chronic helicis, (CNH) Invention is a novel assemblage, comprised of 2 contiguous foam strips, curved into a “lachrymiform” shape, covered in cylindrical nylon spandex, then affixed with a headstrap, allowing patients to sleep directly on the injured ear, to roll over, and sleep on their preferred side, without pain. Invention is lightweight, yet firm enough to support a head. The smaller size, and unique “contiguous” placement of thick foam bands, as opposed to stuffing or fill, creates CNH Donut's distinctive strength, and “teardrop shaped” inner circle, using the natural arc, and firm properties of the foam to best advantage.
US10779660B2
An infant swing rocking chair includes a frame, two rocking bars and a chair assembly. The two front legs are arc posts protruding forward; the front legs and rear legs are hinged through the leg joint, and the front legs and the rear legs have two working positions of unfolding & supporting and folding; the rocking bar has the working position of rocking and the working position of locating; the bottom of each rocking bar is hinged with the chair assembly through the chair joint to make the chair assembly have the working position for the swing and the working position for the rocking chair; and the infant swing rocking chair has two use modes: a swing and a rocking chair.
US10779659B1
A swivel rocker having a swivel rocker frame that in turn includes a rocker frame portion and a swivel frame portion that can induce the three types of motion of swivel or roll, rock or pitch, and spin or yaw. The swivel frame portion can be quickly engaged to and disengaged from the rocker frame portion. Each of the swivel frame portion and rocker frame portion is foldable to a compact form. Each of the swivel frame portion and rocker frame portion includes a hub portion, which hub portions are rotatable relative to each other and lockable relative to each other.
US10779653B2
A furniture member may include a base frame and a seat assembly mounted on the base frame. The seat assembly may include a seat frame, a seatback, a seat bottom, and a legrest mechanism. The legrest mechanism may be mounted to the seat frame and attached to a legrest platform. The legrest mechanism may include a drive rod coupled to a pantograph linkage that is movable relative to the seat frame between retracted and extended positions.
US10779646B2
A modular furniture system capable of being arranged in different configurations in a settee area of a bowling center, for example, is disclosed. The furniture system includes at least one modular furniture element with a fastening mechanism which includes a first assembly and a second assembly. The first assembly of the fastening mechanism includes an engaging element which extends through at least one component of the first assembly and attaches to a component of the second assembly of an adjacent modular furniture element.
US10779636B2
A twisted wire grill brush is provided, including at least one handle having an extension direction, a first brush provided at an end of the at least one handle, a second brush provided at the end of the at least one handle and arranged substantially parallel with respect to the first brush, and a third brush provided at the end of the at least one handle and arranged substantially perpendicular with respect to the extension direction of the at least one handle.
US10779635B2
Various embodiments are described that relate to energy generation. A housing can retain a spring coupled to a gear set. As the spring experiences linear compression and extension, the spring can cause rotational movement in the gear set. The rotational movement from the gear set can cause rotation of a rotational magnet. The rotational magnet, when rotated about a coil set, can convert an energy. The energy can be used to charge a battery.
US10779633B2
A carrier for multiple folding chairs. The carrier for multiple folding chairs has a body including a back, at least one sidewall extending around the perimeter of the back, and a closure flap, thereby defining an interior volume. The interior volume is large enough to encapsulate at least two folding chairs. The closure flap is secured to the open ends of the sidewalk via an attachment mechanism such as a zipper. The closure flap also incorporates an access flap, allowing an individual to access a portion of the carrier while the remainder remains closed. Handles, casters and at least one strap are located on the exterior surface of the body, allowing an individual to transport the carrier via several methods. Hooks on the exterior of the body, coupled with fasteners incorporated on the straps, removably secure the carrier to a mounting fixture affixed to a vehicle.
US10779632B2
A hair extension storage assembly for storing hair extensions includes a hanger that may be suspended from a support. A member is attached to the hanger and the member is suspended from the support when the hanger is positioned on the support. A plurality of slats is provided and each of the slats is pivotally coupled to the member. Each of the slats is selectively positioned in a deployed position having each of the slats being oriented perpendicular to the member. Each of the slats is positioned in a stored position having each of the slats extending downwardly along the member. A plurality of clips is provided and each of the clips is coupled to an associated one of the slats. Each of the clips releasably engages a hair extension thereby facilitating the hair extension to be stored in a vertical orientation without deforming or crumpling.
US10779625B2
A battery powered collapsible blow-dryer for portable hair drying and styling includes a blow-dryer housing. A pivot hinge is coupled to a ventral side of the blow-dryer housing adjacent an intake end. A handle has a handle cavity disposed between an anterior side, a posterior side, an upper end, and a bottom end. The upper end has a pivot receptacle pivotably coupled to the pivot hinge. The pivot receptacle comprises a locking mechanism to maintain the handle in a folded position and an alternate extended position, and a button to release the handle. A blow-dryer assembly comprises a heating element and a fan coupled within the blow-dryer housing, and a plurality of controls coupled to the handle. A power assembly comprises a solar panel coupled to the blow-dryer housing, a rechargeable battery coupled within the handle cavity, and a charging port coupled within the bottom end of the handle.
US10779618B2
A sheet of loop material having utility as the landing zone in the manufacture of, e.g. disposable diapers and having excellent properties and an exceptionally low basis weight. Methods and apparatus for forming the sheet of loop material are also disclosed.
US10779617B2
Described are articles of wear including with a material with color changing properties. The material includes at least one elastic portion having an unstretched colored appearance and a stretched colored appearance. The material also includes at least one fixed portion having the stretched colored appearance regardless of a magnitude of an external force applied to the at least one fixed portion.
US10779611B2
Provided herein are mid-soles, sole assemblies, footwear inserts and articles of footwear for walking and running. The midsoles include three cushioning members where the height of the midsole provides a zero drop elevation. The midsole architecture provides dynamic variable resistance that improves performance by using different densities and angles of component mid-sole members that will allow the wearer to move through a full range of motion during walking or running with muscle effort remaining constant while shifting the workload from muscles that have limited power in certain positions, to those with more explosive and endurance capabilities in those same positions.
US10779607B1
The extendible shoe is a footwear item. The extendible shoe has an adjustable length. The span of the length of the extendible shoe in the anterior-posterior direction adjusts such that the length of the extendible shoe is adjustable. The extendible show comprises an extendible sole and an extendible upper. The extendible upper attaches to the extendible sole. The extendible sole extends in the anterior-posterior direction. The extendible upper extends in the anterior-posterior direction.
US10779602B2
A helmet configured to protect a human head against mild traumatic brain injury upon impact includes an outer shell and a liner consisting of pairs of fluid fillable flexible fluid chambers fluidly connected to each other by fluid connections between each of the pairs of fluid fillable flexible fluid chambers being spaced on opposite sides of the helmet and configured to fill a space between the head and the outer shell when the helmet is positioned on the head. Impact resistant flexible pads are also inside the liner and are spaced around an inner circumference of the outer shell adjacent to each of the fluid fillable flexible fluid chambers. A flexible inner shell inside the liner is configured to fit closely on the head. The flexible fluid chambers are configured to compress in response to impacting of the helmet on an impact side and to force liquid through the fluid connections to inflate fluid chambers on an opposite side of the helmet thereby cushioning the head against a rebound impact on the opposite side.
US10779599B2
The presented invention is an adjustable protective Bump Cap to be worn under a hat. The Bump Cap has adjustable horizontal and vertical dimensions to enable a secure fit and to remain out of sight when worn under a user's hat.
US10779596B1
Designs and constructions for facemasks which, when properly used, can enable a small child's head hair to be washed by a parent without interference by the child while preventing liquid being applied to the head hair from washing across eyes, nose and mouth. The facemask has handgrips at either side which are grasped by the hands of the child while the child presses a seal against his/her forehead. The facial designs of the masks present artistic renderings of animals' faces, cartoon characters, etc.
US10779590B2
Embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment that resembles a shirt. The medical garment includes a body that includes a front portion attached to a back portion by one or more non-partable seams. The medical garment includes first and second sleeves on opposite sides of the medical garment. The first and second sleeves are coupled to the front portion and the back portion of the medical garment. The medical garment includes a flap formed on the front portion and configured to open to expose a portion of a person. The flap includes a partable seam that extends along a top of the body and a portion of a side of the body down to but not beyond a bottom part of the first sleeve where the first sleeve attaches to the body. The flap further includes a fastener to hold the partable seam in a closed position.
US10779581B2
A pin assembly attachment member with a versatile method of use for support and/or enhancement of apparel. This is an improvement upon conventional attachment hooks designed to attach to a single interchangeable and/or convertible garment. Such conventional hooks have somewhat limited utility. The pin assembly attachment member comprises a solid body comprising of at least one aperture for receiving a formed adjustment loop of straps or apparel, and/or an attachment hook, and comprises of an attachment pin having a distal end for puncturing the fabric of apparel for removably engaging with apparel or combination of a garment and/or a bra or other lingerie. The attachment members can be removably secured to an interior portion adjacent to an upper edge of garment using either the attachment hook or the attachment pin. The attachment hook would be inserted through a loop affixed to the garment. The attachment pin would be inserted through an interior lining of the garment. The attachment members can be attached to two garments using the combination of the attachment hook and the attachment pin.
US10779579B2
Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch.
US10779571B2
An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is provided, including a heating assembly configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol, the assembly including a heater and a heater mount, the heater being blade-shaped, including an electrically insulating heater substrate, an electrically resistive heating element supported by the heater substrate, and a through-hole through a thickness of the heater, the heater being insertable into the aerosol-forming substrate and having a length of about 10 mm to about 60 mm, a width of about 2 mm to about 10 mm, and a thickness of about 0.2 mm to about 1 mm, the mount including a moldable material molded around a portion of the heater and extending through the through-hole to couple the heater to the mount so the mount provides structural support to the heater and is configured to allow the heater to be disposed within the device.
US10779559B2
A process for processing soybeans, said process comprising separating the soy sauce from a fermented mixture through decanting and splitting the soybeans into discernible pieces.
US10779554B2
A dual valve injector assembly having a base; a passageway in the base for receiving a food product; a first draw valve in communication with the passageway and a first spout, the first spout dispensing the food product at a first draw rate; and a second draw valve in communication with the passageway and a second spout, the second spout dispensing the food product at a second draw rate; wherein the second draw rate is lower than the first draw rate.
US10779545B2
The invention relates to a device for producing a baked good. The device comprises an accommodating unit, which is designed to accommodate a capsule, wherein the capsule comprises ingredients for producing a baked good. Furthermore, the device comprises a baking unit, which is designed to bake a dough, and an output unit for outputting a baked good baked in the baking unit. In addition, the device comprises a control unit, which is designed to cause dough, which comprises the ingredients from a capsule inserted into the accommodating unit, to be baked in the baking unit. The control unit is also designed to cause the baked good baked from the dough to be output by means of the output unit.
US10779542B2
The present invention is generally directed to fusion proteins containing a targeting sequence that targets the fusion protein to the exosporium of a Bacillus cereus family member. The invention also relates to recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing such fusion proteins and formulations containing the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members expressing the fusion proteins. Methods for stimulating plant growth, for protecting plants from pathogens, and for enhancing stress resistance in a plant by applying the recombinant Bacillus cereus family members or the formulations to plants or a plant growth medium are also described. The invention also relates to methods for immobilizing spores of a recombinant Bacillus cereus family member expressing a fusion protein on plants.
US10779534B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing disinfected seed, a use of a treatment composition, and an apparatus for disinfecting of seed. The method of the invention comprises contacting seed with a treatment composition comprising at least one disinfecting agent and/or a liquid component, and thereafter or at least partly simultaneously, exposing said seed to a treatment atmosphere for an exposure time of at least 1 second, wherein the treatment atmosphere has a relative humidity of at least 50% and a temperature of at least 40° C.
US10779529B2
Blood and platelet storage and rejuvenating compositions that include triciribine, triciribine metabolites, triciribine analogs, and mixtures of the same are disclosed. Such compositions can be useful in methods for treating (e.g., storing and rejuvenating) red blood cells and platelets.
US10779524B2
The present invention comprises a fishing ice hole flaring apparatus having a triangle-shaped base that that includes a pair of hinged arms each having a cutting blade attached thereto, a central shaft having a first end and a second end, the central shaft extending through the apex region of the triangle-shaped base proximal the first end, a pair of retraction cable attached to a portion of their corresponding hinged arms, a cable housing attached to a portion of the central shaft and running parallel to the central shaft and supporting a portion of each of the retraction cables therein, a cable retraction knob attached to the first ends of the retraction cables, the cable retraction knob operable to move the pivotably move the hinges arms between a retracted position and an in use position, and a z-shaped cranking handle system manually rotatably power the apparatus.
US10779522B2
A rotation transmission mechanism of a spinning reel for fishing transmits a rotation of a handle to a driven gear of a reciprocating mechanism. The rotation transmission mechanism includes an intermediate gear, a shaft member, and a biasing member. The intermediate gear rotates in response to rotation of the handle, meshes with the driven gear, and transmits the rotation of the handle to the driven gear. The shaft member rotatably supports the intermediate gear. The biasing member biases the intermediate gear in an axial direction of the shaft member.
US10779514B2
A method and an apparatus are capable of automatically performing an operation of mounting shellfishes to a pin inserted in a vertical rope. Insertion holes are formed in ears of two shellfishes in parallel. While each pin is cut out one by one from a series of pins formed of a large number of continuous pins, the cut-out pins are inserted through the vertical rope at substantially equal intervals. A pipe-shaped guide is inserted through the insertion hole of each of the two shellfishes, and an end portion of the guide inserted through the insertion hole is put on each end portion of the pin. The pin and the two guides are arranged in a straight line. The shellfishes are transferred and mounted onto the pin by sliding the two shellfishes along the respective guides beyond shellfish locking protrusions of the pin.
US10779495B2
The disclosure provides a new and distinct variety of lettuce, NUN 09127 LTL as well as seeds and plants and heads or leaves thereof.
