US10787365B2
Graphene production methods are described based on subjecting non-covalent graphite intercalated compounds, such as graphite bisulfate, to expansion conditions such as shocks of heat and/or microwaves followed by turbulence-assisted exfoliation to produce few-layer, high quality graphene flakes. Depending on the approach selected for the exfoliation step, free-flowing graphene powder, graphene slurry, or an aqueous graphene mixture can be obtained. Surfactants can aid in dispersion, and graphene inks can be formed. The parameters of the process are simple, efficient and low-cost enabling therefore the scale-up of production. Applications include electrodes and energy storage devices.
US10787362B2
An apparatus is disclosed for the pre-capture of carbon from natural gas and/or other light gaseous hydrocarbons and oils, and for co-firing the resulting hydrogen and any remaining hydrocarbons with higher carbon ratio fuels, such as coal and heavy oils and even lower carbon ratio natural gas, in a steam electric generator and/or other boilers, processes, reactors, power plants, engines and combustion turbines, and combined cycle units, to reduce their carbon dioxide production and emissions to the environment, and for co-processing the syngas with other feed materials to react them in a separate vessel and produce a desired outcome.
US10787356B2
A beverage dispensing system is provided. The beverage dispensing system can include a nozzle module connected to a beverage dispenser housing. The nozzle module can be vertically and/or horizontally spaced from a beverage dispenser valve and nozzle.
US10787355B2
A conveying equipment (50) includes a first conveyance line (60) having a first upper rotation conveyance unit (61a) and a first lower rotation conveyance unit (61b) and a second conveyance line (70) having a second upper rotation conveyance unit (71a) and a second lower rotation conveyance unit (71b). In the conveying equipment (50), between the first conveyance line (60) and the second conveyance line (70), an adjustment rotation conveyance unit (80) that rotates while gripping at least one of a flange upper portion (17a) and a flange lower portion (17b) of a bottle (10) is provided. The adjustment rotation conveyance unit (80) has an upper gripping part (81a) that is provided to be openable and closable and grips the flange upper portion (17a), and a lower gripping part (81b) that is provided to be openable and closable and grips the flange lower portion (17b).
US10787354B2
A tool includes a resilient relatively soft tool body defining a closed top surface and a surrounding side surface extending downwardly therefrom. The tool further includes a bottom surface which defines an upwardly extending generally cylindrical recess therein. The recess includes interior sidewalls which in their preferred form support a plurality of gripping ridges or edges. The recess is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a bottle cap thereby allowing the user to grip the tool and squeeze the tool body to force its recess surfaces against the bottle cap in a gripping engagement and thereafter applying a torque or twist to the tool allowing the bottle cap to be easily removed. In its preferred fabrication, the tool further includes a plurality of radially extending relief slots formed in the recess wall to facilitate better gripping action and to allow the recess wall to stretch and expand thereby accommodating different bottle cap sizes. Finally, the tool may utilize a plurality of differently sized recesses arranged in descending order to engage different bottle cap sizes.
US10787339B1
Techniques for implementing a pipe deployment system that includes a pipe reel, in which the pipe reel includes reel ends and a reel drum and the pipe reel enables a pipe segment to be wrapped on the reel drum. The pipe deployment system includes a brake assembly with a brake wheel having a shaft socket keyed with flat inner surfaces, and a shaft adapter assembly, which includes an adapter head to be coupled between the pipe reel and the brake assembly. The adapter head includes an adapter shaft keyed with flat outer surfaces, in which the adapter shaft matingly interlocks with the shaft socket and is to be partially inserted through a reel end of the pipe reel, and a rotation control pin coupled to the adapter shaft, in which the rotation control pin is to be inserted between adjacent reel spokes in the reel end of the pipe reel.
US10787331B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a second conveying roller adjoining a motor driven first conveying roller, a phase determiner to determine a rotational phase of a rotor of the motor, a controller, and a discriminator. The controller controls a drive current flowing through a winding of the motor to reduce phase deviation. The discriminator executes a discrimination regarding one of whether a front end of a sheet has reached a nip portion and whether a rear end of the sheet has passed through a nip portion. The controller controls such that the first conveying roller rotates at a first conveying roller peripheral velocity which is different from a peripheral velocity of the second conveying roller. The discriminator executes the discrimination based on a value of a parameter corresponding to a load torque applied to the rotor where the first conveying roller rotates at the first conveying roller peripheral velocity.
US10787327B2
The invention discloses a multi-bar linkage mechanism based conveyor, comprising a gantry system, a multi-bar linkage mechanism based conveyor boom, a boom support, a two-drum winch, a roller unit and an automatic control system. The gantry system, the two-drum winch and the boom support are mounted on a deck of a hull. The conveyor boom is formed of multi-bar linkage mechanisms, the movement of which can be changed. Rollers are mounted on the conveyor boom. The rear segment of the conveyor boom is articulated with the boom support. The two-drum winch is connected to the multi-bar linkage mechanism based conveyor boom via a steel wire rope and by a set of gantry pulleys. A hydraulic device and a control device are arranged between adjacent multi-bar linkage mechanisms. A tension sensor is arranged at an end of the steel wire rope. The whole conveyor is controlled by the automatic control system.
US10787322B2
Parcel processing systems and methods. A parcel processing system includes a parcel transport configured to receive a flow of parcels, and transport the flow of parcels at a rate greater than a processing capacity of a downstream processing device. The parcel processing system includes a diverter configured to divert individual parcels from the flow of parcels to be recirculated. The parcel processing system includes the downstream processing device configured to process the remaining flow of parcels. The parcel processing system includes a control system configured to cause the diverter to divert the individual parcels from the flow of parcels until the remaining flow of parcels is not greater than the processing capacity of a downstream processing device.
US10787318B2
A system, and associated method, for launching and delivering separated food product in organized groups to a robotized packaging station for the product. The system initiates the delivery via a metered hopper of food product delivering the product to a launch V-belt that aligns the product end to end. A successive singulator belt, positioned adjacent to and receiving product from the launch belt, further organizes the product into a single file alignment. An optional separator belt may follow the singulator belt to create gaps between successive product units. The product is then delivered to a pick belt for product to be provided to the packaging robot. The system product information is from a single (per product delivery line) sensor, enabling intergrated end-to-end control from hopper to robot, and a nearly continuous motion of said pick belt.
US10787312B2
An apparatus for the transport and storage of proppant has a container with a top wall, a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls. The pair of side walls extend between the pair of end walls. The container has a bottom discharge opening. The container includes a funnel extending from the pair of side walls and from the pair of and walls toward the bottom discharge opening. The funnel has sides extending in an angle of greater than 25° with respect to horizontal. The funnel includes a pair of side plates extending respectively from the pair of side walls toward the bottom discharge opening and a pair of end plates extending respectively from the pair of end walls toward the bottom discharge opening. Each of the side plates and the end plates is formed of a stainless steel material.
US10787303B2
Packaging insulation for insertion into a packaging container, which includes an air laid natural fibrous batt comprised primarily of natural fibers, having foldable paper sheet material adhered to both sides of the batt. The resulting method and product provides packaging insulation which can be shipped flat and compressed, which expands when unpacked and which can be readily folded to match the interior configuration of a shipping container, such as a cardboard box.
US10787299B2
The application relates to a pouch assembly (100) for containing a liquid being an aqueous urea solution for use in a selective catalytic reduction system for treating the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine of a vehicle and for transferring the liquid to a liquid tank of the vehicle from the outside of the liquid tank, the pouch assembly (100) comprising a flexible pouch (1) and a spout (2) attached thereto having a base (21) extending axially through an opening (111) provided in a wall of the pouch (1) and being attached to the opening (111), a top end (22) being configured for insertion in the inside passage of the filling neck (3) of the liquid tank of the vehicle during the filling of the liquid tank, and a body (23) that extends between the base and the top end (22) of the spout (2), the body (23) having an elongated shape, and the body (23) at least partially extending in the inside passage of the filling neck (3) of the liquid tank during the filling of the liquid tank, the base (21), the top end (22) and the body (23) having an elongated axial through-passage (211) to serve as a discharge passage for the liquid. The application relates furthermore to a system comprising such a pouch assembly (100) and a liquid tank having a filling neck (3) allowing insertion of the spout (2) for filling the liquid tank.
US10787298B1
A biodegradable bag and method of using same for storing and transporting ice chunks, the method including enclosing about 5 lbs to about 50 lbs of ice chunks within a 100% knitted, cotton yarn bag, placing the bag within a freezer for maintaining the ice chunks below at least 0° C., storing the bag containing the ice chunks in the freezer and transporting the bag containing the ice chunks in a freezer compartment of a motor vehicle to a retail location for purchase by an end-user.
US10787297B2
A child-resistant canister includes a container and a closure configured to mount on the container to close an opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a lid and a lid anchor coupled to the lid. The lid anchor is configured to mate with a closure retainer included in the container to retain the closure in a mounted position on the container.
US10787292B2
Disclosed herein are delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers which may include an aluminosilicate glass having a Class HGA 1 hydrolytic resistance when tested according to ISO 720-1985 testing standard. The glass containers may also have a compressive stress layer with a depth of layer of greater than 25 μm. A surface compressive stress of the glass containers may be greater than or equal to 350 MPa. The delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical containers may be ion exchange strengthened and the ion exchange strengthening may include treating the delamination resistant glass pharmaceutical container in a molten salt bath for a time less than or equal to 5 hours at a temperature less than or equal to 450° C.
US10787290B2
The pallet includes two fixing surfaces produced from rectangular base plate with the help of scoring and made by folding and having two lifting holes, and supporting cover containing legs having intrinsic lifting holes and bracing space, the fixing surface of the supporting cover is fixed to bracing plate, which is fixed to the lower surface of the loading surface of the pallet, and to the bottom of the bracing plate the middle supporting cover is fixed, which is formed by folding from rectangular middle base plate created with scorings and two lifting holes, containing the supporting legs which include the two fixing surfaces, lifting holes and bracing space, along the entire length of its two fixing surfaces and the bracing space of the supporting legs, in its upper part completely filled beams are fixed, and cylinders are fixed in a space filleting manner below the completely filled beams in the bracing space of the supporting legs.
US10787289B1
The blank includes a plurality of sidewall panels, at least one platform panel extending from a lower end of the blank, the at least one platform panel being configured to be folded to form a platform upon assembly of a package using the blank. At least one foot panel extends from the lower end of the blank, the at least one foot panel being configured to be folded and at least partially positioned under the platform to support at least one portion of the platform upon assembly of the package. A tear-off section is defined by at least a portion of the lower end of the blank. The package is formed from the blank.
US10787281B2
Provided is a boxing apparatus that may repeatedly push products packaged in a soft packaging material into a box through a lateral opening and to pack the products in a plurality of rows, wherein product-filled rate may be easily enhanced without damaging the products. A boxing apparatus 10 may pack a plurality of rows of bagged products into a box. The boxing apparatus may be provided with a push-in mechanism 50, a shutter, a vertical movement mechanism, and a controller 41. The push-in mechanism may push the products into the box through a lateral opening in the box. The shutter may enter and exit the box through the opening. The vertical movement mechanism may move the box and the shutter up and down relative to each other.
US10787278B2
A method and apparatus for maintaining a vehicle, such as an aircraft. A plurality of maintenance messages generated during operation of the vehicle are stored to form a plurality of stored maintenance messages. The stored maintenance messages are filtered to remove from the stored maintenance messages those maintenance messages that are correlated to minimum equipment list actions to form filtered stored maintenance messages. A predicted maintenance message is generated from the filtered stored maintenance messages by applying a machine learning algorithm to the filtered stored maintenance messages. The predicted maintenance message may be used to perform a maintenance operation on the vehicle.
US10787276B2
A method for policing and managing the operation of a flying, unmanned aircraft in the event of usurpation of control of, malfunction of, or ill-intentioned use of, this aircraft includes the steps of (a) detecting inappropriate operation of the aircraft; (b) transmitting a takeover command to the aircraft to interrupt control of the operation of this aircraft by a first pilot and relinquish control of the aircraft to a second pilot; and (c) transmitting control commands to the aircraft to control its operation by the second pilot, until the need for alternate pilot control of the aircraft has ended or until the aircraft has landed safely.
US10787274B2
A ram air turbine system includes a ram air turbine and an actuator to move the ram air turbine between a stowed position and a deployed position. The actuator is in fluid communication with an aircraft hydraulic system configured to return the ram air turbine to the stowed position from the deployed position during operation of the aircraft utilizing hydraulic fluid pressure from the aircraft hydraulic system. A method of operating a ram air turbine system includes slowing or stopping rotation of the ram air turbine during flight of the aircraft, directing hydraulic fluid pressure from an aircraft hydraulic system to a ram air turbine actuator to urge movement of the actuator from a deployed position to a stowed position and urging movement of the ram air turbine from a deployed position to a stowed position via movement of the actuator from the deployed position to the stowed position.
US10787271B2
The invention relates to the redundant supply of kinetic energy to a drive system of an aircraft in order to ensure in each case largely safe operation of the aircraft during normal operation of the system and also in various emergency scenarios. The system has two electrical machines (110, 130), each of which is connected to in each case one of the two propellers. A high-voltage battery (120) and an internal combustion engine (140) are also provided. These components of the system are, depending on the type of component, electrically and/or mechanically connected to one another and to the propellers, and a controller of the system controls energy flows between the components depending on the mode of operation or readiness for operation of the components in a redundant manner in such a way that the aircraft can be largely safely operated in various normal and emergency situations.
US10787270B2
A boundary layer propulsor comprises a rotor and a plurality of first aerofoil blades. The rotor has an axis of rotation. The plurality of first aerofoil blades extends radially from the rotor and is arranged in a circumferential array around the axis of rotation. Each of the first aerofoil blades has, in a radially outward sequence, a radially proximal portion, a middle portion, and a radially distal portion. The radially proximal portion has a first cambered cross-section, the middle portion has a second uncambered cross-section, and the radially distal portion has a third cambered cross-section. The first cambered cross-section is cambered in an opposite sense to the third cambered cross-section.
US10787265B2
A support structure for a flight attendant seat, the support structure having supporting elements arranged at an upper and a lower end of the support structure. The supporting elements connect the support structure to an aircraft structure via fastening points, the support structure having receiving elements for receiving the flight attendant seat. The support structure has at least two substantially vertical elements and at least one substantially horizontal element. The vertical elements have at least one upper and one lower end, the supporting elements being attached to respective ends of the vertical elements and forming lattice struts. The support elements are designed to be connected to the aircraft structure at at least two attachment positions, at least two upper and two lower fastening points being selectable in their respective attachment position to the aircraft structure, at least one cabin element being adaptively attached to the support structure.
US10787261B2
An aircraft seat system has at least one first aircraft seat region, which includes a first aircraft seat, and at least one second aircraft seat region, which is arranged behind the first aircraft seat region and includes a second aircraft seat, wherein, in a mounted state, the aircraft seat of the second aircraft seat region is arranged, at least in a lying position, at least partially overlapping beneath the first aircraft seat region.
US10787259B2
A bistable gripper for an aerial vehicle may include a base, a first finger, a second finger, a switching pad, a first elastic connector, and a second elastic connector. The base may include a first beam and a second beam. The first finger may be pivotably attached to the first beam at a first joint, and the second finger may be pivotably attached to the second beam at a second joint. The switching pad may be configured for moving relative to the base. The first elastic connector may be attached to the switching pad and the first finger, and the second elastic connector may be attached to the switching pad and the second finger. The bistable gripper may be configured for switching between a closed stable state and an open stable state.
US10787253B2
The present invention includes an anti-torque assembly for a helicopter comprising a plurality of fixed blade pitch motors mounted on one or more pivots on the tail boom of the helicopter, wherein the plurality of fixed blade pitch motors on the one or more pivots are adapted to be oriented substantially in-plane with a tail boom of a helicopter during a first mode of operation that comprises a hover mode and wherein the fixed blade pitch motors are adapted to be oriented substantially off-plane from the tail boom of the helicopter during a second mode of helicopter operation that is different from the first mode.
US10787243B2
A propeller component, for example a propeller blade airfoil, includes an external surface exposed in use to an oncoming airstream (A), and a protective polymeric film applied over substantially the entire exposed external surface of the component.
US10787242B1
There is provided an aerodynamic control apparatus for an air vehicle comprising a flap system including a first spanwise flap segment to be arranged on a first side of an air vehicle, a second spanwise flap segment to be arranged on the first side of the air vehicle, and a controller to actuate the first spanwise flap segment to a first flap deflection and the second spanwise flap segment to a second flap deflection, wherein the first spanwise flap segment at the first flap deflection and the second spanwise flap segment at the second flap deflection form a piecewise continuous trailing edge.
US10787236B1
A tiller system for steering an outboard motor. The tiller system includes a tiller arm that is rotatably coupled to the outboard motor. The tiller arm is rotatable from a down position to an up position through a plurality of lock positions therebetween. A tilt lock system is coupled between the tiller arm and the outboard motor and is configured to be activated and deactivated. When activated, the tilt lock system prevents the tiller arm from rotating downwardly through each of the plurality of lock positions. The tiller arm is further rotatable into an unlock position, whereby rotating the tiller arm into the unlock position automatically deactivates the tilt lock system such that the tiller arm is freely rotatable downwardly through the plurality of lock positions.
US10787219B2
An electric vehicle drive device includes a swing arm including an arm portion disposed on a left side, having a front part pivotally supported by a pivot shaft, and including a main wall having a height and extending in a front-rear direction, and a cross arm portion which has a front part pivotally supported by the pivot shaft, and including a coupling portion extending toward the left side to the main wall. A guide hole penetrating through the main wall in a vehicle width direction is formed between a part pivotally supported by the pivot shaft and a part in which the coupling portion extends. A harness extends along a side of the main wall on the left side, passes through the guide hole, and extends along the cross arm portion.
US10787217B2
This invention relates to a tilting mechanism for wheeled vehicles such as bicycles both electrical and manually powered, motorcycles, mopeds, scooters and the like. The wheeled vehicle, preferably with three wheels or more, driving like a 2-in-line vehicle and handles the same way in the turns and when driving straight. The tilting mechanism for a multiple wheeled vehicle, comprising a tilting mechanism that allows for leaning body and wheels into a turn and independent adjustment of the turning radius, while inducing an effect to the two front wheels similar to Ackerman steering compensation. The principle of the tilting mechanism is a parallelogram structure, which comprises a top rod, a bottom rod and a pair of connecting rods, pivotally connected to each other. To each of the connecting rods a pair of steering elements is pivotally connected and on two steering elements a pair of wheels is connected.
US10787205B2
Disclosed is a vehicle including a frame, a vehicle body, a motor connected to the frame, left and right suspensions, left and right wheels operatively connected to the left and right suspensions, each wheel having a rim and a tire mounted on the rim, both wheels being outside the vehicle body, and left and right fenders. Each fender includes an arcuate outer wall adapted for extending over at least a portion of an upper part of the tire of its corresponding wheel and a side wall having an outer portion extending from an edge of the outer wall, the outer portion covering at least a portion of a sidewall of the tire on a vehicle facing side, and an inner portion extending from the outer portion, the inner portion covering at least a portion of the rim of its corresponding wheel on the vehicle facing side.
US10787204B2
A vehicle includes a body panel coupled to a vehicle frame and having an outer surface and an inner surface, a thermal structure disposed proximate the inner surface of the body panel, wherein the thermal structure includes at least one of a heat-emitting portion and a heat-absorbing portion, wherein the thermal structure is in communication with the outer surface of the body panel to define an ambient temperature portion and a differential temperature portion, and wherein the differential portion is in communication with the thermal structure and cooperates with the thermal structure to generate a predetermined pattern. A controller having at least one of a humidity sensor and a temperature sensor is in communication with the outer surface of the body panel, wherein the controller operates the thermal structure according to data delivered to the controller from at least one of the humidity and temperature sensors.
US10787203B2
A hybrid energy storage and delivery device includes a plastic enclosure that establishes a first sealed chamber and a second sealed chamber. The first sealed chamber is configured as a fuel tank for storing a liquid fuel and the second sealed chamber is configured as a battery pack for storing electrical energy. Thus, the fuel tank and battery pack may be integrated together within a single enclosure in order to improve vehicle packaging efficiencies.
US10787200B1
A cargo carrying vehicle (10) includes a load support deck (44) comprised of a plurality of laterally adjacent deck pieces (46). Each deck piece includes in transverse cross section a plurality of elongated cavities (56) in which respective support members (100) may be selectively longitudinally positioned. A frame (128) includes a support and mounting arrangement for one or more suspension subframes (142) that each include a wheel supporting axle (144). Brace plates (168, 170, 172) operatively connect with frame rails (130, 132) and lateral support ribs (140) to reinforce the frame structure and attach the suspension subframe.
US10787193B2
Provided is a drive control device for an electric motor in which the number of terminals and the number of wires can be reduced. The drive control device includes: an inverter circuit that drives an electric motor having a plurality of phases; a drive circuit including drivers; a control circuit that outputs a control signal to control the drive circuit; and a signal line that connects the control circuit to the drive circuit to transmits a control signal from the control circuit to the drive circuit, in which the number of signal lines is fewer than the number of the phases of the electric motor.
US10787192B1
A method for controlling a vehicle includes operating a steering system in manual steer-by-wire control state and determining that a transition to an automated steer-by-wire control state is to be performed by the steering system. The method also includes entering the automated steer-by-wire control state upon determining that all conditions from a group of state entry conditions are satisfied, and operating the steering system in the automated steer-by-wire control state until determining that any condition from a group of state exit conditions is satisfied. The method also includes entering the manual steer-by-wire control state upon determining that any condition from the group of state exit conditions is satisfied.
US10787188B2
A baby carriage having lateral articulated joints, each lateral articulated joint having a connection for a leg of a push bar, a front wheel strut and/or a rear wheel strut, of which at least two elements of the baby carriage are pivotable relative to one another about an articulated axis extending transversely with respect to the travel direction of the baby carriage. The at least two elements of the baby carriage being connected at an articulated joint, so as to be pivotable relative to one another, coupled together in a rotatably fixed manner so as to not be pivotable to one another. The lateral articulated joints being configured to be selectively released and selectively fixed, whereby to permit selective pivoting of some elements of the baby carriage relative to other elements of the baby carriage.
US10787186B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus for storing articles includes: a frame; mount structures adjustably connectable to the frame so as to enable a height adjustment thereof on the frame; containers releasably connectable to the mount structures, thus enabling a height adjustment of each of the containers; and releasable connections between respective ones of the containers and the mount structures. Each of the releasable connections (between a container of the containers and a mount structure of the mount structures) is configured to enable the container to be releasably connected to the mount structure, where the releasable connection couples the container with the mount structure along a sidewall of the container.
US10787183B2
A railway vehicle air conditioning management system according to the present invention includes a railway vehicle air-conditioning device installed in a railway vehicle, having a refrigerant circuit configured by including at least a compressor, a heat source side heat exchanger, a decompression device and a load side heat exchanger, and air-conditions an inside of the railway vehicle by circulating refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit, and a management device having a recording device in which vehicle air conditioning data including data showing operating states of the railway vehicle air-conditioning devices in a plurality of the railway vehicles are recorded, the railway vehicle air-conditioning device performs a special operation of operating in a pattern set in advance, in a state without humans in the railway vehicle, and the management device causes the recording device to record the vehicle air conditioning data including data showing the operating state in the special operation.
US10787181B2
A method for enabling elevated trains to travel both above as well as below a vertically-tiered pair of tracks by having wheels both in the upper and lower area of the train with the ability to switch from traveling on the upper tracks using lower wheels to traveling on the lower track using tipper wheels, where the said method of switching between upper and lower tracks enables trains to be moved between multiple levels serving as passing loops as well as vertical depots.
US10787179B2
The present invention may be a single or two-person pedal powered bicycle that rides on a cableway to pull agricultural products. A preferred embodiment has an option of an electric motor that provides power assist that operates on DC power from a battery that operates a DC motor. The electric motor operates on a battery that has a charging system to recharge at the end of the life cycle. The battery can preferably be charged with a convention 115 or 240 Volt battery charger or a solar powered charger. Also disclosed is a cable bicycle for use in moving people along a cable transport system.
US10787178B2
A screen door module for a platform edge of a vehicle station. The module includes a leaf that moves between open and closed positions, a fixed element to which the leaf is mechanically connected and along which it slides and a sill extending under the leaf and under the fixed element. The module also includes a raiser with a predetermined height extending under the leaf and the fixed element and being arranged in such a way as to be laid on a finished ground level of the platform and so the predetermined height corresponds to a difference between the finished ground level and the floor of the vehicle when the latter comes to a standstill alongside the module. An access ramp on the platform side runs along the entire length of the module and allows access to passengers of limited mobility.
US10787175B1
A method and apparatus for calibrating an optical surface condition monitoring system (1). Light beams at different wavelengths (λ1, λ2) are emitted to a reference substrate (2) at different distances (L1, L2) as well as to sample substrates (5) at a specific distance (Lspecific). Subsequently, ratios between the signals scattered back from the reference substrate (2) and the signals scattered back from the sample substrates (5) are calculated. Then, input data regarding a measurement distance (Lmeasurement) between a target surface (8) to be monitored, for example a road, and the receiver (3) of the system (1) is provided. Further, a preset program is selected. Dry calibration of the system (1) can then take place based on the calculated ratios, the measurement distance (Lmeasurement) and the selected program. Dry calibration can be calculated without having to perform an actual dry calibration in the field and no dry calibration plate or dry spot of the target surface (8) is required.
US10787174B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically determining and implementing a driving mode from a plurality of driving modes of a vehicle. The system includes a GPS unit configured to detect a geographical location of the vehicle. The system includes a memory configured to store a driving mode map identifying an initial driving mode based on a given geographical location. The system includes an input unit configured to receive a driving mode sensitivity indicating a desired level of driving aggressiveness. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is configured to determine the driving mode based on the driving mode map, the detected geographical location of the vehicle, and the driving mode sensitivity. The ECU is configured to automatically adjust operation of the vehicle based on the adjusted driving mode by adjusting a suspension, throttle sensitivity, shift points, air conditioning usage, traction control, or stability control.
US10787172B2
A driving assistance apparatus comprises a processor for: determining whether or not a preceding vehicle is traveling outside an area including an intersection and vicinities of the intersection; when the preceding vehicle is traveling outside the area, determining whether or not a direction indicator of the preceding vehicle on a road shoulder side is lighting; and when the direction indicator is lighting, performing second driving assistance different from first driving assistance for following the preceding vehicle.
US10787162B2
A driving force control apparatus including a posture detecting part detecting a riding posture of an occupant; an acceleration detecting part detecting an acceleration of a vehicle; a driving force generation part generating a driving force in a manner enabling to change a driving force distribution between a front and rear wheels or between a left and right wheels; and a microprocessor. The microprocessor is configured to perform calculating a required driving force, and controlling the driving force generation part so as to change the driving force distribution to a target driving force distribution to suppress a change of the riding posture while generating the required driving force when a magnitude of the acceleration is greater than or equal to a predetermined magnitude and a degree of change of the riding posture is greater than or equal to a predetermined degree.
US10787156B2
A method of diagnosis and prognosis for various operative systems is provided so that maintenance can be efficiently and effectively scheduled and provided. The invention is applicable to a broad range of systems, but particularly to aircraft brake systems and tires. An aircraft brake may be modeled by attributing brake wear factor values to various parameters associated with the aircraft brake that impact wear. Over the course of time and during braking events, the brake wear factor values are summed and a running total of that sum is kept over the life of the brake. At a point in time when the sum of weighted factors exceeds a preset threshold, an indicia is generated that service is required.
US10787152B1
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for rental vehicle driver verification. In an example, a system may include a camera configured to capture an image of a user in a vehicle. The system may obtain, from a vehicle rental system, vehicle rental information corresponding to the vehicle, the vehicle rental information including rental reservations scheduled for the vehicle. The system may also determine whether the user is a designated driver of the vehicle based on the image of the user and the vehicle rental information. The system may also indicate to the user that the vehicle is an incorrect rental vehicle in response to determining that the user is not the designated driver.
US10787149B2
A vehicle seat has a seat back with a top edge. A cover mount is attached to the seat back adjacent to the top edge. An outlet trim is attached to the cover mount. The cover mount includes a belt guide that is configured to accommodate a shoulder belt. The outlet trim includes a trim belt outlet that is aligned with the belt guide and is configured to allow the shoulder belt to pass through the outlet trim.
US10787147B2
An airbag apparatus includes: a cover that covers a vent hole which is formed on an airbag bag body from an inner part of the airbag bag body; a fixation part that supports the cover movably; and a strap that is connected to the cover, wherein a width of the strap is smaller than a diameter of the vent hole.
US10787146B2
An airbag apparatus may include: a first chamber connected to an inflator, and supporting the head of a passenger in case of a head-on collision of a vehicle; a second chamber connected to one side of the first chamber so as to be supported by the first chamber, and suppressing the head of the passenger from moving in a diagonal direction in case of an oblique collision of the vehicle; a communication part formed in the first chamber so as to introduce gas of the first chamber into the second chamber; and a valve tether installed along the circumference of the communication part, connected to the first chamber, and closing the communication part when the first chamber is completely deployed.
US10787145B2
An airbag device for a motor vehicle, the airbag device can be provided on and secured to a seat frame and is designed to protect the head and rib cage of an occupant in the event of side impact or vehicle rollover. The airbag device has a gas generator, an airbag cushion and a first securing system, the first securing system, the gas generator and the airbag cushion being connected to one another to secure the airbag device to the seat frame. A second securing system is provided in the side region of the airbag cushion above the connecting region with the first securing system The second securing system is designed to secure the airbag cushion, with an additional securing point in the side region, to the seat frame above the first securing system.
US10787143B2
An assembly includes a base. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the base. The assembly includes an airbag guide supported by the base. The assembly includes a linchpin securing the airbag guide to the base. The linchpin includes a first marking and one of the base or the airbag guide includes a second marking, the first marking and the second marking align to collectively be a readable indicium.
US10787140B2
A system for protecting an automobile from a collision. The system including: a bumper having one or more bumper segments disposed on the automobile for absorbing at least some energy of the collision; and one or more actuators for deploying the bumper when conditions indicative of an impending collision is detected; wherein the one or more actuators comprise: one or more hydraulic actuators; one or more pneumatic actuators; one or more actuators actuated by one or more detonation charges; one or more fluid-filled bellows; one or more compressively pre-loaded springs; and one or more actuators connected to rotatable joints of links in a linkage.
US10787135B2
A switching circuit includes: an input/output terminal section including four SW terminals; lines connecting between these terminals; switches disposed in paths of the respective lines; and diodes disposed in the paths of the respective lines. The switches are single-pole switches. The diodes are connected to normally closed terminals of the switches, respectively.
