US10789914B2
A computer system receives an input of a predetermined area within a screen which is screen-shared, and performs a mosaic process so as to cause a sharing destination not to visually recognize either the predetermined area or an area within the screen other than the predetermined area. The computer system extracts and stores a character or an image of a part on which the mosaic process is performed by receiving the input, and performs, when it is displayed on the screen, the mosaic process on it in addition to either the predetermined area or an area within the screen other than the predetermined area.
US10789912B2
Methods and apparatus to control rendering of different content for different view angles of a display screen are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a position analyzer to: determine a first location of a first person relative to a display screen, and determine a second location of a second person relative to the display screen. The example apparatus includes a position comparer to determine a difference in position between the first person and the second person based on the first and second locations. The example apparatus includes a content determiner to identify first content to display to the first person and second content to display to the second person when the difference satisfies a threshold, and identify third content to display to both the first person and the second person when the difference does not satisfy the threshold.
US10789908B2
A refresh rate adjustment method and circuit, a display device, and a storage medium, which pertains to the field of display technologies. The method includes acquiring a current driving refresh rate of a driving apparatus; determining whether the driving refresh rate is less than a driving refresh rate threshold; in response to the driving refresh rate being less than the driving refresh rate threshold, adjusting a display refresh rate of a display device, so that an adjusted display refresh rate is P times the driving refresh rate, and the adjusted display refresh rate is greater than the driving refresh rate threshold, where P is an integer greater than one.
US10789902B2
An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The image frames may be displayed with positive and negative polarities to help reduce charge accumulation effects. A charge accumulation tracker may analyze the image frames to determine when there is a risk of excess charge accumulation. The charge accumulation tracker may analyze information on gray levels, frame duration, and frame polarity. The charge accumulation tracker may compute a charge accumulation metric for entire image frames or may process subregions of each frame separately. When subregions are processed separately, each subregion may be individually monitored for a risk of excess charge accumulation.
US10789894B2
A drive method for a display panel is provided. A first multiplex signal, a second multiplex signal, a third multiplex signal, a fourth multiplex signal, a fifth multiplex signal, and a sixth multiplex signal sequentially generate the high level pulse in the predetermined order in each of the first row periods of the (2i−1)th multiplex period. In addition, the first multiplex signal, the second multiplex signal, the third multiplex signal, the fourth multiplex signal, the fifth multiplex signal, and the sixth multiplex signal sequentially generate the high level pulse in a reverse order to the predetermined order in each of the second row periods of the (2i)th multiplex period. As a result, mura within the display picture of the display panel is eliminated to improve the display quality.
US10789888B2
A proximity-detection method, a non-transitory computer readable medium and an electronic device are disclosed. The proximity-detection method is applied to the electronic device. The electronic device may include a display screen and an infrared-light proximity sensor covered by the display screen and configured to detect whether an object is proximity to the electronic device, the display screen has a capability of allowing infrared lights to pass through. The proximity-detection method may include setting an operation timing of the display screen as a target timing when the infrared-light proximity sensor is enabled, wherein the target timing comprises a target duration and the display screen is controlled to emit no lights during the target timing; controlling the infrared-light proximity sensor to emit the infrared lights during the target duration; and performing proximity detection based on the infrared lights.
US10789883B2
The disclosure provides a sensing apparatus and an operation method thereof. The sensing apparatus includes a sensing circuit, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit, a disturbing circuit and an output circuit. The sensing circuit is configured to output a sensing signal indicating a sensing result of a sensing line of the display panel. The ADC circuit is coupled to the sensing circuit to receive the sensing signal and outputs sensing data related to the sensing signal. The disturbing circuit is coupled to the ADC circuit to receive the sensing data and generates a time-variant disturbance component to disturb the sensing data to generate disturbed data. The output circuit is coupled to the disturbing circuit to receive the disturbed data.
US10789882B2
An optical compensation apparatus applied to panels is disclosed. A panel of the panels includes sub-pixels. The optical compensation apparatus includes an optical measurement module, a data processing module and an optical compensation module. The optical measurement module measures optical measurement values corresponding to the sub-pixels. The data processing module determines first optical compensation values needed for the sub-pixels according to the optical measurement values, determines an overall compensation operation reference of the panel accordingly, determines a demura algorithm suitable for the panel according to at least one threshold compensation value and the overall compensation operation reference and obtains second optical compensation values accordingly. Then, the optical compensation module outputs the second optical compensation values to perform optical compensation on a display data provided to the panel.
US10789878B2
A light source device according to the present disclosure includes: a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal; a first light-emitting element that is disposed in a first path from the first terminal to the second terminal, includes a first electrode of a first type and a second electrode of a second type coupled to the second terminal, and emits first basic color light; a second light-emitting element that is disposed in a second path from the second terminal to the third terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits second basic color light; and a third light-emitting element that is disposed in a third path from the second terminal to the fourth terminal, includes a first electrode of the first type coupled to the second terminal and a second electrode of the second type, and emits third basic color light.
US10789865B2
A display element having a display symbol arrangement, includes a carrier layer on a visible side, at least one display layer arranged on the side facing away from the visible side and one cover layer arranged on the carrier layer and the display layer. The transitions between the display layer and the cover layer are laminated in such a manner that the different layers form a common surface having the same optical effect and without hard edges at their transitions.
US10789855B2
A system configured to provide feedback to a user in order to motivate said user to reach one or more energy expenditure goals. The one or more energy expenditure goals may be associated with one or more of time periods, or activity sessions, and the feedback may be provided to a user using one or more of a visual display on a sensor device worn by a user, and/or using audible and haptic feedback.
US10789854B1
A graphical depiction of an exclusion zone on an airport movement surface is disclosed. The graphical depiction may be displayed on a display device of an aircraft. The display device may be further configured to display an aircraft ownship symbol. A location of the aircraft ownship symbol on the display device may be dependent on one or more signals related to the location of the aircraft relative to the airport movement surface. The display device of the aircraft may be configured to exit a taxi mode or enter the taxi mode based on a comparison between the exclusion zone and the one or more received signals.
US10789852B2
Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for receiving requests for roadside assistance, generating user interfaces and using machine learning to generate roadside assistance instructions are provided. In some examples, a request for roadside assistance may be received. A user and one or more partners may be identified based on the request. In some examples, a profile associated with the user, partner or the like may be identified. A user interface may be generated based on the profile and may include features unique to the profile, partner, or the like. In some arrangements, the interface may include a first portion and a second portion. Selection of an option from the first portion may cause the system to identify data for display in the second portion and cause the data to be displayed in the second portion. Machine learning may be used to determine or identify one or more roadside assistance instructions and a roadside assistance instruction may be generated and executed.
US10789847B2
A parking assist device includes: a comparator configured to compare parking priorities of a first vehicle and a second vehicle, the first vehicle being a vehicle to be newly parked in a parking section, the second vehicle being an automatically travelable vehicle already parked in a first parking space; a first instruction unit configured to output, to the second vehicle, a signal instructing to exit the first parking space by automatic travel, when the parking priority regarding use of the first parking space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle; and a second instruction unit configured to output, to the first vehicle, a signal in instructing to park in the first parking space, when the parking priority regarding the use of the first paring space of the first vehicle is higher than that of the second vehicle.
US10789829B2
A hub device is disclosed comprising a first antenna communicating with a peripheral device, a second antenna communicating with a remote station. In a first operation mode, transmission by the first antenna is at a first bit rate. Operation may be triggered to switch to a second mode in which a stream of data is received from the remote station, and there is a transmission to the first peripheral device, of data derived from the data stream, the transmission being from the first antenna while the stream of data is being received on the second antenna. In the second mode, the transmission from the first antenna is at a second bit rate that is faster than the first bit rate such that transmitting the derived data at the second bit rate uses a shorter duty cycle than required to transmit the derived data at the first bit rate.
US10789824B1
Systems and methods are provided for reporting proximity in an assembly environment. One method includes equipping a technician with a first proximity detector that is wearable, disposing a second proximity detector at a robot that moves within a cell of the assembly environment, and directing the first proximity detector to provide a warning to the technician if a distance between the first proximity detector and the second proximity detector is less than a threshold.
US10789816B2
By one or more processors of a computing device, receive a player game election of a player, the player game election comprising a skill based video game and one or more player characteristics of the player, determine a first player eligibility of the player to participate in the skill based video game comprising verify the one or more player characteristics, send the first player eligibility to an operator of the skill based video game, receive a list of one or more players that fulfilled a win condition for the skill based video game, determine a second player eligibility to receive a payout based on the list of one or more players that fulfilled the win condition, the first player eligibility, and a player preference for a payout type, and distribute the payout to the one or more players that fulfill the win condition.
US10789804B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for simulating gameplay of a live event and placing wagers or non-wager submissions concerning an outcome of a simulation. The systems incorporate statistical data, event information, and user modifications to create the simulation.
US10789792B2
A dual mode, passcode storage, wireless secure lock is disclosed. In one embodiment, a key is provided that includes a key coil, a first key data processing device (DPD), a second key DPD, and a key radio transceiver. The first key DPD is configured to receive a first authentication code (AC) from a lock via the key coil. The first key DPD is configured to compare the first AC with data in memory of the key DPD. The first key DPD is configured to activate the second key DPD in response to response to determining the first AC compares equally to data in memory of the first key DPD. The second key DPD is configured to transmit a second AC to the lock via the key radio transceiver after the second key DPD is activated.
US10789789B1
A monitoring system is configured to monitor a vehicle and perform the action of receiving first sensor data that reflects an environmental condition in the vehicle. The monitoring system is configured to perform the action of determining that the environmental condition in the vehicle satisfies an environmental condition threshold. The monitoring system is configured to perform the action of, based on determining that environmental condition in the vehicle satisfies an environmental condition threshold, identifying, by the monitoring system, a second sensor that is located on a travel path of the vehicle. The monitoring system is configured to perform the action of transmitting, to the second sensor, instructions to capture second sensor data that is associated with the vehicle. The monitoring system is configured to perform the action of receiving, from the second sensor, the second sensor data.
US10789785B2
System and method are disclosed for data collection from landing gear components and providing predictive analytics. Methods comprise sending a signal to excite wheel assembly sensor located on a vehicle. In response to sending the signal excited the sensors, receiving a return signal encoded with measurement data. The measurement data is then stored on an RFID card, on an edge node and/or on a remote server. Upon receipt of the measurement data by the remote server, the remote server analyzes the data to generate predictive maintenance analytics data.
US10789781B2
Systems and methods for providing an interactive augmented experience using prerecorded video include: creating a scene model based on an image of a physical environment; generating a fantasy object; integrating a position of the fantasy object onto the scene model; determining a state of the fantasy object; selecting, using a type of meta data, one or more frames of a pre-recorded video of the physical environment associated with a desired physical camera, such that each of the frames is associated with a frame number and acquired with a physical camera; synchronizing a virtual camera with the desired physical camera; and projecting, using a first video player or a second video player, the one or more frames onto the scene model to position the scene model relative to the fantasy object, such that the projecting alternates between the first video player and the second video player.
US10789770B1
A computer-implemented method for displaying rich text on a 3D model includes obtaining, by one or more processing devices, a target rich text; invoking a rendering tool corresponding to a file format of the target rich text; rendering the target rich text using the rendering tool, to obtain a rendering result; invoking a graphical programming interface; and texture mapping the rendering result to an area of the 3D model using the graphical programming interface.
US10789766B2
A method and an apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) visual effect simulation are provided. A viewpoint movement distance is detected in a display plane. Subsequently, a first movement distance of a first graphic element in the display plane and a second movement distance of a second graphic element in the display plane are determined respectively according to the viewpoint movement distance. The first movement distance is not equal to the second movement distance. Further, a first location of the first graphic element is changed in the display plane according to the first movement distance, and a second location of the second graphic element is changed in the display plane according to the second movement distance.
US10789756B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media to encode and execute an indirect command buffer are described. A processor creates an indirect command buffer that is configured to be encoded into by a graphics processor at a later point in time. The processor encodes, within a command buffer, a produce command that references the indirect command buffer, where the produce command triggers execution on the graphics processor of a first operation that encodes a set of commands within the data structure. The processor also encodes, within the command buffer, a consume command that triggers execution on the graphics processor of a second operation that executes the set of commands encoded within the data structure. After encoding the command buffer, a processor commits the command buffer for execution on the graphics processor.
US10789752B2
A method and system of using multiple image cameras or multiple image and depth cameras to capture a target object. Geometry and texture are reconstructed using captured images and depth images. New images are rendered using geometry based rendering methods or image based rendering methods.
US10789751B2
Method and apparatus for implementing animation in client application and animation script framework
A method for implementing animation in a client application, includes receiving an animation code written in a script language from a server, the animation code including a logic script and an animation description script; parsing the logic script in the animation code, and obtaining a view identifier, an animation identifier, and a pre-obtained correspondence relationship between the view identifier and the animation identifier included therein; determining a view component to be driven and corresponding to the view identifier in a client application based on a correspondence relationship between view identifiers and view components, and reading an animation description to be implemented and corresponding to the animation identifier in the animation description script according to the animation identifier corresponding to the view identifier; and determining that loading of the animation description to be implemented in the view component to be driven according to a condition provided by the logic script.
US10789747B2
Applications and services providing customized visualizations are described. A visualization service can obtain parameters of a space. The space may be a garden. In some cases, the visualization service can obtain one or more customizing criteria. A query can be generated using the parameters and the one or more customizing criteria. The visualization service can query, based on the generated query, the data resource for a set of images having a spatial similarity with the space as defined by the parameters and satisfying the one or more customizing criteria. One or more images of the set of images can be provided for display.
US10789745B2
An information processing apparatus includes an analyzing unit to analyze information of a score and of a capture data and time for each of a plurality of image data, a laying-out unit to perform a laying-out processing in which image data is arranged in a template using the information of the score and the capture date and time, an image replacement unit to replace first image data arranged in a first slot of the template with second image data based on a user instruction, and a storage control unit to store information regarding the image replacement. When the first image data is rearranged in the first slot by performing the laying-out processing after the first image data is replaced with the second image data, the first image data is replaced with the second image data based on the stored image replacement information.
US10789743B2
An image reconstructor to: receive projection space data; compute one or more measured transformed pixels; compute one or more predicted transformed pixels; compute first pixel innovation result data; compute second pixel innovation result data; compute preliminary transformed object update data; compute a transformed object voxel density update estimate; add the transformed object voxel density update estimate to a corresponding transformed preceding voxel data estimate; and reconstruct an object space image representing the object under observation using the transformed density estimate.
US10789737B2
A computer implemented method for reconstructing a 3-D volume image using a radiographic imaging system having one or more x-ray sources and a digital detector. A plurality of radiographic images of a subject at various angles are captured in the digital detector. Image data in two or more pixels of the detector that are adjacent to each other in a row direction or a column direction are combined, while pixels adjacent in the other direction are not combined.
US10789736B1
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media to modify image content. One aspect includes identifying, by one or more electronic hardware processors, an image and content within the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, a sky region of the image, determining, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, whether the content within the image is located within the sky region of the image, and in response to the content being within the sky region of the image, modifying, by the one or more electronic hardware processors, the content based on fractal Brownian motion.
US10789726B2
In accordance with example embodiments, the method and system for film previsualization provides users with real-time previsualization guidance. In accordance with example embodiments, the method includes scanning a set using a mobile camera system; setting a master shot position in the set; tagging a position of one or more subjects within the set; calculating one or more camera positions based on the position of the master shot and the position of the one or more subjects; and displaying on the display of the mobile camera system the location of the one or more camera positions on a map of the set. In accordance with example embodiments, the method further includes overlaying selected composition guides over a camera live view on the display of the mobile camera system.
US10789720B1
A system includes sensors and a tracking subsystem. The subsystem receives a first image feed from a first sensor and a second image feed from a second sensor. The field-of view of the second sensor at least partially overlaps with that of the first sensor. The subsystem detects, in a frame from the first feed, a first contour associated with an object. The subsystem determines, based on pixel coordinates of the first contour, a first pixel position of the object. The subsystem detects, in a frame from the second feed, a second contour associated with the same object. The subsystem determines, based on pixel coordinates of the second contour, a second pixel position of the object. Based on the first pixel position and the second pixel position, a global position for the object is determined in a space.
US10789718B1
An apparatus include a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (i) receive a plurality of sample values from a plurality of images in a video signal and (ii) estimate a plurality of positions of a plurality of maximum values in the images. Each estimation may operate on the sample values in a respective local region oriented parallel to an axis. The second circuit may be configured to track the positions of the maximum values in the images.
US10789717B2
Provided is a method of learning a pose of a moving object. The method includes determining 3D feature points in the 3D mesh model obtained by previously modeling a general shape of a moving object, fitting the 3D mesh model to the 2D learning image obtained by previously photographing the real shape of the moving object with respect to the determined 3D feature points, obtaining learning data associated with pose estimation of the moving object from the 2D learning image with the 3D mesh model fitted thereto, and learning a pose estimation model estimating a pose of a target moving object included in one real image obtained by the camera by using the learning data.
US10789716B2
An apparatus captures an image of a measuring instrument that is captured by an imaging apparatus, sets an area in the image as an edge detection processing target in response to a user operation, and executes edge detection processing on the set area in the image. Further, the image processing apparatus sets a value for correcting a position of a detected edge portion. The image processing apparatus corrects the position of the detected edge portion based on the set value and calculates a value indicated by a pointer of the measuring instrument according to the corrected position of the edge portion.
US10789711B2
Some embodiments are directed to a method of estimating a velocity of a contrast agent. The method includes receiving a plurality of video frames that were produced using a dynamic contrast enhanced imaging process, each video frame including a plurality of pixels/voxels. Information from the video frames is used to estimate velocity vectors indicating the velocity and direction of the agent with the vascular networks. The estimated velocity can be used to diagnose cancer, such as prostate cancer. Instead of velocity vectors, agent trajectories can be determined also used for the same purpose.
US10789703B2
Autoencoder-based, semi-supervised approaches are used for anomaly detection. Defects on semiconductor wafers can be discovered using these approaches. The model can include a variational autoencoder, such as a one that includes ladder networks. Defect-free or clean images can be used to train the model that is later used to discover defects or other anomalies.
US10789692B2
A method and system for generating an output image from a plurality, N, of corresponding input image channels is described. A Jacobian matrix of the plurality of corresponding input image channels is determined. The principal characteristic vector of the outer product of the Jacobian matrix is calculated. The sign associated with the principal characteristic vector is set whereby an input image channel pixel projected by the principal characteristic vector results in a positive scalar value. The output image as a per-pixel projection of the input channels in the direction of the principal characteristic vector is generated.
US10789683B2
The current application relates to an optimization procedure where the noise reduction strength is incrementally increased and applied in the noise reduction scheme. A non-linear quantitative map is then computed followed by the quantitative bias estimation. The optimization conditions are then checked and the noise reduction “strength” is increased if the bias difference is higher than a predefined threshold.
US10789680B2
A method, device, system, and article of manufacture are provided for generating an enhanced image of a predetermined scene from images. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, by a computing device, a first indication associated with continuous image capture of a predetermined scene being enabled; in response to the continuous image capture being enabled, receiving, by the computing device, from an image sensor, a reference image and a first image, wherein each of the reference image and the first image is of the predetermined scene and has a first resolution; determining an estimated second resolution of an enhanced image of the predetermined scene using the reference image and the first image; and in response to the continuous image capture being disabled determining the enhanced image using the reference image and the first image, wherein the enhanced image has a second resolution that is at least the first resolution and about the estimated second resolution.
US10789672B2
Disclosed are a method and device for image pasting on a spherical panoramic image. The method may comprise: establishing a spherical coordinate system for a first spherical panoramic image; mapping the first spherical panoramic image on a spherical surface to obtain a spherical projection image of the first spherical panoramic image; determining a first image pasting area in the spherical projection image according to the selection of the user and transforming the corresponding image into a plane image; transforming the image to be pasted into a shape of the plane image; mapping the transformed image to be pasted to the spherical coordinate system; rotating the image to be pasted that is mapped to the spherical coordinate system to a position at which the first image pasting area overlaps with the image; transforming the image to be pasted after being transformed into a second spherical panoramic image; determining a second image pasting area corresponding to the first image pasting area; and interpolating the second spherical panoramic image into the second image pasting area to complete the pasting. Distortionless image pasting on a spherical panoramic image may be realized.
US10789671B2
An apparatus, system, and method for controlling display, each of which: obtains a first image and a second image, the second image being superimposed on the first image; controls a display to display an image of a predetermined area of the first image, such that the predetermined area of the first image matches a display area of the display; and in response to an instruction to start displaying the first image superimposed with the second image, controls the display to display the image of the predetermined area of the first image, such that the second image being superimposed on the first image is displayed within the predetermined area of the first image.
US10789669B2
A method for using an EGL driver to create a renderable surface for an OpenGL API is provided. The EGL driver and the OpenGL API can be used with a Vulkan graphics driver, a memory, at least one processor, and a module stored in the memory including computer instruction code that is executable by the at least on processor. The method includes creating an EGL display structure; initializing the EGL display structure by querying the Vulkan driver for attributes of a physical display; choosing an EGL configuring matching the provided attributes; and creating the EGL surface. A non-transitory computer readable medium having an EGL driver with computer instruction code that is executable by a processor to create a renderable surface for an OpenGL API is also provided.
US10789664B2
A mobile terminal inputs a sound effect output from a communication device through a microphone in response to completion of access to an IC module, and determines whether a sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates a preset sound pattern. When it is determined that the sound pattern of the input sound effect indicates the preset sound pattern, the mobile terminal displays provision information on a location where the communication device exists, on the display device that is display-controlled by the mobile terminal.
US10789651B2
A system for evaluating text data to support multiple applications is disclosed. In some embodiments, text input data is received from multiple sources. The text input data may then be aggregated and mapped to create composite text input data. A semantic event in the composite text input data may be automatically detected, such as by being triggered by a semantic rule and associated semantic tag. A text mining result database may be updated by adding an entry to the database identifying the detected semantic event and the triggering semantic rule. An indication associated with the text mining result database may then be transmitted to a plurality of applications.
US10789650B1
A system for reconstructing a vehicular crash (i) receives sensor data of a vehicular crash from at least one mobile device associated with a user; (ii) generates a scenario model of the vehicular crash based upon the received sensor data; (iii) transmits the scenario model to a user computer device associated with the user; (iv) receives a confirmation of the scenario model from the user computer device; (v) stores the scenario model; and (vi) may generate at least one insurance claim form based upon the scenario model. As a result, the speed and accuracy of the claim processing is increased. The system may also utilize vehicle occupant positional data, and internal and external sensor data to detect potential imminent vehicle collisions, take corrective actions, automatically engage autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle features, and/or generate virtual reconstructions of the vehicle collision.
US10789649B2
A method and apparatus of a device that performs goals-based investing using an account-level target is described. In one embodiment, the device processes data representing a plurality of goals of an investor, an investment style for each goal, an account for funding the goals, and initial funding levels for each goal to create a goal-level target for each goal. The device creates an account-level target based on the goal-level targets and an initial blend ratio that is formed from the initial funding levels. The device manages a purchased portfolio of the investor using the account-level target. The device allocates funds of the purchased portfolio to the goals such that the allocated funds update the funding levels for each goal. In a further embodiment, the device updates the account-level target based on an updated blend ratio, where the updated blend ratio is formed from the updated funding levels for each goal.
US10789647B2
Systems, methods and user interfaces are provided for order matrix management and highlighting. Market data may be arranged in a matrix where the market data may be highlighted and/or otherwise presented to provide further information to a user. In some cases a computer system may include a computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause a computing device to receive market data for a financial instrument. The computer system may further process instructions to identify pending orders that may result in a cross trade, such as with trades entered by a trader or between members of a same business organization. The computer system may further process instructions that cause the computer system to generate a user interface that highlights which of the pending orders that may result in a cross trade.
US10789645B2
On a display terminal of an electronic trading system, a graph is displayed having a first axis and a second axis, wherein the graph includes a curve corresponding to a range of values of a financial instrument. A user is allowed to select a portion of the graph. In response to the user selection of the portion of the graph, a trading dialog box is displayed on the display of the workstation, the dialog box being automatically populated with values for trading, the values based on the values of the selected portion of the graph.
US10789633B2
A merchandise holder, e.g., a drink coaster or a food placemat, is used to facilitate the purchase of food or beverage placed on the holder. A customer may use a mobile device to scan a QR code on a merchandise holder to purchase a beverage. Further, the merchandise holder may include an RFID scanner to keep track of the food or beverages consumed by the customer. The RFID scanner of the merchandise holder may scan RFID tags attached to the food or beverages consumed by the customer. A payment account of the customer may be associated with the merchandise holder to pay for the food or beverages placed on the holder. Accordingly, a customer may use the merchandise holder to order, keep track of, and pay for the food or beverages consumed by the customer.
US10789631B2
A method for peer-assisted shopping including receiving, at a first device, a transacting media container comprising base content and supplemental content related to one or more items in the base content. The method also includes receiving a selection of at least one of the one or more items. The method also includes initiating a first shopping cart within the transacting media container of the first device, the first shopping cart identifying the at least one selected item. The method also includes establishing a communication channel with a second device. The method also includes transmitting information to synchronize a second shopping cart associated with the second device with the first shopping cart.
US10789627B1
An approach to facilitating pricing of virtual containers is provided. Item prices associated with obtaining item instances of virtual items in a game space may be determined. Probabilities that container instances of virtual containers will provide individual ones of the item instances of the virtual items upon activation by users in the game space may be determined. Container prices to be associated with obtaining the container instances of the virtual containers may be determined based on the determined item prices and/or the determined probabilities. A store interface may present offers to the users to purchase the container instances of the virtual containers at the determined container prices.
US10789621B2
In an implementation, guiding a service flow is described. Historical behavior data of one or more users who use a target service is obtained for the target service. The historical behavior data is analyzed to obtain one or more user features. One or more target users are selected from one or more users who do not use the target service based on the one or more user features. Each target user has at least one of the one or more user features. Service flow guiding information is sent to each target user. The service flow guiding information guides each target user to use the target service.
US10789620B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for identifying user segments. In particular, the systems and methods described herein evaluate user session logs to gather media content consumption history information associated with a plurality of users. Additionally, the systems and methods described herein analyze items of media content to identify keywords, genres, and other attributes, and further represent the items of media content as vectors. The systems and methods follow an algorithm to group items of media content into clusters and, based on the clusters of media content, further group users of media content into user clusters (e.g., user segments).
US10789616B2
Systems and methods are described for presenting supplemental information to a user that is related to an advertisement consumed by the user that the user found interesting. It may be determined that a user is interested in receiving supplemental information based on the user starting to use a device within a threshold time period from consuming the advertisement on a different device. The threshold time period may be determined based on the length of the advertisement slot including the advertisement (e.g., the threshold time period may be 30 seconds if the length of the advertisement slot is 30 seconds). In response to determining that the user started using the first device within the threshold period of time from the end of the advertisement, supplemental information associated with the advertisement may be presented to the user.
US10789608B1
A component in an advanced advertising system includes logic to arrange storage in a machine memory according to a data policy enforcement hierarchy defined in a digital file (policy file); logic to read the policy file from machine memory; logic to apply an arrangement of the policy file read from machine memory to control modifications to content of a received digital message requesting ad placement data; and logic to modify the received digital message according to the policy file.
US10789607B2
Loyalty programs can be operated within a payment processing system having multiple vendors, thereby providing access to detailed transaction data and with the flexibility for customization of the loyalty programs themselves, by establishing a communication for the transfer of data via a customer-facing channel. When the payment processing system processes a transaction between a merchant and an account holder, in addition to obtaining payment for the merchant from the account via an acquirer and an issuer, respectively, a transaction handler tabulates and stores different types of loyalty currencies in a loyalty reward account associated with the account holder if the account holder is enrolled in a loyalty program and criteria for applying the loyalty program are satisfied. The account holder is provided access to the loyalty account via the customer-facing channel.
US10789600B1
Aspects described herein may relate to a transaction exchange platform using a streaming data platform (SDP) and microservices to process transactions according to review and approval workflows. The transaction exchange platform may receive transactions from origination sources, which may be added to the SDP as transaction objects. Microservices on the transaction exchange platform may interact with the transaction objects based on configured workflows associated with the transactions. Processing on the transaction exchange platform may facilitate clearing and settlement of transactions. Some aspects may provide for dynamic and flexible reconfiguration of workflows and/or microservices. Other aspects may provide for data snapshots and workflow tracking, allowing for monitoring, quality control, and auditability of transactions on the transaction exchange platform.
US10789580B2
A method of performing a fund transfer at an ATM includes receiving an active authentication transaction key at an ATM from a mobile financial transaction instrument via a wireless communication protocol, generating a PIN at the ATM, and storing the PIN in a machine readable storage medium. An authorization request message is transmitted to a financial institution identified by the active authentication transaction key. The authorization request message includes the PIN and at least a portion of the active authentication transaction key. The PIN is received from a user of the mobile financial transaction instrument, and the funds are dispensed in response to receiving the PIN.
US10789568B2
An autonomous road vehicle is operative to receive ride source requests, product delivery requests, and ancillary product purchase and fulfillment requests. A product securing subsystem is attached to the autonomous road vehicle and comprises at least one securable compartment. Each securable compartment is operative to secure at least one product therein. Each securable compartment is associated with compartment access information. An access subsystem comprising at least one access information interface. The access subsystem is operative, upon receipt through the access information interface of compartment access information, to permit access to the compartment in order to enable product purchase and fulfillment requests.
US10789567B1
A method for determining a route for a drone to deliver a package from an origin to a destination using vehicles that are not actively participating in a delivery of the package; a method for delivering the package from the origin to the destination using in the drone in accordance with the route; a method for determining a route for delivering a package from an origin to a destination using plurality of drones and vehicles that are not actively participating in a delivery of the package; a method for delivering the package from the origin to the destination using the plurality of drones and vehicles in accordance with the route; a vehicle-associated package repository, for retaining packages deposited and collected by a drone, to be transported by a vehicle; and a vehicle-transported container comprising the vehicle-associated package repository.
US10789561B2
In one embodiment, a method of recommending a production plan includes calculating a similarity score between an incoming order and each historical order in a historical order database, providing a list of most similar historical orders and corresponding historical production plans ranked according to highest similarity scores, receiving an election indicating a historical production plan as a selected production plan, and admitting the selected historical production plan to fulfill the incoming order.