US10779494B2
The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid carrot variety NUN 89853 CAC as well as seeds and plants and roots thereof.
US10779489B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101574. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101574, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101574 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101574.
US10779485B2
Described are apparatus and methods that automatically generate recommendations to growers. Using various different sets of data relative to a predetermined tract of agricultural land, typically including both imagery as well as electrical usage, they are processed together to make informed decisions regarding the state of the land, particularly with respect to water usage.
US10779482B2
A sod harvester stacking head can include a base that couples to a stacking head supporting mechanism of a sod harvester and a frame that couples to the base via crankshaft assemblies that are configured to allow the frame to rotate through 360 degrees during each stacking operation. Accordingly, a motor that controls the rotation of the crankshaft assemblies can be driven a single time during each stacking operation thereby enhancing the efficiency of the sod harvester. The crankshaft assemblies can also be configured so that the crankshafts are in a vertical orientation while the stacking head travels in a lateral direction such that the load is centered on the rotational axis of the stacking head. A stacking conveyor could similarly be configured with a base and a frame that are coupled via crankshaft assemblies to thereby allow the stacking conveyor to be lifted using 360 degrees of rotation.
US10779476B2
In some embodiments, a method for managing growing crops in a crop growing farm includes operating one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to fly over a plurality of sections of a crop growing farm. The UAVs are fitted with a plurality of cameras equipped to generate images in a plurality of spectrums. The plurality of sections of the crop growing farm grow crops of one or more types or varietals. The method further includes taking a plurality of aerial images of the sections of the vineyard in the plurality of spectrums, using the plurality of cameras, while the UAVs are flying over the plurality of sections of the crop growing farm, and executing an analyzer on a computing system to machine analyze the plurality of aerial images for anomalies associated with growing the crops of the one or more types or varietals. The machine analysis takes into consideration topological information of the crop growing farm, as well as current planting information of the crop growing farm.
US10779463B2
A lock assembly is provided for a row planter unit to maintain the unit in a raised transport position and to relieve stress on the hydraulic system of the planter unit. The lock assembly includes a lock arm pivotally mounted to the bracket assembly of the row planter unit for selective receipt in a notch or detent on the mounting plate or mast of the bracket assembly so as to retain the row unit in the raised transport position. The lock arm can be disengaged from the bracket assembly notch or detent, such that the planter unit can be lowered to the field use position.
US10779462B2
A planter row unit is positioned so a gauge wheel and an opener are in a known position relative to one another. A planting depth actuator that travels along an extent of travel to change a relationship between the gauge wheel and opener is positioned at one end of its extent of travel, out of engagement with a gauge wheel arm and is then moved to an engagement position where it engages the gauge wheel arm. The location of the engagement position is identified as a calibration point.
US10779459B2
A residue management tool mountable to a frame of a seeder for cutting or clearing residue on the ground is provided, comprising a pivotable arm having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the pivotable arm adapted to be directly or indirectly pivotally attached to the frame; a rotatable cutting or clearing device operably mounted to the distal end of the pivotable arm and operative to cut or clear the residue on the ground; a biasing device operative to exert a downward bias force on the pivotable arm to engage the rotatable cutting or clearing device with the ground; and a depth restraint operative to prevent the rotatable cutting or clearing device from over-penetrating the ground.
US10779457B2
An agricultural tractor having an auxiliary control station located outside of the tractor cab. The auxiliary control station is used for the actuation of tractor components, e.g. hydraulic cylinders, when an operator is outside of the cab. The auxiliary control station has a user interface which allows the external controls of the auxiliary control station to be reassigned to operate different actuatable elements of the tractor, thereby providing for increased ease-of-use of the tractor when an operator is outside of the cab.
US10785900B2
Electrically conductive articles are provided, including a composite including (a) a resin, and (b) electrically conductive shaped particles distributed in the resin, the particles having a monosized distribution. Each particle has a shape including at least a first surface and a second surface intersecting the first surface at an angle a between about 5 degrees and about 150 degrees. The composite has a thickness and often each of the electrically conductive shaped particles distributed in the resin is oriented within the resin such that the particle does not extend beyond the thickness of the composite. A method for making an electrically conductive article is also provided, including (a) providing electrically conductive shaped particles having a monosized distribution, and (b) distributing the particles into a resin to form a composite.
US10785894B2
A case heat dissipation unit of handheld electronic device includes a back cover including a ceramic layer. A titanium metal layer or a stainless steel metal layer is disposed on the ceramic layer in a position corresponding to at least one heat source. The ceramic layer is an outer surface of the handheld electronic device and exposed to an external environment. The titanium metal layer or the stainless steel metal layer faces a receiving space of the handheld electronic device in contact with the heat source in the receiving space. The titanium metal layer or the stainless steel metal layer serves to absorb the heat generated by the heat source and transfer the heat to the ceramic layer for dissipating the heat.
US10785866B2
A monochrome image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms a black image, a motor that drives the image forming unit, a control circuit that controls the motor, a first connector to which the motor is connected via a control line, a second connector to which a control target is not connected, and a substrate on which the control circuit, the first connector, and the second connector are arranged. A predetermined mark is formed on the substrate through silk screen printing. A distance between the predetermined mark and the second connector is shorter than a distance between the predetermined mark and the first connector. If the substrate is disposed in a multi-color image forming apparatus configured to form a color image, a control target for the multi-color image forming apparatus is connected to the second connector.
US10785865B2
A method for manufacturing an interconnect structure is provided. The method includes the following steps. An opening is through a substrate. A low-k dielectric block is formed in the opening. At least one first via is formed through the low-k dielectric block. A first conductor is formed in the first via.
US10785863B2
A MMIC support and cooling structure having a three-dimensional, thermally conductive support structure having a plurality of surfaces and a circuit having a plurality of heat generating electrical components disposed on a first portion of the surfaces and interconnected by microwave transmission lines disposed on a second portion of the plurality of surfaces of the thermally conductive support structure.
US10785855B2
A lighting device for communication with a mobile terminal, comprising: a lighting means, and an electronic operating device for operating the lighting means, a data storage unit, in which a first key is stored in a memory area reserved therefor, an encryption unit configured to read out the first key from the reserved memory area and, in accordance with a specifiable encryption operation, to convert measurement value data and/or identification data intended for transfer to the mobile terminal into a message encrypted by means of the first key, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the encrypted message to the mobile terminal.
US10785851B2
A light source and a lighting device are provided. The light source includes a light emitting element configured to emit light and a light transmittance adjustment layer located on a light emitting surface of the light emitting element, and light transmittance of the light transmittance adjustment layer is adjustable.
US10785839B2
A thermal ballast temporarily stores heat generated during a heat generating device's operation thereby extending the device's operating time during an interval of adverse thermal operating condition. The thermal ballast (10) includes: a. a highly thermally conductive layer (42) that is adapted for being thermally coupled to the heat generating device; and b. a high heat capacity layer (44) that is laminated to the high thermal conductivity layer (42). The high heat capacity layer (44) may be formed from a solid piece of a suitably chosen material. Alternatively, the high heat capacity layer (44) may be formed from a piece of a suitably chosen material having a cavity that is filled with a material (46) which changes phase at a temperature below the heat generating device's maximum operating temperature. Disclosed are various different ways for infusing the material (46) which changes phase at a temperature below the heat generating device's maximum operating temperature into the high heat capacity layer (44) and retaining the material (46) therein.
US10785835B2
The present disclosure relates to a flash generator for providing power supply to a flash tube so that the flash tube rapidly provides a light output adapted to FP-sync, Flat Peak. The flash generator comprises a capacitor bank, an output and a switch configured to switch a current flow from the capacitor bank via the output to provide a variable power via the output. The flash generator further comprises a controller for controlling the switch, whereby by controlling the on time of the switch, the generator is operative to provide, during a time period of 100 to 2000 μs during a peak time period within the time period, an average power at least 4 times higher than the average power provided during the other time period within the time period, whereby the flash tube during the peak time period becomes fully ignited.
US10785833B2
An embodiment of a microwave power generation module includes an amplifier arrangement, an impedance matching element, and a resonant element. The amplifier arrangement includes a transistor with a transistor input and a transistor output. The impedance matching element is formed from a planar conductive structure. The planar conductive structure has a proximal end and a distal end, and the proximal end is electrically coupled to the transistor output. The resonant element has a proximal end electrically coupled to the distal end of the planar conductive structure, and the resonant element is configured to radiate electromagnetic energy having a microwave frequency in a range of 800 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). A combination of the impedance matching element and the resonant element is configured to perform an impedance transformation between an impedance of the transistor and an impedance of an air cavity.
US10785826B2
A mobile device, a controlling method thereof, an image display apparatus, and a controlling method thereof are provided. The mobile device includes: a user interface (UI) configured to receive a user command to control the image display apparatus; a communication interface configured to provide a service according to the user command through an access point (AP) to which the image display apparatus is connected, and perform a direct connection operation with the image display apparatus in response to the service being provided; and a controller configured to control the communication interface to hand the service over to a direct channel connected to the image display apparatus in response to the direct connection operation being completed.
US10785821B2
A communication device for handling resume causes comprises at least one storage device; and at least one processing circuit coupled to the at least one storage device. The at least one storage device stores instructions, and the at least one processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions of: initiating a radio resource control (RRC) resume procedure for a non-access stratum (NAS) requested purpose and a RRC requested purpose; determining a resume cause in a RRC Resume Request message of the RRC resume procedure according to the NAS requested purpose instead of the RRC requested purpose; transmitting the RRC Resume Request message comprising the resume cause to a BS of the network; and receiving a RRC Resume message for responding to the RRC Resume Request message, from the BS.
US10785820B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for establishing data paths over multiple access network for a multi-access data connection. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver that communicates with one or more network functions in a mobile communication network. The processor receives a first session management request via an AMF. Here, the first session management request contains a second session management request sent by a remote unit that communicates with the mobile communication network over a first access network and a second access network, second session management request being sent over the second access network. The processor 405 sends a first request to the access management function to establish a first data path for a multi-access data connection over the first access network and sends a second request to the access management function to establish a second data path for the multi-access data connection over the second access network. Here, both the first data path and the second data path are anchored at a common user plane network function in the mobile communication network.
US10785819B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to multi-band dual connectivity. A device may establish a first connection with a first access point on a first band. The device may establish a second connection with a second access point on a second band. The device may determine a multi-band maximum idle period. The device may cause to send a presence indication to at least one of the first access point or the second access point within the multi-band maximum idle period.
US10785817B2
A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configuring the UE for Dual Connectivity (DC) with a Master Node-B (MN) and a Secondary Node-B (SN). The processing circuitry is to decode connection reconfiguration information received from the MN. The connection reconfiguration information includes signaling radio bearer type 3 (SRB3) configuration information. The SRB3 configuration information originating from the SN and configuring a SRB3, where the SRB3 is for direct communication between the UE and the SN. At least one of a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration completion message or a measurement report message is encoded for transmission to the SN.
US10785810B2
A method for establishing an Internet access by using a WLAN protocol from a mobile client station, via an access point to be chosen from a set of identified access points, includes: providing a general database of the identified access points with connection information; requesting Internet access using the protocol, successively moving through browsing through, selecting, associating, authenticating and configuring; establishing the Internet access of the mobile client station via the selected access point. Before and independently of the requesting the Internet access, connection information of at least a portion of the access points of the general database is downloaded into an onboard database of the mobile client station. The browsing through and selecting are carried out based on the downloaded connection information, without soliciting the general database and the identified access points.
US10785807B2
A method by which a terminal transmits a random access channel (RACH) signal in a wireless communication system comprises the step of transmitting the RACH signal to a base station according to an RACH format corresponding to a specific RACH subframe among previously defined RACH formats, wherein the method is configured such that a start point or an end point of the RACH signal in a time domain is differentiated according to whether a downlink control zone and an uplink control zone within the RACH subframe are punctured in a specific frequency band between the previously defined RACH formats.
US10785803B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe simplified RACH procedure and configuration for an eMTC system operating on unlicensed spectrum.
US10785793B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for scheduling multiple types of uplink grants for a single user equipment to support different types of service with different traffic patterns and quality of service (QoS) requirements. In some aspects of the disclosure, the user equipment may be configured with uplink grants for different types of semi-persistent scheduling, along with a dynamic uplink grant. In some examples, the different types of semi-persistent scheduling may include dedicated semi-persistent scheduling and contention-based semi-persistent scheduling.
US10785783B2
Methods and apparatus that enable one or more wireless networks to minimize inter-cellular interference (ICI) at a receiver. In one embodiment, the network comprises an OFDM-based cellular network, and the method comprises utilizing a priori knowledge of non-data portions of signals from multiple base stations in order to schedule transmissions. In one variant, these non-data portions comprise pilot tones; the pilot tones can be scheduled onto various time-frequency resources of the network so as to minimize ICI. The mobility context of the receiver can also be used as a basis for dynamically adjusting the pilot tone density. In another variant, precoding (e.g., Tomlinson-Harashima precoding) can be applied to “shape” the non-data portions of the transmitted signals so as to mitigate ICI. In yet other variants, frame preambles and learning sequences are used as the basis for invoking selective transmission time shifts across the potentially interfering base stations so as to minimize ICI.
US10785778B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling for an uplink split operation in wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating and/or receiving second data available for transmission in a PDCP entity, and determining a RLC entity to be used for submitting the second data based on first data volume, if second data volume is larger than a first threshold and less than a second threshold; indicating the second data volume to a first MAC entity associated with a primary RLC entity, if the first data volume is less than the first threshold; and indicating the second data volume to both the first MAC entity associated with the primary RLC entity and a second MAC entity associated with a secondary RLC entity, if the first data volume is larger than the second threshold.