US10787132B2
A ceiling material for a vehicle includes a ceiling interior material facing a vehicle cabin inner surface of a roof panel for a vehicle, and a reinforcement member arranged on an upper surface of the ceiling interior material on the side of the roof panel. The reinforcement member may include a rod-like member and supporting members for respectively supporting at least two sections in a slidable manner in a longitudinal direction of the rod-like member. Each of the supporting members includes a fitting portion which allows the rod-like member to be fitted from a radial direction.
US10787131B2
A motor vehicle according to an exemplary aspect of this disclosure includes, among other things, a roof structure, a bracket projecting from the roof structure, a roof panel configured to attach to the roof structure such that the bracket is beneath the roof panel, and an accessory configured to attach to the bracket. A method is also disclosed.
US10787129B2
An operating system for moving an item stored in a vehicle storage device is provided. The storage device includes a first storage container and a second storage container disposed in the storage device. The operating system comprises a first operating device connected to the first storage container; a second operating device connected to the second storage container; a user intention detecting device for detecting an intention of a user to take an item; and a controller. The controller is configured to receive an intention signal from the user intention detecting device and control one of the first and second operating devices based on the intention signal obtained to move the first or second storage containers to a use position which is easier for the user to take the item.
US10787118B2
An apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a tail lamp housing including a first cutout, a body panel including a second cutout, and at least one light source positioned to transmit light through the first and second cutouts to illuminate a cargo surface. A method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, providing a cargo member that is moveable between an open position and a closed position and mounting at least one tail lamp adjacent to the cargo member, wherein the tail lamp includes a first cutout. The method further includes forming a second cutout in a body panel and transmitting light through the first and second cutouts to illuminate a cargo surface when the cargo member is in the open position.
US10787108B2
The present disclosure of the Improved Trailer Bed Load Plow concerns a highly customizable, legacy trailer compatible, removable, system for unloading trailer loads and/or flat bed loads. The system, generally speaking, comprises a sled, a plow, a controllable puller such as a winch, guide rails, detents, and an attachment point on the trailer. In some implementations, the plow and puller are attached to the sled, and the combined unit travels the length of the trailer bed, constrained by the guide rails to lateral travel, via the force created by the puller acting against the attachment point which is effectively positioned on an end of the trailer.
US10787102B2
A recliner mechanism having a first plate, a second plate, and at least one pawl. The first plate has a first set of teeth. The second plate has a second set of teeth. The pawl that has a set of pawl teeth that engage the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth to inhibit rotation of the second plate with respect to the first plate.
US10787096B2
A battery system for a transportation vehicle having at least one battery module with a number of battery cells and a cell controller for monitoring and adjusting the state of charge of the battery cells, and a battery management controller coupled to the cell controller, wherein the cell controller has an analog-to-digital converter, which is led to the battery cells of the battery module by a filter circuit, wherein a frequency circuit for adjusting a cut-off frequency of the filter circuit, wherein the cut-off frequency of the filter circuit is adjusted to a first frequency value during a sampling period in which the cell controller monitors the battery cells and to a second frequency value during a diagnostics period in which the battery management controller monitors the battery cells.
US10787095B2
Method for providing advice to an occupant of an electrical vehicle comprising at least one electrical energy storage, comprising the following steps: estimate an energy usage for a planned traveling path between a first (A) and a second (B) location, determine if there is a need to recharge, and when there is: identify at least one point of interest (POI1) which can be reached by a current amount of electrical energy, wherein the at least one point of interest (POI1) comprises at least one recharging station, provide an advice to stop at the at least one point of interest (POI1) for recharging, and further provide an instruction to recharge to a first state of charge level (SOC1), wherein the first state of charge level (SOC1) is such that the second location (B) or at least one other point of interest can be reached with a state of charge safety margin.
US10787094B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method of remotely managing a battery for a vehicle, in which electromagnetic waves emitted from a vehicle adjacent to a vehicle for management are rectified and are usable as operation power for monitoring a state of the battery of the vehicle for management, and a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) reader module installed in the vehicle adjacent to the vehicle for management obtains the state of the battery of the vehicle for management and then provides a terminal of an owner of the vehicle for management with the obtained state of the battery, thereby enabling the owner of the vehicle for management located at a remote place to recognize a charging/discharging state of the battery of his/her vehicle and the like in real time.
US10787087B2
A system for a vehicle includes an electrical port that charges a vehicle battery via a connection to a power source, and a controller configured to interrupt charging and to display an alert responsive to temperature at the connection being greater than a threshold and voltage of a control pilot terminal of the port being at an overtemperature state voltage that is different from each of disconnected, connected, ready, and fault state voltages.
US10787085B2
A vehicle includes a power receiving unit and an RFID tag. The power receiving unit contactlessly receives electric power output from a power transmission unit. The RFID tag preliminarily stores information which is identification information for identifying the vehicle in the power transmission device and can be contactlessly read by the power transmission device. Here, the RFID tag is arranged at a vehicle body front end (a vehicle body trailing end) in a vehicle traveling direction when the vehicle is guided into a parking frame.
US10787083B2
A vehicle includes an electric motor, a storage battery which supplies power to the electric motor, and a power line which configures a power transmission path between the electric motor and the storage battery. The power line is arranged to extend in a front-rear direction of the vehicle along a bottom surface of the vehicle. A part of the power line is covered by a protection member from below with a gap between the power line and the bottom surface. A fixing point of the protection member to the bottom surface is positioned on a front side of the protection member and on an outer side of the protection member in a vehicle width direction.
US10787079B2
Circuits and methods are disclosed for determining a ground path impedance difference in a vehicle having master and slave control. An example circuit for detecting a difference in ground path impedance in a vehicle includes a master ground terminal and a slave ground terminal. The circuit also includes a first shunt resistor electrically coupled between the master ground terminal and a common internal ground, and a second shunt resistor electrically coupled between the slave ground terminal and the common internal ground. The circuit further includes a bi-directional current sense amplifier having as inputs the master ground terminal and the slave ground terminal.
US10787078B2
A touch knob which can transmit user touches above to a touch-sensitive surface below includes a base, a rotating shaft, and a rotating cap. The rotating cap defines a receiving groove facing the base, and the rotating shaft extends into the receiving groove and is connected to the rotating cap. The rotating cap is configured to rotate to transmit user touches in a bounded circular area, at least one conductive touch head is located on the rotating cap and in the receiving groove, and moves as the rotating cap moves. The disclosure avoids the need to cut or form any opening in the cover of the touch-sensitive surface or panel for buttons to be installed. A device using the above touch knob is also provided.
US10787076B2
A vehicle display device includes a display unit having a pointer, a dial plate as a background of the pointer, and a frame surrounding the dial plate, at least one of the pointer, the dial plate, and the frame being a physical element, and a virtual image display device that displays a virtual image overlapping with the physical element, in which the virtual image display device changes at least one of a color and a design of the virtual image overlapping with the physical element.
US10787071B2
A powertrain includes a first planetary gearset configured to establish a fixedly linear speed relationship among a first rotor, an engine crankshaft, and a second rotor. The powertrain further includes a gearing assembly configured to alternately selectively establish a plurality of proportional speed relationships between the second rotor and an output shaft. The gearing assembly further includes a second planetary gearset having a lockup clutch configured to selectively couple two rotatable elements of the second planetary gearset.
US10787065B2
A vehicular opening/closing body control device includes a braking control unit configured to apply a braking force to an opening/closing body by supplying driving power having a locked conduction phase to a motor, which is a drive source of the opening/closing body, wherein, when an execution time of phase-locked conduction control for locking the conduction phase and supplying the driving power reaches or exceeds a predetermined time, the braking control unit switches a conduction phase used for the phase-locked conduction control.
US10787053B2
A damping system of a two-track vehicle includes a passive stabilizer having a torsion bar which runs in a vehicle transverse direction and having lever elements which adjoin the torsion bar at the end sides and which are connected to mutually oppositely situated wheel suspension arrangements of an axle of the vehicle. Two actuators are assigned to respective wheels of the wheel suspension arrangements and are mounted on the vehicle body. Each actuator has a drive by way of which a torque can be exerted on that section of the stabilizer which faces toward the respective wheel. Here, the actuators are in the form of electric motors and are designed to dampen vertical vibrations of the respective wheel or of the so-called unsprung mass, and/or vibrations of the vehicle body in a frequency range between 0 Hertz and at least 20 Hertz, through suitable regulation of the drive of the actuators and thus also through active introduction of forces into the system.
US10787049B2
A fifth wheel assembly for a pick-up truck having a frame disposed below the truck bed that supports a plurality of receptacles that define oblong openings. The fifth wheel assembly includes a fifth wheel hitch, and a plurality of bushings including a boss portion having a cylindrical protrusion on an upper surface and an oblong protrusion on a lower surface. The locations of the bushings are sells-adjusting to facilitate orienting the oblong protrusions to be inserted into the oblong openings. Jam nuts are assembled to the cylindrical protrusion of each of the bosses that are tightened to fix the position of the bosses. T-pins have an oblong head oriented in alignment with the oblong protrusions when inserted into the oblong openings in an unlocked position. The T-pins are pivoted to a locked position after being inserted through the oblong openings.
US10787045B2
In a method for making available data relating to the tires of a vehicle, vehicle data and/or tire data is made available by a vehicle memory unit of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle data is acquired by a sensor which is arranged in the vehicle. The vehicle data and/or the tire data have information on at least one property of the tires of the vehicle. A tire-wear probability of the tires of the vehicle is acquired as a function of the vehicle data and/or tire data. The tire-wear probability and/or the vehicle data and/or tire data are stored permanently in a memory unit arranged externally with respect to the vehicle and are made available for determining whether the vehicle requires new tires.
US10787044B2
A pneumatic vehicle tire has a structured tread which transitions at both sides into sidewalls the end of which is formed by a tire bead which is insertable in air-tight fashion into a wheel rim of a vehicle wheel equipped with the pneumatic vehicle tire, such that an air cavity filled with compressed air is formed between wheel rim and pneumatic vehicle tire. The pneumatic vehicle tire has, on its inner surface situated opposite the tread, a foamed material layer. The porosity of the foamed material layer amounts to between 70% and 99% of the total volume of the foamed material layer.
US10787040B2
Tire with radial carcass reinforcement having a tread of thickness E, this tread having a tread surface and at least one cut opening onto the tread surface to form edge corners. The cut extends into the tread over a total depth H. The cut is in the form of a sipe having a width D. There is also formed, in the vicinity, i.e. at a minimum distance from the said edge corner that is at most equal to five times the width D of the cut, of at least one edge corner of this cut and on the tread surface, at least one cavity having a depth h that is small in comparison with the depth of the cut, i.e. that is at most equal to 30% of the depth H. The at least one cavity reduces the compression rigidity of the tread in the vicinity of the the at least one edge corner.
US10787038B2
A pneumatic tire includes a tread portion that is provided with two block rows formed of three circumferential grooves and a plurality of first transverse grooves. A block that configures the block rows has a hexagonal shape, and has a diagonal extension line passing through a pair of vertices positioned in the central portion in the tire-circumferential direction, the diagonal extension line overlapping, in the tire-circumferential direction, the first transverse groove of the adjacent block rows. The block has a first sipe that is terminated within a block extending in the tire-width direction. The first sipe is provided at a position shifted from the diagonal extension line in the tire-circumferential direction and in a region interposed between planes that are formed by extending, in a direction in which the first transverse groove extends, from a pair of groove wall surfaces of the first transverse groove of the adjacent block rows.
US10787034B2
A patient care bed including a caster locking mechanism having a foot movable between retracted and extended positions, a lock bar movable from an unlocked to a locked position, a release bar movable from an initial to a release position, and a lock and release assembly. The lock and release assembly includes a guide plate defining a slot, a rocker coupled to the lock bar and including a protrusion slidable within the slot, and a release member coupled to the release bar and including a protrusion slidable within the slot. Moving the lock bar to the locked position slides the protrusion of the rocker through the slot to extend the foot. Moving the release bar to the release position urges the protrusion of the release member through the and into contact with the protrusion of the rocker to urge the protrusion of the rocker back, thereby retracting the foot.
US10787022B2
In a writing utensil with a pressurizing mechanism, a cylinder is provided such that it comes into sliding contact with an outer peripheral part of a valve element and moves back and forth. An inner wall face of the cylinder is provided with a ventilating recess communicating with outside air, and an annular non-pressure contact face is positioned on the rear side of the ventilating recess. When the cylinder moves forwardly, the valve element is brought into pressure contact with the non-pressure contact face to seal the pressurizing chamber and when the cylinder moves backwardly, the valve element is moved forward and is separated from the non-pressure contact face, such that the ventilating recess communicates with the pressurized chamber.
US10787020B2
A method for producing a security device (1) comprising a first colour pattern (A) visible along an associated viewing axis (Δα) and at least one second colour pattern (B) visible along an associated viewing axis (Δβ), comprising the following steps:—assembling an image layer (4) suitable for forming at least one colour pattern (A, B) by laser etching, on a support (3),—laser etching the first colour pattern (A) in the image layer (4), along the associated viewing axis (Δα) of same, in such a way that it can be seen through a lens array (7),—for each of said at least one second colour pattern (B), laser etching said at least one second colour pattern (A) in the image layer (4), along the associated viewing axis (Δβ) of same, in such a way that it can be seen through a lens array (7). A security device (1) obtained by said method.
US10787019B2
A security device is disclosed, comprising: a first ink (21) and a second ink (22) each arranged in respective laterally offset first and second regions of the security device, the first and second inks each comprising a respective luminescent material which both luminesce in response to irradiation at at least one excitation wavelength in the ultra-violet spectrum, the first and second inks each exhibiting substantially the same non-luminescent visible colour as one another when illuminated with visible light in the absence of the at least one excitation wavelength, and the first and second inks each exhibiting visible colours which are different from the non-luminescent visible colour and from one another when illuminated with a combination of visible light and the at least one excitation wavelength; a third ink (23) arranged in a third region of the device laterally offset from the first and second regions of the device, the third ink not luminescing in response to the at least one excitation wavelength, and the third ink exhibiting substantially the same non-luminescent visible colour as the first and second inks when illuminated with visible light in the absence of the at least one excitation wavelength; and a fourth ink (24) arranged in a masking pattern which partially overlaps one or more portions of the first ink in the first region and/or of the second ink in the second region, the fourth ink not luminescing in response to the at least one excitation wavelength, and the fourth ink exhibiting a different visible colour from the non-luminescent visible colour of the first, second and third inks when illuminated with visible light in the absence of the at least one excitation wavelength. When the security device is illuminated with visible light in the absence of the at least one excitation wavelength, the first, second and third regions together appear as one continuous pattern in the non-luminescent visible colour, the fourth ink obscuring the presence of more than one ink forming the continuous pattern, and when the security device is illuminated with a combination of visible light and the at least one excitation wavelength, the first and second regions become visibly distinct from each other and from the remainder of the continuous pattern.
US10787013B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for a printed matter including a medium and a three-dimensional pattern printed on a surface of the medium. The three-dimensional pattern has a partly-coated resin portion and further has layers including a colored layer and clear layers formed on the colored layer. The three-dimensional pattern is formed by stacking the layers formed of inks at least containing resin on one another. One of the clear layers formed on an outermost surface of the three-dimensional pattern is flattened for a longer duration than at least one of the other one of the clear layers and the colored layer that are formed below the clear layer on the outermost surface, so that the one of the clear layers on the outermost surface is further flattened than at least one of the other one of the clear layers and the colored layer.
US10787011B2
An example printing apparatus is described comprising a wiping element before the print zone, for slipping in contact with a print medium and wiping a printing surface of the print medium. An implementation of a wiping roller for wiping the printing surface of a print medium may comprise a rigid core, a layer of elastic material and a driving pinion. An example method for printing is also described, comprising spreading over a larger print medium area, by wiping, amounts of a substance that may migrate through a print medium and that is present on the printing surface of a print medium, before printing on the print medium.
US10787007B2
A printing device includes a discharging roller, opposing rollers opposing the discharging roller, a discharge motor, a first coupling mechanism, a moving mechanism, and a second coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism rotates the discharging roller in a direction where a tape is transported downstream when the discharge motor rotates forward (arrow R1). The moving mechanism moves the discharging roller to a nip position to hold the tape with the opposing rollers and a release position spaced from the tape. The second coupling mechanism includes a one-way clutch that couples the discharge motor and the moving mechanism in a manner drivable together when the discharge motor rotates reversely (arrow R2) and decouples the discharge motor from the moving mechanism when the discharge motor rotates forward (arrow R1).
US10787005B2
There is provided an intermediate unit including a transportation path along which a medium, on which printing has been performed by a printing unit that performs printing on the medium by using liquid, is transported to a post processing unit that performs post processing on the medium. The transportation path includes first and second inversion paths in which the medium is inverted upside down, respectively, the second inversion path being provided with a decurling unit that corrects curl of the medium, the first inversion path being not provided with the decurling unit, the first and second inversion paths being selectively used to invert the medium upside down according to printing data for the medium.
US10787002B1
An aqueous ink printer includes an anti-curl fluid applicator that applies anti-curl fluid to a side of a substrate that is opposite a side that bears or will bear an ink image. The anti-curl fluid applicator includes a switching network that is configured to independently and selectively bias segments of a pressure member electrically. The segments are arranged along a longitudinal axis of the pressure member. The pressure member forms a nip with a anilox roller partially immersed in a reservoir of anti-curl fluid. As the switching network is operationed to selectively and independently bias the segments electrically using data corresponding to the ink image, anti-curl fluid migrates from the anilox roller onto the substrate in areas opposite the electrically biased segments.
US10786991B2
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a pressure chamber formation member having first pressure chambers arranged in a first direction, and an insulation film covering the first pressure chambers; a cover which is joined to the pressure chamber formation member and has a first convex portion and a second convex portion; and a wiring member joined to the pressure chamber formation member. Each of the first convex portion and the second convex portion has a bonding surface to the pressure chamber formation member and extends in the first direction.
US10786988B2
An electromechanical transducer element includes a first electrode on a substrate, an electromechanical transducer film on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the electromechanical transducer film. The electromechanical transducer film includes a thin line pattern. The thin line pattern includes a plurality of thin lines that are spaced away from each other.
US10786982B2
A method for separating different types of material layers of a composite component that has at least one material layer that is transparent for visible light and at least one further material layer, is provided, wherein the light from an external source falls through the at least one transparent material layer into the at least one further material layer and there is at least partially absorbed. With the help of at least one gas discharge lamp, the light-absorbing material layer is heated in less than one second to separate material layers of the composite component. A device that can be used for this method comprises at least one separation chamber and therein at least one gas discharge lamp suitable for irradiation.
US10786981B2
An automated masking system includes a substrate loading apparatus designed to hold a plurality of substrates, a first masking material application station designed to automatically apply a first masking material to a portion of the substrate, and a second masking material application station designed to automatically apply a second masking material to a portion of the substrate, the second masking material being different than the first masking material. The system includes a first dispensing apparatus and a second dispensing apparatus that move relative to the substrate in a repeatable motion. The substrate moves automatically from the first masking material application station to the second masking material application station.
US10786979B2
A multilayered structure having a liquid layer (5) on a surface of a plastic underlying layer (3), wherein a liquid diffusion prevention layer (1) is provided on the lower side of the underlying layer (3) to suppress or block a diffusion of a liquid that forms the liquid layer (5), and a covering ratio F of the liquid layer (5) is maintained to be not less than 0.5. With this structure, the surface properties of the liquid layer (5) can be stably maintained over long periods of time.
US10786978B2
A packaging material (600) comprises a first sheet material (100) and a woven fabric (200), which are arranged one above the other and are connected to one another. The first sheet material (100) contains first regions (120), in which the first sheet material (100) is expanded locally, and second regions (110), in which the first sheet material (100) is not expanded locally. The first regions (120) are arranged in each case between two second regions (110) and run in a first direction. The woven fabric (200) comprises a thread (220), wherein part of the thread (220) runs in a direction which intersects the first direction.
US10786975B2
A laminated glass includes a first glass sheet, an electrically powered functional film, a reflective element to reflect infrared radiation, disposed between the first glass sheet and the functional film, at least one first thermoplastic interlayer disposed between the reflecting element and the functional film, and a second glass sheet. The laminated glass includes at least one interlayer including a zone that is opaque to radiation in the visible wavelength.
US10786969B1
Disclosed is a support article containing a first non-woven layer and a second non-woven layer. The first non-woven layer contains a blend of fibers of about 15-70% by weight fire resistant (FR) rayon fibers, 10-30% by weight hollow conjugated siliconized fibers, and 20-40% by weight binder fibers. The second non-woven layer contains a blend of FR rayon fibers, hollow conjugated siliconized fibers, and binder fibers. The amount of FR rayon fiber is within 15 percentage points of the weight percentage of FR rayon fiber in the first non- woven layer. The lower surface of the first non-woven layer is adhered to the upper surface of the second non-woven layer. The density of the first non-woven layer is at least 10% less than the density of the second non-woven layer.
US10786957B2
An apparatus for infusing a composite structure includes a reservoir configured to receive a volume of resin, a base, a membrane configured to be sealed upon the base, and a flow medium in fluid communication with the reservoir. The flow medium includes a first flow medium portion disposed in contact with at least a portion of the base and a second flow medium portion disposed in contact with at least a portion of the membrane.
US10786955B2
A method for fabricating a composite structure includes steps of: (1) laying up, with a delivery head of a tape placement machine, a continuous segment of a composite tape on a composite panel to form a flange portion of an initial ply of a composite stiffener; (2) locating a backing plate, coupled to the delivery head, relative to the delivery head and the composite panel; and (3) further layup up, with the delivery head, the continuous segment of the composite tape on the backing plate to form a web portion of the initial ply of the composite stiffener.
US10786952B2
A method of making a wind turbine blade is described. The blade comprises an outer shell having a laminate structure. The method comprises providing a blade mould (82) defining a shape of at least part of the outer shell of the blade. The mould extends in a spanwise direction between a root end (94) and a tip end (96), and extends in a chordwise direction between a leading edge (90) and a trailing edge (92). The method further includes providing a plurality of dry plies (66) comprising dry structural fibrous material and a plurality of prepreg (68) plies comprising structural fibrous material impregnated with resin. The plurality of dry plies and the plurality of prepreg plies are arranged in the mould to form a plurality of layers of the laminate structure of the outer shell of the blade. The plies are arranged in the mould such that the dry plies are interleaved with the prepreg plies to form a hybrid shell structure in which the plies are arranged in a staggered relationship such that corresponding edges of the dry plies are offset from one another in the spanwise and/or chordwise direction of the mould and/or corresponding edges of the prepreg plies are offset from one another in the spanwise and/or chordwise direction of the mould.
US10786951B2
A method of making a fiber reinforced hoop includes forming two plates having a face opposing one another and defining an outer periphery with a recessed groove to define a channel between the two plates. Fibrous strands coated with an adhesive are wrapped around the two plates within the channel a plurality of times. The adhesive is allowed to cure so that the fibrous strands form a rigid hoop. In a particular embodiment, the two plates are connected to a rotary spindle to rotate the two plates a plurality of times as the fibrous strands are fed into the channel. In a still further embodiment, multiple plate sets can be mounted to rotate with the spindle and fibrous strands can be wound into the channels in each of the plate sets so that multiple hoops can be formed and cured simultaneously.
US10786948B2
This invention teaches a multi-sensor quality inference system for additive manufacturing. This invention still further teaches a quality system that is capable of discerning and addressing three quality issues: i) process anomalies, or extreme unpredictable events uncorrelated to process inputs; ii) process variations, or difference between desired process parameters and actual operating conditions; and iii) material structure and properties, or the quality of the resultant material created by the Additive Manufacturing process. This invention further teaches experimental observations of the Additive Manufacturing process made only in a Lagrangian frame of reference. This invention even further teaches the use of the gathered sensor data to evaluate and control additive manufacturing operations in real time.
US10786939B2
An apparatus for depositing an extrudable substance comprises a bracket and a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall. The sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket. The apparatus also comprises a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall. The cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall. The apparatus also comprises a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge, a nozzle, configured to be communicatively coupled with the valve, a linear actuator to control flow of the extrudable substance from the valve to the nozzle, an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall, and a push-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge.
US10786933B2
A process for producing a plastic-metal composite component composed of at least one hollow profile and at least one application of plastic to be applied to the outside by means of injection molding or compression.
US10786932B2
A manufacturing method of a coil component comprising the steps of: preparing a coil assembly body in which a coil is attached on a magnetic core and a mold body which is formed with a cavity portion in the inside thereof and which includes at least one opening portion, putting a viscous admixture including magnetic powders and thermosetting resin and the coil assembly body in the cavity portion, pushing the put-in viscous admixture in the mold body, and thermally-curing the pushed-in viscous admixture and forming a magnetic exterior body which covers the coil assembly body.
US10786921B2
A method and apparatus for cutting a window covering comprises saw for cutting the window blind. A clamp assembly moves the window covering relative to the saw. A controller moves the clamp assembly to automatically position the window covering relative to the saw. The saw is moved into engagement with the window covering to cut the window covering.
US10786920B2
A board scoring device for insulation board that is mobile enough to be carried on a roof and can easily score the top and bottom surfaces to be separated into multiple boards.
US10786919B2
A rotary knife includes a frame, an annular blade, and a blade housing mounted to the frame. The housing presents a circumferential mounting surface in contact with the frame. The housing supports the blade on the frame for rotation about a central axis. The housing includes a blade-supporting race defined along a circle centered on the central axis. The mounting surface is defined along a circular arc with a center point spaced from the central axis, such that the blade-supporting race and mounting surface are eccentric relative to one another. The housing presents opposite inner and outer annular faces. At least one of the faces presents a proximal-most end in contact with the frame and a distal-most end spaced from the frame. The proximal-most end is spaced from the central axis a first distance. The distal-most end is spaced from the central axis a second distance. The distances are different.
US10786914B2
A masking foil, for a shaving cartridge, and a shaving cartridge comprising a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing includes a main blade disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The main blade includes a main cutting edge extending toward the top surface and is movable in the housing. The shaving cartridge further comprises a masking foil. The masking foil includes a front portion located forward of the main cutting edge, a back portion located rearward the main cutting edge, and at least one ribbon which extends between the front portion and the back portion and which partially covers the main cutting edge.
US10786913B2
An electrically driven device having a housing, an application head movably mounted on the housing, an electric motor mounted in the housing and including a drive shaft having a first rotary axis, a driven shaft for performing a movement relative to the housing, the driven shaft extending at least partially within the application head, and a first actuation member and a second actuation member. The actuation members are movably guided in the application head and wherein the first actuation member comprises a seat receiving a portion of the driven shaft for driving the first actuation member in the first direction.
US10786907B2
A manipulator comprises a connecting assembly; a plurality of finger assemblies, one end of each finger assembly connects to the connecting assembly, the other end is away from the connecting assembly to form a free end; each finger assembly includes a plurality of knuckle components which are successively connected, each knuckle component includes a base module, a tactile sensor and an angle sensor, the base modules are interconnected for implementing finger configuration, the tactile sensor is installed on the base module for sensing a target object, the angle sensor is installed on the base module for acquiring information of angle changing. The manipulator is provided with the tactile sensor and the angle sensor on the base module of each knuckle component, which is beneficial to improve the sensing ability of the manipulator. The manipulator is composed of modular knuckle components, each of the single knuckle components has high level of integration.
US10786899B2
A calculation device for calculating an appropriate stowage pattern of articles, and a robot controller including the calculation device. The calculation device has: a model generating section configured to generate first physical models of the articles based on dimensions of respective types of the articles, and generate a second physical model of a containing region in which the articles are stacked, based on a dimension of the containing region; a locating section configured to locate the first models in the second model, in descending order of priority predetermined with respect to the types of the articles; and a physical calculating section configured to add vibration or a shock to the second model each time when the first models is located in the second model, and calculate a change in a position and/or orientation of the first model in the second model due to the vibration or the shock.
US10786886B2
A pneumatic crankshaft clamp assembly for retaining a crankshaft during processing having a housing for supporting the crankshaft and a clamp arm pivotally coupled to the housing for movement between a clamp position and an unclamp position. The clamp arm engaging the crankshaft to retain the crankshaft in contact with the housing in the clamp position and be spaced apart from the crankshaft in the unclamp position. The proximal end of the clamp arm having a cam follower. The assembly further having a pneumatic piston disposed within a piston cylinder of the housing. The pneumatic piston is moveable in response to pneumatic pressure. The piston having a cam formed thereon engaging the cam follower of the lifting arm such that the lifting arm moves in response to pneumatic pressure.
US10786883B2
An embodiment of a tool assembly includes a spring-loaded shaft assembly disposed along a first axis, a hub, and a roller disk. The hub is connected to a distal end of the spring-loaded shaft assembly. The hub has an upper hub portion adjacent to the distal end of the spring-loaded shaft assembly aligned with the first axis, and a lower hub portion extending along a second axis. The second axis forms an angle relative to the first axis. The roller disk is joined to the lower portion of the hub, and has a working surface about its perimeter. The roller disk is rotatable about the second axis parallel to the second portion of the hub. The working surface includes a profile along its width such that an effective radius of the roller disk varies along a width thereof.
US10786879B2
A nozzle with changeable press fit and a method for calibrating a nozzle is described. The nozzle may be used in a nozzle/flapper type servovalve. The method comprises the steps of providing a nozzle within a cylindrical body defining a cylindrical bore, the nozzle having a tubular shape with an outer cylindrical surface and an inner radial surface, the method further comprises the steps of positioning a first, tubular locking member within the nozzle, and axially moving the first, tubular locking member within the nozzle. The first tubular locking member is configured to cause the nozzle to become positionally fixed at a selected position within the bore in response to the first, tubular locking member being axially moved relative to the nozzle. A nozzle positioning system is also described herein.
US10786878B2
A method of welding a component and a treated component are provided. The method comprises an initial heat-treating of the component comprising a substrate. The method further comprises removing a portion of the substrate to form a treatment region comprising an exposed surface. The method further comprises buttering the exposed surface with a first filler additive to form a weld metal adjacent to the fusion line comprising an easy-to-weld alloy. The method further comprises welding the component with the easy-to-weld alloy and a second filler additive. The first filler additive comprises a sufficient amount of each of Co, Cr, Mo, Fe, Al, Ti, Mn, C and Ni to form the easy-to-weld alloy, when welded with the hard-to-weld base alloy.
US10786876B2
The purpose is, in mounting a semiconductor device onto a substrate, to make it easy to identify the remaining amount of an auxiliary joining agent, to stabilize the dispensing amount of the auxiliary joining agent, and to prevent a shortage of the auxiliary joining agent. Also for the purpose of efficient maintenance of a mounting machine, provided is an auxiliary joining agent adapted to aid joining of metals and prepared by dissolving a colorant in a solvent having a reducing property of removing an oxide film on a metal surface. The auxiliary joining agent is produced by a method including a step of mixing a solvent having a reducing property of removing an oxide film on a metal surface, and a colorant having a property of dissolving in the solvent.