US10789559B2
A method and system for automatically generating a virtual assisted task is provided. The method includes establishing secure connections between a hardware device and databases external to the hardware device. A group of tasks associated with an individual are identified and available timeframes associated with an availability of the individual are determined. A first potential score and maximum score for each task are computed. The first potential score is compared to each maximum potential score and in response, a subset of tasks are automatically selected. The subset of tasks are mapped to the available timeframes and results of the mapping a cached within a caching circuit of the hardware device. Results of the caching are presented via the hardware device.
US10789557B2
A method and a system are provided for auto-allocation of one or more tasks to one or more resources of an organization. The method includes receiving one or more requests from a requestor computing device associated with the organization over a communication network. The one or more requests may include at least one or more first attributes of the one or more tasks and one or more pre-defined constraints. The method further includes extracting one or more second attributes associated with the one or more resources based on at least the one or more first attributes of the one or more tasks. The method further includes determining an allocation of the one or more tasks to the one or more resources based on at least the one or more first attributes and the one or more second attributes, such that the one or more predefined constraints are satisfied.
US10789555B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for accessing electronic medical records are provided in which a portable computing device uniquely associated with a user authenticates an identification of the user and automatically retrieves information corresponding to the user from electronic healthcare records systems using the identification. The retrieved information may be combined with other information and electronically delivered to a healthcare provider.
US10789553B1
Examples of a digital orchestration system are provided. The system may obtain orchestration data on a real-time basis. The system may identify a plurality of events for offering a plurality of user services across a plurality of user interaction stages. The system may identify a plurality of actions associated with each of the plurality of events. The system may create a recipe associated with each of the plurality of actions. The system may identify and implement the associated recipe. The system may create an event sequence for each of the plurality of user interaction stages. The system may create a user service sequence comprising the plurality of user services associated with the event sequence. The system may generate a user experience result based on the event sequence and the user service sequence.
US10789548B1
Systems and methods are provided for retraining a machine learning model to learn a retrained machine learning model. After a computing system receives an execution log of a prediction service and an observed user action, it may create retraining data. From the retraining data, the computing system may learn a retrained machine learning model. The retrained machine learning model can be used to compute future predictions of user actions if it has an improved performance over the original machine learning model.
US10789547B2
Techniques are described for identifying an input training dataset stored within an underlying data platform; and transmitting instructions to the data platform, the instructions being executable by the data platform to train a predictive model based on the input training dataset by delegating one or more data processing operations to a plurality of nodes across the data platform.
US10789543B1
In some embodiments, a functional object-oriented network (FOON) is provided that includes a plurality of functional units each comprising two or more input object nodes that each identify an object and its state before a manipulation motion is performed, a motion node that identifies a manipulation motion that can be performed using the objects, and one or more output object nodes that each identify an object and its state after the manipulation motion has been performed using the objects. In some embodiment, a robot can used the FOON to determine the discrete actions that are required to perform a given task.
US10789541B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for constructing and programming quantum hardware for quantum annealing processes.
US10789540B2
Generate an automorphism of the problem graph, determine an embedding of the automorphism to the hardware graph and modify the embedding of the problem graph into the hardware graph to correspond to the embedding of the automorphism to the hardware graph. Determine an upper-bound on the required chain strength. Calibrate and record properties of the component of a quantum processor with a digital processor, query the digital processor for a range of properties. Generate a bit mask and change the sign of the bias of individual qubits according to the bit mask before submitting a problem to a quantum processor, apply the same bit mask to the bit result. Generate a second set of parameters of a quantum processor from a first set of parameters via a genetic algorithm.
US10789538B2
A computer-implemented method includes creating a classifier by: training a machine learning model using two or more tasks, wherein the tasks lie in two or more domains; including in the machine learning model at least one attribute common to at least two of said two or more domains; including in the machine learning model at least one latent feature that affects at least two of the two or more tasks that fall within one of the at least two domains; and constructing the classifier based on said machine learning model. The computer-implemented method further includes applying the classifier to at least one operational task.
US10789536B2
A method and associated systems for identifying inputs to be used by a decision-support application. The decision-support application requests from the input-selection system a set of topics of interest that have experienced similar trends in public interest over a specified period of time, subject to certain constraints and confidence factors. In response, the system uses content retrieved from online news and social-media sources to identify common topics and past trends of public interest in each of those topics. The system then retrieves, from a more robust set of sources that include online references and encyclopedias, content related to the most popular topics and their related qualities. The system builds a Trie data structure for each topic and its related qualities and uses properties of Trie structures to efficiently identify the most similar Tries. The system then returns to the decision-support application the topics that correspond to the most similar Tries.
US10789529B2
A data entry system is described which has a user interface which receives a sequence of one or more context text items input by a user. The data entry system has a predictor trained to predict a next item in the sequence. The predictor comprises a plurality of learnt text item embeddings each text item embedding representing a text item in a numerical form, the text item embeddings having a plurality of different lengths. A projection component obtains text item embeddings of the context text items and projects these to be of the same length. The predictor comprises a trained neural network which is fed the projected text item embeddings and which computes a numerical output associated with the predicted next item.
US10789527B1
A method that may include feeding an input image and downscaled versions of the input image to multiple branches of an object detector calculating, by the multiple branches, candidate bounding boxes; and selecting bounding boxes. The multiple branches comprise multiple shallow neural networks that are followed by multiple region units. Each branch includes a shallow neural network and a region unit. The multiple shallow neural networks are multiple instances of a single trained shallow neural network. The single trained shallow neural network is trained to detect objects having a size that is within a predefined size range and to ignore objects having a size that is outside the predefined size range.
US10789521B2
The present invention relates to a device for transmitting data and, particularly, to a device for transmitting data by using a magnetic stripe method. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the magnetic stripe data transmission device comprises: a coil to which a current is supplied in a first direction and a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction; a core for inducing a magnetic field when the current is supplied to the coil; a power source for supplying the current to the coil; driving units for intermittently supplying, to the coil, in the first direction or the second direction, a burst pulse or pseudo-burst pulse current supplied from the power source; and a control unit for outputting, to the driving units, a control signal in order to perform control such that the current is supplied to the coil alternately in the first direction and the second direction, wherein the core can be made of a material having an aspect ratio value of at least 0.5, having a coercivity value of 1000-10,000 [A/m], and having pseudo-hard magnetic density of which the saturated magnetic flux density value is at least 1 [T].
US10789517B2
Provided is technology enabling identifying the page of a color chart being measured while measuring the colors of the color chart, and generating color correction data. An information processing device 100 has a generator 121 that generates image data for printing a color chart 200 including, in part of the multiple patches, patches of an identification patch group 210 that represents page information by the sequence of patches in the group, the page information being at least one of the page number and order of pages in the color chart 200; an extractor 125 that extracts, from the color measurement results of the color chart 200 printed based on the image data, the page information represented by the patch sequence of the identification patch group 210 in the color chart 200; and an adjuster 127 that generates color correction data based on the color measurement results of the color chart 200.
US10789515B2
According to an embodiment, an image analysis device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors configured to: calculate a feature map of a target image; calculate context score information representing context of each pixel in the target image on the basis of the feature map; calculate shape score information representing a shape of an object in at least one region included in the target image on the basis of the feature map; correct the shape score information in the at least one region using the context score information in a corresponding region; and output the corrected shape score information in the at least one region.
US10789508B2
In the current artificial intelligence field, models of deep learning that is prevalent can only map functions. Therefore, a machine learning model with higher performance is desirable. The issue is to construct a machine learning model that enables deep competitive learning between data based on the exact distance.A precise distance scale is submitted by unifying Euclidean space and probability space.It submits a measure of the probability measure of fuzzy event based on this distance. Or, it constructs a new neural network that can transmit information of the maximum probability. Furthermore, super deep competition learning is performed between data having very small ambiguous fuzzy information and minute unstable probability information. By performing integral calculation on this result, it has become possible to obtain dramatic effects at tape macro level.
US10789505B2
A method is described that includes executing a convolutional neural network layer on an image processor having an array of execution lanes and a two-dimensional shift register. The executing of the convolutional neural network includes loading a plane of image data of a three-dimensional block of image data into the two-dimensional shift register. The executing of the convolutional neural network also includes performing a two-dimensional convolution of the plane of image data with an array of coefficient values by sequentially: concurrently multiplying within the execution lanes respective pixel and coefficient values to produce an array of partial products; concurrently summing within the execution lanes the partial products with respective accumulations of partial products being kept within the two dimensional register for different stencils within the image data; and, effecting alignment of values for the two-dimensional convolution within the execution lanes by shifting content within the two-dimensional shift register array.
US10789497B2
An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, a light filter module, a light sensing unit, an infrared light source and a processing unit. The light filter module includes a first light filter and a second light filter. The first light filter filters an infrared and allows a visible light to pass. The second light filter filters a visible light and allows an infrared to pass. The light sensing unit senses an environmental light. When the processing unit determines that an intensity of the environmental light is higher than a threshold, the processing unit alternately switches the first light filter and the second light filter to a front of the image capturing unit, controls the image capturing unit to capture a visible light image through the first light filter, and controls the image capturing unit to capture an infrared image through the second light filter.
US10789488B2
According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes one or more processors. The one or more processors is configured to acquire a map in which, for each of grids in a particular space, observation information representing object information on an object or the observation information representing non-observation information on non-observation of the object is correlated; and correct, for each of the grids, correlation of the observation information by using a learned model based on the observation information correlated with other peripheral grids.
US10789478B2
Users desiring to generate videos from video clips may want to locate moments of interest within the video clips. A system and method described herein may be configured to provide recommendations of moments of interest within video clips post capture of the video clips. User accounts associated with users of the system may include preference information that defines user preferences with respect to values of attributes of video clips. Moments of interest may be identified within individual video clips when the individual video clips have at least one value of at least one attribute specified by the user preferences. Recommendations of identified moments of interest may be provide to users.
US10789477B2
A method for real-time detection of at least one scene by an apparatus, from among a set of possible reference scenes, includes acquiring current values of attributes from measurement values supplied by sensors. The method further includes traversing a path through a decision tree. The nodes of the decision tree are respectively associated with the attributes. The traversal considers at each node along the path, the current value of the corresponding attribute, so as to obtain at the output of the path, a scene from among the set of reference scenes. The obtained scene identifying which reference scene is the detected scene. The method further includes developing a confidence index (SC) associated with the identification of the detected scene.
US10789468B2
A method of performing context-based autonomous perception is provided. The method includes acquiring perception sensor data as an image by an autonomous perception system that includes a processing system coupled to a perception sensor system. Feature extraction is performed on the image by the autonomous perception system. The feature extraction identifies one or more features in the image. Contextual information associated with one or more conditions present upon acquiring the perception sensor data is determined. One or more labeled reference images are retrieved from at least one of a contextually-indexed database based on the contextual information, a feature-indexed database based on at least one of the features extracted, and a combined contextually- and feature-indexed database. The image is parsed, and one or more semantic labels are transferred from the one or more labeled reference images to form a semantically labeled version of the image.
US10789465B2
In a feature extraction and pattern matching system, image sharpening can enable vascular point detection (VPD) for detecting points of interest from visible vasculature of the eye. Pattern Histograms of Extended Multi-Radii Local Binary Patterns and/or Pattern Histograms of Extended Multi-Radii Center Symmetric Local Binary Patterns can provide description of portions of images surrounding a point of interest, and enrollment and verification templates can be generated using points detected via VPD and the corresponding descriptors. Inlier point pairs can be selected from the enrollment and verification templates, and a first match score indicating similarity of the two templates can be computed based on the number of inlier point pairs and one or more parameters of a transform selected by the inlier detection. A second match score can be computed by applying the selected transform, and either or both scores can be used to authenticate the user.
US10789463B2
New authentication features are proposed that are visible, can be authenticated with a mobile equipment and yet are challenging to counterfeit. In a possible embodiment, the surface of the authentication feature may have three-dimensional characteristics, which can be recognized by a handheld camera, such as a smartphone camera, while it cannot be easily reproduced by a simple scan and print procedure. In a further possible embodiment, at least two different viewpoints of the authentication feature may be acquired using a smartphone camera and the resulting images may be analyzed using the smartphone processor to identify the three-dimensional characteristics of the authentication feature. The manufacturing of the feature may be performed at a low cost by embossing the three dimensional structure on a surface. The authentication feature may be carried by a self-adhesive label or directly embedded on the product packaging.
US10789454B2
An image processing device includes one or more processors. The processors detects two or more first partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among a plurality of portions that are included in an object and that are set in advance from a first image, and detect two or more second partial areas corresponding to each of two or more portions among the portions from a second image. The processors extracts two or more first feature vectors from two or more of the first partial areas, and extract two or more second feature vectors from two or more of the second partial areas. The processors determines whether an object included in the first image and an object included in the second image are same, by using the first feature vectors and the second feature vectors.
US10789451B2
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented system and its associated method for single channel whole cell segmentation of a sample image of a biological sample. The biological sample may be stained with one or more non-nuclear cell marker stains, and the system and the method are configured to transform the sample image of the biological sample stained with the one or more non-nuclear cell marker stains into a segmented image having one or more cells with delineated nuclei and cytoplasm regions.
US10789447B2
A fingerprint authentication method and an electronic device are provided. The fingerprint authentication method includes: performing a fingerprint enrollment operation through a fingerprint sensor and storing enrolled fingerprint information to a storage circuit; sensing to-be-authenticated fingerprint information through the fingerprint sensor in a fingerprint authentication operation; and performing a default function corresponding to an authentication success of the fingerprint authentication operation and updating the enrolled fingerprint information according to authenticated fingerprint information if a similarity between the to-be-authenticated fingerprint information and the enrolled fingerprint information conforms to a default condition.
US10789445B2
Disclosed is a display device. The display device comprising a display area including a fingerprint recognition area and a plurality of pixels disposed on a substrate, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, corresponding to the fingerprint recognition area, disposed under the substrate, and a pressure sensor disposed under a rear side of the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
US10789444B2
A display apparatus includes a first substrate; a pixel array layer disposed on the first substrate and defining a display area and a non-display area, and the pixel array layer including a pixel signal line; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate; a display medium disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and an ultrasonic element (UE) layer, disposed on the second substrate and including an ultrasonic signal line. Within at least parts of the display area corresponding to the ultrasonic element layer, a projection area on the first substrate by projecting the ultrasonic signal line along the normal direction of the first substrate at least partially overlaps with another projection area on the first substrate by projecting the pixel signal line along the normal direction of the first substrate.
US10789441B2
One or more implementations shown in the present specification provide a method for generating an identification code. A center of a detection area is determined. A plurality of concentric circles are determined based on the center. A plurality of position detection patterns whose distance from the center is the radius are determined based on the center and a radius. A start pattern from each position detection pattern is determined. N-ary characters corresponding to a to-be-encoded content to obtain the identification code are encode on the concentric circles based on a position of the start pattern. Codes corresponding to adjacent and same characters in the N-ary characters form an arc line segment. A code corresponding to a character that is different from both adjacent characters in the N-ary characters is a point. Codes corresponding to different characters in the N-ary characters have different colors.
US10789439B2
The invention is characterized in that a protection-encoding pattern is obtained based on an error correction codeword, that a protection-encoded code block is obtained by protection-encoding using the protection-encoding pattern a code block having a data codeword, and that the 2D barcode is generated based on the protection-encoded code block.
US10789436B1
A data capture device includes: a primary housing supporting a data capture assembly and having inner and outer surfaces joined by a perimeter wall; and a mounting accessory coupled to the inner surface. The mounting accessory mounts the device on an operator index finger in either of: a side-mounted mode in which the primary housing is between the index finger and a thumb; and a top-mounted mode, in which the primary housing is on a back of the index finger. The device includes an accessory trigger on the mounting accessory and a primary trigger supported on the outer surface. In the top-mounted mode, the accessory trigger is between the index finger and the thumb, for activation by the thumb. In the side-mounted mode, the primary trigger is disposed on the side of the index finger for activation by the thumb of the operator.
US10789435B2
An indicia-reading module is capable of integration into the smallest face of thin-profile smart device. The module employs chip-on-board packaging and a customized sensor enclosure to eliminate the stack-up height found in conventional packaging. The module also employs a customized frame to reduce volume by integrating circuit subassembly circuit boards into a unique architecture and by serving as the lenses for the illuminator and the aimer, thereby eliminating the need for any extra lenses or holders.
US10789433B2
A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag includes an antenna, a power circuit, a tuning circuit, a receiver, and a backscatter transmitter. The power circuit is operably coupled to convert a radio frequency (RF) signal received via the antenna from an RFID reader into one or more power supply voltages. The tuning circuit is operably coupled to the antenna and to adjust an RF characteristic of the antenna and/or the tuning circuit based on a difference between a resonant frequency of the RFID tag and a carrier frequency of the RF signal. The receiver is operably coupled to receive a command signal from the RFID reader. The backscatter transmitter is operably coupled to transmit a response signal to the RFID reader via the antenna.
US10789429B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for displaying sentiment of a user text comment. One example method generally includes receiving a text comment comprising a sequence of words, providing a vector sequence representing the sequence of words to a sentiment model configured to output a sequence of sentiment scores for the vector sequence and providing cleaned text to a topic module configured to output relevance scores. The method further includes receiving, from the sentiment model, the sequence of sentiment scores for the vector sequence and receiving, from the topic module, the relevance scores for the cleaned text. The method further includes determining, final sentiment scores for each word of the sequence of words and generating a sentiment visualization for the sequence of words showing the final sentiment scores corresponding to each word of the sequence of words.
US10789425B2
For generating a response to a natural language command based on a concatenated graph, a processor identifies one or more relevant data sets in response to a natural language command received from an input device. Each relevant data set includes one of a subject of the natural language command and a subject of another relevant data set. The processor further generates a graph for each of the one or more relevant data sets and concatenates the graphs into a concatenated graph. In addition, the processor generates a response to the natural language command based on the concatenated graph.
US10789423B2
The disclosure generally describes methods, software, and systems, including a method for managing modifications to a document by collaborators. A digital document is identified for collaboration by a first user having ownership privileges for the document. The collaboration is associated with at least one collaborator. A duplicate version of the identified document is provided to each of the identified collaborators. The duplicate versions are monitored for modifications performed by corresponding collaborators. A list of modifications is created that identifies the modifications performed by the corresponding collaborators in the duplicate versions associated with those collaborators. A selection from the list of modifications is received from the first user of at least one modification for incorporation into the identified document. Based on the received selection, the selected at least one modification is merged into the identified document.
US10789421B1
An aspect of the present invention relates to a method for dynamically constructing a pre-populated note template comprising receiving a context from a user and determining whether there are any note templates that match an initial criteria including the received context. A note template is then loaded based on the determination of matching note templates. If there are one or more sections in the loaded template, for each section in the loaded template, determine if there are any forms for the section that match the context. A pre-populated Note template is then loaded including any matching forms.
US10789401B1
Approaches for folding multiply-and-accumulate (MAC) logic in a circuit design involve a design tool recognizing a first instance of the MAC logic and a second instance of the MAC logic. The design tool replaces the first instance of the MAC logic and the second instance of the MAC logic with one instance of pipelined MAC logic. The design tool configures the pipelined MAC logic to input data signals of the first instance of the MAC logic and the second instance of the MAC logic to the pipelined MAC logic at a first clock rate, and switch between selection of the data signals of the first instance of the MAC logic and the second instance of the MAC logic at a second clock rate that is double the first clock rate. The design tool further configures the pipelined MAC logic to pipeline input data signals at the second clock rate, and to capture intermediate results at the second clock rate. The design tool further configures a register to capture output of the pipelined MAC logic at the first clock rate.
US10789399B2
A method for compensation network design in a power converter design system is provided that includes computing optimal values for compensation components in a compensation network based on a plurality of loop specifications comprising crossover frequency (Fco), phase margin (PM), Gain Margin (GM), and low frequency gain (LFG), and applying changes to a power converter design comprising the compensation network based on the optimal values.
US10789392B2
A system for restricting physical access to at least one component process control system component has a locking device that is integrated with process control system security administration data. The locking device accesses the process control system security data when authenticating a user. Upon authentication of a user for physical access to the particular process control component, the user may directly access the component for which the user is authorized. The system provides tracking of all authenticated users and attempts to access the various control system components.
US10789386B2
A technique for promoting network security employs a user-centric approach in which a hardware appliance serves as a local security hub for storing and dispatching user identity information (UII). The hardware appliance is configured to release UII in response to access requests by applying a variable verification procedure. The variable verification procedure tests multiple verification factors associated with an access request, assigns a verification strength to each factor, and selectively releases the requested UII in response to a combined verification strength exceeding a threshold.
US10789384B2
A differentially private system receives a request from a client to perform a query on data stored in a database. The differentially private system establishes a set of permissions of the client with respect to the data in the database. The differentially private system deconstructs the query into query components. The query components include at least one relation that identifies a dataset in the database and at least one expressions specifying an operation to be performed in the identified dataset. The differentially private system identifies permissions necessary to perform the specified operation on the identified dataset. The differentially private system determines whether the established permissions grants of the client include the identified permissions necessary to perform the specified operation on the identified dataset. The differentially private system selectively executes the query responsive to the determination.
US10789380B2
A write protection cache (WPC) is introduced between a process and a disk cache on a solid state drive (SSD). The cache provides a holding area, and only data that has been seen more than once is committed to the disk cache. The WPC provides a layer of protection over the data on the disk by avoiding unnecessary writes to the drive. This protection is accomplished by only committing to disk the data or chunks that is seen more than once by a wide area network (WAN) process.
US10789378B1
A system for spreadsheet region and cell sharing includes an interface and a processor. The interface is to provide a display interface data for a spreadsheet document; receive a selected region of the spreadsheet document; and receive an access descriptor. The processor is to determine whether to enable access to the selected region based at least in part on the access descriptor.
US10789377B2
An item rating and recommendation platform identifies rating data including respective ratings of multiple items with respect to multiple users; identifies user-feature data including user features contributing to the respective ratings of the multiple items with respect to the multiple users; and receives, from a social network platform via a secret sharing scheme without a trusted initializer, manipulated social network data computed based on social network data and a first number of random variables. The social network data indicate social relationships between any two of the number of users. In the secret sharing scheme without the trust initializer, the social network platform shares with the item rating and recommendation platform manipulated social network data without disclosing the social network data. The item rating and recommendation platform updates the user-feature data based on the rating data and the manipulated social network data.
US10789376B2
A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a server storing one or more blockchain ledgers, an authorization request from a client, in which the authorization request includes a service end identifier and a user identifier; generating, based on the authorization request, a database authorization instruction corresponding to the authorization request and a ledger identifier corresponding to the authorization request; authorizing a service end corresponding to the service end identifier as a user in a blockchain ledger corresponding to the ledger identifier; configuring a permission value of the user in the blockchain ledger, in which the permission value determines a degree to which the service end can operate the blockchain ledger; and sending authorization information including the user identifier and the ledger identifier to the service end.
US10789369B2
A method of approximate address shuffling of an array includes receiving an array having an array size and non-null elements located in initial locations. The method includes receiving a pseudo-random function (PRF) key and initializing an output array to null. The method includes shuffling the non-null elements to generate shuffled locations for the non-null elements. The shuffling may include determining an intermediate shuffled location for a first non-null element. If a location in the output array corresponding to the intermediate shuffled location is null, the shuffling may include outputting a shuffled location as the intermediate shuffled location. If not, the shuffling may include generating an updated intermediate shuffled location. The method includes returning the output array having the first non-null element the location in the output array corresponding to the shuffled location.
US10789364B2
A method for providing an authenticated update in a distributed network is provided. The distributed network has a plurality of nodes coupled to a serial bus. The method begins with transmitting a credential from an external device to a first node. The update data and an authentication code are provided to a processor of a second node from the external device. The processor of the second node provides the update data and the authentication code to the transceiver of the second node. The authenticated update is finalized by the processor of the second node. The authenticated update is closed by the transceiver of the first node. The credential of the authenticated update is provided to the transceiver of the second node. The transceiver of the second node verifies the update data using the credential and the authentication code. After being verified, the authenticated update data is stored.
US10789355B1
A spammy app detection system may search a database for any new social media application discovered during a recent time period. A spammy app detection algorithm can be executed on the spammy app detection system on an hourly basis to determine whether any of such applications is spammy (i.e., posting to a social media page anomalously). The spammy app detection algorithm has a plurality of stages. When a new social media application fails any of the stages, it is identified as a spammy app. The spammy app detection system can update the database accordingly, ban the spammy application from further posting to a social media page monitored by the spammy app detection system, notify an entity associated with the social media page, further process the spammy application, and so on. In this way, the spammy app detection system can reduce digital risk and spam attacks.
US10789352B2
Method, apparatus and computer program product for multi-device user authentication are described herein. For example, the apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one non-transitory memory including program code. The at least one non-transitory memory and the program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, identify, on a first computing device, a first active interface session associated with one or more active authentication conditions each configured to enable access to a group-based communication interface of a group-based communication system; cause a first computing device to present an authentication command interface for the first active interface session; receive an interface session request from a second computing device indicating electronic communication by the second computing device with the authentication command interface; and cause the second computing device to execute limited user authentication routines each configured to enable a respective active authentication condition on the second computing device.
US10789345B1
Methods and systems for creating a verifiable digital identity are provided. The method includes obtaining a first user-generated item comprising an identifiable feature. The method also includes digitally signing the first user-generated item to generate a secure digital artifact. The method also includes uploading the secure digital artifact and the first user-generated item to an auditable chain of a public ledger. The method also includes verifying a digital identity of the user by auditing the auditable chain. The method also includes obtaining a second user-generated item generated comprising the identifiable feature. The method also includes comparing the first and second user-generated items. The method also includes uploading the second user-generated item to the public ledger when the comparing is within a threshold.
US10789343B2
An audio/video stream generated by a target object to be authenticated is obtained. The target object is associated with a user. A determination is made whether a lip reading component and voice component in the audio/video stream are consistent. In response to determining that the lip reading component and voice component are consistent, voice recognition is performed on an audio stream in the audio/video stream to obtain voice content. The voice content is used as an object identifier of the target object. A model physiological feature corresponding to the object identifier is obtained from object registration information. Physiological recognition is performed on the audio/video stream to obtain a physiological feature of the target object. The physiological feature of the target object is compared with the model physiological feature to obtain a comparison result. If the comparison result satisfies an authentication condition, the target object is authenticated.
US10789342B2
A storage device with a biometric module comprises a hub module, a first external transmission module, a biometric module, a control module and a storage module. The hub module comprises an external connection port and a plurality of internal connection ports. The first external transmission module electrically connects to the external connection port. The biometric module electrically connects to one of the internal connection ports. The control module electrically connects to an unoccupied one of the internal connection ports, and the control module is configured to obtain a permission signal and generate an access signal accordingly, the permission signal is associated with a biometric identification signal and a biometric comparison information. The storage module electrically connects to the control module. The storage module comprises a public area and a private area. The control module can access the private area when receiving the permission signal.
US10789334B2
Embodiments of a method and system for microbial pharmacogenomics can include: a sample handling system operable to collect containers including biological samples from a set of users, the handling system including a sequencing system operable to determine microorganism sequences from the biological samples; a microbiome characterization system operable to: determine microbiome pharmacogenomics data based on the microorganism sequences, collect supplementary data associated with the antibiotics-associated condition for the set of users, and transform the supplementary data and features extracted from the microbiome pharmacogenomics data into a characterization model associated with the antibiotics-associated condition; and a treatment system operable to promote a treatment to the user for the antibiotics-associated condition based on characterizing user biological material with the characterization model in relation to the antibiotics-associated condition.
US10789333B2
A circuit device includes a digital signal processor (DSP) that performs first up-sampling processing of up-sampling up-sampling target data having a first sampling frequency from the first sampling frequency to a second sampling frequency by first interpolation processing, and an arithmetic circuit that performs second up-sampling processing of up-sampling data output from the DSP from the second sampling frequency to a third sampling frequency by second interpolation processing.
US10789327B2
Methods and apparatuses of generating and providing a page of data object information are disclosed. A method of generating a page of data object information may include creating a three-dimensional scene by a server, the three-dimensional scene being a structure with a curved surface; determining display information of data objects, the display information including display models having three-dimensional display effects; determining respective positions of the display information of the data objects on the curved surface and respective first angles formed with the curved surface; and generating a page of data object information based on the display information, and information of the respective positions and the respective first angles of the data objects. The embodiments of the present disclosure can help improving a conversion rate of a page.
US10789322B2
A server receives a short link application from a requester. The short link application includes a long link uniform resource locator (URL). The server obtains a database identifier based on the long link URL. The server determines whether a database associated with the database identifier is accessible by the server. In response to a determination that the database associated with the database identifier is accessible by the server, the server obtains a short link URL associated with the long link URL from the database, and transmits the short link URL to the requester.
US10789311B2
A method and a device for selecting data content to be pushed to a terminal are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method includes: acquiring a user identifier, and acquiring a characteristic value, corresponding to the user identifier, in a preset user attribute type; acquiring data content, and searching for a decision tree object corresponding to the data content; locating a leaf node corresponding to the user identifier in the decision tree object based on the characteristic value, corresponding to the user identifier, in the preset user attribute type; and acquiring the number of clicks and the number of pushes stored in the located leaf node, generating a selection reference value based on the number of clicks and the number of pushes, and selecting, based on the selection reference value, data content to be pushed to a terminal corresponding to the user identifier.
US10789309B1
Methods and apparatus for associating an entity with at least one search query. Some implementations are directed to methods and apparatus for identifying multiple queries associated with an entity and identifying one or more of the queries as an entity search query that provides desired search results for the entity. Some implementations are directed to methods and apparatus for identifying a particular entity and, in response to identifying the particular entity, identifying an entity search query corresponding to the particular entity.
US10789307B2
Information from a variety of different sources may be used to enrich information about an object retrieved from a computing device/instance associated with a computing network (or web service provider). The additional information from the different sources provides to a user a more comprehensive set of information that may not be easily found (or even available) via sources associated with the computing network. As such, the additional information is beneficial in assisting users in making decisions regarding the purchase, licensing, and use of different objects (e.g. software, hardware, web services) associated with the computing network.
US10789302B2
A method and a system for extracting user-specific content. The method is executed by a processing module. Furthermore the method includes providing target data, generating hierarchical data structure of the target data, wherein hierarchical data structure includes one or more segments, determining an importance factor for each of the one or more segments using an algorithm, identifying one or more relevant segments based on the importance factor of each of the one or more segments, and compiling one or more relevant segments to obtain the user-specific content.