US10785776B2
The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for processing channel collisions in direct mode operation and a terminal, which can ensure correct transmission of service data and improve user experience. The method in the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving, by a first terminal, first SCI sent by a second terminal and second SCI sent by a third terminal, and detecting whether a channel collision occurs between the second terminal and the third terminal according to the first SCI and the second SCI; and if a channel collision occurs between the second terminal and the third terminal, generating, by the first terminal, a channel collision message and sending the channel collision message, so that the second terminal and the third terminal can resend the service data according to the channel collision message. The embodiment of the invention also discloses a terminal. The embodiments of the present invention can ensure the correct transmission of the service data and improve user experience.
US10785774B2
A base station receiving uplink data transmitted from mobile terminals of first type and mobile terminals of second type over a radio interface using plural sub-carriers. The mobile terminals of first type transmit uplink data on a first group of the sub-carriers over a first bandwidth and the mobile terminals of second type transmit uplink data on a second group of the sub-carriers within the first group of sub-carriers over a second bandwidth that is smaller than the first bandwidth. The base station is configured to grant uplink radio resources in response to random access request messages transmitted by mobile terminals of first type transmitted on a first random access channel and to grant uplink radio resources in response to random access request messages transmitted by mobile terminals of second type transmitted on a second random access channel, which are transmitted on sub-carriers within the second group of sub-carriers.
US10785773B2
Within one carrier, a base station reserves a first resource area for a first TTI-based transmission in a unit of first TTI within a second TTI period longer than the first TTI, and schedules a first data channel to be transmitted on the basis of the first TTI, in the first resource area.
US10785772B2
Disclosed are an uplink transmission method in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor. In detail, the method for a uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission by a station (STA) in a wireless communication system includes receiving a trigger frame including frequency resource allocation information in a subband unit for orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission from an access point (AP), and transmitting a UL MU PPDU based on the frequency resource allocation information, wherein the UL MU PPDU includes a high efficiency-short training field (HE-STF), a high-efficiency-long training field (HE-LTF), and a data field, and the HE-STF, the HE-LTF, and the data field are transmitted in a subband indicated by the frequency resource allocation information.
US10785768B2
Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes.
US10785766B2
The present invention provides for a method of configuring a physical channel, such as a physical control channel, for device-to-device communication between mobile terminal devices within a cellular communications network environment and comprising a step of locating a device-to-device control channel within a cellular uplink signalling spectrum, and applying a frequency offset parameter to determine separation of the device-to-device control channel from a cellular uplink control channel, and to related terminal devices and computer program products.
US10785761B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for estimating one or more channel properties of a downlink from a cellular communications network based on quasi co-located antenna ports with respect to the one or more channel properties. In one embodiment, a user equipment receives a downlink subframe including a downlink control channel from the cellular communications network. The user equipment estimates one or more large-scale channel properties for an antenna port of interest in the downlink control channel based on a subset of reference signals that correspond to antenna ports in the cellular communications network that are quasi co-located with the antenna port of interest with respect to the one or more large-scale channel properties. As a result of using the quasi co-located antenna ports, estimation of the one or more large-scale channel properties is substantially improved.
US10785758B2
Systems and methods for fall-back rate-matching and timing for user equipment (UE) configured for downlink (DL) Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission (CoMP) are disclosed. In one embodiment, when a UE configured in DL CoMP receives a fall-back transmission, PDSCH is rate-matched around the serving cell CRS. In an alternative embodiment, when a UE configured in DL CoMP receives a fall-back transmission, PDSCH is rate-matched or uses timing around one of the cell-specific reference symbol (CRS) resource element (RE) set indicated by RRC-higher layer signaling. For example, PDSCH may be rate-matched or use timing around the first RRC higher layer configured CRS RE set.
US10785756B2
The present invention pertains to a wireless communication system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting uplink control information and an apparatus for the same, wherein the method comprises the steps of: selecting one uplink control channel resource corresponding to a plurality of HARQ-ACKs, from a plurality of uplink control channel resources; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to the plurality of HARQ-ACKs through the use of the selected uplink control channel resource.
US10785740B2
There is provided a device comprising a key request module and a key receive module. The key request module is configured to transmit a key request to a provisioning server, and the key receive module is configured to receive a device root key associated with the device from the provisioning server. The device also comprises an authentication request transmit module configured to transmit an authentication request comprising an international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) and a device identifier identifying the device to a first home subscriber server (HSS). The device also comprises an authentication under key agreement (AKA) module configured to perform an AKA procedure using the device root key. The key request module, the key receive module, the authentication request transmit module and the AKA module thereby authenticate the device for subscriber identity module (SIM) provisioning of the device.
US10785736B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a coexistence of a first radio access technology (RAT), such as a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) technology with a second RAT, such as a narrow-band internet-of-things (NB-IOT) technology. In a first aspect, a 5G NR resource block size and an NB-IOT resource block size are defined, and a compatible alignment of an NB-IOT resource block and a 5G NR resource block is identified. An offset associated with the compatible alignment is then determined in which the offset is within a threshold offset and facilitates an identification of a valid NB-IOT resource block. In a second aspect, an offset associated with a compatible alignment of a 5G NR resource block and an NB-IOT resource block is ascertained, and a channel raster is shifted according to the offset associated with the compatible alignment.
US10785729B2
The present application provides a method and a device for controlling uplink power. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, uplink power control information transmitted by a network device; determining, by the terminal device, according to the uplink power control information, a target power control parameter corresponding to a target transmission mode, where the target transmission mode is a target uplink multiple access mode, or a target uplink beam, or a target uplink precoding scheme, or a target transmission scheduling scheme; and determining, by the terminal device, according to the target power control parameter, target transmitting power for transmitting a target uplink signal using the target transmission mode. The method and the device for controlling uplink power provided in the present application can flexibly adjust the uplink transmitting power to meet the requirements of different transmission modes, and are suitable for a communication system supporting multiple transmission modes.
US10785721B1
A method, computer program product, and network system for controlling an energy consumption of mobile equipment adapted to communicate over a telecommunication network are provided. The embodiment may include entering an energy saving mode for a mobile equipment in response to an energy saving activation. The embodiment may also include receiving inbound information to be transmitted to the mobile equipment in the energy saving mode. The embodiment may further include verifying a transmission enablement of the inbound information in response to said receiving the inbound information according to an energy saving policy based on one or more category indicators of the inbound information. The embodiment may also include controlling a transmission of the inbound information to the mobile equipment in the energy saving mode according to a result of said verifying the transmission enablement.
US10785718B2
An access point establishes target wakeup times (TWTs) with one or more associated electronic devices in a WLAN. The access point transitions to a power-saving mode outside of the one or more TWTs. The access point maintains synchronization with the one or more electronic devices, during at least a first TWT in the one or more TWTs, by transmitting, to the one or more electronic devices, a TWT beacon that includes, or in conjunction with, synchronization information. Alternatively or additionally, during at least the first TWT, the access point transmits a multi-user trigger frame that includes the synchronization information to the one or more electronic devices. In response to the multi-user trigger frame, the access point receives data frames from the one or more electronic devices, transmits one or more acknowledgments, and transitions into the power-saving mode during a remainder of at least the first TWT.
US10785714B2
A communications device transmits data to a mobile communications network or receives data from a mobile communications network. The mobile communications network includes plural infrastructure equipment each providing a wireless access interface for the communications device. The wireless access interfaces may have a different frequency but operate in accordance with the same standard or may use different radio access technologies. The communications device selects one of the wireless access interface by generating a signal reception metric for each of the wireless access interfaces provided by the one or more neighbouring infrastructure equipment and each if the wireless access interfaces provided by the selected infrastructure equipment, and selects or reselects one of the wireless access interfaces provided by the one or more neighbouring infrastructure equipment or one of the wireless access interfaces provided by the selected infrastructure equipment in accordance with predetermined criteria based on the generated signal reception metrics.
US10785705B1
A communication device that establishes a short-range wireless communication link with a fixed wireless access (FWA) user equipment (UE) or a mobile UE that is in a specified proximal range of the communication device. The FWA UE or the mobile UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state over LTE network, is determined. The communication device detects whether a first new radio (NR) carrier is assigned to the FWA UE or the mobile UE without using the communication device. A carrier measurement is determined for NR is established at the FWA UE (or mobile UE) by an LTE-enabled base station in the RRC connected state. The communication device controls assignment of a second NR carrier to the FWA UE or the mobile UE for non-standalone initial access to a beam of RF data signals in the second NR carrier at the FWA UE or the mobile UE.
US10785704B1
Technologies to improve band edge channel performance for radios are described. One device includes a baseband processor with an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer (PHY) parameter structure. The OFDM PHY layer parameter structure includes first parameter information that controls operation of an OFDM PHY in a first mode. The baseband processor establishes a wireless communication link with a second device and transmits first data to the second device in the first mode using a transmit power level. The baseband processor determines that the device is connected with the second device on a band edge channel that is adjacent to a restricted frequency band. The baseband processor modifies the first parameter information to second parameter information, the second parameter information controls operation of the OFDM PHY in a second mode. The baseband processor transmits transmit second data to the second device in the second mode using the transmit power level.
US10785703B1
An unauthorized access point is identified during a periodic scan on the wireless network and storing a MAC address for the unauthorized access point and monitored for connection attempts. In response to an attempt by the unauthorized access point to connect to a wireless station or in response to the wireless station attempt to connect to the unauthorized access point, a spoofed probe response is transmitted to prevent a connection. The probe response can include a channel switching element and the MAC address of the unauthorized access point.
US10785699B2
Embodiments of a Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The gNB may be configured with a gNB central unit (gNB-CU) and a gNB distributed unit (gNB-DU). The gNB-CU may determine a route for delivery of a data packet to a User Equipment (UE) on an integrated access backhaul (IAB) of relays. The gNB may generate a physical layer (PHY) data packet in accordance with a split between functionality of a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer at the gNB-CU and functionality of a radio link control (RLC) layer at the gNB-DU. The PHY data packet may include the data packet, a PDCP header, an adaptation layer header, an RLC header, a medium access control (MAC) header, and a PHY header. The adaptation layer header may indicate one or more relays included in the route.
US10785698B2
Disclosed is a control method for controlling data return in a passive sensor network comprising an aggregation node and sensor nodes. The control method comprises the following steps: controlling the aggregation node to broadcast energy to the entire passive sensor network; controlling the sensor nodes to collect the energy broadcast by the aggregation node; clustering, according to a predetermined clustering rule, the sensor nodes and selecting cluster heads; and controlling each of the sensor nodes of each cluster to transmit data to a corresponding cluster head and then to the aggregation node or one of the sensor nodes of a cluster closer to the aggregation node so as to eventually transmit the data to the aggregation node and closing the sensor node that completes data transmission. In addition, a control device is also disclosed.
US10785696B2
Systems and methods for performing User Plane (UP) path selection or reselection over a communications network with a 3rd party entity, and for notifying network entities of UP changes in a communications network, are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an application program interface based request for UP path selection from the 3rd party entity; performing a validation and authorization procedure with the request; transmitting a UP path selection configuration request to a Control Plane Function that maintains configuration data; obtaining a reference number confirming the UP path selection configuration request; and installing the UP path selection according to the reference number.
US10785694B2
A method of initiating a handover of a User Equipment, UE, from a first type of Radio Access Technology, RAT, to a second type of RAT, wherein said UE is attached to a core network via an Access Node, AN, comprised by a Radio Access Network, RAN, utilizing said first type of RAT, wherein said method comprises the steps of transmitting, by said UE, to said AN, measurement data relating to qualities of links between said UE and access nodes in said RAN, receiving, by said UE, an indicator from said AN, wherein said indicator informs said UE that there is a risk of losing connectivity between said UE and said Radio Access Network, initiating, by said UE, triggered by said received indicator, a handover in order to access the CN via said second type of RAT.
US10785688B2
A routing platform for routing 4G and 5G mobile data traffic in a mobile core networks implementing Option-3 of 5G Non-Standalone deployment. The routing platform captures S6a Diameter messages sent between a Mobility Management Entity (MME) and a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) and examines the captured messages to determine whether a user equipment (UE) is configured for a 5G data connection. The routing platform intercepts a GTP Create-Session-Request message sent from a Serving Gateway (SGW) and determines whether the GTP message is associated with the UE previously determined to be configured for a 5G data connection. If the GTP message is associated with the UE configured for a 5G data connection, the GTP message is either sent to a dedicated 5G Packet Network Data Gateway (PGW) or the GTP message is modified so that a single PGW handling both 4G and 5G traffic can establish a 5G session for the UE.
US10785681B1
Methods and apparatuses for feature-driven machine-to-machine communications are described. At a feature encoder, features are extracted from sensed raw information, to generate features that compress the raw information by a compression ratio. The feature encoder implements a probabilistic encoder to generate the features, each feature providing information about a respective probability distribution that each represents one or more aspects of the subject. The probabilistic encoder is designed to provide a compression ratio that satisfies a predetermined physical channel capacity limit for a transmission channel. The features are transmitted over the transmission channel.
US10785676B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store processing rules of network traffic and a processor configured to determine an order where the network traffic is processed, depending on a rule to be applied, the rule corresponding to the at least one of app information of an application corresponding to at least one process which causes the network traffic, device state information, or network packet information among the processing rules.
US10785674B2
An example method can include receiving information identifying a quality of service (QoS) flow for a communication session involving a user equipment (UE). The information can include a QoS profile and a QoS flow identifier (QFI). The method can include identifying, from a QoS profile, a QoS configuration identifier associated with the QoS flow and selecting a data radio bearer (DRB) for the communications associated with the QoS flow. The DRB can be selected based on a mapping of a plurality of DRBs to a plurality of QoS flows, and the mapping can be based on corresponding QoS configuration identifiers of the plurality of QoS flows. The method can include assigning the QoS flow to the selected DRB by adding the QFI of the QoS flow to the mapping relative to the selected DRB and causing the communications associated with the QoS flow to be transmitted using the selected DRB.
US10785663B2
In a first device incorporating a processor and a memory in communication with the processor, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to control the first device to perform functions of receiving a bit error pattern of data traffic transmission from the first device to a second device, the bit error pattern including a number and locations of bit errors which occurred during the data traffic transmission; and adapting at least one transmission parameter of the first device based on the received bit error pattern. The error pattern allows more refined data traffic decisions.