US10786862B2
A pulse arc welding device is controlled so as to weld an object by removing, from a welding wire, a molten droplet produced by melting the welding wire by applying a welding voltage between the welding wire and the object and allowing a welding current to flow through the welding wire such that the welding current alternately repeats, at pulse frequency, a peak current period in which the welding current is a peak current and a base current period in which the welding current is a base current smaller than the peak current. A removal time point at which the molten droplet is removed from the welding wire is determined. In a case where the removal time point is not in the base current period, a pulse waveform parameter which is at least one of the peak current and the peak current period is adjusted, and the pulse frequency based on a predetermined relationship between the pulse frequency and the pulse waveform parameter is adjusted so as to cause the removal time point to be in the base current period. This method allows a stable pulse arc welding.
US10786859B2
A welding machine includes a welding power supply. A generator is operatively connected to the welding power supply to supply electrical energy to the welding power supply. An internal combustion engine is configured to drive the generator. A chassis structure includes a divider wall that at least partially defines an engine compartment of the welding machine. A cantilevered engine-mounting shelf is cantilevered from the divider wall. The internal combustion engine is attached to the cantilevered engine-mounting shelf. A fuel tank is mounted within the chassis structure and located beneath each of the cantilevered engine-mounting shelf, the internal combustion engine and the generator.
US10786850B2
This disclosure describes an additive manufacturing system that includes a build plane having a first region and a second region. Multiple energy source can be positioned above the build plane and configured to direct energy into the first and second regions of the build plane. The system includes optical sensors configured to monitor an intensity of light emitted from the energy sources. A processor associated with the additive manufacturing system is configured to adjust the sensor outputs in response to the energy sources coming into close proximity.
US10786849B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving, by a simulation model, a thermal gradient and a cooling rate associated with a 3D printing material as inputs for the simulation model. The systems and methods further include generating, by the simulation model executed by a processing system, characteristics associated with the 3D printing material as outputs of the simulation model based on the thermal gradient and the cooling rate associated with the 3D printing material.
US10786847B2
A hydraulic forging press machine and a control method, whereby surging of the forging load or dead zones where the forging speed goes to zero is suppressed, and forging is performed with high precision throughout a wider range than the prior art, from low to high load. Pressure cylinders have a main pressure cylinder configured so working fluid is supplied during forging, and secondary pressure cylinders are configured so supplying and stopping of the supply of working fluid thereto are switched in response to the forging load, head-side hydraulic chambers of the secondary pressure cylinders being connected to a head-side hydraulic chamber of the main pressure cylinder via electromagnetic switching valves. Only the main pressure cylinder is used until the forging load exceeds a set load, and the number of secondary pressure cylinders used is sequentially increased as the forging load increases after the forging load exceeds the set load.
US10786844B2
A balanced panel punch drive system. The system includes a main hydraulic drive including an outer casing forming an internal housing and a main piston slidably disposed within the internal housing. A main fluid chamber, a first output chamber and a second output chamber are formed within the internal housing. A pump is fluidly connected to the main fluid chamber by an input line. A first die hydraulic cylinder and a second die hydraulic cylinder each have an outer casing forming an internal housing and a die piston slidably disposed within the internal housing. An opening is formed through an end of the outer casing sized to receive a distal end of the die piston therethrough. A first output line fluidly connects the first output chamber to the first die hydraulic cylinder and a second output line fluidly connects the second output chamber to the second die hydraulic cylinder.
US10786830B1
A system, apparatus, composition and method employing a dust mitigation coating that also mitigates or repels water, ice, and other liquids. Techniques to coat the surfaces of equipment and items with these dust, liquid, and ice mitigation coatings, minimizing or eliminating mission problems caused by dust, liquid, or ice accumulation, particularly in outer space or on another planetary body or moon. Further, the dust mitigation coatings should exhibit a Lotus-like effect, making the coated surfaces ultra-hydrophobic. The present invention is also directed to techniques for improving the functioning of terrestrial-based equipment and systems where dust, liquid, or ice accumulation is a problem, such as in hospitals and other health contexts to prevent contamination.
US10786827B2
A liquid material is discharged in a constant amount per unit time regardless of a relative moving speed. The liquid material application apparatus includes a discharge head, a robot moving the discharge head relative to a workpiece, a movement control unit controlling relative movement of the discharge head and the workpiece, and a discharge control unit controlling an operation of discharging a liquid material from a discharge head, wherein the discharge control unit executes, in a switchable manner in accordance with an application program, first mode discharge control of changing a discharge amount of the liquid material, which is discharged from the discharge head per unit time, depending on a relative moving speed between the discharge head and the workpiece, and second mode discharge control of operating the discharge head to discharge the liquid material in a predetermined discharge amount per unit time regardless of the relative moving speed.
US10786807B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments are ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres. The ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres may contain substantially no clay or calcined clay material. The ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres may have a ZSM-5 zeolite content of at least 70 wt. %. Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of forming ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres including treating microspheres with at least one alkali solution.
US10786804B2
A method for producing a dehydrogenation catalyst, comprising: a step of impregnating a carrier with a first solution having a tin source dissolved therein, so as to have tin supported on the carrier; and a step of impregnating the carrier with a second solution having an active metal source dissolved therein, so as to have the active metal supported on the carrier, wherein the tin source is at least one selected from the group consisting of sodium stannate and potassium stannate, and the active metal source has at least one active metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, ruthenium and iridium, and has no chlorine atom.
US10786803B2
A method for the preparation of zirconia-multi-walled carbon nanotube nanocomposite utilizing Pluronics as templating agents is described. An efficient method for producing hydrogen gas using the nanocomposite as a photocatalyst.
US10786796B2
A blender base is generally described. The blender base includes a base frame. An outer shell may be connected to the base frame. A motor housing is supported by the base frame and positioned inside the outer shell. The motor housing is isolated from direct connection with the outer shell to reduce the transfer of noise and vibration from the motor to the outer shell.
US10786793B2
An apparatus for blending liquids, comprising a main body (100) comprising a seating (106) configured to receive a receptacle (200); a support (140) carried by the main body and having a plurality of slots (142, 142′), the support being configured to receive a plurality of cartridges (300, 300′), each slot (142, 142′) of the plurality of slots being configured to receive a cartridge (300, 300′) of the plurality of cartridges; a first actuator configured to move one of the support and the seating relative to the other, thereby enabling positioning of any one slot of the plurality of slots in correspondence of the seating; a second actuator (120) configured to act upon a cartridge (300′) placed in the slot (142′) currently positioned in correspondence of the seating; and a control unit (150) connected to the first and second actuators. The control unit is configured to receive a data set indicative of a sequence of one or more liquids and, for each of the one or more liquids, an associated quantity of liquid; and for each respective liquid of the sequence of one or more liquids to control the first actuator to move the support or the seating relatively to the other such that the slot holding a respective cartridge of the plurality of cartridges is positioned in correspondence of the seating, the respective cartridge containing the respective liquid of the sequence of one or more liquids; and to control the second actuator to act upon the respective cartridge to cause transfer of a respective quantity of liquid from the respective cartridge into a receptacle positioned in the seating, the respective quantity corresponding to the associated quantity of liquid. A process for blending liquids is also provided.
US10786792B2
A system and method of micro dosing containers on a conveying system is disclosed. The system includes a mixing tank to maintain suspended solids in a mixture; a dosing assembly to inject micro-doses of the mixture into bottles; a recirculation assembly to circulate the mixture from the supply tank to the dosing assembly and back to the supply tank; a power and controls operation assembly to supply the system with power, to provide the system with electromechanical control and/or to provide a user interface; and a stand to hold at least the supply tank, the portable dosing assembly, the recirculation assembly and/or the power and/or controls operation assembly.
US10786790B2
The present invention relates to a static mixer for mixing together at least two components. The static mixer comprises a mixer housing; a mixing element having an upstream end with at least two entry openings and a downstream end, the mixing element being arranged at least partly within the mixer housing; a mixing head having at least two inlets provided at an input side and at least two outlets provided at an output surface, wherein each of the at least two inlets is in fluid communication with one of the at least two outlets; and a separating wall disposed between the output surface and the upstream end of the mixing element for separating the components leaving the outlets. The separating wall comprises a free downstream edge which is disposed with respect to at least one of the entry openings so as to allow at least partial flows of the components separated by the separating wall to combine after exceeding the downstream edge and to jointly enter said at least one of the entry openings.
US10786777B2
A compact desiccant air breather with unidirectional air flow comprises a housing with a plurality of air inlets adjacent an upper end for air intake. A desiccant bed of water absorbing material is within the intake flow path of air and an air chamber is within the intake flow path of air downstream of the desiccant bed. A one-way inflow check valve is adjacent the desiccant bed between the desiccant bed and the air chamber and is configured to allow airflow from the desiccant bed material to the air chamber and to prevent reverse airflow. A coupling member has an air flow conduit there-through which is in fluid communication with the air chamber and forms an air intake flow path exit. A one-way exhaust check valve in fluid communication with the air chamber is configured to allow airflow from the air chamber to the exterior and to prevent reverse flow.
US10786776B2
High-purity gas purifiers for purification of corrosive gases, such as halogen gases or halide gases, and noncorrosive gases, such as hydrogen and inert gases, methods of making and methods of using the gas purifiers, are described. The gas purifier includes a housing made of nickel or stainless steel. Within the housing, the gas purifier includes a purifier resin, including a modifi-er coated onto a substrate. The gas purifier further includes porous nickel membranes located at the inlets and outlets of the device. The inlets and outlets are capable of fluid communication with external fixtures.
US10786767B2
A filter apparatus is described that has a torque limiting device, which may be a clutch mechanism, and which provides a protective function for a filter, so as to protect a filter from being over tightened and to thereby prevent damage to filter components. The clutch mechanism can also eliminate or reduce the need for torque measurement of certain filter components. The clutch mechanism can be located on one of the fluid filter, a filter head which engages the fluid filter, or a combination of both the fluid filter and the filter head.
US10786762B2
The present invention relates to a removal device for removing gas bubbles and/or dirt particles from a liquid in a liquid conduit system or for removing a second liquid from a first liquid in the conduit system. The removal device includes a main channel for a main flow, the main channel having an entry and an exit which are configured to be connected to the conduit system, a housing which defines an inner space, at least one supply channel extending from the main channel to the inner space, at least one return channel extending from the inner space back to the main channel, directly or indirectly via a return chamber, at least one quiet zone in the inner space in which in use the liquid has a substantially smaller velocity than in the main channel. The quiet zone is configured to allow dirt particles or a relatively heavy liquid to settle at a lower end of the housing and/or gas bubbles or a relatively light liquid to rise to an upper end of the housing. The removal device further comprises means to remove dirt particles or relatively heavy liquid, and/or gas or relatively light liquid out of the housing.
US10786754B2
A process for the primary clarification of feeds, including chemically treated flocculated feeds, containing the target biomolecules of interest such as mAbs, mammalian cell cultures, or bacterial cell cultures, using a primary clarification depth filtration device without the use of a primary clarification centrifugation step or a primary clarification tangential flow microfiltration step. The primary clarification depth filtration device contains a porous depth filter having graded porous layers of varying pore ratings. The primary clarification depth filtration device filters fluid feeds, including chemically treated flocculated feeds containing flocculated cellular debris and colloidal particulates having a particle size distribution of approximately about 0.5 μm to 200 μm, at a flow rate of about 10 litres/m2/hr to about 100 litres/m2/hr. Kits and methods of using and making the same are also provided.
US10786742B1
A method and system for physically interacting with a live broadcast stream is described. For example, in one embodiment, the users swipe or swing a mobile phone device to virtually swing and hit at a live pitch on a standard TV broadcast. The invention can also be used while present at the event.
US10786740B2
In a first information processing apparatus, a plurality of users can be registered. When an application is executed, any of the registered users is selected as an application executing user. Execution state data in which application information indicating the application being executed is associated with the selected user is transmitted to a server. In the server, the execution state data is aggregated to generate aggregate data. In this case, the aggregation is performed such that an execution state of the application is recognizable for each application executing user. The aggregate data is transmitted in response to a request from a second information processing apparatus. The second information processing apparatus displays the execution state of the application for each application executing user on the basis of the received aggregate data.
US10786738B2
In an aspect, fantasy sports data is analyzed to generate and/or manage the delivery of and user experience of fantasy sports games and contests, including timing and payout structure(s) for short-term fantasy contests, such as daily, weekly, etc. fantasy sports contests, that motivate and appeal to contestants and is/are reasonably structured and concisely represented. In yet another aspect, a daily fantasy contest system is provided to automatically adjust to user demand without overshooting profitable levels and offer a variety of different contests, as well as offer contests with guaranteed and non-guaranteed payouts.
US10786736B2
The generation, association, and display of in-game tags are disclosed. Such tags introduce an additional dimension of community participation to both single and multiplayer games. Through such tags, players are empowered to communicate through filtered text messages and images as well as audio clips that other game players, including top rated players, have generated and placed at particular coordinates and/or in context of particular events within the game space. The presently described in-game tags and associated user generated content further allow for label based searches with respect to game play.
US10786735B2
The present disclosure provides a prompt method and a related apparatus in a virtual scene, and a computer storage medium. The method includes obtaining, by a device comprising a memory and a processor in communication with the memory, at intervals of a preset duration or when a specified event occurs within a life cycle of a virtual scene, performance data of a plurality of virtual characters in the virtual scene within a specified time period. The method also includes determining, by the device, a best-performing virtual character currently in a best performance state in the plurality of virtual characters according to the performance data of the plurality of virtual characters within the specified time period. The method further includes generating and outputting, by the device, prompt information used for indicating the best-performing virtual character, so that a client corresponding to each virtual character in the plurality of virtual characters presents the prompt information.
US10786730B2
A terminal device includes a display for displaying first and second objects, a memory for storing computer-readable instructions and object attribute information of the first and second objects, and a processor for executing configured to execute the computer-readable instructions. The processor selects one of the first objects, moves the selected first object to another position, and display the second object on the display at an arrangement position of an adjacent series of ones of the first objects when the object attribute information of the adjacent series of ones of the first objects have a predetermined relationship.
US10786728B2
A system that mirrors motion of a physical object by displaying a virtual object moving in a virtual environment. The mirroring display may be used for example for feedback, coaching, or for playing virtual games. Motion of the physical object is measured by motion sensors that may for example include an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and a magnetometer. Sensor data is transmitted to a computer that calculates the position and orientation of the physical object and generates a corresponding position and orientation of the virtual object. The computer may correct or adjust the calculations using sensor data redundancies. The virtual environment may include constraints on the position, orientation, or motion of the virtual object. These constraints may be used to compensate for accumulating errors in position and orientation. The system may for example use proportional error feedback to adjust position and orientation based on sensor redundancies and virtual environment constraints.
US10786723B1
Portable, lightweight golf practice device from which to hit golf balls comprises a base having an opening extending therethrough, a pan having a flat interior portion surrounded by a border portion, the border portion having a lip and an inner slanted portion that slopes downwardly to the flat interior portion, the pan being mounted on the top surface of the base and having a bottom surface that substantially matches the shape of the top side of the base, a rubber layer affixed to the bottom side of the base, and at least one anchoring device. The inner slanted portion and the flat interior portion are covered with driving range artificial grass that simulates fairway, and the lip of the pan and a portion of a border of the base not covered by the lip of the pan are covered with driving range artificial grass that simulates rough.
US10786722B2
An apparatus and method for repetitively training a golf swing is disclosed. In some embodiments of the present apparatus, foot placement guides are provided to align a golfer's stance relative to a golf ball on a tee. Motion and other data capture create a swing profile for the golfer's swing, which is compared to the swing of a golf Pro, thus giving swing feedback to the golfer. The apparatus automatically resets the ball position after the swing, allowing the golfer to repeat the swing based on the received feedback while isolating other variables (such as inaccurate resetting of foot position).
US10786718B2
An artificial shuttlecock feather for implanting in a circular ring shape into a shuttlecock base, including: a vane section and a rachis section having one end in an axial direction of the rachis section fixed to the base and supporting the vane section provided to another end side of the rachis section, a hole being formed in the vane section so as to penetrate the vane section, and a porosity of a first region of the vane section being lower than a porosity of a second region of the vane section, the first region spanning from an edge on the one end side in the axial direction to a predetermined position further toward the one end side than a center of vane section in the axial direction, the second region spanning from the predetermined position to an edge on the other end side in the axial direction.
US10786711B2
A golf club head includes a club head body having a first slot and a second slot in communication with the first slot, a first cover plate affixed to the club head body to cover the first slot, and a second cover plate affixed to the club head body to cover the second slot. The first cover plate and the second cover plate can be manufactured using the same or different materials, so that the position of the center of gravity of the overall structure differs depending on the material difference of the first cover plate and the second cover plate. In this way, the most suitable structural combination can be tailored for different users, so that each user can show the best ball hitting effect.
US10786708B2
The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a non-planar parting line on its spherical surface. At least a portion of the parting line comprises a series of main arcs connected by at least one intermediate arc.
US10786680B2
An automated external defibrillator soft carrying case includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment is connected to the second compartment by a hinge mechanism. The first compartment is also detachably connected to the second compartment. A first compartment ceiling is connected to the first compartment by a second hinge mechanism. The first compartment ceiling includes a transparent window.
US10786678B2
The disclosure describes techniques for delivering electrical stimulation to decrease the ventricular rate response during an atrial tachyarrhythmia, such as atrial fibrillation. AV nodal stimulation is employed during an atrial tachyarrhythmia episode with rapid ventricular conduction to distinguish ventricular tachyarrhythmia from supraventricular tachycardia and thereby prevent delivering inappropriate therapy to a patient.
US10786676B2
Described here is a deep brain stimulation (“DBS”) approach that targets several relevant nodes within brain circuitry, while monitoring multiple symptoms for efficacy. This approach to multi-symptom monitoring and stimulation therapy may be used as an extra stimulation setting in extant DBS devices, particularly those equipped for both stimulation and sensing. The therapeutic efficacy of DBS devices is extended by optimizing them for multiple symptoms (such as sleep disturbance in addition to movement disorders), thus increasing quality of life for patients.
US10786665B2
Digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry for providing currents at electrodes of an Implantable Pulse Generator (IPG) is disclosed. The DAC circuitry includes at least one PDAC for sourcing current to the electrodes, and at least one NDAC for sinking current from the electrodes. The PDACs are powered with power supplies VH (the compliance voltage) and Vssh in a high power domain, and the NDACs are powered with power supplies Vcc and ground in a low power domain. VH may change during IPG operation, and Vssh preferably also changes with a fixed difference with respect to VH. Digital control signals to the PDACs are formed (and possibly converted into) the high power domain, and transistors used to build the PDACs are biased in the high power domain, and thus may also change with VH. This permits transistors in the PDACs and NDACs to be made from normal low-voltage logic transistors.
US10786661B2
A dilation balloon is wrapped in one or more patterns with a wire or braided material having diamond abrasive or other abrasive material bonded thereto. The wire or braided material is vibrated in one or more ways to enhance the cutting action of the wire abrasive. The wire abrasive may be vibrated using high, low, or even ultrasonic waves transmitted to the wire abrasive via local or remote methods. Alternatively, the dilation balloon may be dilated with a contrast media that exhibits a high absorption to laser light. The contrast material is lazed with a laser fiber or fibers inserted into the balloon interior, creating a substantial shockwave that vibrates the balloon and assists in the cracking or abrading of the surrounding plaque in contact with the dilation balloon. The cutting balloon may employ the abrasive coated wires described above or cutting blades.
US10786659B2
A balloon catheter is described having a reinforced, co-axial, duel lumen design. In some embodiments, the balloon catheter includes a purging mechanism designed to purge air from the balloon.
US10786655B2
This invention is a transvascularly placed steerable guidewire, further including internal steerability and the ability to articulate in a direction at right angles to its longitudinal axis at or near its distal end. The steerable guidewire is generally fabricated from stainless steel and includes an outer tube, an inner tube, hub structures, and a distal articulating region. The steerable guidewire can be advanced through a body lumen in its straight configuration and then be selectively articulated or curved to permit negotiation of tortuous curvature. The steerable guidewire hub can be removed to permit advancement of catheters over its proximal end followed by re-attachment of the hub to permit deflection of the distal end of the steerable guidewire. Removal of the hub can result in a limp guidewire or maintenance of a forced curvature of the distal end of the guidewire.
US10786652B2
Described herein are support devices, which may include medical support devices. In particular, three-dimensional medical (and non-medical) devices from a single layer of material, typically by stamping or pressing (including cold pressing) a sheet of the material to form rigid and complex 3D shapes capable of use for a variety of medical and non-medical purposes. These support devices typically also include an adhesive material allowing the device to be attached to a subject's skin and/or mounted on a surface (e.g., wall, etc.). In particular, described herein are methods of manufacturing, assembling, and using adhesive support devices.
US10786649B2
A restorative health and wellness system that provides an immersive environment is provided herein. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more sensors configured to measure physiological properties of an individual and/or the properties of the individual's surroundings, one or more actuators configured to create the immersive environment for the individual, a control loop module configured to receive and analyze input from the one or more sensors, and to provide information to the actuators to create the immersive environment for the individual, wherein the one or more actuators dynamically create or adjust the immersive environment based on at least one of (A) the physiological properties measured or (B) the properties of the individual's surroundings, and at least one of (A) a pre-determined individual priority balance set for the individual or (B) an optimized set of parameters determined through advanced analytic techniques.
US10786647B2
An improved hiatal hernia treatment enhances recovery after surgery by reducing a patient's pain at an area of treatment. The area of treatment contains a hiatal hernia and must be extensively divided before the hiatal hernia can be treated. The improved hiatal hernia treatment reinforces, repairs, or otherwise treats the hiatal hernia and reduces pain through directed application of anesthetic via an applicator positioned within the area of treatment. Reduction of pain increases patient comfort reduces the need for pain medication, and lowers patient blood pressure to enhance recovery.
US10786645B2
A capnography system (100, 400), comprising: a controller (110, 410) configured to obtain a sample gas flow from a physical interface (107) for a patient (101); determine a change in a characteristic of the sample gas flow during a sampling time interval; determine whether the change in the characteristic of the sample gas flow during the sampling time interval is equal to or greater than a corresponding threshold value; determine that supplemental oxygen is provided when it is determined that the change in the characteristic of the sample gas flow is equal to or greater than the threshold value; and determine that supplemental oxygen is not provided when it is determined that the change in the characteristic of the sample gas flow is less than the threshold value.
US10786644B2
A portable oxygen concentrator designed for medical use where the sieve beds, adsorbers, are designed to be replaced by a patient. The concentrator is designed so that the beds are at least partially exposed to the outside of the system and can be easily released by a simple user-friendly mechanism. Replacement beds may be installed easily by patients, and all gas seals will function properly after installation.
US10786643B2
A patient interface comprises a frame, a headgear, a manifold and two nasal prongs. The frame may be recessed from the face of the patient, and preferably from the manifold so that the manifold may deform or move with respect to the face of the patient. The manifold may be further configured to be compliant in the direction of engagement with the patient's face, such as in the anterior direction. These features may allow the manifold to engage with the face of the patient, such as the upper lip, without exerting a significant pressure which may lead to patient discomfort. The manifold may also be configured to be rotatable with respect to the frame, for example by a grip feature which may be configured to be held in one hand for rotation.
US10786641B1
The medical tube securing device is a fastener that is further adapted for use with a first and second catheter. The medical tube securing device fastens the first catheter to the second catheter. The medical tube securing device comprises an intubation strap, a gastric clip, and a latch. The intubation strap and the gastric clip are attached to the latch. The intubation strap and the latch attach the first catheter to the medical tube securing device. The gastric clip attaches the second catheter to the medical tube securing device thereby securing the first catheter to the second catheter. The first catheter is an endotracheal device and the second catheter is a gastric catheter. The medical tube securing device further comprises a bite guard that prevents the patient from biting one or more devices selected from the group consisting of the endotracheal device or the gastric catheter.
US10786631B2
A gas elimination apparatus and a method for use in an intravenous delivery system are provided. The apparatus includes a fluid inlet coupling a fluid flow into a liquid chamber, a fluid outlet protruding into the liquid chamber, and a flow diversion member proximal to the fluid outlet. The flow diversion member configured to block a direct flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The apparatus includes a membrane separating a portion of the liquid chamber from an outer chamber and a gas venting valve fluidically coupling the outer chamber with the atmosphere. The flow diversion member may be mechanically supported by at least one strut or elongate member extending along a flow direction into the liquid chamber.
US10786629B2
A cassette for use with an injector has a housing, and a cassette identification arrangement (cassette ID) defining a code containing information about the cassette that is detectable and decipherable by an injector. The cassette may further have a sleeve movably disposed within the housing, for holding a drug container, and a locking arrangement for interlocking the sleeve with the housing. The cassette may further have an aperture in the housing, and a cassette cap for removing a needle shield of the drug container. The cassette may have an anti-bending structure to prevent bending or flexing of the cassette cap. The injector may have a processor for controlling operational parameters of the injector and a detector communicatively coupled with the processor for detecting and communicating the cassette ID to the microprocessor to decipher the code defined therein. Also, a method of injecting a drug into a patient with an injector, wherein the sequence of actions performed by the user are controlled. Still further, a method of treating a patient in need thereof wherein a cassette containing a drug is provided and administered to the patient using an injector.
US10786612B2
A driveline for an implantable blood pump including a percutaneous connector including an outer tube, the outer tube defining an exterior surface and having a proximal portion and a distal portion opposite the proximal portion, the proximal portion being couplable to the implantable blood pump disposed within a body of a patient and the distal portion being couplable to a controller outside of the body of the patient and at least one electronic instrument coupled to the outer tube and fluidically sealed from the exterior surface.
US10786605B2
An implantable medical electrical lead is connectable to an electrical header of an implantable pulse generator. The lead includes a lead body, at least one electrode, a lead terminal, and a lead boot. The lead body extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The at least one electrode is disposed at the distal end of the lead body. The lead terminal is disposed at the proximal end of the lead body and configured to connect the lead to the electrical header. The lead boot is formed of an elastic polymer infused with at least one antibiotic drug. A portion of the lead boot is configured to be disposed within the electrical header when the lead is connected to the electrical header.
US10786592B2
A photocatalytic reactor housing having a longitudinal axis allowing a fluid to flow through; a frame holding a light source and blades substantially encompassing the light source around the longitudinal axis; each blade having an interior surface facing the light source and an exterior surface opposite the interior surface; at least a portion of the surface of a plurality of the blades having a coating of material with photocatalytic oxidative properties; and the interior surface of the blade configured to redirect some amount of the light emitted onto another portion of substrate of an adjacent blade. In one embodiment the blades are tilted in the radial direction along at least a portion of the blades. In one embodiment the interior surface is configured to reflect some of the light emitted by the light source on to at least a portion of the exterior surface of an adjacent blade.
US10786591B2
A contaminant reducing device is provided. The contaminant reducing device comprises: an exhaust gas tube for supplying exhaust gas from a combustion engine; a cleaning water supply tube for supplying cleaning water; a scrubber for spraying cleaning water, which is supplied through the cleaning water supply tube, to exhaust gas supplied through the exhaust gas tube; an oxidation unit connected to the exhaust gas tube so as to oxidize the exhaust gas by discharging electricity, emitting ultraviolent rays, or spraying an oxidizer; and a cleaning water discharge tube for discharging cleaning water from inside the scrubber.
US10786571B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical topical gel solution that contains 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and an aqueous low viscous gel matrix. This invention also relates to a pharmaceutical preparation containing this composition. The formulation of this type can be used in photodynamic therapy as well as in the photodynamic detection of abnormally proliferating cells.
US10786562B2
The present disclosure relates to surface proteins of Moraxella catarrhalis and their ability to interact with epithelial cells via cell-associated fibronectin and laminin, and also to their ability to inhibit the complement system. These surface proteins are useful in the preparation of vaccines. The present disclosure also provides peptides interacting with fibronectin, laminin and the complement system.
US10786553B2
The present invention relates to improved clotting compositions for producing high quality blood serum samples for analyte testing, such as for pathology testing and other biological assays. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of prothrombin activators in combination with stabilizing agents such as colloids for producing high quality blood serum samples. The present invention also relates to associated methods for preparing clotting compositions, tubes, kits and methods of diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring for responsiveness to therapy.
US10786547B2
A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a peptide having an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1 or an analog or derivative thereof; and an anti-cancer agent, thereby treating the cancer in the subject.
US10786544B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of treating prostate cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a vasopressin analogue.
US10786541B2
A method of treating heart disease and/or injury in a subject includes administering to the subject a therapeutic agent that inhibits one or more of catalytic activity, signaling, and function of PTPσ.
US10786538B2
There is provided the use of a functional thylakoid extract, particularly in admixture with a physiologically acceptable carrier, in pharmaceutical application, in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, and method for the treatment thereof. The inflammatory bowel disease may comprise several diseases associated with inflammation of the small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum or anus (anal sphincter), and may be particularly selected from ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.
US10786529B2
The invention relates to an oral formulation for targeted delivery of cholestyramine to the colon, comprising a plurality of cholestyramine pellets that are coated with a diffusion-controlled inner coating and an enteric outer coating. The invention also relates to the use of this formulation in the treatment of bile acid malabsorption.
US10786525B2
The invention relates to a composition and method for increasing blood pressure, including a low pain or analgesic state or hypotensive anaesthesia in a subject that has suffered a life threatening hypotension or shock or reducing hypofusion in the whole body of a subject. The composition comprises (i) a compound selected from at least one of a potassium channel opener, a potassium channel agonist and an adenosine receptor agonist; and (ii) an antiarrhythmic agent or a local anaesthetic.
US10786520B2
Novel pseudo-trisaccharide aminoglycosides, represented by Formula I, as defined in the instant specification, designed to exhibit stop codon mutation readthrough activity, are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and uses thereof in the treatment of genetic diseases and disorders, such as diseases and disorders associated with stop codon mutations.
US10786515B2
Liquid polymer pharmaceutical compositions with a biodegradable liquid polyester that has a carboxylic acid end group, a biocompatible solvent, and an active pharmaceutical agent are useful for administration into the body to provide extended long term release of the drug.
US10786511B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising inhibitor(s) of human histone methyltransferase EZH2, and methods of cancer therapy using the EZH2 inhibitor(s).
US10786508B2
The invention provides substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyrimidines and related organic compounds, compositions containing such compounds, medical kits, and methods for using such compounds and compositions to treat medical disorders, e.g., Gaucher disease, Parkinson's disease, Lewy body disease, dementia, or multiple system atrophy, in a patient. Exemplary substituted imidazo[1,5-a]pyrimidine compounds described herein include substituted 2,4-dimethyl-N-phenylimidazo[1,5-a]pyrimidine-8-carboxamide compounds and variants thereof.