US10789295B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that searches a graph database. During operation, the system obtains a log-based representation of a graph database storing a graph, wherein the graph comprises a set of nodes, a set of edges between pairs of nodes in the set of nodes, and a set of predicates. Next, the system obtains a first query containing a first search pattern for searching the log-based representation. The system then matches the first search pattern to one or more records in the log-based representation. Finally, the system outputs, as a first result of the first query, the one or more records in a subgraph of the graph.
US10789284B2
A method and system of associating textual summaries with data representative of media content is provided. The method may include receiving a plurality of textual summaries, each textual summary representative of an event, pairing, by a neural network, each received textual summary with each of a plurality of pieces of data, each piece of data representative of media content, to generate a plurality of text-data pairings; and associating a first selected textual summary with a first piece of data based on a similarity of content features extracted from each received textual summary to content features extracted from each piece of data in each of the plurality of text-data pairings.
US10789283B2
Systems and methods are described to notify an author that suggested content is available. An author-assistance tool is instantiated with a document processor to perform research to suggest content for a document being edited at the document processor. A user interaction relating to a document is received via the document processor, and the author-assistance tool generates suggested content for the document when the author has intent for content suggestion or the document has a document type that is on a list of document types for which a content suggestion should be made. The author-assistance tool then determines that the suggested content meets a pre-determined quality threshold, and generates, via the user interface of the document processor, a notification to the author that the suggested content is available.
US10789273B1
A database management system provisions a database server that replicates assignments of resource identifiers to resources that are managed by another database server. Based at least in part on assignment of existing sets of identifiers to other database servers, the database management system identifies a set of identifiers that is distinct from these existing sets and assigns this set of identifiers to the provisioned database server. If the database management system detects an event that causes the database server to lose its ability to receive these assignments of identifiers from the other server, the database management system enables the database server to assign identifiers from its assigned set of identifiers.
US10789263B2
Various systems and methods are provided for accessing and traversing one or more data structures and generating a functional user interface that can enable non-technical users to quickly and dynamically search for resources of an organization and/or associated documents, events, entities, and/or other data. The user interfaces are interactive such that a user may make selections, provide inputs, and/or manipulate outputs. In response to various user inputs, the system automatically accesses and traverses data structures relating to resources, documents, events, entities, and other data, identifies resources, documents, events, entities, and/or other data that meet search criteria, and returns search results including resources that meet the search criteria and/or resources that are associated with documents, events, entities, and/or other data that meet the search criteria. Resources, documents, events, entities, and other data can be represented by respective types of data structures, which may be associated with other types of data structures. Properties or fields of data structures can have security settings and permissions associated with them.
US10789260B2
A method and system for identifying results of a query that includes a type predicate is provided. A search system maintains a collection of facts that includes a triple for each fact and a type table that maps entities of the facts to their corresponding type. The search system uses the type table to speed up the process of identifying the search results when the query includes a non-type query triple and a type query triple. A type query triple is a triple that has a type predicate, rather than a non-type predicate. To execute a query that contains a non-type query triple and a type query triple, the search system identifies the triples of the collection that match the non-type query triple. The search system then uses the type table to determine which of the identified triples match the type query triple for inclusion in the search results.
US10789251B2
Method and apparatus for stress management in a searchable data service. The searchable data service may provide a searchable index to a backend data store, and an interface to build and query the searchable index, that enables client applications to search for and retrieve locators for stored entities in the backend data store. Embodiments of the searchable data service may implement a distributed stress management mechanism that may provide functionality including, but not limited to, the automated monitoring of critical resources, analysis of resource usage, and decisions on and performance of actions to keep resource usage within comfort zones. In one embodiment, in response to usage of a particular resource being detected as out of the comfort zone on a node, an action may be performed to transfer at least part of the resource usage for the local resource to another node that provides a similar resource.
US10789248B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for accessing a relational database using requests that conform to a non-structure query language syntax. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a client, a first access request that conforms to a NoSQL syntax for accessing a wide column store, wherein the first access request comprises a first event feature and a first attribute feature that are related to the wide column store, and the first attribute feature comprises a column family feature of the wide column store; translating the first access request into a second access request that conforms to a SQL syntax, wherein the second access request comprises a second event feature corresponding to the first event feature and a second attribute feature corresponding to the first attribute feature; and forwarding the second access request to a relational database.
US10789247B2
According to examples, an apparatus may include a machine readable medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that may cause a processor to, for each of a plurality of resource setting levels, determine resource usage characteristics and execution times of executed workloads, assign, based on the resource usage characteristics of the executed workloads, each of the executed workloads into one of a plurality of resource bins, determine, for each of the resource bins, an average execution time of the executed workloads in the resource bin, determine a total average execution time of the executed workloads from the determined average execution times, identify a lowest total average execution time of the determined total average execution times, determine the resource setting level corresponding to the identified lowest total average execution time, and tune a resource setting to the determined resource setting level.
US10789245B2
A method is provided for searching semiconductor parts using a last alphabet deletion algorithm. A user can newly create a query term for a relevant semiconductor part by deleting an entered relevant semiconductor part name one by one starting from a last alphabet of the query term entered by the user so that the users can search the query term complementarily in order to search a desired semiconductor part more correctly although he or she incorrectly recognizes a relevant semiconductor part name or erroneously enters a query with a typo for the semiconductor part name during the retrieval of a specification of a semiconductor part when the user desires to grasp the function and use method of the semiconductor part which the user want to use.
US10789235B2
Methods, devices, and techniques for base user defined functions in a database management system are discussed herein. For example, in one aspect, a query request is received from a computer device. The query request may include a query operator representing a specialized user defined function (SUDF). The SUDF may then be executed. Executing the SUDF may include executing a base operation of a base user defined function (BUDF). The base operation may interact with an application programming interface (API) of the query engine to obtain a tuple stored in the database. Executing the SUDF may further include executing a specialized operation that processes the tuple according to an analytics function. The specialized operation may generate a result. Then, a query result may be returned to the computer device. The query result can include the result.
US10789234B2
The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for storing data. The method comprises: extracting metric information and metadata associated with the metric information from time series data, the metric information including a time value and a numerical value at the time value; and staling the metric information in an object storage device and the metadata in a database. As compared with the prior art, the present disclosure provides a flexible storage design to guarantee extensibility of storage capacity and meanwhile support fast data retrieving.
US10789233B2
In a method for dynamic refresh of an index during query path generation for time series data, a query for time series data is received. During generation of a query plan based on the query, operations in a stage for a plurality of paths of execution are determined based at least in part on elements of the query, wherein execution of the stage comprises accessing an index of a plurality of indices. It is determined whether to refresh indices of a plurality of indices based on a potential usefulness of the indices in reducing a solution set for the stage of a path of execution of the plurality of paths of execution. The indices are selectively refreshed based on the potential usefulness of the indices in reducing a solution set for the stage of a path of execution of the plurality of paths of execution.
US10789232B2
In a method for generating a query plan for time series data, a query for time series data is received, the query including elements. The query is parsed to identify the elements and operators between the elements. First stages for a plurality of paths of execution are determined based at least in part on the elements and the operators. At least a first stage for the plurality of paths of execution is executed. The plurality of paths of execution is evaluated after completion of the first stage. Based on the evaluating, a subset of paths of execution is selected for continued execution and evaluation.
US10789225B2
A method to identify potentially duplicative records in a data set is provided. A computer may collect a data profile for the data set that provides descriptive information with regard to attributes of the data set. Based, at least in part, on the data profile, weights are determined for the attributes. As values of a data record are compared to values of the same respective attributes in other records, the overall likelihood of a match or duplicate, as indicated by the degree of similarity between values, is modified based on the determined weights associated with the respective attributes.
US10789213B2
Calculation of digest segmentations for input data using similar data in a data deduplication system
For calculation of digest segmentations for input data using similar data in a data deduplication system using a processor device in a computing environment, a stream of input data is partitioned into input data chunks. Similar repository intervals are calculated for each input data chunk. Anchor positions are determined between an input data chunk and the similar repository intervals, based on data matches between a previous input data chunk and previous similar repository intervals. Digest segmentations of the similar repository intervals are projected onto the input data chunk, starting at the anchor positions.
US10789211B1
In one implementation, a method includes identifying, by a storage system controller associated with a plurality of storage devices, a first content-dependent feature associated with a data sector and determining, by the storage system controller, a baseline data sector associated with the data sector. The method further includes determining, by the storage system controller, a content-dependent delta between the first content-dependent feature and a second content-dependent feature of the baseline data sector and providing the content-dependent delta and an indicator to the baseline data sector for storage on the plurality of storage devices.
US10789208B2
Embodiments map from a database environment, dependencies between files created at designtime and corresponding runtime data objects defined by deployment of those files. A dependency table is populated with dependency information (e.g., origin, target, dependency type) extracted during deployment. That dependency information may be searched according to user-specified parameters (e.g., a file provides an object; an object requires a file), to allow rapid correlation between designtime file(s) and related runtime data object(s). Embodiments are particularly useful in visualizing complex (e.g., one-to-many; many-to-one) file-object dependencies characteristic of modern database environments. Queries posed to the dependency table may further seek intra-designtime dependency information (e.g., one file depends upon another file; one file impacts another file), and/or intra-runtime dependency information (e.g., table objects referenced by view objects; view objects referenced by procedure objects). Dependency information may be recursively searched in an iterative manner in order to construct dependency pathways reflecting complex file-object relationships.
US10789204B2
Access is obtained to a plurality of intermediately transformed electronic documents (with a plurality of sections and subsections) which have been transformed, by topical analysis and text summarization techniques, from a plurality of original electronic documents comprising at least some unstructured electronic documents. Audit and retrieval agent code is appended to the sections and subsections to create a plurality of finally transformed electronic documents. Users are allowed to access the finally transformed electronic documents. The users are provided with accountability reminders contemporaneous with the access. The access of the users to the sections and subsections of the finally transformed electronic documents is logged. An audit report is provided based on the logging. Also provided is a cloud service for enterprise-level sensitive data protection with variable data granularity, using one or more one guest virtual machine images.
US10789203B2
A process set selection unit generates, based on a process set comprising a processing block performing arithmetic on a group of inputs and a group of outputs produced by the processing block, a group of new inputs having a combination number less than that of the group of inputs and a new processing block for the group of new inputs. A reuse execution unit prepares, based on the new processing block for performing arithmetic on the group of new inputs and a group of outputs produced by the new processing block, an associated result which associates the group of new inputs with the group of outputs, produces the group of outputs obtained from the association result if the group of new inputs have values equal to those of the group of inputs, and, if not, executes the new processing blocks to register an executed result to the associated result.
US10789196B2
Efficient communication between storage controllers can be performed. A storage system includes one or more backend switches that connect a first processor, a second processor, and one or more storage devices to each other. Each backend switch identifies a destination of a frame by referring to the frame received from the first processor. In a case where the destination of the frame is the second processor, each backend switch translates a first address, included in the frame, for specifying a location on the second memory in an address space of the first processor, into a second address for specifying the location on the second memory in an address space of the second processor, and transfers the frame including the second address to the second storage controller.
US10789186B2
Apparatuses and methods including memory commands for semiconductor memories are described. A controller provides a memory system with memory commands to access memory. The commands are decoded to provide internal signals and commands for performing operations, such as operations to access the memory array. The memory commands provided for accessing memory may include timing command and access commands. Examples of access commands include a read command and a write command. Timing commands may be used to control the timing of various operations, for example, for a corresponding access command. The timing commands may include opcodes that set various modes of operation during an associated access operation for an access command.
US10789180B2
A serial peripheral interface (SPI)-based data transmission method, including sending, by a first device, a first query request to a second device through a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) interface, where the first query request queries the second device for an SPI mode supported by the second device, sending, by the first device, in response to the first device determining, according to a first query response returned by the second device, that the second device supports an SPI master mode, an SPI connection establishment request to the second device, where the SPI connection establishment request causes the second device to initiate establishment of an SPI connection to the first device, and performing, by the first device, through the SPI, and after the first device establishes the SPI connection to the second device, at least one of receiving data sent by the second device, or sending data to the second device.
US10789178B2
Problem The problem to be solved is to seek an alternative to known addressing methods which provides the same or similar effects or is more secure. Solution The problem is solved by a method (40) of addressing memory in a data-processing apparatus (10) comprising, when a central processing unit (11), while performing a task (31, 32, 33, 34) of the apparatus (10), executes an instruction involving a pointer (57) into a segment (s, r, d, h, f, o, i, c) of the memory: decoding the instruction by means of an instruction decoder (12), generating an address (45) within the memory by means of a safe pointer operator (41) operating on the pointer (57), augmenting the address (45) by an identifier (43) of the task (31, 32, 33, 34) and an identifier (44) of the segment (s, r, d, h, f, o, i, c), said identifiers (43, 44) being hardware-controlled (42), and, based on the augmented address (45), dereferencing the pointer (57) via a memory management unit (13).
US10789177B2
The present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and systems for implementing and operating a memory module, for example, in a computing device that includes a network interface, which is coupled to a network to enable communication with a client device, and processing circuitry, which is coupled to the network interface via a data bus and programmed to perform operations based on user inputs received from the client device. The memory module includes memory devices, which may be non-volatile memory or volatile memory, and a memory controller coupled between the data bus and the of memory devices. The memory controller may be programmed to determine when the processing circuitry is expected to request a data block and control data storage in the memory devices.
US10789175B2
A computing system comprises one or more cores. Each core comprises a processor and switch with each processor coupled to a communication network among the cores. Also disclosed are techniques for implementing an adaptive last level allocation policy in a last level cache in a multicore system receiving one or more new blocks for allocating for storage in the cache, accessing a selected profile from plural profiles that define allocation actions, according to a least recently used type of allocation and based on a cache action, a state bit, and traffic pattern type for the new blocks of data and handling the new block according to the selected profile for a selected least recently used (LRU) position in the cache.
US10789154B2
The present disclosure is related to a software program comprising a source code parser configured to read a source code and interpret each function in the source code. In addition, the program generates meta-data about each function. The code parser may weight each function based on the complexity of the calls to each function to generate weighted meta-data. A visualization program may interpret the weighted meta-data and display an interactive visualization to a user.
US10789144B2
According to one embodiment, a supervisory circuit includes a trigger determination circuit and a trigger table. The trigger determination circuit receives signal processing signals outputted from a plurality of signal processing circuits as trigger signals, determines whether processing operations by the signal processing circuits are executed in a predetermined order, and outputs an interrupt signal when detecting a trigger signal out of setting. The trigger table is provided with trigger-specific tables corresponding to the respective signal processing circuits, reads a trigger setting to occur next based on a trigger determined as being correct by the trigger determination circuit, and outputs a table read signal to the trigger determination circuit.
US10789138B2
In a method for processing a server message block (SMB) service fault, a first storage device generates a file handle according to a first file open instruction from a host, and sends the file handle to a second storage device. The second storage device stores the file handle as a backup handle. The second storage device activates an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first storage device according to fault information from the first storage device, and establishes a communication connection to the host. After the second storage device determines a file handle matches the handle identifier, the second storage device opens a file. Hence, when a storage device that processes an SMB service is faulty, the SMB service may be taken over by a secondary storage device such that the SMB service is executed without interruption.
US10789134B2
A technique restores a file system of a storage input/output (I/O) stack to a deterministic point-in-time state in the event of failure (loss) of non-volatile random access memory (NVRAM) of a node. The technique enables restoration of the file system to a safepoint stored on storage devices, such solid state drives (SSD), of the node with minimum data and metadata loss. The safepoint is a point-in-time during execution of I/O requests (e.g., write operations) at which data and related metadata of the write operations prior to the point-in-time are safely persisted on SSD such that the metadata relating to an image of the file system on SSD (on-disk) is consistent and complete. Upon reboot after NVRAM loss, the technique identifies (i) the most recent safepoint, as well as (ii) the inflight writes that were persistently stored on disk after the most recent safepoint. The data and metadata of those inflight writes are then deleted to place the on-disk file system to its state at the most recent safepoint.
US10789133B2
A resource allocation system begins with an ordered plan for matching requests to resources that is sorted by priority. The resource allocation system optimizes the plan by determining those requests in the plan that will fail if performed. The resource allocation system removes or defers the determined requests. In addition, when a request that is performed fails, the resource allocation system may remove requests that require similar resources from the plan. Moreover, when resources are released by a request, the resource allocation system may place the resources in a temporary holding area until the resource allocation returns to the top of the ordered plan so that lower priority requests that are lower in the plan do not take resources that are needed by waiting higher priority requests higher in the plan.
US10789130B1
Various implementations described herein relate to systems and methods for a Solid State Drive (SSD) to manage data in response to a power loss event, including writing data received from a host to a volatile storage of the SSD, detecting the power loss event before the data is written to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, storing the write commands to a non-volatile storage of the SSD, marking at least one storage location of the SSD associated with the write commands as uncorrectable, for example, after the power is restored.
US10789128B2
A computing device includes an interface configured to interface and communicate with a dispersed storage network (DSN), a memory that stores operational instructions, and a processing module operably coupled to the interface and memory such that the processing module, when operable within the computing device based on the operational instructions, is configured to perform various operations. Based on a detected storage error, the computing device is configured to determine availability status of encoded data slices (EDSs) within a set of EDSs. When at least a threshold number of EDSs are available, the computing device is configured to initiate a rebuilding function to abate the detected storage error. When less than the threshold number of EDSs are available, the computing device is configured to initiate a slice repair function to at least one storage unit (SU) to abate the detected storage error.
US10789126B2
A variety of applications can include apparatus and/or methods that provide parity protection to data spread over multiple memory devices of a memory system. Parity is stored in a buffer, where the parity is generated from portions of data written to a page having a different portion of the page in a portion of each plane of one or more planes of the multiple memory devices. Parity is stored in the buffer for each page. In response to a determination that a transfer criterion is satisfied, the parity data in the buffer is transferred from the buffer to a temporary block. After programming data into the block to close the block, a verification of the block with respect to data errors is conducted. In response to passing the verification, the temporary block can be released for use in a next data write operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10789119B2
A method and system for determining root-causes of incidences using machine-generated textual data. The method comprises receiving machine-generated textual data from at least one data source; classifying the received machine-generated textual data into at least one statistical metric; processing the statistical metric to recognize a plurality of incidence patterns; correlating the plurality of incidence patterns to identify at least a root-cause of an incidence that occurred in a monitored environment; and generating an alert indicating at least the identified root-cause.
US10789107B2
An information processing device, an information processing system, and a method of processing an operation request to any one of a plurality of types of apparatuses connected to a network. The information processing device and the method include detecting the plurality of types of apparatuses connected to the network, receiving an operation request that does not depend on the type of the apparatus, directed to any one of the plurality of types of the apparatuses detected in the detecting, and causing the apparatus to execute processing corresponding to the operation request via an interface corresponding to each type of apparatus. The information processing system includes the plurality of types of apparatuses and the information processing device connected to the apparatuses via the network.
US10789104B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to deploying a distributed system using operating system or container virtualization. An example apparatus includes a management container including a configuration manager and a container manager. The example configuration manager is to receive an instruction for a desired deployment state and is to apply a first change to a first current deployment state of the management container based on the desired deployment state. The example container manager is to apply a second change to a second current deployment state of a deployed container based on the desired deployment state. The container manager is to return information indicative of the desired deployment state to the configuration manager when the second change from the second current deployment state to the desired deployment state is achieved.
US10789098B1
Implementations of this disclosure provide for resource transfer operations. An example method performed by a computing device includes receiving a resource transfer request that includes a user identifier of a user; obtaining profile data for a plurality of dimensions of the user; determining for each dimension, a field value of a feature field corresponding to the dimension; generating for each dimension, one or more user label values for the user, based on the field value of the feature field corresponding to the dimension; determining, for each of the one or more user label values for the user, an initial resource quota corresponding to the user label value for the user; determining a final resource quota for the user based on initial resource quotas; and transferring, by the computing device, resources to the user based on the final resource quota.
US10789094B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods related to hierarchical memory are described herein. A hierarchical memory apparatus can be part of a memory system that can leverage persistent memory to store data that is generally stored in a non-persistent memory. An example apparatus includes logic circuitry configured to receive a command indicating that an access to a base address register coupled to the logic circuitry has occurred. The command can be indicative of a data access involving a persistent memory device and/or a non-persistent memory device. The logic circuitry can determine that the access command corresponds to an operation to divert data from the non-persistent memory device to the persistent memory device, generate an interrupt signal, and cause the interrupt signal to be asserted on a host coupleable to the logic circuitry as part of the operation to divert data from the non-persistent memory device to the persistent memory device.
US10789092B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for registering subscribable sub-states in blockchain are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for registering one or more sub-states of a state, wherein a registered workflow comprises the state; generating a blockchain contract comprising the one or more sub-states; and deploying the blockchain contract in a blockchain. The deployed blockchain contract is executable to update a current sub-state of the state corresponding to the workflow among the one or more sub-states.
US10789090B2
The preset specification provides a method of managing a disaggregated memory in a virtual system. Herein, the disaggregated memory managing method includes: detecting a memory access pattern in a virtual machine node based on an operation of a virtual machine; and performing a memory operation by using a memory block in consideration of the memory access pattern, wherein the memory access pattern is variably set based on a time at which the operation of the virtual machine is performed, and the memory block dynamically changes in size based on the memory access pattern.
US10789083B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for virtual desktop service. The apparatus includes a connection manager configured to perform an assignment task of assigning a virtual machine to a user terminal using virtual desktop service, a resource pool configured to allocate software resources to a virtual desktop, wherein the software resources include an OS, applications, and user profiles, and a virtual machine infrastructure configured to support hardware resources including a CPU and a memory, wherein the connection manager is configured to perform a coordination task of coordinating a delivery protocol used between the user terminal and servers that provide the virtual desktop service, wherein the resource pool has a management function, wherein the management function is based on usage pattern information about a user's average usage of resources, and wherein the management function uses a physical distance on network from the user terminal to a server.
US10789079B2
User action data, quantifying the actions of the user in a physical establishment, can be obtained through various forms of tracking and monitoring that can be implemented by software or hardware infrastructure supported by physical establishment, and agreed to by the user. Such user action data is obtained from multiple physical establishments, which, in combination with tracking of user actions in an online environment, provides a more accurate basis on which to determine a user's intent to act upon an item, a user's affinity for items associated with a specific entity, or combinations thereof. User intent can be quantified in terms of predetermined levels of intent. User content and user entity affinity provide a more accurate basis on which to proactively offer user aid to facilitate the user's acquiring of items, or otherwise make more efficient the user's activities with respect to such items.
US10789068B2
In a method for executing software, a result produced from an execution of a copy of the software by a corresponding platform can be received from each of a plurality of platforms. A number of results of execution of the software can be determined. The extent to which the results match can be compared to a threshold. The matching results can be accepted as an agreed-upon output of the software when the extent to which the results match is equal to or greater than the threshold. The software can include an implementation of at least a portion of an act associated with an agreement between at least two entities.
US10789061B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage mediums associated with updating firmware of a component of a computer platform, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a processor includes an instruction decoder; and a storage having microcode arranged to implement an instruction to verify updates to firmware of a component of a computer platform hosting the processor and the component. The computer platform may include a component firmware update manager. The firmware of a component may include a firmware update plug-in. Other embodiments are also described, and may be claimed.
US10789060B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses are described for sending different update times corresponding to a same version of a resource. A computing device may provide a version of a resource in response to requests from a plurality of different devices, and may indicate different update times for the version of the resource. The different update times may be based on times associated with the requests from the plurality of different devices.
US10789058B2
Interfaces are provided for receiving software development kit runtime binaries configured for a standardized platform; receiving a driver framework package that is generated based on the software development kit and configured to enable extensibility under a set of constraints; and interacting with first party frameworks and allowing third party frameworks to access the software development kit runtime binaries and allow applications to use the third party frameworks.
US10789054B2
Disclosed herein is a system for facilitating Change Impact Analysis (CIA) using modular program dependency graphs. Further, the system may include a communication device configured for receiving a source code for a software application and one or more changed lines corresponding to the source code from a user device, and transmitting one or more impacted lines from the source code associated with the software application to the user device. Further, the system may include a processing device configured for analyzing the source code to determine one or more modules, generating one or more modular Program Dependency Graphs (mPDGs) based on the analysis, updating at least one mPDG based on the one or more changed lines to obtain the at least one updated mPDG, searching the mPDG based on search expressions associated with the one or more changed lines, and calculating one or more impacted lines based on the searching.
US10789047B2
Returning a runtime type loaded from an archive in a module system is disclosed. Operations include (a) identifying, by a class loader implemented in a runtime environment, an archived runtime type loaded into an archive from a module source; (b) identifying a particular package associated with the archived runtime type; (c) determining that the particular package is defined to a runtime module that is defined to (i) the class loader or (ii) any class loader in the class loader hierarchy to which the class loader delegates; and (d) returning directly or indirectly, by the class loader, a runtime type loaded based on the archived runtime type from the archive.
US10789045B2
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing computer-readable instructions may be read by a controller of an information processing device in which an image processing program and a voice-recognition program have been installed. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to obtain the text data from the voice-recognition program in a case where the voice-recognition program creates the text data. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to determine whether the obtained text data includes a first string and a second string. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to cause a display of the information processing device to display a specific image in a case where it is determined that the text data includes the first string and the second string. The computer-readable instructions may cause the information processing device to instruct the image processing program to execute image processing.
US10789036B2
A method and apparatus provide for removal of a display screen from a wireless device, or, in a different embodiment, provide for a display screen as a separate and additional device that functions in real time in the same way as if the screen were incorporated in the wireless device. This functionality is enabled by a short range wireless connection, such as Bluetooth, between transceivers located in the wireless device and the display screen device. The display screen device allows a user to monitor the associated wireless device without needing to operate the full device. The display screen device may also have control capability for controlling the wireless device. Thus, a user can monitor and control a mobile device from a smaller remote display device while being presented with the information that would be displayed on the display screen of the wireless device.
US10789033B2
Provided are a system and method of providing a widget. A device for providing a widget to at least one external device, includes: a communicator configured to enable a communication connection with the at least one external device; and a processor configured to register the widget to be provided to the at least one external device, generate visual data of the widget by using a layout of the widget as the device is connected to the at least one external device via the communication connection, and provide the generated visual data to the at least one external device, wherein the layout is used to display an execution screen of the registered widget on a screen of the device.
US10789030B2
A system to is described. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store print workflow manager and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory devices to execute the print workflow manager receive a plurality of print jobs, each including a plurality of documents to be printed, receive job tickets including a description as to how pages in the plurality of documents are to be printed, store the plurality of documents in a document pool, store a document property record associated with each of the plurality of documents in the document pool, wherein a document property record provides and process the job tickets and the document property records to generate a combined print job including two or more of the plurality of the documents.
US10789027B2
An embodiment of the present invention is a program that causes a computer to function as: means for preparing print layout data in accordance with an instruction of a user, the print layout data indicating print layout of print information corresponding to a print object that includes a fixed print object and a variable print object; and means for preparing screen layout data, by the computer in accordance with preparation of the print layout data, the screen layout data indicating screen layout that includes an input field for accepting input of print information corresponding to the variable print object.
US10789016B2
A storing method is provided. The storing method includes: receiving a driving instruction by a host, wherein the driving instruction triggers a driver to collect a user information, and the driver generates a hit rate information according to the user information and generates a mapping table according to the hit rate information; receiving the mapping table from the driver by a processing unit of a storage device, wherein the storage device does not have any dynamic random access memory (DRAM); storing the mapping table in a static random access memory (SRAM); storing a plurality of storing data in a number of NAND flash memories, wherein when the host receives an accessing instruction, the processing unit reads the mapping table in the SRAM to find the storing data corresponding to the accessing instruction.
US10789015B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing background operations in memory. A memory device can be configured to perform background operations while another memory device in a memory system and/or on a common memory module is busy performing commands received from a host coupled to the memory system and/or common memory module. An example apparatus can include a first memory device, wherein the first memory device can include an array of memory cells and a controller configured to perform a background operation on the first memory device in response to detecting a command from a host to a second memory device.
US10789000B2
Provided is a variable electronic apparatus including a memory unit, a processing unit and a programmable logic gate device. The memory unit stores configuration data. The processing unit reads the configuration data from the memory unit and determines at least one control mode based on the configuration data. The programmable logic gate device includes a plurality of function modules and at least one switching unit. When the control mode includes a function module selecting mode and a signal line switching mode, the processing unit selects or activates the function modules of the programmable logic gate device based on the function module selecting mode, and the switching unit of the programmable logic gate device dynamically modifies or adaptably adjusts a bus of the function module selected by the processing unit and a corresponding external signal line based on the signal line switching mode.
US10788998B2
A method for logging changes to data stored in a distributed data storage system can include responding to a request to change the data stored in the distributed data storage system by generating a log entry corresponding to the change. A replica of the data can be stored at each of a first computing node and a second computing node comprising the distributed data storage system. The log entry can be added to a first log stored at the first computing node and propagated to the second computing node to add the first log entry to a second log stored at the second computing node. A crash recovery can be performed at the first computing node and/or the second computing node based on the first log and/or the second log. Related systems and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
US10788996B2
The present invention effectively utilizes computation resources by allocating the computation resources, in accordance with conditions, to a process that shares a computation resource with another process and a process that occupies a computation resource. Execution control causes a processor core allocated to a storage control process to be occupied by the storage control process, the execution control causes a processor core allocated to an application process to be shared with another process, and the execution control changes the number of processor cores allocated to the storage control process on the basis of I/O information indicating a state of an I/O.
US10788994B1
A system, computer program product, and computer-executable method for managing flash devices within a data storage environment utilized by an application of one or more applications, wherein the application accesses the managed flash devices through a pool of flash storage provided by the data storage, the system, computer program product, and computer-executable method comprising receiving a data I/O from the application, analyzing the data I/O directed toward the pool of flash storage in relation to the flash devices, and managing the flash devices based on data I/Os directed toward the pool of flash storage by the application.
US10788992B2
A client device for accessing remote storage devices. The client device includes: a processing unit communicatively connected to: a network interface and a memory; the network interface configured to communicatively connect the client device to a network comprising the client device and a storage server, the storage server comprising one or more storage devices, a remote direct memory access network interface controller (rNIC), and a primary processing unit; the memory containing instructions, that, when executed by the processing unit, configure the client device to: send an input/output (I/O) request for a storage device of the one or more storage devices; receive an indication from the rNIC based on the sent I/O request, the indication including an interrupt generated by the rNIC in response to the I/O request.