US10785662B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing cloud-based network optimization for connected vehicles. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a connected vehicle, configuration data describing a set of candidate vehicle-to-anything (V2X) channels of a V2X radio of the connected vehicle and configuration selection probability values describing a likelihood that particular candidate V2X channels of the set will be selected. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a V2X channel from the set that does not have the highest likelihood of being selected. In some embodiments, the method includes configuring the V2X radio of the connected vehicle to transmit data packets using the selected V2X channel.
US10785647B1
Trusted beacon based location determination system and method is disclosed. An electronic beacon broadcasts a cryptographically signed beacon identifier to listening devices. Listening devices are configured to verify the integrity of the cryptographically signed beacon identifier by using the beacon's public key. Listening devices may also be configured to verify the validity of the public key by verifying a digital certificate corresponding to the beacon. Listening devices may be configured with location-based functionality that determines a relative location of the listening device if the cryptographically signed beacon identifier is verified.
US10785643B2
The present invention relates to a deep learning neural network based security system and a control method therefor and, more particularly, to a deep learning neural network based security system comprising: at least one WiFi node; and a deep learning module for detecting an object from a WiFi signal received from the WiFi node, wherein the deep learning module identifies information on the object when the object is detected.
US10785636B2
Methods for obtain identifiers, such as International Mobile Subscriber Identities (IMSIs) and International Mobile Station Equipment Identities (IMEIs), of mobile communication terminals, and associate these identifiers with other items of identifying information provided by users of the terminals. A local interrogation device may be installed that imitates a legitimate base station belonging to a cellular network, at a control checkpoint. Local interrogation devices are connected to a global interrogation device in a hierarchical network, whereby the local interrogation devices are assigned a priority that is higher than that of the global interrogation device. The global interrogation device provides cellular coverage to a larger area that contains the control checkpoints, while the local interrogation devices provide more localized cellular coverage to the control checkpoints.
US10785634B1
Methods and systems for End-to-End (E2E) User Equipment (UE) trajectory network automation are herein provided. According to one aspect, a network node for E2E UE trajectory network automation, such as a Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF), receives, from a requesting entity, information identifying a future E2E UE trajectory, the E2E UE trajectory comprising a start location, an end location, and zero or more intermediate locations between the start location and the end location; calculates a E2E mobility trajectory prediction for the identified future E2E UE trajectory; and sends, to the requesting entity, the calculated E2E mobility trajectory prediction. The requesting entity may be a trusted entity or an untrusted entity, such as a Third Party Provider (3PP) outside of the trusted domain of the network. If the requesting entity selects a mobility trajectory, the network node sends mobility management and optimization information to a Radio Access Network node.
US10785633B2
A method for a base station includes receiving a signal relating to a location of a user equipment (UE) from the UE, selecting a first exchange for the UE and sending the signal to the first exchange, and sending the signal to a second exchange based on subscription information of the UE provided by a server.
US10785630B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for facilitating efficient device discovery. In regards to a method implemented by a master device, a first identifier is received and stored. The method also receives a data packet comprising a second identifier from a particular device and determines whether at least a portion of the first identifier matches at least a portion of the second identifier. The method then, in an instant in which there is a match, causes a connection procedure to be initiated with the particular device. According to one example embodiment, the first identifier may be received from via a cloud service. According to another example embodiment, the first identifier may be received during an active data connection with another device. Corresponding apparatus and computer program products as employed by both master and slave devices are also provided.
US10785625B2
A companion device is provided for a primary device. The companion device have wireless connectivity that send and receive data via a communication channel established over its wireless connectivity. The companion device includes a microcontroller, a wireless communication interface, a cellular communication interface, and logic configured to connect with the primary device via the wireless communication interface and with a cellular network via the cellular communication interface to augment bandwidth of the communication channel for the primary device.
US10785621B1
This disclosure relates to systems and methods to provide an interactive space based on vehicle-to-vehicle communications. A vehicle may store experience information and/or other information. The experience information may define virtual content to be presented to a user residing in the vehicle to create an interactive space. The virtual content may be associated with an experience location in a real-world environment. Responsive to a vehicle location of the vehicle being at or near the experience location, the user may be presented with views of the virtual content. The user may interact with the virtual content causing an update of the experience information. Upon detection of presence of a second vehicle, the vehicle may communicate the updated experience information to the second vehicle.
US10785618B2
The present invention provides a vehicle-to-X (V2X) operation method performed by a V2X terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: allocating a V2X resource pool to a subframe remaining after excluding a specific subframe; and performing a V2X communication on the allocated V2X resource pool.
US10785610B2
Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US10785606B2
In certain embodiments, a method for use in a network node comprises sending a control information message to at least one wireless device that is in idle mode. The message comprises a mapping that maps a quasi co-location (QCL) assumption to a multicast transmission or multicast channel. For example, in certain embodiments, the multicast transmission or multicast channel is associated with a temporary multicast group indicator (TMGI), and the mapping maps the QCL assumption to the TMGI. The control information message causes the at least one wireless device to use the QCL assumption to decode the multicast transmission or multicast channel while in idle mode.
US10785601B2
A method of transmitting dynamic content to a mobile device includes: storing content in a memory of a kiosk deployed in a facility; receiving, via an input device of the kiosk, a command to present the a portion of the content; responsive to receiving the command: controlling an output device of the kiosk to present the portion of the content; and transmitting, to a routing server via a network, a preconfigured identifier of the kiosk and an identifier of the portion of the content, for subsequent retrieval by a mobile computing device.
US10785596B2
Various implementations monitor a parent geofence that geographically encompasses a plurality of child geofences, each respective child geofence of the child geofences associated with a respective physical location within the parent geofence. One or more implementations receive location data that indicates a current location of a mobile device. In turn, the current location can be used to determine that the mobile device has entered a particular child geofence of the plurality of child geofences. In response to determining that the mobile device has entered the particular child geofence, one or more implementations select an application configuration for a mobile application on the mobile device, where the application configuration corresponds to the particular child geofence. One or more implementations transmit the application configuration to the mobile device effective to alter a functionality of the mobile application at the mobile device based on the current location.
US10785591B2
Media content playback is based on an identified geographic location of a sound source. A geolocation of a target venue is determined. A first geolocation of a media playback device is determined. An indication that the media playback device is within a threshold distance of the target venue is received. Media content associated with the target venue is transferred to the media playback device, wherein one or more characteristics of the media content are dynamically modified to simulate audio originating from the target device. The one or more characteristics of the media content can include audio content characteristics associated with a timing filter, a loudness filter, and a timbre filter.
US10785583B2
A hearing aid is described which incorporates an antenna integrated into the housing that is configured to radiate with linear polarization such that the electric field is perpendicular to the head of a wearer. The described technique results in lower propagation losses from ear to ear and an improvement in ear-to-ear communications using a far-field link (e.g., in the 2.4 GHz band).
US10785582B2
An ear-worn electronic hearing device comprises an enclosure configured to be supported by, at, in or on an ear of the wearer. Electronic circuitry is disposed in the enclosure and comprises a wireless transceiver. An antenna is disposed in or on the enclosure and operably coupled to the wireless transceiver. The antenna has a physical size and comprises a plurality of cutouts disposed along a periphery of the antenna. The cutouts are configured to increase an electrical length of the antenna without an increase in the physical size of the antenna. The antenna can comprise at least one interior window having a window periphery. A plurality of window cutouts are disposed along the window periphery. The window cutouts are configured to increase a path length of current distribution along the window periphery.
US10785574B2
An acoustophoretic system is controlled and driven to attain a desired level of performance. An RF controller and a driver provide a frequency and power to an acoustic transducer, which can be implemented as a piezoelectric element, which presents a reactive load or a complex load. A controller implements a control technique for efficient transducer operation. The control technique can locate a frequency for operation that is at a reactance minimum or maximum for the system to produce a modal pattern and to provide efficient operation of the transducer. A method of detecting a minimum or maximum reactance in a acoustophoretic system used to trap, separate, deflect, cluster, fractionate or otherwise process particles or secondary fluids or tertiary fluids in a primary fluid and utilizing the frequency of the detected reactance to operate the acoustophoretic system.
US10785565B2
Apparatus including a processor configured to: receive an audio signal from a close microphone, wherein the audio signal is input in a spatial audio mixing, and the close microphone is associated with a first sound source; receive a beam-formed audio signal from a microphone array, wherein the beam-formed audio signal is a result of forming a beam of the microphone array directed from the microphone array towards the close microphone so as to enhance the audio signal; determine a time duration where no further sound source is active within the sound scene the first sound source; and determine a time difference, during the time duration, between the audio signal and the beam-formed audio signal to enable alignment of the audio signal and the beam-formed audio signal.
US10785562B1
Introduced here are recording devices optimized for recording speech between multiple parties (e.g., a speaker and a counterparty, or a first speaker and a second speaker). These recording devices can facilitate the discovery of personalized characteristics of an interaction by detecting location. For example, these recording devices can discover the intent behind certain terms and phrases in the context of a conversation. A recording device can include a communication module configured to stream recorded media content to another electronic device, as well as a marker identification module configured to identify nearby beacons. For example, a recording device may include a Bluetooth® Low Energy chipset configured to identify nearby Bluetooth® beacons and a Wi-Fi® chipset configured to stream recorded media content to another electronic device.
US10785555B2
A positioning and retaining structure for an in-ear earpiece. An outer leg and an inner leg are attached to each other at an attachment end and attached to a body of the earpiece at the other end. The outer leg lies in a plane. The positioning and retaining structure have a stiffness that is greater when force is applied to the attachment end in a counterclockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg than when force is applied to the attachment end in a clockwise direction in the plane of the outer leg. The positioning and retaining structure position an earpiece associated with the earpiece in a user's ear and retains the earpiece in its position.
US10785553B2
Embodiments describe a hinge for a case that stores wireless listening devices, including: a first shaft forming a first pivot point for the hinge; a second shaft forming a second pivot point for the hinge, the first shaft and the second shaft defining a conversion axis; a piston rod having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the second shaft and a second end opposite from the first end coupled to a stopper; a piston guide slidably coupled to the piston rod between the first end and the second end of the piston rod; a third shaft forming a third pivot point for the piston guide, the third shaft allowing the piston guide to rotate and maintain concentric alignment with the piston guide; and a spring positioned between the second shaft and the piston guide and wound around the piston rod.
US10785552B2
An intra-aural audio device includes an outer layer shaped to define separate ear canal, concha bowl, and concha cymba portions. An inner layer is disposed within the outer layer, the inner layer having a durometer different than that of the outer layer.
US10785549B2
Technologies for switching network traffic include a network switch. The network switch includes one or more processors and communication circuitry coupled to the one or more processors. The communication circuitry is capable of switching network traffic of multiple link layer protocols. Additionally, the network switch includes one or more memory devices storing instructions that, when executed, cause the network switch to receive, with the communication circuitry through an optical connection, network traffic to be forwarded, and determine a link layer protocol of the received network traffic. The instructions additionally cause the network switch to forward the network traffic as a function of the determined link layer protocol. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10785547B2
An example method comprises receiving, at a first digital device, video data, scanning video content of the video data for visual transitions within the video content between consecutive frames of the video data, each transition indicating significant visual transitions relative to other frames of the video data, timestamping each visual transition and create a first set of temporal video fingerprints, identifying items of metadata to be associated with the video data, identifying a location within the video data using the temporal video fingerprints for the identified items of metadata, generating a metadata index identifying each item of metadata and a location for each item of metadata relative to the video data using at least one of the temporal video fingerprints, and transmitting, at the first digital device, the video data, the first set of temporal video fingerprints, and the metadata index to a different digital device.
US10785541B2
A screencast recording method, a screencast playing method, a screen recording terminal, and a playing terminal. The recording method includes obtaining an operation performed by a screen recording user on a screen recording terminal, and determining screen content and event content that are corresponding to the operation. The method further comprises generating video data and a screen recording operation intelligent playback part based on the screen content and the event content. The method further comprises generating a screen recording file that includes the video data and the screen recording operation intelligent playback part. The playing method further includes obtaining a screen recording file. The method further includes receiving an intelligent playback instruction. The method further includes performing at least one operation according to the intelligent playback instruction.
US10785539B2
A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.
US10785537B2
Methods and apparatus to predict demographics are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a prediction manager to access matched demographic impression data when a database proprietor subscriber does not match user data corresponding to a media delivery device, the matched demographic impression data including first demographic data stored by a database proprietor; a linear scaler to linearly scale the matched demographic impression data when the matched demographic impression data covers all demographic categories under consideration; a differential scaler to differentially scale the matched demographic impression data when the matched demographic impression data does not cover at least one of the demographic categories; and a modeler to: generate a model representative of the matched demographic impression data linearly scaled or the matched demographic impression data differentially scaled; and generate predicted demographic impression data by applying the model to second impression data to correct for the database proprietor not storing second demographic data.
US10785532B2
Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods to identify and credit media using ratios of media characteristics are disclosed herein. An example apparatus to identify media includes a memory including computer readable instructions and a processor to execute the instructions to at least determine a first ratio based on a first time interval and a second time interval of a plurality of time intervals of a monitored media signature, determine a second ratio based on a third time interval and a fourth time interval of the plurality of time intervals of the monitored media signature, generate a monitored media ratio signature based on the first and second ratios, and compare the monitored media ratio signature with a reference ratio signature to identify the media.
US10785494B2
A method of decoding video data includes constructing, by a video decoder implemented in processing circuitry, a candidate list of motion vector information for a portion of a current frame. The method includes receiving, by the video decoder, signaling information indicating starting motion vector information of the candidate list of motion vector information, the starting motion vector information indicating an initial position in a reference frame. The method includes refining, by the video decoder, based on one or more of bilateral matching or template matching, the starting motion vector information to determine refined motion vector information indicating a refined position in the reference frame that is within a search range from the initial position. The method includes generating, by the video decoder, a predictive block based on the refined motion vector information and decoding, by the video decoder, the current frame based on the predictive block.