US10786505B2
Disclosed are methods for the treatment of various solid tumors in patients in need of such treatment. The methods comprise administering to such a patient an NEDD8-activating enzyme (NAE) inhibitor such as ((1S,2S,4R)-4-(4-((1S)-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylamino)-7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]-pyrimidin-7-yl)-2-hydroxycyclopentyl)methyl sulfamate (MLN4924) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt in combination with one or more chemotherapeutic agents. Also disclosed are medicaments for use in the treatment of various solid tumors.
US10786503B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising a lyn kinase activator and TRPM8 agonist, and to methods of: reducing blood glucose levels, weight gain, or fat depot levels; treating metabolic syndrome, Syndrome X, obesity, prediabetes, type II diabetes, type I diabetes; treating hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetic neuropathy, lipodystrophy, diabetic retinopathy, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, dyslipidemia, dyslipoproteinemia, a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-associated disorder, septicemia, a thrombotic disorder, or pancreatitis; inducing the beiging of adipocytes; and preventing pancreatic beta cell degeneration.
US10786492B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing said compound, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound.
US10786491B2
The present invention is directed to immune adjuvants containing IAP inhibitors, including Smac mimetics. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and vaccines containing an IAP inhibitor and an antigen. Methods of enhancing an immune response by administration of an IAP inhibitor, methods of treating or preventing cancer, methods of treating or preventing infections, methods of treating autoimmune disorders, and methods of potentiating cytokine or antibody production are also provided.
US10786488B2
The present invention relates to Substituted Quinolizine Derivatives of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 is as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Substituted Quinolizine Derivative, and methods of using the Substituted Quinolizine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US10786485B1
The invention provides compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds, compositions, methods and kits of the invention are useful for the treatment of pain, cough, itch, and neurogenic inflammation.
US10786482B2
Provided herein are stable enalapril oral liquid formulations. Also provided herein are methods of using enalapril oral liquid formulations for the treatment of certain diseases including hypertension, heart failure and asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction.
US10786474B2
The invention features a pharmaceutical suspension containing drug particles, a drug delivery device anchored in the mouth for continuously administering the pharmaceutical suspension, and methods of their use.
US10786458B2
Procedure for preparing enteric-coated pellets containing a proton pump inhibitor with benzimidazole structure, useful for preparing multi-particle pharmaceutical compositions for oral use that comprises the following stages: I) coat pure cellulose cores with a hydroalcoholic suspension that contains the proton pump inhibitor, a dibasic amino acid and polyvinylpyrrolidone; II) isolate the coated pure cellulose cores obtained in Stage I; III) apply an enteric coating to the particles obtained in Stage II above; and IV) dry the particles obtained in Stage III above and separate by size.
US10786452B2
Described herein is a sugar-depleted fruit or vegetable juice product, wherein said juice product is a fruit or vegetable juice or juice-retaining fruit or vegetable derived matter, wherein said juice product contains at least about 5 g/l gluconic acid and said juice product contains any two or three, of (i) at least about 0.5 g/l Ca2+, (ii) at least about 1 g/l K+, and (iii) at least about 0.1 g/l Mg2+. Also provided are methods of producing the same and the use thereof to assist in maintaining the health and well-being of a subject and in the treatment and prevention of medical ailments, specifically those associated with the over-consumption of glucose and/or sucrose or inappropriate metabolism of glucose, e.g. metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, obesity, dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, hypertension and liver steatosis.
US10786451B2
Dry powder formulations for inhalation comprising a combination of an anticholinergic, a long-acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonist, and, optionally, an inhaled corticosteroid are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of an inflammatory and/or obstructive airways disease.
US10786450B2
A process for preparing a dry powder formulation for inhalation comprising a combination of an anti-cholinergic, a long-acting beta2-adrenoceptor agonist, and a corticosteroid is provided.
US10786445B2
The present disclosure is drawn to a method of treating a patient in need of treatment, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment for stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, myocardial infarction, shock, organ ischemia, ventricular arrhythmias, ischemic injury, or hypoxia/ischemia; administering a bolus of glyburide to the patient; and administering a continuous infusion of glyburide to the patient at from about 15 μg/hr and about 300 μg/hr, wherein the continuous infusion glyburide is administered for a period of time more than about 20 hours.
US10786443B2
A method for protecting skin is provided, wherein the method comprises administering to a subject in need an effective amount of an orchid callus extract, and the extract is a polar solvent extract of a callus of orchid leaves. The method is especially for moisturizing skin, increasing skin tenderness, increasing skin abundance, increasing skin elasticity, tightening skin, reducing skin textures, delaying skin aging, assisting in increasing content of collagen, repairing skin tissues, preventing skin lesions, and/or promoting wound healing.
US10786442B2
A topical composition for treating age spots and wrinkles includes at least one first skin-whitening agent, at least one wrinkle-reducing agent, and a pharmaceutically or cosmetically acceptable solvent. In a preferred embodiment, the composition includes two whitening agents and two wrinkle-reducing agents. The skin-whitening agents include a tyrosinase-inhibiting glycosylated hydroquinone and a blend of alpine plant-based extracts. The wrinkle-reducing agents include avian egg extract and stabilized vitamin C.
US10786441B2
A composition of matter and method for treating compromised skin is disclosed, providing improved skin barrier repair and maintenance properties. The composition of matter comprises at least one lipid selected from a group consisting of lipids defined by a predetermined lipid profile and at least one skin nutrient selected from a group consisting of nutrients defined by a predetermined nutrient profile, but is substantially free of petrolatum. This composition of matter produced a surprising improvement when applied to cracked skin of, e.g., diabetes mellitus patients or other individuals with dry or damaged skin.
US10786428B1
A lid for a blister package has a continuous pattern of wire on an adhesive surface of a substrate. The continuous pattern has multiple detector segments, and the detector segments have respective destructible portions of wire at locations on the substrate corresponding to cavities of a blister sheet. Each detector segment has an outer connector portion and an inner connector portion. The outer connector portion and the inner connector portion of each detector segment are adjacent, and pairs of successive detector segments are connected by the inner connector portion of the one detector segment and the outer connector portion of the next detector segment. The continuous pattern of wire is severed at the outer connector portions and inner connector portions of the plurality of detector segments in order to disconnects the detector segments one from another, and form terminal ends of the detector segments.
US10786426B2
Systems, apparatus and methods for providing air and water to hot tub jets. The present teachings include jet assemblies, manifold assemblies, and related components, as well as methods of assembling hot tubs involving these components. In some cases, the present teachings describe the use of dual extrusion tubing to route air and water through adjacent, connected fluid conduits. In some cases, the present teachings describe a “press-and-click” method of connecting various components.
US10786425B2
A method for a mobile therapy provider to provide mobile therapy to a patient is disclosed. The mobile therapy provider receives an authorized prescription to provide therapy services, such as water therapy services, to the patient. The mobile therapy provider also verifies that medical insurance is available to the patient to cover the cost of the therapy. An appointment is scheduled with the patient to provide the mobile therapy services at an agreed upon location. A mobile therapy vehicle having therapy equipment is dispatched to the location agreed upon with the patient. An attending therapist provides the patient with the required type and scope of therapy in the mobile therapy vehicle. The results of therapy session are sent by the mobile provider to the insurance provider for payment and to the licensed health care professional.
US10786422B2
A stimulation device is provided in accordance with one embodiment. The stimulation device includes a chamber which has a flexible wall portion. A drive unit of the stimulation device is in physical communication with the flexible wall portion so as to cause deflections of the flexible wall portion in opposing directions, thereby resulting in a changing volume of the chamber. The changing volume of the chamber results in modulated positive and negative pressures with respect to a reference pressure. An opening of the stimulation device is for applying the modulated positive and negative pressures to a body part. The stimulation device includes a control device for controlling the drive unit.
US10786412B2
A multi-function, adjustable chiropractic table comprises a body section fixed to a table frame. A cervical section is movably attached to the table frame and securable at a desired angle. The cervical section comprises a padded head support, forehead strap, and neck bolsters. The head support is slidably mounted in a tray and translatable therein using a scissors mechanism, for linear axial traction. Pivotally mounting the tray to the cervical section permits lateral traction. A four-bar linkage, including a base frame, permits raising/lowering of the table using an actuator activated by a foot triggered wave switch comprising proximity sensors. The body section comprises a chest, lumbar, and leg sections. The chest section is replaceable with a treatment nodule comprising hot and cold compresses, or a laser enhanced spinal decompression therapy apparatus comprising a laser driven by two linear actuators to emit light according to one or more treatment protocols.
US10786403B2
An absorbent article (20) having an absorbent core comprising at least about 80% of superabsorbent polymers (SAP) by weight of its absorbent material. An acquisition-distribution system (ADS) (50) is at least partially disposed between the absorbent core and the topsheet. The ADS extends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article at least from a point A1 disposed at a distance D from the front edge to a point A2 disposed at a distance D from the back edge of the article, D being equal to 32% of the length L of the article. The ADS has a basis weight which may be at least 20% lower at the point A2 than at the point A1.
US10786400B2
An absorbent article for minimizing detachment between a top sheet and absorbent body, for stably maintaining an absorption performance, while maintaining a satisfactory feel on a skin of the top sheet. The top sheet has a plurality of raised sections extended in a lengthwise direction at predetermined intervals in a widthwise direction, and a plurality of furrow sections extended in the lengthwise direction between the raised sections. The furrow section has a first recess section including a first bottom section, and a plurality of second recess sections inside the first recess section. The second recess section includes a second bottom section having a highest fiber density of the top sheet. A portion at a second surface of a top section of the raised section is not joined to an absorbent body. The second bottom section of the second recess section of the furrow section is joined to the absorbent body.
US10786399B2
A disposable pant-type absorbent article adapted for a male user. The disposable pant-type absorbent article includes a chassis having a front section and a back section, an absorbent core, a front region configured for receiving the genitals of a male user, in which the front section at least partly is made of an elastic material comprising at least one elastic element. The absorbent core within a front region, under the influence of side elastic elements and elastic web material is adapted to bulge outwardly during use of the article to form a bowl shaped portion for receiving the genitals of a male user.
US10786392B2
The present invention provides an eye marker tip that includes a base, one or more marking wings, and a marking element attached to a marking wing and configured to deliver ink (or another indicator) to a surface of an eye. Embodiments may include a hollow or translucent post and light channel, or a base having a fixation button, to form a central light shape visible to a patient. Embodiments may include either or both of a magnifying lens and a parabolic light deflector, to form circles of light that may be used in connection with a central light shape to properly align the eye marker tip with a patient's eye.
US10786391B2
A microsurgical device and methods of its use can be used for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. A dual-blade device can be used for cutting the trabecular meshwork (“TM”) in the eye. The device tip provides entry into the Schlemm's canal via its size (i.e., for example, 0.2-0.3 mm width) and configuration where a ramp elevates the TM away from the outer wall of the Schlemm's canal and guides the TM to first and second lateral elements for creating first and second incisions through the TM. The dimensions and configuration of the blade is such that an entire strip of TM is removed without leaving TM leaflets behind and without causing collateral damage to adjacent tissues.
US10786381B2
Example embodiments of the brace assembly utilize an elastic cross strap attached to mounting facilities about a joint to provide progressive resistance to the extension, flexion or other movement of body parts about the joint. In some embodiments for a knee joint, the brace assembly provides a progressive resisting force to resist hyperextension of the knee. Some embodiments of the assembly may be able to accommodate different joints, different size wearer's of the assembly and different tension settings such as for athletes during competition. Some embodiments of the brace assembly may be used bilaterally and can be made without metal bracing to comply with the requirements of some sports. Some embodiments of the mounting facilities may have through holes.
US10786371B2
An aid device for the motor disabled, suitable for allowing walking of transfemoral amputees, having: a lower-limb prosthesis of an amputated limb; a lower-limb orthosis suitable to be worn at a sound contralateral lower-limb; an orthotic pelvis module connecting the prosthesis to the lower-limb orthosis; and a control unit for the operational coordination of movements of the prosthesis and the lower-limb orthosis.
US10786362B2
The present invention provides artificial disc prostheses, methods and instrumentation for implantation and revision thereof. Each prosthesis may comprise superior and inferior end plates and a nucleus positioned between articular surfaces of the end plates. The end plates may have planar bone engagement surfaces with a plurality of self-cutting teeth. The articular surfaces of the end plates may be planar or include a flattened portion. The nucleus includes superior and inferior articular surfaces which may comprise flattened portions such that when the articular surfaces of the nucleus and the end plates are placed in cooperation in a preferred orientation, the flattened and/or planar portions are aligned. Each prosthesis may provide flexion/extension, anterior/posterior translation, lateral bending, and/or axial rotation degrees of freedom. One embodiment comprises a prosthesis with a first joint providing flexion/extension and anterior/posterior translation, and a second joint providing lateral bending and axial rotation.
US10786351B2
Apparatus and methods are described herein for use in the transvascular delivery and deployment of a prosthetic mitral valve. In some embodiments, a method includes inverting an outer frame of a prosthetic mitral valve when the valve is in a biased expanded configuration. After inverting the outer frame, the prosthetic mitral valve is inserted into a lumen of a delivery sheath such that the mitral valve is moved to a collapsed configuration. The distal end portion of the delivery sheath is inserted into a left atrium of a heart. The prosthetic mitral valve is moved distally out of the delivery sheath such that the inverted outer frame reverts and the prosthetic mitral valve assumes its biased expanded configuration. In some embodiments, actuation wires are used to assist in the reversion of the outer frame. The prosthetic mitral valve is then positioned within a mitral annulus of the heart.
US10786348B2
A method and system provide an ophthalmic lens including a lens body having a chamber therein, a reservoir module coupled with the lens body and an optical fluid. At least part of the lens body is flexible. The reservoir module includes a reservoir and a heat sensitive portion bordering the reservoir. The reservoir has a reservoir volume and is fluidically connected with the chamber. The heat sensitive portion has a shape responsive to a temperature of at least forty five degrees Celsius such that the reservoir volume changes in response to at least part of the heat sensitive portion reaching the temperature. The optical fluid resides in the chamber and the reservoir. A change in the reservoir volume flows a portion of the optical fluid between the reservoir and the chamber such that the flexible portion of the lens body undergoes a shape change corresponding to a base power change.
US10786340B2
An electric tooth brush is equipped is equipped with a water or other fluid dispensing jet function. The fluid is contained in a replaceable capsule inserted into the body of the tooth brush. The capsule contains antibacterial cleaning solution. The bristles are replaceable to enable the product of the invention to be long lasting. It has advantages over the standard electric toothbrush because of the water jet aspect, which gives a more thorough clean and eliminates the need for separate flossing by providing a flossing effect.
US10786339B1
An apparatus includes a toothbrush head configured to brush teeth and a body releasably coupled with the toothbrush head. The body includes a vibration component configured to vibrate the toothbrush head, and an element configured to operate the vibration component. The apparatus includes an appliance brush interchangeable with the toothbrush head and configured to brush a dental appliance.
US10786336B2
The present invention relates to a combined model scanning and oral cavity scanning apparatus. The combined model scanning and oral cavity scanning apparatus includes an optical three-dimensional measurement unit configured to generate light, acquire intraoral shape information, and acquire model shape information, a data processor configured to generate three-dimensional tooth data, a data transmission unit configured to transmit the three-dimensional tooth data, a main body accommodating the optical three-dimensional measurement unit, the data processor, and the data transmission unit, and at least two intraoral scanning tips configured to be alternately detachable to the main body and provide light paths, wherein the at least two intraoral scanning tips includes a model scanning tip for scanning a dental model.
US10786329B2
An instrument device manipulator (IDM) is attached to a surgical arm of a robotic system and comprises a surgical tool holder and an outer housing. The surgical tool holder includes an attachment interface that can secure a surgical tool in a front-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on a face opposite of a proximal extension of the surgical tool) or a back-mount configuration (where the attachment interface is on the same face as the proximal extension of the surgical tool). The surgical tool holder may rotate continuously within the outer housing. In a back-mount configuration, the surgical tool holder may have a passage that receives the proximal extension of the tool and allows free rotation of the proximal extension about the rotational axis. A surgical drape separates the IDM and robotic arm from a tool, while allowing electrical and/or optical signals to pass therebetween.
US10786327B2
An immersive display for use in a robotic surgical system includes a support arm, a housing mounted to the support arm and configured to engage with a face of the user, at least two eyepiece assemblies disposed in the housing and configured to provide a three-dimensional display, and at least one sensor, wherein the sensor enables operation of the robotic surgical system, and wherein the support arm is actuatable to move the housing for ergonomic positioning.
US10786320B2
A surgical tool includes a drive housing having an input shaft arranged therein for rotation, an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing, and an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. A cable band is coupled to the input shaft and operatively couples the input shaft to a drive cable that extends to the end effector. Rotation of the input drive correspondingly moves the cable band and thereby controls longitudinal movement of the drive cable to articulate the end effector.
US10786312B2
Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for use in electronic guidance systems for surgical navigation. A sensor is provided with an optical sensor and an inclinometer (e.g. accelerometer or other inclination measuring sensor) and communicates measurements of patient inclination to an inter-operative computing unit. A registration device is useful to construct a registration coordinate frame. The direction of gravity may be used to construct the registration coordinate frame such as determined from inclination measurements.
US10786306B2
Example systems and techniques for denervation, for example, renal denervation. In some examples, a processor determines one or more tissue characteristics of tissue proximate a target nerve and a blood vessel. The processor may generate, based on the one or more tissue characteristics, an estimated volume of influence of denervation therapy delivered by a therapy delivery device disposed within the blood vessel. The processor may generate a graphical user interface including a graphical representation of the tissue proximate the target nerve and the blood vessel and a graphical representation of the estimated volume of influence.
US10786295B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods provide access to the renal pelvis of a kidney to treat renal nerves embedded in tissue surrounding the renal pelvis. Access to the renal pelvis may be via the urinary tract or via minimally invasive incisions through the abdomen and kidney tissue. Treatment is effected by exchanging energy, typically delivering heat or extracting heat through a wall of the renal pelvis, or by delivering active substances.
US10786291B2
Bone plate systems, resection guides, implants, and methods are disclosed. A bone plate system may include a plate including a plurality of openings and a resection guide. A plate may include a body with a first end and a second end, at least two openings in the body, a first opening positioned in the first end and a second opening positioned in the second end, and an alignment marking disposed on a surface of the body. A guide may include a body with a first end and a second end, at least one first opening in the first end of the body, and at least one second opening in the second end of the body. Surgical methods for using the bone plate system, resection guides, and implants are also disclosed.
US10786283B2
A skeletal fixation apparatus may include two or more bodies that are attached to two or more screws that have been inserted into vertebral bodies associated with a patient. The apparatus may also include two or more cylindrical members that are attached to the bodies to control the movement or alignment of the bodies when the skeletal fixation apparatus is being installed in the patient. The apparatus may further include a rod that includes a first curvature and a second curvature. The first curvature may be different than the second curvature and may be based on a medical diagnosis associated with stabilizing the vertebral bodies. The second curvature may enable the bodies to be immovably fastened to the rod in a manner that precludes the cylindrical members from contacting each other or causing a false torque condition to exist when the skeletal fixation apparatus is installed in the patient.
US10786272B2
A surgical instrument with improved end-effector gripping force. The instrument comprises a shaft, which may be inserted into a body of a patient. The articulated end-effector is mounted on the distal extremity of the instrument shaft and comprises a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely actuated by the surgeon's hands. This remote actuation is accomplished through mechanical transmission, mainly along flexible elements, which are able to deliver motion from a set of actuation elements, placed at a proximal extremity of the shaft, to the instrument's articulated end-effector. The articulated end-effector further comprises one or more cam-and-follower mechanisms that are able to amplify the force transmitted by the flexible elements so that the actuation force at the instrument jaws is maximized and the tension on the transmission elements minimized, thus increasing the fatigue resistance and life of the instrument.
US10786268B2
A device for use within an occluded biological vessel and a method of using same to remove occlusion material from a vessel are provided. The device includes an elongated body configured for delivering projections arranged around a distal portion thereof into the biological vessel. Each of the projections includes a leaf-like structure connected to a stem portion having a higher axial rigidity than the leaf-like structure.
US10786255B2
An apparatus for joining two hollow organ sections includes a staple cartridge component, an anvil component, a knife member, a buttress mount and a buttress member. The staple cartridge component includes a plurality of surgical staples in an annular array. The anvil component is movable relative to the staple cartridge component between spaced apart and approximated positions to adjustably clamp tissue. The knife member is movable relative to the staple cartridge component. The buttress mount is concentrically disposed at least partially within the lumen of the knife member. The buttress mount includes a plurality of spokes radially extending outward and a plurality of legs detachably secured with an inner wall of the knife member. The buttress member is secured with the plurality of spokes of the buttress mount. The buttress member is concentrically aligned with the plurality of surgical staples.
US10786254B2
An apparatus for deployment of a hemostatic clip includes a clip assembly releasably coupled to a distal portion of a shaft, wherein the clip assembly includes a capsule releasably coupled to the shaft, clip arms slidably received within the capsule and cooperating with the capsule to provide a first user feedback indicating a decision configuration of the clip assembly and a yoke slidably received within the capsule, the yoke including proximal and distal portions releasably and rotatably connected to one another via a first control wire, a distal end of the distal portion being connected to proximal ends of the clip arms. A second control wire extends from the handle assembly and is coupled to a proximal end of the second portion to move the clip assembly between open and closed configurations.
US10786253B2
A surgical instrument that includes a surgical end effector that has a first jaw and a second jaw that is pivotally attached to the first jaw for pivotal travel between a fully open position and a fully closed position by an axially movable closure member. The instrument further includes an axially movably firing member that has at least one jaw engagement feature that is configured to apply additional closure motions to the second jaw as the axially movable firing member is moved from a proximal most position to a distalmost position within the first end effector jaw. When the closure member is in a starting position and the axially movable firing member is in the proximal most position, a distal end of the closure member is distal to a distal end of the at least one jaw engagement feature.
US10786250B2
A surgical instrument for applying tacks to tissue includes a handle assembly, an elongated portion, an outer tube, an end effector, a rotation assembly, and a rotation-limiting structure. The rotation assembly is configured to rotate at least a portion of the outer tube about a first longitudinal axis and with respect to the handle assembly. The rotation assembly includes a rotation knob rotationally fixed to a proximal portion of the outer tube. The rotation-limiting structure is disposed in mechanical cooperation with at least one of the rotation assembly and the handle assembly, and is configured to limit an amount of rotation of the outer tube with respect to the handle assembly.
US10786248B2
A device is disclosed for the securement of dermal tissues. The device provides approximation and eversion of the tissue as well as the placement of a fixation element that bridges a wound. The fixation element may be produced in several fixed or dynamic configurations that may or may not alter the ability to engage tissue in response to stresses placed upon the fixation member post-deployment. The delivery device inserts the fastener percutaneously through the epidermis into the sub-dermal position without entering the wound margins with any part of the approximation portion of the delivery device.
US10786245B2
A rotational driver that comprises a interactive portion, wherein each interactive portion comprises a first extended member and a second extended member, a rotational system and a linear motion system, wherein the rotational driver permits a left or right handed surgeons to perform the surgical suturing procedure in a less complicated and more secure way by allowing more control over the angled suturing needle and the area to be stitched, even when the suturing area is small, deep, and/or restricted. Also the rotational driver comprises several configurations at the interactive portion ends to provide selected angles for the needle during the suturing procedure.
US10786241B2
The present disclosure discloses a knot-tying device and a knot-tying system with the knot-tying device. The knot-tying device comprises a shear knife provided at a front end of a driving rod. Hilts of the shear knife (18) are opened by an elastic member, and the hilts are pressed by the driving rod to close and cut a suture. The shear knife is used as a substitute for a cutter in the related art, and is driven to close by the driving rod so as to realize a shearing function. When the suture is cut off by the shear knife, a requirement for sharpness of blades are greatly reduced, and the blades are able to be realized by a common processing method, thereby greatly reducing cost while ensuring reliability. In addition, abrasion on the blades from the suture is reduced, thereby greatly prolonging the service life of the product.
US10786238B2
Methods and devices for the repair of a ruptured ligament using a scaffold device are provided. Aspects of the invention, may include a scaffold attached by a suture to an anchor. In aspects of the invention, the anchor may be secured to a bone near or at the repair site.
US10786230B2
A device comprises a tubular member with a longitudinal axis having a proximal end and a distal end, at least one partial cut located at, along or near the distal end of the tubular member, the at least one partial cut comprising an orientation that is angled relative to both the longitudinal axis and an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis, a pusher member positioned within an interior of the tubular member and configured to selectively advance the distal end of the tubular member longitudinally, wherein the distal end of the tubular member is configured to at least partially rotate when the pusher member is advanced relative to the tubular member so at to facilitate placement of the distal end in a particular branch of a subject's intraluminal network, wherein the distal end of the tubular member is configured to longitudinally elongate along or near an area of the at least one partial cut.
US10786223B2
Disclosed is an ultrasound device for measuring blood flow velocity in a blood vessel of a subject without imaging functionality in the device. The measurement depends upon reflections of a collimated beam of ultrasound from a subject's body part. Received electrical signals representative of the reflected ultrasound energy is used for generating a representation of blood flow at a plurality of predetermined locations in the volume and calculating a first blood flow velocity at each of the locations. The representation of flow is used for delineating the blood flow in the blood vessel in the volume. An angle calculating unit calculates the Doppler angle between the direction of the radiated collimated beam in the delineated blood flow at each point. A velocity calculator calculates a second blood flow velocity at the plurality of points based on the calculated first velocities and the calculated angle at the point.
US10786221B2
A radiation imaging apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect emitted radiation and output radiation image data; a clock control unit that has an internal clock and is configured to control a timing at which the detection unit is driven, based on time information of the internal clock; and a communication unit configured to transmit and receive data through a network, wherein the communication unit, if a communication traffic of the radiation image data is at a threshold or less, transmits the time information to a control apparatus that is connected through the network, and the clock control unit corrects the time information of the internal clock using time information that is a reply from the control apparatus to the time information.
US10786219B2
A radiographic image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor, which determines the intensity of an edge in a radiographic image obtained by radiographically imaging a subject, sets a weighting factor to be used in extracting a frequency component from the radiographic image according to a determination result of the edge intensity, extracts the frequency component from the radiographic image using the weighting factor having been set, multiplies the extracted frequency component by a scattered radiation content rate to estimate a scattered radiation component in the radiographic image, multiplies the estimated scattered radiation component by a scattered radiation removal rate to generate a scattered radiation image representing the scattered radiation component to be removed from the radiographic image, and performs scattered radiation correction on the radiographic image by subtracting the scattered radiation image from the radiographic image.
US10786216B2
A real-time fluoroscopic imaging system includes a collimator and a detector which are rotationally movable independent of the support assembly, e.g., c-arm, to which they are mounted. Rotational movement of the collimator and the detector are coordinated such that the orientation of the detector with respect to the collimator does not change. The collimator may include a geared flange member to facilitate rotation, and may be a single molded piece formed of a plastic such as tungsten polymer material. The system may also include a plurality of interchangeable collimators characterized by different shapes. A display is provided to present an image to an operator, and image orientation logic displays a target anatomy in a selected orientation regardless of orientation of the target anatomy relative to the detector, and regardless of rotation of the detector.
US10786203B1
A medical patch applicator device for easily and effectively applying medical patches on difficult to reach areas of a person's body. The medical patch applicator device includes an elongated semi-rigid patch support member for supporting a medical patch to be applied anywhere upon a user's body; and patch engagement members attached to the support member and to which the medical patch clings so that the user can effectively apply the medical patch without the medical patch bunching and crumpling up.
US10786202B2
A sensor includes a bridge circuit including one or more strain gauges mounted on a nail plate, the bridge circuit outputting a voltage signal, an amplifier circuit amplifying the voltage signal output by the bridge circuit to generate an amplified signal, an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter converting the amplified signal into a digital signal, a controller receiving the digital signal and facilitating communication with a receiver, and an antenna configured to transmit the digital signal.
US10786197B2
An evaluation method of evaluating a color irregularity site (a blemish) includes a color irregularity site detection step (step S102) of detecting a plurality of color irregularity sites respectively from a first skin image and a second skin image different from the first skin image, a gravity center position calculation step (step S108) of calculating gravity center positional coordinates of the color irregularity sites respectively for the first skin image and the second skin image, and a matching process step (step S110) of matching the plurality of color irregularity sites included in the first skin image with the plurality of color irregularity sites included in the second skin image based on the calculated gravity center positional coordinates of the color irregularity sites.
US10786178B2
This invention relates to a breathing tube for use in ultrasonic flow measurement systems for determining the volume flow and/or the molar mass of the respiration of humans and animals. According to the invention, the breathing tube at least partly has a polygonal cross-section. Furthermore at least one indicator is formed on the breathing tube, which can be read out via an external optical device.
US10786171B2
One example of a device includes a sensor, a memristor code comparator, and a controller. The sensor is to provide a sensor signal. The memristor code comparator is to compare the sensor signal to a reference signal. The controller is to determine a status of the sensor signal based on the comparison.
US10786170B2
Electrophysiology data acquisition system and method with differentiated equalization drive circuits
An electrophysiology data acquisition system that receives physiological signals from at least one catheter includes an amplifier and at least one noise reduction circuit operatively connected to the amplifier and configured to cancel interference in the physiological signals from the catheter. A drive selection circuit is controllable to connect any one of two or more available electrodes to the noise reduction circuit such that the connected electrode becomes an equalization drive electrode for the catheter. An equalization control module is executable on a processor and configured to select the equalization drive electrode from the two or more available electrodes and to control the drive selection circuit to connect the selected equalization drive electrode to the noise reduction circuit.
US10786156B2
A system includes a wearable head apparatus and an electronic console. The head apparatus is configured to receive resultant light from the head of a subject. The electronic console includes a fiber array, a detector, and a computing device. The fiber array includes a plurality of fibers configured to transport resultant light received by the head apparatus. The detector includes a plurality of super-pixels each defined by a plurality of pixels of an array of pixels. Each super-pixel is associated with a fiber. Each super-pixel is configured to generate a plurality of detection signals in response to detected resultant light from its associated fiber. The computing device receives the detection signals from each of the plurality of super-pixels. The computing device generates a high density-diffuse optical tomography (HD-DOT) image signal of the brain activity of the subject based on the detection signals from the super-pixels.
US10786140B2
An endoscope includes a standing base in a tip portion body, an operation wire of which a tip side is connected to the standing base, and a stretchable coating member that covers the operation wire along an extending direction of the operation wire and so as to allow the operation wire to be relatively movable over the entire region from a connection portion between the standing base and the operation wire to an operation wire-guide passage. A tip of the coating member and the standing base are liquid-tightly fixed to each other, and a base end of the coating member and the operation wire-guide passage are liquid-tightly fixed to each other, and the coating member is disposed at a position where a moving path of the coating member and a moving path of a treatment tool led from a treatment tool-guide passage do not interfere with each other.