US10788988B1
A system and associated methodology for controlling block duplicates when deduplicating data (Dedup Blocks) to a storage space. The system includes a persistent database of known duplicates stored in the storage space (KD Table), and a non-persistent database of possible duplicates stored in the storage space (PD Table). Computer logic executes programming instructions stored in memory that are configured to index the KD Table according to a value derived from bits of a Dedup Block's hash signature, to index the PD Table according to another value derived by other bits of the Dedup Block's hash signature, to demote known duplicates from the KD Table to the PD Table, and to promote possible duplicates from the PD Table to the KD Table.
US10788983B2
A method for creating a boundless projected interactive virtual desktop, wherein the interactive virtual desktop comprises an adjustable image of a projected portion of an area associated with at least one desktop of a computing device is provided. The method may include integrating a projector and a motion sensor into a device. The method may also include capturing at least one of a location, a change in location, a change in direction, or a change in orientation associated with the device. The method may include computing a projected image. The method may also include coordinating the computed projected image across at least one application running in the device. The method may further include projecting a view of a portion of an area associated with the coordinated projected image, wherein the projected view comprises an interactive virtual desktop. The method may additionally include adjusting the projected view based on a criteria.
US10788977B2
A method and system for displaying information on a transparent display device includes receiving a touch input for selecting an object displayed on a screen of an external device that is viewable through a screen of the transparent display device, requesting the external device for information related to the object, receiving the information related to the object from the external device, and displaying the received information on the screen of the transparent display device.
US10788972B2
Techniques for presenting historized process parameter values in a process plant include presenting, via a user interface of an operator application, indications of process control elements in a first display region within a layout of a display view. Each of the process control elements is associated with one or more process parameters. The operator application also presents a trend display view in a second display region within the layout of the display view. The trend display view includes sets of historized process parameter values for process parameters presented in the first display region. For example, the trend display view in the second display region is linked to the display view in the first display region. In this manner, the trend display view presents charts or other graphical depictions of historized process parameter values for process parameters included in the first display region.
US10788971B2
A server system suitable for organizing files using stickers is provided. The server system determines a plurality of stickers applicable to data presented on a user interface of a client device, and causes presentation of the determined plurality of stickers on the user interface of the client device. The server system receives a selection of a sticker from the plurality of stickers. The server system then applies the selected sticker to the presented data, whereby the application of the selected sticker causes the presented data to be classified based on the selected sticker.
US10788960B2
An apparatus includes: a display unit; a communication unit configured to communicate with a plurality of devices external to the apparatus; and a processor configured to control the display unit to display a first user interface (UI) image including a list of content files stored in a first device of the plurality of devices and a second UI image including a list of applications stored in a second device of the plurality of devices, and, in response to receiving a first user input selecting a content file from the list of content files in the first UI image and a second user input selecting an application from the list of applications in the second UI image, to control the selected content file to be processed by the selected application in the second device.
US10788958B2
According to an aspect, personalization of a web application includes providing, by a processor, an interface for receiving a preference as an input. A request for generation of a web application is received by the processor, and the web application is generated by the processor based on the preference.
US10788956B2
A screen display method and apparatus of a mobile terminal is provided for changing a screen represented by an index to another screen represented by a newly selected index. A screen display method of a mobile terminal includes displaying a page represented by an index, the page including an index region having a plurality of indices and a content region displaying content corresponding to the index highlighted in the index region, selecting a new index in the index region according to a selection input, and changing the page represented by the highlighted index for a new page represented by the new index, the new page appearing in a direction from a position of the new index to a position of the highlighted index.
US10788950B2
Provided is an input/output controller including: a touch panel display; and a control section configured to cause the touch panel display to display a first icon at a first position on the touch panel display and, when one or more other positions are touched while the first position is touched, perform a process associated with the first icon and the one or more other positions.
US10788948B2
Systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods for visualizing time progressions in VR/AR/MR/XR environments, wherein the systems include a processing unit or a processor, a display device, and at least one VR/AR/MR/XR input device, wherein the systems, apparatuses, interfaces, and methods display projects or structures that have tasks, goals, targets, and/or events that have or will occur in a given time sequence along a time line, wherein the systems and methods also display a selection and control object and a temporal direction and speed control object.
US10788946B2
A display apparatus, a source apparatus, and methods of providing content are provided. The display apparatus includes: a receiver which receives content data; a storage which stores frame size information corresponding to a content type; a detector which detects the content type of the content data; a video processor which forms a content frame having a frame size corresponding to the detected content type by using the frame size information stored in the storage; and a display which displays the content frame formed by the video processor.
US10788945B2
A resistive touch panel assembly is disclosed. An optical stack located within a housing includes an electronic display layer adapted to display an image and a resistive touch panel. The touch panel includes a number of touch input receivers placed adjacent to a first and second independently operable, grid sections which are located adjacent to one another in a seamless fashion. A number of input/output devices are in communication with the optical stack and extend through a channel comprising shielding.
US10788944B2
A touch display panel, a method of manufacturing the touch display panel, and a display apparatus with the touch display panel are disclosed. The touch display panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of first electrically conducting wires disposed over the substrate; and a first point pattern which is connected to at least one of the plurality of first electrically conducting wires, has a point facing outwards, and is configured to discharge a static electricity on the at least one of the plurality of first electrically conducting wires by a point discharge.
US10788942B2
An input device is provided and including a substrate; a plurality of first metal or alloy electrodes provided along a first direction on a main surface of the substrate; a plurality of second metal or alloy electrodes provided along a second direction intersecting with the first direction on the same surface as the main surface; and a protective film covering the plurality of first metal or alloy electrodes and the plurality of second metal or alloy electrodes.
US10788937B2
An apparatus and method of measuring a collective capacitance on a group of capacitive sense elements from at least one of rows or columns of a capacitance sense array when in a first mode, and individually measuring capacitances on each of the rows and columns when in a second mode.
US10788934B2
Techniques for input adjustment are described. In one or more implementations, a user perspective of a display surface is estimated, and is used to correlate output that is displayed on the display surface. According to one or more implementations, detected motion of a display surface is used to compensate for an effect of the motion on input to the display surface.
US10788917B2
A position indicated by a user with a finger or a stylus can be detected even in a case where an edge of a hand on a little finger side or a wrist touches a touch panel.An input device acquires information indicating a plurality of points on a touch panel affected by a user's touch, including the touch with a finger or a stylus, calculates distances between a reference position and at least some of the plurality of points, the reference position indicating a position touched by the user on the touch panel other than with the finger or the stylus, selects one or more points affected by the touch with the finger or the stylus from the at least some of the plurality of points based on the calculated distances, and acquires coordinates of a position indicated by the user based on the selected point.
US10788908B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a window disposed in at least a partial area of the housing and forming at least a portion of an outer surface of the electronic device, a touch screen display including an active area and a non-active area and accommodated in the housing such that at least a portion of the touch screen display is visually exposed through the window, at least one processor accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the touch screen display, a memory accommodated in the housing and electrically connected to the at least one processor, and an optical layer disposed between the touch screen display and the window. A portion of a surface area of the optical layer that faces the active area of the touch screen display is formed in a bumpy structure.
US10788900B1
Symbol prediction can be implemented using a multi-task system trained for different tasks. The tasks may include a single symbol prediction, symbol category prediction, and symbol subcategory prediction. Categories of symbols can be generated by clustering sets of training data using a clustering scheme.
US10788885B2
Examples of a circuit, a method for use in a circuit and a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium including instructions executable by a processor of a circuit are disclosed herein. An example of the machine-readable non-transitory storage medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor of a circuit, cause the processor to: identify a first predetermined electrical state on a first line of an interface, identify a second predetermined electrical state on a second line of the interface, and selectively couple a supply of power to the second line of the interface when the first predetermined electrical state is identified on the first line of the interface and the second predetermined electrical state is identified on the second line of the interface.
US10788884B2
A microcontroller system includes a processing unit supporting at least one near or sub Vt circuit and a plurality of memory blocks, each memory block connected to a DMA controller and independently power controlled. A power control system uses power gates to power control at least the memory blocks. In some embodiments, a wake-up interrupt controller is connected to the power control system and a voltage regulator system is used to supply voltage to separate power domains, with the voltage regulator systems controlled at least in part by power gates operated by the power control system. A plurality of clocks can be connected to define clock domains associated with separate power domains.
US10788880B2
This document describes techniques and systems that enable a smartphone-based radar system for determining user intention in a lower-power mode. The techniques and systems use a radar field to enable the smartphone to accurately determine the presence or absence of a user and further determine the intention of the user to interact with the smartphone. Using these techniques, the smartphone can account for the user's nonverbal communication cues to determine and maintain an awareness of users in its environment, and only respond to direct interactions once a user has demonstrated an intention to interact, which preserves battery power. The smartphone may determine the user's intention by recognizing various cues from the user, such as a change in position relative to the smartphone, a change in posture, or by an explicit action, such as a gesture.
US10788877B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a low power multiplexer (MUX) circuit, including: a first data input coupled to an input of a first pass gate device; a second data input coupled to an input of a second pass gate device; a hold latch having an input coupled to a data output of the MUX circuit and an output coupled to an input of a supplemental pass gate device; and a pulse generator for generating a HOLD pulse signal, wherein the HOLD pulse signal is coupled to a control input of the supplemental pass gate device. The hold latch is configured to hold a previously valid output data signal of the MUX circuit until a valid input data signal is available at the first data input or the second data input.
US10788874B2
An electronic device according to various embodiments may include a first connector including at least one first pin and at least one second pin configured to be connected to an external electronic device; a second connector comprising at least one third pin and at least one fourth pin configured to be connected to a power supply; a switching circuit; and a processor electrically connected to the first connector, the second connector, and the switching circuit, wherein the processor is configured to determine a connection with the external electronic device or a connection with the power supply, and the processor is set to cause, when connected to the external electronic device via the first connector and connected to the power supply via the second connector, power received from the power supply via the at least one third pin to be supplied to the at least one first pin using the switching circuit.
US10788865B1
A portable information handling system rotationally couples housing portions with a dual axis hinge and communicates signals between the housing portions through a signal conduit inserted over the axles of the dual axis hinge. Signal contact elements coupled to opposing housing portions interface wirelines to contact fingers that insert in the signal conduit. Conductive surfaces in the signal conduit transmit signals across the dual axis hinge at varying rotational orientations by maintaining an electrical interface with opposing contact fingers.
US10788861B2
A flexible display device and a deformation compensation method of a flexible display screen are provided. The flexible display device may include a display screen, a controller, motors respectively disposed on two sides of the flexible display screen, and force sensors respectively disposed on the two sides of the flexible display screen. The motors and the force sensors may be connected with the controller. The force sensors may be rigidly connected with the flexible display screen. The motors may be provided with stretchy screw rods rigidly connected with the flexible display screen.
US10788855B2
A method for managing a body device includes obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device; obtaining, by the mobile personal station according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device; obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a body parameter and a location parameter that are of a user that carries the body device; and setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device.
US10788849B2
An integrated circuit (IC) comprises an output and a voltage regulator. The voltage regulator comprises an amplifier having a first input coupled to a reference voltage source and a second input coupled to the output, a first resistor coupled to the output and coupled to a ground terminal, a metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a gate coupled to an output of the amplifier and a drain coupled to the output, and a second resistor coupled to a source of the MOSFET and coupled to the ground terminal.
US10788842B2
An apparatus for controlling platooning in a platooning group including a leading vehicle and one or more following vehicles can include: one or more sensors, a communication circuit, a display, and a processor. The processor can be configured to predict whether a collision with an object ahead of the leading vehicle will occur using information sensed by at least a portion of the one or more sensors; control one or more of a braking operation of the leading vehicle and a lane change operation of the leading vehicle based on the generated probability; and transmit a control signal to the following vehicle via the communication circuit for controlling one or more of a braking operation of the following vehicle and a lane change operation of the following vehicle based on a generated probability.
US10788841B2
In one embodiment, a sensor unit to be utilized in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a sensor interface coupled to a number of sensors mounted on a number of locations of an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV). The sensor unit includes a host interface to be coupled to a host system, where the host system is configured to perceive a driving environment surrounding the ADV based on sensor data obtained from the sensors and to plan a path to autonomously drive the ADV. The sensor unit includes a time synchronization hub device coupled to the sensor interface. The time synchronization hub device includes one or more TX and/or RX timestamp generators coupled to a time source, where the TX/RX timestamp generators generate TX/RX timestamps based on a time obtained from the time source to provide the TX/RX timestamps to one or more of the sensors.
US10788839B2
In one embodiment, a method, apparatus, and system for trajectory planning for autonomous driving in an autonomous driving vehicle equipped with a low accuracy localization and perception module is disclosed. The operations comprise: determining a reference line based on prerecorded human driving trajectories; determining a rough position of an autonomous driving vehicle; determining a first stitching point, the first stitching point being a point on the reference line projected from the rough position; determining a second stitching point, the second stitching point being a point on a planning trajectory of a previous cycle, if the previous cycle exists, projected based on an absolute timestamp of a present cycle; determining a planning initial point of the present cycle based on the first stitching point and the second stitching point; generating a planning trajectory of the present cycle based on the planning initial point of the present cycle; and generating an autonomous driving control command of the present cycle based on the planning trajectory of the present cycle.
US10788835B2
A framework for safely operating autonomous machinery, such as vehicles and other heavy equipment, in an in-field or off-road environment, includes detecting, identifying, classifying and tracking objects and/or terrain characteristics from on-board sensors that capture images in front and around the autonomous machinery as it performs agricultural or other activities. The framework generates commands for navigational control of the autonomous machinery in response to perceived objects and terrain impacting safe operation. The framework processes image data and range data in multiple fields of view around the autonomous equipment to discern objects and terrain, and applies artificial intelligence techniques in one or more neural networks to accurately interpret this data for enabling such safe operation.
US10788832B2
A system and method of determining an acquisition guidance path of a vehicle includes defining a desired guidance path for travel by the vehicle, determining a first acquisition factor of the acquisition guidance path between the vehicle and the desired guidance path, determining a second acquisition factor defining a ratio between a heading error and a lateral error of the acquisition guidance path, and calculating the acquisition guidance path based on the first acquisition factor and the second acquisition factor to control travel of the vehicle to the desired guidance path.
US10788823B2
A method for controlling a motor vehicle includes guiding the motor vehicle on a road independently of a driver; receiving a driving instruction transmitted wirelessly from a device in a vicinity of the motor vehicle; outputting an indication of the driving instruction to a driver of the motor vehicle; determining that, for longer than a predetermined time, the driver has not taken over the guidance of the motor vehicle; and executing the driving instruction independently of the driver.
US10788821B2
A wireless management system for work vehicles includes a first communication device and a second communication device. The first communication device is configured to perform wireless communication in frequency bands to control the work vehicles. The second communication device is configured to perform the wireless communication with the first communication device. The first communication device and the second communication device are configured to select a frequency band from the frequency bands based on wireless transmission data in order to perform the wireless communication for the wireless transmission data in the frequency band.
US10788817B2
Provided is a manufacturing process analysis device (30), comprising: a computation unit (31) which computes, in a process in which a manufactured object is manufactured, invariant compliance strengths for each shift time for manufacturing condition values (360) and quality values (361) which are measured in time series; a shift time specification unit (32) which derives, as a specified shift time, a shift time for which the invariant compliance strengths satisfy a baseline; and an analysis unit (33) which analyzes the state of the manufacturing process on the basis of the quality value and the manufacturing condition value for the time which is earlier by the specified shift time than the time at which the quality value is measured.
US10788815B2
A manufacturing process management (MPM) computer device is provided. The MPM computer device includes a processor and at least one memory device. The processor is in communication with the at least one memory device. The MPM computer device is configured to receive a first engineering design for a first configuration of a product to be assembled including a plurality of features, determine a plurality of parts associated with the plurality of features based on the received engineering design, and prior to completion of a manufacturing process plan, generate a manufacturing bill of materials based on the determined plurality of parts.
US10788804B2
A position correcting system, method and tool for guiding a tool during its use based on its location relative to the material being worked on. Provided is a system and tool which uses its auto correcting technology to precisely rout or cut material. The invention provides a camera which is used to track the visual features of the surface of the material being cut to build a map and locate an image on that map used to reference the location of the tool for auto-correction of the cutting path.
US10788799B2
An analyzing apparatus is disclosed that is capable of preventing an intentional or negligent interventional action on an analysis. An analyzing apparatus 1 is connected to a controlling computer 2 and performs a predetermined analysis according to a control instruction given through the controlling computer 2. The analyzing apparatus 1 includes an operation unit 11 for enabling a user to perform an input operation for controlling the analyzing apparatus 1. When the analyzing apparatus 1 is under control of the controlling computer 2, the input operation performed through the operation unit 11 is disabled.
US10788791B2
A system for displaying a holographic image of an object behind a real object surface, including a computing unit for computing data for displaying a three-dimensional image of an object, a location measurement unit for measuring a location of a surface of a real object, a display for displaying the three dimensional image of the object, wherein the computing unit is adapted to compute data to display the three-dimensional image of the object at least partly behind the surface of the real object. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US10788785B2
An object of the invention is to provide a document cover closer as well as office equipment having such a document cover closer, wherein it is possible to finely adjust a spring force and to set its adjusting range within a wide range, as well as to downsize the apparatus.To achieve the above-mentioned object, in a document cover closer 5 according to the invention, a supporting part 20 is rotatably attached to an attaching part 10 being a base via a first hinge pin 81, and a lift part 30 to which the document cover is fixed is rotatably attached to the supporting part 20. In an elastic force adjusting portion 60, as the document cover is opened and the supporting part 20 is erected, the spring force adjusting screw 80 extending perpendicular to an axial direction of the first hinge pin 81 is rotated; then, as the spring force adjusting cam plate 61 moves in a forward and backward direction along cam tracks of cam surfaces 52L, 52R extending along a forward and backward direction of the second spring receiving portion 42, a spring sheet plate 70 as well moves integrally to compress or expand a first coil spring 43 and the second coil spring 44 to adjust a spring force.
US10788779B2
A belt deviation detection device detects lateral displacement of a rotary belt in a width direction of the belt. The belt deviation detection device includes a contact member in contact with the belt at a contact portion of the contact member, a biasing member configured to bias the contact member toward the belt to press the contact member against the belt, and a displacement detector configured to detect the displacement of the belt in the width direction of the belt. The contact member is configured to track the displacement of the belt in the width direction of the belt. The contact member is made of a metal material, and a hardening treatment is applied to at least the contact portion of the contact member.
US10788772B2
A process unit includes a main unit and a toner cartridge. The main unit includes a photosensitive drum, a developing unit, a cleaner, a cleaning frame and a toner recovery pipe. The toner cartridge includes a toner accommodation box and a toner recovery box. The toner accommodation box has a toner supply pipe having a toner supply opening. The toner recovery box has a receiving portion having a toner recovery opening for receiving toner. When the toner cartridge is attached to the main unit, the toner supply pipe is inserted into the insertion opening on the developing frame in a first direction which is perpendicular to a rotation axis of the photosensitive drum. When the toner cartridge is attached to the main unit, the toner recovery pipe is inserted into the receiving portion in a direction parallel to the first direction.
US10788766B2
Disclosed is a metrology sensor apparatus and associated method. The metrology sensor apparatus comprises an illumination system operable to illuminate a metrology mark on a substrate with illumination radiation having a first polarization state and an optical collection system configured to collect scattered radiation, following scattering of the illumination radiation by the metrology mark. The metrology mark comprises a main structure and changes, relative to the first polarization state, at least one of a polarization state of a first portion of the scattered radiation predominately resultant from scattering by the main structure and a polarization state of a second portion of radiation predominately resultant from scattering by one or more features other than the main structure, such that the polarization state of the first portion of the scattered radiation is different to the polarization state of the second portion of the scattered radiation. The metrology sensor apparatus further comprises an optical filtering system which filters out the second portion of the scattered radiation based on its polarization state.
US10788765B2
As increasing numbers of layers, using increasing numbers of specific materials, are deposited on substrates, it becomes increasingly difficult to detect alignment marks accurately for, for example, applying a desired pattern onto a substrate using a lithographic apparatus, in part due to one or more of the materials used in one or more of the layers being wholly or partially opaque to the radiation used to detect alignment marks. In a first step, the substrate is illuminated with excitation radiation. In a second step, at least one effect associated with a reflected material effect scattered by a buried structure is measured. The effect may, for example, include a physical displacement of the surface of the substrate. In a third step, at least one characteristic of the structure based on the measured effect is derived.
US10788761B2
A method of determining an optimal operational parameter setting of a metrology system is described. Free-form substrate shape measurements are performed. A model is applied, transforming the measured warp to modeled warp scaling values. Substrates are clamped to a chuck, causing substrate deformation. Alignment marks of the substrates are measured using an alignment system with four alignment measurement colors. Scaling values thus obtained are corrected with the modeled warp scaling values to determine corrected scaling values. An optimal alignment measurement color is determined, based on the corrected scaling values. Optionally, scaling values are selected that were measured using the optimal alignment measurement color and a substrate grid is determined using the selected scaling values. A substrate may be exposed using the determined substrate grid to correct exposure of the substrate.
US10788743B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to displays, and more particularly to display screens configured to display images having a shaped light profile. A display screen comprises a retroreflective display medium configured to display an image by retroreflectively reflecting incident light from a light source. The display screen additionally comprises a light profile shaping medium interposed between the retroreflective display medium and the light source. The light profile shaping medium is configured to shape an intensity distribution of light reflected from the retroreflective display medium prior to displaying the image to a viewer.
US10788725B2
A phase modulation active device and a method of driving the phase modulation active device are provided. The phase modulation active device includes channels independently modulating a phase of incident light. The method includes selecting a first phase value and a second phase value to be used for the channels, setting a binary phase profile by allocating the selected first phase value or the selected second phase value to each of the channels quasi-periodically, in a sequence in which the channels are arranged, and driving the phase modulation active device, based on the set binary phase profile.
US10788723B2
Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 108 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.
US10788721B2
A liquid crystal display is provided. A liquid crystal display comprising: an insulating substrate, a plurality of pixels disposed on the insulating substrate, and a display area in which the pixels are arranged in rows and columns, wherein four pixels arranged successively in a row direction form a domain pattern, and the domain pattern is repeated in the row direction and a column direction in the display area, wherein each pixel in first and second rows of the domain pattern has a first domain orientation, and each pixel in third and fourth rows of the domain pattern has a second domain orientation that is different from the first domain orientation.
US10788712B1
A multi-function light-adjusting glass includes first and second substrates delimiting an intermediate space therebetween, a light-adjusting layer disposed in the intermediate space, and a first polarizing board located at an outer side of the first substrate away from the intermediate space, and a second polarizing board located at an outer side of the second substrate away from the intermediate space. Each substrate includes an electrically conductive film on an inner surface of the substrate facing the intermediate space, and an alignment film disposed between the electrically conductive film and the intermediate space. The two alignment films respectively have two alignment directions orthogonal to each other. The light-adjusting layer includes liquid crystal molecules and salt-in ions. When the two electrically conductive films apply a voltage to the light-adjusting layer, the liquid crystal molecules are in a discontinuous and chaotic arrangement and cause an incident light to scatter in the light-adjusting layer.
US10788707B2
A display device includes a first arc-shaped fixing member, a second arc-shaped fixing member, an optical element, an optical film assembly and a display panel. The first arc-shaped fixing member is disposed corresponding to the second arc-shaped fixing member, and the second arc-shaped fixing member is connected to the edge of the first arc-shaped fixing member. The optical element is disposed between the first arc-shaped fixing member and the second arc-shaped fixing member so as to form a curve surface. The optical film assembly is disposed adjacent to the optical element. The display panel is disposed corresponding to the second arc-shaped fixing member and located at one side of the second arc-shaped fixing member away from the optical element.
US10788697B2
A display apparatus comprises a display device, a functional substrate opposed to and bonded to the display device through an air space and, at peripheral borders on the opposite surfaces of the display device and the functional substrate, first resin maintaining the distance between the display device and the functional substrate and second resin adhering the display device and the functional substrate to each other.
US10788696B2
A method for attaching display panel comprises: preparing a frame-shaped body comprising a first rod-like member and two second rod-like members, the two second rod-like members being substantially parallel to each other and crossing the first rod-like member; bonding the first rod-like member and the two second rod-like members to a given plane surface or a given curved surface; and moving a display panel having a width to be supported between the two second rod-like members from one of the ends of two second rod-like members towards the first rod-like member along a first surface of the two second rod-like members and a second surface of the two second rod-like members, the first surface and the second surface facing each other.
US10788672B2
An example augmented reality (AR) system can include a frame, a lens attached to the frame, and a plurality of cameras attached to the frame. The cameras can be configured to record a real-time image. Optionally, the real-time image can include a portion of a subject's body and/or one or more surgical instruments. Additionally, the AR system can include a plurality of inertial measurement units, where a respective inertial measurement unit is attached to each respective camera. Optionally, the AR system can be configured to display image data (e.g., medical image data) registered and superimposed on the real-time image as seen by the user of the AR system.
US10788666B2
A head-up display device includes: a plurality of light sources arrayed in matrix in a Y-direction and a Z-direction; and a lens unit in which a convex lens portion for collecting radiant light radiated from the light sources is formed opposing each light source. The plurality of light sources are arranged at an interval A in a Z-direction and at an interval B, which is smaller than the interval A, in the Y-direction. The lens unit has a first connection portion and second connection portions formed at boundaries of the adjacent convex lens portions. The first connection portion extends in the Y-direction, and the second connection portions extend in the Z-direction. A width of a short direction of the first connection portion is smaller than a width of a short direction of the second connection portions
US10788664B2
An exemplary optical apparatus includes a coherent source of light having a frequency controlled by command signals. One surface of a spiral phase plate resonator receives the light and the light exits from different regions of another surface dependent on the frequency of the light. A fixed reflector is mounted adjacent the another surface to reflect the exiting light at about a 90 degree angle relative to the path of the exiting light. A source of the command signals sends different values of the command signals to the coherent light source to produce corresponding frequencies of the light that determine a particular region from which the light exits the another surface and hence a location on the fixed reflector where the light will be reflected. By changing the frequency of the light, the light is output in a plane by the optical apparatus with no physically moving components.
US10788663B2
A method and apparatus to suppress stray light refection in enclosures of optical trains are presented. Unlike prior-art that relies on absorption to suppress stray light the presented invention relies on reflections in a tapered enclosure to prevent stray light from reaching the sensor. The presented invention also provides a method to reshape the tapered enclosure into more convenient shapes using Fresnel Design. The presented invention can be realized in different ways including but not limited to (1) a monolithic enclosure, (2) a modular enclosure that can adapt to different lenses and or sensors, (3) a sleeve to be inserted into existing enclosure to enhance their performance.
US10788659B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring properties of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) oscillating structure. A system includes a MEMS oscillating structure configured as a non-linear resonator to oscillate about a rotation axis; a driver configured to generate a driving force for driving the MEMS oscillating structure about the rotation axis according to an operating response curve during which the MEMS oscillating structure is in resonance, the driver further configured to decrease the driving force when the MEMS oscillating structure is at a predefined tilt angle to induce an oscillation decay of the MEMS oscillating structure; a measurement circuit configured to measure an oscillation frequency and a tilt angle amplitude of the MEMS oscillating structure during a decay period; and processing circuitry configured to determine at least one characteristic of the MEMS oscillating structure based on at least one of the measured oscillation frequency and the measured tilt angle amplitude.
US10788648B2
An optical imaging lens assembly, an imaging device and an electronic device having the same are provided. The optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens with negative refractive power including an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being concave, an aperture stop, a second lens with positive refractive power including an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being convex, a third lens with negative refractive power including an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being concave, a fourth lens with positive refractive power including an image-side surface being convex, and a fifth lens with negative refractive power including an image-side surface being concave. The optical imaging lens assembly satisfies a specific condition so as to favorably provide wide-angle images while keeping a miniature size.
US10788638B2
A silicon-based edge coupler for coupling a fiber with a waveguide includes a cantilever member being partially suspended with its anchored end coupled to a silicon photonics die in a first part of a silicon substrate and a free end terminated near an edge region separating a second part of the silicon substrate from the first part. The edge coupler further includes a mechanical stopper formed at the edge region with a gap distance ahead of the free end of the cantilever member. Additionally, a V-groove is formed in the second part of the silicon substrate characterized by a top opening and a bottom plane symmetrically connected by two sloped side walls along a fixed Si-crystallography angle. The V-groove is configured to support a fiber with an end facet being pushed against the mechanical stopper and a core center being aligned with the free end of the cantilever member.
US10788630B2
Technologies for blind mating of optical connectors in a rack of a data center are disclosed. In the illustrative embodiment, a sled can be slid into a rack and an optical connector on the sled will blindly mate with a corresponding optical connector on the rack. The illustrative optical connector on the sled includes two guide post receivers which mate with corresponding guide posts on the optical connector on the rack such that, when mated, optical fibers of the optical connector on the rack will be aligned and optically coupled with corresponding optical fibers on the optical connector of the sled.
US10788625B2
A portable device for attaching a connector to an optical fiber, the optical fiber having an end, the device comprising means for receiving the optical fiber at the end of the optical fiber; and a connector station for autonomously attaching the connector to the optical fiber.
US10788620B2
A light emitting device is installed in a display apparatus such as that used in a television set. The light emitting device includes a light source that emits light, a light guiding plate having a light receiving portion that receives light from the light source, and a substrate having a wiring pattern that is electrically connected to the light source. The substrate is bent and disposed so as to cover a space between the light source and the light receiving portion. The light guiding plate emits the received light toward, for example, a liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel displays images by causing each of pixels to transmit or block light irradiated.
US10788613B2
A planar lighting device according to an embodiment includes a light guide plate and a reflecting member. The light guide plate has an incident surface that receives light output from a light source and an output surface that outputs the light received by the incident surface. The reflecting member faces an end surface opposite to the incident surface of the light guide plate and reflects light leaking from the end surface. A plurality of first prisms are formed on an opposite surface opposite to the output surface-of the light guide plate to be away from the output surface stepwise from the incident surface to the end surface. The first prisms cause the light reflected by the reflecting member and traveling from the end surface toward the incident surface to be output from the output surface in a first direction as first light and cause the light entering into the incident surface and traveling from the incident surface toward the end surface to be output from the output surface in a second direction different from the first direction as second light.