US10785487B2
An intra prediction method and a device using the intra prediction method are provided. The intra prediction method includes the steps of: deriving a current prediction mode as a prediction mode of a current block; constructing neighboring samples of the current block with available reference samples; filtering the available reference samples; and generating predicted samples of the current block on the basis of the filtered available reference samples. The filtering step includes performing the filtering using the available reference sample located in the prediction direction of the current prediction mode and a predetermined number of available reference samples neighboring to the prediction direction of the current prediction mode.
US10785484B2
A method includes generating resolution images corresponding to the resolutions from each of a target image which is an image frame, included in a moving image or a still image group photographed continuously, of a processing target among the image frames and a processing target image photographed before the target image, executing block matching between a resolution image of the target image and a resolution image of the processing target image for each of the resolutions, calculating a plurality of motion vector candidates corresponding to the respective resolutions for each pixel of the target image, evaluating reliability of the plurality of motion vector candidates based on an evaluation index using noise characteristics related to pixel areas of a start point and an end point of each of the plurality of motion vector candidates for each pixel of the target image, and calculating a final motion vector.
US10785483B2
In an example, an electronic device of a decoder is configured to obtain a bit stream and recover a binary symbol from the obtained bit stream. The electronic device is configured to determine whether the binary symbol is to be decoded using a modified transform skip mode. The electronic device is configured to, in response to determining that the binary symbol is not to be decoded using the modified transform skip mode, determine a first TS_Shift value, and recover video data using the first TS_Shift value. The electronic device is configured to, in response to determining that the binary symbol is to be decoded using the modified transform skip mode, determine a second TS_Shift value, and recover video data using the second TS_Shift value.
US10785478B2
A picture encoding method that includes selecting a Vth basis function for a current block according to a specific order from among basis functions; deriving a Vth expansion coefficient on the basis of the selected Vth basis function; calculating a Vth weighted error criterion on the basis of the selected Vth basis function and the derived Vth expansion coefficient; and encoding and outputting information indicating the Vth number as a basis number when the value of the Vth weighted error criterion is less than a specific critical value.
US10785475B2
A method and apparatus for video encoding and decoding with prediction offset in a video coding system are disclosed. A prediction offset for a current block is derived from a reconstructed residual signal of one or more coded blocks. At the encoder side, a residual signal for the current block is calculated by subtracting a prediction signal and the prediction offset from an original signal of the current block, and the residual signal is encoded to generate an encoded bitstream. At the decoder side, a residual signal for the current block is obtained from input data, a reconstructed signal for the current block is calculated by adding a prediction signal and the prediction offset to the residual signal, and the current block is decoded using the reconstructed signal.
US10785473B2
A virtual window display includes: a plurality of collimated projector modules having contiguous exit pupils. Each collimated projector module includes: a display device configured to display a spatially modulated image along a flat or curved geometric image surface, and one or more optical lenses sharing a common curvature symmetry axis and configured to optically collimate light from the display device in the collimated projector module. The curvature symmetry axes of the plurality of collimated projector modules point in a plurality of angular directions and are substantially convergent along at least one axis at a finite distance from the plurality of collimated projectors. The total display FOV of the virtual window display is larger than the module FOV of each of the plurality of collimated projector modules.
US10785465B2
A head mounted display device includes a display unit divided into at least one first area and at least one second area, a lens unit which supplies an image displayed on the display unit to a user, and a frame which fixes the display unit and the lens unit thereto. The display unit includes a memory which stores first compensation data corresponding to the first area and second compensation data corresponding to the second area, and a position determiner which determines whether first data supplied from an outside belong to the first area or the second area.
US10785452B2
Systems and methods identify consumer products in images. Known consumer products are captured as grayscale or color images. They are converted to binary at varying thresholds. Connected components in the binary images identify image features according to pixels of a predetermined size, shape, solidity, aspect ratio, and the like. The image features are stored and searched for amongst image features similarly extracted from unknown images of consumer products. Identifying correspondence between the features of the images lends itself to identifying or not known consumer products.
US10785451B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating avatars based on physical sensor measurements. One of the methods includes receiving, by a second user device from a video streaming platform system during a video streaming session between a first user device and the second user device, an updated physical sensor measurement of the first user device. An updated graphical representation of an avatar selected by a first user of the first user device is generated by the second user device based on the updated physical sensor measurement of the first user device. The updated graphical representation of the avatar is presented by the second user device on a display device of the second user device during a video streaming session between the first user device and the second user device.
US10785443B2
A platform for synchronizing augmented reality (AR) views and information between two or more network connected devices is disclosed. A first device captures a video stream and associated spatial information, and transmits the video stream and spatial information to a second device. A user of the second device views the video stream, and inserts one or more AR objects into the video stream, with reference to the spatial information. The second device transmits the AR objects and spatial information references to the first device, which then renders the one or more AR objects into the video stream, using the spatial information references to locate the AR objects in each video stream frame.
US10785441B2
A TV without a touch screen can nonetheless execute applications designed for mobile devices that assume a touch screen user interface (UI) by a “dumb” remote control with up/down, left/right, select buttons, or by a remote control with a touch pad, or by a remote control application running on a mobile device with a touch-screen that communicates with the TV. In all three scenarios, the TV recognizes that it is running in a special remote control mode and with a corresponding remote control application running on the TV that is able to intercept key presses and finger swipes and translate them to touch screen commands that are input to a touch screen-enabled software application running on the TV.
US10785430B2
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel including a photoelectric converter that generates a charge and a charge accumulator that converts the charge into a voltage; a controller that causes the pixel to perform exposure in a first exposure mode and convert the charge into the voltage with a first gain to output a first pixel signal, and causes the pixel to perform exposure in a second exposure mode and convert the charge into the voltage with a second gain to output a second pixel signal, the second exposure mode being shorter in exposure time than the first exposure mode, and the second gain being lower than the first gain; and a signal processor that synthesizes the second pixel signal after amplification and the first pixel signal.
US10785426B2
An image sensor pixel may include a photodiode, a floating diffusion, and a transfer gate. Column readout circuitry coupled to the image sensor pixel via a column line. The column readout circuitry may include sample and hold circuitry, comparison circuitry, residual measurement and summation circuitry, counter circuitry, analog-to-digital conversion circuitry, and digital summation circuitry. Column readout circuitry is configured to perform readout operations on a pixel image signal generated for a single frame in one or more portions, thereby extending the dynamic range of the imaging system without modifying pixel structure to generate high-dynamic range images within the single frame.
US10785404B2
Information processing method, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory recording medium
An information processing method obtains location information indicating a location of a moving body at a time of detection of occurrence of a predetermined event that triggers recording of a photographic image acquired by photography using a photographic apparatus installed on the moving body. Then, the method determines whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times, based on at least one of action history information indicating action history of a driver of the moving body and related-person information regarding a related person of the driver. Finally, the method controls to record the photographic image, according to the determination of whether or not the location indicated by the location information is a location where the driver is estimated to have visited a plurality of times.
US10785400B2
In some embodiments, a ToF sensor includes an illumination source module, a transmitter lens module, a receiver lens module, and an integrated circuit that includes a ToF imaging array. The ToF imaging array includes a plurality of SPADs and a plurality of ToF channels coupled to the plurality of SPADs. In a first mode, the ToF imaging array is configured to select a first group of SPADs corresponding to a first FoV. In a second mode, the ToF imaging array is configured to select a second group of SPADs corresponding to a second FoV different than the first FoV.
US10785399B2
An imaging apparatus that provides, between itself and an accessory device, a notification channel used for notification from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device, a first data communication channel used in data transmission from the accessory device to the imaging apparatus, and a second data communication channel used in data transmission from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device. An accessory control unit transmits data via the first data communication channel in response to having received a transmission request signal via the notification channel, and selectively adds, to the data, a communication standby request for keeping a transmission request signal from being transmitted from the imaging apparatus to the accessory device.
US10785398B1
A mobile video camera apparatus is provided having a mobile video camera device that includes a housing, a handle with a base engagement portion, a camera including an image sensor, a lens, and an encoder, a battery, a recording activation switch, an input relay connected to the camera, wherein activation of the recording activation switch by a user energizes the input relay, and the input relay provides a signal to the camera to begin recording data, a wireless communication device coupleable to the camera device for transmitting encoded data from the camera to the video management system and for receiving configuration commands from the video management system. The apparatus further including a base having a handle mount for receiving and securing the base engagement portion to the base, wherein the handle mount includes a tool-less coupling mechanism for securing and unsecuring the mobile video camera device to the base.
US10785392B2
A camera assembly is provided. The camera assembly includes a lens holder, a lens disposed in the lens holder, a circuit board, a camera sensor disposed on the circuit board, and an ambient light sensor electrically connected to the circuit board. The lens holder defines a light transmission channel, an inner peripheral wall is defined in the light transmission channel, and a chamfer is formed in the lens holder and disposed at one end of the inner peripheral wall that faces towards the lens, and the camera sensor is disposed correspondingly to the lens via the light transmission channel. The ambient light sensor is attached to a surface of the chamfer. Ambient light is transmitted through the lens and the light transmission channel, and is further incident into the camera sensor and the ambient light sensor. An electronic device having the camera assembly is further disclosed.
US10785388B2
A camera system for mounting to a scope can include a camera portion and a mounting system rotationally coupled to the camera portion. The mounting system can include a first securing portion having a first securing member, where the first securing member is configured to abut against a first portion of an eyepiece of the scope. The mounting system can also include a second securing portion having a second securing member, where the second securing member is configured to abut against a second portion of the eyepiece of the scope. The mounting system can further include an adjustment mechanism that simultaneously moves the first securing portion and the second securing portion in opposing directions relative to each other.
US10785381B2
A method of providing coding instructions to a printer includes creating artwork design for a package and creating coding instructions associated with the artwork design, the coding instructions for printing a code on the package. The coding instructions are associated with the artwork design and transferred to a remote storage location. An identifier is provided with the package, package materials, or a component thereof to allow a user to retrieve the coding instructions for printing the code on the package.
US10785376B2
An image processing system comprises: an image processing device capable of displaying a screen; and a terminal device that communicates with the image processing device and operates the image processing device via a remote control. The image processing device sends the screen to the terminal device, thereby enabling the terminal device to display the screen, and determines an application to run on the terminal device based on the screen and sends application running information specified by the determination result or cooperative application information corresponding to the application running information, to the terminal device. The terminal device displays the screen received from the image processing device, and runs the application based on the application running information or the cooperative application information received from the image processing device.
US10785370B1
In various embodiments, a predictive dialer in a contact center is managed by a Communication Attempt Management System (“CAMS”) that manages the total number of communications attempts, including voice calls, originated to an individual associated with an account within a period of time. In particular embodiments, a list comprising account data of a plurality individuals may be processed by the CAMS to identify those accounts which have exceeded a weekly limit on the number of allowable communication attempts and are not authorized to receive further communications in that period of time. The list is modified to reflect those accounts which have not exceeded their corresponding limit and are authorized to be contacted. The modified list is provided to the predictive dialer, which then originates a call to each account. The CAMS may then update each account to reflect each communication attempt made by the predictive dialer.
US10785367B2
The present disclosure relates to audio processing methods and terminal devices. One example method includes determining, by a terminal device, an actual uplink gain based on a position relationship between an acoustic source and a microphone of the terminal device, and processing, by the terminal device, an audio signal from the acoustic source based on the actual uplink gain.
US10785348B2
Example implementations relate to segment size determination. In an example, the system may include a processing resource and a memory resource storing machine-readable instructions to cause the processing resource to determine a quantity of segments to be generated from a packet, and alter, in response to the determined quantity of segments and a memory block size of a destination port, a segment size for each of the quantity of segments.
US10785330B2
Various embodiments described herein provide for integration of digital experiences, such as virtual reality and augmented reality experiences experienced on a client device, with activities outside of the digital experience, such as activities outside the virtual world or environment presented by the virtual reality/augmented reality experience. For example, various embodiments enable implementation of a system that integrates a digital narrative experience, being experienced by a participant on their client device, with one or more activities of the participant outside of the digital narrative experience such that the one or more outside activities can influence the narrative experienced by the participant.
US10785321B2
A service function chain (SFC) based multi-tenancy processing method. The disclosed method allows isolation between SFC enabled domains while facilitating aggregation of tenant related data sets from SFC packet flows of various service function paths (SFPs) through cross domain bridges (CDB) in SFC enabled domains, delegators in a demilitarized zone, and a tenant aware service function (TASF). A CDB serves as a service function (SF) in a SFP and also serves as a classifier forwarding SFC packets to the demilitarized zone. A CDB gateway serves as a classifier in a delegator receives the SFC packets from the CDB. The TASF collects information from the SFC packets.
US10785320B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for an instance monitoring service. Instances are associated with alarm conditions indicating a deviation in the operational health of the instance. Upon an alarm condition being satisfied, a remedy operation may be applied to restore the operational health of the instance. A notification system may let customers know of satisfied alarms, and confirm or cancel remedy operations.
US10785316B2
A multilayer architecture for supporting variable networks is discussed. The architecture includes an application layer in communication with a simulation and network management layer and a coupling layer. The coupling layer interfaces with physical connections within a network device and the remaining layers; and wherein the simulation and network management layer sets one or more network parameters within the application layer.
US10785306B1
Implementations of this disclosure provide data transmission operations and network interface controllers. An example method performed by a first RDMA network interface controller includes obtaining m data packets from a host memory of a first host; sending the m data packets to a second RDMA network interface controller of a second host; backing up the m data packets to a network interface controller memory integrated into the first RDMA network interface controller; determining that the second RDMA network interface controller does not receive n data packets of the m data packets; and in response, obtaining the n data packets from the m data packets that have been backed up to the network interface controller memory integrated into the first RDMA network interface controller, and retransmitting the n data packets to the second RDMA network interface controller.