US10786121B2
An exemplary system for dispensing foam includes a container holding a foamable liquid, a pump, and a suck-back device. The suck back device has a housing having a small bore with first diameter and a large bore with a second diameter; a dual body piston with a first piston that reciprocates in the small bore and a second piston that reciprocates in the large bore; a flow restrictor located proximate the dual body piston, a suck back chamber formed at least in part by the large bore and the second piston, and a foam outlet. The flow restrictor is configured so that fluid flow into the suck back device causes the suck back chamber to compress and when the fluid flow stops, a biasing member causes the suck back chamber to expand and suck back residual foam into the suck back chamber.
US10786120B2
A multi-panel shower door assembly includes door panels supported near the top ends of the door panels for sliding movement relative to one another within a door frame. The door panels are supported such that bottom ends of the door panels are spaced above the bottom wall of a sill member to define an unobstructed free space between the bottom wall and the bottom ends of door panels. The sill member includes a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and an elongate, downwardly opening channel extending along an upper edge of the sidewall. A first rail member near the bottom end of the first door panel has an upwardly extending lip configured to be received in the channel to facilitate sliding movement of the door panels while inhibiting tilting movement of the door panels.
US10786107B2
Technologies are described for devices and methods to utilize an ingredient cartridge assembly. The devices may comprise a cooking pot, a heat source, a loading track, a propulsion system, a loading compartment, and a controller. The loading compartment may be located along the loading track. The controller may be in communication with the heat source and the propulsion system. The propulsion system may be configured to receive an ingredient cartridge assembly including a cartridge. A protective film on the cartridge may be contacted with the propulsion system. The propulsion system may pull the protective film to peel the protective film from the cartridge and slide the cartridge along the loading track towards the loading compartment. An ingredient inside of the cartridge may deposit into the loading compartment as the cartridge passes over the loading compartment. The loading compartment may be configured to deposit the ingredient into the cooking pot.
US10786100B2
A sleeping bag includes a top cover and bottom sheet. The bottom sheet can be secured to a sleeping pad and includes a sheet portion and lateral flaps connected to the sheet portion along opposite lateral edges of the sleeping pad when the bottom sheet is secured thereto. The top cover and lateral flaps enable attachment, detachment, and reattachment of the lateral flaps along their lateral edges to a top cover outer surface along corresponding attachment paths displaced medially from top cover lateral edges, enabling a top cover headward portion to assume wrapped and expanded configurations, and enabling conversion between those configurations. When wrapped, headward portions of the top cover outer surface, that are lateral of the attachment paths, are positioned against the sheet portion; when expanded, the lateral flaps and lateral portions of the top cover extend upward or laterally away from the sleeping pad lateral edges.
US10786084B2
A buoyant pool lounge chair frame and buoyant pool lounge chair using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the buoyant pool lounge chair for supporting a person while the buoyant pool chair is floating in water, frame members collectively form an open chair frame including a back frame and leg frame pivotally coupled thereto. Buoyant cushions are attached to the frame members to form a chair seat, a backrest, and a leg rest. A pair of rear pivotal coupling and clutch assemblies are coupled to the seat frame and to the back frame to adjust and fix the angle of recline of the back frame relative to the seat frame. Similarly, a pair of front pivotal coupling and clutch assemblies coupled to the leg frame and to the back frame to adjust and fix the angle of extension of the leg frame relative to the seat frame.
US10786070B1
Certain configurations of a base and clip assembly that can couple to a pocket device are described. In some instances, the clip can removably couple to the base without the use of any external fasteners. Illustrations of the clip coupled to pocket devices such as knives, mobile devices and other devices that can fit into a pocket are also provided.
US10786063B2
A flow-through device includes a body, including a stem; a cap; a neck; a piston; and an applicator; and a bottle including a reservoir configured to hold a solution, wherein the piston is attached to the stem at a predetermined distance along a length of the stem away from a bottom face of the reservoir when the stem is inserted into the reservoir, forms a seal with a sidewall of the reservoir, and is configured to displace the solution filled in the reservoir into a hollow channel volume of the stem, an interior applicator volume of the applicator, and an interior cap volume of the cap, and the reservoir is filled with an overfilled volume of the solution filling into the hollow channel volume of the stem, the interior applicator volume of the applicator, and the interior cap volume of the cap.
US10786059B1
A hair braiding device dimensioned and adapted for enabling the separation of a plurality of braiding hair sections with minimum amounts of tangling and knotting, even when the underlying hair braiding device is moved. The hair braiding device provides a grid of hooks positioned at an operational orientation angle, even as the hair braiding device is movable between a deployed state and a collapsed state for transportation and storage. Thereby the operatively associated hair sections remain in their own spaced-apart relationship relative to each other.
US10786052B2
Aspects herein relate to a garment or article system having an internal layer and an external layer, the external layer has an inner surface facing the internal layer and an outer surface facing an external environment. Specifically, the garment or article system comprises a first slider mechanism affixed to the internal layer and a second slider mechanism affixed to the external layer. The first slider mechanism affixed to the internal layer is coupled to the second slider mechanism affixed to the external layer so that a pull or a directional force applied to the second slider mechanism is transferred to the first slider mechanism to reversibly transition the first slider mechanism from an open state in a first direction to a closed state in a second direction, and while maintaining the second slider mechanism in a closed state regardless of the direction of the directional force applied.
US10786047B2
A beach shoe system including a beach shoe and a stabilizing member. The stabilizing member, when attached to the beach shoe, being below the beach shoe and being removably attached to the beach shoe. The stabilizing member includes a porous, substantially planar section underlying a sole of the beach shoe and extending transversely beyond peripheral sides of the beach shoe. The stabilizing member preferably includes a peripheral rim attached to the planar section and extending downwardly and upwardly therefrom.
US10786044B2
Footwear is provided including a protective toe element in the form of a rigid protective toe guard nested in a recess defined by a sole component so that the toe guard is of a low profile and has an at least partially closed bottom which cleanly transitions to an upper surface of the sole component. The footwear and its components provide impact and crushing force resistance, yet the footwear is low profiled and flexible enough to provide enhanced mobility and comfort to a wearer.
US10786039B2
An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure with a sole member. The sole member can be manufactured using a cushioning sole system that provides different cushioning characteristics to a sole member using varying patterns of apertures. A user's foot morphology and/or preferences may be used to design the sole member. The sole member can include a set of apertures that are formed along various surfaces of the sole member.
US10786037B2
A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a sole plate that includes a forefoot portion with a foot-facing surface. The sole plate has at least one side wall extending upward from the foot-facing surface. The at least one side wall has a first notch in an upper periphery of the side wall in the forefoot portion. The first notch is configured to be open when the forefoot portion of the sole plate is dorsiflexed in a first portion of a flexion range and closed when the forefoot portion of the sole plate is dorsiflexed in a second portion of the flexion range greater than the first portion.
US10786032B2
A skydiving helmet including a helmet shell having a front opening, is provided. The helmet further includes a visor having a lateral mounting section, where the visor is operable between a lowered position and a raised position. The skydiving helmet also includes a visor mounting system laterally positioned on the helmet shell to pivotally connect the lateral mounting section to the helmet shell. The visor mounting system includes a base plate having a cavity formed therein with a locking slot and a guiding section communicating with one another. The visor mounting system also includes a locking element positioned within the cavity and being operable between an extended configuration for preventing rotation of the visor, and a retracted configuration for allowing a frontward translation of the visor, away from the helmet front opening, and subsequent rotation of the visor, from the lowered to the raised position.
US10786030B1
A head and neck restraining system is disclosed herein. The system includes a helmet, a neck brace structure, and a tether system. The neck brace structure includes a neck extension that is attached to shoulder extensions. The tether system includes at least one ring structure that is configured to attach to the helmet and a single tether material that slides through the at least one ring. The single tether material is guided along the neck extension and attached to the shoulder extensions. The at least one ring structure is positioned between the neck and shoulder extensions along the single tether material and splits the load on the helmet to the neck extension and the shoulder extension along to the single tether material created by exerted forces.
US10786029B2
A helmet including a lighting system integrated into said helmet, the lighting system comprising a first layer; light emitting means mounted to said first layer; controller means mounted to said first layer for controlling said light emitting means; wiring means for linking said light emitting means to said controller means; a second layer fixably attached to said first layer thereby providing an area between said first and second layer for said light emitting means, controller means, and wiring means; power means fixably attached to said second layer for powering said controller and light emitting means; and operating means functionally linked to said controller means for operating said controller means. The application also discloses lighting system contained in a shell that that can be attached to an existing helmet. This application also discloses a lighting system contained in a flexible material that can be fitted onto an existing helmet.
US10786028B2
An apparatus comprising a helmet. The helmet can include at least one vent. A vent adapter can be configured to secure into the at least one vent. The vent adapter can include a first attachment surface and a second attachment surface. A mount can be configured to secure into the vent adapter. The mount can include a first attachment portion configured to mate with the first attachment surface. The mount can also include a second attachment portion configured to mate with the second attachment surface.
US10786027B1
A helmet may include a helmet body, a fit system, a bezel, and a hardware retainer. The helmet body may have an outer shell and an energy management layer. The bezel may be separate from the outer shell and coupled to the helmet body at the vent opening of the helmet, encircle the vent opening, and have a hardware opening extending through the bezel and an anchor opening in the bezel adjacent the hardware opening. The hardware retainer may be positioned behind and coupled to the bezel. The hardware retainer may include a hardware receiving aperture aligned with the hardware opening and a hardware retainer cover coupled to a rear side of the hardware retainer. The hardware retainer may further include an anchor recess aligned with the anchor opening. The bezel may be in-molded into the energy management layer.
US10786012B2
An airflow regulator has a main ring body and a regulating ring piece. The main ring body is a hollow structure and a sidewall thereof comprises an air inlet. The regulating ring piece is disposed on a bottom of an inner periphery of the main ring body. The regulating ring piece is used to deform correspondingly according to a magnitude of pressure of incoming airflows passing through the air inlet. An electronic cigarette and an atomizer having the airflow regulator are structurally novel and convenient to use. The regulating ring piece of the airflow regulator can correspondingly deform according to magnitudes of sucking forces of the user when the user smokes in order to automatically adjust an amount of air intake.
US10786010B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices and related methods of delivering aerosol to a user. The aerosol delivery devices may include a housing providing multiple aerosol pathways having a mouth-end opening through which aerosol can be inhaled by a user, the housing defining a first aerosol delivery pathway in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening and a second aerosol delivery pathway separate from the first aerosol delivery pathway and in fluid communication with the mouth-end opening. An atomizer including a heating element or piezoelectric element and a liquid transport element in fluid communication with an aerosol precursor composition is provided in fluid communication with the first aerosol delivery pathway. A flavorant-infused material is positioned within the second aerosol delivery pathway and adapted to produce a second aerosol upon contact between the flavorant-infused material and flowing air.
US10786006B2
A vaporization apparatus configured to support a vaporization rig and a heating element, comprises a body including a back end, a front end, and a top surface. The front end includes a hole that extends towards the back end, the hole being configured to support the heating element. The top surface defines a receptacle sized to support the vaporization rig, the hole and the receptacle being positioned to align a heatable portion of the vaporization rig with a heat generating portion of the heating element.
US10786005B2
A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.
US10785997B2
The present invention provides a sterilizer which includes a steam chamber comprising a steam chamber upper member and a steam chamber lower member which are bolt-coupled to each other; an inlet door configured to open or close an inlet of the steam chamber; and an outlet door configured to open or close an outlet of the steam chamber, wherein each of the steam chamber upper member and the steam chamber lower member comprises a housing defining a steam chamber inner space and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed on a surface of the housing at a predetermined height.
US10785992B2
A heat exchanger includes an inner tube extending longitudinally along a central axis and having an inner surface bounding a product chamber and an outer surface having a plurality of channels disposed at circumferentially spaced intervals in alternating relationship with a plurality of fins about the circumference of the outer surface of the inner tube; and a longitudinally extending outer tube disposed coaxially about and circumscribing the inner tube in radially spaced relationship, the outer tube having an inner surface contacting the plurality of fins of the inner cylinder, the outer surface being welded to the fins at a plurality of weld locations.
US10785988B2
A poultry defeathering apparatus comprising a compression plate with a central aperture operationally associated with a hub drive shaft of a feather plucking machine, wherein the compression plate is secured to the hub drive shaft, a finger plate operationally associated with the hub drive shaft and the compression plate, the finger plate includes a central aperture, an annular abutment ring operationally associated with the central aperture, a plurality of finger apertures surrounding the central aperture, a plurality of fingers secured to the finger plate by insertion through the finger plate, with the body extending through a finger aperture, wherein the hub drive shaft is secured to the finger plate and wherein the oversized base of each finger is compressed between the compression plate and the finger plate and a mounting bolt secured on the finger plate within the mounting hole of the hub drive shaft.
US10785987B2
The present invention relates to a method and device for dispensing thread. The thread dispensing device comprises a transport unit having at least a first and a second transport element for a defined transport of the thread, a drive unit for driving the first and second transport element and a shifting unit for reversibly shifting the first transport element relative to the second transport element. The present invention further relates to a clipping machine and a method for producing sausage-shaped products, wherein the clipping machine comprises the inventive device for dispensing thread.
US10785985B2
The present invention encompasses edible carriers for foods that are soft but still hold a preformed shape. Specifically encompassed are soft shaped tortilla products that can be used to hold food fillings. Exemplary shapes and sizes are provided for the products. Also encompassed are methods of making, packaging, and using the products.
US10785983B2
A method is provided for producing intensified whole-cereal flour by means of pulsed electric fields in collaboration with ultrafine pulverization, which includes: (1) preparing bran, middling and flour by cleaning, modulating and milling cereal grains; (2) performing superfine pulverization on the bran and the middling and performing sieving; (3) preparing a suspension by using water and the sieved bran and middling, and stirring constantly; (4) adding polysaccharide colloids into the suspension, and adjusting the pH to 4.0; (5) performing high-voltage pulse treatment on the suspension to ensure stable flow of the suspension; (6) centrifuging the suspension to separate the supernatant, and drying the obtained precipitate and performing sieving to obtain the treated bran and middling; and (7) mixing the treated bran and middling with flour uniformly to obtain whole-cereal flour.
US10785979B2
What are described are substituted ketoxime benzoylamides of the general formula (I) as herbicides. In this formula (I), R1′, R2′, X, Y and W are radicals such as hydrogen, organic radicals such as alkyl, and other radicals such as halogen. Q is an oxadiazole, tetrazole or triazole radical.
US10785961B2
A perch extension for a bird feeder having an elongated perch body that defines a cavity that is adapted to fit at least partially over a perch on a bird feeder. The perch extension may optionally have a support member that is coupled to the perch body, and is further adapted to fit at least partially around the seed container of the bird feeder. The perch extension may optionally define protuberances to provide a snap-fit or press-fit engagement with the bird feeder perch.
US10785957B2
A pet tracking device, system and method using a kinetic motion energy generator to generate electrical energy that is used to power a pet tracking mechanism are provided. The pet tracking device may include a housing on a wearable item, such as a collar, attached to the pet or may be injected underneath the skin of the pet.
US10785952B2
A short milk tube for extending between a milker teat cup and liner assembly and a milker unit and the short milk tube includes a vent seat having an outwardly extending protective vent plug lip, and a stiffener at least partially surrounding the vent seat to control bending of the short milk tube.
US10785946B1
A novel maize variety designated 4AARS4386 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety 4AARS4386 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 4AARS4386 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety 4AARS4386 or a locus conversion of 4AARS4386 with another maize variety.
US10785931B1
A soybean cultivar designated 83070909 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83070909, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83070909, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83070909, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83070909. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83070909. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83070909, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 83070909 with another soybean cultivar.
US10785926B2
In a solution cultivation method for a low potassium vegetable, an entire cultivation period from seeding to harvesting is divided into a first cultivation period and a second cultivation period depending on the vegetable to be cultivated. In the first cultivation period, the vegetable is cultivated in a first culture solution containing a first fertilizer for solution cultivation which contains potassium. In the second cultivation period, the vegetable is cultivated in a second culture solution containing a second fertilizer for solution cultivation which does not substantially contain potassium. During the second cultivation period, an air flow is applied at a controlled speed to the growing point of the vegetable.
US10785924B2
The prevent invention discloses a defrosting machine column fixed support with an inclined flat leg, including a defrosting machine (1), a connecting support (2), a pedestal bolt (3), and a pedestal (4). The connecting support (2) includes an anti-tilting guide barrel (21), a fixed pillar (22), a rib plate (23), and a connecting plate (24). The pedestal (4) includes a pedestal plate (41) and a flat leg (42). The pedestal bolt (3) is used for fixedly connecting the connecting support (2) with the pedestal (4). The pedestal plates are hit into the soil so as to solve digging difficulties and low efficiency of a small diameter mounting deep hole with high accuracy requirements; each pedestal plate is respectively vertically provided with two intersecting flat legs in an inclined mode, thus balancing forces in each direction and stabilizing the defrosting machine column. The holes on the pedestal plates can integrate the soils on the inner side and outer side and two sides into one body, thus stabilizing the defrosting machine. In addition, the connecting support is employed, and standard tubes replace conventional non-standard tubes, thus saving on material cost, and transport and storage are also convenient. The support is simple in structure, convenient to implement, can be applied on pebbled land, not only reduces labour intensity when mounting, but also improves the anti-sinking, anti-horizontal torsion and anti-tilting abilities of the defrosting machine column, improves defrosting machine work reliability, and improves mounting efficiency and economic benefits of the defrosting machine.
US10785923B2
A clamp arrangement for tree trunks with a main body on which at least three retaining tongues are formed, arranged at a distance from one another, wherein the main body and the retaining tongues are oriented, as blades, in a common cutting direction, and wherein at least two snap lugs are formed on the main body and/or on at least one retaining tongue to allow a detachable connection with a setting tool.
US10785922B2
A planter apparatus is disclosed herein. The planter apparatus includes a growth chamber; a transmissivity-reducing window adjustable from a substantially opaque state to a substantially transparent state. The window can include a first transmissivity-reducing layer and a second transmissivity-reducing layer coupled to the first transmissivity-reducing layer, and at least a portion of the growth chamber is viewable through the window when the window is in the substantially transparent state. The planter apparatus includes a transmissivity controller for operating the window between the substantially opaque state and the substantially transparent state. For example, the first transmissivity-reducing layer can include a switching film and the second transmissivity-reducing layer can include a gel filter.
US10785911B2
A hybrid flute for a stalk roll may be configured with a sharp edge positioned between a first blunt edge and a second blunt edge along a length of the flute edge. The flute edge may extend radially outward from a main cylinder of the stalk roll. The flute edge may be engaged with a radius at the base of the flute edge, and a flute base may extend from the radius. A plurality of flute bases positioned adjacent to one another may be configured to form a main cylinder for the stalk roll.
US10785903B2
Described is a system for determining crop residue fraction. The system includes a color video camera mounted on a mobile platform for generating a two-dimensional (2D) color video image of a scene in front or behind the mobile platform. In operation, the system separates the 2D color video image into three separate one-dimensional (1D) mixture signals for red, green, and blue channels. The three 1D mixture signals are then separated into pure 1D component signals using blind source separation. The 1D component signals are thresholded and converted to 2D binary, pixel-level abundance maps, which can then be integrated to allow the system to determine a total component fractional abundance of crop in the scene. Finally, the system can control a mobile platform, such as a harvesting machine, based on the total component fractional abundance of crop in the scene.
US10791658B2
A system includes a shield for a low noise amplifier. The shield includes a top and one or more walls extending from the top defining a cavity. The shield further comprises at least one conducting member extending outwardly from the top and within the cavity. The shield may enclose an amplifier circuit and improve its signal-to-noise ratio.
US10791648B1
A pump includes an armature, a rotor assembly, a liquid path connector and a member. The armature includes a ferromagnetic core, a winding and a through passageway. The rotor assembly is disposed in the passageway and includes an impeller to rotate to pump liquid through the passageway. The liquid path connector is connected to the armature to communicate the liquid with the passageway. The member contacts an outer surface of the armature and contacts an outer surface of the liquid path connector to transfer thermal energy from the armature to the liquid path connector.
US10791640B2
An electronic equipment enclosure comprises a frame structure formed from a plurality of support posts and at least partially enclosed by a plurality of panels. The panels include at least side, top and back panels defining an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a rear thereof. The top panel includes an opening there through that is rectangular in shape. The equipment enclosure further comprises an exhaust air duct extending upward from the top panel of the enclosure. The exhaust air duct is rectangular in cross-section and is disposed in surrounding relation to, and in fluid communication with, the top panel opening. The exhaust air duct is adapted to segregate hot air being exhausted from the enclosure from cool air entering the enclosure, thereby improving thermal management of the enclosure.
US10791639B2
Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a method for operating a display screen in an electronic device. The method includes detecting an event on the display screen of the electronic device based on an input received from a plurality of sensors in the display screen. Further, the method includes identifying one or more first areas on the display screen based on the detected event. Furthermore, the method includes altering one or more electric currents supplied to one or more photo transmitters associated with the one or more identified first areas of the display screen, wherein the one or more photo transmitters is configured to generate heat in the one or more identified first areas.
US10791638B2
A locking device for a notebook computer contains: a fixer and a rotatable connection rod. The fixer includes a bottom extension configured to support a bottom of the notebook computer, and the fixer includes a lock body configured to abut against a rear end of the notebook computer. The lock body has at least one orifice configured to connect with a cable lock, and the lock body has a first receiving aperture and a second receiving aperture. The rotatable connection rod includes a rod body rotatably arranged above a keyboard of the notebook computer, a first coupling post and a second coupling post which are rotatably connected with two ends of the rod body respectively. The first coupling post is inserted into the first receiving aperture of a first side of the lock body, and the second coupling post is inserted into a second side of the lock body.
US10791632B1
A board element for board-to-board interconnect formation is provided. An embodiment includes embedding a signal via element in the board element and cutting through respective sections of the board element and the signal via element to expose a new board element edge and an outwardly facing surface of the signal via element.
US10791631B2
Disclosed is a surface treated copper foil in which the dropping of the roughening particles from the roughening treatment layer provided on the surface of the copper foil is favorably suppressed.Also disclosed is a surface treated copper foil, comprising a copper foil, a roughening treatment layer on one surface, and/or another roughening treatment layer the other surface of the copper foil, wherein a height of roughening particles of the roughening treatment layer is 5 to 1000 nm from the surface, a color difference ΔE*ab according to JIS Z 8730 of a surface of a side of the roughening treatment layer is 65 or less, and a glossiness of the TD of the surface of the side of the roughening treatment layer is 70% or less.
US10791630B2
A printed circuit board having conductor tracks formed on one side of a substrate. The substrate is able to be cohesively bonded at a contact face to a cover for protecting the conductor tracks. In this case, the substrate includes a step, which forms a barrier with respect to an auxiliary material for promoting the cohesive bond, in order to prevent any wetting of the conductor tracks with the auxiliary material. A sensor having a printed circuit board for use in a fuel filling level measurement system of a vehicle.
US10791629B1
An electronic device includes a printed circuit board (PCB). The PCB includes first and second grids disposed at a top surface and a bottom surface of the PCB, respectively. Each grid includes a plurality of footprint pins, and a plurality of vias extending through the PCB to the top and bottom surfaces. Each footprint pin includes a connecting end and a free end that opposes the connecting end. Each via includes a contact end located at one of grids and is in electrical contact with the connecting end of one of the footprint pins, and each via further includes a non-contact end that is located at the other of the grids and is not in electrical contact with any of the footprint pins. First and second connectors are mounted to the PCB top and bottom surfaces and connect with the footprint pins of the first and second grids.
US10791622B2
A printed wiring board of the present disclosure that includes a power supply layer and a ground layer. A power supply layer pattern formed in the power supply layer includes a power supply layer electrode and a branch that is a direct-current power feeding path connecting adjacent electromagnetic band gap (EBG) unit cells. A capacitive coupling element including a capacitive coupling element body is disposed to oppose the power supply layer electrode with an interlayer provided therebetween.
US10791618B2
A neutron beam source generator is provided, which includes an accelerator connecting to a beryllium target through a channel, a filter and a collimator. The beryllium target is disposed at an end of the channel and adjacent to the filter. The filter is disposed between the beryllium target and the collimator. The channel and the beryllium target have an angle α therebetween, and the angle α is between 0° and 90°. The channel and the direction normal to the surface of the filter have an angle β therebetween, and the angle β is between 0° and 90°. The cross-section of the channel is not circular.
US10791616B1
A radiation source apparatus includes a vessel, a laser, a collector, a container, and a cone structure. The vessel has an exit aperture. The laser is at one end of the vessel and configured to excite a target material to form a plasma. The collector is in the vessel and configured to collect at least radiation of a desired wavelength emitted by the plasma and to direct the collected radiation to the exit aperture of the vessel. The container is configured to receive a residue of the plasma. The cone structure is between the collector and the exit aperture and located besides the container. The cone structure includes a first inner sidewall, and a second inner sidewall adjoining the first inner sidewall and closer to the container than the first inner sidewall, and a first baffle assembly on the first inner sidewall.
US10791614B2
In some examples, a system comprises a non-conductive layer; a conductive sheet positioned on an area of the non-conductive layer; a non-conductive surface in contact with the conductive sheet; a safety enclosure positioned on the non-conductive surface and configured to contain a high-voltage device; a ground connection coupling to the conductive sheet and extending through the non-conductive layer; and a coupling member to couple together the non-conductive layer, the conductive sheet, the non-conductive surface, and the safety enclosure.
US10791611B2
An LED lamp is provided that is capable of being wirelessly and remotely controlled by an LED lighting control device. The LED lamp includes an antenna on the lens of the LED lamp and is embedded in a raised section of lens material. Locating the antenna in the raised section of lens material allows the LED lamp to be controlled by a stronger control signal from the LED lighting control device at greater distances (e.g., typically greater than ten feet) and does not detract from the aesthetic appeal of the LED lamp.
US10791609B2
An occupancy sensor with integral light level sensors is configured to turn off or disable peripheral circuits and go into a periodic deep sleep mode to reduce phantom loading. Peripheral circuits include occupancy sensor circuits and relay drive circuits, but may include other circuits such as communication circuits. The sensor may be configured to periodically wake itself up, check ambient light conditions to see if lighting is below the set threshold. If it is not, the sensor goes back to sleep. If it is, then the sensor can power up the occupancy sensor circuit to see if the space is occupied; if not, it can go back to sleep. If the space is occupied, it can turn on other peripheral circuits necessary to control the load.
US10791608B2
According to a first aspect disclosed herein, there is provided a controller for controlling a first light source to emit light into a pupil of a human user in order to reduce at least one biological effect of light from a second light source on the human user, the controller comprising: a first input for receiving light property data indicating a property of the light from the second light source, said property being of a type which causes a biological effect on the human user; a second input for receiving pupil data indicating a size of the pupil of the human user; an output for sending control commands to the first light source; a processor configured to: determine, using the light property data received via the first input, that the light from the second light source has said property; in response to said determination that the light from the second light source has said property, determine, using said pupil data received via the second input, a current size of the pupil; and on condition that the current size of the pupil is determined to be larger than a minimum size, control the first light source to emit light not having said property into the pupil and thereby reduce the size of the pupil.
US10791607B1
This application is directed to techniques and processes for configuring light emitters, and techniques and processes for controlling the light emitters. For example, network device(s) may transmit, to a client device, first image data generated by an electronic device. The client device may then receive input indicating portion of a field of view (FOV) of the electronic device that represent light emitters. The network device(s) may then generate associations between the portions of the FOV and the light emitters. Later, the network device(s) may transmit, to the client device, second image data generated by the electronic device. The client device may then receive input selecting portions of the FOV that are associated with the light emitters. Based on the input, the network device(s) may control the light emitters, such as by causing the light emitters to activate or deactivate.
US10791606B2
An LED traffic light driven by a control circuit, where the control circuit includes a driving power supply outputting direct current, and an accurate constant current module configured to perform accurately constant current processing for the direct current output by the driving power supply. The LED traffic light includes a plurality of conductive branches connected in parallel at an output end of the accurate constant current module, and each of the conductive branches is formed by connecting a power line with at least one light emitting diode. It is not necessary for the LED traffic light to connect a resistor in series or in parallel, and the light emitting diode can be driven directly by a direct current at a low voltage without the need for a built-in high-voltage AC/DC driving power supply.
US10791605B2
A lamp module includes a drive circuit; a first light source; a second light source; and a switching circuit configured to receive a switching signal for indicating switching between a first function and a second function, and to control a first switch and a second switch such that the first switch is in an on state and the second switch is in an off state while the first function is indicated, the first switch is in an off state and the second switch is in an on state while the second function is indicated, and both the first switch and the second switch are in the on states at a time of switching between the first function and the second function.
US10791602B2
A method for adjusting a voltage supply device for a multichannel LED control and power supply device having a determination of a number of LEDs that are connected to a multichannel LED control and power supply device or are a part of this device and that are switched on and supplied with current by the multichannel LED control and power supply device at a point in time, and a setting of a voltage with which the multichannel LED control and power supply device is supplied as a function of the number of LEDs determined that are switched on and supplied with current.
US10791601B2
A light-emitting device has a stabilizing-current circuit, a current source having a high electron mobility transistor, and a light source electrically connected to the stabilizing-current circuit and the current source.
US10791599B2
Controlling the color temperature of a composite light source including at least one discrete-spectrum light source is disclosed. For example, the color temperature of a composite light source including at least one discrete-spectrum light source may be determined and/or adjusted based on one or more of the ambient color temperature of a space, the actual temperature of the space, the relative brightness of the space, the occupancy of the space, a time clock, a demand response command (e.g., from an electrical utility), the absolute location of the composite light source, the location of the composite light source relative to other light sources, inputs from a camera or other external devices, the operation of appliances or other machines in the vicinity of the composite light source, media content being utilized in the vicinity of the composite light source, and/or other sensor inputs.
US10791596B2
The indication of an input or output level of an analog signal is given at low production cost and without the need for a wide space to install a configuration for indicating the input or output level. An analog signal input device (1) includes: a voltage detecting section (130) configured to detect an input or output level of an analog signal; and an LED lighting control section (132) configured to control a pattern of light emission of an LED (15) in accordance with the input or output level of the analog signal.
US10791590B2
A temperature regulation unit includes a housing, a conduit, a fan, and a thermal element. The housing has a sidewall with an upper end and a lower end. The sidewall defines an internal cavity. The conduit is disposed within the internal cavity of the housing and defines a passage. The conduit has a first end and an opposing second end. The fan is positioned within the internal cavity of the housing at the first end of the conduit. The fan is configured to provide an airflow to the passage of the conduit. The thermal element is positioned within the passage of the conduit. The thermal element is configured to thermally regulate a temperature of the airflow flowing past the thermal element and out of the opposing second end of the conduit.
US10791588B2
Technology for user equipment (UE) and evolved NobeB (eNB) to support enhanced coverage is disclosed. If both the UE and eNodeB provide support for a first and second coverage enhancement (CE) mode, one or more timers of the UE, eNB and a core network (CN) can 5 be configured according to an extended timer range. However, if either the UE or the eNB does not provide support for both the first and second CE modes, the one or more timers of the UE, eNB and CN are configured according to a legacy timer range.