US10788609B2
A lighting and/or signaling device comprising a light guide which extends from a light input and diffusion wall to a light output wall that realizes a lighting portion, at least one LED light source, suitable to emit a light beam and facing a light input portion of said light input and diffusion wall. The lighting portion includes a central lighting portion and a peripheral lighting portion, surrounding the central lighting portion, the light guide being provided with extraction elements arranged on the light input and diffusion wall. A hologram is arranged between the LED light source and the light input portion so as to distribute according to a predefined pattern the light rays emitted by the LED light source and obtain a predefined luminance on the central lighting portion and the peripheral lighting portion.
US10788588B2
A system for locating an optimal location of a reception antenna of the present disclosure has an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a wireless internet service provider (WISP) tower configured for transmitting radio signals, and an antenna removeably coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle, the antenna configured for receiving the radio signals. Further, the system has a processor that receives data indicative of a height from a user and automatically flies the UAV to the height. Additionally, the processor rotates the unmanned aerial vehicle at the height and detects the radio signals from the at least one WISP tower as the UAV rotates to determine an optimal azimuth, and if the radio signals received are not conducive for the provision of wireless services at the height, the processor moves the UAV to different heights and rotates the UAV until radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services. Further, when the radio signals received are conducive for the provision of wireless services, the processor maneuvers the UAV downwardly toward the ground until the radio signals are no longer conducive for the provision of wireless services, thereby determining an optimal azimuth and location altitude range for a reception antenna.
US10788586B2
Multichannel inertial measuring unit (MIMU) contains sensors for measurements of vector and scalar parameters of motion (angular speed, specific acceleration, magnetic field, etc.), and independent hardware interfaces to transmit measured data. Measured information is read out from MIMU via each hardware interface irrespective of other hardware interfaces. The format of data presentation for each hardware interface is randomly selected from a predefined list. Measurements from MIMU are generated by a set of sensors within a common timescale. The timescale for synchronization of sensor measurements can be both generated within MIMU by a stable clock generator and transmitted to MIMU from outside, including from one of users of measured data. MIMU also can generate synchronization signals to transmit its timescale to external users. The MIMU allows building navigation systems when the same inertial measurements are used within independent computation modules implementing different algorithms of integrating these measurements with navigation data from satellite measurements, measurements of odometer, altimeter, etc.
US10788582B2
The LIDAR chip includes a utility waveguide that guides an outgoing LIDAR signal to a facet through which the outgoing LIDAR signal exits from the chip. The chip also includes a control branch that removes a portion of the outgoing LIDAR signal from the utility waveguide. The control branch includes a control light sensor that receives a light signal that includes light from the removed portion of the outgoing LIDAR signal. The chip also includes a data branch that removes a second portion of the outgoing LIDAR signal from the utility waveguide. The data branch includes a light-combining component that combines a reference light signal that includes light from the second portion of the outgoing LIDAR signal with a comparative light signal that includes light that was reflected off an object located off of the chip.
US10788581B2
A device for optically measuring the distance from a reflective target object is disclosed. The device includes a beam source, a detector, a beam shaping system with a transmitter lens and a receiver lens and a laser beam shaping element which can be positioned in the beam path of the laser beam. The laser beam shaping element is embodied as a transmission aperture system with at least one transmission aperture, where at least one transmission aperture creates a partial beam and the partial beam widens to one or more beam angles which are no smaller than a minimum critical angle of 1.0 mrad.
US10788576B2
A distance measuring system includes: at least one emitter, which emits a frequency-variable scanning signal; at least one receiver; and an analysis unit for computing a distance to an object reflecting the scanning signal on the basis of a difference between the frequencies of the emitted and the received scanning signal. The rate of change of the frequency of the scanning signal in a first operating mode of the distance measuring system has a first finite value. The rate of change of the frequency in a second operating mode has a second finite value. The analysis unit is configured to compute a first distance on the basis of a frequency difference ascertained in the first operating mode, to compute a second distance on the basis of a frequency difference ascertained in the second operating mode, and to evaluate the correspondence between first and second computed distance.
US10788569B2
A reconfigurable radar unit is described that includes: a millimetre wave (mmW) transceiver (Tx/Rx) circuit; a mixed analog and baseband integrated circuit; and a signal processor circuit. The mmW Tx/Rx circuit and mixed analog and baseband integrated circuit and signal processor circuit are configured to support a plurality of radar operational modes. a radar sensitivity monitor and architecture reconfiguration control unit (260) is coupled to the signal processor circuit and is configured to monitor a radar performance and, in response thereto, initiate a change in the radar operational mode. In this manner, a large number of radar operational modes is supported and can be dynamically adopted by the reconfigurable radar unit dependent upon any prevailing radar performance condition.
US10788556B2
A magnetic resonance imaging system (100) acquires magnetic resonance data (142) from a subject (118) within a measurement zone (108). Pulse sequence commands (140) control the magnetic resonance imaging system to acquire the magnetic resonance data according to a magnetic resonance fingerprinting protocol. The pulse sequence commands are configured for controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system to repeatedly generate an RF pulse train (300) and acquire the magnetic resonance data as multiple k-space traces. The machine executable instructions causes the processor to: sequentially acquire (200) the multiple k-space traces of magnetic resonance data by controlling the magnetic resonance imaging system with pulse sequence commands and calculate (202) the abundance of each of a set of predetermined substances for k-space traces that are acquired after a predetermined number of k-space traces of the multiple k-space traces has been acquired and the acquired magnetization has reached a steady state. The abundance of each of a set of predetermined substances is determined by comparing the magnetic resonance data with a steady state magnetic resonance fingerprinting dictionary (144) which contains a listing of calculated magnetic resonance signals in response to the RF pulse train for a set of predetermined substances.
US10788555B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided that is controlled by a computer. The computer is programmed to control a plurality of gradient coils and radio frequency (RF) system of the MRI system to perform at least one pulse sequence that includes applying RF energy at least at two frequencies to manipulate exchangeable magnetization from protons in a subject. The computer is also programmed to control the plurality of gradient coils and RF system to acquire imaging data including magnetization transfer information from the exchangeable magnetization from protons in the subject in response to the pulse sequence. The computer is further programmed to, using frequency information associated with the imaging data, generate a report pertaining to inhomogeneous magnetization transfer occurring in the subject in response to the pulse sequence.
US10788550B2
According to some aspects, a method of producing a permanent magnet shim configured to improve a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The method comprises determining deviation of the B0 magnetic field from a desired B0 magnetic field, determining a magnetic pattern that, when applied to magnetic material, produces a corrective magnetic field that corrects for at least some of the determined deviation, and applying the magnetic pattern to the magnetic material to produce the permanent magnet shim. According to some aspects, a permanent magnet shim for improving a profile of a B0 magnetic field produced by a B0 magnet is provided. The permanent magnet shim comprises magnetic material having a predetermined magnetic pattern applied thereto that produces a corrective magnetic field to improve the profile of the B0 magnetic field.
US10788530B1
Various aspects of the disclosed technology relate to streaming data to circuit blocks in a circuit. A system for streaming data in a circuit comprises a first network comprising first data channels and first interface devices and a second network comprising second data channels and second interface devices. Each of the first interface devices is coupled to ports of one of circuit blocks in the circuit and configurable to transport a plurality of equal-sized data packets consecutively. Each of the second interface devices is coupled to one of the first interface devices and configurable to transport configuration data to the first interface devices. The configuration data comprise data for determining whether or not a first interface device is activated and data for determining which bit or bits of each of the plurality of data packets to be captured, replaced, or captured and replaced by an activated first interface device.
US10788529B1
A method of network extraction based on phase localization using a test setup including a standard includes measuring frequency data using a measuring instrument connected with the test setup by performing a frequency sweep across an identified bandwidth, correlating filter functions as required against the measured frequency domain data to localize phase across the test setup, removing excess phase rotation and solving for inner plane match of the test setup based on known composite measurement and previously identified components of the test setup.
US10788522B1
A movement-sensitive capacitive sensor includes a first conductive element and a second conductive element positioned adjacent to the first conductive element. The sensor also includes a first protective insulator and a second protective insulator sealed to the first protective insulator with the first conductive element and the second conductive element positioned between the first protective insulator and the second protective insulator. The sensor further includes a circuit configured to calculate, over time while a person is occupying the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor and moving while occupying the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor, capacitance values between the first conductive element and the second conductive element. The circuit also is configured to determine an occupancy state of the movement-sensitive capacitive sensor based on the calculated capacitance values, determine movement-sensitive measurements based on the calculated capacitance values, and transmit output based on the determined occupancy state and the determined movement-sensitive measurements.
US10788514B2
A semiconductor test apparatus includes a test chamber, a chuck and a refrigeration element. The chuck is arranged in the test chamber to fix a semiconductor element to be tested. The refrigeration element is connected to the test chamber to reduce a chamber ambient temperature of the test chamber from a first temperature to a second temperature. The foregoing semiconductor test apparatus is able to reduce the chamber ambient temperature of the test chamber to be equal to or lower than the specified test temperature.
US10788496B2
Nucleic acids and proteins having a mutant MEK sequence, and methods concerning identification of patients having resistance to treatment with anti-cancer agents, specifically inhibitors of RAF or MEK are provided. Methods of treatment and for optimizing treatment for patients having a mutation in a MEK1 sequence are also provided.
US10788484B2
Provided is a method for quantitative analysis of a sample. The method includes steps of (a) providing a singular marker representative of one or more features of the sample, the sample comprising a population of individual units of the marker; (b) measuring the marker with dot blot analysis, wherein the quantitation result is an absolute amount of the marker's population of individual units in the sample, normalized by the sample volume or by the sample weight; and (c) obtaining an objective determination of the one or more features of the sample based on the quantitation result of the marker. Also disclosed is a reference database and a method to use the reference database for diagnosing cancer in a patient.
US10788481B2
The invention relates to methods to evaluate in one single assay the biocompatibility of materials based on the simultaneous determination of the phagocytosis, cell activation and cell death produced by said materials, preferably, in peripheral blood or other human cells and proximal fluids. The invention also relates to a kit to perform the method of the invention.
US10788458B2
A method of detecting at least a partial blockage in a porous member separating an inner chamber of a device having a gas sensor responsive to an analyte positioned within the inner chamber and an ambient environment includes emitting pressure waves within the inner chamber and measuring a change in phase of a response via a sensor responsive to pressure waves.
US10788450B2
A preparation method for an aerolysin nanopore in this disclosure comprises the following steps: (1) pretreatment of an aerolysin; (2) preparation of a lipid bilayer membrane by pulling process; (3) forming of the aerolysin nanopore: the aerolysin nanopore is obtained at a current of 50±5 pA. The aerolysin nanopore prepared in the invention is structurally stable and has a high resolution with the whole internal cavity carried with a positive charge, can be used for detection without modification and is easily operated. Further, the aerolysin nanopore can be applied in DNA sequencing, DNA damage and Micro-RNA detection.
US10788449B2
A method of mass spectrometry or ion mobility spectrometry is disclosed in which analyte ions of a desired charge state are isolated. The method comprises: separating analytes according to their electrophoretic mobility; ionising the analytes; and mass filtering the resulting analyte ions, wherein the mass to charge ratios of the ions transmitted by a mass filter are varied as a function of the electrophoretic mobility and according to a predetermined relationship such that substantially only ions having said desired charge state are transmitted by the mass filter.
US10788448B2
A gas sensor which can improve an accuracy in detecting a specific gas component by properly correcting for the influence of residual oxygen is provided. The gas sensor includes a solid electrolyte plate, a measured gas chamber into which a measured gas flows, a pump cell which adjusts an oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a pump electrode, a monitor cell which detects a residual oxygen concentration of the measured gas using a monitor electrode, and a sensor cell which detects a specific gas component concentration of the measured gas using a sensor electrode. The maximum thickness of the sensor electrode is greater than the maximum thickness of the monitor electrode, and the difference between the maximum thickness of the sensor electrode and the maximum thickness of the monitor electrode is between 4 μm and 30 μm, inclusive.
US10788447B2
A liquid analyzer is one that performs analysis in a state of being immersed in a flowing analysis target liquid, and in order to simply make a good/bad determination and increase reliability, includes: a sensor adapted to, in a state where a responsive membrane is immersed in the flowing analysis target liquid, sense a predetermined component contained in the analysis target liquid; an analysis mechanism adapted to analyze the analysis target liquid with use of voltage generated in the sensor; and a resistance measurement mechanism adapted to, in the state where the responsive membrane is immersed in the flowing analysis target liquid, apply DC voltage to the responsive membrane to measure the resistance of the responsive membrane.
US10788438B2
An agricultural sensing system includes multiple sensor and/or actuator modules configured to communicate with a relay unit. The sensor and/or actuator modules are powered using solar energy and contain no batteries. The modules feature sleep modes in which some circuits are placed in a low energy mode to conserve energy and remove the need for batteries. Communications to or from the relay unit are optionally timed to avoid interference between transmissions from different sensor and/or actuator modules. The relay units are configured to relay sensor data and send commands to the sensor and/or actuator modules.
US10788437B2
A sensor system comprises: a communications element and a switch configured to enable or disable the communications element. The switch comprises a switchable polymeric element. The polymeric element has at least a first electrical state and a second electrical state and is switchable between the first and second electrical states as a function of predefined environmental changes.
US10788435B2
An inspection fixture includes a base member, a support member coupled to base member, and an intermediate member coupled to the support member or the base member. The support member includes a radiolucent material for limiting artifacts in imagery of an industrial article supported by the inspection fixture. Inspection arrangements and imaging methods are also described.
US10788432B2
A weld scanner for a real-life bridge and scanning method thereof is disclosed. The weld scanner includes a running portion and a scanning portion mounted on a scanner chassis. A front end and a tail end of the scanner chassis are both provided with a laser range finder. A magnet is arranged at a bottom portion of the scanner chassis. The scanning portion includes a probe slider, a bendable metal pipe and a probe connected in sequence. A gear is arranged on the probe slider, and the gear is meshed with a rack inside a scanner chassis chute. The weld scanner scans while the running portion moves forward along a weld, and scans a suspected defect position more carefully when a magnetic field change is detected.
US10788431B2
A test panel assembly is configured to be used with multiple tests for a single component. The test panel assembly may include a main body, a first test section formed on the main body, and a second test section formed on the main body. The first test section is configured for a first test, and the second test section is configured for a second test that differs from the first test.
US10788417B2
A method for analyzing a gaseous sample, by comparing an incident light wave and a transmitted light wave, the method comprising: i) illuminating the sample with a light source emitting the incident light wave propagating up to the sample; ii) detecting a light wave transmitted by the sample; iii) detecting a reference light wave emitted by the light source and representing a light wave reaching a reference photodetector without interacting with the sample; iv) repeating i) to iii) at different measurement instants; v) estimating, at each measurement instant, an intensity of the reference light wave; vi) taking into account the estimated intensity of the reference light wave and the detected intensity of the transmitted light wave to perform a comparison, at each measurement instant; and vii) analyzing the gaseous sample as a function of the comparison.
US10788413B2
Method for distinguishing between red blood cells and white blood cells. The method includes obliquely illuminating the blood sample with light from at least two rotational angles and analyzing light side scattered from cells in the sample to provide accurate discrimination of white blood cell types based on the anisotropy of red blood cell side scatter as compared to more isotropic white blood cell side scatter.
US10788402B2
A method of testing a configuration of a field device is provided. The method includes moving a handheld field maintenance tool into proximity of the field device and generating a simulated process control signal configured to cause the field device to change state. The method also includes performing a digital check, with a remote system, to confirm that the field device is communicably coupled to a process control loop and obtaining a result, from an operator of the handheld field maintenance tool. The result is received by the handheld field maintenance tool through the user interface and includes an indication of a response of the field device to the simulated process control signal.
US10788400B2
A vehicle service system and method to determine spatial parameters of a vehicle, employing a display system under processor control, to display or project visible indicia onto surfaces in proximity to a vehicle undergoing a safety system service or inspection identifying one or more locations, relative to the determined vehicle centerline or thrust line, at which a calibration fixture, optical target, or simulated test drive imagery is visible for observation by a sensor onboard the vehicle.
US10788395B2
A method and apparatus of condition monitoring and detection of vibration generated from at least two different sources using a single sensor/transducer is provided. The method and apparatus provides switchably adapting signal processing, such as amplification and frequency filtering, to one at a time of the at least two different signal sources. An example of which is vibration sources. This adapts the analogue signal from the sensor/transducer to the analogue to digital converter and any further optional analogue signal processing, so that it is possible to maximize use of available dynamic range of these and without any saturation of these. Suitably, the signal processing to analyze the vibration signals is also appropriately adapted to the vibration source in question.
US10788393B2
A system for inspecting an ophthalmic lens comprising an optical connection: an illumination source 60, wherein the light source is arranged to project the light to wards the ophthalmic lens held in the holder; an optical lens 83, wherein the lens is arranged to condition and project the light beam to illuminate the lens; a swivel glass plate 40, which is arranged to move in and out of the optical axis 110; a bright field imaging unit, wherein the bright field imaging unit is arranged to capture an image projected by the illumination source 60; a dark field imaging unit, wherein the dark field imaging unit is arranged to capture an image projected by the illumination source 60; and at least one camera sensor operatively coupled with the swivel glass plate, wherein the at least one camera sensor is arranged to capture an image of the light penetrating through the optical lens 83 contained at the bottom of the container 50 and the optical module 20 positioned in line with the optical axis 110.
US10788390B2
A top drive for a drill string, and an apparatus and method for calibrating the top drive. The top drive includes a rotationally driven shaft that is rotatably mounted by a bearing arrangement having at least one axial bearing and at least one load measuring cell for measuring an axial load of the at least one axial bearing. A calibration device including a pressure element is placed at an upper end portion of the drive shaft. The pressure element exerts a defined calibration force onto the drive shaft in an axial direction. The at least one load measuring cell measures the axial load and transmits a measured load value to a comparing unit, which compares the measured load value with the defined calibration force to determine a differential value. The differential value is then used to calibrate the at least one load measuring cell.
US10788386B2
Header construction and techniques are disclosed that utilize header layers that provide support for electrical interconnections. A sensor header assembly includes: an upper header layer having upper through holes arranged in a first configuration; a lower header layer having lower through holes arranged in a second configuration axially offset relative to the first configuration; depressions extending from the lower header layer top surface and partially through the lower header layer, each depression defining a footprint corresponding to the first configuration of the corresponding upper through holes of the upper header layer; upper header pins extending through the corresponding upper through holes and at least partially into the corresponding lower level depressions; and lower header pins extending through the corresponding lower through holes and in electrical communication with the corresponding upper header pins. The depressions form support surfaces for supporting at least the corresponding upper header pins during high-pressure operation.
US10788385B2
Provided is a physical quantity measurement device in which a bonding temperature of a bonding layer is lowered to a temperature not affecting an operation of a semiconductor chip and an insulating property of the semiconductor chip and a base is secured. The physical quantity measurement device includes a base (diaphragm), a semiconductor chip (strain detection element) to measure a physical quantity on the basis of stress acting on the base, and a bonding layer to bond the semiconductor chip to the base. The bonding layer has a first bonding layer bonded to the semiconductor chip, a second bonding layer bonded to the base, and an insulating base material disposed between the first bonding layer and the second bonding layer. The first and second bonding layers and contain glass. A thermal expansion coefficient of the first bonding layer is equal to or lower than a thermal expansion coefficient of the second bonding layer, a softening point of the second bonding layer is equal to or lower than a heat resistant temperature of the semiconductor chip, and a softening point of the first bonding layer is equal to or lower than the softening point of the second bonding layer.
US10788378B2
A device for determining the temperature of a medium in a tube or in a container is disclosed. The device includes a measuring tube protruding into the medium and closed at the end facing the medium by a measuring tube base, a resistance-based temperature sensor as a main sensor, and a thermoelectric voltage-based temperature sensor as an auxiliary sensor, arranged within the measuring tube at a fixed offset relative to the main sensor. The main sensor and the auxiliary sensor transmit measurement values to an analysis/transmitter unit. If the amount of a difference between the measurement values of the main sensor and the auxiliary sensor exceeds a first specified threshold, a fault notification relating to the integrity of the device is generated in the analysis/transmitter unit.
US10788373B2
An imaging device may include an RF source configured to irradiate an object with RF radiation, and an array of RE antenna elements. Each RF antenna element may include a loop bolometer configured to receive the RF radiation after interaction with the object. The imaging device may include a processor configured to generate an image based upon respective outputs from the array of RF antenna elements, and a display coupled to the processor and configured to display the image of the object.
US10788364B1
The use of silicon or vanadium oxide nanocomposite consisting of graphene deposited on top of an existing amorphous silicon or vanadium oxide microbolometer can result in a higher sensitivity IR detector. An IR bolometer type detector consisting of a thermally isolated nano-sized (
US10788360B2
An infrared scene generator can generate a second infrared scene representative of a first infrared scene by emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation onto a plurality of prism-coupled electrically conductive elements that modulate a portion of the beam incident thereon with surface plasmon polaritons based on parameters of the first infrared scene to yield a modulated beam that produces the second infrared scene.
US10788354B2
Disclosed is a ball float type liquidometer with moving indicator, comprising a ball float chamber and a ferromagnetic spherical ball float provided therein, a moving indicator outside the ball float chamber, a calibrated scale and a moving indicator guide rail, wherein the moving indicator comprises a magnetic steel member, a frame and a rolling system which is horizontally fixed and sheathed in the frame; the rolling system comprises rolling wheels provided with radial grooves along a circumferential surface, rolling bearings and shafts; the magnetic steel member is located between the ball float chamber and the frame and is fixed outside one side face close to the ball float chamber on the frame, and a magnetic pole of the magnetic steel member is directly oriented towards the ball float.
US10788346B2
A thermal type flowmeter includes a sensor and a flow-rate calculating unit. The sensor includes a heater that heats a fluid to be measured. The sensor is configured to output a sensor value corresponding to a state of thermal diffusion in the fluid heated by the heater which is being driven in such a manner that a difference between a temperature of the heater and a temperature of the fluid at a location free from thermal influence of the heater is equal to a predetermined temperature difference. The flow-rate calculating unit is configured to calculate a flow rate of the fluid from the sensor value by using a flow-rate calculation equation, “sensor value=transformation coefficient A×log (flow rate)2+transformation coefficient B×log (flow rate)+transformation coefficient C”.
US10788340B1
A system for light detection and ranging (LiDAR) based sensing including air data detection is disclosed. The system comprises a photonics substrate comprising a passive optical filter array configured to receive backscattered light produced in a region of interest when a light beam is emitted by a laser device, and a reference beam from the laser device. The passive optical filter array includes a plurality of optical notch filters in optical communication with each other, the optical notch filters operative for frequency selection, and a plurality of optical detectors each respectively coupled to an output of one of the optical notch filters. The passive optical filter array is operative to perform frequency spectrum decomposition of the received backscattered light into a plurality of signals for data extraction and processing to determine air data parameters.
US10788338B2
A semiconductor device comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arrayed on a substrate, a readout unit configured to read out signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a light source unit driver configured to drive a light source unit, wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements include a first element configured to receive incident light and a second element configured to be shielded from the incident light, and the light source unit driver drives the light source based on both a signal from the first element and a signal from the second element read out by the readout unit.
US10788332B2
Approaches presented herein enable improving electronic (e.g., GPS) navigation for a user operating a vehicle based on feedback from the user. More specifically, a verbal comment is obtained from the user and is analyzed for a navigation instruction delivery preference. A profile associated with navigation of the vehicle, which can include a user profile, a location profile, or an ambient environment profile, is modified based on the navigation instruction delivery preference. Based on the profile associated with navigation of the vehicle, a navigation instruction is synthesized and provided to the user. A dialogue can be solicited with the user to obtain additional comments from the user, based upon which the profile associated with navigation of the vehicle can be further modified.
US10788328B2
Systems and methods are presented for sequencing locations and events and determining routing and itineraries for the sequence. In some embodiments the system may receive a starting location, a first location, and a second location in a default order. The system may determine a sequence from the starting location for the first location and the second location. The system may generate a route for the sequence with the route having transportation directions between the starting location, the second location, and the first location indicative of the sequence. The system may display the route in a graphical user interface of an application.
US10788326B2
A method includes receiving a map indicating a layout of a location, receiving a point-of-interest (POI) data structure representing a POI, and POI metadata associated with the POI, generating an annotated floor map, based on the map, the annotated floor map including a POI indicator placed on the map at the location of the POI, the POI indicator indicating the type of the POI and the status of the POI, displaying at least a portion of the annotated floor map, in response to the client computing device moving within the location or out of the location, transmitting location information to a map selector and receiving one or more maps selected by the map selector, the one or more maps include or bound by the location information.
US10788321B2
A laser measuring device for remote distance measuring includes a first housing and a second housing that are pivotally coupled. A power module, a microprocessor, and sensing unit are coupled to and positioned in the first housing. The microprocessor is operationally coupled to the power module and the sensing unit is operationally coupled to the microprocessor. The sensing unit is configured to measure an angle between the first housing and the second housing. A first range finder that is coupled to the first housing is configured to measure a first distance between the first housing and a first point. A second range finder that is coupled to the second housing is configured to measure a second distance between the second housing and a second point. The microprocessor is positioned to calculate a distance between the first point and the second point.
US10788320B2
A defect detecting device 10 includes an overall displacement measurement unit 11 that measures, based on observation data output from an observation device that observes a target object, a displacement of an overall movement of the target object relative to an observation point at set time intervals, as an overall displacement; a specific period detection unit 12 that detects a specific period in which the measured overall displacement is in a specific state within a period in which observation is performed; a partial displacement measurement unit 13 that measures, displacements at a plurality of points set on the target object in the detected specific period, as partial displacements; and a defect detection unit 14 that detects a defect in the target object, based on the acquired at least one of the temporal changes and the spatial distributions of the partial displacements.
US10788319B2
Provided is an angle detection device including: a correction signal calculator configured to generate corrected signals from a sine signal and a cosine signal acquired from an angle detector; and an angle calculator configured to calculate an angle signal for a rotary machine from the corrected signals. When one of the sine signal and the cosine signal is defined as a first detection signal, and another one thereof is defined as a second detection signal, the correction signal calculator calculates a corrected first detection signal and a corrected second detection signal, and the angle calculator calculates the angle signal for the rotary machine from the corrected first detection signal and the corrected second detection signal.
US10788313B2
There are provided in the present disclosure a method for determining a position of an item, an item monitoring system and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium, and relates to the technical field of intelligent monitoring. The method is applied to a processing device connected to a depth sensor installed on a rack, the rack is located in a sensing space of the depth sensor, the rack is provided with a plurality of feature components, and each kind of item on the rack is placed corresponding to a feature component, the method comprises: acquiring depth information and light intensity information collected by the depth sensor; determining position information of each feature component according to the light intensity information and the depth information; determining the position information of an item placed corresponding to each feature component according to the position information of each feature component.
US10788295B2
A combination ballistic shield and weapon is configured to carry a reload magazine in a fixed position to reload the weapon after the active magazine has been spent and ejected. The combination provides a weapon gun rest on the shield and a guide directing a controlled movement of the weapon from a deployed, shooting-ready, position to a reload position where the magazine can be engaged by the weapon to reload the weapon by engaging the magazine into a magazine well of the weapon. The shield holds the reload magazine in a mount, the magazine in a generally upright position, enabling the weapon user to perform a weapon reload in a manner without the need for the user to grasp onto the magazine to be loaded. After engagement of the reload magazine into the weapon, a specific motion, such as a pivot motion of the weapon, releases the magazine from the base mount and activates the bolt release of the weapon to load a round into the chamber.
US10788291B2
A ball joint gimbal (BJG) seeker assembly is provided and includes a back shell, a retaining system disposed to urge the seeker ball toward the back shell and a piezoelectric ultrasonic motor and sensor system arrayed between the seeker ball and the back shell. The piezoelectric ultrasonic motor and sensor system is pre-loaded by the retaining system and configured to controllably drive an angular orientation of the seeker ball.
US10788281B2
A firearm magazine loader and method are disclosed herein. The firearm magazine loader, in an embodiment, has a receptacle configured to receive a plurality of ammunition units. The firearm magazine loader also has a body that defines or includes a loading structure. The loading structure is configured to be coupled to a plurality of different types of magazine adapters. Each one of the magazine adapters is configured to be coupled to one of a plurality of different types of firearm magazines.
US10788270B2
A refrigerant relay device 1300 is provided with a casing 1310, a first refrigerant inflow opening 1360, a first refrigerant outflow opening 1350, and refrigerant inflow piping 1370. The casing retains liquid-phase refrigerant and gas-phase refrigerant. The liquid-phase refrigerant is made to flow into the casing through the first refrigerant inflow opening. The gas-phase refrigerant is made to flow out to the outside of the casing through the first refrigerant outflow opening. In the refrigerant inflow piping, one end is connected to the first refrigerant inflow opening and an opening 1371 is formed at the other end. The liquid-phase refrigerant flowing into the first refrigerant inflow opening is made to flow into the casing through the refrigerant inflow piping from the opening. The opening is positioned so as to face the bottom part 1311 of the casing.
US10788266B2
A kiln including a stove and a heat source wherein the stove includes a chamber, an air guide structure, an exhaust pipe and a heat storage member. The chamber includes a cavity, an entry, and an air outlet. The air outlet is located between a top of the front section of the cavity and the entry. The air guide structure communicates with the air outlet and includes a guide plate. The exhaust pipe is disposed above the guide plate, and an exhaust channel is formed by the guide plate of the air guide structure and the exhaust pipe. The heat storage member covers an exterior of the cavity which is corresponding to the top of the front section of the cavity, and contacts the air guide structure. The heat source is disposed in the stove and adapted to heat the cavity.
US10788264B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for aseptically filling pharmaceutical containers with a pharmaceutical substance and then lyophilizing it. In one general aspect, the system and method can employ a lyophilizer loader subsystem having an interior chamber in communication with an interior chamber of a lyophilizer subsystem via a portal with a sealable door, with the collective interior being aseptically sealable. An articulated robotic arm can be employed to batch transfer to the lyophilizer subsystem container nests bearing the pharmaceutical containers. In one embodiment, the nests may be transferred serially to the loader subsystem, with the articulated robotic arm being configured to transfer the nests of containers in batches to the lyophilizer subsystem. The articulated robotic arm can also be configured to be used to move batches of nests within the lyophilizer subsystem. One implementation includes two articulated arms and a joint rotary wrist driven by two rotary shoulders.
US10788261B2
Described herein are methods and systems for the liquefaction of a natural gas feed stream using a refrigerant comprising methane. The methods and systems use a refrigeration circuit and cycle that employs two or more turbo-expanders to expand two or more streams of gaseous refrigerant down to different pressures to provide cold streams of at least predominantly gaseous refrigerant at different pressures that are used to provide refrigeration for precooling and liquefying the natural gas. The resulting liquefied natural gas stream is then flashed to produce an LNG product and a flash gas, the flash gas being recycled to the natural gas feed stream.