US10785300B2
An I/O management method includes determining local target I/O rates for a plurality of storage controllers across which an I/O stream is distributed. The local target I/O rates may reflect a target latency corresponding to a QoS attribute associated with the I/O stream. A cumulative target I/O rate may be determined based on the local target I/O rates. A token bucket rate may be calculated for each applicable storage controller based on the local target I/O rates. The storage controllers may implement token bucket algorithms in accordance with the token bucket rates to enforce the QoS for the I/O stream. The local target I/O rates may be determined periodically based on measured data indicating actual latency and traffic. A queue depth is determined based on the measured values of latency and traffic. The queue depth is then used with the desired value of latency to obtain the target I/O rates.
US10785298B2
A method and system are disclosed herein for accepting multimodal inputs and deriving synchronized and processed information. A reusable multimodal application is provided on the mobile device. A user transmits a multimodal command to the multimodal platform via the mobile network. The one or more modes of communication that are inputted are transmitted to the multimodal platform(s) via the mobile network(s) and thereafter synchronized and processed at the multimodal platform. The synchronized and processed information is transmitted to the multimodal application. If required, the user verifies and appropriately modifies the synchronized and processed information. The verified and modified information are transferred from the multimodal application to the visual application. The final result(s) are derived by inputting the verified and modified results into the visual application.
US10785297B2
Migrating and delivering datasets to mobile Internet of Things (IoT) devices is provided. A time is predicted for delivery of one or more datasets to a target intermediate data delivery destination closest to a current geographic location of a mobile IoT device based on context and type of each detected data delivery event and the current geographic location of the mobile IoT device. The one or more datasets are migrated to the target intermediate data delivery destination closest to the current geographic location of the mobile IoT device according to the predicted time. The one or more datasets are delivered to the mobile IoT device from the target intermediate data delivery destination closest to the current geographic location of the mobile IoT device based on the context and the type of each detected data delivery event that corresponds to a particular dataset in the one or more datasets.
US10785292B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing server loads that accounts for various measures of risk associated with different workloads assigned to servers. The systems and methods may include a memory storing instructions for server load management operations, and a processor configured to execute the stored instructions. The processor may receive a workload, determine a value associated with the workload indicating a predetermined importance of the workload, receive information for a plurality of active servers in a server cluster associated with the processor, determine risk levels associated with the active servers based on the received information, and assign the received workload to one of the active servers based on the determined value and the determined risk levels.
US10785286B2
Embodiments disclose systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation for proactively sending content to mobile devices. The operation generally includes receiving, from an application executing on a mobile device, a request to access content, and identifying, from a plurality of content items, at least a first content item responsive to the request. The operation also includes determining at least a second one of the content items based at least in part on the request, a context of the mobile device and feedback regarding at least one of the content items sent to the mobile device. The operation further includes generating a response to the request that includes at least the first content item and the second content item, and sending the response to the application.
US10785285B2
Disclosed is a file uploading and downloading method based on a smart device. According to which a unique ID of the smart device is obtained and entered into a mobile device, whereby a communication connection is established between the mobile device and the smart device through a proxy service. As such, the mobile device can download the relevant files within the smart device through the web service and the proxy service, while the smart device can also obtain the files uploaded by the mobile device through the proxy service and the web service.
US10785280B2
Described herein are methods, apparatus and systems for selectively delivering content through one of two communication channels, one being origin to client and the other being from or through a CDN to client. Thus a client may choose to request content from a CDN and/or from an origin server. This disclosure sets forth techniques for, among other things, distinguishing between which channel to use for a given object, using the CDN-client channel to obtain the performance benefit of doing so, and reverting to the origin-client channel where content may be private, sensitive, corrupted, or otherwise considered to be unsuitable from delivery from and/or through the CDN.
US10785268B2
A system for presenting media data to communication clients in the course of a communication data exchange between the communication clients in a telecommunication network includes: a storage engine, configured to store a plurality of media data files; an application control server, configured to receive media data file selection signals from at least one of the communication clients in the course of the communication data exchange, and to select media data files from the storage engine based on the received media data file section signals; and a communication processing server, configured to exchange media data with the communication clients and to retrieve the selected media data files from the storage engine, for simultaneously presenting the retrieved media data files at the communication clients in the course of said communication data exchange.
US10785267B2
A Home Subscriber Server (HSS) stores a service profile corresponding to a subscription of a user in a memory, and configures the service profile with data used by a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) of an Internet Protocol Multimedia System (IMS) comprising the HSS. The HSS then sets, in the S-CSCF, a timer that controls processing of a service of the user by transmitting the service profile to the S-CSCF. The S-CSCF receives the service profile from the HSS, and uses the service profile to identify a rule comprising a timer value. The S-CSCF then controls processing of the service associated with the user by setting the timer in accordance with the timer value.
US10785245B2
Among other things, traces are received of activities of an online user who is associated with an entity. By analysis of the traces a security state of the entity is inferred. Also, a map is generated between (a) technical assets that contribute to security characteristics of respective entities and (b) the identities of the entities that are associated with the respective technical assets. At least part of the generating of the map is done automatically. A user can be engaged to assist in the generating of the map by presenting to the user through a user interface (a) data about the technical assets of entities and (b) an interactive tool for associating the technical assets with the identities of the entities.
US10785241B2
Features of multiple dimensions are extracted from information included in a URL access request. A risk score of the URL access request is obtained by providing the features to a predetermined URL attack detection model for prediction calculation, where the predetermined URL attack detection model is a machine learning model obtained through training based on the Isolation Forest machine learning algorithm. It is determined, based on the risk score, that the URL access request is a URL attack request.
US10785240B2
Protection from malware download is provided. A first input is received to access one of an email attachment or a web site link using an application. A newly generated secure virtual machine is obtained from one of a network server or a cloud computing service. The one of the email attachment or the web site link is sent to the newly generated secure virtual machine for processing.
US10785237B2
Streams of monitoring node signal values over time, representing a current operation of the industrial asset, are used to generate current monitoring node feature vectors. Each feature vector is compared with a corresponding decision boundary separating normal from abnormal states. When a first monitoring node passes a corresponding decision boundary, an attack is detected and classified as an independent attack. When a second monitoring node passes a decision boundary, an attack is detected and a first decision is generated based on a first set of inputs indicating if the attack is independent/dependent. From the beginning of the attack on the second monitoring node until a final time, the first decision is updated as new signal values are received for the second monitoring node. When the final time is reached, a second decision is generated based on a second set of inputs indicating if the attack is independent/dependent.
US10785234B2
In one example, a method includes for each one time period of a plurality of time periods performing a weighted random selection of a first set of intrusion detection/protection system rules from a plurality of rules, each rule of the plurality of rules having an associated probability of selection, preparing a packet inspection plan including the first set of intrusion detection/protection system rules, and sending the packet inspection plan to a network distribution device to inspect packets according to the packet inspection plan. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US10785232B2
This specification describes techniques for performing cross-blockchain interactions. One example method includes generating, by a blockchain node in a first blockchain, a subscription request to a cross-chain interaction end between the first blockchain and a second blockchain. The blockchain node can then obtain a message from the second blockchain based on the subscription request, and subsequently perform an operation related to the obtained message. In some instances, the message obtained by the blockchain node is a message that is published in the second blockchain and satisfies subscription conditions of the blockchain node.
US10785230B1
An identity broker receives a request for access by a client device to a service provided by a server. In response to the request, the identity broker determines an identity of the client device using a client certificate. The identity broker also determines whether the client device is in a secure state. If the client device is secure, the identity broker sends an authentication request to an identity provider. After the identity provider authenticates the client device, the identity broker passes the authentication to the server, which establishes a session with the client device to provide the service.
US10785224B2
The event management system described is capable of aligning controlled content in a controlled content repository to properties of an event, e.g., event type, event topic, geographic location and product involved. When a user creates an event, controlled content associated with the event properties may be displayed so that the user may choose proper content for the event. When event content is updated in the controlled content repository, the latest version is pushed to the speaker so that only the latest version of the controlled content can be shared. Content displayed during a webinar and attendee participation data for the webinar may be tracked and stored in a CRM system.
US10785203B2
Methods, systems and media for presenting information related to an event based on metadata are provided. In some implementations, the method comprises: detecting that a user-initiated event has been performed on a user device; detecting a plurality of sensors connected to the user device; causing a plurality of content items related to the user-initiated event to be obtained using the plurality of sensors connected to the user device; determining whether each of the plurality of content items is to be associated with the user-initiated event based on user device information from a plurality of data sources; associating a portion of the plurality of content items with the user-initiated event based on the determination; retrieving information related to the portion of the plurality of content items; detecting, using the plurality of sensors connected to the user device, a second plurality of content items; determining that at least one of the second plurality of content items is related to at least one of the first plurality of content items; and causing information related to the user-initiated event to be presented by the user device based at least in part on the determination.
US10785202B2
A system and method for processing entitlement rights are disclosed. Content may be stored. A request for playback of the content may be received. A right of a user to view the content may be determined.
US10785197B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to communication systems. In particular aspects relate to internet enabled wireless mobile devices, computer program products, non-transitory storage mediums, methods and systems for improving access to the internet.
US10785194B2
A method for execution by a processing unit in a dispersed storage network (DSN), the method includes creating a unique identifier for intent processing entities (IPEs) and when creating intents, encrypting the contents of intents using an associated intent encryption key (IEK). The method continues by the processing unit encrypting each IEK using a key associated with a trusted IPE (TIPE) to generate an encrypted IEK, followed by storing and transmitting the encrypted IEK, the encrypted contents of the intent, and the IPE ID to the target TIPEs.
US10785192B2
Various arrangements for performing secure domain name system (DNS) routing are presented. A secure signature may be generated using an internet protocol (IP) address of an authorized device. An encoded character string may be generated that comprises the IP address. The domain name server may receive a request for an IP address mapped to the hostname. The hostname may be validated using the secure signature. The IP address of the authorized device may be decoded from the encoded character string at least partially in response to the hostname being validated by the domain name server. The IP address decoded from the encoded character string may be transmitted at least partially based on the hostname being validated and the request for the IP address.
US10785191B2
A router includes a processor-readable medium including code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform operations. The operations include routing received information communicated from a first network to a component associated with a service within a second network, responsive to a determination that the received information is to be handled by a service that exists within the second network. The operations also include routing the received information to a predetermined component, responsive to a determination that the received information is to be handled by a service that does not exist within the second network.
US10785185B2
A system, method and program product for categorizing, analyzing, and continually aggregating unstructured communication data in the form of a query and responses. The method initially categorizes the conversation thread as a query and then uses natural language understanding technologies to start analyzing and extracting entities, sentiment and keywords. It then categorizes and aggregates those responses accordingly, providing the user with a continuously updated summary. The method groups the responses into Positive/Affirmative and Negative. The system can also determine conversations that need further action or response from the organizer by categorizing more complex individual responses that contain questions or action items. The method further analyzes an e-mail thread to identify a certain type of conversation, e.g., an RSVP/Poll, collect multiple responses, analyze the responses and tally up the results to create a summary that may be communicated back to the group thread originator according to a preferred messaging modality.
US10785184B2
Embodiments of a notification framework for smart objects (e.g., smart televisions) to deliver notifications to user devices are described. In one embodiment, a method includes a smart device sending an event-registration request to a server, the event-registration request including event information associated with an event associated with the smart device. The smart device may receive a code generated by the server in response to the event-registration request, the code being associated with the event information. The smart device may send the code to a user device through short-range wireless communication. By using the code, the user device may obtain from the server the event information associated with the event of the smart device.
US10785178B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, by a mobile device associated with a user from one or more computing devices associated with a social-networking system, content for a notification and instructions to display the notification in a user interface of the application, and displaying the content for the notification as a structured card over a background in the user interface. The method may include detecting a user interaction with the notification. The method may then include sending information about the user interaction with the notification to a third-party server associated with the application.
US10785174B2
A messaging system for a live event is described. A processing device presents a live event having at least one participant. The processing device presents one or more participant messages within a native messaging interface associated with the event. The processing device also presents one or more viewer messages within the native messaging interface. The viewer messages are integrated with the participant messages and the viewer messages are entered via a non-native messaging interface.
US10785170B2
A method of communicating messages between modules in a system on a vehicle, each module configured as a publisher node and/or subscriber node, the publisher nodes and the subscriber nodes collectively forming a plurality of nodes that communicate in the operation of the vehicle. One method includes communicating, by a subscriber node, with a registry for information to determine if a new message associated with a first topic is available for reading, determining, by each subscriber node, if a new message associated with the first topic is available for reading, in response to determining a new message associated with the first topic is available for reading, reading from the registry location information indicating where the first message is stored in a first message buffer, and reading, by each subscriber node the first message from the first message buffer using the location information.
US10785168B2
A method for allocating a virtual resource based on a blockchain, including: receiving a resource allocation transaction sent by a client, wherein the resource allocation transaction includes a user identifier of a target user; in response to the resource allocation transaction, invoking verification logic in a smart contract deployed in the blockchain to verify whether a service indicator of the target user within a preset service cycle satisfies a virtual resource allocation condition; and when the service indicator satisfies the virtual resource allocation condition, invoking virtual resource allocation logic in the smart contract to allocate a preset amount of virtual resources to the target user from a virtual resource pool and transfer the preset amount of virtual resources to a blockchain account corresponding to the user identifier, wherein virtual resources in the virtual resource pool are associated with service profits of a service operator corresponding to a service of the target user.
US10785161B2
A method is provided by which a network adapter device receives a packet sent over a network from a peer, the packet including an enqueue timestamp indicating when the packet has been enqueued at the network adapter device. The network adapter device parses a header of the packet to detect whether the header includes bits indicating that the peer device is experiencing congestion, and obtains packet metadata of the packet and the enqueue timestamp of the packet. The network adapter device compares the packet metadata with information in a flow table to identify an entry in the flow table corresponding to a flow to which the packet metadata matches. The network adapter device sets a timer associated with the flow, the timer for use in scheduling transmission of a next packet provided by the host to be sent to the peer.