US10791583B2
A user apparatus is provided. The user apparatus is used in a mobile communication system in which D2D communications are supported. The user apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain from a base station control rules including predetermined communication methods applied to corresponding user apparatus types; a determination unit configured to determine which of the predetermined communication methods is to be applied to the user apparatus by comparing a type of the user apparatus and the control rules; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a D2D signal based on the determined predetermined communication method.
US10791579B2
Wireless communications systems and methods related to performing a random access procedure are provided. A first wireless communication device receives a random access response monitoring configuration for a plurality of random access opportunities associated with a random access attempt. The first wireless communication device transmits, to a second wireless communication device, one or more random access preambles associated with the plurality of random access opportunities. The first wireless communication device monitors for a random access response for each of the one or more random access preambles based on the random access response monitoring configuration.
US10791577B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program products for random access in a wireless communication system. A method in a terminal device comprises receiving a random access configuration from a network device, the random access configuration including information for determining a set of candidate subframe numbers and a set of candidate system frame numbers for transmitting a random access preamble; transmitting the random access preamble in a subframe within a radio frame, the subframe being associated with a subframe number, and the radio frame being associated with a system frame number, wherein the subframe number is selected from the set of candidate subframe numbers, and/or, the system frame number is selected from the set of candidate system frame numbers t, based on a size of a Message 3 (Msg3) to be transmitted by the terminal device to the network device during the random access.
US10791574B2
A method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) performing random access to a network is disclosed. For this end, the UE determines a predetermined number of beams, as candidate beams for the random access to the network, among multiple beams, wherein each of the multiple beams is allocated on different time domain units. And, the UE transmits the random access preamble over a transmission beam selected as one from the candidate beams to the network.
US10791573B2
The present invention relates to random access channel transmission technology in a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a device and method for a terminal operating in a frequency division duplex (FDD) mode to transmit a random access channel on the basis of the channel quality of a downlink or uplink channel. In particular, the present invention provides a device and a method by which a terminal transmits a random access channel in an FDD mode, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, through a transmission channel, a reference signal for measuring the quality of the transmission channel which is transmitting a random access channel; measuring the quality of the transmission channel by using the reference signal, and determining whether there is a random access channel transmission; and transmitting a random access channel through the transmission channel.
US10791570B2
A base station able to maintain backward compatibility with an LTE mobile station while minimizing the amount of increase in uplink scheduling information reception and demodulation/decoding processing in independent uplink/downlink cell data transmission. A wireless communication system includes a cell #1, a cell #2, and an LTE-A mobile station, and supports independent uplink/downlink cell data transmission. The base station of the cell #2 arranges a PDCCH+, which includes uplink scheduling information from the LTE-A mobile station to the base station of the cell #2, in a downlink data region in the downlink connection of the base station of the cell #1.
US10791555B2
Methods and apparatuses of resource allocation for wireless communication are presented. In an example, a user equipment (12) may contain radio circuitry and processing circuitry such that the user equipment (12) is configured to obtain a set of multiple indices, where each index in the set of multiple indices corresponds to a different uplink resource allocation from a set of uplink resource allocations (11) formed from twelve contiguous subcarriers. In an aspect, the set of uplink resource allocations (11) includes an allocation of the twelve contiguous subcarriers, two allocations of six contiguous subcarriers, four allocations of three contiguous subcarriers, and twelve allocations of a single subcarrier. In a further aspect, the user equipment (12) can receive an index indication corresponding to an index from the set of multiple indices from the base station (10). Also, the user equipment (12) can transmit data to the base station (10) using the resource allocation corresponding to the received index indication.
US10791553B2
The present invention provides a communication interval configuration method and device, a storage medium, and an apparatus. The method comprises: a base station receives an interface communication interval request message sent by a terminal, the interface being an interface between terminals; the base station sends an interface communication interval configuration message to the terminal according to the interface communication interval request message, and the terminal configures a communication interval for the interface according to the interface communication interval configuration message and performs a communication operation on the basis of the configured communication interval.
US10791547B2
A method applied to a mobile communication system including a first communication apparatus, a first communication apparatus, and chipset included in a first communication apparatus, where the communication apparatus performs relay transmission between a network and a second communication apparatus, includes obtaining, by the first communication apparatus, information indicating a function supported by a network apparatus included in the network, and transmitting to the network apparatus, by the first communication apparatus based on the information, a request message for performing the relay transmission.
US10791546B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a device. A wireless device may be configured with a transmission time interval (TTI) bundling parameter. The device may then identify one or more resources for an uplink (UL) control channel based on the TTI bundling parameter (e.g., using either an implicit or an explicit indication from another wireless node such as a serving cell of a base station) and transmit the UL control channel using the identified resources. The device may also identify a downlink control information (DCI) format based on the TTI bundling parameter. For example, a resource allocation granularity level may be associated with the bundling parameter, and the length of a DCI field may depend on the resource allocation granularity level.
US10791542B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for assigning resources for common reference signal (CRS) transmissions from user equipment (UE) relays. Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques to use minimum possible resources for transmission of CRS in an attempt to reduce interference, reduce power consumption while providing appropriate reference for channel measurement and demodulation. In an aspect, a wireless node (e.g., a UE relay station) may determine resources for transmission of CRS in a subframe based, at least in part, on a type of one or more channels to be transmitted in the subframe, and may transmit the CRS using the determined resources.
US10791539B2
A communication system is disclosed in which a base station receives, from a core network entity, a paging request for paging an MTC device. The base station determines a paging occasion for sending to said MTC device paging related information, wherein the paging occasion is defined such that it identifies a plurality of subframes in which the paging related information can be sent and repeated. The base station sends (and repeats, as appropriate) the paging related information in the plurality of subframes identified by the paging occasion.
US10791535B1
A mobility management entity (MME) controls an enterprise fabric. The MME receives from a mobile device via a cellular network a request to initiate an attach procedure. In response, the MME acquires from the mobile device a unique equipment identifier of the mobile device. The MME generates an enterprise identity for the mobile device based on the unique equipment identifier, and registers the enterprise identity in the enterprise fabric. The MME signals to a user plane function of the cellular network that the mobile device has been registered, to trigger the user plane function to acquire an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the mobile device based on the enterprise identity. The MME receives from the user plane function the acquired IP address. The MME sends to the mobile device, through the cellular network, an attach accept message that includes the acquired IP address for use by the mobile device.
US10791533B2
In accordance to embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from the source base station, a beam information message comprising beam associated information. The beam associated information may indicate a plurality of beam identifiers (IDs) corresponding to a plurality of beams in the target base station and a plurality of default timing advance (TA)s. Each default TA of the plurality of TAs is associated with one beam of the plurality of beams in the target base station and additional related configurations.
US10791531B2
The present application is directed to an apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for performing the wireless communication. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, capable of executing an instruction of receiving a beam sweeping block carrying downlink initial access signals including a first synchronization signal, a second synchronization signal, a beam reference signal and a PBCH monitoring transmission of a downlink sweeping subframe. The processor is capable of also executing the instruction of determining, based on the downlink initial access signals, an identity of the beam sweeping block associated with the downlink initial access signal. A part of the identity of the beam sweeping block is associated with the beam reference signal. The present application is also directed to a method for performing wireless communication.
US10791530B2
Provided is a flexible numerology configuration method for an NR. In particular, a method may be provided for transmitting a synchronization signal and system information for a user equipment in a new radio access network. The method may include defining one or more subcarrier spacings to transmit at least one synchronization signal and at least one system information transmission channel in a frequency band of the new radio access network, determining one of the one or more subcarrier spacings to transmit the at least one synchronization signal and the at least one system information transmission channel, and transmitting at least one of the at least one synchronization signal and the at least one system information transmission channel based on the determined subcarrier spacing.
US10791523B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for a user equipment (UE) to set uplink power control for a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst. The UE receives uplink power control information including a first set of power control parameters for a long uplink burst and a second set of power control parameters for a short uplink burst with the sets of power control parameters being different from each other. The UE configures uplink power control for the long uplink burst based at least on the first set of power control parameters and the short uplink burst based at least on the second set of power control parameters. The UE sends at least one of a long uplink burst and a short uplink burst based on the corresponding uplink power control and sends at least one uplink power-headroom report for the long uplink burst and short uplink burst.
US10791520B2
A method and a device for transmitting a wakeup packet in a wireless LAN system are suggested. Particularly, a transmission device configures a wakeup packet and transmits same to a reception device. The wakeup packet includes a sequence including first information and second information, by applying an OOK method. The first information and the second formation are configured with an on-signal and an off-signal. The on-signal is transferred via a first symbol generated by applying a first sequence to K number of successive subcarriers in the 20 MHz band and performing 64-point IFFT on the subcarriers. The offsignal is transferred via a second symbol generated by applying a second sequence to the K number of successive subcarriers in the 20 MHz band and performing 64-point IFNT on the subcarriers. Of the K number of subcarriers to which the first sequence is applied, a coefficient for m number of subcarriers as a unit is set to 1 or −1 for the subcarriers, and a coefficient for the remaining subcarriers is set to 0. The first information and the second information are transmitted via a third symbol configured with the first symbol and the second symbol, respectively.
US10791517B2
A data synchronization method includes: receiving time interval information sent by a second terminal device, where the time interval information includes a synchronization start time and a synchronization end time; obtaining, in stored waking and sleep time information, a time period set that is greater than or equal to the synchronization start time and that is less than or equal to the synchronization end time, where the time period set includes at least one sleep time period; determining, in the time period set, a sleep time period whose sleep duration is greater than a preset threshold; and sending, to the second terminal device, feature data collected in the determined sleep time period.
US10791510B2
Some of examples disclosed herein relate to classifying access points (APs). Some of the example may enable automatically classifying a set of APs based on at least one AP attribute of each AP in the set of APs, determining, based on the automatic classification, that a subset of APs in the set of APs are classified into a same class; and automatically determining a recommended configuration setting for the subset of APs.
US10791507B1
A broker network may be configured to serve as an intermediary between one or more radio providers and one or more mobile service providers for reservation of remote radio units (RRUs) for use in a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) environment. The broker network may receive, from a mobile network, a message indicating a request for identification of RRUs of at least one radio provider. The broker network may send, to the mobile network, one or more messages including a plurality of identifiers which identify a plurality of RRUs, and a geographic location and capabilities associated with each RRU. After receiving a selection of an RRU, the broker network may send to the RRU a message which triggers communication with a virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU) for a remote configuration of parameters in the selected RRU, so that it may be used to facilitate communication with UEs in the mobile network.
US10791506B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for cloud-based adaptive configuration and control of a network device include, detecting an access by a user through the network device to a cloud-based service; and responsive to the detected access, configuring the network device to be controlled by the user via a cloud-based configuration controller. Further implementations include, receiving a configuration request from the network device, wherein the configuration request includes access information pertaining to an access made by a user to a cloud-based service; determining a cloud-based identity of the user based upon the received access information; associating the cloud-based identity with an ownership identifier; forming one or more instructions to configure the network device with the ownership identifier as an owner of the network device; and transmitting the one or more instructions to the network device.
US10791505B2
Provided is a control method of a server providing information on an optimum AP. The control method of a server includes: acquiring wireless communication connection information of at least one user terminal and location information of the at least one user terminal, from each of the at least one user terminal; when a request for an access point (AP) search is received from a first user terminal, determining at least one optimum AP which can connect with the first user terminal, on the basis of the acquired wireless communication connection information and location information; and transmitting information on the determined optimum AP to the first user terminal.
US10791502B2
A method of wireless communications performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes performing an on-demand system information (SI) request procedure in a cell; and performing an error handling procedure if the on-demand SI request procedure in the cell is unsuccessful. The error handling procedure includes storing SI request failure information.
US10791497B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system for integrating a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data rate after a 4G system with IoT technology. Based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, this disclosure may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related service). Embodiments relate to a method and apparatus for performing an access in an RRC inactive mode in a next generation mobile communication system.
US10791496B2
A communication session for a UE can be restored in the event of serving call session control function (S-CSCF) node unavailability and/or application server (AS) unavailability by storing, prior to IMS unavailability, attribute-value pairs (AVPs) at a home subscriber server (HSS). These AVPs can be used independently by individual IMS nodes to restore a communication session for a UE due to an unavailable IMS node. When a first S-CSCF node becomes unavailable, a proxy CSCF (P-CSCF) node can send a SIP request originating from the UE to a second S-CSCF node. The second S-CSCF node can then send a request to the HSS for an identifier of an AS associated with the UE. Upon receipt of the AS identifier (e.g., an active AS name AVP) from the HSS, the second S-CSCF node can send the SIP request to the AS in order to restore the communication session for the UE.
US10791492B2
A method and mobile station in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining whether there is a packet that is at least one of transmitted and received for each of time intervals, determining a traffic status of at least one of transmission and reception based on a result of the determining of whether there is the packet that is the at least one of transmitted and received for each of the time intervals, and determining the internet connection status based on the determined traffic status of the at least on transmission and reception.
US10791490B2
An enhanced uplink user equipment is in soft handover. A radio network controller selects a primary Node-B out of a plurality of Node-Bs supporting the soft handover. The radio network controller receiving successfully received enhanced uplink data packets from the plurality of Node-Bs. The radio network controller reordered the successfully received enhanced uplink data packets for in-sequence deliver. The primary Node-B sends specified scheduling information to the user equipment that the other Node-Bs does not transmit. At least the primary Node-B transmits acknowledgements and negative acknowledgements to the user equipment.
US10791484B2
Embodiments provide a user equipment handover method, and a device. In embodiments of the present invention, when a handover is to be performed, user equipment may send first information that is used to request a handover, and then a destination network device may allocate a first uplink resource to the user equipment.
US10791478B2
A communication apparatus and method are provided for predicting effects of changes in at least one radio network parameter on a cellular network which comprises a processor which is adapted to: (a) select a source cell in a cellular network; (b) select from among a first plurality of cells being neighbors of that source cell, a second plurality of neighboring cells and define a reference cluster that includes the source cell and the second plurality of cells; and (c) use the reference cluster to predict the effects of carrying out one or more changes in at least one radio network parameter on at least one network performance indicator of the reference cluster, and based on that prediction, establishing an expected impact of the one or more changes in the at least one radio network parameter on a cellular network performance.
US10791475B2
Systems and methods for performance evaluations in distributed antenna systems (DAS) allow certain ones of remote radio units (RRUs) (note that the RRUs may also be referred to as a remote antenna unit (RAU)) within a DAS to emulate user equipment and send test signals to other RRUs. The other RRUs may report these signals to a management device for analysis and determination as to whether service of a desired level is provided. Further, the emulator RRU may also receive test signals from the other RRUs and report such signals to the management device for evaluation. Based on these evaluations, the adequacy of the placement of the RRUs relative to a desired standard may be determined and adjustments recommended.
US10791467B2
A framework of abstraction of new and existing 5G radios can enhance capabilities of new and existing micro radios and other short range radio technologies to enable intelligent service delivery, dynamic access learning capability, and network slicing over 5G access networks. Enhancing layer communication for both control and user plane can be tunneled through the hosting layer and exploit a common transport provided by the hosting layer. The tunneling through the hosting layer can also enable the enhance capabilities to access the same radio management functions and can be orchestrated by the same core function. The framework for abstraction of the resources can be used to provide dynamic sharing of the resources and then be divided amongst different carriers.
US10791459B1
In a test method for verification of a remote eSIM provisioning process, an eSIM profile from an RSP platform (1) under test is ordered (8). After that, a download of the ordered eSIM profile from the RSP platform (1) is triggered (9). Then, the triggered eSIM profile is downloaded (9a) from the RSP platform (1) via an over the air interface to a target eSIM or eUICC (5) in a test probe (6). It is then verified whether the ordered, triggered and downloaded eSIM profile is correct. Such a test method enhances the capabilities of a test system for testing mobile networks with remote eSIM provisioning, while the network connectivity and services are continuously provided by eSIM swapping.
US10791443B2
A network device obtains an External Identifier for a user device. The External identifier includes a “
US10791441B2
A terminal device is provided. The terminal device includes a communication interface unit configured to receive image data of an application installed in another terminal device that is streamed from the another terminal device, a display unit configured to display the image data, a control unit configured to receive an installation file associated with the application through the communication interface unit while the image data is being displayed, and to execute the received installation file when authentication of the installation file is completed, and a storage unit configured to allow the application to be installed therein according to execution of the installation file.
US10791436B2
Systems and methods are directed to communication between a vehicle and an entity infrastructure. In one example, a computer-implemented method for facilitating communication from and to a vehicle includes obtaining, by a computing system comprising one or more computing devices, a request to establish communication from a vehicle computing system. The method further includes establishing, by the computing system, one or more bidirectional communication connections to the vehicle computing system. The method further includes receiving, by the computing system, one or more messages over the one or more communication connections to the vehicle computing system. The method further includes determining, by the computing system, routing for the one or more received messages. The method further includes providing, by the computing system, the one or more messages to one or more clients based at least in part on the determined routing.
US10791433B1
The system receives a message from a user, along with a recipient list and generated personalized messages for recipients of the recipient list. The system determines the format of the message, and whether to, and how to, modify the message based on information about the recipient. For example, a recipient category may be used to determine how to personalize a message for each recipient. A relationship between a sender and recipient may be determined using, for example, a database of relationship information. The system modifies, for example, text, images, or video of the message to generate the personalized message. The system may access historical communications records such as a chat group record, a contacts list, a text message record, an email message record, a social media post record, or a comments record corresponding to a media content item to determine how to personalize a message.
US10791419B2
Systems, methods, and program products for providing services to a user by a mobile device based on the user's daily routine of movement. The mobile device determines whether a location cluster indicates a significant location for the user based on one or more hints that indicate an interest of the user in locations in the cluster. The mobile device can perform adaptive clustering to determine a size of area of the significant location based on how multiple locations converge in the location cluster. The mobile device can provide location-based services for calendar items, including predicting a time of arrival at an estimated location of a calendar item. The mobile device can provide various services related to a location of the mobile device or a significant location of the user through an application programming interface (API).
US10791418B2
A method and system for determining a preference of a user for a location is provided. The preference of the user for the location is determined based on a plurality of users and a plurality of locations. The method includes determining a user-location relation based on a plurality of relations of the users with the locations, determining a plurality of POItags indicative of one or more properties of the plurality of locations, and determining a user-POItag relation based on the plurality of users and the plurality of POItags. The method also includes determining a location-POItag relation based on the plurality of locations and the plurality of POItags, and determining the preference of the user for the location based on at least one of the user-location relation, the user-POItag relation, and the location-POItag relation. The system includes a controller configured to perform the method. A vehicle including the system is also provided.
US10791415B2
A portable programmable computing device 1 containing a memory 14, GPS antenna 12, Wi-Fi component 21, microprocessor 11, and power source 15 housed in a mobile, compact, housing 41. Housing 41 can be a wearable garment, allowing computing device 1 to be hidden within the garment, thus enabling device 1 to communicate with outside devices surreptitiously. Microprocessor 11 can be easily programmed and reprogrammed by a user. Device 1 can connect to the Internet through various means, based on the components contained within or otherwise coupled to device 1, e.g., cellular component 23, Bluetooth component 24, and other wireless protocol (such as Wi-Fi 21) components, to execute various useful functions, including tracking, scanning, and hosting a personal Website. The scanner function is adapted to search for wireless networking access points, and can accommodate a plurality of protocols, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
US10791404B1
A device and method for improving hearing devices by using computer recognition of words and substituting either computer generated words or pre-recorded words in streaming conversation received from a distant speaker. The system may operate in multiple modes such as a first mode being amplification and conditioning of the voice sounds; a second mode having said microphone pickup up the voice sounds from a speaker, a processor configured to convert voice sounds to discrete words corresponding to words spoken by said speaker, generating a synthesized voice speaking said words and outputting said synthesized voice to said sound reproducing element, which is hearable by the user. Other modes include translation of foreign languages into a user's ear and using a heads up display to project the text version of words which the computer had deciphered or translated. The system may be triggered by eye moment, spoken command, hand movement or similar.
US10791393B2
A speaker case for a mobile device with a speaker. A protective shell into which the mobile device can be inserted. The protective shell has a rear wall and at least one side wall with an opening for the speaker, a plate-shaped component, which is fastened to the protective shell so as to pivot about a first pivot axis. At least one second plate-shaped component which is pivotally mounted about a second pivot axis on the first plate-shaped component. The pivot axes are preferably perpendicular to each other and whereby the protective shell has a sound channel from the opening for the speaker to the rear wall of the protective shell.
US10791383B2
Supply chain systems and methods are disclosed for monitoring fluid levels in liquid containers, such as kegs. Embodiments include sensors that fit within a keg's false bottom, measure the weight of the keg, and transmit the weight information to a computer database via a wireless network. Other embodiments include an RFID device with information about a characteristic of the liquid within a keg (such as brand and/or type of beer) that may be attached to the keg and paired with the sensor so the sensor can transmit information about the characteristic of the liquid in the keg. In alternate embodiments, the sensor's transmitter is short range and an uplink/gateway is used to receive information from the sensor and relay that sensor's information to a broader wireless network. Multiple containers in close proximity may each be fitted with an RFID device and sensor and communicate their individual information to the database.
US10791381B2
There is provided an arrangement which is capable of reliably generating and transmitting viewing information with respect to contents received via a communication route other than terrestrial broadcasting waves. Contents in which a contents ID applicable to the generation of viewing information and viewing information-compatible data such as viewing information destination information or the like are recorded in an electronic watermark (WaterMark) or a sound data file are sent from a transmitting apparatus to a receiving apparatus. The receiving apparatus acquires the contents ID and the viewing information destination information, etc. from the electronic watermark (WM) or the sound data file, generates viewing information using the acquired data, and sends the generated viewing information to a designated address.
US10791379B2
A video processing method, video processing apparatus, and a computer storage medium are also disclosed for implementing a solution for compensating for lost video frames that are lost during transmission. Lost video frame detection and compensation is implemented by separately numbering each video frame, at a data layer of transmission, with no need to perform additional encoding/decoding calculation, and without increasing a load of a server during lost frame compensation. A lost video frame is compensated for by inserting a compensation video frame after the lost video frame is detected, so as to ensure that a total quantity of video frames is not changed, thereby avoiding stalling at the playback end during a playback process because the quantity of video frames decreases, and ensuring smooth watching during video playback.
US10791371B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application that provides content recommendations based on recent activity. For example, the media guidance application determines that the user has stopped using the first device and is using the second device. In response, the media guidance application retrieves, from memory, a length of time that the user has consumed media on the first device. The media guidance application then determines the time interval when the user was consuming media on the first device. Next, media content is determined that the user consumed on the first device during the time interval. The media guidance application then determines a characteristic of the consumed media content and recommends media content on a second device based on the characteristic.
US10791368B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products described herein may allow for the capture of a user's reaction to an advertisement. The reaction may be verbal or may take the form of a gesture. Once the reaction is captured, the reaction may be interpreted to infer whether the user's opinion of the advertised product or service is positive. The opinion may be combined with metadata that is associated with the advertisement. The metadata may include the identity of the product or service being advertised and/or may include the identity of the advertiser, i.e., the producer or source of the product or service. The combination of the user's identity information, the metadata, and the user's opinion may collectively represent the user's interest in the advertised product or service. This interest information may be saved in a wish list or shopping list for the user, and may be stored via a network at a location removed from the user, i.e., “in the cloud.” The interest information may then be made accessible to the advertiser and/or to providers of related products or services. The interest information may be used by these advertisers and providers to identify the user as a possible recipient of additional information or advertising related to the advertised product or related products.
US10791365B2
Devices, systems, method, and program products are provided, which support temporally-seamless change functionalities during multichannel streaming sessions established between a streaming media server and a client media receiver. In embodiments, the method includes outputting, to a display device, a first streaming channel contained in a streaming channel bundle and assigned a high priority level. When receiving a channel change request to view a second streaming channel, the client media receiver monitors for additional channel change requests over a predetermined wait period. If an additional channel change request is received within the wait period, the client media receiver repeats the step of monitoring. Conversely, if an additional channel change request is not received with the wait period, the client media receiver sends a channel reprioritization command to the streaming media server to prioritize the second streaming channel over the first streaming channel in continued transmission of the streaming channel bundle.
US10791350B2
A method for optimization of video bitrate of a given content, the method comprising the steps of: receiving (401) of a background data stream (102), having the lowest bitrate within a set of available streams for the given content and being created by compressing a complete source content (100) having the highest bitrate; starting reception (402) of a foreground data stream (101) wherein the video content of said foreground data stream (101) covers only a part of the complete source content (100) and has a higher bitrate than said lowest bitrate; verifying (403) whether it is possible to receive and present the foreground data stream (101) within a predefined threshold delay; presenting (404) a blended foreground data stream (101) on top of the background data stream (102).
US10791347B2
A system includes a computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor. The processor is programmed to establish, for a recording event, one or more respective communications channels between the computing device and each of one or more media devices; receive one or more media input items from the one or more respective media devices; receive data indicating at least one of a range of capture of the respective media input item relative to a location of the recording event, a quality of the respective media input item, an excitement level of the respective media input item, an identity of the respective media device, and an identity of an operator of the respective media device; and generate a media output item based at least in part on the one or more media input items, and further based at least in part on the data.
US10791346B2
Systems and methods for managing the storage and delivery of recorded content in a network digital video recorder (DVR) system are disclosed. A plurality of requests to record a program may be received, wherein the program may comprise a plurality of segments. A segment from the plurality of segments may be determined to be copied to a first storage. A copy of the segment may be received from a second storage and a plurality of copies of the segment may be created in the first storage from the copy of the segment received from the second storage. The quantity of the plurality of copies of the segment may be equal to the quantity of the plurality of requests to record the program.
US10791339B2
An apparatus for coding a transform block of coefficients that is decoded using a scan order includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to determine a first index indicating a group of consecutive scan positions in the scan order, where the group of consecutive scan positions includes a scan position of a last non-zero coefficient; determine a second index indicating an offset within the group of consecutive scan positions of the last non-zero coefficient; and code a subset of the coefficients until the second index is determined.
US10791338B2
A method of generating a prediction for an area of video data, comprises Receiving a rectangular video block including sample values, and for each sample included in the video block, generating a predictive sample value by averaging a horizontal interpolation and a vertical interpolation corresponding to the location of the sample within the video block.
US10791337B2
The present invention relates to a method for signaling image information and to a decoding method using same. The method for signaling image information according to the present invention comprises: a step of performing inter-prediction for a current picture; and a step of signaling information including the result of said inter-prediction and reference picture information indicating reference pictures usable in said inter prediction, wherein said reference picture information contains pieces of picture order count (POC) information of said usable reference pictures. The POC information of said usable reference pictures in said reference picture information is configured such that POCs for the pictures existing before said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located at the front, and POCs for the pictures existing after said current picture in terms of a POC sequence are located following the POCs located at the front.
US10791336B2
A prediction information deriving unit derives the inter-prediction information candidates from inter-prediction information of a prediction block neighboring to a coding target prediction block or a prediction block present at the same position as or near the coding target prediction block in a coded picture at a temporally different position from the coding target prediction block. A candidate supplementing unit supplements inter-prediction information candidates having the same prediction mode, reference index, and motion vector until the number of inter-prediction information candidates reaches the designated number of candidates when the number of inter-prediction information candidates is smaller than the designated number of candidates.
US10791331B2
A file decompression method to increase speed of display applied in a foldable electronic device includes receiving an image file, compressed into a much smaller form, from a peripheral device, and displaying the received file at least on the second display area, and transmitting a first control signal to an image sensor. The first control signal controls the image sensor to scan the image file on the second display area to identify image and compression data therein and information as to such data is obtained from the image sensor. If the data permits decompression and decompression is performed, the image is displayed as a match of the original uncompressed file.
US10791325B2
A method for monitoring equipment state includes the following steps. At least one input is received to generate a configuration file including an equipment identifier, a photographing equipment address and a photographing angle code. The equipment identifier, the photographing equipment address and the photographing viewing angle code are associated according to the configuration file. An abnormal signal having the equipment identifier is received. The photographing equipment address and the photographing viewing angle code corresponding to the equipment identifier are obtained according to the abnormal signal. The photographing viewing angle code is transmitted to a photographer corresponding to the photographing equipment address through a communication channel. The photographer photographs the equipment that corresponds to the equipment identifier according to the photographing viewing angle code, so as to generate a monitoring image. The monitoring image is displayed on display equipment. The method may effectively increase the flexibility and timeliness of factory monitoring.
US10791319B1
Techniques for generating three-dimensional content from the recordings of multiple independently operated cameras that are not constrained to fixed positions and orientations are disclosed. In some embodiments, data from a plurality of cameras configured to record a scene is received; a relative pose of each camera with respect to a common set of identified points in the scene is determined; relative poses of the cameras with respect to each other based on their relative poses with respect to the common set of identified points are determined; and the camera recordings and determined relative poses are processed to generate a three-dimensional reconstruction of at least a portion of the scene in the cameras' common field of view.
US10791317B2
A three dimensional [3D] video signal is processed in a video device (50). The device has generating means (52) for generating an output signal for transferring the video data via a high-speed digital interface like HDMI to a 3D display, which selectively generate a 3D display signal for displaying the 3D video data on a 3D display operative in a 3D mode, a 2D display signal for displaying 2D video data on the 3D display operative in a 2D mode, or a pseudo 2D display signal by including 2D video data in the output signal for displaying the 2D video data on the 3D display operative in the 3D mode. Processing means (53) detect a request to display 2D video data on the 3D display, while the 3D display is operative in the 3D mode, and, in response to the detection, the generating means are set to generate the pseudo 2D display signal for maintaining the 3D mode of the 3D display.
US10791302B1
A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system provides identification of intensity of movement pathways within a space.
US10791298B2
Systems and methods enable rendering picture-in-picture (“PIP”) video outputs and re-rendering of the rendered video file to remove particular excluded video elements and/or add selectively included elements independently from other video elements. Input video data is analyzed for the presence of presentation elements and the portions of the video including the presentation element are tracked in an event log. A PIP output video is rendered that includes the presentation element. Upon receiving a command to exclude the presentation element, the portions of the PIP output video containing the presentation element are re-rendered to remove the presentation element from the PIP output video.
US10791297B2
A manufacturing-state display system that displays a manufacturing status of a product manufactured through a plurality of manufacturing processes, the manufacturing-state display system includes: displaying a graph that indicates a time elapsed from start to end of each of the manufacturing processes based on information on start times and end times of the manufacturing processes, each of the manufacturing processes being segmented in order of execution of the manufacturing processes and time axes being aligned in an identical direction; receiving designation of an area that indicates manufacturing for any product in any manufacturing process on the graph displayed; and reproducing a captured image that corresponds to a start time to an end time of manufacturing for a specific product in a specific manufacturing process, specified by the area of which the designation has been received, among captured images with regard to the manufacturing processes.