US10788257B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate member; a second plate member; a sealing part sealing the first plate member and the second plate member to provide a third space; a supporting unit maintaining the third space; a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate member and the second plate member; and an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted. The second plate member may include a front part and a side part having a different extending direction from the front part, and the side part defines at least one portion of a wall for the third space. Accordingly, the formation of dew may be prevented on a front part of a product and a vacuum adiabatic body having a stable structure may be provided.
US10788256B2
A cooling device is capable of protecting an electronically controlled expansion valve in a main refrigerant circuit from the liquid hammer phenomenon due to high-pressure liquid refrigerant when cooling operation starts. The cooling device includes a main refrigerant circuit, a defrosting refrigerant circuit, and a controller. In the main refrigerant circuit, a compressor, a condenser, a main opening-closing valve, an expansion valve in which the flow rate of refrigerant is variable, and an evaporator are connected via refrigerant pipes. The defrosting refrigerant circuit connects the refrigerant outlet side of the compressor in the main refrigerant circuit and the refrigerant inlet side of the evaporator in the main refrigerant circuit to each other and includes a valve mechanism.
US10788255B2
A refrigerator includes a heat exchange chamber, first inlets arranged on side surfaces of a first storage chamber and configured to introduce cold air in the first storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber, and second inlets arranged on side surfaces of a second storage chamber and configured to introduce cold air in the second storage chamber into the heat exchange chamber.
US10788243B2
A method and system are described for a refrigerant distributor, and for attaching the distributor tubes to an evaporator coil. A short tube can inserted into the bell end of a tube and the bell end can be crimped around the short tube to lock it into place. The short tube preferably has a bead or widened shaft around which to crimp the bell. The disclosure is particularly beneficial for aluminum based components because aluminum is more susceptible to blockages or leaking due to problems from brazing.
US10788230B2
A dehumidifier includes an evaporator, a condenser, a fan, and a processor. In response to determining that a measured relative humidity is greater than or equal to a relative humidity set point, the processor sets the dehumidifier to a first operating mode, wherein a compressor is enabled and the fan is set to a first fan speed while in the first operating mode. The processor further determines whether the dehumidifier has been operating in the first operating mode for a predetermined amount of time, and in response, sets the dehumidifier to a second operating mode if the measured relative humidity is still greater than the relative humidity set point, wherein the compressor is enabled and the fan is set to a second fan speed while in the second operating mode. The second fan speed is greater than the first fan speed.
US10788227B2
A space conditioning system and method for monitoring electrical parameters and/or thermodynamic parameters relating to the heat of extraction/rejection or power consumption of the system and to communicate the monitored parameters to an external device.
US10788226B2
A packaged terminal air conditioner unit (PTAC) and methods for operating the same are provided. The PTAC includes a vent aperture defined in a bulkhead of the PTAC through which make-up air may flow. An indoor fan urges a flow of primary make-up air at a primary flow rate and an auxiliary fan urges a flow of auxiliary make-up air at an auxiliary flow rate. A controller determines a target make-up air flow rate, e.g., based on a user setting which is determined from building code calculations factoring in expected room occupancy, room size, and other factors. The controller then operates the auxiliary fan to urge the flow of auxiliary make-up air at the auxiliary flow rate which is substantially equivalent to the target make-up air flow rate minus the primary flow rate.
US10788223B2
Disclosed is a blower including a blower main body configured to move air from a main body suction port formed in a lower end thereof to a main body discharge port formed in an upper end thereof using an air-conditioning module provided therein, and a variable nozzle connected to the upper end of the blower main body so as to suction the air moved from the blower main body through a nozzle suction port thereof and discharge the air through a nozzle discharge port thereof, the variable nozzle including a pair of nozzle guides provided therein to adjust a partial pressure of the air to be discharged through the nozzle discharge port.
US10788218B2
An electromagnetic induction heating cooking appliance may include a heating plate comprising a magnetic substance, a cooking space in which the heating plate is accommodated, an electromagnetic induction heater that supplies an induced current to the heating plate, and a heat emitter that emits heat so as to heat food placed on the heating plate. The electromagnetic induction heater and the heat emitter may be disposed on different sides of the cooking space, respectively. The electromagnetic induction heating cooking appliance may further include a water storage groove that generates steam in the cooking space when water is placed in the water storage groove.
US10788210B2
A single-walled combustor includes a multi-layered wall having a first face defining a cooling plenum and an opposite second face. A thermal barrier coating of the wall may be secured to the second face and defines at least in-part a combustion chamber. A plurality of cooling circuits each extend through the base layer and the thermal barrier coating for flowing cooling air from the plenum and into the combustion chamber. Each circuit includes a first surface recessed from the second face and spaced from the thermal barrier coating with a channel defined in-part by the first surface and covered by the thermal barrier coating. A hole in the thermal barrier coating is in fluid communication between the channel and the combustion chamber. A method of manufacturing the circuit includes fabricating the base layer with the aperture and hole; then placing an insert into the channel prior to application of the coating over the base layer and insert. The insert is then removed and the film cooling hole is formed through the coating.
US10788208B2
Method for indirectly preheating a fluid upstream of a furnace, wherein the fluid is preheated by indirect heat exchange with fumes discharged from the furnace through a medium in a chamber, and wherein the flow rate of the medium in the chamber is adjusted on the basis of at least one of the following temperatures: the temperature of the discharged fumes, the temperature of the medium in the chamber, the temperature of the preheated fluid, and the temperature of the wall separating the discharged fumes from the medium in the chamber.
US10788197B2
An LED lamp includes: a lamp shell including a lamp head, a lamp neck and a sleeve; a passive heat dissipating element having a heat sink connected to the lamp shell; a power source having a first portion and a second portion; a light emitting surface connected to the heat sink of the passive heat dissipating element and comprising LED chips electrically connected to the power source; a first heat dissipating channel formed in a first chamber of the lamp shell for dissipating heat generated from the power source while the LED lamp is working, and the first chamber is located between bottom of the LED lamp and an upper portion of the lamp neck; and a second heat dissipating channel formed in the heat sink and between the fins and the base of the heat sink for dissipating the heat generated from the LED chips and transferred to the heat sink; wherein a lateral outline of the LED lamp detours around the axis of the LED lamp 360 degrees to turn around to form a contour of the LED lamp, the outline includes an outline of the lamp neck and an outline of the heat sink, the outline of the lamp neck has a slope a which is a constant, the outline of the heat sink has a slope b which is a constant, and the value of the slope a is greater than that of the slope b.
US10788196B2
According to the present disclosure, a converter device is provided. The device includes a phosphor element for converting a pump radiation into a conversion radiation and an excitation coil for producing an alternating magnetic field in which the phosphor element is arranged. The phosphor element has a conductor loop forming a coupling coil that is inductively coupled to the excitation coil such that the coupling coil and hence the phosphor element can be monitored by way of the inductive coupling.
US10788190B2
A light source unit provides enhanced control of a colour shift of white light reflected by a retro-reflector. The light source unit includes a pump light source, which emits laser pump light, a phosphor, which converts the laser pump light into white light, a retro-reflector, which has an output aperture that allows emission of part of the white light, the retro-reflector reflecting another part of the white light back to the phosphor, and scattering particles, which are adjusted to increase a blue light ratio of the white light.
US10788181B1
An LED automobile lamp includes a lens, a heat dissipation shell, a light source pillar, and a rear cover. The heat dissipation shell is mounted with a light-reflecting surface, the light source pillar is mounted at the bottom of the heat dissipation shell, the lens is arranged at the top of the heat dissipation shell, and the rear cover is arranged at the bottom of the light source pillar. A first light source plate and a second light source plate are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the light source pillar. Both the first light source plate and the second light source plate extend into a light-reflecting region surrounded by the light-reflecting surface and the lens. The top of the light source pillar is provided with a light-shielding sheet, and a bottom of the light source pillar is provided with a stepped plane coupling with the heat dissipation shell.
US10788179B2
A flameless candle includes: a candle body forming an interior region, wherein the candle body includes an upper surface and an aperture in the upper surface; a light source positioned in the interior region of the candle body; a force-inducing portion configured to alternatively induce a first mechanical force and a second mechanical force; and a projection screen. The projection screen is configured to receive the first mechanical force and responsively move to a first position and receive the second mechanical force and responsively move to a second position. When the projection screen is moved to the second position, the light source is automatically energized such that a light is emitted onto the projection screen. When the projection screen is moved to the first position, the light source is automatically de-energized such that the light is not emitted.
US10788176B2
This disclosure relates to LED based lighting systems, such as surface mounted lighting systems and lighting systems that can connected to an existing grid structure. These lighting systems can be utilized in many settings, for example, as primary lighting systems for a commercial building and for retrofit lighting improvement purposes. Devices according to the present disclosure provide lighting systems capable of mounting to an existing surface, such as a T-bar ceiling structure. These devices can further comprise modular elements which facilitate connections of multiple lighting body components, allowing for multiple lighting arrangements and providing a cost effective and easily configurable lighting design. In some embodiments, multiple lighting components can be attached together by movable joints, allowing further user control over light distribution from the lighting systems.
US10788173B2
This light emitting device comprises a light emitting element and a light bundle control member. The light bundle control member includes an input surface, an output surface, a back surface, a leg portion, and a diffusion portion. An inner base portion on the radially inner side of the leg portion is positioned on the back side with respect to an outer base portion on the radially outer side. A radially outer side surface of the leg portion includes a partial output surface which is inclined to become closer to the front side with increasing distance from a central axis. Part of light emitted from the side surface of the light emitting element enters via the input surface, is emitted out of the partial output surface without passing through other surfaces, and again enters the light bundle control member from the diffusion portion.
US10788160B2
A utility arm includes a first arm, terminating in first universal joint, locked by a first piston, and a second arm, terminating in second universal joint, locked by a second piston. These are joined by an intermediate joint positioned between the first universal joint and second universal joint, and there is a locking means on the intermediate joint. The intermediate joint has a first housing, with a first pressure piece having an inclined surface which abuts the first piston, the first pressure piece having a conical or frustoconical surface a second housing, with a second pressure piece having an inclined surface which abuts the second piston, the second pressure piece having a conical or frustoconical surface. The first pressure piece and second pressure piece interlocks with corresponding conical or frustoconical surfaces, so that pressure exerted by the locking means presses the first pressure piece and second pressure piece together, such that the inclined surface of the first pressure piece acts on the first piston to lock the first universal joint, the inclined surface of the second pressure piece acts on the second piston to lock the second universal joint, and the corresponding conical or frustoconical surfaces lock the intermediate joint.
US10788156B2
A temporary protector is for an extremity of a tubular joint component for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells. The protector includes a sleeve to be attached to the component extremity and to protect a free end portion and a thread of the component extremity. The sleeve has a thread to engage with the thread of the component extremity and a peripheral sealing device assembled sealingly thereon such that it is liable to be brought into contact with a surface of the component located downstream of the thread of the component extremity, to provide a seal downstream of the thread. When the protector is being installed on the tubular component, at the time that the thread of the sleeve engages with the thread of the component extremity, at least one portion of the sealing is located axially downstream of the thread of the component extremity.
US10788152B2
The device is a drain pipe coupling to sealably couple an insert pipe with an existing drain pipe, the drain pipe coupling comprises of an elastic tubular body concentrically positioned over the insert pipe and the existing drain pipe; a first and a second retaining rings having a toroid body which is connected to a tightening tool. Turning a screw on tightening tool causes an increase or decrease of diameter of the retaining ring and deforming the elastic tubular body to sealably contact with inner surfaces of the insert pipe and the existing drain pipe.
US10788151B2
A connection arrangement includes a first connection body and a second connection body for forming a pneumatic connection along a connection axis, and a sealing element configured to seal a sealing gap which surrounds the pneumatic connection and which has a longitudinal dimension which extends parallel to the connection axis. A pneumatic flow is able to travel through the first and second connection bodies along the connection axis. The first connection body has a through-hole having a cross section transverse to the connection axis. The second connection body is arranged at least partially in the through-hole. An at least partially circumferential first recess transverse to the connection axis is formed on an outer face of the first connection body extending parallel to the connection axis for receiving the sealing element.
US10788137B2
A pressure regulating valve includes a casing, a holder, a fixed valve, a movable valve, a spring member, a diaphragm, and a filter. The filter is configured to filter fluid flowing from a flow inlet of the casing into a pressure chamber. The filter includes a filtering part for filtering fluid and a holding part including a frame part for holding an outer periphery of the filtering part. An alignment structure configured to align the holding part at a predetermined position is provided between the holding part of the filter and the holder, or between the holding part of the filter and the casing.
US10788114B2
In a strain wave gearing, the addendum tooth profile of an internal gear is defined by the formula a and that of an external gear is by the formula b at a principal cross-section located at a tooth-trace-direction center of the external gear, on the basis of a movement locus (Mc) of κ=1 by the teeth of the external gear with respect to those of the internal gear. It is possible to avoid superimposition of flexion-induced bending stresses and tensile stresses caused by load torque at the major-axis locations of the external gear, and the transmission torque capacity of a strain wave gearing can be improved.
US10788111B2
A cover for a torque converter and an electric motor, comprising a cover surface that includes a first cluster of perforations that are located adjacent to a first end of a rotor of the motor, wherein the perforations are arranged to transfer fluid from the torque converter to a rotor of the electric motor.
US10788106B2
A self-aligning tensioner (1) for an endless traction mechanism drive in an internal combustion engine is provided, including a base unit (2) and a separate annular tensioning arm (3), the tensioning arm (3) being slidably mounted in a sliding bearing area (4) of the base unit (2) in order to allow a rotational movement relative to the base unit (2); at least one spring element (5, 6) that tensions the base unit (2) and the tensioning arm (3) against each other is inserted between the sliding bearing area (4) of the base unit (2) and the tensioning arm (3).
US10788101B2
An end link for use with heavy equipment includes a body and a swivel ball bushing. The body has first and second openings and defines a main body plane. The first opening has a slot located on a side thereof proximate the second opening and a truncated substantially spherical inner surface. The swivel ball bushing is seated within the first opening. The swivel ball bushing has a truncated substantially spherical outer surface in nesting engagement with the inner surface of the body and a projection at one end seated in the slot. The projection and slot are shaped to allow rotation of the swivel ball bushing relative to the body in two opposing directions about one axis of rotation or two mutually perpendicular axes of rotation.
US10788099B2
A torsional vibration damper in which a noise resulting from collision of an inertia body against a rotary member is reduced. An inertia body is arranged coaxially with the rotary member, and rolling members are interposed between the rotary member and the inertial body to transmit torque of the rotary member to the inertia body. A first clearance between an outer circumference of a rotary member and an inner circumference of the inertia body created when rolling members are centrifugally pushed onto raceway surfaces is identical to or narrower than a second clearance between one of the rolling members situated at a highest level and a bottom surface of a guide section.
US10788097B2
A friction damper includes a cylindrical core member and a cylindrical elastic body. The core member is disposed between an outer circumferential surface of an inner shaft and an inner circumferential surface of an outer shaft, and is fixed to one of the inner and outer shafts. The elastic body is in compressive contact with the other of the inner and outer shafts, and has an axial length larger than that of the core member. The elastic body includes a portion extending in an axial direction away from the core member and has a thick-walled section which extends in a radial direction away from the core member. The thick-walled section has a larger wall thickness than a section of the elastic body which overlaps the core member in an axial direction of the core member, and is held in pressing contact with the other of the inner and outer shafts.
US10788095B2
An isolator configured to isolate a payload from unwanted vibrations and shocks. The isolator includes a housing having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a primary chamber defined in the housing, a backpressure chamber defined in the housing, a conduit placing the primary chamber in fluid communication with the backpressure chamber, a backpressure membrane in the housing proximate the first end, an elastomer dome in the housing proximate the second end, and a shaft connected to the elastomer dome. The primary chamber and the backpressure chamber are between the backpressure membrane and the elastomer dome. The shaft is configured to be connected to the payload.
US10788091B2
A force-attenuating system that is interposed between an exterior surface and an interior surface, either or both of which may be subjected to percussive forces. The system has a ceiling that is positioned proximate the exterior surface and one or more inverted hat-shaped force-attenuating units with sidewalls extending inwardly convergingly away from the ceiling. Some of the units have a floor that is positioned proximate the interior surface. Optionally the force-attenuating units may be configured as clover-leaf structures with a central region and hemi-pear-shaped lobes extending therefrom. Within the lobes is a floor that is positioned proximate the interior surface. The force-attenuating system may be deployed in an automotive or non-automotive environment.
US10788080B2
A dog clutch comprising a sleeve and a relative crown with respective teeth conformed for engaging each one alternatively to the others wherein, during operation a pulling side for said teeth is defined, that identifies a surface through which the torque is transferred, and wherein, the teeth pulling side or at least the crown and/or the sleeve is conformed so that the relative tooth is tapered from a relative base towards a relative vertex, wherein said pulling side comprises at least three portions of which a first portion is adjacent to said base and a third portion is adjacent to said vertex following a rectilinear path and being approximately parallel to generating line of said crown or sleeve, and having a second portion adjoining said first portion with said third portion.
US10788079B2
A constant velocity joint boot assembly includes a flexible boot having a flexible portion extending between a first end and a second end along an axis. The first end is disposed about a portion of a constant velocity joint and the second end is disposed about a portion of a shaft assembly. The first end defines a skirt having an engineered portion that elastically absorbs and/or reflects impact energy.
US10788076B2
A rotation mechanism includes: a housing; a shaft inserted through a hole provided at the housing; bearings installed at the housing and rotatably supporting the shaft; a rotary member provided at one end portion of the shaft, adapted to be rotated together with the shaft, and having a portion that projects to a radially outer side of the hole and faces the housing with a gap having a predetermined size; and a gas passage adapted to connect the gap to outside of the housing and allow gas contained in a portion of the gap to pass to the outside of the housing.
US10788075B2
A ball bearing includes an inner ring, an outer ring, and a cage that supports balls. At least one portion of each prong of the cage overlaps with an inner ring raceway surface in an axial direction and the entirety of the prongs do not overlap with a shoulder of the inner ring in the axial direction. A pocket of the cage overlaps with virtual conical planes that are parallel to a reference virtual conical plane including an inner ring nominal contact point and an outer ring nominal contact point, and that are part, on the other axial side, of both a virtual conical plane including an edge between the inner ring raceway surface and the shoulder of the inner ring and a virtual conical plane including an edge between the outer ring raceway surface and the outer ring counter-bored portion.
US10788070B2
A fastener assembly is provided having a cylindrical shank with a plurality of annular grooves formed along a length of the shank. A plurality of elongated ribs extends perpendicular to the grooves along the length. A fastener disc is provided with a central opening with a diameter less than a cylindrical shank diameter wherein an inner edge of the central opening includes a contact surface. The fastener disc is retained on the fastener portion in a locked position when the contact surface engages one of the plurality of grooves with a friction fit. The fastener disc is rotated to a release position so that the elongated rib contacts the inner edge thereby releasing the contact surface from the grooves.
US10788059B2
A pressurized gas-powered actuator includes a housing and a piston movably positioned within the housing. The piston has a drive pocket formed therein. A gas generator is positioned exterior of the piston and in fluid communication with the drive pocket.
US10788053B2
A noise reducing airfoil defining a span extending between a root and a tip and a chord at each point along the span extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil includes a pressure side, a suction side, and a trailing edge sheath including an outer surface coupled to the trailing edge of the airfoil. The trailing edge sheath extends at least partially along the chord on the pressure and suction sides at each point along the span within the trailing edge sheath. The trailing edge sheath defines a fluid passageway extending along at least a portion of the span. Further, the trailing edge sheath defines at least one aperture on at least one of the pressure side, the suction side, or trailing edge fluidly coupling the fluid passageway to the outer surface.
US10788050B2
An electric compressor for compressing a gas, particularly configured for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a control unit, an electric motor controlled by the control unit, a compressor wheel driven by the electric motor, and a housing at least partially surrounding the electric motor. The housing is produced by an encapsulation method such that a cooling structure is formed integrally with the housing, in particular within the housing, for ensuring cooling of the electric motor and of the control unit. A method for producing the electric compressor of this kind is also disclosed.
US10788045B2
Provided is a discharge section structure for a centrifugal compressor provided with a scroll flow passage and a discharge flow passage connected to the scroll flow passage. The discharge section structure includes a tongue section provided in a branching section between the scroll flow passage and the discharge flow passage; a first flow passage section having a center of curvature on an origin side of the scroll flow passage; and a second flow passage section communicating with the first flow passage section and having a center of curvature on an outer side of the scroll flow passage. The first flow passage section includes at least a part of the scroll flow passage, and the second flow passage section includes at least a part of the discharge flow passage. The tongue section faces the second flow passage section and is located in the middle of the second flow passage section.
US10788039B2
An oil-cooled screw compressor includes a controller having an arithmetic operation section for arithmetically determining a remaining moisture amount Dr from at least a suction temperature Ts, a suction pressure Ps, a discharge temperature Td, and a discharge pressure Pd, an inverter control section for comparing a first rotational speed of a motor at which the remaining moisture amount Dr becomes the target moisture amount and a second rotational speed of the motor at which a discharge pressure Pd becomes the target pressure, and for controlling an inverter so as to drive the motor at the larger one of the first and second rotational speeds, and an air release valve control section for opening an air release valve while the discharge pressure Pd exceeds an air release pressure when the motor is driven at the first rotational speed.
US10788037B2
This scroll compressor (2) includes a first and second fixed scrolls (4, 5) comprising first and second fixed spiral wraps (9, 12), an orbiting scroll arrangement (7) comprising first and second orbiting spiral wraps (14, 15), the first fixed spiral wrap (9) and the first orbiting spiral wrap (14) forming a plurality of first compression chambers (16) and the second fixed spiral wrap (5) and the second orbiting spiral wrap (15) forming a plurality of second compression chambers (17). The scroll compressor further includes a drive shaft (23) adapted for driving the orbiting scroll arrangement (7) in an orbital movement, and a driving motor (24) arranged for driving in rotation the drive shaft (23) about a rotation axis, the driving motor (24) being located nearby the first fixed scroll (4). The first fixed scroll (4) includes at least one first discharge passage (21) arranged to conduct the refrigerant compressed in the first compression chambers (16) towards the driving motor (24).
US10788036B2
Peristaltic pump comprising un housing (100), containing an electric motor (130), and a head (200) configured to be coupled to the housing (100), the head (200) housing a tube comprising two accessible ends and a rotor provided with two or more squeezing elements configured to squeeze the tube, the rotor being configured to be driven by the electric motor (130) when the head (200) is coupled to the housing (100), wherein the housing (100) further contains a printed circuit board (160) configured to control the peristaltic pump and to supply power to the electric motor (130), the printed circuit board (160) being provided with two slots (161), configured to house two power supply terminals (131) of the electric motor (130) insertable into the two slots (161), and with two or more protruding male blade terminals (162), configured to be connected to external female blade terminals of an external power supply, the printed circuit board (160) being substantially triangular and configured to be obtained from a pair of printed circuit boards (160) identical to each other obtainable by separating two antisymmetric portions of a rectangular board (900) along a section line (930) that is antisymmetric with respect to or coincident with a diagonal of the rectangular board (900).
US10788022B2
An external solar receiver, for a concentrating thermodynamic solar power plant of the type with a tower and heliostat field, has a wind tight modular inner structure, also called “casing,” and a plurality of heat exchanger tube receiver panels fastened to that inner structure. Each panel has a plurality of metal boxes supporting the heat exchanger tubes and assembled to one another by assembly means allowing the disassembly, each box being covered with thermal insulation via an anchor. The tubes are secured to the boxes by a removable and floating connector.
US10788019B2
The application relates to a liquid containment assembly (200) for a wind turbine (10), comprising: a support (202) for supporting wind turbine equipment (220); and a flexible container (300) suspended beneath the support (202). The flexible container (300) is arranged such that it is moveable between a collapsed position, in which the liquid containment assembly (200) has a first depth (D1), and an expanded position, in which the liquid containment assembly (200) has a second depth (D2), the second depth being greater than the first depth.
US10788010B2
A means for improving the motion stability of a floating, semi-submerged, or submerged body used in, multi-capture-mode wave energy converters (WECs) having two or more bodies, against wave-induced heave, surge, and pitching forces, while reducing the size, mass and cost of such bodies or bases, thus improving the relative motion and hence capture efficiency of such WECs over a broad spectrum of wave periods and wave heights. Stabilizing counter moments against wave-induced motion are substituted by strategic placement of drag plates or planes entraining seawater mass or water-filled cavities within, or attached to, the bases and/or at least one tensioned seabed-affixed cable. The base or reaction-body stabilizing means is disclosed in a two-body multi-capture-mode, deep-water, surface-deployed, wave-terminator-type WEC to concurrently increase wave energy capture efficiency and reduce the volume, mass, and capital cost of the WEC's stabilized reaction body or base.
US10788008B2
The present invention relates to a method for optimizing the adjustment of the gating of a hydraulic turbine (1), the turbine (1) is provided with a set of wicket gates (2), wicket gates (2) are moving with a single, conjoined movement between a closing position in which they press against one another and an opening position in which they are apart from one another, by a control ring (4) that is kinematically connected to each one of these wicket gates (2), this control ring (4) being moved in rotation by at least one actuator (3), this actuator (3) including a device (31) for adjusting the travel of its rod (30), the method includes at least the following steps, the turbine (1) is previously stopped and dry and the rod (30) of the actuator (3) is provided with at least one strain gauge: 1) calculating the theoretical force to be applied to the actuator (3) in order to obtain watertight closure of the wicket gates (2); 2) measuring, via the strain gauge, the force applied to the actuator (3), the latter being inoperative; 3) after bringing the actuator (3) online, moving its rod (30) until the wicket gates (2) adopt the closing position and measuring the corresponding force, referred to as the “measured force”; 4) comparing the measured force with the theoretical force calculated in step 1.
US10788004B2
A fuel supply pump includes a pressurizing chamber, a high-pressure path, and a valve unit. The valve unit includes an outlet valve which is configured to open to allow fuel in the pressurizing chamber to flow to the high-pressure path when fuel pressure in the pressurizing chamber becomes higher than a first predetermined pressure. The valve unit also includes a pressure relief valve which is configured to open to allow fuel in the high-pressure path to return to the pressurizing chamber when fuel pressure in the high-pressure path becomes higher than a second predetermined pressure. The valve unit also includes a valve seat member in which a relief path and a plurality of outlet paths are formed, wherein a first end of the relief path opens on a relief valve seat for the pressure relief valve, and respective first ends of the plurality of outlet paths open on an outlet valve seat for the outlet valve.
US10788003B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump having a pump body capable of improving corrosion resistance and weldability and being manufacturable by forging. Therefore, in the high-pressure fuel supply pump having a metal pump body forming a pressurizing chamber, the pump body is made of a steel material containing 12% to 18% of Cr and 3% to 7% of Ni, and the pump body has a forging surface on a part of the outer peripheral surface.
US10788002B2
In metal-on-metal sealing structures, the sealing criteria employed for high pressure liquid fuel does not work when sealing gaseous fuels. A technique for sealing a gaseous fuel between gaseous fuel conduits in an internal combustion engine includes forming a contact band between two surfaces of a sealing structure between a first conduit and a second conduit. A width of the contact band is at least equal to the larger of a minimum contact pressure width where contact pressure is at least equal to a predetermined minimum contact pressure; and a minimum yield zone width where at least one of the two surfaces have plastically deformed.
US10788001B2
The present disclosure aims to stabilize, in an engine with a supercharger, a detection result of an intake air temperature sensor interposed between the supercharger and an intercooler. A gas outlet of a supercharger and a gas inlet of an intercooler are connected together via a second passage. The second passage includes, in its middle position, a narrow region with a smaller cross-sectional area than the part of the second passage extending from an upstream end of the second passage to the middle position. The narrow region is provided with the intake air temperature sensor configured to detect the gas temperature in the narrow region.
US10787997B1
A semipreg that can be cured/molded to form aerospace composite parts including rocket booster casings. The semipreg includes a fibrous layer and a resin layer located on one side of the fibrous layer. The resin layer includes an epoxy component that is a combination of a hydrocarbon epoxy novolac resin and a trifunctional epoxy resin and optionally a tetrafunctional epoxy resin. The resin matrix includes polyethersulfone as a toughening agent and a thermoplastic particle component.
US10787990B2
Disclosed is an internal combustion engine piston wherein at least one space is formed into which a coolant is installed. In one example, the coolant is first introduced into a coolant container and the coolant container is thereafter inserted into the at least one space in the piston. In one example, the coolant is an alkali metal consisting of sodium.
US10787987B2
A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an injection system which has a high-pressure accumulator, wherein a high pressure in the high-pressure accumulator is regulated via a suction throttle on the low-pressure side as a first pressure control member in a first high-pressure control loop, wherein in a normal operation a high-pressure disturbance variable is produced via a pressure control valve on the high-pressure side as a second pressure control member, via which fuel is redirected from the high-pressure accumulator to a fuel reservoir. For this purpose, the high pressure in a safety operation is regulated by the pressure control valve via a second high-pressure control loop, or, in the safety operation, a maximum fuel volume flow is continuously redirected from the high-pressure accumulator to the fuel reservoir via the pressure control valve.
US10787979B2
Methods, devices, estimators, controllers and algorithms are described for estimating the torque profile of an engine and/or for controlling torque applied to a powertrain by one or more devices other than the engine itself to manage the net torque applied by the engine and other device(s) in manners that reduce undesirable NVH. The described approaches are particularly well suitable for use in hybrid vehicles in which the engine is operated in a skip fire or other dynamic firing level modulation manner—however they may be used in a variety of other circumstances as well. In some embodiments, the hybrid vehicle includes a motor/generator that applies the smoothing torque.
US10787974B2
Premixed engines have ignition issues when engine speed and load are below a predetermined range. An ignition apparatus for igniting a premixed charge in a gaseous-fueled internal combustion engine comprises an ignition device associated with a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. There is at least one of a dilutant injector for introducing a diluting agent that forms a stratified charge around the ignition device and an enrichment injector for introducing gaseous fuel that forms a stratified charge around the ignition device. An electronic controller is operatively connected with the ignition device and the at least one of the dilutant injector and the enrichment injector and programed to at least one of actuate the dilutant injector to introduce the diluting agent when the ignition device decreases a local air-fuel equivalence ratio around the ignition device below a predetermined threshold; and actuate the enrichment injector to introduce the gaseous fuel to decrease the local air-fuel equivalence ratio when engine load and engine speed are below a predetermined threshold engine load and speed range and when the ignition device does not affect the local air-fuel equivalence around the ignition device.