US10785160B2
The present application discloses a congestion control method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving, by a root node network element, a first link notification message; determining, based on the link status information of the first link, that the first link is congested; determining an identifier of a first leaf node network element based on a correspondence between an identifier of the first port and the identifier of the first leaf node network element; determining a service queue of the first leaf node network element based on a correspondence between the identifier of the first leaf node network element and an identifier of the service queue of the first leaf node network element; and lowering output bandwidth of the service queue of the first leaf node network element.
US10785159B2
A network device for a communications network includes a port configured to transmit data to the network at a maximum transmit data rate. The device also includes a transmit buffer configured to buffer data units that are ready for transmission to the network, and a packet buffer configured to buffer data units before the data units are ready for transmission. The packet buffer is configured to output data units at a maximum packet buffer transmission rate faster than the maximum transmit data rate. The device includes a rate controller configured to control a transmission rate of data from the packet buffer to the transmit buffer so that averaged over a period, the transmission rate from the packet buffer to the transmit buffer is at most equal to the maximum transmit data rate, while allowing the transmission rate, at one or more time intervals, to exceed the maximum transmit data rate.
US10785154B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to managing phys of a data storage target device. In one embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes waiting to receive a host address on a target phy and transmitting a target phy address for the target phy after waiting to receive the host address on the target phy. In another embodiment, a method of managing phys of a data storage target device includes configuring a target port comprising a first target phy and reconfiguring the target port comprising a first target phy and a second target phy.
US10785151B2
An embodiment includes a plurality of tables in a hardware network for performing packet processing. Each table in the plurality of tables includes a table declaration. The table declaration includes a first set of fields used for input matching and a second set of fields used as inputs for action processing. A first table is selected from the plurality of tables. Successor tables to the first table are selected from the plurality of tables. There is a third set of fields for each successor table of the successor tables. The contents of the third set of fields are output fields where the output fields are modified by the first table when a next table of the first table is the successor table of the first table.
US10785142B2
An inter-provider network architecture system is disclosed. In particular, the system may enable a service provider network and a partner network to take advantage of each other's network cores, such that the resources of the service provider network and the partner network may be more effectively utilized to service customers of both networks. By doing so, not only can the service provider network and the partner network take advantage of each other's network resources, but they can also give each other's customers broader network reach into regions that are not typically serviced by their own networks. The service provider network may effectively accomplish this by providing a limited view of the service provider network to the partner network, or vice versa, so that traffic and data can flow between the networks without each network having to be fully aware of each other's entire network topologies.
US10785137B2
Dataplane-based Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (S-BFD) monitoring for network entities is provided. In one embodiment, a method of S-BFD monitoring includes assigning, by a network element, a unique segment identifier (ID) to each entity of a plurality of entities that are monitored by the network element. The method includes receiving an S-BFD control packet at the network element, including a first segment ID associated with a particular entity. The method also includes performing a lookup operation for the first segment ID in stored data of the network element. Based on the lookup operation, when a first action is designated in the stored data for the first segment ID, the method includes returning the S-BFD control packet to its source, and, when a second action is designated in the stored data for the first segment ID, the method includes forwarding the S-BFD control packet to an S-BFD reflector session.
US10785135B2
Systems and methods for timeline representations of trip phases of a mobile vehicle are described. A method may include receiving operational events associated with a voyage of the mobile vehicle. The operational events may include events such as take-off, landing, door open, door closed, engine started, or other types of operational events. Each operational event may have a corresponding event time at which the event occurred or was detected. The method may include receiving network metric values for network communication metrics associated with a network service on the mobile vehicle. Each network metric value may have a corresponding value time at which the metric was measured or detected. The operational events and network communication metrics may be displayed in a time-aligned manner on a timeline representation over a time range indicated by a user.
US10785132B2
A method for monitoring browsers (B) for a communications network (N), wherein a monitoring server contains a set of monitoring elements, and implements:—a step (E1) of receiving a monitoring element request from a browser (B),—a step (E2) of determining whether the request is a first request from the browser,—if so, a step (E3) of calculating an identifier for the browser, then a step (E4) of determining a cache duration value associated with each monitoring element of the set, and a step (E5) of transmitting the set of monitoring elements and associated values to the browser;—if not, a step (E6) of determining the browser's identifier based on the monitoring elements requested in the request.
US10785131B2
A system and method for synchronous and asynchronous monitoring of network resources is provided. In an example system, an asynchronous monitoring engine is in communication with the network resources and receives asynchronous data from a portion of the network resources. The asynchronous data is collected at an application layer or at an end-user application layer. A synchronous monitoring engine is also in communication with the network resources and accesses synchronous data in the application layer in response to receiving a request from the asynchronous monitoring engine. The system further identifies an anomaly corresponding to the asynchronous characteristic and the synchronous characteristic.
US10785127B1
Various example embodiments for supporting services within a distributed cloud network are configured to support capabilities for solving a cloud service distribution problem for a set of services to be deployed within a distributed cloud network in order to determine the placement of service functions of the services within the cloud network, the routing of service flows of the services through the appropriate service functions of the services within the cloud network, and the associated allocation of cloud and network resources that support the deployment and routing of the services within the cloud network. Various example embodiments for supporting services within a distributed cloud network are configured to support capabilities for solving a cloud service distribution problem for a set of services to be deployed within a distributed cloud network in a manner for reducing or even minimizing the overall cloud network cost in the distributed cloud network.
US10785125B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including obtaining a first set of votes from devices that are registered and enabled by a registration system to form a first network communicating with a processing system. The first set of votes relate to performance of a target device and indicate conformance to performance criteria for the first network. The processing system receives a reputation score for the target device from the registration system, and receives a second set of votes regarding target device performance from voting systems over a second network comprising a peer network including the processing system and the voting systems. The first and second sets of votes and the reputation score are aggregated to generate an updated reputation score for the target device. The registration system disables the target device when the reputation score falls below a threshold. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10785123B2
In one embodiment, the system determines network performance metrics in a number of geographic areas within a communication network based on application data of end users. The system receives, from a client system, a query for geographic areas of interest specifying network performance criteria based on network performance metrics and corresponding thresholds. The system identifies geographic areas of interest matching the network performance criteria of the query. The system determines, for each geographic area of interest, network performance features based on network performance metrics derived from application data collected from the geographic areas of interest. The system generates optimization recommendations for one or more of the geographic areas of interest. The optimization recommendations are customized for the geographic areas of interest based on the performance features associated with the respective geographic areas of interest. The system sends, to the client system, instructions for presenting the optimization recommendations.
US10785119B2
A computerized service including interconnected components within a computer network is monitored using entry points of a service model corresponding to the computerized service. A discovery process is performed by a discovery mechanism based on an initial entry point of a computerized service. A service model is generated based on results of the discovery process. The service model includes indications of a plurality of components of the computerized service and indications of a plurality of entry points including the initial entry point and at least one additional entry point used for communication between ones of the plurality of components. Using a monitoring mechanism, at least one entry point of the plurality of entry points is tested using at least one protocol associated with the at least one entry point. An event generated based on the test is then processed, such as to identify alerts associated with the computerized service.
US10785117B2
Techniques for providing a backup network path using a standby wide area network (WAN) link with reducing monitoring. Packet loss and latency metrics are monitored for network paths in an adaptive private network (APN) connecting a first user and a second user according to control traffic operating at a first control bandwidth for each network path. A determination is made that a first network path uses a standby WAN link, has packet loss and latency metrics indicative of a good quality state, and has at least one characteristic that identifies the first network path as a backup network path. The control traffic is then reduced for the backup network path to a second control bandwidth substantially less than the first control bandwidth. The backup network path is made active when the number of active network paths is less than or equal to a minimum number.
US10785112B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to output troubleshooting and/or setup information associated with a device from a server within the device. In embodiments, troubleshooting and/or setup information is output from within the device to a subscriber when the device detects that an issue or failure exists with the device's connection to a network. A data or service request received from a subscriber can be rerouted to a server within the receiving device, and troubleshooting and/or setup information can be output as a result.
US10785109B1
A device may receive a set of design parameters for a network service. The set of design parameters may include information that identifies one or more network functions associated with the network service. The device may determine attribute information associated with a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs). A VNF, of the plurality of VNFs, may be configurable to perform at least one network function of the one or more network functions. The device may generate a network service design, associated with providing the network service, based on the set of design parameters and the attribute information. The network service design may include information identifying one or more VNFs, of the plurality of VNFs, that are capable of providing the network service in accordance with the set of design parameters. The device may provide information associated with the network service design.
US10785104B1
A mechanism automatically reconfigures and later restores the network configuration and settings for network devices installed at one location according to configuration and settings of corresponding network devices installed at another location. This enables a user to access these network devices the same way in both locations. This mechanism further avoids having to perform any network reconfiguration of mobile devices that may be carried between the two locations.
US10785098B1
This disclosure relates to network configuration using multicast address modulation. In one aspect, a method includes dividing data for completing network configuration of a device. Multiple packets are selected from the divided data. A total length of data in the multiple packets is obtained. Multicast address modulation is performed on indexes of the multiple packets to obtain a multicast target address. Data in the multiple packets is parsed based on the total length of the data in the multiple packets and the multicast target address.
US10785097B2
The present invention relates to an improved method of controlling interaction between network-enabled devices. In a network comprising multiple control devices, the selection of a control device can enable the mitigation of privacy risks and security risks and can further avoid frequent communications between network-enabled devices and an internet-based service (which increase power usage) as well as prevent devices becoming uncontrollable (based on failure of the network-enabled devices to connect to an internet-based service for control). The method comprises the steps of a user selecting an interaction schedule (102) and selection of a control device (104) as well as configuration of devices (106), based on said interaction scenario and said control scenario.
US10785087B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to improving computer performance. An action may be issued to a first client and a second client. A first optimization factor list (OFL) may be generated for the first client and a second OFL may be generated for the second client. After each OFL is generated, the first OFL may be compared to the second OFL. A correlation factor (CF) may be generated between the first client and the second client based on the OFL comparison, wherein the CF indicates a level of similarity between the first client and the second client. A bottleneck causing performance issues in the first client may be determined and computer configuration of the first client may be adjusted based on the bottleneck.
US10785084B2
A coding and modulation apparatus and method are presented, particularly for use in a system according to IEEE 802.11. The apparatus comprises an encoder configured to encode input data into cell words according to a low density parity check code, LDPC, and a modulator configured to modulate said cell words into constellation values of a non-uniform constellation and to assign bit combinations to constellation values of the used non-uniform constellation, wherein said modulator is configured to use, based on the PHY mode, the total number M of constellation points of the constellation and the code rate, a particular non-uniform constellation.
US10785081B2
A wireless communication transceiver comprising circuitry configured to send or receive, via a wire-less link, an indicator indicating a Non-Uniform Constellation pattern out of a plurality of Non-Uniform Constellation patterns.
US10785080B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, base stations and user equipment (UEs) may use beamforming for transmitting random access channel (RACH) messages. A UE may transmit multiple RACH preamble messages (e.g., within a random access response (RAR) window) to initiate a RACH procedure. The UE may transmit the RACH preamble messages in transmission opportunities corresponding to reference signals received from the base station. In some cases, the UE may determine the number of RACH preamble messages to transmit within the RAR window based on an ability of the UE to simultaneously monitor for a RAR message in response to each of the transmitted messages. In other cases, the UE may transmit an indication of UE capabilities to the base station. The base station may determine a RACH resource configuration for the UE based on the capabilities and may indicate the configuration to the UE.
US10785079B2
A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a reference signal from a transceiver, estimating a time offset (TO) of the reference signal in the frequency domain based on a spectral phase ramp introduced by the TO, compensating the TO of the reference signal based on the estimated TO in the frequency domain by applying the spectral phase ramp to the received reference signal, and providing a TO compensated signal of the reference signal.
US10785074B1
A synchronizer generates cross-products of In-phase (I) and Quadrature (Q) samples and stores the sign bits for the sine and cosine cross-products. The sign bits are compared to a local reference of a frame-start bit-sequence and the compare results accumulated as I and Q correlations for symbol and half-symbol sampling. Linear combinations of the accumulated I and Q correlations for the symbol and half-symbol sampling generate linear combination results for frequency bins that peak at a different implied Carrier Frequency Offset (CFO) settings. The maximum of the linear combination results is selected and the implied CFO setting for that frequency bin is applied to a demodulator to adjust the receiver's CFO setting and bit synchronization. Computational complexity is reduced since only the sign bit of each cross-product is retained for correlation with the frame-start bit-sequence. Linear combinations can support a wide CFO range.
US10785067B2
A device includes a voltage generator that generates a reference signal, a multi-level bias generator coupled to the voltage generator to receive the reference signal and generate a plurality of bias level signals based at least in part on the reference signal. The multi-level bias generator transmits the plurality of bias level signals to a plurality of multiplexers that each receive a select signal to select a subset of bias level signals of the plurality of bias level signals. The device also includes an adjustment circuit of a decision feedback equalizer that receives a respective selected subset of bias level signals from one multiplexer of the plurality of multiplexers and utilizes the respective selected subset of bias level signals to compensate for inter-symbol interference of a bit due to a previously received bit of a bit stream.
US10785065B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to facilitating communications to respective circuit nodes in a manner that may also be useful for mitigating undesirable signal attenuation. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, switchable isolation circuits, presented by at least one transformer and switch, are utilized to isolate adjacent data processing nodes on a bus in which each data processing node includes logic circuitry and processes signal therein. For each of the switchable isolation circuits, switching circuitry operates to mitigate communication propagation over the differential bus between adjacent data processing nodes, by switching the switchable isolation circuit for providing isolation. This approach may be utilized, for example, to assign sequential identification to daisy-chained circuit nodes upon start-up or reset, for use in addressing each node directly for further communication therewith.