US10791288B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a pixel value group creation unit configured to create, for a plurality of pieces of image data generated by an image sensor including: a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally to receive light from outside and generate a signal corresponding to an amount of the received light; and a plurality of read-out circuits shared by a predetermined number of pixels and configured to read out the signal as pixel values, a plurality of pixel value groups by classifying the pixel values for each of the plurality of read-out circuits; and a noise determination unit configured to determine whether blinking defect noise occurs in each of the plurality of pixel value groups, based on distribution of the pixel values of each of the plurality of pixel value groups created by the pixel value group creation unit.
US10791287B2
Provided is an imaging control apparatus, method, and a vehicle, capable of efficiently analyzing an image. Among a short accumulation signal and a long accumulation signal of a photographed image, the short accumulation signal of a preceding frame is set to correspond to the short accumulation signal of a succeeding frame. The signal of the succeeding frame is processed by using the short accumulation signal of the preceding frame. The present technology is applicable to control imaging in an apparatus that supports driving of a vehicle by performing various processing, in each of frames of an N-frame sequence, for example, of recognizing various target objects necessary in supporting the driving of the vehicle, such as an obstacle, a guidance object, and other target objects, for example.
US10791285B2
A virtual flying camera system is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system includes: a video buffer configured to store input video streams from a plurality of cameras; and a video processor configured to generate an output video stream from the input video streams. The input video streams include a plurality of input video frames, each of the plurality of input video frames includes at least a partial image of a moving target. The output video stream includes a plurality of output video frames, each of the plurality of output video frames is generated by shifting a corresponding input video stream to position the moving target at a desired location within the output video frame, The output video stream is playable at a user-adjustable speed showing a view of a virtually flying camera that follows the moving target at the desired location within each of the plurality of output video frames.
US10791284B2
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include image processing logic (IPL) configured to perform an image processing operation on pixel data corresponding with an image having a width of W pixels and a height of H pixels to produce output pixel data in vertical slices of K pixels using K vertically overlapping stencils of S×S pixels, K being greater than 1 and less than H, S being greater than or equal to 2, and W being greater than S. The apparatus can also include a linebuffer operationally coupled with the IPL, the linebuffer configured to buffer the pixel data for the IPL. The linebuffer can include a full-size buffer having a width of W and a height of (S−1). The linebuffer can also include a sliding buffer having a width of SB and a height of K, SB being greater than or equal to S and less than W.
US10791278B2
A monitoring device is disclosed. The monitoring device includes a display configured to display an image acquired by a camera; and a processor configured to: control the display to display a panning control icon including an area corresponding to a panning range of the image, detect an input of selecting one point from the area of the panning control icon, determine a target panning direction based on a position of the selected one point on the panning control icon, perform panning on the image in the target panning direction, and display a direction marker at the position of the selected one point.
US10791271B1
Implementations of the present application provide a solution for obtaining a stable frame. In the solution, a video stream is obtained, from which a first and second stable frame are determined using at least position-based offset values between one or more frames. The first and second stable frames correspond to a first time interval and second time interval, respectively. The first time interval corresponds to a time before a first vibration is generated by opening a door of a visual vending machine. The second time interval corresponds to a time after the first vibration and before a second vibration generated by closing the door. The two stable frames can be used for image recognition within the visual vending machine to improve accuracy of product recognition.
US10791269B2
Provided are an operation method for a camera operation apparatus, the method including the steps of: obtaining a bio-signal of a user from a wearable sensor; determining, based on the bio-signal, whether a state of a user is a stable state; setting the camera to a low power mode if the state of the user is a stable state; determining the type of bio-signal if the state of the user is not a stable state; and setting the camera to a mode in accordance with the type of the bio-signal.
US10791259B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for repurposing IR transmitters. In one aspect, a method is performed at a first electronic device with a camera, one or more IR transmitters, one or more processors, and memory coupled to the one or more processors. The method includes operating the first electronic device in a first mode, the first mode including illuminating an environment proximate the first electronic device via at least one of the one or more IR transmitters to generate an image, via the camera, of at least a portion of the environment. The method further includes operating the first electronic device in a second mode, the second mode including communicating information to a second electronic device via at least one of the one or more IR transmitters.
US10791254B2
A lens assembly for a surveillance camera and the surveillance camera are provided. The lens assembly includes: a lens case; a lens body in which the lens case is received; a sensor circuit board having a sensor connected with the lens body, and being disposed in the lens case; and a flexible circuit board disposed inside the lens body facing the lens case, and being connected to the sensor circuit board, and bent at least once such that at least one portion of the flexible circuit board overlaps another portion thereof.
US10791253B2
An imaging backplate, an imaging device and an electronic apparatus are provided. The imaging backplate is used in a pinhole-imaging-based apparatus and includes a plate body, a plurality of photosensitive sensors, and a plurality of pixel circuits. The plate body is divided into a plurality of illumination subregions and a non-illumination region beyond the plurality of illumination subregions, the plurality of photosensitive sensors is in the plurality of illumination subregions and arranged in matrix, and the plurality of pixel circuits is arranged in the non-illumination region. Each of the plurality of photosensitive sensors is in a corresponding one of the plurality of illumination subregions and is connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of pixel circuits.
US10791246B2
An apparatus, system, and method of controlling transmission of an image, each of which: displays, on a display, an image to a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a use of the shared terminal; obtains, from a first privately-owned terminal owned by a first user of the plurality of users, first terminal identification information for identifying the first privately-owned terminal; transmits an authentication request for authenticating the first privately-owned terminal to a terminal management server, the authentication request including the first terminal identification information of the first privately-owned terminal; receives an authentication result of authenticating the first privately-owned terminal from the terminal management server; and when the authentication result indicates that the first privately-owned terminal is a legitimate terminal, and transmits a print request for printing data relating to the image being displayed to a printer through a network.
US10791242B2
A terminal apparatus includes a first wireless communication unit, a second wireless communication unit, and a controller. The first wireless communication unit conducts first wireless communication with a device under a first wireless communication scheme. The second wireless communication unit conducts second wireless communication via an access point. The controller causes a predetermined display unit to display a list of access points which the first wireless communication unit receives from the device. The device acquires the list by searching for the access points. The controller connects the device to an access point selected from the list under a second wireless communication scheme. The controller designates the access point selected from the list as an access point to which the second wireless communication unit is to connect, and causes the second wireless communication unit to search for the device via the access point selected from the list.
US10791241B1
A method, a system and a recording medium for rendering a macro gloss effect using a digital front end processor and a color printer having color marking materials involve defining a vector pattern cell, and creating a pattern ink based on the vector pattern cell. The pattern ink can be constrained to write at or near an ink limit at small sizes varying from a high toner pile to a lower toner pile within a pattern ink cell based on the vector pattern cell. One or more objects and a background can be then painted with the pattern ink to create a macro gloss effect image based on the pattern ink.
US10791239B2
In an example method, a dot pattern of pixels including information to be encoded across an image is mapped to a corresponding subset of the grayscale source pixels corresponding to the image to be printed. A value of a grayscale pixel in the subset of the grayscale source pixels is modified based on based on a predetermined threshold pixel value. The value of the grayscale pixel is decreased in response to detecting that the predetermined threshold pixel value is exceeded. The clipping channel color is used to detect the dot pattern of pixels. The image including the subset of pixels with modified values is printed.
US10791235B2
A processing apparatus to which an option is mountable, the processing apparatus including: a power supply unit; a device that (i) is controlled by the option mounted to the processing apparatus or controls the option and that (ii) performs a process corresponding to an inspection of whether or not the device operates normally; and a switching unit that switches on and off supply of electric power from the power supply unit to the device. Here, while the switching unit is receiving an instruction to initiate the process, the switching unit switches on the supply of electric power from the power supply unit to the device, while the switching unit is not receiving the instruction, the switching unit switches off the supply of electric power from the power supply unit to the device, and the device performs the process upon receiving electric power supplied from the power supply unit by the switching unit.
US10791229B2
Described are techniques for video bridging for conversion of IP network video streams to the USB Video Class (UVC). The conversion of IP video to UVC video can include the use of software-only conversions and hardware assisted conversions, and can be done within purpose-built “conversion” devices or as software only solutions operating within applications or drivers within the operating systems of the “end nodes”. The end-nodes simultaneously see and use multiple USB UVC video sources. The conversion process can also convert the USB UVC video control protocol to IP Video Stream control protocols.
US10791228B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing part; a storage part including a nonvolatile region that stores data in a nonvolatile manner; and a hardware processor that controls the image processing part, wherein the nonvolatile region includes a plurality of storage regions, the storage part stores setting information indicating whether each of the plurality of storage regions is a target of malicious code detection processing, and the hardware processor performs the malicious code detection processing only on a storage region that is the target of the malicious code detection processing based on the setting information among the plurality of storage regions.
US10791223B1
Techniques for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for benchmarking pairing strategies in a contact center system comprising: determining for each contact of a plurality of contacts, an associated plurality of historical contact assignments; determining, for each contact, an associated outcome value; partitioning, for each contact, the associated plurality of historical assignments into a first associated subset assigned using a first pairing strategy and a second associated subset assigned using a second pairing strategy; determining, for each contact, a first portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the first associated subset and a second portion of the associated outcome value attributable to the second associated subset; and outputting a difference in performance between the first and second pairing strategies according to the first and second associated portions of the associated outcome value for each contact.
US10791221B1
An NG9-1-1 Test Call System provides for comprehensive testing for NG9-1-1 emergency calling systems. The Test Call System may include a Test Call Manager, a Test Call Generator and a Test Call Responder (or Receiver). While the NG9-1-1 Test Call System exercises the telephone network it does not consume resources of the NG9-1-1 emergency calling system, i.e., the emergency calling system PSAP is not used for testing. One function of the Test Call Manager is the creation of a Test Call Profile created to satisfy some test coverage criteria. The Profile may specify parameters of a suite of test calls including desired call handling destination (PSAP), originating network or geographic region, time or date for the start of testing, time or date for the end of testing, rate of test calls, number of test calls. Based on the geographic parameters the Profile is distributed to an appropriate Test Call Generator and an appropriate Test Call Responder (Receiver). The Profile is used at the Test Call Generator to generate and transmit the test calls defined in the Profile. The Profile is used at the Test Call Responder (Receiver) to determine if the calls defined in the Profile are or are not received. Reports on the receipt or non-receipt of test calls are then used to inform users/maintenance function of the actual state of the emergency calling system.
US10791217B1
Systems and methods are disclosed that can create, using a server, a record on a remote server associating a caller's phone number, a provider phone number, and a target phone number. Using a caller's device, a call can be placed to the provider phone number with the caller's phone number. A cloud telephony provider associated with the provider phone number can forward the call to the target phone number. Platform features available using the provider system can be available during the call.
US10791210B2
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device, a display unit configured to display a data input window for entering data for transmitting wireless information to the external device and screen information including a graphic image for transmitting content, and a controller configured to apply a touch to the graphic image to select different types of content and display them on the display unit, wherein the controller forms merge content consisting of the different types of content selected to be transmitted to the external device in a state that the screen information is displayed.
US10791208B2
Embodiments are directed to controlling an electronically-controlled appliance using a software application and providing a user interface for controlling an electronically-controlled appliance. In one scenario, a computer system receives an indication from a remote computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is communicably connected to the remote computing system. The computer system provides a notification in the software application indicating that the electronically-controlled appliance is available to receive instructions, and receives a user input at the software application indicating that certain functions are to be performed by the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system further generates instructions configured to control the electronically-controlled appliance based on the functions specified in the received user input, and sends the generated instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out on the electronically-controlled appliance via the hardware controller.
US10791204B2
A method of encoding data packet by encoding type information and size information of the data packet into the same field. The data packet comprises a header part and a message part. The header part comprises at least one bit for indicating the type of the data packet, where the method includes obtaining the size information of the data packet based on the at least one bit.
US10791203B2
A multi-protocol receiver for receiving at least one input signal comprises: a comparator, a protection controller, and a multi-stage current mode logic (“CML”) buffer. The comparator compares a reference voltage and a predefined voltage. At least one output of the comparator is coupled to at least one input of the protection controller. The multi-stage current mode logic buffer receives the input signal and the reference voltage. Outputs of the protection controller are coupled to control inputs of the multi-stage CML buffer for operating the multi-stage CML buffer to process the input signal and the reference signal.
US10791200B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, apparatus and server for providing a voice service. The method includes: receiving a request message for providing a target voice service to a device end that has accessed a third-party voice service, the request message including a request content and status information of the device end; acquiring a response message generated after processing the request content based on the status information, the response message including an operation instruction; and sending the response message to the device end. The request message and response message are generated according to a message format configured in a constructed data service framework model of the target voice service, and transmitted based on a transport protocol configured in the constructed data service framework model; and the message format is consistent with that of the third-party voice service, and the transport protocol is consistent with that of the third-party voice service.
US10791190B2
This patent document describes, among other things, methods, apparatus, and systems for tracking those resources that a server has pushed to a client, e.g., using the HTTP 2.0 or other server push mechanism. Pushed resources may be cached at the client. By tracking such pushed resources, a server can avoid pushing such cached resources in response to subsequent requests from that client; doing so would be wasteful if the client already has the resource cached. Among other things, techniques for storing, encoding, organizing, and managing data about pushed resources in cookies are disclosed.
US10791188B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting an eligibility value for transmitting a digital component. In one aspect, a computing system includes a server for identifying opportunities to transmit digital components to client devices. The server determines a first probability of a given outcome occurring following user interaction with the digital component when the digital component is transmitted to the client device. The server determines a second probability of the given outcome occurring if the digital component is not transmitted to the client device. The server generates an outcome incrementality factor for the digital component, including determining a ratio of the first probability relative to the second probability, and triggers adjustment of an eligibility value based on the outcome incrementality factor. The server then controls transmission of the digital component to the client device using the adjusted eligibility value.
US10791183B1
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to managing contact received by a user traveling to a geofence. Contact can be received from a contacting entity at a device of a user while the user is traveling to a geofence, the geofence being a virtual boundary defining a destination. A determination can be made whether the user enters the geofence. In response to a determination that the user enters the geofence, a follow-up action can be executed.
US10791182B2
This disclosure pertains to device-monitoring systems, and in particular (but not exclusively) to detecting and deterring unauthorized use of electronic systems at distinct locations and during specific time periods. An apparatus consistent with the present disclosure includes logic, at least partially implemented in hardware, to receive an entrance message. The entrance message may include at least one policy for the manner to which a device is to be operated when present within a device restricted area. The apparatus may also include logic to send an acknowledgement notification to indicate receipt of the entrance message and an agreement to abide by the at least one policy. Furthermore, the apparatus may also include logic to detect an attempt to execute an action contrary to the at least one policy.
US10791175B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method are provided for a service data platform. The service data platform includes an application management API configured to receive software uploaded by a third party using a management application API. The service data platform also includes a plurality of graph servers configured to identify a group of lighting nodes to distribute the uploaded software and determine the uploaded software is safe for deployment to the identified group of lighting nodes. The service data platform further includes a device manager configured to distribute, using an administrative API, the uploaded software to the identified group of lighting nodes.
US10791172B2
Content(s) of nearby device(s) acting as server(s) is presented to be interfaced with at a device acting as a client over a peer-to-peer direct wireless network. Any of the devices can act as a client, a server, or both, concurrently. Once connected, the client device can retrieve, present, interact and operate on the contents of the servers. The content(s) may be presented in the form of an interactive document, a filesystem volume, and/or an API, different from the original structure in which the content(s) are stored at each server. The client directly interacts and operates on the content(s) of the server(s) according to the client-side presentation. The types of interactions the client may perform can vary by presentation, but generally include viewing, browsing, streaming, downloading, uploading, editing, deleting, tagging, liking, commenting and the like.
US10791170B2
Systems and methods for graph based artificial intelligence systems for identity management systems are disclosed. Embodiments of the identity management systems disclosed herein may utilize a network graph approach to peer grouping of identities of distributed networked enterprise computing environment. Specifically, in certain embodiments, data on the identities and the respective entitlements assigned to each identity as utilized in an enterprise computer environment may be obtained by an identity management system. A network identity graph may be constructed using the identity and entitlement data. The identity graph can then be clustered into peer groups of identities. The peer groups of identities may be used by the identity management system and users thereof in risk assessment or other identity management tasks.
US10791165B2
This document describes methods, devices, systems, and means for controlling wireless devices using aggregated data from cross-network access points. An access point (AP) provides operational information from a plurality of different types of client devices communicating with the AP to a cloud service and obtains per-client-device-type policy data from the cloud service that is based on aggregated operational information from a plurality of different types of client devices from different AP networks. The AP controls, using a wireless transceiver, a wireless client device that is of a first type, using the per-client-device-type policy data for the first type based on aggregated operational information from a plurality of different types of client devices from different AP networks.
US10791161B2
Temporal transaction locality in a stateless environment may be provided. First, a current message having an identifier may be received. Next, it may be determined, based on the identifier, that the current message is associated with a transaction. Then, in response to determining that the current message is associated with the transaction, the current message may be sent to a target service instance corresponding to the transaction.
US10791159B2
The VIDEO DELIVERY EXPEDITION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“VDE”) transform Internet content data access request via VDE components into media content playback at a client device. In one implementation, the VDE may issue a notification or a user interface element to a user after delivery of a process one data from the server to a client; and trigger a background delivery of a process two data, wherein the triggering occurs when the user initiates playback of said process one data.
US10791147B2
Disclosed are various approaches for providing authentication of a user and a client device. A user's credentials can be authenticated by an identity provider. In addition, a device posture assessment that analyzes the device from which the authentication request originates is also performed. An authentication request can be authenticated based upon whether the device posture assessment reveals that device to be a managed device that is in compliance with compliance rules.
US10791136B2
A system and method for assessing the cybersecurity breach risk associated with a given organization is disclosed. The system and method assume no internal visibility into any organizational network. A taxonomy of possible data sources is defined and motivated. The system and method are both purely empirical and robust against common difficulties in scoring organizational networks, such as the raw number of network assets owned by the organization.
US10791128B2
A process to detect intrusions with an intrusion detection system is disclosed. The intrusion detection system identifies instance types, and each instance type includes an instance. A know compromised instance is identified from the plurality of instances. A link between the plurality instance types is traversed from the compromised instance to discover an additional compromised instance.
US10791122B2
A computer-implemented method for storing data of a new user account in a blockchain ledger, the method including: receiving, from a first client, by a server storing data in the blockchain ledger, an operation instruction instructing the server to create a user account corresponding to a user identifier, in which the operation instruction includes the user identifier and a public key parameter; obtaining, based on the public key parameter, a public key corresponding to the user identifier; creating, in the blockchain ledger, the user account corresponding to the user identifier; generating a data record including the operation instruction and the public key; and writing the data record into the blockchain ledger.
US10791116B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for securing Universal Plug and Play connections may include (1) detecting, by a network device within a local network, an attempt by a remote device to establish a connection with a client device within the local network via a UPnP protocol, (2) identifying a forwarding rule applied by the network device on the client device based at least in part on an identity of the client device, (3) determining at least one restriction placed on UPnP connections between the client device and remote devices by the forwarding rule, and then in response to determining the restriction placed on UPnP connections between the client device and remote devices by the forwarding rule, (4) enforcing the restriction on the connection attempted by the remote device with the client device via the UPnP protocol. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10791114B1
In some embodiments, an exemplary method may include receiving by a computing device of a user, first facial image data of the user for identity verification from an authorizing entity for authorizing user operations in computing systems managed by a plurality of entities. Second facial image data of the user is obtained using an imaging device of the computing device at a predefined location of a particular entity from the plurality of entities for authenticating the user. A unique authorization identifier is displayed of the computing device of the user. A location of the computing device and a timestamp when a computing terminal of the particular entity scans the unique authorization identifier on the computing device of the authenticated user and an authorization request is relayed to the authorizing entity. An approval is received based on verification of the unique authorization identifier generated for the particular entity, the location of the computing device, and the timestamp.
US10791112B2
A message right management method, and a device and storage medium for implementing the method, are provided. The message right management method includes obtaining a message created by a source user, and sending a message notification to a target user in a social platform. The method further includes verifying the target user when receiving a request for logging onto a message page from the target user, and controlling logon of the target user to the message page on the basis of a verification result. The method further includes, when receiving a service request of the target user with respect to the message, determining, based on a message right control policy, whether the target user has a right corresponding to a service requested by the service request, and controlling a response to the service request according to a determining result.
US10791111B2
Multi-step user authentication combines steps of authenticating both objective and subjective credentials. A user selects objective credentials, such as a password, and enters subjective credentials, such as a subjective description of the user's emotional response to a subjective challenge, such as a musical recording or image. The system identifies other content likely to elicit a similar emotional response from the same user. When the user later attempts to log onto a secured system, the user must enter the objective credentials and then describe the user's emotional response to a second subjective challenge that is likely to elicit an emotional response similar to that invoked by the first subjective challenge. If the user enters the correct objective credentials and describes an emotional response consistent with the first subjective description, then the user is given access to the secured system.
US10791108B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for tracking network connected devices includes the steps of determining whether a device is associated with an identifier. If the device does have an identifier, determining whether the identifier is associated with the device and if the device does not already have an identifier, associating an identifier with the device. Next, an amount of tokens is assigned to the device and its associated identifier. The last step determines an accounting of the tokens associated with the device. Other steps that may be included are the steps of determining whether an event has occurred and adjusting the value of the tokens associated with the device based on that event. Other steps determine the status of a device, for example an on or off status of the device or the physical location of the device.
US10791107B2
A method of performing a change of a primary node in a blockchain network includes a backup node of the blockchain network determining that an epoch change needs to be performed, determining a respective weight of the backup node associated with each of three phases of a consensus process in a current epoch, determining a weight sum for the backup node based on the respective weights, sending an EPOCH_CHANGE message to the other network nodes to apply for a new primary node in a new epoch, receiving NEW_EPOCH messages from the other network nodes, determining whether a number of valid NEW_EPOCH messages exceeds a second predetermined threshold, and determining the backup node to be the new primary node in the new epoch in response to determining that the number of valid NEW_EPOCH messages exceeds the second predetermined threshold.
US10791101B2
The disclosed technology relates to broadcasting encrypted data to multiple receiver devices, where some receiver devices have long-term access to the encrypted data and some receiver devices have a temporary access to the encrypted data. Receivers having long-term access are part of a “member group” because these member group devices have a master key and the master key enables the member group devices to derive the necessary information to decrypt the encrypted broadcast. In contrast, devices with temporary access possess only a guest key and not master key, without a master key the devices need to receive the guest key from another device to decrypt the broadcast. Access to the encrypted stream can also be based on broadcasting multiple or single diversifiers, where a diversifier can include group identification information to assist in restricting access to the encrypted stream.
US10791098B2
A method for providing an authenticated connection between at least two communication partners and to a communication system. The method includes providing a shared secret key for the at least two communication partners; setting up an anonymous signal-conducting connection between the at least two communication partners, wherein all messages of the connection between the at least two communication partners are encrypted using the shared secret key; and authenticating the connection between the at least two communication partners by a user. The method provides a secure and convenient authentication of a connection between two communication partners, wherein the authentication is effected at the application level.
US10791097B2
A portable encryption format wraps encrypted files in a self-executing container that facilitates transparent, identity-based decryption for properly authenticated users while also providing local password access to wrapped files when identity-based decryption is not available.
US10791092B2
Some embodiments provide a method that receives a packet, having a set of one or more layer 7 (L7) expressions, from a datapath. The method identifies a set of datapath firewall rules that match on expressions in the set of expressions. The method provides identifiers for the datapath firewall rules of the identified set to the datapath. The datapath uses the identifiers and additional packet header data to determine a matching firewall rule from the set of datapath firewall rules.
US10791089B2
Example implementations relate to performing converged address translation for devices in a local area network. An example non-transitory computer-readable storage medium stores instructions for performing converged network address translation for devices within a network segmented into multiple VLANs. The instructions when executed by a processing resource of a computing device cause the device to create a local namespace for each VLAN in the network, each local namespace having a list of first level IP addresses unique across all of the created local namespaces. The instructions further cause the processing resource to, for each local namespace, associate a first level IP address from the local namespace's list of first level IP addresses with a static IP address of each device within the respective VLAN and store the associated IP addresses in a routing table for the local namespace. The instructions further cause the processing resource to create a single global namespace for all of the VLANs in the network, the global namespace having a list of second level IP addresses unique within the global namespace. The instructions further cause the processing resource to associate a second level IP address with each first level IP address used within the local namespaces and store the associated IP address in a routing table for the global namespace.
US10791088B1
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, network traffic management apparatuses, and network traffic management systems that obtain an assigned Internet Protocol (IP) address from a DHCP server in response to an address request received from a client. One of a plurality of processing cores, on which a traffic management process is executing, is identified. The assigned IP address is modified based on the identified processing core. The modified IP address is sent to the client in response to the received address request. With this technology, connections associated with a same subscriber can advantageously be disaggregated to the same traffic management process.
US10791087B2
A method for mapping SCIM resources to LDAP entries is provided. An LDAP Directory Information Tree (DIT), including a plurality of LDAP DIT entries that describe LDAP containers, users and groups, is provided. Each LDAP DIT entry includes a Distinguished Name and a plurality of LDAP attribute-value pairs, each of which include an attribute name and one or more attribute values. A SCIM directory, including a plurality of SCIM resource entries, is also provided. Each SCIM resource entry includes a plurality of SCIM attributes, each of which includes a name and one or more values. The plurality of SCIM resource entries are converted to corresponding LDAP DIT entries, and, for each SCIM resource entry that has a SCIM CMVA, the SCIM CMVA is mapped to a plurality of LDAP attributes in the corresponding LDAP DIT entry using LDAP attribute subtypes.
US10791086B2
A methodology for operating an authoritative DNS server includes receiving a DNS query from a DNS client, in response to the DNS query, traversing a label tree stored in the authoritative DNS server to find a resource record that matches the DNS query, while traversing the label tree, encountering a LINK record in the label tree that is configured to redirect the traversing to a different branch of the label tree, and in response to the LINK record, redirecting the traversing to the different branch of the label tree, wherein the LINK record is a resource record type that is hidden from DNS clients and is configured to redirect for an owner of the record type and subordinates thereof.
US10791082B2
A server and a number of client devices are connected via a network. Interactive objects are initiated in one of the client devices and delivered to any number of other client devices over the network. Real-time interactions between the object sender and the object receiver(s) can then be engaged using event-triggering mechanisms built into the client devices and applied onto the objects, and be coordinated by a coordinating module in the server. The interactive objects may carry instructions for event-triggered loading, activating and execution of functional widgets, such as workflows or collaborations, stored in the same server or elsewhere on the network. Once loaded in a client device, a widget needs not to be reloaded upon further use. Furthermore, the coordinating module may be linked to a machine-learning module in the same server or elsewhere on the network.
US10791081B2
The present disclosure is directed toward systems and methods for providing message element in electronic communication threads. For example, systems and methods described herein identify message elements in electronic communication threads and add interactions between the message elements to the electronic communication thread.
US10791080B2
A user engagement system and methods for operating the same to display notification messages are provided herein. The user engagement system may include a camera assembly, an image monitor, and a controller configured to initiate a message-display operation based on a signal received from a user device. The camera assembly may be mounted in a fixed position and directed away from a cabinet of a cooking appliance. The image monitor may be directed away from the cabinet.
US10791077B2
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of electronic messaging software and systems by allowing senders to transmit messages and content using a messaging system, and recipients to access such messages and content, even if the recipients do not have access to the messaging system.
US10791070B2
A message is received by a service platform. The message includes service data. A service script associated with the message is determined by the service platform from a script list. The service script is determined based on at least a service type of the service data. The service script includes service logic associated with a protocol version of the message. The service script is executed, by the service platform, to process the service data based on the service logic.
US10791066B2
A SDN controller receives a forwarding request message including a header portion of a layer-2 packet. The SDN controller determines whether a source host and a destination host of the layer-2 packet are in the same virtual network according to a virtual network table.
US10791056B2
A microservice architecture includes service instances collectively configured to cooperate with one another to provide a service, and a service router associated with the service instances and configured to receive a service request from a computing device. The service request includes a service request address. The service router includes a routing policy database with routing policies, with each routing policy including a routing policy address and a routing action. The service router queries the routing policy database with the service request address to find a routing policy having a routing policy address matching the service request address, and executes the routing action specified by the matched routing policy to complete routing of the service.
US10791054B2
Systems and methods for flow control and congestion management of messages among acceleration components (ACs) configurable to accelerate a service are provided. An example system comprises a software plane including host components configured to execute instructions corresponding to a service and an acceleration plane including ACs configurable to accelerate the service. In a first mode a sending AC is configured to, in response to receiving a first indication from a receiving AC, send subsequent packets corresponding to a first message associated with the service using a larger inter-packet gap than an inter-packet gap used for previous packets corresponding to the first message associated with the service, and in the second mode the sending AC is configured to, in response to receiving a second indication from the receiving AC, delay a transmission of a next packet corresponding to the first message associated with the service.
US10791050B2
A computer-implemented method operable in a content delivery network (CDN), includes receiving a request a service in said CDN; determining a particular classification of an Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with said request, said determining using a first function that maps IP addresses to one or more classifications, said particular classification being one of said one or more classifications; and processing said request based on said particular classification of said IP address associated with said request. A location-specific response to a request may be based on a geographic location associated with said IP address associated with said request.
US10791036B2
A method and system for tracking an IT infrastructure is provided. The method includes modeling an IT infrastructure as a collection of hardware components, software components, and networking components. An observer agent is deployed on each of the components. The observer agent performs a measurement process with respect to each of the components and a mapping process is performed with respect to the measurement process. An aggregation module is deployed and an aggregation process is performed with respect to results of the mapping process. In response, a two dimensional moving graph indicating results of the aggregation process is generated and displayed.
US10791035B2
An data driven approach to generating synthetic data matrices is presented. By retrieving historical network traffic data, probabilistic models are generated. Optimal distribution families for a set of independent data segments are determined. Applications are tested and performance metrics are determined based on the generated synthetic data matrices.
US10791032B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a physical position of a device. The method comprises: transmitting a control command to the device, the command instructing the device to change power loading of the device in a predetermined pattern; receiving, from a power distribution unit providing power supply for the device, a network address of the power distribution unit, the network address being transmitted by the power distribution unit in response to detecting the change of the power loading in the predetermined pattern; and determining the physical position of the device based at least on the network address of the power distribution unit. With the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the position of the device can be automatically determined without any manual intervention, which helps to control the operation cost and improve the maintenance efficiency.
US10791030B2
Embodiments of the disclosure disclose a policy transmission method and apparatus in an NFV system. The method may include: obtaining, by a PMF unit, policy information, where the policy information includes a policy rule and a first policy parameter, and the first policy parameter is used to determine a target management unit for the policy rule in a MANO architecture of the NFV system; and transmitting, by the PMF unit, the policy rule to the target management unit based on the first policy parameter. According to the embodiments of the disclosure, an NFVO can be prevented from becoming a policy rule processing bottleneck.