US10787971B2
A gas turbine engine includes a non-rotatable flexible coupling having Stiffnesses A, B, C, D and E, which are defined herein, and at least ratio of a frame lateral stiffness FLS as follows: FLS/Stiffness A in a range of about 6.0 to about 25.0, FLS/Stiffness B in a range of about 10.0 to about 40.0, FLS/Stiffness C in a range of about 1.5 to about 7.0, FLS/Stiffness D in a range of about 0.25 to about 0.50, or FLS/Stiffness E in a range of about 6.0 to about 40.0.
US10787966B2
A gas turbine engine has a first source of air to be delivered into a core of the engine, and a second source of air, distinct from the first source of air and including separately controlled first and second fans, each delivering air into respective first and second conduits connected to distinct auxiliary applications.
US10787963B2
A power generation system burns a fuel in a gas in a combustion chamber, producing one or more combustion products and heating a working fluid, preferably supercritical CO2, that is chemically the same as a combustion product. The working fluid is mixed with the combustion products to form a combustion output mixture which is used in a turbine to drive a shaft of the turbine connected with a generator, producing electricity. The turbine outputs an exhaust that goes to a working fluid recycling system that connects the turbine outlet with the combustion chamber. The fluid recycling system has a radial compressor that receives and pressurizes the exhaust mixture and sends it to a chamber that has a bleed outlet and a recycling outlet. The recycling outlet transmits a recycled portion of the exhaust mixture to the combustion chamber, and the bleed outlet carries an excess portion of the exhaust mixture that is not to be recycled to an extraction system that removes it from the power generation system for use in other applications.
US10787958B2
The present invention refers to a system, a method and a device to optimize the efficiency of the combustion of gases for the production of clean energy comprising a magnetic nucleus (30) and inlet and outlet ducts (41a, 42a), the inlet and outlet ducts (41a, 42a) being configured to receive gases, the gases alternately establishing flows between the inlet ducts (41a) and the outlet ducts (42a) and vice-versa, the magnetic nucleus (30) being configured to generate and to expose the gases within the inlet and outlet ducts (41a, 42a) to magnetic fields (35), the alternation of flows between the inlet and outlet ducts (41a, 42a) and the exposure to magnetic fields (35) promoting acceleration of the hydrogen atoms and ions of oxygen and argon, promoting the reduction of the radii of the orbits of the electrons of the hydrogen around their nuclei and provoking the release of potential energy of the electrons and corresponding increase of the kinetic energy of the nuclei of the gas molecules, in such a way to optimize (increase) the heating power of the gases (201, 202).
US10787945B2
A dosing control unit (DCU) may receive operational information associated with a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatment system. The DCU may generate a deposit prediction, associated with the SCR aftertreatment system, based on the operational information. The deposit prediction may include information that identifies a predicted size of a deposit in a dosing zone of a plurality of dosing zones associated with the SCR aftertreatment system. The deposit prediction may be generated using a deposit growth model associated with predicting sizes of deposits in the plurality of dosing zones. The DCU may select a dosing scheme, of a plurality of dosing schemes, based on the deposit prediction. The DCU may implement the selected dosing scheme in order to cause diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) to be dosed in the plurality of dosing zones in accordance with the selected dosing scheme.
US10787933B2
A bowed rotor prevention system for a gas turbine engine includes a core turning motor operable to drive rotation of an engine core of the gas turbine engine. The bowed rotor prevention system also includes a full authority digital engine control (FADEC) that controls operation of the gas turbine engine in a full-power mode and controls operation of the core turning motor to drive rotation of the engine core using a reduced power draw when the FADEC is partially depowered in a low-power bowed rotor prevention mode.
US10787931B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method of turbine section thermal management for a gas turbine engine. The engine includes a first turbine bearing defining an outer air bearing disposed radially adjacent to a low speed turbine rotor hub of a low speed turbine rotor and an inner bearing disposed radially adjacent to a high pressure (HP) shaft coupled to a high speed turbine rotor, wherein a first manifold is in fluid communication from a pressure plenum of a combustion section to the first turbine bearing, and wherein a second manifold is in fluid communication from the first turbine bearing to a pressure regulating valve and an outer diameter secondary flowpath of the turbine section, and wherein a third manifold is in fluid communication from the pressure plenum of the combustion section to the pressure regulating valve. The method includes flowing air from the pressure plenum to the first turbine bearing; flowing air between the outer air bearing and the low speed turbine rotor hub; flowing air between the inner air bearing and the HP shaft; flowing air from the first turbine bearing to the pressure regulating valve via the second manifold; and flowing air from the first turbine bearing to the outer diameter secondary flowpath via the second manifold.
US10787926B2
A method of configuring a power generation unit for synchronous condensing operation includes coupling a clutch to a generator shaft of a generator without moving the generator along a generator axis of the generator shaft. The method also includes coupling the clutch to a turbine shaft of a turbine via a spacer without moving the turbine along a turbine axis of the turbine. Furthermore, the generator shaft is configured to support a weight of the clutch without a clutch pedestal support.
US10787923B2
A seal for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the seal includes a first annular ring; a second annular ring; an annular brush having a first brush end disposed between the first annular ring and the second annular ring; and an axial ring seal having a first seal end configured for contact with the second annular ring.
US10787919B2
The invention relates to a method of mounting of vanes (10) at the periphery of a turbine engine disc (12), where in the disc (12) comprises sockets extending in alternation with teeth, wherein the vanes (10) comprise respectively: roots designed to be inserted into the sockets, heels (26) and blades (24) connecting the roots to the heels. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps consisting of: (a) positioning the vanes (10) such that the root of each vane is axially opposite one of the sockets in the disc, (b) providing a mounting tool (50) featuring an endpiece (40) of a shape partly complementary to the heel (26) of one of the vanes, (c) causing the endpiece (40) of the mounting tool (50) to cooperate with the heel (26) of the vane, (d) pivoting the heel (26) of the vane by a rotational movement (54) of the mounting tool (50) and (e) axially inserting the vane root into the socket of the disc.
US10787915B2
A mobile vane for a turbine engine, including a root designed to be inserted into a receiving element of a rotor disk for a turbine engine, a platform carried by the root, and a blade extending from the platform. The platform includes an upstream edge. The upstream edge includes a lug for engaging in a locking notch of the disk in such a way as to hold the vane axially in relation to the disk, according to the longitudinal direction of the receiving element.
US10787910B1
A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 2.59-2.89 inch (65.7-73.3 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 1.35-1.65 inch (34.4-42.0 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 2241±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 3598±10% Hz and a third mode with a frequency of 6212±10% Hz.
US10787904B2
Interaction of adsorbing chemicals with a downhole tool presents inaccuracies in the adsorbing chemical measurement and analysis. The principles of the present disclosure provide a method and system of sampling fluids including an adsorbing chemical in a subterranean reservoir. One method may include modeling an interaction between the adsorbing chemical and a downhole tool, applying the model to a measurement of the adsorbing chemical, and adjusting the measurement in response to applying the model.
US10787903B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for detecting seepage of hydrocarbons in subterranean zones. In one aspect, a method includes detecting hydrocarbon seepage at multiple different sampling depths from a surface in a surveyed geographic region, comparing each of the hydrocarbon seepage at the multiple different sampling depths, wherein hydrocarbon seepage at a reference depth is known, and determining hydrocarbon seepage through the surveyed geographic region based on a result of the comparison.
US10787901B2
A pumping schedule for stimulating a well can be dynamically optimized. For example, a layer in a well can be determined to have a highest value for a characteristic. The layer can be assigned as a first layer in an ordered list. A pump rate and type of fluid to pump into the wellbore for reducing an amount of blockage to below a threshold value can be determined based on a feature of the first layer. The blockage can reduce a flow of a production fluid from the first layer into the wellbore. Changes to values for the characteristics of layers in the well resulting from pumping the fluid can be determined. Another layer in the well can be determined to have the highest value for the characteristic as a result of pumping the fluid into the wellbore and can be assigned as the first layer in the ordered list.
US10787896B2
A system including a plurality of subsystems each of which includes a subsystem controller coupled with a sensor configured to obtain a measurement, an actuator, and a subsystem processor. The subsystem processor includes a first memory storing instructions to identify a subsystem state and generate a subsystem performance objective based on the subsystem state. The system also includes a global processor coupled with each of the subsystems, the global processor includes a second memory storing instructions to identify a global system state based on the subsystem state of each subsystem, generate a global performance objective, calculate an updated performance objective for each subsystem, and transmit the updated performance objective to each subsystem. Once received, the subsystem controller in each subsystem activates the actuator to adjust a subsystem parameter to meet the updated performance objective.
US10787895B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to generate a surface representing mechanical specific energy as a function of dimensionless products of downhole drilling process variables. Additional actions may include characterizing an area of the surface for different drill bit types, and operating a controlled device according to a location of run data associated with at least one of the different drill bit types and the area on the surface. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10787894B2
A spallation drilling apparatus is also disclosed that uses jets of hot fluid for drilling. This is compatible with drilling wells in high temperature zones, such as a lava dome. A simplified pyrolysis reactor for use in a lava dome is also disclosed, in which the dome functions to contain the reaction, and the apparatus to facilitate pyrolysis is far more compact.
US10787890B2
A steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) processing facility comprising: an oil/water separation process block operable for bulk separation of produced water from a produced fluid comprising produced water and hydrocarbons; a de-oiling process block operable to remove residual oil from the produced water separated from the produced fluid in the oil/water separation process block and provide a de-oiled water; a water treatment block operable to remove contaminants from the de-oiled water and provide a treated water; and a steam generation process block operable to produce steam from the treated water. In embodiments, each of the oil/water separation process block, the de-oiling process block, the water treatment process block, and the steam generation process block is modularized and comprises a plurality of modules. Methods for operating and assembling a SAGD processing facility are also provided.
US10787887B2
A method of performing oilfield operations at a wellsite is disclosed. The wellsite is positioned about a subterranean formation having multiple wellbores therethrough and a fracture network therein. The fracture network includes natural fractures. The method involves generating fracture parameters including a hydraulic fracture network of a fracture grid for each of the multiple wellbores based on wellsite data including microseismic events and a mechanical earth model, generating reservoir parameters including an updated mechanical earth model of a reservoir grid based on the wellsite data and the fracture parameters, generating integrated wellsite parameters including an integrated earth model by integrating the fracture parameters from the multiple wellbores with the reservoir parameters, and performing production operations at the multiple wellbores based on the integrated wellsite parameters.
US10787884B2
A downhole valve having: a valve body with a longitudinal main passage; an annular chamber arranged in the valve body; at least one valve port extending from the main passage, through the annular chamber and to an outside of the valve. The downhole valve further includes a sleeve disposed at least partially within the chamber. The sleeve is movable in response to an application of fluid pressure to the annular chamber via a fluid channel extending from the main passage to the annular chamber. The sleeve is movable between a closed position in which the sleeve blocks the at least one valve port and an open position in which the sleeve does not block the at least one valve port.
US10787883B2
A testable back pressure valve can include a housing comprising a housing body. The valve can also include a valve seat coupled to the housing, where the valve seat includes a valve seat body having a first cavity and a second cavity, and where the valve seat further includes a first network of channels disposed in the valve seat body. The valve can further include a valve head movably disposed within the first cavity of the valve seat. The valve can also include a piston follower movably disposed within the second cavity of the valve seat, where the valve head is fixedly coupled to the piston follower. The valve can further include a travel piston movably disposed within the second cavity of the valve seat, where the travel piston is moveably coupled to the piston follower.
US10787880B2
A method for sealing perforation tunnels in a well includes steps of pumping an initial volume of fluid into the well, mixing expandable material into a carrier fluid to form an expandable fluid mixture, pumping the expandable fluid mixture into the well to force the expandable material into the perforation tunnels in the well, and holding the expandable material under a hold pressure in the perforation tunnels for a cure period to form perforation plugs.
US10787876B1
A latching assembly to couple a first mandrel to a second mandrel is disclosed. The latching assembly includes a plurality of wedge members disposed circumferentially and a guide plate. Each wedge member may include a semi-annular wedge body, an upper engagement lip, a lower engagement lip, and a guide pin. The guide plate may include a plurality of guide slots to translate and rotate the plurality of wedge members via the respective guide pins. Because the plurality of wedge members can be translated and rotated to lock and release the first mandrel to and from the second mandrel, the latching assembly can simplify the connection and disconnection of a first mandrel with the second mandrel.
US10787871B2
A subsea drilling method for controlling the bottom hole annular pressure and downward injection rate during mud cap drilling operations from a mobile offshore drilling unit with a low pressure marine riser and subsea blowout preventer. The method called controlled mud cap drilling uses the hydrostatic head of a heavy annular mud (fluid) managed or observed in order to balance the highest pore pressure in the well and to control the injection rate, by using a subsea mud lift pump and a control system to regulate the process.
US10787870B1
A joined pipe injector for the oil-field industry that is capable of handling strings of jointed pipe. The injector includes gripper block assemblies removably mounted to a pair of looping, sprocket-supported drive chains facing a pipe/tubing passage therebetween. The gripper block assemblies have self-adjusting pipe inserts biased with springs to grip tubing or pipe of constant nominal diameter or pipe having both nominal and secondary diameter including upset joints. An insert guide is provided at the end of the pipe/tubing passage to postpone contact between the pipe inserts and the pipe when the respective gripper block assemblies are moving with curving motion around the sprockets. The injector is designed to operate either independently, or in conjunction with a conventional work-over and/or drill rig.
US10787869B2
A method and apparatus for local hydraulic power generation on an electric tong, including a power tong for spinning tubulars; a first electric motor functionally connected to the power tong; a plurality of hydraulic power consumers including a backup tong for clamping a tubular string; a second electric motor functionally connected to the plurality of hydraulic power consumers; electronics to drive the first electric motor and the second electric motor; and a switchbox providing at least two configurations of the system. A method includes arranging a tong system in a hydraulic power configuration; supplying hydraulic power with an onboard electric motor to at least one of a plurality of hydraulic power consumers to position a tubular for make-up; arranging the tong system in a rotary drive configuration; supplying at least one of torque and rotation with the onboard electric motor to a power tong.
US10787865B2
An in-situ injection of soil and groundwater—high pressure rotary jet grouting in-situ remediation system and method. The system has an agent dispensing station, high pressure grouting pump, air compressor, rotary jet grouting drilling machine, second double-pipe water flow joint, automatic lifting mechanism for grouting drill pipe of rotary jet grouting drilling machine, high pressure jet drill pipe, inner tube for high pressure jet triple drill pipe, outer tube for high pressure jet triple drill pipe, agent jet nozzle, an air jet nozzle, cemented carbide block and a drill bit. Parameters are arranged according to the triangle method to ensure that the remediation area is covered within the diffusion radius of the agent. After positioning the GPS measuring point, a guided-boring rig is positioned at the center of the injection point. The high pressure injection remediation uses a double-pipe: using gas and liquid fluids to spread the soil while cutting the soil from bottom to top to achieve thorough mixing of the remediation agent with soil and groundwater; quickly combining laboratory testing to obtain parameters for remediation agent residues, pH values, and contaminant concentrations to verify the in-situ remediation effect and monitor the residual agent.
US10787862B2
Drill bits for use in drilling well bores in subterranean formations, and associated systems and methods of making and using such drill bits, are provided. In certain embodiments, the drill bits comprise: a body; a plurality of blades on the body; a plurality of cutting elements on at least one of the plurality of blades; a reinforcement material forming portions of the body and the plurality of blades; a binder material infiltrated through the reinforcement material to form a composite material and forming portions of the body and the plurality of blades; and at least one interior displacement element located in an interior region of the body that is surrounded by the composite material.
US10787859B2
A retracting means comprises a synchronizing wheel group and transmission assemblies, the transmission assembly at each side being connected with a winding assembly; each transmission assembly comprises a first bevel gear and a second bevel gear which are engaged with each other, and the first bevel gear is connected with at least one synchronizing wheel; each winding assembly comprises a fixing seat, a winding shaft and a transmission shaft, the transmission shaft is connected with a corresponding second bevel gear, the winding shaft passes though and is coaxial with the transmission shaft, the outer wall of the winding shaft tilts outward gradually along the axis of the transmission shaft.
US10787856B2
A glass panel unit includes: a sealing member arranged between a first panel and a second panel, which are arranged to face each other with a predetermined gap left between themselves, to hermetically bond the first panel and the second panel together; and an internal space sealed hermetically with the first panel, the second panel, and the sealing member. The glass panel unit further includes a spacer arranged in the internal space so as to be in contact with the first panel and the second panel. The spacer includes a plurality of resin layers that are stacked one on top of another in a direction in which the first panel and the second panel face each other. At least any two of the plurality of resin layers have different elastic moduli.
US10787853B2
An integrated casement window operator and lock, including a gear mechanism and an arm assembly, the arm defining a rack portion and an adjacent arcuate gear portion, the arm mounted to the housing with a pinion gear engaged with the rack portion and the arcuate gear portion, the pinion gear defining a star-shaped aperture therethrough and a handle with a square-shaped shaft portion received in the star-shaped aperture of the gear. The handle is selectively rotatable to shift the arm between a window fully closed position and a window fully open position, wherein an anti-backdrive mechanism is provided to inhibit backdriving of the arm in both the window fully closed window fully open positions.
US10787851B2
A window regulator assembly includes a window pane which is adjustable along an adjustment path and which extends along a plane, wherein the window pane in a closed state is flush-mounted relative to at least one of upper or lateral bodywork parts which border a window opening to be closed by the window pane. The window regulator assembly also includes at least one first guide element which is fixed to the window pane in the region of a lateral edge of the window pane, and at least one second guide element on which the first guide element is displaceably held along the adjustment path of the window pane wherein the first or second guide element may include at least one resiliently displaceable latching portion.
US10787847B2
A hinge assembly for mounting a door to a frame of a motor vehicle includes (a) a hinge bracket, having a first receiver and a second receiver, (b) a hinge pin pivotally connecting the door to the hinge bracket at the first receiver, (c) an actuator, having an output shaft, (d) a retention feature, connecting the output shaft to the hinge bracket at the second receiver, and (e) an actuator mounting feature securing the actuator to the door. A method of assembling an actuator in a hinge assembly that mounts a door to a frame of a motor vehicle is also provided.
US10787842B2
The vehicle latch activation system comprises: —a bracket (110), —an activation element (116) intended to activate a latch (102) by rotating with respect to the bracket around an activation axis (118) from an initial position to a final position, wherein a collision on the bracket (110) along a collision direction (L-R) may cause the activation element (116) to rotate from its initial position to its final position, —a blocking element (122) intended, as a result of the collision, to rotate with respect to the bracket (110) around a blocking axis (124), from a disengaged position in which the blocking element (122) allows the activation element (116) to reach its final position, to a blocking position in which the blocking element (122) is intended to block the activation element (110) at a blocked position located between the initial position and the final position. The blocking axis (124) is essentially orthogonal to the activation axis (118).
US10787840B2
Certain aspects of the technology disclosed herein include an apparatus and method for electrically and mechanically connecting a deadbolt to a main housing of a lock. The main housing can be configured to extend a deadbolt along a path to lock and/or unlock a door while receiving electrical energy from an energy storage device disposed in the deadbolt. The energy storage device disposed in the deadbolt can be proximate to one or more electrical contacts electrically connected to one or more components in the main housing via conductive components of a bolt carriage. The bolt carriage includes a groove attachable to a male detent connector attached to the deadbolt. The groove in the bolt carriage provides a mechanical connection to the deadbolt and also aligns pogo pins with electrical components of the bolt carriage to enable electrical transmission from the deadbolt to the main housing.
US10787839B2
A door handle cover adapted for engagement to a door handle on a vehicle, comprising an elongate panel having an upper lip along an upper longitudinal edge thereof and a lower lip along a lower longitudinal edge thereof, the upper lip comprising a generally hook-shaped member that defines an interior region adapted to grippingly engage an upper portion of the door handle, the lower lip comprising a generally hook-shaped member that defines an interior region adapted to grippingly engage a lower portion of the door handle, wherein upon engagement of the upper lip and lower lip on the on the door handle the cover is thereby firmly affixed to the door handle.
US10787837B2
Embodiments herein describe various structural components for a lightweight tent. Structural components include a split tip for a tent pole end, configured to receive and secure one or more cords from a tent canopy. The one or more cords may be configured with stoppers that may fit into corresponding recesses on the split tip to assist in retention. Other components include a coupler for attaching one or more cords from the tent canopy. The coupler may be secured to a tent pole section by a retaining ring, or by cooperation of a groove in the tent pole with a corresponding ridge on the coupler.
US10787836B2
The present invention relates to a tent pole, and each of a first pole and a second pole forming a tent pole according to an aspect of the present invention includes a main pipe, an expanded pipe portion having an increased internal diameter from one end of the main pipe, an insert connector which is insertion-coupled to the other end of the main pipe and includes one portion exposed at an outside of the main pipe, the other end of the main pipe of the second pole is inserted into the expanded pipe portion of the first pole, and the insert connector of the second pole passes through the expanded pipe portion and is inserted into the main pipe of the first pole at a predetermined depth.
US10787829B1
Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable manufactured modular construction. The various embodiment manufactured modular construction systems, methods, and devices may offer a solution to the housing shortage worldwide that is less than half the cost of the cost of current modular buildings. Various embodiments may include interlocking vertical and horizontal elements. Various embodiments may include a locking system pulling upper horizontal elements of an embodiment modular building toward lower horizontal elements and/or a foundation or a lower floor of the embodiment modular building to thereby lock vertical elements and vertical panels in place between the upper horizontal elements and the lower horizontal elements, foundation, and/or lower floor. In various embodiments, the locking system may include a shock absorber.
US10787825B2
A method for applying a layer of curable material to a surface including the steps of: applying the curable material to the surface; positioning a trowel relative to the surface so that a plurality of first radial teeth of the trowel, extending from a working edge of the trowel, is in contact with the surface; and with the plurality of first radial teeth in contact with the surface, moving the trowel across the surface to spread the curable material across the surface at a constant thickness.
US10787821B2
A flooring system includes multiple panels (10) which are connected to each other by connectors (20). Each panel (10) has a tongue (30) and each connector (20) has an engaging slot (40). The tongue (30) does not extend beyond the side of the panel (10). The panel (10) is moved horizontally to insert the lower protrusion (300) of the tongue (30) into the lower recess (400) of the engaging slot (40) of the connector (20). The inner inclined face (302) of the lower protrusion (300) of the tongue (30) contacts the curved wall (410) of the lower recess (400) of the connector (20). The tongue (30) of the panel (10) is engaged with the engaging slot (40) of the connector (20) by way of pressing the panel in a direction perpendicular to the panel. No hammering to the side of the panel is needed.
US10787817B1
A system for mounting wall panels to an existing wall, includes a plurality of base assemblies adapted to be secured to the existing wall; a plurality of sliding support members slidably received in the base assemblies and adapted to be fixed therein by fastening members, each sliding support member including a central member slidably received within a respective base assembly, and at least one capture member extending from the central member; and a plurality of adjustment support members connected with the sliding support members for mounting the wall panels to the existing wall, wherein each adjustment support member includes an adjustment positioning member adjustably connected to a respective capture member; and wherein the at least one capture member includes a tubular member, and the at least one the adjustment positioning member includes a rod member adjustably received in the tubular member.
US10787815B2
A ventilating and heat dissipating assembly for a roof includes hollow bricks, first corrugated plates and second corrugate plates. Each first corrugated plate spans a gap between two pairs of the hollow bricks that are spaced apart along intersecting first and second directions. Each second corrugated plate spans a gap formed between two of the hollow bricks spaced apart in the first direction and a gap between two of the first corrugated plates spaced apart in the second direction.
US10787810B2
A building block system of a plurality of transportable, lightweight, and reusable hollow prefabricated non-masonry interlocking mortarless building blocks that have corresponding mating formations being protuberances and concavities that run vertically up the building blocks being joined together and when aligned in a staggered manner upwardly are held together with threaded reinforcement rods extending vertically between and connected to the top and bottom channels through connectable couplings and capped off with complementary cap attachments.
US10787808B2
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for providing a durable water-resistant and fire-resistant foam-based seal in the joint between adjacent panels. An expansion joint seal, which may be fire-resistant and/or water-resistant, is provided which includes one or more body members, a fire retardant member, which may be of an intumescent member, interspersed within the body member or members, a plurality of resilient members to provide a spring recovery force and fire resistance, and a connector of at least two of the resilient members, which connect each of the resilient members to a cover plant or may connect the two resilient members to one another.
US10787805B2
An expansion joint system includes a cover plate; a spline attached to the cover plate; and a core having a fire retardant material included therein in an amount effective to pass testing mandated by UL 2079. The spline depends from the cover plate and is configured to be positioned in a gap between substrates such that the cover plate overlies the gap. The core is compressible between a first face of the spline and one of the substrates and is compressible between a second face of the spline and the other of the substrates, and the expansion joint system is configured to facilitate compression of the core when installed between the substrates by repeatedly expanding and contracting to accommodate movement of the substrates; and the core with the fire retardant material included therein is configured to pass the testing mandated by UL 2079.
US10787797B2
An odor venting water pump system uses an air pump to agitate well water within a well enclosure in order to separate unpleasant smelling gases from the well water. A water pump is positioned at the bottom of a well enclosure and surrounded by well water received into the well enclosure from the surrounding ground water supply. An air tube is connected to an air pump and a terminal end of the air tube is positioned at the lower end of a venting pipe which has an inlet to accept well water. The pumped air agitates the water within the venting pipe and pushes the air/water mixture upwards through the venting pipe to an outlet, where the water returns to the main water supply while the odious gases are free to exit the well enclosure through an air vent at the upper end of the well enclosure.
US10787796B2
A cool water discharging method and a switch valve includes a valve body and a valve spool. The valve body is disposed with a thermosensitive module, an inlet passage, a first outlet passage, and a second outlet passage. The valve body has a cool water discharging passage connected to the inlet passage, a discharging hole connecting the first outlet passage and the cool water discharging passage and an air suction hole connecting the second outlet passage and the cool water discharging passage. When discharging cool water, water flows to the cool water discharging passage rapidly, the air in the second outlet passage is absorbed to the cool water discharging passage. The residual cool water in the second outlet passage is absorbed to the cool water discharging passage through the air suction hole and discharged out with the residual cool water in the first outlet passage.
US10787795B2
An improved crushing tool for the processing of aggregates, and a heat treatment method for metals used in the fabrication of such tools, is provided. The crushing tool may comprise an attachment portion having a relatively low material hardness and a crushing portion having, in comparison to the attachment portion, a relatively high material hardness. For example, the hardness of the attachment portion may be in the range of 20-35 HRC, and that of the crushing portion may be in the range of 50-60 HRC. Use of tool-grade steel, such as AISI S7 steel, may thereby result in a tool offering a compromise between the hardness (wear-resistance) of the crushing portion and the toughness of the attachment portion. A heat treatment process for the tool-grade steel may involve distinct heating, quenching, and tempering cycles in order to achievable desirable material properties.
US10787790B2
Regeneration control is exercised and energy saving is realized even when an abnormality occurs to pressure sensors for hydraulic actuators. A work machine includes: a hydraulic pump (41b) that supplies a hydraulic fluid to a second hydraulic actuator (34); a regeneration circuit (47) that regenerates a return hydraulic fluid from a first hydraulic actuator (32) between the second hydraulic actuator (41b) and the hydraulic pump (41b); a discharge circuit (46) that discharges the return hydraulic fluid from the first hydraulic actuator (32) to a tank; a regeneration amount regulation device (45) that regulates a proportion of a flow rate of the return hydraulic fluid flowing to the regeneration circuit (47) and a flow rate of the return hydraulic fluid flowing to the discharge circuit (46); a controller (100) that controls the regeneration amount regulation device (45); a first operation amount sensor (53a) that detects an operation amount of the first operation device (51); and a first hydraulic actuator speed computing unit (111) that computes a speed of the first hydraulic actuator (32). The controller (111) controls the regeneration amount regulation device on the basis of the operation amount detected by the first operation amount sensor (53a) and the speed computed by the first hydraulic actuator speed computing unit (111).
US10787783B2
There is a desire to be able to generate electrical power from the tides without turbines posing an unacceptable hazard to sea traffic and/or life, and in particular without causing such sea traffic and/or life to alter their behaviour in response to the placement of turbines and/or other structures. According to the present invention, a tunnel (7) is provided at a height substantially between the low tide height and high tide height; a power take-off system (11) is configured to convert movement of water in the tunnel into usable energy. In this way, a tunnel inlet (5) may be placed at a location that does not interfere with shipping and/or the natural environment.
US10787780B2
A flood prevention device includes a gate device constituting a passage between a flood prevention area and an outside area, and a portable flood prevention material that separates the flood prevention area and the outside area with the gate device. The gate device has a side wall corresponding to one end of the portable flood prevention material.
US10787776B2
This invention relates to a method for determining a wear state of a chisel, a chisel holder, and/or a chisel holder replacement system equipped with a chisel and chisel holder. For this method to give the user qualitative and quantitative information about the wear, according to one embodiment of this invention, a position of at least one point of the chisel and/or the chisel holder is determined by a contactless measurement method and a corresponding measurement result is compared in a switching unit to a reference value stored in a memory device.
US10787773B2
A paving system may include a paving machine, including a paving material delivery assembly, including a hopper, a conveyor assembly, an auger, and a screed. The paving machine may also include an emulsion fluid delivery assembly including a plurality of spray bars, wherein each spray bar includes one or more nozzles. The paving system may also include a controller and a display interface. The controller may be configured to receive inputs from the display interface indicative of a mass and an area of emulsion fluid delivered from one active nozzle in order to calibrate the emulsion fluid delivery assembly.
US10787772B2
A turf sports field with a plurality of turf modules (100) having an upper turf surface and peripheral turf edges (5). The turf modules are deployed by means of a remotely operated or autonomously operated lifting and transport vehicle (103), which is provided with a lifting arrangement. When installed, the turf modules (100) are positioned adjacent previously installed turf modules, with a tolerance gap (105) between adjacently positioned turf edges (5) of different turf modules.