US10785062B2
The present disclosure relates to a state feedback decoder based channel estimating method including: calculating a first output bit when an input bit is 0 and a second output bit when an input bit is 1 using convolution encoder state information received from a determining unit; configuring a first virtual pilot and a second virtual pilot through modulation by receiving the first output bit and the second output bit; deinterleaving an i-th (here, i refers to a natural number corresponding to the number of OFDM symbols from 1) OFDM symbol; estimating a first channel and a second channel based on the first virtual pilot and the second virtual pilot using an output value in accordance with the deinterleaving result and calculating a first mean square error (MSE) and a second MSE; and comparing the calculated first MSE and second MSE to determine an input bit having a lower MSE as a reception bit by the determining unit and updating and feedbacking the convolution encoder state information using the determined reception bit.
US10785061B2
A propagation channel estimation method is provided. In-phase and quadrature components of a propagation channel estimation value in each pilot subcarrier are separated into amplitude and phase components. A propagation channel of a data subcarrier portion existing between pilot subcarriers is estimated by phase/amplitude separation linear interpolating in each separated amplitude and phase component. A reference parameter is produced by linear interpolating a portion between pilot subcarriers on a complex plane. When quadrants on the complex plane of the interpolated phase component estimation value and the reference parameter are different, a phase connecting process to cancel a discontinuity of the phases is executed to the phase component estimation value interpolated by the phase/amplitude separation linear interpolation. When the quadrants are not different or after the phase connecting process, a complex propagation channel estimation value of the data subcarrier portion is calculated from the phase and amplitude components of the propagation channel estimation value.
US10785051B2
A mobile terminal includes: a display; a radio communication unit configured to exchange data with a server; and a controller configured to perform various operations. For example, in response to an input to execute an application associated with a home appliance, the controller to control a screen of the application associated with the home appliance to be displayed on the display. In response to a simple login item on the screen of the application being selected, the controller to control the radio communication unit to create a simple login ID account based on device information of the mobile terminal, and to transmit data including information on the created simple login ID account to the server. Additionally, in response to an account login item on the screen of the application being selected, the controller to control the radio communication unit to transmit data including user account information to the server.
US10785041B2
A method for providing a space puzzle includes computing, by a puzzle generating entity (PGE), a master secret key (MSK), a public key (PK), a random predicate (RP), and a secret key (SK) using the computed MSK and the computed RP; providing, by the PGE, a challenge comprising the PK and the SK to a proving computing entity; computing, by the proving computing entity, a response to the challenge using a size of the RP by computing a higher dimensional virtual structure; encrypting each row of the higher dimensional structure with the PK; decrypting the encrypted rows using the SK to obtain a decrypted predicate; recomputing the RP using the decrypted predicate and the higher dimensional virtual structure to provide a recomputed random predicate; and verifying the provided challenge by comparing the recomputed random predicate with the RP.
US10785023B2
An apparatus and method for managing meter data. The apparatus for managing meter data includes a metering unit for acquiring meter data from a target device based on time information; a communication unit for receiving a message including the time information from a server device and transmitting the meter data to the server device; and a security unit for creating a private key using the time information and encrypting the meter data using the private key.
US10785022B2
A network includes a logical network and a physical network. The logical network includes a plurality of logical nodes. Each logical node is connected to a respective identification core. Each identification core includes at least one semiconductor chip having a physical randomness. Each semiconductor chip generates one of a plurality of pairs of private keys and public keys based on the physical randomness thereof according to an input received by the one of the at least one semiconductor chip under a public key cryptography. One of the public keys is regarded as a logical address of one of the logical nodes, which is connected to one of the identification cores. The physical network includes a plurality of physical nodes. Each identification core is one of components in each physical node. The logical network is uniquely linked to the physical network by the pairs of private keys and public keys.
US10785020B2
A system for hardware offloading programs a network interface card with a mapping between (i) a connection identification (CID) for one or more Quick User Datagram Protocol Internet Connections (QUIC) data packets and (ii) a symmetric key and a crypto algorithm. When one or more data packets are received over a network, the one or more data packets are parsed to identify the one or more data packets as QUIC data packets and then obtain the CID for the QUIC data packets. The CID is sent to the network interface card that identifies the symmetric key and the crypto algorithm based on the CID to perform a crypto decrypt operation on the QUIC data packets, and reassembles the QUIC data packets, and an encrypt and large send offload (LSO) on transmit. A software control complexity and processing burden is thereby reduced.
US10785015B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus for EM communications. One of the apparatus includes a plurality of receive samplers arranged in parallel and configured to receive an amplitude modulated input signal, each sampler being clocked at a same rate but not a same phase, the rate being in relation with the input signal; a plurality of envelope extractors, wherein each envelop extractor is communicatively coupled to a respective output of one of the plurality of receive samplers, and wherein each envelope extractor is configured to extract the envelope of the input signal after sampling; and a combiner communicatively coupled to the envelope extractors to combine the signal envelopes sampled at their respective phases, creating a combined output that provides an approximate copy of the input signal envelope, providing an output signal for performing symbol synchronization.
US10785001B2
A physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) region of a subframe may include a reference signal (RS) section that includes one or more of a beam-scanning subsection, a transmit (TX) beam-tracking subsection, a receive (RX) beam-tracking subsection, and a channel state information (CSI) subsection. Reference signals in the TX beam-tracking subsection may be used to update TX analog beams. Reference signals in the RX beam-tracking subsection may be used to update RX analog beams. Reference signals in the beam-scanning subsection may be used to evaluate different combinations of TX and RX analog beams for use in a future directional data transmission. Reference signals in the CSI subsection may be transmitted over quasi-co-located (QCL) antenna ports, and may be used for purposes of channel estimation.
US10784999B2
Techniques and apparatuses described herein facilitate narrowband communication within the unlicensed frequency spectrum by simultaneously transmitting (e.g., in adjacent channels) a plurality of anchor channels. For example, a base station may simultaneously transmit at least three anchor channels of 180 kHz each so that the 500 kHz minimum bandwidth requirement is satisfied. Furthermore, the techniques and apparatuses described herein provide discovery reference signal (DRS) structures to cause the different types of DRS to be repeated and/or transmitted on different anchor channels, which improves frequency diversity. Also, a synchronization signal of the anchor channels may be used to indicate a configuration of the anchor channels. Thus, synchronization in the NB-IoT-unlicensed (NB-IoT-u) spectrum is enabled, and efficiency is improved over synchronization using a single anchor channel.
US10784994B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting information for LTE-WLAN aggregation system, the method comprising: checking, by a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) entity, whether a FCI transmission condition is met or not; and transmitting Flow Control Information (FCI) when the FCI transmission condition is met.
US10784988B2
Techniques are described for performing conditional forward error correction (FEC) of network data. The techniques and solutions can be applied to suppress the transmission of redundant forward error correction information for data (e.g., frames of audio and/or video data) that can be effectively recovered at the receiving device (e.g., at the decoder). For example, a first computing device that is encoding and transmitting data (e.g., encoded audio data) to a second computing device can determine whether portions of data can be predicted (e.g., to a certain quality measure) at the second computing device. If the portions of data can be predicted, then the first computing device can skip sending redundant copies of the portions of data (e.g., can skip sending forward error correction information) in current network packets.
US10784986B2
Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, methods, and devices that can activate forward error correction (FEC) based on the channel loss of a channel. The channel's loss can be characterized as a high loss channel if the channel loss exceeds a predetermined threshold value. For channels with high loss and for those that operate at high data rates (e.g., data rates commensurate with PCIe Gen 4 or Gen 5), FEC can be activated so that the channels can achieve higher data rates.
US10784985B2
A WLAN link adaptation method and a network device are provided, and can provide accurate link adaptation for each user in an OFDMA communications system. Embodiments of the present application include: obtaining, by a first network device, a target channel information measurement result, where the target channel information measurement result is a measurement result obtained by measuring channel information over target bandwidth; and determining, by the first network device, a modulation and coding scheme MCS of a link according to the target channel information measurement result.
US10784982B2
Provided are a method and system for allocating wavelength channels in a Passive Optical Network (PON), and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT). In the method, an OLT may acquire pre-set wavelength channel priority information and Optical Network Unit (ONU) priority information; and the wavelength channel priority information and the ONU priority information may be sent to each ONU to enable each ONU to selectively access a corresponding wavelength channel according to the wavelength channel priority information and the ONU priority information based on a pre-set rule.
US10784970B2
Embodiments disclosed herein may be implemented in the form of a method or corresponding apparatus for receiving or transmitting network communications carried at acoustic wavelengths via an acoustic medium. The corresponding method or apparatus may include a gate-level digital hardware module communicatively coupled to a communications module and define therein logic blocks configured to perform respective primitive processing functions, sequences of the logic blocks being capable of processing data units in accordance with any of the multiple communications protocols on a data unit-by-data unit basis without reconfiguring. According to some embodiments, the gate-level digital hardware module may be configured to process a data unit in accordance with a first communications protocol by directing the data unit through a first sequence of logic blocks, and process a subsequent data unit in accordance with a second communications protocol by directing the subsequent data unit through a second of sequence logic blocks.
US10784965B2
A method selects a phase shift profile to be applied to a programmable optical phase shift modulator having an array of pixels. A base stepped phase shift profile for the modulator is selected such that when applied to the modulator, the base stepped phase shift profile allows the modulator to function as a blazed grating steering an optical beam through a prescribed angle. The base stepped phase shift profile has a plurality of segments each extending over a given number of the pixels defining a linear array of pixels. Each segment has first and last pixels in the linear array of pixels. Variations in minimum and maximum luminosity levels among the segments of the base stepped phase shift profile are reduced so that any changes to a slope of each segment arising from reducing the variations in the minimum and maximum luminosity level is maintained below a given amount.
US10784964B2
Methods and systems for a distributed optical transmitter with local domain splitting is disclosed and may include, in an optical modulator integrated in a silicon photonics chip: receiving electrical signals, communicating the electrical signals to domain splitters along a length of waveguides of the optical modulator utilizing one or more delay lines, and generating electrical signals in voltage domains utilizing the domain splitters for modulating the optical signals in the waveguides of the optical modulator by driving diodes with the electrical signals generated in the voltage domains. The delay lines may comprise one delay element per domain splitter, or may comprise a delay element per domain splitter for a first subset of the domain splitters and more than one delay element per domain splitter for a second subset of the domain splitters.
US10784959B2
A method supported by a first terminal is provided herein. To implement the method, a camera of a first terminal performs two or more captures of two or more frames along a line of sight toward a second terminal. A controller of the first terminal manipulates the two or more frames to produce two or more interim images and analyzes the two or more interim images to track a beacon of the second terminal. The controller outputs coordinates with respect to the tracked beacon to a mirror package of the first terminal.
US10784957B2
A method and device for controlling a wavelength of a light emitting assembly. The device comprises a microcontroller, a light emitting assembly temperature control unit, an analog-to-digital converter, a digital-to-analog converter, a storage unit, a thermistor of a negative temperature coefficient in a TOSA component, and a TEC assembly. The microcontroller comprises an ADC input interface, a DAC output interface, a GPIO output interface, an external communication interface, and a memory interface. The light emitting assembly temperature control unit comprises a turn-off enable control circuit, a temperature detecting circuit, an error amplification-comparison-compensation unit, a TEC voltage/current limitation circuit, a TEC voltage/current detecting circuit, and a TEC differential voltage driver. The method and device are simple and flexible, implements a precise control of the wavelength, and also considers an adjustment function of the wavelength.
US10784946B2
A communication device including a first directional antenna and a second directional antenna which may each be set to any one of a plurality of main beam directions for radio communication, a transceiver configured to determine a reception quality for at least some of the plurality of main beam directions using the first directional antenna and for at least some of the plurality of main beam directions using the second directional antenna, select a main beam direction of the plurality of main beam directions based on the reception qualities determined by the first directional antenna and based on the reception qualities determined by the second directional antenna, and perform communication using the selected main beam direction.
US10784945B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for robust system information (SI) delivery are provided. One method may include receiving, by a network node, a SI request from a UE, and transmitting an acknowledgement of the SI request to the UE. In one example, the method may include selecting, by the network node, a subset of downlink beams for transmitting the requested SI message. In an embodiment, the selecting may include selecting the subset of downlink beams based on SI requests associated with SS/PBCH blocks, and the subset of downlink beams associated with the SI requests are used for the delivery of an SI message.
US10784944B2
A wireless device receives message(s) comprising configuration parameter(s) indicating reference signal(s) of a cell. The configuration parameter(s) may indicate one or more preambles for a beam failure recovery procedure. The configuration parameter(s) may indicate a time alignment timer of a timing advance group comprising the cell. The time alignment timer may start in response to receiving a timing advance command for the timing advance group. The beam failure recovery procedure may be initiated in response to detecting a beam failure of the cell. The beam failure of the cell may be detected based on the reference signal(s) of the cell. A preamble of the one or more preambles may be transmitted for the beam failure recovery procedure. The beam failure recovery procedure may be aborted in response to an expiry of the time alignment timer during the beam failure recovery procedure.
US10784935B2
A wireless transmitter includes a signal processing circuit configured to generate a plurality of first and second spatial streams signals. The transmitter includes a frequency shift circuit configured to selectively apply different frequency shifts to the first and second spatial streams signals. A wireless receiver includes a frequency shift circuit configured to selectively apply different frequency shifts to the received first and second spatial streams signals. The receiver also includes a signal processing circuit configured to process the first and second frequency shifted signals.
US10784934B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that support a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) precoded reference signal design for multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions. A user equipment (UE) may identify multiple sets of symbols associated with different reference signal waveforms, where each reference signal waveform may be associated with a low PAPR. In some cases, different single-carrier reference signal waveforms may be mapped to subsets of frequency resources through frequency division multiplexing (FDM) for a transmission on a single antenna. However, the addition of single-carrier waveforms through FDM for a transmission via an antenna may result in an uplink transmission having a high PAPR (e.g., as compared to single-carrier waveforms). The UE may reduce the PAPR of the uplink transmission by multiplexing the reference signal waveforms in the time domain (e.g., using time division multiplexing (TDM)).