US10791026B2
Systems and methods for adaptive Over-the-Top (OTT) content optimization based on Quality of Experience (QOE) are implemented in an OTT optimization platform communicatively coupled to a plurality of devices in a network. The system and methods include receiving a plurality of inputs comprising network inputs, service and software inputs, and QOE inputs; analyzing the plurality of inputs with respect to one or more OTT content streams to perform an optimization thereof; determining adjustments in the network based on the optimization; and one of notifying a network operator of the adjustments and automatically causing the adjustments in the network.
US10791018B1
A buffer box can be configured for an edge switch that is connected to one or more downstream nodes of a stateful stream processing system. Various upstream nodes can transmit data to downstream nodes for processing. At various locations in the data streams, the upstream nodes can include markers to indicate when a checkpoint should be generated or updated for the state of the data. Between markers, the data can be copied to a respective buffer box for the downstream node and edge switch. In the event the downstream node fails, the downstream node can obtain the checkpoint data to update state, and can receive the recent data from the local buffer box, rather than the corresponding upstream nodes. This can improve bandwidth usage and recovery time versus conventional recovery approaches, and can minimize impact of the recovery on other nodes across the network.
US10791013B2
The embodiments of the invention disclose a pilot signal transmission method, terminal equipment, and network equipment. The method comprises: terminal equipment determines, from a plurality of pilot patterns, a first pilot pattern; the terminal equipment determines, according to the first pilot pattern, a time-frequency resource used to transmit a pilot signal; and the terminal equipment transmits or receives, using the time-frequency resource, the pilot signal. In the embodiments of the invention, the pilot signal transmission method, terminal equipment, and network equipment can flexibly adjust pilot density and physical resources, thereby reducing pilot overhead.
US10791010B1
In embodiments, a communication node of a multi-node communication network includes a controller communicatively coupled to a communication interface, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire a data payload to be transmitted based on a randomized transmission interval; duplicate a bit sequence of the data payload with a selected spreading pattern; perform bit-to-symbol mapping of the bit sequence based on a selected M-ary number to generate a data payload symbol sequence; randomize a location or value of one or more pilot symbols and one or more data carriers of the data payload symbol sequence; transform frequency-domain symbols of the data payload symbol sequence into time-domain symbols to generate a time-domain data payload signal; remove amplitude fluctuation of the data payload signal to generate a phasor data payload signal; and transmit the phasor data payload signal to at least one additional communication node of the multi-node communication network.
US10791005B2
A method in a computer network in which a user equipment (UE) connects to multiple packet cores, wherein each of said multiple packet cores assigns the UE a corresponding network address, the method comprising: (A) a virtual gateway associating a first network address with said UE and providing the UE with a second network address for communicating with and/or through said virtual gateway, said first network address and said second network address being distinct from the network addresses assigned to the UE by the packet cores; and (B) said virtual gateway communicating with said UE via one or more of said multiple packet cores, wherein the virtual gateway and the UE communicate using the first network address and the second network address, and wherein the virtual gateway acts as a gateway for the UE.
US10791003B2
In some examples, a transport agnostic source includes a streaming device to stream video on diverse transport topologies including isochronous and non-isochronous transports. In some examples, a transport agnostic sink includes a receiving device to receive streamed video from diverse transport topologies including isochronous and non-isochronous transports.
US10791000B2
An external communication device, display device, display system, and control method therefor are disclosed. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, an external communication device includes a wired communication module connected to a display device and configured to receive standby power; a wireless communication module configured to transmit a power application signal in response to reception of an event signal from at least one Internet of Things (IoT) apparatus via a wireless communication network according to whether the display device is active; and a communication controller configured to control an operation of the at least one IoT apparatus on the basis of a control command received via the wired communication module.
US10790997B2
In one embodiment, a method includes transmitting data on two wire pairs carrying pulse power, wherein the pulse power comprises a plurality of voltage pulses with the voltage pulses on the wire pairs offset between the wire pairs to provide continuous power and identifying transitions between at least one of a pulse-on time and a pulse-off time, and a pulse-off time and a pulse-on time on at least one of the wire pairs. Data transmission on the wire pair is controlled during the identified transitions on the wire pair to prevent interference between the pulse power and the data.
US10790996B2
Example implementations relate to smart bypass diode bridge rectifiers. For example, a device can include a power over Ethernet input. In some examples, the device can include a plurality of smart bypass diodes connected to the power over Ethernet input to form a bridge rectifier. In some examples, the device can also include a powered device connected to the bridge rectifier.
US10790995B2
Systems and methods of oracle authentication in a network using a plurality of memory physical unclonable functions (PUFs). Method starts with oracle receiving initialization vector including initial seed value from client device. Oracle generates template that includes a PUF array. Oracle computes template using a superset of combinations of PUFs included in the oracle and transmits template to client device. Oracle generates first seed value, first key, and first authentication nonce, using pseudorandom number generator and the initial seed value. When oracle has first data to be sent to the client device, oracle generates first token using PUF array and first authentication nonce. Oracle generates first message by encrypting first data and first token using first key. The oracle transmits first message to the client device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10790992B1
Techniques are described for multi-factor authentication and device verification based at least partly on a periodically changing (e.g., rotating) security code. A rotating security code may be generated on a user device and used to sign a certificate. The certificate may be encrypted, using a private key stored on the user device, and communicated to a backend service for verifying that the user device is authorized to access secure information. The backend service may decrypt the certificate (e.g., using a public key associated with the private key), extract the security code from the decrypted certificate, and compare the extracted security code to a security code associated with the user device. If the codes correspond to one another, the user device may be verified and provided with access to secure information such as secure data, a secure portion of an application, and so forth.
US10790990B2
This disclosure relates to anonymous transactions based on ring signatures. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a remittance transaction. The remittance transaction is generated by a client device of a remitter by assembling unspent assets in an account corresponding to the remitter and masked assets in an account corresponding to a masked participant. Key images are obtained from a linkable spontaneous anonymous group (LSAG) signature of the remittance transaction. Values of the key-images are based on a private key, a public key, and unspent assets of the remitter. The LSAG signature is verified. The LSAG signature is generated by the client device of the remitter based on the private key and the public key of the remitter, and a second public key of the masked participant. The remittance transaction is executed when a transaction execution condition is met.
US10790982B2
A system for providing secure authentication between a service provider and at least one user device having a storage. The system having a processor managed by the service provider, which processor manages authentication between the at least one device and the service provider. The processor is configured to generate a block including at least user account information upon receipt of an authentication request from the at least one device; apply a cryptographic hash function to the block to create a hashed block; transmit the hashed block to the at least one device for storage in the memory of the at least one device; and upon receipt of the hashed block, validate the hashed block prior to providing access to the service provider.
US10790975B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are related to computing systems, computer program products, and methods for selecting and providing an attestation in response to a request from an entity. A request is received from an entity for attestation that included in various attestations related to an owner of the attestations. The attestations define information about the owner of the attestations that the entity desires to obtain. The request includes request metadata that identifies a type of the attestation that is being requested. The request metadata is analyzed to determine the attestation that is being requested. Based on the analysis, the attestation is selected. Access to the attestation is provided to the entity making the request.
US10790974B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for retrieval of data from external data sources for processing within a blockchain network. One of the methods includes receiving a request for data from a data source, the request including plaintext data and encrypted data, the encrypted data including access data and a hash of the plaintext data; transmitting the request to one relay system component external to the blockchain network; receiving a result from the relay system component that is digitally signed using a private key of the relay system component; verifying an integrity of the result based on a public key of the relay system component; and transmitting the result to a user computing device in response to verifying the integrity of the result.
US10790970B2
This specification describes techniques for processing service requests. One example method includes receiving an electronic credential request from a client, retrieving an electronic credential that corresponds to the user identifier, generating server signature information, and transmitting the server signature information and the electronic credential to the client. The server signature information includes the electronic credential and a user public key of the client. The electronic credential and the user public are signed using a server private key. The server signature information is configured to be cryptographically verified by the client and configured to enable the client to generate a two-dimensional barcode based on the electronic credential. The electronic credential included in the two-dimensional barcode is configured to be verified by a credential verification device. The credential verification end device is configured to generate the electronic credential based on the user identifier.
US10790965B1
A method of combining chains of blocks in a network. The method comprising, creating a plurality of birth blocks of a plurality of chains of blocks by a block foundry application in a network, where each birth block is associated with a chain of blocks that records events of a network entity, creating blocks by a plurality of nodes in the network, wherein the current block and the previous block are linked, terminating the chain of blocks by the network entity, wherein the entity sends a termination request to create an end block, creating the end block, wherein the end block is the final block of the chain of blocks, and in response to the creation of the end block, sending a request by the network entity to create a block of a meta-chain of blocks, and creating the block of the meta-chain of blocks by the plurality of nodes.
US10790964B2
An example method of operation may include one or more of identifying one or more votes in a distributed voting configuration, dividing each of the one or more votes into a plurality of partial votes, such that each of the one or more votes comprises two or more partial votes, randomly distributing the plurality of partial votes to a plurality of peer nodes associated with a blockchain, and receiving a broadcast from each of the peer nodes based on a distributed tally of the plurality of partial votes.
US10790963B2
The blockchain generation apparatus 1 includes: a synchronizer 121 that acquires shared data 111 which includes the blockchain data 112 and transaction datasets 113 not included in the blockchain data 112; a transaction pattern count calculator 124 that calculates the number of transaction patterns for a generating party using the blockchain generation apparatus 1, based on the transaction datasets which are in the blockchain data 112 and are related to an identifier of the generating party; a block generation condition checker 125 that determines whether the generating party is qualified to generate the new blockchain data, based on the number of transaction patterns calculated by the transaction pattern count calculator; and a blockchain generator 126 that tries to generate the new blockchain by referring to the shared data 111 if the block generation condition checker 125 determines that the generating party is qualified.
US10790962B2
Some embodiments are directed to a cryptographic device (100) arranged to compute a block cipher on an input message (110). The device computes a plurality of intermediate block cipher results by computing and re-computing a first intermediate block cipher result (151) of the plurality of intermediate block cipher results by applying the plurality of block cipher rounds sequentially to the input message followed by one or more additional block cipher rounds. A plurality of averaging functions are applied to the plurality of intermediate block cipher results, the results of which are added, after which the inverse of the one or more additional block cipher rounds is applied.
US10790955B2
Techniques and examples of reservation of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) resources in UCI in wireless communications are described. Accordingly, a UE determines how a HARQ-ACK is to be transmitted to a network node of a wireless network. The UE reserves HARQ-ACK resources among a plurality of resource elements (REs) for a two-bit HARQ-ACK based on a result of the determining. The UE then transmits the HARQ-ACK, having zero bit, one bit or two bits, to the network node in a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using the reserved HARQ-ACK resources such that the PUSCH is punctured for the HARQ-ACK.
US10790954B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for determining and utilizing resources for communicating an acknowledgment message (ACK). In certain aspects, a method generally includes determining a number of bits to utilize for communicating an acknowledgement (ACK) for a data transmission on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH). The method further includes determining a resource on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to utilize for communicating the ACK based on the number of bits. The method further includes communicating the ACK on the resource.
US10790952B2
The present invention may provide a method and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving a downlink/uplink physical channel when an in-band operation is supported by a radio access system that supports a narrow band Internet of things (NB-IoT). As an embodiment of the present invention, a method for receiving a physical downlink broadcasting channel (M-PBCH) by a terminal in a radio access system that supports a narrow band Internet of things (NB-IoT) system may comprise the steps of: receiving a higher layer signal indicating an in-band deployment mode; receiving a narrow band primary synchronization signal (M-PSS) and a narrow band secondary synchronization signal (M-SSS), configured for the NB-IoT systems; obtaining a cell identifier (N-Cell ID) of the NB-IoT system from the M-SSS; and receiving an M-PBCH using the N-Cell ID in the in-band deployment mode. In this instance, the in-band deployment mode indicates that the NB-IoT system is configured in a band of a legacy LTE system.
US10790951B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatuses for reference signal transmission and receiving in a wireless communication system A common reference signal sequence is generated based on a frequency range configuration at network side, the common reference signal sequence being shared by at least some of terminal devices respectively allocated with their own reference signal transmission configurations. The common reference signal sequence and sequence configuration information is transmitted to a terminal device, the sequence configuration information indicating a parameter by which a reference signal sequence transmitted for the terminal device can be obtained. With embodiments of the present disclosure, a reference signal sequence solution with a low complexity is proposed for the wireless communication system (especially for new radio access system) with dynamic bandwidth allocation and/or configurable reference signal pattern, wherein only one common reference signal sequence is generated and shared by at least some of terminal devices, irrespective of reference signal transmission configurations like bandwidth allocation and/or reference signal pattern configuration.
US10790949B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may establish a concurrent connection with different cells from two base stations. During a certain time period, the UE may be power limited for transmissions to the first base station but not for the second base station. In some cases, the UE may then transmit an SRS to the second base station and drop or reduce the power of an SRS transmission to the first base station. In other cases, the UE may determine that a first cell or a second cell is in a power limited state due to scheduled transmissions for the respective cells. In such cases, the UE may drop a scheduled transmission or scale transmission power of the first and second cells by a common value.
US10790947B2
A communication device that comprises a plurality of distributed transceivers, a central processor and a network management engine, may be configured for a multiplexing mode of operation. Configuring of the multiplexing mode of operation may include configuring one or more communication modules for multiplexing a plurality of data streams. Each of the communication modules may comprise one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements and one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers associated with said one or more antennas and/or antenna array elements. The communication modules may be configured to be spatially distinct and/or to use different frequency channels. The data streams may be communicated to a single target device or to a plurality of target devices.
US10790943B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for processing reverse transmission resources of a user terminal in a mobile communication system. When receiving a plurality of grants, the method and apparatus sum resources allocated by the grants, distribute the summed resources to logical channels, map the resources distributed by the logical channels and the logical channels to MAC PDUs according to the data sizes of the MAC PDUs, and allocate the resources distributed by the mapped logical channels.
US10790939B2
Systems, methods, and devices can be utilized to schedule at least one Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) transmission and at least one HARQ feedback message in the same Physical Resource Block (PRB). A HARQ transmission can be scheduled in a mini-slot of the PRB. Accordingly, latencies associated with transmitting and receiving the PRB can be reduced, while the high reliability of HARQ can be retained. Implementations can be applied to 5G technologies such as Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLCs) and enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB), as well as other low-latency communications. A method can include detecting a condition of a device; selecting, based at least in part on the condition of the device, a mini-slot size; scheduling, in one or more mini-slots having the mini-slot size in a PRB, a HARQ transmission; and transmitting, to the device, the HARQ transmission in the one or more mini-slots of the PRB.
US10790935B2
The present invention relates to a method for efficiently transmitting error-tolerant traffic in low power and lossy networks (LLNs). The method for transmitting an error-tolerant traffic includes when a packet is received, modifying a medium access control (MAC) layer of a receiving device to perform received signal strength indication (RSSI) sampling at a symbol rate and estimating a symbol error rate of the packet in the MAC layer based on the sampled RSSI value, and when the estimated symbol error rate is lower than a specific value, transmitting the received packet to a higher layer.
US10790930B2
Apparatuses and methods for correcting a distorted signal at a receiver device during wireless local area network (WLAN) communications are disclosed. The apparatuses and methods include receiving, by a receiver device in a WLAN, a distorted signal corresponding to a data packet signal transmitted from a transmitter device, receiving, by the receiver device, one or more transmitter parameters corresponding to the transmission of the data packet signal, the one or more transmitter parameters including information to adjust the distorted signal, and adjusting, by the receiver device, the distorted signal to reconstruct the data packet signal based at least on the one or more transmitter parameters.
US10790922B2
A method and apparatus are described for regenerating a local clock within a wireless module and synchronizing the local clock with a wireless host clock. For one embodiment, the wireless module generates a local clock, counts the cycles of the clock during a common timing reference period maintained wirelessly between the wireless module and the host, receives a count of the host clock during the same common timing reference period, and adjusts the local clock signal based upon a comparison of the two counts. For one embodiment, the wireless module further receives timing references from the host and, in addition, receives packets of audio samples from the host accompanied by a timestamp, the timestamp based upon the host timing reference, and outputs the audio sample at the time designated by the timestamp.
US10790906B2
A data center network node (28) comprises one or more switch (18,19,22,23) configured to link an optical transceiver (16,17) to an optical connection comprising a multi-core optical fiber (30) having a plurality of cores (31). For each core (31), the one or more switch (18,19,22,23) is configurable between a first configuration in which an optical signal on a said core (31) of the multi-core optical fiber bypasses the optical transceiver and a second configuration in which the optical transceiver is optically linked to the said core (31) of the multi-core optical fiber (30).
US10790901B2
A reception device 20 is configured to include a separation means 21 and a plurality of optical reception means 22. Each optical reception means 22 is configured to further include an optical/electrical conversion means 23 and a band restoration means 24. The separation means 21 separates a multiplexed signal into which signals of respective channels to which spectral shaping that narrows bandwidth to less than or equal to a baud rate is applied are multiplexed at spacings less than or equal to the baud rate on the transmission side into optical signals for the respective channels. Each optical/electrical conversion means 23 converts an optical signal to an electrical signal as a reception signal. Each band restoration means 24 applies processing having inverse characteristics to those of the band narrowing filter processing to the reception signal and restores the band of the reception signal.
US10790889B2
Hybrid beamforming may be configured for wireless communication systems (e.g., multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) and/or massive-MIMO). The implementation(s) may determine a number of radio frequency (RF) chains for realizing a fully digital precoder (FDP) in a structure (e.g., a hybrid analog/digital precoder). The number of RF chains may be less than a number of transmitter antennas. A transmit vector signal may be determined based on a digital precoder and an input symbol vector. An analog precoder and/or a baseband signal may be determined based on the determined transmit vector signal. The number of RF chains may be determined based on the determined baseband signal. The baseband signal may be fed to the determined number of RF chains. The analog precoder may determine a beamforming signal based on an output of the determined number of RF chains. The analog precoder may transmit the beamforming signal using the number of transmitter antennas.
US10790888B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving channel state information in a multi-antenna wireless communication system, and an apparatus therefor. Particularly, a method by which user equipment (UE) reports channel state information in a two-dimensional multi-antenna wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) through a multi-antenna port; and reporting the channel state information to the base station, wherein a plurality of codewords, which are used for generating a pre-coding matrix selected by the UE in a codebook for reporting the channel state information, are specified by the channel state information and, after power coefficients are applied to each of the plurality of codewords, the pre-coding matrix can be generated based on a linear combination of the plurality of codewords to which the power coefficients are applied.
US10790880B2
A method for operating a first near field communication, NFC, device, wherein the NFC device comprises an NFC interface and a memory, the method comprising: i) receiving a request for a service from a second NFC device at the NFC interface, ii) allocating a first information from a first memory unit of the memory that is configured to take part in providing the service, iii) allocating a second information from a second memory unit that is not configured to take part in providing the service, and transferring the second information from the second memory unit to the first memory unit, hereby iv) transferring at least a part of the first information and/or at least a part of the second information virtually beyond the first memory unit, v) combining the first information and the second information into a message, and vi) providing the message to the second NFC device as a response to the request.
US10790879B2
A method for routing a data frame, applied to a first terminal, where the first terminal includes a device host (DH) and a near field communication controller (NFCC). A first routing mechanism in the first terminal is in an enabled state. The method includes receiving, by the NFCC, a data frame from a second terminal, processing, by the NFCC, the data frame according to a first preset rule when a currently activated radio frequency (RF) protocol is a first RF protocol, and routing, by the NFCC, the data frame according to the first routing mechanism when the currently activated RF protocol is a second RF protocol, where the first RF protocol includes a Near Field Communication Data Exchange Protocol (NFC-DEP), and the second RF protocol includes a non NFC-DEP.
US10790878B1
Systems and methods for controlling power distribution in a power distribution system are disclosed. The system comprises a first group of impedance injection nodes that includes two or more impedance injection nodes. Each of the impedance injection nodes of the first group is attached to a respective powerline of the power distribution system, and is configured to: respectively receive messages from other impedance injection nodes in the first group sent at different respective time slots, where each of the received messages includes node information of at least one of the other nodes, and broadcast a message to the other nodes in the first group at a time slot that is different from the respective time slots of the other nodes, where the broadcasted message includes node information of the impedance injection node, or node information of the at least one of the other nodes, or both.
US10790873B2
The present application relates to a transceiver, TX/RX PHY, and a method of operating the TX/RX PHY arranged for bi-directional data communication of a node with a counterpart node connected to in a point-to-point network using differential mode signaling over a single twisted-pair cable. A TX adjustment component is arranged in a TX path of the TX/RX PHY and configured to adjust a TX data communication signal generated by the TX/RX PHY for transmittal to the counterpart node. The TX adjustment component is further configured to accept information about a common mode signal detected on the single twisted-pair cable and to adjust the TX data communication signal to at least weaken the common mode signal occurring at the counterpart node in response to transmitting the TX data communication signal.
US10790872B1
A cooperative broadcast multi-hop network that employs broadcast flood routing and multi-hop transmission using a direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) waveform with cooperative beamforming and adaptive space-spectrum whitening are provided.
US10790868B1
A clip for use with a mobile device is described. The clip mounts between a mobile device and a protective cover, and is used to attach various accessories to mobile device when the mobile and clip are inserted into the protective cover.
US10790859B2
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for error correction decoding using an iterative decoding scheme. An error correction circuit includes a node processor to perform a plurality of iterations for updating values of one or more variable nodes and one or more check nodes using initial values assigned to the one or more variable nodes, respectively, a trapping set detector to detect a trapping set in at least one of the plurality of iterations by applying a predetermined trapping set determination policy, and a post processor to reduce at least one of the initial values or invert at least one of values of the variable nodes corresponding to an iteration in which the trapping set is detected, upon detection of the trapping set.
US10790858B2
Provided is a method of transmitting and receiving data by a user equipment (UE), the method including receiving, by the UE, a first data stream including at least one of transmission data and a first error correction code regarding the transmission data, obtaining a second error correction code based on the transmission data obtained from the received first data stream, and transmitting a second data stream including at least one of recovered transmission data and the obtained second error correction code.
US10790856B2
A method of transmitting a broadcast signal includes encoding mobile data for FEC (Forward Error Correction); encoding signaling information for signaling the mobile data; allocating the encoded mobile data and signaling data into a transmission frame; and transmitting the broadcast signal including the transmission frame, wherein the transmission frame includes a service signaling table having service_type information identifying a type of a service of the mobile data and hidden information indicating whether the service of the mobile data is hidden or not.
US10790855B2
Field error correction coding is particularly suitable for applications in non-volatile flash memories. We describe a method for error correction encoding of data to be stored in a memory device, a corresponding method for decoding a codeword matrix resulting from the encoding method, a coding device, and a computer program for performing the methods on the coding device, using a new construction for high-rate generalized concatenated (GC) codes. The codes, which are well suited for error correction in flash memories for high reliability data storage, are constructed from inner nested binary Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) codes and outer codes, preferably Reed-Solomon (RS) codes. For the inner codes extended BCH codes are used, where only single parity-check codes are applied in the first level of the GC code. This enables high-rate codes.
US10790849B2
High efficiency amplitude DACs (Digital-to-Analog Converters) and RFDACs (Radio Frequency DACs) employing such amplitude DACs are discussed. One exemplary embodiment is a DAC comprising a plurality of DAC stages, wherein each DAC stage of the plurality of DAC stages is associated with a respective predetermined voltage of a plurality of predetermined voltages, wherein each DAC stage of the plurality of DAC stages can receive a digital signal at the respective predetermined voltage associated with that DAC stage when the respective predetermined voltage of that DAC stage is a selected predetermined voltage, wherein the selected predetermined voltage is based on an amplitude of the digital signal, and wherein each DAC stage of the plurality of DAC stages can generate a respective analog signal associated with that DAC stage based on the digital signal received at that DAC stage when the respective predetermined voltage of that DAC stage is the selected predetermined voltage.
US10790846B2
A successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter including a first capacitor group, a second capacitor group and a control circuit is provided. Each of the first and second capacitor groups includes a plurality of capacitors coupled to a common node. In a sampling mode, the control circuit provides an analog signal to the first capacitor group and provides a first voltage to the common node and the second capacitor group. In a sampling mode, the control circuit stops providing the first voltage to the common node and provides a second voltage to the second capacitor group. In a data converting mode, the control circuit reads voltage values of the capacitors of the first capacitor group in sequence. Each when the voltage of at least one specific capacitor in the first capacitor group is read, one capacitor of the second capacitor group is electrically floated.
US10790843B2
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes capacitor arrays, successive approximation register (SAR) circuitries, and noise shaping circuitries. The capacitor arrays sample an input signal by turns, in order to provide a sampled input signal. The SAR circuitries perform an analog-to-digital conversion by turns according to a combination of the sampled input signal, a first residue signal, and a second residue signal, in order to generate digital outputs. The noise shaping circuitries receive a corresponding residue signal of the first residue signal the second residue signal in response to the analog-to-digital conversion, and to shape and transmit the corresponding residue signal to the SAR circuitries.
US10790839B2
Device for adjusting the locking of an injection locked frequency multiplier, including: a first input receiving a first signal of frequency f1, and a second input receiving a second signal of frequency f2 outputted by the frequency multiplier; a sub-sampler of the second signal; a control circuit configured for: receiving a third signal corresponding to the second signal sub-sampled by the first signal or by another multiple signal of frequency of f1, then carrying out a high-pass or band-pass filtering of the third signal; determining that the frequency multiplier is locked on a multiple of f1 when the signal obtained after filtering is substantially zero, then outputting a signal the value of which is representative of the locking or not of the frequency multiplier.
US10790837B1
In certain aspects, a clock generator includes a ring oscillator including an input and an output. The clock generator also includes a count circuit including an input and an output, wherein the input of the count circuit is coupled to the output of the ring oscillator. The clock generator also includes a comparator including a first input, a second input, and an output, wherein the first input of the comparator is configured to receive a first count value, and the second input of the comparator is coupled to the output of the count circuit. The clock generator further includes a shift register including a shift control input and an output, wherein the shift control input is coupled to the output of the comparator, and the output of the shift register is coupled to the input of the ring oscillator.
US10790836B2
The present invention presents a real-time synchronization system for power converters interconnected with the electrical network, whose operation is based on a structurally stable limit cycle oscillator and which develops pure sinusoidal trajectories, creating references free of harmonics and disturbances in network. The proposed invention has the advantage that it has a high degree of immunity and robustness within highly contaminated networks, either due to the presence of harmonics or other types of contamination that may exist in the network, with a better performance than the systems previously reported. Another advantage of the present invention is that regardless of the initial conditions that are established, the system always synchronizes with the signal of the network, guaranteeing a smooth transient from any initial condition to the limit cycle, so it does not require prior tuning. In addition, the proposed scheme does not require Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) or trigonometric functions for synchronization, thus reducing computational time and resources.
US10790827B2
Techniques described herein may relate to providing a programmable interconnect network (e.g., a programmable network-on-chip (NOC)). A method may include determining a transmission parameter, bonding one or more channels of an interconnect network based at least in part on the transmission parameter, and power-gating any unused channels after the bonding.
US10790821B1
A voltage selection circuit includes a main selection unit, a first re-comparison unit, and a second re-comparison unit. The main selection unit has a first voltage terminal for receiving a first variable voltage, a second voltage terminal for receiving a second variable voltage, and an output terminal for outputting a greater one of the first variable voltage and the second variable voltage as an operation voltage. The first re-comparison unit adjusts the operation voltage according to a greater one of the operation voltage and the first variable voltage, and the second re-comparison unit adjusts the operation voltage according to a greater one of the operation voltage and the second variable voltage.
US10790817B2
A power switch with a bootstrap driver for continuous time operation is disclosed. In an exemplary aspect, the power switch selectively connects power management circuitry to one or more power amplifier stages in a radio frequency (RF) front end. The bootstrap driver provides a constant gate to source voltage during an enabled state of the power switch such that a switching element can remain closed with near-constant closed switch resistance in the presence of varying signals (e.g., varying power signals) passing through the power switch. The bootstrap driver can use a variable clock frequency to quickly close the power switch and resistor-capacitor (RC) filtering to reduce noise contribution to the signal path through the power switch. In some examples, a constant voltage reference provides battery independent voltage control of the gate to source voltage of the power switch.
US10790813B2
A drive circuit for a power semiconductor element according to the present disclosure includes: a control command unit that outputs a turn-on command for a power semiconductor element; a gate voltage detection unit that detects a gate voltage applied to a gate terminal after the control command unit outputs the turn-on command; a differentiator that subjects the gate voltage detected by the gate voltage detection unit to time differentiation; and a determination unit that determines, based on the gate voltage detected by the gate voltage detection unit and a differential value by the differentiator, whether the power semiconductor element is in a short-circuit state or not.
US10790804B2
Hybrid-coding, multi-cell architecture and operating techniques for step devices provide advantages over binary-coded and thermometer-coded step devices by minimizing or avoiding glitches common in the transient response of binary-coded step devices and by minimizing or avoiding significant increases or degradation in one or more of area, package dimensions, pin counts, power consumption, insertion loss and parasitic capacitance common to thermometer-coded step devices having equivalent range and resolution.
US10790801B2
An acoustic wave filter device is disclosed. The device includes an acoustic wave filter element, and a first resonator and a second resonator coupled to the acoustic wave filter element. The acoustic wave filter element includes interdigited input electrodes and output electrodes located on a top surface of a piezoelectric layer and an counter-electrode on the bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. Each of the first and the second resonators includes a resonator electrode on the top surface of the piezoelectric layer and a resonator counter-electrode on the bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer. The first resonator has a first notch in resonator impedance at a first frequency. The second resonator includes a first mass loading layer on the second resonator electrode such that the second resonator has a second notch in resonator impedance at a second frequency that is different from the first frequency.
US10790797B2
An acoustic resonator includes: a substrate; a resonance part mounted on the substrate and including resonance part electrodes, the resonance part being configured to generate acoustic waves; a cavity disposed between the resonance part and the substrate; a frame part disposed on at least one electrode among the resonance part electrodes, and being configured to reflect the acoustic waves; and a connection electrode configured to connect the at least one electrode to an external electrode, and having a thickness less than a thickness of the at least one electrode.
US10790793B2
A filter circuit includes a pass band filter and a multipath interference mitigation leg. The pass band filter is disposed along a signal path between a provider-side port and a user-side port. The pass band filter is configured to pass a provider bandwidth signal received at the provider-side port and block at least a portion of a home network bandwidth signal received at the user-side port. A frequency spectrum of the home network bandwidth signal is distinct from, and higher than, a frequency spectrum of the provider bandwidth signal. The multipath interference mitigation leg is operatively branched to ground from the signal path. The multipath interference mitigation leg is configured to increase a return loss in the home network bandwidth signal.