US10787756B2
A method for manufacturing a knitted garment includes obtaining customer data regarding at least one customizable garment parameter and applying at least one sequencing module to the customer data to generate a pattern for a customized garment according to the at least one customizable garment parameter. The at least one sequencing module includes a radial symmetry module that includes applying a first transfer sequence to a first section of stitches including executing an underlapping transfer of stitches from successive pairs of needles in the second bed to successive single needles in the first bed, respectively, and applying a second transfer sequence to a second section of stitches including executing an overlapping transfer of stitches from successive pairs of needles in the second bed to successive single needles in the first bed, respectively.
US10787749B2
A solar fuels generator includes an anolyte and a catholyte in contact with a separator. The separator is configured such that the pH of the anolyte and the pH of the catholyte are each held at a steady state pH level during operation of the solar fuels generator. The steady state pH level of the anolyte is different from the steady state pH level of the catholyte.
US10787742B2
A control system for a plasma treatment apparatus includes a wafer treatment device. The wafer treatment device includes a vapor chamber and an upper electrode assembly. The upper electrode assembly includes a gas distribution plate having a plurality of holes. The upper electrode assembly includes an upper electrode having at least one gas nozzle and at least one controllable valve connected to the at least one gas nozzle for controlling a flow of gas from a gas supply to the holes via the at least one gas nozzle. The at least one gas nozzle is separated from the gate distribution plate by a gap. The control system includes a measurement device configured to measure a thickness profile of a wafer. The control system includes a controller configured to generate a control signal. The at least one controllable valve is configured to be adjusted based on the control signal.
US10787741B2
A system and method for providing intermediate reactive species to a reaction chamber are disclosed. The system includes an intermediate reactive species formation chamber fluidly coupled to the reaction chamber to provide intermediate reactive species to the reaction chamber. A pressure control device can be used to control an operating pressure of the intermediate reactive species formation chamber, and a heater can be used to heat the intermediate reactive species formation chamber to a desired temperature.
US10787737B2
A coating for a diamond table of a cutting element is described. The coating is employed to fill a plurality of voids left by the manufacturing process that compromise the integrity of the cutting element and the associated downhole tooling. The coating may comprise diamond nanoparticles in a metal matrix and may be used with or without a binder layer applied directly to the diamond table, the coating may alternatively be a pure diamond film coating, and may be employed to fill voids left by the manufacturing process.
US10787729B2
A mask plate and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The mask plate comprises a first sub-mask plate and a second sub-mask plate stacked with each other, the first sub-mask plate is provided with at least one first opening therein, a size and a shape of the first opening correspond to those of a target display panel; the second sub-mask plate is provided with a second opening region, which covers at least one of the at least one first opening and includes a plurality of second openings. Since it is only required to ensure that the sizes and shapes of the first openings are the same as those of the target display panels respectively, and it is unnecessary to further manufacture openings for forming pixel patterns, comparing with the existing mask plate, the manufacturing process of the present disclosure is more simple and the manufacturing cost is lower.
US10787718B2
Austempered steel for components requiring high strength and high ductility and/or fracture toughness, which has a silicon content of 3.1 weight-% to 4.4 weight-% and a carbon content of 0.4 weight-% to 0.6 weight-%. The microstructure of the austempered steel is ausferritic or superbainitic.
US10787715B2
Method and media for diagnosing Crohn's disease are provided. A method of diagnosing Crohn's disease in patients includes: obtaining a sample from an individual; culturing the sample to determine the presence or absence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies hominissuis (MAH) in the sample; and diagnosing the individual with Crohn's disease based on the determining the presence of MAH in the sample.
US10787709B2
Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a renal allograft recipient's risk for developing fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss. The method includes determining the expression levels of certain microRNAs, which have been determined to be predictive of an allograft recipient's risk. Also disclosed herein is a method of treating a renal allograft recipient to inhibit fibrosis of the allograft and allograft loss, as well as kits for use in the methods disclosed herein.
US10787708B2
A method of identifying a gene associated with a disease or pathological condition of the disease includes: a) obtaining a first group of exome sequences from a first population suffering from the disease or pathological condition and a second group of exome sequences from a second population not having the disease or pathological condition; b) identifying one or more variants in the first group by comparing it with the second group, and optionally with a public database, to generate a first set of variant data; c) applying a variant quality score calibration tool with a truth sensitivity threshold to remove false-positive variants having a sensitivity lower than the threshold and background variants from the first set of variant data so as to obtain a second set of variant data; d) removing synonymous variants from the second set of variant data to obtain a third set of variant data; and e) identifying one or more deleterious variants from the third set of variant data using a gene burden analysis, optionally generating a fourth set of variant data.
US10787701B2
The present invention provides assays and assay systems for use in spatially encoded biological assays. The invention provides an assay system comprising an assay capable of high levels of multiplexing where reagents are provided to a biological sample in defined spatial patterns; instrumentation capable of controlled delivery of reagents according to the spatial patterns; and a decoding scheme providing a readout that is digital in nature.
US10787700B2
The present invention relates to methods for determining the presence and/or amount of multiple nucleic acids in a sample.
US10787696B2
A system for the identification of proteases and protease inhibitors is provided. The system has at least two components. The first component is a reporter construct with at least one binding site, a transcriptional promoter, an inducible promoter region, and at least one reporter gene, all functionally connected for expression of the reporter gene(s) in functional coordination with a transcriptional activation agent. The second component is a transcriptional activation agent comprising a nucleic acid binding domain, at least one protease substrate domain, and at least one transcriptional activation domain for an inducible promoter. The system allows detection and evaluation of agents affecting protease activity directed to the protease substrate domain. The system also allows for the detection of the presence of proteases in environmental samples.
US10787694B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the efficiency of nucleic acid amplification reactions. The invention encompasses hybrid polymerases that show increased processivity over wild type polymerases as well as decreased exonucleases activity. The invention also encompasses methods, compositions and kits for conducting nucleic acid synthesis and amplification reactions in which non-specific amplification of primers is reduced.
US10787690B2
The present disclosure relates to a microorganism producing L-lysine, and a method for producing L-lysine using the same.
US10787684B2
Methods of simultaneously excising large nucleic acid sequences from a target nucleic acid and inserting large foreign nucleic sequences into the target nucleic acid sequence using DNA binding protein nucleases are described.
US10787682B2
The invention provides an adenovirus or adenoviral vector characterized by comprising one or more particular nucleic acid sequences or one or more particular amino acid sequences, or portions thereof, pertaining to, for example, an adenoviral pIX protein, DNA polymerase protein, penton protein, hexon protein, and/or fiber protein.
US10787679B2
Compositions having pesticidal activity and methods for their use are provided. Compositions include isolated and recombinant polypeptides having pesticidal activity, recombinant and synthetic nucleic acid molecules encoding the polypeptides, DNA constructs and vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells comprising the vectors, and antibodies to the polypeptides. Nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptides can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in organisms of interest. The compositions and methods provided are useful for producing organisms with enhanced pest resistance or tolerance. Transgenic plants and seeds comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a pesticidal protein of the invention are also provided. Such plants are resistant to insects and other pests. Methods are provided for producing the various polypeptides disclosed herein, and for using those polypeptides for controlling or killing a pest. Methods and kits for detecting polypeptides of the invention in a sample are also included.
US10787676B2
This invention relates to the identification of a regulator protein (termed CYP78A6, or EOD3) which controls the size of plant seeds and organs in Arabidopsis and other plants. Manipulation of CYP78A protein expression may useful, for example, in improving crop yield and increasing plant biomass.
US10787673B2
The present invention relates to a mutant Brassica plant, which is resistant to a pathogen of viral, bacterial, fungal or oomycete origin. The mutant Brassica plant has a reduced level, reduced activity or complete absence of DMR6-1 protein and DMR6-2 protein as compared to a wild type Brassica plant.
US10787672B2
The present disclosure includes methods and components for production of valuable industrial compounds in yeast. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a nucleic acid construct with increased stability for gene expression or gene editing comprising: a nucleic acid sequence encoding one or more of SEQ ID NO: 1-8 (CENs 1-8); and one or more regulatory elements functional in a yeast cell. In an embodiment of the present invention the nucleic acid constructs are vectors, preferably episomal vectors. High expression promoters, as well as methods for increasing production of compounds such as aromatics are disclosed.
US10787671B2
Provided herein are methods of production of recombinant Erwinia asparaginase. Methods herein produce asparaginase having high expression levels in the periplasm or the cytoplasm of the host cell having activity comparable to commercially available asparaginase preparations.
US10787669B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds comprising oligonucleotides complementary to a Leucine-Rich-Repeat-Kinase (LRRK2) RNA transcript. Certain such compounds are useful for hybridizing to a LRRK2 RNA transcript, including but not limited to a LRRK2 RNA transcript in a cell. In certain embodiments, such hybridization results in modulation of splicing of the LRRK2 transcript. In certain embodiments, such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease.
US10787668B2
The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of fibrosis, in particular cardiac fibrosis, comprising the administration of an inhibitor of insulin-regulated aminopeptidase (IRAP). Preferable the IRAP inhibitor is chosen from the group including HFI-419, HA-08, AL-40, HFI-437, Val-Tyr-Ile-His-Pro-Phe (otherwise known as angiotensin IV or ANG IV), c[Cys-Tyr-Cys]-His-Pro-Phe, and c[Hcy-Tyr-Hcy]-His-Pro-Phe.
US10787665B2
The present disclosure relates to antisense oligomers targeting the long non-coding RNA HOXB-AS3 and methods of treating acute myeloid leukemia.
US10787659B2
The disclosure generally relates to compositions and methods for the extraction of nucleic acids from biological samples. In particular embodiments the extraction involves mixing dibromochloromethane, iodochloromethane or mixtures thereof with a biological sample that has been mixed with a phenol-based extraction solution. Centrifugation of the sample is not needed to achieve phase separation which occurs using the present methods in as little as one to two minutes with no phenol carryover.
US10787651B2
A Bradyrhizobium monooxygenase, a gene for encoding the monooxygenase, a recombinant expression vector comprising the gene and a recombinant transformant, a method of preparing the monooxygenase by the recombinant expression transformant, and a method of preparing an optically pure chiral sulfoxide by the monooxygenase, in particular to a method of preparing prazole drugs by means of catalyzing the asymmetric oxidation of thioether, a prazole precursor. As compared with other methods of preparing an optically pure sulfoxide, the product produced by the monooxygenase of the present invention as a catalyst has high optical purity, avoids the generation of the byproduct sulfone, and has advantages of mild reaction conditions, simple and convenient operations, easy amplification, etc.
US10787648B2
The disclosure relates to omega-hydroxylase-related fusion polypeptides that result in improved omega-hydroxylated fatty acid derivative production when expressed in recombinant host cells. The disclosure further relates to microorganisms for expressing the omega-hydroxylase-related fusion polypeptides for the production of omega-hydroxylated fatty acid derivatives.
US10787641B2
The present invention features compositions and methods related to the isolation, culture and therapeutic use of CD31-expressing cells.
US10787633B2
A liquid transport method is disclosed for efficiently producing cell cultures. The liquid transport method of the present disclosure, which is in processing of cells, includes: a) a step in which a container holding a liquid is gripped by a gripping tool of a robot; and b) a step in which the liquid in the container is transported to a collection container by rotating the gripped container. In steps a) and b) the robot operates such as not to pass over a vertical line of an opening of the collection container.
US10787632B2
A cleaning solvent composition comprises from about 70 to about 95.7 weight percent trans-dichloroethylene, from about 15 to about 3.8 weight percent heptafluorocyclopentane, and from about 15 to about 0.5 weight percent of methylperfluoroheptene ethers. The composition may comprise from about 88 to about 94.2 weight percent trans-dichloroethylene, from about 6 to about 3.8 weight percent heptafluorocyclopentane, and from about 6 to about 2 weight percent of methylperfluoroheptene ethers. A method for cleaning articles of soiling substances comprises contacting the articles with the solvent composition by any suitable means such as a spray delivered by a propellant gas, or by contact with liquid and/or vapor solvent compositions, as in a conventional vapor degreaser apparatus.
US10787606B2
A weighted acid composition comprising an acid, a brine, and an amino acid and associated methods.
US10787604B2
A breaker composition for use in a fracturing fluid comprises at least one organic peroxide (e.g., tert-butyl hydroperoxide), at least one dye (e.g., an FD&C dye), and at least one alcohol (e.g., propylene glycol). A promoter composition for use in a fracturing fluid comprises at least one promoter (e.g., sodium thiosulfate), at least one dye (e.g., an FD&C dye). According to certain embodiments, the dye increases the efficiency of the promoter and/or the organic peroxide, so that the break time and the peak viscosity of the aqueous treatment fluid are reduced.
US10787599B2
Spacer fluid compositions comprising water, a clay, and a sulfur-containing polyether surfactant are disclosed, and such compositions often can further include a weighting additive, an antifoaming additive, and a co-solvent. These spacer fluid compositions can be used to treat metal casing and to remove drilling fluid residue for improved cement bonding in wellbore applications.
US10787594B2
The present invention relates to an optical adhesive composition including: a thermosetting component including an isoprene-based rubber containing a carboxyl group, and a thermal curing agent; and a photo-curable component including an acrylic acid ester-based monomer, and a photoinitiator, in order to exhibit high barrier performance on the basis of a low water vapor transmission rate, and simultaneously, exhibit excellent adhesive performance by being applied to an optical device or a display device. In addition, the present invention provides an optical adhesive film including an adhesive layer including a photo-cured product of the optical adhesive composition, thereby obtaining advantages of ensuring an excellent cutting property and an excellent handling property, and improving a step difference absorbency.
US10787593B2
Provided are an emulsifiable isocyanate composition and a preparation method therefor. The emulsifiable isocyanate composition comprises the following components: (a) a polymethylene polyphenyl polyisocyanate, (b) an emulsifier, (c) an adduct derived from a diisocyanate, and optionally (d) a terpene monomer. The emulsifiable isocyanate composition is used in artificial board adhesives, and has a smaller mold cumulative effect, an improved demoulding performance and an extended pot life.
US10787589B2
Dry erase articles are described comprising a writable surface layer comprising a cured hardcoat composition comprising the reaction product of certain low surface energy compound(s). In one embodiment, the compound(s) comprise a C18-C36 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group. In another embodiment, a mixture of compounds is utilized, the mixture comprising first compounds comprising a C18-C36 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group and second compounds comprising a C8-C17 hydrocarbon group and an ethylenically unsaturated group, wherein the first and second compound are present at a weight ratio of 3:2 to 4:1.
US10787585B2
An aqueous ink for ink jet recording includes a coloring material, a water-dispersible polysiloxane-based defoaming agent, a water-soluble silicone-based surfactant, a glycol-based solvent, and resin particles including a non-ionic reactive surfactant in a constituent unit.
US10787577B2
The invention relates to a method for the protection of surfaces against damage by applying a protective layer, wherein said surface is brought into contact with an aqueous polysaccharide solution having gelatinizing properties.
US10787576B2
The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a coating comprising at least one coating layer on a substrate, the method comprising the steps of a. providing monomers of the type R—(N)x-(L)m-(C═C)n-(L′)o-(N′)y—R′, wherein R is a head moiety, R′ is a tail moiety, (C≡C)n is an oligoyne moiety, L and L′ are linker moieties, N and N′ independently are branched or unbranched optionally substituted C1-C25 alkyl moieties optionally containing 1 to 5 heteroatoms, x, m, o, and y are independently 0 or 1, n is 4 to 12, and wherein the head moiety allows for an interaction with the surface of the substrate; b. bringing the monomers into contact with the substrate wherein the interaction of the head moieties of the monomers with the surface of the substrate induces at least a part of the monomers to align in a defined manner thereby forming a film on the surface and bringing the oligoyne moieties of the monomers into close contact with each other; c. inducing a reaction between oligoyne moieties by providing an external stimulus so as to at least partially cross-link the aligned monomers, thereby forming a coating layer on the substrate. The invention further relates to a coating obtainable according to the method of the invention, the use of a coating obtainable according to the method of the invention, a substrate comprising a coating obtainable according to the invention and the use of solid substrate. The invention further relates to a method for the synthesis of the monomers according to the invention.
US10787564B2
Described is a polyethylene composition comprising at least one polyethylene having a crystallinity of less than 60, or 55, or 50% and within a range from 0.2 wt % to 15 wt % of cyclic-olefin copolymer and within a range from 0.2 wt % to 15 wt % of hydrocarbon resin, by weight of the polyethylene composition. The polyethylene compositions can be formed into useful articles such as films and injection molded and thermoformed articles.
US10787562B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a branched elastomeric polymer by polymerization of a conjugated diene in the presence of a specific branching agent and a specific stabilizing compound. The branched elastomeric polymer exhibits improved storage stability, as reflected by a constant, or less variable, polymer viscosity over time and with reduced temperature dependence.
US10787554B2
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of expandable polylactic-acid-containing pellets, comprising the steps of a) Melting and incorporation by mixing of the following components: i) from 65 to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of polylactic acid, where the polylactic acid consists of: ia) from 65 to 95% by weight of polylactic acid with content of from 0.3 to 5% of D-lactic acid and ib) from 5 to 35% by weight of polylactic acid with content of from 10 to 18% of D-lactic acid; ii) from 5 to 35% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of an aliphatic polyester selected from the group consisting of polybutylene succinate, polybutylene succinate-co-adipate and polybutylene succinate-co-sebacate; iii) from 0 to 2% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of a compatibilizer; iv) from 0.1 to 5% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iii, of an additive, b) incorporation by mixing of v) from 1 to 7% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to v, of an organic blowing agent and vi) from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a co-blowing agent—selected from the group of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, argon, helium and mixtures thereof— into the polymer melt by means of a static or dynamic mixer at a temperature of at least 140° C., c) discharge through a die plate with perforations, the diameter of which at the die outlet is at most 1.5 mm, and d) underwater pelletization of the blowing-agent-containing melt directly downstream of the die plate at a pressure in the range from 1 to 21 bar.
US10787541B2
A polycarbonate resin has a structure represented by a formula (1) and a yellow index (YI) of 30 or less in a solid form,
US10787533B2
This invention relates to a novel one-pot process for polyolefin modification to form long-chain branched polymers containing polar functional groups, and the long-chain branched polymer resulting from the process. The process comprises reacting the following components (a) through (d) in a one pot process to form a long-chain branched polyolefin. Component (a) is a polyolefin; component (b) includes one or more silane compounds having the formula R″SiRnR′(3-n), component (c) is an ethylenically unsaturated polycarboxylic acid; and component (d) is a free radical initiator. In the formula R″SiRnR′(3-n) for component (b), R″ is an ethylenically or acetylenically unsaturated radical; R is a hydrolyzable group selected from the group consisting of an alkoxy, acyloxy, alkylamino, and arylamino; R′ is a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and n is 1, 2, or 3.
US10787531B2
To provide a fluorinated elastic copolymer capable of obtaining a crosslinked rubber which is excellent in tensile strength and has a low compression set under high temperature conditions; a method for producing such a fluorinated elastic copolymer; a crosslinked rubber; and a method for producing such a crosslinked rubber. A fluorinated elastic copolymer having structural units based, respectively, on monomers (a), (b) and (c), and further having iodine atoms. Monomer (a): at least one member selected from the group consisting of tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, vinylidene fluoride, chlorotrifluoroethylene and perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether). Monomer (b): at least one member selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by formula (I): CR1R2═CR3—R4—CR5═CR6R7 (I) (wherein R1, R2, R3, R5, R6 and R7 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a methyl group; and R4 is a C1-10 perfluoroalkylene group which may have an etheric oxygen atom inserted between carbon atoms). Monomer (c): at least one member selected from the group consisting of ethylene and propylene.
US10787528B2
The present invention relates to an olefin polymerization process for producing propylene copolymer composition (P), wherein propylene, C4 to C10 α-olefin and optionally ethylene are reacted in the presence of a Ziegler-Natta catalyst in a multistage polymerization process comprising at least two polymerization reactors, wherein the copolymer composition is bimodal with respect to the content of C4 to C10 α-olefin and, if present, to ethylene. Further, the invention is directed to the propylene copolymer composition being bimodal with respect to the content of C4 to C10 α-olefin and optionally to ethylene, and use of said propylene copolymer compositions for producing articles.
US10787522B2
Methods for making, identifying, isolating and/or making binding proteins that contain an immunoglobulin light chain variable domain, including a somatically hypermutated light chain variable domain, fused with a heavy chain constant region, are provided. Exemplary binding proteins specific to small molecules are also provided.
US10787520B2
This disclosure provides pentameric and hexameric CD20 binding molecules and methods of using such molecules to direct complement-mediated, T-cell-mediated, or both complement-mediated and T-cell-mediated killing of CD20-expressing cells.
US10787516B2
Antibodies that bind to AXL protein and variants thereof are described herein. AXL exhibits a distinct and limited expression pattern in normal adult tissue(s), and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, the MAbs of the invention provide a diagnostic composition for the treatment and management of cancer.
US10787505B2
The present invention relates to an oligopeptide and conjugates thereof. The present invention also relates to the use of these oligopeptide conjugates for treating or diagnosing disorders mediated by amyloid β deposits. Finally, the present invention also relates to a coupling method for obtaining oligopeptide coupled with a substance of interest (functional conjugates).
US10787499B2
Certain embodiments of the invention provide epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) binding polypeptides, as well as conjugates and CSANs comprising such polypeptides. Additionally, certain embodiments of the invention also provide methods of using such polypeptides and compounds for molecular imaging and molecularly targeted therapies.
US10787497B2
The present invention relates to a cancer treatment composition for inhibiting angiogenesis, and a preparation method therefor. An angiogenesis inhibitor according to the present invention is a cancer treatment composition comprising a fusion protein comprising a vascular endothelial growth factor-binding domain of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1 (VEGFR1) and a b1 domain of neuropilin-1 (NRP1). The novel fusion protein is an angiogenesis inhibitor for blocking the binding of VEGF to a receptor in the cell membrane, and has an effect of inhibiting the proliferation of cancer cells and the growth and metastasis of cancer. In addition, the fusion protein can be used as an anti-cancer agent and exhibits an effective anti-cancer effect at a lower dose than that of a conventional angiogenesis inhibitor.
US10787495B2
The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody platform designed to be coupled to therapeutic peptides to increase the half-life of the therapeutic peptide in a subject. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use thereof.
US10787492B2
An improved cell-permeable (iCP)-SOCS3 recombinant protein and uses thereof. The iCP-SOCS3 recombinant protein may be used as protein-based anti-angiogenic agent by utilizing the platform technology for macromolecule intracellular transduction. The iCP-SOCS3 recombinant protein includes a SOCS3 protein and at least one advanced macromolecule transduction domain (aMTD)(s). The aMTD(s) is composed of 9-13 amino acid residues and has the following features (a)-(c): (a) having 3 or more amino acid residues independently selected from the group consisting of Ala, Val, Ile, Leu, and Pro; (b) having Proline as an amino acid residue corresponding to any one or more of positions 5, 7 and 8, and position 12 of its amino acid sequence; and (c) having an instability index of 40-60, an aliphatic index of 180-220, and a grand average of hydropathy (GRAVY) score of 2.1-2.6, according to Protparam computational formula.
US10787491B2
The present disclosure relates to novel, specific-binding therapeutic and/or diagnostic proteins directed against Glypican-3 (GPC3), which proteins preferably are muteins of a lipocalin protein, more preferably of lipocalin 2 (Lcn2 or NGAL). Present disclosure also relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding such proteins and to methods for generation and use of such proteins and nucleic acid molecules. Accordingly, present disclosure also is directed to pharmaceutical and/or diagnostic compositions comprising such lipocalin proteins, including uses of these proteins.
US10787488B2
Photosynthetic microorganisms with broadened light absorption capability and increased photosynthetic activity are described. Broadened light absorption is achieved by modifying the microorganism to utilize non-native bilins. Increased photosynthetic activity results from the broadened light absorption and can also result from a decrease in self-shading. The microorganisms include Cyanobacteria, including modified Cyanobacteria.
US10787484B2
The invention provides PCSK9 inhibitors, compositions comprising the PCSK9 inhibitors, and methods of identifying and using the PCSK9 inhibitors.
US10787478B2
Enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin, including derivatives of the enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin, are disclosed along with novel synthetic methods. In particular, a substituted cyclopentane epoxide is synthesized into the enantiomers of 1′,6′-isoneplanocin. Enantiomers of carbocyclic nucleoside analogs of 3-deazaneplanocin to provide D- and L-like 1′,6′-iso-3-deazaneplanocin are also disclosed. The small molecule chemotherapeutic compounds beneficially provide DNA and RNA antiviral activity, demonstrating activity towards, for example, human cytomegalovirus, measles, Ebola, norovirus, dengue, vaccinia and HBV. Compounds exhibiting reduced S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitory effects are disclosed and provide improved toxicity profiles in comparison to neplanocin. The invention provides improved prophylactic and/or therapeutic antiviral efficacy.
US10787476B2
An object of the present invention is to provide glycoamino acid as an amino acid precursor with improved properties (particularly water-solubility, stability in water, bitter taste etc.). The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof.
US10787474B2
A platinum organosiloxane complex is prepared by a process including 1) combining A) a platinous halide and B) a ketone, and thereafter 2) adding C) a polyorganosiloxane having, per molecule, 2 to 4 silicon bonded terminally unsaturated hydrocarbon groups having from 2 to 6 carbon. The platinum organosiloxane complex prepared by the process is useful as a hydrosilylation catalyst.
US10787469B2
A process for the purification of L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine is described, wherein L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine is crystallized from DMSO or from a mixture of DMSO with at least another solvent, preferably selected from water, alcohol, halogenated solvents, ethers, esters and/or amides. Such a process allows to obtain L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine having a purity greater than 99.5%, preferably greater than 99.7%, even more preferably greater than or equal to 99.9%. A method for determining the purity of L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine is also described, comprising the elution of L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine through an HPLC column having an amino stationary phase, and subsequent detection of L-α-glycerophosphorylcholine itself, and any impurity thereof, by means of an Evaporative Light Scattering Detector type.
US10787457B2
The present invention provides a novel RET inhibitor comprising, as an active ingredient, a compound or a salt thereof that have not been known for their RET inhibitory activity, and also provides an agent for preventing or treating diseases (e.g., malignant tumors) that can be prevented or treated by RET inhibitory activity. The RET inhibitor comprises, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by Formula (I) below or a salts thereof: wherein A, R1 to R3, X, and n are as defined in the specification.
US10787453B2
The present invention provides compounds comprising variously substituted octahydropyrrolopyrroles, their synthesis, methods of making, methods of using, compositions and formulations thereof.
US10787452B2
The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors.The compounds of this invention have formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as devined herein. Moreover, The compounds of this invention have formula I-A: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US10787449B2
The present invention provides octahydro fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
US10787447B2
This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M1 and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of diseases mediated by the muscarinic M1 and M4 receptors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds provided are of formula where Y, R1, R2 and R4 are as defined herein.
US10787445B2
The present invention relates to compounds which modulate (e.g., inhibit) the activity of beta-hydrolase (e.g., ASPH), including novel 2-aryl-5-amino-3(2H)-furanone and 2-heteroaryl-5-amino-3(2H)-furanone compounds, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, methods for their synthesis, and methods of using these compounds to modulate the activity of ASPH in an a cell-free sample, a cell-based assay, and in a subject. Other aspects of the invention relate to use of the compounds disclosed herein to ameliorate or treat cell proliferation disorders.
US10787442B2
Provided are IDO inhibitor compounds of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their pharmaceutical compositions, their methods of preparation, and methods for their use in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases.
US10787441B2
A compound of Formula (I) or (II), for treating or preventing an HCV infection in a subject.
US10787438B2
Provided herein are substituted 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes as ketohexokinase inhibitors, processes to make said compounds, and methods comprising administering said compounds to a mammal in need thereof.
US10787421B2
The invention provides compounds formula (I) and salts thereof: wherein R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification. The compounds are useful for treating conditions including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, cancer, inflammation, hyperresponsiveness, allergic conditions, asthma, and psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful to lower IL-4, IL-5, or IL-15 levels in an animal.
US10787388B2
The present invention relates to a (meth)acrylic mixture for impregnating a fibrous substrate, characterized in that it comprises: a) a first dispersion comprising at least one (meth)acrylic polymer obtained by emulsion polymerization of one or more (meth)acrylic monomers, b) a second dispersion comprising at least one flame retardant. The invention also relates to a method for impregnating a fibrous substrate with a (meth)acrylic mixture of this kind, and to a method for manufacturing mechanical parts or structured elements, or articles, from the (meth)acrylic mixture. Another objective of the invention is a mechanical part or a structured element or an article made of composite material, obtained by the implementation of the manufacturing method.
US10787382B2
Provided is a manufacturing apparatus (1) for a glass sheet, including roller pairs (5), which are configured to convey a glass ribbon (G) downward while sandwiching the glass ribbon (G) from both front and back sides, and are arranged in a plurality of vertical stages, wherein each of rollers forming each of the roller pairs (5) is formed so as to be movable between a sandwiching position for sandwiching the glass ribbon (G) a retracted position that is separated from a conveyance path (P) of the glass ribbon (G) and is capable of preventing contact of flying objects flying from above, and wherein, when the glass ribbon (G) during conveyance is damaged, the roller (5a) that is positioned below a damaged part of the glass ribbon (G) moves to the retracted position.
US10787379B2
A method for removing hydrogen sulfide from a biogas, wherein the hydrogen sulfide is absorbed in an aqueous liquid to produce a cleaned gas having a reduced amount of hydrogen sulfide relative to the biogas. The aqueous liquid is subsequently treated by contacting with a sulfur dye or sulfurized vat dye in the presence of an oxidizer such as oxygen gas, to convert the sulfides in the aqueous liquid to a non-toxic, water-soluble, product.
US10787367B2
The present invention is directed to the removal of ammonia from an ammonia reactor product stream. Systems and methods of the present invention enable ammonia to be synthesized and removed using a broader range of process conditions than are possible with current industrial practices. In particular, the systems and methods enable the use of higher temperatures, lower pressures, and higher reactant flows.
US10787366B2
A method for manufacturing a graphitic sheet is used to obtain the graphitic sheet with similar characteristics to graphene. The method includes forming an octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) layer on a substrate to obtain a composite. The composite is annealed at 250-400° C. for 30-90 minutes, forming the graphitic sheet on the substrate via self-assembly of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) in the OTS layer. The annealed composite is immersed in water, followed by being sonicated for 2 minutes with a frequency of 40 kHz and a power output of 200 W, to separate the graphitic sheet from the substrate.
